7 AUGUST 1897, page 18

Poetry.

A GEORGIAN SNUFF-BOX. Thema( fallen from your high degree, Once tapped by princely fingers, You breathe of more than "burnt rappee." Round you a memory lingers Of those wild......

Irish Visions.

[To THR EDITOR OF THE "SPECTLT010] SIR,—In sequel to the letters you have published on "Irish Visions" will you accept another illustrating the modern ingenuity of the Celtic......

Family Manners.

[TO VIZ EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sr,—Many years ago, when the facts were fresh, I was told that the well-known harmony in which the fivefold Edgeworth family lived together......

The Aldabra Tortoise.—a Protest.

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIB,—I have been reading with deep interest accounts of the fresh arrival at the Zoological Gardens in London,—the arrival of another......

Books.

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE NAVY.* AMONG the many volumes which have lately been written on the subject of the Navy, none is more modest and none more sincere than the posthumous record......