From The Cabin Door. There' A Snowy Flock In The

moon-black meadow, An' white sheep-mothers dim in the shadow, An' a field beyont that's grey. An' by it There' the wide lake lyin' could an' quiet. There' a high-hill shore.......

Nurseries Of Sea-fowl.

LTO TUX EDITOR OV TUX spscrAToicl Sin,—Having read with much interest your article on the nesting-sites of sea-fowl contained in the issue of June 29th, I intended writing in a......

Poetry.

A BORDER LAMENT. (To " Anodos." August 251h, 1907.) "THERE is music to-night in Joyous Gard, In the King's Hall by the sea." "Let them sing an' they will, who have the skill ;......

Butterfly Gardens.

To THZ EDITOR OP` THU "SPECTATOR:1 SIR, — Every Nature-lover will thank you for the very charm- ing article in your issue of August 17th on "Butterfly Gardens." The enhanced......

Books.

THE TOWN CHILD.* Mn. BRAY, as a member of the London County Council who concerns himself ardently with the children of the town, has already made his name familiar to students......

West Of Ireland Superstitions.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." j SIR, — The custom of placing clay pipes and tobacco on the graves at the old abbey in Ireland for the convenience-of ghosts, to which......