8 APRIL 1871, page 16

Books.

PROFESSOR JOWETT'S TRANSLATION OF PLATO.* [FIRST ARTICLE.] THE appearance of Professor Jo wett's long-expected translation of Plato is sure to give rise to a discussion of the......

Poetry.

THE ASTRONOMER'S MOON.—A DEAD WORLD. OH, Moon! delight of lovers ! canst thou be The dreary desert science says of thee ?- A life of fire gone out, a world whose breath Hath......

The Federal Principle In France.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It is probable that most of your readers have seen the paper by Miss Helen Taylor, entitled " Paris and France," in the current number......

Two Sonnets.

I. [SUGGESTED BY A COPY—GIVEN HE BY ALEXANDER SILITH—OF THE MASK TAKEN FROM THE DEAD FACE OF DANTE.] Rest! rest ! so long unhappy,—happy now ; I will have faith in Death, that......