10 JUNE 1899, page 17

A Bird-story.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—A curious case of the beneficence of what we call the lower creatures has been told me by a lady of Bournemouth in whose garden it......

Books.

TWELVE SOLDIERS.* THE twelve chapters of this book, contributed by various hands, various also in method and merit, are yet informed by a certain homogeneity : they all......

The Unwritten Laws Of The Highlands. [to The Editor Op

THE "SrEcreTon."] observe in the Spectator of May 20th that your correspondent, Mr. D. N. Reid, seems to think that the custom of the country allowed the Highlander to shoot and......

Poetry.

PEACE, WITH HONOUR. WREN we in riches have reposed our trust, And said to Peace, " 'Tis, that we love thee well," Peace hath replied, "Your honour lies in dust ; How can ye love......

A Free And Open Market.

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SER,—Sometimes you have been good enough to allow me to 'say a word in your columns on this subject, and I hope to be sufficiently brief and......