Poetry.
THE SICK CHILD HE for whom the world was made Cannot lift his heavy head, All its pretty curls puffed out, - Btirnt with fevers, parched with drought. He, the tyrant, whimsical,......
The Colours Of English Flowers.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—May I point out a rather strange error in the interesting article on "The Colours of English Flowers" in the Spectator of March 21st ?......
Carlyle And The Education Question.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR,"] SIR, — The following extract f.rom Carlyle's "Life of Sterling" (p. 242 in first edition), being part of a letter dated June 30th, 1839,......
The Grave Of Richard Jefferies.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—In the month of July, 1893, I made a pilgrimage to the grave of Richard Jefferies, and in each succeeding year until 1902 I have paid......
Letter-writing For Girls A Century Ago.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sra,—In an article in the Spectator of March 21st on "Letter- Writing for*Girls a Century Ago," you say : "We do not know where the Temple of......
Books.
THE LIFE OF PRINCE CHRISTIAN VICTOR.* THE Memoir of Prince Christian Victor, which Mr. Warren has compiled with such sympathy and skill, was worth writing, if only to show how......