11 JUNE 1892, page 16

Poetry.

INADEQUACY. THE haste, the bended knee, the cry With eager youth's ideal warm, The sad love in the Master's eye That followed the departing form : Fine ardours quenched in......

The Plague Of Voles.

[To THE &DMZ OF THE 'SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—In the Spectator of June 4th it is mentioned that plagues of voles have been recorded for the last four cen- turies. A still earlier date......

Books.

THE BARON DE MARBOT'S MEMOIRS.* IT is hardly necessary to say much in introduction of the- Marbot Memoirs. Many reviews of the original have made at least the main features of a......

Ecclesiastical Mediators.

[To nu: EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I am inclined to hope that my brethren of the clergy will pause ere they suffer themselves to pose as " ecclesias- tical mediators." We......

Established Churches And The World.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " EPECTATOR,1 SIR,—You say in the Spectator of May 21st "We cannot doubt that the chief set-off against the enormous benefit of an Established Church is......

The Fourth Of June At Eton.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You suggest that the House of Commons should ad- journ over "Eton Montem ; " but " Montem " was abolished many, many years ago. I was at......