11 MAY 1918, page 12

Poetry.

THE PEACE OF SPRING. BEAUTIFUL on the mountains are the feet of Spring, which oometh Yearly the graves of last year's flowers to deck with new; Yearly the migrant swallow back......

Hope.

How long, we ask, how long ? And there is none to say. Cold, cold is all the day, And sorrowful and dark ; With every dawn fresh troubles throng, And joy has passed away. But......

Art.

THE ACADEMY. Iv is inevitable that people who regard Art seriously, and to whom it is a very important part of their inner life, should in these days strain their eyes to see if......

Dogs Faced With Famine.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE" SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The Spectator has ever shown a generous interest in dogs. and it seems natural to address to you some "Thoughts on the Cause of the......

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