12 MARCH 1898, page 17

A Russian Poodle.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "EPECTAT012.1 SIR,—The following story can be vouched for, and in recog- nition of the timely action of the dog, the Alliance Assurance Company, with whom......

The Attempt On The King Of Greece. [to The Editor

OP TER " Siencravoa.1 SIR,—Permit me to add Henry III. of France to your list of European Monarchs who have fallen by the hand of the......

Poetry.

THE LAST WORD.* BEFORE the April night was late A rider came to the castle gate ; A rider breathing human breath, But the words he spoke were the words of Death. "Greet you well......

Mr. Henley's Poetry.t That Is An Arid And Ungracious...

which judges a poet rather by his faults than by his merits. True poetry is so rare and so precious a possession, and does so much for the spirit of man, that he who adds even a......

Land And The Labourers:

ITO THE EDITOR 01 THE " $PECTATOR:1 SIR,—A little more than twenty years ago the then vicar of - this parish, now the Dean of Ely, published a book, "Lani and the Labourers,"......