12 MAY 1900, page 17

Admiral Dewey.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ; SIB,—It grieves me to see you repeat the error made by the daily papers in the report of Admiral Dewey's speech tele- graphed from America,......

The Late Da Stoughton And The Atheneum Club.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TILE -sritcrAroa."] Sta,—Yonr notice of Mr. Waugh's book in the Spectator of May 5th reminds me of a story connected with the Athena3um which was told me many......

Poetry.

WAKING AT NIGHT. WHEN I wake up alone at night I feel as if I had no eyes ; I stare and stare with all my might, But only blackness round me lies. I listen for the faintest......

The Undying Romance Of The Sea.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin, — It would be an extraordinary task for Mr. Haiku to write of the sea without taking me (among the very little fishes) into his net of......