12 NOVEMBER 1881, page 14

Poetry.

IRISH SONG. [Ain: "When I rose in the Inorning."1 ! my love 's an arbutus, By the borders of Leane,* So slender and shapely, In her girdle of green ; And I measure the pleasure......

Mr. Tennyson's Poem.

[TO TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Does not Mr. Tennyson, in his new poem, fall away from his high faith that the truths which Christ has made current " In manhood darkly......

An Explanation.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I have just seen the article in the - Spectator of Novem- ber 5th, in which you refer to me as "the late Miss Twining." Will you allow......

Contribution From Dreamland.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR..] Sia,—As to mental exercises in dreams, this happened to me one morning, not very many years ago. I found myself at Eton again, at my desk, in......

De Amicis' "holland."

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In the Spectator of October 15th appears a letter from. Mrs. Caroline Tilton, referring to your review of her translations of the above......

Curiosities Of Nomenclature.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I used to know a man in Australia who went by the name of Abrah Brown. I used to wonder where he got his name- from. I was told, on......