Books
• THE BLUE GUIDE TO LONDON.* Tax appearance of the first volume of a new series of guide-books is an event of some importance. It is no secret that the Blue Guides," the first......
Poetry.
VISION. (In Alcaics.) I SAW the nations' barbaric armaments Over the crimson sea, city, continent Close fast in one death-shock sepulchral, Melt on a glance in a misty vapour,......
Terse Despatches.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—No doubt you will recollect the message in which Drake informed Queen Elizabeth of the doings of the Armada : " Cantharides, the......
Children's Prayers. [to The Editor Or The " Spectator."]...
have been endeavouring to discover some simple verses for a child's first prayers that are worthy to be the medium for the earliest religious impressions. The usual verses, "......
Notice.—when " Correspondence" Or Articles Are Signed...
name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agree- ment with the views therein expressed or with the......