The Smug Virtues.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " esporneR.1 S111,—I am somewhat amused at . finding myself taken to task for praising "the smug virtues." I have often been rebuked for passing them too......
Deliberative Procedure.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Six,—The brief notice that you have given of my paper on " Deliberative Procedure," in the Contemporary Review, does bare justice to my......
Clever Dogs.
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ) SIR, —Here is an authenticated instance of practical joking fitly reciprocated :—A friend of mine has a rough-haired collie, wise and......
Poetry.
THE TWENTY-NINTH NIGHT OF ILIAD. So both the armies slept, the Greeks secure Within their trench, the Trojans on the plain. Bat Hector slept not; him the manly joy Stirred to......