14 MAY 1898, page 17

Irish "bulls."

rro TIM EDITOR OF TRZ " SPECTATOR:1 SIR, — The letter of "X. X. X." in the Spectator of April 30th brought to my mind the following :—Some five and forty years ago I was on......

Are The Americans Anglo-saxons?

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—In the Spectator of April 30th you define an Anglo- Saxon as "one who has been brought up to speak English from a child, and whose......

Poetry.

THE DREAM OF THE SPANISH ADMIRAL. A D. 1541. IN slumber as the morning broke (It was our homeward voyage to Spain) Methought I gave a parting look At the New World beyond the......

The New Dictionary Of The Bible. [to Ter Editor Of

TER "BrscrAroa.") Snl,—Comparison is, no doubt, permissible in a review, per- haps sometimes inevitable ; but it is a weapon of criticism which should be used with the utmost......

The Potentate.

[TO THZ EDITOR OF THZ “srscrAroa.1 Siu,—In the review of my book, " The Potentate," which appeared in the Spectator of April 30th, my critic quotes certain names which he......