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Books.

LORD LYTTON AS A POLITICIAN AND ORATOR.* Tars collection of the spoken and unspoken speeches of the late Lord Lytton is preceded by a short memoir by his son, which includes the......

Political Gratitude.

[TO TER EDITOR OP TILE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Permit me one word in defence of the assertion that in politics gratitude is grossly immoral. Surely circumstances might arise, when......

The Legitimlsts And Catholic Doctrine.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Being one of your few Catholic readers, I was delighted to read your article. People in the position of the French Legiti- mists......

Poetry.

A restless prescience—howsoever won— Of a broad pathway leading to the sun, With promptings of an oft-reproved faith In sunward yearnings. Stricken tho' her breast, And faint......