15 MAY 1897, page 18

Poetry.

COWSLIPS. Cowslips, sweetlips, smelling of the summer, Coming with the cuckoo, bringing in the May, Lifting heads in pastures, where the cattle spare you, Waiting to be gathered......

Books.

A BOUQUET OF IRISH BEAUTY.• THERE seems to be no limit to the field thrown open to the explorer in the regions of Irish wit and beauty. The famous Gunnings, whom we presume to......