16 JUNE 1894, page 17

Man And Nature.

I . THE mountains, and the forests, and the seas, Oldest of mourners with pathetic tone, Have each a natural music, all their own, Set in accord with human destinies, Sad,......

Poetry.

THE HAW.A_RDEN HOR.A.CE. AD ARISTIDEN OBFUSCATIIM. IF clear be your conscience, my Morley, No bullet-proof coat you'll re- quire, Though often dispirited sorely By Erin's......

Books.

LORD AUGTJSTUS LOFT1JS'S DIPLOMATIC REMINISCENCES.* " JE connais trente imbeciles qui feraient d'excellens Am- bassadeurs," wrote Chiteaubriand, when Minister of Foreign......