19 DECEMBER 1891, page 15

Irish Stories.

[To THE EDITOR OF TEl " SPECTATOR."' SIR, — In your issue of November 28th, under the above heading, a correspondent purports to give an account of a prisoner tried on the......

'the Duke Of Wellington In The Peninsula.

[To THE EDITOR OF TEl "SPECTATOR."] SIE, — It is well known that Sir Arthur Wellesley, after his victory over the French at Vimiera, had to give up the com- mand of the British......

Poetry.

THE BALLAD OF THE 'BRITAIN'S PRIDE.' IT was a skipper of Lowestoft That trawled the northern sea, In a smack of thrice ten tons and seven, And the ' Britain's Pride' was she.......

Orpheus At The Zoo.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In your article, "Orpheus at the Zoo," in the Spectator of October 3rd, the tarantula's non-appreciation of music is contrasted with......

Principal Shairp's Poem On Balliol Scholars.

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—There has been some discussion in the Spectator as to the lines on Matthew Arnold by my father, the late Principal Shairp, which were......