19 SEPTEMBER 1891, page 17

Books.

LE MORTE DARTHUR.* NOT only all scholars, but every English-speaking matt who loves that record of chivalry and romance which Caxton "im- printed in the Abbey of Westminster,......

Poetry.

A PARADOX P—TO "F. C. H." (A CONVERSATION RECAPITULATED.) To FIND OUT WHAT YOU CANNOT DO, AND THEN TO GO AND DO IT: There lies the golden rule : but few I ever found above the......

The Growth Of Confidence In Navies. [to The Editor Of

TEE spEcTAToa. - 1 SIN,—In an article on naval power in the Spectator of the 12th inst., occurs the following passage : "The bombardment of Alexandria dissipated the......

The Blind Summit.

LA Viennese gentleman, who had climbed the Hoch.Konig without a guide, was found dead, in a sitting posture, near the summit, upon which he had written, "It is cold and clouds......