20 JUNE 1896, page 16

Channing's Short History Of The United States.

[TO THI EDITOR 0/ THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your review of Channing's History of the United States, in the Spectator of June 13th, you speak of "Burgoyne's capitulation." This......

Books.

MR. FITZGERALD'S NEW LIFE OF STERNE.* - MORE than thirty years ago Mr. Fitzgerald wrote a life of Sterne which exhibited a large amount of research and a number of critical......

"bulls."

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—A correspondent in the Spectator of May 16th appears to believe that " bulls " are not especially fostered by the Irish climate, but to......

Animals And Colours.

[To THE EDITOR OF TIE " SPZOTAT01."3 SIR, — It is often stated, almost as unromantic truth, "that animals do not observe colours." The many instances to the contrary which have......

Poetry.

• ON AN OLD LONDON STREET. 'MID mushroom streets that rise in a day, Smart with stucco, with painting gay, In cloistral quiet the old street stands, A relic of days that have......