25 DECEMBER 1897, page 16

Books.

A NEW BIOGRAPHY OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.* IF a knowledge of the original authorities could solve all the enigmas of history, Mr. Hay Fleming's work might be accepted as an end of......

A Rabbit-story.

ITo THZ EDITOR OP THY " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — It is not often worth the trouble to write the biography of a common rabbit, but our Jack ' is an exception to the rule. We bought......

Poetry.

EVENING. WEARY-FOOTED Eve, in what celestial orchards, Cool skyey gardens past the mountain's rim, Stray you while the sun blinks o'er the western ocean, While sleep draws near......