25 JUNE 1898, page 31

The Florida Velvet Bean.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] :SIB, —I send an extract from an American paper received 'this morning from a nephew who has worked for many years in Florida. "The bean,"......

Mrs. Ward's New Novel,

[TO THE EDITOR or TEE " Sl'ECTATOL1 your correspondent, " An Old Catholic," will look back at Husenbeth's " Life of Bishop Milner," he will see that precisely what is attributed......

Poetry.

SERINGAPATAM.•' [In 1780, whlie attempting to relieve Arcot, a British force of 3,000 man was cut to pieces at Perambaukum. Baird, then a young Captain in the 73rd, was left for......

The Reality Of Anglo-americanism. [to The Editor Op The...

SIR, It is with no other purpose than to give an idea of the closeness of relationship of England and the United States that I venture to furnish you with the following......