Tennyson And Goethe.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] S111,---In your issue on the 12th instant, a correspondent states that Mr. Tennyson admitted he had forgotten what poet he referred to in......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator."]

SIR,—While an old inhabitant of the parish, a bricklayer, was with me to-day, I drew the talk to the tolling of the death-bell„ and presently said, "How many tellers make a man......

"thought-reading."

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPEOTATOR."] SiR, — It is clear, from the letters I have received on the above subject, that it excites a considerable amount of interest in many of your......

Royal Surnames.

[To THE BDITOR OF THE " ErEaTATOR."] Sin,—Allow me to point out that there is nothing in Royal rank to deprive its holders and their families of any advantage derivable from......

"nine Tailors Make A Man."

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE " BPECTATOR,"] SIR,—Your correspondent, Mr. Powell, is in error, when he states the original word to be " taler," and has misapprehended the meaning of the......

Books.

MRS. OLIPHANT'S LITERARY HISTORY OF ENGLAND, 1790-1825.* THIS is a very difficult book to estimate. At once brilliant and uncertain, now containing as bright and true a......