26 AUGUST 1893, page 17

Cardinal Newman And Sir Richard Burton.

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —I have seen a letter in the Spectator of August 19th from Dr. W. A. Greenhill, saying that "Richard Burton never met Dr, Newman and......

A Polite Parrot.

[To THE EDITOR, OF MD " SPRCTATOR."] SIR, — A week or two ago we took our little six-year-old daughter to the Crystal Palace, and when in the parrot- house, she became very......

Sonnet : A Pearl.

["I fiction is it beautiful cliseass of the I am inclined to believe that bran. Something, an incident or an experience, or a reftection, gots imbedded, incrusted, in tho......

Poetry.

A HYMN FOR HARVEST. Now to Thee, gracious Lord of the Seasons, be honour and glory and praise, That again in the joy of the harvest our jubilant anthem we raise. Though many the......

Books.

CHRONICLES OF A STROLLER IN NEW ENGLAND,* OF the more startling features of American scenery we hear plenty. The Falls of Niagara, the Rookies, the Yosemite Valley, the great......

The Vanity Of Sparrows.

[To TER EDITOR OF TIIE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Permit me to ask those bird-loving correspondents of yours, whose letters I have read with great interest in the Spectator, whether......