26 DECEMBER 1874, page 16

" The English Peasantry."

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE" SPECTATOR. "] Stn,—Will you kindly give me space for a brief reply to some of your criticisms in the elaborate review which you publish to-day of " The......

Books.

THE LAST JOURNALS OF LIVINGSTONE.* THE interest of the volumes with which the record of the life and labours of Dr. Livingstone is brought to its conclusion, consists rather in......

Insect Perceptions.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." Sui,—In the Spectator of the 19th, you mention evidence which you think proves that the tiger-moth is able to produce sounds audible to its......

Poetry.

CHRISTMAS DAY. THE Christ is come, a God is born to-day! A woman's arms enfold the wondrous Child, A woman's breast sustains the Undefiled; And simple folk hear the first......