Poetry.
- MARGARET CATCHPOLE. (A SUFFOLK GIRL TRANSPORTED FOR HORSE-STEALING.) "WOULD ye have the heart for a fearsome deed, Margaret Could ye ride all night at dare-devil speed ? Would......
Gace's Cate Chi Sm.
[To THE EDITOR OF THZ " SpscrAToR."] Sin,—The Rev. J. G. Cheshire affirms that I "asserted that Gace's Catechism was used in thousands of schools." I did no such thing. I spoke......
Republican Switzerland.
[To TER EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] Sin,—In the lengthy and, with two or three exceptions, fairly well-written notice of my recently published work, "The Model Republic," that......
Another Bird-story.
[To TEl &mos OP TEl " BrzoTATos.' SIR,—A few years ago a lady living in the Via Volturno, in Rom-, had some pet canaries in cages, which she every day hung out on a balcony in......
A Parrot - Story.
[TO TYR EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—I am much interested in the letter in the Spectator of December 7th, describing the sympathy shown by a macaw to the writer when a......
An Appeal.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR."] Sin—In asking your consideration of the claims of the Children's Aid Society, a branch of the Reformatory and Refuge Union, of which I am the......
The Humours Of School Bills.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTLTOR.".1 Sin,—The above subject is usually as devoid of amusing features as anything can well be. But it was distinctly re- freshing when my two......