28 DECEMBER 1895, page 16

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......