A Link With The Past.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—While visiting at Norwich, Connecticut, not long ago, I called at the offices of an eminent lawyer (Hon. John Turner Wait), for many......

An Odd Friendship.

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR, "] SIR,—For very many years, successive generations of a family of robins in our garden have been in the habit of coming to the pantry window......

The Art Of Naming.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR, "] , Ssn,—I have read with much interest your article, in the Spectator of July 21st, on "The Art of Naming," in which the writer remarks that......

Is Pure Selfishness Natural ?

[To THE EDITOR OP THE 4' SPEOTATOA."] SIR,—The very interesting article on the alcove subject in the Spectator of July 21st, seems to me (though I am open to con- viction)......

"life And Letters Of James Macpherson."

[To THE EDITOR OP THE BPECTATOP..",1 Srn,—In the course of the generous notice which you were pleased to take of my "Life and Letters of Ja mes Mac- pherson," in the Spectator......

Poetry.

THE SOVEREIGN POET. HE sits above the clang and dust of Time, With the world's secret trembling on his lips. He asks not converse nor companionship In the cold starlight where......

Shelley And "the Painted Veil."

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPEOTAMOR.1 Sin,—May I correct a quotation from Shelley made in the article on Keats in the Spectator of July 21st P In !" Prometheus Unbound " it runs......