28 JULY 1900, page 17

Books.

THE CELTIC SPIRIT IN LITERATURE.* WE have hitherto read Miss Macleod's books with a doubtful pleasure, and have regarded her as the possessor of a very pretty gift of phrasing......

The Volunteers.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] have read with the greatest interest in the Spectator of July 21st your plea for a generous and enlightened treat- ment of our Volunteers. In......

Help The Children.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—For many years by the generosity of your readers our East London Unsectarian Voluntary Committee have given a day in the country to......

Poetry.

WEST 'WIND. THE years go by, though the days are long to a hungry heart. I was feeling content last night before the wind arose, A wind from the rainy West, tossing the wet,......

Where The American Boer Relief Funds Went.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sut,—The enclosed paragraph from an American newspaper may be of interest to your readers, and certainly goes far to disprove the "solidity"......