29 DECEMBER 1894, page 16

A Child's Resource. [to The Editor Of The " Spectator:]

SIR, — Your delightful paper on "The Zoology of the Toy- shop," in the Spectator of December 22nd, reminds me of the ingenious way in which a young friend of mine, aged five,......

Poetry.

AN EXPOSTULATION. WHY sad, beside that western water fair P The waves chime welcomes free, The hills that charmed your maiden years stand there, By the sail. haunted sea. And......

Books.

MR. DAVIDSON'S NEW POEMS.* Mn. Jorm DAVIDSON is undoubtedly a man of original force and genius. Bat, in this volume at least, he is a hoarse singer. He seems almost reluctant to......