30 OCTOBER 1897, page 18

Books.

THE HOUSEHOLD OF THE LAFAYETTES.* A COMBINATION of biography and history, when well managed, has always a peculiar charm. The best way to get new lights on any period is to put......

Poetry.

A " PARSON'S PLEASURE " - GROUND. I RAVE a garden filled with sound Of thrushes ; paths that circle round; And one straight walk more sweetly set With lavender and mignonette,......

Lines

WRITTEN ON FIRST SMOKING AN ANCIENT PI PE DUG UP IN OXFORD. Two hundred years since any lips of man Set round this hollow stem have drawn delight, Since breathed in azure mist......