Books.
PROFESSOR KNIGHT'S LIFE OF WORDSWORTH.* THE author of these portly and finely printed volumes writes as if brevity were a fault which biographers should avoid. But, as a rule,......
Two Mock-suns.
[To THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — On Saturday afternoon, just about the time that the fleet " dressed " for the Queen's return from her grand- daughter's wedding, any......
Sun-dial Inscriptions. [to Viz Editor On Ter "spectator. "]
have not seen Mrs. Gatty's book on this subject, and cannot therefore say if the following appears in it :— "I am a shadow, so art thou— I mark time, dolt thou P " This I copied......
Poetry.
THE LIME-BLOSSOM AFTER RAIN. HERE by the Rectory garden's old, red wall, The limes and chestnuts side by side grow tall, And, thickly even, mass against the sky, Their bloom and......
[to The Editor Op The " Specraroz."]
SIR,—.1.8 not gambling, from the economist's point of view, a case of "unproductive expenditure," and as such to be "ruled out of court " without delay ? If I spend money on......
The Muzzling Order.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The muzzling order for dogs is the most cruel and tyrannical edict ever issued; it is also useless, because it inflicts a vast amount......
Students' Blunders.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The following was told me by the present Master of Marlborough College, the day after it had occurred at one of the College......
"the Wanderings Of Oisin."
[To THY EDITOR OF THE " firscrATok."] SIR,—In a kindly notice of my volume of poems, your reviewer asks where I got the materials for " The Wanderings of Oisin." The first few......
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