4 MAY 1895, page 12

Mr. Watson's New Poem.

T HOSE who still entertain any doubt whether we have again got a really great poet amongst us, should refer to the poem which appears in the somewhat uncongenial atmosphere of......

Mr. Payn On The "backwater Of Life."

W E have not the pleasure of personal acquaintance with Mr. James Payn, but his closest friends could scarcely be more touched than we have been with his short description, in......