Lack-mindedness.
[To THE EDITOR OE THZ "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have lately come across another example of "lack- mindedness," as I would call it rather than "absent-minded- ness." A Berne newspaper......
Books.
M. PAUL BOURGET ON AMERICA.* No one who begins this charming book will lay it down with- out finishing it, or without a doubt whether he has gained from its perusal quite so......
Poetry.
THE OLD GARDEN. AN odour rich of full-bloomed flowers Bids me restrain my steps, and lean Over an old grey wall, where cowers The shrinking moss in crevice green. Spread here......
A Wish.
DEATH, when I die, I pray thee let it be In autumn, when across the spiky furze There floats the film of silver gossamers : In early autumn, when the cherry-tree Is touched with......
The Habits Of Rooks.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."3 SIR, — Can any of your numerous readers who are lovers of natural history throw light upon the laws and government of that curious......
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