Books.
MR. JOHN DAVIDSON'S NEW BALLADS.* WE are not sure that the new habit of publishing a poet's work in minute driblets, though it may be pleasant for the world of readers, does not......
The Love For Grand Words.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:] Sre,—The race of vergers, sextons, and like officials has ever loved words which, though not necessarily sesquipedalian, come under the......
Poetry.
MADRIGAL. THE SOWER. 'NEATn leaden skies, o'er sodden gras3 I saw a Sower pass. 4 ' What seed," said I, "go you to sow 'While rain falls fast, while chill winds blow ? " "To sow......
Animal Instinct.
[To TUE EDITOR OF TIIE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, —A correspondent in the Spectator of October 31st states that platelayers tell him birds are frequently killed by railway - engines. I......
Mr. Lang's Life Of Lockhart : [to Tie Editor Of The
"SPECTATOR."] referred to " Valerius" (Spectator, October 24th) because it is more remembered than "Adam Blair," though neither can be said to have lived ; and I believe, with......
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