Books.
TUNE'S HISTORY OP ROME.* WE wrote, some years ago, when reviewing the third volume of this history, that Dr. Ihne was attempting a task beyond his powers. In and by itself, his......
Post-office "clerks."
O NE of the reasons, and probably the chief one, for the delay in offering the advantages of the Parcels Post to the public, which Mr. Fawcett was compelled to announce the......
Letters To The Editor.
MR. GODRIN ON IRELAND. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] 'Sin,--Mr. Godkin, in his letter to you of August 22nd, cites, as a proof of the national prejudice felt by......
Poetry.
ADVERSE CRITICISM. WHAT flowers I had in one fair knot were bound, And so I laid them on a public stall, Wondering would any one take note at all, Or taking note, to praise them......
"necessitous And Deserving Poor." [to The Editor Of The...
Sin,—Every one is agreed that assistance ought to be given to " necessitous and deserving poor." We should differ, perhaps, as to whether this help would not better be......
Perpetual Motion.
[To THE EDITOR OW TEE SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In your last issue, you say of accumulators of electric force, that "once small enough to be carried, they might drive a steamer across......
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