10 AUGUST 1889, page 15

Poetry.

A POET'S EIGHTIETH BERTHDAY. "HE dieth young whom the Gods love," was said By Greek Menander; nor alone by One Who gave to Greece his English song and sword Re-echoed is the......

[to Tier Editor Or Tel " Spectator:1 Sie,—the Attempt To

drag political economy into the con- troversy on the subject of gambling is only another instance of how ready one section of society is to saddle this science with obligations......

Sun-dial Inscriptions.

rTO THR EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] &a,—Yet one more inscription may be deemed worthy of note and of preservation in your columns. It is on a sun-dial on the south wall of the......

"two Mock-suns." .

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—With the exception of the inverted rainbow, precisely the same atmospheric effect as that described in your issue of August 3rd as "two......

Age And Its Deficiency In Expressiveness.

[To TEl EDITOR Ol THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—I am an old man, and my experience agrees with the criticism on Wordsworth which you controvert. But of the "mental ventriloquism" which......

The Ethics Of Games Of Chance.

[To THE EDITOR OF TIER "SPROTATOR."J SIR, — Surely it is not quite correct to talk of whist as a game of chance. I have always regarded it as the finest game that is played,......

[to The Editor 07 The "spectator,"]

SIR,—In a garden in Normandy, not far from Falaise, I remember seeing some years ago the following inscription on a sun-dial:— " L'ombre passe et repass% Et sans repasser......