Books.
NERO.* THE place which the six Caesars hold in history is, and prob- ably ever will be, unique. They were absolute masters of the whole Western world ; they lived at that......
A Sanitary Parable.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sut,—Could you spare a moment's attention from fiscal and national topics for one purely sanitary and local ? Here in Cobdenburg the......
Battles Of Birds And Beasts.
(TO THE EDITOR OF THE -spaarszoa...] 5i,—If ocular testimony is of any service in the discussion on this familiar topic reopened in the Spectator, permit me to state that I......
[to The Editor Of The "bpzotatop.1 Sm,—your Account In The
Spectator of November 21st of the warfare between the inhabitants of the sea reminds me of a curious scene I witnessed some thirty years ago at the Brighton Aquarium. I was......
Poetry.
IN MEMORIAM No triumph-hour of death for him In the wild rapture of the fray ; Only to watch as sad and dim To darkness waned his latest day; Dreaming, maybe, he heard once more......