19 SEPTEMBER 1903, page 18

Poetry.

MIDDAY AT ABOUKIR. FROM a latticed cool verandah crowning a sun-kissed hill, Or prone in the deep blue shadow that grey walls cast on the sand, I watch the sapphire bay of......

The Natural Gardens Of The River Eamont.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE ° SPECTATOR.") SIR; I read with much interest the article on the above- named subject in your issue of August 29th. The writer speaks with some hesitancy......

Sir J. Fitzjames Stephen On Southey And Coleridge.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." .1 SIR,—After reading the interesting review of Mr. Lucas's edition of Charles Lamb in the Spectator of August 15th, I am anxious to call......

The Minden Yell.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—The Bishop of Bangor's memory is quite correct. The incident be refers to is described in Kinglake's " Invasion of the Crimea," Vol.......

Bishop Andrewes's Devotions.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—You ask (Spectator, September 12th) if there is any evidence as to the frequency with which Bishop Andrewea received the Holy Communion.......

Books.

A COLONIAL GOVERNOR.* SIR WILLIAM DES VCEDX has written an interesting book. Few men of his time have seen more of our Colonies than . he, and he has looked upon them all with a......