1 OCTOBER 1898, page 15

Bananas. [to The Editor Of The " Spectator 1 Sir,

In the interesting article on " Bananas " in the Spectator of September 24th there occur the following remarks, viz.: — " Wherever the plant has been introduced, whether in the......

Poetry.

THE LAST CHURCH. FRIEND, when the dews are falling, When the red sunset fades, When summer owls are calling Deep in the darkening glades; Some day we shall see beckoning A spire......

A Crowned Queen.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR...] Sin,—May I be permitted to say a few words in extenuation of the charge of wholesale plagiarism brought against me in the Spectator of......

Prayer-book Reform.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] !Sret—Some weeks ago I wrote a letter to the Spectator urging 'the necessity of Prayer-book reform. Other letters followed, but the writers......

Parochial Councils.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOE:1 Sra,—I have had experience of a Parochial Council such ae. you speak of for fifteen years in two parishes. The Council I . left six years ago......