20 DECEMBER 1890, page 15

In A Late Scholar's Library.

How oft your loved society he sought, Ye bards and sages ! He the world would quit, Here at thy feet, 0 Dante, listening sit, And by thy lips, melodious lips, be taught ! ! In......

Education And Drudgery.

!To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."' Sin,—We schoolmasters ought to feel greatly obliged to our mentors who are so willing, both from the Throne and in the Press, to " make us......

Art.

WATER-COLOURS AND PASTELS. THERE is a good deal of water-colour on view at this moment in London. There is the Exhibition of Sketches and Studies at the Old Water-Colour......

A Correction.

rro THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sla, Will you have the kindness to correct in your next :issue the misprint of "John" Law, on p. 869 of your issue of December 13th ? The......

Poetry.

AN ANTHEM OF DECEMBER. ONCE at Christmas, in a far-back midnight, To the raised imagination of a child Reached the cadences of distant music, Strange, familiar, pleading, sweet,......

Loan Stud For Cabmen And Others.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Siu,—May I beg permission to acknowledge the following kind donations towards my new loan stud, received in response to my letter of appeal......