Books.
LITTLE MEMOIRS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.* THE little company of seven with whom the reader of these memoirs will make acquaintance consists of "two grand,es dames of the second......
The Queen's Memorial.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THZ "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In Sir W. Harcourt's speech at the Mansion House he said: "He hardly knew one [monument] in the great Metro- polis which was deserving......
Poetry.
THE SEA OTTER. CURSED with a skin that charms the eye— All shot with satin sheen, More worth than pearl or lazuli, The pride of King and Queen, A coat that not the equal heft Of......
Compromise With The Boers.
[TO TIM EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIE,—We shall probably never know for certain why the Boer leaders refused our peace proposals ; probably each of them had different reasons.......
The Army Proposals.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I read the article re the above in the Spectator of March 16th, and consider the scheme therein propounded a near approach to the......
Public-house Licenses.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The giving of the License-duty to relieve local taxation was a great error. The giving of licenses by mere patronage is tending......
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