30 NOVEMBER 1895, page 17

[to Tile Editor Of The "spectator.'] Srn,—a Propos Of Your

interesting article on "Recent Rat- lore," in the Spectator of November 96, the incidents named from Mr. 31. C. Barkley's graphic "Studies on Rat-catching," suggest my writing......

[to The Editor Of The "spectator."]

SIR,—I have two dogs, a spaniel and a little Highland terrier, also a cat. The latter has a kitten, born last Monday week. All the rest of her family were drowned, and this, I......

Books.

LETTERS OF JOHN KEATS.* THERE is very little that is actually new in this volume,---only some ten or eleven letters and notes not included in former col- lections, which throw......

The Sagacity Of Bears.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,.. -Referring to your correspondent's letter, in the Spectator of November 9th, noticing the faculty which bears possess of putting two......

Recent Rat-lore.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your article in the Spectator of November 9th, under the above heading, you remark that rats transporting eggs on level ground, were......

Poetry.

A ROBIN. WHAT art thou doing there, Robin, sweet Robin, On yonder bough so bare, Singing, or sobbing ? Through the long summer days Heard wert thou rarely : Lark, thrush, and......