... THE BOOK AND ITS STORY. CHILDREN'S WAYS. REVIEWED FOR THE SKETCH BY WILLIAM CANTON. {Author of The Invisible Playmate.11) It was a happy thought of Professor Sully's to present in a more accessible and popular form many of the most attractive pages in his Studies of Childhood. Children's Ways appeals, as the title indicates, to the dependents of that irrepressible and irresponsible ...

... ARE WE UPROOTED NO BRITISH PHLEGM Drawn by G. L. Stampa. ...

... lfS%l I . L\ N Lawn-Tennis Notes and Sketches by H. F. Crowther-Smith. THE Gipsy encamp merit at Stamford Hill, though deluged by the downpour on Derby Day, was little perturbed by the consequent loss of play -time, and, when tents were struck on Saturday, everything that really mattered had been brought to a definite conclusion. Appropriately enough, the Gipsy Club's twenty- seventh annual ...

... Criticisms in Cameo. By J. T. Grein. THE BLUE MAZURKA, AT DALY'S. SONG, music, and dance! Colour, movement, and humour! Here are all the essentials of musical comedy, for the story matters only as a string on which to hang the glistening beads of entertain ment. It is a story of love, a romance according to pattern, and yet not very much of a romance either, though it is set in Warsaw, where ...

... FRONT* RANKERS ON THE RINK: ICE CLUB CELEBRITIES. Specially Drawn for The Sketch by H. F. Crowther-Smith. London's new Ice Club has taken the fancy of Society, and many well-known people find time to practise skating there, and to join in games of ice-hockey. The Marchioness of Londonderry, London's leading Conservative hostesis, is an enthusiast who goes to the Ice Club frequently so are the ...

... GOLF CLUBLAND CARICATURES. INCLUDING THE SECRETARY AND THE MANAGING DIRECTOR: PERSONALITIES OF MOTE MOUNT GOLF CLUB. Caricatures by H. F. Crowther-Smith, specially drawn for The Sketch. Mote Mount Golf Club is one of the newest playgrounds for Londoners, and was opened recently. It is situated half-an-hour's run from London, and can be reached in ten minutes by car from Edgware Tube Station, ...

... A RUGGER GENIUS: BENNIE, THE SPRINGBOKS' SKIPPER AND STAND-OFF HALF. Caricatures by Met. Benjamin Laurens Osier, knotvn to everyone as Bennie, is recognised as the best stand-off half-back produced by South Africa. He is the captain of the celebrated Springboks' team which have been going from victory to victory during their British tour, and must be regarded as one of the great players of ...

... CITY NOTES. OUR STROLLER IN THROGMORTON STREET. HELLO, young fellow, said the broker cheerily. Just park yourself there for a minute, while I attend to these odds and ends, and then I shall be at your service. Our Stroller seated himself by the side of the telephone, the bell of which im mediately rang shrilly. The broker took up thereceiver. Yes, said he. As it happens, I am rather busy ...

... CITY NOTES. OUR STROLLER IN THROGMORTON STREET. WHAT, you? I thought you'd gone away, missin' the merry grouse or ticklin' the cold blooded trout. Buildin' the sandy castle or kickin' the playful bucket is more in my line. I leave the extravagances to you and your friends in Throgmorton Street. Give me the luxuries of life, said The Broker, and you can have all the necessities. Eh, ...

... CITY NOTES. OUR STROLLER IN THROGMORTON STREET. VERY sorry, but I 'm too busy to bother,' and the broker backed into his room, leaving the insurance agent stranded in the outer office. It 's my own fault, he admitted. In a rash moment, I filled up a post card, and now the company won't give me a moment's peace. You re already insured, of course? Not enough. If I were to die in a hurry, ...

... . BUT so there are already, the broker contro verted; in several cities and towns. I believe they get on quite well, too. Are xney auowea to go into the Stock Exchanges enquired Our Stroller. Oh, no. They 've had several shots, as you may guess. Nothing doing, though. You will have them starting a Stock Exchange of their own, and drawing every woman investor to markets run by their own ...

... CITY NOTES. FINANCE IN A FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGE. SEND the United States a couple of million copies of The Sketch every week, and thereby reduce the War Debt, The Engineer was proposing. America professes to be open to receive pay ment in kind, and, well, here's a practical way of doing it. In kind Where does the kindness come in, if you 're That sounds all right, said The Broker, but follow ...