... '3it tre a(t ttt ' in fit st * -;t. Si.D\ ENS g O)od hurmour and vitality are infectious. It is tin lposihlle to read his new Comtpanoion 1)o0k of travel to The japi at I lome in any other spirit than that in which it was written. The hook is an interesting and aniusingr account of his journeys across Canada from Nova Scotia to Victoria in Vancouver's Island, worked upll from a rough ...

... MEN OF H.M.S. ROYALIST MARCHING THROUGH TIHE SWAMPY FOREST TO THE VILLACE OF TIIE SOYA NATIVES BURNING ONE OF THE VILLAGES OF THE CANNIBAL CHIEF KAVERALA11, WHERE A AUTAN ARM WAS FCUND HANGING UP PREPARATORY TO BEING EATEN HAULING H.M.S. ROYALIST'S ?? SECOND CUTTER OVER AN OBSTACLE PLACED ACROSS THE RIVER BY THE NATIVES A PUNITIVE EXPEDITION TO THE CANNIBALS OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS FROM ...

... ODi Lystest at the ?? 2rabrlnq I. THE present winter exhibition at Burlington House is one of the best that has been seen for several years. The collection of works illustrating the Sculpture-Goldsmith's art of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, which constitutes its distinguishing feature, in- clude a series of original designs of the highest class, and fine examples of almost every kind ...

... F _~icsor & a Aid OF and 11l EGGING TRESi ON.-There is pathos as well as humour in the efforts of the Radical Gladstonites and Irish National-. ists to bring Lord Rosebery up to the scratch for a campaign against the House 'of Lords. The Premier has made no secret of his belief that worse-fightingground could not be- found. He knows that a war of that sort would inevitably wreck his Government ...

... Zhe &forlb of fdttrtu By H. D. TRAILL UNDOUBTEDLY we have done well to commemorate the centenary of Gibbon's death, since it is too late to celebrate that of his birth; but, as usual with such celebrations, the note of extravagance has managed to make itself heard. There are some people among us who ase never satisfied with decorating the statue of a great man unless they can compel the ...

... ?? 'SGLIRI ?? IV. MR. IIENRY MOORE'S remarkable power of depicting the sea in her various moods is well exemplified in two exquisitely fresh and luminous studies, Outward Bound and Coming Home; and in a larger picture, Lowestoft Boats Running in in- a Breeze, in which the moving cumuli clouds and the turbulent waves bursting into foam as they break over the rocks are depicted with a ...

... T~he, fflonitll'r ?? BY SIR ROBERT S. BALL, LL.D., F.R.S. AMOi;G the many interesting communications made to the meet- ing of the Geographical Congress in London last month, one of the most important is that of Mr. C. B. Borchgrevink, in which he narrates the scientific results of the voyage of the Anlesvtic to Victoria Land. He modestly describes his results as few in nnmber, but even if they ...

... THEincident shown in the picture, amusing enough as thus depicted, though far from pleasant at the time to the principal actor, occurred recently in the vicinity of a station in Northern India. Being con- fronted by a tiger when about to light the signal lamps, the man promptly took refuge up the signal post, and was only released from this unpleasant and dangerous position when an approaching ...

... MISS ELIZABETH A. S. DAWES The First Lady D.Lit. Photo by Mayall, Piccadilly Miss Elizabeth A. S. Dawes, who has just had the degree of D.Lit. conferred upon her by the London University, is the second daughter ofthe Rev. J. S. Dawes, D.D., of Surbiton, who prepared her for the earlier examinations at the University. She spent a year at Bedford College, and then entered Girton College as a ...

... Burat Rantes THE SEASON A WILD strawberry, fully ?? and perfectly ripe, was gathered last week in a lane near Beawortley, in Devonshire. Nearer London, in fact, within the four mile radius itself, the yellow December jasmine is splendidly in flower. This jasmine always comes out in December, but is sometimes destroyed by frost as soon as its flowers open. It requires a severe frost to do ...

... lradeI ?? BY LUCIEN WOLF ABOUT six years ago, at a meeting of the Council of the Anglo-Jewish Association, a colleague of mine on that body, Mr. Oswald Simon, lay preacher and novelist, directed my attention to a young man who was occupying a seat at the reporters' table, which for many years previously had been sacred to me. Don't you think he looks like Disraeli ? asked my neighbour under ...

... '51tral 'Bates THE DTUCKHAM TESTIMONIAL TIwF former M.P. for Hereford has deserved well of the agri- cultural community, and the testimonial presented to him at Hereford last week was signed by the best-named in the county.- Mr. Duclkham, in acknowledging the presentation, dwelt on the general issue which he stated to be now before the country in an urgent form. With all the eloquence of ...