"SIR BAT-EARS."

It is not mine, Aminta, to commend youAccording to your merits. Miles aboveMy puny lyre were this; I therefore send you,For reference, "The Classic Gems of Love."Would I approve your tresses? See p. 7,L. 2, for what I frankly think of them;Your lips? p. 8; your dimples, p. 11;Your teeth and ears and ankles?ibidem.Your kisses?videJonson, B., "To Celia;"See "Annie Laurie" for the way I greetYour neck and voice and eyes (the song has really aTrustworthy picture also of your feet).But nay! It ill behoves the ardent loverTo turn your gaze to any single spot,In every line, from cover unto cover,My passion finds an echo. Read the lot.

It is not mine, Aminta, to commend youAccording to your merits. Miles aboveMy puny lyre were this; I therefore send you,For reference, "The Classic Gems of Love."

It is not mine, Aminta, to commend you

According to your merits. Miles above

My puny lyre were this; I therefore send you,

For reference, "The Classic Gems of Love."

Would I approve your tresses? See p. 7,L. 2, for what I frankly think of them;Your lips? p. 8; your dimples, p. 11;Your teeth and ears and ankles?ibidem.

Would I approve your tresses? See p. 7,

L. 2, for what I frankly think of them;

Your lips? p. 8; your dimples, p. 11;

Your teeth and ears and ankles?ibidem.

Your kisses?videJonson, B., "To Celia;"See "Annie Laurie" for the way I greetYour neck and voice and eyes (the song has really aTrustworthy picture also of your feet).

Your kisses?videJonson, B., "To Celia;"

See "Annie Laurie" for the way I greet

Your neck and voice and eyes (the song has really a

Trustworthy picture also of your feet).

But nay! It ill behoves the ardent loverTo turn your gaze to any single spot,In every line, from cover unto cover,My passion finds an echo. Read the lot.

But nay! It ill behoves the ardent lover

To turn your gaze to any single spot,

In every line, from cover unto cover,

My passion finds an echo. Read the lot.

Sir Bat-ears was a dog of birthAnd bred in Aberdeen,But he favoured not his noble kinAnd so his lot is mean,And Sir Bat-ears sits by the almshousesOn the stones with grass between.Under the ancient archwayHis pleasure is to waitBetween the two stone pineapplesThat flank the weathered gate;And old, old alms-persons go by,All rusty, bent and black,"Good day, good day, Sir Bat-ears!"They say and stroke his back.And old, old alms-persons go by,Shaking and well-nigh dead,"Good night, good night, Sir Bat-ears!"They say and pat his head.So courted and consideredHe sits out hour by hour,Benignant in the sunshineAnd prudent in the shower.(Nay, stoutly can he stand a stormAnd stiffly breast the rain,That rising when the cloud is goneHe leaves a circle of dry stoneWhereon to sit again.)A dozen little door-stepsUnder the arch are seen,A dozen aged alms-personsTo keep them bright and clean;Two wrinkled hands to scour each stepWith a square of yellow stone—But print-marks of Sir Bat-ears' pawsBespeckle every one.And little eats an alms-person,But, though his board be bare,There never lacks a bone of the bestTo be Sir Bat-ears' share.Mendicant muzzle and shrewd nose,He quests from door to door;Their grace they say—his shadow grayIs instant on the floor,Humblest of all the dogs there be,A pensioner of the poor.

Sir Bat-ears was a dog of birthAnd bred in Aberdeen,But he favoured not his noble kinAnd so his lot is mean,And Sir Bat-ears sits by the almshousesOn the stones with grass between.

Sir Bat-ears was a dog of birth

And bred in Aberdeen,

But he favoured not his noble kin

And so his lot is mean,

And Sir Bat-ears sits by the almshouses

On the stones with grass between.

Under the ancient archwayHis pleasure is to waitBetween the two stone pineapplesThat flank the weathered gate;

Under the ancient archway

His pleasure is to wait

Between the two stone pineapples

That flank the weathered gate;

And old, old alms-persons go by,All rusty, bent and black,"Good day, good day, Sir Bat-ears!"They say and stroke his back.

And old, old alms-persons go by,

All rusty, bent and black,

"Good day, good day, Sir Bat-ears!"

They say and stroke his back.

And old, old alms-persons go by,Shaking and well-nigh dead,"Good night, good night, Sir Bat-ears!"They say and pat his head.

And old, old alms-persons go by,

Shaking and well-nigh dead,

"Good night, good night, Sir Bat-ears!"

They say and pat his head.

So courted and consideredHe sits out hour by hour,Benignant in the sunshineAnd prudent in the shower.

So courted and considered

He sits out hour by hour,

Benignant in the sunshine

And prudent in the shower.

(Nay, stoutly can he stand a stormAnd stiffly breast the rain,That rising when the cloud is goneHe leaves a circle of dry stoneWhereon to sit again.)

(Nay, stoutly can he stand a storm

And stiffly breast the rain,

That rising when the cloud is gone

He leaves a circle of dry stone

Whereon to sit again.)

A dozen little door-stepsUnder the arch are seen,A dozen aged alms-personsTo keep them bright and clean;

A dozen little door-steps

Under the arch are seen,

A dozen aged alms-persons

To keep them bright and clean;

Two wrinkled hands to scour each stepWith a square of yellow stone—But print-marks of Sir Bat-ears' pawsBespeckle every one.

Two wrinkled hands to scour each step

With a square of yellow stone—

But print-marks of Sir Bat-ears' paws

Bespeckle every one.

And little eats an alms-person,But, though his board be bare,There never lacks a bone of the bestTo be Sir Bat-ears' share.

And little eats an alms-person,

But, though his board be bare,

There never lacks a bone of the best

To be Sir Bat-ears' share.

Mendicant muzzle and shrewd nose,He quests from door to door;Their grace they say—his shadow grayIs instant on the floor,Humblest of all the dogs there be,A pensioner of the poor.

Mendicant muzzle and shrewd nose,

He quests from door to door;

Their grace they say—his shadow gray

Is instant on the floor,

Humblest of all the dogs there be,

A pensioner of the poor.

Harold (who has had the worst of an argument with his father)."All right, then, you don't get those six strokes I was going to give you this afternoon."

(The New Indigence.)

Admirable Crichton, double Blue and double First at Oxford, weary of gerund-grinding at a fashionable preparatory school for £500 a year, charming conversationalist, expert auction-bridge player, is open to accept partnership in well-established financial house on the basis of four months' holiday a year and genuine week-ends—Friday till Tuesday.

Nonconformist, with open mind on the subject of gambling, but modest means and conscientious objection to hard work, is desirous of meeting liberal-minded philanthropist who will advance him £750 to operate infallible system at Monte Carlo.

Vigorous Young Manof titled family, who is sick to death of England, is prepared to undertake any duties of a sporting kind for unmarried heiress in America or elsewhere.

A Lady, whose income is only £4,000 a year, is greatly in need of a month's yachting, but cannot afford a yacht of her own and dislikes the mixed company to be met with on the ordinary advertised cruises. Will some kind friend be so good as to lend her a yacht and endow it?

University Man, strong, healthy, in early forties, who has never done a day's work in his life, but has suddenly fallen on comparative poverty, wishes to communicate with some person of means willing to save him from the pain and indignity of having to do without luxuries which have become second nature to him.

£2,000wanted, at once, for speculation by Undergraduate. A safe two per cent. offered; advertiser cannot afford more. No professional money-lenders need apply.

Christianand Teetotaler, who has not yet been to Japan, would be quite grateful to any wealthy travel-enthusiast who would make it possible for him to see this fascinating country. Excellent references.

Now then, cousin Emma"Now then, cousin Emma, let me give you a bit off the breast.""Yes, please, I should like to taste that, for in my young days they always gave it to the grown-ups, and now they keep it for the children, so I've always missed it."

"Now then, cousin Emma, let me give you a bit off the breast."

"Yes, please, I should like to taste that, for in my young days they always gave it to the grown-ups, and now they keep it for the children, so I've always missed it."

[A portion of "The Photodrama of Creation," a cinematograph enterprise hailing from the United States, has recently been exhibited.]

Oh, would I were a preacher or a prophetOf some wild pagan creed, I know not where—One of whom people said, "This man is off it"(But still I had a following sparse and rare),That so, if cynics urged, "How hard to prove isThe faith ye cling to fondly and so fast!"By favour of the men who work the "movies,"I might expound the future and the past.Hiring a lot of lads with mobile faces,And all the world to tap for filméd scenes,Would I not set backsliders in their placesAnd give my errant congregation beans?Uprising in the darkened tabernacle,A canvas sheet across the stage unfurled,"To-night, dear brethren, we propose to tackle,"I should commence, "the Making of the World."Doubts have arisen lately if the cosmosSprang as I stated; an egregious donHas published pamphlets asking if itwasmoss,Or something else, that formed the primalOn."Well, to confute at once this creeping scandal,You shall behold the facts before your eyes,(If Mr. Potts will kindly turn that handle—Thank you)and note, the camera never lies."Yes, I would teach them; and if any scoffersStill weltered in the quagmire of their sin,If when I overhauled the monthly coffersI found the business part a trifle thin,Choosing a model for the worst offenderI should unroll a still more lively lotOf films depicting him in pomp and splendour,"Swift glories," I should say, "and doomed to rot;"And then turn on "The Day of Retribution,"Shades of avengers in the world belowProdding my man with verve and resolution,And broiling him on spits exceeding slow,And flaying him, and squeezing him with pincers;And whilst I pointed to his shrivelled shape(These moving picture-men are rare convincers),How I should thunder to the stalls agape!"Look at yon sinner perishingin toto,Take warning lest the same occurs to you;Each fraction of each wriggle is a photo,And therefore must be absolutely true."

Oh, would I were a preacher or a prophetOf some wild pagan creed, I know not where—One of whom people said, "This man is off it"(But still I had a following sparse and rare),

Oh, would I were a preacher or a prophet

Of some wild pagan creed, I know not where—

One of whom people said, "This man is off it"

(But still I had a following sparse and rare),

That so, if cynics urged, "How hard to prove isThe faith ye cling to fondly and so fast!"By favour of the men who work the "movies,"I might expound the future and the past.

That so, if cynics urged, "How hard to prove is

The faith ye cling to fondly and so fast!"

By favour of the men who work the "movies,"

I might expound the future and the past.

Hiring a lot of lads with mobile faces,And all the world to tap for filméd scenes,Would I not set backsliders in their placesAnd give my errant congregation beans?

Hiring a lot of lads with mobile faces,

And all the world to tap for filméd scenes,

Would I not set backsliders in their places

And give my errant congregation beans?

Uprising in the darkened tabernacle,A canvas sheet across the stage unfurled,"To-night, dear brethren, we propose to tackle,"I should commence, "the Making of the World.

Uprising in the darkened tabernacle,

A canvas sheet across the stage unfurled,

"To-night, dear brethren, we propose to tackle,"

I should commence, "the Making of the World.

"Doubts have arisen lately if the cosmosSprang as I stated; an egregious donHas published pamphlets asking if itwasmoss,Or something else, that formed the primalOn.

"Doubts have arisen lately if the cosmos

Sprang as I stated; an egregious don

Has published pamphlets asking if itwasmoss,

Or something else, that formed the primalOn.

"Well, to confute at once this creeping scandal,You shall behold the facts before your eyes,(If Mr. Potts will kindly turn that handle—Thank you)and note, the camera never lies."

"Well, to confute at once this creeping scandal,

You shall behold the facts before your eyes,

(If Mr. Potts will kindly turn that handle—

Thank you)and note, the camera never lies."

Yes, I would teach them; and if any scoffersStill weltered in the quagmire of their sin,If when I overhauled the monthly coffersI found the business part a trifle thin,

Yes, I would teach them; and if any scoffers

Still weltered in the quagmire of their sin,

If when I overhauled the monthly coffers

I found the business part a trifle thin,

Choosing a model for the worst offenderI should unroll a still more lively lotOf films depicting him in pomp and splendour,"Swift glories," I should say, "and doomed to rot;"

Choosing a model for the worst offender

I should unroll a still more lively lot

Of films depicting him in pomp and splendour,

"Swift glories," I should say, "and doomed to rot;"

And then turn on "The Day of Retribution,"Shades of avengers in the world belowProdding my man with verve and resolution,And broiling him on spits exceeding slow,

And then turn on "The Day of Retribution,"

Shades of avengers in the world below

Prodding my man with verve and resolution,

And broiling him on spits exceeding slow,

And flaying him, and squeezing him with pincers;And whilst I pointed to his shrivelled shape(These moving picture-men are rare convincers),How I should thunder to the stalls agape!

And flaying him, and squeezing him with pincers;

And whilst I pointed to his shrivelled shape

(These moving picture-men are rare convincers),

How I should thunder to the stalls agape!

"Look at yon sinner perishingin toto,Take warning lest the same occurs to you;Each fraction of each wriggle is a photo,And therefore must be absolutely true."

"Look at yon sinner perishingin toto,

Take warning lest the same occurs to you;

Each fraction of each wriggle is a photo,

And therefore must be absolutely true."

Evoe

"At the short fourteenth Vardon was bunkered, and took an hour."—Exeter Express.

He should have read our book, "How to get out of a Bunker in Forty-five Minutes. By One who often Does."

"This move of the Powers, sending a rural gentleman from the Rhine to do the big stick stunt in Albania with a lot of blood-thirsty savages, is about as much use as putting a boy sprout in the room of Sir John French."—London Mail.

Personally we put an elderly artichoke in SirJohn'sroom when he comes to stay with us. This, of course, in addition to the usual tin of biscuits.

THE DOVE OF PEACE.THE DOVE OF PEACE.Lord Crewe."I DON'T SAY HE'S A PERFECT BIRD, MY LORDS, BUT HE'S THE BEST WE COULD MANAGE, AND A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT MIGHT DO WONDERS FOR HIM."

(Extracted from the Diary of Toby, M.P.)

House of Commons, Monday, June 15.—In the mid seventies, when dearJohnny Toolewas at height of well-earned fame, he for a while played three several parts on the same night. Bold advertisement announced "Toole in Three Pieces." Being just the kind of joke that has the widest run over the low level of mediocrity, it filled the gallery and upper boxes.

To-night it was recalled with fresh application. House privileged to seePremierin Three Pieces. For some weeks he has appeared at Question time in dual character as Prime Minister and Secretary of State for War. To-night takes on duties of absentChancellor of Duchy of Lancaster. His versatility as marvellous as his industry. In response to group of five questions addressed to him "as representing theChancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster," bristles with minute information respecting number of livings in gift of the Duchy in West Riding of Yorkshire, together with amount of income of each benefice and nature of the security. Equally master of intricate case of the calamity overshadowing the Pontefract Cricket Club whose playing pitch has been damaged through subsidence caused by underground workings.

A GENEROUS RESTRAINT.A GENEROUS RESTRAINT."I believe the Almighty has endowed us all with a certain amount of brains; but we don't all use them." (Cheers).—Mr.Ticklerin the debate on the Plural Voting Bill.

"I believe the Almighty has endowed us all with a certain amount of brains; but we don't all use them." (Cheers).—Mr.Ticklerin the debate on the Plural Voting Bill.

Situation raised nice questions as to responsibility of the underground leaseholder and the prospect of compensation from coal royalties.Premieras fully informed on these subjects as later he proved himself when by way of Supplementary QuestionAmery, with pretty air of one really in search of elementary information, inquired "In whose hands is the government of Ireland at the present moment?" "In the hands ofHis Majesty'sMinisters," saidAsquith.

The one thing borne home to me."The one thing borne home to me was what a genius the Irish people have for admiring each other."—Mr.Birrell.

"The one thing borne home to me was what a genius the Irish people have for admiring each other."—Mr.Birrell.

All very well for Duchy of Lancaster. Its affairs in strong capable hands. But that does little to assuage grief ofWorthington-Evans. For months before the day whenMasterman, greatly daring, exchanged safe position of Secretary of Treasury for dizzy heights of Duchy of Lancaster,Worthington-Evanswas daily accustomed to pose him with questions as to working of Insurance Act. InMasterman'senforced absence from HouseWedgwood Bennplaced in charge of Insurance Act Department. Does a difficult business exceedingly well. Has earned approval from both sides of House. ButWorthington-Evansis inconsolable. His feelings find expression in couple of lines, learned at his mother's knee, descriptive of anguish of blind boy parted from his brother by ruthless hand of death:—

Oh, give my brother back to me;I cannot play alone.

Oh, give my brother back to me;

I cannot play alone.

Visibly brightened up on eve of Ipswich election, which seemed to promise return of the wanderer. As to-night he sits forlorn in corner seat below Gangway to left ofSpeaker, gazing sadly at corner of Treasury bench opposite (once amply filled by figure of former Secretary of Treasury),Stephen Gwynne, seated next to him, gently nudgesButcher, and with softened memories ofPeggottycontemplatingMrs. Gummidgein exceptionally low spirits, whispers, "He's thinking of the old 'un."

Business done.—After brief unsparkling debate Plural Voters Bill read a third time. Hostile amendment moved from Front Opposition Bench negatived by 320 votes against 242. Bill passed final stage without division.

Tuesday.—Home Rule fills the bill in both Houses. The Lords, back from brief holiday, protest against delay in introducing Amending Bill. In vigorous speechLansdowneinsists on early day being named.Crewe, wringing his hands over unreasonable ways of some people, promises Tuesday next. Adds that, if upon consideration of proposed amendments noble lords should require longer interval before Second Reading of parent measure than is provided by original fixture for 30th June, there will be no objection to postponement.

A GENEROUS RESTRAINT."I don't know whether the hon. Member regards me as a particularly frivolous person."LordRobert Cecil.

"I don't know whether the hon. Member regards me as a particularly frivolous person."

LordRobert Cecil.

In the CommonsRobert Cecil, interposing in ordered business of Supply, moves adjournment with view of calling attention to "growing danger created in Ireland by existence of volunteer forces and failure of Government to deal with situation." It is plurality of situation that disturbs philosophical mind. As long as there was but one volunteer force, its locality confined to Ulster, its purpose to defeat Home RuleBill, its commander-in-chiefCarson, it was well. Nay more, it was patriotic. But when Ulster's challenge, uttered by one hundred thousand armed men, is answered by the South and West of Ireland with creation of an army exceeding that number, whole aspect is altered. Now, as in the time when "Measure for Measure" was written—

That in the captain's but a choleric wordWhich in the soldier is flat blasphemy,

That in the captain's but a choleric word

Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy,

Opposition, to a man, stand up to supportLord Bob'sdemand that matter shall be discussed as one of urgent public importance.

In course of animated speechLord Bobdelighted House by equalling, if not going one better than, the late LordCross'shistoricjeu d'esprit.

"I hear an hon. member smile," saidGrand Crosson a memorable occasion.

"I wish," saidLord Bobto-night, sternly regarding hilarious Ministerialists, "those laughs could be photographed and shown throughout the country."

Suggestion will doubtless not be lost on enterprising purveyors of cinematograph shows.

There was another opportunity for the snap-shotter when,Lord Boblamenting the "ingrained frivolity of the Radicals in this grave crisis,"Arthur Markhaminterposed with Supplementary Question.

"What about Satan rebuking sin?" he asked.

Turning upon Member for Mansfield more in sorrow than in anger,Lord Bobremarked: "I don't know whether the hon. Member regards me as a particularly frivolous person." General and generous cheering approved this implied disclaimer, andLord Bobreturned to consideration of "the characteristic vice of the Radical Government—fear of losing their places."

Tendency to introduce personal observations cropped up from time to time through debate, which occupied greater part of sitting.Carsonhaving genially alluded to main body of Ministerialists as "lunatics,"Neil Primrose, turning upon theWistful Winston, who hadn't been saying anything, denounced him as "a human palimpsest."

Perhaps most touching case was that ofBylesof Bradford. Having long remained silent under undeserved contumely, he suddenly rose at half-past ten and irrelevantly remarked, "I cannot understand how the myth has grown up in this House that I am a blood-thirsty ruffian. Why, Mr.Speaker, I would not kill a fly."

In view of proved inconvenience, not to say danger, of unrestrained plague of flies, this protestation was received with mixed feelings.

Business done.—On division motion for adjournment of House negatived by majority of 65. After this, the House, nothing if not logical, forthwith adjourned.

Pouring cold water on the troubled oilPOURING COLD WATER ON THE TROUBLED OIL.(Lord Charles Beresfordand Mr.Dillon.)

POURING COLD WATER ON THE TROUBLED OIL.

(Lord Charles Beresfordand Mr.Dillon.)

Thursday.—The Irish Members, long quiescent, suddenly resumed former habit of activity. House owes toAmerythe pleasing variation. He cited newspaper report of remarks recently made by CaptainBellingham, aide-de-camp to theLord-lieutenant of Ireland. Inspecting and addressing body of National Volunteers, he exhorted them to ensure triumph of Home Rule.

Was this a proper thing to do? Certainly not.St. Augustine Birrell, answeringAmery'squestion founded on incident, stated that when LordAberdeenheard of matter he immediately called for explanation, and CaptainBellinghamfrankly acknowledged error of judgment.

Irish Members recognised that in measure the error of judgment was slight compared withAmery'sin stirring up this dangerously attractive pool. As everyone knows, and as House was promptly reminded, Colonel the Marquis ofLondonderryand Colonel LordKilmorey, aides-de-camp toHis Majesty, have on more than one occasion, when inspecting Ulster Volunteers, urged them to stand indomitable in resistance to establishment of Home Rule in their Northern Province. Irish Members want to know whether these noble and gallant gentlemen have been called upon to make explanation of their conduct similar to that peremptorily exacted from CaptainBellingham.

Premiernot to be drawn into delicate controversy. Pleaded lack of notice of questions put to him. Irish Members will be delighted to provide it. Shall hear more on the subject next week.

Business done.—TheInfant Samuel, appearing in new calling as President of Local Government Board, carries vote for his Department by rattling majority of 127.

To the Editor of "The Oblate Spheroid."

Sir,—I congratulate you on your new departure. The time is ripe for Politics without Partisanship. I look to you for scathing denunciations of the arch humbugs who now wear the mantle of the once great Liberal Party.

Yours, etc.,

"Patriot."

Sir,—I hail with joy your abandonment of Party Shibboleths, and await your exposure ofAsquith, Lloyd Georgeand all such traitors.

Yours, etc.,

"Impartial."

Sir,—You will find it hard to live up to your professions, but the thinking Public will support you.

We need a judicial paper that will set truth above Party considerations, revealing, incidentally, the devilish character of theRedmond-cum-Cabinet compact.

Yours, etc.,

"Dulce et Decorum."

"Pink Chestnut.—When ices are given at a dinner it is usual to have them, but not otherwise."From "Etiquette" in "The Lady."

"Pink Chestnut.—When ices are given at a dinner it is usual to have them, but not otherwise."

From "Etiquette" in "The Lady."

It is therefore incorrect, "Pink Chestnut," to produce a private Bombe Vanille from your handkerchief bag.

"The death of an infant from 'convulsions,' without further explanation, can never be wholly satisfactory."Australian Medical Journal.

"The death of an infant from 'convulsions,' without further explanation, can never be wholly satisfactory."

Australian Medical Journal.

It takes a lot to satisfy some people.

Short-sighted Old LadyShort-sighted Old Lady (to gentleman taking his morning exercise in the park). "Go away, go away; you shan't put a finger onmyluggage!"

Short-sighted Old Lady (to gentleman taking his morning exercise in the park). "Go away, go away; you shan't put a finger onmyluggage!"

(By Mr. Punch's Staff of Learned Clerks.)

All the world recognises SirMartin Conwayas a paramount peak-compeller and explorer of resource, while superior persons, like this learned clerk, know him as an effectivedilettantein the realms of art. InThe Sport of Collecting(Fisher Unwin), with a general candour, but a specific, canny (and of course rather tiresome and disappointing) reticence as to prices, he gives us, in effect, a treatise on the craft of curio-hunting, gaily illustrated by anecdotes of the bagging of bronze cats in Egypt, Foppas and Giorgiones in Italian byways, Inca jewellery in Peru, and heaven knows what and where beside. The authentic method, apparently, is to mark down your quarry as you enter the dealer's stockade, to pay no visible attention to it but bargain furiously over some pretentious treasure which you don't in the least want; later, admitting with regret your inability to afford the price, to suggest that as a memento of your pleasant visit you might be disposed to carry off that odd trifle in the corner over there; then, bursting with hardly controlled excitement to see your priceless primitive wrapped in brown paper and thrown into your cab, to drive to your quarters, hug yourself ecstatically and boast to your friends and fellow-conspirators about it. Shooting the driven tiger from the howdah is quite evidently nothing to this royal sport of dealer-spoofing, especially when the dealer knows a thing or two, as SirMartinbravely confesses he sometimes does. I wonder if this arch-collector, when he discovered his best piece, Allington Castle (of which he discourses with such pleasant and knowledgable enthusiasm), turned a contemptuous back on the battlements and made a casual offer for the moat. A most diverting book.

The name ofMadame Yoi Pawlowskais new to me; but if her previous books were anything like so good asA Child Went Forth(Duckworth) I am heartily sorry to have missed them. There have been many books written about childhood, and the end of them is not yet in sight; but I have known none that so successfully attains the simplicity that should belong to the subject. You probably identify the title as a quotation fromWalt Whitman, about the child that went forth every day, "and the first object that he looked upon, that object he became." The child in the present instance was oneAnna, who went forth in the Hungarian village where she was born, and saw and became a number of picturesque and amusing things, all of which her narrator has quite obviously herself recalled, and sat down in excellent fashion. I don't want you to run away with the idea thatAnnawas a good or even a pleasant child. Anything but that. The things she did and said furnished a more than sufficient reason for her father to threaten again and again to send her to school in England. The book ends with the realisation of this, which had always been toAnnaas a kind of shadowy horror in the background of life. We are not told which particular English school was favoured with her patronage, nor how she got on there. I was too interested in her career not to be sorry for this omission; and that shall be my personal tribute to her attractions.

There are few persons who can write love stories with a surer and more tender touch thanKatharine Tynan. So I expect that many gentle souls will share my pleasure in the fact that she has just put together a volume of studies in this kind under the amiable title ofLovers' Meetings(Werner Laurie). Personally my only complaint about them is that in a short story lovers' meetingsmean the journey's end, and I wished to spend a longer time in the society of many of the agreeable characters of Mrs.Hinkson'sstudies. Take for example the first—and my own favourite—of the series. There really isn't anything special in it—and yet there is everything. What happened was thatChalloner, a confirmed bachelor, went to the Dublin quay to see off a friend on the boat to Holyhead. The friend didn't turn up; but a young governess, with whomChallonerhad only the slightest previous acquaintance, was going by the boat—soChallonerwent with her, and they were married, and lived happy ever after. You may think that this doesn't sound very probable, and perhaps it doesn't; but it is so charmingly told—Challoner'sgrowing delight in the initial mistake that confuses the pair as man and wife is so alluringly developed, and the whole little episode of twenty pages has such a way with it as to take your credulity a willing captive. This was my individual choice; but there are fifteen others of various styles; some mild detective studies, and a pathetic little ghost story that recalls to me one ofKipling'sbest. Altogether an attractive collection, very far above many such that have appeared lately.

Mr.Wilkinson Sherren, in his new novel,The Marriage Tie(Grant Richards), is very serious about the hypocrisies of the virtuous and the injustice of our moral conventions. Other writers before him have been serious about these things, and I do not know that Mr.Sherrenhas anything very new to say. I must also confess to thinking that a sense of humour would have assisted him greatly in his task. Nevertheless his readers are certain to sympathise with his beautiful heroine in her dismay at her unfortunate illegitimacy, and she is a good girl with a great regard for the feelings of all her friends, even though she expresses this regard a little stiffly. Mr.Sherrenuses his background well, and many of his scenes would be effective if only his characters were debarred from dialogue. It would be, I am sure, beyondJohanna'spowers, were she limited to the deaf and dumb alphabet, to convey such a speech as this: "I wish you to consent to your father's suggestions, dear. By doing so you do not injure me, and you cheer his declining days. I am sure your dear mother wishes it." Her methods would become something much brusquer and more direct. I doubt if Mr.Sherrenis at his best in a novel. An essay on the confused issues of illegitimacy and the punishment of the children for the sins of their fathers would show him, I am convinced, at his ease; but dialogue and a beautiful heroine are an embarrassment to him.

In a volume of tales and sketches entitledThe Mercy of the Lord(Heinemann) Mrs.Flora Annie Steelrevives pleasant memories of her Indian romances once beloved by me. In these new stories everybody dies—if Europeans, with the latest slang upon their lips; if natives, with a lusty invocation to Allah. Mrs.Steeldoes not believe in letting the reader know what she is about, and there is generally something up her sleeve. Each story has its own little puzzle, and, if the puzzles are not always solved by the end of the tale, one can make all kinds of pleasant conjectures as to what really did happen, and Mrs.Steel'smysterious hints and shrugs and fingers on the lip do beyond question assist her atmosphere. I like best of the stories "Salt of the Earth," a most moving tale, beautifully told. Always Mrs.Steelis interesting, and I hope these sketches are only little preludes to another of her thrilling romances.

If Mr.Bertram Smith'sCaravan Days(Nisbet) has not made me eager to take to the road at once, the reason is that he seems to delight in things that I most cordially detest. For instance, he likes cooking and he is "very fond of rain." With such tastes he has more facilities for enjoying himself than are offered to most of us, and I find myself wondering whether life in a caravan, always supposing that he was not there to do the cooking and admire the rain, would be quite as much fun as he would have us believe. I am confident that when next he goes upon his travels the majority of his friends will be anxious to share the attractions of hisSieglinda, that caravan of caravans, but I doubt if they will be orderingSieglindasfor themselves. Meanwhile, so human has Mr.Bertram Smithmade hisSieglindathat I can well imagine her sulking in her retirement because she wants to see Argyll, the only county in Scotland she has not yet sampled.

If you are a musical genius yourself and want to do a young composer a good turn, I implore you not to get his opera produced under the pretence that it is yours and wait until it has been received enthusiastically before you announce whose work it is. For that is whatJess Levellierdid, and "MissLouise Mack" tells us what a deal of trouble was brought about by this impulsive action. There are several love stories inThe Music Makers(Mills and Boon). There is the affair ofJessand there is the affair ofJess'sfather; and in regard to the second of these I would say that I am a little tired of adventurous women who are first attracted by dollars and then find that they are head over ears in love with the man himself. But in case you are not adequately intrigued by either of these romances, I can also tell you thatSir William(big and burly) andTrixie Harrison, though married, gave considerable cause for anxiety before with "outstretched hands she went tottering towards him." Even the most jaded novel-readers will suffer thrills and surprises fromThe Music Makers, and occasionally, perhaps, they will wonder whether coincidence's long arm has not been stretched to the point of dislocation. However that may be, the book is breezy and its author is lavish of her material. Parsimonious writers would have made half-a-dozen novels out of the stuff of Mrs.Creed'sbook.

THE ART OF WINDOW-DRESSING.THE ART OF WINDOW-DRESSING.Shop-Manager (sternly, to assistant)."Surely, Mr. Jenkins, you ought to know better than to put the Kitchen Cobbles in the centre vase. Remember in future that it is absolutely necessary you should always strike the key-note with theSelected Nuts."

Shop-Manager (sternly, to assistant)."Surely, Mr. Jenkins, you ought to know better than to put the Kitchen Cobbles in the centre vase. Remember in future that it is absolutely necessary you should always strike the key-note with theSelected Nuts."

EPILOGUE

(An Episode in the Camp of the Nationalist Volunteers.)

Several further months had elapsed in the history of the scheme for the "better government of Ireland." The Home Rule Bill had been read for the third time in the Inferior Chamber, but, apart from this conciliatory action, no effective attempt had been made to avert the horrors of Civil War.

Meanwhile two coups had been planned, of which the one failed and the other succeeded. And during the arrangements for the first coup (for it got no further than the preparatory stage—and even this was denied) it was revealed that British officers were not very greatly inclined to shoot down their fellow-countrymen for the sake of thebeaux jeuxof a political party. And for this the politicians of that party, selecting the worst name they could think of, described these officers as politicians. And the cry of "The Armyv.the People," started by a Labour Member (who wore a large hat), and supported by theFirst Lord of the Admiralty(who wore a small one), was raised very high and then dropped, as likely to prove inexpedient.

But the other coup (which succeeded) was a very clever feat of gun-running on the part of the Ulster Volunteers. And, the law having been broken, the Government, as its guardian, determined to take no punitive measures—an attitude that was repellent both to SirWilliam Bylesand to Mr.Neil Primrose.

And now there grew up in each political party a body of rebellion. For on the Liberal side there were those, notorious at other seasons for their advocacy of peace at whatever charges, who gave out that there were worse things than Civil War, and one of the worse things was the stultification of their own projects, or, as they put it, of the Will of the People; though they showed no strong anxiety to discover, by the usual tests, what the Will of the People might actually be in the matter.

And on the Unionist side there were those who said that they would do nothing to provoke Civil War, but that, since it took two sides to conduct a Civil or any other kind of War, and the British Army was apparently not available, there was no fear of Civil War, and they (the Unionist Party) could well afford to stiffen themselves about the lips.

And all this tended to embarrass the labours (if any) of those leaders who were still supposed to be holding communion together for the furtherance of a compromise.

Now, among the Ulster Volunteers, though perfect sobriety was exhorted and maintained, it was excusably felt that it would be a pity if so fine a force should have been raised and armed at such expense and sacrifice and thenhave no chance of showing what it could do. And this feeling evoked sympathy in the breasts of the Irish of the South and West; and they said to them of Ulster, "Rather than see your army wasted we will ourselves raise one for you to shoot at." And this they did, in part for sheer joy of the chance of a fight, and in part for admiration of the sportsmanship of a people that had defied a British Government. And though some joined the new Volunteers for love of Home Rule, and with the object of offering themselves as substitutes for the British Army, yet the promoters were content to allege, vaguely and inoffensively, that their object was just the protection of Irish liberty, whatever that might be taken to mean. And, being Irish, no exact logic was asked of them.

But at first Mr.Redmond, as a supporter of the law, and scandalised by its breach in Ulster, declined to approve this illegal development, which for the rest he regarded as negligible. But later, when it had grown too large to be ignored, he generously consented to overlook its illegality and to place it under official patronage. But his offer was received in a spirit of very regrettable independence. On reflection, however, this attitude was exchanged for one of sullen submission.

Now a private army is a dangerous thing when you know what it is for; but it is a very dangerous thing when you don't. And there were cynics—not too frivolous—who held that the best course for the Government would be to withdraw from Ireland for the time being and leave Ulster and the Rest to come to an agreement of their own, either with or without a bloody prelude. And there were other critics—not much more frivolous—who replied that, if we walked out of Ireland and left Ulster and the Rest to come to terms, they might get to understand one another to such good purpose that we should never have the opportunity of walking in again.

And the Government's only consolation lay in the thought that the Rest of Ireland lacked the munitions of war owing to the vigilant precautions taken to prevent the importation of arms into Ulster.

A thrill of emotion rippled over the tented plain. Into the camp of the Nationalist Volunteers had dashed a motor-car which was taken to be the forerunner of a great consignment of smuggled arms, for it contained a bulky wooden case with the label "Munitions of Peace" pasted upon its façade—a superscription that might well have been designed to mislead the wariest of coastguards and patrols. Its sole convoy was an old gentleman—evidently selected for the part, for by his air of simple benevolence you would have judged him the last man in the world to be suspected of nefarious practices.

A cry of bitter disappointment broke out on the discovery that the "munitions" consisted of nothing but books. But the uproar died down as the old gentleman was seen to assume the attitude of an orator. His words were at first received in courteous silence; then with sympathetic approval; finally with deafening applause.

"Nationalist Volunteers!" he said: "I come from performing a similar mission of camaraderie among the hosts of Ulster. I am no partisan. I am like a certain philanthropist of whom I have heard who purveyed sherbet to the rival camps of the Sultan ofMoroccoand the Pretender. I trust that my fate may not be his, for he was the sole person killed in one of the noisiest battles ever fought in the environs of Fez.

"This tome, identical with the rest of my munitions of peace, embodies (for I made the contents myself, and so ought to know) the highest wisdom mingled with the purest material for mirth. Its contemporaneous perusal in both camps should encourage a common ideal of humour and so promote mutual respect and affection.

"I would go even further and express the hope that here may be found a spirit of genial tolerance which, if assimilated by all parties, will infallibly lead to a solution of the Irish Question without the inconvenience of bloodshed. Gentlemen, permit me!" And thereupon he presented to the admiring gaze of his audienceMr. Punch's

One hundred and forty-Sixth Volume.

INDEX.

Partridge, BernardAfter Ten Years, 311Amending Bill (The), 411Asquith to the Rescue (An), 271Couleur d'Orange, 51Crescendo, 371Desperate Remedies, 151Devotee of "The Doctrine" (A), 171Diversion (A), 331Dove of Peace (The), 491From Fife to Harp, 291Gift Horse (The), 111Holiday Task (A), 431Latest Velasquith (The), 211Missing Word (The), 131Neptune's Ally, 231New Bellerophon (The), 91New Shylock (The), 391Price of Admiralty (The), 71"Sincerest Flattery" (The), 451"There's Many a Slip...", 251Triumph of the Voluntary System, 471Ulster King-at-Arms (The), 351Wooing (The), 191Raven-hill, L.After Closing Hours, 243Black Man's Burden (The), 43Captains Courageous, 483Circus of Empire (The), 423Clean Slate (A), 103Coalition Touch (The), 403Concert of South America (The), 383Easter Egg (An), 263Exit Tango, 83Fight for the Banner (The), 283Giants Refreshed, 443Gift for Gift, 183Lightening the Darkness, 223Nine Old Men of the Sea (The), 163One of Us—Now, 123Penny Wisdom, 203Penultimatum (A), 303Refreshing the Fruit, 463Sand Campaign (The), 31Sitting Tight, 343"Sort of War" (A), 323Splendid Paupers (The), 11Swashbucklers (The), 363Throne Perilous (The), 143Trust Clinch (The), 63Townsend, F. H.Earthly Paradise (The), 3Sea-Change (A), 23Articles.Aumonier, StaceyMoon (The), 246Bilsborough, J. H.Mr. Punch's Pantomime Analysis, 122Bird, A. W.Given Away, 46Manners for Parents, 162Birrell, S. E.To Minki-Poo, 158Toast (A), 441Brex, J. TwellsKey to Cubism (A), 106Chalmers, P. R.Adventurers, 478Annabel Lee, 290Below the Wire, 390Big Trout (The), 487Buddha, 100Con, 277Fox (The), 196Huntsman's Story (The), 16In March, 216Johnny Rigg, 354Old China, 258Pandean, 336Song, 221Tattie-Bogle (The), 425To Septimius on Trout, 138Tortoiseshell Cat (The), 178Trophy (The), 106Uncle Steve's Fairy, 68West Highland, 368Claughton, HaroldLost Leader (A), 180Cochrane, AlfredRock Gardeness in London (The), 475Collins, G. H.Best Policy (The), 222Pessimism, 77Second-hand Serenade (A), 488Dark, RichardTwo Eyes of Gray, 455Davis, Oswald H.How to Get On Off-hand, 262Duffin, MissRuthAdvance Finale (An), 453Eckersley, ArthurReversible Rhetoric, 275Silver Jubilee (A), 366Three-Card Trick (The), 426Three Wishes (The), 113Winter Sports, 27Eden, Mrs.Idol of the Market Place (An), 218"Sir Bat-Ears", 489Edwardes, C.Continental Intelligence, 15Elias, F.Food—Not Merely for Thought, 227Very Much Greater London, 417Emanuel, WalterCharivaria, weeklyWhat Our Readers Think of Us, 13Farjeon, HerbertQuestion of Courtesy (A), 338Fish, W. W. BlairBargain in Fashions (A), 347Carpet Sales, 255Charm (A), 90Spell (The), 13Sweet of the Year (The), 407Villain in Revolt (A), 296Fisher, MurrayHullo, Bedroom Scene, 436Fowler, F. G.Bath Unrest (The), 398"On", 340Once One, 237Fowler, P. A.Laid, 278Love at the Cinema, 58Freeman, WilliamGwendolen's Hobbies, 309French, C. O.Our Literary Advice Department, 168Fry, C. H.Commercial Side (The), 82Garvey, MissInaAt the Gates of the West, 236Blanche's Letters, 94, 346, 446Guess Who It Is, 122Sitter Sat Upon (The), 309Gittins, H. N.Love's Labour, 115Married Man's Advantage (The), 34Sporting Chance (A), 357Welcome Flaw (A), 456Graves, C. L.Ballad of the Watchful Eye, 270Drastic Reform of Schools, 409Gnomes for Golfers, 170In the Garden of Allah, 34Liberals Day by Day, 267Qualities that Count (The), 97Tragedy of Middle Age (The), 55Graves, C. L., and Lucas, E. V.April for the Epicure, 286Artistes' Aliases, 249Author (The), 338Book-buyer (The), 266Cautious Conclusions, 302Colonel Talks (The), 405Country Life Exhibition, 258"Dash", 206Eavesdropper (The), 349Fares, 177Gleanings from Grub Street, 367Grub Street Gossip, 307How to Improve London, 369Indomitables (The), 68In Extremis, 116Laconics, 48Letters and Life, 129Lidbetter, 85Mr. Balfour: Mixed Double Life, 218Mr. Roosevelt's Discoveries, 362Music and Millinery, 65Musical Notes, 335, 484National Calamity (A), 394New Book of Beauty (A), 6Newspaper War, 422Nose Has It (The), 114Novelist and Millionaire, 345Oblique Method (The), 95One of Our Greatest, 406One Way With Them, 196Our Ready Writers, 109Popular Misconceptions, 226Professor Splurgeon on Personality, 336Record Risks, 17Romance of a Battleship (A), 5Secret Out (The), 28Studies in Discipleship, 185Sufferer (The), 386Tempora Mutantur, 478Too Good to be True, 128Water is Best, 350Water on the Brain, 216When Boss Eats Boss, 127Young Everything (The), 467Harty, FrankMouse of Mydra (The), 434Haslam, RalphCritic at the R.A. (The), 312Hastings, B. MacdonaldHow the Championship was Won, 482Herbert, A. P.Call of the Blood (The), 470Hodgkinson, T.Cry for Guidance (A), 120Danger Signal (The), 157Hospitable Door (The), 98Last Straw (The), 8News from the Front, 327Next of the Dandies (The), 241Noblest Work of Man (The), 365Piercing of the Veil (The), 385Sign of Decay (A), 174Time Exposure(A), 461Hopkins, E. T.Moan of the Old Horses (The), 73Young Mother's Swan Song, 21Hosken, J. F.An Apology that Made Things Worse, 148Curling, 48Interviewing Father, 166Miranda's Will, 76Hughes, C. E.Great Occasion (A), 438Jenkins, ErnestBludyard, 406Kakekikokuans (The), 47Little Wonder (The), 16New Penny Paper (The), 205Strike of School Teachers (The), 121Johnston, AlecArgumentum ad Feminam, 276Coward (The), 37Local Colour, 89"Milestones", 376Old Master (The), 74Slit Trouser (The), 206Stanzas written in Dejection before Matrimony, 230Subscription (The), 10Kendall, CaptainFloral Dangers, 374Hen (The), 130House of Punch (The), 46Shop, 256Wild Swan (The), 210Kidd, ArthurEarthly Hades (The), 458Myth of Bond Street (A), 298Kirk, LaurenceBilliards à la Golf, 69"For Professional Services", 117Knox, E. G. V.Amending a Bill, 466Chimes and the Chube (The), 227"Cines" of the Times, 125Civil War, 329Forgiveness, 190Hazard on the Home Green (A), 442Highway Loot, 388Inspiration, 410Ivory, 87Loop! Loop!, 38Manes à la Mode, 110Manly Part (The), 265Moving, 167Nocturne, 287Olympic Talent, 67Perfection, 370"Punch" in his Element, 250Revelation Revised, 490Revenge, 50Smile of the Sea Kings (The), 430Sporting Offer (A), 450Langley, F. O.Audit (The), 402Billet Doux, 388Bygone (A), 58Character (A), 158Epidemic (The), 78Impressing of Perkins (The), 328Modern Idyll (A), 93Nonentity (A), 285Old Friends, 30Opportunist (The), 198Root of all Evil (The), 457Spectrum (The), 235Laws, A. GordonWhat to tell an Editor, 25Lehmann, R. C.Abandoner (The), 458Bad Dream (A), 38Beer Fight (The), 77Exile, 278Federal Solution (The), 298Great Resigner (The), 142Hat (The), 202Jobson's, 222Last Straw (The), 57Lean-to Shed (The), 116Legal Document (A), 488May Picnic (A), 418Mediation, 398Not a Line, 435Odd Man (The), 255Paper-Chase (The), 14Per Asparagos ad Astra, 325Peter, a Pekinese Puppy, 347Post Office Savings Bank (The), 318Roosevelt Resurgit, 465Singing Water, 147Smiles and Laughter, 187Sultan of Morocco (The), 378Trying-on, 96Wedding Present (The), 176Longstaff, GilbertTime's Revenge, 238Lucas, E. V.Another Information Bureau, 436, 456In the Brave 3d. Days, 225Once upon a Time, 55, 314Lucy, HenryEssence of Parliament, 133, 153, 173, 193, 213, 233, 253, 273, 293, 313, 333, 353, 373, 393, 413, 433, 473McClelland, W. E.Yellow Furze (The), 86Marillier, Mrs.Points of View, 238To my Husband's Banker, 362Marshall, ArchibaldCabinet Crisis (A), 54Martin, N. R.Cabinet Meets (The), 102End of It All (The), 182New Journal-Insurance (The), 23Politics on the Links, 302Red Head and White Paws, 474Royalists (The), 146"Scene" in 1916 (A), 322Signers of the Times, 217Matkin, C.Way Out (The), 438Melvin, H. E.Lord of the Leviathans (The), 378Milne, A. A.At the Play, 195, 375Competition Spirit (The), 348Complete Dramatist (The), 428, 448, 462"Driven", 486Farewell Tour (A), 42"Grumpy", 396Hanging Garden in Babylon (A), 408Lesson (The), 108My Lord's Dinner, 326Obvious (The), 308Oranges and Lemons, 188, 208, 228, 248, 208, 268, 288Play of Features (A), 2Same Old Story (The), 26Silver Linings, 66Strong Man (The), 88"Wrongly Attributed", 368Muir, WardLondon's Links with the Past, 237Naismith, J. B.Every Author's Wife, 148In Search of Peter, 289Phillips, C. K.Post Office Again (The), 53Telephone Again (The), 175To Obey or Not to Obey, 36Pope, MissJessieBomb (The), 282Downward Trend (The), 194Militant's Song (The), 168Vagrant (A), 385Randell, Wilfrid L.Art of Conversation (The), 296Can-Can (The), 454Perfect Conductor (The), 162Redington, Miss S.Legend of Everymatron (The), 95Rigby, ReginaldLanguage of Colour (The), 390Security, 98Risk, R. K.Cowl (The), 294Rittenberg, MaxCinema Habit (The), 215Salter, MissGurney"Pereant Qui Ante Nos ...", 302Salvidge, StanleyMan of the Evening (The), 468Seaman, OwenAt the Play, 18, 56, 74, 135, 156, 178, 276, 316, 356, 376, 416, 476Bowles without a Bias, 102Byles for the Bill, 182Civil War Estimates, 142Cockaigne of Dreams (A), 62General Villa breaks into Poetry, 322"Grand Nights", 482Holiday Mood (The), 422In Memoriam (Sir John Tenniel), 162Prancing Prussian (A), 22Smithers, B. C., 82Spirit of Ulster and the Army (The), 242To Mr. Chamberlain, 40To the Cabinet, 280Ulster for Scotland, 442Unhappy Mean (The), 362Union of Irish Hearts (The), 282"Who Fears to Speak of"—Nineteen-six?, 382Smith, BertramBazaar Cushion (The), 126Corncrake (The), 418Game Licence (The), 28Vandalism, 387Smith, C. TurleyFuser (The), 354Triumph of Thinness (A), 234Smith, E. B.Business friendship, 382Sterne, AshleyBuying a Piano, 414Sykes, A. A.Deadly Button (The), 155Intellectual Damage to Animals, 138Pidgin Trot (The), 70Tombs, J. S. M.In the Park, 466Isabel in Springtime, 327Proof, 275Season's Delights (The), 334White, R. F.Amende Déshonorable, 1Belles Lettres and Others, 169Canal (The), 154Commercial Art, 297Converted Statistician (The), 78Epic from the Provinces (An), 358Ideal Film Plot (The), 149Ring (The), 197Wilson, A. J. A.Serenity, 480Wodehouse, P. G.Egbert, Bull-frog, 242Misunderstood, 6Sluggard (The), 306Wyndham-Brown, W. F.Political Correspondence (A), 256Pictures and Sketches.Armour, G. D., 19, 37, 59, 79, 97, 117, 139, 147, 197, 219, 259, 279, 299, 319, 335, 359, 379, 397, 417, 459, 479Baumer, Lewis, 70, 85, 110, 150, 190, 269, 337, 410, 470Baynes, Philip, 430, 490Belcher, George, 129, 159, 189, 225, 265, 297, 307, 339, 375, 399, 419, 457, 469Bird, W., 21, 41, 100, 137, 180, 206, 241, 295, 306, 467Brightwell, L. R., 5, 141, 167, 347, 446, 484Brook, Ricardo, 114, 281, 441Cheney, Leo, 35Cobb, MissRuth, 175Cowes, Dudley S., 261Dixon, G. S., 400Dowd, J. H., 61, 87, 249, 481Fenning, Wilson, 461, 466Fraser, P., 86, 106, 236, 321, 386, 406Gill, Arthur, 218Grave, Charles, 7, 29, 201, 226, 370, 387, 401, 429, 477Harris, H. H., 286Harrison, Charles, 36, 65, 246, 434, 455Hart, Frank, 57Haselden, W. K., 18, 56, 135, 136, 156, 178, 276, 316, 326, 356, 375, 376, 396, 416, 476, 486Henry, Thomas, 75, 94, 301Hinckling, P. B., 366Jennis, G., 17, 69, 155, 217Lloyd, A. W., 14, 118, 133, 134, 153, 154, 173, 174, 193, 194, 213, 214, 233, 234, 253, 273, 274, 293, 294, 313, 314, 333, 334, 353, 354, 373, 374, 393, 394, 413, 414, 433, 454, 473, 474, 493, 494Lunt, Wilmot, 74, 270Maybank, Thomas, 209Mills, A. Wallis, 9, 33, 49, 77, 90, 169, 199, 215, 227, 255, 207, 315, 327, 349, 395, 415, 427, 453, 475Mobbs, Hedley A., 287Morrow, E. A., 460Morrow, George, 20, 40, 60, 80, 99, 120, 140, 160, 179, 200, 220, 240, 260, 280, 300, 310, 340, 360, 377, 389, 420, 440, 480, 496Norris, A., 27, 67, 115, 121, 166, 207, 320, 346, 381, 421, 487Partridge, Bernard, 1Pears, Charles, 55, 89, 119, 237, 380, 437Pegram, Fred, 53Prance, Bertram, 266Raven-Hill, L., 50, 289, 330, 390, 498Reynolds, Frank, 107, 170, 187, 247, 317Rose, D. T., 81Rountree, Harry, 15, 39, 355Shepard, F. H., 6, 30, 113, 135, 165, 181, 229, 350, 407, 449Shepperson, C. A., 130, 145, 210, 230, 250, 309, 329, 409Simmonds, Graham, 10, 126, 336, 447Smith, A. T., 13, 101, 127, 146, 195, 257, 357, 361, 367, 439Stampa, G. L., 25, 47, 95, 105, 157, 235, 275, 290, 341, 369, 435, 450Strange, C. S., 186, 426Terry, S., 254Thomas, Bert, 495Thorpe, J. H., 177, 489Townsend, F. H., 45, 73, 93, 109, 125, 149, 161, 185, 205, 239, 245, 262, 277, 285, 305, 325, 345, 365, 385, 405, 425, 445, 465, 485Wood, Starr, 54Young, D. A., 221

After Ten Years, 311

Amending Bill (The), 411

Asquith to the Rescue (An), 271

Couleur d'Orange, 51

Crescendo, 371

Desperate Remedies, 151

Devotee of "The Doctrine" (A), 171

Diversion (A), 331

Dove of Peace (The), 491

From Fife to Harp, 291

Gift Horse (The), 111

Holiday Task (A), 431

Latest Velasquith (The), 211

Missing Word (The), 131

Neptune's Ally, 231

New Bellerophon (The), 91

New Shylock (The), 391

Price of Admiralty (The), 71

"Sincerest Flattery" (The), 451

"There's Many a Slip...", 251

Triumph of the Voluntary System, 471

Ulster King-at-Arms (The), 351

Wooing (The), 191

After Closing Hours, 243

Black Man's Burden (The), 43

Captains Courageous, 483

Circus of Empire (The), 423

Clean Slate (A), 103

Coalition Touch (The), 403

Concert of South America (The), 383

Easter Egg (An), 263

Exit Tango, 83

Fight for the Banner (The), 283

Giants Refreshed, 443

Gift for Gift, 183

Lightening the Darkness, 223

Nine Old Men of the Sea (The), 163

One of Us—Now, 123

Penny Wisdom, 203

Penultimatum (A), 303

Refreshing the Fruit, 463

Sand Campaign (The), 31

Sitting Tight, 343

"Sort of War" (A), 323

Splendid Paupers (The), 11

Swashbucklers (The), 363

Throne Perilous (The), 143

Trust Clinch (The), 63

Earthly Paradise (The), 3

Sea-Change (A), 23

Moon (The), 246

Mr. Punch's Pantomime Analysis, 122

Given Away, 46

Manners for Parents, 162

To Minki-Poo, 158

Toast (A), 441

Key to Cubism (A), 106

Adventurers, 478

Annabel Lee, 290

Below the Wire, 390

Big Trout (The), 487

Buddha, 100

Con, 277

Fox (The), 196

Huntsman's Story (The), 16

In March, 216

Johnny Rigg, 354

Old China, 258

Pandean, 336

Song, 221

Tattie-Bogle (The), 425

To Septimius on Trout, 138

Tortoiseshell Cat (The), 178

Trophy (The), 106

Uncle Steve's Fairy, 68

West Highland, 368

Lost Leader (A), 180

Rock Gardeness in London (The), 475

Best Policy (The), 222

Pessimism, 77

Second-hand Serenade (A), 488

Two Eyes of Gray, 455

How to Get On Off-hand, 262

Advance Finale (An), 453

Reversible Rhetoric, 275

Silver Jubilee (A), 366

Three-Card Trick (The), 426

Three Wishes (The), 113

Winter Sports, 27

Idol of the Market Place (An), 218

"Sir Bat-Ears", 489

Continental Intelligence, 15

Food—Not Merely for Thought, 227

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Charivaria, weekly

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Another Information Bureau, 436, 456

In the Brave 3d. Days, 225

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To my Husband's Banker, 362

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My Lord's Dinner, 326

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Bowles without a Bias, 102

Byles for the Bill, 182

Civil War Estimates, 142

Cockaigne of Dreams (A), 62

General Villa breaks into Poetry, 322

"Grand Nights", 482

Holiday Mood (The), 422

In Memoriam (Sir John Tenniel), 162

Prancing Prussian (A), 22

Smithers, B. C., 82

Spirit of Ulster and the Army (The), 242

To Mr. Chamberlain, 40

To the Cabinet, 280

Ulster for Scotland, 442

Unhappy Mean (The), 362

Union of Irish Hearts (The), 282

"Who Fears to Speak of"—Nineteen-six?, 382

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Buying a Piano, 414

Deadly Button (The), 155

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Pidgin Trot (The), 70

In the Park, 466

Isabel in Springtime, 327

Proof, 275

Season's Delights (The), 334

Amende Déshonorable, 1

Belles Lettres and Others, 169

Canal (The), 154

Commercial Art, 297

Converted Statistician (The), 78

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Ideal Film Plot (The), 149

Ring (The), 197

Serenity, 480

Egbert, Bull-frog, 242

Misunderstood, 6

Sluggard (The), 306

Political Correspondence (A), 256

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