11 JULY 1896, page 13

The Art Of Recitation.

“R EADERS or reciters," says Madame de Navarre . still popularly known as Mary Anderson, in her winsome and unaffected book, "are as a rule wearisome. They look to the right......

T " . " I Saw Him Go, O'er The White Alps Alone."—donne.]

W HY do the Alps and the glaciers attract us, and the " untrampled deserts where the snows are" draw us like a charm ? We, that is, those of us who love the mountains, lie awake......