11 MAY 1878, page 10

Lord Beaconsfield On English Imagination. T He Great...

flattery, it is maintained, is to praise the victim for the qualities that he does not possess, or about his possession of which he is uneasily anxious. Tell a lout, it is said,......

The Cost Of War.

W E have never been able to argue heartily against war on the ground of the pecuniary losses it involves. A nation's self- respect is worth more to it than money, and when the......