14 FEBRUARY 1920, page 7

Pis1 De Terre In The Past.

" PISE (a. F. piste, subst. use of pa. pple. of piser, to beat, pound (earth) : L. pisare, pinedre, to beat, pound, stamp. Stiff clay or earth kneaded, or mixed with gravel,......

The Dread Of A Profit.—i.

HEN a hundred years hence the philosophic his- torian looks back on " The Period of Reconstruc- tion " he will, we are convinced, declare that of all the forms of temporary......