16 JANUARY 1897, page 12

The Non-literary.

W E said something last week of the people who do not believe in poetry, who think it a kind of falsity, a roundabout way of making commonplace thoughts look grand, and vague......

Ecclesiastical Pomp.

I T is quite possible that before the twenty - first century is reached the only pomp remaining will be ecclesiastical. Royal pomp, though it is still maintained in a way, is......