16 MAY 1896, page 18

Praise To The Heroes !

ELEGIACS IN QUANTITY. (Nove.—Syllables on which the accent falls have been treated as long, without regard to Greek or Latin authority, as, e.g., dragon, comet. This is......

The Island Of Iona.

[St. Columba, though a priest, had joined in an Irish battle. The penance imposed on him was perpetual exile from Ireland. He made Iona his abode till death, preaching on the......

Art.

THE ACADEMY.—II. THE PORTRAITS. IN dealing with the portraits at an exhibition the question of likeness to the original can hardly be considered. Resem- blance, it is curious to......