17 AUGUST 1907, page 9

New Virtues For Old. -

M SABATIER, writing of Pius X. in last Saturday's • Times, praises the Pontiff's humility, and declares it to be "a virtue rare in our days, even amongst the best of us." A......

Animal Panic.

A T a country-liouse at which the writer was staying theme occurred a few days ago a curious episode to whitAt he can recall no parallel. Our host had been breaking in a poling......