19 AUGUST 1871, page 18

A French Convict Colony.*

IT is understood that the many thousands of Communist prisoners who can hardly escape condemnation at the hands of the French tribunals will be sent to New Caledonia, and that......

Old Margaret.*

'OLD MARGARET is young Margaret Van Eyck ; one of the three Van Eycks who painted at Ghent nearly five hundred years ago. As she remains young all through the brief tale, we......