19 JUNE 1909, page 10

The Need For A Statement By The Bishops.

W E have dealt in the preceding article with the legal merits of the question of Confirmation and Com- munion. We must now meet a point which we are well aware has given cause......

"splendid In Ashes."

F RENCHMEN customarily show more respect than Englishmen for funerals passing iu the streets. They take off their hats almost invariably ; and the ritual of their • creed seems......