21 OCTOBER 1905, page 10

T O Be Asked For An Honour, And To Refuse It,

is a delicate matter for any person in authority. To be asked eagerly, almost confidently, for the highest honour that the nation can bestow, and to have to refuse that, must......

T He Finest Action Is The Better For A Piece Of

purple," says Robert Louis Stevenson in one of his essays ; and he goes on to commend the fact that the old Admirals were not ashamed to do their great things in a great way.......