24 JUNE 1911, page 9

On Beginning An Essay.

N OTHING is harder than to begin an essay. Indeed, there are those who will tell you that the whole art of essay-writing lies in the neat construction of the first half- dozen......

The C A.nt Of Social Sincerity.

D OES the present cult—we might almost say the present cant—of sincerity make for social amenity P It is surely doubtful, to say the least. The social world, at any rate, is a......