24 OCTOBER 1903, page 19

Poetry.

THE VICTORY—OCTOBER 21ST. LIKE an ancient seer she lies Burdened with vast prophecies, Holding, from her silent bed, Speech with her immortal dead. Round her berth the tall......

M U S Ic.

THE BIRMINGHAM MUSICAL FESTIVAL. THE forty-fifth Birmingham Festival is past and gone,— famous for bringing together the finest orchestra and chorus ever heard under the......