26 NOVEMBER 1904, page 20

Scolopax's " Delightful Gossip, Informs The Reader's Mind...

taxing his patience grows yearly rarer. We are desperately in earnest about our amusements, and prefer boredom from an admitted authority to entertainment from an amateur. Sir......

"‘ Wonldst Thou,'—so The Helmsman Answered,—

'Learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers Comprehend its mystery I' " This seems to be the poetic statement of a necessary and eternal truth : all the......