6 FEBRUARY 1909, page 9

Homeliness.

I T is an odd thing that a derogatory meaning has clung so long to the word " homely." There is often a suggestion of cynicism about its old-fashioned use in English,—a......

The Russian Police Mystery. T Wo Weeks Ago We Tried To

get at the meaning of the astonishing news that Azeff, who for eight years has been the head of the Russian Terrorists, had been denounced by his fellow-Anarchists in Paris as a......