15 APRIL 1899, page 9

France And Her Army. E Ach Nation Of The Civilised World

finds a separate inspiration for its sentimentality, and the sentiment of France is inspired by her Army. The sound of the trumpet stirs the Frenchman's blood to-day well-nigh......

Irony.

" B OLINGBROKE was a holy man,"—that, says Dr. Johnson, is an example of irony. For once the great man nodded, since this bald statement, though it sets forth one of the......

Lord Russell On Secret Commissions.

W E differ with the Lord Chief Justice and Sir Edward Fry in their crusade against secret commissions upon one point, and one point only. They seem to doubt whether public......