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Correspondence.

ENGLISH PROSE. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—He who aspires to conquer style leads a forlorn hope. The world hates it, and the professed critics bate it most bitterly......

The Eyes Of An Army.

I N Mafeking, just before the investment closed in, Colonel Baden-Powell completed a remarkable little book, " Aids to Scouting : for Non-Commissioned Officers and Men" (Gale......