19 MAY 1900, page 9

Shakespeare And The Sea.

Q UITE recently it was suggested by the writer of an article in the Spectator that Shakespeare was now but little read,—that while his works were quoted from as much as ever,......

A Failure Of Pity. H Ardly Any Quality In The Human

mind is so aberrant or so perplexing as that of pity. It is probably uni- versal, a true constituent of thought, yet there are entire races among whom it can scarcely be said to......