27 OCTOBER 1917, page 16

Poetry.

THE HAWTHORN-TREE. Nor much to me is yonder lane Where I go every day; But when there's been a shower of rain And hedge-birds whistle gay, 1 know my lad that's out in France......

Books.

THE CLAIMS OF BOHEMIA,* Throng are three great Slav problems all bound up intimately with the future of Amtria.Hungary. They are problems almost as old as European history-,......

Central Asnsociation Of Volunteer Regiments. (to Sat Emma...

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