3 NOVEMBER 1917, page 5

A Bookman's Budget.•

Mn. Aesms Densest has composed a delightful miscellany, partly original and partly " conveyed " from other men's writings. It is the very thing for those odd quarters of an hour......

Rings For The Finger.* Probably More Sentiment Centres In A

ring, and finds expression in its little compass, than in any other bit of jewellery, however perfect and charming it may be. Is it that when we give or receive a ring the hopes......

Home Life In The Balkans.*

Tux home customs, beliefs, and superstitions of the Balkans are almost as various as the peoples who-inhabit that disturbed part of Europe. Yet they have certain strong points......