5 JANUARY 1884, page 12

The Happiness Of Some Women.

R EADING the opening chapter of Mrs. Oliphant's remark- able story in Blackwood for this month, the sketch of " Old Lady Mary," a thought often entertained came once more very......

The Tedium Of Truthfulness.

A MONG the many make-believes of our civilised society, we know of none more hollow than the theory that every decent person speaks the truth. We are not obliged, in any other......