5 OCTOBER 1901, page 9

Garden Ci111.3.

NI ANY persons must have been set thinking on more or less hopeful lines by the reports of the Con- ferences recently held (September 20th and 21st) at Birmingham and Bournville......

Kings And Their Capitals.

T HE dislike of Kings for their capitals, and of their capitals for them, is a historical fact of some interest for which it is difficult to find a satisfactory explanation. The......