7 MARCH 1914, page 17

Poetry.

THE SEATS OF THE MIGHTY. WOULD yon, my friend, a modern Idol be ; Sit high enthron'd for all the world to see; Shoot regal tigers in far Eastern lands Or sip your wine to......

Books.

°AYOUB" MODERN Italy, during the long agony of her making, was prolific of heroes. Such were Poerio, who refused to purchase release from a loathsome dungeon by asking pardon of......

Art.

PORTRAIT EXHIBITIONS. AT a moment when the tendency for the younger men in the older art societies is to break off all connexion with parent bodies, and for the old......