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MR. SHAW ON BRITAIN'S INGRATITUDE.

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London, Feb. 3, Four years ago a amall numbbg

Mr. G. Bernard Shawns written of book lovers, fooling the need f preface to a catalogue of Exhibithis country for some club or asso-

A notable book showing the imption pietras illustrating. Coliation which should represent their mense recent change in high-caste Lawrence's book, "The Seven PIL Interests and bring together others ¡¡Hindu thought, due to the permentare of Wisdom," of which only 100 of like sympathies, founded the 2 Home tion of the ideals of the Christ. Jeoples have been printed, by private First Edition Club, says

(paper, At first dependent on tho |Imagine 100 high-enste Hindu, 100 subscription. Indian Christians, a few Moham. Me Shaw. says that any country hospitality of members for rooms. medans and several Westerners ait with a Valhalla or a spark of glati- wherein to meet, the club expanded Eting down to a dinner together in tude would have rewarded Col. so much that three years age it took Travancore! Also Christian meet. Lawrence's services against the over the old vektry hall of St. lings arranged in temples by Bizhus, during the War with a muni- George's Church, Bloomsbury, and fent pension and but him another there established Its headquarters, Blenheim," hat the British Govern- and held some of its exhibitions." The most, potentially spiritual ment 1ft him to pension himself These exhibitions have covered the rice in the world may accept Christ by writing a book and living on the "firsts." proofs, and MSS. of Byron the "firsts of Austin Dobson and as Christianity, and so may restore proceeds.

Mr. Shaw explains that the William Butler Yeats, and book- the lost rulance of the early days pictures are the property of a Trust bindings and tradesmen's cards. accommodation TH now and give us a new outburst of established by Colonel Lawrence Further spiritual power. A Hindu college with the residue from the sale of necessary, and the members pro- pose to quit their home in the vex- principal said: "There is growing pictures. up in India a Christ-cult, entirely Mr. Shaw discloses that Cotry halt and aequire a seventeenth- apart from the Christian church, Lawrence refused an Oxford grant century freehull mansion, No. 99, The outing ideas of that cult are for a hook and the Government Grent Russell Street, love, service and self-angribee."offered him all sorts of jobs which stone's This is very different from the yust he did not want. Col Lawrence areas of the Christian world ino-

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culated with a mild form of Chris Chose the lot of a common soldier tunity and so practically immune against the real thing, which seems <range and impossible. Bernard Buens says:"We of the West posit the material and infer the Spiribuni but India posits the spiritual and infers the material

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PALMISTRY.

THE HAND OF DISEASE."

"The Hand of Disease," by Noel Jaquin Ceeis Palmer, 3 net).

within a

throw of the British Museum No. 99 combines historic associations with interior beauty

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and ample space. It was here, as a bronze tablet on the wall records, that Topham Beauclerk, the friend of Dr. Johnsop came to Bve; here he was, visited by the great, lexico grapher himself, Horuce Walpole. ad other celebritics, and here he died. Johnson and Beauclerk were Christians should study carefully

singedary, d'ferent, but they had! the principles for evangelists lick

many points in common. Both of down by Ghands and also those of

them belong to the literary circle the author and especially the living

This book on Palmistry opens of their day, and it is a happy coln- seeds of Windutan, which are

nimate with a rancorous attack on doctors, cidence that alterary grele of our perhaps (1) That the reality in spirit. (2The sense of doubtless because they do not be day should propose to establish anty. That there is justlee at Reve that predispositions to disease itself in Beauclerk's home. John- the heart of the universe: (4) Aare shown on the hand. One can on delighted in the qualities of his (5) The imagine their feeling toward a pal young friend, who, Boswell says, for freedom. tremehdas cost of the religious mist who tells a nervous patient he could take more liberties with him

la specially liable to insanity or than anyone else he knew. life,

A concise summary of the difenncar! Cancer Jacquin considers dined together, and, of course. fell ferent systems of fabby is given in the result of suppressed energy and

ing his last. illness. the good old the following sayings-Greece "Be curable in the early stage by dietic put: But when Beauclerk was suffer moderate--know thyself Rome treatment and emotional expression. "Be strong-order thyself: Con Jacquin netually says the hand of doctor declared. "Sir, I would walk fucianism "Be superior-correct man will reveal a the good and to the extent of the diameter of the thyself": Buddhism "Be disillusion-evil, physical and spiritual that earth to save Beaaclerk," and hen dannihilate thyself": "Hinduism dwells within. The left hand in-he died Johnson pais tribute to his Be separased-merge thyself:licates all inherited predisposition wit and folly, his acuteness and Mohammedanism "Be submissive and characteristic traits: the right maliciousness, his merriment and..

"Such another," state of character, reasoning. assert thyself": Judaism "Be holy the present

conform thyself Modern Mate-health and mentality. Thereforesaid will not often be found among rialism "Be industrious-enjoy thy by careful comparison, it is unite mankind"

It is proposed to form a limited self" "Modern Dilettanteism Beasy to ascertain the rate of deve broad-cultivate thyself Chris-opment of any disease or predis- company to acquire the premises for

position,

the club members, and to raise the tianity "Be Christ-like-give's thy-

Whitish spots th nails indicate money necessary for the purchase, 'self."

nervous exhaustion and are gener-refitting, and furnishing of the ally observed on high-strung in-house by the issue of Debentures

ividuals. The spinal column is a The capital expenditure is estimated Flexible and armoured cable carry at £40,000 Lord Yaux of Harrow Ing the main supply of vitality or den. the Hon. Oliver Brett, Dr. nerve energy from the bruin to the G... C. Williamson, Mr. Albert body. Professor Robertson states Ehrman, and Mr. A. J. A. Symons that young men between 25 and 35 have agreed to constitute the first continuing, bachelors die on..the

board of directors. average four years sooner than married men, and run three times the risk of becoming insune.

SQUIRE OF BLANKNEY."

LADY LONDONDERRY'S FINE BOOK.

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Not the least fascinating thing in Lady Londonderry's life of her famous father, Henry Chaplin; are the photographs. We moderns. must see Blankney Hall and Dun- robin Castle, and study the Squire of Blankney as he appeared in the

France, as it is known to Ford! splendour of Mid-Victorian sport-

Madox Ford, is a lovely land of ing attire, to understand what a

Rin-Chen-Lha-Mp, a Tibetan wo-strong sunlight, blue shadows, and gorgeous mortal he really was.

who is married to an ex- quiet. He has often written about it, The son of a hunting parson, Mr.

Consul of Britain. Louis King, gives but is not given to repeating him- Chaplin, as an: Oxford undergrad;

us an intimate picture of her counsel as some authors do when they kept three mounts of his own, and

try and Its people in a book which become attached to a "eity with the run of half-a-dozen more,

should please the discerning even country. This book daa never spent a complete day at the though much that it contains is charming, one to take up and read, Varsity: A through his fully plainly edloured by patriotism: out in the open-air of career he was Fortune's darling. The book had to be thought in under the shade of a tree, when one and was able to keep big, perspec- Tibetan and translated Into Chi is too lazy to follow the thrilling tives of life. He got into the Cabi- nese by its author; then Mr. King exploits of the master-crook or the net, but never regarded-politics us re-translated it into English. It miracle-working detective. In on the same plane as hunting. He has lost nothing of raive simplicity Pages Fordi devotedly holds ap a was, in short, a great Corinthian. in the process, and the lady's work mirror to the French countryside, Reading Lady Londonderry's ad- is, indeed far better in thought the kees, shrewd peasant, the gay, thirable book, one doubts whether a and expression than the long his folk of the town, everybody and man ever enjoyed this earth, and thetorical introduction supplied by everything which is really "France, fullness thereof, with A healthier her husband. Here is a sample; and not Paris. It is a praiseworthy zest. All the world knows the story "Ours. Is i vast country. It is a Alm, for there are too many people how his sweetheart jilted him to month's journey on horseback to about who have seen the surface of run away, with the Marquess of cross the width of Kham and an- Paris and go through life imagin- Hastings, but not so

other month to cross its length, and ing that they have plumbed the aware that the lady and he remain-Khem is but one part of Tibet. It depths and climbed the beights of fed intimate" friends. Among in-is. a country of great mountains French tradition and character.

("A Mirror to France," by Ford numerable good stories in the book and broad uplands and sheltered

Madox Ford: London, Duckworth!) Is Mr. Chaplin's description of a valleys. Ascend to some point. ... and look around you. Mountain peeress who tripped over her train

ranges line upon line stretch in all at Court, turned turtle, und fell on

directions as far as the eye can her back, with her legs in the air reach. You are above the clouds, facing. Queen Victoria. On this

and so are they, and you seem to be occasion "we" were amused, and on a level with them, and the whole Mr. Chaplin, as Minister in atten-world seems to be made up of dance, nearly choked. One rather mountains: regrets that Lady Londonderry has not included in her volume some extracts, from one of Mr. Chaplin's last House of Commons oration-on the decay of drinking in England.

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ARGONAUTS OF THE AIR.

Mr. Lowell Thomas, author of With Lawrence in Arabia," now Here and there tells the story of the first world! some great peak.... stands out fight by the six American airmen purple in the strong sunshine and who flew from Seattle to Seattle. seems to touch Heaven itself." after having put a girdle found the ("We Tibetang," by Rin-Chen carth.in something more than time Lha-Mo. London, Sealey Service.) allowed by Puck. Naturally, on' a

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fight of over 26.000 miles there was plenty of incident, and this incident is well narrated, and keeps the story full of interest. "Maltum," 15 Virgil relates of Aenens, "at terris jactatus e alto, but instead of bringing their gods to Latium they brought a fine achievement and splendid photographs, here repro duced, back to their native land. Wher one reads of incredible dans gera surmounted in such a flight one is convinced that since Jason set out on the Argo there has been au deterioration in the courage of the human race. Jason's voyage was d more pleasure jaunt to the voyage of these American boys. ...

("The First World Flight," by Lowell Thomas; Hutchinson.)

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