quest of
beauty so clearly and delicately before us. The least deviation from the
path of modesty would have led him into trouble, but he never makes it.
"Reader," he writes, "if you and I are to be real comrades we must share
the same adventures of fancy and of soul.... My fairies must be thy fairies
and my gods thy gods. Hand-in-hand we must thrill with a single
rapture--'_le coeur en fleur et l'ame en flamme_.'" For myself I am well
content (whether he addresses me in the second person singular or plural,
or both--as here) to have vicariously achieved such heights in the person
of so admirable an agent.

* * * * *

[Illustration: THE HOUSING SHORTAGE.

[It is suggested that those who occupy houses containing more
accommodation than they need should be compelled to allow their
superfluous rooms to be occupied by less fortunate people.]

_Visitor._ "IT'S ALL RIGHT, SIR. I'VE CALLED TO SEE MISS SPRIGGINS--THIRD
FLOOR BACK. I'M 'ER FEEONCY. YOU DON'T 'APPEN TO KNOW IF SHE'S AT 'OME?"]

* * * * *

"A 'CAESAR' COMMENTARY.

'The Trial Scene' from 'Julius Caesar,' as given at the Coliseum this
week, struck me as somewhat dull, or should we say out of place?
Detached from the body of the play, the scene must have perplexed some
of the audience unfamiliar with the written word."

_"The Rambler" in "The Daily Mirror."_

Possibly he would have preferred the "Tent Scene" from _The Merchant of
Venice_.

* * * * *

"WILD ANIMALS.--I have been told that when men are attacked and eaten
by wild animals there is no sensation of pain. Can anyone who has had
experience confirm this?"--_Weekly Paper._

Referred to Sir A. CONAN DOYLE.

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158, MAY 5, 1920***

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