itary spirit are to be seen in the
advocacy of some form of conscription or compulsory service for home
defence; and this, too, at a time when the ends of the earth have
been sending us _volunteers_ in abundance to espouse a foreign
quarrel.

Such advocates neither understand the national history nor the
English character. Were England in any real danger there would be no
need for forced service, and service forced without need would breed
revolution. The nation that cannot depend upon its volunteers for
its home defence is not worth defending.

ALFRED H. MILES.
_October 1, 1900_.

CONTENTS.

NAME. AUTHOR.

The Englishman Eliza Cook
England goes to Battle Gerald Massey
England Once More F. T. Palgrave
God Defend the Right F. Harold Williams
The Volunteer Alfred H. Miles
Down in Australia Gerald Massey
Australia Speaks Gerald Massey
An Imperial Reply Gerald Massey
The Boys' Return Gerald Massey
"Sound the Assembly!" Clement Scott
The Absent-Minded Beggar Rudyard Kipling
For the Empire F. Harald Williams
Wanted--a Cromwell F. Harald Williams
England's Ironsides F. Harald Williams
The Three Cherry-Stones Anonymous
The Midshipman's Funeral Darley Dale
Ladysmith F. Harald Williams
The Six-inch Gun "The Bombshell"
St. Patrick's Day F. Harald Williams
The Hero of Omdurman F. Harald Williams
Boot and Saddle F. Harald Williams
The Midnight Charge Clement Scott
Mafeking--"Adsum!" A. Frewen Aylward
The Fight at Rorke's Drift Emily Pfeiffer
Relieved! (At Mafeking) "Daily Express"
How Sam Hodge Won the V.C. Jeffrey Prowse
The Relief of Lucknow R.T.S. Lowell
A Ballad of War M.B. Smedley
The Alma R.C. Trench
After Alma Gerald Massey
Balaclava--The Charge of the Light Lord Tennyson
Brigade
After Balaclava James Williams
Inkerman