Well may I tire, that stand alone
    And turn a wistful glance
  On each remembered tree and stone,
  Familiar landmarks of a road
  Where once so light of heart I strode
    With one who sleeps in France.

  Heavily on the stile I lean,
    Not as we leant of yore,
  To drink the beauty of the scene,
  Glory of green and blue and gold,
  Shadow and gleam on wood and wold
    That he will see no more.

  Then came from somewhere far afield
    A song of thrush unseen,
  And suddenly there stood revealed
  (Oh heart so merry, song so true!)
  A day when we shall walk, we two,
    Where other worlds are green.

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THE REVIEWS FOR ——.

(A specimen article for the use of those editors who have come to the realisation that the contents of our heavier periodicals never change.  All that is needed is the insertion of the right month and the survey can be used as a serial.)

In The Umteenth Century and Forever, which is, as usual, alert and interesting, the place of honour is given to an article by Sir Vincent Stodge, M.P., on “Proportional Representation in New Patagonia.”  Sir Vincent’s argument may or may not convince, but it is succinctly stated.  Sir ERNEST CASSEL writes usefully on “Economy for Cottagers,” and Lord Sopwith, in a paper on “Air Raids and Glowworms,” shows how important it is that on dark nights there should be some compulsory extinction of the light of these dangerous and, he fears, pro-German, insects.  Mr. HARRY DE WINDT describes “Galicia as I Knew It,” and there are suggestive papers on “The Probable Course of History for the next Three Centuries,” by the Dean of LINCOLN; “Potatoes as Food,” by Sir WALTER RALEIGH; and “Hair in Relation to Eminence,” by Dr. SALEEBY, in which all the strong men in history famous for their locks, from SAMSON to Mr. LLOYD GEORGE, are passed in review.  An excellent number, full of mental nutriment, is brought to a close by a symposium of Bishops on the petrol restrictions.

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By a strange coincidence The Shortsightly also has a valuable paper on “Proportional Representation,” by Mr. and Mrs. C.N.  WILLIAMSON, who thus make their bow for the first time among what might be called our thinking novelists, their effort being in some degree balanced by an essay in the same number from so inveterate a politician as Mr. J.M.  HOGGE, M.P., on the “Wit and Humour of WILLIAM LE QUEUX.”  There is also an anonymous article of great power on “Conscientious Objectors as Food for Racehorses,” which should cause discussion, both by reason of its arguments and also through the secret of its authorship, which to the initiated is only of course a secret de Polichinelle.  For the rest we content ourselves with drawing attention to “The Small Holding,” by Lord PIRRIE; “Women and Tobacco,” by the Manager of the Piccadilly Hotel; “Feud Control,” by Mr. PHILIP SNOWDEN, M.P.; “Russia as I knew it,” by Mr. HARRY DE WINDT; and “The Spirit of Ireland,” by Sir JOHN POWER.