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on-mewbers can obtain this publ1catlon from the Editor, po It tree, 2/- por annum JANUARY, 1921. montblp of Soutb ttbical South Place, Moorgate Street, E.C.2. ObJect of the Society .. The Object of the Society is the cultivation of a rational religious sentiment, the study of ethical principles, and the promotion of human welfare, in harmony with knowlt::dge." MEMBERSHIV. by peraon il>. aympathy with the Object ot the Sooiety la cordially invited to become .. MemOor. Particulars of Membership may be obt .. ined in the Library betore o.nd after the Sunday •• rvic ... , or on application to the Hon. Regatrar, ::di.s L. BURKE, South Pl .. oe lnotitute, Finabury, B.O. 2. 1\SSC!)(!I1\TES. Any penon intere.ted il>. the Society'. work, bllt not wi.hhl.g to beoome .. Member, may io:n ... an A •• och.te. Partioulars may be obtained trnLl tbe Hon. Regiatrar ... bon. SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES. The following DISCOURSES will be delivered on Sunday mornings, Service beginning at ELEVEN O'CLOCK. January 2 .-STEPHEN GRAHAM.-Children of the Slaves. Anthems {J. lIinl( Ollt wil<1 hells (No. 172) ... 2. Come ever smili ng liberty Hymn. { No.200. All men nre equAl in their hlrth. No. 32. I heard the uell. on Ohrlstmas Day. TrOl",ulle Mozart January g.-Dr . MARION PHILLlPS.- What is the Woman's Point of View? A th { 1. Cleansing Fires ... .. . ... . Cowen B01lce . n .ms 2. Oh I \\ here olt,,\I wl.nom be found .. . Hymn. r No. 18. The,e .rc lonely heart. to cherish. '\ No. 20. Make channels for the st ream. or love. January I6.- JOHN A. HOBSON, M.A. - The Place of America in the New World. Anthems {1. W"lchman! what of the night Tro,,,,aelle 2. The golncn yellr (No. 71) Le8lie Hymn.. { No. 216. Forwar<11 the dav I. brea.king. No. 6i. 0 Eltrth I thy post is crowned and conaecrated. January 23. - JOSEPH McCABE. - Keats as a Pagan Poet. { 1. MAke U8 .. go(1 (No. 204) Anthem. 2. Ode to a nigh ti ngal e { No. 52. Life I ... led of paper white. Hyrona No. 55. Sweet Is Ihe plCRsure. January 30. - C. DELlS LE BURNS, M.A.-The Social Purpose of Education. Anthems ) 1. Come to me, 0 ye children... .. . Hymna 1 2. So tellch us Lo number Our da.ys .. . { No.l35. How happy i8 he born ann taught. No. 112. rrhere is in every bUlnR.t1 beart. Organist: H. WEll STER. Cvllet Walthtw Antlerton MozaI" V.,iU>Tf are invited U> obtain information regard"'g the Society in the LibrG'1I on Sunday morning •. A Collection i. mad. at each Servioe, U> enable thoa. pr ... nt U> contribut. to the .",pen.e, of the Society Cyclists desiring to attend the Service. are informad that the Committee have made arrangement. for homing their machines in the b/JIement. The Building is to he let for Meeting., etc. Forml of Application ma.ybe ha.d of the Caretaker, 11. South Place, E.O.; and when IDled up should be to Mr. N. Lidstone, 96, Road, P1nsbury Park, N.4. The Chapel in. llcensed. for Marriages. call be mad.e for the condue' of PuDel'al Bernee. OD .IIPUca'lon

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~ on-mewbers can obtain this publ1catlon from the Editor, po It tree, 2/- por annum

JANUARY, 1921.

Cb~ montblp R~cora of

Soutb plac~ ttbical Soci~tPt South Place, Moorgate Street, E.C.2.

ObJect of the Society • .. The Object of the Society is the cultivation of a rational religious sentiment, the study of ethical principles, and the promotion of human welfare, in harmony with advancin~ knowlt::dge."

MEMBERSHIV. by peraon il>. aympathy with the Object ot the Sooiety la cordially invited to become

.. MemOor. Particulars of Membership may be obt .. ined in the Library betore o.nd after the Sunday •• rvic ... , or on application to the Hon. Regatrar, ::di.s L. BURKE, South Pl .. oe lnotitute, Finabury, B.O. 2.

1\SSC!)(!I1\TES. Any penon intere.ted il>. the Society'. work, bllt not wi.hhl.g to beoome .. Member,

may io:n ... an A •• och.te. Partioulars may be obtained trnLl tbe Hon. Regiatrar ... bon.

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES. The following DISCOURSES will be delivered on Sunday mornings,

Service beginning at ELEVEN O'CLOCK.

January 2.-STEPHEN GRAHAM.-Children of the Slaves. Anthems {J. lIinl( Ollt wil<1 hells (No. 172) ...

2. Come ever smilin g liberty

Hymn. {No.200. All men nre equAl in their hlrth. No. 32. I heard the uell. on Ohrlstmas Day.

TrOl",ulle Mozart

January g.-Dr. MARION PHILLlPS.- What is the Woman's Point of View? A th { 1. Cleansing Fires ... .. . ... . Cowen

B01lce . n .ms 2. Oh I \\ here olt,,\I wl.nom be found .. .

Hymn. r No. 18. The,e .rc lonely heart. to cherish. '\ No. 20. Make channels for the stream. or love.

January I6.-JOHN A. HOBSON, M.A. - The Place of America in the New World. Anthems {1. W"lchman! what of the night Tro,,,,aelle

2. The golncn yellr (No. 71) Le8lie

Hymn.. {No. 216. Forwar<11 the dav I. brea.king. No. 6i. 0 Eltrth I thy post is crowned and conaecrated.

January 23. - JOSEPH McCABE. - Keats as a Pagan Poet.

{ 1. MAke U8 .. go(1 (No. 204)

Anthem. 2. Ode to a nigh ti ngal e .~.

{No. 52. Life I ... led of paper white.

Hyrona No. 55. Sweet Is Ihe plCRsure.

January 30.- C. DELlS LE BURNS, M.A.-The Social Purpose of Education. Anthems ) 1. Come to me, 0 ye children... .. .

Hymna

1 2. So tellch us Lo number Our da.ys .. .

{No.l35. How happy i8 he born ann taught. No. 112. rrhere is in every bUlnR.t1 beart.

Organist: H. S~U~'II_ WEllSTER.

Cvllet Walthtw

Antlerton MozaI"

V.,iU>Tf are invited U> obtain information regard"'g the Society in the LibrG'1I on Sunday morning •.

A Collection i. mad. at each Servioe, U> enable thoa. pr ... nt U> contribut. to the .",pen.e, of the Society

Cyclists desiring to attend the Service. are informad that the Committee have made arrangement. for homing their machines in the b/JIement.

The Building is to he let for Meeting., etc. Forml of Application ma.ybe ha.d of the Caretaker, 11. South Place, E.O.; and when IDled up should be sen~ to Mr. N. Lidstone, 96, Blacks~ock Road, P1nsbury Park, N.4.

The Chapel in. llcensed. for Marriages. Arrangemsn~s call be mad.e for the condue' of PuDel'al Bernee. OD .IIPUca'lon

~o ~e Socro~ry.

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Lending Library. The Lendinr Library io open tree to Members of the Soci<>ty on SUlld .. y morning.

before and .. fOOr th .. Seni""s. A.aoooi .. oo. ~d Non-Member. of the Society m .. y ander oerta.in cOllditiona be gra.nted the a~ of the Library upon payment of .. Babacription of 2&. 6d. per a.nnum. The O .. talogu.. inoluding .. supplement for 1905·7. is on aale. price 6d. Subscriptions tow&rds the purch ...... and repair of booka are invited.

{ W HLIB MU'BfORD. Oherry Tl'ee Oourt. 53. A.lderBiate St1'eiIt. E.O.l.

Hon. Librarian. F. JA>fES. 6. Minson ROMi. S. Hackney. E.~. Mlsa n. LANGELAAN. 26. Douglas Road. N.!.

TrtaBurer... Mrs. 8TIV .... H. 14; ... Ciapton Oommon. E .S.

Rambles.

Ramblers wbo have not yet paid subscription for tbe Season 1~20-21. arc remindeil that it Is now due.

W. T. WUOE).-. Hon. Secretary, 63. Grovelanils noad. Palmer" Green. N.

ebildren's annual );>arty. The usual Ohildren's Party will be held on Tuesday. January 11. at 5.30 p.m., when

a play. ~ntitl.ed .. The Imp M.lIkes Holiday." a crazy fantasy by Ann E. Boddy. in one act. will b" produced by Joan Lnwson and DeUlli8 Erringten. Solo dances by .Toan .LaW80n and PhyUis Overy. Light rC'froshment9. Go.rres, etc., arrnngrd hy Miss Lnng(1oln an. Children. Is.; adults. lB. 6d.. Tickets to be obtu.lned at South Place. or of the eretary.

MiBB (:In.ACE GOWING, 302, Dnlston Lnntl-, E.8.

Wblst Drive. A Whist Drive will be I,eld on ·funsdny. Jllnunxy 25. at 6.45 p.m., in /lid of the Soiree

Funds. Tickets. price 28. 6d. each. cnn bo obtain<'<l in the Lihr.,.y on und"y mornings. or from Lhe organisers. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Ov<>ry. who will be glnd to hear from friends who are willing to provide refreshments (cake&. <'te.) or pr"",nr pri,.s.

Members' Meetings. A Theatre Party will visit" TI,e Old 'ie .• " Friday. J"nnnry H.

. Meet 6.45 p.m. main (\]ltranee. Sufficient season tick eta will be a_nHoble for i> Inrge pnrty at about 18. 2d. each. Arrnngoments are under tbe supt!rvis;on of l\{iss H. Langelua.n. 26. Daugl ... Rand. N.

A Members' Meeting wiii be beld on M nday. January 17. at 7 p.m .• when Mr. D. CnRIST]>: TAIT will give a paper 011 .. The Futuro of South Plnce."

Hon. SecrclA.ry : Miss AnA OARPENTER. 35G. O<lmd. n Road . N.7.

FUTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS. The fourth of the series of I,1'I'ERAnY SoIll.E>1'I will be l,eId on Monday. FebruJlry 14.

when" Robert Browning: A Lecture and ong Recital." will be conducted by Mr. Rono LAw80N.

TUESDAY J.ieC'I'un£s.-Th.e propose.d .&Crics of lectures on the" Evo.1ution of Oivilisntion/· by lIfr. JOSEI'll McOAnE, announced in ll1Slt month's R:£CORD. has been postponed. as Mr. "rcCube now finds 1Jhat he has a prior en l!'8.gement. It is bop<'<l thILt. oommrncing early in February. Mr. F. W. READ will deliver a courS(> of lectures on "~;gyptology." Further particulars will be announced in tho February RECORD.

Sunday li'opular eoneertll «(!balDber Muele). The THIRTY-FIFTH SEA..SON will continue Rvery Sunday Evening. until forther

notice (except December 26). Tho following are the arrangements ao far as at present made: January 2.-Violin: ~U9' EmUy Ke.ndy. Viola: Ur. ErnCilt 'fonge. Tin/ollccllo: Mr.

Oharlea A. Orabb.. DOlLbl. BM8: Mr. Olaude Hobday. PIanoforte: Mr. Richard H. Walthow. Vocali8t: Miss Eth<11 Fenton. At tJ/O Piano : ..fr&. Daisy Bncl<trcnt. Schubert's " 'I.'rout" Quintet. Walthew's Phnntn.sy QUintet. and H"nrann Gootz' Quintet.

Doors open at 0.10 p.m. Oonoort. begin at 6.30. Adm:i.s.sion Fl'Ce, with Collection_ A U tbe Tran.ferable Tickets. Jldmittiog to Reserved Seats to April 17. IUlve been sold_ For adv~rtiS<'ments of fuMe Concerti> 900 .. Daily Telegraph" and .. Daily Herald"

every Saturday. Oommittee meeting on Sundny. Jnnuary 2 .... t 5 p.m.· Mr. RI~BARll H. WALTS.W·S Three Le<ltu"." on .. The Development of Obaruber Muelo"

may be h .. d. prico Gd. net oomplete. Post free, 7id. HOII. Tr.a,. • . FRANK A. HAWKIN8. 13. Tburlo .. Park Road. Dulwiob. 8.11:.21. HOII. S.c. • - A.URRll J. CLaMBNT!!, 8. Finehley Way. Finobley. N.S. Hon. Aut. Sec. - Mrs. CLEMEN1'S.8. 1"lnchlel' W .. y. !;.3.

South );>Iace ercbestra. CGnductor: RICHARD R. WALTHEW. Deputy Conductor: LENNCX CLAYTON. TWENTY-FOURTH ::!EA.SON. Practice, will he heM on Fri~"y evenings from 7 to 9_

Subscription for each Half-Season (October to December. and January to April), Ton Sblilinlls. Pro.pectuB and furtber particulars from

F. W. O'M<IKG, HOIl. Secretary, 63. King8baU Roo.d. Beck •• ham

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French eonversation elass. Tbl. c'ass meeLs every Tue.rtay evening, 7 o'clock, under the supervision o[ Madame G.

DUCHESNE. E 4 Sccreta.·y .pro tern.): O. J'. POLLAIID. "Sh"nklln,"Tbe Avenue, Oblngford, ..

Bsperanto eircle. The Esperanto Group will me(·t on \\'~dne.tid.y", J'llJluary 12 n.nd 19, at 7 p.m.

eonway Memorial Lectures. The Conwlt.y lI:tomorinl Lectllre~, whi eh UfO dolivered nUDuR,l1y in March, w~re inn,lIgllrsLted

in HWA. B8 n. l\1emorial to Dr. Moncuro D. Cnuwn.y. The Committee is li CIt yet In possession of the neccssury ca.pltal rOT t.he permanont ollc1owmcnt of the Lectureship, And in the meantime It 1I1111eo. nn enrnost appeal to all rcarlcrs. of the-:r.foN~nLY RECOIlJ), either [or Bubscrlpt.!ons or c1onntionfi, to ensure the continuunce of t ho lectures. These ~bould be sent to tho nOIl. Tro'\surcr. Mr~. CocKBunN, Peradent,vR., Ashblll'tC)D Uun.d, Croydon. 1

Ten J<'ctnrcd hn.\'e been given, anti copies of these (with the exceotion of Norman Angell!il .. Wllr anrl tbe EssentillllleRlities," whlcb is out of print) can be obt.lned In the Library.

Hon Secreta7'1e8 ' { Mu. O. FLE1'CllEU tiMITll. 17. Sy.1enhRID Park, S.E.26. . . D. O. 'fAIT, 71, Wendon O,cscenL ,Rarrow-on-tbc-UIll.

The GBNJmAL CO""17T'. will meet on Thursday, January 6. Oorrespondenoe dellllng with matters for consideration should be forwarded to F. M. OVERY.llon. Sec .. 36, Oat.Prham ROI\". Lcwl,hnm, is.E.1 3. at the el\rHest possible moment. All mattea r elating to finance should be addressed to the Treasurer •

Seoretaries of sub-committees are notified that handbills int<nded to be circ111at.Pd witb the MONTHLY llEcoRD should bedelivcred to the Utopia Press, ", Worship Street, E.O.2. It iD hoped that those secretaries who bn:ve n.d.d.resses of persons interested in their work (other thllJl Members Ilnd Associates) will communicate them, with Il view to 8nch person.

rpccivinJ,! t.ho 1't{ON1'llLY RECORD T<'gulnrly.

EDITORIAL. "THE H{;~IANlST."-\Ve have pleasure in requesting support for" The

IIumanlst." The sponsors of this journal fear that this year will have to be the last of its existence unless the monthly sale can be increased by 500 to 600 copies. It is 'uggested that South Place might take at least 100 cnpies, and we hope that this measure of support will be forthcoming . The ethical movement has far too little representation through journals of its own, and it is not just, nor to be expected, that private individuals should incur hea\y 10s es in providing a press for the dissemination of ethical teaching. ' Ye, ourselves, have found much satjsfaction in "The Humanist, , but regret that Mr. F. J. Gould and Mr. A. S. Toms no longer appear to be among the contributors to its pages.

REPRISALS IN IRELAND. A well-attended public meeting was held on Monday, December 6,

"to protest against the lawless policy of reprisals carried out in Ireland." ~[r. J. A. Hobson presided, and the principal speakers where General Sir Frederick Maurice and Mrs_ n. M. Swanwick, of the \Yomen's International League. Lieut.-Commander Kenworthy, M.P., who was also announced to speak, was prevented from attending by his Parliamentary duties .

~Ir . IIobson, in his opening remarks, empbasised the fact that he bad as great a horror of murder and outrage on one side as on the other. Murder was murder, by whomsoever committed. The elementary duty of a Government was to preserve law and order, and a certain amount of violence might have to be employed for that purpo e. But what the present Government was doing in Ireland was to compete with the Irish extremists, thus destroying every vestige of law and order in the country.

General Maurice moved the following res.)lution: "That tbis meeting, whilst condemning tbe murders committed by a section of extremists in Ireland, denounces and protests in the strongest manner against the policy of terrorism and reprisals, countenanced by the present Government,

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condoned by the Prime Minister, and carried out by the executh'e in Ireland, which inevitably involves the lives and property of innocent persons, and is contrary to every principle of justic ~ and civilised government." He gave an exceedingly interesting and informing account of the development of tbe police forces in Ireland. In addition 10 the Royal Irish Constabulary were the "Black and Tans," who owed their nick-name to their varied uniforms (partly the dark green of the R.LC. and partly khaki), the auxiliary.division of the R.1. '. and the army. The forces con i ted largely of young men-and General Maurice instanced the case of "Black and Tans" who were under eighteen years of age-under officers who were quite incapable of training them or of keeping them under control, with the result that there was an almost complete lack of discipline. Could it be wondered at? The fault was not the men's, but that of those who put them in that position. Sir Hamar Greenwood had said that there was no official policy of reprisals. That was precisely a condemnation of the Government, for it had been expressly laid down in the Hague Conventions which Great Britain had signed, that IOnofficial reprisals were not permissible under any circumtitances. They were to be carried out only as a last resort and under the orders of the Higher Command.

Mrs. H. M. Swanwick, who seconded tbe resolution, showed a large number of most interesting slides to illustrate the destruction of protJerty­small cottages, factories, creameries, etc.-by the forces of tbe Crown in Balbriggan, Mallow, and other places. Sbe said she bad been in Ireland in October with a committee of investigation. She gave several examples of the action of tbe forces of the rown. Tbus, a woman to whom she bad spoken bad been driven from her home, with two babies of less than eighteen montbs, at the point of the bayonet, while tbe husband had been sbot before ber eyes and the house destroyed. Neither man nor woman had anything whatever to do witb the crime for which this was a reprisal. In one case large stocks of condensed milk bad been destroyed, and tbat at the very moment wben children were crying for milk in many parts of Continental Eutope. In another a hosiery factory had been completely destroyed, including the strong and complicated machinery in it, thus throwing large numbers of perfectly innocent people out of work. How were tbese men and women to live through tbe winter? "Black and Tans" went through the towns and villages in lorries, with loaded rifles pointing at the pavements and with their fingers on the triggers. The slightest movement was enough to make tbo e rifles go off.

After opportunity bad been given for questions, the resolution was put and carried unanimously. The Chairman stated that there was present an Irishman, Mr. Hibbart Gilson (an associate of the Society), recently returned from Ireland, who wished to put before the meeting tbe Sinn Fein attitude towards the Irish problem. Tbe audience agreed to hear bim, and Mr. Gilso.1. made a short speech, wbich was received with applause. A most successful meeting was then brought to a close with a vote of tbanks to the speakers. D_ C. T.

THE THIRD LITERARY SOIREE. This was held on Monday, December 13 last, and proved eminently

successful, and in spite of the inclement weather was attended by a very representative gathering of members and friends, including a welcome addition from the ranks of tbe Rationalist Press Association.

Mr. John H. K. Todd, who is a member of the Dickens Fellowship,

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had travelled from Sussex to deliver his lecture on Charles Dickens, illustrated with lantern views.

Mr. Todd was in good form and voice, and the subject matter of the lecture, which traced the career of the renownEd author from his early years to his death, was very attracti,ely dealt with and the admirable selection of views of the hous .. s and districts associated with him, together with the unique series of family portr"its , were specially interesting to the audience.

The photographs shown lncluded o1<lny places in town and country that Mr. Todd bad personally conducted Soutb Place Ramblers to in past years, and were the means of reviving many pleasant memories in the beart; and minds of those present who had been included in tbe party.

At the clo e of the lecture, Mr. Todd, in acknowledging the warm plaudits of his hearers, feelingly reminded us that be had attended South Place from the time be was a boy, and whilst expressing regret that distance now divided him from it, said it was a real pleasure to him to give the lecture and again meet so many of bis old friends at South Place.

After thanking the lanternist, Mr. Percy Barralet, for bis painstaking and efficient help, Mr. Todd concluded by saying that if tbe Rambles Committ_e welcomed the idea, he wa') quite prepared in tbe summer to again conduct a r·arty to Dickens Land, either in town or country, and we sincerely hope that Mr. Todd's enterprising suggestion will be h artily taken up by the ommittee concerned, and that it may be the means of r eviving the conducted rambles which in the past have proved such a ,oery attractive feature of the Society'S work.

Both before and after the lecture, Mr. Hender on, of the Asbburton Jub, rendered a number of attractive songs in a cbarming and easy way,

whicb was peculiarly pleasing and added ,ery much to the success of the evening.

The social spirit engendered amongst [nose present, was well illustrated in the fact that long after the programme had been concluded, a large number of members and friends were still busy, in constantly changing groups, holding animated chats on matters appertaining to tbe Society and its members. This exemplifies beyond doubt that the Soirees are definitely helping to fill a need in the life of South Place in this OUI

day. WALLIS MANSFORD.

SUNDAY POPULAR CONCERTS. The Eigh th Concert opened witb the best known of the several Piano

and Violin Sonatas in B flat, by Mozart, the duettists being Mr. Max Pirani and Miss Leila Doubleday Each of tbese artists contributed solos, and at the close of the concert they were again associated in a duet, this time Faure's Sonata in A, sometimes compared with Ce-ar Franck's famous work in the same key. Since sbe last appeared at South Place, Mi5s Doubleday has toured in her native Australia and in Switzerland. It was very pleasant to welcome her at our concert again, and her colleague, Mr. Pirani, made a successful first appearance among u s. .

In place of a solo vocalist we had the Templars' Quartet of men's voices. Their well-balanced tone and practi<;ed ensemble were admirably illustrated by two grcups of selections from their repertoire.

T he Ninth Conce rt commenced with B rahms' Piano Quartet in A, the piano par t being played by Madame Henkel, and the strings by Messrs. Defauw, Jeremy and Doehaerd.

Miss Dorothea Webb gave us two groups of songs, her voice b_ing as velvety as usual. She was admi.rab ly suppor ted by Miss Ivimey at the piano.

Between the two groups came a Piano and Violin Sonata by Florent chmitt, the players being the composer and Mr. Defauw. If we may judge

from the applause, a certain secticn of the audience deri.ved some pleasure

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from this duet; at any rate tbey recalled the composer more than once. Owing to the length of this Sonata (which was introduced in place of Vitali's Chaconnel the concert concluded at a later hour than usual, but nevertheless the audience greatly enjoyed the final work, Dvorak's Quartet in E flat, of which an especially good rendering was given by Madame Henkel and her associates, the clearly designed music being perhaps all the more welcome after the extreme modernity of the French compo. er's work.

The Tenth Concert opened with I~avel's Quartet in F, given with admirable smoothness? restraint and finish by the Spencer Dyke Quartet, who were agam assocIated at the end of the evening in Haydn's Quartet in B fiat (Op. 64, No. 3), one of the most famous of his eighty-three, and yet gi yen for the first time at these concerts.

Miss 'hristine Mc lure achieved a very genuine success by her artistic renderings of Bntish and French songs, ably accompanied by Mrs. DOTa Gotbard. Miss Harriet Cohen was tha solo pianist, her contributions including Arnold Bax's Second Sonata, written in one movement but extending to twenty-two minut .os. It proved to be, like the Sonata of the week before, a work of very me.dern tendencies, though it was possible to grasp somewhat more of it at a first hearing. A. J. C.

RAMBLE TO BRITISH MUSEUM. It is not generally known to S.P. members that some of Mr. F. W.

Read's earliest work for our Society took the form of l ectures on Egyptology delivered perhaps twenty years ago. About the same time and at long intervals since our worthy Treasurer has taken select parties over the Egyptian Galleries in the British Museum. As one member remarked at the ramble on November 27, present-day members associate our guide with accounts and procedure rather than with Egyptology. This remark prompts the reflection that we are apt to forget the many sidedne&s of some of our older friends who, in spite of busy li"es and :nany pl'eoccupations, give valuable time and thought to routine work, which, although of great value to the Society, does not advertise itself and is perhaps little thought of by the average member. Be this as it may, we must congratulate our Rambles Secretary on his acumen in persuading Mr. Read to lead two rambles to the Egyptian Galleries. The writer was unable to attend on November 13, but tbe visit on November 27 pwved full of interest and information. Though we were only a modest dozen, our party formed adhesions fom casual visitors at various points, so much so tbat at intervals we were, so to say, elbowed out of the picture by budding, mostly youtbful enthusiasts attracted by tbe eloquence of our ciceIone. Dealing on this occasion witb the upper galleries, Mr. Read took us to the reproduction of the Ani Papyrus, which depicts the passing from life of the scribe Ani, the weighing of his heart against the feather of ju tice by the dog-headed god, Thothmes, his introduction to Osiris by Horus, and his subsequent adventures and trials in the underworld. It would seem that, according to Egyptian lore, death is much more dangerous a state than life, for at every turn the soul is confronted with gods or demons who, unless he can pronounce their names with the correct intonation, kill him a second time and consign him to oblivion, which to the Egyptian mind was apparently a terrible fate. One of the major terrors of Ani's peregrination was what 'is called the negative confession, in the cour e of which he had to deny no less than forty-two sins before their personifications. .Passing on to the mUl1l1UleS and sarcophagi, our guide drew our attention to various interesting details and showed us the Ushabti boxes which were placed in the sarcophagi and contained a quantity of Ushabti or small dolls, constructed of various materials and of many shapes and sizes. The e were supposed to wait on the dead and assi t them in reaping the crops of Osiris in the nether world. We were also shown the dolls and playthings placed ready for the use of the children after death, and vari'lus domestic utensils, incense burners, etc. Dealing with Egyptian art, we saw the various forms of scarabs, the jewels and amulets used as cbarms and the rough paintings exhibiting the peculiar effect of the lack of perspective. The general feeling

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appeared to be that Mr. R"ad's interesting tour had but whetted our appetite for more, and it is to be hoped that other rambl es of a similar nature will be arranged, perhaps to the Assyrian Galleries. Would it not be well to persuade Mr. Read to give us once again at South Place a course of lectures on Egyptology? O.

THE SOCIETY S COLLECTION OF AUTOGRAPHS AND PRINTS.

IT dc,es not appear to be generally kno;'n, that one of the departments of the library includes a collection of autographs and interestiog prints, given by members and friends from time to time. Gifts will always be welcc,med by tbe Hon. Librarians, and it is hoped that when suitable accommodation is provided an opportunity will be offered for making them more accessible for inspection.

When the writer made a friendly call on Mr. Conrad Thies recently, the following were kindly presented by him for inclusion: "Charles Bradlaugh," "'Vilfred Scawen Blunt," "Professor Huxley," "William Morris," "S. Stepniak," "Mark Twain," all of whom were men of mark a generation or two ago. WALUS MANSFORD.

CORRESPON DENCE. Respollsibility for /lI e oPilliolls expressed uuda /llis !r eadillg rests solcl)' wit!r

lire writers .

. THE BISHOPS AND DIVORCE REFORM. To the Editor of SOUTIi PLACE Ih:cORD .

DEAR SlR,-Some months ago you published a note in support of Lord Duckmaster's Matrimonial CaUSES Bill, so possibly you may be interested in a recent instance of the gross misrepre entation by which the bishops and clergy are seeking to damn that very moderate instalment of reform. In the" Westminster Gaz~tte" of the I~th 'ovember the Bishop of Chelms. ford is reported as saying that if the Dill passed thev would have to alter the marriage service as follows:

"I, John, take thee, Mary, to be my wedded wife until one of us gets drunk, or until one of us goes mad, or one of us gets locked up, or goes to live somewhere else for three years. Until then I pledge thee my troth."

The bishop does not appear to have explained why it should be neces­sary to state the new causes of divorce in the marriage service any more than the existing causes; bu t, settin g aside that characteristic episcopal absurdity, the whole paragraph is so inaccurate that it is difficult to believe that the bi hop was not taking advaniall"e of the ignorance of his audience. The expression "until one of us gets drunk" does not in the least correspond to anything in the Bill. ViThat i proposed is that a married person shall be able to obtain a temporary separation order on the ground of the habitual drunkenness of the other party, and when this order has continued in force for three years he may obtain a divorce. It is clear that there could not very well be a less interval than four or five years from the commencement of the drunkenness to the grant of the divorce, and, seeing that the order cannot be made in the first instance for more than two years, there would be at least two opportunities to investigate the cir. cumstances before the diVorce was applied for at all.

Again, take another phrase, "one of us gets locked up." The only cause t?! di~orc_ under the Bill that has anything to do with" locking ~p" is

Impnsonment under a commuted death sentence," and even thIS was struck out in Committee!

The bishop simply could not afford to tell the truth about these two matters, for if he had done so his case would have been destroyed except for those who have the minds of medireval monks, such as Lord Hugh Cecil. As men of that class are very rare in these days misrepresentation is seen ~o be the only policy; and it must be admitted that it is havina an immense mfluence everywhere. We can only comfort ourselves with the reflection that ' a lie cannot endure for ever. "-Yours faithfully, F. Vii. REAl).

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JANUARY JANUARY

2 Service ... Il a.m. 16 Se::rvicc ... II a.m . 2 Popular Concert 630 p.m. 16 Popular Concert 6.30 p.m. 4 French Class 7 p.l11. 18 French Cla;s 7p·m. 6 G neral Committee 6·30p.m 19 Esperanto t.:ircle 7 1'.111. 7 Orchestra P(aclice 7 p.m. 21 Orchestra Practice 7 p .ll1. 9 Service II a.l11. 23 Service II am. 9 Popular Concert 6.30 p.m. 23 Popular Concert ... 6.30 p.m.

Il Children's Party 5.30 p.m. 25 Whist Drive 6,45 p.m. 12 Esperanlo Circle 7 p.m. 2 Orchestra Practice 7 p.m. 14 Orchestra Practice 7 p.m. 30 Service IT a Ill. 14 Theatre Party, "Old Vic" 6.45 p.m. 30 Popular COllcert 6.30 p.l11.

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