TO SAVE LIFE OR DESTROY IT? 236 THE WAR LOAN 240 FOOD PRODUCTION 244 OUR FORTUNATE “RESTRICTIONS” 248 “HIS PAINFUL DUTY” 252 THE POTATO “SCREAM” 256 “HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF” 260 “SHODDY CHIVALRY” 264 “HINDENBURG’S EYE!” 268 “HOARDING” 271 THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF FAME 288 SHAKESPEARE’S WAR BIRTHDAY IN 1917 294 “DON’T TRAVEL” 298 “TE DEUM LAUDAMUS” 302 THE WOMEN’S VOTE 306 A “HAPPY THOUGHTS” DAY 311 WHY DID I----? 313 IN THE HUSH OF THE DAWN 316 MY “LITTLE BIT” ENGLAND 1918 Lift up thine eyes, Queen Warrior of the world! Stand, fearless-footed, on Time’s shifting verge And watch thine everlasting Dawn emerge From clouds that break and boom in thunderous War! Lo, how thy broad East reddens to thy West, The while thy thousand-victoried flag, unfurl’d, Waves to thy North and South, in one royal fold Of tent-like shelter for an Empire’s rest; O Queen, sword-girded, helmeted in gold, Strong Conqueror of all thy many foes, Look from thy rocky heights, and see afar The coming Future menacing the Past With clamour and wild change of present things, Kingdoms down-shaken with the fall of kings; But fear not Thou! Thou’rt still the first and last Imperial wearer of the deathless Rose-- Crown’d with the sunlight, girdled with the sea, Mother of mightiest nations yet to be! SAVAGE GLORY AN APPEAL AGAINST WAR (_This article was written for “Nash’s Magazine” in February, 1913, without any other than instinctive premonition of the coming Great War._) EDITORIAL NOTE.--_Marie Corelli’s remarkable article should be read by every man and woman at all mindful of the welfare of their fellow-sojourners on this little swinging ball of ours, which we call the earth. This contribution is far and away one of the most brilliant pieces of writing Miss Corelli has ever achieved; it is thought-compelling and in the larger sense inspirational; it is wellnigh epoch-making in its new view, its virile logic, its sane and forceful plea for the peace of the world--peace on a basis of common sense, broad humanity, and the honour of nations._