As a painstaking study of lower middle-class life _The Progress of Kay_ (CONSTABLE) is to be remarked and remembered. That is not, however, to say that it is exciting, for _Kay's_ progress consisted so much in just getting older that I suspect Mr. G. W. BULLETT's title to be ironical. As a child _Kay_ had some imagination and a sense of mischief; as an adult he would have been all the better for a little military training, and there is no disguising the fact that as a married man and a father he was a dreary creature. I can well believe, from the air of truth which these pages wear, that there are plenty of _Kays_ in the world to-day; and to confess that I was not greatly intrigued by this particular sample when he grew to man's estate is in its way a compliment to his creator. For however much you may like or dislike the mark at which Mr. BULLETT has aimed there is no doubt that he has hit it. Villadom, by his art, takes on a revived significance, and _Kay's_ career encourages reflection touched by a vague sadness. * * * * * [Illustration: FALSE ECONOMY.] * * * * * A Tale for the Horse-Marines. "_London, Sunday._ "While a British submarine was rescuing the Zeppelin crew in the North Sea, a German cruiser fired at it. "The Cavalry from Salonika are pursuing the remainder of the Zeppelin crew."--_Egyptian Mail._ * * * * * "LONDON STOCKS. REVIVAL IN GUILT-EDGED SECURITIES." _Manchester Evening Chronicle._ Now we hope our contemporary will coin an equally felicitous description for the pillory. * * * * * "Mr. Hughes, the Australian Prime Minister, was carried triumphantly round camp last night after he had addressed nearly two thousand Anzacs on parade. Mr. Hughes was accompanied by Mrs. Hughes, Mr. Fisher, High Commissioner, and Mrs. Fisher. Brigadier-General Sir Newton Moore, Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Forces in England, was also present with Lady Moore." _Morning Paper._ It is regrettable that General and Lady MOORE could not share the honours, but probably the chair was constructed to carry four only.