"It is Mr. Wells's great advantage as a preacher that he has a prose style instinct with life and beauty. Somewhere he speaks of a cathedral as a 'Great, still place, urgent with beauty'; somewhere else he says, 'The necessary elements of religion can be written on a postcard.'"--_Daily Chronicle_. "Callisthenes" must look to his laurels. * * * * * Extract from the letter of a lady who helps in parish work and is full of agricultural enthusiasm:-- "Next week I am going to start digging for the vicar." Assuming that the reverend gentleman was inadvertently buried alive, we deprecate this delay. * * * * *