1 AUGUST 1914, Page 23

The Blessed Company. By Constance Arbuthnot. (Wells Gardner, Dayton and

Co. ls. net.)—These verses were written under the inspiration of an austere and distinguished Muse. They breathe the spirit of sincere devotion, and are peculiarly welcome in a day when we need to be reminded that a true woman's work, as Lady Arbuthnot admirably describes it, is—.

"Not to clamour and fight in the fierce of tho fray, But to bind up the wounded and broken; Not to hinder the lines in their battle array,

But to help on with promise and token—

To trim all the lights that are failing and low,

Which point out the way where the footsteps should go."