4 DECEMBER 1897, Page 10

Days," and the phrase is certainly apt. If the readers

of to-day are fond of blood—and possibly the taste is a reaction against the softness of our civilisation—here they may gratify their taste to the full. Fdr onitelves, we must OVII to being aeon satiated ; but

Mr. Walkey must be allowed the credit of keeping up the pace, such as it is, without a single pause.