12 AUGUST 1893, page 11

Distraction And Diversion.

A N English Bank-holiday generally gives the impression that the people of this country value leisure more for the purposes of distraction than for those of diversion. Cer-......

County Songs.

TOR those to whom literature is a reality and not merely a certain amount of printed matter, the songs of country- people have a charm which nothing can surpass. Shakespeare has......