21 JANUARY 1911, page 20

John Brown.*

THAT which people have been content to regard as the 4' soul " of John Brown the Abolitionist—a simple symbol— still "marches on." But John Brown's soul was by no means so......

Famous Speeches.*

IT was Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, we think, who said that most republished oratory was little better than " mouldy _wedding-cake." It is difficult to see how it could be......