In one of his pithy essays Francis Bacon or trouble spent. on our behalf." found with this annual, which has ignored remarked on the strange tact' that in sea Grateful allusion is made in the nothing of any importance. As literature, Toyages, where there is nothing to be seen report to four other ladies, Mrs.—and it does profess to give articles but sky and sea, men should make dianes Bremner, for three years the able for the study of its patrons,—it is not successful. F. R. Spofforth, in an bat in heat Were), woe so much is to observed, for most omit: honorary secretary, Mrs. Probst, a ekinte were Bier to be For easy much toe brief and sketchy, has good worker, Mrs. Knappe, and Mrs. undertaken to show why professionals than observation. Dr. Wilcox is. fore to be commended for the interesting notes Bruce Robertson.
A list follows of thirteen old cases, sre, bette bowlers than the gentlemen he makes in the opening number of the players are. ''Spoff" gives two pages "Recorder" before us, on a Yangtze' trip of generalities about schoolboys' which are still cared for by the he recently took. Of comme it may be re-bowling," but does not seem to Society, and the reader cannot help marked that such a journey cai hardly be have thought of the obvious answer, Called "land-travel," still in another sense thinking how many similar cases which is '"because they have to be." may safely be said that the indications are there may be which the Society has As is frequently the case with men that the writer did not "feel at sea" any-not funds enough to assist. The who do things, Spofforth can bowl much where on the trip. Among the observations better than he can write about it. There made by Dr. Wilcox, we find that whilst majority of the cases are Portuguese, is something new, too, in the very short the question of teaching the native Christians but they include an English woman article in which D. L. A, Jephson om-to sing even tolerably well is a discouraging whose husband had died, the Society paying his funeral expenses, and "an phasises so strongly the advantages of one, the singing of the surpliced choir and playing back." After slightly misquoting Ranji's "Cricket," to obtain his text, he of the con ation at ibe Bplacopal Gotnedval, "Hankow, demonstrates, that' the Englishman, over 70, who is very spoils the effect' of his good advice by—ean, aueiduons and long santinned Chinese—those at least. who are not too old infirm and past his work snd to over-emphasis. Perhaps forward play has whom $5. month and a little coal been abused, and ''sound cricket" some-training, ug a good, degree of during the cold weather are given. what neglected, but there is no use in Pontectfin fu vocal music, The glioit spoken of had been trained by Miss Carter. Later Among the new cases is one of an directing the attention of the colts to one Kiukiang and Chinkiang he found. that 'American woman, who had been ill ays in particular. There are occasions when to play back would be as foolish as 'Mission, had also attained excellent.' results Miss White, of the Methodist, Episcopal in hospital, and whose passage back rash forward play on a tricky wicket. in the same line, as is, of course, the case to the States was paid by the Keep your eyo on the ball, and play ac-Society, "and: sat factory accounts cordingly, holds good as ever. Ranjitsinbji with workers in, Fukien and leewtore. We are sorry to 1 in the Yangtze valley, never meant his remarks about the " mohave since been received of her." as in most parts of Fukien, the matter of ment when the ball is out of sight" self-support is evidently lagging. The in-Perhaps the most pathetic case to be applied as Mr. Jephson applies m.|tense spirit of commercialism jalism manifested is No. 456: "A poor English The eye and the hand must work together, everywhere up and down the Great River woman, formerly the trapezist in a as in pianoforte playing. Itis unfortunate fs spoken of as doubtless responsible for circus which came here. She had in one way that cricketers should have to much of the sterility of that territory a5 a depend for their annuals upon firms which field of missionary labour. Dr. Wilcox has been ill in the Victoria Narsing supply gear. Advertisment of a distasteful 2 good word for the schools and hospitals ho Home for nearly a year with partial kind appears even in the obituary notices, Visited in Hankow, Hanyang, and Wuchang, paralysis and consequent lors of mevide that on Mr. Arthur Haygarth, the and includes in his notes the more important mary. As there was no likelihood of originator of Cricket items of business transacted at the Central Methodist Conference that meets once in her getting employment here, and Biographies." Wisden says: the work consists of fourteen volumes, four years.
Dr. tteury H, Jessup supplies twenty she was most anxious to go down to every line of which was penned by Mr.
Sydney, where she had friends and Haygarth, the statement inserted at the efcelleat bults to young missionaries. showing the necessity for Christian commnonrelations, a second-class passage was commencement of the first volume that the Sense he telis of ¢ missionary, who once sled Lilywhites assisted in the compilation given her from Shanghai to that port for the Kast from an American port. being altogether inaccurate, and inserted nnd a little money also given." What merely to suit their own ends." The had and marked all his boxes and ipped wem in advance of his sailing. contrast between the graceful girl Lillywhites are an _opposi Witen half-way to his field he was attacked swinging easily on the trapeze, the and publish an annual of their own. by a serious illness, which obliged him to centre of attraction in a crowded As-the work referred to. was published return to. his native land. As his boxes under authority, opinions of thi contained various articles for missionaries circus, and the same girl penniless fessional criticism may vary, There are already on the field, he wrote to them the and paralysed, appealing, happily not small portraits and brief following lucid dirgetions: ' Obyerve, when in vain, to charity for means to get cricketers of the year, namely 3 you open the boxes, that No. 1 con-back to die among her friends and P. FP. Warner, 4. E. Knight, John Guan, jains only my goods; No. 2, my goods and relations. It must be remembered Shrewsbary's brilliant record is exbaust-
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