The Father Of Confederation Is Deadlock.

Rich By Nature, Poor By Policy' Might Be Written Over Canada's Door.

There Is A Spell In Mediaeval Art Which Has Had Power To Bewitch Some People Into Trying, Or Wishing To Try, Or Fancying That They Wish To Try Or Making Believe To Fancy That They Wish To Try, To Bring Back The Middle Ages.

As To London We Must Console Ourselves With The Thought That If Life Outside Is Less Poetic Than It Was In The Days Of Old, Inwardly Its Poetry Is Much Deeper.

Dante Himself Is Open To The Suspicion Of Partiality: It Is Said, Not Without Apparent Ground, That He Puts Into Hell All The Enemies Of The Political Cause, Which, In His Eyes, Was That Of Italy And God.

Yet For My Part, Deeply As I Am Moved By The Religious Architecture Of The Middle Ages, I Cannot Honestly Say That I Ever Felt The Slightest Emotion In Any Modern Gothic Church.