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The Review of Reviews. 



ft I. 1906. 



thf Commons House of Parliament has man\ a rod 

 in pickle for the Peers, which will be used, and used 

 with a will, before there can be any talk of a dissolu- 

 tion. 



.All interesting movement in the 



The direction of the brightening,' of life 



City Beautiful, in our industrial centres is being 



tocussed by a Xational Conference 

 at the Town Hall. Manchester, on Tuesdav, June 

 26th. The Lord Mayor is kindly lending his Parlour. 

 Under the au.spices of Canon Morlev Stephenson, 

 secretary of the Keautiful Warrington Societv (an 

 offshoot of the Beautiful ( >ldham Society), an at- 

 tempt has been made to link together many .societies 

 working in different parts of the country to make 

 our cities and large towns as beautiful as possible. 

 A number of well-known ladies and gentlemen have 

 responded. Professor Weiss, of Victoria University, 

 is actijig as Chairman of the Executive. The sub- 

 jects to be discussed are as follows: — i. How to 

 interest children in the cult of the beautiful. 2. 

 How town dwellers may make their homes beautiful. 

 3. What municipalities can do to give the towns 

 more of a country aspect. 4. How our towns may 

 be made <-leaner by abatement of smoke, etc. Canon 

 Morley Stephen'son, Training College, Warrington, 

 will be glad to receive the names of sympathisers. 



hi the death of Michael Davitt. 



A Hero Dead "'^''"'^ occurred on May 30th. the 



world has lost one of those heroic 



souls whose passing takes some of 



the splendour from contemporary life. It may seem 



absurd to some to speak of splendour in connection 



with the one-armed ex-conviot Michael Davitt, but 



to those who see things as they are it will seem the 



right word. '" There was a glory round his rugged 



brow," as Bvron said of Tasso, more resplendent than 



the coronet of noble and the crown of monarch. 



For it was the aureole of a saintly life glowing with 



the radiance of passionate patriotism. In him the 



love for his fellow-man dwelt like a consumiiiii fire. 



Michael Oavitt- 



With the tenderness of a woman he united the cour- 

 age of a lion. A more indomitable man never stood 

 in the dock or defied the constituted authorities 

 from his place in Parliament. .\s the P'ather of the 

 Land League his career recalls Lowell's familiar 

 lines : — 



Such earnest natures are the tiery pilli. 



The compact nucleus round which systems ^row; 

 ifass after mass hecoraes ins;tiierl therewith. 



And whirls impregnate witli tlie central griow. 



.\like in British prison ami in the House of Com- 

 mons, on Irish hillsides and on the battle-scarred 

 veldt, Michael Da\itt was ever the fearless champion. 

 iif the weak and the oppressed. 



