ON SOME PRESS COMMENTS ON THE By the power of his imagination and his art of allegory Mr. Rudyard Kipling has taught many a lesson to us, and "The Benefactors," the latest as it is in some respects the most daring of his attempts to express in the form of a story the truths that are for all to understand, emphasises with rare power the Nemesis of democracy's arrogance.-Globe. Mr. Rudyard Kipling is nothing if not outspoken and virile, but he has seldom written a more daring contribution than "The Benefactors," which is assigned a leading position in "The National Review." LEICESTER MAIL. It is sometime since we had anything, apart from a poem or two, from the pen of Mr. Rudyard Kipling. But now comes a contribution, to which pride of place is given in the July number of the "National Review," in the form of a grim piece of social satire, entitled, sarcastically, "The Benefactors." Those who admire originality and direct, virile expression, which is so marked a characteristic of Mr. Kipling's writings, should not miss reading in its entirety this remarkable article.-BIRMINGHAM GAZETTE. M. André Chèradame contributes a striking article on the importance of co-operating finance and diplomacy, with a view to preventing the savings of the British and French peoples being used to subsidise their enemies.-OUTLOOK. The question of the intrusion of politics into the pulpit is well discussed by a writer, Mr. Coulson Kernahan, in the July issue of the National Review." The principel involved is of wide application. In a recent autobiography we read "Saw Labouchere, who was starting to lay the foundation-stone of a Primitive Methodist chapel. 'To such things,' he said, 'we are reduced at election times.'" THE GUARDIAN. Mr. Coulson Kernahan denounces what he describes as the abuse of religion for political party purposes, and he will find many to share his view that the work of the ministry if it be faithfully done, is more than sufficient for the energies of one man. ་་ ABERDEEN FREE PRESS. In the "National Review for this month there is an article by Mr. Coulson Kernahan on "Politics in the Pulpit." Apparently he is of Robert Louis Stevenson's opinion, that "politics is the dirtiest, the most foolish, and the most random of human employments." BAPTIST TIMES. Among the other articles is a delightful one "In defence of the Brown Rat," by Miss Frances Pitt.—SPECTATOR. Miss Alma Tadema on "The Suffrage Danger" gives food for serious thought to the Mænads of the movement, if indeed they are capable of thought.-NORTHERN WHIG. 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