FROM THE MAGAZINES.

Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 47, 13 July 1908, Page 8

FROM THE MAGAZINES.

♦ • THE CITY OF GLORIOUS SUNSHINE. I I Of all tlie living- works of man i which I have visited, I think none is ' the equal of Moscow in interest and 'beauty. It is a city of glorious sunshine. of golden domes and silver i crosses and of multi-coloured cupolas ; of palaces and temples. In it are found all the refinements of the West and all the curious fascinations of , the East. Even the incidents of or- ' dinary commonplace civilised life are ' touched by a flavour of romance.— i | “The Wide World Magazine." THE BITER BIT. ! A certain well-known bank in Bue- I | nos Ayres has reason to be very i ; grateful to a clerk in Its employ. At [ ; two o’clock one day a well-dressed, j | prosperous-looking man came in, and, ; presenting a letter of introduction, j : opened an account with 9,000d015. j j Just before the bank dosed the same man rushed in again in a tremendous hurry. He had been cabled for to go to New York. He must catch a boat first thing in the morning, and must, therefore, draw out all j his money. The clerki paid him—in j his own notes, all of which were j clever forgeries ! —“The Grand MagaI zine." SOMETHING STILL TO LEARN. Do you know that the Roman mortar was harder than the stones which it held together ? It is a remarkable thing that we do not know how to make mortar like that now. And what an eye those old Romans had lor position ! It is a pity that some historical writer doesn't write a romance with Julius Caesar as the central figure.. Shakespeare seems to be the only author who has done anything of that sort really well.— “The Captain." THE MODERN TURKISH WOMAN. The modern Turkish woman receives a far better education than many of her Western sisters. When the latter is busy visiting, going to concerts, or even indulging in sports, the Oriental, within the barred windows of her harem, follows these movements in spirit. With a knowledge, of seven languages, three Oriental and four European, foreign governesses, and as many books as she requires, little escapes her attention. —“The Strand Magazine." THE LONELINESS OF GREATNESS. I. sometimes think that great men suffer-the greatest impoverishment in the realm of human kindness. In the first place, we are afraid of approaching them, lest our offers should seem presumptuous and impertinent. Or we think that such little ministries as ours can never be needed, and the kindly service is withheld. Dr. Robertson Nicoll has recently told us what delicate delight’ it gave to lan Maclaren when anybody did him a kindness. An individual act of personal, grace made his heart sing for many a day.—-“ The Sunday Strand."