Sons of the race that leads the world! We owe our heritage to Thee; The lordship over all Thy sea. Fain would we keep its honour bright, Still strike for God, the Throne, the Right ! A NATIONAL ANTHEM. Thou who hast made us great, Keep us inviolate, Loyal and strong. Make us to do Thy will; Save us from wrong. From pride and lust of power Let discord cease. Still to earth's utmost shore But if, at Thy command, Give us Thy grace; That on Thy battle-day Save Thou our land we pray, God save our race. [C. L., London.] [C. D., Birmingham.] Poems received also from C. B. F., Bagshot; F. B., Milton-nextGravesend; F. E. W., London; M. L. H., Ambleside; F. B., London; M. L, Chester; B. M. R., London; B. C., London; F. J. B., Winchester; K. K., Belfast; J. W. B., Greenock (no coupon); G. S. A., Ilford; Mrs. T. H., Dorchester; A. B. C., Norwood; L. M. L., Stafford; Mrs. R. M., Glendwyn (no coupon); I. V. C.. Wareham ; T. C., Buxted. Competition No. 21. THIS week we ask for suitable mottoes for daily or weekly papers of importance. Competitors are at liberty to choose what papers they like, but the motto must be appropriate to the paper's character, and its source must be indicated. To the competitor who sends the best set of three mottoes a prize of one guinea will be sent Answers, addressed "Literary Competition, The ACADEMY, 43, Chancery-lane, W.C.," must reach us not later than the first post of Tuesday, February 28. Each answer must be accompanied by the coupon to be found at the foot of the first column of p. 252, or it cannot enter into competition. We wish to impress on competitors that the task of examining replies is much facilitated when one side only of the paper is written upon. It is also important that names and addresses should always be given. We cannot consider anony of Englishmen living far from home. When we find sadness or pessimism in verse written in England, we are not prepossessed in favour of the writer; and usually our attitude is justified by the discovery that the bard's misery rings untrue. The case of the exiled Englishman is different. When he takes pen in hand, it is because he has something to say; and often he says it with singular sincerity and grace. Good as the work is, it is not quite good enough to justify us in thinking that it could be published without loss. All the pieces have a certain haunting melody, and there are not a few charming passages in which the writer lingers over the scenery of nature; but there is often a certain vagueness and indecision which Mr. Myron, we are sure, will himself deplore when he reads Tennyson or any other great master of the art. THE SIN OF THE MOTHER. BY MARCUS KNOX. We find it a task to read this work. A novel should arrest one's attention, and make the perusal easy by novelty of some kind; but there is no novelty here. The work is not without touches of originality; but these are few and far between. The plot lacks freshness, and the characters are conventional. Unfortunately, too, the style is in depressing harmony with the subject matter. as We find phrases such “very interested and "in comparison to" strewn through the work. What would 66 'Marcus Knox" think of us if we said we were much sorry to find his book so troublesome? Probably he would say that we did not know the language. Well, "very interested" and " very pleased" are as grammarless as "6 much sorry" and "much glad"; and they are vulgar to boot. 'In comparison to" is as atrocious as in unison from" would be, if there were any novelist thoughtless enough to write it. We admit that many a good story has been written by persons with no academic knowledge of syntax or of style; but when we come upon a work which has neither novelty of thought nor any indication that its author knows what style means, we necessarily regard it as hopeless. 66 TALES IN VERSE, AND OTHER POEMS. BY FREDERIC PRICE. Is this a place where Learning reigns supreme— Oh, what a den of books! These short stories have considerable merit; but we do not The think that they could be republished with success. popular magazines have put an end to the vɔgue of the shilling book of tales for travellers by rail. "La Belle Americaine," by R. H.; "Willie and his Warriors," by Igna; "His Sister, and Other Plays for Amateurs," by B. D. Cameron.-These works do not comply with the condition that each MS. submitted to the Bureau shall be sufficient to fill a reasonable volume. (Bemrose) 3/6 .....(Innes) 7/6 (Wells Gardner) 1/6 Strong (Maj. Gen. D. 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