Hon-Mombers can obtain this publloatlon from the Hon. Seoretary, poet tre8 if- per annum

DECEMBER, 1928.

Cb~ montblp R~cor" of

50utb plaCt € tblcal SOClttp, 35, Bloomsbury Squar~, W.CJ.

(TEMPORARY OFFICE).

Oblect of tbe Society. " The Object of the Society is the cultivation of a rational religious sentiment, the study 01 ethical principles, and the promotion of human welfare, in harmony with advancing knowledge. "

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES are held in

THE LONDON INSTITUTION THEATRE, South Place, Moorgate, E.0.2.

The following DISCOURSES will be delivered, the Services beginning at ELEVEN O'CLOCK. November 26.-S. K. RATCLIFFE.-The New Church Crisis.

Bass Solo-Whore Gloomy Pino Trees Rustle ... Mr. G. O. DOW"UN.

Hymns {No. lW. The heart it hath its .,wu estAte. No. 226. The pi""", of WDr8hip is not hound.

December 2.-JOHN A. HOB80N, M.A.-Wealth and Welfare. A.llegro and Andnnte tranquiUo sostGnnto, from Sonata. in 0 minor, Op. 3"2, for Pianoforte ru>d Vio.!oncello ... .,. ... . ..

Miss MARION K.&IGllLEY 'NOWDEN and Mr. JOIIN SNOWDJON.

Hym"" {No. 29. He only doos not livQ i.n vain. No. ~. A.ll moo Are equal in their birth.

December 9.-S. K. RATCLIFFE.-The Moral Revolt of Youth. s...,s Solos--

~'::'X When Young

Mr. G. O. DOWHAN.

Hymnl {No. 64. A nobLer order yet shall be. No. 17. A. dreuruer dropped a random t:h.oulfht.

Dowel/.

Sai.nt-SOOn.8

Lehmanu Mawi V. Wh;te

December i6.-H. W. NEVINSON.-A Glimpse of the Near East. La.rgo IL."na ed espresei-..o, fmm 'l"rio in D, Op. 70, No. 1, tor PiAnoIforte. Vl.oIb> and V iolonoeUo.

Miss RF.Nl'.E SWF.I'lI'LAND, Miss GWYNN"ETIJ TaonER a.nd Mi.8 BAnuAJl.A FnnumSllIP.

Hymn. {NO. 10. Men I whose boatJt it is that ye (Tune No. 207). No. ;e. I h<>"ro tho bell. on Ohrist.m..., Day.

December 23.-No Service. December 30.-8. K. RATCLIFFE.- The Genius of Thomas Hardy. B ..... Soloo-

Lovol icat. of '!"rees .. . Blow Blow thou Winter Wind.. .. ..

Mr. G. O. D<>WHAN.

Hymns { .-C>. 172. fling O,tt, wild bell. (TuDe " Gounod "). No. 92. 0 be",utifui, my country.

SOlT/,ervcll SeTjoant

The Oommlttoe request the "u<iienee to refrain froIT/, applause. A Hymn, Practice. to which all pi'I'~OnB de8irouB of improving th. hymn BUlging are

invit~d. i. held at th, clo •• of each Servie~. Pianist: H. SHITTI WE.STIR, 69. lATaine Road, N.1 .

.( aolleotion i. made at each Service, to enable thOR' pruent to contribut. t. the Ixpcn.e. of th, Soel,tv

MBl'IlBBRSHIV. iU1y person in "Y'Dpathy with 1!h.e Object 01 the Soai6ty is oordiaJlly tnvi.t.ed to beoome

.. MEMBER. The """ount of SUb90riptibn is opti()lu,l, witib. 0. mjnimwn Oil 29. 6d. per quOIter, OT 10s. pOT annum. Any person iuterested in tbe Sooiety'. w<>rk. but not wish.iiDg to become 0. member, may join ... = ASSOCrATE, the n:!iniJnu.m. SlLbWl'L1ption being 58. per Annum. Further partielllars may be oIbtAilned bofore and after the Sunda.y services, or on applicatien to the HOD. Registrar, Mi ... n .. HALLS, 35, Bloomsbury Squnre. W.O.1.

Lending Library. A t<!mporllry Lending Library wiU be open free to Mrur.bers at th. Sooiety Ilt 3i,

J.lloom.sbury Square, W.C.1. Ron. Treasurer and Librarian, F. &rUTTIG, 2, Durnnd Gardens, Stookwell, S.W.9. lion.. Secretary and Ll1Jrarian, Mise Y. A.. ALBL'NDEn., 5, H.opet\eld Avenue, Brondes

bury Purk, N.W.6.

Rambles.

Saturday, December I.-Alexandra Palace and Hampstead. Conducted by Mr. B. O. WARWIOK. Meet hillg's Oross, Jocal 2 p.m . ,'c:nt,ch next lrrun to Wood Green. Ten nenr Rampslcad Tube Statioll.

Saturday, December 8.- A visit to St. John's Gate and St. John's Church, Clerkenwel1. MWL out.ille Vhllrch 2.;lO [l.m., and Mr. H. W. Fl~CllAM, F.I:l.A., Klligbl, of Grace and Liurariall or the VCIlt'raule Order of the HOl:ipital of 81. John of Jerusalem, will 8how Uumblers UveJ' the remains of this allcient fOU1l(intion, alld explain bomctbillg of its interesLing bistOl'y.

Sunday, December I6.-Imperial War Museum, South Kensington. Oondlleteo by Mrs. 1:h·UTTIG. Meet outside 2.:Ju J).m.

Sunday, December 23.-0rpingtcn t o Shoreham. Conducted by Mr. F. M. OVERY. Train , Chn.t"in", Cross, 10.8 a.m. , LOlllloll Bridge. 1U.17 n.m. Obeap )'ot,urn 1/11. Tea at Orpington t..:n.ft! . Friends intending to join this walk are a&ked to let. Lite .leader know by Decem bel' 2u.

1I oS t . . {Mrs. JAAms, 302, Dalstoll Lane, E.S. on. ecre arU8 . B. O. WARWICK. 131, Bighbllry llill, N.5.

Members' Varty. A. Pnrty for Members and Friends will b" b.eld at the Eustncc Miles I! e8tnurl.l.nt

Ob.n.ndos 'treet, Oharing Oross, on Monday, December 10, fl'o.n:. 7·11 p.m. The programme will include dramatic nnd musioal items, and after supper tl>"r.

will be dnneing, ga.mes and cards. Tickets, 2s. each, including reiresb.ments, Dlny be obtained from tho Registrar on

Sunday Jr.ornings. and from ){r8. WATSON, to Whom namJ&8 must he sent by D oem.oor i M the number of tickets i8 lim ttoo.

1tnnuaJ ehlldren's Party. 'rho A.nnunl ObiMrcn's Party will be beld on MondllY, January 7, 1929, Ilt 5.30 p.m. ,

ut Eustnce Miles Restnurant, OhILDdos SltToot, Oharing Oress. Fancy Dress optionnl. There will be entertainment items by tho Children, dnn""s, grune. and a conjur r. Tickets, ooults 29. 6d.., ohildren 18. Ild., including ""pper, must be pnrch",oJd in Ildvonoo, from Mrs. F. M. HAWKINS, IS, Thurlow Park ROIl.d, .W .• 21.

South Place Sunday eoncert Society, Sunday Popular eoncerts <ehamber Music).

Tb.o FORTY·THIRD SElA.SON will continue every Sunday evnning un1:>1 furtl""" notice (except Dooernber 23 and 30).

The Ooneel·t. will again be held in the GHEAT IlALL of the CITY OF LONDON SOHOOL, Vi ctoria EmbHnkmellt (f"elng Biackfriars Bridge).

November 25.-Piano!orte, Harriet Oohen. Ethel A.ttwood. Violin, Bessi" Il.awlin. VIoloncello, Adeliua Lean. Vocali8t, Mark Raphn.el. At the Piano, George Reeves. Brab.ms' Sonata in G for Piano nnd Vio lin ; J\ maid B ... ,,'. Son.n.ta fOT Pi.nno find 'Ocllo; Pinno 0.100 by Baob and Obopin; TioliIn ' 10; '0<>110 Solo.

Deocmber 2.-TnE E1<rENTP. TRING QUAnmT: OcciJ Bonvalot, Dorothy Ohurton, ,r"l'nco Lockycr, FAith Ohurton. 2nd 'Cel/o, FA\varc1 J. Robi'nson. Piano, On.th<'l'ine O'B"ien. Vocali8t, yb il Scunes. Sch ubert's tring Quintet (2 'cellos). Brohms' tring Quartet in A minor; Piano Solo •• inoluding Schuhert's Sonata in A, Op. 120.

December 9.-BnoSA STRING QUARIT.T: Brosn.., Greenbaum, Rubcns, pjni. Piano, ,Tohanne Stookmarr. Focali8t, Garden OIentber. At the Piano, G. O'Oonnor Morris. Sohuoort' s Quartet in E flat j Sohubort's H Wn.ndcr£'1' to Fantas ia for ll inno; Fl'ft,nolt's Pinno Quintet.

Deoon:ber 16.-pumo, Reginnld P.n.ul. Violin, Haro!d Thirhurm. Fi%nceUo, HiMe. gard Arnold. Vocalist, Dor()thes. Wobb. At tJLC Piano, :&Iln Ivimey. Scbubcrt'8 Pinno Trio in E flat; Schnmann's PhILDtnsiestiicke Trio; Schubert's pu..lI(> SonlLta (posth.) in A. major.

Note.-No Ooncerts on Deoomber 23 and 30. Second Hn.ILSea80n begins ,Tanuary G. Doors open at 6.10 p.m. Ooncerto "[6.30. Mc.mbers Tickete, 3s. en.eh, for Hn.1i Season to Deacmber 16, may be h.od Qy sending

relr.iJttllllee IIlld stomped oodressed envelop" to the H on. 1'rp",sttrer of t he Concert Socicct~., FRANK A. HAWKINS, IS, 'l'b.l1rlow Park Rond, S.E.21.

For fnrth er particlllars see futuro nnnonD()('mcnts. "THE STORY OF A. THOUSAND CONCERTS," by W. S. Mandmore, together with

& List of Works. Number of Perfarmn.nces, Names at .~rtists, etc. One 'hil ling not. Post tree 1/2, from tbe Hon. Treas.

Ron. Treas.: FnANIt A.. HAWKIN8, 19. Thurlow Park Rond, S.E.21. lIon. Sec.: ALFltED J. OU"BN'l'8, 8, Finchley Way, N.S. Hon. ASBt. SecB.: { Mu. D. M. CLElIENTS. 8, .Fincbley Way, N.S.

W. S. M .• ADlIon_, S, Bels,.e Square, N.W.S.

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South "lace \!)rchestrll. Conductor: RICHARD H. WALTBEW.

Pra.ctiOOll are held at tit. :Pau,'. School Ilm.m, BU.II.I1er btrcet, Bunhill Ruw, E.O .• frwn 7.9 overy b'riday cVClUDg. 'I'bero is a vJWIUloy for .. Double n ..... 'player (instrUll,,;n.t provided) also for Ba.ssoon..

Apply to Hon. Secretary, F. W. OANNING, 63, Ki~all &00.<1. Bcckenham..

DiscusSions. 'l'be Di.soWlllion Oircle will moot "t tb .. Sooiety's Room, ;'15, llloumsbury Squaro (flut

fiool'), on Monday evenings at 6.45 p.m. DeocmbGr S.-" Is ~Teud's Dream Thoory adeqUAte?~' December lO.-No Discussion. Dooombcr 17.-" WIUl (Jermany lllll.inly responsible for lJ", War?" Deooln.bcr 2<I.-No Discussion..

R.".ll. Lectures and. Dliicu8sion ... Tue..day flvonings, rut the Essex lLaJI, Ea,ex treet, Strand, at 7.80 p.m.

Deoomber 4.-" The New View of Spi:riJtun.liam." G. Whitehead. D_mbor 11.-" Oredo: .Belief, Diabolict, Unbolief." G. E. Crawford. Doownber 18.-" 1 he Cll.8e Agni"..t thc Deatb PcllJllty." E. Roy Ca.lvert.

eonway Memorilll Lectures. The Conwo.y Memorial LecturCJ::I, wJucu arc dt.llivcred lWllu:lJly in March, were inaugu­

rc..tod in l~. 8.8 0. Memorial to Dr . .Moncurc 1). Oouway. 'l'he OonlJlllttee is not y(!t 10 poli&<>llBion of the nooe&."ry cap.tal t.". the porlIWllcnt cnuowrecn.t of tbA! LectureshIp. aud III the meu.ntimc iIt makes 'lll • .nrnoijt o.PIll>ll.J. to .ill rcaden. of the MONTlILr U';;COllD eitller fur .uboeril,tiolUJ or douatwns, to on.ure the t'<lntllWllneo "f the lectures. The,o sbould be sent to tho Hon. Treasurer, Mrs. OocKUUl1.N. l)crudcni~a, ]8, Northnmpton ltc.Jad, ~'roydon.

Niooteen lootures have been given, and COpi08 of these cnn be puroh ... oo at the book sro.u.

Hon. SocretarilHI { EUNllST OARlt., .. l..,YlIdall," Essendon Rond. Su..n?cn:ltcnd, Surrey. Mrs. C. FLETCllEll SMITIl, Bunny Den~, Souberlc .A venuo,

J.otehwortb

The G1<N'JffiAL OoM1UTTEE will moot on Wednesday. Dooenlber 5. Oorre_pond"no. <.I<>u]. ing witb mattors fOT coItSliderntion should bo forw<lrdeod to F. M. OV£1IY, Roll.. Sco., 36, Ou.tcrllllJn Jwad, Lewilsb.nm, S.E.l3, at the earliest possible moment. All matters relating to finance sllOuld be a<ldressed to the Treasurer.

'eeretnrios at 8ub·orunmittooa src rcqu .. ted to note t11",t nny lr.abter wbloh tbey wish to Ln..,rt in tile. MONrllLY REcORD should be in the hands of htI'. F. W. llllAD not IntoI' than 15th of the month. All literary m.ntwr sMuld be forwarded to the Editor, I I' O .. 1. POI.LAllD, 1\.5 early in tJu~ month flI3 po9sible.

EDITORIAL. UNDAY CONO;RTS.-\\ e are informed that owin.g to difficulties that

have arisen with regard to L.e. . regulations a Society has been formed to carry on the Sunday Popular Concerts, entitled South Place Sunday Concert ociety, and until further notice only members of this Society have the rigbt of admission to the Concerts . The subscription is 3s. for each half season, and a ticket of admission to all concerts of the first half season, up to and including December 16, is given to all subscribers. It is sin. cerely hoped that the supporters for so many years of the Sunday Concerts, and also many other friends, will enrol as members., so that there may be no diminution in the attendance. lIIembership tickets, 3s. each, can be obtained from Mr. Frank A. Hawkins, 13, Thurlow Park Road, S.E.21. Applicatiou should be accompanied with remittance and a stamped and addressed envelope for reply. .

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TABLET ON OLD SlTE.-Members will be interested and pleased to know that a commemorative tablet is now placed on the exterior of the building that occupies the site of our old South P lace ChapeL The w-ording is;

1824-1927. On this site stood

SOUTH PLACE CllAPRL. !Jlit/isler, :

1824, William Jolmson Fox. 1864, Moncure D. Conway.

In 1888 the Society adopted the name OUTH PLACE ETHICAL. OCTET'\'.

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THE ANNUAL REUNION, 1928. The 1928 Annual Reunion, which was held at the Ethical Church on

Sunday evening, September 30, through the hospitality of the Committee, was even more crowded than usual. The formal part of the proceedings took place in the church, which was beautifully decorated for the occasion. After an organ recital by Mr. Kennedy COlt, the Chairman, Mr. F. J. Gould, made his opening speech on the theme of the evening-" Human Nature and Ethics." He maintained that human nature was in its essence ethical and that the development of civilisation was, in efiect, the pro­gressive expression of the innate demand of men for order, justice, heauty and knowledge. Despite reaction and sad failure the trend of human things was unmistakably towards the fuller realisation of the good.

Or. Delisle Burns dwelt on the new light that had heen shed on human nature by recent investigations in the field of psycbology. Freud, Jung, Watson, McDougail, Trotter and other less famous enquirers led us on to results which were bound to have a profound influence on the methods of politics and of education, including moral education. The enormous range which instruments of recent invention had added to human action created a special need for a better knowledge and a more efficient control of human nature than had been furnished by traditional psychology. A really scientific knowledge of the instincts and desires of individual and social man and of how they work out in different circumstances would place pol itics and ethics on. a new basis.

Dr. Stanton Coit, who wound up the discussion, saw dangers in the new ideas, and especially in some fashionable methods of probing the soul. In exploring for suppressed impulses and abnormal complexes we ran some risk of overlooking the integrating and directing personality in which ethical purpose resided. He stron.gly condemned psycho-analysis as a practice often dangerous to the moral balance of patients and sometimes even to their sanity. On the main question Dr. Co it was at one with Mr. Gould and quoted some eminent modern philosophers, including Dr. Delisle Burns, in support of the view that only in the realisation of the supreme ethical values does human nature find permanent satisfaction.

After the speeches the guests adjourned to the spacious lecture ball underneath the church for refreshments and conversation and to enjoy the vocal part of the excellent musical programme. The thanks of all are due to the ladies who provided and dispensed refreshments to the numerous company present. J. M.

THE ETHICAL CALENDAR, 1929.-This · is the second appearance of the" Ethical Calendar," so presumably

its compilers have found that a calendar of this character ministers to a want among the members of the Ethical movement, or even, if the first year's publication did not meet with very wide support, they think the second year's calendar will increase its vogue and create a demand sufficient to warrant its continuance. The quotations for the year 1929 are drawn from more varied sources than those selected for the year 1928. The catholicity of range may be judged by placing in juxtaposition a few among the very large numbtr of authors chosen: Julian Huxley, Hannen Swaffer, J. M. Robertson, Hannah More, Bernard Shaw, hakespeare, Felix Adler, G. K. Chesterton. This greater breadth of choice is a decidtd improvement, although the change has one feature that may prove per­plexing. The authors' aphorisms to some extent cancel one another. For example, in January, we are exhorted by Emerson to "Trust Thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string," and Robert Browning in the same vein assures us:

"Truth is within ourselves; it takes no rise From outward things, whate'er you may believe. There is an inmost centre in us all, Where truth abides in fulness."

While four months later Richard Baxter warns us: "Thou sayest: 'But

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1 feel that this appetite is natural to me and therefore the gratifi~ation of it can be no sin.' It is no otherwise natural than it is to be mahclOus or revengeful and to disobey thy governors, and abuse thy neighbours; antI yet I think they will not judge thee innocent, because it is natural to thee." But apart from such captious comment we unhesitatingly assert that this calendar provides an original and very comprehensive anthology of valu­able thoughts.

*Copies can be obtained from the Secretary of the Ethical Church, Queens Road, Bayswater, W.2, price 2s. 6d . each; 2s. 9d. post free.

SOUTH PLACE SUNDAY . CONCERT SOCIETY. October 21.-Nothing finer could have been desired than the programme

or its performance. There was the variety of the piano trio ensemble of the Perani group, whose finished playing of Schubert's colourful trio in B flat rendered it at its best. This was keenly listened to and applauded by the audience. John Goss (with his excellen.t accompanist, Miss Kathleen Markwell) gave an unusual and varied programme, some of which in duet form was shared by Miss Megan Foster, who sang here for the first time. It was evident from the cordial reception that this singer met with that the audience hoped it would 110t also be her last appearance. Mr. Max Perani's group of eventeenth Century piano solos evoked as encore a piece by Dr. Arne. John Ireland's Phantasie Trio in A minor, with its often wistful heauty, brought the concert to a close.

October 28.-The Wood-Smith Quartet, with Sidney Bowman as leader, gave a fine rendering of one of Schubert's finest quartets-the one in D minor, op. posthumous, with the beautiful audaube in which the theme of "Death and the Maiden" is heard. Then followed a pianoforte solo by Brahms, "Variations on a theme by Paganani," whose difficulties of depth of thought were rendered with fire and knowledge by Phillipowsky. Schumann's charming "Kinderscenen" showed this player's versatility, and with Haydn's quartet in G, op . 76, No. 1, gave due balance to the programme. A group of songs, which included Schubert's "vVanderer," "Der Doppelganger" and "Er1konig" were delightfully given by Mr. Howard Fry.

November 4.- Two young artists, Mr. idney Bowman and Mr. Charles Proctor, opened with the violin solo (with piano accompaniment) of the Chaconne by Vitali, perhaps one of tbe most spirited and delightful things of its kind ever written. Miss Christlne Mc lure was warmly received as an old favourite of this audience, and one of Mr. Plunket Green's most able pupils. Her two groups of songs included that most dramatic and beautiful one of Schubert's, " The Young Nun," which could hardly have found a finer exponent and was deeply appreciated. Mr. Charles Proctor gave a first public performance of his very modern Sonata in F minor for viola and pianoforte; the viola part being ably performed by Miss Rebecca Clarke. This work should be followed by others of the same com­poser. For the seventh time at these concerts Mr. 'Vallhew's Phantasy Quintet was performed, and Schubert's celebrated "Trout" Quintet brought this concert to a fitting close. In these two last concerted works Miss Marion Keighley Snowden, Mr. Sidney Bowman, Miss Rebecca Clarke, Mr. John Snowden and Mr. harles Winterbottom (double bass) were the performers.

November ll.-Miss Bessie Rawlins opened with a fresh combination of players, viz., Mr. Julius Rostall, Mr. Philip Burton and Mr. Douglas Cameron. As a first number they gave Schubert's sparkling quartet in E. It was performed for the first time at these concerts.

Mr. Franklyn Kelsey's fine voice and singing were heard to advantage, ~rst in a lovely group of Schubert's songs an.d later in a mixed group, lUc1udmg the fourth of Brabms' "Serious Songs." He also very ably pleaded the cause of the Musicians' Benevolent Fund (founded in memory of Gervase Elwes) and to which the whole of the proceeds of this concert Were devoted.

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As a tried favourite Mr. Lloyd Powell gave piano solos by Brahms, Schubert and Chopin; and as an encore a setting by Liszt of Schubert's charming song, "Hark, Hark the Lark." The concert was brought to a conclusion by Dohnanyi's fine piano quintet in E fiat minor.

AnA CARPENTER.

A VISIT TO KEN WOOD. Not many Londoners are aware of the unique value of the collective

gift which they have just received by the generosity Qf the late Earl of I veagh. Two years ago Ken Wood and the adjacent meadow land was added to the considerable area of Parliament Hill Fields and Hampstead Heath, and when Lord Iveagh handed over this property to the London County Council, it was announced that, in a short time, the park and house, along with its art treasures, would also be vested in public owner­ship. The transfer has now taken place, and Londoners and visitors to London can now go on pilgrimage to a shrine of art in a setting of great natural beauty.

The pleasure of the intelligent visitor will be enhanced by the cir­cumstance that the district surrounding Ken Wood has many historical and poetic associations. Most persons who make their way to the house will probably do so by going up Highgate Hill. Those whose historic imagina­tion is not embarrassed with considerations of evidence, can see the stone on which the youthful Whittington may bave rested wben he heard the chimes of Bow Bells, bidding him return and become thrice Lord Mayor. A little higher up the hill is Lauderdale House, which tradition says was once the residence of Nell Gwynne, and opposite is Cromwell House, associ­ated by legend with the great Protector. The tradition is a dubious one, and the memory of "sweet Nell of Old Drury" does not blossom in her dust: the house bearing Cromwell's name probably belonged to Alderman Ireton, the brother of Oliver's son-in-law. At South Place we are interested in the fact that the delightful little park in which Lauderdale House stands was given to London by Sir Sydney Waterlow, a name long associated with the Ch:tpel. In the wall of the park is a tablet marking the site of a cottage once occupied by Andrew Marvell, whose popular fame rests on the lines descriptive of the demeanour of Charles Stuart on the scaffold at Whitehall :

He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene,

But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try;

Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right;

But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.

The reader who traces the lines to their source is astonished to find them iu an ode in celebration of Cromwell's victorious campaign in Ireland, wbere the Lord signally delivered bis enemies into his bands at Drogbeda and Wexford. Marvell was, for a time. assistant to Milton during his Latin Secretaryship of the Commonwealth, and there is reason to think that he rendered important service to the great poet after the Restoration, when he escaped the fate which overtook the regicides, in some way which no one has ever been able to explain clearly. Marvell was a remarkable man, and his career of such interest that it provokes a desire to linger on it whicb must now be restrained. Those who would pursue the matter can d·) so in one of the best-written books in the English Men of Letters series by Mr. Augustine Birrell.

The summit of the hill is near, and in the old graveyard there is the tomb of the poet Coleridge only a few yards from the house in which our good friend John Aldred, whose memory is still green at South Place. passed his last years. A short distance away is the house in the Grove where Coleridge lived under the kindly roof of Mr. Gillman. Here, in June, 1824, be was visited by Tbomas Carlyle. The latter was not yet married, and had come to London for the first time. He has left some

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unforgettable impressions of Coleridge and his surroundings, and these purple patches. in English literature constitute the delight of all who love the art of WrItIng. In passmg from the grave to the house of Coleridge we have gone through the little Pond Square, which, in 1640, was the scene of a great popular demonstration. That notable Parliamentarian, \\·illiam Prynne, wrote in 1632 a very trenchant attack upon the stage and players entItled H£striomastix-a scourge for players, which was supposed to con­tain a libel upon the Queen. Being prosecuted the next year in the Court of Star Chamber, he was condemned to have his ears cut off, to stand in the pillory, and to be imprisoned for life. In 1637, for another alleged offence, he was again sent to the pillory, and ordered to have the remainder of his ears cut off . In 1640, when the Lopg Parliament met, it ordered his release, and, on November 28, he entered London in trinmphal procession,· which gathering assembled in, and started from, Pond Square. Old Prynne had a strain of perverse obstinacy in him, but his zeal for what he deemed the public good was unbounded, and, in the judgment of Mr. Birrell, he was the greatest Parliamentary lawyer who has ever lived.

A walk of ten minutes leads to the house. Ken ·Wood is a remnant of the ancient forest of Middlesex, and tbe present house was built in the middle of the eighteenth century by Robert Adam, a member of tbe famous family of that name. There had been an earlier house, which, in tbe previ­ous century, was occupied by a daughter of Sir Henry Vane. In 1661, a party of Fifth Monarchy men concerned with Venner's insurrection hid in the wood, and were surprised there by the trained bands sent to search for them. In 1775 the bouse became the property of Lord Mansfield, and five years later narrowly escaped destruction at the hands of the Gordon rioters. The rioting "Protestants" were moved to attack Lord Mansfield because he had supported the Catholic Relief Bill. They sacked his house in Bloomsbury Square, and not finding- its owner there, marched towards Ken Wood. The landlord of the" Spaniards" Inn, just outside the gates, detained them by joining in their" No Popery" cry and inviting them to drink, until a company of soldiers arrived and dispersed them.

(To be cOllcl/uifrl .)

WHAT ARE" ETHICAL PRINCIPLES"? \Vbat does the South Place Ethical Society mean by "the study of

ethical principles?" A principle is a first motive; a mainspring; an im­pulse that gives a beginning. Many years ago som of liS tried to find principles of " utility," .. altruism," "summum bonum" (Highest Good), "truth," etc. I allow that, in certain philosophical moments, we may find a joyful mental athletic in discussing such themes. But, in explain­ing ourselves ta the world at large, I would prefer to set out the " principles" in the following realist, concrete and quite simple manner. and say that they imply a study of the meaning and moral valne of :-

I. Humanity, as a collective life of mankind, past, present, future. 2. 'Vomanhood, in aspects of wifehood, motherhood, sisterhood. 3. Manhood, in aspects of fatherhood, nature-conqueror, craftsman. 4. hildhood. 5. Our an imal auxiliaries. 6. The weak (or apparently weak) and defective. 7. Material conditions; their iol1uence on character. 8. Beauty in all aspects, physical, artistic, intellectual. 9. Science, criticism, judgment, quest.

10. Education; physical, resthetic, intellectual, ;mrl for efficiency of service. -

11. Citizenship; social, political, progressive. 12. National qnalities and genins. 13. Racial qualities and genius. 14. Religious faith and expressions; primitive, historical, humanist. The entire spirit of such a programme and study seems to me well·

summed-up in the maxim: "Love for principle, a nd Order for basis; Progress for aim." F. J. GOULD.

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Sunday Llotur, Secretary F. W. laAD, 65, Harley Rood, Ha.rlesdcn, N.W.IO. Minute.. Secrot.'7I ... ... Mis. TOMB, 143, Higbbury Hill, N .5.

R6"i8tr~r of Memho" aud} Miss R HALL. 35 Dloomsbury Square W.O.1. A'80CfGte. '. I •

Editor of MOIITBn RECORD O. J. POLLARD, "Shanklin," Too Avenue, Cbingford, EA.

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Miss El. BYRNJI. A. J. OLEMENTS. E. CuNNING-nAM. E. F ERllINGTON. W. FISH. .1. A. GRAH'M. M".. F. M. HAWKINS.

New Members:

ALI'RlID J. Ot1<m:N'rs, 8, Finchley Way. Fincb1ey, N.S. E. OAR.R, 6, ESS<lruWn Road, Sander.tead., So rTey. L. LnOlBAY, 42, PYiory R<>ad., Bedford Pru-k, W.4. Mise F. J. SIMONB, 5, Ferme Park R<>ad., N .4. E. SNELLING. 8, Amberley Road, Leyton, E.10.

{Mr •. JAlI"ES , 302, Dalston J.AlJle, E.B. B. O. WARWICK, 134, Higltbury Hi'll, N.5. Mr •. A. E. WATSON, Oheoriton, AldeTsbrook Road, E.12.

e4.!)MMITTEE. Mr •. El. E. STEVENB. Mrs. STUTTIG. F. STu'lTIG. A.. S. 'rO,MB. B. O. WAllWICX . Mr •. WATSON. A. E. W ATSON.

N. LIDsTom. J. J. MUllPRI. V. L. NAsR. Mrs. RICllARDS. F. A. RICHARDS. Miss E. SIMONS. Miss F .• T. ST1dONS.

Mr. U E. HALLIDAY, 134, Huntingfteld Road, l'u<tney, S.W.15. Mi.s 1. ALEXANDER, 5, Hopefi~ld Avenue, Brandesbury Park, N.W.6. Mr. A. J. G. LurGuBr, A<bnir.aJ.rty Re8&l1I'Ch Laboratory, Teddi:ngton, Mil:lJdle""x ..

New Associate: Mr. o.DllIC RoM'N, 22, Badminton Road, BaJba.m, S. W.1\!.

Changes of Address: Misa N. EBRTY, % Mr •. Doln.n, 49., Oentral HUl, UppeO" Norwoood, S.E.26. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. NASR, 20, Risebridge Road, Gidea Park, E."",.. Mi •• OLIYl! MUNDAY, 168, Sutherla.nd A venu&, W.9.

Deaths: Mr. O. J. B,u,LMJ.l<, whi:l. bath.i:ng in Briltish Oolumbia. Mr, A. G. PnlTOllAnD, of S, Pnnd Street, N.W.S.

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Ramble: Alexandra Palace and Hampstead (see page 2)

10 Members' Party 7.0 p.m. 16 Service II a.m.

2 Service ... ... II a.m. 2 Concert 6.30 p.m. 3 Discl1ssion ... 6.45 p.m. 5 General Committee... 6.30 p.m. S Ramble: St. Jobn's Gate,

etc. (see page 2) 9 Service 9 Concert

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Museum (see page 2) 17 Discussion... ... 6.45 p.m. 23 Ramble: Orpington etc.

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