And this time the miniature shall be
criticised properly. To say, as you no doubt said, 'This is not like
me,' I mean not like my husband--well, you know what I mean--just to
condemn it is not enough. _I_ shall do it differently. I shall take
each feature separately and dwell upon it. But to do this modestly
I must have a _locus_--I am sorry to have to borrow from our Italian
allies again--a _locus standi_ apart from that of owner of face. I
must also be donor of miniature. Then I can comment impartially on the
present which I am preparing for you."
"I thought you'd see that soon," smiled Celia.
A.A.M.
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[Illustration r30/075th: _Recruiting Sergeant_. "WHAT ARE YOU FOR?"
_Recruit_. "FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR, OR LONGER IF IT DOESN'T END
SOONER."]
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FASHIONS IN BOOK-WEAR.
["_Rose of Glenconnel_. A first book by Mrs. Patrick MacGill,
telling of the adventures in the Yukon and elsewhere of
Rosalie Moran. With coloured jacket. Price 5s. net."
_Advt. in "Times Literary Supplement_."]
Extract from "Belle's Letters":--"Other smart books I noticed included
Mrs. BARCLAY'S _Sweet Seventy-one_, looking radiantly young and lovely
in a simple rose-pink frock embellished with rosebuds, and Mr. CHARLES
GARVICE'S _Marriage Bells_, utterly charming in ivory satin trimmed
with orange blossom. On another shelf I saw Mr. KIPLING'S _The Horse
Marines_, looking well in a smartly-cut navy blue costume with white
facings, and not far away was Mr.
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