AN.B THE CORNHILL MAGAZINE ADVERTISER, OCTOBER 1927. Office for Advertisements: 9, 10 & 11, Poultry, London, E.C. 2. The MAGIC WAND of MONEY TRANSFORMS GLOOM AND DESPAIR INTO LIGHT AND HAPPINESS BY MEANS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND. Donations urgently needed. Address:-Capt. Sir Beachcroft Towse, V.C., K.C.V.O., C.B.E., (Chairman), National Institute for the Blind, (Registered under the Blind Persons Act, 1920), 228, Great Portland Street, W.1. Full Particulars, Balance Sheet, Forms of Bequest, etc., sent on application A i BRAILLE BOOKS LOYMENT PLEASURES SOCIAL "Patines of bright gold' HE extraordinary fascination which the stars exercise over The heart and mind of man would appear to be common to all ages. From the earliest times the stars have been studied with intelligence and enthusiasm by people in all stations of life, and many out-of-doors workers especially learned to recognise the different aspects of the heavens through the changing seasons of the year. În recent times our technical knowledge of the stars has enormously increased, chiefly owing to the production of more powerful telescopes, but Sir Francis Younghusband says that this is not all. He endeavours to explain, in his new volume, Life in the Stars, his belief that the stellar world as a whole is spiritual. He gives grounds for his conclusion that on some planets exist beings the sum of whose influence affects us on the spiritual plane, just as on the physical plane we are affected by the light and heat from the sun. A powerfully imaginative book. From an Actor's pen Nexists on the English stage than more humanly popular actor Mr. Cyril Maude, whose gentle and kindly personality adds strength to his art. He is loved by so many playgoers that a large welcome is assured to the volume of reminiscences, Behind the Scenes, which he has written and is to appear this month. For fortyfour happy years he has walked the boards; and the only regret in this new achievement is that his wife and comrade, Winifred Emery, who was loved equally with him, is not here to share the coming tributes.. The Great Dictator-who died in his bed UCIUS CORNELIUS SULLA's life was a remarkable one; his Lpersonality was still more remarkable, and next to Caius Julius Caesar he was the greatest individual produced by ancient Rome. He was as great a soldier as Caesar; as great a statesman, RE though a less successful one; and if the stray fragments of his lost autobiography, surviving embedded in the books of late his CO |