. Review of reviews and world's work. , or to laugh till the tears come when abig shell-splinter upsets a full mess-dish—orwhich allo\V us to be moved without false shameby the solemnity of simple funerals or by themelancholy of tombs, to refind France in themeasured tombs of a seventeenth century gardenin the midst of a ravaged park . . All this is the soul of the soldier, in his lifeof the trenches, together with things of grandeurand of pettiness, of liberty and of servitude,which let the minutes, the hours, the days, themonths, the years run by without bringing weak-ness to the fighting ma
. Review of reviews and world's work. , or to laugh till the tears come when abig shell-splinter upsets a full mess-dish—orwhich allo\V us to be moved without false shameby the solemnity of simple funerals or by themelancholy of tombs, to refind France in themeasured tombs of a seventeenth century gardenin the midst of a ravaged park . . All this is the soul of the soldier, in his lifeof the trenches, together with things of grandeurand of pettiness, of liberty and of servitude,which let the minutes, the hours, the days, themonths, the years run by without bringing weak-ness to the fighting man. Let us bow the head before the majesty of thesimple French soldier. The victory of whichwe are more than ever certain, will reside doubt-less in the formidable accumulation of munitions;but our enemies may also accumulate these; ifwe who know the troops are sure of conquering,it is because we know that the essential gage ofvictory resides, before all and above all, in thesoul of the combatant. LEADING ARTICLES OF THE MONTH 659. ..:^; ;. u> l^ui Ju-jtn FRENCH-CANADIAN SOLDIERS AT AN OPEN AIR MASS IN QUEBEC THE FRENCH-CANADIANS AND THE WAR THP remarkable phenomenon pre>ente(lby the French-Canadians of a peopleloyal and patriotic in their allegiance to Eng-land, yet imbued with an abiding love forFrance, and particularly for its language, isspiritedly discussed by a French-CanadianVolunteer in a recent issue of La Revue^ Paris). That they have not contributedtheir full quota of men to the war is attrib-uted by the writer to the shortconiingN of theEnglish authorities. We give below some ofthe most significant of his contentions: Of all the naiionaliiiei—the writer brf;in»—whirh rnjiy ihr advaniaKc of living utxirr theBriiivh fla({, none in more rrmarkablr ) theFrrtirh-Cafiadiaii. It \% impo»«il)|p, iiidrrd, tofind another people that ha« maintained with a«great a tenacity the rhararterittic (jualitiet of it«r !, while opr^ ifevtitiK it* atta
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