The St. Andrew's College Review ~ Paperback ~ St Andrew's College

The St. Andrew's College Review ~ Paperback ~ St Andrew's College
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Excerpt from The St. Andrew's College Review: Christmas, 1912 In December, 1911, a famous Parisian seer, Madame Thebes, uttered some prophecies in regard to the year now drawing to a close. She affirmed that 1912 A.D. would be phenomenal in its list of tragic happenings - wars, rumors of war, accidents, strikes and upheavals of various kinds. And as the months have passed by we have, unfortunately, seen a fulfilment of her prognostications, and the past year has been the most disastrous in several decades. The Chinese revolution started the ball of disaster rolling on its way, and, though attended by the usual bloodshed and atrocities in its beginning, has apparently progressed to a more or less satisfactory condition of republicanism. In the early months of the year took place the railroad strikes in England, productive of much inconvenience and pecuniary loss. Before very long, the sinking of the Titanic and the sacrifice of many lives stirred the heart of the world to expressions of horror and sympathy. Later occurred the disastrous floods in the States, while all through the year the press has been full of railway wrecks, murders, assassinations (the attempt upon the Bull Moose being still fresh in our minds), and a thousand and one other happenings of tragic nature. Out of a clear sky sped the bolt that has resulted in the present Balkan dispute, and the year seems to be ending to the booming of cannon, the rattle of rifle-shot, and the death-cry of hundreds of intrepid warriors. And so it is with a sigh of relief that we see the present twelvemonth giving its last gasp. Madame Thebes has already made a forecast of 1913, and while not quite so startling as her last, it promises much that we hope may never transpire. Who knows? Time alone will tell! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.