ABSTRACT
On Wednesday, September 23, our Sovereign Lady had reigned longer than any sovereign in British history-a reign unparalleled for the peaceful development of the boundaries of the Empire and the energies of its people, a reign without parallel for the influence of the Mother element in the controlling forces of the' nation. Two facts of great significance and not of acci-' dental conjunction, Those who believe that community of sympathy and interest between men and women is an essential factor in the nobility and stability of national character, cannot but look on the reign of Queen Victoria as the greatest example the world has had that races expand their strength according to the equal dignity and responsibility of the daughters as well as the sons of men.
