Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1915-06-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

VIII. Next day she is joined by Archimago, disguised as the Red Cross Knight. He is challenged end unhorsed ,by the Paynim Sanajoy, who slays the faithful lion, and drags away I7na as his captive.  The Red Cross Knight has been led by Duessa to the /louse of Pride; and the fourth Canto contains an elaborate descripton of the Court of Lucifers, with the deadly sins of her attendants. Sansjoy, the third brother, comes likewise to the Court of Pride while the Red Cross Knight is there. They fight, and Sansjoy is overthrown. Duesta, to ease him, visits the realms of darkness, the description of which is most powerful, and returns with the cure he sought. But she finds the Red Cross Knight departed. We next return to Una, who is rescued from the power of Sanejoy by a troop of fauns and satyrs, and a good knight. Patyrane, whose history is told, falls into the hands of the giant Orgogno, by whom he is cast into a terrible dungeon. Una escauee, and in her wanderings Meets the dwarf, who tells her of the fate of the Red Cross Knight. They fall in with Prince Arthur, who slays the giant, rescues the knight, and ,7 eul away DUCt:zil despoiled of all her spiendous. 11nessa had become the mistress of the .giant. Prince Arthur then relates his own story and his wanderings in search of the Faery Queen, and leaves the Red Cross Knight and Una. After he has parted with, them they meet Sr Trevisa tiyir6s,  from Despair, and return with him to the Cave of Despair, the description of which and of Despair himself, and his arguments urging to Deeperation and Suicide, as gi% en in the ninth canto, are the most remarkable passages in the whole of the "Faery Queen."  The Red Cross Knight is next led by Una to the House of Holiness, which is described in an elaborate and beautiful allegory, in, which the con. trast with the House of Pride is forcibly brought out. Here the knight receives purification and instruction. Thus fitted for his task he encounters the great dragon he had come to meet, and after a three days' combat slays him. The book closes with the rejoicings over th• slaughter of the dragon and the release of his vie. tans. and with the marriage of the knight to Mast Great joy was made that day of youtig and old, And solenine feast proclaimed thro%ighout the land, That their exceeding merth may not be told."  Such is Spenser's allegory of the -hUry'au sod winning its way, by God's help, to Heaven, and !a the power of the Gospel overcoming every spiritual foe.  To return to the lower side of the allegory, we find the chief personage@ of Spenser's day each playing a part, according to the character of each, in this "life's drama." The Faery Queen is Queen Elizabeth, iits Spenser takes no small pains to let us know; Duessa is Mary Queen of Scots, as we learn from a later book; the giant Orgoglio is probably intended to be Philip IL, King of Spain; and Prince Arthur is Lord Leicester. The Red Cross Knight is the pattern Engliehman; and Una is no more than an abstract quality. No doubt other names have their own meanings; but these are all that can be mentioned with any certainty in this famous allegory.----Caroline Marshall.  Übe World's News the " North-East/on Daily  Lyszette " outshines all.  AidMg  :b"  it