Lords and Sirs and Others Honours Lists are notoriously dull
except to those whose names appear in them ; they are often more remarkable for what they omit than what they include. The Coronation Honours List compensates for its great length, of 1,400 names, by the excellence of some of its awards. Readers of The Spectator will welcome especially the Companionship of Honour bestowed on Mr. J. A. Spender, as a recognition of his long and distinguished record of services to journalism, to Liberalism, and to the nation. In the political field Sir Herbert Samuel's translation to the House of Lords does honour to an able and distinguished politician and assures him of a less precarious position for exercising his political talents than the House of Commons at present affords to Liberals. Mr. G. A. D. Ogilvie-Forbes, late Chargé d'Affaires at Valencia, has been made a K.C.M.G., which he has fully earned by his services in Spain. These names are distinctive in the long list. Other entries that deserve a mention are Sir Hubert Gough's G.C.B., Miss Marie Tempest's D.B.E., and, most conspicuously, Lord Baden Powell's O.M. Litera- ture is recognised in the person of Mr. Hugh Walpole and political services further rewarded by the elevation of Sir Robert Home to the peerage ; he will strengthen the Govern- ment in the Lords as much as Sir Herbert Samuel the Opposition.
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