news is meagre but good as far as it goes. We know definitely that Lord Roberts has gone to the front—the whereabouts of Lord Kitchener is not known—which means, of course,...

follows. On Monday General Buller began his third attempt to relieve Ladysmith. On that day a feint attack in force was made from Potgieter's Drift by General Wynne's brigade...

of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty which, in effect, forbade the making of the Nicaragua Canal, have been abrogated by a Convention between the United Kingdom and America, and it has...

us a new army, but in all probability their proposals will be made on Monday. We can only say we hope that they will err, if at all, on the side of over-caution and...

T HE position of the Government has, we are glad to say, greatly improved during the past week. Not only have they exhibited a distinct and most wholesome determination to think...

Africa at the present we must say a word. After the Volunteer drafts and the Imperial Yeomanry have been sent and the new Colonial Mounted corps have arrived we doubt whether...

case.

of Lord Salisbury's speeches an admirable protest against overburdening ourselves owing to an exaggerated Imperialism. We agree most heartily, but we would point out that Sir...

speech which must be admitted, even by those who do not in the least agree with its general conclusions, to have been patriotic in intention, and which, as regards the attack on...

House of Commons on Monday in defence of the British cause in South Africa as viewed from the Colonial standpoint. After expressing the hope that the war would end in a victory...

full of determination and courage, and it for the most part avoided those " scores " and "shrewd hits" which are Mr. Chamberlain's besetting temptations as a speaker. Very...

was brought about by Lord Charles Beresford's appointment to a post in the Mediterranean squadron, was declared on Tuesday night, Mr. G. D. Faber, the Unionist candidate, being...

evident sincerity and depth of feeling, but it was even more devoid of argument than his recent speeches out- side the House. He declared as usual that Mr. Kruger did his beat...

in Committee Room 16, Mr. John Redmond was elected chairman of the reunited Irish party. Mr. Harrington, who has taken a leading part in effecting the reconciliation of the...

of the Opposition on the grounds that they would have been abdicating the functions which it was the primary function of the Opposition to discharge had they not raised this...

to the new Agricultural Department. The appointment is being most unreasonably challenged, not on the ground that Mr Gill does not know his subject, but because he was at out...

letter of a private in the Coldstreams (now lying wounded at Wynberg), describing his experiences in the battle at Modder River :—" I happened to find a bit of looking-glass....

Mr. Redmond brought forward his amendment urging the stoppage of the war on the basis of recognising the independence of the Transvaal and Orange Free State. Mr. Redmond, who...

cavil, has sent a most valuable letter to the Press suggesting the formation of a British Rifle League controlled by a strong central committee. The guiding principle in laying...

Opposition in a temperate speech, must be credited with making one good point at the expense of Lord Salis- bury. The Premier had complained of lack of secret service money as a...

NOW Consols (at) were on Friday 101f.

A S our readers know, we have again and again insisted that we should at once raise both our naval and our military forces to the highest poasibb pitch of efficiency. We have...

THE COLONIES AND THE EMPIRE. T HE country read with a glow of pride and satis- faction Mr. Chamberlain's heartfelt and stirring words in regard to the Colonies and their...

O N Monday last the German and Czech Conciliation Board met for the first time in Vienna, under the presidency of the Austrian Premier, Dr. von Korber, and conferred for two...

W E do not think enough of the enlightening effect that humour has upon politics. Everybody knows bow much it can do to make Parliamentary debates amusing, and no doubt,...

M R. RITCHIE'S speech at Toy nbee Hall last Tuesday evening on problems of London Government, and the 'lousing Question in particular, was an important and welcome utterance. In...

S OME years ago the late Sir John Seeley wrote a very interesting criticism on Goethe, with the object of showing that he was essentially a man of the eighteenth century, and...

C RITICS of the war, abandoning for the moment the chase of scape-goats, are beginning to devote themselves to an inquisition into the general, as opposed to the individual,...

I T is a little doubtful whether the country house of to-day should be called the new country house, or regarded as a revival of what it was in the days of Elizabeth, when Lord...

THE BOER WAR AND THE FUTURE OF HOLLAND. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sul,—There is an aspect of the present conflict in the Trans- vaal which deserves more notice in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE ' SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The shooting of Mr. McLachlan at Harrismith is a shocking incident, if confirmed, but your comments are hardly justified on the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Yon blame Mr. Morley for forgetting "that he and his late colleagues share the blame in regard to the criminal folly with which the...

(TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."' Sin,—To-day, while citizen soldiers of the Queen are hurrying from the four corners of the earth to a common centre to fight a common foe,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] SIR,—The country will have learnt more than one important lesson before the end of the present campaign. The first will probably be that...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE esescreiroa."] SIR,—As your reviewer calls in question my right to entitle my latest published book "London at the End of the Century," will you permit...

[To THE EDITOR OF TAR "SPECTATOR:] SIR, — Just forty-five years ago, in January and February, 1855. England was going through. a crisis singularly like the present. Then, as...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — We have started military drill in the two schools of the village near here. The little Wesleyans and Church of Eng- landers drill...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Six, — I have been watching your columns every week ex- pecting to find some keen outward and visible response to Mr. Champneys' suggestion...

MARRIAGE. THOU art my own, my darling and my wife; And when we pass into another Life, Still thou art mine. All this which now we see Is but the childhood of Eternity; And thou...

ONE OF THE KINGSLEYS.* IT is worth noticing that the records of intellectual eminence in this century show a peculiar number of cases where the distinction has not concentrated...

race is run, Will that I pass beneath the risen atm; Suffer my sight to dim upon some scene Of Thy good green. Let my last pillow be the earth I love, With fair infinity of...

LORD PLAYFAIR did not occupy a place in the front rank of Euglish men of science, nor was he a statesman of the first order. He might have made a name in science, but he early...

very opportune moment to produce his first instalment of a large book on a great subject Recent events have concentrated almost the whole of public interest upon our soldiers...

the excellent, and in many respects valuable, "Famous Scots Series" of biographies have exhibited so easy a command of a graceful style as Sir George Douglas; none has shown so...

Mn. SuLLIvax, if we are not mistaken, is the author of that clever series of illustrated satirical studies which originally came out in one of the comic papers, The British...

THE PRAISE OF GARDENS. The Praise of Gardens. By Albert Forbes Sieveking, F.S.A. With Illustrations. (J. M. Dent and Co. 7s. 6d net )—This is a new edition of a book which...

Sonnets, and other Poems. — Lucifer : a Theological Tragedy. By George Santayana. (Stone, Chicago.)—These two volumes of verse, much admired on the other side of the...

Spanish Literature the England of the Tudors. By John Garrett Underhill. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d.)—The contents of this book give evidence of considerable learning and...

Bale, Sons, and Danielsson.)—Dr. Alexander is behind the times. It is some years since the habit of attacking Darwinism on verbal and metaphysical grounds was abandoned as...

The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley. Vol. IL (Macmillan anti Co. 30s. net.)—The second volume of Huxley's technical papers, which are being given to the world by the...

Low and Co. 12s. 6d.)—This book is a singular example of misdirected ability and industry, after the fashion of the works of the people who try to prove that the earth is...

M.A. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—This is a book of no common merit. Mr. Masterman is not content to take popularly accepted notions about the teaching of Tennyson, and to put them...

Woolwich, ca.)—Mr. Latham's only way of getting over Deut. xxiii, 20: "Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury" is to say that "the Jews were allowed to treat their...

Callow, who made his first acquaintance with London more than half a century ago. was set on his, present task by correcting some statements of Mr. G. A. Sala. (He made a fresh...

Hoyt Byington. (Gay and Bird. as.)—Mr. Byington supplements with this volume a work published some three years ago under the title of "The Puritan in England and New England."...

[ruder this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Natives Under the Transvaal Flag. By the Rev. John H. Bovill....

Co. 3s. 6d.)—It is not quite clear what Miss Oxford, who is a Sister at Guy's, has contributed to this volume. It consists of three sections, headed respectively, "Nursing,"...

Rouse. (J. M. Dent and Co. 3s. 6c1.)—Mr. Rouse has put some very good work into these versions. There are "Love Poems,' perhaps the most numerous company, epitaphs, a...

(A. Gardner. 2s.)—Lady Nairne was an Oliphant and a Jacobite by birth. Her grandfather was out in the '15, and her father in the 245. Relatives and friends bought back the...

by Henry Glassford Bell. (William Collins and Co.)—Mr. Bell's introduction is a readable and interesting piece of work, giving in its thirty odd pages an easily apprehended...

Sons. 7s. 6d.)—This Directory is in its thirty-fourth year. It is illustrated with armorial bearings, and contains a variety of information cognate to the subject with which...

bolt. (Longmans and Co. 6s.)—Canon Newbolt's sermons— twenty-three in number and preached on various occasions and various places are always to the point. Some of them are...

3s. 6d.)—Lord Wolseley comes first of the eight generals whose biographies are here given. Of the seven that follow five are in South Africa (Sir Redvers Buller, Lord Roberts,...