war. Friday's telegrams, however, based on reports of Chinese refugees from Port Arthur who have landed at Chifu, go to show that fighting has been going on around Port Arthur...

General Meckel who drew up in or about 1885 the plan of conscription which has proved so effective, and who during his residence in Japan educated the officers—General Ktu.oki,...

its Tokio correspondent on the spirit and temper of the Japanese people in the present war. One striking instance is that of a widow who committed suicide when she discovered...

The Tibetans on the 7th inst. made a daring attempt to cut our communications by an attack on the post at Kangma., but were repulsed with a loss of one hundred and sixteen...

as to the future of Morocco included ample provision for satisfying both the interests and the pride of Spain on the Southern shore of the Mediterranean. By an arrangement not...

called there "the madness of Labour," was strongly illustrated by an incident which occurred in Colorado on June 6th. The miners of Colorado have kept up an intermittent strike,...

Mr. W. W. A. Fitzgerald read a most interesting paper on the commercial possibilities of the Soudan. Dealing in detail with the different provinces, he pointed out that, owing...

Com- mittee which began on Monday in the Commons has been not a little complicated. On Monday Mr. Griffith moved an amend- ment to Clause 1 of the Bill, the object of which was...

in many places on Friday, June 3rd, the best speech, perhaps, being that delivered by Mr. Bryce at Midhurst, the birthplace of his subject. The speaker seemed to have caught...

distress in that province has been in any way alleviated by the Turkish Government. None of the eight thousand houses which they claim to have rebuilt have been so much as...

extremely ingenious debating speech. After denying that the clergy had any special right to be heard in the matter, he ad- dressed himself to the problem of the time-limit. What...

now have, and making it absolutely unquestionable that the license is only for one year, is compensated for by a grant of a definite and fixed seven-year license, which will not...

debate took place on the administration of the Congo State. Sir Charles Dilke, who opened the discussion, showed from evidence which could not be ig,uored, as it was supported...

summary of Lord Percy's reply, but we are glad to record that its general tone was excellent. There was no attempt made to minimise the gravity of the issue, or seek any...

Oxford. He took Montesquieu for his subject, and incidentally made some most interesting remarks on the trend of modern progress. He held that since Montesquieu's time the world...

in their refusal to have no time-limit. Mr. Balfour in a vehement speech repudiated as contemptible the charge that the Bill was introduced for electioneering purposes, and...

action, and had insisted that at least we ought to set up Consular Courts to protect our own subjects, Mr. Emmott drew attention to the very impressive fact that the Congo State...

to be found in his assertion that the com- pensation is not to be given out of public funds, but is to be provided by the "trade." That is, of course, a pure paradox. The State...

on those who are opposed to them, and especially on the attitude of the Free-trade Unionists, make it clear that they have never understood why we and those who agree with us...

week why the governing group in Russia, if General Kuropatkin is defeated or compelled to surrender, may prefer a retreat beyond Dike Baikal, and a long effort to recuperate, to...

I T is to be hoped that the Liberal party have noted the action of the Nationalists on the Licensing Bill, and that this practical example will lead them to re- consider their...

grouse-shooting will begin. We do not mention this fact merely to refresh weary legislators with the thought of the moors. That is a consolation which those whom it inspirits...

nowadays spoils so much,—the tone of exaggeration on both sides. Speakers and writers alike desire first of all to move the masses, and fancy that this can only be done by...

reiteration upon the public mind. Almost any nonsense makes an impression if only it is repeated often enough in print. The fortunes made by soaps, hair-washes, patent...

education, and that is the very large amount of amusement which a knowledge of the classics affords to the traveller. A man may be master of half-a-dozen modern languages, and...

listening to their song, it cannot be deemed otherwise than cruel to keep larks in cages, especially in the wretched little boxes to which the fashion of birdsellers condemns...

SIR, — Your powerful article on the Licensing Bill in the Spectator of June 4th will have made it clear to Parliament that the opposition to this measure is not entirely...

out what appear to me to be flaws in your arguments as they are published in your issue of June 4th ? You say the utmost that brewers or publicans can plead is that they have...

read with admiration, not unmixed, it may be, with a little apprehension, of the marvellous achievements of the Japanese, I am reminded of an incident of fifty-odd years ago...

the above heading in your issue of May 28th I came upon this :—" The reluctance of California and Australia" (to the presence of the yellow man) "is based on an instinct, and...

the Times of June 4th, in which the celebration of Cobden's centenary is made the occasion for a vehement attack upon Cobden's memory, the following passage occurs :—" The creed...

leading article under the above heading in the Spectator of May 28th you make the state- ment, in support of the theory of the probability of an internal revolution in Russia.,...

in the letter of Mr. B. Delbriick in the Spectator of June 4th which cannot be assented to. He says :—" Every enlightened German knows how impolitic and injurious the behaviour...

[To THE EDITOR OE' TRH " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—In his letter in your issue of May 21st Mr. Lovat- Fraser speaks of the phrase "Empire and Liberty" as being " popu- larised" by...

permitted to say that I was, of course, aware of the habit of Tennyson and Milton of imbedding into their works a complete fossilage of culled expressions ? In reply to your...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Snt„—Your correspondent, Fr. Cuthbert, in his letter published in the Spectator of May 28th repeats the usual inaccurate and misleading...

to the "Lower VI. Classical" of the public school to which I have still the honour to belong. Both before and after that time I have naturally had many opportunities of...

nent, a man might "pick up" as much of them in a given time as of French and German. The languages are no more diffi- cult than other languages. But then this "picking up" is of...

Si,—'Your article in the Spectator of June 4th may be illus- trated by a letter written by the German Emperor (then Prince of Prussia) in 1885, translated in Dr. Jack's...

on Dalhousie which appears in the Spectator of June 4th will be read with peculiar attention by the few survivors of Da1housie's day. With the appreciation of his domestic...

do not wish to occupy your space with a further dis- cussion of this subject, but, lest any of your readers should suppose that I accept " Clevedon Ken's" contradiction of my...

SIR,—Your readers may be interested to know that the verses entitled " Chillianwallah " were written by a well-known Irish barrister, the late Jack Sheehan, and were originally...

to the non-inclusion of trades- men in English golf clubs is not met by your remark that " many " Buell clubs allow workmen to play on their grounds (see Spectator, June 4th, p....

founded in 18.54 by F. D. Maurice, Thomas Hughes, J. M. Ludlow, and others with a view to providing an Academical or University education for London working met, has during its...

in the habit of complaining of reviews of books published by them, and they fully recognise the genes-al fairness of the literary notices contained in the Spectator; but a...

columns are still open to specimens of " mixed metaphors," you may think the following, both from Irish Members, worthy of being placed on record. A certain Irish- man, when he...

THE THREE-COLOUR PROCESS. IN the Spectator of May 21st there appeared a short notice of a book of reproductions of water-colour drawings by Turner in the National Gallery. In...

THE GORSE-LANDS. EARTH many a goodly treasure holds Within her dark primeval folds, But free and boundless let me boast The goldfields of our English coast. Here men from...

A FRENCH VIEW OF THE ENGLISH CHARACTER.* M. BOUTMY, who has earned a considerable reputation in this country as an illuminating commentator on certain aspects of our...

of adventurers. He took with him little else than good wits and a sound education. Though he came of a good family, he was yet poor; and if he had taken his degree at Benet...

London : Macmillan and Co. [58. net.] might be thought that there was little fresh to say. Lord Avebnry has, however, so grouped the facts as to render it impossible for the...

that it was originally printed in an incomplete form for private circulation some eleven years ago. "Since then," Mark Twain continues, "I have deciphered some more of Adam's...

WE are glad to renew acquaintance with Mr. Howard Pease, whose racy Northumbrian sketches gave promise of the success that might attend just such a work as he has now...

The "spacious days of great Elizabeth" belong as a background for fiction as much to our American cousins as to ourselves. Yet although lass Johnston is writing of the deeds of...

The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, Esg. With an Essay on the Life. Genius, and Achievement of the Author by William Ernest Heiley, LL.D. 16 vols. (W. Heinemann.)—The creator...

POEMS OF JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN. Poems of James Clarence Mangan. Edited by D. J. O'Donoghne. (A. H. Bnllen. 6s.)—There are a few poets, good poets too, whose works should be...

and Co. 16s. net.)—The Innis- killing Dragoons did excellent service in the South African War. "From first to last the regiment worked hard in the fighting line, without a...

Press. 4s. net.) —The 'Glory' is the modern suc- cessor of a man-of-war which took a distinguished part in Lord Howe's victory, 1794 ("The Glorious First of June"), and in the...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Studies in the Religion of Israel. By the Rev. L. A. Pooler. (Hodder...

(1s. net), is one of the "Temple Primers" (J. M. Dent and Co.), and a very useful little book, with a great amount of well-digested know- ledge set forth in its hundred and...

from the Edition of 1629. (Methuen and Co. £2 2s. net.) — " John Parkinson, Apothecary of London," published in 1629 a book, in the stately folio of the time, in which he...

6s. net.)—Mr. Ballard analyses with much care the returns made by the Domesday Commissioners, who, as he reminds us, were appointed for Revenue purposes, as to the boroughs of...

by L. G. Wickham Legg. (F. E. Robinson and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)— This is one of the "Stuart Series," bound after the pattern of one of the Little Gidding books, probably the...

Astolat Press. 2s. 6d. net.)—Elizabeth Asbridge, whose auto- biography is published under this title, was, we allow, an in- teresting person; but we cannot accept Mr. Curtis's...

(Horace Marshall and Sons. 18s. net.)—Mr. Afialo divides his book into ' four "Parts," respectively entitled "Shooting," "Fishing," "Sports and Games with Horses" (we venture to...

Co. 9s. net.)—" The invention of gun- powder was impossible, "writes Lieutenant-Colonel Hime, "until the properties of salt-petre had become known." This, then, is the terminus...

3s. 6d.)—Mr. Sims gives us, with one or more facsimiles, between fifty and sixty letters of persons, more or less distinguished, which ho has the pleasure of possessing as "his...

Edited by A. W. Holland. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 3s. 6d. net.) —Mr. Holland's purpose is to collect the names of all living graduates (or persons qualified to graduate) of...