11 OCTOBER 1902

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M. Combos, the French Premier, delivered on Monday a great

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speech at the annual meeting of the Republican Com- mittee of Commerce and Industry. We have said a good deal elsewhere about this important deliverance, but may mention here...

The Constitution renders the Central Government in such cases singularly

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powerless. Very little can be done without the consent of Pennsylvania, and the Legislature of Pennsyl- vania is afraid of the workers' vote. Even the tax on sea- borne coal...

The funeral of M. Zola, which was expected to be

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an occasion for rioting, passed off on Sunday last without disturb- ance, a fact the more remarkable because Captain Dreyfus was present, and because the great speech of the day...

The Ausgleich., or arrangement between Austria and Hungary which governs

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their commercial relations and much of their attitude to each other, has again fallen through. It was supposed that the protracted negotiations had succeeded, but at the last...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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rr HE coal strike in Pennsylvania is becoming a movement of • the first importance. The miners, chiefly Hungarian Slays, complain that, taking the average of the year, they...

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The French Government has signed a Treaty with that of Siam which appears at first sight to be much to her advan- t age, but which is not, we think, altogether unreasonable. t...

*,* The Editors cannot mudertake to return, Manuscript, in any

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case.

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We have dealt at length elsewhere with the allegation of

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outside interference at the War Office raised by Sir Michael Hicks Beach, and denied so emphatically by Mr. Brodrick, but must note here the letter sent by Sir Michael to a...

On Thursday a Blue-book was issued giving the Report of

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the Military Court of Inquiry which has been investigating the action of the Remount Department. No one ever imagined that there was any corruption in the Department, and it...

We regret to record that Mr. Kensit, who was seriously

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wounded the other day—a chisel was thrown at him by an unknown pa-son during a riotous scene at the close of one of his meetings—died in Liverpool Infirmary on Wednesday...

The War Commission met on Tuesday, and decided that the

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Press should not be admitted to the examination of witnesses, but that after each meeting at which witnesses were examined a short communication should be made to the Press. If...

At Birmingham on Thursday Mr. Chamberlain met a Con- ference

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of Liberal Unionists, and in a most powerful and convincing speech defended the Education Bill and the policy of the Government. The most important point in his speech was the...

At the close of the Conference the following questions were

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put and answered :—First, "Are you, or are you not, in favour of popular control of secular instruction whilst safeguarding the religious instruction in accordance with the...

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A statement of some importance has been issued as to

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the overland route between Europe and China. It is officially declared that the line through Siberia will be ready next spring; that travelling, though slow, will be...

Lord Roberts, who with Lord Kitchener and Captain Percy Scott

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were the guests of the Fishmongers' Company on Tuesday evening, made an earnest appeal to employers of labour on behalf of the Reservists and discharged men. Within the last few...

Owing to the much-regretted absence of the Bishop of Peterborough,

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the Bishop of Leicester at Northampton on Tuesday opened the Church Congress as Acting President. His address was moderate in tone and spirited in manner. Naturally he touched...

Sir William Harcourt delivered a vigorous fighting speech to his

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constituents at Ebbw Vale on Wednesday night, the keynote being that the Government had given the Liberals a rallying. cry in the Education Bill. He deprecated "unauthorised...

Lord Hugh Cecil's vigorous and able speech on the Education

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Bill, made at Edinburgh on Tuesday, contains a Passage which deserves quotation. There was, he declared, one weak spot in the Bill as it was now framed. In a certain number of...

We have, unfortunately, no space to notice the bulk of

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the papers read at the Congress, but we must draw attention to the admirable contributions to the subject of " Home Reunion" made by the Bishop of Ripon and Canon Henson. The...

Bank Rate, 4 per cent.

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New Consols (2f) were on Friday 93i.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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MR. BRODRICK AND SIR MICHAEL HICKS BEACH'S ALLEGATIONS. W E cannot profess to be in any way satisfied with Mr. Brodrick's apologia for the War Office made at Farnham on Friday...

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WHITE LABOUR IN THE GOLD MINES. T HE Westminster Gazette of

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Tuesday contains a very able and interesting letter from Johannesburg dealing with various questions as regards the mines. With that portion of the letter which treats of the...

THE POSITION OF M. COMBES.

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W E retain our conviction that in assailing the schools maintained by the monastic Orders the statesmen now ruling France have committed a serious blunder. They have irritated...

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THE CASE OF THE OPPOSITION IN THE EDUCATION CONTROVERSY.

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MT HEN Parliament meets next Thursday the Educa- tion controversy will return once more to the only effective platform of debate, and we sincerely hope and believe that the...

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THE RIGHT OF STRIKING.

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P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S action with regard to the great coal strike in Pennsylvania interests, or ought to interest, all civilised men. He is the head, or representative man, of...

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THE SAYINGS OF CHRIST OUTSIDE THE GOSPELS.

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I T is strange how few of our Lord's sayings are quoted in the New Testament outside the Gospels. TLe Epistles are permeated by the spirit of Christ, but their writers seldom...

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THE MOTOR-CAR PROBLEM.

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T HE motor-car is destined to play so great a part in our social evolution that every sensible man must regret that obstacles should be put in its way. it is only six years...

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THE COUNTRY GIRL.

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T HOUGH popular in advertisements of milk and straw- berry jam, and still complimented in plays and verse, the country girl receives a good deal less consideration from public...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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THE EDUCATION BILL AND "SUITABLE PRO- VISION " FOR ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. [TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."' Si,—The policy of the Education Act of 1870 and of the present...

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THE MONEY VALUE OF THE VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS.

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[TO THE EDITOR Or Tits "SPECTATOR."] Sin,--Your correspondent " Economicus " in the Spectator of October 4th would seem to have fallen into the error which is found in the...

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SIR MICHAEL HICKS BEACH AND THE WAR OFFICE.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "8PECTALT011.1 Sin,—Sir Michael Hicks Beach, as you truly say in the Spectator of October 4th, has either told us too much or too little. He must let the...

THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR DEBT.

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[To TRY EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Those who looked ahead during the late war towards what would happen when peace was made had no doubt in their minds that the future...

THE EDUCATION BILL AND THE NONCON- FORMIST CONSCIENCE.

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[TO THE EDITOR. OF THE "SPECTATOR:I SIR,—IS it allowable to ask what has become of the "Non- conformist conscience " ? A conscience, surely, is of little practical value...

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AN ASTONISHING STORY.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Srn,—It is a great comfort to see, as in your article in the Spectator of October 4th, that the aid of your powerful sympathy is given to...

THE PHYSICAL DETERIORATION OF THE NATION.

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[TO Tag EDITOR OF TEM "SPECTATOR"] SIR,—Major Collie's letter in the Spectator of October 4th ia well worth attention. As rector of a rural parish I can con- firm much of...

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GREEK AT OUR UNIVERSITIES.

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rTo THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR." . 1 hope you will allow me to say a few words on the subject of compulsory Greek for Little-go, which, I uncle'. stand, is about to be...

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THE SAYINGS OF CHILDREN.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THR "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the Spectator of September 27th a letter appeared containing many amusing and delightful anecdotes of children's sayings, all of...

R1JMAN NATURE A REVELATION OF THE DIVINE. MO TIM EDITOR

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OF THE " SHICTATOR:1 Silk—In the kindly worded review of my book, "Human Nature a Revelation of the Divine," contained in the Spectator of October 4th, the reviewer says :—...

THE MACEDONIAN QUESTION.

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[To TUE EDITOR OF THIS "SPECTATOEL1 Sin —The solution of the Macedonian question is not quite so simple as it is represented by the writer of your interesting article in the...

RIFLE CLUBS.

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[To THE EDITOR OF TUN " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—Referring to the letter of Mr. Ellis de Vesian's in your issue of September 27th concerning the utility of "miniature" practice as a...

EMILE ZOLA.

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[To THZ EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In his chapter, "Of Some Relations whose Truth We Fear" (" Vulgar Errors," VII., 19), Sir Thomas Browne has some words which might...

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A CORRECTION.

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[To ma EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Stia,—I have read with delight your very favourable notice of "Italian Life in Town and Country" in the Spectator of September 27th, but no...

POETRY.

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WORDSWORTH'S WEDDING (OcronER 4ra, 1802). ALONG these lanes the sweet wild rose Hath bloomed and faded, year by year: Between its banks the Derwent flows With tranquil...

A PLEA FOR A NEW WORD.

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iTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." J Sin,—For a long time I have been hunting for a word, and, along with others, have come to the conclusion that the word does not exist....

MATTHEW ARNOLD'S LITERARY JUDGMENTS. rTo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")

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SIB,—In his letter (Spectator, September 27th) Mr. Lionel Tollemache states that "Arthur Stanley agreed with his old schoolfellow, Matthew Arnold." In the usual acceptation of...

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BOOKS.

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TFIE POPE AS A POET.* ildarrr verses, the sweetest things in the world," so said on o ne occasion Archbishop Benson, and so would have said five- sn a.twenty years ago half the...

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BRET HARTE'S LAST BURLESQUES.*

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IT is difficult for a middle-aged reader to approach this collec- tion in the attitude of detachment needed for their thorough enjoyment. He inevitably applies the comparative...

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EDUCATION STATISTICS.*

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Tars extremely valuable book answers a double purpose at the present time. To all those who wish really to appreciate the exact educational position in England as shown by...

THE CABALA.*

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is hardly any subject of which the ordinary idea is more vague than the Cabala. When a popular novelist writes ' about "cabalistic signs" he has dim notions perhaps of...

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NOVELS.

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THE RIVER.* Mn. EDEN PinixPorrs, who made his mark at the outset as a high-spirited humourist, not untainted by a certain facetiousness, has apparently found himself as a...

Felix. By Robert Hichens. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—Almost all readers

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of this book will agree that it is as supremely clever as the central idea is supremely disagreeable. Every one who knows Mr. Hichons's method of work can imagine what he makes...

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Fuel of Fire. By Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler. (Hodder and Stoughton.

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6s.)—If we say that this novel is a little "thinner" in quality than some of Miss Fowler's former work, it must not be imagined that the book is " thin " judged by an ordinary...

The Highway of Fate. By Rosa Nouchette Carey. (Macmillan and

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Co. 6s )—Miss Carey is a popular novelist, and has deserved her popularity; but this story will hardly better her standing. She writes too easily, and she therefore writes too...

Love of Sisters. By Katharine Tynan. (Smith, Elder, and Co.

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6s.)—Miss Tynan gives us, as is commonly her custom, an entertainment in which there is nothing to annoy. The sisters are Colombo, one of those all-conquering beauties whom...

C URRENT LITERAT ETRE.

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THE INTERNATIONAL QUARTERLY. The International Quarterly. Edited by Frederick A. Richard- son. (T. Fisher Unwin. 55. net.)—We wish that Mr. Richardson had given us some...

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THE DIARY OF A GOOSE GIRL.

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The Diary of a Goose Girl. By Kate Douglas Wiggin. (Gay and Bird. 3s. 6d.)—Mrs. Wiggin is one of the pleasantest of living writers. Her mind is essentially sunny and amusable,...

Messrs. Cassell and Co. have begun to issue in fortnightly

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parts at one shilling net each the illustrated edition of their valuable work entitled Social England, edited by Mr. J. S. Mann and the late Mr. H. D. Train. The first part...

MINOR MAGAZINES.

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The distinguishing feature of the October number of Macmillan's Magazine is variety. We have very ancient history in "The Nine Days of Orleans," and comparatively ancient...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK..

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[tinder this heading we notice such Vooks of the week as haps not bus reserved for review in other forms.; Undenotninationalisni as a Principle of Primary Education. By R. C....

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The New English Dictionary. October, 1902. "Q." Edited by W.

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A. Craigie, M.A. (Clarendon Press. 2s. 6d.)—This part is the beginning of VoL VIII. With it we seem to get a somewhat clearer and more definite view of the end. There are...

The Antigone of Sophocles of Sir Richard Jebb. By E.

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S. Shuckburgh, M.A. (Cambridge University Press. 4s.)—This is an epitomised edition of the Antigone in Sir R. Jebb's " Sophocles." Mr. Shuckburgh explains that his principle...

NEw EDITIONS. — History of English Literature and Thought in the Eighteenth

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Century. By Sir Leslie Stephen. 2 vols. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 28s.)—It is twenty-six years since this book was first published, and its author confesses to some change of...

Andrew Carnegie, by Bernard Alderson (C. Arthur Pearson, 2s. 6d.)

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and Dr. ,Toseph Parker, by Dr. Adamson (Cassell and Co., 6s. net), are specimens of a class of books which must be very well written to be endurable. There are doubtless many...