12 APRIL 1902

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As to what should be the attitude of our Government

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to offers from the Boers, we can only repeat in substance what we said a fortnight ago. There can be no compro- mise on the question of independence, or of allowing the Boers...

The Paris correspondent of the Times states, in what he

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intends to be a very serious way, that if the Triple Alliance is renewed next year—which it will be—it will be renewed exactly as it stands. The general idea that clauses...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HERE is practically nothing to record in the way of war news—except a small " drive " in the Orange Colony, reported on Friday, which resulted in the capture of sixty...

The extraordinary bitterness now existing in Russia between the educated

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classes and the Government is well illus- trated by two recent incidents. The students arrested in Moscow mutinied against their treatment, probably on good grounds, and the...

At noon on Thursday the coffin containing Mr. Rhodes's

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body, which as it passed through South Africa was greeted with every mark of grief and respect, was laid to rest in his rock-cut tomb in the Matoppos. At the grave Mr. Kipling's...

The "Manchurian Convention" between Russia and China was sealed by

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the Chinese Emperor on April 9th, and is already in force. Under its provisions Russia retires from Manchuria within eighteen months, the evacuation being accomplished by slow...

*„,* The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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The amended scheme for dealing with questions in the new

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Rules of Procedure was introduced by Mr. Balfour on T ties day. By this it is proposed to allow questions to which an asterisk has been affixed by the questioner, as demanding...

In the Commons on Monday, after Mr. Brodrick had announced

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that the Spion Kop despatches would be laid on the table, the new Licensing Bill was read a second time without a division and referred to the Standing Committee on Trade. The...

The Americans are greatly disturbed by " revelations " from

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the Philippines. A revolt in the island of Samar was recently suppressed with what seemed commendable skill and vigour, but it is now alleged that the general in command "...

Mr. Rhodes's will, which was published on Saturday last, disposes

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of property which it is believed amounts to 0,000,000, but which some calculations put as high- as £9,000,000. The executors aae Lords Rosebery, Grey, and Milner, and Mr. Belt,...

It is a striking fact that the Roman Catholic Church,

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through its organ, the Voce della Verita, which is controlled by Jesuits, regards Mr. Rhodes's will as admirable. His is the kind of plan, says the Voce, through which, if...

Everything in Spain waits for the young King. The electors

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have returned Senor Sagasta with a majority of more than a hundred (250 to 130), and though there has been much official pressure, and the group system dis- organises parties,...

Colonel Marchand, the French explorer, is travelling in Russia after

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a visit to China, and has expressed his views to journalists in Moscow, of course for publication. He thinks the lull in China unreal, suspects the Empress-Regent, "an...

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Lord Kimberley, who died on Tuesday in his seventy- seventh

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year, was an extremely able, hard-working, and high. minded statesman of a type which the country can ill afford to lose. In the course of a public life which began just fifty...

To the will is added a very characteristic codicil in

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regard to the Dalham Hall Estate, which was bought by Mr. Rhodes last summer and is settled on his male heirs. Mr. Rhodes, after expressing his belief in the value to the nation...

In making regulations for choosing the scholars Mr. Rhodes .directs

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that "regard shall be bad to (i) his literary and scholastic attainments (ii) his fondness of and success in manly outdoor sports such as cricket football and the like (iii) his...

After various minor dispositions, Mr. Rhodes leaves the residue of

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his property, possibly amounting to five or six millions sterling, to his trustees absolutely as joint tenants. This making of them joint tenants, instead of tenants in common,...

Mr. Stead publishes in the Review of Reviews a letter

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from Mr. Rhodes, written in 1890, in which he embodies his aspirations for the Anglo-Saxon race. He hoped that it would rule the world, enforce universal peace, and make mankind...

Bank Rate, 3 per cent. New Consols (2f) were on

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Friday 94k.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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NATIONAL TRAINING, PHYSICAL AND MILI- TARY : 'WHY NOT A ROYAL COMMISSION ? T HE Times of Saturday last contains two communica- tions of great interest in regard to the subject...

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MR. RHODES'S OXFORD BEQUEST.

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T ERE was nothing more touching in Mr. Rhodes's . career and death than his devotion to Oxford. To him the conventions about alma nutter were in no sense conventional. He really...

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THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.

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G AMBETTA predicted some time before his death that though the French Senate was elected by double election, and though the Senators enjoyed their seats for nine years, so far...

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PARADOXES OF THE EDUCATION • CONTROVERSY. T HE controversy excited by

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the Education Bill abounds in paradoxes. Hardly any one has taken the part in it which might have been expected from his known antecedents and supposed principles. The doctrine...

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MR. RHODES ON ELDEST SONS.

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T HE oddest division of Mr. Rhodes's will is that in which he tries to limit the succession to his estate of Dalham Hall by clauses intended to exclude idle men, or " loafers"...

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A MODERN "MR. FEARING."

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T is extraordinary to what an extent a fashion in dress will appear to alter types of face. A little boy dressed for a fancy ball after the fashion of his great-grandfather as...

VILLAGE REMEDIES.

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A MONG the many injunctions laid by George Herbert 11 upon the country parson is one bidding him learn the medicinal properties of herbs, since if any of his flock be sick, he...

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THE FIGHTING POWER OF ANIMALS.

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liN THEN the 3rd Battalion of the West Surrey Regiment were welcomed at Guildford on their return from two years of valuable service in South Africa, they brought with them a...

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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HIBERNIANISMS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATORn SIR,—I notice that the Spectator delivers itself from time to time of batches of Irish anecdotes. It occurs to me, therefore,...

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THE ALLEGED ATROCITIES IN THE CONGO STATE. [To THE EDITOR

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OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Your article on the Congo State in the Spectator of April 5th will be read with intense satisfaction by all who are desirous that the natives inhabiting...

DRILL IN SWISS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPELTATOR.1 SID,—Will you allow me to corroborate what a correspondent writes in the Spectator of April 5th about the healthy influence of the Swiss...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1

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Sr,—Though appreciating keenly the charm of Richmond Park as a representative area of the kind so near London, I agree with you in thinking that it should no longer be with-...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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RICHMOND PARK AS A MAN(EUVRING GROUND. [TD THE EDITOR OF THE *SPECTATOR1 SIR, —I have read with much interest your article on the above in the Spectator of April 5th, and...

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FARMERS AND PARSONS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The question as between "farmers and parsons" has been so well stated by you (Spectator, April 5th) that I need not say much more on...

A HISTORY CHAIR FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN COLLEGE.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Slit,—Your correspondent, Mr. M. C. Seton, in a letter relating to University affairs at the Cape appearing in the Spectator of February...

CONFISCATIONS IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

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(TO THE EDITOR OF TEE SPECTATOE."1 SIB, —In the letter from Mr. Charles C. Starbuck which appears in the Spectator of April 5th a statement is made regarding which I should...

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A TRANSVAAL OFFICIAL.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1 Sin, — Reading the letter under the above heading in the Spectator of February 15th, I was very interested in the re- marks regarding the...

• THE CONTINENTAL REFORMATION.

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[To TEE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—It is a pleasure to acknowledge the welcome which your reviewer, in the Spectator of March 29th, extends to my "Continental...

THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND MR. RHODES'S WILL.

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[TO TER EDITOR OP TEl " sncarATorc."3 his,—Mr. Rhodes seems to have been impressed by the Ger- man Emperor's direction that English should be taught in the schools of Germany....

THE CAPE REBELS.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIB, — Cicero in his fourth oration against Catiline, Sect. X., says:—" Est uno loco conditio melior externae victoriae, quam domesticae :...

THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND THE WAR.

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pre THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sts,,—I agree with every word you say in your two paragraphs of " News of the Week " in the Spectator of April 5th on the anonymous Dutch...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR." J

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"For I wake in the grey dewy covert, while Hebron upheaves The dawn struggling with night on his shoulder, and Kidron retrieves Slow the damage of yesterday's sunshine." am...

HEBRON.

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(To TEE EDITOR OP TER "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Is not Browning right, after all? Hebron seems originally to have been the name of a district. In Genesis xiii. we read that Abraham "...

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WHY NOT A THAMES PAGEANT AT THE CORONATION ?

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, — It is much to be wished that among the pageants in celebration of the forthcoming Coronation there might be one day a Royal procession...

ARMY SERVICE CORPS REFORM.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —One of the most satisfactory features of the South African Campaign has been the excellent work of the Army Service Corps. The...

HEROINES OF FICTION.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—The very suggestive article on " Heroines " in the Spectator of April 5th made me reflect how much less vivid is the impression left by...

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CLERICAL POVERTY.

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[TO TEE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] 'Sin., — Some little time ago, when there was a debate in the House of Commons , on a Motion for a Committee to inquire into the poverty of...

THE HOUSING QUESTION.

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(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."J Sia,—Your arguments (Spectator, March 8th) in favour of private enterprise in building houses are unanswerable, and the failure at the...

THE HORSE OF THE FUTURE.

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'[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sm,—May I venture a few remarks on your article on the above subject in the Spectator of March 15th P You state that " horses can be bred...

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POETRY.

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THE WIZARD'S DAUGHTER.. IT was a Wizard's Daughter that paced beside a well, And many wights passed by that way, but moist not of her spell. It was a careless lordling rode by...

BOOKS.

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THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY.* EVERY one knows the old story (probably apocryphal) of Lord Beaconsfield's witty repartee to Dean Stanley, who, with his charming and sprightly...

pro van Exams OF THE " SPZOTATOR.1 813,.-4 have read

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with interest your article on horse-breeding in the Spectator of March 15th. I have seen some cobs in North Devon, the type you reoommend for polo ponies, bred by an Exmoor pony...

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WHITEHALL PALACE.*

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THE history of London is too often the history of ruined houses and vanished sites. The respect that is paid to the other arts is withheld, upon grounds of economy, from the...

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THE PROBLEM OF THE SHAKESPEARE PLAYS.*

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IT would seem that after all the Bacon mania is to be taken seriously. Mr. Bompas, who is a King's Counsel and lawyer of distinction, has appeared as Bacon's advocate in the...

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MR. RAMAL'S " SONGS OF CHILDHOOD." * THOUGH there is

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much of the essentially poetic quality in Mr. Ramal's verse, it is no easy matter to classify his Muse. " Songs of Childhood" is not altogether a satisfactory title, though it...

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THIS collection of stories and sketches, which presumably represents the

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last gleanings from the work of an author who -died a couple of years ago, has been made without much regard for the fame of the writer, and with no indication whatever as to...

Michael Ferrier. By E. Frances Poynter. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—Sir

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Walter Scott and Anthony Trollope appeared to find the beginnings of their novels the most difficult part to manage. Nowa- days we have changed all that, and the modern writer...

John Loll'a Alice. By Frances G. Barmester. (Grant Richards. 6s.)—As

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no list of other novels follows Miss or Mrs. Burmester's name on the title-page, we are probably right in considering John Lolt's Alice to be a first novel. It has, perhaps, one...

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Maseppa. By Fred Whishaw. (Chatto and Windus. 6s.)— The hero

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of this novel is Byron's hero. Russia, with Ivan and Peter as joint Czars, furnishes, after the preliminary equestrian adventure, the scene and time in which the novel begins,...

The Dark o' the Moon : being Certain Further Histories

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of the Folk called "Raiders." By S. R. Crockett. (Macmillan and Co. Ss.)—Mr. Crockett's admirers will find plenty of his characteristic matter and manner to mystify and amuse...

BY ALLAN WATER.

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By Allan Water. By Katherine Steuart. (Andrew Elliot, Edinburgh. 6s.)—This volume, which seems to be a delightful mixture of fiction and fact, tradition and history, imagination...

MRS. MEYNELL'S LATER POEMS.

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Later Poems. By Alice Meynell. (John Lane. 28. 6d. net.)— There are barely twenty numbers in this little volume, and most of them are short ; but they are very delightful...

CURRENT LITERATURE.

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LONDON AFTERNOONS. London Aftern oons. By W. J. Loftie. (Cassell and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—As there is necessarily no continuity in Mr. Lof tie's " Chap- ters on the Social Life,...

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CHINA IN CONVULSION.

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China in Convulsion. By Arthur H. Smith. With Illustration, and Maps. 2 vols. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier. 215.)— We have had many narratives of the siege of Pekin, and...

THE AINU AND THEIR FOLK-LORE.

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The Ainu and their Folklore. By the Rev. John Batchelor. (R.T.S. 7s. Gd.)—Even Mr. Batchelor, with all his knowledge of the Ainu, has not been able to make the Ainu folk-lore...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Road - Mender. By Michael Fairless. (Duckworth and Co. 2s.68....

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In the " Temple Bible" (3. M. Dent and Co.,

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ls. net) we have Deuteronomy, edited by G. Wilkins, B.D. The introduction marshals in a clear and convincing way the arguments against . the Mosaic authorship, and formulates a...

Lord Kelvin. (H,J. Drane. ls.)—This is the ninth volume of

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the " Bijou Biographies." Lord Kelvin, better known to some of us as Sir William Thomson. is an admirable subject for what. were it not all strictly true, might be described as...

" Huchawn of the Awls Ryale," the Alliterative Poet. By

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George Neilson. (I MacLehose and Sons, Glasgow. 6a.)—" Awle Ryale "=Aula Regalia, and " Huchown "= Sir Hew of Eglintoan. Sir Hew, born early in the fourteenth century, was...

Japan: Our New Ally. By Alfred Stead. (T. Fisher tin

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win. 6s. net.)—Whatever we may think of the Anglo Japanese Treaty, it is certain that the more complete our knowledge of " our new ally" the better. Mr. Stead throws plenty of...

University Magazines. By H. C. Marillier. (H. W. Bell. 3s.

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6d.) —This little book is the reprint of a paper read before the "Sette of Odde Volumes." Its value must not be measured by its size. It gives abundance of entertainment and...

Recent Object-Lessons in Penal Science. By A. R. Whiteway, M.A.

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(Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 3s. Gd. net.)—This is the "third series" of Mr. Whiteway's " Object-Lessons," We cannot enter upon his theories, but we may quote some of his...

• _ The Sacrament of Pain. By the Rev. John

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Morgan, (Hodder and Stoughton. fis. 6d.)—This is, as its title and' its sub-title, "A Book of Consolation," indicate, a book of devotion. The subject is one (livery considerable...

Coronation of a King. By M. F. Johnston. (Chapman and

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Hall. 6s.)—Crowning the King. By Arthur H. Beavan. (C. A. Pearson. 2s. 6d.)—We have no intention of instituting a com- parison between these two volumes. Mr. Johnston goes...

Pestalozzi. By A. Pinloche. (W. Heinemann. 5s.)—Pestalozsi, by descent an

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Italian Protestant, is one of the few names which are known outside the small circle of students of educational history. Few, however, could give any clear account of the...

In the series of " Handbooks to the Great Public

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Schools " (G. Bell and Sons, 3s. Gd. net) we have Westminster, by Reginald Airy, B.A. A sufficiently full account of the past of the school, and such a description of its...

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The "Unit Library." (" Unit Library" Company.)—The purpose of this

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series of publications is "to place the chief works of literature within the reach of every person." The name of " Unit" is explained by the fact that the basis of cost is made...

Bibliotheca Somersetensis. By Emanuel Green. 3 vols. (Sarni_ cott and

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Pearce, Taunton.)—Mr. Green describes in his introduction the early printed books of the county, the pamphlets, sermons, &c., and the newspapers and journals. (He takes...

The quarterly section of The Oxford English Dictionary (Clarendon Press,

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2s. 6d.) is a part of Vol. V1. (" Leisureness" to " Lief "), edited by Henry Bradley, Hon. M.A. Johnson's 151 words with 498 illustrative quotations have increased to 1,769 and...

The Ten Tribes, from the Captivity until Now. By Colonel

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J. Gamier (late R E.) (Robert Banks and Son. 8s. 6d.)—We shall not attempt a criticism of this "analysis and historical proof of the British-Israel theory." Colonel Gamier, who...

Church Folk - Lore. By J. Edward Vaux. (Skeffington and Son. 6s.)—This

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"Record of Some Post-Reformation Usages in the English Church, now Mostly Obsolete," appears in a second edition "revised and greatly enlarged," a book full of curious information.

Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1902. (Horace Cox. 20s.) — The new editor of

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Crockford has succeeded to the laborious task and the aggravations with which his predecessor was familiar, and, we are glad to see, is also possessed of the same powers of...