substantial, as advances are reckoned in this battlemented, wire-bound, burrowed, and intensively engineered land. At the end of last week a way was gallantly burst through...

French have held their superiority. In the middle of last week they recaptured the shell-bitten husk of the village of Fleury. A furious battle followed, in which the French...

but the news is all very good. The French have organized their new positions between the Monacu Farm and Hem Wood. In this sector several German units had to be withdrawn...

Boers fired all one night at a red light in a field outside Mafeking. The strangeness of the light worried them and kept them restless. They did not know what it might mean. But...

captured from the north of Pozieres, and the fury of their counter- attacks, are sufficiently explained by the following Order of the Day, issued by General Below, copies of...

T HE military unity of the Allies is working to great purpose. Although it is not a new thing, its results are new. Within the past seven weeks the complexion of the war has...

astonishing attempt of the German-led, or rather German-misled, Turks to reach the Suez Canal, and the brilliant fight in which they were heavily punished at only a slight loss...

to be redeemed. Gorizia is a characteristically Italian city. The banner of Italy will go forward for liberty, unchecked let us hope, and " stream like the thunderstorm against...

crossed the river Sereth, which has hitherto held him up, and has advanced three miles to the west. He is among abrupt hills and deep gullies, which have been flooded lately by...

mobilization when the war is at an end in his reply to a deputation of miners, railway and transport workers on August 3rd. The ,veturn of millions of soldiers to the labour...

Austrian and Hungarian Premiers on July 31st is singularly free from jubilation. His armies, in cordial association with those of their " glorious allies, heroically resist the...

found us all resolute to endure and confident of victory. The King assured the Allied rulers of his " steadfast resolution to prosecute the war until our united efforts have...

niggardliness of the Treasury, retorted with some justice that it was his duty to administer the Act of Parliament and to pay the pensions sanctioned by the House. He made it...

same day to hold a patriotic demonstration. General Smith-Dorrien told them that Sir William Robertson shared the ordinary civilian's surprise at the way in which our old Army,...

night that the Duke of Sutherland had offered to 'the State the gift of an estate of twelve thousand acres for the settlement eel soldiers and sailors, and that his generous and...

Act Amendment Bill in the House of Commons on Monday. The object of the Bill, he explained, was to compel the attend- ance of civilian witnesses and to enable certain -members...

ten of them—visited the East Coast early on Wednesday morning and dropped one hundred and sixty bombs. In one North-East town the raiders killed two women and three children,...

Reserve for providing drafts. The regimental reserves will be maintained, so far as possible, at their full establishment, but behind them there will be the Training Reserve,...

extra- ordinarily difficult question with good sense and decision. The regimental system is like the Ark of the Covenant. A man might well be terrified of touching it. But the...

pub- lished by the Board of Trade are decidedly encouraging. Trade is prosperous enough to send the exports up, while the Government restrictions and appeals tend to keep...

which is rather tired itself, is getting rather tired of this Government." But vague discontent alone would not justify a change. He likened Ministers to the men in the...

is Chairman, on the resolution passed on Tuesday. The Committee suggest that, with a view to lessening the time and labour spent during the war by Departmental officials in...

on Wednesday, gave a very frank account of his reasons for joining the Coalition Ministry. Mr. Bonar Law's habit of thinking aloud was never more happily illustrated. Having...

without a Lord- Lieutenant. On Monday it was announced that Lord Wimborne had been reappointed to the office which he resigned in May. A week before Mr. Asquith had declared his...

Labour M.P. for Barnard Castle, had tendered his resignation as President of the Board of Education. Mr. Henderson has been criticized in some quarters for devoting most of his...

an instructive answer on the increased cost of living to Mr. Barnes on Monday. The statement concludes with the following sum- mary :-- " Assuming no change in the standard of...

July 13th..

THE MILITARY UNITY OF THE ALLIES. W E should be faithless to all the teaching of history if we hesitated to believe the assurance of General Joffre that victory is certain for...

W HEN announcing that the Government intended to propose the extension of the life of the present Parliament, Mr. Asquith wisely adopted a conciliatory tone towards those...

I T is agreed upon by all but a small minority that our industrial and fiscal methods must be modified or reconstructed if we are to enjoy national security, and if we are to...

R ECENTLY Mr. McKenna gave a shock to the City of London by somewhat carelessly stating in the House of Commons that our war expenditure had gone up to £6,000,000 a day. The...

S EE, this merriment of parsons is very offensive." We may use Dr. Johnson's formula and say of Mr. Shaw's long- drawn-out preface to Androc2es and the Lion (Androc2es and the...

[COMMUNICATED.] A COLLECTION of the little journals published in the Fleet and at the Front (or on the way there) will be a priceless possession in the far days to come, when...

EDMUND BURKE ON ENGLAND'S SUCCRSR. ITO THE EDITOE, 07 THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sni,—August 4th will ever be a memorable day in the history of the English people, not so much, perhaps,...

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—All of us would like, if we could, to see the spot where our dear one lies, whether he was buried near the trench where ho fought, or...

[To THE EDIToR or TEN " SPEOTAToa."1 Sra„—I beg to enclose an extract from a Norwegian letter giving some account of the burial of British sailors. I send it you hoping that...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—In the Spectator of June 17th you printed a letter from an Ulster- woman as to the attitude of the Roman Catholic Church to the late...

[To TUN EDITOR 07 TEl " SPEcuTos." Itn,—Privato letters are sometimes an aid to the comprehension of public prints, and I am tempted to send you the following extract from...

[TO THR EDITOR 07 TER " SPECTATOR.") ire,—Most of us out here are no tacticians : we have not been schooled In the arts of war: we have gone through no Staff College; but I...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I note the rebuke administered to me in your article entitled " Armour of Offence " ; but may I point out that I was not so " foolish...

[To THE EDITOR or TH3 " srETAToR."1 Sit,—Conditions in the publishing world are such as to cause delays which sometimes render almost antiquated certain statements before...

[To THR EDITOR Of 187 "SPECTATOR. ") bra,—Asked by a Frenchman whether I could put into a fow words the moral difference between tho German and English Armies, I replied that...

[To THE EDITOR Or TRH " SPECTATOR." SIR,—Your paper is, I know, seen by a great many of our men at the front, &c. I am most anxious to find out what happened after the...

[To THE EDITOR OF TIE SPECTATOR:I Sra,—The English dictionary which " A. S." and " W. W." " cherish" is described as " a three-and-sixpenny thing that is . . . comparatively...

(To THE F.otron OP THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—With reference to the talk of a General Election towards the end of this year and the part that the Army is to play in voting, I...

fro VIE EDITOR TOE " SPECTATOR:1 Sru,—May I place beside Lord C'romer's quotation from Anatole France (in the Spectator of June 17th): " Gardons-nous d'ecrire trop bien, c'est...

ere THE EDITOR OF THE " 8PECTATOR.'1 Sin,--It causes one who has lived in and wandered in many lands, and who can pin his confession of faith to no particular altar, a certain...

(To THE EDM)R OF THE SPECTATOR.1 Sur,—In further reference to " J. R. F.'s " remarks, you have not the space, nor I the time, for a full examination of the statements in his...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Canon Rashdall has little difficulty in finding points of detail to criticize in the proposals of the Archbishops' Committee on Church...

difficult to identify the work which your contributor dis- cussed in his delightful article, " On Consulting the Dictionary." He has discovered in it, ho says, only a single...

(TO THE EDITOR or THR "Szircrarcat."] SIR,—For some years I have felt that the formation of a "Territorial " Brigade of Guards would be a graceful way of recognizing the good...

TO A SOLDIER IN HOSPITAL. COURAGE came to you with your boyhood's grace Of ardent life and limb. Each day new dangers steeled you to the test, To ride, to climb, to swim. Your...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") observe a paragraph in your issue of the 29th ult. relating to the London Topographical Society, and particularly to the issue of the tenth...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,---May I ask through the columns of your paper for help in support of the Ulster Volunteer Force Hospital, which was placed at the...

SPECTATOR.") SIR,- -I desire to draw your attention to the following letter and memo- randum issued by the Education Department of the county of Cumber- land to the masters and...

name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communi- cated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the...

indulgence books published for a charitable purpose, but there is no call for indulgence in coming to an • d Daughter of New France: being a Story of the Difs and Times of...

ZIONISM.* IT is believed that on the eve of the French Revolution there were less than three million Jews in Europe. There are now some nine million, besides about two million...

unacademic thinkers most in vogue amongst the ingenuous youth of Socialist leanings during the last thirty years, there are probably few who have exerted more influence than Mr....

TnESE volumes afford an excellent opportunity of contrasting ancient and modern methods of translation. William Melmoth's version of Pliny's letters I and Acllington's Golden...

" WHEN a scientific man has come up to the limits of his science, he sometimes wants to look over the hedge and ask where his science comes in in the general scheme of things."...

(Sofia n this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.) Epidemics Resulting from Wars. By Dr. F. Prinzing. (Clarendon Press. 7a 6d. net.)—The evil effects of...

THE UNSEEN HOST.t ME. Wenn, who has served with the 9th Argyll and Sutherland High- landers in Flanders, prefaces his collection of stories and studies with a frank caveat to...

written just before the death of its author, can hardly escape the accusation of being morbid ; but " Frank Denby," who will write no more books for our entertainment, succeeds,...

so few good books are written is that so few people that can write know anything." The class of authors condemned by Bagehot does not include Mr. W. F. Bailey. He has gone...

Society, Denison House, S.W. 3d.)—An eloquent plea by the well- known and energetic Organizing Secretary of the Anti-Slavery Society that " within one year of the declaration...

ParnelL (Constable and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—The author of this unpretentious memoir aimed, he says, at being a Bourrienne rather than a Carlyle. He describes Parnell's early...

40th Pathan. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—In his preface Captain Fowls says that his object in writing this book has been to please the reader, and " to answer the...

(P. S. King and Son. ld.)—Our readers will remember the series of articles contributed by Mr. Sherwell to the Spectator, in which he set forth very clearly the case for State...

A.M., and A. G. Orenstein, M.D. (G. P. Putnam's Sone. 10a. fkL net.)— As Dr. L. 0. Howard points out in his introduction, " President Roose- velt early appreciated the fact...

M. Epstein. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. 6d. net. )—The fifty-third issue of this familiar and invaluable reference-book has swelled to sixteen hundred pages, and, despite the...