I T was announced on Thursday that the British Govern. ment have proposed to the Powers the appointment for a term of years of a Turkish Governor-General for Macedonia, whose...

unenviable reputation for anarchy and the throwing of bombs—a curious contradiction to the unquestion- able commercial enlightenment of this progressive city—and was received...

that nearly half of the Session of Congress is over and nothing has been done, and no thing seems likely to be done. Mr. Roosevelt contemplates sending Messages urging the...

that a despatch has been received from General d'Amade " reporting the great effect produced by the defeat of the Madakra." General d'Amade states that Mulai Hafid has made...

introduced in the Duma a Bill for converting the Russian Legation at Tokio into an Embassy. He took the opportunity to review the relations of Russia and Japan, and to define...

case.

of Lords on Monday. On February 18th he received a private and personal letter through the ordinary post from the German Emperor. He showed the letter, which was very friendly...

of pronouncing sentence of greater excommunication against the Abbe Loisy. This measure has been taken at the express command of the Pope, who is stated to have deferred action...

striking speech, in which he strongly criticised the present arrange- ments as to the artillery. He declared that the hundred and ninety-six Territorial batteries, by reason of...

a most important and explicit declaration by Mr. Asquith in reply to the question which Mr. Balfour had put on Monday. He wished to know whether, on certain assumptions, Germany...

attention to the strength of the Army at home, and expressed the fear that the attention of the public and the Government had been deflected from the Regulars by the great...

the second reading of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Bill, Lord Balfour of Burleigh laid stress on the disastrous effects likely to follow from the separation of Scotland from...

on Monday. On the vote for a hundred and twenty-eight thousand officers, seamen, and Coastguards, Mr. Robertson defended the Home Fleet as a real fleet in being, and denied that...

body to be called the National Ratepayers' Federation. Among the objects of the Society are,—to protect the interests of ratepayers in England and Wales ; to investigate the...

to the fact that it may before long become necessary to found a Centre Party, in which all who are opposed to Socialism can unite. The passage must be quoted verbatim :— " I...

the Council of the Liberal League. His main object was to point out the extreme danger of Socialism. In dealing with the Socialistic peril Lord Rosebery used the following words...

of Canterbury to Mr. McKenna about the Education Bill. The Archbishop declares that, in spite of his serious wish to find in the Bill " the basis of an arrange- ment," his hopes...

leading representatives of the great industries which would be affected by the passing of the Coal Mines (Eight Hours) Bill. The signatories point out that an eight- hours day...

express our difference with Lord Rosebery, and that is his declaration that he looks to the present Government as our bulwark against Socialism. How Lord Rosebery could say this...

March 5th. Consols_(21) were 911 Friday 871 a —on Friday week 87f.

THE NEW LIBERALISM. T HE public in a dim way realise that all is not well with the Liberal Party, and that the influence of the Socialists is likely to bring it into a position...

W RITING on Friday week of the incident created by the Times in regard to the German Emperor's letter to Lord Tweedmouth, we stated our hesitation in expressing an opinion...

the seizure of the Japanese merchant-ship Tatsu-Maru ' drags on, and in the last few days ominous suggestions of a rupture have reached Great Britain. We do not fancy that there...

■ TIHE Unemployed Workmen Bill, which was under -JL discussion on Friday, has two merits. The first is the fact that it is a Bill, and not merely a rhetorical enumeration of the...

T HE remarkable result of the recent elections to the Diet of Agram marks a new and important develop- ment in the Croatian question, which forms to-day more than ever the...

T HE Apocryphal Scriptures deserve to be better read. They teem with wisdom and eloquence. The Church of England, while denying their authority, recommends their study "for...

E VERY generation—we might say every decade—rides some hobby of reform ; and perhaps the present decade would not misspend its time if it introduced, or at all events prepared...

S OMEWHERE beyond and perhaps higher than the pleasure of planning flower-beds and choosing flowers lies the pleasure of making a lawn. Only the most fortunate of all can have...

THE ABBE LOISY'S NEW BOOK. [To roe EDITOR Or THU "SexcreTon." J SIB,—Both on its merits and on account of its authorship the Abbe Loisy's "Simples Reflexions "* is the most...

A CENTRE PARTY. [TO TUB EDITOR OF THB "SPECTA.TOR.1 Sin,—The suggestion for the formation of a Central Party that appeared in your issue of the 7th inst. appears to me to give...

"Centralist" wishes that a solution could be found as to the best means of electing a number of Centralist Members to the House of Commons. As an experienced politician, I beg...

interest your article in last week's Spectator upon a new Centre Party, — a party to which, as a strong advocate of Free-trade principles, with a bias against Socialism, I...

true that demand creates supply, it surely cannot be long before a " Central " Party gets itself together. When Mr. Chamberlain turned his coat on the subject of the exchange of...

supporter of the Liberal Party for many years, but feeling nowadays out of touch with its present programme, I read your article in last week's Spectator upon the proposed...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR." J Sin,—Your interpretation of Sir Edward Grey's speech in the House of Commons of February 26th is the interpretation which all of us who are...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." . 1 SIR, — May I crave the indulgence of your columns to put before your readers one aspect of the Zululand situation ? Hitherto Natal has...

• [To Till EDITOR OF TIER 'SPECTATOR " l am disappointed that so little attention has been aroused by a short dialogue in the House of Commons on March 4th between Mr. Winston...

SIR,—The following extracts may be of interest. They aro from the Barnsley Chronicle dated December 8th, 1906, and September 28th, 1907 :- (1) "At a miners' meeting held to...

[To TOR EDITOR OF MR "SPECTATOR...1 Srn,—In a few weeks' time work will be reviving in Canada, and an early selection of suitable emigrants should be made so that they may...

[To Tile EDITOR OF TUB "SesarATos.-] SIR,—Would you allow me to point out that the views of Professor Dill, Guizot, and Dr. Hodgkin with regard to the effect of heavy taxation...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIE,—The article headed " A Garden City of Old Age " which appeared in your columns of February 22nd is interesting and picturesque, but...

or TUN , SegorsTort.") SIR, I have read lately with much interest of the recent institution of the " Roberts trophy," open by competition to all school rifle corps of...

chanced a few days ago to come across a copy of an old volume entitled "The Weekly Entertainer," published and printed at Sherborne in 1810. The full title-page, which is very...

LTO THE EDITOR or THR esexerkroa...] SIR,—III answer to " Cathal " (see Spectator of February 8th), let me say that 1 hope that in-all I have written aboutireland he will find...

[TO THE EDITOR OF Tsa "SPECTATOR. "] Sin, I could show your correspondent "E. P." (Spectator, March 7th) several photographs and sketches of a squirrel seated on the window-sill...

Sin,—If your correspondent " E. P." wishes to keep his squirrels he must give them Barcelona nuts. When I was living in Dorsetshire I tamed the squirrels to such an extent that...

space available for letters, we have been obliged to curtail several of our correspondents communications, as well as to reject a large number of letters of no little interest...

THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Having been asked to write the Life of the late Sir William Howard Russell (to be published by Mr. John Murray), I should be grateful if you would give...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTLTOR.1 SIE,—The Spectator seldom trips so carelessly as it did last week in relating what Sheil said when he was told of "a debate in the House of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR.'] Sin,—In your article on "The Licensing Bill and Compensa- tion " (Spectator, March 7th) you suggest that the legitimate way for the trade to...

MAN. XI.-STATE FEEDING OF CHILDREN AND THE ENDOWMENT OF MOTHERHOOD. DEAR MR. The next point in the attack on the family with which I want to deal is the feeding of...

LORD CROMER'S RECORD OF HIS TRUST.• [CONCLUDING NOTICE.] OUR first notice of Lord Cromer's book was chiefly taken up with the Gordon tragedy. On the present occasion we shall...

SONGS OF THE ROAD. I . His song of dawn outsoara the joyful bird, Swift on the weary road his footfall comes; The dusty air that by his stride is stirred Beats with a buoyant...

MOST readers will probably be of opinion that Messrs. Macmillan have been a little over-generous in allowing to James Thomson, the author of "The Seasons," a place in their...

THIS is a book which should not be missed by any one who- enjoys racy humour and a genuine revelation of character. To. many people the name of Albert Pell will be no more than...

Mn. SEARCY spent the years from 1882 till 1896 as sub- collector of Customs at Port Darwin, in the Northern Territory • Dictionary of National Biography. London : Smith, Elder....

is appearing in a new edition, of which the first volume (" Abbadie—Beadon ") is now before us. Of the merits of the work itself it is scarcely necessary to speak. Every one...

THIS book is described in the sub-title as "A Manual of Method, General and Special." The " General" part is furnished by the editor, who applies to his subject the scientific...

obscurity so far as logical structure is concerned, and not very enlighten- ing as an exposition of a system of philosophy. Monism. in the hands of its most eminent disciple,...

THE PRIMADONNA.t Mn. ittinioN CRAWFORD broke off his story Soprano in such a way that to have refrained from writing a sequel would have been a flat dereliction of duty to his...

Roberts is at his best in stories of the sea, and this collection is no exception to the rule. The sketch entitled " Spink and an Empire " is extremely entertaining, while " His...

(George G. Harrap and Co., 2s. 6d. net per vol.) is Jean Jacques Rousseau, Translated by R. P. Jago. No subject needs a more considerate handling than does the work of J. J....

purpose outstrips his powers of execution. The story is meant to be a serious novel of the Viceregal Court at Simla, and a little frontier war is an incident of the book. The...

[Under This heating ws notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.' The Story of Cromwell. By H. E. Marshall. "The Children's Heroes"...

modern story in which the hero's character is particularly well drawn.—The Call of the South. By Louis Becky. (John Milne. 6s.)—A collection of stories of the Pacific...

C. Carrick, D.D. (G. Lewis and Co., Selkirk.)—Dr. Carrick contents himself with two spellings of the name "Newbottle" for grand occasions, so to speak ; "Newbattle" for common...

volumes to their "Everyman's Library" (1s. net per vol.) Among them we see, in the province of " History," Tacitus, Translated by Arthur Murphy, 2 vols. (Vol. I. contains the...

5s. net.)—These letters are now published for the first time, and Mr. Bertram Dobell, who furnishes an introduction and notes, expresses his delight that he has been able to...

.4. McIntyre. (George G. Harrap and Co. Is. 6d. net.)—Strongarm lives in a stalactite cave with his wife Burr, his two sons Thorn and Pineknot, and his baby daughter, afterwards...

LL.D. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. 6d. net)—Dr. Lea deserves the thanks of all students of history for giving completeness to his history of the Inquisition ; but it must be...

is, we imagine, a reproduction with differences of the "Medical Register." It is subdivided into a "Directory of Medical Practitioners" and "A Local Directory." It might be...

Mr. Benjamin Kidd's Principles of Western Civilisation : a Sociological Study (Macmillan and Co., 5s. net) has been called for. It is a book that makes the reader think, whether...

(5 Adelphi Terrace) is a republication, naturally with large additions, of a catalogue which appeared in 1884, carrying on the description to the end of 190G. The total of books...

which we have often welcomed before, The Antiquary: a Magazine Devoted to the Study of the Past (Elliot Stock, is. 6d.) It is always difficult to choose when the variety is so...

in a new edition with an additional chapter by Major Martin Hume dealing with the period 1891-1908. This chapter, the work of a thoroughly competent and dispassionate observer...