16 FEBRUARY 1901

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The Speech contains the expected paragraph as to the Civil

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List. " The demise of the Crown renders it necessary that a renewed provision shall be made for the Civil List. I place unreservedly at your disposal those hereditary revenues...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HEKing' accompanied by the Queen, opened Parliament in state on Thursday. The ceremonial observed was striking and magnificent, and during the procession from Buckingham...

In the House of Commons Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, who opened

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the debate on the Address, complained very bitterly that the Government had misled the country as to the military position in South Africa. The announcement that the war was at...

In the debate on the Address in the Lords Lord

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Kimberley severely criticised the way in which the Government had conducted the war. The present state of affairs in South Africa, he declared, filled him with apprehension. His...

Mr. Balfour in his reply thanked Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman

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for what he had said in regard to the Civil List. " There have been times when the discussion was rendered more difficult by the fact that the country was called upon not only...

V The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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Milan, the ex-King of Servia, died on Monday at Vienna.

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Though nearly eleven years have elapsed since his abdication, after a rale as Prince and King of twenty-one years, he was only forty-seven at the time of his death. Born in...

A deputation, introduced by the Bishop of Rochester, waited on

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Wednesday en the two Archbishops on behalf of the Convocations Bill. Bishop Barry, who spoke in favour of the Bill, called to mind the fact that in the Colonies the Churches had...

A remarkable letter from Piet de Wet to his brother

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Christian, dated Lindley, January 11th, has been published at Bloemfontein. Though for a long time back he had realised the necessity of submission in the struggle, he had...

We note with velar great satisfaction that the Victoria Cross

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has been awarded to two officers of that most gallant regiment, the Imperial Light Horse,—to Captain C H Mullins and to Captain R. Johnstone. It was on October 21st, 1899, at...

Dr. SchOnstedt, the German Minister for Justice, has explained and

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corrected in the Prussian Diet his strange speech on the appointment of Jewish notaries in the Reichstag. It seems that the Jews, who only form five per cent. of the total...

The news from the front is still inconclusive, but there

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are signs that the Boer forces are beginning to melt away. The Free State and the Transvaal are like fields covered with big patches of snow. It looks at first sight as if the...

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We note with pleasure that a representative meeting of members

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of various denominations was held in the Council Chamber at Salisbury on Tuesday night to further the cause of Christian union. Addresses were given by Dean Boyle and clergymen...

Some striking facts and figures with regard to the adminis-

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tration of Tunis were brought to light in a debate in the French Chamber on Friday week. M. Andre Berthelot, who severely criticised the rule of M. Millet, the recently recalled...

The Roman Catholic Peers have laid a statement before the

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Lord Chancellor protesting against the declaration con- demning the doctrine of transubstantiation (required by the Bill of Rights) which the King has to make before he opens...

Deputations from the Corporation of London and the London County

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Council attended at St. James's Palace on Wednesday to present loyal addresses to the new Sovereign. The ceremonious addresses from the Court of Aldermen and the Court of Common...

The King has made an interesting change in the constitu-

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tion of the Order of the Garter. A new statute confers on the Queen " the title and dignity of Lady of that most noble Order," and authorises her "to wear the insignia thereof."...

The Archbishop of Canterbury, in reply, spoke out very plainly

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as to the safeguard of the clergy being influenced by public opinion, as Chancellor Smith believed they would be :— " I know my brethren pretty well. I have been thirty years...

Bank Rate, 4 per cent.

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New Consols (2k) were on Friday 97k.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY

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AN APPEAL TO THE PRIVATE MEMBER. T HE essential character of English politics at any epoch may be learned from observing the nature of the Opposition. Some day, when the German...

LORD ROBERTS AND THE SOUTH AFRICAN DES PATCHES.

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I F any further proof were needed of Lord Roberts's greatness as a commander, it could be found in the new South African despatches. They show how amply justified the British...

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CLERICALISM AND ANTI-CLERICALISM IN EUROPEAN POLITICS.

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M R. CONYBEARE, the publicist who did such excellent and self-sacrificing service in exposing the methods and tactics of the men who had sent Captain Dreyfus to the Devil's...

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THE CITIZEN'S DUTY AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

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W E publish to-day a letter signed " A Householder," setting forth, with a frankness which we welcome, criticisms on a recent article of ours in deprecation of the growing...

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MILLIONAIRES AND THEIR MILLIONS.

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I T would be interesting to know and compare the feel- ings with which people read the announcement= whether well founded or not we cannot say—that Mr. Andrew Carnegie's...

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POETRY AND PROSE. N OT a few readers will recall Macaulay's

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celebrated dis- cussion as to the possibility of producing great poetry in an elaborate state of civilisation. Poetry, he almost avers, is possible only under a semi-barbarous...

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IRISH WIT AND HUMOUR.

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I RELAND to a great extent still preserves its national reputation for wit and humour. To utter clever and amusing things without premeditation is more or less common to...

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MEDIEVAL HUNTING.

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T HE author of one of the earliest books on hunting appended to it a treatise on the plague, and bridged over the hiatus by an argument that as good hunters could withstand the...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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"MEN, NOT MEASURES ? " [TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sre,—The last few weeks having been a sort of Sabbath in or- dinary business, you will, I hope, consider it not...

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THE LEIGHTON HOUSE.

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[TO THY EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Srn,-It is now five years since the great President of the Royal Academy died; it is nearly five years since the Leighton House Committee...

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, —It was surely a

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little dull of your correspondent, Mr. Fox, not to have recognised the style of the prayer ordered for use on February 2nd as that of another century. It would have been...

MR. CORBET.-1 PERSONAL EXPLANATION. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "sesorAros..1

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SIB.,—When an hon. Member gets into hot water or into a difficulty of some kind, or is unfortunately misunderstood, the House permits him to make a personal explanation. Can...

THE HERALDIC "STAIN" OF TRADE.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SID,—The idea that in England heraldry takes any note of commerce except to honour it has no foundation in fact, as shown by the frequent...

A CORRECTION.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Allow me to correct a serious clerical error in my letter which you published in your last issue. I intended to criticise the...

TILE " TATLER" ON GENTLEMANLINESS.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, I think the following quotation may be of some interest to your readers in reference to the definition of the word " gentleman" :— "...

THE PRAYER FOR THE KING'S ACCESSION.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] is evidence of the complete neglect, and even forget- fulness, into which the ordinary Accession Service has fallen of late years, that...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"]

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Sin,—Every reader of the Spectator believes that if the editor "is a beast, he is a just beast," and will not allow the old Head-Master of Rugby to be credited with the...

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BRITISH SOUTH AFRICANS AND THE BOERS. [To THE EDITOR OF

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THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Under the above heading in your issue of the 9th inst " M. F. G." condemns Sir A. Milner's policy as harsh and non-conciliatory towards the Boers...

A CORRECTION.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your notice of my translation of M. Jules Roy's Life of St. Nicholas in the Spectator of February 9th, you point out a confusion...

FRANCE AND ENGLAND.

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go THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIB, —With reference to your article in the Spectator of February 2nd under the above beading, it may be of interest to quote from a letter...

TWO POPULAR FALLACIES.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] SIR,—I venture to submit to you the following as being two of the most popular, and at the same time the most fallacious, of all popular...

THE " EDINBURGH " ON SOUTH AFRICA.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Will you kindly allow me a little space to reply to your editorial comments on the letter which you kindly inserted in the Spectator...

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POETRY.

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THE EMPIRE TO HER ENEMIES. I MOURN, but with a mind unmoved : The guns that for an hour grew still While death leaned o'er the well-beloved, Proclaim once more my sovran will....

RANJA AND HIR : A PUNJABI BALLAD.

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I'VE hung my swing upon the peepul tree. Swing high, girls ; higher still, that I may see The tassels and the turban of my love; Or, better still, perchance he may see me....

A QUOTATION FROM DEKKER.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—You have, I see, closed the correspondence in your columns on " The Definition of a Gentleman." Still, I venture to send the lines...

AN IRISH BOY'S TRIBUTE TO THE QUEEN.

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(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."! Sin,—The following incident which occurred here the day after the Queen's death may perhaps interest your readers. A little barefooted boy...

THE IRISH EXTREMISTS AND THE BOERS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—There is a curious sidelight on the history of South Africa in Major Le Caron's " Twenty-five Years in the Secret Service" (p. 169)...

BOOKS.

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THE MEANING OF GOOD.* THE " Dedication" in verse of this book is perhaps the best thing in the whole volume. We do not mean to say that there is not much else which is very...

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NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.*

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Da. GRINNELL'S book on the North American Indians is not romantic nor picturesque. It is no rival to the works of Catlin, Colonel Dodge, or Parkman. On the contrary, it is a...

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THE BOOK OF SAINTS AND FRIENDLY BEASTS.* THE quaint title

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of this book is appropriate to the legends which are retold in it. The author is very much in sympathy with her subject, and it is pleasant to return with her to the Middle...

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A FORGOTTEN EMPIRE: VIJAYANAGAR.* IN days when Madras and the

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Deccan have fallen behind the northern districts of India in interest, and perhaps in importance, and when all India south of the Vindhyas has apparently ceased to furnish our...

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NOVELS OF THE WEEK.*

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IT is a case of " Eclipse' first, and the rest nowhere" this week, so incontestably superior is Mr. Stephen Crane's work to that of the seven other writers to be noticed below....

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SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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I Under this heckling we notice such Bouks of the wee): as tare not boon reurred for review in other forms.] The Christian World Pulpit of .14nuary 30th, 1901 (13 Fleet Street,...

Ten Months in the Field with the Boers. By an

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ex - Lieutenant of General de Villebois-Mareuil. (W. Heinemann. 8a. 6d.)—The French officer who writes this book certainly does not love the British, bat he hates the Boer. He...

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Abyssinia. By Herbert Vivian. (C. Arthur Pearson. 15e.)— Mr. Vivian

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is an entertaining writer. The impression left by his descriptions of places and persons is that he is a keen observer, It is by such impressions that a critic must be guided....

Heirs to a great Heritage. By W. B. Joynt Conway.

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(J. B. Woodley. 2s. 6d.)—We may regard this very interesting pub- lication as a contribution to the " Hooligan" controversy. Mr. Conway has as his sub-title " How Cripplegate...

MISCIELLANE0118.—Those who are interested in the study of typography will

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find much that is interesting in The Printing of Greek in the Fifteenth Century, by Robert Proctor (Bibliographical Society). The illustrations at the end of the volume,...

Pages from the Journal of a Queensland Squatter. By Oscar

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de Satge. (Hurst and Blackett. 10s 6d.)—Mr. de Satge went out to Australia nearly fifty years ago, spending ninety days on the journey, and living largely on salt pork, both...

We have received from the Oxford University Press three copies

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of Prayer-books with which are bound up Hymns, Ancient and Modern. They contain all the changes made necessary by the accession of a new Sovereign. The speed with which these...

Thoughts, Memories, and Meditations of Madame Hoskier. Trans- lated from

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the French by Constance White. (Skeffington and Son. 3s. 6d.)—Madame Hoskier perished, together with a daughter in the terrible fire at the Bazar de la Charite (May 4th,...