16 JUNE 1917

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It was because the King showed the extraordinary quickness of

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his sympathy with the sufferings that have to be borne in these days that his visits to the injured on Wednesday were so deeply appreciated. His Majesty had a very important...

In a country town, even in a large country town,

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warning is quite practicable and desirable. But to bring the -life of London to a temporary standstill is another matter altogether. Would it be helpful in any way for Edgware...

A daylight air raid on London took place on Wednesday

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at 11.30 a.m., and lasted about a quarter of an hour. Wo regret to record heavy casualties-97 killed and 439 injured. The raiding squadron, which numbered probably fifteen...

This was the first raid by aeroplanes to reach Lenl.don.

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On a. previous occasion only a single German aeroplane had dropped some bombs. London, for the most part, treated the raid as a spectacle. Hundreds of thousands of persons...

The first result of the battle was that the Ypres

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Salient ceased to exist. We wiped it out and established a straight line. But the memories of that Salient are immortal. Legend and wonder will never cease to play with the name...

On several successive days after the first onset, General Plumer,

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who had managed the whole attack, gained more ground piecemeal. All the German counter-attacks were beaten off with heavy loss to the enemy. Sir Douglas Haig, in a generous...

We must expect many more, and perhaps larger, raids. It

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may be that the communications of the Anti-Aircraft Service can be improved. If so, the public will wish that it should be done speedily, but their attitude on Wednesday...

The attack was launched about three o'clock in the morning

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of Thursday week, and was signalized by the explosion of a gigantic system of mines. The engineers with their skilled miners bad been tunnelling for months. This tremendous...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE victory on the Messines Ridge, which we could do no more than barely record as we went to press last week, was the greatest offensive achievement of British arms in the...

THE PAPER SHORTAGE.—We trust that readers of the "Spectator" will

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give definite orders to their newsagents for a copy of the " Spectator to be reserved for them each week till countermanded.

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The whole country learned with deep satisfaction and relief that

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Mr. C. J. Lew, Mr. Boner Law's son, who was believed to have died of wounds,-is a prisoner-with the Turks. The Turks- are said to be treating him well.

The weekly return of lows from U'-boats issued on Wednesday

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night was a good deal less satisfactory than those of the preceding four weeks. Twenty-one vessels of over 1,600 tons were sunk, and nine of undez 1,600':ions. Buti.-thh'i total...

It is said that General Smuts will probably join the

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War Cabinet. We ,sincerely lope that he may be able to do so. His wide ex. perience of both military and ; political affairs, and his -fertility of ideas disciplined by a...

We deeply regret.ta record the .death of Major W. Redmond,.

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who died from wounds received while he was leading .his_men.in the Mesaines Battle. The expressions of sorrow and the tributes of admiration which were) heard in the House of...

We have a great deal of sympathy with the Seamen's

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Union in their effort to prevent Mr. Ramsay MacDonald and Mr. Jowett from-sailing for Russia.. The general tone of the Leeds Confexe4do and the denial of a hearing to the...

We admit. all this without reserve, yet after reading Mr.

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Banal Law's frank statement in the. House. - on Monday we do not sea that -the Government .eould have acted-differently. At the-outset he made it clear that there was no...

Mr. Wilson defines the principles of an effective settlement as

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follows :— " No• people must - be forced under a soVerel,gtty under which - it does not wish to live. No territory-must-change hands except for the purpose of securing...

King Constantine of Greece has abdicated in favour of his

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second . son, Prince Alexander. The Crown Prince was passed over, no- doubt, because he has the reputation of being a strong pro-German. The abdication was the immediate outcome...

Lord 'Northcliffe's appointment has been enthusiastically-praised by -the New York

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Tribune. A somewhat different tone is to - be found -in the-- New • -York Times, which - on Monday published the following -despatch- - from its Washington -correspondent:- "...

President Wilson's Message to Russia, the text of - which was

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published in Monday's papers, is a powerful and timely warning. He restates the position of America in the war with great clearness. " She seeks no material profit 'or...

That Government had deliberately sent an invitation,. not to-the majority

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Socialists alone,. but to the minority. Socialists as Well, - to - come. to Petrograd. - Oiir Ambassador in Petrograd,' though • at first opposed to the scheme, had, after...

These terms obviously required the abdication of the King, which

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was formally demanded by M. Jonnart, In an announcement of the abdication M. Zaimis said that the King, " solicitous as always solely for the interests of Greece, has decided to...

Mr. Balfour's safe return to England in good health and

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the best of spirits is a matter for national satisfaction. He spoke of his magnikent reception in the United States, and by general consent he fully earned it. No one could have...

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It is with profound regret that we notice the tendency

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of the Government to .weaken on the question of forbidding horse-racing. We love the horse as much as any Englishman alive or dead, and are a great deal more anxious than most...

No doubt a point may be reached where the possessors

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of some articles essential for the waging of the war or for the feeding of the population hold their goods back or withdraw them from public gale. In that case the Government...

After Mr. Leslie Scott had pointed out the very significant

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fact that no country which had adopted Proportional Representation had ever gone back upon it and that its history was one of con- tinuous progress, and Sir George Reid had said...

All this was excellent, but unfortunately at the end of

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his speech he let drop a most misleading, and therefore dangerous, word. He hinted that the suggestion that " profiteering " might be partly responsible for high prices of food...

On Tuesday the Prime Minister received the Commissioners appointed to

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inquire into the causes of the Labour Unrest. Their investigation must be thorough, but it should be completed without delay, and he added characteristically that the...

We are glad to see that the Food Controller has

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made an urgent appeal to every householder in the country to reduce his consump- tion of bread, while at the- same time the public is reminded by constant advertisement in the...

We are making no dialectical point when we demand a

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defini- tion. As we ask in another part of our issue, does " profiteering " mean such increase as that made; and quite legitimately made, when the price of the Times was...

Sir George Cave having appealed to the House to come

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to a decision on the question and insisted once more that the Govern- ment desired to leave the question to a free and unfettered House, and Sir John Simon having pointed out...

The House of Commons on Tuesday- was concerned with Colonel

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glutei's proposal that the Boundary Commissioners should act on the assumption that Proportional Representation was not adopted. The debate then turned upon whether Pro-...

Bank rate, 5 per cent., changed from 5i per cent.

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April 5th.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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GRAVITY AND GOVERNMENT. T HE outstanding lesson of the last six months, the period during which Mr. Lloyd George's Administration has been in power, is that gravity, weight, and...

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AN APPEAL TO THE NATIONALISTS. T HE Unionists of North-East Ulster

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deserve well of their country. In spite of their fears, of their rights, and of the deep anxiety which oppresses them at the thought of being entangled in the meshes of Irish...

INTENSIVE WARFARE.

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11 AST week we urged upon our readers and our countrymen the necessity, if we were to end the war quickly and suc- cessfully, of an intensive cultivation in every theatre and in...

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HARD CASES AND RED-TAPE.

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TN a letter to the editor, printed elsewhere, a correspondent directs our attention to what we may call without exaggeration a cruel case. Many stories are current about the...

A BRITISH INVITATION TO RUSSIA.

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T "papers of Tuesday published the answer of t he British Government to the Russian inquiries about the Allied objects in the war. By far the most important part of the answer...

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THE TRUANT MIND.

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"rrIHAT is quite right now, Madam," said a photographer to a 1 lady sitter, " quite right as to attitude, Madam, but do not let the mind recede from the face." The exhortation...

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FOOD HINTS FROM FAR AND NEAR.

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TI J NGLAND'S narrow range of daily food has always amazed 1 people from other countries, especially in view of a family expenditure averaging rather higher than anywhere else,...

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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A LONDONER'S ALLOTMENT DIARY. ITO THE EDITOR Of THE " SPECTATOR.") Stn,—A few weeks ago I described how J. and I acquired a War Allotment and our labours upon it down to...

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LETTERS TO - THE EDITOR.

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[Letters -of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than:those which fill treble the space.] THE -WORK OF ' U '-BOATS....

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THE NATION'S BOY-POWER.

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[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPEETATOE."J Stu,—We venture to beg your hospitality for this letter in order that we may acquaint your readers with something. of the history of the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:]

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SIR, - Mr Ellis's letter is indeed painful reeding That a prie s t of the Church should so undervalue his own sacred commission is nothing short of deplorable. Certainly he...

May a disabled old veteran ask to be allowed a

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few word*? The case of the clergy is analogous to that of the medical pro- fession: all are agreed that it would be wasteful madness to put doctors into the fighting line...

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A CRUEL CASE.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] wonder how many of us at the beginning of the war realized the position in which a large number of badly wounded men would had themselves....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sin,--Mr. F. D.

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Ellis makes a strong case; he can make a stronger. It is not only from military service that the clergy have been barred; the scheme for National Service, into which they threw...

BRITAIN AND ITALY.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR. —For the last three weeks all England has been watching with feelings of intense sympathy and hope the progress of the great Italian...

YOUTH AND DEATH.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I think your readers may be interested to see the following extracts from a letter from a close relation of mine. The writer is only...

ALSACE-LORRAINE.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Fla,—One is very glad to see your clear and definite statement ton p. 8 of your last issue) that the plea of " No annexations" " must...

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AMERICA AND THE WAR—A PROPHECY OF 1852. [To THE EDITOR

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or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The recent official statement made by President Wilson fulfils in a way an interesting prophecy made in a work by Samuel Laing, published in 1852,...

THE EMPIRE RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE

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" SPECTATOR.") SIR, —Mr. H. Wilson Fox, as Honorary Secretary of the Empire Resources Development Committee, will no doubt do good work at home in arousing thought and...

AN ORDINARY TEETOTALER.

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(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 don't like the way you refer to me. It hurts me. You have hurt me more than once. In articles, long and short, on Prohibition you have...

BEER AS FOOD.

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[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sze,—I am loth to trespass further on your space, but I think you will agree that if the prohibition of a commodity which has been...

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NOTE FROM A LONDON GARDENER IN WAR TIME.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR, —This morning (June 12th), when I looked out of the bedroom window to see if there had been any rain on our war potatoes and other...

THE BIRTHDAY HONOURS.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."3 SIR, —Is there no woman in the whole of the Empire distinguished in art, literature, social service, or philanthropy whom the King "...

BIBLICAL STUDY.

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(To THE EDITOR OF Tat "SPECTATOR."' Sta,—May we call the attention of your readers to the fifteenth Vacation Term for Biblical Study, which will be held this year at Cambridge...

AIR ROUTES.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 Ere,—As the Spectator has taken a good deal of interest of late in the possibilities of aviation in the future, may I ask you to allow me...

" STATES OF PERSONALITY."

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' 4IR,-1 know you have sometimes been interested in "states of personality.". The following experience (the second of its kind I have had) may...

CHEESE FROM SHEEP'S MILK.

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[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Do we milk sheep in England? Here, in Sicily, and also in Italy, they do so, and make. a very good cream-cheese called ricotta from...

HOW TO SAVE SUGAR ?

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' Sra,—If nobody in the United Kingdom took sugar in tea, we could dispense with the importing services of at least one steamer with a...

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BO OK S.

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A HISTORY OF SERBIA.* Tars history of Serbia is the work not only of a traveller but of a scholar. It is highly judicial in dealing with notoriously contro- versial subjects,...

A LEAGUE OF FELLOWSHIP AND THE CHRISTIAN CRUSADE.

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[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR.'] Sue—You were-good enough to insert a letter of mine under part of the above heading about three months ago. It produced numerous replies...

POETRY.

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CAPTAIN PAUL JONES. CAP'N Pmn. JONES was a Britisher born; he hailed from the Solway shore, But he struck a snag with his folks at home, as many have done before; He shook the...

NOTICE.—When " Correspondence" or Ankles are signed with the writer's

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name or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Coin muni. (aka," the Editor must not necessarily be Add to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the...

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THE GERMAN MIND.•

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MR. WILLIAM ARCHER, to whose industry and knowledge we owe this singularly interesting collection, makes no pretence to having exhausted his subject. But, as he says, " enough...

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THE COMPLEAT DIPLOMATIST.*

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SIR ERNEST Saxow has written a learned and interesting book. His ancient profession has always held aloof from the rest of man- kind, discouraging advice and disdaining...

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GOD THE INVISIBLE KING.*

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Ma. IL G. WELLS has always had the courage of his principles and the desire to share thorn with his countrymen; and the frequent changes he has seen cause to make in them have...

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BOOKS ON THE WAR.*

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Aartn the many new books about the war, the unpretentious volume which does not profess to describe military operations, but merely tells us how men and women behave in these...

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THE SOUL OF DICKENS.*

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Ma. Caorcii's book is essentially one for the ardent Dickens-lover. To any one less than an enthusiast the almost reverent admiration which breathes through it will, wo imagine,...

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FICTION.

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A YOUNG MAN FROM THE SOUTH.* Mn. Lzaisox Roan: sores novel has a curious history. It was begun in the autumn of 1914, laid aside, finished on the last day of. 1915, and burned...

Higher Education after the War. By John Burnet. (Maemillan and

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Co. 4s. 6d. not.)—This very able essay on higher education in Great Britain and Germany should be road and digested by our public men, and especially by those who are always...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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(Notice is this colunut does not necessarily preclude subsepteat review.) The Fiddlers. By Arthur Mee. (Morgan and Scott. 3d. net.) — The sub-title of this little book is "...

• A Young Man from the South. By Lennox Robinson.

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Dublin and London: *faunae' and Co. 13s. Gd. net.) involving mysterious Hindus and the worship of the evil godeesa Kali. The adventures are erxcitings—The Joyful Years. By F....

War in Disguise , or, The Frauds of the Neutral

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Flags. By James Stephen. Edited by Sir F. Piggott. (University of London Press. 5s. net.)—Even if history never repeats itself, there is a very close analogy between the...

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Mr. Alfred T. Davies, of the Board of Education, gives

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in a little pamphlet, entitled Student Captives, an account of the admirable scheme for supplying British prisoners with educational books so that they may continuo or resume...

Chess Strategy. By Eduard Lasker. Translated by.,J. Du Mont. (G.

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Bell and Sons. 5s. net.)—Noininally a revised second edition, this is in reality a new book, with a chapter for beginners and many new games with annotations. One of the most...

The Leveller Movement. By T. C. Pease. (H. Milford. 6s.

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Cal. net. )— Dr. Pease, of Illinois University, has made a careful study of the Leveller movement led by John Lilburne during our Civil War , Ho emphasizes the Levellers'...

Lively Recollections. By Canon Shearme. (John Lane. 5s. net.) —Canon

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Shearmo's " recollections " make very pleasant reading. The book is not long and it is quite light. We are all often asked to recommend such a book in these days, and the name...

The Eastern Question. By J. A. R. Marriott, M.P. (Claren-

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don Press. 12s. Gd. net.)—This " historical study in European diplomacy " is, as the author says, the first complete account in English of the origin and development of the...

English Farming, Past and Present. By R. E. Prothoro. (Long-

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mans and Co. 7s. Gd. net.)—Mr. Prothero's admirable book appears unchanged in a second edition. He had intended to shorten it as Minister of Agriculture, he has been unable to...

Getting Together. By Ian Hay. (Hodder and Stoughton. Is. net.)—In

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these imaginary conversations between an Englishman and an American " Ian Hay " states frankly, and then dispels, some of the petty misunderstandings that have arisen since the...

Ingram Bywater. By W. W. Jackson, D.D. (Clarendon Press. 7s.

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6d. net.)—This admirable memoir of the late Professor of Greek at Oxford is a model of its kind. Bywater was a great scholar, who devoted his whole life to the intensive study...

Celtic Mythology and Religion. By Alexander Macbain. (Stirling Eneas Mackay.

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7s. Gd. not.)—The late Dr. Macbain is justly described in the introduction by Professor Watson as " the greatest of our Scottish Celtic scholars," but his work is too little...

The Local Government Board has just iseued a valuable Report,

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costing sixpence, on the provision made by English Public Health Authorities and voluntary agencies in regard to Maternity and Child Welfare. Mitch has boon done since the...

Confiscation in Irish History. By W. F. T. Butler. (T.

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Fisher Unwin. 7s. 6d. net.)—This is a good and useful piece of historical research, free from the passion and bias that spoil so many books on Irish history. Mr. Butler has...