has been precarious, partly owing to the internal difficulties with which it has been faced and partly to the fact that the Prime Minister is still on a sick-bed and cannot...

by the precipitate action of Spain in landing troops at Larache and marching them inland is passing away. It is evident that the Spanish do not mean to make a quarrel with...

inter- pellation made in the Chamber on Wednesday reviewed the whole situation in Morocco. It was true that the present action of France was in part not covered by the Algeciras...

T HE Times announced on Tuesday that in official quarter s in Constantinople the Albanian campaign is regarded as at an end. A certain number of the insurgents have been driven...

Albania it must not be supposed that they have been quite as suocessful from the military point of view as the communiques of the Government might lead one to suppose. It would...

pretenders with a congenial opportunity, and the Duke of Orleans and Prince Napoleon have availed themselves of it in characteristic fashion. Prince Napoleon, who has been...

case.

have given a fillip to the eause of compulsory insur- ance in Switzerland. The Times correspondent at Berne tells us that the Swiss Bill, after having been before Parliament for...

der Grosse '—at Hamburg on Saturday the " baptismal speech " was delivered by Field-Marshal von der Goltz. Speaking in a lyrical strain, the Field-Marshal said that the ship...

panacea for the social problems of to-day, but they must be studied by his political friends. Only a strong Government could settle the problems of the working classes and of...

private affairs of another nation, but as friends of Spain we do venture to ask artists and antiquarians throughout the world to make an effort to save this priceless national...

to another point made by the New Age in connection with the Insurance Bill, namely, the general impression that has been created in the public mind that there is nowhere any...

of the English Insurance Bill by an Austrian economist. On the whole he treats the Bill sympathetically, but concludes with a remark to which we hope Liberal Free Traders will...

barbarous proposal to destroy the magnificent Roman aqueduct. If the Town Council has its way " the pure unfailing stream which has run for some two thousand years through...

standpoint have been appearing in the New Age, a paper which, we are glad to note, maintains its sincerity and independence as well as its high literary standard. We do not...

United Kingdom, began on Wednesday. How far it is likely to prove effective it is impossible as yet to discover. The reason for the strike, as stated by the International...

will be taken with the details of the scheme, especially as regards ornament, and that we shall not see a fine design spoilt by mean and petty metalwork. This is where we so...

was the practicability of instituting a single Supreme Court for the whole Empire. A motion was intro- duced by the Australian Government proposing that such a Court should be...

been defeated by the Americans, who thus retain the championship which they won on the occasion of their visit to England in 1909. The result is attributed to slightly better...

meeting upon the Insurance Bill. He devoted himself entirely to a general consideration of his scheme and a recapi- tulation of its merits, and brought no new arguments into the...

House of Commons on Wednesday, by a majority of 57 (156-99), referred back the Bill for the construction of St. Paul's Bridge to the Committee which had approved of it. On...

on Tuesday. A general feeling was expressed in favour of some more uniform system of naturalization through- out the Empire, but at the same time it was felt that no inter-...

Mr. Bernard Shaw with an opportunity for express- ing his views on unnecessary washing. He himself, it appears, has not really washed himself, excepting his hands and face,...

the King with the insignia of the Garter at Windsor Castle. After the_ ceremony of investiture had taken place in the Throne Room the Knights walked in procession, wearing...

THE NAVY AND THE EMPIRE. B Y far the most important event of the week was the announcement in regard to the Navy and the Empire made by the First Lord of the Admiralty at a...

TN the opinion of the opponents of Proportional Re- I_ presentation Belgium has long been the standing example of its mischievous results. It is the country in which nothing...

years of labour, research, con- sultation, and continuous thouftt to this proposal." This is one of the sentences with which Mr. Lloyd George began his speech at Birmingham in...

I N our opinion the Imperial Conference has been a very great success, and has proved how unwise as well as mis- taken is the policy of those fussy and pessimistic persons who,...

S AINTS, in the ecclesiastical sense—what we may call titled Saints—are not much deferred to in England. With the exception of those whose names are written in the Books of...

F OR some years he was only known to us as the Scissors- Grinder, an impersonal functionary who sometimes called at the back-door; a silent man with a stoop which appeared to be...

"A SHEPHERD'S life, properly understood, is the richest in the world," is a quotation from the sayings of James Gardner which Miss Adelaide Cosset has chosen for the first page...

EMPLOYERS AND THE INSURANCE BILL. (TO THZ EDITOR OF TES "SracTATos. - 1 Srs,—The doctors and the friendly societies having inter. vened to some purpose in the discussion of...

OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sre,—Undiseerning German admirers of the Imperial system of social insurances are being dealt a severe blow through the revelations of Privy Councillor...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." Snt,—Amongst other provisions of this Bill Section 51 pro. vides as follows : " The owner of any house occupied by a person in receipt of...

this Bill, is there to be no contracting out allowed under satisfactory alternatives" There are no doubt many, especially among those earning £100 a year and over, who would...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 SI11,—The following may be read with interest by some of your readers at the present time, and I should be glad to know if my genealogical...

rro THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR?' Sin,—The enclosed manifesto is one of the things that are not meant to be circulated on this side of the Channel, and its publication—if...

DEAR Sia,—The National Vigilance Committee wish to bring under your notice the efforts to make in Cork a display of loyalty to the English King on the occasion of his...

destiny to meet. The stars of heaven thy coming greet, The Master of the World foreknowing, Let thy fair girls the sails be sewing, To spread before the great wind blowing That...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—In a pathetic little letter I have received from a young factory girl a vast question is opened up. She writes : " They provide...

TUE ..srscs..roa.1 Sra,—In reading " Australian's " attack on Mr. Prevost Battersby's review of Mr. Childers' " German Influence on British Cavalry" I was struck by the...

[TO TIIE EDITOR OP THE "Srzcmroa."] SIR,—You may care to publish the German song enclosed, which throws a curious light on pacific intentions and is calculated to chasten...

will permit me to say a very few words about the article in your last issue criticizing the editorial conduct of the English Review. By an ingenious device well known in the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] HIS, —I am informed that at the yearly meeting of the Society of Friends lately held in London one of the Rowntrees was taken to task on...

[To THE EDITOR 01 THE " SPECTATOR." J Sra,—After the attack upon the English Review in your issue of June 10th you will, I feel sure, allow me to state that my answer will be...

wish, now that your protest has been registered in a particular case, that even the general subject should lapse so far as you are concerned. But may one reader tell you why he...

always marvelled at the high moral tone maintained in your columns,and was once extolled beyond my deserts by being invited to contribute an article, may I be allowed to protest...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Your footnote to my letter of the 10th inst. puzzles me, because it does not touch the point at issue between myself and the...

[TO THE EDITOZ Or THE " SPECTATOH:] SIR,—In your issue of June 10th is a letter from "An Englishman" in Montreal emphatically denying the assertion that half the population...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The time has once more come when I venture to ask for a little space in which to remind your readers of the existence of " The...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — I have read with sympathy and interest the letter signed by the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, on the liquor traffic in...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—May I thank you for your review of my book, which is not the less appreciated by me for being discriminating and critical; and will...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —My attention has been called to the article that you pub- lished in your last issue under the above heading which professes to deal...

LORDS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR, "] SIR,—In many quarters there has been a most dishonest attempt to prejudice the trade-union judgments in reference to political...

Sni,—May I be allowed to draw attention to the formation of this organization, inaugurated to secure more honesty, efficiency, and independence in British politics? It is...

FLANNAN ISLE. "Though three men dwell on Flannan Isle To keep the lamp alight, As we steered under Ube lee we caught No glimmer through the night." A passing ship, at dawn,...

[To THE Eorroi Oi THE "SrserAros."] Snt,—I venture to ask if you can find space for a humble appeal to your readers on behalf of the Oharch Army Fresh-Air Homes— an appeal...

Szn,—May I bring before your notice the fact that I am aga in selling my Alpines for patriotic objects, viz., National Service and for St. John Ambulance uniforms ? '" ' I...

or initials, or with it pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

THE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE OF THE ROMAN PEOPLE. SALLUST, in a notable phrase, speaks of the Romans as religiosissina mortales, and such was in fact " the positive belief " which...

DENMARK has a population about half that of London and an area less than half that of Scotland. More than half her people are engaged on the land, and agriculture is her chief...

Tins little volume is an expansion of the thesis which its author presented to the George Washington University for his degree of Doctor in Philosophy. If it be a standard of...

Countess Golovine are singularly in. teresting as a record of Russian life and manners in the last quarter of the eighteenth century. They have not the sub- jective charm of...

in strategy and grand tactics invariably depend upon a number of highly complex factors. There are, indeed, few occupations more stimulating to the imagination and to the...

MR. CHIGNELL has been an Anglican missionary for the last four years in Papua. The village where he lives is called Wanigera, and is on Collingwood Bay, not far from the eastern...

THIS is a book dealing entirely with ponies, their types, points, uses, and maladies. The most readable portion of the book is that which describes the different species to be...

Sin FREDERICK HAINES' years of service were just ten days short of the traditional term of life. He was gazetted on June 21st, 1839, an ensign in the King's Own; he died a...

SIR EDWARD.* TES anonymous author of Sir Edward has either studied Swift to good purpose, or his been instinctively led to adopt what was a characteristic feature of Swift's...

not remember Mr. Caradoc's name as a writer of fiction, but if Geoffrey Sanclair is a first book it is certainly a very promising achievement. It deals with modern life, chiefly...

(John Murray. 6s.)—This is a most amusing little book, told in a form which is generally anything but amusing, that is, by means of letters exchanged between the characters....

be read with interest at the present time. The Founders of Westminster Abbey, by Henry Troutbeck (Mowbray and Co. 2s. net.), gives a series of short sketches of the various...

[Under this headins les notice such Books of the week as hays not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Report of the Conference on Nationalities and Subject Races, held...

(Stephen Swift. 15s. net), since it covers the whole history og Portugal from the earliest times to last October, is necessarily more in the nature of a sketch than of an...

story of a marriage in which ship- wreck is threatened, but is averted by the genuine love which, in spite of disagreements, the husband and wife feel for each other. —Some...

by A. C. Dunstan. (George Allen and Co. 5s. net.)— This volume is a good example of what is generally understood by German scholarship. It presents an elaborate historical...

the crowds which the Coronation will certainly attract, is London and its Environs : Handbook for Travellers. By Karl Baedeker. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6e. net.) Of course this is not...

Un- known Isle, by Pierre do Coulevain (Cassell and Co. 6s. net), a book that excited considerable attention on its original appear- ance in French. The translation is, on the...

Brewer. (R. T. S. 2s. 6d. net.)—It is not always an easy task to write what may be called a Court biography. But Miss Brewer has no reason to complain. It is a very attractive...

Counties Newspaper Co., Inverness. 6s.)—This volume is pub- lished to serve as a genealogical history of the Clan Grant. " Grant " is, it is contended, the same as the French...

Annual Register (Longmans and Co. 18s.), dealing with the year 1910. It main- tains the impartial attitude for which it has always been dis- tinguished, and which, in the...

Garden Suburb (1s. net.), forms the catalogue, as it were, to the exhibition that is now being held within easy reach of London at Gidea Park. The book is excellently...

(Henry Frowde. ls. net.)—This is a sympathetic appreciation of one who was widely known because of his connexion with the Gladstone family and with the Parish Church of...

net per volume) we have Dickens - Land, described by J. A. Nicklin, pictured by E. W. Haslehust ; The Peak District, pictured by E. W. Haslehust and described by R. Murray...

Bible (7s. 6d. net), in which the agreement and the variation of the Authorized and Revised Versions are exhibited. Where the two translations agree large type is used; where...

Queen, with notes, &c., by Rev. Canon D. Macleane, M.A. (George Allen and Co., 6s. net), was published nine years ago. The edition was, in a great part, destroyed by fire, and...