L ORD ROBERTS'S admirable strategy, the speed with which General French moves his cavalry, and their own losses in all close engagements, have apparently weakened the nerve of...

satis- factory State Papers ever despatched by a British Govern- ment. It gives in a compact form the history and the justification for the war. Her Majesty's dominions were...

dated Bloemfontein, March 5th, and onr reply were read out in both Houses of Parliament. Of the Bt,er terms it is hardly an exaggeration to say that they offer to forgive us for...

his telegram announcing the occupation speaks of Mr. Steyn as "late President of the Orange Free State," and of Mr. Fraser as a member of the "late. Executive Government." He...

border. where General Gatacre has crossed the Orange River and occupied Bethulie. He is in touch with General Clements and General Brabant, and has been reinforced by the Guards...

case.

on Thursday night. He complained very justly of the growing habit of breaking up meetings opposed to the war, instancing Mile End, where hundreds of persons attacked the...

state- ment of the British case except that it is thoroughly sound and just, but we almost wish that Lord Salisbury had added that though we do not intend to leave the Republics...

in the House of Lords on Monday Lord Salisbury made a characteristic speech on the clause which substitutes whipping for imprisonment. Lord Elgin having dwelt on the feeling...

the Government were sending officers to Switzerland to examine the Swiss rifle ranges ; (2) that they intended to help Lord Wemyss's scheme for a Volunteer Reserve by granting...

M. Delessee, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, made 3a Thursday a speech in the Senate in reply to an interpella- tion, in which he hinted that France would have...

there were nearly thirty thousand Colonial troops either in or on the point of leaving for South Africa. Of these about twenty-two thousand were from Cape Colony and Natal. The...

ham made his statement on the Army Estimates. The Royal Reserve battalions are, he declared, proving a magnificent suc- cess. Up to Saturday last seventeen thousand four hundred...

paper by Captain Mahan on " The Monroe Doctrine and our Navy." Touching on the Nicaragua Canal, he points out that if America intends to make the Monroe doctrine effectual in...

by Mrs. Arnold-Forster, Lady Frances Balfour, and Mrs. Fawcett, which appears in Wednesday's Times, that the Women's Liberal Unionist Association has undertaken the work of...

Meat Bill is assuming larger proportions. This Bill, as we noticed last week, virtually prohibits tho importa- tion of meat, and the merchants, 12 per cent. of whose trade...

which he calls "The Sin of Witchcraft." The sin of witch- craft is rebellion, and the object of the paper is to show that Cape Colony is honeycombed with rebels, many of them in...

and of French descent, delivered on Tuesday a speech in the Dominion Parliament full of passionate loyalty. He declared that the unpreparedness of England for this war was her...

African War in last Saturday's Daily News may be com- mended to all who are open to conviction as to the righteous- ness of the British cause. Dismissing as impracticable the...

New Consols (21) were on Friday 101i.

THE TERMS OF PEACE. W E are glad for many reasons that the Boers sent their proposals for peace. In the first place, it has enabled the Government to put on record in the...

proposals made by Mr. George Wyndham on Monday are a great deal better than nothing, but we cannot say that they show any real grasp of the essentials of the problem. They do...

almost dominant power in the German Parliament is the most important change which has recently occurred in the internal politics of the Empire. The squirearchy who are described...

I T is only human to dislike being pardoned before you have been condemned. Even if you know that you are guilty there is commonly a chance of acquittal, while if you know that...

regarded the recent rumours from the Balkan Peninsula points to a change in public opinion which will one day greatly affect the permanent lines of our foreign policy. We no...

W E hardly know any condition of mind more difficult to account for than that which has been described as luxuriating in a grievance. Nobody really wishes to have ground for...

I T seems that New York is once again in one of its spasmodic fits of public virtue. Even the Tammany chieftains have assumed for the time the role of Cato the Censor. It is the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Will you permit us to explain, in reference to the letter of " Infantry Lieutenant-Colonel " appearing in the Spectator of March 10th,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,— Notwithstanding the remarks of your correspondent, J. Stevenson, in the Spectator of March 10th, it is un- doubtedly true, as you...

SIR,—Your proposal of a Colonial monument is admirable, and it is to be hoped that it will be carried out. If so, every detail should be most carefully considered. I venture to...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I observe that in the Spectator of March 3rd, among the four European countries whom you mention as forming exceptions to the rest who...

[TO TUE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:'] SIB,—In an article headed "The Cloud in North Africa," in the Spectator of March 10th, I note you say : "At this moment all the fighting...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Englishmen who know something of the Caucasus and its inhabitants will be grieved to hear of the death of Giorgi Tsereteli. He died at...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Slit,—In reply to your interesting paper on the above subject (Spectator, March 3rd), may I quote the opinion of an ancient classic F-...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. ") executor of my father, the late Rev. Dr. James Martineau, I shall be glad if any one who has received letters from him will kindly send them...

OF ins "Spturirort."] Sin, — In an article on the late Dr. Martineau, you referred to his " subtle mind." The following letter by him may be interesting to your readers in this...

VOX MILITANTIS. ON the wide veldt, beneath the vaster sky, The graves of battling Boer and Briton lie. By day the sunlight watches o'er their sleep, By night the stars their...

SOLDIER-MUSICIANS. THE debt that soldiers owe to music is too obvious to be in- sisted upon. Some years ago, when the Lord Mayor enter- tained the musical profession at the...

had occasion to read many books on South African questions must find that local historians are, as a rule, deficient in what may broadly be described as general • The War in....

MISS JEKYLL'S NE W BOOK.* Miss JEKYLL'S new book makes an interesting contribution to a new and rather curious little school of literature. This school cannot be called exactly...

THE chief interest of this biography, at least for readers out- side the Roman Communion, is in the story of the Oxford Movement as Mr. De Lisle saw it. Ambrose March Phillipps...

set to himself a formidable task, and he has shown no lack of courage in its performance. The greatest thinkers and writers of our time are summoned one by one before his...

Mn Tnohfas Conn has already proved himself a welcome recruit in the ranks of the light horsemen of modern fiction, and he has found congenial scope for the display of his...

King Alfred's Dream, and other Poems. By Frederic W. Ragg, M.A. (Rivingtons. 3s. 6d.)—The poem which Mr. Ragg puts in the front of his collection is certainly the finest. His...

English Political Philosophy from Hobbes to Maine. By William Graham. (Edward Arnold. 10s. 6d.)—We welcome this book as an honest attempt to revive interest in a much-neglected...

THE MAKING OF A FRONTIER. The Making of a Frontier. By Colonel Algernon Durand, C.B., C.I.E. (.J. Murray. 16s.)—We find it impossible to express in short compass our enjoyment...

of the Share and Loan Department. (Spottiswoode and Co. 60s.)—This volume, the eighteenth annual issue, gives two articles specially suited to the time. In one the finances of...

British Empire Series : India. (Began Paul, Trench, and Co. 6s.)—Under India, Ceylon, the Straits Settlements, British North Borneo, and Hong-kong also find a place. These...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Life and Letters of Edward Thring. By George R. Parkin. (Macmillan...

Co. 7s. 6d.)—Many of our readers will remember the interesting passage in " Coningsby " in which Sidonia expounds the glories of the Hebrew race as it has shared in the life of...

Virtue and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This volume ought to be a success. It does not pretend to give an account of the Transvaal troubles, their causes and their remedies, from the point...

Bishop of Vermont. (Longmans and Co. 5s.)—This is a volume in the "Oxford Library of Practical Theology "; we may express our pleasure in seeing the co-operation of an American...

Sanderson, M.A. (Hutchinson and Co., ls.), gives us an account of the war up to date, and a number of drawings which, whether they represent realities or no, are exceedingly...

have Vols. XI., XII., which bring the edition to completeness. They contain respectively Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, Cymbeline, and Pericles, with the Poems. A chrono-...