universal peace during the week. Last Saturday at a banquet given to the foreign delegates to the International Peace Conference Mr. Bryan was the chief speaker. He said that...

the Note issued by the Powers on May 1st. While recognizing the intention of the Powers to settle the question of Albania and the Islands over their heads, they profess...

official returns of the Bulgarian losses in the war as 33,000 killed and missing and 53,000 wounded. Apart from the high proportion of dead to wounded, the figures become even...

case.

a serious scale among the Balkan Allies, there has unquestion- ably been an ugly tension during the week. It was reported from Salonika on Monday that in the Pangeon district...

T HE preliminary treaty of peace between Turkey and the Balkan Allies has not yet been signed, but there is no unfavourable turn in the negotiations. As we have pointed out in a...

cannot help exclaiming on reading Mr. Bryan's speech. We desire peace every bit as much as he does, but we remember the words of Burke that " those things which are not...

of the frontier was signed last week at St. Petersburg. Rumania gains a small new tract which contains the important Danubian fortress town of Silistria. Students of the Crimean...

correspondent signing himself " Vekil," who puts forward a possible solution of the administrative diffi- culties which await the Turks in Asia. He begins by emphasizing the...

the Minister of Finance. The revenue for the past year was $136,108,217—that is, over £27,000,000—and he expected that in the coming year it would reach $168,250,000. The...

of the Navy Bill in the Canadian House of Commons was completed. The Government had a majority of forty-three. There was no disorder, though feeling ran high. On Thursday the...

dated March 24th, on the New South Wales strikes. The various strikes cannot be classified under one head. Only one was directly organized as a move in the political party game,...

the Turkish Government their rights in Asiatic Turkey. Hakki Pasha is negotiating with the Foreign Office in London, and Djavid Bey is discussing railway affairs with the...

has been introduced in the French Chamber for increasing the State control over gambling in France. It is stated that there are at present 147 watering-places with authorized...

Peace, as decided on by the delegates to the International Peace Conference, were made public in last Saturday's papers. Their central idea is not merely to commemorate the past...

at the Whitsuntide conference of the Friendly Societies. The most drastic criticism came from the Grand Master of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows, who, speaking at...

for Mid-Cornwall, met a delegation from his con- stituents at Newquay to discuss his opposition to the Homo Rule Bill. Mr. Agar-Robartes is reported to have said that, while he...

and artillery in action, the crossing of the Basingstoke canal on rafts and on horseback, and an infantry encounter, was successfully carried out. On Wednesday the King and...

in their rates for the carriage of merchandise. The in- crease, which among business men is considered as equivalent to 4 per cent. all round, is the logical outcome of the...

(2-1) were on Friday 75A—Friday weak 75k.

new manuscript of the Gospels discovered in Egypt some six years ago and purchased by Mr. C. L. Freer, an enlightened and munificent American collector. The manu- script, which...

THE FUTURE OF PORTUGAL. A GREAT conveyancer of a past generation is said to have observed that the great advantage of a marriage was that it enabled the lawyers to ask...

T "" Liberal " Party—we are compelled to use inverted commas because the name and the reality have effectively parted company—is at last strong enough to bear criticism from...

T HERE seems every reason to believe that the meeting of delegates of the Powers concerned which is to assemble in London next Tuesday will, though of course not without much...

A LTHOUGH Colonel Sykes, the very able commander of the military wing of the Royal Flying Corps, read his paper some weeks ago before the Aeronautical Society of Great Britain,...

S OME letters purporting to be written by two young Turkish women, who describe their experience of Turkey and their impressions of Europe, have been published by their supposed...

I T is lightly said that people who think much about their health generally lapse into hypochondria. It is arguable that the result of careful thought about the condition of...

B ITRKE, in a famous speech on Financial Reform, com- plains of the difficulties he encountered in cutting down Government expenditure. No matter how pressing the need for...

THE PROFESSIONS PROFESSIONS AND ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT. Six,—The contrast exposed by you between the professions and actions of the Government is illustrated in the case of...

Calpurnia, whom Caesar divorced. There are different translations regarding the historic quota- tion. The "Dictionary of Quotations" gives the following as from Plutarch: "...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—As an Independent in politics I have tried to keep my mind unbiassed in regard to this Marconi case until all the facts and arguments...

[To THE EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIB, —" Hyper Criticus " will perhaps permit me to say that it was the second, and not the first, wife of Caesar who gave rise to the...

MR. HANDEL BOOTH AND SIR JOHN RAMSDEN. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your current issue you use the words "Mr. Booth's attack on Sir John Ramsden fathered by...

Sin,— Charges of plagiarism should never be lightly bandied, and I am far from suggesting that the author of the amusing dialogue on "Caesar's Wife," in your issue of May 3rd,...

Selim's " letter in the Spectator of May 10th : the law of slavery had made Onesimus Philemon's slave. He had defrauded Philemon by theft, and had run away. St. Paul converted...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, I hope that you will find apace for a correction of one point in your article on " Civil Fortitude," in which you unwittingly do...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sra, — As an interested lay spectator of the discussion which has recently arisen around the question of the University Divinity degrees,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—In your issue of May 10th Mr. Ludovici seeks to show that slavery need not always call for condemnation. He says that the ancient...

[To TEE EDITOR OF TEE "SFECTATOR."] SIR, — Briefly I will place before your readers this case, which is known to me intimately : A working man has been for three years under...

[TO TEE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — As a reader of the Spectator, I am aware of the great interest you take in all that concerns the defence of the country. I therefore...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR...] Sin,—Following upon the interesting article which appeared in your issue of April 26th, entitled, "Eggs, Co-operation and the Future," it...

THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—In my part of the country a district nurse has for some time been employed, supported by charitable subscriptions, supplemented by a contribution of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR...] Srn,—In reviewing Professor Usher's book entitled " Pan- Germanism" you remark that he does not evince "a close personal acquaintance with...

SIR, — In an interesting though unfavourable review of my recent book, "Socialism and Character," your reviewer hail conveyed a wrong idea of my meaning by inadvertently...

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sta,—Lovers of the Greek Anthology will read " C.'s " paper in your last number with much pleasure. May I offer a criticism of the two...

SIE, — I was living last year in a house where there was a rookery in the garden. Some lime trees grew close up to the windows, and I used frequently to watch the rooks peeling...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The small bird to which your correspondent refers must be, I think, Certhia familiaris, the "tree-creeper." At my old. borne in...

{To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sra,—Having tried for many years, and owing to the stupidity* of gamekeepers always failed, to hear in a small Suffolk village the hoot of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIE,—Your reviewer may well say that Mr. Grundy's version of the Greek epitaph—ascribed to Plato—on a shipwrecked mariner- " A sailor's...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TUB " SPECTATOR...1 "Bra,—Early in November last you were good enough to publish an appeal from me for funds for the opening of a British hospital for wounded...

"Srseriron."1 SIR,—I have not yet read "The Pagan Tribes of Borneo" (by Charles Hose, D.Sc., and Wm. McDougall, M.B., F.R.S.), but I read the review of the book which appeared...

to by your correspondent, Mr. F. W. .Thoyta, in your issue of May 10th, were probably tree sparrows. I have seen one of these birds strip bark from a tree and carry the strips...

ANGELS UNAWARES. . SHE minds the childher all the day, A baby tucked inside her shawl; Faulting the young ones when they stray Along the street beyond her call. Her mother has...

THE EARLY CORRESPONDENCE OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL.* LORD JOHN RUSSELL won in his• lifetime a reputation for verbal readiness and sprightliness that the public memory of the great...

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

already yielded literary treasure to those who, like Scott and Stevenson, knew where to look for it. But the store is inexhaustible, and personally we find a flavour about the...

know more about India as a whole than has here been set down by. Sir Bampfylde Fuller with all his wonted lucidity and vigour of narration. Probably no one living, unless it be...

with our modern knowledge respecting heredity, variation, and evolution from different aspects. The first, as its name indicates, aims at the practical. The second, whilst...

ONE is sometimes afraid that the influence of Macaulay bee done irreparable injury to the science of English history, the followers of which seem, with a few notable exceptions,...

Ms. W. R. DYKES, the author of this splendid folio on The Genus Iris, has the merit and the happiness of being both a practical gardener and a serious botanist. This combination...

the world's history more full of fascination for us than that of the French Renascence. Coming, as it were, just before the full breaking of the wave of Italian culture, it...

and Co. 6s.)—After all the dismal novels which have been published lately it is a relief to turn to the charming country story which " Katharine Tynan " calls Mrs. Pratt of...

Stoughton. 6s.)—A melodrama which may almost be called Anglo-American. There is one very thrilling moment in the book, but otherwise it is more ingenious than exciting.—London...

MICHAEL FERRYS.* LADY CLIFFORD is one of those writers—not a large class nowadays—who can always be counted upon for a graceful and genial presentation of modern life, and...

and Boon. 6s.)—The curious coincidence of the disaster of the- ' Titanic ' occuring just when the author of this book was engaged on her account of a shipwreck is noticed in a...

increase in the interest which is now being shown in contem- porary verse will be glad to have their attention drawn to a new quarterly, Poetry and Drama (The Poetry Bookshop,...

Elder and Co. 6s. net.)—The modern journalist has an adven- turous life, and Mr. Dilnot is able to tell at first hand a great many exciting stories. He relates, too, many...

By L. T. Hobhouse. (Macmillan and Co. lOs. net.)— We have space only to record the appearance of this interesting work. Professor Hobhouse takes the whole universe for his...

[Under this heading we notice each Books of the week as have sot been 'curie,/ for vetute in other forms.) What I Know : Reminiscences of Five Years' Personal Attendance upon...

(Hugh Rees. Is. net.)—This pamphlet, reprinted from the " Art Chronicle," gives a fair view of the lack of co-ordination upon aesthetic questions in England, and summarizes some...