news that the Kaiser, .who has only just recovered from a tiresome boil on his wrist, is now suffering from an affection of the right knee which compels him to abandon all...

St. Petersburg by the Russo-British Chamber of Commerce to Professor Bernard Pares, one of the most judicious and indefatigable promoters of the Anglo-Russian Entente. M....

policy in the Levant continues to be hostile, and denials circulated by Reuter that dynastic considerations have caused a change in England's policy towards the Cretan question...

describing his experiences at an election in Hungary in a constituency of which the majority of the population are Slovaks, and condemning the monstrous acts of electoral...

on " Baghdad Trade and Politics " in last Satureay's issue. In spite of interrupted communications and many drawbacks, Baghdad laid last awakening from its lethargy. The local...

I T was announced on Friday that Mr. Asquith and Mr. Balfour had come to an agreement in regard to a Conference, and that'it will begin its deliberations at once,— probably next...

case.

now the Permanent Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, is to succeed Lord Minto as Governor-General of India. The opinions expressed in regard to the appointment are various. No...

Cromer and the Egyptian peasantry appeared in the American Nation of May 26th. It included a quotation from a recently published strongly Nationalist sketch of Egyptian history....

Message with regard to the need of renewed ptovision for the Civil List, and the proposed list of members of the Committee on the Civil List was handed in that evening. It...

not sacrifice the instrument when, as he said, the responsibility for what has happened and is happening in Egypt belongs solely to the Government, was exactly what was to be...

The Speech from the Throne began by allusions to the satisfactory state of Spain's foreign relations. It then proceeded to a review of the various domestic reforms that are...

of the Revolution in Baghdad. The gendarmes are better equipped, are paid regularly, and are actually known to have refused baksheesh from British travellers. Feeble efforts are...

that certain communications had pasged between him and Mr. Balfour which he hoped might lead at an early date to a meeting between them. Mr. Asquith also remarked that " the...

in the House of Commons in regard to his Egyptian policy—, on Monday and on Tuesday—and a determined attempt has been made on the part of the more bitter and irresponsible...

While he was prepared to abide by the will of the majority, investigations clearly proved that the majority did not wish for a Coalition Ministry. He appreciated Dr. Jameson's...

Lord Balfour of Burleigh, who presided, after reading a message of sympathy from King George, declared that Christians were under an obligation to preach the Gospel to every...

High Commissioner would almost certainly clash with the other political, naval, and military authorities in the Mediterranean. He referred especially to Egypt, and said that...

campaign of the National Association for the Prevention of Consumption has been issued by a special Committee with Lord Derby as chairman, and the Duke of Devonshire and Mr....

the House of Commons on Wednesday. It provides for the appoint- ment of Queen Mary as Regent in case of the demise of the Crown while the heir to the Throne is under the age of...

House of Commons on Tuesday said that it conciliated the different views of those who were in 'favour of the enfran- chisement of women. He himself would have supported a much...

Wolverhampton, who is said to be the first Wesleyan Peer, has throughout his long life been a worthy representative of moderate Liberalism. Failing health has latterly withdrawn...

Chief and High Commissioner in the Mediterranean was dis- cussed in the House of Lords on Monday. Lord Midleton, who raised the subject, said that in spite of its high-sounding...

June 9th Consols (2i) were on Friday 82—Friday week 821.

POLITICAL COMPROMISE. C OMPROMISE in politics m=ans a great many different things. It may mean, for example, a plan under which' men can be shown that differences between them...

T HE fact that the Woman Suffrage Conciliation Bill— the Bill for making the Parliamentary register correspond to the Municipal, and thus admitting widows and other single women...

BRIAND has an opportunity which none of his immediate predecessors have enjoyed, or would have been likely to value in anything like an equal degree even if it had come to them....

.. L Ai DEBATE which took place on Monday night in the House of Commons on the Motion that a new writ be issued for East Dorset shows conclusively that there are still pocket...

AI EN of the world, to whatever class they may belong, distrust all verbal display of religion, and indeed of goodness altogether. They consider that a man has a right to "...

P LENTY of men in armour will be seen in the Army Pageant which begins on Monday, but few of the onlookers will be able to appreciate the history and the meaning of their coats...

- " W HAT we want is the meaning, the character, the expression of a tree, as a kind and as an individual," is the text; borrowed from Oliver Wendell Holmes, which Mr. Henry...

THE INSOLENCE OF OFFICE. [To THE EDITOZ OF THE " SPICTALTOZ.1 Sis,—A man has need to live for a while in- Ireland in order to appreciate fully Hamlet's arguments in favour of...

THE POLITICAL SITUATION AND ITS DANGERS. [To THE EDITOR OF TIES " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The present situation seems to me highly alarming for all those who care for the stability of...

LTo Ms EDITOR 0/ TYR " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,, —As one who warmly supported Mr. Runciman's Educe. tion Bill of 1908 (subject to satisfactory filling in of details), I entirely agree...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—Having read your article entitled "Political Vivi- section" in last week's Spectator, and as an old-fashioned Tory who regards the Earl...

Spanish proverb which says that " no one pelts a tree unless it has fruit upon it," and this saying is called to mind by the Spectator's attack on the Cadburys and the...

[To rim EDITOR Or TEE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —T do not think that J. W. Graham (Spectator, June 11th) quite realises that it is really the principles of our Society which are at...

is an admirer. of the splendid social work done by the Cadburys and Rowntrees, and who is a Radical Democrat, to say how thoroughly he agrees with the letter of "An...

SIR,—I agree with you that no good purpose will be served by prolonging this discussion further. And now, Mi. Editor, since you haieliiilt so much black ink, might one ask :...

SIR,—Your generous, even excessive, estimate of the character of the Cadbury and Rowntree families relieves the violence of the moral situation somewhat. But in what kind of a...

any idea which might have been drawn from your headlines that the Society of Friends are responsible for the conduct of that portion of the Press which is under the influence of...

[To THE EDITOR OR THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—A few years ago one of the most scandalous advertise- ments I have ever seen appeared on the back page of the Christian World. Though...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—" Seeing is believing." As I went out of the front-door a man with a pile of papers dropped a copy of a Star news- paper inside the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Srn,—The notice of Mr. Berry's " Germany of the Germans " in the Spectator of May 14th contains a statement which needs elucidation. The...

[To xsz EDITOR 01 THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—The undergraduates who packed the galleries of the Sheldonian listened to the lecture, serious and by no means short, with keen and...

[TO THN EDITOR 07 THY "SPECTATOR. "] Srn,—Probably some of your readers have already corrected a serious error in your article on "Education in India" in your issue of April...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SescrrroR."] SIR, —In his interesting introduction to the recently published " Letters of John Stuart Mill," the editor, Mr. Hugh Elliot, makes a...

. [To THE EDITOR Or TEN "SPECTATOR. "] have to thank the writer of the review of my book, " Hospitals and Charities," in the Spectator of May 7th, which has just been brought...

go THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTLTOZ:1 Sin,—It would comfort a good many people to have author'. tative assurance that they can watch a thunderstorm from the closed window of a...

tTo ram EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—I have read with the greatest interest Lord Milner's address on Crown Colonies, delivered on June 7th before the Liverpool Chamber of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."3 SIR,—The older generation of housekeepers see with astonish. ment the sudden prominence given to the homely arts. These had fallen on evil...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — The other day I picked up " Lord Broughton'a Recol- lections of a Long Life, edited by Lady Dorchester," and found the whole of the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Pray allow me to assure your correspondent in last week's Spectator, and your readers, that Lionel Johnson's poetry is by no means so...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — An article dealing with the custom, which in the United States has become so general, of the " Yellow Press " through its reporters...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Next year will be the three hundredth anniversary of the publication of the Authorised Version of the Bible. Surely the Church of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "EPECTATOR."] Sin,—Mr. Frederic S. Franklin in your issue of June 11th quotes Carlyle as saying that genius is "an infinite capacity for taking pains."...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J Sin,—Until now it has been impossible for me to write to you regarding the review of my book on " The Reformation in Scotland " which...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' Si s,—In your issue of May 28th there is a letter from Lord George Hamilton calling attention to the work and objects of the National Poor...

THE MANTLE OF THE EAST.* THERE is a prejudice against the sentimental traveller, not so much because of the sentiment, but because he is, as a rule, too little of a traveller....

An ancient glee of spring, And sunlit falls the challenge Come out—come out, and sing ; When lo! there comes a rumour, A whispering to me Of the grey town, the fey town, The...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sia,—I should be very grateful if you would again find room in the Spectator for an appeal , on behalf of the Naples Society for the...

his state- ment that we habitually suppress letters which contain inconvenient truths. Unfortunately the letter is far too long to print, and also far too libelous. If the...

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

so minutely or appreciated so widely as during the last fifty years. In English alone we have bad Pater and Symonds ; and since their day a crowd of authors has discussed that...

always seemed to us a strangely pathetic figure, and these two volumes confirm the impression. In his excellent introduction Mr. Hugh Elliot has briefly recited the often-told...

have lately appeared deserve to be recommended to our readers' attention. Mr. P. D. Malloch's We-History and Habits of the Salmon, Sea- Trout, Trout, and other Fresh-water Fish...

Du. FAIRBAIRN divides his volume into two parts. The first may be described as a defence of Congregationalism; the second is a methodical arrangement of the teaching of Chzist,...

have recently been written upon the subject of the next great war and the invasion of these islands shows how much men's minds are occupied by this topic. This essay—it is...

MISS BETHA.M-EDWARDS is always worth reading, because, within well-defined limits, her love for France and French institutions is both sincere and keenly perceptive. It goes...

SIMON THE JESTER.* THE secret of Mr. Locke's popularity is not bard to explain. He commands a gaiety which, though somewhat calculated, is welcome at a time when so many clever...

WE have called this a "Literary Autobiography," for it is " the Story of a Long Life," to quote the author's own phrase, which has been devoted to literature. Still, the main...

and Co. 6s.)—The reader who gathers from the prologue and title of this book that the scene is to pass in Virginia at the close of the War of Independence will be much mis-...

and Co. 6s.)—A story in which Malays and murders are freely mingled. It is excitingly written, and would be a good novel to read on a journey. — A Welsh Heroine. By Irene...

too big a subject. We would only remark that if the Greek ideal of a polis limited to ten thousand citizens were realised, things would be not a little easier to manage than...

(P. S. King and Son. ls. net.)—Mr. Wontner emphasises the difference between legal rights and Constitutional practice, and shows how this difference bears on the relation...

have The Captivity and the Pastoral Epistles, by the Rev. James Strachan. By the " Captivity" is meant the group of letters written by St. Paul during his imprisonment (Mr....

3s.)—The author of this book shows a remarkable acquaintance with Jewish ceremonial and with the feelings of professing Jews. Three-quarters of the volume is occupied with these...

3s. 6d. net.)—This study of the principles and methods of missionary work is a valuable contribution to the literature of the subject. Mr. Malden pays due honour to the work of...

Nineteenth Century. By W. M. Childs, M.A. (University College, Reading. 2s. net.)—Professor Childs tells us a very curious story, one which the laudator tempo: is a,cti would de...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in Oho' forms.] Memoirs " are written with good taste. King Edward's education, his Ale...

Encyclopaedia of the Stable, by Vero Shaw (George Routledge and Lions, 5s.) It gives in alphabetical arrangement all that concerns the horse in health and sickness, and in every...

Press. 3s. 6d. net.)—This is a study of child life and of the development of body, affections, and mind till maturity is reached. The subject is one which we cannot deal with in...

8d. per vol.) we have Animals, Wild and Tame, and Minerals, both Arranged by W. F. Kirby. The objects are represented by illustrations, which seem good, and by a descriptive...

and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mrs. Ady divides her book into two parts, which she names "The Past" and "The Present." The first chapter gives a very vivid picture of the founder,...

6d. net) is an anthology of English poetry specially arranged to illustrate the subject. We have old and new verse in agreeable variety. The motto comes from Aristophanes ;...

Ph.D. (Mac- !MEM and Co. 6s. 6d. net.)—This text-book comes from the United States, a fact which will have to be remembered, though practically much of the counsel will be...