THE GEOGRAPHY OF THE PLANET.*' This work may almost be described as monumental. Edited by one of the best-known British geographers, it counts also the best geographical...

LONDON: NOVEMBER 18th, 1899.

volumes are equal in bulk of contents to a dozen ordinary octavoea we do not suggest that the book is too long. The subject is so large, the ramifications so numerous and so...

Mu. BARING-GOITLD has written what is something betwixt and between a guide-book and a county history. It retails the gossip and traditions, old and new, that hang about a...

addressing a meeting of one SCOTLAND IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.* SOME time ago Lord Rosebery, addressing a meeting of one of the numerous learned societies of his country,...

FOUR BOOKS FOR THE SEASON.* MR. CLARK RUSSELL'S fascinating sea-stories have an equally fascinating supplement in this "Story of the Ship." A certain literary etiquette compels...

story was left unfinished at Mrs. Marshall's death, and has been completed by her daughter, a task that has been well done. The tale is constructed, so to speak, round some of...

(W. and H. Chambers. 5s.)—Mrs. Meade must have the credit of putting out of her mind, with a singleness of purpo se which few writers attain, the thought of pleasin,:r...

with its usual variety of entertainment and interest. There are stories, anecdotes, sketches, things serious and things humorous, and a quite extraordinary amount of the...

may be mentioned together :—Indoor and Out (Blackie and Son, 2s. 6d.) contains little tales and fables— the fables are, perhaps, the best part of the book—contes after the...

and Co. 4s. 6d.)—The " pets " are, for the most part, of a kind which few people observe very carefully. Among them we find a tortoise, a green frog, lizards, slow-worms,...

car. By Robert Thynne. (John Hogg.)—Mr. Thynne has told the story of the early days of Australia in two successful books. He follows it up with one about Madagascar, not so...

Co., Ss.), we have some storios that have been often told before, and will have to be told often again, for every generation likes a setting of its own for these familiar...

vol.)—These "True Tales of Heroic Deeds and Startling Adven- tures" have a sufficiently good right to the title by which they are collectively called. There is " peril " in all...

the Young (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co., 58. cloth, 3s. paper). It is, as usual, well and plentifully illustrated—the names of Gordon Browne, W. H. C. Crroome, and Helen Miles...

and Co. 3s. 6d.) —This is a story of the " Matabele Rising," full of incident vigorously described, and not a little lurid in colour, a characteristic which will not be...

very handsome edition of the Arabian Nights, and copiously illustrated by W. H. Robinson, Hells Stratton, A. D. McCormick, A. L. Davis, and A. E, Norbury. These artists have...

is a pretty book, containing legends of the flowers which have, as so many have, sacred associations, and of kindred subjects. The stories are told to little Pansy in the church...

Miles (Hutchinson and Co., 5s.), stories this time "of the wide, wide world," not materially different, it is true, from its prede- cessors, for it consists of tales of...

date upon the title-page of this book is 1897; and it may, therefore, be a reprint or a new edition. In any case it is a very spirited story, which recalls Nelson, Copenhagen,...

Co. 2s. 6d.)—Jack Dudley and Fred Greenwood, two spirited young American schoolboys, spend their holiday at a ranch in Wyoming. There they have various adventures, fall in with...

Moreton, and Co., 5s.), is a story of the Mutiny. The hero, who is under orders to go to England, as being too young to take part in the affairs of the time, makes a little...

Lucas, and illustrated by Thomas, Charles, and William Robinson. (Dent and Co. 5s.)—This translation is well written, and there is a freedom and a quaintness about Mrs. Lucas's...

of school life" is satisfactory on the whole, though one does not know exactly with what kind of schools " Wynport College" must be classed. Both masters and boys are a little...

—This is one of the most enjoyable school stories that have been published for many a day. Hanover House Academy "was not an educational establishment that had made a name in...

Sons. 5s.)—The chief fault to be found with this book is that it is too long drawn out, and that many of the incidents have the character of padding. As the title, indeed,...

(Id.) —Mr. G. Edwardson, who edits this very handsome and interesting gift-book, admits most frankly his indebtedness to Spenser and Sir Thomas Malory. Thus certain books of the...

ie a praiseworthy attempt to reproduce Paraguay,— the Paraguay that Dr. Francis, too much beloved of Carlyle, governed wisely but too well to allow of a dictator being chosen...

340 Illustrations and 4 Coloured Plates. (Regan Paul, Trench, and Co. Gs.) — This is another of those labours of love which have made its author's name famous, and upon the like...

The Climbs of Norman-Neruda. Edited, and with an Account of his Last Climb, by May Norman-Nernda. (T. Fisher Unwin. 21s.)—Some who read this book, and many who have heard merely...

Grandson, the late Barton H. Wise. (Macmillan and Co. 10s.)—If Henry Wise was not one of the makers of modern America, he was, in spite of his having his full share of his...

Arthur Pearson. 21s.)—" In the Australian bush," says Mr. Carnegie, "the traveller has only Nature to war against," Nature's most formidable weapon being thirst. Water is the...

M. Dent and Co.)—This is a very pleasant, readable book, not too technical for the ordinary reader, but not wanting in solidity. Mrs. Wherry has wisely limited her list of...

(C. Scribner's Sons, New York.)—There have been few books in the very considerable literature of the American Civil War more read- able than this. Mr. Trumbull was Chaplain to...

by Henry St. John Thackeray, M.A. (Macmillan and Co. 14s. net.)—Hellenistic Greek is, in the author's opinion, " 9. pure language which is governed by regular laws of its own."...

and A. B. Ramsay. (Duckworth and Co. 2s. 6d.)—The Story of Cataus. By H. V. Macnaghten. (Same publishers. 2s. 6c1.) —We have no fault to find with the exegetical portion of...

tis.) — This is a very pleasant, chatty, and not too literary volume on an American literary centre of the past rather than the present. It leads off very appropriately and...

P. Putnam's Sons. 12s. 6d.) —Two ladies of good position in the United States, Mrs. Hitchcock, who writes the story, and Miss Van Buren, great-niece of the President of that...

75. 6d.)—This is an interesting and valuable addi- tion to that excellent series of "County Histories of Scotland" now being published by Messrs. Blackwood, and upon which it...

(Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d.)—We cannot, of course, undertake to review the judgments which Professor Saintsbury passes on some hundreds of authors, from Caeduion down to...

Trench, and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—Hubert the Hunter, Prince of the Ariennes, determines to follow the chase even on Good Friday. Following a milk-white hind into the recesses of the...

the Home Counties Magazine, edited by W. J. 'Hardy, F.S.A. (F. E. Robinson and Co., 10s. net). It is to be "devoted to • the topography of London, Middlesex, Essex, Herts,...

an abridgment of the author's "Hears of a Continent," and describes a journey made about thirteen years ago. It is peculiarly welcome now, for the Chinese and their cousins the...

C. F. (Women's Printing Society, Whitcomb Street. 2s.)—This little volume deserves a welcome both for intention and execution. "H. C. F." has githered from many writers,...

Grace, C.M.G. (Horace Marshall and Son. 3s. 6d. net.)—The Hon. Morgan Grace went out in 1960 as a medical officer to the British troops. After taking an active share in the...

Gospel for an Age of Doubt (6s.) is issued by Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton. When it first appeared, three years ago, it was welcomed very heartily by the evangelical world as an...

3 vols. (Macmillan and Co. 36s.)—The first edition of this elaborate history, issued nearly a quarter of a century ago, has long proved itself an indispensable book of reference...

Paul, Trench, and Co. 6s.)—This careful translation of a recent French metaphysical treatise affords yet another illustration of the widespread European reaction against...

25 Illustrations and Portraits. 2 vols. (Hutchinson and Co. 32s.) —Mr. Melville is of opinion that Thackeray's wish to be spared a biography was not serious. What Thackemy...

is that it is a tour de force, and for once the obvious criticism is also just,—Mr. Baring's Pastiches is a tour &force. , We know not which is the more remarkable, the skill...

this excellent little volume of the "Masters of Medicine Series," Sir Michael Foster pays his profound tribute of scientific respect to one of the most eminent of French...

Harvey. (Eneas Mackay, Stirling.)—Rather too large a literature has been produced upon Scottish character as ex- hibited in "good stories" ; so much for the extraordinary...

Son, Glasgow.)—This is a new, one-volume, but "complete and unaltered," edition of a dictionary of the Highland clans which was originally published in two quarto volumes. It...

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speak with any precision, for Sir Redvers Buller most wisely keeps his own counsel. It is clear, however, that he is as rapidly as possible accumulating a considerable force at...

W RITING on Friday, we have no events of first-class im- portance to record in regard to the progress of the war. Ladysmith, Kimberley, and Mafeking are all still closely in-...

at once became evident that the conduct of the Ministry during the Recess had greatly exasperated the Opposition, both Reactionary and Socialist. The main assault made was on...

brilliant little action which took place at Mafeking on the night of October 27th. Commandant Cronje, finding that his attempts to reduce the town by bombardment were un-...

the armoured train near Esteourt, was not so favourable to the British. At 5 o'clock on the morning of Wednesday an armoured train with about one hundred and seventy men of the...

Wednes- day in order to open the splendid Convalescent Home built in memory of her Diamond Jubilee, and was received with the rapture of welcoming loyalty which nowadays attends...

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constituents at Dover on Monday, made a point which should be noted by persons who still believe in the likelihood of a successful invasion of these islands. He pointed out that...

which relies in part on a Radical vote, is more than half inclined to conciliate extremists by letting them loose against the Church. The police have already been sent to search...

apparently found it necessary to cut his visit short. He goes, it is stated, to Windsor and to Sandringhan, but be will not visit Lord Lonsdale, and he has declined an...

reports that any " strain " exists in their relations. On the contrary, the Russians assert, an agreement has been recently made under wh.ch Corea is to remain "in- dependent."...

Reichstag reassembled on Tuesday, and there are at least three subjects on which the Government will seek votes that it may not be easy to secure. There is the Navy Bill, upon...

speech on the congestion of London. He believes that the " retardation " of business traffic between East and West, more especially coal traffic, costs the trade interests of...

case to the Transvaal. In a monologue on the war contributed to the New York Journal, he describes President Kruger as follows :—" Krueger, that's th' main guy iv th' Dutch, a...

Dinner at Bristol on Monday, complained that unless people were prepared to declare that the patriotic muse of Rndyard Kipling in language, style, and matter marked the very...

to the view that this war was inevit- able, admitted that he had always thought that the difficulties in the way of avoiding it were very great. Mistakes had been made in the...

unveiled without any ceremony. The statue, though placed in the kind of giant's area which cuts off the side of Westminster Hall from the roadway, is raised on so lofty a...

Dinner at Bristol on Monday. As to the future, he clearly foreshadowed the policy we have have always upheld in these columns,—the policy ex- pressed by Lord Salisbury. Having...

Lord Rosebery gave a quite admirable appreciation of Cromwell and his work, and showed once again how great is his sym- pathy of comprehension in matters historical. After...

New Consols (21) were on Friday 1031.

THE QUEEN. M UCH praise has been written of the Queen, some of it a little too Oriental for our taste, and much of it based upon a confusion between her action and that of her...

What Lord Salisbury meant by his Guildhall speech is, as we have just hinted, quite obvious to those who are content to give words their obvious meanings. He clearly meant us to...

I T is sometimes said by those who take a pessimistic view as to the future of South Africa that after we have settled with the Boers in the field. and the fighting is over we...

O RDINARY Englishmen cannot think in millions. That is the root of the problem about which Lord Rosebery discoursed so pleasantly and so vainly on Monday in Shoreditch. Nothing...

of a. piece with the Austrian news of any recent week during which the Reichsrath has been sitting. The words " Scenes " or "Disgraceful Scenes," according as the framer of the...

fall into one historical error. The persecutions with which they are most familiar—those of the early Christians and the Marian persecutions in their own country—all failed, and...

W E considered a abort time ago England's debt to Wordsworth. The appearance of Professor Corson's "Introduction to the Poetical and Prose Works of John Milton" (Macmillan and...

I N Mafeking, just before the investment closed in, Colonel Baden-Powell completed a remarkable little book, " Aids to Scouting : for Non-Commissioned Officers and Men" (Gale...

ENGLISH PROSE. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—He who aspires to conquer style leads a forlorn hope. The world hates it, and the professed critics bate it most...

THE FUTURE OF THE BRITISH ARMY. [TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Your article on "The Future of Our Army" in the Spectator of November 11th will be welcome to many who...

SIR,—All who are interested in the future of the British Army will welcome the article in the Spectator of Novem- ber 11th. Now is the time to found an "Army League," that it...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Nearly three hundred years ago Lord Bacon, in his essay "Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates," wrote :— "By all means it is...

THE SCHOOLFELLOW. OUR game was his but yesteryear ; We wished him back ; we could not know The self-same hour we missed him here He led the line that broke the foe....

STEVENSON'S LETTERS.* IT is always difficult to say bow a book will strike other people, but a critic's business is to record his own impression, and, to our miLd, there are...

THE abnormal is always interesting, and the ruffians whose crimes Mr. Atlay has set forth in his Famous Trials are, happily for us, abnormal one and all. Moreover, there is in...

Economics Professor Mayo-Smith shows in a high degree the faculty of American economists of supporting their economic theories by the clear use of figures and practical restate....

Mn. GODLEY has earned the gratitude of all University men and all lovers of belles - lettres by collecting in this slim volume some thirty of the entertaining pieces that he has...

THE most interesting event in the world of fiction during the past week is the republication, in a greatly enlarged form, and under the title of " They that Walk in Darkness,"...

(Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co. 3s. 6d.)—This is a collection of essays, ten in number, all of them published before, and all of them worthy of their place. Sainte-Beuve,...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK. (Under this heading we nonce such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Mr. James Ford Rhodes adds a fourth volume to...

by Commander C. N. Robinson, R.N. (George Newnes), is the work of more than one pen. Mr. John Leyland tells "The Story of South Africa," and Mr. David Hannay describes "The...

(Longmans and Co. 7s. Cal. net.)—Mr.Blackburne has him- self selected, annotated, and arranged these games, and the editor adds a biographical sketch. Mr. Blackburne was born at...

Co., 3s. 6d. net), is a volume to which we cannot do justice in the brief space that can be allotted to it. Mr. Collier writes about various subjects, but a good half of his...

and Co. 5s.) — We cannot pretend to epitomise this carefully reasoned statement of the teaching of St. John, a phrase which includes, though with a certain hesitation, the...