19 OCTOBER 1901

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NEWS OF THE WEEK. •

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T HE war news of the past week shows that the enemy have suffered the usual losses in men and cattle. This, as far as it goes, is good, but unfortunately there is nothing...

Lord Rosebery delivered an interesting speech on Tuesday at the

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Birmingham and Midland Institute. After remarking in a little outburst of noteworthy sincerity and eloquence that for science he had "the enthusiasm of ignorance," but always...

President Roosevelt is already giving the American people a taste

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of his quality. He discusses applications for office in a loud voice, which exceedingly disconcerts applicants, who would rather whisper ; and he has publicly assured the "...

Habibullah has been formally proclaimed Ameer of Afghanistan with the

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full consent of all around him. It appears that Abdurrahman Khan before his death had care- fully " removed " all chieftains who were likely to be trouble- some, and on the last...

A bond for £64,000,000 sterling, representing the Chinese mdemnity, has

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been handed by Li Hung Chang to the senior European Minister in Pekin, and it is announced that with this ceremony the "Chinese incident is closed." That is probably correct...

*.* The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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Mr. Asquith, speaking in Edinburgh on Wednesday. dealt with the

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Rhodes-Schnadhorst letters. Mr. Asquith d we lls with complacency on the fact that neither he nor any of his colleagues in the Cabinet of 1892 knew of Mr. Rhodes's gift....

Dr. Richard Garnett notes a most curious "historical parallel" in

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Tuesday's Times. In the days of Tiberius, Tacfarinas, a Numidian chieftain, maintained a contest against Rome which positively bristles with prospective plagiarisms of the...

Count Henri de la Vaula did not succeed in crossing

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the Mediterranean with his balloon, nor has M. Santos-Dumont yet rounded the Eiffel Tower. The Count, however, remained safely for forty-five hours in the upper air, and in...

• Berlin has been honouring itself by celebrating on the

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13th inst. the eightieth birthday of Professor Virchow, the great pathologist, whose demonstration that the human anatomy was based on cells laid the foundation of modern...

Dr. Parker on Tuesday delivered rather a striking address before

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the Congregational Union, which now includes about half the two thousand three hundred and forty-two Con- gregational Churches of England and Wales. He wants the Union drawn...

It is not easy as yet to ascertain the precise

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plan of the Russian Government with respect to Manchuria. It appea rs to desire possession of the province, but to be frightened at the pecuniary liabilities which it may entaiL...

The Vorwarts, the leading Socialist organ in Berlin, has a

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most amusing article on what may be called the ethic°. wsthetic principles of the German Emperor. The article, which is summarised in Wednesday's Daily Chronicle, was suggested...

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Mr. Asquith's gentle dealing with Mr. Rhodes affords an apt

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illustration of the chain of connection between Mr. Rhodes and the Liberal party which we have noticed on previous occasions. That connection is worth restating. In 1891, as we...

We trust that the Rhodes-Schnadhorst incident may now be allowed

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to rest,—though we need hardly say that we shall be delighted to meet Mr. Asquith, or any other prominent Liberal apologist of Mr. Rhodes's methods in regard to party funds, if...

We do not wish to weary our readers with any

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lengthy comments in regard to the reception of the Rhodes-Schnad- horst correspondence, but there are two points upon which we desire to comment. The first is that the...

The extracts which the Times gives us daily from its

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issues of a hundred years ago are always interesting, but perhaps the most noteworthy are those dealing with the movements of soldiers throughout the South of England and the...

The other point to which we desire to draw attention

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is the fact that Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman has not as yet offered any sort of apology to Mr. Boyd for having called his original story" from beginning to end a lie." That it...

Bank Rate, 3 per cent.

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New Consols (21) were on Friday 93i.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE DISCONTENT WITH THE RULING CASTE. T HERE is a rock ahead of our present rulers, and, indeed, of the entire governing caste—and by this expression we do not mean only the...

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THE " EDINBURGH " ON THE LIBERAL PARTY.

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r view nuniber of the Edinburgh Review contains one of those clear and thoughtful political articles which have so greatly distinguished it , of recent years, entitled "Party...

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THE FISCAL TROUBLES OF THE CONTINENT.

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W HAT is the real position and feeling of the Conti- nental peoples towards taxation? There is no doubt of the feeling of statesmen and those who influence Cabinets. They are...

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MR. CHAMBERLAIN ON TEMPERANCE.

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of the AIR CHAMBERLAIN'S N . ew TemperTemperance Hall speech at the o at irming testifies alike opening to his good sense and to his confidence in the affection of his...

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THE SURREY TRAMWAYS AND THE ROADS. TI ARGE schemes of electric

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tramway extension into Surrey are coming before the Light Railway Com- missioners and the local authorities. The proposed lines will radiate from London, and also have...

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THE GOSPEL AND THE PARABLES.

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T WOentirely opposite charges are brought against the Christian religion by those who have ceased to believe in it. One is that it is too negative a creed, exalting forgive-...

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THE "MAGIC OF RANK."

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W E know of few social puzzles so perplexing as the English reverence for rank. It is so entirely at variance with everything one knows or imagines of the national character....

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A CANADIAN "ROTUNDA."

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G-REAT marble-paved hall, 75 ft. long by 55 ft. JOL wide, with columns supporting a dome 45 ft. in height. On your right, as you enter it from the street, are smoking and...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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PRO-BOER JOURNALS AND THE WAR. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] StR,—We have lately witnessed in the attitude of some of the leading journals in their criticism of the...

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" CLARENCE SONGS.

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TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR.' SIR,—Y011 have a question in your paper, what songs, and whether any of any value, were written upon Prince WILLIAX, our present Sovereign....

CHARLES LAMB AND THE "SPECTATOR." Pro Tin EDITOR OF TEE

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" SPECTATOR."1 SIR,--Charles Lamb's only known contribution to the Spectator has been (hitherto) the very interesting letter, in his best manner, On "Shakespeare's Improvers,"...

MR. GLADSTONE AND THE RECTORY OF EWELM.E.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The presentation of Ewelme Rectory to the Rev. W. Wigan Harvey was an instance among many when Mr. Gladstone did what he liked without...

PINCHBECK SILENCE.

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(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] SIR,—In the article on "Pinchbeck Silence" in the Spectator of October 5th the writer . speaks of "the Apostolic -warning that of every idle...

rTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Permit me one

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word on behalf of Coleridge's fellow- guest, whom I have always regarded as a wise man, both in his silence and in his speech. We know what Coleridge was as a monologian ; his...

" CLARENCE SONG S.—No. II.

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SIR, — A friend has just reminded me of a ballad made on occasion of some shipboard scrape into which our Royal Midshipman had fallen; in which, with a romantic licence, the...

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A CORRECTION.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Please may I be permitted to spell my name with one " n "? You have heard of Manx cats; they wear no tails; then why should I,...

DR. KRAUSE.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In your "News of the Week" of October 12th yo u quote certain passages from letters believed to have been written by Dr. Krause, with...

MR. ASQUITH ON MR. RHODES'S GIFT. [TO THE EDITOR or

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THE "SPECTATOR."] Sre,—It is impossible to read Mr. Asquith's speech without feeling that we have indeed lost something in our publio life. Mr. Asquith sees nothing at all in...

THE MILITARY INSTRUCTION (SCHOOLS AND CADETS) BILL.

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[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Commenting on Miss Chadwick's letter, "Military Training in Elementary Schools," which appeared in your issue of October 12th, you say...

A LITERARY PARALLEL.

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[To TEE EDITOR Or THE 'SPECTATOR'] Sre,—It may be of some interest to your poetical correspoie dent "Presbyter Barbadensis," in the Spectator of October 5th, to know that the...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR:"] SIEr - Ad eundem had given

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place:to the (courtesy) comitatis causi degree for Cambridge and Dublin graduates when Mr. Harvey took that latter degree. And as the incorporation B.D. which Mr. Harvey, also I...

LORD KELVIN AND PROFESSOR HUXLEY.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Srn,—It has been brought to my notice that some of my remarks in the review of Huxley's "Scientific Memoirs," Vol. III., which you published...

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MUSI C.

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THE LEEDS FESTIVAL. THE Leeds Festival, which in the space of a quarter of a century has grown to be—taking it all round—the greatest and most representative of native...

POETRY.

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EMILE PICQ17ART. Mm perils of the camp, that bare Mails heart to brother man, Till David's puissant shoulders wear The shield of Jonathan; When friends and lovers side by side...

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BOOKS.

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MADAME ROLAND.* MADAME ROLAND, the heroine of the Revolution, may also be regarded as its symbol. Though the movement which was to regenerate France afterwards converted the...

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THE JESUITS IN PARAGUAY.*

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THE reader will, for a time, find Mr. Cuninghame Graham somewhat trying to his patience. On p. 3, for instance, he will come on a piece of the strangest perversity, by which...

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THE COMITY OF CITIES.*

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IT would be well worth the while of popular representatives of urban constituencies to try to widen the basis of popular opinion on which the amenities of town life now depend....

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CHRONICLES OF KASHMIR.*

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KALHANA'S Chronicle has long attracted the attention of. Indian scholars, not only as our one extant authority for a considerable period of Kashmir history, but as the only...

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THE NO V EL OF THE WEEK.*

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THERE are other novels noticed below which for intrinsic interest and constructive skill are probably equally deserting of the place of honour with The Sinner and the Problem...

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The Warrigals' Weil. By Donald Macdonald and John Edgar, (Ward,

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Lock, and (Jo. 6s.)—The first-named of the authors of this book, Mr. Macdonald, knows something of the motto quoted above, for he will be remembered as the author of" How We...

The Black Mask. By E. W. Hornung. (Grant Richards. 6s.)

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—Mr. Hornung resuscitates his old friend Raffles and his faithful disciple in his new set of sketches. Raffles is the most engaging of gentlemen burglars, and "Bunny," his...

The Alien: a Story of Middle Age. By F. F.

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Montresor. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—Like Mr. Anthony Hope in "Tristram of Blent," Miss Montresor in The Alien deals with the instinctive attitude of the man born out of wedlock...

OTHER NOVELS.

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The Just and the Unjust. By Richard Begot. (John Lane" 6s.)—Mr. Bagot's new story deals with no theological con- troversies, but none the less it is excellent reading. It is...

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Sunday and the Sabbath. By H. R. Gamble, M.A. (John

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Murray. 2s. 6d. net.)—On the whole, Mr. Gamble takes the view adopted by Dr. Hessey in his Bampton Lectures of 1860. He holds that for Christians the obligation of the Sabbath...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as haw not been reserved for review in other forme.] Arts under Arms. By Maurice Fitzgibbon. (Longmans and Co. 5s.)—The...

Cietnentina. By A. E. W. Mason. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—

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Clementine is a romance of most delicate ingenuity and humour, which reminds us sometimes of Mr. Stanley Weyman, and—dare we say it ?—a little of Mr. Weyman's great master....

Angel : a Sketch in Indian Ink. By B. M.

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Croker. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—To all readers who are not so weary of the Anglo- Indian novel of gossip, frivolity, and flirtation that they will have no more of it on any terms,...

We have received the second and completing volume of 17e

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Contendings of the Apostles (Henry Frowde, 25s. net). This contains the English translation, by Dr. E. A. Wallis Budge, of the Ethiopio texts, which were printed in the first...

The Voyage of Ithaca. By Sir Edwin Arnold. (John Murray,

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5s.)—Sir Edwin Arnold has certainly full possession of a secret which most of his younger contemporaries have failed to acquire. He is interesting ; we can read him, not...

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Unstoried in History. By Gabrielle Festing. (Nisbet and Co.

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Festing has brought together in this volume some fetters, narratives, ho., of women who played remarkable parts in the sixteenth and following centuries. " Famous " they...

Women and their Work. By the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Lyttelton.

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(Methuen and Co. 2s. 6d.)—Mrs. Arthur Lyttelton has some g ood, counsel to give to women, and gives it in this volume. She takes for her subject both the domestic work of women,...

The Poems of Schiller. Translated into English by E. P.

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Arnold- Forster. (W. Heinemann. 6s.)—We have not attempted to ; ompare these translations with the originals which they repre- sent. All that we can testify of them is the...