1 AUGUST 1914

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It was evident that Austria-Hungary was not merely rattling her

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sabre to frighten Servia but had actually drawn the sword with the definite determination of punishing her smaller neighbour. This view of Austrian action was borne out by the...

The week throughout Europe has been fraught with the deepest

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anxiety. On Saturday it became obvious that Austria- Hungary was bent upon action very different, not merely in degree but in kind, from her accustomed bickerings with her...

The results of action by Italy such as we have

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sketched could only be described as tremendous. The consequences for Italy must also be tremendous. She could be expected to take such a course only if she received from...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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W E give below a chronicle of events. First, however, we must touch on the essential question : Is it still possible to avoid the outbreak of a general war ? We believe there is...

Into the merits of the specific quarrel between Servia and

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Austria-Hungary we do not propose to go now, except to enter a caveat against the too confident opinion as regards Beryls which one sometimes hears expressed in England. People...

A feature of the situation which has deepened the anxiety

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of Europe more than any other has been the attitude of German - y. It was at first hoped and believed that "at a price" Germany would intervene to prevent her hot-headed ally...

• * The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript in

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any case.

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The situation changes so rapidly that it is an almost

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impossible task to record all the phases through which Europe has passed during the week. As we write on Friday morning the difficulties of presenting an intelligible account of...

If the Government are wise they will at once appoint

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a strong Committee to deal with the National Reserve, a Com- mittee which we suggest might be presided over in chief by Lord Roberts, with Sir Edmond Elea as his Vice-Chairman...

In England the Government have been doing the right thing

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in the right way, that is to say, they have done their very best to stop the war or to minimize its effect, but, at the same time, and with a minimum of provocative action, they...

The fog of war envelopes the Servian and Hungarian frontiers.

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It was supposed that as the Servians had evacuated Belgrade the Austro-Hungarian troops would have occupied it immediately on the declaration of war. Strange to say, however,...

It was Germany's attitude in this respect which put an

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end to Sir Edward Grey's well-meant attempt at intervention. When, with all due diplomatic courtesy, Sir Edward Grey asked that the Ambassadors in London of Germany, France,...

If the great struggle is to come no man can

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predict its result, but at least we can feel in this country that we have done nothing to provoke the strife and that we shall be fight- ing in self-preservation and fighting...

The military preparations we have just named will not be

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enough. Since we have neglected to make the nation abso- lutely safe by the training of our whole population to arms, we must, as on previous occasions, have recourse to a rapid...

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The announcement of the indefinite postponement of the Amending Bill

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made by Mr. Asquith on Thursday is discussed so fully in a leading article in to-day's issue that we do not propose to deal with it further here.

An astonishing gun-running episode, a conflict between Nationalist Volunteers and

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the troops, and a street riot resulting in the death of three persons and the wounding of many others took place in Dublin on Sunday, and threw the city into a ferment of...

On Monday the House of Commons discussed the Dublin riots.

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Mr. Birrell, in an official statement, said that Mr. Harrel, the Assistant Commissioner of Police, had requi- sitioned the troops on his own authority, although the Under-...

Mr. Redmond ended by making the following demands (surely a

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fine example of the contempt with which the Irish Nationalists treat their patrons) :— " That Sir John Ross be suspended and put upon his trial. That an immediate inquiry be...

On Monday in the Commons Sir Edward Grey explained the

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position of the Government in the Austro-Servian crisis. So long as the dispute was between Austria-Hungary and Servia alone Great Britain had no title to interfere, but if...

The Lord Chancellor has appointed a Committee to advise the

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Public Trustee on investments. The members are Mr. F. Huth Jackson, Mr. R. Martin Holland, Mr. R. M. Kinderaley, and Mr. J. H. Mullens, jun.—an excellent choice.

The amazing trial of Mme. Caillaux ended on Tuesday, when

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the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty to the question whether she bad committed wilful murder. The Times correspondent says that no other verdict could have been...

Mr. Harrel, the Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, on

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receiving the telephone message, ordered all his available men to Clontarf, on the road to Howth. Two com- panies of the King's Own Scottish Borderers were also called out by...

Bank Rate, 8 per cent., changed from 3 per cent.

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July 30th. Consols (21) were on Thursday 691—Friday week 75.

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IF WAR cos.ME I F war comes—if Russia insists on mobilizing

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and Germany fulfils her threat to Russia to regard a Russian mobilization as a declaration of war, and if there- upon France, in order to carry out her obligations to her ally,...

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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BRITAIN'S DUTY. T HE British nation is always at its best in a war crisis. What is, or at any rate what appears to be, apathy or indifference in small things turns in great...

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THE IRISH SITUATION.

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A USTRIA-HUNGARY'S attack upon Servia, has changed the face of the world. Nowhere are the marks of that change to be seen more clearly than in our internal political situation....

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" SEEK THE FIRST NEUTRAL PORT " ! T HE words

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which we have placed at the head of this article represent, we believe, the orders likely to be given to the masters of ships by the agents of the Marine Insurance Clubs on the...

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THE FINANCE OF WAR. T HE slump on the London Stock

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Exchange, which is but a pale reflection of the crises on Continental Bourses, will help to bring home to everyone the intimate connexion between money and war. It has often...

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PUBLIC DISTRACTION AND CONCENTRATION. T HERE is an impression—we think a

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justifiable one_ among those who take careful note of public tendencies, that the popular excitements of to-day correspond less and less precisely to the events that provoke...

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THE DECEITFULNESS OF WIT.

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W IT, like war, has settled a good many questions. Yet it cannot always be said to have elucidated them. The rights of the point at issue remain, as a rule, obscure. Very often...

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FATHERS AND SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.

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T HE plea put forward the other day by a Member of Parliament that the House of Commons should rise earlier in August, so that he might have a chance of spending some time with...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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THE WELSH CHURCH BILL. [To TUS EDITOR Of ras "SPECTATOR. "] Sia,—Yon have treated me so generously in the past that it is with considerable diffidence that I ask to be...

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THE STRANGE CASE OF TWO PROFESSORS.

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[To THE EDITOR OF vu " SPECTATOIL"" Sia,—May I call your readers' attention to two statements in regard to the military training of lads in New Zealand and Australia ? Both...

THE CHIEF CAUSE OF POVERTY.

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[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."' Sin,—Mr. Ellis Barker's comparisons in last week's issue are vitiated by a somewhat serious oversight on his part—he has made them in...

BUILDING FOR THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

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[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —I enclose herewith an extract from The Shipbuilding and Shipping Record of July 16th with reference to naval shipbuilding in...

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THE CASE OF OSCAR SLATER.

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[To THB EDITOR OF SPECTATOL"] Srn,—Perhaps it may be of interest to mention a difficulty that I sometimes meet. It is my belief that Slater had nothing whatever to do with...

THE POLITICAL EFFECTS OF THE ARCHDUKE'S MURDER.

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[To THZ EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOR.. "] Sin,—The letter in your issue of July 18th deals largely in generalities, and contains more assertions than statements of facts....

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HORACE ON THREATENED CIVIL WAR. [To THE EDITOR OF THE

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"SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Do any of our statesmen still read Horace ? It is doubtful—but to any who do I would commend the Seventh Epode. It is curiously—almost...

[To TRH EDrfOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR.")

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SIR,—In reading your review of Messrs. Frank Bullen and W. F. Arnold's book of sea chanties in a recent issue, I notice that, speaking of the songs that sailors s'ng, you say...

CHANTIES.

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[To TIM EDITOR or THE " SPECTITOE."] SIR,—Your review of the book of " chanties " by Messrs. Frank Bullen and W. F. Arnold, in the Spectator of June 6th, brings back to my...

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TWO SOMERSET SUPERSTITIONS.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...1 SIR,—I have been interested to read in your columns of " Rabbits " as a lucky ejaculation. Sailors take a very opposite view. Many years...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The mention in a

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letter in last week's Spectator of "Rabbit the fellow" and "Rabbit me," as forms of impre- cation used in Fielding's and Scott's works reminds me that in quite recent times...

[To THE EDITOR or THE '•srscm.rort.'1 Srn, — I have just read

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your article in the Spectator of July 25th on " A Motto for London." How would this do ?- "Love the Brotherhood, Fear God, Honour the King." But perhaps it has been mentioned...

A MOTTO FOR LONDON.

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[To THE EDITOR OF TH1 "SPECTATOE."] SIR,—Much that is excellent has been written in your columns on the subject of " A Motto for London." If, as many think, it should be a...

[To THE EDITOR OF TH1 "SPECTATOE."] SIR, — Your habit of clear

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thinking led you last week to an exhaustive definition of the conditions which should obtain in the choice of a motto for London. These are that such a motto should be at once...

THE PROBLEM OF THE BEES.

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[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Having regard to the seriousness of the Bee question, if disease among them continues to spread, and noticing how very fond are our...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SFECTATOR."1 SIR,—Among all the

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suggestions I have seen for London's motto the most obvious has been omitted : " No Mean City." St. Paul's words are specially appropriate when we think of the legend connecting...

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MEMORIAL TO SIR FRANCIS CAMPBELL.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—The death of Sir Francis Campbell, the late Principal of the Royal Normal College and the pioneer of the higher and musical education...

[TO ME EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—How would the following

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do for the London motto ?— "Be strong, be just ; Maintain thy trust." It is simple, easily understood, and hortative.—I am, Sir, &c., Cedar Lodge, Lambridge, Bath. P. VERE...

POETRY.

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PARTY POLITICS. BROAD in the limelight the arena lies, Wherein fanatical opponents meet, A weltering motley crowd, 'mid dust and beat, Mouthing strange shibboleths and...

ADDISON'S " SPECTATOR " AND A LANCASHIRE LADY'S COMMONPLACE BOOK.

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[To ms EDITOR 01 THE "SPECTATOR." J SIB, ''''"/ think you may be interested to know that amongst some old family relics we have lately found a manuscript book, 7 by 8 inches by...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "Brion/014'1

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Sra,—My attention has been drawn to a letter in your paper of July 18th criticizing my use of the word " after" in Punch of the same week. I am not prone to justifying either...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "]

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Sur,—What would be the objection to the simple word " Fidelis " ? A motto I am very fond of is "Tandem fit succulus arbor " (Dutch Republics' or " United Netherlands ").

THE IRISH "AFTER."

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[To THE EDITOR 01 THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Neither Mr. Arthur Norman (Spectator, July 18th) nor "C. P." (Spectator, July 25th), in discussing the Irish use of " after," has...

NOTICE.—When "Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the writer's name

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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 or with the mode of...

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BOOKS.

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THE RUSSIAN CONQUEST.* WHEN the spiritual history of England during the early years of the twentieth century comes to be written, a very powerful influence in its development...

GERMAN CHARACTER AND ENGLISH POLICY.•

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THE English reader is indebted to Miss Wylie for a very enlightening book. Happily, too. it deals with a subject on which enlightenment is very much needed. Germany is only...

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THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.*

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THE editors of the "Home University Library" can have had no more difficult task in the arrangement of their scheme than • The Church of England. By E. W. Watson. London:...

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DR. BRANDES ON NIETZSCHE"

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"No mature reader studies Nietzsche with the latent design of adopting his opinions, still less with that of propagating them. We are not children in search of instruction, but...

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THE HISTORY OF SURREY.* The Victoria History of the Counties

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of England deserves to find the public support and appreciation which can alone recoup its promoters for the great amount of capital which they must have invested in what is...

INHUMAN ECONOMICS4

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WHEN a writer attempts in half a moderate-sized volume the task of surveying mankind, not only from China to Peru, but also chronologically from the condition of protoplasm to...

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CUSTOMARY ACRES AND THEIR HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE.*

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THESE unfinished studies of the late Mr. Seebobm contain the evidence collected by him in the course of an inquiry into the origin and relation of customary units of...

FICTION.

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BRIDGET CONSIDINE.* Miss MARY CR0SBIE can write. It is a pleasure to read the whole of her story without coming across a single passage in which her art is unequal to her aim....

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Titi Livi Ab Urbe Condita, Libri I.-P. Edited by R.

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S. Conway and C. F. Walters. (Clarendon Press. 4s.)—This first instalment of Livy's great history in the series of Oxford Classical Texts has a preface by Professor Conway and...

Essays in Edification,. By S. E. Browne and A. P.

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Smythe. (D. Nutt. 2s. 6d. net.)—The authors of this cheerful medley profess themselves to be fascinated by the philosophy of "Things in General," with pedagogics as the...

Breadandbutterflies. By Dion Clayton Calthrop. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—It happens

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occasionally that a reviewer receives a book which almost anyone could review better than he himself, and for this reason, that he is driven to read it at a sitting, to...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Tinder this heading we notice such Books of the ,cub u have nil loses reserved for review in other forms.] A Concordance to the Works of Tennyson. By A. E. Baker. (Kegan Paul,...

The Jam Girl. By Frances R. Sterrett. (D. Appleton and

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Co. 6s.)—To write an average American novel you must take the same ingredients as you would for an American farce. Let the hero and heroine belong to families whose enmity is...

READABLE NOVELS.—Entertaining Jane. By Millicent Heathcote. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)—An

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account of a young lady who is a professional entertainer at a hydropathic establishment, and does not find the experience pleasant; neither is she particularly successful...

The Director's Handbook. By W. H. Behrens. (Odhams. 7s. 6d.

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net.)—This work aims at setting out, in non-technical language, the powers and duties of directors and officers of joint stock companies.

The Crowning Glory. By E. R. Punshon. (Hodder and Stoughton.

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6s.)—Far the best part of this story is the account of the business career of the heroine, Sophia Ree, and it is impossible not to feel a little sorry when matrimony over-...

Two volumes of somewhat pathetic interest lie before us— the

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posthumous remains of two journalists. Some of the best Essays of Hubert Bland (Max Goschen, 5s. net) have been rescued from the files of the Sunday Chronicle by his wife, "E....

The Americans in the Philippines. By James A. Le Roy.

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2 vols. (Houghton Mifflin Company. 42s. net.)—Mr. Le Roy's death at the early age of thirty-three has deprived the world of a writer who might have ranked with Prescott,...

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Manual of Photography. By D. Grant. (Murray and Evenden. ls.

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net.)—This brief manual is designed for those who wish to take photographs in tropical countries.

Flight Without Formulae. By Commandant Duch&e. Translated by J. H.

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Ledeboer. (Longmans and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This discussion of the mechanics of the aeroplane, by a French military engineer, is written in the simplest possible language,...

Sharps, Flats, Gamblers, and Racehorses. By A. Dick Luckman. (Grant

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Richards. 12s. 6d. net.)—This amusing autobiography of a racing tipster may be read with more profit than his tips seem to have brought to those who followed them—though he...

Religious Confessions and Confessants. By Anna R. Burr. (Houghton Mifflin

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Company. lOs. 6d. net.)—In this interest- ing book Miss Burr undertakes to examine the " documents of personal religion"—" to study, by means of induction through individual...

The Financial System of the United Kingdom. By Henry Higgs.

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(Macmillan and Co. 68. net.)—This "summary exposition of our financial system, its organization, methods, and forms of procedure," was prepared at the suggestion of the late...

described in this pleasant book—six from Homer, ten from the

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Attic tragedy, and Dido from Virgil. It is curious to note that in none of the Greek stories "is the love which leads to marriage dealt with explicitly."

Latin Songs, with Music. Edited by Calvin S. Brown. (G.

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P. Putnam's Sons. 9s. net.)—Mr. Brown has made an excellent collection of Latin songs, from Catalina to the Carmen Etonense, and has provided them with more or less...

Welsh Land. (Hodder and Stoughton. ls.net.)—This first instalment of the

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report of the Sub-Committee appointed by the Welsh Parliamentary Party to inquire into agrarian con- ditions in Wales deals with the rural side of the problem. Sir Alfred Mond...

How to Dress Salmon-Flies. By T. E. Pryce-Tannatt. (A. and

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C. Black. 7s. 6d. net.)—" A £5 note judiciously laid out" will furnish a workman-like outfit of implements and materials for the fly-dresser. This art cannot be learnt from...

Canvas and Camaraderie. By P. Merriman and H. R. H.

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Coney. (Harrison and Sons. 6d. net.)—The writers' aim is to "revive a few pleasant memories of past camps, and send along, directly or indirectly, some new members to the...

The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux' Stratagem. By George Farquhar.

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(D. C. Heath and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—In this pretty little edition we are glad to meet again the Lichfield Boniface whose ale was "smooth as oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber,...

The Blessed Company. By Constance Arbuthnot. (Wells Gardner, Dayton and

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Co. ls. net.)—These verses were written under the inspiration of an austere and distinguished Muse. They breathe the spirit of sincere devotion, and are peculiarly welcome in...

The Shileari. By C. H. B. Grant. (Research Publishing Co.

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5s.)—This "hunter's guide" discusses the questions of health, outfit, and armament for an expedition after big game, and gives many practical hints of value.

Methuen's Annual. Edited by E. V. Lucas. (Methuen and Co.

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ls. net.)—This new annual affords delightful reading for the holidays. Mr. Lucas has procured some characteristic and hitherto unpublished letters of Browning, Ruskin, and...

Gnomic Poetry in Anglo-Saxon. Edited by Blanche C. Williams. (H.

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Milford. 6s. 6d. net.)—This monograph, which contains 12 pages of text and 159 of introduction, notes, and glossary, deals with the Exeter and Cotton gnomes. It is well up to...

The Press and Poetry of Modern Persia. By E. G.

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Browne. (Cambridge University Press. 12s. net.)—This learned and useful work—the kind of book which justifies the existence of a University Press—is partly translated from...

Croquet. By Lord Tollemache. (Stanley Paul and Co. lOs. 6d.

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net.)—A high authority in the croquet world recently asserted that there were not more than half-a-dozen players who could play a four-ball break in its ideal perfection. Lord...

The Story of Mr. Chamberlain's Life. By A. Mackintosh. (Hodder

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and Stoughton. la. net.)—Mr. Chamberlain " was never afraid of ghosts rising from his buried past." This modest and timely biography sketches the main facts in his strenuous...