Society " appearing on the title- page of any book are likely to attract readers, Especially in America. From the University of Pennsylvania comes to England a sketch of French...

PRIEST OF THE IDEAL.* Aranouon it would be substantially true to say of Mr. Graham's new book that it was essentially the gospel of a mystic, we are afraid that the statement...

LONDON: DECE31BER .1e1, 1917.

Tax late Professor Smart will be remembered with gratitude for his Economic Annals even if his writings on economic theory become obsolete. A strong Free Trader, he was led to...

Ir is a little surprising that when Mr. G. IL Trevelyan wrote the ingenious essay in which ho claimed for Clio that she is still a Muse, a patroness of an art and not the...

Me. G. W. E. RUSSELL'S new book of essays. is exceedingly good reading. Whether he writes of politics or persons, he is never dull: and whether he provokes us to argument,...

MODERN' missionary reports ought to be interesting reading. As a rule, however, they are not. Ancient missionary reports, those, for instance, which St. Francis Xavier wrote to...

" Dow - seroar satisfactory work in a desert is bettor than pottering in a Paradise." The attitude of mind indicated in the words of Sir Colin Scott-Moncrieff which we have just...

Tan style of the author of this work is so involved, and his method of argumentation, although seemingly exact, and almost aggres- sively teolmical in ite terminology, is in...

CHILDREN'S BOOKS.. LOVERS of Italy will be drawn to Bliss Steedman's Madonna of the Goldfinch,' first by its title and the picture on the wrapper, and then by these words in...

devotion to, Gothic archi- tannin, GeorgeEdmund Street improbably had no parallel since the Middle Ages. The book that the Hispanic Society of America has recently published...

Miss BRENDA G lay rn 's pleasant and interesting story, Munition Mary (Humphrey Milford, Is. Ori. not), is concerned with a atubbom old employer who is reluctant to let women...

Ma. A. A. Mrtnre has essayed the difficult task of writing a comical tale for young children, like Thackemy's immortal The Rose and the Ring. It cannot be said that his Once on...

SIR ARTHUR Gramma-Cm:ma's new volume of stories of the Spanish Main, Mortallorre and Aunt Trinidad (Bristol : Arrowsmith, is a capital gift-book for boys. The first story...

Joyce Dennys. (John Lane. 3s. 6d. net.)—This is an amusing companion volume to Our Hospital A.B.C. (which we noticed last year). The authors show us many types of pretty and...

Junior. (J. Lane. 5s. net.)—The continuation of this clever imitation of Pepys's Diary runs from January, 1916, to Juno, 1017. It is just as amusing as the first part, and the...

Britain and the War. By Andre Chevrillon. (Hodder and Stoughton. Ss. net.)—M. Chevrillon's exceedingly able and sympathetic analysis of the British attitude towards the war,...

and Co. 10s. 6d. not.)—Mr. Ogg, of Wisconsin University, has presented in a compact form a history of the economic develop- ment of Great Britain, France, and Germany, and, more...

Son. 20. 6d. net.)—Welfare supervisors and others who have charge of women workers may be glad to know of this practical and sensible little book, to which Miss Martindale, the...

A. Calkins. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 12s. 6d. net.)—This book describes an eight months' tour along the eastern shores of Hudson Bay, which now form part of the province of Quebec....

Putnam's Sons. 12s. 6d. net.)—This book is not so much a history of the American Civil War as a series of chapters on the more dramatic episodes of the great conflict. It is...

ODES AND OTHER POEMS. Odes and other Poems. By R. C. K. Ensor. (Sidgwick and Jackson. Is. net.)—Mr. Ensor has great technical accomplishment and the something more that modern...

Lem., E.M ; tad Published by Amin Eames for the " Simoracoll (Limited), at their OfSce, wdlintyr, Stin t (lex. 21. to the riveted ef Itro Iltnald, la the C.o& KkIdlesee,...

G ENERAL BYNG'S capture of the Hindenburg hoes near Cambrai on the 20th has been followed by a week of very 'Leavy fighting for the wooded Bourlon Ridge, four miles west of...

even often, we should be in a very dangerous position. We have no fear, In spite of all, that we shall fail in the war through this cause if the Government will back up the...

mines has again risen. The sinking& for the week ending last Saturday at midnight—in future the weekly record will end at this point instead of at 3 o'clock on Sunday afternoon...

the Day eongratulsting the Third Army on the capture of the important Bourlon position, " which crowns a successful operation and opens the way to a further exploitation of the...

been appointed to command the British forces in Italy. No man has done finer work on the Western Front than General Plumer, whose victory at Messinea last June was a model of...

hill country towards Jerusalem. While his cavalry pushed up the valley of Ajalon towards the Nablus or Shoehorn road north of Jerusalem, the infantry further south stormed the...

and successful defence of its northern flank in the hills to the west and east of the Brenta, which form the last natural defences of the Venetian plain. The enemy has made no...

on the right bank of the Meuse. They attacked last Sunday afternoon along a front of two miles from the river-bank at Samogneux to the south of the Carnes Wood, and captured the...

forces left in the field surrendered unconditionally at Nevala, eighteen miles from the border of Portuguese Mozambique. This force, under Colonel Tafel, had moved southward...

give definite orders to their newsagents for a copy of the " Spectator" to be reserved for them each week till countermanded.

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Le Cateau, the Marne, and Ypres will, it is announoed,. take the form of a bronze star with a watered-silk ribbon of rod, white, and blue. The star will be granted to all...

power in Petrograd. Most of the Government official(); refusing to recognize Lenin, Trotsky, and their confederates, have gone on strike. The Commander-in-Chief, General...

case of so responsible and loyal a statesman, bases his examination of the subject on the declarations of war policy which have been put forward from time to time by British...

eentativea of the British, French, and other Allied Governments were joined for the first tine by American representatives, headed. by Colonel House. Side by side with the...

Thursday week by a majority of 39—as compared with a bare majority of 1 in Committee—its approval of the Alternative Vote. Unhappily the value of this decision was weakened on...

week an amendment to introduce Proportional Representation for con- stituencies returning three or more Members was rejected by - 202 votes to 126. Sir Mark Sykes made a very...

be published. " We sweep all secret treaties Into the dustbin," he said. " If the pressure we exert on Western Europe is insufficient, we will increase it," in order to secure a...

letter from Lord Lansdowne on the co-ordination of the war aims of the Allies. As this letter has come to our notice shortly before we go to press, we are unable to do more at...

Powers a demand that they should agree to the cessation of hos- tilities. The Allied Governments, who do not recognize the Anarchist " Ministry," paid.no attention tothe...

of such a macedoine de questions as Balkan affairs present is unattainable. But it would be impossible for on to go back at all events upon our rooted belief that just as the...

of October 13th, giving an increase of 12* per cent in their wages to three hundred thousand skilled time-workers in munition works, had been extended so as to give the increase...

makes it illegal to print or publish any leaflet relating to the present war or to the making of peace unless its contents have been passed by the .Press Bureau. Strong...

the sailors and soldiers has been increased from October let and September 29eh respectively. The A.B.'s pay has been raised by twopence a day. The private soldier is receiving...

new Air Ministry. He has the reputation of being a very capable man of business. Whether his business talents are capable of bodily translation to a Government Department, and...

Leander Starr Jameson, at the age of sixty-four. Before he achieved world-wide notoriety as the leader of the Jameson Raid into the Trauevaal in December, 1898, he had done a...

young mon who were discharged from hospital completely cured of their wounds are now, under the solemn legislative enactment of the State, excused from all further service,...

must necessarily override the rights of the individual. There is an arguable case for fresh legislation. Or if that were found to be Impossible or unde- sirable, there might at...

attention has been directed to an obvious and considerable reservoir. We refer to the men who were wounded in the earlier part of the war, and who in the Act which provided for...

changed his scheme for sugar distribution. His original plan took the household as the unit. His new plan deals with the individual. Each person who has already been registered...

April 5th.

THE GREAT NEED OF SHIPS. THE resignation of the Advisory Committee on Mercantile Shipbuilding was a portent. It meant, of course, that the highly responsible members of that...

A S we said in the preceding article, the chief subject of dispute between the Advisory Committee on Mercantile Shipbuilding and the Admiralty Department, known as the...

hereditary status of a Peer being made one of the main conditions of a seat in the Second Chamber. The object of this condition, it need hardly be said, is not the...

MEMBERSHIP. (2) How is the Second House to be constituted ; i.e., who are to be its Members ? W E suggest that in the reconstructed House of Lords there should be no " fancy "...

L AST week Sir Bernard Mallet, the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths for England and Wales, delivered to the Royal Statistical Society as his presidential address a most...

Even if limited to Italy north of the Apennines, which disputes with the Netherlands the doubtful distinction of being the "cockpit of Europe," the statement is not absolutely...

T HERE is a deal of difference, in hospital, between the word " Sister " and the word " Nurse." Sister is, of course, a Nurse. But Nurse is not a Sister. However, there is...

WHEN the war is over, and the nightmare weight of these yy last years is lifted off our minda, all England will draw one deep breath of relief. But it wilt not be for long that...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] A VOICE FROM AMERICA. [To...

(To ras Eerroe OR rue " 8ezersroe."1 bra, I ans neither a Friend nor a Pacificiet, and I empathise with the diners to catch the cowards' who pose as ooneolentious objectors. But...

[To THE EDITOR or THZ SPRCIZZOR.”) Sia s —Usually the reasoning of your articles appeals to me as so very sound that, finding a contrary case, I eel conetrained to write to you...

" SPECTATOR:1 Sta,—In a book written by one of our Assistant-Chaplain. Generals last spring occurred these words as nearly as I can remember them: "It is the duty of any one...

fTo ins Enema or ras " SPILM708."1 Suh—In the Spetfator of November 17th " M. T. II." says that in the spring of 1911 he saw reports in the Belfast newspapers of remarks made...

[To rat EDIT ON or van " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—" The Tank Corps expects that every tank this day will do its damnedest." Such was the Order of the Day issued by Sir Julian Byng on...

me " SPECTATOR.") Ste,—I am surrounded here by troops, and consequently find it impossible to convince any village neighbours of the necessity for eonforming to the new scale...

[To um EDITOR 07 TM " Smarm.") Sut,—Permit me to answer Miss Laughton's letter in which she risks whether your correspondent Miss Rimmer has any grounds far supposing that the...

[To ran EDITIM or roe " SPECTATOR.") fie,—]n reference to the new food rations, do you think the town dweller properly appreciates the peculiar circumstances which necessitate...

THE "Srecraroa."] • am writing from a bookseller's point of view. The letter from Me. Andrew Law in a recent lassie of your paper seems to me to advocate the most suitable and...

(To ran EDITOT or run " SPECTATOR.") Sre,—Some of your readers inquire why Captain Bowen-Colthurst is not set at liberty. I see no myetery. History simply repeats itself "...

[TO TM EDITOR or THE " lieversroa."3 Sin,—I am sure you will interested in the following letter which I have just received from France.—I am, Sir, lie., Prater A. HARRIS, Hon....

and sympathetic. and those of us who are deaf should remember how he wrote: "Whatever happens high, brave, and amusing lives can always be lived." One has to adapt oneself to...

SIR,—The letters of Mr. C. M. Paine and "Grateful " (Norember 10th and lish) deserve the attention of all thoughtful people. It is not generally recognized that the deaf, and...

THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Ste,—May I ask for a little of your valuable space to spank of the British Army and Navy Leave Club in Paris ? This chili was opened last...

deafness is fairly common, possibly by reason of a cumulative effect of quinine. I hove noticed that the people have a particularly placid and happy look, for they hear no had...

(To THE Enrol or THE SPECTATOR."1 • have been requested by the Commit of the Village Settle- silents scheme for restoring and training those officers and men who have been...

[To THE EDITOR Of THE SPECTATOR:I SIR,--IfftIly of your readers, whilst perusing the interesting letters of your correspondents on this subject, will have called to mind the...

(To TUE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOE."3 Sue—Your correspondent "F. W. S." may be assured that dogs do reason their pada/sins out, as the following personal ,experience of a...

(To two Berteli. or roe -",Sisr.orinse."1 Sue,—In the Spectator of December 2nd, 4918, and referred to In subsequent numbers, is "The Old EngReh Squire," attributed to Various...

CT° THE Entroa or rat " filescrwroa."1 any West Countryman tell me what the " erannock " as a measure of wheat held P Can any Yorkshireman tell me what the " skep "es a measure...

(To rue Bistros. or THE "Sniorime."1 Sis,--What is a Tombola—and teem' language really so deficient that it is necessary to make use of ,a dubious word of foreign origin in...

(To rat Eorroa or rim Sercriron."3 have often heard of curious stories of wonderful retorts journeys made by cats and dogs to their masters or old homes, but I have never...

ITo THE EDITOR. or THE "EVEHAT011."1 Sim—Can you tell me where the following epitaph is copied from, and give the solution of the enigma P- " We were not staple but rayeed...

(To THE EDITOR or THE " Sregrsme."3 do not know - whether the enclosed would be of interest to your readers. I am presenting two medals, one from the B.S.P.C.A., the other from...

HORACE AND HIS AGE.. No man can escape the influence of the age in which he lives. Ha environment affects and, as it were, colours his every word and act, so that to form a...

Sis,—In answer to your correspondent who seeks a Latin trans- lotion in a few words for the old cricket adjuration "Play the game," may I offer "Ne ludifica in ludendo" (" Do...

or " Age juste," "Joe tens " or "Jut respire," all seem adequate as simple translations of this phrase. If a more ornate translation is wanted, "Facia nee facinora "

Lude ludum " probably means " play at playing " or " play at being at school." No short phrase of classical Latin could include the light-heartedness, the chivalry, and the...

flim,—May not "Recta semper ludo" possibly serve to convey the triple mandate of the straight bat, the straight boll, and the

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") Sts,—In reply to "E. G.'s" letter in the Spectator of November Nth, the letter from Nelson to Adjutant-General Lindholm is given in an...

is not satisfied with his friend's literal trans- lation—" Lude ludum "—because it might mean a game, and if he seeks simply to overcome the lack in Latin of our definite...

ROSE-LEAVES. Tan Rose must fall before the scent Of her silken leaves is spent. Unfamiliar with decay Glide her loveliness away. Dimly from her glowing heart The odorous...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Corn. municated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in wanton,* With the Werra therein expressed or with the mode of...

for a Latin equivalent to "Play the game." The boys of a large Private School in the South of England have embroidered on their jerseys dedetreale = " Play the man " (i.e., "...

Ste,—With diffidence I venture to offer the following suggestions to " Kismet " as Latin equivalents for "Play the game": " Honest. ludas "; " Ne vile virile!, lude."—I am, Sir,...

Ste,—May I respectfully suggest to " Kismet" the following Latin version of the above: "Lude quod ludendum " 1—I am,

(To nes Boma of xm " Sesermos."1 Ste,—I have no doubt that "Far recta" is the true Latin phrase for " Play the game." It does not explain itself perhaps to those who do not know...

Ws are very glad to be able to inform our readers that we have received permission to reprint the noble Address by Mr. Lasting which was published in the Spectator of September...

IN calling attention to this inspiriting and aptly named volume we may recall what we said of the previous reprint of articles from New York Life. They stand Ica; fyise . of...

the enormous national work'which can be done by one man who will devote his life, and such moderate fortune as he may acquire in business, to the carrying out of a single...

Tres notice is more suitablyheaded with a name than with a title. Edith Sichel was greater than anything she wrote ; and the main interest of -the book before us is the...

oeute.)—'1'his very full and carefully written memoir of the rough-tongued Northumbrian lawyer who, with the Weston. and Bishop Percy and Malone, wee an eighteenth-century...

13a.)—The story of a murder committed by a most unexpected person. It is written with all Mrs. Belloe- Lowntles'a usual mastery in the description of mysterious crimes in modern...

cisco r J. J. Newbegin.)—" Hs, this is a fine old ark ! " begirt. Mine Crawford in her first letter from the Pacific steamer bearing her to Hawaii. After that, we ceded to...

his Wife and a Friend. (Hodder and Stoughton. Is, not.)-11r. Kennedy wee very well known as general secretary of the Y.M.C.A. from 1884 to 1894. He was afterwards clear of St....

useful little pamphlet, with illustrations and a sketch. map, is intended to show busy Londoners what interesting short rambles they may take in the luncheon interval and what...

at 17. Baker Street, W., continues despite the war to publish ha learned notes on London antiquities. Mr. W. W. Brainee:e elaborate study of the site of " The Theatre " at...

es. Otl. net.)—Mr. Gibson's readable, amusing, and businemalike book should be useful to amateur poultry-keepers. His chapter on the poultry industry in 1918, when our imports...

UNEASY MONEY.. IF it is hard to think that this story was written during the war, we are not the less grateful to Mr. Wodehourte for providlog us with so agreeable an anodyne....

[Noire to this esteem does set necessarily preetode subeequent reciar.j Instinct in Man. By James Dreyer. (Cambridge University Press. 9e. net.)—Dr. Drover's study of instinct...

A Practical Pocket Dictionary of the Italian and English and English and Italian Languages (A. Melrose, Bd. net), containing five thousand words in common use, which may be...

Brothers and Shardlow. 2a. net.)--This interesting little essay relates the history of the =bud, that grew up outside the City wall on the moor where Lord Mayors of London once...

(J. Murray 7a. tid. net.)—Mies Margaret Benson's friends will be glad to Juno this memoir, with many of her letters on work, travel, and religion. Miss Bannon was an able...