arc essentially pacific, will do their best to keep matters quiet on the frontier; but if they are actually attacked it is hardly possible that they will be able to stand on the...

are true, soon to be the Premier owing to the impending resig- nation of M. Sarrien, while speaking at a banquet in his honour at Hyeres on Wednesday was interrupted by one of...

T HE news from Morocco this week is of a distinctly dis- quieting nature. On Tuesday a despatch was published in Paris from General Lyautey, the commander of the French troops...

Indo-China; and a high authority on Colonial matters, states that General Lyautey is in no sense a bellicose soldier, but a man essentially sagacious and moderate. He is also...

the attitude of Yuan-Sliih-Kai, the Viceroy of Chi-li, in regard to the Conferences now being held on the Constitution. Yuan-Shih-Kai, who controls the only effective army in...

on Tuesday of the French submarine Lubin' in the waters of Bizerta, at a point two miles from the coast. AU that is accurately known is that the ill-starred vessel dis- appeared...

case.

with the problem of South Africa, he claimed that the Government had done what they could to avoid the two great dangers which had strewn the history of that continent with...

avowed Socialists in the House of Commons he declared to be extremely few in numbers, and he believed there was no community in the world where naked Socialism—i.e., the com-...

Office has been met with anything approaching general approval in the country. Indeed, it would be nearer the truth to say that the punishments meted out to the guilty are...

to the general instructions of the German Army, private soldiers when not under the command of officers of their own regiment must instantly place themselves at the disposal of...

as to the officers concerned in the War Stores Commission Report was published in Tuesday's papers. No action is taken in the ease of the General Officers, but a special...

with lavish hospitality by the city of Paris and the French Government during the past week. The festivities . culminated on Monday, when the Lord Mayor in his state carriage,...

at Nottingham on Friday week were guarded but significant. The. Fiscal question, he said, remained where it was left by Mr. Balfour's letter, which pledged them to use their...

that he has received some trustworthy information, on the authority of a competent eyewitness, concerning the Turkish forces concentrated around Akabah early in May last. At the...

had decided to appeal to the House of Lords in regard to the West Riding Judgment, and the propriety of their decision has been freely admitted on both sides. As it was pointed...

throughout the week, and a good deal of evidence has been taken bearing on the methods of the police in dealing with disorder in the streets, and on their alleged suscepti-...

of the principal guests at the two hundred and eighty-third anniversary feast of the Cutlers at Sheffield. Though Lord Tweedmonth in his speech dwelt upon a good deal of the...

and in the same place Mr. Austen Chamberlain interpreted the Valentine's Day letters as a decisive declaration of Unionist policy to the effect that "Tariff Reform was, and must...

THE RUMOURED REDUCTION OF SHIPS IN COMMISSION. O N Monday the Standard published a statement to the effect that it is the intention of the Government, acting apparently on the...

W HAT was Prince Hohenlohe's object in arranging before his death for the publication of the Memoirs which have created so profound an effect in Europe, and which seem likely to...

T ORD LANSDOWNE may have welcomed the oppor- tunity, but he must have deplored the necessity, of returning again to the "MacDonnell mystery "in the speech which he made on...

in Hungary, quite apart from its intrinsic interest, compels our attention by reason of the international issues at stake. The internal state of Russia and the uncertainties of...

the prospects before them in the coming Session will be better than they have been for some years past. They will have on their side the whole of the Clerical Party, and the...

The scene is laid in Nicopolis in the year 118, the second year of Hadrian. Silanus, a young Roman citizen of philosophic proclivities, goes from Rome to Nicopolis in order to...

T HE above, be it understood, is one word, notwithstanding that "our rude forefathers" may have deemed it three. Whether it is a proper name, or, rather, a common term, in view...

W E are told, but all warnings do not turn out true, that we may expect a " s h or t age " soon in the supply of perhaps the most popular of all our cage-birds,—the grey parrot...

COPYRIGHT AND PROTECTION. [To THE EDITOR Or THII “SPROTATOILl SID,—As to the business aspect of this quarrel I venture no opinion; but your article of October 13th runs counter...

[To Tall EDITOR Ow Till " SPRCTATOR."] observe that you regard with some favour the proposal to institute a second ballot; but I venture to hope that you will reconsider the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THZ "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Your reference in your issue of August 18th to the Nawab, the honorary secretary of the Mohammedan College at Aligarh, reminds me of an...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—The importance of language in relation to political and social aspects of the native question in Africa seems liable to be overlooked....

[To THZ EDITOR OF THE "SPIICTATOR.".1 SIR,—I have read with interest and with no little amusement your article on October 6th, and the two letters which followed it on October...

[To THE EDITOR OF TRH " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—It is possible that some of your readers may be interested in the Malone Society, which has been founded for the purpose of making...

BROKE! Now I remember days gone by That never again shall be, When I trod the bridge of a battleship And held her might in fee. Now I remember the gathered fleets, And the...

THE SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—The enclosed letter published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph refers to a paragraph which appeared in that journal on Monday.—I am, Sir, &c., W. NEWTON DREW.

SIR,—As a member of the Imperial Industries Club, and one who was present at the Sheffield dinner of the Club a short time ago, I feel impelled to make some comment on your...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTLTOR.1 SIR,—Milford, in the parish of Witley, is in the position which many parishes have been in. Its burial-ground needs enlarging, but, unlike the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPEC7TATOR.1 SIE,—Between the railings that enclose the centres of our London squares smaller rails are often inserted to prevent dogs from entering. In...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SrR,—In reference to the statement made by Mr. W. Tallack in last week's issue that " Wesleyanism as a whole gives an extreme prominence to...

THE LIFE OF THOMAS ELLWOOD.* EVERYBODY knows this much about Thomas Ellwood, that be was a Quaker who as a young man read to Milton in his blindness, as he is represented in...

has already been illuminated by M. Boissier's pen, occupies about three-fifths of this volume. And it must be allowed that of solid value this " study " has a more than...

THE correspondence found by Lady Guendolen Ramsden was well worth publishing. It is various, interesting, and the work of distinguished men and women. Though the letters of the...

of Europe the Universities of Germany hold the first rank as homes of research, if not as places of education, for with regard to the latter point there is room for difference...

THE VIPER OF MILAN.* IT is an open secret that the author of The Viper of Milan, an historical romance having Gian Galeazzo Visconti for its central figure, is the work of a...

Orme Agnus" is as much at home in writing of a strike of North Country operatives as of the politics of a small village, the peculiar charm of his earlier books was largely due...

is extremely difficult for any reader to be interested in a heroine who is apparently in love with two people at once. Mrs. Dudeney, however, seems to think this quite a...

—This is a story of Ceylon, and although the doings of the English people are a little commonplace, it is worth reading for the sake of the pleasant picture of the island. The...

MODERN ROME IN MODERN ENGLAND. Modern Rome in Modern England. By Philip Sidney. (R.T.S. 5s.)—The first chapter relates the story of the Roman Church in England up to the time...

2s. 6d. net.)—This volume is, in a way, a parallel to a book lately reviewed in the Spectator, — the Life of Provost Austen Leigh (of King's College, Cambridge). Mr. Hereford...

Robert Southwell, S.F., Priest and Martyr. By I A. Taylor. (Sands and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Taylor begins with a frank con- fession: "If to declare implacable war against...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Children's Odyssey : Told from Homer in Simple Language. By A. J....

Early Centuries of the Church. By Cuthbert Hamilton Turner, (S.P.C.K. 2s.)—This is published under the auspices of "The Church Historical Society," but with a caveat against...

P. McCarthy. (Hodges, Figgie, and Co. 7s. 6d.)—We shall pass over the greater part of Mr. McCarthy's book without notice. There is much with which we agree in what he says of...

8s. 6d. net.)—This volume contains the edition of 4804, revised, the supplement giving the years 1894-98, revised, and new matter to the end of 1905. 'Lists of the Head-Masters,...

(Country Life Office. 10s. 6d.)—Mr. Horace Hutchinson, who ranks very high as both an "arm-chair" and an " open-air " exponent of golf, here edits, and furnishes with an...

The Life and Letters of Mandell Creighton, by his Wife (Longmans and Co., 10s. 6d. net), being an unabridged reprint in two volumes of the original edition, with two of the...

The present volume," we are informed, "is arranged as a text-book for educational use, and it is written on the lines required by the Board of Agriculture." In the main, of...

New York.)—A French critic, talking with Tolstoy, declared that the American people cared only for money, was indifferent to art and beauty, and was now setting out on a career...

and Revised by Arthur F. Phillips. (Hutchinson and Co. 3s. 6d.) —This is a book of practical directions for those who have a feeling and desire for doing artistic work, but find...