we find it difficult to imagine. The Turks are no doubt a brave people, and we can well believe that they are prepared to die in the last ditch, but as the Italians have no...

the Chamber defended himself and his Government from the charge of want of enterprise. As to reprisals against Italians in Turkey, they had acted in the beet interests of their...

fleet had to put to sea, but proved to be without foundation. On Friday there was a recrudescence of the rumour, and the Daily Mail contained a definite statement that a...

T HE news during the past week in regard to Tripoli and the war is extremely meagre. This does not mean, of course, that nothing has been done, but merely that the censorship...

to the Government of Said Pasha by 125 votes to 60. It is stated that the Opposition, reinforced by the delegates of the Committee, declared that if Sbevket Pasha, the Minister...

any ease.

in the field. He tells us that the discipline is above reproach, and that he is particularly struck by the fire control—the first proof of good military discipline. The...

in the Bill, Mr. Lloyd George made some observa- tions as to its opponents. He complained especially of the attitude of Mr. Balfour, who "would not lift a finger to help it...

great thing is to pass his Bill—somehow and anyhow—as long as it is passed. If he cannot pass it one way it must be passed in another, so intense is his determination to get...

seems to show that there have been no decisive developments. The energies of the Imperial Government have been chiefly devoted to hurrying troops along the railway from Peking...

has been secured between the Government and the Friendly Societies, and that the representatives of those societies have pledged themselves to support the Govern- ment owing to...

a great triumph by means of these concessions. But what of the effect on his Bill P We must remember that the very im- portant provisions of the measure which he has now thrown...

troops, which were immediately attacked by a force of some 2,000 rebels. The latter succeeded in driving back the enemy for some time, after which, however, they were obliged to...

Home Rule Bill till next week, but may note here the very great importance of the fact that what the Government is going to propose is evidently not glorified local government...

between Germany and France. All that is known is that the negotiations in regard to French concessions in the Congo are proceeding, and that rumours are afloat that the Germans...

Tabernacle upon the Insurance Bill. He besan with a complaint that because the Bill was universally accepted in principle it was expected that only its shortcomings should be...

Unionist speaker as a party of dull bores who had to go with h one another because they could not get anyone else to go with them. It was also pointed out that they went with...

obtained locally, but there is a very strong case for appealing to a wider public. If Colley Hill is saved and added to the twenty-six acres already given to the town of Reigate...

ment appears in Tuesday's Times over the signature " One Who Served under Disraeli." He maintains that, while nominally formed to promote highly commendable principles, the...

hell at Reigate on Monday last that the attempt which is bell made by the National Trust to purchase Colley Hill, the beautiful sweep of chalk down rising to a height of 750...

letter from Major Clive Morrison-Bell in the Morning Post of last Saturday. Starting from the conviction that this is the one and only inevitable question in the whole political...

his interesting articles on the German military manoeuvres deals somewhat severely with "the far-famed Prussian infantry." He admits it has a rifle and ammunition superior to...

Sept. 21st. Consols (24) were on Friday 78—Friday week 774.

MR. BALFOUR'S LEADERSHIP. T HE prospects of a Parliamentary Opposition depend upon two considerations. The first is the strength or weakness of its opponents. The second is its...

continue in name for some time. In fact it has ceased to exist. That is the first consequence of Italy's acquisition of Tripoli. When we say that the Triple Alliance has been...

W ITH much of what Mr. Lloyd George said in his impassioned speech at Whitefield's Tabernacle last Saturday it is unnecessary for any serious critic to deal. When the present...

about the nature of the revolt in China. It is no provincial rising on behalf of local grievances, but the final blossoming into deed of an unrest and discontent which has been...

appear in the current number of the Hibbert Journal, make an interesting conjunction. A generation and more ago, in the days when Mill and Spencer were the fashionable...

J UST at present there are few prophets so rash as to fore- cast the future of China. No student is much surprised at the movement now taking place : it was a thing inevitable....

T HE Archbishop of York in the course of an address w hich he delivered at Blackburn last Sunday laid his finger upon a widely current illusion. He said that, although most...

THE NATIONAL INSURANCE BILL. [To TER EDITOR OP TIER " EPECTATOR.1 Sin.,—I have read with much interest your recent article on the Insurance Bill and the correspondence which...

would object to the bestowal of such benefits as Mr. Lloyd George enumerated in his speech of Saturday last upon those requiring and desiring assistance ; but one widespread...

Srn,—Two aspects of the Insurance Bill may be briefly indi- cated: (1) If the working man is to get something for nothing — or 9d. for 4d.—under the Bill to that extent the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") Six,—In one of these aphorisms (Spectator, October 14th) you say, "All imports are physical orders for goods to be made here in exchange for...

SIR, — I observe in the Spectator and numerous other papers that it is taken for granted that the working classes of England understand about the Insurance Bill. Such an...

SIR, —" With these exceptions the Bill leaves the friendly societies for practical purposes as they are " is the conclusion of Mr. W. H. Dawson in reply to your assertion that...

[To THE EDITOR. OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Major Morrison-Bell ' s excellent models display in a very striking manner the anomalies in the size of constitu- encies, and must...

[To THE EDISON. OF TEl SPICCTATON..1 Sra,—Though not a member of the Society of Friends I hays, like yourself, bad an opportunity of reading Sir Edward Fry's paper on " Betting...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondent, Mr. Briscoe (Spectator, Oct. 14th), speaks of the theoretical basis of his contention in regard to the connexion...

[To THE EDITOR Or IRE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Now that this subject is so much to the fore, why do we not hear more of the policy of profit-sharing as practised by the South...

Sin,—Mr. Briscoe's letter, qualified by your note, must be further qualified by the excellent "Economic Aphorisms " which appeared in last week's issue of the Spectator. That...

Sra,—I have no brief for the Cadburys, Crosfields, Morrells, or Rowntrees, and I am extremely attached to the Spectator„ which I have studied pretty regularly for more than...

except in my representative capacity to interpose even to thank you for the public spirit you have shown in revealing the facts about the Daily News and its allied papers....

of Mr. Justice Channel! in the attached extract from the Manchester Guardian of October 18th will "doubtless be of interest to you. What a nation of idiots we seem to be to...

rift within the lute of Sir Edward Fry's indictment of members of the Society of Friends for not wholly banishing betting news, &c., from the columns of the journals with which...

MO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sra, — I had the honour of meeting a German official recently, and in conversation, quite "off duty," he told me that in his opinion...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECT/TOB.:1 SIR,—May I be permitted through your columns to appeal to those who have during the last few days had their attention drawn to the...

WHAT THE LEGISLATURE NEGLECTS TO DO. "At the North Wales Assizes yesterday at Ruthin Mr. Justice Channell in his charge said that if a moral was to be drawn from the calendar...

SIR,—The following conversation with an Irish lady and gentleman speaks for itself :— " We have come over from Wexford this summer because of our cruel boycotting, and have...

"SFICTAT01:1 Srn, — I noticed with interest the letter of "Imperialist " in the Spectator of September 2nd, referring to the proposal made by Sir Charles Elliott when...

Dans tine heuro de fongue insens6e, je t'ai quitt& nn jour: je voulais slier jnsqu'au bout do monde pour voir si je rencontrerais l'amour, pour le saisir et l'embrasser...

the Spectator of October 14th deals with a subject of great interest to all who are interested in literature as a book of life, and the only conclu- sion to be drawn from the...

a pity that the beautiful lines by T. Hood, written to his mother on her birthday, which occurred in November, were not alluded to in the article on the above subject in the...

I - To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SFITTATOR."] SIR,—Is it true to say that "it yet remains for Kipling . . . to sound the note of supreme faith in motherhood " ? [See Spectator, p....

NIGHT-BORN. Tits fairest blossom of the light Was nurtured in the womb of night, An alien to the sun ; And to her bosom night must need. Re-call each love-selected seed When...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' SIB., —This phrase is commonly attributed to Lord Mansfield, as being "its first and only begetter." I have no books at hand to enable me to...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPRCTATOR."] SIR,—Allow me to point out (1) that in every instance cited by G. a M. (October 7th) the phonetically spelt word stands for the same...

to make an addition to those tributes in verse offered by poets to their mothers which were quoted or referred to in your article upon this subject in the Spectator for October...

[To TER EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. ") SIR, — The formation of the Halsbury Club is to many staunch Unionists a disturbing feature of the political situation, partly because of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' Sva,—You were kind enough to publish a letter from Major Leonard Darwin some little time ago setting forth the claims of Bedford College for...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPROTATOR."1 SIR, — Readers of the classics, whether Greek or English, will be grateful for the trenchant protest against the "heavy, slovenly style "...

or initials, or wills 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...

THE EIGHTH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.* first occasion on which Lord Harlington took a pro- minent part in political life was when he moved, in 1859, that tote of no confidence in Lord...

WE are indebted to the Countess Evelyn Martinengo Cesaresco for many charming and interesting volumes. She is the rates sacra, in English, of Italy's new birth. Her " books...

no other member of Parliament has anything like his equipment in dealing with Eastern questions. He has travelled as widely as Lord Curzon, and he has chosen for his journeys...

ALL experience gained in actual mechanical flight tends to demonstrate the importance attaching to a more thorough knowledge of atmospheric phenomena. Much has been done during...

JUDGE PARRY ON COUNTY COURTS.* HIS HONOUR JUDGE Penni - deals with various subjeets-- . - social, literary, and other—and has some thing worth hearing to say about all of them,...

LORD DUNRAVEN reviews the relations of England and Ireland as they have been in the past, discusses them as they now exist, and speculates as to what they will be in the future....

do with the growing, the transportation, and the marketing of wheat in the two Americas, the subject being regarded from the economic point of view. This limitation does not...

HERE is a pretty little book, with an appropriately Oriental binding, well printed on thick paper, a book which visitors to the Coronation Durham might well put into their...

Bider Haggard takes for the first scene of his story one of the most interesting spots in East Anglia—Dunwich—once a. cathedral city, now an insignificant coast village. The...

THE OUTCRY.• THE inclusion of The Outcry amongst "popular novels" is a misnomer. For a great many years Mr. Henry James has written to please himself, not the public, and the...

Cs.) —We are not exactly ready to say why we go on reading Mr. Pett Ridge's stories. They are about quite commonplace people who live in mean surroundings and are not by any...

sanatorium—we say " every case," while allowing the numerous exceptions of upper-class patients which common sense suggests, though even these might often find their best chance...

227 Tooley Street, S.E. ld.)—One of the most useful of the many pamphlets published on the Insurance Billie a little penny pamphlet, by an anonymous writer, with commendatory...

6s. net.)—Miss Jenkins describes the life of a Turkish woman from the beginning to the end: her babyhood —on which, it would seem, very little intelligent care is commonly...

Ph. D. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s. net.)—Dr. Cutten views his subject from the historical side. He goes back to Egypt and Greece, to the cures wrought in the temples of...

[Maier this heading v. notice such Books of the week os hay. net 4411 'reserved for review in other forms.] The Empresses of Rome. By Joseph McCabe. (Methuen and Sm. 12s. 6d....

Sons. 6s.)—A story of suspenses and surprises very well managed.--In the Name of the People. By A. W. Marckmont. (Ward and Lock. 6s.)—A graphic but gloomy picture of Portuguese...

ls. 6d. net.) —"It is obviously impossible to make the book exhaustive," writes the editor in his Preface. Doubtless this is so, but a very useful contribution has been made to...

Vol. ix., Sinrpts-Sleep, by W. G. Craigie, LL.D. (Clarendon Press. Ss.) — We may take as an example of the information to be gained the familiar word " sirloin." It really comes...