two volumes which arouse pleasant anticipations. These are False Premises, five one-act plays by Mr. Laurence Housman ; Plays in Prose and Verse, by Mr. W. B. Yeats ; and new...

their goods, and particularly their more expensive goods, " fulfil a long-felt want " : but on the whole it is obvious that they protest too much. For once, however, the...

book by Mr. Leonard Merrick—To Tell You the Truth—is an unusual event nowadays. Lilian, by Mr. Arnold Bennett, once more arouses hopes which become fainter and fainter as year...

harvest of books has been gathered, and there has been time to thresh and weigh the yields, we hope to discuss them in some detail in another supplement, dealing more especially...

than, any of the others. There are new books by Mr. W. H. Davies and Mr. W. B. Yeats, and an illustrated volume containing new and old poems by Mr. Walter de la Mare ; Collected...

THE BOOK HARVEST. IT is Still too early to form an estimate of the year's literary harvest, because it is still in progress and some of the best of its product is yet to come ;...

Society is producing a two-volume translation of Meier-Graefe's study of Van Gogh, at £3 3s., while from Messrs. Constable comes a less costly book on Goya, by Senor A. de...

LONDON : OCTOBER 21st, 1922.

of William Adam, " Master Mason to the King, in Scotland," Robert and James have left themselves many monuments, to which must now be added the great book by Mr. Arthur Bolton....

one's own," says Mr. Russell, " one is forced to ask oneself questions more funda- mental than any that usually arise in regard to home affairs. One is forced to ask : What are...

best when he touches extremes. He is excellent as a rule when he seriously and conscientiously discusses and analyses : his powers of observa- tion, his often accurate analysis,...

Ma. "lax •BEERB01131 has developed a new method of historical criticism. He has discovered that by means Of his inimitable gift of caricature he can shed light on an historical...

Music " has made a promising start with Mr. Romain Rolland's A Musical Tour through the Land of the Past. 1 This time Mr. Rolland has doffed his grandiose biographical manner...

THAT the fine arts are not capable of infinite development is a commonplace with many writers on aesthetic matters, it being held that art in its youthful expression, as with...

THE publication of Dr. Jesscn's collection of Rococo Engravings is an event in the world of architecture and decoration that we can by no means let pass unrecorded. The Doctor...

a fortunate creature. History, once one of the chief bugbears of the schoolroom, is now becoming, thanks to people like Mr. H. G. Wells and Mr. Hendrik Van Loon, an entrancing...

THE boldest of literary historians has not ventured to suggest that Thomas Heywood, the " prose Shakespeare " of Lamb's praise, was a descendant from the subject of Professor...

childhood the present reviewer was given comfrey : poultices of comfrey and decoctions of comfrey. It was unpleasant to the touch and abomin- able to the taste ; but " no gain...

which the second of the four volumes now appears in translation)-is more a search after the historical and topographical causes for the various manifesta- tions of visual art...

with an air of happy certitude the . old, false equation, Morality Play + Senecan Tragedy-r---Elizabethan Drama. Even such long and general equations as Nature+Percy...

are a survey of the factors which have made for progress in men's religious ideas ; they deal from this point of view with Hebrew, Greek, and Roman religion, with philosophy,...

of this book would be several pages of quota- tions, for truly no loiterer in the byways of English literature could find so many tempting blooms in so short a space as are to...

pleasant, entertaining book After the War the author, for a time homeless, wanders about with her daughter in England and Scotland and Italy. She meets with many agreeable and...

net.)—Yet another edition of these charming letters. Through their quiet preoccupation with the little matters - of a seellMed life and of a garden, they reveal the character...

Grand Guignol." They include two horror plays and a character sketch. The Death-Day Party, by far the best of the three, was accepted for performance but was refused licence by...

Other Sea Creatures. By Frank T. Bullen. (R.T.S. 3s. net each.)— The stories in these two volumes. are taken from Bullen's larger work, entitled Creatures of the Sea. Nowadays...

Nash's " Famous Fiction Library." (Nash and Grayson. 2s. 6d. net.)—Some of the novels included in. this series have already conquered their tens of thousands and, presumably,...

net.)—It is pleasant to see Mr. Taylor's fresh and clear study of Plato reprinted: He writes in a style that may be called either deplorably undignified or beautifully...

" I asi a sort of ' haunted with the conviction that the divine William is the biggest and most successful fraud ever prac- tised on a patient world." This quotation from the...

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by their sudden act in summoning a full Unionist meeting had substantially decided the issue in advance. We attribute the result of the Carlton Club meeting largely to that act...

T irE result of the meeting of the Unionist Members of Parliament and Unionist Peers who are Min- isters, summoned by Mr. AuSten Chamberlain at the Carlton Club, comes to us as...

actual figures were 87 votes for Mr. Chamberlain's proposal to continue the Coalition and 186 votes against him—a majority of 99. Of course, it may be said that the decision to...

that in spite of his critics the people did not believe that the Government had deliber- ately endeavoured to rush the country into war. " We ensued peace. - We insured peace."...

two o'clock on Thursday morning, is a great encouragement to Unionists. The figures were R. Clarry (Un.) .. • . • J. W. Bowen (Lab.) Lyndon Moore (Lib.) : — 13,515 11,425...

being obliterated by Mr. Lloyd George. For our part we want the Unionist Party to be as large as possible—we would exclude nobody who professes the interests of true Unionism....

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had an understanding with our Allies, Mr. Lloyd George replied, " we-thought we had." Only a few weeks ago a message had been received from the French Govern- ment saying that...

" I think," he said, " it would have been more honourable and courageous if it [a motion to dispense with his services] had been moved in November, 1918. . . . I cast myself on...

sible for the policy towards Turkey. " Turkey was almost completely partitioned by the agreements entered into by various Powers before I ever became Prime Minister." [But...

went on, who had made himself very obnoxious by the malignity with which he had pursued the Government. " The moment he heard that Mr. Chamberlain and I . were going to defend...

known as the " Die-Hards," held a meeting in Arlington Street on Tuesday. He .said that an appeal ought to be made to the. Conservative instincts of the country. Therefore the...

has made some proposals regarding. Germany's payment the full importance of which will not. be. appreciated, he says, unless we under- stand that this is: the .last chance of ....

to the pound) is only feasible if the Reichsbank is relieved of the necessity of creating new credits. In. order to stop the expansion of 'the floating debt and afford Germany...

the Midland. Conservative Club. He said that lie had worked in _perfect harmony with Mr. Lloyd George, who had acted with scrupulous loyalty to his Unionist allies. No question...

of the Allies and they doubt also whether the plan to stabilize the mark is practicable. It is further objected that France, as the principal creditor, would have to finance the...

case in which Sir Almeric FitzRoy, Clerk of the Privy . Council, was fined by Mr. Mead at Marlborough Street Police Court last Saturday. The charge was one of " wilfully...

Republican interference with the annual meeting of the Catholic Truth Society of Ireland, which was held in Dublin on October 11th. Cardinal Logue presided over this meeting, at...

at Bagdad on Tuesday, October 10th, by the British High Commissioner, Sir Percy Cox, and the Prime Minister of the new State, Sir Saiyid 'Abd-ur- Rahman. The full text of this...

instantly lodged. We may say, however, that the public has for a long time been rather disturbed about the character of prosecutions of persons using public parks. It is only on...

as the obligations of this country are concerned, is un- doubtedly the seventh, by which " His Britannic. Majesty undertakes to provide such support and assistance for the armed...

resignation of his position as Soviet Commissary for Foreign Trade. This is presumably a consequence of the refusal of the. Moscow Government to ratify the commercial agreement...

July 18, 1922 ; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 100! ; Thursday week, 1001; a year ago, 891.

1 1HE great need of the moment is the preservation of the Unionist Party. Mr. Lloyd George, whether he has intended to do it or not, is by his methods fast smashing it. If he is...

TO OUR READERS. T O-DAY the SPECTATOR returns to its former price of sixpence. As we explained last Saturday, we are • enabled to make this yeduction, while at the same time...

I N reviewing recently Sir Lynden Macassey's book, Labour Policy — False and True, we called attention to his remarks on the appalling ignorance among manual workers about...

it/rOST Londoners have (or should have) remarked - 0 - 1 - a certain. Portland stone edifice not far from -Madame Tussaud's , that is obviously a Public Building- of some. kind....

E VERY resident in Portsmouth and every visitor has been conscious of an aching gap in the harbour since Nelson's famous ship the ` - Victory ' was - removed. She was- taken...

aroused by recent experi- ments with gliders has produced the impression in the mind of some people that this is a new departure in air- navigation. It is therefore interesting...

Thackeray has written, " but there are occasions when. . . . Do, for goodness sake, my dear madam, keep your true, and pure, and womanly, and gentle remarks for another day....

T HE most important member of a stag-hunting establishment such as the Devon and Somerset is the harbourer, for upon him falls the duty of finding a stag or stags suitable for...

A PLEA FOR A RECONSTRUCTED MINISTRY. [To -the Editor of the SPECTATOR.j ,SIR, — In the above article of your issue -of October 7th you state that Mr. Lloyd George and Lord...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—No - argument which Mr. Edward Price Bell has brought forward to disprove the belief, very prevalent, as he rightly says, in this country...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In opening the International. Theatre Exhibition at Manchester Sir John Martin Harvey, after reviewing the work shown, observed that after...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—The authors of this interesting and important book, to which your reviewer directs attention in last week's Spectator, lay very proper...

is not surprising that Mr. J. L. Garvin should be auto-intoxicated. But it is lamentable that the Spectator should be blind to the fact that never has Mr. Lloyd George deserved...

on smoke will be widely read, and that you will go on hammering away at the question. Earlier in the year I was one of a deputation to the Minister of Health on this subject. He...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sirt,—My attention has been called to a notice in the Spectator of October 7th of my small pamphlet, entitled The Priest's Rule of Life. I am...

your issue of October 14th, commenting on a book by Mr. Simon, the Lord Mayor of Manchester, on The Smokeless City, you make a serious mistake, and we wish to draw your...

the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I notice in your paper that interest is again awaking in connexion with low-temperature carbonization of coal development. The official Gas Journal of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—I trust - that you will allow me to bring to public notice in your columns the unfortunate position of certain retired officers of the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—We, the undersigned residents in a Swiss hotel, would like to know if it is not possible to educate the British public up to a higher...

public sympathy and support. The aim of the Union is to provide courses of reading to suit all ages and grades of knowledge and in a variety of the fields in which know- ' ledge...

SPECTATOR.] Sut,—May I ask your help for legless ex-Service men ? There are thirty thousand of these, practically all of whom, from the want of information, arc still carrying...

[To the Editor of the Srlier.vron.] SIR,—In reply to " Senex " in the October 7th issue of the Spectator, I would like to point out that many Elementary Teachers are the best...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—A remarkable illustration of the ever-increasing part women are playing in business life is afforded by the appoint- ment of Miss Marion...

the SrEe . r.vron.] SIR,—The newspapers expose many grievances on the part of owners under the Rent Restriction Act, but owners are not the only sufferers. Under the Act any...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Stn,—We were much interested in Mr. Ernest Blake's letter in the Spectator of October 7th, and we heartily sympathize with his desire for a...

" THE IMMORTAL HOUR," AT THE REGENT THEATRE, KING'S CROSS, N.W. Aurnouon we Londoners have had few opportunities of hear- ing Mr. Rutland Boughton's The Immortal Hour, its...

LOVER'S REPLY TO GOOD ADVICE. Cowin you 'bid an acorn When in earth it heaves 'On Time's 'backward wing be 'borne To - forgotten leaves : Could you quiet Noah's Flood To an...

the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I notice an apparently deliberate movement in the Press to substitute the letter " z " by " s " in the words " civilization," " Venizelos,"...

" MEDEA," AT THE NEW THEATRE. I AM not a classical scholar, and therefore I am not qualified to judge haw far such a translation- as Professor Gilbert Murray's. distorts...

THE SCIENCE OF MORALITY.* MORAL philosophers as a race have talked more and said less than any other variety of writers, except perhaps the writers of bad fiction ; indeed, it...

October 22nd.—PEOPLE'S P-4LACE, MILE END ROAD, E. 3.0 [rtades riolin Concerto in A minor (Mr. Frederick Holding), Leonora No. 3, Rimsky-Korsakov's Spanish Caprice, and Mr....

NATIONAL GALLERY (Room XV.). [The Van Eyck " Madonna and Child," which has been purchased from the Ince Blundell collection by the Felton Bequest for the Melbourne Gallery,...

8.15-2.30 8.15-2.80 2.30-7.45 2.30-8.30 2.0 EVERYMAN.--Mary Stuart [Mr. Drinkwater's tragedy.] PLArnousE.—The Second Mrs. Tanqueray [The play that thrilled our fathers and...

No people in the world are more given to secret organization than the Southern Irish. They are fond of mystical ceremony and of traditional forms of oath. There are, of course,...

Tim literature of cricket can for the most part be divided into two categories. There are the books by men who understand cricket but do not know how to write, and the books by...

Charity Organization Society for the use of those who wish to give what they can spare for the relief of distress in a wise as well as a well-meaning fashion. It is largely...

weekly article on books and authors to the Christian Science Monitor, and every now and then he collects fifty of these articles and makes a book of them. To any intelligent...

can be strangely depressing. Most of us made our first acquaintance with it through texts, Christmas cards, church notices, and the illuminated address presented to our...

suspect) young—French architect who has drawn thirty-two entertaining designs for various kinds of buildings, and has had them published without comment inside a portfolio...

THE GERMAN TEMPERAMENT.f As the antagonisms bred by the War gradually die down, the resemblances between the English and German characters are once more admitted and discussed....

Tins book opens with an excellent introduction on the art and science of translating. We can only wish, for the sake of clarity and accuracy, that Mr. Williams knew more about...

net.)—This short novel is an extravaganza. In it two charming young people, a boy who has every quality but quickness of wit, and a girl who has that and everything else, worst...

spirited story written round the Popish Plot and that most disreputable of defenders of the Protestant faith, Titus Oates. If any reader have fears by the end of the first...

JAMES ELROY FLECKER AND THE STAGE.* AT last Flecker's long-expected play has been given to the world ; but not, alas on a stage and among the tangible but subtle allurements of...

THE ELECTION AND MARKETS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The prospect of a General Election has had no effect upon the Stock Markets. Prices have improved in most...

an uncommon kindliness and sincerity. In The Divine Tragedy (Selwyn and Blount, 5s. net) he occupies himself with a theme which gives plenty of scope for his gentle satire, that...

(Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.) THE CONTROL OF AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS. By Quincy Wright. (New . York : Macmillan.)—Dr. Wright, who...

held by financial circles was afforded by the influential gathering which assembled in his honour on Monday evening to wish him God-speed on the eve of his departure for India....

C. H. Dudley Ward, D.S.O., M.C. (Murray. 21s. net.)—Thc 74th Division was formed in March, 1917, from yeomanry regiments who had been sent dismounted to Egypt. General Girdwood...

a period when we were suffering from the great coal strike of 1921, the Trade figures for September are satisfactory. The value of Imports, namely, £77,000,000, was i:lightly...

Non-Repre- sentational Art and their Application in the Work of Lawrence Atkinson. By Horace Shipp. (Cecil Palmer. 15s. net.)— Mr. Shipp appears to be convinced that all the art...

entered into last year whereby the Government obtained powers up to a total of 25 millions to guarantee certain loans where the proceeds were to be spent in relieving...

recommendations of the Colonial Office in the matter of the restriction of output, it is quite clear that the decision has restored some semblance of life to the market for...

Although the domestic political crisis has not had any disturbing effect upon the Stock Markets it has probably exerted some restraint upon financial activities in the shape of...

sketches. There is a. quiet and sustained humour in all his work that could not possibly be conveyed by quotation. He is perhaps at his best in the two or three burlesque plays....

Heifer. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Anderton is at his best in recounting his discoveries in the by-ways of literature ; with the luck of a true bibliophile he has rescued from the...

Reading Union. 1s. net.)—Professor Kcr is SIR WALTER SCOTT'S SCOTLAND. By W. P. Ker. (National Home Reading Union. 1s. net.)—Professor Kcr is here engaged in pointing out with...

and in the case of many of these we find it impossible to discover any justifiable reason why they should be written, much less published. Of such books is the present one. The...

(Longmans. 15s. net.)—No Englishman had a closer know- ledge of ecclesiastical Russia than the late Mr. Birkbeck, and few have known more than he of Russian life in general. He...

lls, net.)—The publishers have reprinted this handsome volume. The photographic reproductions are excellent, but the letterpress is amateurish and written in that peculiar style...