THE hopes excited by the American surgeons, who probably 1 felt the impact of the wish of an entire people, proved delusive. On Friday, September 13th, at 2 o'clock, President...

views. We will only say here that besides being a statesman of high character and lofty aims, be is a man of great courage, moral as well as physical. People talk as if he were...

Colony, where Smuts, in order to break through a cordon of columns hemming him in, rushed the 17th Lancers at Eland's River Poort, and killed three officers and twenty men and...

ill-fated President, after lying for a few hours in state in Washington, was conveyed to his home at Canton, in Ohio, and there buried, were noteworthy for the universal and...

to chronicle a number of small disasters. They are, no doubt, of very little importance from the military point of view, but they will greatly encourage the enemy, and they seem...

was the first move in General Botha's invasion of Natal, which he has been planning for some time, and which began on Sep- tember 15th as an answer to the proclamation. As to...

in the submission of the men, who have gone back to work without any.alteration in the old terms. Mr, Pierpont Morgan has not, however, acted on his threat to • hold no further...

and was received by President Loubet, who steamed out to meet the Emperor's yacht, the Standart.' The meet- ing was, of course, most cordial, and especial praise is given to the...

were such as have rarely been witnessed in Western Europe. The train steamed out of Dunkirk between walls of soldiers, and on the way to Compiegne a soldier stood sentry on...

one of his tour round the world on Monday, when he landed in Quebec, and met an enthusiastic reception from the population. In reply to an address from the Mayor, the Duke made...

Viceroy of Shantung has insisted that all German troops outside Kiao-chow should be withdrawn within the limits of the concession. The Governor of Kiao-chow, however, hesitates...

all captures separately reported since September 9th r—'• Mobile columns report as result of their work during last week 47 Boers killed, 7 wounded, 371 prisoners, and 134...

Armenians has occurred, this time at Mush and Sassoon, near the Russian border. It is known that disturbances have broken out, and that eight regiments have • been ordered to...

Galway is an outrageous but entertaining document. He alludes to the present Nationalist Parlia- mentary party as "the bounding brothers of the circulating bat," and after some...

letter to Tuesday's Times, in which he shows not only that we are well within our rights in our treatment of train-wreckers and persons of that kind generally, but that the...

to a Central News telegram from Colombo, one hundred and eighty of the Boer prisoners have volunteered in "some quasi-military capacity" in India. The telegram proceeds to state...

of the Cobra ' turbine torpedo-boat destroyer, which was wrecked on Wed- nesday morning on the Outer Dowsing Shoal off the Lincoln. shire coast. The vessel was on her way from...

have been of unusual interest. Of all the papers read during the past week none excited greater interest than Major Ronald Ross's on " The Story of Malaria," relating the slow...

been the cause of severe rioting. On Wednesday a mob of men attacked the offices of the masters and did a great deal of d amage, and on Thursday attempts are said to have been...

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PRESIDENT 3/(oKLNLEY. T HE instinctive optimism of Americans, so often a source of strength to them, deceived them grievously about the chances in favour of President McKinley...

President, and the world is asking what manner of man is he, and what are the views and plans of one who holds power and authority equal to that of the German Emperor in a...

S EPTEMBER 15th has come and gone and with- out much result, but the war will now, we hope, enter upon a new phase. Whether the Transvaal authorities will at once be able to act...

I T is becoming increasingly evident that the tour of the Emperor of Russia to Western Europe must have some considerable objects. His Majesty can hardly be W oying a mere...

V ERY great interest has been created in England V during the past week by the accounts that have been received of the great military manoeuvres now pro- ceeding both in Germany...

W E must accustom ourselves," said Goethe, " to enjoy our happiness piecemeal," and Sir Thomas Browne enlarges upon the fortunate disposition of " such as can be content with a...

T HE detailed accounts of President McKinley's wound telegraphed from America to London remind us forcibly of the increased interest now displayed in all questions of health and...

T HE English monsoon, deferred to an unusually late season, came this week in the form of a deluge of rain lasting twenty-four hours, and worked an instan- taneous change in the...

A COINCIDENCE—OR WHAT? [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—In January, 1900, my son went on active service to South Africa. We were at first naturally rather anxious...

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...1 Sin,—Mr. Bennett, who criticises your very excellent article in the Spectator of September 7th on " Russia, England, and Persia," is...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 S re,— venture to send you a translation of a portion of an interview with a Swedish Consul-General at the Cape which appeared in the...

[TO THE EDITOR OP TUB "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—You are doing an admirable service to the nation by your convincing articles on Russo-British relations. What surprises me is the lack...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."l Sta, — Among the many reasons, good or bad, that have been suggested as the causes of the alleged decline of British trade, one at least has...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") Srn,—May I suggest that throughout all the debates, Press articles, and important speeches on the subject of the King ' s Declaration these...

['To THE EDUCE OF THE "SPECrATOR."1 SIR,—Will you allow me space for a remark or two on the subject of Dr. Ricker's able and interesting survey at Glasgow in regard to the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."1 Sin,—I beg leave to add a word or two to the history of the River Ore, which formed the subject of an article in the Spectator of August...

[To THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Before the last sad news could be known here, the first words of an acquaintance were, " I fear we shall lose the President." Surely...

Sur,—One of the least of Wesley's followers may be permitted to thank you for Jour admirable article in the Spectator of September 14th. On your remark as to the " spirit of...

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sra,—As being one who has had considerable official experience in the development of public works in Ireland, and been lately connected with...

"SPECTATOR."] SIE, - 411 an article in the Spectator of September 14th, en- titled " How to Deal with Anarchists," you state :—" The Emperor of Austria has reigned fifty-two...

SPECTATOR] SIE,—The propriety of thanking you for the very thoughtful and interesting discussion of my article in the Fortnightly Review in your issue of September 7th gives me...

[To THE EDITOR OF Tan "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In his review of Mr. Bradley's Commentary on Tennyson's "In Memoriam" (Spectator, September 7th) your reviewer, quoting the lines from...

Sus,—Scores of correspondents will be writing to you to say that in the lines- " He finds on misty mountain ground • His own vast shadow glory-crown'd "- Tennyson had in his...

THE GLOUCESTER FESTIVAL. LAST week's meeting of the three choirs—held for the most part in what the late Madame Titiens, looking at the matter from the point of view of...

OUTWARD BOUND. (PRESIDENT MCKINLEY : DIED SEPTEMBER 14TH, 1901.) FAREWELL! for now a stormy morn and dark The hour of greeting and of parting brings ; Already on a rising wind...

Not thine the silver coronet of age, The gentle call that bids the soul away; The Finis set upon the finished page, The darkness stealing o'er the closing day. Nay, in the...

[To THE EDITOR OP TEE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Was there not something omitted from the above title to your article in the Spectator of September 14th ? Surely there ought to have...

THE DICTIONARY OF NATIONAT4 BIOGRAPHY. * THESE two supplementary volumes (to be followed, we under- stand, in a short time by a third) fulfil a double function They fill up any...

little, and though among historians school follows school with bewildering rapidity, and the idols of ten years ago lie to-day in fragments under the critic's hammer, the...

THE Jacobite wars are at last beginning to be understood. At one time they were regarded as a mere misprint in history, a temporary reaction, a squabble of irreconcilables. It...

WHATEVER objection may be taken to any of the positions developed in this work, it must be conceded that the book itself is a real contribution to the study of the existing...

The Snares of the World shows that the hand of the veteran Mr. Aide—if one may without offence apply such a term to an author whose work dates back to the " sixties "—has lost...

OUR NAVAL HEROES. Our Naval Heroes. Edited by G. E. Marindin, M.A. With an Introduction by Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. (John Murray. 16s.)—The articles collected in this...

[Under this heading we notice such rooks of the week as haw not been reserred for reriew in other forms.] A Short History of the Hebrews. By R. L. Ottley. (Cambridge University...

Me a d B .A. (Theosophical Publishing Society. Ss. 0d. net.) —With much th at Mr. Mend says about Apollonius we are entirely disposed t o We have no objection to the title of a...

J. Skeet. (Cambridge University. Press. 5s.)—Miss Skeet, who publishes in this volume the Gibson Prize essay, has collected great amount of information about ancient travel, and...

her Sister, Louisa E. Milne. (Blackwood and Sons. 10s. 6d.)—This is a very welcome volume. We have in it a well. written memoir, giving the picture of an attractive personality,...

and William Hunter Workman. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—There is a great amount of what seems to us unnecessary grumbling in the story which these two distinguished mountaineers tell...

Is. 6d. net.)—Mr. Sidney puts together all that is known about the Amy Robsart affair. That "all" does not amount to much. There are the letters that passed between Dudley and...

Anton is a not unworthy successor of "A. K. H. B." There is less of the not unengaging egotism of the " Country Parson," but the qualities of humour, wide reading, good sense,...

Dodd. (J. M. Dent and Co. 2s. 6d.)—Miss Dodd has collected a con- siderable amount of information on her subject, and has arranged it in a fairly satisfactory way. Now and then...

receivc d Love Poems of Landor, a collection of graceful verse put in an attractive form.

and Co. 2s. 6d.)—This, the sixth yearly issue, covers the period from September 14th, 1901, to October 1st, 1902, or. to use the Hebrew numeration, 5662. (Science has made this...

Bennett's "Enquiry into Certain Popnlarities " will certainly repay perusal. He begins with an estimate of the "Average Reader," "an intelligent and reasonable being," "'neither...

and Co. 2s. 6d.)—Mr. Miles's readers can hardly fail to get some good out of his book. Pay attention—this is the upshot of his counsel —look all round the subject, think what it...

of the Library (Regan Paul, Trench, and Co.), and have now to record the appearance of Vol. I. (New Series), edited by J. Y. W. Macalister in collaboration with Ldopold Delisle,...