in which he declared that his whole endeavour in the future would be directed to securing the harvest of which the seeds have been sown,—meaning, of course, the harvest of...

Finance, introduced the Labour Pensions Bill in what the Paris correspondent of the Times calls an elaborate but half- hearted speech. He estimated the cost to the State would...

question, though not yet settled, is believed to be in process of getting settled; and there are also said to be indications, though whether sham or real remains to be seen,...

T HERE is little to chronicle this week in regard to the war, except that the process of attrition goes steadily on in the way of Boer killed, wounded, and surrendered, and that...

Times correspondent at Brussels, telegraphing on Monday night, tells us that whatever may happen in the second ballots, the Roman Catholics are now sure of a. majority in the...

daughter. Regrets are officially, and no doubt sincerely, ex- pressed in all the capitals of Europe that the Emperor is still without a male heir, but the reports which...

case.

show that the total population of the United Kingdom is now 41,434,578,—an increase of 3,721,656 upon. the Census of 1891. This increase exceeds by nearly a million (873,582)...

popu. lation as 4,456,546 (2,197,739 males and 2,258,807 females), and thus show a decrease since 1891 of 24 - 8,204 persons, or 5 - 3 per cent. The decrease in population is,...

the adjournment of the House to consider the question of the camps of detention in South Africa and the alarming, rate of mortality among the women and children. We have...

of the facts. He justified , the camps of refuge both on political and humanitarian grounds, as the only means of keeping certain women from acting as providers for the enemy,...

four protecting Powers have delivered to Prince George an identic declaration stating that they consider that there is no ground whatever for a change in the international...

description of the sufferings of the women and children in the refugee camps, written by Miss Holthouse. That Miss Iiobhouse desired to speak the truth and nothing but the truth...

Joint Committee appointed to consider the accommodation available in the House of Lords when the Sovereign is personally present in Parliament, and the advisability of...

made by Mr. Rhodes at Bulawayo on Saturday last. The Boer War was, he held, practically over, for he did not believe there were mere than 8,500 men left in the field. He...

guests of the National Reform Union on Friday, the 14th inst., made significant speeches on the war and the settlement. Sir , FI:Ca,nipbell-Bezinerman; speaking with un- usual...

Mr: Asquith took up the challenge thrown down by Sir William Harcourt, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, and Mr. Morley, and in a speech of great force and courage, and one which...

subUrbis contribute 292,000. Since 1850 the population of France, allowing for alterations of boundaries, has only in. creasedfrom 35,000,000 to 38,000,000. In the same period...

Hall on Wednesday night, to which admittance was only by ticket, great precautions being taken that no element hostile to the speakers should be admitted. Any person who did...

to make the split in the Liberal party per- manent, but we neither expect nor desire any such result The wrangling will go on, bizt there will be no formal oz irrevocable...

Friday 931.

THE NEEDS OF THE NAVY. THOUGH we deem an efficient Army a national necessity, 1 and have given, and shall give, our strongest support to Mr. Brodrick's scheme because we...

Mr. Lloyd-George brought the question of the camps of refuge before the House on Monday in moving the adjournment, vexatious as we believe his intention to have been, and futile...

T HE Census returns make it absolutely necessary that the Government should before the next General Election redress the wrong done to the constituencies of England by the...

little concern has been honoured with a public monument. This is the moral of last Sunday's ceremony at Berlin. If we may trust the Times Berlin correspondent, some sense of the...

A VERY unpleasant sensation has been widely caused by the appearance in several newspapers of extracts from a circular said to have been issued by the Co-opera- tive Union, in...

appeared in the newspapers of a young lady—a Miss Maud Pryce—who suddenly lost her memory. She started out for a bicycle ride possessed of normal ability to recollect her past...

TIRE methods and results of classical study are subjected 1 to so much inept, because purely utilitarian, criticism, that itis a matter for congratulation when a critic so well...

--) IR HARRY JOHNSTON proposes that the G-overn- 1.ment shall be asked to sanction the reservation of a tract of extraordinary natural game country, through which he has just...

A VILLAGE RIFLE CLUB.* [TO TRH EDITOR OF TFIN "SPECTATOR"] Sin,—We were - born, with many others, in the Black Week of '99; and the story of our adventures would fill a book....

THE REFORMED PUBLICATOUSE. . . . . . [TO TN2 EDITOR OD THE "SPECTATOR."] you allow - me to. protest against your description Of the probable attitude of the Temperance party...

(To TER EDITOR OP TUE "SPECTATOR:1 Snr,—With regard to the Nicaragua or other isthmian canal, there is an advantage, by no means the least, of which I have so far seen no...

[TO TOE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:] Sm,—In the Spectator of June 15th you refer to the resigna- tion of Mr. H. C. Fanshawe by way of protest against the treatment of the Punjab...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] lovers of Nature must be interested in the preser- vation of the view from Richmond Hill, which a correspon- dent in your issue of the 15th...

[TO TUE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—The Committees of the Children's Country Holiday Fund are now in full work, and thousands of poor children in all parts of London are...

be found that milking is one of the activities mostly objected to, and this by reason of the long hours and the unbroken demands of the work. The milker must rise early winter...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] SIR, — The Spectator has always gone for a strong Navy. Where are the men to come from at the present if the increase of ships continues ? Now...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Following the initiative of our vicar, and stimulated by the letter on "Village Rifle Clubs" published in the Spectator of August 11th...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' Stn,—In your editorial note to Mr. McLaren's letter under the above heading (Spectator, June 15th) you speak of the principle as to the duty...

of the flight of the ploughman no doubt lies deeper than commonplace suggestions—least of all mine—can effectively reach. Yet pending heroic measures much may be done by simple...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—In your interesting article in the Spectator of June 15th you are so good as to express a hope that I may republish in book form the...

go THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Few thoughtful Liberals will be disposed to question your belief that the future of the Liberal party is very pre- carious, and that...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sit,—The very last place in the world in which I should have expected to find peculiarly barbarous sentiments is in your pages. "If only it...

(To THE EDITOR OF TR& "SPECTATOR.") Snt,—The following extract from a letter of May 26th last may interest some of your readers :— " Midland Railway, Wellingborough. A truck...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, - Old members of the Liberal party looked forward with great interest to the utterances of their leaders on the subject of the terms of...

Sis,—There is a certain old house which was in my family for several generations,—it had been a monastery or home of a Brotherhood in the reign of King John. I remember an old...

FOUR EPIGRAMS FROM THE ANTHOLOGY.* (" Lama Veneria."—Aseleplades, B.C. 290; Samoa, I. 2.) SWEET to thirsty throats in summer is the draught of snow, Sweet to sailors after...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sts,---The story of a "dream house" in your issues of May 25th and June 1st brought to my recollection a curious instance of the same kind...

[To THZ EDITOR OR THE SPECTATOR."] saw three common swifts hawking over the east end of the Serpentine this afternoon (June 13th). I regret to say that they have since...

• THE HEART OF THE EMPIRE.* WE hope that all those who are interested in the problems of modern city life will not be deterred from reading the essays contained in this book by...

[With apologies for Venus, Cupid, and Kars, as metrically more manageable than Aphrodite, Eros, and Ares.] 'A Kri . spr; Mo:rratot • 'copious si, A0p0a17000 Tlf.4617 ' , .> 1...

• Btrallolcdeld and ifs Owners. By Lady Bussell. London: Longman/ and Co. [423.] HousEs also, like men and books, have their fates, and the. history of a house is often more...

IT is not easy to determine the origin of the Midland Railway Company; something of the same doubt surrounds it that sometimes attaches to the source of a great river. The...

Mn. OSMAN EDWARDS is apparently that most cosmopolitan of creatures, a denationalised Briton. At all events, he talks with equal familiarity of London and Paris, and, which is...

THE contents as well as the laconic title of Marys Rodziewicz's striking novel remind one of the epitaph on the Roman matron, domi mans it lanam fecit,—an epitaph which might...

THE STRAND MAGAZINE. The most interesting article in the June number of the Strand Magarine is Dr. Conan Doyle's account of the rifle club which he has founded on Hindhead. The...

[Under ate heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been resorted for review n other forme.] A Woman's Memories of the War. By Violet Brooke-Hunt. (J. Nisbet and...

The Gospel of Wealth, and other Timely Essays. By Andrew Carnegie. (Frederick Warne. 6s.)—It is certainly interesting to be reminded, as one is by the article which gives its...

(T. Fisher Unwin. 3s. 6d. net.)—These sketches of character and work—they are sketches rather than studies—do not call for detailed criticism. Of each of these "makers...

(Hedderwick and Sons, Glasgow.)—This volume is too technical in character to be dealt with in these columns. We may say, however, that it 113 a careful study, very fully...

no intention of pronouncing on the case presented in this pamphlet. The account of Bishop Miraglia's personality and work is interesting and, we may say, attractive, but it is,...

Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart. (Mac- 4nillan and Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—We have taken occasion to mention the earlier volumes of this serieS, -- and need but repeat in the briefest...

net.)—Fortunate, or rather foreseeing, people who possess com- plete sets of "Book Prices Current" will value this index to the first ten volumes. The first edition of "The...

Edward Gorton. (Greening and Co. 2s. 6d.) —Colonel Gorton served in important positions during the Maori War on the west coast of New Zealand. The upshot of this book is that...