XII., and grandson of Queen Isabella, was crowned, or rather enthroned, on the 17th inst., and is now, though only sixteen, in full possession of the Royal prerogative, his...

to have been most cordial, and though this is denied, the half-superstitions expectation of great things from the only Sovereign ever born a King would probably for a time...

aemi-official announcement of the approaching resignation of M. Waldeck- Rousseau. Inasmuch as it is the natural ambition of every French statesman to aim at the Presidency, it...

A S we write on Friday, the news that terms of peace have been settled has not arrived, but it is hardly too much to say that it is hourly expected. Of course there may be a...

on Friday after a most successful visit. Arriving in the Montcalm ' at Kronstadt on Tuesday morning, the President was escorted on board the Czar's yacht, and pro- ceeded at...

is first in the hierarchy, so he will be in devotion to the father- land " ; but by far the most striking of the official documents called forth by the transfer of power is the...

case.

reply to the address presented to him by the Provincial Committee of Alsace-Lorraine thanking him for the abolition of the "dictatorship clause." Speaking of the period of his...

of the Colonies to the Mother-country not merely by ties of sentiment but of interest. "At the present moment," said Mr. Chamberlain, "the Empire is being attacked on all aides,...

but the unrest of the volcanoes continues to threaten St. Vincent and Martinique. La Pelee broke forth again on the 18th inst., and once more poured hot mud and lava over St....

age is one for great Empires and not for little States, and we are as anxious as be is that we should continue as a great State, and that the British Empire should be held...

dealt in trenchant style with Lord Rosebery's attack on Liberal Unionism as involving too little Liberalism and too much Unionism. In a powerful vindication of the Education...

at Havana. The ceremony was simple but impres- sive. General Wood, the United States Governor of Cuba, after an exchange of congratulations with Sefior Palma, the new President,...

twelve years ago flung up his position to face the world as captain of a merchantman, has always been something of a mystery. A Dutch engineer in the service of the United...

which cannot be stopped when it is going fast on a sudden emergency except with the greatest difficulty, may legally be driven on an empty road at a pace of thirteen or fourteen...

the disagreement between Lord Hopetoun and the Parliament and Government of the Australian Commonwealth, but we must express our opinion that the lavish expenditure required, or...

interesting series of races and speed trials. The skill and ease with which the cars were run and managed while going at speeds in some cases of over fifty miles an hour gave...

of the country residences of Madame Humbert have been broken into by burglars, and in that at Melun several valuable pictures, including a Raphael valued at 28,000, cut from...

Amery's book is his version of General Buller's heliogram. The exact terms of the message are said to be unknown, but the following, which differs from previous versions, is...

the well-known American publicist, whieh took place at Torquay on Wednesday. Mr. Godkin, who was in his seventy-second year, was an Irishman by birth. Mr. Godkin will chiefly be...

did not deal with the actual hostilities—was pub- lished on Friday. We shall notice it at length on a futute occasion, but may say here that it is a volume of the highest...

New Consols (21) were on Friday 96.

diplomatists and statesmen may often be heard public and her rulers in private have first triumphed over to deplore the fact that we cannot come to an under- our alleged...

S I PAIN is unlucky once again. It is true that the devolution of the Royal power, often so difficult, was accomplished. last Saturday in peace amidst a ceremonial dignified...

E LECTORAL contests, especially when they g o against his own side, are as certain to put Mr. Ch amberlain on his mettle as the sound of a trumpet is to stir the blood of the...

A CORRESPONDENT of the Daily Express states, as - the result of his observations in Paris, that the ordinary Frenchman has ceased to feel any enthusiasm for the Russian...

German Emperor is a statesman of great and varied abilities. No one can mark without wonder and admiration "his pride of life, his tireless powers," his energy, his imagination,...

men are born to rule and some to serve, and no doubt also that in this oddly arranged world a good many of us miss our vocations. The best of the born ruler is that he very...

I F the word " great " can be justly applied to the mind and the achievements of a swindler, it is surely applicable to the mind and the achievements of Madame Humbert. To have...

T O recover lost estates or parts of estates is difficult. There are private owners who would almost give a finger for the chance to buy back what some improvident ancestor...

' SOUTH AFRICAN LAND SETTLEMENT BY COMMUNITIES. pro THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR:1 Siu,—Presuming that the British Government will encourage ' emigration from the United...

— A propos of the letter on " Personality " in the Spectator of May 10th, a story is told of Benjamin Franklin by himself that when a child Ile pushed his head through the bars...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] . SIR, —In the Spectator of . March 29th occurs the following :— " As regards the natives, Mr. Rhodes's views were certainly not those of...

Sin,—I have read with interest the letter in your issue of May 10th on "Personality," in which the writer narrated the experience of two persons who had become conscious for the...

the query of your correspondent in the Spectator of May 10th, I distinctly recollect, though at what precise age I cannot say, suddenly realising the utter isolation of my own...

PTO TIM EDITOR OP THU " SPECTLTOR."1 SIR,—I take the following from Oldys's Life of Raleigh (p. 141) :— "This officer (Strong his name was) had a sum of money long owing him,...

"SPECTATOR." SIR,—In your review of "The Ancient Ruins of Rhodesia" in the Spectator of April 5th occur these words : "They were forgotten and vanished from observation for...

can well remember the first realisation of my own personality. I was about six years old, kneeling at family prayers, thinking of nothing in particular, when the sensation came...

[To TEE EDIT= OP THE "SPECTAT011."] Srn,—I have been reading the letter on "Personality" in your issue of May 10th, and am much interested by the story recording the sudden...

[To THE EEITOR Or THE "SPEOTAT011.21 Snt,—It may perhaps be of interest, in connection with the recent disaster in the West Indies, to recall an article which appeared in...

[TO THE EDITOR Or TIIE "SPECTATOR."] SIE, — All Christian readers must be profoundly grateful for the article on the above topic in the Spectator of May 17th. It expresses with...

SIR,—I have no quarrel with your article in the Spectator of May 17th on the moral significance of the volcanic disturbance in the West Indies, but for those who find its...

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It is perhaps not curious that Mr. Herbert Spencer did not recognise that the American lady who thought "a country without ruined...

PTO THE EDITOR OF THE "S1'ECTATOR:1 SIR,—In the "News of the Week" in the Spectator of May 17th you say that Sir Michael Hicks Beach "made no reference to the suggestion for a...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In the Spectator of May 17th Colonel Conder wishes to know "how the age of terebinths affects the question of Abraham's oak." For the...

[TO THE Eorrou OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—One of your correspondents writes (Spectator, May 10th) that if at Waterloo Wellington had had the veteran bands he commanded during the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—You were good enough in the Spectator of May 3rd to say a few words in commendation of the Land Dedication Bill now before the House of...

FATHER DOLLING., Forzi the white hands in sleep ; the day is o'er; He has laid down the cross he gladly bore For love of those who had so much to bear, And we that knew him...

[TO THZ ZDITOR OF THZ "SPECTAT0R:1 Aut, — The writer of the article in the Spectator of May 10th seems to have been thinking of St. Peter as if be were a Christian of the...

MR. HERBERT SPENCER'S MUSICAL "HERESIES."* Mn. HERBERT SPENCER'S views on music, as on everything else, derive an added interest, apart from the eminence of the thinker, from...

ROBERT BUCHANAN'S POETRY.* THE eternal problem as to what is, and what is not, poetry . is presented in a somewhat imperious fashion by the thousand double-columned pages of...

THIS interesting book is the joint production of five Oxford men, each of whom has contributed a sketch of one of the Princesses chosen. Mr. R. S. Rait, the editor of the...

Mn. TAUNTON has already, by his works on the Jesuits in England and the Black Monks of St. Benedict, made for him- self a name as a writer on ecclesiastical history. The...

has admired the decorative effect of the Arabic inscriptions which form friezes above the arches, and margins to the marble dados, and, with their enlaced letters shining in...

THE KENTONS.* AMERICA sends us many excellent things, not the least excel- lent among which are the novels of Mr. Howells. For our- selves, we own to having passed through a...

sub-title of this book is "A Military Romance," but we cannot see much romance about it ; what there is certainly does not attract. A young Englishman, very much in favour of...

Black- wood and - Sons. Gs.)—Mr. Grier's new novel is the fourth of what we find he calls his "Balkan Series." This is a series which, in spite of its belonging to the school of...

Harper. (Harper and Brothers. 6s.)—It is only on copying the title- page that the present writer has become aware that this charming little book is the work of two ladies. It...

again, we have the " neo-Irish " story, or, to speak more accurately, stories, for there are no less than seven of them, and scarcely to be called short,—the full measure which...

Shadowy Third is a study in jealousy. It is very subtle, and not a little dreary, as the description of that par- ticular defect of character is bound to be. It is very...

love are the chief ingredients in this dish of fiction. In John Manning the first is the dominant element, over- powering not love only, but conscience also ; in George Hood we...

Illustrated Monthly Magazine (10s. 6d.) and of St. Nicholas : an Ilustrated Magazine for Young Folks (8s. 6d.) (Macmillan and Co.) Both magazines are so widely known, and...

Co. 6s.) —This is a strange story, written in strange English,—as, e.g., smiling with "sinuousness of lip." In fact, it has now and then the look of a translation. The tale...

such Books of the week 04 hay' not been reserved for review in other Airnm] The Annual Register, 1901. (Longmans and Co. 18s )—The heading of the second section of Part I. is...

ART BOOKS. Lives of Brunelleschi, Giotto, Mantegna, Rembrandt, Gerard Dou, and Wilkie have been added to Messrs. Bell and Sons' " Great Masters" series (5s. each). Mr. Leader...

9s.)—Mr. Vizetelly begins his Introduction with an account of Charles Perrault's fairy stories. He finds the sources from which " Riquet with the Tuft," and " Griseldis," and...

(John Murray. 2s.)—Lord Avebury has divided his book into two parts. In the first he treats of "The Origin of Money" and "The Coinage of Britain " ; in the second he goes on to...

and Co. 10s. (Id. net.)—About three-fourths of this volume are occupied with an account by Mr. Arthur J. Evans of the excava- tions of the Mycenaean Palace of Cnossos, a...

6s.)—Mr. Fraser left Moscow on August 22nd, 1901, and came back to it on November 9th in the same year. That what he saw and tells us about was "the real Siberia" we fully...

mans and Co. 5s. net.)—Mr. Seton-Karr begins with the critical time when the serious reverses of Storaberg, Magersfontein, and Colenso, all of them occurring in the space of a...

by the late E. IL Plumptre, D.D. 2 vols. (Isbister and Co. 5s. net.)---We are glad to see that Dean Plumptre's translation still holds its place. It is not by any means perfect....