Sperry's squadron has been received with the utmost cor- diality, has culminated in an exchange of messages between the Emperor and President Roosevelt. After receiving Admiral...

of dependence, there might, from the Bulgarian point of view, have been a good deal to be said for the refusal to pay. But remember the Eastern Rumelian tribute does not go to...

the Bulgarian Premier was preaching the doctrine of repudiation to the Times correspondent, Prince Ferdinand was saying smooth things to a reporter of the Petit Parisien. The...

speaking for the second time since be left office, delivered a scathing attack on M. Thomson, the Minister of Marine. M. Delcasse is President of the Commission of Inquiry into...

a gloomy account in Tuesday's issue of the state of affairs in that province. Welcoming the Constitution at the outset, the Albanian Moslems speedily turned round when they...

East still gives ground for anxiety. Though we cannot believe that Austria- Hungary will persist in preventing the assembly of a Con- ference by demanding the exclusion from...

case.

the amount of money which is likely to be expended under the Government's scheme. It states that the loans to local authorities which will be sanctioned by the Local Government...

by twenty-four thousand men, who may enlist from now till March. In this way £200,000 is to be spent. Here, however, the Government are rather pointing out ways in which the un-...

thus provided will not be wasted, but will be spent on objects of a really useful character, for of one thing we are absolutely sure,—wasted work never will and never can help...

his promised statement of policy as to the unemployed. We have stated elsewhere our general views, and our reasons for grave anxiety. Here we will only repeat that what the...

should like to put on record our belief that of all the minor means of help held out by the Government, the best of all is the offer to those under thirty—and that means...

the House of Commons on Monday. The chief amendments were moved by Mr. Rawliuson. He desired that any person under sixteen should be allowed to buy cigarettes when sent to do so...

rumour, as well as from the internal evidence of speeches made outside the Convention, it is fairly certain that the aim of the Congress is the union, not the federation, of...

Working-man Member, placed his finger on what we cannot help feeling is the weak spot in the Government case. Sunday closing, he declared, had put an end to a great deal of...

sixty members, held in the Dublin Mansion House on Tuesday, may be regarded as the official reply to Mr. O'Brien's protest. Mr. O'Brien himself was not present, and Mr. Redmond,...

grinding through the Licensing Bill. We have dealt with some general considerations of great importance in a leading article, and will here only say once more how difficult it...

M.P., on Mr. Asquith's refusal to receive a feint deputation of Munster landowners and tenants with a view to a settlement of the land purchase problem. According to Mr....

created by Lord Fitzmaurice's pro- motion to to Cabinet rank has been filled by the appointment of Mr. T. McKinnon Wood as Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Charles...

Charles Eliot Norton. the well-known American scholar and philanthropist. Norton enjoyed an almost lifelong friendship with Ruskin, who used to speak of him as his tutor, and...

ford, branch of the Victoria League on Saturday last Lord Cromer spoke in praise of sane Imperialism :— "He said advisedly sane Imperialism, and not mere Imperialism, for they...

May 28th, Consols (2i) were on Friday 844—on Friday week 85.

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE UNEMPLOYED. " I T might have been a great deal worse." That, we fear, is the best which can be said about the Government's proposals for dealing with the...

T AST week we speculated on the dangers which .4 Austria-Hungary has raised for herself by setting the whole Slavonic world . of South-Eastern Europe by the ears. Good fortune...

W E take the above phrase from Mr. McKenna's speech at Glasgow on Friday week, and we quote it to agree with it. We have no fault to find with his exposi- tion of the necessity...

T HE progress of the debate upon the Licensing Bill certainly does not add to the popularity of the measure or to the credit of the Government. Each day's discussion makes it...

make an inventory of the historical monuments best worth preserving in Britain is one of those tardy but welcome acts which, we hope, will eventually bring our system of caring...

. Bacon's election as Treasurer of Gray's Inn is to be followed by the erection of a statue of the great Lord Chancellor in one of the Inn's open spaces, — probably the charming...

"She lived shut in by flowers and trees And shade of gentle bigotries. On this side lay the trackless sea, On that the great world's mystery ; But all unseen and all =guessed...

A ROBIN sang an autumn song close outside below my upper flat, and then I heard soft undertones of leaves. A. sensation of early sunlight came through the blue curtains and...

THE UNEMPLOYED AND FALSE PHILANTHROPY. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTAT011.1 Sne, — May I call your attention to the action of kind-hearted philanthropists with regard to the...

(To THE EDITOR Or Till SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In your issue of the 17th inst. your correspondent signing himself " Conservative " makes an attack upon those responsible for the...

[To THE EDITOZ OP THE "SPECTAT0R."1 Lloyd George's oratorical flight—his remark that "Britain is the richest land under the sun "—has given rise to some notes of interrogation....

Barker's letter in last week's issue gives a general answer to his exaggerated pessimism ; but with your permission I should like to reply to his numerous questions, as one so...

SIE,—Unlike your correspondent " Conservative " in last week's issue, I cannot claim to be "one who has had great experience of political affairs in every shape and form." I do,...

rTO TEL EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Snt,—I think an older woman would have very little difficulty in answering the letter of your charming and obviously young correspondent "S....

[To THE EDITOR OF TEL " SFECTATOR."1 SIE,—I was disgusted to read in your paper the two letters signed Andrew Macphail. That you should not only publish, but go out of your way...

very wise for Miss Clara Dorothea Rackham (Spectator, October 17th) to bring the name of George Eliot into her challenge of Dr. Macphairs statements. It recalls to one's mind...

Sin,—In the letters which have appeared on the above subject I fail to see any direct reference to the Christian view of the sanctity of human life, whether infant or adult. I...

[To TER EDITOR OF TIER "EPROTATOR.1 SIR,—Wbether a criticism of a criticism be worth printing I must leave to you. I do not think either you or a corre- spondent of last week...

SIR,—In your article on "Unionist Policy" on October 17t1 you ask : "Why should we give the enemies of the Union' (meaning Irishmen) "some forty more votes in Parliament than...

appeal in the Spectator of October 3rd for consideration of infants before all others concerned will, I trust, rouse an adequate sense of the cruelty of our legislation in...

of the Spectator, I have frequently noticed your expressions of surprise that neither of the great parties has attempted to deal with the over-representation of Ireland. May I...

[TO THU ED/TOR OF THE ••SPROT1TOR."] SIR,—Those who only pay rare visits to London may note changes which perhaps attract comparatively little attention from its inhabitants....

[To THE EDITOR OF THZ " SPECTATOR." . 1 SIE,—With reference to the interesting communicated article in the last issue on retreats for working men and your editorial note, may I...

Stre,—The Adult Schools possess three houses of retreat,—two given by the Cadburys of Birmingham, and one by the young widow of a Rowntree who died in his prime, at Scarborough....

[To TUN EDITOR OF THZ " SPRCTATOR..".1 SIE,—R may interest some of your readers to hear that we picked the following wild flowers in North Devon on October 17th of this year...

[To THE EDITOR OF THII " SPRCTATOR.1 Si,—On arriving from a tour in France on July 3rd, our poodle, who was in perfect health, with muscles as bard as iron, and coat like the...

THE NATIVE-BORN. 1 LOOKED at him and I laughed. "What have you to offer ?" I said,— " The moonlight-marvel of silver—or the glint of gold that is red, The priceless dazzle of...

A CRITIC ON HIS CRAFT. MR. JOSEPH BENNETT is careful to define the scope of his volume,* and adheres faithfully enough to the limited scheme marked out for himself. Although...

THE "SPECTATOR."' STE,—Will you kindly allow me to thank my unknown friend for so generously sending me the Spectator from time to time ? It is a great boon, and I am very...

or initials, or with 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 of...

A MIRROR FOR GENTLEFOLKS.* IF we were to find ourselves suddenly transported to another planet, and obliged to give an account of the nature of the world from which we had...

Mn. W. P. REEVES signalises his retirement from the office of High Commissioner for New Zealand by writing as charming a book as we ever hope to read about the country he has so...

COLONEL CHILDERS has done good service in editing and printing William Richardson's diary from the manuscript in the possession of his descendants. It is worth a dozen of the...

APART from the supreme literary merits of the Canterbury Tales, their most conspicuous feature is the variety and con- vincingness of the characters portrayed. Each is typical...

most striking book Miss Sidle' has yet written, and for more reasons than one will probably be the most successfuL Her art is becoming matured. In the earlier books her material...

READERS of Professor Oman's first two volumes have been eagerly expecting a further instalment, and the volume now before us maintains the high standard of its predecessors. The...

THE peculiar flavour of Edward FitzGerald's character lends an interest to every new fact connected with him, and it is from this point of view that Mr. Blyth's little volume...

THE GREAT MISS DRIVER.* MERE industry in a novelist commands little or no respect. It is only justified when it is combined, as in the case of Mr. Hope, with other and higher...

Miss Silberrad, unlike many authors of the present day, the beginnings of whose novels greatly outshine the end, seems to have some difficulty in starting a story. The opening...

6s.) — .A Spirit in Prison is a sequel to Mr. Hichens's former novel, "The Call of the Blood," and would probably be extremely difficult and puzzling reading to any one who did...

Trim most important question of current politics is discussed in the Edinburgh in "The New Era in Turkey." The article was, of course, written before the latest development took...

Co. 6s.)—A tale of American life as it is influenced by the Trusts and high finance.—The House of the Crickets. By Katharine Tynan. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 6s.)— A story of an...

Sir Ernest Satow. (Cambridge University Press, Is. 6d. net.)— Hero we have the "Redo Lecture," delivered on June 13th last. It is founded on Hiibner's "Souvenirs d'un...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the weak as have not bean reserved for review in other forms.] John Stows Survey of the City of London. With Introduc- tion and Notes...

Beechcroft Road, Brockley. 10s. 6d. for the year.)—This is a quarterly journal devoted to genealogical research. Pedigrees are given, cautions and information generally received...

volume of more than a thousand pages is a visible proof of the remarkable progress which the Republic of Mexico has made during the last thirty years. This progress is naturally...

and N. W. Thomas, M.A. Vol. I. (Cassell and Co. 155. net.)—The book of which this is the first half—the second is still in process of issue—may be regarded from the scientific...

Herbert Maxwell describes the contents of this handsome volume as a "Representative Selection of Different Types, Old and New." He takes a wide range of the subject— his pen is...

Owen. (J. and E. Bumpus.)—It is not likely that many of our readers will have occasion to make use of this book, though there are doubtless a minority with whom all linguistic...

of books under the title of "Handy Classics" (15. 6d. net per vol.) The books are agreeable to look at, and pleasant to handle. They are bound with a substance which has...

sufficiently described by their titles,—Family Prayers, by the Rev. A. F. Thornhill; Hard Words in the Prayer Book, by Canon R. B. Girdlestone ; The Church on Social Subjects,...

Glover—Harriott " (Smith, Elder, and Co., 15s. net), has the contents of Vols. XXII.-XXIV. of the old edition. It includes a multitude of great names, Godwin, Gordon, Graham,...

on the development of history have been published in a uniform edition by Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. This edition consists of five demy octavo volumes at an aggregate...

The Case for the Goat, by " Home Counties" (G. Routledge and Sons, 35. 6d.), has been called for, and this within a comparatively short time of the appearance of the first. A...