ROGER BACON, DOCTOR MIRABILIS.* THE history of the revival of Greek learning is still an obscure page in the annals of the Renaissance. With the extinction of the Western Empire...

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in Greek are sadly to seek," would more justly apply to their autobiographies, which are deficient in quantity, and in quality do not excel. The language is hard to handle, and...

novels of the young writer who felt and expressed the stirrings of what we know in looking back to have been an epoch of romance, an • Charlotte Mary Tong.. By Chriatabel...

THE DREAM OF PALL MALL. Modern Warfare; or, How Our Soldiers Fight. By " Dbique." (T. Nelson and Sons. 6s.)—We must apologise to the author for a belated notice of an admirable...

An Essay on the Reform of Local Taxation in England. By I. Row- Fogo. (Macmillan and Co. 6s. net.)—Despite the fact that Mr. Row-Fogo has been an Examiner in Political Economy...

IN ENGLAND." A History of Agriculture and Prices in England from 1259 to 1793. By James E. Thorold Rogers. Vol. VII. (1703-1793). Edited, with Sundry Additions, by one of his...

Essays Historical and Literal. y. 2 vole. (17s.) New France and New England. (8s. 6d.) By John Fiske. (Macmillan and Co.)—The late Mr. Fiske, who died more than a year and a...

Cox. 6s.)—This is a third edition. Dr. Morrison's journey across China to Burmah seems to have been made in 1894. Many things have happened since then, and notably many that...

St. Catharine's College, Cambridge. By the Right Rev. G. P. Browne, D.D. (Robinson and Co. 5s. net.)—St. Catharine's, commonly known by a less dignified name, has not been a...

Co. 5s. net.)—Mr. Hamilton has not had a very fertile or interesting subject to deal with. The original, so to speak, of Hertford College was Hart Hall, an academical entity...

On the Veldt in the Seventies. By Sir Charles Warren, K.C.B. (Isbister and Co. 16s.)—In 1876 Sir Charles Warren went out to determine the boundary-line between the Orange Free...

THE BRITISH MUSEUM. A Popular Handbook to the Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum. Compiled by Edward T. Cook. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. net.)—Mr. Cook modestly...

Bolingbroke and his Times : the Sequel. By Walter Siehel. (J. Nisbet and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Sichel's first volume was reviewed at length in the Spectator of April 20th,...

Bun - Dials and Roses of Yesterday. By Alice Morse Earle. (Mac- millan and Co. 10s. 6d.)—Mrs. Earle explains that, having in- cluded a chapter on " Sun-Dials " in her book...

Torn Wedgwood. By R. B. Litchfield. (Duckworth and Co. 8s. net.)—Tom Wedgwood, the third surviving son of Josiah Wedgwood, of Etruria, was to have had his Life written by James...

The Pleasures of the Table. By George H. Ellwanger, M.A. (W. Heinemann. 12s. net.)—This is not a book of recipes and menus. Such of these things as it gives are of the...

Parliament Past and Present. By Arnold Wright and Philip Smith. Vol. H. (Hutchinson and Co. 7s. 6d.)—This book is well written and excellently illustrated. It is interesting...

Carmine Ephemera; or, Trivial Numbers. By E. E. Kellett. (Macmillan and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Kellett has a very pretty gift of writing humorous verse; he has a special art of...

Another interesting reprint is Two Biographies of William Bedell, edited, with Notes and Index, by Evelyn Shuckburgh, M.A. (Cambridge University Press, 10s. net). The first Life...

feria Ludo. By a " Dilettante." (Longmans and Co. 5s. net.)—These jeer d'esprit appeared some twenty-odd years ago, and are now republished for the first time. Some might have...

Mont Pelee and the Tragedy of Martinique. By Angelo Heilprin. (J. B. Lippincott Company. 15s. net.)—Mr. Heilprin visited Martinique towards the end of May, 1902, seventeen days...

James, First Marquis of Montrose. Edited by John Sime. (F. E. Robinson and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Sime has abridged Bishop Wishart's narrative as it appears in the two trans-...

Swords and Plowshares. By Ernest Crosby. (Grant Richards. Os. net.)—We are not quite sure that it is necessary to criticise this book. The merits of an earlier volume are...

The Autolycus of the Bookstall. By Walter Jerrold. (J. M. Dent and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—There is an unfailing fascination in the adventures of the collector of books. Mr. Jerrold's...

The Land of the Black Mountain. By Reginald Wyon and Gerald Prance. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—Mr. Wyon, who writes the preface to this book, tells us that he and his companion...

Downside. By Dom Henry Norbert Birt, O.S.B. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 10s. 6d.)—St. Gregory's School was set up at Douai early in the seventeenth century, and was transferred...

Annals of the Sings of Assyria. Edited by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D., and L. W. King, M.A. (The British Museum.)— These Annals contain the records of about twelve centuries....

The Psalms and Canticles in English Verse. By the Right Rev. Bishop Bagshawe. (Sands and Co. 4s. net.)—This "English verse" is very like our old acquaintance, " Sternholcl and...

iaArmourfor . Gloucestershire, 1608. By John Smith, of worth Nibley. (H. Sotheran and Co. 25s. net.)—John Smith (1567-1641) was a barrister and Steward of the Hundred of...

George Meredith. By Walter Jerrold. (Greening and Co. Ss. 6d.)—We do not intend to appreciate Mr. Jerrold's "essay towards appreciation." Our readers do not need to be told that...

A Rambler's Note - Book at the English Lakes. By the Rev. H. D. Rawnsley. (J. MacLehose and Sons, Glasgow. 5s. net.)—We are always glad to see under the guidance of Mr. Rawnsley...

The Gospel Manuicripts. - 13y J. P. Ilolah. - (R. Brimley John- son. ls. net.)—Mr. Holah's little book may be read with profit; but a certain caution must be used "in accepting...

The Theory and Practice of the English Government. By T. F. Moran, Ph.D. (Longman and Co. 5s. net.)—English readers will find much that is interesting and profitable in Prdesior...

The Soil. By A. D. Hall. (John Murray. 3s. 6d.)—This book, described by its sub-title as "An Introduction to the Scientific Study of the Growth of Crops," is one which we cannot...

The Smoke . of Her Burning. (Grant Richards. 2s. 6d. net.)— This is a fierce, and, we feel bound to say, frequently unjust, attack on the Anglican Church. To say that . twenty...

6d. net.)—This is a very painstaking story of an interesting building. The Collegiate Church of Stratford-on-Avon has suffered not a little from an indiscreet zeal. Its fame...

Blackwood and Sons. 6s.)—Mr. Collins discourses in an amusing way about cricket—the story of the "seventh ball of the over" is a little beyond our powers of belief—about...

W. Broomhall. (Country Gentlemen's Association. 5s. net.)—This manual is now in its eleventh year, and continues to give in abundance the information which its clientele...

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decision of the Government to refuse their assent to the overtures made to them in regard to participation in the Baghdad Railway scheme. On Thursday, in the House of Commons,...

clined to regard the Budget as an electioneering Budget, and complained that five times more relief was going to the Income-tax payers, and so to the supporters of the...

by us elsewhere, but we may mention here one or two items of importance. He stated, for example, that the total expenditure last year was £201,127,000, and that the total cost...

in tabular form :— Estimated Receipts on existing basis of taxation:— C ustoms ... ••• £36,640,000 Excise 32,700,000 Death-duties ••• 13,300,000 Stamps 8,400,000...

M R. RITCHIE opened his Budget on Thursday afternoon. He calculates that if he maintained the taxes now in operation at their present figure, he would next year have an excess...

lowed Mr. Ritchie, was that though peace had come, taxation was still immensely higher than before the war. The real thing to ask, and what the House must ask and what the...

case.

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German rights, to preserve the use of German, and to promote friendship between Germany and Brazil. It is now proposed to establish similar societies in the Argentine Republic,...

of a most dangerous proposal. It is, of course, an immense relief to feel that the coach has not been driven over the precipice, but we cannot forget that it was quite...

In Macedonia small bands of insurgents are taking up arms, attacking Turkish stations, and when defeated, which is the usual result, retreating as refugees into Bulgaria; but...

classes of Germany would greatly like to see the Pope appoint more German Cardinals, as they might influence the Curia when disputes arise between the Vatican and the Government...

Captain Dreyfus has demanded from the Minister of War a fresh inquiry to settle once for all whether the forged bordereau was shown to the officers who condemned him, and who...

has met with in Germany is very significant. " It is believed by the promoters of the company," telegraphs Reuter's agent in Berlin to Friday's papers, "that the British...

17th Colonel Cobbe, in command of the flying column near Galadi, found it necessary to push forward Colonel Plunkett with two hundred men, chiefly 2nd King's African Rifles, and...

wise suggestion in regard to the London Education Bill. He suggests that the management of schools is likely to be more efficiently carried out by managers appointed by the...

proposed visit of King Edward to their city, and that he will have a cordial as well as an honourable reception. Even M. Derou- lede, often the violent expounder of Nationalist...

Mrs. Sarah Heckford. It is impossible within the limits of a short note to summarise the achievements of this remarkable woman, who began her career of practical philanthropy as...

Elizabethan Stage Society gave a most charming performance of Twelfth Night at the Lecture Hall in Bur- lington Gardens. The play was given exactly as when first acted,—that is,...

news from Morocco. It is evident that the insurgents are winning in all directions, and it is reported from Fez that as a last remedy the Sultan has been dethroned and his...

last, and made two speeches. The first was devoted to Ireland. Mr. Morley thinks the Irish would be mad to reject Mr. Wyndham's Bill, but says that it involves a reconstruction...

its powerful aid to the elucidation of what it is no exaggeration to say is the most pressing and most serious of our social problems,—the problem of how to stop the physical...

Consols (24 per cent.) were on Friday 994.

THE BUDGET. M R. RITCHIE'S first Budget is not a sensational Budget, but it is wise and politic in the best sense, and he deserves, and will receive, the congratulation of the...

assent to the proposals made to them in regard to the Baghdad Railway. To say that Mr. Balfour's announce- ment to this effect will be received with the utmost relief and...

revolt—threatens the peace of Europe far more directly than the out- break in Macedonia. The fierce highlanders of that great province, which is larger than Wales, and now...

W HEN out-of-door work has to be done it is occasion- ally necessary under the present scheme of things to risk getting wet. That is the homely truth which, as it seems to us,...

the early days of the Co-operative movement, and that larger number who have read about them, will find matter for sadness in Lord Grey's letter in the Times of Monday. A good...

I T will happen some day that a novelist will write a great book without a word about the country in it. That is not to say, of course, that such a book has not yet been...

W HEN Trelawny wrote his " Adventures of a Younger Son " the title of that violent but romantic work conveyed a definite idea of its subject to the reader of the day. Social...

H IGH above the poop of an eastward-fleeing sailing-ship during a heavy westerly gale were poised two forms which in the dim greyness of that stormy morning looked like hovering...

ARMY REFORM SINCE THE WAR. [To THY EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sra,—I do not think the public as yet realise how much the War Office has accomplished in the matter of Army...

ENGLISH AS SPOKEN IN IRELAND. [To THE EDITOR 01 THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—It is a noteworthy and remarkable fact that outside Ulster (in which province a regular Scotch patois...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—It having been decided in a certain Volunteer battalion whose headquarters are within two hours of London to adopt the "Service...

[To THE Eniros or THE "SPROTATOR.1 Sts, It has become abundantly clear that except on paper the British Army can never be reorganised or reformed until the British public knows...

To THE EDITOR Ow THE -spiv:mires:1 Sin,—In your article on the above subject which appeared in the Spectator of April 18th you would appeal to three of the ruling passions of...

[To THE EDITOR 07 TER " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—Any proposal to introduce Chinamen into South African mines must produce some qualms in the breast of any Englishman who has had...

[To THE EDITOR OE THE " SFECTAT011.1 SIR,—Some years ago an Englishman travelling in Ireland met a countryman towards the end of his travels, and pro- ceeded to lecture him...

07 TER " Syrcrwroa."] SIB,— Referring to your article in the Spectator of April 4th, is there not a curious parallel to the position and political character of Lord Rosebery in...

[To Till EDITOR OP THE "SPEOTATOR.1 Sin,—The following point is not without importance to writers, and might even suggest remorse to reviewers. I am informed by an expert...

THE BLIND. [TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SrEcTATog."1 SIR,—May I draw your attention to the fact that Lord Midleton will take the chair at the Festival Dinner of the Home Teaching...

SIR,—In the interesting article on " Wanted—an Irish Sir Walter " in the Spectator of April 18th the writer speaks of Irish novelists of the past with their " rollicking taproom...

THE "SI.ZOTATOB.."] SIR, —Recently returned to England after seven years' absence in the Australian Colonies, I rejoiced in the wise and states- manlike tone of your paragraphs...

[To THE EDITOR 01 TEE " SPZOTATOR21 Sr ,—Mr. J. M. Edmonds asks in the Spectator of March 7th if all so-called Americanisms are to be authenticated out of the English classics....

[TO TILE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It is not often that one finds a mistake in the Spectator, but I think in your paragraph relating to the new Port of London Bill...

SOUTH AFRICA. [To THE EDITOR OF THE Srsorkros..1 SIR,—In the Spectator of March 21st and 28th there have been letters on the above subject. Sir Alexander Elliot suggests that...

[TO TER EDITOR OF THB"SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I believe that if a corps of county Guides were formed, a proportion of them would have had sufficient military ex- perience to answer...

[TO THE EDITOR OP TEE 'SPECTATOR:] SIR,—I read your review of Mr. Sydney Buxton's book in the Spectator of March 21st with much interest, but I feel nearly certain I have seen...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." . 1 SIR,—Walking in the garden on Saturday, March 28th, I encountered my butcher coming up from the gate with a joint in his basket and a very...

VARIATIONS - UPON OXFORD. L" Tra la, iza la, In la la laire ! Qui Ile commit pas ce motif Fl"—Taitosaux GAlITIXO..j I. Your wizard hands evoke to-night A haunting,...

SIR M. E. GRANT DUFF'S ESSAYS.* THE practice of reprinting contributions to reviews and per i o dicals admits of neither wholesale condemnation nor approval. It can only be...

of Charles V. hardly does justice to the Emperor's character. He withholds from him the quality of true greatness. He declares that he was half-educated; that he was a bad...

THIS is beyond all question the most beautiful book on modern Egypt that we have ever seen. Every one knows Mr. Talbot Kelly's marvellous power of catching the fleeting tones of...

THIS handbook to the trade, industry, finance, and general statistics of Germany for the period 1890-1901 consists of the necessary tables and an ample descriptive text. A...

THE TAINT OF THE CITY" Isr his interesting volume of essays, noticed in another column, Sir Monntstuart Grant Duff mentions the case of a distin- guished British statesman who,...

is a really great lady, whoso picture does credit to Mr. Cooper's pencil. There is an easy grace and quite unconscious mien of conquest about her which aro irresis- tible, yet...

(Grant Richards. 3s. 6d.)—The reader will scarcely be prepossessed by the early chapters of this book. They relate the stupid quarrels among the ladies in a transport ship. Such...

is a romance of the "mock-Royal" school, and of its type it is not a bad one. The present writer confesses to being a little tired of the doings of minor Royalties reigning over...

story is common property—a small set of London society were given the name of "souls" by their enemies. This particular set included some of the most intellectual and...

[Under this heading we notice suds Books of the week as have net ban reserved for review in other forms.] admirable writer whose work it is always a pleasure to study. These...

Blackett. 6s.)—It may be doubted whether it is really natural for any set of people to be so consistently disagreeable as the characters in this book. Saint and sinner—and both...

— The situation out of which this story is evolved is not one to which it is easy to give a satisfactory treatment, nor does the author of Friendly Foes altogether overcome the...

(J. Murray. 21s. net.)—Some time ago Dr. Murray gave a series of lectures on the sculptures of the Parthenon to the students of the Royal Academy. He has taken these, he tells...

Robertson, Sydney.)—Dr. Cowper, who died last June, was Dean of Sydney for forty-four years. When he was laid aside from active life in his eighty-eighth year he began to put...

1894 - 1899. (The British Museum.)—The total of these six years' gain is,—manuscripts, 1,807 ; charters, 4,897; detached seals, 4,593; papyri, 280. Many things were given; more...

Stoughtoa. 6s.)—Mr. Paton, a son of the honoured John G. Paton, was for six years a missionary in • Tanna, one of the N ew Hebrides. He made the acquaintance of Lomai...

Plays by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (11d., le. 3d., 2s. net). The text followed is that of Moore's edition of 1821. A few notes are added, with a chronology of Sheridan's life ;...

the Diary of De' utenant B. Moeller. With Memoir by Lieutenant-Colonel L. R. C. Boyle, H.A.C. (Grant Richards. 6s.)—Bernard Moeller, the eon of a merchant in the City of London,...

Bacon. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 18s. net.)—This is a handsome volume, not unworthy of the great river with whose history, legends, and scenery it is concerned. It is illustrated by...