House of Commons on Tuesday. Mr. Swift MacNeill contended that the Bill was unnecessary on the ground that the power of the Crown was vested in the bands of Ministers, and that...

the Exchequer stated that the salaries—each £3,000—of the heads of the new Road Board and Development Board were higher than the average because the posts were temporary. A....

Keir Hardie as to the seizure in India. under the new Press Act of Mr. Mackarness's pamphlet upon Indian Police methods. According to Mr. Keir Hardie, the pamphlet, only fifty...

O F foreign affairs there is not much to report this week. The Cretan question still hangs in the balance, but it looks as if before it is finally settled some sharp action...

• sentatives of the Enabling Act for Arizona and New Mexico, both acquired from Mexico after the war by the Treaty of 1818 and the Gadsden purchase in 1853, raises the number '...

even hostile critics admit that no American ever met with such a reception. In reply to an address from the Mayor of New York, Mr. Roosevelt struck a true note when he said that...

any ease.

of Sir Christopher Furness took place on Monday. The result of the polling was the return of the Liberal, Mr. S. W. Furness, with 6,159 votes against the 5,993 of Mr. W. H....

and division on the second reading of the Woman Franchise Bill :- "In view of the exigencies of other Parliamentary business, and their own announced decision not to prosecute...

Guards' Parade last Saturday, showed that we hare in the trained men with whom the War Office have hitherto failed to keep in touch a military asset of no small import- ance....

their magnificent division will be to declare that the opinion of the House is so overwhelmingly in favour of the Bill that the Government must revise their decision and go...

universal comment and admiration, for they were only veterans in service to their country, not in years. The majority were indeed in the prime of life, the average age being...

conveyed by a voice from the ranks. The Secretary of State for War in the course of a speech which showed plainly how completely and thoroughly he had realised the full meaning...

peerages are created, all Barons,—Mr. Richard Knight Canton, Sir Walter Foster, Sir Hudson Kearley, Sir Weetman Pearson, Sir William Henry Holland, Sir Christopher Furness, and...

Thursday created Prince of Wales in the old picturesque formula of the letters patent. In offering our congratula. tions to one who, unless he greatly belies his appearance and...

Veteran Reserve were well aware of the fine sense of public duty and patriotism which inspired the men. These knew perfectly well that no material advantage of any kind could...

Association was held and an address delivered by its president, Lord Cromer. He began by explaining the origin of the Association, which existed in order " to show the leaders...

correspondent in Egypt gives a survey of the period of unrest which culminated in the murder of Boutros Pasha. Lord Cromer, as he reminds us, had already initiated the...

last issue, was concluded on Thursday. Attended by twelve hundred delegates and two hundred missionaries, the Conference has been a triumph of organisation. Each day the Session...

when they are formed throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland still remains over for decision. We have our own opinion, but we will only say here that what impressed the...

the men to go through any evolutions. All that was possible was to form the fourteen companies into which the Veterans were divided into three sides of a hollow square,—a...

this disastrous experiment in coeciliation, the British Government, in the opinion of the Times corre- spondent, failed lamentably to recognise the true moral of that crime and...

Gazette on the British occupation of Egypt in reply to a characteristic explosion from Mr. Wilfrid Blunt. Mr. Blunt had rashly asserted that there was no difference whatever...

the admirable address of the Adjutant-General, whom we desire to congratulate on his appointment as Inspector of the Oversee Forces of the Crown. We may note, however, that Sir...

GENERAL SLANDERS AND HOW TO MEET THEM. T HERE is a very sound rule that no man, high or low, should ever answer, or even deny, a general accusation brought against his...

the Constitutional question is valuable not only for the definite agreement which possibly it may secure, but also for the demonstra- tion it gives of the value of the spirit of...

I N an age of statistics it is strange that objections should still be taken to the discovery and tabulation of a large and important group of facts. Fresh devices are...

truer proverb than this when the British people are in question. For ten years we have bombarded our readers with constant, we had almost said weekly, articles on the folly of a...

were delivered by Mr. C. G. Montefiore. They deal with " The Religions Teaching of Jesus," and have just been republished in book form (Mac- millan and Co., 2s. 6d. net). Mr....

W ORKING-CLASS women are by nature extremely hospitable, but the narrowness of their houses and the supreme claims of husband and children often prevent them from gratifying the...

F IVE roads lie round about the mines on the hilltop, but none of them leads in amongst the quarries themselves. High green hedges enclose the wheel-tracks all their red length,...

JOHN STUART MILL AND SOCIALIS1L [To rim Eorros or TIM " sracmrca.1 SIR,—In last week's Spectator Mr. Tillett draws attention to a paragraph in my introduction to "The Letters...

[To THE EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOR:I Srit,—In the course of an interview with a representative of the Pal/ Man Gazette, reported in a recent issue of that journal, Sir Melvin....

[To THE EDITOR or Tax "SrEcrAron."] Sin e —There can be little doubt that the cause of this un- fortunate class of the community will be much helped by your influential support....

[To TER EDITOR OF THY " SPECTATOR. ° 1 Sra,—The proposed scheme raises a large question which, in the old Puritan phrase, lies very near the root of the matter. Doubtless the...

pro me EDITOR Of vas "SrEortmal Sin, — In your issue of the 18th inst. Sir Henry Burdett claims that the uniform system of accounts such as prevails in the management of...

[TO THL EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your review of "' Genesis,' by John Skinner, D.D." (Spectator, June 11th) it is stated that the water reached fifteen cubits above...

series of facts regarding the Church in mediaeval days which in his opinion (Spectator, June 4th) prove that Church to have been the Roman Catholic Church. With all deference, I...

[To TER EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Writing of the three hundredth anniversary of the publication of the Authorised Version of the Bible in 1911, a correspondent suggests...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I learn that several Government Departments are now among those who have adopted a daylight saving scheme for themselves without...

TER " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Perhaps we should do well to recognise that Mait- land's work on Canon Law has shattered such theories of Anglican continuity as were based on Stubbs,...

[To Tim EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—In reference to your correspondent " Yorkist " and your puzzle about the Star, I may inform you that the " York " Star is a small...

[TO THE EDITOR 07 THE " SFECTATOR...1 Sra,—Experts, no doubt, will give scientific and reasoned answers to the two questions arising out of " A. F. P.'s " letter in last week's...

SPECTATOR. "] Sin i —Very wide-reaching results are likely to follow the judgment in the Shoreditch assessment case. The Court of King's Bench has held that in the case of the...

[To TER EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I have read your article of last week on the East Dorse: election with interest, but I do not think you know both sides of the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THI "SPECTLTOR.1 Sin, — I note in the Daily Chronicle of Friday, the 17th inst., that the Gladstone League is to be amalgamated with the People's League, and...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—In the Spectator of June 18th Mr. A. W. Douglas quotes from the Christian World of "a few years ago" an advertisement which he...

ago a man was killed by lightning in a small but or refuge on the bank of the Isis here, a little below Folly Bridge, the lightning hreaking the window, attracted by a brass...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") BIR,—It may interest your correspondent " E. G. M." (Spectator, May 21st) to hear that aiming with both eyes open is not uncommon in the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, —A propos of paragraph 32 of the official notice of the Veteran Reserve, I think the following incident is typical of the general...

true that, as you say, " the want of anything which can be called clear and accurate knowledge in regard to lightning makes it impossible to answer" your question about...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR") Sin,—In these latter days when everybody who is anybody is also a motorist, casting dust and disdain on everybody else, I fear that one who...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SrEcTATox."1 SIR, —May I call attention to the matinee which will be held next Friday on behalf of the National League for Physical Education P Mr....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—Your readers have been so generous in their response to the appeal you have more than once allowed me to make in the Spectator for the...

THE WANDERER. MY heart is homeless as the wind And dark as Northern waters are, More desolate than midnight pools That never held a star. Yet, like the uncompanioned sun That...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SrscrATon."1 -Sra,—One of the statements I made in a letter printed in the ,Spectator of April 30th seems to require correction. Having often heard a...

ITo THE EDITOR OT THE " SPECTATOR. " ] you be so very kind as to let the public know that I am a large grower of alpines ? This year, my seeds from Miss Wilmott and M. Carrevon...

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...

MR: GLADSTONE'S -RELIGIOUS' - CORRESPOND ENCE.* Mn. GLADSTONE was so conspicuously a great Churchman as well aei a great Statesman that it is only right that this side of his...

• SoMe and PKrple: with other Poems. By 'William Watson. London: • The Works of Walter Pater. 10 vols. New Edition. London Macmillan IT is more than fifteen years since Walter...

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IT is of great service to a thinker to be able to precipitate and clarify his thoughts in the shape of lectures as be goes on his way; but we are not so sure that the lectures...

COUNTRY NEIGHBOURS.* Miss ALICE BROWN is not the first American writer who has endeavoured faithfully to record the charities and graces of rural life in New England. But...

Tars book forms number eleven of "The Special Campaign Series," and describes the first part of the American Civil War,—a war about which probably more has been written than any...

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THE ROMAN CAMPAGNA.* IT has been suggested that the first settlers on the site of Rome were attracted to the place by its freedom from the volcanic agencies which disturbed the...

LONDON : .TUNE 25th, 1910.

AN interesting issue is raised by the sub-title of Mr. Hillier's book, The Commonweal. It assumes that there is a political economy for a State, or a federation of States, as...

a quarter since our American cousins severed the "last link" which bound them to the Old Country, two ties, impalpable yet indestructible, unite the great Republic of the West...

THE authors of The Book of Flowers tell us in their intro- duction that they have made it for their own pleasure, and that being the best way of all of making a book, it is no...

Mn. NEVILL has produced an entertaining, if rather discur- sive, book on a subject which exercises a perennial fascination over the minds of men. There are some fortunate...

as remarkable as his literary versatility. Sixty years ago he was contributing Irish folk- songs and notes on Irish dances to Dr. Petrie's Ancient Music of Ireland. In his spare...

Tun book may be recommended as a wholesome alterative after the surfeit of political reading from which most of us are suffering just now. The remedy is, it is true, of the...

book dealing with the art of building a house, looked at from the point of view of an architect's client rather than of the architect. It is doubtless true that architects...

so many men and things, and has imagined so many heroes for his stories, that when he proclaims that he has met a hero and a genius in real life, we must naturally feel...

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Right Rev. A. H. Mathew, D.D. (Francis Griffiths. 12s. 6d. net.)— Hildebrand was chosen Pope in a somewhat irregular fashion turaultuarie. He was officiating as Archdeacon at...

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Four Sans. By A. H. Gilkes. (G. A. Synnot, Dulwich Village.) The time of the tale is the second half of what we have been accustomed to call the fourth century B.C., but Mr....

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