importance as regards China. It is nothing less than the abolition of " , of the transit dues on all merchan- dise, native and foreign, throughout the Empire. In future not...

feudal noble whom the Emperor Menelik regards as his first counsellor and sent over to England to be present at the Coronation. The Colonial party in Paris on Saturday last gave...

formally proposed a Conference on Trusts, has expressed the opinion that they might under certain circumstances con- stitute a menace for Europe, and therefore ought to be dis-...

might have been expected, given great encouragement to the pre- datory classes in Eastern Europe. Four sons of wealthy Roumanian families have recently been seized by brigands...

unauthorised schools by the agbncy of the police spreads rapidly in France. Most of the schools closed are girls' schools; they are, for reasons stated elsewhere, very popular;...

W E record with the most heartfelt satisfaction that the improvement in the King's health continues, and that he is rapidly passing from the stage of convalescence to that of...

case.

were not very pleasant reading, though it was no doubt inevitable that a good deal of bitterness should arise on the discussion in Committee of Clause 7,—the clause dealing with...

and fury, but signifying in truth very little, attacked the Irish administration of Mr. Wyndham. He was very indignant, among other things, that the Irish landlords should...

vehemence, its chief feature being a vitriolic speech from Mr. Healy. Utterances of that kind can, however, be as greatly enjoyed by Unionists as by the most fervent Irish...

answer to Lord Spencer, who bad asked for information on several points, the most important being our relations with Italy and China. The Foreign Secretary explained that we had...

that while the British, in concert with the Americans, and, we suppose, the Japanese, are willing to listen to Chinese representations, they are greatly fettered by their wish...

the course of the debate Mr. Balfour admitted that the fact of a denominational school being the only one within the reach of children in a considerable area was a hardship, and...

scheme for London, hinting that it would be based on the new municipalities, and incidentally paid a just compliment to the Metropolis. It might lack the self-conscious...

Government intend to abolish the political Lord- Lieutenancy of Ireland and to appoint to the post a member of the Royal Family, the Irish Secretary occupying a seat in the...

1902) gives the following quotation from a speech made by Mr. Joseph Devlin, the Nationalist M.P. who, in the House of Commons on Wednesday, made a maiden speech of considerable...

inquire into Savings Bank Funds have advised that the rate of interest allowed them by the State should be reduced by one-eighth per cent., that is, from £2 10s. per cent. to £2...

Wednesday Mr. Perks announced that the Committee of the Twentieth Century Fund (of which £1,041,000 has been either received or promised before the close of the year) had...

Satur- day at Fulham. After a graceful reference to Lord Salisbury as the most illustrious representative of British public life," and an expression of his hope that...

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MR. BA IXOUR'S PROPOSED COMPROMISE. W E sincerely trust that the Nonconformists will accept Mr. Balfour's proposed compromise on the religious teaching difficulty in elementary...

upon Italy has excited much attention on the Continent, and was not, we think, altogether a wise one. It was no doubt a good Parliamentary speech, and disposed pretty...

M COMBES has been even more imprudent in his • violent action against the unauthorised schools than we imagined, so imprudent, indeed, that we cannot but doubt whether M. Loubet...

A FEST/VAL of the Primrose League is seldom the scene of prophetic visions. The company are usually too well satisfied with the present to care to gaze into the future. That...

O l7R correspondent "Tigilans " gives in another column a most interesting account of a movement which has begun in Northumberland, and which can, and we trust will, be extended...

A MONG the sayings attributed to the late Charles Kegan Paul there is one which, in view of the opportunities afforded to him as a well-known publisher of arriving at a valuable...

T HE plea which we print in another column from " A Public School Boy" in favour of teaching the " elements of argument " in the upper forms of the public schools is one that to...

I N the heart of the pine-woods below Claremont lies the dragon-fly pooL It is called in the map the Black Pond, but apart from its beauty it owes its fame to being the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The expense of living in South Africa, more especially in the chief towns, was illustrated with painful clearness in the Times of...

PREPARATION FOR INVASION. [To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIB, — Having lately travelled all over Northumberland, and thus come across the grand work undertaken there by...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPEOTATOR."] am a Scotsman. All my life, more than seventy-eight years now, English has been my speech. For my short re- maining time, pace Lord Balfour...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE sewn:roan Six,—It has struck me that it would be of great advantage to the schoolboy who has attained a certain age and position in his school if he were...

THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sin,—Your review of Professor James's work in the Spectator of July 12th is of great interest to me, as the unconscious mind and its scope, especially with...

THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The other day as I was reading "The Greville Memoirs" I came upon the phrase, equivalent to O Tvxcle, which is now associated with a random utterance of...

SrR,—Your correspondent, "L. J. R.," in the Spectator of July 19th has quoted a passage from the Life of Edward Thring anent Dr. Keate's well-known colossal flogging, in which...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, — Under the above heading there appeared in the Spectator of July 19th a not very accurate account of an incident that took place at...

J SIR,—In the extract from Mr. Benson's book on " The Schoolmaster" made in your review of July 12th, there is one statement so remarkable that I venture to call attention to...

ITO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. SIR, — It is not to be wondered at that Germany wishes to minimise the effects of the infamous "campaign of lies" which has been carried on...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTETOR.1 SIR,—A few students of the life and times of St. Francis have felt that it would be well to focus here at home interest in the International...

[TO TILE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " j Sut,—In a letter appearing in your issue of July 19th the Rev. A. Carr says that the circumstances relating to the marriage of Miss...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR-1 SIR,—A friend has just drawn my attention to a letter from a Mr. Theo Huse (Liitlichau Strasse 26, Dresden, Saxony) which appeared in the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR, —With reference to "South Coast's" letter in the Spectator of February 1st, in which the question is mooted as to whether the white and...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—In answer to your article on the above in the Spectator of July 19th, may I suggest that notices like the following be placed in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—The writer of the above article in the Spectator of June 28th has omitted all mention of the large colony of terns whose immediate...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."j SIR,—May I, in all humility, throw out a suggestion to " the powers that be " through your columns ? Would it not be possible to utilise the...

THE OLD PLACE. So the last day's come at last, the close of my fifteen year— The end of the hope, an' the struggles an' messes I've pat in here. All of the shearings over, the...

[TO TH1 EDITOR OE THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sra,—The non-commissioned officers and men of the Imperial Yeomanry who recently returned from South Africa in the ' Bavarian' in order to...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIE,—In your issue of July 19th you assume that horses may be proud of their bonnets or headgear. May I give you an example ? All was bustle...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—There is a Moats Lane in the parish of Barstow, Surrey, between Nutfield Station and the hamlet of Outwood. It was one of the numerous...

[TO THE EDITOR OP TRH "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your issue of July 19th your critique on a book called " Splendid Mourning " mentions the source from which the title is taken,—a...

A DUCHESS OF SASE-WEIMA_R.* A CENTURY and a half ago the Governments of Germany were not all dominated by the counsels of perfection which seem to guide them now. In some of...

" TliOnsiNns of fine lines fly up the chimney," said Lord Tennyson, describing his winter habit of sitting by the fire and composing. Not a few of the writers of verse who crowd...

of matter in Mrs. Murky Smith's Roll-Call of Westminster Abbey that a reviewer is almost embarrassed by the difficulty of deciding what to speak of . . • The Roti.Call of...

THESE three books on Morocco present the most violent con- trasts. The first is an encyclopaedic account of Moorish life and customs by a writer who has lived years in the...

Heinemann. 2s. 6d.)—There seems no particular reason why a set of short novels bound in dark-grey cloth should be dubbed "Novelettes de Luxe," though perhaps the March Hare's...

SHORT STORIES BY SIR WALTER BESANT.* IT would have been well, we think, if we had been told when these short stories were written. The first and longest is, it is true, marked...

6s.)—Mrs. L. T. Meade makes a great feature of her plots. We do not mean that they are always good ; in fact, they are sometimes not a little amazing. Still, the reader may rely...

specially notable number of the Church Quarterly Review are devoted to religion and politics in France. Of the two, "The Catholic Reaction in France" is the more interesting....

Co. 6s.)—This book, fortunately for quiet people, cannot be described, like the novel noticed above, as an ordinary story of modern life. It is, luckily, not often that an...

Co. Gs.)—It is a not uncommon complaint against the tale-writer that he makes his heroes too preternaturally clever. A lad who has had six months' soldiering will conduct a...

Mr. Whishaw thinks it necessary to reassure his readers against a possible fear that he is going to tell them the story of the Matabele War. We are not sure that we would not as...

THE QUARTERLIES. The Quarterly Review, by inserting Mr. Swinburne's article en Dickens, has broken new ground. It is, perhaps, astonish- ing that the signed article should have...

Memorials of Charles Dixon Mather. By his Sister, Ada Thomson. (J. Nisbet and Co. 5s.)—Charles Ximber was a soldier of the " Hedley Vicars" and Havelock type. For the last ten...

The Four Winds of Eirinn. Poems by Anna MacManus ("Ethna Carbery "). Edited by Seumas MacManus. (Gill, Dublin.) —Certain books have an interest, glad or melancholy, from the...

tion, by Montgomery Carmichael. (John Murray. 6s. net.)—This volume is chiefly a Life by Mr. Philip Walshe (1862-1901) of his father, John William Walshe (1837-1900). The older...

Co.) we have The Story of Chartres, by Cecil F. Headlam, illustrated by Herbert Railton (4s. 6d. net), and The Story of Prague, by Count Liitzow, illustrated by Nelly Erichsen...

(Pioneer Press, Allahabad.)—The Rajkumar College is the successsor of the Rajkumar School, the situation having been changed some few years ago from Jubbulpore to Raipur. Mr....

and M. Grace Pickett. (Gina and Co. 2e.)—This is a book of extracts from various authors about trees. The trees are arranged in families. After some " General Selections," we...

Unwin. 2s. net.)—This is a clever parody of a Platonic dialogue, in which the "cross-examining elenchus " is used with no small skill (by "wheels " being meant, it should be...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been 'reserved for review in other forms.] Stories of Africa. (Universities' Mission to South Africa, 9...

a professional minstrel who attended wedding festivities. He holds that it was not a drama in the sense that it was ever intended for representation on the stage, but that it...

3 vols. (Longmans & Co. 10s. 6d.)—These volumes belong to the publishers' " Silver Library." Buckle's book has not continued to hold the place in literature that might have been...

Richards) we have Stratford - on - Avon and the Shakespeare Country, by Harold Child (2s. net). This seems, as far as we have been able to examine, a good combination of the...