concerns Port Arthur. A fire broke out there near the arsenal, caused by the Japanese naval guns, and continued for many hours. It is believed that large quantities of coal and...

has, moreover, decided that the Regent of Lippe- Detmold shall rule until the final decision is given, even if the reigning Prince Alexander, who is insane, should die in the...

the French Chamber has recently produced, and a reflective politician, though classed as a " Socialist," has published in the Humanite of November 23rd his opinion on the future...

earlier type of military action, or, rather, inaction,—that which the armies of such commanders as Turenne and Marl- borough adopted during the winter at the end of the seven-...

the last eighteen months in the Far East, has delivered a lecture in Berlin on the immediate future. He sees in Japanese victories a "yellow peril" for the commerce of Germany....

that unless the people are allowed a voice in the administration there will in the near future be an agrarian revolution, in which the landlord class may be swept away ; and...

Sir Frank Swettenham asking, in the role of earnest inquirer, some very pertinent questions about Fiscal policy. His first point is the position of India, which has been rather...

Thursday's paper, gives an astonishing example of German militarism. Some days ago, at Dessau, two private soldiers, named Guenther and Voigt, were convicted of in-...

Emperor as a Sovereign who had " markedly added to the lustre of his great house and his great nation, and one who, while keeping ever ready to defend the rights of his people,...

Home-rule, led by Count Albert Apponyi, and the Ministry, led by Count Tisza, has now for its centre the question of obstruction. The Home-rulers, who wish that the connection...

of workmen, have, it is reported, voted unanimously that Japanese must be totally excluded from the United States, and intend at once to press that view upon President Roosevelt...

Johannesburg. It is stated, on the authority of the Central News, that three Chinese overseers were found stabbed to death in their bunks at the Van Ryn compound on Tuesday, and...

on Monday night. Alluding to the hopefulness and confidence of the Liberal party, he attributed the confusion and demoralisation of their opponents to the conjoint activity of...

appears as we are going to press, must necessarily be held over till our next issue. We can only briefly summarise the findings and recommendations of the Commissioners. They...

at the Hotel Cecil in honour of the Liberal Unionist Members of the Government. All the speakers found it necessary to explain at length the exquisite harmony which prevailed...

delivered on Tuesday an address to the students, of which he is evidently proud, for he has circulated it in a pamphlet, but which we have found a little confusing. Its subject...

his constituents in Lancashire on Thursday, Mr. Hatch had the courage to speak out on the question of Retaliation. He did not believe that Retaliation could be resorted to...

lain made the following very remarkable statement :—"It was no exaggeration to say that two-thirds of the original doctrine of the early Free-trade school had been by common...

D URING the discussions which preceded the conclusion of the Sugar Convention we did our best to urge upon the Government and the House of Commons the folly of violating the...

which he hopes to induce his people to give him a grand Fleet. Hitherto he has appealed to the combative instincts of his subjects, and to the not un- becoming political pride...

for December which, if the facts cited cannot be shown to be incorrect, is of vital importance to the American people. The article, though signed by Mr. S. S. McClure, is in...

of view which has not been sufficiently discussed in this country. The method of carrying the reform is, as we believe, the right one. The Indian. Government—which is...

of poor relief now in force in many Unions has lost its pre- ventive qualities." Ever since 1834 it is these preventive qualities that have been the special boast of English...

attitude was spoken within a few days of his death by his successor in office, George Rust, afterwards Lord Bishop of Connor, Down, and Dromore. A somewhat lengthy extract may...

takes—according to a law of human nature which has been permanent since the days of Homer, or, for that matter, the patriarch Jews—the form of praising what is past at the...

wings measure nearly fourteen inches across, and it flies high and swiftly. Even near London it is a common animal, and may be seen, at the time that the cockchafer swarms...

TIM SPRCTATOR.1 SIR,—Mr. Austin Taylor's letter with reference to American shipping which appeared in your columns last week, and has also obtained some publicity in our local...

the new version of " Lucia Creator optima " (" Blest Creator of the light"). The simple explanation of these changes is that the revisers have evidently wished to preserve more...

education. They desire to hold meetings among those women who would most feel the increased cost of living, should Protec- tive duties be placed on the necessaries of life....

interference of the Church with politics. The appeal which you print is signed by Church dignitaries and others with comfortable incomes many of them, and some well known for...

Austin Taylor's able letter in the Spectator of November 19th, but will his brother the British ship- owner experience the same feelings ? It is common know- ledge that the...

of compulsory Greek our Universities may not prove to have sacrificed the interests of the most hopeful and capable students of the future to the demands of the least hopeful...

judgment in all things." Now that we have had some little time for examining a work, which in some quarters was condemned and sentenced before it had been seen by its true...

on the Report of the Cambridge Syndicate which has recommended that Greek be no longer " compulsory " for admission to that University, you appear to me to have lost sight of...

no comment upon the continued extraordinary omission from the body of the book of the names of the various authors and composers. I believe it is only in the larger of the...

not vote for its abolition if you thought the best schools would cease to teach it. When this question was being mooted about 1890 I was connected with a school in New Zealand...

the very interesting article in your issue of November 19th on " The English Church in the Seventeenth Century." You quote there an admirable sentence from Archbishop Laud, and...

a suburb of Norfolk], Saturday night, after he had thrown a lamp into the face of Patrolman Holloman, and knocked four of the officer's teeth out. Holloman was endeavouring to...

Raley Lodge, Wimbledon Park.

must have been amazed at seeing the honours for the naval officers coming under the head of " War Office " ; and well they might. It appears that the First Lord of the...

in the Spectator of November 19th, it is of interest to note one circumstance in his varied career which does not appear in the " Reminiscences,"— viz., that he was chairman...

mine (Spectator, November 5th) confounds two things. The influence of wealth in public life in the two countries is shown by the fact that in Britain rich candidates are...

make one brief comment on your extremely interesting review of my " History of the English Church in the Seventeenth Century " in the Spectator of November 19th ? You state that...

For when our own immortal story Thy fearless sons had won thee glory On many a sea. Lo, in his little vessel daring The ocean lone, Vasco di Gama southward faring Into the...

crime of over-production. True, there is a ceaseless flow of minor verse, but the singers who count are by no means prodigal of their wares. Mr. Stephen Phillips, so far as his...

his book upon the French Renaissance, " implies strong emotion " ; and in this quality of " gusto," the first necessity of living criticism, Mr. Tilley is unhappily lacking. His...

taxing his patience grows yearly rarer. We are desperately in earnest about our amusements, and prefer boredom from an admitted authority to entertainment from an amateur. Sir...

'Learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers Comprehend its mystery I' " This seems to be the poetic statement of a necessary and eternal truth : all the...

6s.) —Mr. Gribble in his new story gives a very interesting account of the realities of war, as seen in rural France during th e Franco-German campaign. His heroine, Claire...

mann. Os.)—The canvas which Mrs. Belloc Lowndes has ohosen is not quite large enough for the picture which she wished to paint on it. As a consequence, her characters, which...

Marquise de St. Remy, inhabited Venice in the last days of the Republic. Mr. Pemberton repre- sents her as a beautiful Italian widow, and she saves the life of Napoleon's...

author's interesting preface, are calculated to humiliate the whole tribe of reviewers, indolent or otherwise. It was published nineteen years ago, and met with a neglect wholly...

—It is many years since Mr. Haggard published his first novel, but his power to interest remains unimpaired. For with all his faults, ho has the authentic gift of romance. His...

7s. 6d.)—The " six " are Hawtrey (Eton), Moberly (Winchester),. Kennedy (Shrewsbury), Vaughan (Harrow), Temple (Rugby), and Bradley (Marlborough). The third of these was...

A Harvest of Chaff. By Owen Seaman. (A. Constable and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—These verses, with the exception of one of the few serious pieces, have appeared in Punch. Readers who...

(Bemrose and Sons. 12s. net.)—This volume- (New Series, X.) contains, as usual, many interesting things. . The first article is a comprehensive essay on Almanacs. Later on we...

far as a par- ticular campaign is concerned. As a matter of fact, he does more. It cannot be said that he tells the whole story of the campaign itself, though he certainly tells...

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Fremdling's story belongs to an unfamiliar category of Irish fiction,—that in which Irish writers paint their fellow- countrymen in decidedly unattractive colours. The Ireland...

vague title of Miss Bone's collection of short stories affords little clue to their contents. She deals mainly with the ignorant poor, and is especially concerned with the way...

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Humphreys. 7s. (id.)—Lord Rosebery has added a supplementary chapter in which he reviews Napoleon's career, dwelling especially on the great opportunity which he lost ; the...

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