hands of so harrowing a subject as the condition of the mines, he made a double mistake of judgment and of tactics. But we do not believe for a moment that that was the Prime...

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past ten days has had inflicted on it two scenes of noisy interruption which affect the whole immediate prospect of Parliamentary business. They further i suggegt that the...

trying to create a fresh occasion far compelling Mr. Baldwin to speak. The most useful question put to the Prime Minister in the House of Commons, however, came not from the...

opportunity for proving their case. If Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister's speech had been inadequate, as the Labour Party felt sure it would be, they could have made a profound effect...

Mr. Baldwin was holding himSelf in readiness, and the course of the debate—if there had been a debate—would, no doubt, have proved to him that it was not only right but...

is being heckled in order that the Opposition may have the satisfaction of saying that they have forced him to surrender—to surrender to improper methods. Although we strongly...

of course, able to point to most gratifying results. His enemies talk slightingly about his " experi- ment " ; but the world would be fortunateif the results of all political...

be passed quickly, but there is an unexpected revolt in the Labour Party. When the Party consented to let Mr. Walsh and Major Attlee serve on the Com- mission it was assumed...

the House of Commons on Thursday, November 17th. The pUzzle of how to define a " British film " which we commented on last week was solved in one aspect by the decision that the...

time in the House of Commons on Thursday, November 17th. Sir Vivian Henderson, who spoke for the first time from the front bench, said that the Bill was true to Conservative...

Square, when the centre of attraction was the South Wales unemployed miners who had tramped to London. It was impossible to withhold pity from such a spectacle, though there is...

for the Unionist candidate, Lady Iveagh. The figures were t . -- Lady Iveagh (U.) .. .. .. 21.221 Mr. Dougall . Masten (L.) .. .. .. 11,912 Mr. Erskine Harper (Lab.) .....

hard work," but adds that there must be " recreation and amusement " as a reward. When all this has been said, however, there is a type of prisoner who is an enemy of society...

Measure as one suitable to be presented to Parliament. Parliament, it will be remem- bered, cannot amend the Measure ; it can only accept it, or reject it, or refer it back to...

Bill which will appreciably affect its - finance. They are now willing' to increase the 'benefits - paid to the new class Of young men and women between the - ages' of eighteen...

Secretary, and has made a tour of all the convict prisons and many of the minor prisons. In a remarkable interview published in the papers . of Wednesday he recorded his...

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 100k ; on Wednesday week 1004; a year ago 100. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 851: on Wednesday week...

charges which would fall on the landlords would inevitably cause rents to rise. The :strongest Speech - against the Bill, however, was made by Mr. Rye, who declared that it was...

I t is no exaggeration to say that there is a crisis in the coalmining industry. Hopes that the industry would have improved before now have not been justified, and delay in...

T HE peace of the world depends in the first degree upon the maintenance of peace between Great Britain and the United States, and in scarcely a lesser degree on the absence of...

notify The SPECTATOR Office BEFORE MIDDAY ON MONDAY OF EACH WEEK. The previous address to which the paper has been sent and receipt number should be quoted.

shocked to discover the appalling slums that exist in this popular health resort. I remember, before the War, on one visit going round congested courts, and wondering why the...

DRESS accounts of the scenes which led to the adjournment of the House of Commons during the Coal debate were exaggerated. A dozen Labour members prevented Sir Philip...

in St. James's Park S OME fi ft y delicate children, selected from twenty schools in Westminster, are leading a jolly open- air life of work and play in an enclosure in St....

not Victorian inventions ; they were rather natural reactions inherent in the eighteenth-century Age of Reason. Strawberry Hill and the Petit Trianon may be artistic freaks, but...

HY do we not have more public golf courses ?" asked Mr. Ben Tillett in a letter to the news- papers the other day, and it is a question to which there is no sufficient answer....

I NCONVENIENCE we have enough over the Border -I- that divides the Free State from the" Six Counties "; but yet there is a piece of excitement in the very fact of this invisible...

MR. PROHACK." BY ARNOLD BENNETT AND EDWARD NOBLOCK. AT THE COURT THEATRE. " THE WAY OF THE WORLD." BY CONGREVE. AT WYNDHAM'S THEATRE.] Tins Mr. Prohack is a character. Not a...

torum Animae " and Stanford's " Beati quorum via integra est " (Stanford in an austere mood). Those who favour that kind of sport can compare these gramophone performances with...

• r , SECRETS OF NATURE " FILMS. AT THE LONDON PAVILION.] Tim public does not only demand films of wild and impossible adventure, or films saturated with " sex appeal," as...

• HIS MASTER'S VOICE. The colloquial French Course which this Company recently issued upon fifteen double-sided records, has preyed to be not so much a speculation as an answer...

No one should miss the marvellous "Movietone " pictures now showing at the New Gallery. I was utterly amazed at . the advances that have been made since I last heard a talking...

Voice, one has impressed me more than all the others. This 'record is of- Beniamino Gigli singing Recondita armonia (" Tosca ") and, on the other side, Donna non vidi mai (Puc-...

Next Week's Disarmament Discussions NEXT- Wednesday what looks like the most representative Disarmament Conference that has ever met will assemble at Geneva. But appearances...

Tim work of advancing village industries in Britain is pro- ceeding with a scientific thoroughness of which all countrymen ought to be aware ; and some very interesting things...

flight of the corncrake comes from an Irish correspondent, General Higginson. He writes : " Many years ago I was partridge shooting in Co. Kildare, on one of the foothills up...

Most of us who own dogs make some attempt to discover how many words, if any, our favourites understand. An American spaniel-lover, with whom I have enjoyed some correspondence,...

in a charming Wiltshire village near Salisbury, largely through the talent of Miss Lovibond (Mrs. Bashford) whose methods ought to be known to the members of the Rural...

gesture than to vocables. Possibly the Chows understand Chinese better than spaniels English, for Chinese is a tonic language ! The most Obedient of our dogs to sound are the...

Correspondents who inquire about the paying, or rather, the evasion of tithe, discussed in this place last week, will find full information in a pamphlet (No. 27) issued by the...

and crafts exist, and even in a small way flourish, the most thoroughgoing countryman is hardly aware. But it is all down in black and white in four volumes published at...

FOX-HUNTING [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have not seen all the letters written on this subject, but I note little is said on the economic aspect of the subject in...

Sta,—The suggestion that the drag could take the place of the fox-hunt is no doubt partly true, but in these days of constant change and artificial substitutes of every...

look at hunting, if any defence be needed, is to make out a balance-sheet of the debits and credits ! Let us take the credits first, in which I will give a few facts not...

Welcome. the campaign against the " digging out " of hunted foxes. In my youth I hunted a good deal, but until I was out with hounds in the New Forest, not long ago, I had...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, The Memorandum of Sir William Joynson-Hicks showing reasons why the Deposited Prayer Book should not receive the authority of Parliament...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—That statistics may be made to support both sides of a disputed question may be illustrated by your correspon- dent's letter of this week...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Referring to the article under the heading, " Second Storey Work or Inspiration ? " I venture to send you the enclosed extracts from an...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The correspondence in your paper on the subject of " Open-Air Schools " has made my already uneasy conscience thoroughly restive. For...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] see that Mr. Adderley is dissatisfied with my notice of Mr. Sheppard's book. May -I write a few words in reply ? In the first place, the "...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sm,—Animated by the same sentiments as those expressed by Admiral W. H. Henderson in your issue of November 12th, and realizing that, in the...

letters you have been publishing under the heading, " The Aviation Boom," may I be per- mitted to record a profound personal conviction ? It is this : that we are steadily...

Sts,—In your leading article of September 17th you say : " We should have liked to see Sir Ansten take' a more con- structive line upon Disarmament, but we believe that he has...

Snt,—In replying to Mr. Max Pemberton's ingenious defence of schools of journalism, I am somewhat embarrassed by the fact that, as the mouthpiece of the Institute of...

The Scribe ARISE, Saint Aodh, and find, on rising From that stone bed and quilt of rain, Your fish-plate laden by the otter, While dormice glean your share of grain. Come slip...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] am asked by a friend and former pupil to write a "covering letter " which may serve to commend the communi- cation given below. The course...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sht,—In your issue of September 17th, Sir William Beach Thomas discusses the migration of birds and mentions the case of Benjamin Kidd's cuckoo...

your readers can tell me if there is a market for postmarks. I have, as the co-executor of a small estate, some to dispose of, if possible, dating from 1827 before stamps came...

for children," but Mr. Humbert Wolfe in his Cursory Rhymes (Benn, 6s.) has neatly avoided them all and managed— surprisingly, when one considers the difficulties of a...

broadcast programme this year, and contains the usual parodies and skits, very cleverly done. * * * *

inexhaustible the store of books which they Inexhaustible are the anecdotal and historical riches of London, and inexhaustible the store of books which they provoke. Mr....

IT was by a happy chance that we learned of a remarkable novel written by an unknown Irish girl. So unusual and so refreshing is it to acclaim a new writer of genius, that we...

British Empire, Air, is a good shillingsworth with some excellent - articles by experts and a cartoon by Sir Bernard Partridge, reproduced from Pam*, with whose sentiment all...

and somewhat difficult competition for those of our readers who have a literary turn of mind. The Editor offers a prize of twenty guineas for the best short story describing...

about crinolines and the days when Dickens wrote and when Sir Luke Fildes and W. S. Gilbert were contributing to the Graphic. There is a thriller by Mr. Edgar Wallace, however,...

usual. An amusing feature is the offer of £100 as prize for the best answers received to twenty questions, whose solution may be discovered in the pages of the Year Book. The...

Victorian Age, by Andre Maurois ; The Star of Piccadilly, by Lewis MelVille Prdpei Studies, by Aldous Huxley ; Raiputin, by Prince YoussoupOff ; Sir Arthur Sullivan, His Life,...

. know as many cliques as you will—or can—but swear the oath of allegiance to none of them." Such, Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins tells us in his Memories and Notes (Hutchinson, 7s....

Loyalist Lady (Oxford University Press, 16s.) should have been as now described.

Genius and Character. By Emil Ludwig. Translated by Kenneth Burke. (Cape. 12s. 6d.) AFTER all wars there is a certain revenge for the defeated. The embrace of wrath conveys a...

Hanging Johnny. By Myrtle Johnston. (Murray. 7s. 6d.) Sow:THING of the siniit of Jude the Obscure pervades this extraordinarily mature first novel by an author of only eighteen...

TEE very large number of books we have lately received dealing with the history or the practice of art makes it impossible for us to deal with these subjects adequately in our...

Tins is an extraordinary book. On the surface one would expect the usual memorial biography written round the long, arduous, but not too eventful life of some admirable philan-...

Different Magics Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret Rose. By W. B. Yeats. Illustrated and decorated by Norah McGuinness. (Macmillan. 10s. 6d.) To open this reprint of some...

York Minster Historical Tricts, 627-1927. Edited by A. Hamilton Thompson, D.Litt. (S.P.C.K. 12s. 6d.) THE tasteless controversies which unhappily represent to the public the...

7s. 6d.)—Mr. Allison is a new short-story writer of considerable talent. His scenes - -and characters are very varied ; • but clean, breezy humour and satire arc his predomin-...

MODERN Society does not lack its critics, but few of them have . • been more scathing than Mr. Hamilton. It is true that, though refers to " honesty, decency, kindnesa,....

' The Editor awards the prize of One guinea offered weekly for the best thirteen general knowledge questions to a gentle- man who prefers to be known as " Orlando." • • Who...

W. C. Davis and J. R. H. Weaver. (Oxford University Press. 21s.)-The new supplement to the famous " D.N.B." opens with an admirable memoir of the late Sir Sidney Lee by Sir...

VII.: 1811 to 1814. (Hutchinson. 21s.)- All readers of the first six volumes of Joseph Farington's diary will welcome the seventh. The years covered by the present book are from...

the Marquis of Grosse. By P. Will. The " Jane Austen " Horrid Novels. Edited by the Rev. Montague Summers. (R. Holden and Co., Ltd. 7s. 6d.)-" Are they all horrid ? Are you sure...

(Cassell. 18s.)-Mr. Dasent's book is chiefly concerned with " the chargeable ladies about the Court " in the time of Charles II. He reproduces with painstaking precision the...

Morning Post has written a thoroughly amusing and human book. There is the (almost inevitable) chapter about the temperamental Mr. Chaplin's methods of work, and a good deal...

Sir Arthur Sapp. (Nisbet. 8s. 6d.)-Vignettes of Memory. By Lady Violet Greville. (Hutchinson. 18s.) King James's Secret. Edited by Robert S. Rait and Annie I. Cameron. (Nisbet....

1. The seventh.-2. Numa Pompilius, c. 713 s.c.- 3. In 293 lin., when the first sundial seen in Rome was planed on the Temple of Quirinus.-4. To show that ho was Emperor of Rome...

It will readily be seen that interest in this very important provisional agreement is really two-fold in character. So far as the shareholders and stockholders in the two...

Before the present agreement can go through, however, consent is necessary from the various holders of securities in both companies, and, by reason of the actual sale of assets,...

One cannot, however, withhold a meed of admiration for the courage with which British investors have faced their losses, and the common sense and philosophical view which has...

AUSTRALIAN BORROWING. AT the moment of writing, underwriting is proceeding in connexion with an impending issue by the Commonwealth Government of Australia of a loan of...

The Vickers-Armstrong Fusion IT would probably be true to say that in no direction have the after-effects of the War been more directly felt than in some of the key industries...

Inasmuch as the full details of this Agreement have already appeared in the daily papers, I do not propose to do more than comment upon one or two of its main features. Briefly,...

Particulars will be found on another page of an impending issue at par of £375,000 in si per cent. Cumulative First Preference Shares of £1 each in Upsons Limited. In addition,...

On the whole, the response given to new capital issues has been a satisfactory one, a circumstance due to the fact that in the main the issues have been of a good character and...

TIIE people of Britain are now claiming Education as a right. This is a new fact in the light of which all those who set out to take the horoscope of Education in this country...

[Sir Charles Wakefield was Lord Mayor of London in 1915 and is the author of On Leaving School, reviewed in our columns on June 25th.—En. Spectator.] ALTHOUGH it was not until...

LIFE assurance can be applied to provide the cost of education in a variety of ways. The least expensive and the latest policy for this purpose is one which guarantees that if...

*way_ in which slum con• ditions tend to nullify the work of the Elementary - School. I write, of course, wholly - as a • parish priest; and not as an educationist, to which...

to secondary schools, or 9-1 per cent. of any given age- group. We believe that 25% could be with advantage so trans- ferred." The report of Lord Haldane's committee deals with...

Wag advocating parochial workhouse schools where pauper children between three and fourteen would be " inured to work." Instruction in spinning and knitting, in religion, but Mt...

Three Recent Books on Education Rise and Progress of Scottish Education. By A. Morgan. (Oliver and Boyd. 10s. Hd.) History of Elementary Education in England and Wales....

FRANCE. By L. J. Gardiner. (University Tutorial Press. 7s. 6d.)—Probably no firm has given the English student in the last few years a more valuable series of text books than...

J. D. MacConnell (Effingham Wilson, 7s. 6d.), has an outstanding section on Commercial phraseology and correspondence. Commercial classes would find this book useful. Its print...

Adams. (London University PresS. 6s.)—In spite of the reputation of the author, one finds this book dull. Why must educationists coin such words as " Ptaismometry," or hope for...

that this book is a fitting companion to Dr. Nairn's earlier volume, Latin Prose Composition, would seem to be praise enough ; but one can go further, There are many excellent...

is welcome. Translation passages taken from Dante, Leopardi, and from accounts of incidents in Italian history enliven it, while there are several fine illus- trations.

6d.)—How often does " gloire " occur in Corneille's works ? His age tried to live up to it. The strain was great. Perhaps that was why . " the' little King with his...

W. P. We stell. HOW TO STUDY WILD FLOWERS. By G. Henslow. FIFTY-TWO NATURE RAMBLES. By W. P. Westell. (Religious Tract Society. 6s. each).—Shivering mountains, pirate rivers,...

EDUCATIONAL THEORY. By W. 0. Brigstocke. (Dent. 3s. 6d.)—" I propose to begin by taking myself for granted. And assuming that I am a parasitic variable, I shall say that at...

2s.), is very practical ; the numerous experiments enable the pupil, with small apparatus, to study for himself the soil, plant life, fertilizers, crop rotation, &c. The...

6d.)—" Dragons of the prime," glaciers, bluish- green with dust falling " from interstellar space," the wedding rites of eels " in the dark salt waters of the ocean floor,"...

THE OXFORDSHIRE SYLLABUS OF RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION FOR USE IN COUNCIL SCHOOLS. (Murby. 1s. 6d.)—This has received much commendation. It is based on the conception of a...

G. M. Jackson. (Cambridge. 4s.)—It may be questioned whether juniors should be told (p. 86) that the future participle can express purpose, or whether the attrac- tion of the...

5s.) has three new volumes which demand consideration. The title of Dr. A. T. Allen's Stage Antiquities of the Greeks and Romans may deter some people ; but if, attracted by...

S. Wood and A. Wilmore. (Oxford. 5s.)--Do we know that tenth-century Spain grew cotton, that the Worsley Canal came into being through the fickleness of Elizabeth Gunning, that...

6d.), treats its subject sensibly and fully, not evading the question of Reproduction. Nor is it too material- istic in its conception of the nature of life.

attention :- In MODERN LANGUAGES :- LEs Drava our Sour. Anatole France. (Hachette. 4e.) This is an exceptionally well bound edition.-Picamus n'Isr.ANDE. Picrm Loti. (Oxford....

Butler. Macmillan. 6s. SCIENCE TO-DAY : A BRIEF STUDY OF SOME OF THE PRO- BLEMS OF TO-DAY'S PHYSIC AND CHEMISTRY. P. J. L. Smith and S. J. Dale. (Blackie. 5s.)-The former book...

aims at providing children from 11 to 15 with a general survey of the world. The scheme (being Scotch) is logical. The geography of each continent is built' - up on tht " twin...

(Ginn. 2 vols. 10s. 6d. each.)-This is a revision of Young's Manual of. Astronomy, and hails from Princeton University Observatory. It is flier, however, than the now...

9d.)-Ruskin often seems to this generation something of a prig and a bore. But we have not done with Ruskin yet. A biography, and extracts from Praterita, Fors Clanigera, Modern...

-P.R.H.A. The fact that the People's Refreshment House Association, Limited, has for its president Viscount Ullswater, ex-Speaker of the House of Commons, and that its...

_ BREWERY PROFITS. Although the annual report of Peter Walker (Warrington) and Robert Cain and Sons, Ltd., for the past year shows a moderate decline in profits, there is again...

As usual, the Report and Balanee:sheet of the De Beers Consolidated Mines shows a strong position. A year ago £450,000 was placed to the Dividend Reserve Fund and in the present...

The recent announcement that the Consolidated Goldfields Company had been able to raise its dividend from 12f to 15 per cent. had prepared the market for the satisfactory report...