THE UNION OF ITALY.* TELE new " Cambridge Historical Series," which is under the editorship of Professor Prothero, makes a good beginning with Mr. Stillman's Union of Italy....

LONDON: JANUARY 28th, 1899.

THE world will never lose its interest in the tragedy of which Queen Marie Antoinette is the central figure. The literature of the subject goes on increasing; also, with wider...

earned his title as the modern historian of our mighty Metropolis. These ample, well- illustrated, clearly printed companion volumes are not mere glorified guide-books or...

THE figure of Nance Oldfield, daughter of Captain Oldfield of the Guards—gentlewoman and seamstress, beauty and actress, wit and wanderer, excellent in comedy and tragedy,...

The Royal Navy : a History. Vol. H. By William Laird Clowes, Captain Mahan, Sir T. Clements Markham, and others. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. 25s. net.)—The third volume of...

says excel- lently that "no music is more exclusively its own composer's, has less in it of other composers. Beethoven is Beethoven plus Mozart, Wagner is Wagner plus Weber and...

(Methuen and Co., 10s. Gd.), is a string of newspaper articles worked into the form of reminiscences. As the correspondent of the Standard for the last fifteen years, Mr. Beaman...

Tytler. With Portraits. (Hutchinson and Co. 12s.)—In telling the life-stories of six Royal ladies of the house of Hanover, Miss Sarah Tytler practically reviews the manners and...

Acts. By Maurice Hewlett. (John Lane. 3s. 6d.)—Everybody who read "The Forest Lovers" will be Pager to welcome Mr. Hewlett's pastoral of Pan and the Young Shepherd. It is a most...

and Co. 66.) —The literature of golf is perhaps already too large ; but if there must be an "Isthmian Library," it was inevitable that such a series of athletic manuals should...

Robert Latta. (Clarendon Press, Oxford. 8s. ed.) —It is to be feared that in England, and even in philosophical circles, Leibniz is little better than a clarum ac venerabite...

Brothers. 12s. Gd.)—It is always interesting to be able to look back upon fifty years of life in the Navy; it is exceptionally interesting for a United States sailor to be able...

Quarter of the Nineteenth Century, 1827-1862. By Benjamin Gregory, D.D., President of the Conference, 1879. (Cassell and Co.)—In this volume Dr. Gregory gives an historical...

(Harper and Brothers. 6s.)—Mr. Gaullieur is of opinion " that the relations existing between some of the meat important phenomena of French and German history, and their real,...

George Laurence Gomme. (Archibald Constable and Co. 3s. 61)—This book is a mixture of new and old matter. The story, which is by Charles Macfarlane, was first published in 1846....

Campaign of 1894. By the Rev. Colin Rae. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. 143.)—We do not mean to be ill-mannered when we say that Mr. Rae's book will be read with more interest...

Manson. (Sands and Co. 7s. 6d.)—The fact that Victor Hugo's Journal of the Alps and Pyrenees was written in 1839 ought to make a translation of it not less, but rather more,...

(G. Redway. 7s. ad.)—We were disappointed in this book. Mr. Heraud was rather an interesting man of letters, and a friend of Southey's. But the central character in the memoir...

Co.)—As might be expected, Mr. Michael Davitt's book on his recent Australian experiences is much more political than the usual "globe-trotter's" diary of Antipodean travel. Mr....

2s. Cal.)—This is a very pleasant little volume of short, chatty essays on a variety of aspects and incidents of the world's life and structure, such as used to be discussed...

La Vie de Jean - Arthur Rimbaud. Par Pat-rue Berrichon. (Same publishers.)—Arthur Rimbaud, whose Life and works are now published in a final shape, was born no more than...

to the Seventeenth Century. By David MacGibbon and Thomas Ross. Vol III. (David Douglas, Edinburgh. 42s. net.) —.A. very interesting and carefully written work. The authors have...

(Elliot Stock.)—After a general sketch, in which the differences between ancient and modern Palestine are described and accounted for, and chapters on the religion, &c., of the...

Bostuiquet. (Macmillan and Co.) —Mrs. Etosanquet is well known as a practical worker, and what she says is always clearly and at tra,ctively put, whether she aims, as in the...

and Co.) —The Princess Bordone, as she called herself, was undoubtedly fair and undoubtedly an impostor, but the story is not really her story. Celia Carmichael, daughter of a...

Meyer. (S.S.U.)—Many are the books on the Beatitudes. We do wish that some one would and could publish an abbreviated edition, omitting the irrelevances of an exuberant mind and...

Charles Boothby, Captain Royal Engineers, during his Last Cam- paign. (Adam and Charles Black. 6s.)—This memoir must delight every lover of genuine biography as well as every...

Co.)—Miss Goadby takes for her subject what is doubtless the central story, some think the original story, of the Iliad. It is doubtful, of course, what strictly belongs to it....

Rev. B. J Kidd. (Published for the Church Historical Society by the S.P.C.K.)—The episcopal referees of this Com- mittee are Dr. Westcott, Dr. Stubbs, and Dr. Browne ; its...

de Quette- vile, M.A. (Elliot Stock.)—These are best described in the words of their own preface : "It is the design of this volume to give a foremost place to those springs of...

and Co.)—These are well-written essays of the type most popular with the average" serious reader." They were published as articles in the Christian World, and deal very...

illustrated (Dean and Son, 3s. 6d.), is a useful manual, dealing mainly with the ailments of horses and their treatment, with a concise account of the size and appearance of...

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T HE relations between England and France are much less strained. Both in Paris and London the Foreign Offices are in earnest conference with diplomatists, and it is rumoured...

Sofia have issued an Address to the Powers, in which they distinctly threaten that unless Macedonia is occupied by Christian troops they will, by rising in insurrec- tion, give...

the Diet of Frankfort the slowest deliberative body that ever existed, intends, it is said, to ratify the Treaty with Spain on February 6th. It is time it should, for the...

hold a Conference in order to prevent the increase of armaments has now appeared. We gave its substance accurately last week, including the still unex- plained proposal to put a...

Chamber on Monday and Tuesday. Though the subject was the Fashoda incident, no one attacked England or went beyond the language of regret. M. Ribot, formerly Premier, only...

any case.

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the guest of the Chamber of Commerce, made a most able speech on the position of the Government. The Government had not, he declared, lost the confidence of the country, which...

in Ireland published on Thursday is in effect a most able and convincing plea for meeting the demand of the Roman Catholics that they should be given a University to which they...

convincing, and are specially attractive to us because he speaks so boldly as a Protestant, and declares that all Pro- testants ought to support his proposal. "We claim, and...

he agreed "most sincerely with every word he [the Duke], had uttered." That is most satisfactory, for it is an endorsement of one of the strongest panegyrics ever made on...

Club in order to discuss the question of "Liberal Policy." The proceedings were opened by Sir Robert Reid in what we can only describe as an amazing speech. There were some...

of the Wymondham Liberal Association on Wednesday. After expressing his regret at the retirement of Sir William Harcourt and Mr. John Morley, and touching on the "Jingo"...

on Monday, It has been the custom, it appears, in Parr's Bank, a most important establishment, to keep a considerable amount of notes of the Bank of England in a drawer behind...

we cannot vouch, but which is probably true, and which illustrates the implicit confidence of the Continent in British fairness. Some merchants of Havre recently satisfied...

January 21st, expounds his scheme for instituting "some permanent memorial of the deeds of these heroic men, the sacrifice of whose lives is being constantly made and as quickly...

a new sixpenny magazine, published by James Bowden, which begins with the issue for February. The Puritan very properly insists upon a view repeatedly upheld by the Spectator,...

lese-majeste prosecutions in Germany. One of these victims of Imperial oppression "is an artisan's wife in Spandau, who made certain foolish remarks in connection with a picture...

Their war with Spain is over, the crops of the past year have been very good, the volume of their trade, especially in metals, is enlarging, they think the "silver craze" is...

New Consols (2) were on Friday, 1111.

TEE CHANGE IN THE ATTITUDE OF FRANCE. W HO was it first said of the Irish, "Mine is EL very bad people to run away from "? It was a preg- nant epigram, and suggests a theory...

T HE Duke of Devonshire's speech at Birmingham deserves the warmest eulogy from all thinking Unionists. With its general defence of the present Government both at borne and...

THE Liberal party is beating time. That, it seems to us, sums up the state of the case both as regards the leadership and the policy of the party. It does not know whom to...

noticed here, but with considerable influence at home, especially, we are told, among the bureaucracy, which desires the revision of the Constitution without desiring the rule...

W E know hardly any evidence of the strength of the English system of government better than the im- munity of the London banks from direct robbery. Those banks ought a priori...

W E are indebted to the Daily Telegraph for an out- line of the plan by which the Government propose to complete that administrative reconstruction of London which was begun...

"boom" like the one now in progress at New York always suggest to sober Englishmen that the business community there has temporarily gone mad. The wild excitement, the immense...

I T is stated in the Pall Mall Gazette that the Highland Water-Power Company's Bill, which is to be promoted in the forthcoming Session of Parliament, is directed towards the...

A CORRESPONDENCE in the Field, begun by a com- plaint from a holder of a license to kill game that there was not enough game to shoot, leaves the impression that there is a...

CHILDREN'S UPS AND DOWNS. [To me EDITOR Or TR. " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In reference to the idea that is being discussed in your columns that children have little feeling for the...

child's mind to a fountain which intermittently sends forth sweet and bitter waters is surely both pretty and apt. Here is another example of this glycypicric quality. The scene...

Great God of Nations, and their Right, By whose high Auspice Brittaixt stands So long, though first 'twas built on sands, And oft had sunk but for Thy might In her own Mainland...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPIGOT/MR.1 SIE,—/ see a letter in the Spectator of January 7th about the infliction of the season, colds, and whether they are due to microbes. I can...

several unpleasant stories about children, I will take the unsavoury taste out of my mouth by ending with something agreeable to the moral palate. The following incident was...

Sin,—There is a fine example of the "In Memoriam" metre in an anonymous poem of the seventeenth century which I found among the "Luttrell Ballads" in the British Museum, and...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR,—I have read with interest the article on the above sukject which appeared in the Spectator of December 3-et, 1898. As this question...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TRH " SPECTATOR."] Sut,—I have read your article on "Modern City Life" with intense satisfaction, but I note that you do not refer to one very obvious way of...

[TO THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIB,—It is to be hoped that accounts of the late Nubar Pasha will do justice to his genuine interest in humanity, apart from his official...

[To THE EDITOR Of TAR " SPECTA:206:] Sin,—Your article on the recent Irish elections, though marking the anxiety of the situation, hardly does justice to that revolutionary...

I can do nothing but annoy; For little boys are all born bad, And I am born a little boy. it doesn't matter what's the game, Whether its Indians, trains, or ball; I always know...

Slit GEORGE TREVELYA.N'S "AMERICAN REVOLUTION."* Tr is always unsafe to predict classical rank for a book on its first appearance. We shall not therefore venture to affirm that...

THIS story of what Sir George Robertson modestly calls a minor siege is marked by an epic simplicity which should give it a place not only in history but in literature. It has...

Hadrian was unquestionably the most interesting of all the long line of the Roman Emperors, and is, indeed, one of the moat fascinating figures among the rulers of all time....

Wum the close of the Christmas holidays a welcome improvement is observable in the quality of the new novels. • (1.) The Two Standards. By William Barry. London: T. Fisher...

Stoughton, 2s. 6d.), is "a devotional study of the Beatitudes,'? Books of devotion are not fit subjects for criticism. Many of our readers will doubtless recognise Dr. Millet's...

6cL)—This is a second edition of a "Concise Dictionary of Statutes, Canons, Regulations, and Decided Cases affecting the Clergy and Laity." The arrangement is alphabetical; and...

and Co. 10s. 6d )—Mr. Wheeler has printed in this volume a number of letters, hitherto unpublished, which Landor addressed to Miss Rose Paynter (afterwards Lady Graves-Sawle)...

MINOR BOOKS OF THE WEEK. (Under this Heading we intend to notice such Books of the week as has, not been relieved for Mina oiler formaj A Commentary on the First Epistle of St....

years ago we had the pleasure of giving a warm welcome to this book, and we are glad to see that the reading public has appreciated it. A fourth edition is a distinctly...

Introduction by Sir R. D. Powell, Bart., M.A. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 10s. 6d.)—The two statement. that con- sumption is preventible and that it is curable indicate what is...

with Georges Darien. (W. Heinemann. 2s. 6d.)—The specially interesting part of this volume is the chapter headed "A Possible Solution." Papal policy, which never forgets the...

10s. 6d.)—This is a specially valuable contribution to folk-lore. The American myths have a place of their own in the science, and the analogies and differences which we can...

and Co. 8a. 6d. net.)—Miss Earle in this volume pictures for us not so much the personalities of the Colonial pre-Revolution days as the material circumstances and surroundings...

Christianity. By the Rev. James Orr, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton. $s Gd.)—We cannot do more than indicate the line which Professor Orr takes. He argues that Christianity was a...

and Co. 15s. net.)—Dr. Thorp divides his subject into two parts, "Inorganic" and "Organic Industries." In the first some of the more important are fuels, water, various...

Publishing Company. 5s.)—Mr. Sekon begins with the familiar name of Trevitiaick, who made his first trip with a locomotive on Christmas Eve, 1801. From this beginning the...

Dr. James A. Murray (Clarendon Press, 5s.), takes in the words "Heel—Hod." These number very nearly four thousand, more than a quarter in excess of any previous dictionary. One...

with America. One is on "Stonewall Jackson," that right- minded, wrong-headed soldier, a new Life of whom has lately been written ; one on "Sir George Trevelyan and the American...

Mayle.)—We notice among the contributors to this volume names of Canon Ainger, Dr Horton, C. E. Maurice, and H. W. Nevinson. It is welcome for its intrinsic merits, and also for...

notable being "The Ethics of Religious Conformity." The main idea of this most able and ingenious paper—which we strongly recommend to all those who are interested in Christian...

H. Windsor. (Lawrence and Ballen. 2s. 6d.)—This volume is a new venture; it is to be "a Sportsman's Whitaker, in the shape of a collection of the rules of the chief English...