SOME MODERN FRENCH BOOKS. [COMMUNICATED.] HISTORY and literature combine to make M. FredBric Masson's book, L'AcadOmie Prancaise, 1629-1793 (011endorff 7fr. 50c.), one of the...

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doings of Sam Rice, of the 51st Regi- ment, have been rescued from oblivion, for he was a typical regimental officer, and his career gives us more insight into the real life of...

IT is to be hoped that no one will be deterred from reading Mr. Wingfield Stratford's book by the fact that its author is one of the four men of genius whom Mr. Lane had the...

of three centuries," wrote the Prince de Ligne of Roger de Dames. "He has the chivalry of one, the charm of another, and the gaiety of the present one. Francis I., the great...

THERE can be no student of history who has not posed himself with the question whether civilization necessarily contains the seeds of its own decay. The spectacle of ruined...

[COMMUNICATED.] THE volume before us is not an offshoot of the Golden Bough. It incorporates twelve lectures on the " Fear and Worship of the Dead," delivered in the Lent and...

A FEw years ago when Miss Eglantyne Jebb wrote her book on Cambridge she set an admirable example, and the series of articles which have since appeared in the Charity...

MR. GEORGE RUSSELL'S books are excellent substitutes for dining out "in the world" and for keeping good company. They are full of anecdotes about prominent contemporaries and...

THE Emperor Paul I. of Russia, *ho was born in 1754 and assassinated in 1801, is one of the strangest characters—and this is saying a good deal—who ever sat upon the throne...

book to find a reasoned and exhaustive analysis of the defects of our legal organiza- tion. Unhappily the promise is hardly fulfilled. Our author, like too many reformers, is...

MUSIC ON THE SHAKESPEAREAN STAGE. Music on the Shakespearean Stage. By G. H. Cowlin g . (Cambrid g e University Press. 4s. net.)—The share taken by music in the Elizabethan...

ENGLAND can never know too much of that giant band of seamen who served under Nelson, and when the particular hero has the further advantages of being, like Sir Charles Tyler as...

The Stane Street : a Monograph. By Hilaire Belloc. Illustrated by William Hyde. (Constable and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—The Stane Street is the Roman road runnin g from London by way...

English Cookery Books to the Year 1850. By Arnold Whitaker Oxford, M.A., M.D. (Henry Frowde. 5s. net.)—This is a catalogue of cookery books, beginning with one published in...

Sons. ls. per voL)—The volumes dealing with Pets, Needlework, and Woodwork are typical of this useful series, each of which is a thoroughly practical little handbook, fully...

On Hazardous Service. By William Gilmore Beymer. (Harper and Brothers. 7s. 6d. net.)—Addressed primarily, if not exclu- sively, to American readers, Mr. Beymer's tales of true...

Republican France, 1870-1912. By Le Petit Homme Rouge. (Holden and Hardingliam. 12s. 6d.)—In spite of storms and scandals—and at no time have these been lacking—the Third...

Dame Fashion, 1786 to 1912. By Julius M. Price. (Sampson Low, Marston and Co. .£3 3s. net.)—Those who desire to study pictures of female fashions from 1825 to 1875 could...

The Romance of Amadis of Gaul. By Henry Thomas. (Blades, East, and Blades.)—This is a learned and scholarly paper reprinted from the Bibliographical Society's Transactions. It...

net.) —Taking her title from a passage in The Wild Duck, where Ibsen scoffs at the misconceptions of truth which lead on the one hand to needless revelations and on the other...

2 vols. (Cambridge University Press. £2 net.) —The work which was begun by Dr. Peile has been completed by Mr. J. A. Venn. The two volumes cover the whole period of the...

and Co. 5s. net.)—The greater part of this volume is occupied by a reprint of Mr. Brereton's special report to the Board of Education upon " A Comparison between French and...

the President, who observed in his reply that this was the third time in ten years that London had welcomed a French President. "Not a single incident arises of a nature to...

No. 4,435.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1913. [REGISTERED AS A PRIC F 65. NEWSPAPER. r BY osr...St D. POSTAGE ABROAD En.

Tuesday's Morning Post. In memorable lines be traces the long rivalry that has ended in fraternal understanding :- " Spurred or baulked at every stride by the other's strength,...

to the Horse Show in the afternoon, attended a banquet at the Foreign Office in the evening, and ended up with a State Ball at Buckingham Palace. On Friday M. Poincare returned...

T HE visit of M. Poincare, the President of the French Republic, has been an unqualified success. He landed on Tuesday at Portsmouth, where be was met by the Prince of Wales. On...

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the British nation, in which he said that his visit afforded him a "unique opportunity of testifying to the unanimous sentiments of the French nation towards the son of the...

welcome he bad received from King, Government, and people as representative of France. The friendship which united the two countries was deeply implanted in the popular spirit...

case.

latest news from the Balkans and the European capitals indicate that peace will be preserved. The Servian Skupshtina is meeting as we write, but there seems little doubt that it...

of libel is the great antiseptic of the press, but that without it the press must lose the greater part of its influence and power. If there were no law of libel the press would...

for Parliament, nor for the nation, for people to say, as they are now in danger of saying, " Nobody need trouble about an accusation if it was made in the House of Commons." In...

happy knack of focussing "the better opinion" of the nation on some important issue than in its current number. In the Epilogue to the hundred and forty-fourth volume, entitled...

has been obliged owing to indisposition to take a short holiday. In these circumstances we feel that it would not be right for the present to insist on his answering our...

spent a year in Japan in early life, deals with the friction between America and Japan. He readily admits that Japan has made good her claim to be regarded as one of the Great...

not with him a question of racial superiority. Personally he entirely rejects any assumption or belief that his race is superior to the Chinese or to the Japanese. "My own suite...

Besides, he wasn't speculating at all; he was investing for keeps. He said so.' `If he meant it for a permanent investment,' said the Tory, he sold out rather soon—a couple...

awfully smashed in the last battle and looked dreadful. But it's alt right now. I put one away and changed the places of almost all the others when I put them up. Now they look...

the lords of the manor are now practically powerless to enclose, or indeed may be said to have given up the desire to enclose, the commons are safe and can be left to look after...

as a gross infringement of the ancient prerogative and liberties of the House, vigorously con- demned the suppression of free speech and the degradation of a great assembly. Mr....

A sort of "General Post" is indeed contemplated if we are to believe the gossip of the London correspondents. Mr. Burns, though it is notorious that he has managed the affairs...

facilitating progress in Committee of the Home Rule, Welsh Church, and Scottish Temperance Bills. For Bills which come under that Act Committee stages in the ordinary sense...

£1,000 re- quired by the Commons Preservation Society has not met with the support which we hoped for. Not half the money desired has yet been obtained. We trust, then, that we...

a leading article in Friday's Times against the most unfair and most prejudicial attempts which have been made to exhibit Mr. Winston Churchill in an unfavourable light because...

on Friday that on the 20th of this month the Prince of Wales paid a visit to the Royal Flying Corps at Farn- borough and was taken up for half an hour's cruise in the 'Beta' by...

(2i) were on Friday 73—Friday week 73.

made Lord Chief Justice, Lord Alverstone's resignation being daily expected. This is clearly ill-founded gossip. After all that has happened no Prime Minister could possibly...

M. POINCARg AND THE TRIPLE ENTENTE. T HE State visit of M. Poincare to England happens at a time when it is doubly significant. His election as President of the French Republic...

T ORD LANSDOWNE'S speech to the Unionists of 1 West Derbyshire last Saturday on Unionist policy and the land was in every sense memorable. It showed that a man who is not only a...

it used to be said that in the last resort the conflict was due to the claim of the Southerner to " wallop his own nigger." In a similar way it may be said that one of the most...

Lloyd. George on Tuesday last to amend the Insurance Act is admittedly only an instalment of the amendments that this piece of legis- lation will ultimately require. The...

THE meeting of the third International Road Congress, 1 which opened on Monday, coincides with the publication of some rather curious figures showing the progress of the work of...

T HANKS to the growing popularity of the papers which minister to the intellectual needs of the Man in the Street, everybody is " doin' a bit o' writin'," and doing it so...

A FTER a winter spent in the unequal struggle of the doctors against the " organized hypocrisy" of the Insurance Act, the South of France seemed this spring, almost more than...

THE MARCONI CASE. [To THE EDITOR OF THI " SPZDTATOR."1 Sin,—If you are not quite tired of the Marconi case perhaps you will find room for a few remarks on it from the point...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Many years ago in Lisbon, when Admiral Taylor and some other officers of the British Navy were being entertained at the Royal...

"Spectator." S111, — All the errors and abuses of the Monarchists in Portugal were combatted by me, and likewise all the errors and abuses of the Republicans. Consequently I...

spare apace for a warning note from a veteran I beg to appeal to all my countrymen to strive their utmost to support Lord R. Cecil and Mr. Cave in their absolutely necessary...

the 21st inst., in criticising the state- ments made in this Report in reference to the Spectator, you say, " The drafters of the Report are willing enough to wound but abjectly...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Once upon a time there was a wife who had lived happily with her husband for many years. She was devoted to him, and espoused all...

[To THE EDITOR 01 THE "SPECTATOR."' Sin,—You may care to reprint the enclosed leaflet, which is based on an actual experience. It is important, I think, to emphasize in every...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Your comment on the letter regarding Cyprus in your issue of June 14th shows that you accept the satisfaction of the desires of the...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SFECTATOR."] Sin,—On June 20th the Star contained a leader upon the Marconi division of the night before. It began by stating that if Mr. Balfour had...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The admirable letter from Major Morrison-Bell on the above subject in your issue of the 31st ult. has hardly received the attention...

[TO THE EDITOE OF THE "SPECTATOR...] SIR, —I don't know that " admirable " is the word which I should choose to describe your articles on the Marconi dis- closures, but at...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—As one who as strenuously objects to hypocrisy as you yourself, indeed while thinking that betting and drinking are both evil, yet...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sir,—From the tone of your remarks about the opponents of the Referendum, I gather that you do not recognize the existence of persons who...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "srzczkrox."] SIR,—My Committee ask me to draw your attention to our first public appeal and Lord Weardale's report, and to express the hope that you...

[To TILE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'') SIR, — Your reviewer makes a disparaging reference to Jane Austen's prowess as a walker. Is he not a little severe upon her ? I could...

[To THE EDITOR OF THU " EPECTATOE.'] SIR, — As I have often noticed in the local papers strange stories—said to have been published in English newspapers— about the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Your article a week or two back on the work of the National Society for the Preservation of Commons and Foot- paths will have...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SFECTATOR:] Sin,—If Mr. J. E. Ward, who wrote to you in last week's Spectator, will refer to the National Insurance Act, clause 10, Section 4,...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR..'] Six,—May I be permitted to protest against the assumption so frequently made, or implied, by the opponents of National Service that the...

[TO TEE EDITOR Or TER "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—May I be permitted to add a few suggestions on. the subject of the English governess, about whom " Y. Z." wrote such an admirable...

[To TEE EDITOR Or TEE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Mr. Kipling, in his pcem in connexion with the French- President's visit, speaks of " that undying sin we shared in- Rouen...

[To TER EDITOR 07 TER " SPECTATOR. ") SIR, — Canon Barnett has passed away and left England the poorer. "For that is not a common chance That takes away a noble mind." One...

not perhaps very wide but gained both on the Continent and at home, I ant most forcibly struck at the prevalence of the belief (especially among Russian, Austrian, and South...

[To TER EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR...I SIR,— One may hope that the interesting correspondence in the Times on this matter may bear some fruit. While we wait for the Channel...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:'] SIR,—Lady Mornington said to Reinagle one day, "I cannot make anything of Arthur at his lessons." The old painter looked keenly at the...

[To THE' EDITOR OF THE "spxoreava.”1 Sra,—I had the good fortune to hear one of John Bright's greatest speeches, on November 5th, 1868, in the Edinburgh' Corn Exchange, and...

[To THE _EDITOR OP THE "Srtcreioa."1 Sin,—While quite agreeing with your article on the above subject—for I think it is a most interesting thing to Watch birds with a...

[To TEE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —All who join in the evening service to-day will be, or shOuld be, saddened by the recitation in a Christian church of the terrible...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sra;—Are Mr. E. L. Oliver and other of-your correspondents so ashamed of the old name of Briton that they must substi- tute for it the...

SPECTATOR-1 . SIR,—I think that upon most matters ecclesiastical we are sufficiently near the position of the Spectator to beg the favour of your noticing the subjoined...

[Cheques sbonld be addressed to the Spectator,1 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C., and made payable to the Spectator and crowed " Barclay and Commons Preservation...

JOAN OF ARC. I WAS caught up, by God's command, To come before His throne, Where Christ cloth stand on His right hand And on His left stands Joan. Joan the maid, with her...

A NEW BALLET AT DRURY LANE. A NEW " dance-poeril " called Jetta with music by M. Debussy, scenery and clothes by M. Bakst, and choreography by- M. Nijinsky, was produced at...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must net necessarily be held to he in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

BURMA.* 'THE early history of the British connexion with Burma presents all the features uniformly to be found in the growth cf British Imperialism. These are, first,...

WE are indebted to Mr. Price Collier for the most informing and the most interesting book on Germany that has appeared for a long time. It is the union of the two qualities that...

TaE history of the eighteenth-century Scottish Church remains to be written, a history which shall continue sue the works of Knot, Calderwood, and Wodrow, and discuss - With an...

THE author of this valuable and judicious work says with truth that " very few general readers know more about Vane than that Milton addressed a sonnet to him, and that Cromwell...

MRS. J. G. FRAZER, who writes this book, gives an appalling - picture of the lot of the unfortunate housewife who tries to keep one small servant. But the feeling of most women...

volume of Mr. Millais's book are sumptuous and magnificent. We must also regret- fully add that the price of the two volumes complete will be twelve guineas. There is probably...

STEMPENYT.T.* HERE we have the "authorized version " of a Yiddish novel written twenty-seven years ago by a Russian Jewess, who speaks of her district as being in Lithuania. The...

not to be conceived but by those who have been in it." This might well stand as a motto for Mr. Whitten's book, for he indeed is a chief among Cockneys. It would be labour...

scenes of the book which are laid in Tibet are much more entertaining than the final chapters, which deal chiefly with a very unnecessary misunderstanding between the hero and...

(John Lane. 7s. 6d. net.)—The delightful photo- graphs of interiors of Italian churches which illustrate Mr. Sherrill's book are in themselves enough to attract many...

feeling of the English reader of this book will be one of extreme astonishment at the calm way in which the author writes of New York as a cosmopolitan city, as if this were an...

the original production of The Beggar's Opera in 1728 and its subsequent history, as well as upon Lavinia Fenton, who was supposed to have been a principal cause of its success,...

is not even a Provencal mistral to mitigate the strong sentiment and the crude melodrama which seem to smother the tender charm of an original theme. Open Sesame. By B. P....

[Under This heading we notice such Books of the week as hare not keen reserced for reticle in other forms.] The Tragedy of Education. By E. G. A. Holmes. (Constable and Co. 2s....

to us by Mr. Lovat Fraser, at the sign of "Flying Fame," 45 Roland Gardens, S.W., costing from twopence to sixpence each. They include some wood blocks by Mr. Fraser, and a...

introduction by Lord Henry Cavendish Bentinck, M.P. (P. S. King and Son. ls. net.)—Mr. George's pamphlet is a plea in favour of reforming the educational system by means of...