NAPOLEON AS INTERNATIONAL JUGGLER.* THE method of interleaving historical descriptions with copious documentary extracts patronised by the Paris Ecole des Chartes has found an...

LONDON: APRIL 29th, 1905.

impressionist, and a trifle too desirous, especially in his preface, to demonstrate that his volume contains romance, melodrama, and farce in abundance. We have, at all events,...

what Dr. Sidia and Dr. Goodhart are pleased to call "Multiple Personality" without the feeling that, whatever its positive merits may be, the extraordinary jargon in which it is...

Hamilton. (Duckworth and Co. 10s. 6d.)— The subject of this book is one of the most fascinating minor arts of the Italian Renaissance. It was an art that did not last long, for...

a Preface by Laurence Binyon. (A. Constable and Co. 15s.)—In the preface we are told that "among the little-known collections in the British Museum is a very large series of...

(Jo. 3s. 6d.)—We find that in this, as in the last volume which came in our way from Mr. Moore's pen, Oxford suggests the most congenial theme. This time it is a social subject...

21s.)—Mr. Baldry's account of the way in which this great collection became national property is not a little instructive. We are made to realise how nearly this museum was lost...

(T. Fisher Unwin. 21s. net.)—The first of these two volumes contains substantially the same story that we find in " Arminius Vambery's Life and Adventures," published about...

C. Williamson. (G. Bell and Sons. 25s. net.)—The works, not the life, were the best part of Morland. It seems quite unnecessary to retell tho squalid story of the painter's...

Autobiography. By Alexander Bain, LL.D. With Portraits. (Longmans and Co. 14s. net.)—In this autobiography Professor Bain has treated his life as a human document, examining...

6s. 6d.)—Miss McCracken's book introduces us to the women of what we may call the byways of American life, and it contains a good many surprises for the reader who has built up...

A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Chiefly in England and the United States. With an Introductory Analysis of the Litera- ture and the Theories of Primitive Marriage and the...

and Son. 3s. 6d. not.)—Thoso who contend, and probably with justice, that no conclusion can be drawn as to the success or failure of a tariff policy from an examination of...

Life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. By the Count do Montalembert. Translated by Francis Deming Hoyt. (Long- mans and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—Montalembert may not be the power that he...

The Progress of the German Working Classes in the Last Quarter of a Century. By W. J. Ashley. (Longmans and Co. is. 6d. net.) —The fact that Professor Ashley's work has been...

Tweedie. (Hutchinson and Co. 18s. net.)—Mrs. Tweedie tells us of an English lady who, having been in Sicily for six weeks, was asked what she liked best of all that she had...

Sullivan. (Sealy, Bryers, and Walker, Dublin. 6s.)—Because no doubt so many books, including the large work of Mr. Michael Davitt, have of late years been published which cover...

10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Cochrane's book on Modern Industrial Progress is a remarkable piece of work, encyclopaedic in its scope, and taking, if not "all knowledge," at least all...

book, which may be regarded as the historical sequel to "Ideals of the East," has very many things to recom- mend it, especially as a work for the present time. It is neat and...

6d.)—The Cross River natives are the primitive pagans of Obubura Hill District in Southern Nigeria, of which the author of this book has for some time been Assistant District...

—The chief charm of Mr. Bliss Carman's prose writings in, general, and notably of this volume, lies in their hopafulnese ; he is as convinced and invincible an optimist as...

General J. J. McLeod lanes. (John Murray. 18s.)—This book, which, by the way, is not only agreeably but ably written, relates the strenuous life-story of one of those valuable...

Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Alston, who is Deputy Professor of History in the Elphinstone College at Bombay, has written a brief but lubid sketch of the Constitutions of the chief...

3s. 6d.)—These journals, which were published between 1738 and 1741, are here given, along with the author's "Short Account" and "Further Account," in a volume that is certainly...

The Byways of Montgomeryshire. By J. B. Winans. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 5s. net.)—Mr. Winans tells us that he has visited and photographed nearly every church in...

Memorials of Old Devonshire. Edited by F. J. Snell. (Bemrose and Sons. 15s.)—These memorials refer to modern Devonshire rather than to mediaeval, the days of the Tudors and the...

with Photographs. (W. Heinemann. Gs.)—This is a delightful record of a year in the country day by day. It is written with a keen sympathy with Nature and a true instinct for the...

Memorials of Old Herefordshire. Edited by the Rev. Compton Reade. (Bemrose and Sons. 15s.)—The editor of these memorials has found plenty of materials, and competent hands to...

In the Great God's Hair. Translated from the Original Manu- script by F. W. Bain. (Parker. 5s. net.)—Mr. Bain is faithful to his readers, and continues to extract from his...

pleted by the publication of a third volume, with supplement, compiled by E. R. J. Gambier Howe (British Museum). They are numbered, we see, up to 34,468.

and 5 Dean Street, Holborn, W.C. ; and Published by JOHN BAzza tor the "Srscruson " (Limited) at their MO% No. 1 Wellington Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in the...

predicted it would, to total separation. The offer of the Prince Regent to submit the terms of union between the two States to revision has been rejected, and that in a way...

the Cretan Assembly proclaiming the union with Greece was communi- cated to the Assembly on Saturday last. As was to be expected, the Powers declare any alteration of the...

fiery birth of Mars Mariaus is delayed. We read of how Rozhdest- vensky's fleet, like another Armada, lies "floating many a mile," stretched from Cape Varela to the head of the...

resignation of M. Dekasse, followed after some delay by its withdrawal. The able Foreign Minister of France thought himself not quite sufficiently supported by the Premier in...

in Berlin are determined to put in a claim for part of the territory of Morocco. The Echo de Paris, in a paper to which the Times French correspondent attaches great import-...

a LITEE.LET SUPPLEMENT.

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1905. [ REGISTERED AS A I PRICE SD. NEWSPAPER. BY PORT...61D. " Far from the Madding Crowd" : Toms— • a Correction 638 A Brave...

working of the Irish Land Act of 1903 from November, 1903, to December, 1904, was issued on Tuesday. Without going into details, we may concentrate atten- tion on the broad fact...

the Legislature other than the actual members of the Administration, provides for a Legislative Assembly con- sisting of the Lieutenant-Governor, between thirty and thirty- five...

disbelieved, that the Chinese Resident in Tibet has been murdered with all his suite. The news has been treated as serious, but its importance depends upon facts to which there...

like the Standard, desire that the question of the Volunteers should be kept steadily before the nation ; but great care must be taken to prevent the enemies of the Volunteer...

as to the future of the Island Empire. Mr. J. Hays Hammond, a friend of President Roosevelt, lecturing before the American Political Science Association, quoted a recent...

Constitution for the Transvaal, together with Mr. Lyttel- ton's covering despatch to Sir A. Lawley. were published in a Parliamentary Paper on Tuesday. After justifying the...

its Tokio correspondent on the "golden silence" of the Japanese. Thus, when the Russian Press has preached the doctrine of extermination, or denounced the Mikado as Anti-...

(P. S. King and Son, 4d. net), a temperate but exceedingly damaging indictment of the inden- tured labour system as it is worked in the Transvaal, deserves the closest attention...

we deeply regret Mr. Justice Farwell's decision in regard to Stonehenge. By it not only is Sir Edmund Antrobus's exclusive ownership established, but it is clearly stated that...

in regard to the admirable work it is doing on the Volunteer question if we venture to protest against its statement that "the sole reason for their existence as a military...

whether any of Mr. Brodrick's colleagues resent this speech. It may be remembered that one of them—the Chancellor of the Ex- chequer—said at Birmingham at the beginning of the...

if the present Government were like any Government of which the nation has had experience, or if Mr. Chamberlain were not so politically crushed and broken by the failure of his...

a meeting of civilian rifle clubs in the Isle of Wight, in the course of which reference was made to a letter from the Secretary of State for War in regard to the contribution...

a most unlucky one. Difficulties rise up on every side of it, and before it has had time to get accustomed to one set, another is upon it. The last, and perhaps the most...

fresh security for the peace of the world. It is quite obvious, in spite of denials, that the German Government desired his downfall, and most probable that it intrigued to...

not be long delayed is our fervent hope. We say this not out of any reverence for abstract democratic principles, nor because we have any special desire to give back in a hurry...

application is limited to the kind of measures for which it was designed. From time to time certain small pieces of legislation are wanted for the intro- duction of which it is...

a bad time to discuss an idea which with many politicians, some of them men of weight, has become a preoccupation. They think the British Constitution, so long the admiration of...

music ; indeed, it is more than possible, it is very common. To be musical in any proper sense of the word a man (or woman) must have a true ear, a fair musical memory, and some...

is an engaging paper by Dr. W. H. D. Rouse entitled "A Plea for the Useless." Dr. Rouse writes in a vein of pleasant irony, and rallies with a capital humour the advocates of...

vast solitary deserts of umbrage peopled with mystery and peril. No doubt they exist in all European countries ; they are isolate survivals of the primeval forest, like tiny...

anything of the present pro- ceedings of the War Office, personified in the Secretary of State for War, will differ from you in your conclusion that facts like those stated by...

[TO TRH EDITOR OP THE " SPROrATOR.1 SIR,—Will you allow sue a few words of comment on" Outis's " letter in your issue of April 22nd on the above subject ? His story is that a...

[To THR EDITOR OP THE -splicravi.1 SIR,—You were very kind to our first Exhibition held last year. Will you allow me through your columns to call the attention of your readers...

I rang for a District Messenger, and there appeared a lad possessing all the outward appearance of quickness and brightness that one seems invariably to meet in messenger boys....

deep interest, and for the most part with cordial agreement, your article under the above heading in the Spectator of April 22nd, but the second paragraph, in which you maintain...

SIR,—I am most grateful to you for so kindly inserting my letter last week, and in reply to the note you appended I do not wish to add one word of my own ; but I should feel...

will probably not attempt to "impede the passage of the Act" which the Prime Minister has promised. You will remember that Lord Elgin's Commission (to make inquiries with a vie*...

(To THE EDITOR OF THZ "SPECTATOR." J have read with interest your article of last week on "Strauss's Progress." I do not know the Heiden- leben, but judging from other works, I...

the loyalty of the followers of the Prime Minister was only comparable to that of the creatures in the Ark." But are you not mistaken as to the source of the quotation referred...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—I see quoted in innumerable newspapers and reviews, including your own of April 22nd, a statement in a recent book by Mr. E. Downey,...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPBCTATOR...1 Snt, — As I write there is, in one of the trees in the garden behind this house, a thrush's nest, which has been the object of the...

I.TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPEOTATOW] SIE,—Referring to the interesting article on "Destructive Life" in the Spectator of April 22nd, I beg to mention an illustration which exists...

27th for the Cheap Cottages Exhibition is £1,127, in addition to £420 promised to the Prize Fund, making £1,547 in all. A meeting will take place at the Westminster Palace Hotel...

to Directors as it is to visitors of Exhibitions. It must be admitted that this year the work to be found at the New Gallery reaches but a very moderate average; and one or two...

THE men and maids they do agree : Each one is happy with his own. Time was things went the zame wi' me : But now I'rn bound to bide alone— To bide alone in this w'old house,...

THE two editions of the writings of Charles Lamb, both admirable in their several ways, at which Mr. Lucas and Mr. Macdonald have been labouring for years, are now completed by...

SIR MOUNTSTUART GRANT DUFF brings his Notes from CI Diary, the record of half-a-century plus twenty-three days, to a dramatic conclusion. He kisses the hand of King Edward VII.,...

DR. MCKECIINIE has placed both legal scholars and the general public under an obligation by the production of this important work, which presents the whole question of the Great...

in other fields of fiction, has now essayed what is notoriously one of the most difficult of all literary undertakings,—the composition of a romance of school life. Here we may...

and Co. Cs.)—Mrs. Comyns Carr chooses an Italian heroine for her new novel. The characters of both Beatrice and her Italian friends and relations are well drawn and lifelike,...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of Cl,, week as have net been reserved for review in other forms.] Cuba and the Intervention. By Albert G. Robinson. (Long- mans and Co....

this book had ended at the twenty-eighth chapter, it would have been possible to speak of it as rather a favourable example of the melodrama of fiction. As it is, it is a little...

Edinburgh Review, by Francis 'Jeffrey (the poets are Burns, Byron; Campbell Crabbe, John Ford, Mrs. Romans, Keats, T. Moore, Rogers, Scott, Shakespeare, Southey, and Wordsworth)...

Sprague Sargent. (Houghton, Mifflin, and Co., Boston, U.S. 86 net.)— This volume, which deals with the whole continent, excluding Mexico, enumerates and describes six hundred...

is. and 2s. net per vol.) we have Laocoan, by G. E. Lessing, Translated, with Preface and Notes, by the date Sir R. Phillimore ; Aids to Reflection, by S. T. Coleridge, Revised,...

Museum.) —This volume is of more than usual interest. The "Oxus Treasure" is part of the bequest which Sir A. W. Franks made to the. nation. Its history is curious. It came from...

II. (D. Douglas, Edinburgh. 25s. net.)—This volume gives the genealogy, family history, arms, &c., of forty - three ennobled families, from Banff (Ogilvy) to Cranstoun...

of the Cinque Ports. (Elliot Stock. 8s. net.)—The late Mr. H. B. Walker, of New Romney (of which town he was twelve times Mayor), pre- pared indexes to the two books in which...

Royal Navy List and Naval Recorder (Witherby and Co., 10s.)—We may take the opportunity of mentioning The True Account of Nelson's Famous Signal, by Lieutenant-Colonel T. H....