Page 1
President Roosevelt may not deserve all the extravagant laudations which
The Spectatorthe French Press in particular bestows upon him for "making peace," but he does deserve the hearty acknowledgments of the world for his nerve and perseverance. He had no motive...
Japanese publicists are .already alive to the inevitable changes in
The Spectatorthe social conditions of their country likely to be brought about by the war. The editor of the Mainicisi Shimbun, who is also a Deputy to the Japanese Parliament, contributes...
The Russians declare they have won a diplomatic victory, and
The SpectatorM. Witte is said on his return to his hotel to have indulged in a burst of self-praise for his successful firmness, which is, we hope, misreported. The general surprise at the...
The Baltic cruise of the British Channel Fleet, which reached
The SpectatorSwinemilnde last Sunday afternoon, and sailed on Thursday morning, has been marked by an incident which deserves cordial acknowledgment, and has been fully appre- ciated by the...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorL ATE on Tuesday evening London was amazed, or rather astounded, by a statement that the Pleni- potentiaries sitting at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, had made peace, and on...
Page 2
The Chinese Government have taken the remarkable step of appointing
The Spectatora Commission to make a tour of the world to investigate the various types of Parliamentary government. The Commissioners, who will travel in great state, intend to go first to...
Various aspects of the Chinese labour question in the Transvaal
The Spectatorare illustrated by the telegrams in Tues- day's and Wednesday's Times. In one we read that a large party of members of the British Association visited the Jumpers Deep Mine,...
The Emperor of Austria has, it is said, resolved not
The Spectatorto yield to the Hungarians upon the question of the language to be used in giving the words of command. There must, he conceives, be one language for the whole Imperial Army, or...
The Times last Saturday contained a striking article on the
The Spectatorindustrial decline in the New England States, which the writer attributes to the capture of the municipal and political organisations by the Irish. Boston, in which the decline...
Further complications are noted in the Johannesburg tele- grams in
The SpectatorWednesday's Times. It appears that no provision had been made for the extra police supervision rendered needful by the importation of fifty thousand Chinamen, and. the ,mine-...
The thirteenth Inter-Parliamentary Conference for pro- moting arbitration between nations
The Spectatorbegan its session on Monday. at Brussels. Its main purpose was to give effect to President Roosevelt's suggestion of another Hague Con- ference to complete the work of the last,...
The French Government are again in trouble about Morocco. The
The SpectatorMaghzen at Fez has rejected their representa- tion about the Algerian recently arrested, and repeats its determination to consider any offending Mussulman, whether protected by...
Page 3
The second and more important part of Professor Darwin's Presidential
The Spectatoraddress, delivered at Johannesburg on Wednes- day, proved to be an intensely interesting series of astronomical variations on the theme of cosmic flux. Professor Darwin...
Though the solar eclipse of Wednesday was visible in but
The Spectatorfew parts of the British Isles owing to cloudy weather, suc- cessful observations were made at Assuan, Sfax, Guelma, and Tripoli, most of the missions reporting their...
For this muddle, at any rate, the War Office cannot
The Spectatorbe held responsible. But on the larger and infinitely more Important question involved in the enforcement of the medical examination of the Volunteers it is impossible to...
Further information as to the Scottish Volunteer Review proves that
The Spectatorthe War Office is not to blame for the un- fortunate contretemps described in our last issue. It is now dearly established that the movement was initiated by "the local...
The Irish Landowners' Convention held its annual meeting in Dublin
The Spectatoron Friday week. The speech of the President, the Duke of Abercorn, dealt mainly with the grave hitch in the working of the Act of 1903, caused by the inability of the Government...
A bitter personal dispute has been waged in India between
The Spectatorthe Viceroy and the Commander-in-Chief, and the Minutes recording it have been published there and telegraphed home. Substantially Lord Kitchener accuses Lord Curzon of mis-...
Professor Darwin concluded his address by observing that although we
The Spectatormight with some confidence trace the solar system and the stars in general back to primitive nebulae, such primitive nebulae stood in as much need of explanation as their...
Page 4
THE PEACE.
The SpectatorTOPICS OF THE DAY. A S usual, the unexpected has happened. Throughout the negotiations in America we have steadily maintained that the Czar, as head of a great military...
Page 5
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTEERS.
The SpectatorW E greatly deplore the unfortunate incidents which have arisen, and are arising daily, all over the country in consequence of the attempt on the part of the military...
Page 6
THE NEW IRISH LAND DIFFICULTY. meeting of the Irish Landlords'
The SpectatorConvention yesterday week—the very day before the Chief Secretary's sanguine announcement to his constituents—it seemed to be pretty generally recognised that the Government...
LORD CURZON AND LORD KITCHENER.
The SpectatorW E shall have something to say further on about the substance of the controversy between Lord Kitchener and Lord Curzon, but we must say first that the Commander-in-Chief's...
Page 7
NATIONAL DETERIORATION.
The SpectatorN O cry is so familiar in history as that of national deterioration. In every generation there is to be found, some laudator temporis cr,cti proclaiming that "we match not the...
Page 8
THE LUXURY OF SUPERSTITION.
The SpectatorW E are always hearing that there has been a recrudescence of superstition among the educated. Perhaps there has been; perhaps there always will be such recrudescences. What we...
Page 9
" L'ART DE LA LECTURE."
The SpectatorW HEN the imaginative Mr. Wells suggested whispering machines as a means of recreation and delight to those who may be too weary to read to themselves, he was doubtless filled...
Page 10
M ODERN lovers of scenery prefer that it shall be so
The Spectatorfar as possible natural. The less interference from man the greater the charm. This taste is probably based on a true instinct. It marks the revulsion from the overcrowding of a...
Page 11
O N the first night of London it was this way.
The SpectatorHaving dis- posed of a small amount of luggage in a hotel bedroom, which, after six weeks of a ship's cabin, gave an impression of vastness similar to the interior of St....
Page 12
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOLUNTEERS.
The Spectator[TO TRE EDITOR Of THE "SPECTATOR"] SIR,—The true significance of the unfortunate and impossible situation in which, after the rising - of Parliament, the Volunteers find...
Page 13
[To Tax EDITOR Or TRIO "SPECTATOR:] Snt,—Your correspondent " Ajax
The Spectator" (Spectator, August 19th) has called attention to the apparent determination of the War Office to reduce the strength and status of the Corps of Royal Engineers. It is not...
Page 14
THE PHYSICAL TRAINING OF THE WELL-TO-DO CLASSES IN ENGLAND AND
The SpectatorGERMANY. [To THR EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—In your last issue "R. C. R." agrees with me in believing that the physical training received by German boys of the well-to-do...
[To Tim EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1
The SpectatorSrn,—In your review of Miss Marshall's edition of the "Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe " (August 5th) you record my Lady's pleasant mention of her acquaintance with Sir Kenelm Digby....
[To THE EDITOR OP TER 'SPECTATOR']
The SpectatorSin,—The Prime Minister has assured us that he never reads the newspapers. Has he ever condescended to glance at his uncle's essays in the Quarterly Review ? And, if so, has he...
[To TRE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR:1
The Spectatorwas employed in every famine in India from that of Orissa in 1866 to the Bengal Famine of 1897, and have had to study the literature on the subject, for so large a share of...
Page 15
WONDERLAND. Now, while the sun and rain divide The path
The Spectatorupon the mountain side, Before the shining pools that lie In all the tiny hollows dry, Come, share the morning and the way, And trust the sun to win the day. Come, ere the...
A SERIES of books entitled "The Makers of Canada" needs
The Spectatorno praise from us, and it is most happily inaugurated by Miss Mellwraith's monograph on Sir Frederick Haldimand. Now, Haldimand was a public servant of an excellent type, but...
[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOB.." . 1 SIB,. — Your article on
The Spectator"Mr. Balfour's Responsibility " in the Spectator of August 19th recalls the time when the Rump attempted to "postpone a Dissolution until it had itself decreed one," and was...
(The Garden City, Letchworth, near Hitchin, Herts.) TEE Cheap Cottages
The SpectatorExhibition can be reached from London, Mt King's Cross, in about an hour. The station is Letchworth, and the third-class return fare, including admission to the Exhibition, is...
Page 16
COLONEL WADDELL'S contribution is not the least important in the
The Spectatorliterature of the Tibet Expedition, for he supplements . • Lhasa and its Mysteries, with a Record of the Expedition of 1903.1904. By Lieutenant-Colonel L. Austine Waddell,...
Page 17
Mn. G. H. FERRIS'S book is a helpful, though one-sided,
The Spectatorcontribution towards the study of that colossal national travail which has been accelerated by the Far Eastern War. In arrangement it is not free from defects, particularly from...
Page 18
THE excavations carried on by Dr. Waldstein and his associates
The Spectatorat Argos were completed nearly ten years ago. The results, however, were not published till 1902, when the first of the two volumes now under review appeared. The second was...
Page 19
NOVELS.
The SpectatorTHE FORD.* THOUGH the environment and setting of Mr. Legge's new novel are eminently modern, his attitude towards his characters, and the rules of the game of fiction...
Page 20
A GRAMMAR OF GREEK ART. •
The SpectatorA Grammar of Greek Art. By Percy Gardner, Litt.D. (Macmillan and Co. 7s. 6d.)—The principles of Greek art and its relations to literature constitute the subject of this volume....
SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as haw not been vssorrosti for review in other Arms.] The Expositor. Edited by the Rev. W. Robertson Nicoll, LL.D. (Hodder...
• CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorThe Misty Isle of Skye. By J. A. Macculloch. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier. 4s.)—One regrets to learn from the preface to this volume that "fell circumstances" compel the...
The Cathedrals of England and Wales. By T. Francis Bumpus.
The SpectatorVol. L (T. Werner Laurie. 6s.)—Mr. Bumpus describes nine of the Cathedrals,—i.e., seven belonging to the Southern and two (Durham and Chester) to the Northern Province ; another...
THE COMING OF PARLIAMENT.
The SpectatorThe Coming of Parliament. By L. Cecil Jane. (T. Fisher Unwin. 5s.)—The contents of this volume do not correspond with any closeness to its title. One expects to find an account...
Page 21
NEW Enrrzoxs.—In the " Athenteum Press Series" (Ginn and Co.,
The Spectator3s.), Selected Essays of Henry Fielding, with Introduction and Notes by Gordon Hall Gerould, B.Litt.—In the "Handy Volume Series" (Dean and Son, is. 6d. net each), Handy...
Screpon-Booxs.—In " Blackie's Latin Texts," Edited by W. H. D.
The SpectatorRouse, Litt.D., we have received Q..Horati Flacci Carmina, published in separate books ; in the same publishers' "English School Texts," under the same editorship, Sir Walter...
Great Batsmen : their Methods at a Glance. By G.
The SpectatorW. Beldam and C. B. Fry. (Macmillan and Co. 21s. net.)—" Illustrated," we read on the title-page, "by 600 action photographs." We see the batsman preparing to strike or guard...
. The Life - Assurance Agent's Vade - Mecum. By James Wilkie. (Waterlow and
The SpectatorSons. 1s.)—There is no doubt that Mr. Wilkie has collected in this little book a great amount of valuable information. We can learn from it the premium rates of all the offices,...
Stanford's New Map of the County of London. (E. Stanford.
The SpectatorFrom 15s. in portfolio to £6 on spring rollers.)—This map needs no praise. It is sufficient to describe it. The scale, then, is four inches to the mile, as liberal an allowance...
Quarterly Statement of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (38 Conduit Street.
The Spectator2s. 6d.)—This is a more than usually interesting number. In the line of exploration, the results achieved at Gezer are remarkable. One of these discoveries is the subject of a...
Literary Landmarks of Torquay. Written and Illustrated by W. J.
The SpectatorRoberts. (T. Werner Laurie. le. net.)—Mr. Roberts has collected many interesting names of celebrated persons who have visited Torquay, commonly in search of health. Among these...
Great Thinkers. (C. W. Daniel. 6d. net.)—This is a little
The Spectatorvolume of extracts from Alexander Vinet, Carlyle, Ruskin, and others on "Church and State," "History," "The Unseen," and other subjects. The selection seems a good one, though...
PUBLICATIONS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorAdamson (J. W.), Pioneers of Modern Education, 1600-1700, or Svo (Camb. Univ. Press) net 4/6 Angelique of Port Royal, 1591-1661, by A. K. H., 8vo (Skeflington) net 10/0 Arnold...
