of is grande guerre, based as they are upon recent experiences, are very likely to lead us into error. For views which are exaggeratedly South African a study of the American...

Harry Johnston gives an admirable coloured plate showing them lying on the shingle by some rocks, and match- ing their surroundings with their spotted and marbled colour) he...

life and gardening, founded on the perception that natural objects were interesting in themselves, and not merely as texts for sermons in rhyme. The Wit's preference for "the...

prepared to deny most of Mr. Griffith- Jones's premises ; but the whole subject is capable of endless argument, and finally resolves itself into the ancient antinomy that God is...

third part had been accomplished, though much material had been accumulated for the later parts. Now we have the text as its authors left it, with notes marked by an asterisk...

and Descriptions by M. B. Iluish. (A. and C. Black. 20s.)—It is impossible to imagine anything more different from the illustrations just described than those in the book before...

it is difficult to ascribe to any one else. Janet was not a Frenchman, but probably came from the Low Countries. Francis L aimed ut having in France not only a school of...

African War observa- tion "hyposcopes" were used by scouts who hoped in this way to combine a close scrutiny of their enemy with a gratifying regard for their own safety. We...

their sleeves. Nobody likes to be "of no account," and few care to count only as persons who "lower the temperature." More- over, the sequel meets the other side of the matter....

about to rise when suddenly the bedroom door opened, and in walked hor father, dressed just as he used to be when leaving

(John Murray. 8e. not.)—This book is--or claims to be—an auto- biography of a young man whose career has been suddenly broken in upon by illness, and who finds himself condemned...

in a simple, pleasant fashion. He may rely on it that he has more sympathisers than he knows. The writer of this notice remembers well his first fish, though he had not the luck...

Co. 6s.)—The "Kipling of the Klondyke," the artist who has pro- duoed "The Call of the Wild," the adventurer, in the better sense, who has been earning his living since ho was...

WORLD.

Memoirs of Meldante Viggo Lebnot. Translated by Lionel Strachey. (Grant Richards. 125.)—Madame Lebrun brought out her autobiography in 1885, when she was in her eightieth year....

a strong morbid taint which showed itself clearly in his mother. Then he was brought up in the midst of that strange mingling of a life of crude materialism and periodic...

Polities and Religion in Ancient Israel. By the Rev. J. C. Todd. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—There is no lack of courage, and, we are inclined to think, of what goes beyond courage,...

would imply reservations and provisoes very much out of place in such a book. When we talk of a "crusade " we imply that it is a case of absolute right against absolute wrong,...

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T HE news from the Far East is still very meagre,—a clear indication that movements of importance are taking place, for reticence in war news is always a sign of activity. The...

co- operation of Rhodesia plans are now being drawn up for a complete federation of South African railwpys. We are glad to see the self-governing Colonies leading the way in the...

for the Government, which has crushed it by form The railways are State property, the employes having the status of public officials, and Count Tisza was therefore technically...

were to form a landing party, and were left without officers, obstinately refused to surrender or to go on board a Russian cruiser. Furthermore, they offered armed resistance to...

order to surrender. It would seem that Admiral Jessen is in communication with Vladivostok by wireless telegraph. The point of interest is now whether he will be able to elude...

been a great success. Not only Rome, but all the chief provincial cities have shown by their gifts and addresses the widespread popularity which France possesses for the moment...

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between the two Grand Lamas seems to be widening, for the Lhasa authorities have deprived the Teshu Lama of all authority in the Khambajong district as a punishment for his...

to a Liverpool correspondent on the Chinese labour question. As we anticipated in a recent article, Mr. Chamber: lain has on this question shown no disposition to take up a...

the Trade-Union and Trade Disputes Bill. We have dealt elsewhere with the questions raised - by this measure ; but we may here note • its chief' provisions. It propeseS to...

the vessels 'Hyacinth,' Fox,' and 'Mohawk,' assisted by a hundred and twenty-five men of the 1st Hampshire Regiment, drove out the Dervish garrison from Illig, in Italian...

week, with some assistance from the regular Opposition, it succeeded in defeating Mr. Deakin's Govern- ment on the discussion of those central planks of the Minis- terial...

crossed from Holyhead early on Tuesday morning in the Royal yacht, and landed at Kingstown before noon. They then pro- ceeded to Punchestown, witnessing a full day's sport,...

State for the Colonies, in answer to a question addressed to him by Major Seely, stated that the value of the output of gold in the Transvaal in March, 1899, was 21,654,258. Now...

the Government really intend to make the reductions named, they are committing a most grievous error. We intensely dislike the notion of a Parliamentary battle over the...

the Adjutant-General instead of in a separate Department of their own, the more convinced are we that a step most injurious to the interests of the civilian soldier has been...

meeting of riflemen which has been aptly named the "Miniature Bisley," as the shooting has been with miniature rifles, or else with tubes and adapters fitted to the Service...

on Wednesday on cotton-growing in the Empire, in which both sides showed a commendable interest. Mr. pmmott, speaking on behalf of the British Cotton-Growing Association,...

and General Turner, late Director of the Auxiliary Forces, which has made a painful impression upon all who care for the welfare of the Volunteers. Sir Howard Vincent, who has...

Auxiliary Forces held in the House of Commons on Thursday it was stated that it was the intention of the War Office to reduce the Imperial Yeomanry by a hundred and twenty per...

issued a stringent Order prohibiting private applications to the War Office. Officers are forbidden in future to write private letters to, or seek interviews with, War Office...

came on in the House on Monday. With the aim of the measure most people will agree, but it is a matter in which the Government must move very carefully, lest anything should be...

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. M R. CHAMBERLAIN'S plan of campaign is gradually becoming apparent. We can already distinguish its main outlines, and before long the whole...

letter on the chances of intervention in the war, the various circumstances in which it might take pla i ce, and the risks involved as regards this country. Though in many...

physical training of the young to vary educational theory in the interests of public policy ? This question confronts us in reading two important publications of the week...

reading of the Trade Disputes Bill, and his followers could listen to it with unalloyed pleasure, as he began by releasing them from the customary obligation of voting with...

I T is now nearly four years since the two great non- Established Churches in Scotland abandoned the sectarian policy which is too apt to flourish among Free Churches, and...

a series of petty swindles—carried on, it seems, by an un- scrupulous woman for some months past—which is singular by reason of the rarity of the concurrence of conflibions that...

big fire is the sole real source of romance on a proper scale left to London. Any one who saw the recent con- flagration near Aldgate can testify to the strange romantic effects...

a welcome, because it is always found to be even more beautiful than its admirers say. In the two volumes just published by Mr. Horace G. Hutchinson (London : Methuen and Co.,...

the articles in the Spectator, and although I cannot agree upon all subjects, I must say that I cordially and entirely agree with the very clear and able manner in which the...

• SIR,—Your able article on the Licensing Bill in the Spectator of April 23rd concludes with the words :—" We have long ceased to expect a statesmanlike view from the Temperance...

agree generally with your article on this subject, bat I wish to add a suggestion to it. In the course of a year a great many publicans are unable to meet their engagements, and...

It proposes to create a legal property in new on-licenses as well as in existing licenses, and by this fact abandons the reason for the Bill. The principle of compensation is...

are reported as viewing the increase of the Tea-duty with astonishment and bitterness. Here is a British industry that has for years been labouring under serious depression, yet...

Hill in the Spectator of April 23rd would, I venture to think, have been minus the commendatory expressions in regard to the sale of new licenses had it been possible for you...

Jacob's wrestlin g with the msels The destruction of ICorah, So. Moses smites the rock. J o. aeL .. i..fsr he Temple. demur to your statement that "the laity of 1904 are not...

Le tot ' s . Gen. xiL Gem aux. 12-30 1 Sun. in toot but uniformity of belts and buttons.—I am, Sir, &e., T. [We have referred to this matter in our notes. We share our...

LTO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECrATOR..] Are OLD GROMWELLIAN. THE ARMY COUNCIL AND UNIFORMS. [To TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR,'] SIE,—The following announcement appeared in the...

dm, X. Y. Z." are, Sir, Ac„ LIBERTY AND CO., LTD. Regent Street, London, W. 'Twee said the gods, when they Porphyrion slew, And vast Enceladus under Etna laid, Could conquer...

crush the earthborn giants he essayed, Wholly without ally of earthborn thew. Therefore he conquered not. For in man's mind, The wrath celestial that would monsters slay Must...

Watts's great equestrian statue of Physical Energy. Believing as I do that the mass of artistic opinion in England is that of "the man in the street," I sought further...

He ought to have, we think, a good many special qualifica- tions, one or two of which may be suggested here. First, and before all, he would require the supreme faculty of...

Vandam. London s Chapman and Hall. [128.] in Paris, was a simple mystification, and he has not since taught us to believe that what he writes is based upon unim- peachable...

bound together two entirely separate studies within the covers of one volume ; but a little reflection shows the logical sequence of his narrative. It is a study of the newer...

noticing his book in this column, and can only assure him that it was due to one of those oversights which in the flood tide of the publishing season it is almost impossible to...

why, then, she has inflicted her story at such length on a patient world. The whole interest in a quiet story of this kind should lie in the development of the characters of...

it found its match Mr. Powell tells with abundant skill. Then there is an excellent fire-story, in which we are carried on with breathless interest from beginning to end....

Yeo, M.D. (Cassell and Co. 12s. ed. net.)—This is a book of the technical class, which it does not come within our province to criticise. We may say, however, that Dr. Yee gives...

we take it, to do justice to all parties. It is needless to go into any details of the subject, except to notice what seems to be a well-informed enumeration of the forces...

and Charles Neil, M.A. (Hodder and Stoughton. 155. net.) —This is a massive volume of some eight hundred pages, to which between fifty and sixty writers, many of them well...

as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Book of Psalms. By T. K. Cheyne, D.D. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 32s. net.)—The title-page tells us that these two...

the Society of Baronets ought to look to this—throws his wife into the lake, and the wife creeps out, vowing vengeance. In the next chapter the Baronet goes courting a...

hundred and seventy-four hymns "for use with any other Church Hymnal," their numbering beginning with 801. Some are given which were for no obvious reason omitted from "Hymns...

a man "frequently to be found," the region that possessed him was happy. But the adjective is probably used as in "common sense," where it certainly does not mean frequent. The...

the Jew : Marry within the circle of your own raea. The tragedy of the story is the fate of Ellen. She marries a Jew, a very first-class Jew indeed; she becomes a proselyte ;...

R. T. Giinther, M.A. (Henry Frowde. 5s. net.)—Some of our readers will remember Dr. Daubeny, sometime Professor of Chemistry, Botany, and Rural Economy. His subject or subjects...

Readers" (Macmillan and Co.) is now complete. There are in all seven volumes, made up as follows :—(1) The Junior Country Reader, I., II., III. By H. B. M. Buchanan and R. R. C....

Sons. 7s. 6d. net.)—" There is to-day a cult of Matthew Arnold ; it is growing ; it must grow." So Mr. Dawson begins his preface. We take it that this statement and prophecy do...

affords another interesting illustration of the proverb that "the child is father to the man." His early days were spent on a Brazilian coffee-plantation, a place where the...

Russia, by W. R. Morfill, and The Story of Japan, by David Murray, LL.D., Edited by Jacob H. Longford (T. Fisher Unwin, 5s. each). Both books are brought up to date. Professor...

notice, though it is of chiefly local interest. This is the Sketches of the Life and Work of the Honorary Medical Staff of the Man- chester Infirmary, 1752-1830, by E. M....