IN all the history of science there are few more attractive and romantic stories than that of "starry Galileo with his woes." It has more than once been ably told in our...

expedition (of 1899-1901) by adopting a 'method of travel that contrasted very strongly with the strenuous circumstances of its final stage, his return journey across Tibet. To...

book has brought before us in an elaborate series of word- pictures almost every phase of almost every day of the year in Devon, the county that he loves. There are in all...

Hall, 15s.) we feel that fortunate indeed are his pupils at South Kensington in having such a teacher. The volume before us, deals with modelling in relief, and is the successor...

J. Allen, begin yet another series of "Little Books on Art" (Methuen and Co., 2s. 6d. each). These little books look attractive enough, but they are planned on a faulty system....

Lionel Cust has added two volumes on Van Dyck to the "Artist's Library" (Unicorn Press, 5s. net). The letterpress deals with the facts about the pictures and the people painted,...

of a large number of process reproductions of Sir Joshua's pictures, preceded by a slight introduction by Mr. Lys Baldry and a list of works. This last is arranged with odd...

Library of Art" (Duckworth and Co., 2s. 6d.), is a real contribution to the literature of contemporary art. It would be a good thing if people who call every picture in a style...

Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. (G. Bell and Sons. 21s.)—A new edition of this work is now being brought out under the supervision of Dr. Williamson. The whole has...

Holborn to the "Great Masters Series" (G. Bell and Sons, 5s.) The writer is full of an enthusiasm which makes his book readable, but which occasionally lands him in absurdities....

Tomson thinks that too much has been made of Millet's miseries, and points out that he lived his own life and painted exactly what he liked best. There is, no doubt, truth in...

Winter India. By Eliza Ruhama Scidmore. (T. Fisher Unwin. 10s. 6d. net.)—The author of Winter India insists again and again on the immensity of the area, the diversity of races,...

215.) and of the Magazine of Art (Cassell and Co., 215.) make us realise how greatly the student of art is indebted to modern methods of illustration. Now the art of the past...

a third edition (W. Heinemann, 21s. net). The translation of Miss Simmonds is edited by Mr. F. Wedmore, who has incorporated in it M. Michers latest corrections, together with a...

New Conceptions in Science : with a Foreword on the Relations of Science and Progress. By Carl Snyder. (Harper and Brothers. 6s.)—Interesting as this book is, it exhibits an...

and G. R. Dennis. (G. Bell and Sons. 10s. 6d. net.)—This is a pleasantly written appreciation which does not claim in any way to be a final study of the master. The...

The Art of Extra Illustration (Treherne and Co., 2s. 6d.) The title does not at once suggest the subject, which is really the "grangerising " of books. Mr. Bulloch points out...

net.)—Whatever our views may be regarding the three-colour process, there is no denying that Mr. Menpes succeeds with it better than other people. Ho makes his drawings with a...

6d.) Lord Ronald Gower has contributed a volume on Gainsborough ; and for the "Makers of British Art" (The Walter Scott Publish- ing Company, 3s. 6d.) Lord Windsor has written...

Humanism : Philosophical Essays. By F. C. S. Schiller. (Mac- millan and Co. 8s. 6d.)—There is a refreshing vigour about this book, as might be expected from a writer who, in...

The First of Empires. By W. St. Chad Boscawen. (Harper and Brothers. 10s. 6d.)—This is an admirable, painstaking, and enthusiastic handbook of the "latest research" into that...

The Autobiography of William Simpson, R.I. (T. Fisher Unwin. 21s. net.)—It is now so long since the late William Simpson was actively engaged as a special artist that his name...

An Epoch in Irish History : Trinity College, Dublin, its Founda- tion and Early Fortunes, 1591-1660. By John Pentland Mahaffy, D.D. (T. Fisher Unwin. 16s.)—The industry and...

Reminiscences of an Astronomer. By Simon Newcomb. (Harper and Brothers. 10s. 6d.)—This is as delightfully natural and readable a book of the autobiographical kind as has...

Proverb Lore. By F. E. Hulrue, F.S.A. (Elliot Stock. is. ffd. net.)—Fuller defined a proverb as "much matter decocted into a few words," and it would be hard to find a better...

Li Hung - Chang : his Life and Times. By Mrs. Archibald Little. (Cassell and Co. 15s.)—How little we English understand the Chinese ! This is the one strong conviction that...

Hortus Vttae : Essays on the Gardening of Life. By Vernon Lee. (John Lane. 3s. 6d.)—All who are familiar with the previous discursive writing of "Vernon Lee" know what to...

The English Heroic Play. By L. N. Chase. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Chase only deals in this work with the typical heroic play of the latter half of the seventeenth...

Thomas (I Kompis's Prayers and Meditations on the Life of Christ. Translated from the text of the edition of Michael Joseph Pohl by W. Duthoit. (Began Paul, Trench, and Co....

The Natural History of Animals : the Animal Life of the World in its Various Aspects and Relations. By J. R. Ainsworth Davis, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor in the...

Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances. By Lieut.-Colonel D. D. Cunningham, C.I.E., F.R.S. (John Murray. 12s.)--An Indian garden differs so widely from an English one that an...

Eighteenth - Century Essays on Shakespeare. Edited by D. Nichol Smith. (J. illacLehose and Sons. 7s. 6d.)—In these days we have learnt the wisdom of going to sources in literary...

• Memorials of Old Oxfordshire. Edited by P. H. Ditchfield, M.A. (Bemrose and Sons. 15s.)—This beautiful book contains an exhaustive history of "the wondrous Oxford with its...

The Book of Italian Travel, 1580 - 1900. By H. Neville Maugham. With 4 Illustrations in Photogravure by Hedley Fitton. (Grant Richards. 109. 6d. net.)—This is a delightful book,...

Literary Etiquette. By Victor G. Plarr, MA. Oxon., Librarian of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. (Adlard and Son.)—This happily inspired little book purports to be a...

The Prime Minister's Pamphlet. By Julian Sturgis. (Long- mans and Co. l.)—Mr. Sturgis thinks that he may be blamed for troubling about Mr. Balfour's pamphlet, because "it is of...

2s. 6d.)—In this clear and compact little Wok, which suffers une,yeidably in picturesqueness and personal • interest from the necessary condensation, Mr. Hassell takes a highly...

Climbs and Explorations in the Canadian Rockies. By H. E. II. Stutfield and J. Norman Collie, F.R.S. (Longmans and Co. 12s. 6d.)—The fascination of the scenery of the Canadian...

The Kinsfolk and Friends of Jesus. By R. C. Gillie, M.A. (Adam and Charles Black. 6s.)—The object of this volume, as explained by the author, is "to present, in a fashion...

The Church and the Ministry in the Early Centuries: the Eighteenth Series of the Cunningham Lectures. By Thomas M. Lindsay, D.D., Principal of the Glasgow College of the United...

A River of Norway. By C. Thomas-Stanford. (Longmans and Co. 9s.)—Mr. Thomas-Stanford is evidently , a keen fisherman, and he describes the river Gauls, from the salmon-fisher's...

(Skeffingthn and Son. 2s. 6d.)—This is a "second series." Of the first the writer of this notice has no recollection, but he sees that it has had a decided success, reaching a...

Co. is. 6d. net.)—The author tells us that in these sketches he "has endeavoured to record his impressions of the couatry round Stratford-on-Avon, and to collect local...

A History of the Commeroial and Financial Relations between England and Ireland from the Period of the Restoration. By Alice Effie Murray. (P. S. King. 10s. 6d.)—This...

Christian Socialism in England. By Arthur V. Woodworth, Ph.D. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 2s. 6d.)—This very useful and interesting little volume traces the development of...

Handbook of Climatology. By Dr. Julius Hann. Translated by R. de Courcy Ward. (Macmillan and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—We have here that part of Dr. Hann's (of Vienna) great work which...

Co. 2s. net.)—A theory has been started that the diction of the plays of Shakespeare is largely classical, that many of these words were coined, that the Stratford-on-Avon...

of three hundred and forty-nine hymns is the work of a Committee appointed by the Head-Masters' Conference. It would be rash to question the decision of judges whose competence...

74-76 Great Queen Street, W.C. ; and Published by Jona Bares for the " Srscraros " (Limited) at their Office, No, 1 Wellington Street, in the Precinct of the &Toy, Strand, in...

by fire of the Turin Library. The fire, caused, it is believed, by some defect in the electric apparatus, burnt the library out in four hours in the *early morning of the 26th...

T HE entr'acte in the great drama of the Far East still con- tinues. It is confidently affirmed by the Daily Graphic of Friday that the draft of the Russian reply was completed...

during the week by King Leopold to Berlin. The idea is that he is seeking an ally against the Powers which are pressing him to break up the cruel monopolies that are crushing...

In the coarse of a debate in the Reichs- tag on finance Count von Billow on Monday admitted that the plan of expropriating Polish landowners had not suc- ceeded, but declared...

an extract from a speech by Senor Silvela.—who has recently quitted the Parliamentary arena after a long and active career—which has not, we think, before appeared in English....

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improvement. The latest reports state that the line from the coast is cut, partly by rain and partly by the insurgents, and that Windhoek, the capital, is closely besieged by a...

quoted in the Times that the Soudan will furnish the finest cotton-fields in the world. There are thousands of square miles of deep alluvial soil along the ten thousand miles of...

favour of Chinese labour, promoted by the Importation Association, and presented to the Legislative Council on Monday. It is stated that the petition has been signed by...

claimed Kingsley, Ruskin, and Carlyle as authorities against the extreme doctrine of Free- trade. They seem to us doubtful allies to quote on behalf of a policy which would...

The Tibetans, probably hoping for Russian protection from a distance, have refused to pay even their usual nominal respect to Chinese advice. They have marked their disregard...

summed up the case of Whitaker Wright, in which he showed clearly, in spite of the opinions of the Attorney-General and Mr. Balfour as expressed in Parliament, that if the facts...

sition intend to move three amendments to the Address,—one upon fiscal reform, one upon the mismanagement of the late war, and one condemning the education policy of the Govern-...

venerable Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, who passed away on Friday week in his eighty-fifth year. Though he was a staunch Unionist and an inflexible opponent of Papal...

by the death of Mr. Orr-Ewing (Unionist), is in progress as we go to press. We may note, however, as a significant and humorous feature of the contest that the Conservative...

on Wednesday at a meeting held under the auspices of the local Chambers of Commerce. Retorting on those who con- demned the Unionist Free-traders for breaking up the party, Lord...

by the Anti-Protection Society at Halifax on Thursday. The House of Commons, said Lord Goschen, was the proper place for this great issue to be fought out, but the House of...

submitted by the General Purposes Committee for the administration of the London Education Act. This scheme, already forecasted in the speech of Mr. McKinnon Wood last month,...

with great clearness the change in Mr. Chamberlain's attitude since the campaign began. The first proposal was a scheme of Imperial union, in which Protection was an incidental...

Consols (2i per cent.) were on Friday 88.

THE COMING SESSION. W E trust that the Liberal leaders will adhere firmly to their resolve to raise the question of "fiscal reform" by an amendment on the Address. They have...

H AD the conclusion of the Whitaker Wright case been what it was at first supposed to be, it would have been altogether outside the run of similar trials. From the opening of...

to Englishmen, who love dreams, but insist that they shall have some sort of apparent con- nection with facts. They will accept insufficient evidence, as they are now doing...

W E hope that the results of the Commonwealth elections are being studied in England, for it is most essential that we should follow intelligently the course of Colonial...

T HE uneasiness prevalent in the public mind during. the past few months with regard to the strongly alleged physical deterioration of our race has doubtless been quickened by...

result of the "treasure-hunt" instituted by a weekly newspaper could have been foreseen by its originators. To try to further business ends by attracting, or rather compelling,...

so high a level as it did at the dinner recently given in Edinburgh to the retiring Professor of Greek. The Prime Minister, who was in the chair, made an admirable speech, in...

THE Duke of Northumberland has for some years caused the keepers on his Alnwick estates to affix rings, with a small plate on which the date is inscribed, to any young...

LIBERALS AND FREE-TRADE UNIONISTS. [To TM/ EDITOR OF THE "SP2CTATOR.1 Sin,—The results of the recent elections, eminently satis-- factory though they must be to the Free-trader...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TDB "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Mr. Alfred Lyttelton in a recent speech is reported by the Times of January 27th as having said that it was amazing that "people who...

• "TER EDITOR OH THE' "SPECTATOR."] Sza,—Nr. Chamberlain asked his Guildhall audience to .refer tteMlue-book, p.234. The object of this.reference.w.as to show that there had...

. [To THE EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The recent utterance of the en - Prime Minister of Spain, Don Francisco Silvela, who, in the_ course of an interview with the...

a striking . resemblance to other petitions got up in the Transvaal. The methods which are being_ adopted by the mining authorities in the Transvaal to obtain signatures for...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — In his recently published letter to Baron Kaneko the late Mr. Herbert Spencer adduces the Eurasians in India as one of three...

SIR, — Not all the remarks on Magdalene College in the Spectator of January 23rd are justified by facts. The College was an unendowed offshoot of Croyland Abbey, and at the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOP.." SIR,—The article on The Appanage of Audley End" in the Spectator of January 23rd is likely to give pain to those who knew the late Lord...

"SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Your correspondent "E. S. H." in the Spectator of January 23rd has fallen into a somewhat common error in speaking of the Potteries as the "Black Country."...

Sin,—I am afraid that your correspondent "E. D." and his friend "the Commodore" are at sea and out of their reckon- ing in regard to the incidents touched upon in the letter...

fourteen years, I feel constrained to ask you to allow me a few comments on your article on the above subject in the issue of January 23rd. It is hard to defend an anomaly in...

STATE-SUBSIDISED OPERA. THE recently issued Parliamentary White-paper containing information as to the financial support furnished by the State to music and the drama in...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Having been entrusted by the late Mr. Herbert Spencer with the writing of his biography, I shall be greatly obliged to persons who may...

AFRICA. SHE stands, with dusky head downbent, And gloomy eyes that spell despair, She who is old—yet young of face,— She to whom fell the dark disgrace, Cain's evil brood to...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Si,—fn "Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville " (brother of the author of "The Greville Memoirs ") is to be found the following entry,...

WALPOLE'S LETTERS.* THESE four handsome volumes form the first instalment of what will be when completed a very notable work, character- istic of and creditable to our age....

Mn. SEATON should have won the thanks due to all those who essay an ungrateful task. It is hard for truth and justice to fight against a legend. Napoleon was so great a man that...

valuable little book. He has not attempted, what indeed is a well-nigh impossible task, to deduce from the history of the Tory party in Britain a logical and consistent creed,...

Richards. 6s.)—The late Mr. Norris described his book as being a collection of stories "of the New and Old West." The stories certainly deserve the American adjective "bright,"...

not a perfect work of art, at least a very exciting and interesting story, rendered additionally attractive by its scenery, setting, and mode of presentation generally. Let us...

us, not exactly the squalor, for the word would not be appropriate, but the meanness of the life of the wealthy. His hero is a young Peer, the son of an ennobled millionaire. He...

of the Far Eastern region, upon which the public attention is now fixed. This is Stanford's Map of Eastern China, Japan, and Korea (3s. & 5s.) It clearly illustrates the...

Foord. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—Mr. Simon Sterne was a conspicuous example of a maxim, true of every civilised country, but specially true of the United States, that many of the...

story is told by a humble friend of the heroine, the scene being laid in the early days of the eighteenth century. It is, indeed, in the Sacheverell riots that the heroine makes...

net.)—Mr. McDermott writes on a subject with which he is thoroughly well acquainted, and gives us in this volume, which is one of the "Books on Business" Series, information on...

The business novel is no longer a new departure in fiction, but it is only lately that the business of a retail shop, as distinguished from the business of "stocks and shares,"...

Perrin takes as the theme of her story the effect of going back to India on a boy of Eurasian birth who has been brought up at an English publib school, and who is in ignorance...

Lehmatua-Felskowski (Crosby Lockwood and Son, 10s. 6d. net), gives us a detailed account of a subject which, important always, has gained new prominence from the discussion of...

(P. S. King and Son. 3s. 6d. net.)-Professor Ashley has added to this new edition a chapter in which he deals with the carrying trade of this country, and our position as an...

Litton Falkiner. (A. H. Bullen. 3s. 6d. net.)-Wolfe was certainly a man unites poematis. Mr. Falkiner has collected here the few verses that he wrote, possibly a thousand in...

South Africa, bringing up to date the information about the Cape Colony, Natal, the newly acquired Colonies, &c. It is described as "for the use of Tourists, Sportsmen, and...

and Co. 35. 6d.)-Mr. Henderson has done his work well. He is a judicious and candid biographer, who regards his subject with sympathy, but looks at facts quite straightly, and...

and Son. 2s. 6d. net.)-Rapallo is in the Eastern Riviera, and seems to be rising in favour as a winter resort. Here we are told as much as we need to know about its history, its...

"A Treasury of Wisdom." It is needless to recommend it. Sometimes one loses one's way in Emerson ; but we certainly come from time to time on guide-posts which give us very...

vols. (Longmans and Co. 36s.)--It seems an ungracious thing to ask, when a bit of work has been well done, whether it was worth doing. Yet this is the question which forces...

of the Antiquary (Elliot Stock, 7s. 6d.) When so many topics of widely varied interest are treated, it is difficult to select any for notice. We may say, however, that Mr. B....

Alexander Whyte, D.D. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier. 35. 6d.) -It is a sign of the times that Butler is now presented to us in "elegant extracts," and that his appreciators...