MR. CHURTON COLLINS ON TENNYSON.* Ws cannot accept all Mr. Churton Collins's criticisms on Tennyson, but we willingly acknowledge their general sanity and acuteness. The...

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fascination which books of travel, notably books of sea-travel, possess for the large multitude who do not habitually go down to the sea in ships. Partly it is the "undying...

time that we have complained of the task which recurs from time to time of critically estimating the minor verse of the day. The stream flows on with a fairly equal current;...

ALTHOUGH We hear of violent changes at Pekin, the more remote provinces of China move slowly. Reaction has set in at the capital before the antecedent reforms have really begun...

ART-BOOKS. 2s.)-1n this work M. Michel has done for Rubens what he has done for Rembrandt already. He has produced a work full of research into details, but written in such a...

Prior. (G. Bell and Sons. 31s. Cd.)—The author contends strongly for the acknowledgment of the independence of English Gothic, and controverts the theories of its French origin....

and Life. By H. C. Marillier. (G. Bell and Sons. £5 5s.)—So much has been written of late about the Pre-Raphaelites generally, and Rossetti in particular, that there is nothing...

and Co. 6s.)—It is needless to praise the character drawing and humour of Mr. May's work, for they are plain to all ; but it takes close examination to appreciate the subtle...

" Milan, Perugia, and Rome." (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 5s.) —This is an excellent handbook for the traveller in Italy. The information is copious and gives a summary of the...

Sons. 5s.)—The author points out truly that Donatello was much more than a mere forerunner of the Renaissance. He was indeed a master who sought to give deep expressiveness by...

England and America after Independence. By Edward Smith. (A. Constable and Co. 14s.)—This work is intended to give an examination of the international intercourse of the United...

The Egyptian Campaigns, 1882 to 1899. By Charles Boyle. (Hurst and Blackett. 12s. net.) —Mr. Boyle, who is a Judge of the Egyptian Court of Appeal, published his his- tory of...

and Sons. 42s. net.)—The chief interest of this book is that it gives us accounts of the lesser-known members of this great movement, and good reproductions of their works....

Illus- trated by Herbert Cole. (Gay and Bird. 5s.)—The images evoked by this poem are so vivid that it is hardly in want of illustration. The pictures in this book are well...

the Brothers Rhead. (W. Heinemann. 15s.)—This book is beauti- fully printed with clear black type well proportioned to the ample page. The full-page illustrations are well in...

Edition. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 9s.)—A certain enthusiasm with which this book is written gives it interest, though it cannot be trusted as a safe guide when it comes to critical...

Co. 6s.)—This book, which comes from the pen of an American, is an excellent introduction to the study of art. As it covers a wide field, there is not much space for details,...

Hubbard. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 6s.)—These sketches are charm- ingly written and full of vivacity. Perhaps the best is the account of Fortuny, who as a child helped his...

Allen. 78. 6d.)—This edition is illustrated with good process reproduc- tions of the frescoes, which together with Mr. Ruskin's notes make an excellent handbook to the Arena...

and Sons. 5s.) —The author gives us a careful and well- ordered account of the work of Correggio, but he does not attempt to solve or even go deeply into the problem of why...

Village Life in China. By Arthur H. Smith, D.D. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier, Edinburgh. 7s. 6d.)—Few more interest- ing and readable books on China have been written than...

A History of Aberdeen and Banff. By William Watt. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 7s. 6d.)—This is one of the best—perhaps it is the most solid and informing—of the admirable series of...

Military Geography. By T. Miller Maguire. (Cambridge University Press. 10s. 6d.)—There are many words of wisdom in Mr. Maguire's text-book, and they will interest all. It is...

The Life of General Nathan Bedford Forrest. By John Allan Wyeth, M.D. (Harper and Brothers. $4.)—In this Life of one of the most remarkable cavalry leaders on the Confederate...

Maris Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace. By F. de Albini. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 6s.)—Dante would have assigned a separate pit in his Malebolge to the rascals of the...

In Moorish Captivity : an Account of the 'Tourmaline' Expedi- tion in Sus. By H. AL Grey. (Edward Arnold. 16s.)—We need only recall to our readers the name of Major Spilsbury...

How to Deal with Your Banker. By Henry Warren. (Grant Richards. 3s. 6d.)—This little handbook to the external sides of banking business is a mine of knowledge in regard to the...

Study and Stage. By William Archer. (Grant Richards. 6s.) —Mr. Archer is undoubtedly one of the most capable of living theatrical critics ; his writing is always readable and...

The Warden of Keble's small book on St. Paul, the Master- Builder . (Methuen and Co., 38. 6d.), the notice of which should not have been so long delayed, is an interesting...

Chapters from Aristotle's Ethics. By Professor J. H. Muirhead. (John Murray. 7s. 6d.)—In this piece of critical interpretation which Professor Mairhead has given us we welcome a...

: a • Memoir. By James Edmund Vincent. (John Murray. 10a. 6d.) — The subject of this memoir from very small beginnings became in time one of the foremost coalowners of the...

The Unchanging East. By Robert Barr. (Chatto and Windus. 6s.)—Mr. Barr is at once a genial humourist and a keen observer, and if he does not tell us anything that is positively...

What is Thought? or, The Problem of Philosophy by Way of a General Conclusion so Far. By James Hutchison Stirling. LL.D. (T. and T. Clark. 10s. 6d.)—It is easier to point out...

The Flowing Tide. By Madame Belloc. (Sands and Co. 6s.) —This book is written to prove that Catholicism is increasing in England, reviving on the Continent, and spreading all...

Luther and the German. Reformation. By Thomas M. Lindsay, D.D., Professor of Church History, Free Church College, Glasgow. (T. and T. Clark. 3s.)—We need perpetual moral...

R. P. Cobbold. With Illustrations. (W. Heinemann. 21s.)—As the Indian Government can only be persuaded with the greatest difficulty to allow Englishmen to explore even in their...

the Novel. By Frank Wadleigh Chandler. In 2 parts. Part I., "The Picaresque Novel in Spain." (Macmillan and Co. Ss. 6d.)—Mr. Chandler's work is essentially academic, being an...

John. Ruskin. By Mrs. Meynell. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 2s. 6d.)—This, the latest of the series on "Modern English Writers," is not a biography of John Ruskin, but is intended by...

The Augustan Ages. By Oliver Elton. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 5s.)—This volume of the "Periods of European Literature," which deals with the rise of the "classical" spirit in the...

and Co. 16s.)—This is a somewhat whimsical idea of Mr. Fox's, to give sketches of some notable bachelors in various professions. Bishop Andrewes, the physician Boorde,...

5s.)—This is rather a sad story of a widow who brings her children to Berlin and gives them the best opportunities, she herself being noble, only to find their way of thinking...

of the Likeness of Christ. The Syriac Texts. Edited, with English Translations, by E. A. Wallis Budge, M.A. (Luzac and Co. 103. 6d.)—We have here, in the fifth volume of the...

Great Queen Street, W.C. ; and Published by JOHN BASER for the "SPECTATOR " (Limited), at their Office, No. 1 Wellington Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in the...

against the Boer position on the Tafelberg, ten miles east of Senekal, near which two or three minor actions have been fought, while in the north-east the country is re- ported...

in China, which it is most important to preserve, will depend in the end upon the harmony or jealousy between Great Britain and Russia. Russia is pouring troops into China who...

serious. It is evident that the Chinese Government is accumulating troops, and that many of these troops, as the attack on Admiral Seymour showed, can fight fairly well. He was...

T HE tension in China has this week been greatly relieved, though the general aspect of affairs is still most serious. The Chinese troops, under the command, as is rumoured...

fragmentary and not altogether satisfactory, but we have little doubt that Lord Roberts's apparent inactivity, as on former occasions, indicates the necessary preparations for...

any case.

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found to be suffering from sore throat, with symptoms which suggested possible diphtheria. He remained, therefore, on board the Royal yacht till Wednesday, when, having com-...

the defence of Mafeking furnished in conversation with Mr. Winston Churchill by General Baden-Powell. He had not been allowed by the Cape Government to fortify Mafeking before...

panies Bill in the House of Commons on Tuesday laid stress on the need for great caution in amending the law relating to public companies. Legislation that drove away the best...

will on Sunday be married, morganatically, but with the Emperor's consent, to the Countess Chotek, and on Thursday a rather singular preliminary ceremony was per- formed. The...

is in store for the Waldeck-Ronsseau Ministry. The support of the Socialists is necessary, as was proved by the inclusion of M. Millerand in the Cabinet, and there is a grave...

the Lords on Tuesday. After explaining the changes effected under the Board of Education Bill—which had for its main object the uniting in one office of the two educational...

the Mansion House dinner to bankers and merchants of the City on Wednesday. After the usual conventionally facetious references to his thankless position—s g., he de- scribed...

approaches its termination. The monsoon, though late, has brought copious rain throughout India, and in a few weeks cultiva- tion will be possible, and the moneylenders, secure...

Bush with the Bank, was formally opened by the Prince of Wales on Wednesday afternoon. The time occupied in the transit from the Bank to the depot at Shepherd's Bush was just...

in Ashanti. The forces despatched to relieve Coomasaie have been delayed by torrents of rain, which have made the rivers impassable, and it is greatly feared that they will be...

of the railway accident at Slough strongly confirms the view we expressed when the Mohegan ' was lost, that experts, especially of a certain age, were as liable as other men,...

a letter from Mr. Burdett-Contts, fully analysed elsewhere. He says that while the sur gical arrangements in South Africa were excellent, the arrangemen ts for the sick were...

New Consols (21) were on Friday 1001.

Fr HE death of Count Mouravieff, as all French poli- ticians have instantly perceived, must prove a most important event. Whatever his precise relation to Great Britain—and we...

THE STRENGTH OP CHINA. T IENTSIN has been "relieved," whatever that much- employed word may mean, and Admiral Seymour has been rescued with his force, but nevertheless if we...

a letter from its correspondent at Rome which points from the recent General Election a moral whose application is more than Italian. The Papal non, expedit which commanded...

T HE more extreme parties and the smaller political factions throughout Europe, whatever may be their intentions, are preparing the way for some form of abso- lute government....

J T is no exaggeration - to say that the most terrible piece of news that has yet been received from South Africa appeared in the Times of Wednesday. We say this, of course, on...

dealing with Asiatics, few are nore inveterate than the belief that they are generally wanting in courage. They are not exactly considered cowards, that would be too absurd, but...

W E have no intention of discussing the question as to who wds the real inventor of the art of printing. It is quite possible that the Chinese, who made so many inven- tions and...

W HAT grows on the top in any English county generally depends on what there is at the bottom. In the South, wherever the pine woods flourish the chances are that below them...

IMPRESSIONS OF AN AMERICAN STUDENT AT CAMBRIDGE. [TO THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR:) SIE,—" Gods of a cloudy Olympus" ; " antiquarians " of the kind pilloried by Milton as...

THE "SPECTATOR.") 8111,—I think it a great pity that Mr. Lionel Phillips in his paper read at the Royal Colonial Institute on "The Outlook in South Africa" should have gone out...

(To TUB EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sr,—Discussing the South African native question in the Spectator of June 23rd, you clearly state, in two places, your opinion that the...

COUNT MOURAVIEFF AND ENGLAND. (To THR EDITOR OP THR "SPRCTA,TOR.") Sra,—In your notice of Count Mouravieff's death in the Spectator of June 23rd you say that "during the time...

TIIE "SPECTATOR:1 Sra,—" A Soldier ' s Son " has pointed out in the Spectator of June 16th that many young men who would make fine soldiers are lost to the Army because they are...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Stn,—You will be glad to know that a rifle club has been inaugurated at West Hartlepool.with the greatest prospect of success. Last week it...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,--The objections to the scheme of building in the Old Deer Park are numerous and insuperable. Firstly, there are legal difficulties to...

reading the interesting correspondence as regards rifle-shooting in your columns, there is one suggestion that, so far, I have not seen, and I therefore hasten to make it....

OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Referring to your remarks in the Spectator of June 9th regarding the advisability of supplying farmers with horses on condition of their joining the...

Sin,—It is possible that the following facts may interest the bird-loving readers of the Spectator. Last year, at my country place—Wileote, in Oxfordshire—a pair of swallows...

[TO THE EDI,TOR OF THE "SPEC CATOR.1 STE,—A blackbird of Upton Village, Berkshire, has given evidence of a quality supposed to belong only to the caged and trained one,—the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sus,—Every Englishman who ever came within reach of his vivid personality, or even blew about him by report, must deplore the death of Major...

THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—On the occasion of the third reading of this Bill, which was carried by a majority of 68, Mr. Chamberlain said that he did not remember a private Bill...

TWO IRISH LOVE SONGS. SHE IS MY LOVE. (In the measure of the original Irish Gaelic Love Song.) Sun is my love beyond all thought, Though she bath wrought my deepest dole; Yet...

(Founded upon an old Gaelic Love Song, and to an air in the Petrie Collection.) SINCE we should part, since we should part, The weariness and lonesome smart Are going greatly...

THE WALLACE COLLECTION AT HERTFORD HOUSE. On Monday Hertford House was opened to the public, and the royal gift which was made to the nation by the late Lady Wallace became...

BOSNIA., HERZEGOVINA, AND DALXiTIA.* Tars is the best accotm . t of the trans-Adriatic provinces of Austria since the publication of Professor Asb6th's Work on Bosnia some...

PEW subjects are more• fascinating to the student of history than the origin and adolescence of great nations, though some minds, like that of Gibbon, prefer to dwell on their...

the good work done by emissaries of the Baptist Missionary Society on the Congo River during the last twenty years of the nineteenth century. Mr. Bentley and his...

THE wide variety there may be in the homiletic treatment of the Bible is forcibly illustrated by the contrast between two little books that have recently appeared by two...

for The Knights of the Cross the same degree of popularity achieved by Quo Vadis? Many readers will doubtless be repelled by the hugeness of the canvas, the outlandish theme,...

THE PATHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS. The Pathology of Emotions. By Ch. Fere. Translated by R. Park, M.D. (The University Press.)—The increasing com- plexity of life, the pace at which we...

Ramsden Balmforth. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 2s. 6d.) —Mr. Balmforth has reprinted this series of articles from the Co - operative Review with the modest hope that they will be...

E. Harper. .el ls.)—The title given above really resolves itself into a history of the port wine trade and the various merchants who have made, and been made by, port. A...

and Co. 6s.)—The publication of these historic parallels to the now historic farce of Rennes is a very timely reminder to us that we cannot throw stones at our neigh - hours. A...

net.)—The writer of this autobiography is an American, and as she is eighty years of age her recollections stretch over the greater part of the century. The book begins with a...

(John Murray. 3s. 6d.)—The "ordinary reader" will soon be so sur- feited with books dealing with the events of the war in South Africa, that a volume dealing with incidents that...

by F. J. Hamilton, D.D., and E. W. Brooks, M.A. (Methuen and Co. 12s. 6d.)—This is the third volume of Pro• fessor Bury's valuable series of Byzantine texts. The author was a...

Unwin. es.)—This book contains forty-five very short and very slight essays or articles of the type of which we see sufficient in the evening papers. Some of them are amusing,...

* * (Grant Richards. 1s.)—The author of this pamphlet wishes to put his readers on their guard against a possible invasion by the French. There are, he says, "three months in...

to quote, by way of explanation of a not quite obvious phrase, the compiler's sub-title,—" A Collection of Verses from Many Sources for the Great Family of Those who have been,...

and Co., Boston, U.S. 5s.)—Mr. Tvrombly tells the story of Hawaii in three parts. First, there is "Ancient Hawaii," where we have an earlier period of folk-lore and myth and a...

(Under this heading we notice such Boas of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.) The Frogs of Aristophanes. Translated by E. W. Hantingford, M.A....

deals in his first book with (1) the Latin nations, (2) South- Eastern Europe and Russia, (3) the Teutonic nations ; in his second with Great Britain and her Colonies ; in his...

the War, by the Bishop of Natal (G. Bell and Sons, 6s.) The Bishop explains that it has been his habit since leaving England seven years ago to write down, day by day, rough...

Trans- kted by Signora Linda Villari. (1. Constable and Co. 31s. ed. net.)—H.R.H. the Duke of the Abruzzi cherished the ambition of ascending some unconquered peak. His first...

Thomas F. G. Coates. (S. W. Partridge. is. 6d.)—Privates who become Generals, ploughboys who become statesmen, and log cabins which are exchanged for White Houses have a curious...

7s. 6d.)—This is a peculiarly interesting volume. It is a good subject, and Mr. Malden has done it full justice. He is not a " Dryasdust," it must be understood. He has the...

Clarke and Co. 69.)—It is not easy to define the theo- logical standpoint of the writer of these "Suggestions towards a System of Christian Belief." His view of the dogma of...

6d.)—Mr. L. A. Greening contributes by way of preface an "appreciation" of Mr. Clement Scott, an essay which, saving our standing objection to "appreciations," or writing of any...

we have Seaside Watering Places (L. Upcott Gill, 2s. 6d.), "a description of holiday resorts on the coasts of England and Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man," and...

(J. M. Dent and Co., 4s. 6d. net), Vol. XL. containing Othello, Antony and Cleopatra, and Pericles, Prince of Tyre. — In the "Works of Tobias Smollelt " (A. Constable and Co.)...