30 MARCH 1912

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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I T is with a sense of intense relief that we record that there seems a reasonable prospect that peace will be concluded in the mining industry in the course of the next week....

In dealing with the question of violence and intimidation we

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should not be acting justly if we failed to express our admiration for the way in which the miners as a whole have refrained from disorder. The country has undoubtedly taken...

In the region of foreign affairs there is this week

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very little of importance to record. In Tripoli fighting continues at several centres, but the rumours of Turkish successes seem to have been ill founded. We may note, however,...

. It is possible, of course, that the Government have

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a perfectly good answer to the coal owners' allegations, and we must therefore suspend judgment for the time. If they have not, we can only say that the result is deplorable. We...

*** The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript in any

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ease.

Telegrams from America indicate that Mr. Roosevelt, like American political

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chiefs before him, is finding out how tremendous is the strength and solidarity of the nartv machine. We would advise our readers to remember, however, that in America, as...

The centre of interest is now shifted from Parliament to

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the coalfields, and public attention is concentrated on the ballot, the results of which will probably be made known by next Wednesday. Though we are loth to appear to be...

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The Cabinet Ministers who supported the Second Reading were Mr.

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Birrell, Mr. Burns, Mr. Lloyd George, Sir Edward Grey, and Mr. Runciman. Those who voted against it were Mr. Asquith, Mr. Buxton, Mr. Churchill, Mr. Harcourt, Mr. Hobhouse, Mr....

The amendment for including the 5s. and 2s. rates in

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the Bill was subsequently defeated by 326 votes to 83. Various other amendments were considered, the most important of which, moved by Mr. Buxton and carried, added to the Bill...

The Minimum Wage Bill passed through its remaining stages in

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the House of Commons on Tuesday night. The most important feature of the debate was the Prime Minister's statement early in the evening describing the failure of the last...

The Conciliation Bill was on Thursday night rejected by the

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House of Commons on the Second Reading by a majority of 14 (222-208). The result is one which will cause a sense of unqualified satisfaction throughout the country. We venture...

On Friday week the progress of the Minimum Wage Bill

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through the House of Commons was unexpectedly interrupted. In the course of the debate that evening Mr. Ramsay MacDonald intimated that if the "5 and 2" amendment were accepted...

Mr. Wedgwood and Mr. Lansbury no doubt dream of some

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day finding themselves at the head of a State founded on their special principles. If tholee principles were attacked by reactionaries, and if the said reactionaries attempted...

The rejection of the Consolidated Fund Bill was moved by

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Mr. Wedgwood in the House of Commons on Monday in order to protest against the Attorney-General's action in instituting the Syndicalist prosecutions. Mr. Wedgwood protested that...

An analysis of the vote shows that the Bill was

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defeated by the action of the Nationalists. Forty-seven of them voted against the Bill and none in favour of it, though ten abstained, among those ten being the Irish members of...

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The New York correspondent of the Daily Telegraph gives an

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account in Wednesday's issue of a very daring surgical operation which has lately taken place at Baltimore. It consisted in removing the decayed parts of human brain and...

In the House of Commons on Wednesday Mr. Ormsby-Gore moved

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a resolution to the effect that the growth of an anti-' social policy of Syndicalism based upon class warfare and incitement to mutiny constituted a grave danger to the State....

Under the heading of "Militant Hysteria," Sir Almroth Wright, the

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great physiologist, writes a very striking letter to Thursday's Times. "No doctor," he declares, "can ever lose sight of the fact that the mind of woman is always threatened...

Bank Rate, 3?, , per cent., changed from 4 per cent.

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Feb. 8th. Consols (24) were on Friday 784—Friday week 774.

Last Saturday's papers contained a telegram from Shanghai which shows

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in an amusing way that the women suffragists of China have already adopted " militant " methods. Renter's correspondent states that a number of the women were dis- satisfied...

The House of Lords gave a Second Reading to the

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Minimum Wage Bill on Wednesday, but the final stages were postponed owing to a hitch in regard to an amendment which the Government had given notice that they would propose....

At the opening of the International Smoke Abatement Exhibition at

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the Agricultural Hall on Saturday Sir William Ramsay made some interesting suggestions as to the possi- bility of obtaining power from the coal in the earth without having...

Mr. FIewins, who seconded the motion, said he did not

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accuse the Labour members of being Syndicalists ; but as to some of their Radical friends he felt less sure.. Their policy If entirely negative action in regard to all trade...

We are in entire agreement with Lord Lansdowne as regards

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the Government making absolutely clear their deter- mination to protect the free labourers. No one, of course, suggests that the Government should have used any menaces towards...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE STRIKE. A S we write on Friday the prospects of a settlement look decidedly brighter. Hopes have, however, so aften proved delusive in the present crisis that one hardly...

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THE DARDANELLES. T HERE is a story, probably ill-founded, of an

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English Cabinet Minister who did not know where the Dardanelles were, or, at any rate, confounded them with the Bosphorus, but "in any ease" was determined that whatever they...

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POLITICAL " EDUCATION " IN GERMANY.

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I N his first address to the new Reichstag on February 16th Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg justified his rejection of all proposals tending towards Parliamentarians by the plea that a...

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SYNDICALISM. T HE public is beginning to realize the importance of

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Syndicalism, but still is in doubt as to what Syndi- calism means. And. the doubt is excusable. For the term is somewhat vague, and. more than one meaning can legitimately be...

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THE NATIONAL RESERVE.

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L ORD HALDANE, speaking at the Fishmongers' Dinner and also in his speech on Friday week to the City Territorials, made it clear that the military ' authorities now regard the...

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"to overthrow the statues of the gods is not always

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an In 1870—so M. Sabatier tells us—many sore hearts in France sought the consolations of the Church. Thought- 'they saw that something definite and practical and some- tions,...

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CADIZ.

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I T is hard to believe that Cadiz was once one of the most important cities of Spain. At present it is in decline. In the old days, when the lions of Castile floated from the...

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MURAL PAINTING.

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ONDON in the corning summer is to have an exhibition of a kind and on a scale which has never hitherto been attempted. It is to be an Exhibition of Designs for Mural Painting...

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THE NATIONAL RESERVE AND THE LONDON PARADE.

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Tim following letter has been addressed by Lord Esher to Mr. St. Loe Strachey:— The Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea, March 27th, 1912. DEAR Mn. Sr. LoE STRACHEY, After...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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THE COAL CRISIS. 170 THU Emma or TIM "SPIIC/ATOR.1 SIB,—The comments that appeared in your last week's issue on the harm that the coal workers have done to themselves by this...

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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE WORKING MAN.

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[To vim DOME OF THE "SrEcriaon."] SIIL,—Will you allow a working-man reader—not subscriber— of the Spectator an opportunity of putting, however crudely, one view before your...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOII.1

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have read the letter of your correspondent Mr. Hues with interest. It seems to me, however, to contain incidental assumptions which are likely to increase the growing...

rTo THE EDITOR. OF THE "SPECTATOR.']

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SIR,—As an employer who has "served his time," may I make some comment on the letter of Mr. E. Hues which appears in your issue of March 23rd P My qualification as critic is as...

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AN EXAMPLE OF PROFIT-SHARING.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIE,—I am on the board of a long-established manufacturing company in Yorkshire with a paid-up capital of over 2400,000, in £10 shares, and...

ECONOMIC LAWS.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In criticising the various suggestions put forward for the settlement of the coal strike you correctly insist that no arrangement, even...

PORTUGUESE SLAVERY AND THE BRITISH ALLIANCE.

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[To Tun EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] you permit me to make a correction in the letter - written from San Thome on February 29th P I stated iltiet cilia that "the Republican...

THE TRADE DISPUTES ACT.

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rTo TUE EDITOR OP TEE SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It may be well to note exactly in what points the Trade Disputes Act of 1906 has contributed to the success of the railway and the coal...

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as fire drill is regularly and strictly carried out in

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all the P. and 0. ships." This is not correct. For the last twenty years I have travelled all over the world in many ships (in- cluding the P. and 0.) and never have I seen boat...

LTO THE EDITOR Or THE ”srsexAros."1 have been much interested

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in your article in the Spectator of March 23rd. I hasten to assure you that the Committee of the Anti-Slavery Society fully recognize the importance of the information the Rev....

AN ANCIENT WRIT.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOIt."3 Sfn,—Looking through Stubbs's "Select Charters" the other day I came across a writ of summons to Parliament in the year 1283 which may...

THE VIVISECTION REPORT.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The letter (communicated) on the Report of the Royal Commission on Vivisection is very disappointing as being the only notice taken of...

THE NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT.

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[TO TRH EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."J Si,—You said in an article in your paper a short time ago that, "though the National Insurance Bill was a bad one, it was better to submit...

[To THE EDITOR OF TIIE "SPECTAT011.1 SIR,—Please allow me to

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thank you for your admirable article on this subject last week and also for the strong support you have invariably given in past years to the repre- sentations of myself and...

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ARCHITECTURE AND HISTORY.

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[To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR." j Sna—The communication of the distinguished architect and able writer, Mr. Reginald Blomfield, published. in your issue of March 23rd, and...

THE WRITING OF PARISH HISTORIES.

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[TO TEE EDITOR OP THE " SFECTATOR..] Sin,—An association like that suggested by your contributo*. already exists: it is known as the Higher Education Society. For an annual...

[To TWE EDITOR OF TRU "SPECTATOR."

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Ssa,—Professor Blomfield's objections to the review of his book on French architecture have been met by you in an editorial note appended to his letter. I trust that I shall not...

LORD NELSON'S BROTHER.

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[To THE EDITOR OF Tilt " SPECTATOR."1 Sre.,—In reply to the letter of your correspondent stating that according to "the recently published work on the Nelsons of Burnham Thorpe...

FIREPROOF MATERIALS.

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[To THE EDITOR OF TED " SPECTATOR."' Sin.,—As regards Mr. Goodwin Brown's note in the last number of the Spectator, I think he has not got a fair economic price. Concreting,...

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THE "SPECTATOR" EXPERIMENTAL COMPANY.

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I TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 acknowledge with pleasure the copy of the Spectator containing an article on the excellent and beneficial result of the training to those...

NOTICE.—When "Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the writer's name

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or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not stecessatity le held to Lein agreement with the views therein expressed cr with the mode of...

[TO THE EDITOR OE TILE " SPECTATOM".1

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Sin,—Am writing to thank you very much for the paper you sent me, and very pleased to see such a good account of the boys. I can say it was the best six nionths of my life up...

THE CUCKOO.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") thought you would be interested to hear that this morning (March 22nd) I heard the cuckoo. I believe this is very early.—I am, Sir, &c., E....

POETRY.

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MISTAKEN TRYST. I BROODBD by the frosty fire, And heard the snow-wind moan, So sad the night, I could not stay While she lay there alone. But when I reached the little mound...

WHAT AN " !DER "1

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LTo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your last issue you refer to "Murray's Dictionary" as the " High Court of • letters." Is it really a reliable authority ? I used to...

LONDON PARADE: NATIONAL RESERVE FUND.

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We have received the following sums for this Fund :— R. s. d. J. St. Loe Strachey... ... 100 0 0 Lionel B. Wells ... 1 1 0" P. M. Sir Charles Brownlow, W. M. Cooper ... 1 1 0....

WE have received a long letter from "Ulsterman" . dealing, and

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in our opinion very, successfully, with Mr. Davey's state- ments criticising his original letter. We regret, however, that reasons of space prevent us from printing his letter....

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BOOKS.

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THE ELIZABETHANS.* bn. NEILSON, in his preface to The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, tells us that his "aim has been twofold : first, to present typical examples of the work of...

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INDIAN SHIPPING.* PROFESSOR MOOKERJI has rewritten in this book some

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for- gotten pages of Indian history. Most people can scarcely believe that once ships maimed by native Indians plied the deep seas and spread their commerce all over the known...

MAZZINI.* ANYTHING that adds to our knowledge of one of

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the most pathetic figures in recent European history is welcome, and Mrs. Hamilton King's Letters and Recollections of Martini come to us with the imprimatur of Mr. George...

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THE SHAREEFA OF WAZAN.*

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THE Life of the Shareefa. of Wazan is interesting from many different points of view. When it is remembered thab this lady is by birth an Englishwoman, and that she was brought...

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THE LETTERS OF ROBERT SOUTHEY, GOOD letters always make good

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reading, and Southey was a prince among letter-writers. That being so, the volume of selections from his letters made by Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald is one which will be welcome to...

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THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY ON THE CHURCH.* IN this volume

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we have the charge delivered by the Arch- bishop in February last. We find in it, as might be expected, much good sense clearly and forcibly expressed. The Arch- bishop has...

A BOOS ABOUT TOWN-PLANNING.t THIS "work—Civic Art — is a marvel of

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illogical arrange- ment and uncertain aim. This is the more annoying in that Mr. Mawson is qualified by his long experience as a land- * The title of the chief of the Palmores...

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A FAMOUS AIRMAN.* LnarT. CONNEAII has achieved his greatness in

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a very short time. He entered an aviation school in November 1909, and after ten months of hard work obtained the certificate of aeronautical engineer. A perverse department...

NOVELS.

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THROUGH THE POSTERN GATE•t "Iv you want a receipt for that popular mystery, Known to the world as a "— successful novel, you can hardly do better than analyse the various...

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The Rhodesian. By Gertrude Page, (Hurst and Blackett. Os.)— As

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its title announces, this book deals entirely with British South Africa, and its chief interest resides in its presentation of the British African point of view. A curious...

The British West Indies. By Algernon E. Aspinall. (Pitman and

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Sons. 75. 6d. net.)—The glamour of the West Indies, the feeling that Charles Kingsley expressed in his At Last, stands for something, and Mr. Aspinall has brought this home to...

Classics and the Average Boy. (The Times Office. Os. net.)

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—In the Educational Supplement of January 2nd the Times pub- lished a letter from "A Public Schoolmaster" adversely criticising the education given in our secondary schools. Put...

SOME BOOKS OF TIIE WEEK.

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[Under Ibis heading we oIice such Books of the 'reek as hems not been reserved for review in other foram . ] My Larger Education. By Booker T. Washington. (Hodder and Stoughton....

Felice Christie. By Peggy Webling. (Methuen and Co. Os.)— What

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Miss Webling gives us is always worth reading ; nor do we enjoy the story much less because we fool that there is a certain want of dramatic unity about it. Felix Christie...

READABLE NOVELS.—Fire in the Stubble. By the Baroness Orczy. (Methuen

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and Co. 6s.)—A powerful story with a very heroic heroine who almost makes us content with the other characters in the drama.—Anton of the Alps. By W. Victor Cook. (Methuen and...

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The Clergy List. (Kelly's Directories. 12s. 6d.)—This annual volume deserves,

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for its completeness and the care with which it is kept to date, the highest praise. It tells us all that we can reasonably expect to know about the organization of the Church...

The English Catalogue of Books for 1911. (Sampson Low, Marston

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and Co. Os. net.)—The year produced 10,014 books, of which 8,530 were new and 2,384 now editions. This is a record number, exceeding 1910 by 110 and 1001 by 4,970. "Fiction"...

Lovers of gardens, whether they be in town, or suburb,

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or country, and have little or largo space to experiment with, are in no lack of counsel. The "Present-Day Gardening Series" (T. C. and E. C. Jack) is one of .these helps. A...

The American Year-Book. Edited by Francis G. Wickware, B.Sc. (Appleton

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and Co. 15s. not.)—This book represents thirty-eight learned and technical societies ; is brought out under the super- vision of a board, on which they are represented ; and is...