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BOOKS.

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MR. LANG'S HISTORY OF SCOTLAND.* ME. LANG compressed a very considerable period of Scottish history into his first volume, and if he adheres to his original in- tention of...

Littrarp Oupplcmcnt,

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LONDON: .TANITARY 3181, 1903.

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SPORT IN THE NAVY.*

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THIS is a characteristically naval book. It has all the "what- cheeriness " which is ingrained in the sailor's views of life, and the general breeziness of the profession....

IMPROVEMENTS IN ROAD LOCOMOTION.* Two books of great interest to

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all who study the "return to the roads" which marks the dawn of the new century lie before us,—one mainly historical, the other practical and prophetic. Mr. Rhys Jenkins draws a...

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C URRENT LITERATURE

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THE BIRDS IN OUR WOOD. The Birds in Our Wood. By G. A. B. Dewar. Illustrations in Colour by Edward Neale. (Lawrence and Bullen. Is. 6d.)—It is a long time since we have come...

AN ATTACK ON IMPERIALISM.

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Imperialism : a Study. By J. A. Hobson. (J. Nisbet and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Hobson tells us that "this study of modern Imperialism is designed to give more precision to a term...

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TWO VOLUMES OF THE "TEMPLE BIBLE."

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In the "Temple Bible" (J. M. Dent and Co., 1s. each net) we have The Book of Jeremiah, and Lamentations, edited by E. Tyrrell Green, M.A., and The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel,...

THE STUDY OF THE GOSPELS.

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The Study of the Gospels. By J. Armitage Robinson,- D.D (Longmans and Co. 2s. 6d.)—This is one of the series of " Hand- books for the Clergy," appearing under the general...

A VOLUME OF AMERICAN ESSAYS.

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Musings by Camp Eire and Wayside. By William Cunningham Gray. (Fleming H. Revell Company. 5s.)—This is a volume of essays of a very mixed nature. Dr. Gray wrote in turn and with...

IN A MINSTER GARDEN.

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In a Minster Garden. By the Dean of Ely. (Elliot Stock. 6s. net.)—This is a pleasant enough volume, an olla podrida of hymns and religious verses, essays on the history of Ely,...

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GARDENS, OLD AND NEW.

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Gardens, Old and New. Vol. H. Edited by John Leyland. Illustrated from Photographs by Charles Latham. The "Country Life" Library. (George Newnes. £2 2s. net.)—These volumes make...

RODEN NOEL'S POEMS.

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The Collected Poems of Roden Noel. With a Notice by the late John Addington Symonds. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. '7s. fid.) —Lady Victoria Buxton was well advised in publishing...

CELEBR111.0 AND I.

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Celebrities and I By Henriette Corkran. (Hute.hinson and Co. 16s.)—There is a frank egoism, a naive crudity of self- revelation, in Miss Corkran's sketches and reminiscences...

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SAINT ATJGUSTINE AND HIS AGE.

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Saint Augustine and his Age. By Joseph McCabe. (Duck- worth and Co. 6s.)—Mr. McCabe's contribution to the literature of St. Augustine will not be sympathetic to readers who feed...

RECOLLECTIONS OF A ROYAL PARISH.

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Recollections of a Royal Parish. By Patricia Lindsay. With Illustrations. , (J. Murray. Is. 6d.)—This little volume gives, in a singularly pleasant and unaffected manner, a...

STATE EXPERIMENTS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.

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State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand. By W. Pember Reeves. 2 vols. (Grant Richards. 24e.)—The most interesting chapters in these two volumes are those devoted to the...

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTIONS TO THE ROLLS SERIES.

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Historical Introductions to the Rolls Series. By William Stubbs, D.D. Edited by Arthur Hassell, M.A. (Longnians and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—The man who can criticise these historical...

"TEMPLE BIOGRAPHIES."

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Martini. By Bolton Bing, M.A. (J. M. Dent and Co. 46. ed. net.)—This is the first of a series of "Temple Biographies" appearing under the general editorship of Dugald Macfadien,...

THE ARCHITECTURE OF GREECE AND ROME.

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The Architecture of Greece and Rome. By W. J. Anderson and IL P. Spiers. (B. T. Batsford. 18s. net.)—The late Mr. Anderson's sketch of Mycenaean architecture and the development...

THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN THE CLOTHING TRADE.

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The Employment of Women in the Clothing Trade. By Mabel S. Willett, Ph.D. (P. S. King and Son.)—This is a "Study in Economies," the work of a graduate of the Columbia...

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CHANNING ON THOREAU.

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Thoreau, the Poet - Naturalist. By W. E. Channing. Edited by F. B. Sanborn. (Charles E. Goodspeed, Boston. 8s.)—The late William Ellery Channing left in the hands of his...

JOHN LACKLAND.

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John Lackland. By Kate Norgate. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d.) —Miss Norgate, it seems to us, has taken more pains to make a careful study of John's political struggles with Philip...

CLIMBING ON THE HDIALAYA.

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Climbing OA the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges. By J. Norman Collie, F.R.S. (D. Douglas. 16s.)—Much of the climbing described by Professor Collie is somewhat belated—the...

A HISTORY OF TIMBER.

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Wood. By G. S. Boul,ger. (E. Arnold. 7s. 6c1.)—We can conceive few people taking up this book without finding some- thing to interest them in it. Everybody is more or less...

THE CELTIC (.011URCH IN BRITAIN AND IRELAND.

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The Celtic Church in Britain and Ireland. By Heinrich Zimmer. (D. Nutt. 3s. 6d.)—Mr. A. Meyer has translated this little book from Professor Zimmer's article in the German "Pro-...

WELLINGTON'S LIEUTENANTS.

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WeZlington's Lieutenants. By Alexander Innes Shand. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 7s. 6d.)—Mr. Shand, as a writer, has by no means the rhetorical resources of Dr. Fitchett, in whose...

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" MARTELLO TOWER" IN CHINA AND THE PACIFIC.

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"Martell° Tower" in China and the Pacific. By Francis Martin Norman. (George Allen. 102. 6d.)—Commander Norman will certainly not injure the reputation he made through his...

FULL CRY.

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Pea Cry. By Fred Cotton. Illustrated by Harrington Bird. (R. A. Everett and Co. 21s. net.)—This wide-margined and rather unwieldy book is a sporting novel, written in the well-...

THE STRUGGLE FOR PERSIA.

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The Struggle for Persia. By Donald Stuart. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—There can be no question that Mr. Stuart has the art of describing his experiences of travel in a very graphic...

ELECIRIC WIRING.

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Electric Wiring : a Primer for the Use of Wirer:ten and Students. By W. C. Clinton, B.Sc. (J. Murray. is. 6d.)—The nature and behaviour of our new illuminant, the details of its...

THE MABINOGION, VOL. II.

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The Mabinogion, Vol. H. Translated by Lady Charlotte Guest. "Welsh Library," edited by Owen Edwards. (T. Fisher trnwin. 1s.)—It is needless at this date to praise Lady Charlotte...

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ANCIENT HISTORIES.

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An Ar.zient History for Beginners. By G. W. Botsford, Ph.D. (Macmillan and Co. 7s. 6d.)—Dr. Botsford, who lectures on ancient history in the University of Columbia, and is...

ANTHOLOGY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE.

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Anthology of Russian Literature. By Leo Wiener. Vol. I. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 12s. 6d.)—Professor Wiener has found room in this first volume of his for representative specimens...

RANDOM RECOLLECTIONS.

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random Recollections. By Charles H. E. Brookfield. (E. Arnold. 14s.)—Mr. Brookfield must have started in life with a fair . in- heritance of good stories. One of this stock, he...

THE HAMPSTEAD AND "THE HOUSE" ANNUALS.

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• The Hampstead Annual, 1903. Edited by Greville E. Matheson and Sidney C. Mayle. (S. C. Mayle. 2s. 6d. net.)—This is the sixth issue of the Annual. We are glad to see that it...

LES RIJBAIYAT D'OMAR KHEYYAM.

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Les Rubaydt d'Omar Kheyydm. Traduits en Vera Francais by Fernand Henry. (J. Maissonneuve, Paris.)—M. Henry ' has triinslated Edward FitzGerald, not Omar Khayyam. He is per-...

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WILLIAM HAMILTON GIBSON.

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William Hamiltor. Gibson. By John Coleman Adams. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 10s. 6d.)—W. H. Gibson knew his own mind and his own powers with a sureness that is very rare. It is true...

The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Esquire, P.R.S. (G. Newnes. 38.

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6d. net.)—This is a reprint, on India paper, of Lord Bray- brooke's original edition (published in 1825). A vast amount of pains has been taken to supply lacunae which Lord...

" LITTLE BIOGRAPHIES!'

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In the series of "Little Biographies" (Methuen and Co.) we have to notice Sir Walter Raleigh., by I. A. Taylor (3s. 6d.), and Erasmus, by Ernest F. H. Capey (3s. 6c1.) Both are...

THE SMITH AND THE BLAKE FAMILIES.

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The Smith Family. By Compton Reade, MA. (Elliot Stock.) —Mr. Reade has compiled with much labour genealogical and biographical particulars of the family which bears the " Smith...

IN THE RUINS OF ST. PIERRE.

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In the Ruins of St. Pierre. By F. S. Sterne-Fadelle, B.-es-S. (A. R. Righton, Roseau, Dominica. is. 6d.)—The author of this little pamphlet takes us with him on a voyage from...

LETTERS OF EMILIA RUSSELL GURNEY.

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Letters of Emilia Russell Gurney. Edited by her Niece, Ellen Mary Gurney. (J. Nisbet and Co. 12s. 6d.)—This is a book of which there is little to be said, not because there is...

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Hints Young Authors. By E. H. Lacon Watson. (Grant

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Richards. 2s. 6d.)—This is the second volume of "The Leicester Square Library.' It is certainly an entertaining book ; it is likely to be instructive,—the writer of this notice...

The Position of the Laity. (S.P.C.K. 6d.)—This pamphlet con- -

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tains the Report of a joint Committee of the Convocation of Canterbury as to the position of the laity, considered historically and as a matter of right Church government. This...

The Student's Herbert. By Dr. P. H. Hayward. (Swan Sonnen-

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schein and Co. ls. 6d. net.)—Dr. Hayward gives us here a synopsis of the educational system of Herbart, an authority much more generally known and appreciated in the United...

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The Times of Thursday prints a telegram from Berlin which

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contains the speech made by the German Ambassador in London on the occasion of the dinner to commemorate the Kaiser's birthday. Count Metternich, in proposing the Emperor's...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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A GAIN we have nothing definite to record as to the Venezuelan crisis. Up till Friday a vague belief pre- vailed that things were going well, and that Mr. Bowen, who has arrived...

Dr. Oertel, the Agrarian Conservative Deputy, who was the principal

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speaker on Friday week, admitted that while the King should be the soul of the Government, he impaired his position by trying to be the Govern- ment itself. "All the threads...

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By the side of Dr. Oertel's admissions may be set . t.4e testimony of the New York correspondent of the Vo l s . sisch'e Zeitung. The writer, deals with Germany's relations with...

On the resumption of the debate in the German Reichstag

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on Friday week the Vice-President announced the resignation of Count Ballestrem. In a written communication to the Rouse the President stated that his rulings had been sharply...

y The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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No. 3,8921 FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1903. [ REGISTERED Al • Papaw 6n. NEWSPAPER. BY POST..,6/D. POSTAGE ABROAD

Noricz.--LWith this week's SPE& ATOR " is issued, gratis, a

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LITERARY SUPPLEDIENT.

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At Khartoum on Thursday, at a dinner given to Captai n

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Bailey, formerly aide-de-camp to the Sirdar, Lord Cromer made one of the most striking speeches on the develop. ment of newly acquired portions of the Empire which it has ever...

Leaving Johannesburg on Thursday week. Mr Chamberlain • proceeded to

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Potchefstroom. and thence started on a four days' trek to Mafeking, being everywhere -eceived with the greatest cordiality. At Potchefstroom Mr Chamberlain replied to c.. bus...

Mr Ritchie. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was enter. tamed

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at a banquet in Dundee, his native city, on Friday week ; and delivered 3 speech on the prospects of trade. As regards strikes and trade disputes, which he regarded as a more...

Sir Henry Fowler addressed a Liberal meeting at Bishop Auckland

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on Tuesday evening, prefacing his remarks with a generous tribute to Mr. Chamberlain. He thought that the Colonial Secretary had discharged the difficult and responsible duties...

General Delarey. who had just given further proof of his

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goodwill by coming on from Ventersdorp, also made a striking speech. endorsing all that Mr. Chamberlain had said about misunderstandings in the past, and the duty of Boers and...

On Sunday NIr. Chamberlain trekked forty.two miles to Lichtenburg„ and

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was presented with an address of welcome on the following morning in the market square. In his reply Mr. Chamberlain spoke of the universal kindness with which he had been...

The Tokio correspondent of the Times sends a remarkably interesting

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letter on the evolution of the political situation in Japan. Under the provisions of the Reform Bill which came into force last summer, the franchise has been lowered— with the...

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We wish to call our readers' attention to the interesting

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series of articles which is appearing in the Times, entitled "The Problems of the Army." These articles include a com- prehensive scheme for Army reorganisation,—a scheme which...

The communication on the subject of the Vatican and the

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liberal movement in the Roman Church published in the Times of Tuesday presents the broader aspect of that agitation for reform which has been moving the minds of a number of...

The annual Report of the National Rifle Association affords very

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encouraging reading for those who, like ourselves, con- sider that it is sound policy to educate the British people in the use of the rifle. The Association now has three...

As we briefly announced last week, Arthur Alfred Lynch, 11.P.-elect

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for Galway City, was on January 23rd, after a three days' trial, found guilty of high treason and condemned to death. The law recognises no other penalty for such a crime, but...

A. terrible fire, in which upwards of fifty female lunatics

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lost their lives, took place at Colney Hatch Asylum early on Tuesday morning. The flames broke out at 5.30 a.m. at the south end of a large annexe, built of corrugated iron and...

Lord Balfour of Burleigh, addressing the Glasgow Liberal Unionist Club

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on Monday night, broke the Ministerial silence on the Venezuelan question. He described the Alliance with Germany as "a mere casual co-operation for a specific purpose and for a...

The Toronto Globe of January 19th contains a report of

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a banquet given to Sir Frederick Borden by the Anglo-Saxon Union. Mr. A. E. Jones, of Buffalo, in his speech gave a very picturesque version of the action of the British fleet...

Bank Rate, 4 per cent.

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New Consols (2i) were on Friday 93i.

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for those priceless gifts. ' freedom of speech interfered with,

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and at the same time it • But though we understand, and thoroughly sympathise would practically be impossible for the German Government with, the determination of the...

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THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY.

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T E thanks- of the British nation are due to two eminent public servants, Sir Michael Herbert and. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, for the skilful and statesmanlike way in which they have...

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POVERTY ON PARADE. T HE processions of the " unemployed "

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bid fair to become a regular incident in our street life. They go on day after day,—orderly, on good terms with the police, and not in the least anxious to provoke a breach of...

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POINTS AS TO AN IRISH LAND SETTLEMENT. T HE change, not

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to say transformation, in temper to which we called attention three weeks ago, as the most remarkable fact illustrated by the Report of the Irish Land Conference, continues to...

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FHE ATTITUDE OF THE NATION TOWARDS , TREASON.

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T HE sentence of death passed upon " Colonel!' Arthur . Lynch in the High Court of Justice on Friday week. has been commuted by the Home Secretary to penal servi., tude for...

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THE FREEMASONRY OF THE SPIRIT.

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"O F a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons ; but in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him." The train of thought...

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CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.

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T HE disagreement of the second jury in the Peasenhall murder case is so unusual an event in the processes of the criminal law that it has attracted widespread attention, and...

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MOLES AND MOLE-SKINS.

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T HE increasing taste for furs in ladies' dress has brought mole-skin into fashion once more. Except the prac- tically extinct marten, the mole has the finest fur of any English...

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• CORRESPONDENCE.

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BRIDGE. [TO THZ EDITOR OP THB "SPECTATOR:1 SIE,—Among games of chance whist has a dignity, and almost a literature, of its own. Sarah Battle is among the immortals, and has...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR,

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• GERMANY AND BRITAIN. [TO THE EDITOR OP THH " SPROTATOR."1 Bra,—" Vigilans sad Aquus" in his important summary of the causes of enmity between Germany. and Great Britain in...

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[To THE EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—The indignation of

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the country at the so-called Venezuelan Alliance with Germany—though, in reality, the two countries have done nothing more than pledge them- selves to temporary co-operation for...

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[TO TEX EDITOR OP TRH " SPECTATOR:9

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Si,—Statistics are proverbially dangerous; and the use Mr. Clifford makes of the Indian Census figures in his letter in the Spectator of January 24th illustrates the danger. For...

SOME ASPECTS OF MAHOMMEDANISM.

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[To THR EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] Srs,—May I be allowed to point out what appears to be a misleading deduction from the figures of the Indian Census made by your correspondent...

THE GERMANS AND HAYTI.

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(To THE EDITOR OF THR "SPECTATOR:9 Sur,—In the light of recent events in Venezuela, perhaps the following facts, which go to show that the policy of heavy- handedness followed...

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TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, IN PARLIAMENT.

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[To THE EDITOR Of THE " SPECTATOR-1 Sn1,—The Spectator of January 3rd contained a letter dealing with a previous communication which appeared on Decem- ber 27th, 1902, signed "...

NEW ROADS.

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(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the Spectator of January 10th you say that our roads are worm; than they were one hundred years ago. The locus classicus on British...

THE LADDER OF LEARNING.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] should like to be allowed to offer statistics from Bradford Grammar School in support of tbe remark made by your correspondent, Mr. L. J....

A LONG-LIVED UNDERGRADUATES' SOCIETY.

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[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR." J Si,—Early in the year 1882 ten freshmen of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, formed a Shakespeare Reading Society. They met weekly, and...

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(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—There is an aesthetic

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side to the question of new roads which you have left untouched in your interesting article in the Spectator of January 10th. At present, as the law stands, any one buying an...

THE SALT MONOPOLY IN ITALY.

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ero THE EDITOR OP THE "spscremoa."1 Si,—In your article on "The Cultivated Oyster" in the Spectator of January 10th you state that when the Bourbon Monarchy was flourishing in...

THE NEED OF A NATIONAL SONG.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Soon after reading a letter in the Spectator of October 18th, 1902. speaking of the appreciation of Mr. Newbolt's verse by soldiers, a...

VILLAGE WEATHER PROPHETS.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."J Si,—With reference to your very interesting article in the Spectator of December 20th on "Village Weather Prophets," some of your readers...

MEMORIALS TO "OLD BOYS" IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sra,—During the last summer several letters appeared in your columns suggesting that memorial tablets should be put up in our primary...

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" SILAS TITUS COMBERBACKE."

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pro THE EDITOR OF THZ " SPECTATOR."1 Sin,—Perhaps it is by a slip of the pen that your reviewer of Mr. Gray's "Jesus College," in the Spectator of January 10th, speaks of the...

POETRY.

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AT EVERSLEY. THE river rippled in the plain, The larks loud sang above the lane, Through the warm sunny woodland went A rustling whisper of content, And from the leafy distance...

BOOKS.

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PROFESSOR JOWETT'S THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS.* PROFESSOR LEWIS CAMPBELL has published a set of extract.' from Professor Jowett's theological writings. Many of these extracts,...

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THE AGE OF ANNE.* Mn. JUSTIN MCCARTHY'S Reign of Queen

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Anne possesses certain obvious merits. It is as easy to read as a piece Of journalism. It is superficial enough never to make too stern a demand upon the attention, and it...

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TWO BOOKS ON LONDON.*

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IT is well known that for some years before his death the late Sir Walter Besant was engaged upon a new survey of London. Many assistants were working with him, and the great...

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AN EDITOR AND BIOGRAPHER OF THE LAST REIGN, THE REV.

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WHITWELL ELWIN.* THESE welcome volumes contain a Life of the Rev. Whitwell Elwin, Lockhart's successor as editor of the Quarterly Review, and a selection from his essays, all...

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The Needle's Eye. By Florence Morse Kingsley. (Funk and Wagnalls.

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6s.)—From the other side of the Atlantic we hail a novel far above the average in Miss Kingsle3r"s The Needle's Eye. The book is by no means faultless, and is almost Chinese in...

NOVELS.

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POOR SONS OF A DAY.* Ir is one of the drawbacks of our tremendous "fictional output "—we use the commercial phrase deliberately because it is so largely a question, not of...

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CURRENT . LITERATURE.

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THE QUARTERLIES. The most interesting article in the new Quarterly is the first, " - Ireland from Within," and if inspired, it is one of unusual ' importance, for its drift is...

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Our Benevolent Feudalism. By W. J. Ghent. (Macmillan and Co.

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5s. net.)—Mr. Ghent is writing about matters in the United States. If what he says of the present is true, and if he makes a correct prognostication of the future, the...

Golden String. Arranged by Susan, Countess of hialmesbury, and Violet

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Brooke-Hunt. (John Murray. 5s. net.)—It is difficult to estimate the absolute value of a book of extracts. Many are published every year, and it is beyond the powers of any...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been swerved for reuiew in other forms.] Horae Semiticae, I. - IL ((3. J. Clay and Sons. 15s. net.)—These two...

dition under the command of General Sir J.. Willoocks as

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war correspondent for Black and White. The illustrations of the volume are from photographs, not of very good quality (" The Last Shots" facing p. 78 should be excepted). The...

In the series of devotional books entitled "Little Books on

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Religion," edited by W. Robertson Nicoll, LL.D. (Hodder and Stoughton), we have The Three Things that Abide, by Sir W. T. Ganglier (1s. 6d.) ; in "The Christian Study Manuals,"...

The Indian Mutiny : a Selection of Papers Preserved in

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the Military Department of the Government of India. Vols. IL and III. Edited by G. W. Forrest, C.I.E. (Military Department Press, Calcutta.)—Mr. FOrrest's plan has been to...

A VOLUME OF VERSE.

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Mr. Le veson Gower's Poems (W. Heinemann, 7s. 6d.) afford agree- able evidence of wide culture allied- to considerable command of versification. True, he does not embark on any...

Story of the Vine. By Edward R. Emerson.- (G. P.

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Putnam's Sons. 5s. net.)—Mr. Emerson has taken much trouble to gather the materials for this book, and has done good service to the public in bringing it out. He gives us a...

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HazeWs Annual. Edited by William Palmer, B.A. (Hazen Watson, and

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Viney. as. ad.)—This annual volume continues to be admirably managed. To be accurate, to be impartial, to be up- to-date, are the three cardinal virtues of such a work, and they...