N OTHING of military importance has occurred this week in South Africa. The Boer leaders have ap- parently decided to make their stand at Kroonstad, about one hundred and twenty...

mobility of Lord Roberts's army. To this testimony must now be added that of Count Adalbert von Sternberg, the Austrian officer who was captured in General Cronje's laager at...

in South Africa has been made by Mr. J. Rose- Innes, Q.C., late leader of the Cape Opposition. Premising that the settlement must guarantee a permanent condition of peace, Mr....

the prospect of relief. Colonel Plumer, it seems clear, has been repulsed, and Commandant Snyman on his return an- nounced his success by a terrible bombardment. Of any un-...

blow. The Portuguese Government, it will be re- membered, granted to an American, Colonel McMurdo, the right to build a railway in Delagoa Bay, and it was commenced by a British...

any cane.

for a Colonial Army. M. Raiberti, who on Tuesday made in the Chamber of Deputies the most striking speech yet delivered on the subject, declared that while Great Britain had...

different Governments of Europe upon the "open door" in China has been published in New York. President McKinley, it appears, requested each Government to promise that within...

on this week in the German Budget Committee, seems to reveal three points. First, that the friends of the Bill use danger from an English attaok as their main argument, that...

Tuesday at Nottingham. Dr. Spence Watson, in moving the adoption of the report, said that never had the Liberal party needed Mr. Gladstone more. They met at a oritioal time,...

Edward Grey, who was sent as a substitute for Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, and must, therefore, be understood to have attained Cabinet rank in his own party. His speech was...

confounded with the Juvenile Offenders Bill now passing through the Lords—was moved in the House si Commons on Wednesday by Mr. Wharton, and was thrown out by a majority of....

on Tuesday afternoon the Hon. Arthur Elliot, who moved the adoption of the report, said that he hoped the day was rapidly approaching when we should see the end of the mutual...

obstacle was thrown in her way, Princess Stephanie of Belgium, widow of the Austrian Crown Prince Rudolph, who committed suicide, was married on March 82nd to Count Lonyay, a...

records an illuminative anecdote illustrating the methods by which solidarity is established between the citizen soldiers and Regulars at the front. He overheard one of the...

interesting correspondence between the German historian and Professor Sonnensohein, of Birmingham. Professor Mommsen's reply to his correspondent's request to state the grounds...

One was in our own service, Field-Marshal Sir Donald Stewart, who died on Monday at the age of seventy-six. He gained his reputation as a general by his splendid march from...

Soldier, strategist, statesman, diplomatist, he now emerges, in the correspondence given in Monday's Daily Telegraph, in the light of a. humourist as well. It appears that after...

Friday 101i.

THE LITTLE CLOUD IN SOUTH AFRICA. T HERE is nothing to be gained by impatience ; the war in South Africa halts; and taking as the test what is the only valid test, the character...

the Catholic University for Ireland was greatly advanced by the debate of Friday week in the House of Commons. It is true that the debate ended in a hostile vote of 177 to 91,...

W E are told on the authority of Lord Salisbury and Mr. Balfour that a Joint Committee of both Houses will shortly be appointed to investigate the subject of municipal trading....

whom the announcement of the Princess Stephanie's wedding was the most interesting piece of news which the papers of the day contained. It is not merely that marriage lends even...

population of the United States is a problem charged with such serious possibilities that any light which can be shed upon it by an examination of present conditions and...

A WEIGHTY opinion gravely uttered by Prince Hohen- lobe, the Chancellor of the German Empire, is sure to be well worthy of consideration. The Prince is now an old man, but he is...

"T IMOR mortis conturbat me " is the refrain of a melan- choly poem by a Scottish poet, and it is a refrain which is only too common in the literature of all times. Doubtless...

I N future no sheep sent to shows are to be allowed to have their coats rouged, and the judges are in future to make their decisions uninfluenced by the beauties of cosmetics....

THE CLOUD IN NORTH AFRICA. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Your timely article on The Sennsiya in the Spectator of March 10th requires correction in one small detail....

10th reached my bedside, here on a Moroccan beach, when my temperature registered some- thing well over 100, and fever was very materially affecting my mental outlook. Possibly...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I have taken in the Spectator for many years, and have observed your advocacy of encouraging men now fight- ing our battles in South...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTAT011.1 SIR,—I have been reading in the Spectator of March 24th a letter from an "Old Liberal" on what he supposes would have been my father's views...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] BIR,—Something is to be said in favour of the proposal to "nationalise" the gold mines of the Rand. In the first place if the whole...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—The writer of the very interesting article under the above heading in the Spectator of March 17th suggests that our firm, and others,...

[To ens EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sni,—Now that the question of mounted infantry as an integral part of the Regular Army is being agitated, I would invite public attention to...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In reference to your article on " Boer Piety " in the Spectator of March 24th, may I draw attention to the likeness of the Boers in many...

[To THE EDITOR OP TES esesoriava.1 Sra,—I think the idea of my friend and parishioner, Mr. Myers, in the Spectator of March 17th, as to "a Colonial monument" is excellent. But...

Six. — Just now England is ringing with the praises of Ireland's soldier sons. Had the Government sent our Irish soldiers into the field defectively armed as compared with...

[To TILE EDITOR OF TILE "SPECTATOR."] SIR. —When Harnack says, " In the whole New Testament there is probably only one solitary writing which can be called in the strictest...

[To THE EDITOR OF TRH "SPECTATOR-1 SIR,—With reference to the paragraph in the Spectator of March 24th as to the strained relations between Colonel Kekewich and Mr. Rhodes in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SFECITATOR.1 SIR,-2 propos of your article on "The Elephant Inquest" in the Spectator of February 24th, perhaps the following may interest yon. An...

[To THE EDITOR OF 'TILE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your interesting article on " Money in the Field " gives ground, I think, for reflection on an aspect of the monetary position in...

THE COURTIER.* THERE is no number in Mr. Henley's valuable series of "Tudor Translations " better worth our study and appreciation than this famous Book of the Courtier,...

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND. I. EACH good and perfect gift man's heart to move Comes from the heart before it leaves the hand, At once inspired and exquisitely plann'd. Kings...

presided at the christening of the writer of these pages to account for the degree in which he possesses the gift of interest, and consequent enjoyment, in all the wonders that...

interesting preface assign the in• ception of the Biblical Encyclopcedia to the late W. Robertson Smith. That distinguished scholar, in editing the Encyclo- • Eneydopadta...

history can help being struck by the many points of resemblance between the Bauernkrieg (as Germans generally call it) of 1809 and the Boer War of 1899-1900. The terms are...

THESE five short stories by Miss Wilkins are longer than her earlier ones, but it cannot be said that their vertebra are insufficient for their length. Four of them belong to...

E. Petavel, D.D. Translated by the Rev. Canon St. John. (Black- wood and Sons. Gd.)—Dr. Petavers pamphlet is a welcome proof that there are reasonable and honest people who will...

jam, M.D. (Publishers' Printing Company, New York.)—Dr. Clairborne was an officer in the 12th New York Infantry Volunteers. He did not see any fighting; only three volunteer...

Gs.)—Mr. Bennet Burleigh dates his first letter from Ladysmith, October, 6th, 1899, and tells the story of a journey made before the war actually broke out through the Orange...

[Under Ws heading ace notice such Books of the week. as hare not been reserved for review tn other forms.] The Birth of the Bond. (J. Slater, Grahamstown, South Africa....

a reprint of four articles that appeared in the Times in February on the history of the relations between this country. and the Boer States. The contention of these three...

S.A.)—Mr. Bla.ckmore, who is Clerk of the Parliaments, South Australia, has here put together, at the bidding of the Government, the decisions of Mr. Speaker Peel during his...

(G. Bell and Sons. is. 6d.)—There is nothing very remarkable about Carlisle Cathedral, except indeed the great east window. It is sadly marred by the vandalism of the Scottish...

number contains a notice of the career of Mr. R. C. Christie, a gentleman who has deserved well of Owens Colleges and, indeed, of all who love books and learning. A portrait...

E. Gilbanks. (W. Scott.)—Holm Cultram Abbey was founded by Prince Henry, son of David, King of Scotland. It had a high rank among the religions foundations of the North. But it...