3 DECEMBER 1910

Page 1

We must not forget that in this article we appealed

The Spectator

especially to Mr. Chamberlain, because we realised that it would be impossible for Mr. Balfour to act alone in this matter, and that he must carry the great protagonist of...

The suggestion thus made found, or appeared to find, no

The Spectator

support. On November 12th, however, the day after the break-up of the Conference was announced, and when it was clear that a General Election was to take place immediately, we...

On October 8th, in an article on Mr. Balfour's very

The Spectator

remark. able speech to the Scottish Conservative Club which may be said to have opened the autumn political campaign, we ven- tured to urge very strongly that the only way for...

The Spectator

A great many readers of the Spectator have been kind

The Spectator

enough to congratulate the Spectator upon the fact that the advice which it gave three weeks ago, and which then seemed to fall upon deaf ears, has been followed. We cannot be...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The Spectator

T O-DAY the elections begin, and, thanks to the states- manship and patriotism of Mr. Balfour and the other Tariff Reform leaders, the battle opens with the best possible...

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

The Spectator

ease.

We have dealt elsewhere with the prospects of the elections,

The Spectator

and will not attempt to say more here. In a very few hours the results of the first elections will be known. We may say, however, that Friday's news shows conclusively that...

Page 2

We give later some selections from the vast mass of

The Spectator

oratory which has poured forth during the week. Special notice, however, is demanded by two speeches reported in Friday's papers. The first is Mr. Balfour's second speech at...

On Friday week the mutineers of the Brazilian Navy at

The Spectator

Rio de Janeiro sent a message to the President expressing their sorrow for the revolt, and stating that they laid clown their arms in confidence that they would be amnestied and...

The new German Naval Estimates were presented to the Reichstag

The Spectator

on Monday. The Times correspondent says that recurring ordinary expenditure amounts to 28,360,642, or 2493,916 more than a year ago. Non-recurring ordinary expenditure amounts...

Mr. Asquith spoke at Reading on Tuesday. Addressing a great

The Spectator

gathering at the railway sheds, the Prime Minister declared that Mr. Redmond had no more to do with the Dissolution than the man in the moon. He condemned plural voting as an...

Mr. Redmond addressed a large meeting at Wexford on Sunday

The Spectator

last, and made a highly significant speech. The coming Election, he observed, was above and beyond all else an Irish Election, and whatever happened in that Election, Ireland...

The rising in Mexico, which a week ago threatened to

The Spectator

be serious, has been virtually overcome by the Government. Everything depended on the Army, and the Army apparently remained loyal. General Reyes, the picturesque and popular...

Mr. Asquith, in his speech on Thursday, showed clearly how

The Spectator

intense is the dread of the Referendum felt by the Liberals. They do not want to hear the authentic voice of the people. Mr. Asquith met Mr. Balfour's very reasonable challenge...

Page 3

The speech delivered by Lord Rosebery at Manchester on Wednesday

The Spectator

showed the qualities of brilliance and moderation that we are accustomed to find in all that he says. He dwelt especially upon the Constitutional issue with its effects upon the...

At Portsmouth on Wednesday night Lord Lansdowne emphasised Mr. Ba/four's

The Spectator

declaration upon the Referendum. Kr. Asquith ,had challenged them as to whether they would allow a Referendum upon Tariff Reform, and the challenge had been taken up by Mr....

Mr. Asquith ended his speech by the very unfortunate question

The Spectator

: Were they to understand that, if the Tories came in with a majority, they would have no mandate for Tariff Reform? "Is Tariff Reform a matter of great gravity ? Tariff...

Lord Curzon, who spoke at Hull on Monday in support

The Spectator

of the candidature of Sir Seymour King, effectively compared the two different platform styles affected by the Liberal leaders. Whatever they thought of Mr. Asquith's arguments,...

Sir Edward Grey, speaking at Dudley on Monday, criticised the

The Spectator

composition of the House of Lords as he imagined it would be if Lord Rosebery's Resolutions were put into effect. If the new Peers qualified by distinguished public service were...

Lord Lansdowne's speech at Glasgow on Friday week fully warranted

The Spectator

Mr. Asquith's subsequent handsome testimonial when he referred to the speaker as "the ablest, the most cautions, and the most dexterous advocate of the new proposals" in the...

We discuss elsewhere Mr. Balfour's speech at the Albert Hall

The Spectator

on Tuesday, but we may mention here the enthusiasm which greeted his announcement that he was prepared to submit Tariff Reform to the direct vote of the people. The scene is...

Bank Rate, 4i per cent., changed from 5 per cent.

The Spectator

Dec. 1st. Consols (2i) were on Friday 79F-Friday week 79.

Page 4

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The Spectator

THE ELECTIONS. B EFORE Mr. Balfour's announcement of the applica- tion of the Referendum to Tariff Reform had been made we bad decided to write a special appeal to the moderate...

Page 5

THE REFERENDUM ISSUE.

The Spectator

A SUDDEN, dramatic, and most beneficent change has come over the situation,—a change which will, we believe, exercise an overwhelming influence at the polls. The issue now...

Page 6

DEMAGOGUES Y. DEMOCRACY. -H NDERLYING the more obvious issues in the

The Spectator

General Election which is now in full swing is the conflict between personalities and principles,—between two dema- gogues andtheprinciple of democracy. The two demagogues, we...

Page 7

THE LAWS OF THE AIR. T HE indefinite adjournment of the

The Spectator

International Con- ference on Aerial Rights appears to have been caused by fundamental differences among the delegates. It is easy to see why such differences should exist; a...

Page 8

ELECTION PERSONALIT11N.

The Spectator

TN the Knutsford division of Cheshire the two Parlia- mentary candidates, Major Sykes and Mr. J. Whitworth, have agreed not to issue any pictorial posters and not to "indulge in...

Page 9

1.11h COST OF IDLENESS.

The Spectator

C ALCTJLATIONS are often made with reference to the waste caused by excessive drinking, or by insanitary housing, preventable disease, and premature death. Probably the loss...

Page 10

THE1 MODERN GAMEKEEPER.

The Spectator

I F there is any countryman's occupation for which times have changed, slowly perhaps, but very surely, during the last fifty years, it is that of the gamekeeper. The...

Page 11

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Spectator

THE " SPECTATOR " EXPERIMENTAL COMPANY. ITS LESSONS IN REGARD TO NATIONAL SERVICE. [To THZ EDITOI OF THZ " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—I have before me at this moment a roll containing...

Page 12

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

The Spectator

THE REFERENDUM IN SWITZERLAND. [To TIE EDITOE Of TIM "SPECTLTOP...1 Sra,—I have for long been a strong advocate of the Referendum, as it is worked in Switzerland, believing...

Page 13

[To ma EDITOR OF rue " Srlcuron."] Sin,—Would not Tacitus,

The Spectator

with that magnificent brevity to which you refer in your defence of the Referendum in the Spectator of November 19th, have retorted to opponents of that measure that "it is much...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTLTOR:9

The Spectator

Snt,—The Liberals object to the suggestion of the House of Lords having the power to refer the Bills of the House of Commons to the decision of the electorate. They object on...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]

The Spectator

it too late to follow the lead given by Lord Curzon in his speech at Glasgow on November 25th, in which he stigmatised the word " Referendum " as a " pseudo-classical...

THE REFERENDUM.

The Spectator

[To THII EDITOR OF Tire "SPECTATOR:9 Srn,—In your article of last week on the Referendum you appear to consider the working of the Referendum in Switzerland satisfactory....

[To THZ EDITOR Or TER "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—At the joint meeting

The Spectator

of the Council and Committee of the British Constitution Association, held at the office to-day (Tuesday), Mr. Hutchinson Harris in the chair, on the motion of Lord Cromer,...

[To THE EDITOR Or TER " SPECTATOR."'

The Spectator

Snt,—Never was demagogue flown with "hot air" and (political) wantonness more suddenly checked in his oratorical career than was Mr. Lloyd George by that blessed word...

Page 14

[To THE EDITOR Or THIS " SPECTATOR:1

The Spectator

SIR, —It would be interesting to know from Ministers what they understand by a "Referendum." They are supposed to object to a "Referendum," but they are at the same time...

THE DUTY OF FREE-TRADE UNIONISTS.

The Spectator

[To Tar Borros or ram "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Can there be a doubt as to how we Unionist Free- traders should vote at the coming General Election ? Of the four great issues to be...

AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL HOME SECRETARY.

The Spectator

[TO TICE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:9 Sin,—During the last few days the Home Secretary has made some startling Constitutional innovations which, in the turmoil of the...

Page 15

THE ACCIDENT OF BIRTH.

The Spectator

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—The above phrase has been unusually conspicuous of late, even in the Spectator's columns, where it occurs again in the last number....

THE UNIONISTS AND HOUSE OF LORDS REFORM.

The Spectator

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] ventured to write a letter last week to the Spectator suggesting the great need at the present crisis of definite pledges on the part of the...

WHAT WOULD BENTHAM HAVE SAID OF THE REFERENDUM ?

The Spectator

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—More than fifty years ago one of the early Benthamites said to me that the arguments for universal suffrage had seemed apparently to...

TO CONSERVATIVE FREE-TRADERS.

The Spectator

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Mr. R. B. Suthers, a prominent Socialist writer, in a recently published booklet of his, says as follows :—" Retain Free Trade and...

NONCONFORMISTS AND THE ELECTION.

The Spectator

[To THZ EDITOR OF TEN "SpEcrkr0a."1 SIR,—Having been a conscientious reader of the Spectator for many years, I am naturally often much influenced by its counsel, and you now...

Page 16

REMARKABLE BUDGET FALLACIES.

The Spectator

[To TEM EDITOR ON T112 " &ROTATOR:] SIR,—A few words in Mr. Coxon's valuable letter in your last issue can hardly be accepted as regards the tithe-owning clergy. He states...

WELSHMEN AND BUDGETS.

The Spectator

[TO THE EDITOR OP TIER "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I was reading to-day in an old book, "The Boke of the Introduction of Knowledge," by Andrew Borde, 1513, who gives " doggrel rimes"...

LORD BEACONSFIELD ON THE WORKING CLASSES OF ENGLAND.

The Spectator

[To IRS Barron ov Tam "sin:or/mm.1 Sri,—In several articles that appeared in the Spectator after the General Election of this year, notably in those entitled "The...

BURKE ON KING, LORDS, AND COMMONS.

The Spectator

[TO TER EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Among quotations on the crisis, a quotation from Burke deserves place :— "As long as the well-compacted structure of our Church...

THE VALUATION MUDDLE.

The Spectator

[TO TKO EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—There is no doubt that a great deal of the support given to the new land clauses is due to sheer misconception of the just and proper...

Page 17

A. GLADSTONE LEAGUE LEAFLET.

The Spectator

- [To TRH EDITOR Or TRH " &MC - P/3 . 08.1 SIR,-4 venture to send you a leaflet entitled "The Acres and the Hands," which was given to a number of the children belonging to...

THE CHEAP COTTAGE PROBLEM.

The Spectator

[To THE EDITOR Or THY "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Editors, like ladies, have the privilege of the last word; but, none the less, permit me respectfully to protest against your recent...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin, — In the correspondence in

The Spectator

your journal ornament was lately mentioned as inconsistent with the economy needful in providing cottages for farm labourers, but the beauty of the old cottages does not depend,...

NATIONAL SERVICE.

The Spectator

[To THE EDITOR 01P THE "SPECTATOR.") SIE,—I hope that you will permit me to express through the medium of your columns my gratitude to the many citizens of all ranks who have...

Page 18

TOCQUEVILLE ON STATE INTERFERENCE. [To THE Eprros or MS "SpEcTrros."]-

The Spectator

Sia,—As the principle of State interference appears to have been accepted as the policy of both political parties, the following extract from Alexis de Tocqueville's account...

MARRIAGE REFORM.—REGISTRATION OFFICE MARRIAGE 3.

The Spectator

rTo nix EDITOR Os THE " SPECTATOR."1 the evidence given in the Divorce Commission inquiry I notice that up to the present no information has been forthcoming respecting the...

Page 19

SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGES.

The Spectator

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR.") Sin, — With reference to the correspondence on this subject in your columns, I venture to send a few notes upon the' underground galleries...

" WHAT ABOUT HOWER ? "

The Spectator

[To ms EDITOU OD ma stscrhvos.1 Srn,—Your critic ' s remark in the Spectator of November 19th that " Lamb ' s Adventures of Ulysses " seems a somewhat oddly worded title,...

THE COMMON RAT IN CANADA..

The Spectator

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Si,—Allusion was made in your issue of October 1st to the - absence of the common rat Oho Norvegieus) from Manitoba. by the reviewer of Mr....

CLERGY FOR POOR PARISHES.

The Spectator

[TO THE Ennou OF THE "SPECTATOR."' SIR,—A word of caution seems necessary at this time with regard to the Archbishops ' Committee on Church Finance, and what can reasonably be...

Page 20

POETRY,

The Spectator

HE DE-NATIONAL ANTHE1L* GOD save our gracious Green, Long live our College Green, Gallant and free ! Scatter the Saxon crew, Strike the Red, White, and Blue, Roderick Vich...

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

The Spectator

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in . agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTAT011.1

The Spectator

AN HISTORIC HOUSE DT EDINBURGH. • ata,—The Spectator has always shown sympathy with efforts made • to save for the benefit of posterity objects of natural and artistic...

MUSIC.

The Spectator

A CENTURY OF BALLADS. IN the lucid and judicial survey of music in the reign of King Edward VII. taken by Sir Walter Parrott in his address to the Authors' Club on November...

TRADESMEN, SERVANTS, AND SECRET COMMISSIONS' [To THE EDITOR Or THE

The Spectator

" SPECTATOR.1 Sia,—The forms to be signed by tradesmen and servants, proposed Iby the Council of the Secret Commissions and Bribery Prevention Iseague as an assistance towards...

Page 22

13 0 0 K S.

The Spectator

CECIL RHODES.* IN his preface Sir Lewis Michell says : "Personal affection on , iny Part may unconsciously sway my judgment of the only -great man with whom I have lived on...

Page 23

COMPULSORY SERVICE.

The Spectator

IN this book Sir Ian Hamilton, lately Adjutant-General, and Mr. Haldane state the Case against compulsory service. By "compulsory service" they mean the National Service...

Page 24

MODERN PORTRAITS.* THE appearance of Herr Maximilian Harden's studies in

The Spectator

con- temporary biography has been one of the notable events in the German literary year. Readers of Die Zukunft will be prepared to find in this volume the penetration, the...

Page 26

MADAME DU CHATELET.f

The Spectator

Miss HAMEL is one of the most successful among the band of writers who have in late years devoted themselves to the byways of French history and biography. One need only recall...

STRATEGY WHILE YOU WAIT.*

The Spectator

THis is avowedly a "cram" book and a short cut to know- ledge for officers about to undergo examination. As the author states in his preface, existing text-books on strategy...

SIR, WALTER SCOTT AND THE BORDER MINSTRELSY.*

The Spectator

IN a recant book on the Border ballads Colonel Fitzwilliam Elliot made certain suggestions which in Mr. Lang's opinion reflected upon the fair fame of Scott. In this little work...

Page 27

NOVELS.

The Spectator

SACRIFICE.* NES. PENNY has written several excellent Indian novels, and her latest venture will enhance her reputation as a faithful and impartial chronicler of the...

MAJOR MARTIN HUME'S LAST BOOK.I• WE quite agree with Mr.

The Spectator

R. B. Cunninghame Graham, who furnishes his friend's book with a characteristic preface, that "The Last Stand of the O'Sullivans " is the best of these eight stories. The scene...

THE SECOND POST.t THIS is the felicitous title which Mr.

The Spectator

Lucas has given to a volume supplementing The Gentlest Art, published by him three years ago. It is, so to speak, a second delivery of letters. "For the music that counts," says...

Page 28

RBADABLE Nov - sta.—The Mummy Moves. Dy Mary Gaunt. (T. Werner Laurie.

The Spectator

6s.)—An exciting detective story beginning with a horrible murder, which many people think was committed by a mummy.—Two Impostors and Tinker. By Dorothea Conyers....

SOME BOOKS OF TIIE WEEK.

The Spectator

[Under this heading trs notice such Books of ths week as Lave not 4 , 1* massed for swims ia other forms.] The Utopia of Sir Thomas More. Edited by George Sampson. With...

The Prise. By Sydney Grier. (W. Blackwood and Sons. Cs.)—

The Spectator

The Prise is one of that series of "Sydney Grier's" novels which concern South-Eastern Europe, and the heroine is a lady who comes from the piractical island of Strio. It is of...

The Footprints in the Snow, and other Tales. By U.

The Spectator

P. W. Tatham. (Macmillan and Co. Be. 6d. net.)—Mr. A. C. Benson's Memoir of the author interests us more than the tales. Yet it was right to publish them. They give a glimpse...

Astray in Arcady. By Mary E. Mann. (Methuen and Co.

The Spectator

6s.)—Very much "astray," we should say ; indeed, we do not recognise Arcady at all. How shall we describe Mrs Mann's book ? We may do it best by a contrary, and this contrary...

Page 29

New Eorrious.—The Struggle of the Nations. By Gaston Maspero. Edited

The Spectator

by A. H. Soya). (S.P.C.K. 25s.)—Brought up to date by corrections and additions by the author.—The Book of Ruth: a Devotioncil Commentary. By tho late Samuel Cos. (R.T.S....

The Golf - Ceurses of the British Isles. Described by Bernard Darwin.

The Spectator

Painted by Harry Rountree. (Duckworth and CO. 21s. not.)—Our golfing readers will understand Mr. Darwin's view of ths game when we tell them that he regards tho advent of the...

We have received from Messrs.. Morgan and Scott The Christian

The Spectator

Almanac (Id.), a sheet for hanging up or fastening on a - wall. Them are three effective pictures of Biblical scenes, and -a. teat for every day in the year. They also send a...

Three pretty little volumes of verse are published by Mr.

The Spectator

Henry Frowdo at is. net each. These are Tennyson's In Memoriam, Moments with Matthew Arnold, and Moments with Longfellow. Each has a portrait of the poet; possibly it would have...

PUBLICATIONS OP THE WEEK.

The Spectator

Andrew (S), Doctor Grey : a Novel, cr . 8vo (greening) No Armitage (H.), Chantwey Land, 8vo (Low) net 10/6 Barbour (R. H.), The Now Boy at Hilltop, and other Stories...

Our Sailor King. By A. A. Smith. With Preface by

The Spectator

Sir George Birdwood. (John F. Shaw and Co. 3s. 6d.)—We can see here, among other things, what a very active life our King has led. He is a real sailor, practically knowing his...

Page 56

Lornox: Printed by L. Urcorr Gm. at the London and

The Spectator

County Printing Works, Drury Lane, W.C. ; and Published by Jon Barn i for the "SpEcrAvos" (LimitEd) at their Office, No.1 Welliagton Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy,...

Page 57

SPECIAL LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

The Spectator

TO FOR THE No. 4,301.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1910. [TaLE:=E:LPLE0.) GRATIS.

Page 59

BOOKS.

The Spectator

EMERSON.* THESE early Journals of Emerson, which are now published for the first time, begin in 1820 and end in 1832. Those years find him a College student of seventeen, and...

Literarp fie uppirinnit.

The Spectator

LONDON . : DECEMBER 3rd, 1910.

Page 60

BOTANY, ZOOLOGY, FORESTRY, AND SPORT.* WHEN a competent botanist condescends

The Spectator

to write for the general reader, to whom what is called "botanic literature" is unintelligible, one should always rejoice, and when the result of his labour is such an...

Page 61

SOCIAL INSURANCE.* Tam is one of the numerous works on

The Spectator

social economics which reach us from the study of the American Professor. There is perhaps nothing very new in it, but it is an expression of personal opinion set out in a very...

Page 62

SOME BOOKS ON ART.*

The Spectator

THE art of carving wood has always been an important one in England, whether it was employed to decorate structural parts of buildings, or objects of domestic use such as furni-...

Page 63

A GASCON ROYALIST.*

The Spectator

GrvErt a writer so learned in his own subject as M. Lenotre, and a translator so accomplished as Mrs. Rodolph Stamen, an interesting and readable book could hardly fail to be...

Page 64

AN ISSUE JOINED.*

The Spectator

"Are you sure there is no real justification for the discontent among the masses ? Their [i.e., the rich] estates are so large that it takes over sixty days to write out the...

A SOUTH AFRICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY.* THIS magnificent work, on which we

The Spectator

desire to present our sincere congratulations to the author, appears at an opportune time. The opening of the first Parliament of a United South Africa synchronises with the...

Page 65

THE SEA AND ITS STORY"

The Spectator

Tun book is something of an olla podrida ; 'but if the ingredients are miscellaneous, they are of excellent quality. No one will fail to find the subject in which he may happen...

A TALE OF THE PLANTATIONS.f

The Spectator

ANTHONY SHIPLEY is one of a company of twenty-five convicts whom the 'Sally ' of London carries out to Fredericks- burg in Virginia. He shows himself to be of different clay...

GIFT-BOOKS.

The Spectator

THE THREE NAPIERS.f THE hero brothers are Charles, George, and William Napier, sons of the Honourable George Napier and Lady Sarah Lennox, the first love of George III. One...

SKETCHES OF MANCHURIAN BATTLEFIELDS.* HISTORIES of the Russo-Japanese War as

The Spectator

a whole, or histories of separate phases of it, will probably continue to appear for many years. This multiplication of accounts will in one way no doubt be a cause of...

Page 66

Engineering of To-day. By Thomas W. Corbin. (Seeley and Co.

The Spectator

58. net.)—Mr. Corbin has selected certain features of engineering which more particularly express the perfection that such-and-such a branch has reached,—the manufacture of...

Chemistry for Beginners. By Tudor Jenks. (W. and R. Chambers.

The Spectator

3s. 6d.)—Much depends on the style and handling of a general introduction to chemistry, for there can be no doubt that older readers anxious to obtain a grasp of elementary...

The Young Electrician. By Hammond Hall. (Methuen and Co. 5s.)—The

The Spectator

noticeable features of this introduction to electricity are its lucid style and its occasionally happy illustrations. The dryasdust scientific man is usually somewhat jealous of...

Our Village. By Mary Russell Mitford. (Macmillan and Co. 10s.

The Spectator

6d. net.)—Miss Mitford's delightful book has never been more attractively presented. First—no one will question the precedence—we have an introduction by Lady Ritchie....

The Fighting Fame of the King's Ships. By Edward Fraser.

The Spectator

(Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)—Needless to say, Mr. Fraser finds plenty of material,—fights that are little known, and others that will bear retelling. The story of Blake's attack...

All About Railways. By F. S. HartnelL (Cassell and Co.

The Spectator

6s.) —"All About" means, of course, all that young readers can possibly want to know. Grave questions of nationalisation may be set aside; how the permanent way is planned and...

The Pilgrim's Progress. By John Bunyan. Illustrated by Frank C.

The Spectator

Pape. (J. M. Dent and Sons. 7s. 6d. net.)—We do not dispute the cleverness of Mr. Pape's pictures, but they somehow fail to satisfy. One thought obtrudes itself,—what would...

A Book of Discoveries. By John Masefield. Illustrated by Gordon

The Spectator

Browne. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co. 6s.)—Mac Shenstone and his brother Robin are adventurous lads, and one of their explorations, eminently successful at first, for it...

Page 67

For Rupert the King. By Herbert Hayens. (S.P.C.K. 3s. 6d.)

The Spectator

—The writer of a story of this kind is always faced with a diffi- culty. Is it to be told as a partisan would tell it, or as a student versed in the scientific historical...

A Middy of the Slave Squadron. By Harry Collingwood. (Blackie

The Spectator

and Son. 5s.)—This " West African Story" takes us back some ninety years to the days when the operations of the Slave Squadron on the West African Coast were a matter of...

The Two of Them Together. By the Rev. A. S.

The Spectator

Cripps. (A. It. Mowbray and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—It is evident that this "tale about Africa of to-day" is the outcome of much personal experi- ence. Mr. Cripps has been a...

Ones Bitten, Twice Shy. By Fred Whishaw. (T. Nelson and

The Spectator

Sons. 2s. 6d.)—Mr. Whishaw knows his Russia, so that the background of his story, though it is but slight, is effective. The date of Garth Ingram's adventures takes us back to...

In the Days of the Gironde. By Thekla. (R.T.S. 2s.)—The

The Spectator

author warns us that the personages of her story are fictitious. The fiction, however, strikes us as somewhat too bold. This is a story of the French Revolution ; the heroine is...

Stars in the Twilight. By Mary H. Debenham. (National Society.

The Spectator

2s. 6d.)—This is a story of Roman Christianity in the fourth century. The " Stars " are the members of a Christian community of the conventual kind which was established on...

The Opium Smug glers. By Harold Bindloss. (T. Fisher Unvrin.

The Spectator

6s.)—The young hero loses his place with a milling company at Minneapolis, takes up another of the same kind at Winnipeg, and then resolves to change the desk for the field,...

The Romance of Canada. Edited by Herbert Strang. (H. Frowde

The Spectator

and Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—This is a book which a reviewer praises sufficiently when he describes it. It contains a selection, made by an expert, of striking passages from...

A New Kngtand Maid. By Eliza F. Pollard. (Blackie and

The Spectator

Son. 3s. 6d.)—This is "a Tale of the American Rebellion." Its chief interest turns on the fortunes of Benedict Arnold, who is the brother of the "New England maid." That was...

Strong - Hand Saxon. By Christopher Beck. (C. Arthur Pearson. 2s. 6d.)—There

The Spectator

is something very rousing about this story of the adventures of Tom Holt in company with the redoubtable scout "Strong-Hand Saxon." We almost hold our breath as wo follow the...

Coo - eel By Robert Leighton. (C. Arthur Pearson. 2s. 6d.)— Mr.

The Spectator

Midshipman Kettle, of H.M.S. 'Penguin,' fends a man on a certain island. He calla himself Jacob Lavington, and says that he comes from San Francisco. From the first he is more...

Hawkt000d the Brave. By William Beck. (Blackie and Son. 3s.

The Spectator

6d.)—Mr. Beck is quite right in saying that Sir John Hawk- weed has had less than justice done him in popular story. Doubtless it is because there is something remote, and...

Page 68

The Probationer. By A. M. Irvine. (S. W. Partridge and

The Spectator

Co. 2s. 6d.)—A young woman, who has been somewhat spoilt at home, makes up her mind to be useless no longer, and enters herself as a probationer nurse at a hospital. Here we...

An Everyday Romance. By Raymond Sacbern.s. (Wells Gardner, Dayton, and

The Spectator

Co. 5s.)—The theme of this story is familiar. Valerie Campbell finds home somewhat dull, and, having a certain artistic ability, thinks that she will be happier in London. How...

Our Swot Society. By W. Dingwall Fordyce. (T. Nelson and

The Spectator

Sons. Is. 6d.)—This is a breathless story of adventure in which some plucky children play a principal part, and an English criminal, who disguises himself cleverly as a...

The Girls Next Door. By Christina Gowaus Whyte. (S. W.

The Spectator

Partridge and Co. 3s. 6d.)—There is no particular story here ; but the characters in the tale, such as it is, never cease to talk in an interesting way. They do so in England;...

The Adventures of Phyllis. By Bessie Merchant. (Cassell and Co.

The Spectator

53.) — These are "adventures" indeed. Phyllis is the daughter of an English merchant in the Argentine who loses his money in speculation. She determines to earn her own...

The O'Shaughnessy Girls. By Rosa Mulliolland. (Blackie and Son. 6s.)—There

The Spectator

are two pairs of " O'Shaughnessy Girls." Two fashionable matrons in London are one pair; it is with the love affairs and general life-story of the other pair, Bell and Lavender,...

The Mean - wells. By Mabel Quiller-Couch. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.

The Spectator

3s. 6d.)—The three children, Priscilla, Geoffrey, and Loveday, are all that could be wished, whether they have to be good or to be naughty. They talk as children talk, or,...

The Bird Folk at Home, by May Byron (Cassell and

The Spectator

Co., Is.), describes, with the help of some pleasing pictures, the appearance and the habits of various birds.—A Little Journey to Switzer- land (same publishers, is.) is...

The Amateur Scouts. By Raymond Sachems. (W. and R. Chambers.

The Spectator

3s. 6d.)—Tabitha Smallways, who is something of a pickle, makes friends with two young neighbours, and has a mind to be a scout herself, and to give them a liking for the same...

The Lower Fourth. By Brenda Girvan. (T. Nelson and Sons.

The Spectator

2s.)—This is a series of school tales,—girls'-school tales, that is. Cricket is one of the themes. There may be two opinions about cricket for girls, but are we to believe...

Sea Yarns. By John Arthur Barry. (W. and R Chambers.

The Spectator

8s. 6d.)—These "yarns" take us, and with very good result in the way of entertainment, to various pima' in the East and West. The first, "The Last Voyage of Martin Valiance,"...

Fifty - two Stories of the Sea. Edited and Compiled by Commander

The Spectator

E. P. Statham, R.N. (Hutchinson and Co. 5s.)—We see well- known naines among the contributors to this collection of stories, Mr. F. T. Bullen, for instance, and Mr. Harold...

Page 69

Herbert Strang's Annual. (H. Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton. 5s.

The Spectator

net.)-Mr. Herbert Strang is a notable provider of good reading for boys. He has got together here contributions from some worthy colleagues, the first among them being an...

Home Fun. By Cecil Henry Bullivant. (T. C. and E.

The Spectator

C. Jack. 6s. net.)-This is an amply illustrated book of instructions about theatricals, tableaux vivants, musical glasses, conjuring, ven- triloquism-every one is "a born...

The Elder and his Wife. By the Author of "Rob

The Spectator

Lindsay and his School." (T. N. Foulis. is. 6d. net.)-There is something of the gentle sadness of old age in these little sketches of the villagers of Maxiebrae seventy-five...

Haw EnrrioN. - Santa's Claus's Partner. By Thomas Nelson Page. (Chatto and

The Spectator

Windus. 3s. 6d. net.)-This pleasant Christ- mas story of a financier and a little girl is well worth a new edition. The American atmosphere is crisp, like its own frost and snow.

THE PSALMS IN THE JEWISH CHURCH - The Psalms in

The Spectator

the Jewish Church. By W. E. Oesterley, D.D. (Rivingtons. 3s. 6d. net.)-The contents of Dr. Oesterley's volume are of varied interest. Chaps. 1-3 deal with the musical aspect of...

CURRENT LITERATURE.

The Spectator

TWO BOOKS ON PARISH LIFE. Studies in Arcady. By R. L. Gales. (Herbert and Daniel. 5s. net.)-In these "Essays from a Country Parsonage," republished for the most part from...

The Century Magazine. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. 6d.)-This half-yearly volume

The Spectator

is as full as usual of good matter. We admire the plain speaking of the "Editorials," as in "Lawlessness the National Vice." This is the kind of thing which is better said by a...

The British Boys' Annual. (Cassell and Co. 5s.)-The chief element

The Spectator

in this volume is, as might be expected, fiction of the kind which boys like,-stories of battle and adventures by sea and land. There are other things also. Mr. Keble Chatterton...

Honour and Arias: Tales from Froissart, Edited by Mary Macleod,

The Spectator

and Tales from Old Ballads, by the same (T. C. and E. C. Jack, 1s. &I. net each), are two attractive little volumes as to the work both of pen and of pencil. It is sufficient to...

More Dialogues, Duologues, and Monologues. By Mary H. Deben- ham.

The Spectator

(Wells Gardner, Dorton, and Co. is. 6d.)-This little collection of plays will be useful to people who are looking for something to act. The characters are all women or girls,...

Sweep of the Sword. By Alfred H. Miles. (Stanley Paul

The Spectator

and Co. 6s.)-Mr. A. H. Miles is a great collector and arranger of good things,-who does not know his "Fifty-two" series ? Here he has put together the battles of some four...

The Sweet Story of Old, by Hesba Stretton (R.T.S., 2s.

The Spectator

6d.), is a narrative condensed by a well-practised hand from that of the Gospels. Of the illustrations by Mr. Harold Copping we have already spoken.

Page 70

Sauce for the Gander. By Violet M. Methley. (Skeffington and

The Spectator

Son. 2s. net.)-These eight little plays will be found useful by people who are looking for something to act, either in their own drawing-rooms or in a village reading-room. They...

A Sequel to "Secret Remedies." (In Search of Truth.) By

The Spectator

Frederick Phillips. (F. Phillips, Southampton. 6d. net.) -This pamphlet is in the nature of a reply to Secret Remedies, which was issued last year by the British Medical...