LONDON: OCTOBER Srd, 1903.

THE REALM OF PURE THOUGHT.* TIM distinction between the workaday world that we actually—so far as consciousness is a guide—live in, and the worlds, real beyond all tricks of the...

THE author of these volumes, a well-known Australian lawyer and politician, has been fortunate in his subject, less fortunate in his choice of fiction as the medium for his...

MARY writers have contributed to produce these two volumes under the editorship of Mr. Hutchinson, who has himself written several chapters. The beat of those by the editor, to...

ZOOLOGICAL ESSAYS. Mostly Mammals : Zoological Essays. By R. Lydekker. With 16 Full-page Illustrations by the Duchess of Bedford, Lord Delamere, the Hon. Walter Rothschild, and...

The Campaign of Adowa and the Rise of Menelik. By G. F. H. Berkeley. With Maps. (A. Constable and Co. 7s. 6d. net.) —Mr. Berkeley has done a useful piece of work. He has put...

The Friars, and How they Cams to England : being a Translation of Thomas of Eecleston's " De Adventu P.P. Minorum in Angliam." With an Introductory Essay by Father Cuthbert,...

The Rebellion of 1815: Genero2ly Known as Slachters Nek (Cape of Good Hope Archives). Edited by H. C. V. Leibrandt, Keeper of the Archives. (P. S. Xing and Son. 10s. 6d....

The Shakespeare-Bacon Controversy : a Report of the Trial of an Issue in Westminster Hall, June 20th, 1627. By William Willis, Treasurer of the Honourable Society of the Inner...

Shakespeare's Europe: Unpublished Chapters of Fynes Ilforyson's Itinerary. By Charles Hughes. (Sherratt and Hughes. 15s. net.) —Under the title of Shakespeare's Europe Mr....

The Sailor King. By Fitzgerald Molloy. (Hutchinson and Co. 24s. net.)—The latest of the entertaining compilations which Mr. Molloy is skilled at turning out deals with the age...

Essai sir l'Evolution tie la Civilisation Indienne. Par le Marquis de In Mazeliere. 2 vols. (Plon-Nourrit, Paris.)—It is quite im- possible in a necessarily short notice to do...

The Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem. By W. K. R. Bedford and Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Holbeche. (F. E. Robinson and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—It seems to us a pity...

Kuloskap the Master. By C. G. Leland and J. D. Prince. (Funk and Wag,nalls. 8s.)—Kuloskap was a semi-divine and heroic legendary hero of the Wabanaki division of the great...

The American Almanac and Year Book. (New York American and Journal.)—Almanacs and such-like are not commonly attractive. This particular Almanac is not, we think, very con-...

History of the British Empire in the Nineteenth Century. By Marcus R. P. Dorman. Vol. I. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 12s.) —Mr. Dorman handles his subject with plenty of...

The H;story of Lumsden's Horse. Edited by Henry H. S. Pearse. (Longmans and Co. 21s. net.)—Mr. Pewee, who acquired favourable notice among the army of war correspondents that...

The Roman Catholic Church in Italy. By Alexander Robertson, D.D. (Morgan and Scott. 6s.)—This book may be best described as an invective against the Roman Catholic Church in...

The Anglo - Saxon Century. By John R. Dos Passos. (G. P. Put- nam's Sons. Os.)—Mr. Dos Passos's treatise deals with very high politics indeed. He advocates the "unification of...

The Mystics, Ascetics, and Saints- of India. By John Campbell Oman. (T. Fisher Unwin. 14s. net.)—Mr. Oman points out with much force the essentially similar characteristics that...

Richards. 6s.)—Mr. Mee has collected here utter- ances of English statesmen "from Chatham to Chamberlain." There are twenty-one names and fifty-two speeches, or quotations from...

(A. and H. Bonner. ld.)—Mr. Burrows anyhow gives some well-chosen extracts from Emerson's writings, and has something to say about the man that is worth reading. He is a little...

MacLehose, Glasgow. 5s. net.)—The most important paper among the fourteen of which this volume is made up is the first, entitled "Reminiscences of William Wordsworth among the...

A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts to the Present Day. By George Saintsbury. Vol. II. (Black - wood and Sons. 20s. net.)—The second...

of the reissue of Professor Arbor's Garner consists of critical essays and literary fragments, with an introduction by Mr. Churton Collins. Sir Philip Sidney's letter to his...

Molesworth, M.A. (Skeffington and Son. 25s. net.)—Mr. Molesworth has evidently ex- pended no little labour on this book, labour which entitles it to a distinct place among the...

Johnson. le. net.)—This is a very pleasant and sympathetic little account of a visit to the Abbotsford country, and talks with people who were in some way associated with...

Raven-Hill went out to sketch persons and scenes at the great Dnrbar. He found some excellent subjects for his pencil on the journey ont,—nothing is more humorous than his...

Great Queen Street, W.C. ; and Published by Join BALER for the " SPECTATOZ (Limited) at their Olio% No. 1 Wellington Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in the County...

was held at Sheffield earlier in the day. The supporters of Mr. Chamberlain, led by Mr. Chaplin and Sir Howard Vincent, had the advantage in numbers and in noise, and the...

31[ R. BALFOUR delivered his anxiously awaited speech at Sheffield on Thursday night. He began by saying that he meant to talk on one subject, and one subject alone— tariff...

the Archbishop of Canterbury which is obviously intended as a manifesto to Europe of the policy to be adopted by Great Britain in regard to Macedonia. The Prime Minister ex-...

be owed. The great commercial nations of the world would not abandon Protection. But he knew at least of a palliative,— viz., the assertion of our right to bargain with other...

to himself and answering them. Briefly stated, his answers came to this,-1845 and 1846 were not 1903 and 1904. Fiscal traditions, and especially the doctrine that taxes should...

case.

FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1903. { Rnatersnao as a NZASPArNS. I BT P01117...610. PCS TAOS ABROAD ....... O.

2i per cent. stock at 88 being more than the equivalent of a 3 per cent, stock at 104. The decline, however, has been pretty steady since the conversion came into full effect,...

the question whether Bulgaria and Turkey will go to war with each other, and on this little light is to be obtained. The pressure exercised by the Powers upon Bulgaria is...

population a Macedonia are divided into Mussulmans, Exarchists, and Patria,rchists, who hate and dread each other (the Bulgarians are Exarchists, and the Greeks Patriarchists,...

to the constant slaughtering and the frequent atrocities, there is now fear of famine among the fifty or sixty thousand villagers driven from their homes in Monastir, on whose...

acute crisis. The Hungarians are acutely irritated by the speeches of Dr. Korber, Premier of Austria, affirming that the Cblopy Order settled the language question, and M....

James's Hall on Tuesday to protest against the feebleness of British action in Macedonia. The speeches, particularly those of the Bishop of Worcester and Mr. Bryce, were most...

Austria, Russia, and the Turkish Reservists, and the rulers of the two Powers mentioned met in the Palace of Schonbrunn on Wednes- day. After an interview on the station at...

to Mr. Chamberlain's question. If the nation replies as we believe it must, it will refuse to disunite the Empire by sordid tariff squabbles and by raising false hopes in the...

it Davos Platz on Wednesday, of Sir Michael Herbert, the British Ambassador at Washington. It is hard to dwell on the loss which British diplomacy has sustained by his premature...

Prussian section of it, appears to be as terrible as it was in the days when Thackeray described the Prussian career of Barry Lyndon. Since January 1st of the present year there...

the week, we may specially note one addressed to a Nottingham manufacturer, which appeared in Tuesday's papers. In it Mr. Chamberlain states that he has taken up the subject of...

and Queen of Italy that an account of them by an Italian lady of Socialist opinions published in the Times of Thursday will be welcome. Signora Paola Lombroso declares that the...

by the publication in Thursday's papers of the letters of resignation of Mr. Ritchie and Lord George Hamilton. These letters, accompanied in Lord George Hamilton's case by a...

on Friday 88i.

MR. BALFOUR'S SPEECH. 1TR. BALFOUR firmly believes that we ought to IVA_ place a series of small taxes on food. He also believes that the people of this country are so...

N O wonder Mr. Balfour finds difficulty in filling up his Cabinet. If the spirit in which his negotiations are conducted resembles that in which he treated Mr. Ritchie and Lord...

disap- pointed — we will not say shocked — the great Unionist party so much as the attitude of Mr. Balfour. Its members have always deplored his appearance of indifference, his...

T HERE are several articles of unusual interest to students of national and international questions in the first number of the Independent Review,—to which we take the...

by a Com- mittee of Parliament which we' are accustomed to call a Cabinet.. That Committee, though unknown to the law, is vested with all executive power, makes war or declares...

H ISTORY was well defined by the late Sir John Seeley as "the school of public feeling and patriotism." As Dr. Emil Reich observed in the interesting lecture which he delivered...

O VERSEERS' account-books do not sound an interesting field for research, and indeed, with the present cut-and- dried system of relief, it is probable that the dictionary would...

TN the light and comfortable new palace for the anthropoid apes at the " Zoo " the inmates live a life of luxury and leisured ease such as has never fallen to the lot of apes...

THE FISCAL CONTROVERSY. [TO Tea EDITOR OF FRI " SPECTATOR."f SIR,—When a great political controversy springs up it generally takes time before the real points at issue emerge....

[To TH2 EDITOR OP TUB "SPICTAT0R.1 Si,—Will you grant me space td explain briefly why I differ from your opinion as to the duty of Free-trade Unionists in the Spectator of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—" Fair Competition " in his long communication in the Spectator of September 26th fails to meet the point of my letter to you on the...

the Spectator of September 26th entitled "The Duty of Free-Trade Unionists " with great interest, as I read all the articles which appear in the Spectator. In this article are...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] SIR,—Mr. Chamberlain desires " to make the Empire self- sufficing as regards food supply. " Suppose that this object were to be attained, and...

Sin, — I must demur to your assertion that paper - makers "viould naturally like" an import-duty on foreign paper, and, as a paper-maker as well as a Free-trader, I am glad...

"SPECTATOILl SIR,—In view of the War Commission Report, the enclosed passage may have a special interest for your readers.—I am, "If it weren't for a cursed feeble Government...

general remarks in the "News of the Week" in the Spectator of September 26th respecting the Mili- tary Manceuvres conclude with, in my opinion, an excellent suggestion as...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOL") am much distressed to find that your correspondent "Senex " in the Spectator of September 26th infers from my letter that when I spoke of...

wish to support the letter of " Senex " in reference to "Officers' Expenses" from a young man's point of , view. Ex-Officer's Daughter" little understands bow the prospect a...

[TO THE EDITOR OP 1115 " SPECTATOR:1 Sen,----In a review , of my "Literary History of Scotland" which appeared in your issue of the 12th inst. your critic maintains that the...

THE CHANTREY BEQUEST. THE importance of the administration of the fund knowtt as the Chantrey Bequest is twofold. Firstly, because our Government, unlike that of France, does...

your interesting article under the above title in the Spectator of September 26th I venture to adduce a concrete instance of the useful work which the proposed ROciety, as...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOE:9 SIB, — " - AS Chairman of the Provisional Committee of the National Art Collections Fund, allow me to thank you for the most sympathetic...

JIG. FLEET and light, Left and right, Fluttering, billowing, quicker than sight, • Merry and mad, Happy and sad— Wouldn't she make a sore heart glad ? Sun and shower, Bee and...

MR. KIPLING'S NEW POEMS THOSE who are uneasy as to the future of our race because they see in the spirit of Imperialism which has taken hold of the nation certain crude, harsh,...

Mn. H. G. WELLS has now published in a thick volume some papers of his which have attracted much notice in the Fort- nightly Review and the American Cosmopolitan. In their...

to say whether this pleasant little volume, edited by Sir Ernest Clarke and published by the De La More Press, will be more welcome to those who already know Abbot Samson and...

PRIORS ROOTHING.* AMID so much that is aggressive, strident, and inflammatory in modern fiction, it is a genuine pleasure to encounter in Mrs. Fuller Maitland a writer who has...

and Son. 2s. 6d.)—The well-informed reader soon finds that Miss Hodgson knows what she is writing about, that her study of the subject has begun at the beginning and is...

6s.)—" Dramatic" is no word to apply to the writings of Miss Carey. However exciting are the circumstances in which her characters find themselves, they may always be relied...

Son. 6s.)—Colonel Harcourt aims at great historical accuracy in his novels of the Mutiny, and if his books suffer a little from the artistic point of view, the events described...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forma Dr. John Brown: a Biography and a Criticism. By the late John Taylor...

are obliged to hold our notice of the Magazines over till next week.]