plan of reform which is to be decreed by the Czar on the 12th inst. The decree will create some kind of National Assembly, but it will not be as liberal as the reformers hoped....

in all the newspapers of Europe upon an alleged project of the German Emperor. He wishes, it is said, to make an agreement with Russia, Sweden, and Denmark under which the Sound...

hold their first meeting for business on Tuesday at Portsmouth, New Hampshire. An extraordinary variety of rumours are afloat, some of them, it is obvious, purely inventions ;...

letter received in Odessa from a soldier of the 71st Regiment now stationed at Lublin, ninety-six miles from Warsaw, which relates a most startling incident. The Brigadier...

T HE lull in the news from the Far East, which has now lasted for eight weeks, still continues. Marshal Oyama to all appearance is either waiting or maturing some far-reaching...

of Commons, was discussed on the second reading in the House of Lords on Monday. It was introduced by Lord Linlithgow in a clear and sensible speech, as the best compromise...

informed the House of Commons that the Government proposed tO appoint at an early date a Royal Commission to inquire into the working of the Poor Law, and the extent to which...

moved the suspension of the Twelve o'Clock Rule for the remainder of the Session. He gave a list of the Resolutions necessary to wind up the routine business of administration....

in Indian administration. Lord Ripon criticised Mr. Brodrick's attempt at compromise, and argued that things should be allowed to remain as they had been during the last...

the House of Commons, and in connection with it Sir William Anson made a statement of the lines on which the Act of 1902 had been administered. In order to keep the local...

visit of the French Fleet—which, it now appears, was settled between the two Admiralties several months ago—will be the reception of the French naval officers in Westminster...

fears about the work of the Commission were groundless, and that on the merits of clause 5 Scotland was practicably united. He did not like legislation about property, but...

of a series of papers entitled "How it Strikes an Australian," by Mr. J. H. M. Abbott, the writer who in his book, "Tommy Cornstalk," made a most interesting contribution to the...

Leamington. The bulk of his speech was occupied with a defence of Mr. Balfour against recent personal attacks, with which we have no fault to find. But we must protest strongly...

Post Office and the National Telephone Company has presented its Report. The license of the Company expires in 1911, and the Committee was appointed with a view to discover some...

entitled "Evidence Laid before the Congo Commission of Inquiry." The preface to the pamphlet points out that though the Commission to inquire into the charges of 'atrocities...

been committed, we should be unable to print them, so abominable is therr character; and we can therefore only ask those of our readers who realise the momentous issues...

were several unsatisfactory features, the chief being the secrecy with which the inquiry was at first conducted. Unfortunately, when ultimately the Commission yielded to our...

took place on the Foreign Office Vote, the most practical question involved being that of the Congo State. Lord Percy, who spoke at great length, adopted in regard to "the...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. • which is asked on every side. A great deal can be said in support of the view that the Government mean to hold on as long as possible,—that is, until they...

T HE natiOn should be grateful to Lord Roberts for the note of warning which he sounded in his speech before the London Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. Lord Roberts told the...

C ERTAINLY the world does not grow more easy to govern. On the contrary, the causes of disturbance seem to increase with the increase of human intelligence. Moved partly by the...

nation of forty-five millions and one of at least three times that number, and though both obey a conscription, it is not the more numerous of the two which is winning in the...

M ANKIND, and especially the Russian portion of mankind, would be the gainer if Count Tolstoy could be prevented from illustrating his own principles by concrete instances. So...

and acquaintance. We think of these divisions as though they were universal, and that any one of them should be empty we look upon as a great misfortune. Of course these...

beyond that which must attach to any skilful venture in the craft of printing by hand ; for it is part of an organised attempt to restore in Ireland the tradition of fine...

greater part of the Midlands there has been no rain, except occasional showers, since the beginning of May. The cold rains just before and during Whitsuntide, which caused so...

Sin.—While no Russian paper is permitted to speak of this THE MOSCOW CONGRESS OF JULY 19TR - 218T.* • This letter is based on notes taken by the writer at the Congress. great...

SIR,—The Conference which took place between the Secretary of State for War and a certain number of officers com- manding Volunteer units at the House of Commons on July 28th,...

SIR, — In your article under this heading in last week's Spectator considerable injustice is done to what you describe as the "Anglican Catholic" position. At least, my friends...

in the heart of the needle district. The boys and girls go into the factories direct from the elementary schools. Three years ago, when I came to reside in the district, I was...

Would she but lay her bow and arrows by And arm her with the weapons of the time. Nothing that keeps thought out is safe from thought. For there's no virgin-fort but...

generously in respect of the Gowbarrow (Ullswater) scheme (for which 24,000 is still needed) that one hesitates to make any further appeal to your kindness. Nevertheless. I...

be glad to have a short account of the life of Mr. Theodore Llewelyn Davies. He was drowned on July 25th, at the age of thirty-four, in the prime of his strength. His career was...

lie " or " lay " and "sit" or "set" reminds me of a story which my father, who fifty years ago was a barrister, used to tell us of a case in Court when one of the counsel...

meant action is detestable. Secretaries of certain societies are paid to do it, and the work ought to be left to them. Yet I have a quarrel with con- tributors to funds for...

ODES, in. 28. faciam ? • ROW shall we keep St Lubbock's Day ? Quick with the magnum ! Let it be Clicquot's Reserve or Mumm's : 'twill lay Sharp siege to staid sobriety. The...

Meutoire of Lady .Fanshawe. Edited, with an Introduction, by Beatrice Marshall, and a Note on the Illustrations; by Allan yea. London John Lane. L5e. het.) kind of literature....

3rd for the Cheap Cottages Exhibition is £1,712 2s. 6d. One hundred cottages are now built or nearing completion. Though the result achieved up till now is encouraging, those...

THR writer of the preface to How to Build or Buy a Country Cottage, Mr. Henry Norman, is justified in claiming that in one or two respects this book is unlike any other in...

in their accomplishments. In the twelve volumes before us there is a specimen of almost every poetic mode except the epic, and assuredly of every form of rhyme and rhythm....

the ideal of a united British Empire." Apart from this object, the Club describes itself as a " non-partisan " body. Its members appear, however, to be without exception...

THE Nineteenth Century opens with a short symposium on "The Nation and the Army," to which Lord Erroll and the Rev. H. Russell Wakefield contribute papers. Lord Erroll...

NOVELS. MR. CROCKETT, to judge from his recent works, has appointed himself, like Hume of Godscroft, the sennachie, or family bard, of the Douglases. His pious researches have...

Historic Martyrs of the Primitive Church. By Arthur James Mason, D.D. (Longmans and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—Canon Mason has given us in this volume a most valuable contribution to...

(The Chichester Press. 21s. net.)—In 1861 Professor Hunt calcu- lated that there were 59,109 millions of tons of available coal, and that, reckoning the annual output at 60...

Some of God's Englishmen. By the Rev. A. T. Bannister. (Jake- man and Carver, Hereford.)—Mr. Bannister puts forcibly some truths about the moral and spiritual aspects of human...

Marshall and Son. Id.)—It is important at this moment to have available some simple pamphlets published at a low price con- taining plain directions as to the management of...

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EL Roberts.)—This interesting; list shows—what, indeed, was already well known—the complete spoliation of the English and Welsh churches in the period 1545-55. This robbery is...

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and Described by Rex Vicat Cole, R.B.A.: "The Ash Tree" (Hutchin- son and Co., is. net). There are to be thirty parts, published fortnightly, each with a photogravure plate and...

or Purchas His Pilgrimes, by Samuel Purchas (J. MacLehose and Sons, Glasgow, 12s. 6d. net per vol., the whole to be completed in twenty volumes). The fifth volume is occupied...

William Morris to Robert Buchanan. Edited by Alfred H. Miles. (Rout. ledgeand Sons.)—This is the third edition of a selection published some twelve years ago ; certain changes...

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