the whole story of our financial dealings in the Great War clear to America. Though we confess we do not like the task of explaining our virtues, especially to our own kinsmen,...

that we shall only record here that it was addressed to all the Allies—France, Italy, Serbia, Rumania, Portugal and Greece— who owe us War-debts, and quote one passage which is...

T HE event of the week has been the publication of the Government Note on the War Loans. It has been badly received in America, as we feared would be the ease. The American...

Monday to discuss with Mr. Lloyd George and with repre- sentatives of Italy and Belgium the interminable question of reparations, which has become more acute now that the German...

castle last Saturday on the way to peace. His main point was that we all needed a sense of security. He quoted the legend on a French cartoon of the British and French Prime...

win in a good cause. We never thought of how we, as apart from the Allies, should benefit. No demand for pecuniary help that could possibly be granted was ever refused. We never...

the financial sensitiveness of our Allies in a way which sounds almost incredible. We paid for the railway tickets of our soldiers as if they were tourists. We compensated the...

Readers experiencing difficulty in obtaining the " Spectator " regularly and promptly through the abolition of the Sunday post or other causes should become yearly subscribers,...

week we propose to supplement what we have said as to Honours-Brokerage by publishing a statement by the Editor of. the Spectator as to: his own_ experiences in: this respect._...

Norway 'has just found out that her commercial treaty with the Bol- sheviks does not protect Norwegian interests in Russia. A Norwegian company, trusting to the treaty, had...

on the Government's vague resolutions for reform, Lord Salisbury pointed out that what was really needed was not a chango in the constitution of the House but . a modification...

Honours Commission have been chosen. The Duke of. Devonshire is to preside and to be assisted by a well-known Judge. Another member likely- to be chosen is- Sir Evelyn.. Cecil,...

for ? " Though we maintain our non-party position we , are bound to say that we find his answer in almost every respect satisfactory. He and his friends stand for :— " A stable...

as to an agreement with France to defend her if wantonly attacked. We all know that we must and should come to her aid in the case supposed. Why then not say so? If we do...

the return of Signor Facta to office with nearly all his former colleagues. The intrigues of the leaders of the numerous groups in the Chamber were summarily ended by the...

an able-and well-considered speech at a meeting at the Cannon Street Hotel on Wednesday. The speech showed that our recent comments on his leadership and what he ought to stand...

by the Morning Post in. its campaign against the anti-Conservative, anti-Unionist, anti-Thrift acts of the Coalition, made some very sensible remarks. They show that we did not...

them last Saturday to sanction a Greek occupation of Constantinople in order to induce the Turkish Nationalists to make peace. Mr. Lloyd George told the House of Commons on...

is now reason to hope that the engineering industry, freed from part of the war bonus, will speedily recover its old prosperity. The employers proposed to reduce the bonus by...

the altar at Dundalk on Sunday by Father McKeon° : "I don't know what Dundalk is coming to or how it will end. It must have a rare supply of rascals and robbers. I am...

the ground that it would be unsafe to abolish hereditary legislators and leave the Crown as the only hereditary office, the Lord Chancellor professed himself in full agreement....

be winning many victories over the so-called " irregulars " who go -with Mr. De Valera, and to be advancing on a wide front towards Cork. It is by no means clear, however, that...

briefly to Mr. Lloyd George's speech on Indian Affairs made on Wednesday night in the House of Commons. After a panegyric of the Indian Civil Service Mr. Lloyd George declared,...

was wholly insufficient to counterbalance the advantage which the German exporter derived from the fantastically low exchange. He commented on the inefficiency of a tariff which...

third of the value on fabric gloves, which come mainly from Saxony and are woven from Lancashire yarn, was sanctioned by the House of Commons on Monday, after a lively debate....

Liberal Member for Bolton, resigned his position as a Govern- ment Whip so that he might vote against the fabric glove duty. His colleague, the Welsh Liberar Whip, was defeated...

July 13, 1922; 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 104,; Thursday week, 1001 ; a year ago, 88f.

"A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS." W E greatly dislike the Government Note on the Allied Debts. We mistrust its spirit and its style, and still more its substance. Yet it is...

W E are glad to see that the Duke of Northumberland has reprinted in the August National Review his speech in the House of Lords on the Honours question. The new and very...

Mr. Bernard Shaw, have not been deliberately invented and con- structed by Us all of a piece. Its worst developments have all been well meant, for" the road to hell is paved...

I T is possible to have a strong sentiment, an over- poweringly strong sentiment, for a place in which one would not live for the world. Without being Irishmen, many of us have...

W ii]N Sir Alfred Pease and the present writer compiled The Badger it was emphasized in that work that "it is never sale to say of any wild creatures they always do this or they...

A DIPLOMATIC BLUNDER. [To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."J SIR,- At a moment when so much is being said concerning the political aspect of the British Government's Note to the...

AN ANGLO-INDIAN ENTENTE. rTo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] Sra,—The future of the British Commonwealth in Asia very largely depends on what are to be the ultimate relations...

[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.] THE PERILS OF ORATORY; OR,...

THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—In your last issue the foundation and aims of the Architecture Club are described, and I, in common with all those who care for the amenities of England,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] enclose cutting from Irish Independent of July 24th. I think, it is a pity that such a gross misrepresentation of affairs in Belfast should...

PROTESTANT'S "BLOOD BOILS." "I am not a Catholic, and I have no love for the Papacy. I was brought up in the Protestant faith, and I am never likely to desert it for the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—You have recently put forward the suggestion that houses should again be built on bridges. May I point out that from the picturesque...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Yon said in your last week's issue that "what the Roman Church wants is a Savonarola." A Savonarola would only accentuate the evil,...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Like your correspondent Mr. G. L. Burton I hastened to get sets of these wonderful postcards. I wrote to a friend in town to go at once...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") La,— In your notice of Mr. Bausman.'s book you deprecate his view of the Franco-Russian Alliance as a menace to the peace of Europe. Many of...

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." (To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—I am not surprised that you cannot trace this statement to Chief Justice Marshall, because it is not...

Six,—In your interesting article on the Museum postcards you stated that these could be obtained from the Museum itself or from the Museum agents, Messrs. Quaritelt, and the...

Six,—In your review of Mr. Bausman's book, Let France Explain, you rightly call attention to the fact that German strategic railways were built up to the Belgian frontier in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sis,—About this date one hundred years ago there was passed. on the initiative of Mr. Richard Martin, M.P. for Galway, an Act for the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondents are very much mistaken; there is more hardship involved in the crossing of a cattle ship from • Cork to Bristol...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Why waste time chasing after elusive reparations if we can renounce them in exchange for something definite, tangible and profitable?...

fTo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—The Committee of the London Moslem League would be very grateful if you would be good enough to find space in 'your columns for the...

[To 7'HE EDITOR OF nu " SPECTATOR."] Sra, — I believe that I shall not incur the wrath of any theoreticians on aesthetics when I say that the present cinema posters are a...

[To 711E EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sm,—The threatened removal of 'the War Museum to reduced space emboldens me to put in a word for the Museum and its present quarters. Many...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Osing to the unfortunate weather of this summer Ora League of Arts has lost about a hundred pounds on its Hyde Park operas, which...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—As a reader of your paper for forty years, when I saw the letter recently regarding the record crop of 99 bushels to the acre in the...

tTo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] also received one of these foolish letters on July 28th. It was addressed to me by my official designation at my official address, and I was...

4 " ROUNDING THE TRIANGLE" AND "JANE CLEGG " AT THE NEW THEATRE. X'r may seem strange to those who are not frequenters of the theatre to say that there is something exceptional...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In your issue of July 22nd mention is made of a sugges- tion that the place-name " Coldharbour " meant a winter shelter for cattle. "...

THE DANCING ANGEL. NARE D he, as smooth and fair As an old tusk, his hair Was dense as ebony, and he Danced in delicate ecstasy. Imagine a rich secret, some Close ritual...

[To TEE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SER,—In suggesting that Mr. Galsworthy has created a pre- cedent by representing counsel as publicly retiring from the ease without any...

letters submitted to him, but when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he will do his best to return contributions in case of rejection. Poems should be addressed to the...

VAIIDEVII4LIE.—Pot Lack • • • • • • 8.15-2.30 [Revue. Clever, small and pleasant.] COMEDY.—Quarantine • • • • a • 8.30-2.30 an agreeable little play for a bat...

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 made of...

THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.* IF Dr. Johnson could revisit his beloved London and turn over the books old and new, after his wont, on a bookseller's counter, he would note with...

for the hanging of the several new acquisitions has involved a partial rearrangement of Rooms XV., XVIII. and XX. It is always disconcerting to find pictures in new places, but...

• (1) English Prisons To-day. By Stephen Hobhouse, M.A., and A. Fenner Brockway. London; Longmans and Co. [258.)—(2) English Prisons under Local Geeernosenr. By Sidney and...

Underhill in her preface, "will find nothing about trances, ecstasies, and other rare psychic phenomena ; which sometimes indicate holiness, and sometimes only disease. For...

Mn. BURTON has added to his many authoritative works on ceramics the best account of Wedgwood that has yet been written, with a large number of exquisite plates that illustrate...

THERE must be many people still who associate the word " Mimes " with the name "Herodas," and know nothing more of either. For ignorance about the Mime there was never any...

and an easy pen to describe, the doings of shy creatures, Miss Frances Pitt has made a book of pleasantly fresh pages, although she writes of animals that have been watched,...

great pleasure that we record the appearance of the fifth volume of Sir Guy Laking's History of European Armour and Arms—a, work made magnificent by a learned text, admirable...

on Coal in International Trade (P. S. King, 2s. 6d. net) deals with the very foundations of our industrial power. It is intended to set readers thinking and it achieves its...

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. THE Nineteenth Century gives prominence to an instructive article by Sir Arthur Keith on the question, "Is Darwinism at the Dusk or at the Dawn ? " The...

THE study of place-names is making headway in England. The other day we noticed a useful book on Middlesex names. We have now to commend a most elaborate work on The Place-Names...

Tan National Review will not commend itself to supporters of the Coalition. "Centurion," under the head of "The Real Criminals," denounces the Prime Minister for the Irish...

IN the Fortnightly Sir Michael O'Dwyer writes with vigour and good sense on "India without Mr. Montagu and Gandhi." and discusses the best method of repairing some of the harm...

hr the Contemporary Sir Charles Hobhouse, writing oft "Reparations and Tariffs," proposes that we should offer to forgo all further reparation payments if Germany will agree to...

Blackwood gives a long and highly interesting account of "The Last Days of Dublin Castle" by a well-informed writer, who uses the pseudonym "Periscope," and who attributes,...

NE London Mercury contains an interesting study of Ibsen by Signor Croce, who evidently detests Ibsen's attitude towards life but has a profound admiration for his technique....

which he shall first exercise his talent, the tyro novelist will obviously choose himself, or some other variation of the genus to which he belongs, thus building his first...

THE HOLY TREE* "THE poet," says Philip Sydney, "presents a lively image to the mind, of which the philosopher gives but a wordish descrip_ tion " ; and, under the title of...

Head. 8s. 6d. net.)—The opening chapters of this book show considerable promise and the descriptive writing is maintained at a high level of excellence. The book has, in fact,...

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ON ENGLISH POETRY.* Mn. ROBERT GRAVES'S book On English Poetry is one of the most remarkable works on pure Aesthetics that has appeared for a long time. Its faults are...

net.)—Dr. Baker, in this thoughtful book, sketches the development of municipal libraries and rural libraries and describes the methods adopted, as at Poplar or Croydon, for...

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Walter Raleigh intended to write an intro- duction to this anthology, for it won his approval. The absence of an introduction, especially such an introduction as we could have...

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Pitman and Sons. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Bowie surveys the whole subject of profit-sharing, describes the various schemes very clearly and gives the arguments for and against each of...

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