divided into ei g ht military distri c ts and a series of " drives " was conducted. These were hampered by severe weather, the country bein g still covered with s n ow. Lest...

any case.

of articles g ivin g extracts from the Monta g nini papers. Thus the bloom is bein g taken from the forthcomin g Report of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry appointed to...

of An g lo-Saxon Roman Catholics. It points out that they have a position of g reat numerical stren g th even com- pared with all the rest of the Roman Catholic world. The En g...

,rrlHE aecounta of the Duma are not very encoura g in g . -L The unprofitable'in g otiations on the a g rarian q uestion have caused persistent rumours that the Dania has a very...

representatives abroad with re g ard to the Ha g ue Conference. It states that the pro g ramme has been accepted by a ll the Powers, with certain reservations. The United...

Ile cannot withdraw anything in his letter to Mr. Sidney Webster. He quotes the President, who, he says, dwells on the assertion that he did not ask Mr. Harriman to contribute...

his appoint- ment was to visit Canada at the earliest moment to learn for himself what were the wishes, thoughts, and feelings of the Canadian people. He was in Canada to listen...

or A039,000 more than the amount estimated' in the Budget last April, and £836,000 increase on the revenue of 1905-6. The increase is chiefly due to the unexpectedly high yield...

by Lord Elgin to Governors of all Colonies relative to the part taken by ex-Governors of Colonies in the organisation or direction of companies formed to operate in territories...

banquet of the Canadian Club at Ottawa on Tuesday, con- gratulated the Ambassador on turning over a new leaf in the history of British diplomacy on the continent of America....

during the past week by the publication in the New York World of a letter, apparently obtained by dishonest means, written by Mr. Harriman to Mr. Sidney Webster in December,...

on the affairs of Egypt and the Soudan. We hope to deal at length with the subject next week, but may mention here the proof afforded that Lord Cromer is receiving the loyal...

a book of political and military reflections, of which the Times printed a summary last Saturday from its Berlin correspondent. The theme of the book, which is frankly designed...

the four Scottish Universities, and of the Principals, Professors, and heads of departments in the constituent Colleges of the University of Wales, have forwarded to Mr....

capital sentence passed on H. G. Rayner for the murder of Mr. William Whiteley. In our opinion, Mr. Gladstone has acted with insufficient reason, and we are not surprised at the...

Annual Conference of the Independent Labour Party, which opened at Derby on Monday. After reviewing the achievements of the past year--the annul mirabilis in Socialist...

a meeting convened by the Lister Institute at the Royal College of Surgeons on Thursday it was resolved to com- memorate the anniversary by republishing his works. Tele- grams...

the case of the 'Suevic,' the liner which ran ashore in the fog near the Lizard nearly three weeks ago. As it was impossible to get the whole vessel off the rocks, dynamite was...

RECIPROCITY AND THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE. I N spite of the attempts by a portion of the London Press to represent the Prime Ministers of the Colonies as determined to hold a...

E see no reason for believing that the great struggle of forces in Russia, which seemed likely a few' months ago to lead to immediate revolution, has either ended, or reached a...

W E cannot compliment the Independent Labour Party upon the good taste, or, what is more important, the good sense, of their proceedings at Derby. A political organisation ought...

T HE French newspapers, led by the Figaro, are full of extracts from the compromising documents of Mgr. Montagnini, recently the agent of the Vatican in Paris. These documents...

S IR WILLIAM FORWOOD in a letter to last Saturday's Times calls attention to the curious fact that there is no statue or other public monument to Lord Clive in Calcutta, or in...

W E hear a good deal nowadays about changes in character, about dual personality, the mental results of accident and illness, and of moral metamorphoses of all kinds. No doubt...

T HERE is evidently a spine to the growth of the demand for reformation in the pronunciation of Latin at our public and preparatory schools. It was more than a genera- tion...

TIIST as Mr. Squeem declared that his establishment was, "the right shop for morale," so we are all aware by this time that the United States is the ri g ht shop for advertisin...

[To TIM EDITOR OF THII "SPECTATOR:I Sin,—The letter which appeared in your issue of March 16th on the subject of Poles and Ruthenes was so misleading in its statements and...

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY AND THE LIBERAL PARTY. rut EDITOR 07 Tug . SPHCMTOR..3 Sia,—You say in last week's issue with regard to the proposed University for Ireland :— "Surely it...

[TO TUN EDITOR OP THE ° SPECTATOR:1 Sne,—The aspect of the Labour movement may be less threatening with you than it is here, though Mr. Keir Hardie seems to go pretty far. But...

(To TOE EDITOLL OF TOR •. SPRCtler011.") Srit,......May one inquire why it is that the Spectator is con- tinually ascribing to Liberals the desire to abolish the House of Lords,...

4srsouron..9 Stn,—It is.generally believed, but not proved, that the tsetse- fly which kills domesticated cattle, and the same fly, or a similar one, which causes the sleeping...

with interest the discussion, as far as it has gone, which was initiated by Mr. T. M. Hastings in your• issue of March 2nd on the subject of game preservation and the...

[To ma Eorros or coo "Srecuros."] Stn,—In your issue for March 16th I see a letter from Mr. C. G. Montefiore on this subject. May I briefly place the other side of the question...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE ^sPscrsrca"l Stn,—The following points of high importance were either overlooked or hardly noticed in the recent Parliamentary debate on the metric system...

Stn,—No doubt a great deal has still to be learnt with.regard to the connexion of tsetse-fly with sleeping sickness, but at the same time much must have been found out during...

SPECTATOR " ] Sia,—Agreeing, as I do, with every word of "A Housekeeper for Forty Years " letter in the Spectator of March 30th, and seeing in the new Workmen's Compensation Act...

[To Ts. EDITOR Or THE “Sresuree."] Sin,—When we are in doubt as to the etymology of a word which comes to us through the French language, surely the historical sense, to say...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE “EIPECTTATOR.• J SIII,—The following letter from the late M. Pobedonostzeff in reply to a question asking for his views on the Jewish question may interest...

[To vas Emma OF TOL SPELTATOE.".1 Sia,—The writer of the suggestive article in your last issue on "Christian Optimism" has omitted, no doubt accidentally, our Lord's weightiest...

in your article on" Mercy and Murder" (Spectator, March 30th) you stated that the pleas for commuting the death sentence re Horace George Rayner would be " disre- garded," you...

[To THE EDITOR or TR. .11PECTATOD•*1 SIE,—As a pretty constant reader of the Spectator, I have noticed at times (notably in your issue of March 2nd) an interesting...

[To TEE EDITOR Or TIM SPFDTATOX.” I Sin,—Your correspondent "E. E." in inquiring (Spectator, March 23rd) who is responsible for collecting rubbish in country parishes, reminds...

[To Tax EDITOR or yrs " th..orma.1 Sin,—Consequent upon the letter from Mr. Irvine in the Spectator of March 30th suggesting that old copies of your valuable paper should be...

through your columns appeal to the generosity of your readers for donations to enable me to continue my Loan Emigration Fund, which, as many who are interested in emigration...

TUX .SPROTATOR:] Sin,—The mid-Victorian singer of athletic events referred to on p. 450 of the Spectator (March 23rd) was, I think, Mr. J. Asbby-Sterry, who wrote a little poem...

[To TBX EDITOR OF MX "SPECTATOR"] Sra,—Your correspondent's experience recorded in the Spectator of March 23rd is very similar to an incident that occurred in a little...

THE literary world is at this moment feeling after an expression of that sympathy with the lives of the poor which only comprehension can give. This being so, it is impossible...

IN THE VICARS' CLOSE AT WELLS. WHERE southward slope the Mendip Hills, And spring S. Andrew's brimming rills, The looming walls of Wells remain Imperishable on the plain ; A...

debt of gratitude to Mr. Horatio Brown, and it is increased by his translation of this valuable book. That the translation itself is excellent goes without saying. The reader's...

Taz vast majority of readers will accept all Mark Twain's conclusion* about Christian Science, but we fear that they will be bewildered by the confused method of his criticism,...

cance of subconscious phenomena is a useful, well-reasoned, and careful investigation in a region largely frequented by quacks and impostors, and for that very reason avoided by...

SDI AUCKGAND Coixres paper in the Nineteenth Century on "Egypt To-day" is in great measure a criticism, and an exceedingly damaging criticism, of Mr. Edward Dicey's recently...

THE GOLDEN HAWK.* MISS RICKERT'S versatility is truly amazing. The scene of her first novel, if we remember aright, was laid in the Southern States, and opened in the cypress...

Browne. (A. and C. Black. 35. 6d.)—Gothic architecture is the subject of the present volume, and to any one desiring to know something about the various styles of building this...

H. H. Cunynghame. (A. Constable and Co. 6s.)—Although the history of enamelling is gone into in the introduction, the main part of this work is devoted to technical details....

have not often read a better account of the life which clusters round Government House in a British Colony than is given in this story. Mr. Anthony Hope drew Government House...

(Cassell and Co., 5s.) This is' a collection of small water- colour and pencil sketches reproduced in colour and black-and- white for the amateur to copy.' Mr. East is...

[Under this hooding we notice incoh Books of the seek as have sot been reserved for review in other form.] In the series of "Native Races of the Empire" (A. Constable and Co.,...

ART BOOKS. The Art of Landscape Painting in Oil Colour. By Alfred East, A.R.A. (Cassell and Co. 10s. 6d.)—This work should be of great use to many a student, amateur, and...

10s. 6d.) —This book is a collection of lectures and articles, and, like all Mr. Crane's literary work, is fall of thought and interest. There is much truth in the contention in...

Batsford. 6s)—It is of course impossible in a single volume, and that not a very large one, to give in any sense a complete review of the ornament of past ages in many...

and Sons. 6e.)—If Mrs. Davis is too ready to describe death-bed scenes, that is only the defect of a virtue, for she can provoke genuine pity and can write moving passages. It...

Co. 5s.)—Captain Beaman was aide-de-camp to Colonel Duncan McKenzie, the commander of the' Natal troops, who introduces his narrative as the work of one who had every...

(John Murray. la. net.)—A Select Committee was appointed in 1889 to consider the subject of small holdings. It reported that this was a matter of national importance, and...

Social Questions of the Day" (James Clarke and Co., 8d. net per vol.), A Plea for Recreative Evening Schools, and Continuation Schools from a Higher Point of View, by J. B....

Kirkpatrick, M.A. (John Murray. 2s. 6d.)—Professor Egerton—he beide the Chair of Colonial History at Oxford— introduces these lectures, as being, together with a similar set on...

son, Sydney.)—Mr. Soutar was amateur champion of Australasia in 1903 and open champion in 1905, being then a professional. He tells no that he was born at Carmyllie, and...

The York Poetry Books, I., IL, III. (G. Bell and Sons, 6d., paper; Bd., efoth). They are a "series of reading books designed to facilitate the acquisition of the power of...

Nichol- son, M.A. (A. Constable and Co. 105. 6d. net.)—It is quite likely that many people do not know that up to 1843 the two Theatres Royal, Covent Garden and Drury, had a...

Bliss Perry (Houghton, Mifflin, and Co., Boston, H.S.), we have The Complete Dramatic and Poetic Works of William Shakespeare, Edited by William Allan Neilson (12s. 6d. net)....

(Chapman and Hall. 2s. 6d. net.)—There is some sense in this volume, and some, let us say, not sense. Naturally, the "Parson" begins with girding at Bishops. He speaks with...

(Longmans and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—A manuscript in the possession of Mr. Vincent Scully gives an alphabetical list of the Members of both Houses of Parliament, with personal...