GENERAL SIR ALEX. TAYLOR.* "I LOOK on it that you and Nicholson, poor fellow, are the real captors of Delhi," wrote John Lawrence to Captain Taylor shortly after the siege. And...

LONDON: DECEMBER 61h, 1913.

Usher deals with a subject which, in spite of its prominence in political controversy, has never been comprehensively and seldom impartially treated. The prominence given to the...

WITHOUT doubt one of the most remarkable books about wild animals that bare appeared for some time is Mr. Cherry Keartan's Wild Life Across the World.' It seems but a few years...

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.* READERS, old and young, seem nowadays to demand jam with every powder, and they are fortunate in the number of writers, artists, and...

"THE CHILDREN'S HOUR" 1S the name of a series of story-hooks edited by Mr. Herbert Strang. He says that "it is designed to meet the universal demand for bight, entertaining, and...

THE amount of new fiction published especially for girls is large, but not so abundant as the boys' portion. This cannot be because there are fewer girl readers, but we suspect...

THE number of boys who are competent to take an intelligent interest in books dealing with science and mechanics must be increasing largely if there is any commensurate return...

Co. 28. 6d. net.)-The antiquary and the student of manorial court rolls predominate here over the story-teller or the constructor of plots. The tale is of a Kentish manor, and...

Stories from the Bible. Told by Theodora Wilson, and illustrated in colour by Arthur A. Dickson. (Blackie and Son. 3s. 6d.)-These are simple, straightforward renderings of Old...

the Forests of Brazil, by A. W. Bates ; A Trip up the Nile and Days in the Golden East, by Eliot Warburton ; The Land of the Lamas, by the Abbe Hue ; Redman and Buffalo, by W....

Morton. (T. N. Foulis. 5s. net.)—Readers, whether lawyers or laymen, will find plenty of fun in this collection of anecdotes. It is divided into chapters which are supposed to...

6s. net.)—The great Babas, founder of the so-called Moghul Empire, was Mrs. Steele's hero in a lately published book,- compiled chiefly from that Emperor's own diaries. Babas...

N. Foulis. 5e. net.)—East Lothian is the home of the majority of these sketches, which remind one some- what of Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush. The scenes of several lie round...

; Twelve Days an a Trawler. By A. 0. Cooke. (Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton. is. 6d. net each.)—Mr. Cooke has chosen a lighthouse, a lightship, and a trawler as...

background to The Children of the Frost Moor, a " story for little ones and grown-ups," by Laura Fitinghoff (The Pilgrim Press. 3s. 6d.). In it we follow the adventures of a...

example :— "And soon the long wistaria swings. The iris spreads its purple wings, Great paeonies then open wide To show their golden hearts inside." Though some of the...

; Beetles and Flies ; Spiders and Scorpions; Some Curious Insects. By F. M. Duncan and L. T. Duncan. (Henry Frowde and Hodder and Stoughton. is. net each.)—Here are five...

FORTY YEARS IN THE OLD BAILEY. Forty Years in the Old Bailey. By Frederick Lamb. (Stevens and Sons. 10s.)—In this volume Mr. Lamb, who was for forty years an official...

story by Mrs. George Wemyss, and its other tales, verses, and pictures are as good as ever this year.— The Child's Companion (R.T.S., is. 6d.) contains a great deal of...

heroine pays visits to a number of woodland creatures, shares their confidences, and gives them such help as warning the lady- bird that her house is on fire, and teaching order...

of bound volumes of Aunt Judy's Maga- zine will be delighted with a little book in "The Queen's Treasures" series (George Bell and Son, 2s. 6d. net) called Stories from Aunt...

which have become old friends in many families. They are upon much the same lines as those issued by the Religious Tract Society. It is perhaps a meticulous, even if not a...

and Co. 5s. net.)—This anthology will give pleasure to lovers of children. The fifty songs it contains are well chosen, and range from grave to gay, from William Blake to Owen...

Canada's Federal System. By A. H. F. Lefroy. (Toronto : Carswell and Co.)—In this revised and reconstructed edition of his Law of Legislative Power in Canada Mr. Lefroy gives...

Letters of a Schoolma'am. Edited by Anna Bunston de Bary, with an introduction by the Right Hon. the Earl of Shaftesbury, K.C.V.O., K.P. (J. M. Dent and Sons. 2s. 6d. net.) —"...

The New Practical Cookery Guide. Compiled by E. Seurre, M.C.A. (Horace Cox. Ss. net.)—This "complete modern culinary dictionary, containing over five thousand six hundred...

The Silent India. By Lieut.-Colonel S. J. Thomson, C.I.B. (William Blackwood and Sons. 10s. 6d. net.)—A very read- able book of Indian sketches and reminiscences by the late...

(Cambridge University Press. 6s. net.)—This is an admirable little book. Indeed it is difficult to speak of its merit in terms that shall not seem exaggerated. So many English...

With an introduction by Butler Aspinall, K.C. (Stevens and Sons. 3s. 6d. net.)—The law relating to the contract of towage has assumed greatly increased importance since the...

LTD., at the London and County Printing .Works, Drury Lane, W.C. ; and Published by Joux BA FEU for the "b1 ECIATOD " (LiDlited), at their Office. No. 1 Wellington Strett, in...

expressing dissatisfaction with the Chancellor's defence of the army officers. Only the Conservatives and one National Liberal attempted to rally to the rescue of the...

A judge and barristers coming out of the law court were actually arrested. A fireman was arrested on his way to his duty. People were seized indiscriminately in cafes. About...

Herbert Kraus's remarkable work on the Monroe Doctrine recently published in Berlin, of which a full account appears in the literary supplement of Thursday's Times. Of the two...

A CRISIS has arisen in Germany owing to the attempt of the Government to support the traditional pretensions of the army to be a privileged class—a class authorized to treat...

votes owing to M. Caillaux's attacks on its financial policy. The Government asked for 252,000,000-236,000,000 to meet non-recurring military expenditure and 216,000,000 for...

special correspondent in Mexico of the attack of the Constitu- tionalists on Monterey, where he had arrived after a perilous cross-country journey three days earlier. The attack...

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Dublin and spoke of nothing but the Irish crisis. Replying to an address of welcome, he said that Unionists were opposed as completely as ever to any idea of breaking up the...

South African League, which appealed to the Government to intervene in South Africa on behalf of the Indians. Sir M. Bhownaggree said that things were ten times worse than in...

Manchester, on Wednesday, and made a notable speech. We can only notice two passages. In the first he laid down the conditions preliminary to a settlement of the Ulster...

in the Theatre Royal. How could Home Rule be more "inevitable" than in 1906? Yet that was the word used to describe it now. The Government had had to face the ignominy of seeing...

Rue, said that the Government having put their hand to the matter were, as the Prime Minister had said, bound to see it through. Let there be no mistake about that. But they...

at the Scottish Unionist Conference. In his address at the Conference Lord Lansdowne replied to Mr. Lloyd George's astonishing assertion that the Unionists had raised the...

the Great Western Railway broke out on Tuesday. and made rapid progress during the following days. The origin of the trouble seems to have been the dismissal of an engine-...

we shall be thought mad for saying it. It is that the old economists were perfectly right when they sought a remedy for poverty in raising the standard of living and the...

the architect who built the model £110 cottage at Merrow Common, was fined 20s. and costs by the Chelmsford magistrates because he did not, previous to building a similar...

dealing with the principle of the living wage was last week put forth by the Council for Christian Witness on Social Questions. It is signed by the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop...

there are still some of us who hold with that great social and religious philosopher Chalmers, that at bottom destitution is a moral evil and can only be reached by moral...

manifesto observes, and we also agree when it says that "the first charge upon an industry is adequate remuneration for the worker." But remember that truism is one which, care-...

a copy of a memorial presented to the Prime Minister by the Anti-Slavery Society with reference to labour conditions in foreign territories where British subjects and British...

Consols (21) were on Friday 721—Friday week 731.

THE COERCION OF ULSTER. T HE interpretation of Mr. Asquith's speech which we gave last Saturday has turned out to be the true one. On Tuesday a chorus of Ministers, headed by...

T HE Liberal Party are still living in a fool's paradise as regards the military aspect of the coercion of Ulster. No doubt by this time most of them have given up the "Orange...

T HE debate in the German Reichstag on the lamentable scenes in Alsace-Lorraine proves that the militarist influence within the Government is much too strong for those—if...

I T would be waste of time to comment upon the style and taste of Mr. Lloyd George's speech at the Holloway Empire last week. The public is already accus- tomed to Mr. Lloyd...

T HOSE of us who have what Lamb called an essentially anti-Caledonian mind—we shall change the phrase for our present purpose, in order to avoid misunderstanding, to...

"Salve, 0 vennsta Sirmio: atque ero gande. Gaudete vosque, 0 Lydiae !acne undae ; Bidet% quidquid et domi cachinnorum." S 0, centuries ago, sang Catullue, poet and Roman...

"T DO not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment 1 until there is some real opportunity for it." Jane Austen said this in one of her letters, and it is the key to her life...

WHAT CIVIL WAR MEANS FOR THE, ARMY. ["To TIM EDITOR OF Tail erseraroaal Snt, — "Diseiplins" overlooks the fact that the British Army has never been usee for any purpose which...

desperate remedies. Mr. Asquith's speech at Leeds is a warning that the Government intend to use military force to shoot down the Ulster Covenanters carrying the Union Jack, for...

[To vas EDITOR Or THIS " SricciATos."] Sta,—As Mr. Boner Law said the other day, the situation would be comic if it were not so tragic—in more ways than one. The truth is...

[TO TR' EDITOR OF TEl "SPECTATOR-1 Sta,—The vast majority of our countrymen look with horror on the aggravation of racial and religious feuds and the prospect of civil war ;...

"SPECTATOR.1 Sin,—In your kind and, in the circumstances, even generous review of Pillars of Society, reference is made to the occasional "halfpenny hysterics" into which the...

1688 the Protestant minority in Ireland feared they were in danger of losing their liberties: the Protestant regiments of the King's army were showing signs of disaffection. An...

[To TRX EDITOR or TEN " SrscrArron." SIB, — The Housing and Town Planning Act, 1909, has very much to recommend it to all social reformers. The condition' of the homes of the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] STR,—The following fact deserves, I think, to be made known to your readers, many of whom I know sympathize with the efforts that all...

THE "SPECTATO5...1 Sta.—One of your correspondents recently referred to the volte-foce of the British Weekly on the subject of Home Rule. flow complete has been the change the...

t'10 TUN EDITOR OF TRH " SPECTATOR." I Siu,—I find on inquiry that this society can only assist where 'a number of (or several) cottages are to be built. As there are...

[To THE EDITOR OW THE " SPECTATOR:1 But,—I do not dissent from your opinion that Lord Hardinge's speech was injudicious. He would probably have acted more wisely if he bad...

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—We, the undersigned blind members of the Council of the British and Foreign Blind Association, venture to appeal to your readers for...

[TO THU EDITOR OF THR " SPECTATOR."] SIE, - I am desired to bring to your notice the steps that are now being taken to establish some permanent memorial to the late Sir William...

Sir J. Forbes-Robertson, Cyril Maude, Alfred Sutro, John Galsworthy„ .J. St. Los Strachey, Sir J. M. Bathe, Anthony Hope, Lord Courtney, Robert Bridges, Professor Hales,...

SIR,—The letter of Mr. Harold Cox on this subject in last week's Spectator induces me to add my own experience on this pressing problem, gained in this parish during the last...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ) Sri.—My father, Lord Charles Russell (1807-1894), remem- bered a man who was out with Prince Charlie in 1745. When it comes to...

WOMAN AND CHILD IN ART. OUR knowledge of the amazing richness of England as a, treasure-house of European art, which was first revealed to the public by the Manchester...

[To THE EiiO5 OF THE "SPECTATOR.") STR, — It is some comfort to find home-keeping Englishmen speculating as to the origin of homely phrases in our mixed and wayward speech....

SIR, — It may be further worth noting that the Revised Version writes "[one] mess of meat," at Heb. xii. 16; Authorised Version, "morsel of meat." The Greek word is Spiiirrir,...

SIR, — Cruden ' s Concordance has the words "mess" and "message," but they are misplaced, coming after "messenger,"

Sin.,—Referring to the deputation by the County Associations of the Territorial Force to Mr. Asquith the other day demand- ing more money, and the present general feeling in...

r TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Speaking at Holloway on Saturday, the Chancellor of the Excheqner entertained his supporters with a lengthy quotation from the...

[To THE EDITOR 01 THE " SPECTATOR:9 SIR, — All my law books are ignorant of any tenure by Grand Serjeantry. Challis, the most learned of the moderns, Blackstone, Stephens,...

rejectin, a Casino ; TO SIR EDWARD civelyaroN. limsm all the chaos of a menaced •atte, Undaunted by the threats of greai•or You stand, defiant of a. nation's fate, A hope...

or initial,s, 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...

A REPERTORY SEASON AT THE ST. JAMES'S. How delightful it would be if seasons such as that begun by Mr. Granville Barker at the St. James's on Monday were a regular feature of...

EDWARD BIILWER. WHATEVER views may be held as to the character and career of Edward Bulwer, there can be but one opinion as to the merits of his biographer. Notably, Lord...

IT is not clear at the first glance why anyone at this time of day should offer us a new version of the "humorous little epic" which Heine . so mistakenly considered the most...

exhaustive record of her distinguished father's life, has dovetailed the chief facts of his career and her own recollections and impressions into the autobiographical frag-...

the Muse's votaries to-day by the Cam and Isis. Time was when the writing of verses was regarded as one of the indiscretions of youth, like tandem-driving and heavy bills at the...

WE notice with great satisfaction the new illustrated edition of Macaulay's History of _England, of which the first volume has just been published by Messrs. Macmillan. The fact...

with skill and with discretion. To attempt to put on paper the vigorous and distinctive personality of the late Lord Ardwall was no light task ; it would have been very easy to...

THE authors of The Shetland Pony have had the good sense to divide their labours between the archaeological and the practical sides of their subject, and the result is a rather...

LORD DUNRAVEN contributes a "Last Plea for Federation " to the .Nineteenth. Century. He argues that while it cannot be seriously disputed that the Government obtained approval...

the heroine of this book, is a general servant, and it must be confessed that her character is a little too good to • be true. It is impossible to find a single fault with...

Nash. 3s. 6d. net.)—We cannot but regret that Mr. Irvine has, so to speak, fallen between three stools : his last book certainly cannot be classed as a biography, for it does...

is impossible in recommending or condemning a detective story to feel any certainty of general approval ; for no two patrons of this class of literature like their dish with the...

THE VISION SPLENDID.* THE clever authors of Chantemerle have again laid the novel- reading public under obligation by an excellent historical romance in which they adhere to...

of mystery tends rather to evaporate than to be dispersed towards the end of the book, Concessions is a good story of intrigue in Paris and Italy and London.—Lucy Bettesworth....

the present excellent custom of cheap reprints. Messrs. Macmillan are issuing a "Shilling Theological Library," which already includes some of the more popular writings of...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of thr week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People. By Arnold...

3s. 6d. net.)—Among the too numerous works of gushing admiration which are perhaps the only evil result of the Russian dancers' success, Mr. Whitworth's deserves to be...

Moore Smith. (Shakespeare Head Press, Stratford- upon-Avon. 16s. net.)—There are few Elizabethans of whose personal history we know more than of Gabriel Harvey's, but the...

5s. net.)—Some new matter has been added to Lord Hythe's plea for Federalism in this cheaper edition, as well as a short preface by Lord Grey.—We may also mention a cheap...

Marshall and Co. 3d.)—Mr. McCarthy, whose opinions, being those of a Roman Catholic Unionist, deserve especial consideration, has written a very lively attack upon the...

two-inch map of London in three different forms. The first of these is marked simply with the boundaries of the City and of the Administrative County (5s. Gd.). The other two...

Bd. net.)—Readers of Mr. Hardy's novels whose interest in them is of a geographical and topographical sort will find much to please them in this book - . The identities of the...