On Friday there was published a letter addressed to the Colonial Secretary by Mr. Allen, the New Zealand Minister of Defence, who is now in London, in which, on behalf of the...

He was particularly concerned to defend the secret inquiry. I It had been said that by inquiring into the affairs of landowners he and his friends had meant to make a political...

The final sitting of the Labour Party Conference at Ijambeth yesterday week was enlivened by some vigorous Socialist criticism of the Labour M.P.'s. A motion condemning their...

- A report issued by the Board of Agriculture on Tuesday shows among other things that there was in 1911 a further considerable increase in the wheat area of the world. The...

I On Wednesday the King inspected at Portsmouth the battle cruiser ' New Zealand,' whichl was generously presented by New Zealand to the Admiralty. The King expressed his...

The incident is a very moving one and of the best possible omen. It shows what we have always said in these columns would be the case. The overseas States of the Empire nmay in...

The result of the poll at Derry was declared at noon I I yesterday week, when the Nationalist candidate was returned by 57, the figures being Mr. D. C. Hogg (N.), 2,699;...

On Friday week at the National Liberal Club. on the I occasion of the unveiling of a portrait of himself, Mr. Lloyd George blew a characteristic blast of reckless eloquence. He...

A NATIONAL RESERVE FOR CANADA. [TO THE EDITOB OF TEE " 8PLCTATOB."] SiR,-It has been told in a previous letter how the first oversea branch of the National Reserve was...

INCREMENT DUTY PAYABLE WHEN A PROPERTY IS SOLD AT A LOSS. [TO TIHE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-With reference to your excellent article in your issue of January 25th, may...

OLD-AGE PENSIONS AND OUTDOOR PAUPERISM. LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-In his speech at Leven on January 29th Mr. Asquith is reported by the Times to have made a...

SOCIAL REFORM AND NATIONAL SERVICE. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. 1 SIit,-Most or rather all of our best citizens are eagerly desirous of co-operating for social reform-I...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. | THE ANTI-LANDLORD CAMTAIGN. I IF Mr. Lloyd George could get more ~employment for agricultural labourers at better wages, could improve and cheapen housing...

I Primritiae: Essays in English Literature. By Students of the I University of Liverpool. (Constable and Co. 4s. 6d. net.)-Seven essays upon the Romantic Period of English...

Village Sermons to Simple Souls. By the Rev. S. Baring-Gould, M.A. (Skeffington and Son. 2s. 6d. net.)-Tllese sermons aro completely described by their title. They are...

I I The Unionist Worker's Handbook. Edited by Lilian Mauy RlThgg. (P. S. King and Son. Is. 6d. nct.)-Mr. Geore Wyndhamn cciitributes a preface to this book, which should prove...

I Clifion School Addresses. By the late Sidney T. Irwin. (Alac- millan and Co. 3s. 6d. net).-It is not only Cliftonians who will be glad to possess some reminder of the work...

The Johannine BListles, by Rev. A. E. Brooke, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge (10s. 6d. net); Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, and Jonah. bv Dr. H. C. Mitchell. Dr. J. M. P....

I The Illness and Death of Napoleon Bonapzarte. By Arnold I Chaplin, M.D. (Hirschfeld Brot'hers. 2s. Gd. net.)-A controversy which was almost political in character blinded...

1 I (ITIIDE BooKs.-Northemrn China. (Ilachetto and Co. 15s. net.) ; -The more accessible portions of Northern Chiina and Korea are l dealt with here. Numerous plans and miaps,...

The Balkan War Drama. By a Special Correspondent. (Andrew )Ielrose. 3s. 6d. net.)-Though this does not pretend to be a complete history of what we must now regard as the first...

Hampton Court. Described by Walter Jerrold. Pictured by E. W. Hazlehust. (Blackie and Sons. 2s. not.)-This is one of a series called "Beautiful England," and will make a...

I Heredity and Memory. By James Ward, Sc.D. (Cambridge University Press. Is. 6d. net.)-This year's "Henry Sidgivick Memorial Lecture" was delivered by Professor Ward, and is...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK. S tUtider .this heading we notice such Books of the week as havoe not becn rescrved for retieio in other forms] The Evolution of Modern Gcrmany. By...

France. By Cecil Headlam, MA. (A. and C. Black. 7s. 6d. I net.)-The "Making of the Nations" series, of which this is the second volume to be issued, is designed to tell the...

READABLME NoVELs.-Tinker's Hollow. By F. E. Crichton. I (E. Arnold. 6s.)-A very pleasant, kindly story of children at first, lovers at last, and their neighbours in Co....

WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND A REFERENDUM. I A N article in the Daily Mail of Monday by Sir J. A Compton-Rickett supported the proposal that there should be a Referendum on woman...

HONORARY DEGREES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL. [To THE EDITOP OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Srn,-I greatly regret my gravely erroneous reference to the number of honorary degrees...

THE ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGIST. [To THV EDITOR OF THE " SPEcTAToL-"] SIR,-We receive inquiries from parents about the prospects of a career in economic entomology, and I trust you...

OCTAVIA HILL NATIONAL MEMORIAL. [To TEE EDITOR Or Tmm "SPECTATOR."] SiR,-At the suggestion of several friends and fellow-workers of the late Miss Octavia Hill, a large and...

" JUMPING JOAN." [TO TEHE E DOR OF TIE "SPECTATOR."] SiR,-If the writer of the review of "Come Rack, Come Rope," in the Spectator of February 1st will play "the traditional...

POETRY. THE OLD WAYS. AND I was in Emathia born,Ematbia I Where the air is keen With trumpet and high-tilted horn, And the drum's thunder, driv'n between. Not such I loved!...

I The Swimmer. By Louise Gerard. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)-The sea in which the swimmer swims is the stormy ocean of literature, and though she, for it is the heroine, is a person...

F IC TIO N. MARGERY FYTTON.* THE starting-point of Lady Ridley's new novel is dramatic enough in all conscience. Hugh Fytton, a country gentleman, member of Parliament, and...

The Toll of the Tides. By Theodore G. Roberts. (T. Werner Laurie. 6s.)-Imagine a hamlet set in a creek somewhere between Cape Race and St. John's, Newfoundland, almost...

A HOUSEMASTER'S LETTERS.* THOSE who read Defoe in their youth may perhaps recall an illustration of the King of Brobdingnag studying Gulliver curiously under a magnifying...

JEALOUSY, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. JEALOUSY is an animal passion, but the jealousy of V animals is very human. It is a quality which in animals it is impossible not to like. A...

DERRY ELECTION. fTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,-I should like to draw the attention of your readers generally, and particularly any who may have the opportunity I of...

PORTUGUESE METHODS IN POLITICAL CONTROVERSY. [To TnE EDITOR OF TUE " SPECTATOP."] SIB,-In your issue of the 1st, under the heading quoted above, the Rev. J. H. Harris accuses...

THE WELSH CHURCH BILL. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-I shall be greatly obliged if you will allow me to express the hope that the House of Lords will throw out the...

I We could not possibly state the case against newspapers which keep, as it were, public gaming tables better than it is done in the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday. It says:"...

I On Tuesday in the House of Lords Lord Newton's Betting Bill was passed through Committee without amendment. It makes it a penal offence to publish betting advertisements. The...

On Tuesday the debate was opened by Captain Tryon, I who moved an amendment providing that all glebe should be left in the undisturbed possession of the Church. A similar...

On Wednesday Mr. Lyttelton moved the rejection of the 1 Bill in a dignified and impressive speech. He dwelt on the narrow spirit of the measure, its disregard for the report of...

I Considering all things, and in particular the Govern- ment's well-known attitude towards the Referendum, which is the supreme example of trusting the people, we are bound to...

On Thursday Mr. Lloyd George announced that the HouseI would sit all next week but adjourn on Friday, February 14th, till Thursday, March 6th. The prorogation would be on the :...

MORS MORSITANS.* THE study of insects, like the study of plants, has advanced froni the mnethods of collection, classification, and description to the methods of biological and...

MR. LAWSON'S EVIDENCE AND THE MARCONI CONTRACT. AS attempts continue to be made by a portion of the A Liberal press to represent the Spectator as responsible for Mr. Lawson's...

On the Tchatalja lines the two armies are said by this time to be "in touch," but that would appear to be one of those newspaper " messages from the front" which only say...

On Friday week in the Commons the Trade Unions Bill was read a third time without a division. Mr. Bonar Law said that the principle of the Opposition was that a member of a...

At the third point of attack, i.e., Gallipoli, the Bulgarians, I according to a telegram on Thursday, have made good progress, and it is even -said that they are now in...

NEWS OF THE WEEK. HOSTILITIES, as we felt sure they would be, were H1 renewed last Monday eveninL. the first shot being fired about six o'clock by our time. Owing to the...

I On Monday the House was occupied with the discussion of ' the commutation scheme which Mr. McKenna has introduced into the Welsh Disestablishment Bill. The terms now...

I We are glad to note a confident declaration in Friday's Times that the troubles between the Roumanian and Bulgarian Governments are not now expected to lead to any acute...

A COLONIAL GOVERNOR IN MARYLAND.* I LADY EDGAR'S interesting volume suffers a little from the tenuity of its central theme, and the number and importance of the concurrent...

THE MAGAZINES. IN the Nineteenth Century Bishop Hamilton Baynes answers the question "Will Disestablishment promote Liberty and Progress?" with a decided negative. Writing as a...

THEOLOGICAL TESTS AT OXFORD. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SrECTATOR.1| SIn,-Many people in whose minds Keble College and Oxford theologians have been associated with caste and crass...

INSTRUCTION IN THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR EDUCATED GIRLS. rTo TUB EDITOR OF TUB "SPECTATOR."] SIB,-Will you kindly permit me, through the medium of your columns, to call...

A TEST FOR PACIFICISTS. W E print elsewhere an interesting and obviously sincere letter from Mr. Charles Stewart,with which-or rather with that part of it which deals with...

MACREADY.* MACREADY'S diaries from the year 1833 to 1851 fill 1,010 pages -two large, stout volumes! Mr. William Toynbee writes a brief preface, well worth reading, to this...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. THE ROYALIST PRISONERS IN PORTUGAL [TO THz EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOLR"] SiR,-It is now more than a year since some of the leading British residents in...

FRANCIS PAGET.* IT is a question only to be decided by the result, whether a man's life should be written by a near relative. There are obvious reasons against such a choice,...

KINGSTON VALE. OF the many schemes for acquiring open spaces which J from time to time it has been our privilege to recommend to readers of the Spectator, there has been none...

THE THEATRE. THIE RUSSIAN BALLET. ON Tuesday night the Russian Ballet opened, their fourth season at Covent Garden Theatre, and a crowded and enthusiastic audience proved once...

ONE VOTE, ONE VALUE. I THE Return just issued, showing the number of electors in each Parliamentary constituency throughout the kingdom, immensely reinforces the demand for a...

BOO KS. WITH TURK AND BULGAR.0 OF these two books Major Lionel James's, althoug h it is cast in an unambitious mould, is much the more important. In his book we have comment...