FICTION. SOME NEW SHORT STORIES. I England, My England. By P. H. Lawrence. (Seeker. I 7s. 6d. net.) I Horses and Men. By Sherwood Anderson. (Cape. 7s. 6d. net.) I...

But when we have criticized his shortcomings to the fifll, there remains the great vision o1 worl(1 comITy anl(l co-operation conjured up for us by Woodrow W\ilson. Painfully...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. MR. BALDWIN'S LEADERSHIP. [To the Editor of the SPLCTATOR.] SiR,-Your criticism of Mr. Baldwin's leadership as Socialism's opportunity will be read with...

THE THEATRE. TWO F'ARCES. " TIE CAMEL'S BACK," BY W. SOMIERSET MAUGHAM I (PLAYHOUSE). ' IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE," BY I ROI COOPER MEGRUE AND WALTER HACKETT I (ALDN 1YCII)....

THE STAGE SOCIETY. TiE Stage Society and the actors concerned in it are to be congratulated on their recent production of Mr. C. K. Munro's Progress, a formidable undertaking...

On Monday the Government of Bombay announced that the release of Gandhi, the Indian ,Nationalist leader, would be made immediately for " reasons of health "*very welcome news...

THE MNEME. Mnemic Psychology. By Richard Semon. (London: George I Allen and Unwin. 14s.) THE tragic felo-de-se of Dr. Richard Semon five years ago robbed the world of one of...

ME'SOPOTAMIA, PALESTINEI AND SYRIiA. The Truth about Mesopotamia, Palestine and Syria. By J. de V. Loder (London: G. Allen and Unwin. 7s. Od. net.) THE problems that arose...

THE HONEY BEE. I Adventures Among Bees. By Herbert Mace. (Hutchinson. 4s. lfd. net.) FROM Virgil, via Huber, to Tickncr Edwards-through that immense tract of time with its...

THE FORTNIGHTLY. Two anonymous political articles of much interest open the number. A Frenchman puts the case for French policy both courteously and clearly. In his view France...

SHORTER NOTICES. THE HISTORY OF ANTONY AND DOROTHEA GIBBS, and of their Contemporary Relatives, including the History of the Origin and Early Years of the House of Antony...

MODERN ELECTRICAL THEORY. Supplementary Chapter XVII.: The Structure of the Atom. By N. R, Campbell. (Cambridge University Press. lOs. net.) To a greater extent than any...

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW. The anonymous writer of the opening article on " Great Britaini and Europe" argues strongly for a broad policy of pacification in Europe, and we are sure...

PERIODICALS. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. The January number is a particularly good one. Lord [lardinge of Penshurst leads off with anl article on " The Leaguie of Nations. ' Ile...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SiR,-Indian Excise policy is really not quite so simple as the letter of an ex-Coimissioner of Excise seems to imply. If the inverse variation...

BURKE ON LENIN. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-Surely the following passage from Burke forms an admirable picture of Lenin. Burke begins by saying what men of intellect...

LABOUR'S ACID TEST. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SiR,-May I Vsk for space to remind the public that the onlyI remedy for our unemployment is orders for British goods ? I...

"MAIDEN" PRIME MINISTERS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-Captain Berkeley, M.P., in his article in the Spectator of January 26th, says there has never before in our...

POLITICS AND DRINK. [To the Editor of the SPECTrATOR.] SIR,-I must ask leave to make a final protest against the methods of controversy which Lady Astor has seen fit to adopt....

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-Captain Berkeley in his article on " Three Leaders of Labour " says that " the younger Pitt, who rose at once to Cabinet rank, provides...

I*tt edoth * * * 1At the end of the discussions on Tuesday the con fcrciicc was adjourned till next Monday. The emplovers have called a special meeting of their National...

As it was, there was a great revulsion of feeling in I America. 'Mr. Wilson was defeated and politically almost disowned even by many of his own friends. Then came his tragical...

There is onlv one explanation. Mr. Wilson sufficed for ! himself; he did not welcome criticism, he probably did not even tolerate it. This prophet of a greater humanity was...

Mluch unnecessary excitement has been caused by i an interview with Mfr. Lloyd George published in the New York Wforld. The interview, the effect of which was to relieve Mr....

The Expert Committees set up by the Reparations I Commission are at the end of the first part of their work. Both of them when they depart from Berlin will leave behind expert...

I On Tuesday the Port employers and the representatives of the Transport and General Workers' Inion opened a. conference on the claims of the dockers for an increase of 2s. a...

I Owina to the meeting of the Boundary Conference, which is, however, adjourned for a month, the Irish frontier problem has excited a great deal of attention during the past...

I The employers' case is that increased wages do mean increased prices, that the docks are in a large numner ot cases managed under statute, and that the object. is not to make...

In the common sense of a diplomatic instrument I there could, of course, be no " secret pact " between Mr. Wilson and M. Clemenecau. fMr. Lloyd George no doubt means a personal...

Mr. Wheatlev. the Clyde Socialist who has become I Minister of Health, has given a most unsatisfactory decision in response to the appeal from the Poplar Guardians. HIe has...

It is apparently the intention of the members of the Cabinet to pool their salaries, as was done by the first Coalition Government. This is a sensible plalal, but we hope that...

This views is the very opposite of the truth. The I Articles of Peace deliberately refrain from making it compulsory on the Northern Statc to consent to arbitratioII. or to...

At a reimarkably interesting debate at tlli Camibridge Union on Tuesdaxr both sides of the prIol~leIm of birth control were authoritatively represented by Lord l)awson and thC...

There are obvious dangers in this; a man may be tempted to associate his name, which has acquired a public value, with undesirable companies; he may be driven to pot-boiling...

The poll for the vacancy in the City of London took place on Friday, February I st. with the followiiig result Sir T. Vansittart Bowater (U) 12,962 Mr. Henry Bell (L) 5,525...

Another able supporter of this wise view is, we note, | Mr. Robert Lynd, the accomplished Literary Editor of the Daily News. Ile is by birth an Ulster Roman Catholic. Yet in...

INCOME TAX AND RESIDENCE ABROAD. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,-By a process of argument above the comprehension of an ordinary layman, the inspector of foreign...

IRISH CONVERSATION. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SiR,-When the Spectator is accused of unworthy prejudice the accusation should be better supported than it is in the...

BRITAIN AND AMERICA. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,-Mfr. Loring's letter, which you published some time ago, brings out a point that has for long interested me-viz., as...

AIR. COPPARD, MR. BULLETT AND KATHERINE MANSFIELD. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,-M\Ir. Roger Buckworth's gentle challenge about my views upon the work of Mr. Gerald...

POETS AND POETRY. OLD AND NEW POETRY. Days and Nights. By Arthur Symons. (Martin Secker 7s. 6d.) I Love's Cruelty. By Arthur Symons. (Martin Secker. I 6s.)- -A Selection...

NEWS OF THE WEEK. HE Govcrnrment have lost no time in recognizing T Soviet Russia. Whatever Government had been in power here would almost certainly have adopted the policy of...

v, Mir. R;amsay acDoiiald's invitation to a full discussionil of existing treaties and obligations between Great Britain and Russia is a satisfactory proof that he has a proper...

Ex-President Wilson dic(l last S Evdae. \UI(.is aifter that great momcnt vwhen hc secmcd likely to (dW the wvorld vith a new order ancd a ncw life. 'lice (irc(uInlOst-Ics gave...

"As for buying recognition -with flax and wvhe(at," Zinovieff exclatimed, " what, (10o thev take us for ? If the'- are Willing to give credit we are wvilling to ta.lk ahout...

Zinovieff approved of a mernorable renark 1b Lenin that thc British Labour Party shouI(l be supported by Russian Communists " in the same wla that a naii wliu(I hangs himself...

A MANIA FOR INVERTED COMMAS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-I wonder if anyone can explain the modern craze lor inverted commas. For many years it has been common to...

A "SPECTATOR" ITINERARY. [To the Editor of the SPrECTATOR.] SIR,-It will, I am sure, interest you to know what a distance at least one copy of your excellent paper covers,...

WINTER DISTRESS LEAGUE. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-One of the most tragic aspects of unemployment is that the longer it continues the more heavily is the worker...

HERALDRY AND THE WAR. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-On January 18th, 1919, you published a letter of mine (p. 71) suggesting how appropriately families might...

ANALYSIS OF THE LABOUR PARTY. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SiR, -Whoever "Analyst " is, who writes you on February 2nd, he has exposed his ignorance by lumping Jewish...

BRITISH EMPIRE PAYING EXHIBITION AND GUE'STS. rTo the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-AVC are hearing a great deal about the British Empire Exhibition, and the need for...

POETRY. SANCTUARY. Is that free mansion of the mind Where those forsaken go My love is like a wanton wind Moving the tapestry to and fro And like an incense-laden air...

THE ENGLISHMAN'S PRAYER-BOOK. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-A11 Weslcyan Methodists among your readers would appreciate the article on the Englishman's Prayer-book by...

THE STRAWBERRY. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-In the article on " The Kindly Fruits," appearing in your issue of February 2nd, the familiar eulogy of thle strawberry...

BRIGHTER BRITISH BREAKFASTS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] STR,-I wonder whether any of your women readers-and possibly their menfolk are not averse to a whimsical...

RACE RENEWAL. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] uSiR,-The National Council for Race Renewal has been enga ged for over twenty years in inspiring and assisting our legislators,...

SIR SYDNEY OLIVIER, AN EXPERIENCED ADMINISTRATOR. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.! SIR,-Lord Burnham lately remarked that the people of Jamaica were insular, and that West...

FINANCE-PUBLIC &PRIVATE. [BY OUR CITY EDITOR.] BANKERS- ONT THE SITUATION. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-It must be generally admitted that the new Government is...

WITH THE 48th DIVISION IN ITALY. By Lieut.-Colonel I G. II. Barnett. (Blackwood. 21s. net.) The 48th (South Midlands) Territorial Division was one of those chosen to proceed...

LIFE OF LORD MORLEY. By Sved Sirdar All Khan. (Pitman I and Sons. 12s. Gd. net.) 13v his will Lord Morley expressly forbade the writing of his biography. 'rhis was consistent...

ESSAYS IN APPLIED ECONOMICS. By A. C. Pigou. (P. S. King. lOs. (3d. net.) Two technical essays are included on the Foreign Exchanges and the Exchange Value of Legal-tender...

THE CAPITAL LEVY: Its Real Purpose. By Harold Cox. I (National Unionist Association. 6d.) The difficulties and iniquities of a Capital Levy are pungently presented. In Mr....

It is now five years since the Peace Conference, and one can arrive at a juster estimate of Woodrow Wilson and his work than was possible in 1920. Of one thing we can be...

I It was a great moment in the history of British- American relations; the first occasion on w hich a President of the United States, during his term of office, had visited...

THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING WORLD. By EVELYN WRENCH. ON Sunday morning at 11.15 a.m., when his fellowcountrymen were in church, Woodrow Wilson passed peacefully away, and thus ends...

One remark of Mr. Wilson's has always remained in I my mind. He said, " Just because we do speak the maine language we ought to be v-ery careful what we say about one another;...

Two pictures of the treatnwnent of Woodrow Wilson by the public collie to nmy mihd. Ollicial duties took me to Charing Cross railway station on the December afternoon of his...

Eighteen months later I paid a visit to the United States, journeying as far West as Minneapolis. Wherever one went, in the smoking-cars of the Pullman, in the vestibule of the...

'I'F -O - My first and only meeting with Mr. Wilson was in London at the end of 1918 at the American Embassy in Grosvenor Gardens. During his brief visit Mr. Wilson set aside...

Woodrow Wilson certainly did hitch his wagon to a star, but there was nothing wrong with the star; it was not his idealism that was a fault. Where he failed was in his dealings...

POPULAR ERRORS. By VILIIJALMUR STEFANNSSON. VI.-TIIAT ESKIMOS DRINK OIL. O NCE upon a time our bodies and souls were m} steri0 ous, but lately (thanks to the advance of...

'Ti-IE 1RECOGN'ITION OF rHE SOVIET G(OV ERNAIEN T. H fIE Labour Govcrnrnent have acted not only wvith T (loo(l sense but in accordance with historic precedents in their...

THE ENGLISHMAN'S PRAYER-BOOK. BY TImE Bisiiop OF NNORWICH. II. TI-HE Praver-book Revision deprecated in these ai tides points the way to the denationalization of the Church....

FINANCIAL NOTES. As the date for the reassembling of Parliament approaches, it is not altogether surprising to note some recurrence of nervousness in markets. Just as the scare...

I AIR. BELLOCIS SONNETS AND VERSE. I Sonnets and Verse. By H. Belloc. (London: Duckworth. los. net.) TImE great advantage of this collection of Mr. Belloc's poetical works is...

THE FUTURE OF PAINTING. The Future of Painting. By Willard Huntington Wright (London: John Lane. 5s. net.) ArErE having read this book one realizes how much truth is contained...

GOLD AND SIR CHARLES ADDIS. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-The leading article in your issue of January 26th en(led by saying that the British people want the dinamic,...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SiR,-If the Conservative Party takes your advice and abandons Mr. Baldwin, they will deserve to lose the support of all who care (to use your...

THE PERIL TO NATIONAL VIRILITY. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,-There are, I feel, tendencies of the timc, due maybe in part to political influences, which I think merit...

GUESSWORK. THIS is perhaps the only work of which no one can T complain that he is " out." The negro preacher who lately boasted his ability to " unscrew the inscrutable" did...

JAN.E AUSTEN: A NOTE'. I The Novels of Jane Austen. Edited by ]'. NV. Chlapman. I ; Vols. (Oxford University Press. I.) os.) I Tg Aiitpn T Leonie \ illird. U ith a New Study...

BOOKS. - -a THIS WEEK'S BOOKS. THE most striking book we have received this week is undoubtedly Eyeless Sight (Putnam), a translation of MI. Jules Romain's remarkable study of...

PEACE IN OUR TIME. By Oliver Onions. (Chapman and I Hall. 7s. 6d. net.) Mr. Onions is a very efficient writer of fiction. This is said with no ulterior intention of sarcasm or...

THE HOUSE MADE WITH HANDS. (Arrowsmith. 7s. 6d net.) The anonymous author of The House Made z-ith Hands has certainly developed an original idea. Her theme is the obsession of...

OTHER NOVELS.-Kareen. Bv- J. Mason Smith. . (Allen and Unwin. 7s. 6d. net.)-An interesting novel, chiefly I because of the fascinating descriptions of desert scenery, its...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. CAN UNIONISM SURVIVE? 7JHEIE decision as to the leadership of the Unionist T -Party wh1li}ch wVill be madc at the meeting at the lIotcl Cecil oln onday next...

A BOOK OF THE MOMENT. ShE1,LLEY AND THE UNROMANTICS. Shelley and the Unromantics. By Olwen Ward Campbell. I (Methuen. 16s. net.) Tins is an exceedingly interesting and able...