The municipal elections which were held on Friday week in I England and Wales resulted in a remarkable victory for the Unionists, who gained no less than one hundred and...

The next step is to protect the consumer against both the manufacturer and the worker, and the new Board of Excise again comes into action. The Board is to report to Parliament...

The papers of Tuesday publish a summary of the extra- ordinary scheme which Sir William Lyne, Treasurer and Acting Prime Minister of the Australian Commonwealth, laid before...

The increase in the Bank rate to 7 per cent., recorded below, | has created a marked impression throughout the country, for it is necessary to go back some thirty-four years to...

I The London Municipal Society has issued a table which shows the reductions in the rates of London during the year ending March, 1908, or since the " Municipal Reform " Party...

The Board of Trade Returns for October, issued on Thurs- I day, exhibit the same characteristics as those of previous months in 1907. As before, exports are seen to be...

I Yesterday week the Legislative Council at Simla passed the Bill for the prevention of public seditious meetings. The Bill, which empowers provincial authorities to declare...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK. 4. [tinder this heading we notice such Books of the week as hare not been reserved for review in other forms.1 Irish Factsfor British Platforms....

Champions of the Fleet. By Edward Frazer. (John Lane. 6s.)- There is always something to be dug for in the mass of naval records, that mine of perennial interest, and Mr....

John Harvard and his Times. By Henry C. Shelley. (Little, I .. . Brown, and Co., Boston, U.S. 8s. net.)-It seems to be fairly well established that John Harvard, whose name is...

Paul. By the late Dr. W. Wrede. Translated by Edwardj Lummis, M.A. I e. I - 1_ - (P. Green. 2s. net.)-This monograph may be -0. - -^A- -l1kg An not. BT-r WrPdA'R I I studied...

The Ghosts of Piccadilly. By G. S. Street. (A. Constable and Co. lOs. 6d. net.)-Clubs and Clubrnen. By Major Arthur Griffiths. (Hutchinson and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)-These two...

The Call of the Sea. Compiled by F. G. Aflalo. (E. Grant Richards. 4s.)-We have hitherto associated Mr. Aflalo with the study of fish and fishing, but we must now thank him...

THE "DOWSER" AND HIS ROD. IN our modern days of all too frequent water famine we can afford to neglect no means of possible supply, and the occupation of the water-" dowser"...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SiR,-Mr. Harold Cox's letter in your issue of October 26th will cause some surprise to many of your readers. When Mill says: " If the whole...

AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SiR,-Though it must be conceded that " Latona " (Spectator, November 2nd) has the balance of...

LORD ROSEBERY AND ABSTENTION. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-The advice given in your issue of October 19th-that those who in any coming election can give their vote...

I The papers of Thursday publish an " Appeal to the Nation " on the subject of misrule in the Congo Free State. It is a forcible and earnest document, which is above all...

NEWS OF THE WEEK. A REUTER telegram from Tokio, published in Friday's papers, gives an account of an interview with Count Hayashi on the subject of the relations between Japan...

The libel action brought by Prince Billow against Adolf I Brand, a journalist who had published atrocious charges against the Chancellor, ended on Wednesday in the conviction...

The elections in New York, though they have once more _~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ restored the prestige and power of Tammany, have at | least one shining merit. They have dealt a...

The strange and unholy "fusion" between Mr. Hearst and the Republicans during the electioneering campaign recently prompted the Times to recall the tremendous philippic...

I On Wednesday evening it was announced that the railway dispute was at an end. After a series of negotiations conducted by Mr. Lloyd-George at the Board of Trade, the chairmen...

LORD CURZON ON FRONTIERS. LORD CULRZON in the extraordinarily interesting L Romanes Lecture which he delivered at Oxford on the 2nd inst. paints with a broad brush, and that is...

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. THE defeat of the Socialists in the municipal elections must be a subject of sincere congratulation to all those who hold, as we do, that the carrying...

HOMER FOR CHILDREN.* THE directness and great simplicity of Homer can be rendered into English only by scholars. Others have tried and have failed, because "simple English "...

We note with interest that the Central Chamber of Agri- culture has determined upon the formation of an independent Agricultural Party in the House of Commons. It does not...

The annual dinner of the China Association on Tuesday was enlivened by a brilliant speech from Dr. Morrison, in which he vigorously deprecated scepticism as to the sincerity of...

The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail sends to Friday's paper a curious account of a correspondence which passed some time ago between Mr. John D. Rockefeller and Count...

In this context we may note the admirable remarks of the I Maharaja of Bikanir in reply to an address presented him on his recent return from England. After commending the...

The new Cunard liner '3Mauretania' has achieved some wonderful results in her steam trials this week-. Like the 'Lusitania,' she traversed twelve hundred miles in four tests of...

I Lord Rosebery opened the London Day Training College in ~Southampton Row on Saturday afternoon last, and delivered an interesting address on teaching. It was not enough to...

THE GARDEN BEAUTIFUL.* MR. ROBINSON'S gardening progress has been one of continual ascent. Beginning with an excellent little book on Hardy Plants, which retains a value of its...

THE MAGAZINES. THE logic of Mr. Carnegie's paper on " The Second Chamber" in the new Nineteenth Century is somewhat hard to follow. Mr. Carnegie is clearly a Single-Chamber...

THE MEANING OF SOCIALISM. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-The best statement of the problem which is now agitating so many minds is contained in a letter dated in...

AIRSHIPS. LTO THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR."] SIR,-Your correspondent S. Beale (Spectator, October 26th) gives an eighteenth-century prophecy of "the nations' airy navies...

THE ALLEGED UNPOPULARITY OF THE ENGLISHMAN IN CANADA. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-I venture to send you a letter dealing with the matter of the unpopularity of...

NURSERIES OF SEA-FOWL. [TO THE EDITOR OF THe lSPEcrATOL"] SIR,-It is perhaps partly my fault that the error which has crept into print in the publication of my letter in your...

DABCHICKS IN ST. JAMES'S PARK. LTO THE EDITOR OF TUE " SPECTATORY ] SIR,-While walking across St. James's Park recently I saw four dabehicks which were being chased by two...

A MONSTROUS INJUSTICE. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOK.] SIR,-Can you tell me whether the following statement is in any way true ?"' *VWhen the English warship Victoria was...

SIR GEORGE TREVELYAN'S NEW VOLUME.* 1MOST of Sir George Trevelyan's admirers have grudged him to America. It appeared more fitting that he should exercise his great powvers of...

I Her Ladyship. By Katharino Tynan. (Smith, Ellor, and Co. 6s.)-Miss Tynan in this book steers very cleverly through the difficulties which beset the author who wishe3 to...

I A4 1oinan from the Saa. By J. Blouudelle-Burton. (Evcloigh Nash. 6s.)-In some respects Mr. Bloundelle-13tirtoi?'s noew story is of excellent quality. Nothing could be better...

I Between the Dark and the Daylight. By IV. D. Ilowells. (Harper and Brothers. 6s.)-In this collection of stories Mr. lHowells uses his delicate analytical methods in the...

NOVELS. "PIP!, THE name of Mr. Hay's new story is our chief ground of complaint against him. But let us hasten to reassure prospective readers that it has nothing to do either...

]3 0 ) K S. MR. STEPHEN PHILLIPS'S NEW POEMS.* IT is with no small pleasure that we record the appearance of Mr. Stephen Phillips's new volume of poems, a volume in which he...

POE T RY. THE MAMELUKE'S LEAP. [On Mareh 1st, 1811, Mohammed Ali, Pasha of Egypt, invited the Mamehlke Emnirs to a feast in the citadel at Cairo and massacred all of them save...

Things Seen in Egypt. By Clive Holland. (Seeley and Co. 2s.) I -Fifty illustrations, and very good illustrations too, neatly bound and with interesting chapters on Egyptian...

Professor Percy Gardner publishes a second edition of his I Exploratio Evangelica (A. and C. Black, 5s. net), for which he has written a preface containing a brief notice of...

NEW EDITIONB.-A History of Modern Europe. By Thomas Henry Dyer, LL.D. Revised and Continued by Arthur Hassall, M.A. 6 vols. (G. Bell and Sons. 3s. 6d. each.)-Dr. Dyer fixed I...

Messrs. D. C. Heath and Co. publish in their "Belles-Lettres I Series," in the section of the "English Drama," George Chapman's All Fooles and The Gentleman Usher, Edited by...

The Jewish Year Book, Edited by the Rev. Isidore Harris, M.A. I (Greenberg and Co., 2s. 6d. net), appears for the twelfth time. Synagogues, Schools, Institutions, Charities,...

We would commend to the attention of our readers a handsome I edition of "The Works of Leslie Stephen" (Smith, Elder, and Co. and Duckworth and Co., 10 vols., 6s. each). The...

The South-Bound Car. By Owen Llewellyn and L. Raven-Hill. I (Methuen and Co. 6s.)-The car travelled from London to Folkestone, was carried across the Channel-X4 does not seem...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE GERMAN EMPEROR'S VISIT. THE German Emperor's visit to England, which will be in form a return of the King's visit to Wilhelmsh6he, will, we are sure, be...

THE RAILWAY SETTLEMENT. W E congratulate Mr. Llovd-George most heartily on a Nv' very notable achievement. He has brought about a settlement of the railwvay crisis which is not...

HOTEL LIFE: ITS USES AND ABUSES. SOME well-known hotel proprietors recently announced that for a certain payment-about £170-they would give any one the right to live for a year...

THE LITERARY TRANSFORMATION OF SCOTLAND. LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] SIR,-While I have no objection whatever to the criticism passed in your last issue on my article on...

SOCIALISM AND SEX RELATIONS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-In mercy to terrified Socialists, may I ask you to allow me to say I am the mouthpiece of my own opinions?...

PRAYER-BOOK REVISION. [TO THE EDITOR OF THR 'SPECTATOR.'] SIR,-Many of your readers must be grateful to you for reopening your columns to the subject of Prayer-book revision....

WORKING RESULTS OF THE HARE SYSTEM OF ELECTION IN TASMANIA. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SiR,-Tbe successful introduction of an improved method of the Hare system for...

THE COMPLETE SHOT.* MR. TEASDALE.BUCKELL knows s0 much about so many branches of shooting that he must have recognised the danger of using so catholic a title for his book on...

A NEEDED REFORM IN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION. LTo Tsu EDITOR OF TU " SPECTATOR."] SiR,-In a letter published in your issue of October N6th Air. Andrews called attention to the need...

[TO THE EDITOR Of TfI "SPRCTLTOR."] SIR,-We blame Roman Catholics for conducting their services in a tongue not understanded of the people. Are we any better? A great part of...

WILLIAM ALLINGHAMf.* AT the age of fourteen, after a very indifferent education, which did not, howeve-e, binder his development, William I William Allingham: a Diary. Edited...

WHY WE OPPOSE SOCIALISM. ¶j1[HE grounds of our opposition to Socialism seem to have been strangely misunderstood by a portion, though we admit only a small portion, of our...

A JUDGE AND A DIVIDER. I )HAT Christ claimed authority for His teaching-the T highest possible, the highest thinkable authority-is patent to every rational reader of the New...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. MR. BALFOUR'S LEADERSHIP. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,-Is there any ground whatever for talking about aI "cabal against Mr. Balfour"...

HONOURS AND PARTY IN the daily papers of Tuesday Mr. H. C. Lea once more I takes up his parable against the principle, or want of principle, on which honours are distributed....