BLACI4KWAVOOD'S AUGAZINE. Blacckwood's dagazine for September might almxiost have been labelled an EaAtern number. It is bouiaded almosit.wholly on the North by Constantinople...

TEE CONTEMPORARY REVJ-L.W. IN the Cotntemporary Review for September, 7\r. J. A. Spender writes upon " The Balfour Note and its Results." He points out how inopportune and...

THE NATIONAL REVIEW. TiE National 1?eview contains an ingenious, though not wholly convincing, article by Lieut.-Colonel Ward oil M'r. WV. HI. and Our Ever-Living Poet." . Also...

TUE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE. WE have received for review the current issue of the Bar!ingfoa .Magazine. The standard of illustration, print and general "' get up " of this...

THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Ls the NXineteenth Centary Mr. Edmond G. A. Holmes (late Chief Inspector of Elementary Schools for England) writes a delightful essay on " What Joy does...

THE WORLD'S AWORK. TiE September World's Work is, as usual, full of good stuff, but, as usual also, the " Life and Letters of Walter Page " eclipses every other contribution in...

THE FOR.TNLGHTLY REVIEW. TiE FJortnightly contains an interesting letter from Berlin oon "Republican Absolutism in Germany"; while Mr. Maurice RBaing writes -on Gilbert...

I A Cavalry Chaplain. By Henry C. Day, S.J., M.C. (Heath Cranton. 7s. 6d. net.)-" Human and personal" books about the War are so numerous that we are inclined to demand some...

French. Public Finance. By Harvey E. Fisk. (New York: Bankers' Trust Company. )-This authoritative and dispassionate book appears opportunely. Mr. Fisk describes the French...

I My Life, and a Few Yarns. By Vice-Admiral H. L. Fleet. (G. Allen and Unwin. 15s. net.)-The author passed out of the 'Britannia' in 1865 and retired forty years later. He had...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK. [Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subseqvent review.] A Little History of St. Botolph's, Cambridge. By A. W Goodman. (Cambridge:...

THE ROUND TABLE. THE Round Tabole for the September quarter opens with a very keen and penetrating explanation of the fundamental differences between the American and the...

WVe trust that there mav be truth in the statement of the Daily Express of Wednesday to the effect that there have been meetings of a powerful group of London bankers with a...

I The stern methods of government inaugurated by Sir Herbert Samuel have not been effective. They have increased the trouble. "The Press censorship is far more rigorous than it...

I After making all allowances in regard to the unconscious prejudices of -Mr. Evans in favour of the Arabs, we arc bound to say that his account of the matter is consistent...

It seems a foregone conclusion that Mr. Walter will exercise I his option and will become again the proprietor of the Times. We are sure that the public will be relieved to...

I The Daily Express of Wednesday contained an alarming communication from Mr. G. A. Evans, the editor of the Palestbie Nen's. According to him Palestine is on the brink of...

The Greek retreat before the strong Turkish attack in Asia Minor has apparently become a dedbcle. The Greek Commanderin-Chief, General Hadjianestis, has been replaced by...

NEWYS OF THE WEEK. -'HE future of the Times continues to be discussed on every I side. We understand that a settlement has been reached in regard to the Northeliffe estate....

The Turks have the satisfaction of being already within the I zone awarded to the Creeks by the Treaty of S6vres. They have advanced Eqpreciably over 100 miles since they...

HONOURS BROKERAGE. [To TIM EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SiR,-I have just received the Spectator of August 12th, and after reading your article on the above subject venture to...

THIE SOUTH IRISH LOYALISTS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SiPn,-As a lifelong reader and admirer of your paper it has strutelk me with some surprise that you do not seem...

THE DOOM OF IRELA ND. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-Not to criticize " Z.'s " splendid thunder, nor to deny a poet licence to refuse to be particular in his...

[TO THE ED.ITOR OF THE " SPZCTATOR."I SiR,-In tho letter you published on August 12thi it was far fromi my intention to traduce the entire body of Roman Catholic clergy in this...

CRIME ANND RETRIBTJTION INT IRELAND. [TO TEa EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] S1i,-I see there are still English writers with such short nmemories as to talk of the "strange...

I It is our saad duty to record the death of the Duclhess of Albany at Innsbruck on Friday, September 1st. Her life had not been one of the easiest, but her memory remains an...

The 54th Annual Trades Union Congress opened at Southport I on Monday. The presidential address was delivered by Ir. R. B. AWalker, of the Agricultural Workers' Union. He has...

We record with deep regret a terrible mining accident which I occurred in the Haig Pit, at Whitehaven, on Tuesday morning Thirty-nine lives were lost. An explosion occurred and...

i We are glad to see that The Landmark, the enterprising I magazine of the English-Speaking Union, deals in its September number with the question of the export of English...

I Mr. Burns, the writer of the article in The Landmark, while I I quite willing to act if action is really necessary, shows by me t history of Gainisborou-gh's Blue Boy " how...

The Board of Trade Court, presided over by Mr. Butler I Aspinall, which inquired into the loss of the P. and 0. liner 'Egypt' gave judgment on Monday. It found that the loss of...

Mr. Burns ends his article with the very sensible pilea that -we have a duty towards America. It is essential that she should have her share of our common heritage of education...

1 W7 do not to-day publish our usual communication froi- IMfr. Arthur W. Kiddy on "Finance-Public and 1rivatc, as lhe is away froin London for two weeks. IMis articles will...

I The appointment of 'Mr. Hamilton Fyfe as editorof the Pail! Herald was announced in the Press on Wednesday. M3r. Fyfe will begin work next week and the Daily Herald will...

We sincerely hope that this judgment, which seems to be I justified by the evidence, will be taken as a warning. In our great steamship lines boat-drill is sometimes regarded...

I The Press has published interviews with Colonel House, who has been visiting Europe. He says that after examiniw' the conditions in various European countries he has come to...

The exequaturs of the United States Consul and Vice- I Consul at Newcastle have been withdrawn "as of August 29th." About a month ago the Foreign Office notified the Department...

I Of course, it may be said that he is " a Wilson man " and that he naturally tries to gat-her up and reassert that part of President WATilson's policy which failed. But this...

I The Canadian correspondent of the Times reported on Monday that the Canadian wheat crop of this year will probably give the wonderful yield of 371,000,000 bushels. The...

Meanwhile, Lord Reading at the reopening of the Indian I Legislatures has appealed to the Indian moderates to take their courage in both hands and oppose the extremists. He...

I Although there has been no particularly startling news from Ireland during the week, what has been happening is all in the wrong direction. The Republicans have settled down...

Because Arabs are, as a whole, uneducated, it must not be i inedt that they do not watch the politics of Europe. Nablus -% as not above learning the lessons from Dublin and...

There is no question in the United States of the Foreign; Office's right to do this, but there seems to be some mild resentment expressed on the ground that the action is...

Evidently it is not too late for consideration before any I irreparable step is taken. In our judgment it is essential to make it plain that the British element in the Civil...

Now as regards the recruiting of Indians for all-India I work. The training of Indians as Civil Servants should begin at the beginning and not at the end, or rather at the top....

The Times of Monday published the full text of the important I circular issued bv the Indian Government to the local Governments about the recruiting of the all-India services....

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. I [Letters of the lcngth of orn- of our leading psragrapX7w are often more real, and therefore more effective, than those which f/11 treble the space.]...

" THE COMMHON LAW OF ENGLAND IS PART OF THE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-The dictum " the common law of England is part of...

I A Baker's Dozen. My AVs. Henry Iudeney. (13einemann. 7a. 6d. net.)-Mrs. Henry Dudeney, though always accomplished, is not at her best in the short story. Her talent lies...

I OmTER NovErsW-The Head of the House of Coombe. By I Frances Hodgson Burnett. (Heinemann. 7s. 6d. net.)-The one relief to the unmitigated sentimentality of this book is the...

THE SEPTEMBER MAGAZINES. TIME LOINTDON AEIRCUtY. THE London Mercury for September fully maintains its high standard. In the new number are two poems which the messenger of the...

FICTION. IN SINGLE STRICTNESS. MR. GEORGE MOORE'S revised volume In Single Stridness is abook of short stories, all of whioh have one central-theme-celibacy. Wilfred Holmes,...

IRELAND AND THE ROMAN C'THLIC CHIRCHI. [TO THe EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-In one of the issues of the Spectator whiclh was publihlied a short tuine ago there was a letter...

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SirCTkTO!R."] SIR,-Your correspondents of last week have accurately explained the technical position. No definito general 6taternenit is possible as to...

LONELY ANGLO-INDIAN CHILDREN. O UR readers may remember some correspondence in 0J the Spectator about nine months ago in regard to lonely Anglo-Indian children. We are glad to...

WAGNER AND DIOCLETIAN. IT is an unusual collocation of great names. But it was the good fortune of 35,000 people recently to hear Lohen grin sung in the famous amphitheatre at...

A STUDY IN GREEN. AT first glance the " Woodwall," as country people A call him, or the Great Green Woodpecker of the books, would appear to be the most fortunate of birds, and...

THE PHENOMENON OF M. PROUST. [TO THE EDITOR OF TIE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-The translated article on M. Proust, which appears in the Spectator of September 2nd, is interesting as a...

OPERA BUFFA. IN a Verona tavern, A florid old man with a paunch Like a flask of Chianti, a casual patron, (Del coro delta chie8a, 8igflori), Towers and sings Popular tunes from...

" MISSING, BELIEVED KILLED." [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIB,-Referring to Mr. Gillespie's much-needed inquiry in your issue of the 19th, I think the appended extract...

POETRY. HEIFERS AT EVENING. OVEB the snowy hawthorn now Come intimations from afar, Sweet as delighted man and beast When they beheld the lustrous Star. The heifers dream...

THE LOSS OF THE 'EGYPT.' [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-Tlie Report of the Inquiry into the loss of the 'Egypt' has been published, and I hope your readers will...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE GREEK ROUT. ITE Greek rout in Asia Minor is characteristic of much T that has happened in the history of modern Greece. The tragic, ironic fact is that...

THE HUANX PROBLEM.* To realize the scope of Dr. Stewart Paton's book we must envisage the variety and subtlety of the constituents which make up the complete civilized human...

THE SOUTH LONDON ART GALLERY, PECKHAMI ROAD. An interesting exhibition of pottery produced in London between 1872 and 1922 has been arranged in this Gallery. ('Bus No. 12...

THE THEATRE. "EAST OF SUEZ," BY SOMERSET MAUGHAM, AT HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE. I Am sorry to appear so often before readers of the Spectator with my garments rent and earth upon...

1B 0 0 K S. THE REVOLT AGAINST CIVILIZATION.* [FIRST NOTICE.] MR. STODDARD, in his book The Revolt against Civilization, has made a very valuable contribution to the carrying...

" LET FRANCE EXPLAIN." [TO THn EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-The review which you gave to my book, Let France Explain, was, though adverse, one of which no author has a...

TIIE AME RICAN PEOPLE AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS. I [TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] | SIR,-Referring to the article in your number of August 5th, entitled "A New Way to Pay Old...

SUPNDAY GAMES. [TO THE EDITOR OF TME " SPECTATOR."] Sin,-Your tribute, in the August 26th issue of the Spectator, to Sunday games has come with somewhat of a shock to one of...

THE MISCHIEF OF "EX PARTE " STATEMENT. ONE of the happy signs of the times-at a moment when such signs give especial joy-is the growth of the number of persons of influence who...

"THIS ELIGIBLE SITE." IT is only a month or so since Mr. St. Loc Strachey, in his speech at the inaugural dinner of the Architecture Club, drew attention to the possibility of...

STUDIES IN LITERATURE.* SIR ARTUUR QUILLER-COUCH apologizes for his second series of Studies. They are, he says, the hasty product of a prodigious rush of academic work. The...

BIRDS IN SPITSBERGxEN.* FEW Englishmen have visited Spitsbergen, and fewer still are likely to make it their home, however remunerative it might 1)0 as a place of business. It...

A RESPITE FOR GERMANY. AFTER all the experts of the Reparations Commission A managed to save the statesmen. Last week, severe though the crisis was, we hoped that there might...

TIME SUM11.MER SCHOOL FOR WOMENX MLAGISTRATES AT OXFOPRD. THE ordinary occupations of womenl are not as a ril(T so good .a training for the Magristerial 1'.neh as those of men....

HRANMDA THE LNCONSISTENT.* TnE traditional view of German Shakespearean scholarship is enshrined in the tale of the commentator who amended Duke Senior in As You Like It from...

THE 5105X-WAETS OF CENTRAL AND SOLTUHW"EST ESSEX.* WE heartily welcome the fifth volume of the illustrated inventory of the Royal CommissiononHistorical Mlonumenits....