11 DECEMBER 1897, page 21

Secret Societies.*

THERE are only three countries where secret societies possess any real strength—China, Italy, and Russia—and for this very reason, that they are still vigorous, our know- ledge......

Philip Il Of Spain.*

A NEW book on Spanish history by Major Hume is as welcome to the English as one by M. Morel-Fatio is to the French student of Spain. We can hardly give higher praise than this.......