26 AUGUST 1911, page 21

The Conquest Of Ireland.*

MR. ORPEN has the courage of his opinions. "Even in this short period," he says, " less than half a century from the time when the first invader set foot in Ireland, it is, I......

Auvergne And Its People.* It Is About Two Years Since

Mrs. Gostling's interesting book, The Bretons at Home, was reviewed in the Spectator. Her new book on Auvergne is even more attractive, because, while quite as rich in......

The Economic Transition In India.f In This Deeply...

Sir Theodore Morison sets himself to explain how the modern spirit of change is making itself felt in one at least of the regions where we have been taught to look for the......

Some Curiosities Of Character.*

MR. Jnnnonn begins by discoursing on beaux and dandies in general with the object of showing bow far his three special heroes, Nash, Brummell, and D'Orsay, are representative of......