29 AUGUST 1903, page 17

The Proposed Australian Capital.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.'] Sra,—It would appear from recent Australian cablegrams that Tumut is the prospective capital of the Commonwealth. It fell to my lot, when I......

The Taxation Of Raw Materials.

• [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You say in the Spectator of August 22nd: "We have always said, and say still, that Mr. Chamberlain has com- mitted himself to a policy......

Ftports Of British Flour To Brazil.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have obtained from your valued correspondent, Mr. Broomhall, particulars of this brilliant trade which is given as a proof of the......

Books.

THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC.* THERE is nothing which touches the siege of Quebec that is not interesting, and we therefore owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Doughty and his colleagues for......

Poetry.

THE GREATEST OP THE CECILS. LIGHT as a dream, upon the velvet grass The rain of summer softly, softly falls ; Swift as a dream, the changing shadows pass O'er Hatfield's......

Macedonia And The Jewish Press.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] STR, — In the article entitled "The Position in Macedonia" appearing in the Spectator of August 22nd you refer to "the widely diffused Jewish......