29 JULY 1899, page 7

The Latest Rumour From The Far East. T He Kind Of

enthusiasm so often manifested in this country for Japan is, we confess, to us a source of continual perplexity. That Englishmen should be interested in the development of any......

The Future Of Hodge.

T "gradual desertion of the country for the town by all agricultural labourers is not half enough discussed. The process goes on endlessly, and at a gradually accelerated rate,......

The Peace Conference.

A T the beginning of next week, if not at the end of this, we shall be able to say,—The Peace Conference has met and parted, and Europe is not at war. This may seem but a......