7 DECEMBER 1912, page 37

The Late Sir Henry Scobell. [to The Editor Of The

"SPECTATOR.") SIR,—May I crave the hospitality of your columns for the follow- ing appeal ? At a meeting of friends of the late General Sir Henry Scobell, held in Capetown......

Poetry.

A CYCLE. OLD men weave memories, sitting in the sun, Of a world grown vain, whose one-time vaunted scars The soft moss covers, and whose rare bazaars— That sold them Truth—new,......

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Books.

RECENT EVENTS AND PRESENT POLICIES IN CHINA.* Ka. J. 0. P. BLAND, joint author with Mr. E. Backhouse of that memorable book, China under the Empress Dowager, gives us here out......