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No. 4,0321 WEEK ENDING SATURDAX, OCTOBER 7, 1905.

The Bridging of the Zambesi 524 Mr. Abbott and his Critics 524 A Lending Library for the Blind 524 "Blood is Thicker than W . ter" 524 West Ham Lights on the Unem- ployed Question 524

Uncommon Pets.... ...... ...... 525 A Reminiscence of George Mac-

donald at Bordighera 525 Proposed Memorial to Dr George and Mrs. Macdonald 526

POETRY— Hot Weather in the Plains • India 526 BOWLS—

Two Books on Eastern Asia 527 The Beauty of Oxford 528 The Magazines 529 Novels 531 SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK 532 PUBLICATIONS OF TEE WERE 534 ADVERTISEMENTS 493-94 : 506-8: 534.48

LITERARY SUPPLEMENT— Napoleon in Childhood and

Youth............. 495 Mctapsychical Phenomena 496 The Letters of Saint Catherine of Siena 497 Current Literature 498

• * The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any case.

NoncE.---With this week's " SPECTATOR " is iSSUMZ, gratis, a LITERARY SUPPLEMENT.

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

not WIZEI 569

TOPICS—

Russia and Britain......... 512 A Plea for an Experiment in Militia Training ....... ....... . 513 The Christian Conscience and the Conduct of Trade ....... 514 The Old University and the New 515 The Treaty-Making Power ...... 516 Nature and the Supernatural 517 Some Aspects of Vulgarity 518 The Pheasant Era 519

CORRESPONDENCE—

German Actualities 520

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR—

The Proposed Experiment in Militia Training-. a Subscrip-

of 5-200 522 The Chinese in South Africa.-- 522

Arbitration 552 The Paralysis of the Constitu- tion 522 . The Volunteers 52i The Curzon versus Kitchener

' Controversy 523 Protection a Greater Danger

than Home-Rule 523 Rejection of Naval Candidates 524 • Mansion House Meeting for the Boys' Brigade 524