bad at Calais as to forbid its use as a base ; but let us assume that by some niiraole this defect can be got over, or that a phalanx of Germans can be turned on to dig a new...

heroism of our troops—British, Australian, New Zealand, and Indian—at the Dardanelles. Here we must add the welcome news that Thursday's papers contain a report from Sir Ian...

andsuggests that the situation is developing as we hoped and believed it would develop. The Russians have taken up a stand south of the Lublin-Cholm railway, and have not only...

case.

about German and Austrian reinforcements, and of large numbers of Bavarians arriving in Innsbruck, trustworthy news still shows us the Italians making use of a vigorous...

of the line have been so insistent, as a matter of feta there has been very little doing there of late. Indeed, the activity has been chiefly on our side, for it was announced...

on Friday afternoon, and is on sale at all Messrs. Smith and Son's London Bookstalls and all London Newsagents. All country readers can now obtain the paper on Saturday morning,...

may point out again here that if the Germans were to be so mad after they had taken Calais as to make it their base for invasion, we should be benefited, not injured, thereby....

I N the western theatre of the war there has been a great deal of talk about renewed German activity on a huge scale, of imperative orders by the Kaiser to take Calais without...

the Commons on Monday, after only thirty Members had voted for Sir Thomas Whittaker's amendment asking the House not to proceed with the measure. Mr. Long in moving the second...

and useful debate—a debate of the kind which makes the serious part of the public draw comparisons with the House of Commons by no means favourable to that body. Lord Midleton,...

forming a National Register was again under discussion. Replying to an amendment moved by Mr. Whitehouse for excluding women, Mr. Loug made a striking announcement. Originally...

Dalziel moved a drastio amendment to the Munitions of War Bill by which the Ordnance Department of the War Office (though strictly, it may be said, there is no such thing as an...

the Sofia correspondent of the Times states that a gloomy impres- sion prevails in Constantinople owing to the continued arrivals of wounded from Gallipoli instead of the...

the debate was that precautions would be taken to preserve the secrecy of the information obtained. The questions ask- ing the age and condition of every person, whether single,...

the second reading of the Munitions Bill, said that so long as the present state of things continued the situation would be one of great anxiety. He could fairly say that the...

Friday week, losing a pre-Dreadnought battleship of the 'Deutschland' class and the mine-laying cruiser Albatross.' The battleship was torpedoed by a Russian submarine and blew...

submarines—a schooner and three steamships, the largest of which was 4,656 tons. The submarine which sank the schooner off the Fastnet carried dummy funnels from which smoke...

unwisdom of partial, or indeed of any, disclosures of Cabinet secrets ; but we think that even if Lord Haldane has shown himself indiscreet, as we hold him to have been, in...

an incident which is very strange, and one which should be very deeply regretted. Thursday's papers contain the following notice, which we must give verbatim :— "Mr. Lloyd...

is to blame for the past, but solely how to avoid danger for the future. There is only one exception. If it can be shown that only by telling the full story of the past can an...

Government's policy as to munitions. He accepted the blame for the late Government, entirely exonerating General von Donop, the head of the Ordnance Department at the War...

Wednesday's paper that the Austrian monitors on the Danube, since they were reduced from seven to six by a "pretty piece of torpedo work," have lain inside a boom. They have...

Government at a demonstration in his honour in the National Liberal Club on Monday. We need not follow his defence of the scheme of having behind a powerful Navy a highly...

States has been the outrages committed by a man of German extraction who had assumed the name of Holt. He used to be Professor of German in Harvard University. On Friday week...

Aug. 8th.

THE GRAND VICTUALLER TO THE NATION. NV E are not going to say any more than we have said in our " News of the Week " as to the conflict of evidence in regard to Lord Haldane's...

T HE despatch from Sir Ian Hamilton which was pub- lished in the papers of 'Wednesday leaves the reader in no doubt that the Dardanelles campaign is one of the most difficult...

S UPERFICIALLY Austria-Hungary may seem to have " come again." Compared with the position a few months ago, when the Russians were bursting through the Carpathians, when...

on the National Registration Bill, superficially regarded, looks dis- creditable both to the House and to the country. Foreigners reading the debate might be inclined to com-...

A LL students of war were deeply interested in reading of the immense column of troops, in an extraordinary formation, which the Germans thrust against the Russians in May....

Kensington Museum (where M. Rodin's statues which he had presented to the nation were recently on view) is a high honour to the Serbian sculptor, who is now only in his...

W ITH a heavy bundle on her head, and gathered skirts which swung as she walked, I mistook her for a peasant carrying fodder home to the farm. Then as I saw the cockleshell sewn...

rTo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Silt, —I have read with much interest the letters of Mr. Le Batt and Mr. Coulton with reference to the statement in Mr. F. S. Oliver's Ordeal...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sra,—The Press has reminded us that July 1st of this year was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the agree- ment by which...

MR. OLIVER ON COMPULSION. [To Tea EDITOR OF THE "SFECTATOR."1 SIR, —Mr. Coulton, writing in your issue of July 3rd, appears to be under the impression that in a recently...

[TO TIN EDITOR OP TIN " BPICTAT0116"] SIR,—During the interval between the general suspension of horse-racing and its revival at Newmarket, I was struck by the appearance in...

Silt,—With reference to " M.'s" letter in your issue of July 3rd on the subject of taxing wages and war profits, the following figures may be interesting. My " spendable "...

[To TIN EDITOE Or TNN "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The whole nation at the present time is being exhorted by the Government to practise economy and thrift. The Prime Minister stated at...

[To TER EDITOR 01 TIIN "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,--I happened to pick up a copy of the Spectator of June 26th in the reading-room and read in it a letter on "Quakerism and This War,"...

Sia,—I have been much interested in the correspondence in your paper entitled "Quakerism and This War." I may say that 1 am a member of the Society, and my forefathers on both...

" SPERTAT01."] Sin,—In this month of July, for a few years past, the Spectator has been good enough to find space for a slight forecast of the Wesleyan Conference. Your...

Quaker position built upon paradox; and in truth are they not a parasitic body P Could they have existed except in a society which was prepared to defend itself, even by the...

[To TITS EDITOR or THI "8PNCTAT011."] S1E, — I am no supporter of the "Union of Democratic Control," Bat no one who has the honour of knowing Mr. Morel can, without an indignant...

[To MN EDITOR 01 THE " SPXOTATOR."1 SIR, —In pursuit of the economy essential to victory we must not be led into the desert of speculation by any chimera. Why does your...

[To VIII EDITOR 07 THE "sTEcriTon."1 SIR, I shall be much obliged if you will kindly give the enclosed notice publicity in your columns.---I am, Sir, &c., C. H. KENDERDINE,...

[To THE EDITOR ON THE " BIPECTATOR."1 Sin,—Many people will be glad that your correspondent "F. S." has raised the question of the treatment of members of Voluntary Aid...

[To TEE EDITOR OE TER "SPIITATOR."1 SIR, — In your article on " The Open-Air Hospital at Cam- bridge" in last week's Spectator you quote Dr. Shipley as saying that in an...

rTO TEE EDITOR OF TER " SFROTATOR."1 Sin, - -Spendthrifts of time, in the days before war's stern necessity made such waste impossible, evolved the following remarkable notice...

IT0 THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR." . ] Stn,—Perhaps you will be so good as to allow me the use of your columns to invite a couple of convalescent officers who need rest and...

Eton 1809-15, used to relate stories of one of the Eton Masters renowned for long words. He rode out to breakfast on a slow horse on a foggy morning and was late. His excuse :...

[To THE E DITOR OT TEM SPECTI.TOR."] Sin,—I venture once again to bring before your readers the work of the Fresh Air Fund, which in the past twenty-three years has been the...

[To TIM EDITOR OF TEE "SPILOTATOIL."] SIB,—I read with interest your correspondent's letter entitled Animal Life in the Firing Line" (Spectator, June 19th). I am glad that he...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — During a recent air raid the following incident occurred. A certain workshop was so badly shaken by a bomb close by that all the...

June 8th, 1834, contain the following delightful passage: "Walked much in the garden, and submitted myself to the hands of Catherine and Letitia, to take out the footmarks of...

JULY 12Th - 31sT. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — It may interest some of your readers to know that a Summer School on this subject has been organized by Professor...

EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In reference to the poem, "The Land of the Brave and the Free," in your issue of June 26th, I put it to you that a possible attitude of mind...

[To ram EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — As the question of the use of the word " Briton" or "Britisher" as applied to our countrymen is frequently arising in the Press, it...

THE LAST TWO COLLECTS. You shall read your portion of Book and Psalter, With the First for the Day appointed there, And the last two Collects shall never alter, . But daily Ire...

LORD CURZON'S SPEECHES.* Ti' an impartial foreigner, ignorant of the ways of our party politics, were to read this hook, we think he would be puzzled to say how Imperialism of...

SIR, — Since sending you some samples of clerical brilliance a friend has supplied me with another effusion which may be worthy to stand alone. I am told that a clergyman...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views Therein expressed, or with the mode of...

EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The quotation beginning "The kiss of the stn for pardon" is from a poem called " God's Garden," written by D. T. Gurney. The correct version...

PRESIDENT LORD DESBOROUGII. How. SECRETARY : PERCY A. HARRIS, Esq. HEAD OFFICES: Judges' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of...

AT the end of Mr. Powell's book there is a map which shows the long stretch of coast country from New Mexico up to British Columbia. This is " the end of the trail," the last...

Poland seemed ancient history. They are not, indeed, further removed from us than the French Revolution ; yet while that is constantly in our minds as the seed-plot and...

THE fog of censorship which hung for so long over the fighting in Flanders, only penetrated at casual points by the accredited " Eyewitness," is now slowly lifting. Many volumes...

IN his very realistic Autobiography of a Navvy Mr. Patrick MacGill told us much about the intimate life of the navvy. His new book deals, in a slighter but very readable...

Glory of Belgium, refers chiefly to the splendid monuments of mediaeval architecture. But to this title must now be added " Ichabod I "—at least in a great many cases—and every...

WRITING in the Nineteenth Century upon "The Secret of Germany's Strength," Mr. J. Ellis Barker discusses the great advantages possessed by an autocratic over a democratic • T]o...

THE VOYAGE OUT." Mae. WooLr's book, The Voyage Out, is that rarest of things . a novel of serious artistic value. Some of its readers may Did )'oyapo Oat. By Virginia Woolf,...

net.)—Of Mr. Fleming's sketches several are concerned with the war, amongst them a poignant account of an English soldier as he fought in the French lines, and an amusing...

If the question of the international traffic in children is to be discussed, it had better be treated with severe solemnity. But at least it may be said in favour of his work...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsegusta review.) The new section of the Oxford English Dictionary (Oxford University Press, 5s.) extends from "Trink " to...

Page treats of the effect of the war on her beloved Rhodesia : her simple-minded optimism helps to atone for a good. many faults of style.

E. S. Craig (Oxford University Press, 2s. net), reminds us once more of the noble work which is being done by the Universities. The exact number of names in the list is not...

admirably translated by Mr. Lawrence Haward (Matto and Windus, 5s. net). The book is thoroughly well informed, and it covers a wider field than Mrs. Newmarch's work, which dealt...

" The Romanee of Reality " (T. C. and E. C. Jack, 3s. ed. each). All of them give popular accounts of recent scientific discoveries. Modern Inventions, by Mr. V. E. Johnson,...