13 Y far the most interesting foreign news of the week is the announcement by Commander Peary, which was tele- g faphed to New York on Monday, that be had reached the North...

in the New York Times. The sledge expedition left .the Roosevelt' on February 15th, 1909, and two weeks after- wards passed the British record. From this point onwards the party...

a prelude to the long-promised general advance, which has not yet begun. General Marina appears to be waiting for the arrival of General Sotomayor's division, which is not...

the Times states that Seiior Ferrer, for whom the police had been searching since the disorders at Barcelona, had been arrested. Senor Ferrer was the principal of the "Modern...

cessful action to the east and south of the new camp at Suk El-Arba. The special correspondent of the Times says that two converging columns, each two thousand strong, were...

till 3.25 the next morning in the discussion of Clauses XXX. and XXX1. - of the - Finance Bill. Under the former it is proposed to set up a register of compensation value for...

crisis in Servian politics had come to an end, M. Novakovitch and M. Ribaratz having agreed to retain office. It will be remembered that when the tension between Servia and...

enlivened by a passage of arms between Lord Morpeth and Mr. Lloyd George, the Speaker administering a rebuke to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir F. Channing and Mr....

by a change of tactics on the part of the Govern- ment which has greatly intensified the general feeling of unrest caused by the uncertainty of the Lords' attitude towards the...

Monday, but Mr. Lloyd George declined to give any preliminary explanations, on the ground that he had already dealt with the Bill in his Budget statement and later in the...

the tone of the editorial paragraphs headed " The Peers and the People" in last Sunday's Observer. The Peers, our contemporary argues, should act on the principle that there...

a view to. minimising the financial difficulties involved in the rejection of Lhe Budget by the Lords, in its "Political Notes" on Wednesday also calls attention to the...

of the ablest and soundest of French students of economic subjects, and a former Minister of Public Works, in which he describes the results of the great Development Bill intro-...

resolution on Wednesday condemning the Territorial movement as "a sinister attempt to introduce compulsory military service." One delegate, Mr. Millerchip, the Mayor of Walsall,...

of " tied " houses a certain proportion of the enhanced duty shall be recoverable by the license-holder from the brewer, led to a prolonged discussion before it was agreed to....

the Marconi Company to the Post Office. The stations are at Liverpool, the Lizard, Crookhaven, Rosslare, Caister, and Niton. The Post Office also takes over the North Foreland...

Mr. Shackleton at the Public Hall, Ipswich, on Monday. After noting the growth in direct Labour repre- sentation in Parliament, and welcoming the representative of the...

which he declared to be shared by the workers of the two countries—Mr. Shackleton expressed satisfaction at the passage of the Old-Age Pensions Act, and emphasised the necessity...

most notable being that which deals with club License- duties, and, as amended by the Government, imposes a tax of sixpence in the pound on the purchase of alcoholic liquors....

April let. Consols (24) were on Friday 831—Friday week 841.

THE DISCOVERY OF THE NORTH POLE. I T is one of the most curious coincidences in the history of discovery that the world had only just been astounded by the statement of Dr....

E XCEPT for an admirable speech from Lord Robert Cecil, there was little in Monday's debate on the Development Fund Bill to interest or enlighten the public. Why the Bill should...

M R. WINSTON Ca UltCHILL has a most useful part to play, and he is admirably fitted to play it. A Government like Mr. Asquith's, with such a financial policy as they have...

to time during the last twenty years I have been asked to leave my work in Ireland and talk to meetings of English farmers upon agricultural en-operation. The interest was...

D R. JOHN BROWN has just published a delightful little book of selections from the writings of Thomas Adams, according to Southey "the Shakespeare of Puritan theologians " ("...

N O one who has marked parties of Boy Scouts in various parts of the country on holiday afternoons, much less, we should think, any one who was present at the Crystal Palace...

P EOPLE who are well up in Army affair s would recognise in Kneller Hall the headquarters of the Royal Military College of Music, but they might not know in addition that in the...

THE FREYCINET PROGRAMME. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEGTATOE.1 My DEIS , COLLEAGUE,—You ask for some details concerning the Freycinet programme of 1879, which I very willingly...

THE LORDS AND THE BUDGET. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Svn,—There are many to whom your advice in last week's issue to the Lords either to confine their action on the...

Stn,—Your article in the Spectator of September 4th seems to me to leave an undue responsibility on the House of Lords. You say, truly enough, that the Lords should not throw...

[TO THE Borroa OP THE "Snacraroa."j Sra,—Your correspondent " A London Leaseholder" (Spectator, August 21st) gives very good reason for some statutory altera- tion, as regards...

rn THE EDITOR or THE " SPNCTATOR..1 Sra,—My occupation and religious-social connexions bring me into contact with large numbers of working men of different political opinions,...

[To THE Roma CIF %nor "ISPEcreaTop.."/ Si - la—The eyes of all Englishmen scattered over the world must be turned anxiously to your political crisis. In your hearts are party...

"SPECTATOR. "] SIB, — NO one, I think, can deny that Fairfax and his Council of War' were within their strict rights in shooting Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lisle. The...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] Slit,—I have only bad the opportunity to-day of reading your issue of August 28th. The"suggestion, which is quoted from the Economist, that...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIE,—I have received a letter from a correspondent in New Zealand which may interest those of your readers who wish to observe the...

[To Tux EDITOZ OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIE,—In a letter of August 14th we announced Mr. Joseph Burtt's proposed visit to the United States as a deputation from the Anti-Slavery...

CID THE EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATO R.1 SIB, — I should like to ask why we are now to take all our ideas ready made from Germany. In 1905 every Radical platform echoed with...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—The fairness of -Mr. R. A. Austen Leigh's proposal (Spectator, September 4th) for a single tax, and that on income, is obvious ; but...

..sexcurea."] SIB,—According to Renter's telegram of the Indian Budget speech the Master of Elibank alluded to (1) the difficulty of the problem. of dealing with the increasing...

[To THE EDrfOR OP TEE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Your review of Mr. McCabe's book on "The Decay of the Church of Rome" in the issue of August 28th is sure to interest every reader of...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Perhaps I may be allowed to contribute a few remarks on the use of " de " with French names. There can be no manner of doubt that...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In my letter to you last week with reference to M. de Freycinet's Development Bill I purposely refrained from mentioning any particular...

name 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...

"EX PARTE " PORTRAITS. [" Pictures like these, dear Madam ! to design. Asks no fi rm hand and no unerring line ; Some wand'ring touches, some reflected light, Some flying...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIB, —Mr. G. C. Whitworth's puzzle (see Spectator, Septem- ber 4th) might be solved in this way. There is new moon on December 23rd at 9.5...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Your review of Mr. Chatterton's "Sailing Ships" (Spectator, August 7th) refers to the "common opinion that for nearly all serious...

THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE.* THE greatest of Roman critics, when referring to Ennius, the " father " of Latin poetry and the author of the Annales, compares the feeling he...

a good deal when he names his book The Spirit of the Downs; perhaps still more when he defines his first chapter, and asks his readers to share with him " The Spell of the...

Mlle. Gosmurra's recent book on Brittany and the Bretons is one of the best that have been published in English. The fascination of her subject is nothing new for her ; she has...

This story of the nun Lucrezia and the "glad friar" is cleverly built up on a framework of facts and traditions. It is a pleasantly written book, full of merry talk and...

THE story of which we have the first half ranks with the fire letters of Cortes as the chief authority on the conquest of Mexico. It might even be ranked above it, as the...

HERE we have a collection of the facetiae which have appeared from time to time in Farm. and Home. Many readers, we are told,, requested that they should be reprinted. The...

LORDS OF THE SEA.t Mn. NOBLE once again writes with a purpose, and writes at white heat. His last book, The Grain Carriers, was directed against the latest Board of Trade...

"Colonial Officer" who writes this was, we think, some- what ill-advised not to publish his name on the title-page. He gives his own portrait in several places and indications...

Boon- 6s.)—The reader who is endowed with patience will find this a very charming novel. The beginning is not particularly attractive, but the moment the Mary of the title grows...

[Under this ?wading we %Mks such Books of the week as have sot bans Taloned for review in other forms.] Ionia and the Bast. By David G. Hogarth. (Clarendon Press. 3s. 6d....

(T. and T. Clark. 7s. 6d. net.)—The main purpose of this book is to show that the acceptance of the conclusions of criticism is not inconsistent with belief, and, further, that...

Hungarian by Beatrice Danford. (Jarrold and Sons. 2s. 6d. not.)—A tragic story of jealousy, good of its kind, which readers who like such things should enjoy.—Moon of Valleys....

Werner Laurie. 6s.)—This novel is interesting as long as it deals with life in South Africa and with the making of the country as a white man's dominion. When, however, the...

Ph.D. (Longman and Co. 6s.)—This is one of the publications of the Columbia University, New York. Dr. Hayes is deserving of especial praise for the zeal and industry with which...

tons. 4s. 6d. net.)—This is a volume of the "Church Universal" Series, appearing under the editorship of Mr. W. H. Hutton, the first in order of subject, though not of...

M.A. Vol. L, 1784-1787. (The Camden Society.)— The appearance of the second volume with the introduction is postponed on account, we are sorry to see, of the editor's illness....

of " Henry Seton Merriman's Novels?' The 6 at instal- ment consists of two, The Slave of the Lamp and The Sowers; the rest are to follow week by week till the number—fourteen—is...