description of the British elector. Sir Edward Grey has not hitherto been regarded as an inspiring orator, but we remember nothing in modern speeches which shows greater...

Cromer, who dealt with the question of the excesses of the foreign section of the Press in Oriental countries, and the harm done by such excesses. He told the Conference that he...

definition sounds so reasonable and pacific, and, indeed, is reasonable and pacific in itself, that it will win universal approval abroad. Those who feel inclined to say : "That...

T HE Imperial Press Conference, which has been in session during the whole week, has proved a most unqualified success, and we can say without suspicion of exaggeration that the...

at Sutton Place, Mrs. Pearson's party at Ranelagh, the afternoon party at Apsley House, the evening reception at the Duchess of Sutherland's, and the luncheons at the House of...

case.

dent who followed the Yeomanry manouvres on Salisbury PlA41. The Yeomanry were, he says, well mounted and well drilled, and showed a good knowledge of scouting. Many of the...

speech endorsing Sir Edward Grey's endorsement of Lord Rosebery's warnings, while Mr. Haldane endorsed Mr. Balfour, a most interesting discussion took place on a motion by Mr....

engaged in what we can only describe as the high privilege of hearing an address from Lord Morley on "Literature and Journalism." The quality of that address it would be...

short visit to Germany left Berlin on Tuesday. They inspected the Labour Exchange, and compared its arrange- ments with those proposed in Mr. dhurchill's Bill. They were...

some reflections on the task before the young King of Portugal. He does not disguise the fact that it was with the late King'S consent that the Portuguese Constitution, which id...

that the Referendum in Natal on South African Union will probably result iii a substantial vote in favour of union. It is very Much to the credit of those who laid upon...

Military Attache at Berlin, has expressed himself, as we learn from the Morning Post, with uncompromising clearness on the Cretan crisis to representatives of the Tageblait and...

in an ingenious speech on Thursday evening. He dwelt on the crushing burdens imposed on the licensed trade, and the injustiee and danger involved in singling out land from other...

lain moved the rejection of the Finance Bill. The Government could not say that the Opposition had not an alternative policy,—the alternative of Tariff Reform was well known to...

speech of great gaiety and energy which had a remarkable success with his supporters. After twitting Mr. Bonar Law with not knowing that France levied Death-duties and "the...

suggested "a desire to gratify rather a vulgar envy of rich men," and he regretted that the Government had not dealt more simply with Liquor-licenses and put a tax on beer. So...

was the growth of national extravagance. The Liberal Party in 1901 denounced 2135,000,000 as an extravagant expendi- ture. They were now spending 2166,800,000, or an increase of...

let. Consols (21) were on Friday 844—Friday week 84i.

" H E who wills the end. wills the means." Does this apply to politics and politicians ? We sometimes wonder when we read the speeches of even our most serious and most sincere...

LORD ROSEBERY AND THE PRESS CONFERENCE. T ORD ROSEBERY may always be trusted to rise to a groat Imperial occasion. He possesses to a degree not vouchsafed to other public men...

W E sincerely hope that Englishmen will not allow themselves to be tempted just now into a perilous and unprofitable discussion of the workings of the Anglo- Russian Convention...

T HOSE who have studied the workings of what we may call the "Henry Georgeite" mind are already aware that the only portion of the Government scheme for taxing land values which...

M R. BIRRELL, if we are to judge from his acts, has been strangely unfortunate in the men with whom he has been concerned in the resettlement of Irish land. In no part of his...

W HIT was the attitude of Christ towards ceremonial P This is a question which must present itself to every candid student of Christianity, and the more able a man may be to...

T R. GREEN would not have been the historian we 0 • know if he bad not spent his Oxford days in revolt against the accepted teaching of history. But to-day Oxford glories in...

T HE beet day at the International Horse Show must of necessity be the day on which the King and Queen Come with their grandchildren to see the competition for the gold...

THE INCOME-TAX PAID BY THE AGRICULTURAL LANDLORD.—AN INJUSTICE. [To TUU EDITOR OF TOD " BPROTATOR.1 SIR,—In a short letter which appeared in your issue of May 15th I made a...

SIR CLINTON DAWKINS AND THE BAGHDAD RAILWAY. rrO TUN ED/TOR OF TEM "erscrAvon."1 Szu,—It is not without great reluctance that I trouble you with some remarks about your...

SIR, — As a friend of the late Sir Clinton Dawkins, I cannot refrain from expressing my regret that, no doubt quite un- intentionally, the article of last week headed "The...

SIR,—May one who sympathises with "E. M. L." in her hard case, and deplores the action of her rector in refusing Holy Communion to a parishioner who bad (even if wrongly in the...

rTo THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."' Sin,—The answer given in Parliament on the 7th inst. by the Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs to Mr. Hugh Barrie constitutes a slight not...

pro THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."' venture to trouble you with some remarks on the Finance Bill, as one of a vast number of persons of moderate fortune who will be heavily hit...

me to intrude again upon your space ? I think you will find that the point taken by the Bishop of Carlisle is unsound. He says that one who has not been baptised with the rite...

Sin,—As you are aware, I was anxious not to occupy space in your columns which might more profitably be employed by Other people, but Dr. G-riffith Thomas in your last issue...

while resident in India, I asked permission of the Anglican chaplain of the station in which I lived to receive the Holy Communion, although unconfirmed, Permission was readily...

the letter of the Bishop of Carlisle in your issue of May 29th will, I believe, call forth a widespread response amongst moderate Churchmen. His Lordship writes that both cases...

help to clear this discussion—a discussion of the greatest practical importance—if we were informed of what precisely is meant by Confirmation? In Oriental usage an infant is...

being waged in your columns under the heading of " Nonconformists and the Communion" is, of course, concerned with only one of the many practical difficulties which are the...

Sin, — It may very well be, as Dr. Field argues in your issue of May 29th, that the Bishop who prohibited "E. M. L." front communicating in the Church of England has the letter...

by the letter of "E. M. L." is of interest to many both north and south of the Tweed. In more than one congregation amongst us difficulties have arisen before now through the...

[TO TUE EDITOR Or TUB " SPECTATOR."1 should like to offer a few observations on the letters on the above subject which appeared in your issue of the 22nd ult. (1) Your...

[To TRII EDITOR Or TEl " SPECTATOR:] 8 ntsM ill you allow me a small space in which to reply to Canon Thotnpson's letter to you of June 5th P He "respect- fully asks if you...

you allow a Nonconformist to point out one omission in the correspondence which appeared in the last Spectator on the question of Confirmation? Most Noncon- formists have what...

great majority of Baptist Churches give an absolutely unconditional invitation to Christian people to the Holy Communion. The words used by the minister in announcing the Lord's...

rre nurroit 1 . 1111 "ernackToe."1 SIR, — May I express some heretical views upon the subject of purchasing pictures for the National Gallery ? Why was money wasted upon a...

[To ThU EDITOR Or Till " SrllertrOn."] SIR, — The following opinion of a German naval commander, Captain Rudolf von Labres (author of "Politik und Seekrieg"), may not be without...

[TO TUB EDITOR Or TUB ErSCTATOft."J should be very sorry to think that I had done any injustice to a memory so illustrious as that of Gladstone (see Spectator, May 1st). I have...

[TO TUB EDITOt Or TAM "SrlIOTATOR."] StR, — In the very interesting article entitled "Do Animals Reason?" in your issue of June 5th you cite a paradox of Mr. Brewater's which...

am indebted to the Bishop of St. Asaph for pointing out in your issue of May 29th that in the instructions issued in 1889 the "hearers" column wee to include communicants and...

[To TIM EDITOR OF ins "SPECTATOR:1 Sln, — The generous response made by your readers to the appeal you have so kindly inserted in the Spectator for the last two years has boon...

[To VIE EDITOR Or VII "SPECTATOR."' SIR,—You were good enough to notice at some length last week this month ' s instalment in the English Review of my novel, "The Holy...

[TO Tits EDITOR OP T1111 "SPEOPITOR.1 SIR,—May I be allowed to correct your kindly reviewer of my book, "The Inns of Court," in your last week's issue, in one small point upon...

[To 71IS EDITOR 01 ins "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I have tried this spring to take down, whenever I could, the notes of the cuckoos calling near my house. I have heard a number of...

rro ins EDITOR Or ins " SPECT•TOn."1 SIR,—My attention has been called to an article in your issue of Saturday last, the 5th inst., in which you think that the insertion of...

in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of expression. In such instances, as in the case of "Letters to the .Editor," insertion only means that the matter...

[TO TUE EDITOR OP ins ''SPECTATOR."] 81 R, — May I be allowed to call the attention of your readers to the announcement which has, I believe, appeared in your adver- tising...

PELLEAS ET REPLISANDE. WHATEVER may be said in disparagement of the Opera Syndicate, they have certainly deserved well of the musical public by their production of Pelleas et...

THE HULK IN THE ESTUARY. HE sprawls, a stranded hulk, along the mud, Undeoked, with gaping sides and broken back, Half-way between the reach of highest flood— Which far on...

MR. KEIR HARDIE ON INDIA.* VE have every desire . to be fair to Mr. Keir Hardie, and can 'honestly say that we opened this book prepared to find that the reports that he bad...

Mn. BAGWELL is well known to students of Irish history as the historian of Tudor Ireland, and the two volumes before us are characterised by the thorough and workmanlike...

Tannn . are some writers who, by a curious destiny, are rarely read but always discussed, and Empedocles assuredly is one of them. Few people, we imagine, possess a copy of his...

Mn. CECIL has written a remarkable book, full of that subtle criticism and fine seriousness which are marks of his dis- tinguished family. His standpoint is conservative, and,...

Mn. G. L. BEER has produced a book oai The Origins of the British Colonial System which not only does credit to his patience in research, but is also a most readable- volume. He...

P aorEsson KNIGHT has done well in publishing these dis- e° °rIles. They may be taken as a consecration of the activities, philosophical and literary, with which for many Years...

Tina "philosophy of long life," as far as practical suggestion lB concerned, may be reduced to the counsel,—" eat and drink as little as possible." M. Finot adds another piece...

FRANK BURNET.* Fronk Burnet is not Miss Dorothy Horace Smith's first novel. We have pleasant recollections of a story called Miss Mona which showed decided promise, and that...

entertainin g story of the present day. 7,..iady Eliza, thou g h not the sentimental heroine, is a most attractive fl g ure.—A Young Man Married. By Sydney C. Grier. (H a tchi...

with the Assistance of J. P. A. Renwick, M.A. (Maomillan and Co. 1.0s. 6d. net.)—" Considerable chan g es have bee n made," we a re told, in the direction of consolidation, u n...

and Frances A. Kellar. (G. Bell and Sons. 5s. net.)— The authors are not satisfied with the condition of thin g s as they find them in America. And, indeed, they have reason. We...

Co. 600—This is a charmin g story of life in a villa g e, and the heroine, Lydia Bell, is a very attractiv e creature. The re ader, however, will prob a bly be sorry that Lydia...

Os. not.)—These lectures, ten in number, were delivered last autumn under the auspices of the Royal Society of Literature. They are of various importance and len g th. Dr....

[Under this heading we notice such 13oolcs of the week as have not bole reorrvo4 for review in other forcikl Testimonium Anima& By E. G. Sehler, Ph.D. (Steeliest and Co., New...

Wales, and property in En g land because it belon g s to the Welsh Church. (2) It confiscates g rants made for Welsh purposes out of En g lish ecclesiastical moneys. (3) It g...

Andrea Cook. (108 Victoria Street, S.W. 6s. net.)— This gives an account, with names of competitors, times, details of contests, of the groat mooting of 190S. Au appendix...

at-Law. (II. E. Morgan. ld.)—Here we have under every heading, Excise, Stamp-duties, Licenses, Income-tax, Death- duties, &c., the old imposts and the now, with a statement of...