out a battle, and encamped by the side of the Potala Palace or Monastery, a huge building of dark crimson stone dominating the city, where for generations the Dalai Lamas have...

but there are signs abroad which suggest that the Empress is not altogether disinclined to take a band in the great game now going forward. China at present is entirely neutral,...

great importance. In the first place, it is evident that General Kuropatkin, even if he ultimately escapes from the arms of the Japanese steel trap, has not yet done so, and the...

(1) the passage of the Dardanelles, (2) contraband of war, and (3) the case of the ' Knight Commander.' The Turkish Government appeared to have successfully insisted that in,...

smallness of its force, its steady march forward over heights so great, and its complete, though bloodless, conquest of Lhasa appear to have excited on the Continent a feeling...

as candidate of the American Democratic party, and made, as is usual, a speech defining his programme. He will apparently do nothing to relax Protection, because he says the...

further unfolded his scheme of Army Reform; and attempted to answer his critics. In all cases he stuck to his guns, and showed no willingness to relent in the matter either of...

be induced to reply to their remonstrances. The Government of Washington has accordingly despatched two cruisers to Smyrna, and if their appearance does not alarm...

of the liver that necessitated two serious operations, is a great loss to France. He was one of those grave Republicans, never too numerous, who, while devoted to Liberal...

of certain Welsh County Councils to administer the Education Act was considered in Committee. After two amendments had been discussed for four hours, the debate was closured,...

Bor to Taufikia, a distance of about two hundred miles, which will avoid the marshes altogether, save enormous quantities of water, and cost about five and a half millions. This...

convinced of their value for defensive pur- poses as well as for offensive defence, and that the risk of navigating them did not differ substantially in kind or degree from the...

attention to the shipbuilding programme for the Navy in an excellent speech, and elicited an important statement on naval administration from Lord Selborne. After some remarks...

signal victory for Free-trade. Mr. Findlay, the Liberal, secured 5,619 votes ; Mr. Touch, the Unionist, 4,677 ; and Mr. Robertson, the Labour candidate, 3,984. This means that...

met on Wednesday, was addressed by Principal Rainy in a speech in which he maintained that the decision of the Law Lords amounted to a refusal of toleration to his...

yet been issued, Friday's papers contain a precis of its contents. After condemning in courteous and moderate language the collection of pictures made by the Trustees "as...

Scotland do not improve. The Commission of the Free Church Assembly met on Wednesday, and it is evident from the language of the Moderator, Dr. Murdo Macqueen, that the victors...

Saturday last polling took place at Reading, with the result that Mr. Rufus Isaacs, the well-known King's counsel, was returned by a majority of 230, or nine less than that...

do, but we greatly wish that they had been able to obtain from the Prime Minister a more definite undertaking that the scheme would not be acted upon until a formal and specific...

MR. BALFOUR'S " CLEVERNESS." N OTHING is more painful at the present moment to those who are personally attached to Mr. Balfour, and who, in spite of his deplorably " hedging "...

contact with the Mongols, the most numerous and most separate of all the races of Asia. Little more than a century ago, though their ancient feats of war under Genghis and...

Arnold-Forster introduced his scheme three weeks ago have been deepened by the debate of Monday. That debate showed not only that the more the scheme is explained and discussed,...

T HE situation of the Scotch Free Churches is even more complicated. than was at first believed, or than the able correspondent of the Times, whose in- structive letter was...

appreciably during the past week : it may even be said to have been aggravated by the kind of answer to our demands which finds publication in the Russian Press ; but the...

Peru, has long haunted those who look forward to the " federation of the world." A practical expression of this desire, which must continually increase as the means of...

offences committed daily—or rather nightly—which seem to the average person to call for lighter punishment than the offence of "sleeping out, and being without visible means of...

W HEN a Yorkshireman, or a Staffordshire man, or a dalesman of Derbyshire says that the drive to such and such a place lies " through grouse ground," the words convey a very...

THE IRON AND STEEL TRADES AND THE TARIFF COMMISSION REPORT. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Srn,—I should not intervene in the controversy in your columns in regard to...

the debate on the Fourth Clause of the Licensing Bill—so conspicuous a feature of which was the discussion of amendments favourable to " disinterested management "—the Prime...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Szn,—You take the hypothetical case of two public-houses ' The George' and 'The Lion,' under the same ownership (Spectator, August 6th), the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —In the Spectator of August 6th you have a leader on the above case, a case which is causing so great turmoil in Scot- land, and which...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIn, — May I be permitted to suggest to you that the Liberal papers are just now doing very poor service to their party? Although the...

[TO TR& EDITOR OF TRU "SPECTATOR:1 SIR, —Many years ago an old Yorkshireman in Australia told me that the Yorkshireman's coat-of-arms consisted of three objects. I remember...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, With regard to your notice in the Spectator of June 18th of the interesting new edition of Maitland's "Surrender of Napoleon," I may...

The Education Committee of the Victoria League offers— One Prize of 210, Two Prizes of £2 10s. each, and Three Prizes of £5 each, Six Prizes of £1 each, for written lectures on...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, - I am enclosing a copy of our leaflet giving notice of the prizes which we offer for lectures, and would venture to ask your very kind...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] • Sin,—During the last few weeks I have been gathering from cottagers and others in purely rural districts in Sussex and Surrey, and at...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR;'] SIR,—Every one must agree with " Selbornian's " benedictions on the work of the National Trust, and with the desire of your New Zealander...

SIR,—Among the editorial comments in your issue of July 30th there appeared a brief reference approving the Report of the Committee appointed by the Admiralty to consider the...

SIR,—Analysing my feelings as a small, dark, spare man of Celtic or Brythonic origin, I venture to remark that it is not only the manners of the travelling Anglo-Saxon which...

traveller asked the way to some public building, and was directed to go down a certain street. When he had proceeded a short distance my friend hailed him and, calling him back,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—In the interesting letter under the above heading in your issue of August 6th " Z." makes a statement which I must. in the interest of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sra,—Can you find room for a cat and dog story P We have here an old Irish terrier who generally considers himself past fighting, and also...

not lose the incalculable benefits of the Hampstead Heath extension owing to the failure to raise the last 45,t03."—Spectator, July 30th.] THEY never ask, they never hope, to...

Rossetti makes very clear is that in Mr. Benson we have a new biographer of exceptional gifts of sympathy and judgment, endowed, moreover, with as serviceable a prose style as...

it is not easy to get at it. Political or social prepossessions make it unusually difficult for observers to see that vast empire of the Czar in dry light. One tells us that all...

THE allocation of a whole volume to the salmon, the trout, and their common relative, the sea-trout, is doubtless justified by tradition and sentiment. But it is not in accord...

is already known to historical students in the original German, but this, we believe, is the first time it has been translated into English. We may as well say at once that the...

generally known as " literary merits " go to the making of a good novel. By " literary merits " we mean a clear and graceful style, a sense of the picturesque, neatness and pre-...

6s.)—The days of the Great Rebellion have always proved a rich mine of material for the novelist who wishes to write historical romance. Captain Fortune, though not dealing with...

THE " VICTORIA " HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE. A History of Bedfordshire, Vol. I. " The Victoria History of the Counties of England." (A. Constable and Co. 25s.)—The first volume...

author calls his book " a story of the pure in heart," and the reader, while acknowledging the truth of this description of the heroine, will regret that she has been placed in...

Co. 6s.) —The Klondike is, as usual, the scene of the greater part of Mr. London's new story. Although the book contains a good deal of the poetry of the North, Mr. London's...

6s. net.)—Mrs. Campbell Praed gives us here a succes- sion of striking pictures. For some she is indebted to her own experience ; some she takes from family records; there is,...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forme.] The Masters of English Literature. By Stephen Gwynn. (Macmillan and...

Grits. (Macmillan and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—This is a volume in a series which bears the title of "United Study of Missions." India and China have already been treated of in...

Gregory, D.D. (Charles H. Kelly. 3s. 6d.)—Dr. Gregory, appointed to preach the Fernley Lecture, and with a special view to the new Methodist Hymn-book, put together these...

H. Rigg, D.D. (R. Culley.)—This is a volume of kindly and pleasant talk, more full of meaning, as is natural, for the " Connexion," but not without a general interest. Dr. Rigg...

(Ward, Lock, and Co., ls. each), all of them well-established in public favour, to judge from the number of editions through which they have passed, and therefore needing but...

and F. J. Gillen. (Macmillan and Co. 21s. net.)—This book ought to have received such notice as we are able to give to it some time ago. We are unwilling to pass over with a few...

Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—This is a volume (the fifth, as we gather from the advertisement) of the " Woburn Library of Natural History," appearing under the general editorship of the...

Constable and Co. 5s. net.)—This "Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry, and Antiquities" con- tinues to perform its function, definable as the scientific...

Latter. (Cambridge University Press. 5s. net.)—Our notice of this volume is limited, for obvious reasons, to its popular aspect. It deals with subjects with which we all have...

Macrae has collected into a volume sundry publica- tions treating of the humour of certain peoples or sections of peoples, adding a new chapter on Welsh humour, and enriching...

(John Murray. 7s. 6d.)—The " uncomplimentary young gentle- men," who, Mr. Fletcher explains, were relatives of his own, were surely a little unreasonable in complaining that...