be judged at present, the Alliance has been well received. The Unionist Press is almost, though not quite, unanimous in its favour, and many of the Imperial Liberals seem to...

the fact, that the genesis of the Alliance is as follows. Japan determined that she must come to terms either with Russia or England. Russia offered her certain terms, which she...

the face of it, so much at the mercy of Japan that we cannot help feeling that a statesman so prudent and so cautious as Lord Salisbury must have made some supplementary agree-...

B Y far the most important event of the past week was the publication on Wednesday of the text of the Agree- ment between Japan and England. This instrument in fact, and almost...

case.

of the House of Commons, which were introduced by Mr. Balfour on January 30th, have been discussed for prac- tically the whole of three sittings. On Thursday, February 6th, Sir...

is centred in the report of Lord Kitchener's admirably planned and executed attempt to corner De Wet in the Heilbron- Wolvehoek-Kroonstad triangle. De Wet himself escaped by the...

week in the German, British, and American Press on the subject of European intervention in the Spanish-American War. As against the view of America's indebtedness to Great...

of Parliament, In the Lords, where the popularity of the new Alliance was indicated by a most un- usual occurrence—Lord Lansdowne was cheered as he entered the House—Lord...

speeech in favour of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's amendment was made. Sir William Harcourt expressed his disapproval of the Government's proposals, because, as he contended,...

in Berlin on Monday, possesses especial interest in view of the debates on the Tariff Bill and Count von Billow's recent address to the Agricultural Council. The tone of the...

faith-healing, and similar movements, which, though it has its comic side, will, we doubt not, prove most effective. In the course of an interview with Herr von Windheim, the...

its non-political character, has published with an appeal The Boer Relief Association, a German society which pro- claims its non-political character, has published with an...

complimentary address from the Lord Mayor and Court of Common Council, and met with a splendid welcome, the gathering in the Guildhall including nearly all the members of the...

on Thursday by Lord Tweedmouth, who pressed for immediate further inquiries into the purchase of horses in other countries besides Hungary. Lord Rose. bery supported the demand...

who added to the irresistible hereditary charm of the Sheridans a capacity for affairs which enabled him to serve his country with brilliant distinction and almost uninterrupted...

question of the Agreement by moving the adjournment of the House. His main point was contained in the question : " By this Treaty was not British policy tied hand and foot to...

in his criticisms. His chief and best point was a demand for a definition of what was meant by " China." He ended by demanding proof that the entering upon so great and...

New Consols (21) were on Friday 94i.

THE ALLIANCE WITH JAPAN. E cannot profess anything approaching satisfaction in regard to the Alliance with Japan. Indeed, the more that Alliance is studied and the greater the...

T O suppose that the greatest of German statesmen saw so far into the future as to come to the con- clusion that a second war between Great Britain and the Transvaal was...

W HEN Mr. Balfour on the 30th of last month explained to the House of Commons the Govern- ment's proposals for amending the Rules of Procedure, he asked that those proposals...

I T would be easier to predict the fate of the German Tariff Bill if we could be sure that the Government and the Agrarians are not playing a game of bluff. If we listen to the...

HE decisive refusal of the King's Bench Division of 1 the High Court to order the holding of what may not irreverently be called a " scratch" trial of Canon Gore for heresy by...

I T has been the lot of the present writer to read a great many begging-letters, and to know something of the circumstances and state of mind of their painstaking and...

A VERY entertaining book might be written by collecting together all the cases in which poets and play-writers and novelists have anticipated the triumphs of later science. A...

long been represented by animals, either as the national crest or as a kind of accepted " totem." The British lion, the Austrian and Prussian eagles, the Napo conic eagles and...

11.-THE MAN. IVO more proper study for Empire-building mankind,— 11 none, at any rate, whose total neglect would be as disastrous as its partial neglect has been expensive....

A HISTORY CHAIR FOR THE SOUTH AFRICAN COLLEGE. ITo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " Sin,—The Spectator has shown such a consistent interest in South African affairs that you...

go THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") your reference in your last issue to my article in the current Contemporary you unintentionally misrepresent me. You represent me as saying :...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Ste,—The article under the above heading in the Spectator of the 1st inst. gives, on the whole, a remarkably truthful picture. It might...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. ") Sra,—In a review of Mr. Wilson's book, "A Transvaal Official," in the Spectator of February 1st, reference is made to "the extraordinary...

a controversial letter, it may possibly be admitted to your columns. I have been surprised to see in the correspondence no reference to a striking pamphlet advocating the...

wish of your correspondent "H. E. T., " expressed in his letter to the Spectator of February 1st, for further discussion on this subject, perhaps you will allow me,...

entitled "St. Luke as Artist " which appeared in the Spectator of February rat the following words occur :—" The behaviour of the Jewish rabble before Gallio, when with utter...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SrECTATOR.1 Slit,—In your issue of February 8th you unintentionally do a grave inj ustice to agnostics by editorially commending as " sound and worthy "...

1st is a very interesting paper on Pembrokeshire, and special attention is drawn to a part of that county, supposed to have been colonised by Flemings, where English only is...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] read with great pleasure your able and exhaustive article in the Spectator of February 1st on " St. Luke as Artist, " more particularly that...

one of the offices of medicine was to mitigate pain; whether with a view to convalescence or to procuring an easy and tranquil departure from life. He adds : —" At nostris...

Sin,—In connection with the discussion on euthanasia, your readers may be interested in the following extract from Sir Thomas More ' s " Utopia. " I quote from Raphe Robynson...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Without wishing to encroach too much on your accus- tomed courtesy, I should like to quote the late Canon Liddon on the subject of the...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—The writer of the letter with the above heading in the Spectator of February 8th seems to me to miss the point of Mr. Seton-Karr's...

THE "SPECTATOR." j SIR,—I called your review of " Erewhon " of April 20th, 1872, " favourable," and so it was ; I . should have been captious if I had called it anything else,...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—I have read with grave concern the protest in the Spectator of February 8th respecting Burnham Beeches. The unnecessary clearing of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I am anxious to avail myself of every means of making known to Lady Mount-Temple's many friends and admirers that a drinking...

[To TUC EDITOR OF TIM "SpicoTATolLn Sri,--An appeal in regard to the " Hooligans " and their conversion into respectable citizens is to be found in a leaflet lately issued by a...

ULYSSES.* WE dealt last week with Mr. Stephen Phillips's new play as it appears when interpreted at Her Majesty's Theatre by Mr. Tree and his company. To-day we deal with the...

THE QUEEN'S PASSING. SHE will not see her armies come Home from her last and sternest war. The lean, brown regiments must be dumb, Whose heart thrilled to her from afar; Or...

the preface of his scholarly and well-written biography, an excellent number of an excellent series, was described by Professor Stubbs as the typical hero of the Middle Ages,...

A GOOD account of Burma should be an interesting book. The annexation is within. the recollection of everybody; the barbarity and the punishment of King Theebaw are fresh in...

remarks at the beginning of this book that the immediate motive of its production was the wish to controvert an unfortunate misstatement occurring in an official report of...

TREGARTHEN'S WIFE.* IN Tregarth,en's Wife we find an agreeable work of fiction, compounded according to a prescription of which the late Sir Walter Besant was, if not the...

6s.)—This is really not a novel, but what its title declares, the autobiography of a man still living, who made poaching his " profession," until it was suggested to him to...

6s.)—Seeing that the accumulated sadness and ghastliness of these three novels find a fitting climax in Mrs. Praed's new story, we might paraphrase Fabian's remark, " More...

had intended to put the finishing touch to the dis• cussion on " Euthanasia " which has recently occupied the corre spondence columns of this journal, he could not have done...

Unwin. 6s.)—There is a French saying that people live sometimes d cite du bonheur. The author of Wistons certainly writes a c6tc:, du talent, and we feel assured by more than...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as hare not been • seerred for review in other forms.] A Short History of the British in India. By Arthur D. Innes...

of this novel is the well-worn one of the inginue from the provinces suddenly married by the case-hardened man of society, and transplanted from her native wilds into the hotbed...

indoor game of the future may be mentioned together, Table-Tennis : a Handbook to Ping - Pong, by M. J. G. Ritchie and Walter Harrison (C. Arthur Pearson, ls.) ; How to Ploy...

(Kentish Express Office, Ashford.)—Mr. Abell, who has studied to good purpose the county history of Kent, brings out effectively the peculiar attitude assumed by the county....

we have a very pleasing little volume, The Compleat Angler, by Izaak Walton and Charles Cotton. This is reprinted from the fifth edition, the last that received Walton's own...

Biddle. 2 vols. (Drexel Biddle.)—These two volumes include a history, a gazetteer, and a general description, social, commercial, and technical, of the Madeira Islands (there...

Russell has applied to an episode of the South African War something of the dramatic invention of Mr. Stanley Weyman. His heroine, Mary Lorimer, is a charming English girl...

of Country Life (20 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, 21s.) It is not easy to give a compendious account of a folio volume containing between eight and nine hundred pages, and a...