King's health has mercifully not been very serious. The trouble arose, as it often does, where the surgeons operated and it remained a local affection only. The best proof that...

we are glad to say, takes no administrative office to himself _in addition to the unlimited work that falls to the Prime Minister as such. As Secretary of State. for Foreign...

the problem of unemployment, and the Dominions and Colonial Office which he administered before will be under Mr. Sidney Webb, who will, presumably, be created a Peer. This is...

Exchequer. He has shown himself in and out of office to have a sound appreciation of finance. He knows that a country's wealth is increased by economy and saving. If he can...

Subscription to the SPECTATOR costa Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, to any part of the world. The SPECTATOR is registered as a Newspaper. The Postage on this...

Prime Minister of Italy, accompanied by two other members of his Government, repaired to the Vaticiin for the formal exchange of ratifications of the Treaties signed on February...

the announcement made by Mr. Humbert Wolfe, on Tuesday, at the Inter- national Labour Conference, that the British Government proposes to take steps to ensure at the earliest...

of the Minorities Report by the Committee of Three—of which Sir Austen Chamberlain is believed to be chief author—is still in the balance. On Tuesday Herr Stresemann made out a...

Report of the Experts on Reparations which has been published since our last issue. It follows closely the anti- cipations which have appeared in the Press, and recom- mends...

Mr. Haitshorn very properly stands aside, but of those who return to offices that they held before, Lord Thomson will be back at the Air Ministry, Mr. Buxton at the Board of...

enriched this week by the purchase of two famous pictures. Titian's picture of the Cornaro family at worship in the open air, with its rich colouring, was one of Vandyck's...

the closest possible ties with our own Royal Family. He also represents one of the friendliest of friendly nations towards us. These would be reasons enough to assure him of a...

that formed the Commonwealth Line he had other motives besides the desire to put socialistic principles into practice. But State-ownership failed disastrously, and Mr. Bruce has...

Ratchitch, a Serbian deputy, emptied his revolver in a moment of turmoil in the Skupshtina at Belgrade. Among other results the Croat leader, firebrand and ex-Minister, M....

ment's Rent Restriction Bill, by which provision is made for a gradual return to economic rents. The increases allowed would be spread over several years, beginning with a rise...

was announced on Monday. It showed no change in the representation in Parliament. The figures of the second count were as follows :- Mr. John Buchan (Unionist) .. 9,959 Sir...

from the generous donor, Dr. Buckston Browne, the home of Charles Darwin, where much of his best thinking and writing was done. Down House, at Downe, near Orpington, is to be...

on February 7th, 1929. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1014 ; on Wednesday week 1011; a year ago, 101*. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 871 ; on Wednesday...

I F the Governments of Europe and the United States are to realize amid their daily distraction and hustle what the world may owe to the work of the Committee of Experts, they...

31 R. RAMSAY MACDONALD'S Cabinet has had a good Press. The only dissentient voices, so far as we can see, are the French Nationalists, with " Pertinax " at the head, who see the...

this country to the study of living foreign languages is a never- failing theme for the public speaker to-day. On Thursday, June 6th, Mr. Francis Goodenough, in his capacity as...

Epilogu,s. I AST week we brought to an end our first series of articles, " In Defence of the Faith." This experimental effort to establish direct contact between the readers of...

O NE of the major issues that will have to be faced by Con g ress durin g the present special session is the proposed National Ori g ins Bill. Up to 1924 the United States had...

C ZECHOSLOVAKIA, which inherited over two thirds of the industry, but only one third of the popula- tion of the old Dual Monareir, was bound from the first to occupy an...

sta g e production be g an with the development of elec- tricity, and he shared this belief with Mr. Harold Rid g e, the author of a valuable manual on sta g e li g htin g . To-...

F OR many years I have been looking for someone who would sympathize with me properly about goats. I first became aware of them in a pleasant garden in Surrey, where the...

notify the SrEcmaxon Office BEFORE MIDDAY on MONDAY or EACIi WEEK. The previous address to which the paper has been sent ani meeipt.referenc.e number should be quoted.

At the French Gallery, 120 Pall Mall, Mr. de Laszlo is exhibiting thirty-five portraits and studies. Practically all his subjects have titles, orders and decorations are as...

r` CAPRICE." BY SIL-VARA. ADAPTED BY PHILIP MOELLER. AT THE ST, JAMES'S THEATRE._ " IkLinitrrz." BY SACHA GUITRY. AT His MAJESTY'S.] THERE'S no denying it !—nothing that we do...

[FRENCH PAINTERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. LEFEVRE GALLERY.] THE organizers of the exhibition of nineteenth century French painters at the Lefevre Gallery, King Street, St....

The retrospective exhibition of drawings and paintings by Richard Sickert at the Leicester Galleries is a fairly large affair. There are a hundred and eighteen works in all, if...

A LETTER FROM ROME. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—Seldom during recent times has the pageant of events moved against the ageless background of the Eternal City with...

In Denver, Colorado, this week is a conference of a unique quality. It was called by the President, and its purpose is the conservation of the country's oil resources. Its...

(By Cable) [The American Notes which have been appearing is the SPECTATOR for the last few weeks are written by Mr. Ivy Lee, the well-known American publicist, who has agreed...

The last project to which General Dawes devoted his active efforts before leaving for England was to assist in securing pledges from Chicago business men of more than...

The whole country is reading All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Remarque. The book is tamer than the English edition, but it is quite frank enough to make its picture...

While Sir Esme Howard's action in renouncing his right to import liquor is criticized by some papers like the New York Evening Post, as taking sides on an American political...

signing of the report by the Experts Com- mittee in Paris. Among the results may be the reopening of American securities markets to German issues. The question of priority of...

Silesian and Other Minorities THE Council of the League of Nations is perforce paying serious attention to Minorities, both in general and in particular, at its meeting in...

zeal for the promoters of such reserves. A new extension is desired for one of the sanctuaries nearest to London, at Selsdon Wood in Surrey. It is a part of one of the only...

A COUNTY OF NATURALISTS. " Every other Norfolk man," someone said-, " is a naturalist." An unexpected succession of examples was vouchsafed to me last week. I wandered about...

An amusing story is current of John Know-little's skill in identification. It was reported that an unknown species of swan had been shot, and the specialist hurried to the house...

I spent a delightful hour talking with one fisherman who has saved over a hundred men and women from drowning, has as many medals for life-saving as any general for his...

of Wisbech, fruit farming is extending steadily in England and giving good returns. An astonishing percentage of the produce, especially in small fruit, goes not to London but...

It is said not to be a good year for many sorts of fruit. Gooseberries, strawberries, which in the south suffered from the drought, late apples have all suffered from various...

Gardeners may profit by a glance at the bedding of dahlias outside Buckingham Palace. For the second year the beds are planted with Coltness Gem. It is a single dwarf dahlia of...

Within the last thirty years or so this single Norfolk natural- ist has helped to add just over eighty to the number of -fish known to frequent that part of the East Coast. This...

SIR,—The analytical and psychological, the generous and just criticism, in your issue of May 25th, of the human affinities, the varied intellectual attainments, and the genius...

LESSONS OF THE ELECTION [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have been reading your article, " Lessons of the Election," and I confess that I am slightly puzzled. Are we...

Sm,—Doubtless some of the witty sentences attributed to Lord Rosebery in your interesting article, were genuine, but " Only Pretty Fanny's way " is certainly a quotation. . I...

SIR,—Surely the Spectator is in danger of becoming Mr. Baldwin's Own Paper, judging by the trend of the editorial which, respectfully, seems to be losing some of its detachment,...

5114—The . COn.servatives have been blamed for non-action in 'the - imemplOyinent problem, but whose fault was this ? Had they 'adopted the bat solution, Viz., substitution of...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Among the encouraging characteristics of the present age is its acute awareness of its own imperfection, an awareness giving rise on all...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The North-East Coast Exhibition of 1929 is in a sense the culminating point of the industrial development of the Tyne valley during the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The battle raging between the Devon and Somerset hunt, and one or two of the local farmers led by Mr. Nation, has opened our eyes to the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—The opinion of such a competent Church historian as the Dean of Winchester on this thorny subject must be received with great deference,...

statements of your correspondent, J. G. B. Leth- bridge, in his letter defending stag hunting, about what would be the unhappy fate of the stag if he was not hunted down by man,...

Snr,—Two surprising statements are made in the article " Scottish Problems " in the Scottish number of the Spectator. In the first place, we are informed that " the Die-Hards of...

SPECTATOR.] SIR, —I was much interested in the above article in your issue of the 1st inst., as I have seen a desecrating instance of the erection of bungalows and the cutting...

Sus,—As chairman of the Plumbing Trades National Appren- ticeship Council, I read with much interest the paragraphs under the above heading in your current issue, because the...

Su:,—Yesterday evening we noticed a swift caught somehow in a small hole under the roof of our house. A ladder was fetched and the bird released with care to prevent its being...

SIR,—In an article under the above heading in your issue of the 1st inst., the Duchess of Hamilton stated that, at the recent Animal Protection Congress held in Vienna, Dr....

THE SPECTATOR, JUNE 13TH, 1829. STATE Or THE COUNTRY. - The House of Commons met yesterday afternoon. Mr. Peel had hopes that the distress would pass away more speedily than...

Above Tonyrefail Low by the rising moon the village sleeps, Its dust now wearied down ; A night of stars above it sweeps To the Unknown. Long hushed the orchestration of the...

you have among your readers any with influence over those who control the affairs of Magdalen College, Oxford, I hope that they will use that influence to restrain the Estates...

You suggest in your issue of June 8 that you wish our worthy ediles would visit Germany or even some other smaller European State to see domestic refuse hygienically removed....

and Antiqties Supplement; illustrated and printed on appropriate paper. The articles will include " Ornamental Old China" by Bernard Rackham, and " An Appeal for a National...

Morris, the Town Clerk of that ancient and famous burgh. Robert Louis Stevenson and the Scottish Highlands. That is exactly as it should be, for Stirling is the key to the...

AOPOZ EIIITASIOZ (Oxford University Press, 3s. 6d.), is too well known to demand praise or appreciation. Beautifully printed and attractively bound, this slender volume will be...

described in Miss Ruth Alexander's Stones, Hilltops and The Sea (Alston Rivers, 12s. 6d.), which treats of Yugoslavia, the country of the Southern Slays (for Yugo means south)....

Ma. HARRISON has the faculty of making us see Elizabethan England and letters as though we were contemporaries. We are led to appreciate the subtle human sophistication and...

live sturdily because they are literature, but that have somehow very nearly died—few that we have read so little deserved oblivion, so well merited reprinting as The...

History of the English Novel in a second volume, The Eliza- bethan Age and After (Witherby, 16s.). In this book we are given an account, with criticisms and illustrations, of...

THE. Editor offers a prize of five guineas for the most practical suggestion for a holiday on a stated sum, which may be any- thing from £10 to £100 (including all travelling...

Private Letters, Pagan and Christian. Selected by Dorothy Brooke. (Benn. 15s.) Lam , BROOKE claims the right, in making this anthology of a thousand years of Greek and Roman...

Graham. (Heinemann. 15s.) IT is delightful to record that Mr. Cunninghame Graham has added another to the long list of brilliant books on South America for which we are...

Charge delivered at the Second Quadrennial Visitation of the Diocese, together with an Introduction. By Herbert Hensley Henson, Bishop of Durham. (Macmillan. 4s. Od.) A MAN who...

Ada Graham Wallas. (Allen and Unwin. 8s. 6d.) THE social power of money would seem to have been quite as strong in the seventeenth century as it is now. The younger sons of...

Mr. Make : his Life and Letters. By " Beachcombe0 (Bles 75. 6d.) Mr. Make : his Life and Letters. By " Beachcombe0 (Bles 75. 6d.) THOSE who have only met Mr. Thake at the...

SIR HENRY HADOW was the first editor of The Oxford History qf Music, which began to appear at the beginning of the present century. . We are now to have a second edition, which...

IT was said of Edward Gibbon Wakefield that " the only defence against him was to hate him." Once let him get an unpre- judiced " victim " into conversation and no struggle...

Miss Agnes M. 'Vhition's very able monisk- graph on The Chnstitutional Development of Jamaica, 1660 to 1729 (Manchester University Press, 12s. 6d.) has- an interestt greater...

North Eastern Railway, has written an excellent book on Railway Eledrification and Traffic Problems (Pitman, 10s. 6d.). He is convinced that the railway companies must turn from...

Baden-Powell has given a fresh account of the origins and development of the world-wide organization of -which he is the Chief. He points out that Scouting " is a natural...

attractive title of "- The Background of History " by Mr. C. H. Hartmann, comes the entertaining Memoirs of Captaib Carleton (Routledge, 10s. 6d.). Historians have long debated,...

(Continued from page 938.) The life-story of Sir Joseph Robinson, as told in Memories Mints, and Millions (Simpkin, Marshall, 12s. 6d.) is less biography than history. It is the...

issue of June 1st, the author's name was given as Lt. S. Dutt. It should have been Mr. G. S. Dutt.

MISCELLANEOUS: On the High Seas. By Commander K. Chatterton. (Philip Allan. 10s. 6d.)-Practical Criti- cism. By I. A. Richards. (Kegan Paul. 12s. The Fight for the Ashes,...

IN our last competition we asked for paragraphs of not more than a hundred and fifty words on any subject, in which were to be hidden names of recognized motor car makes. The...

Our weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mr. G. C. • J. Parker, 73 Cambridge Road, Hammersmith, London, W. 6, for the...

Reparations Agreement I wouLD recommend all who are sufficiently interested in the problem of German Reparation payments to read, if it is possible, the full Report of the...

Summer in Italy AT least half our readers will expect to read under this title about the Italian Lakes, or the Dolomites. Instead, I propose to write of bathing, for it is a...

CHEERFUL MARKETS. RELIEF that the General Election is behind us and satisfaction with regard to the agreement at the Reparations Conference have produced cheerful stock markets...

Shareholders of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company—among which must be included the British Government—have had a pleasant surprise in the unexpectedly good dividend announcement by...

Whenever there is a prospect of a company issuing new capital on bonus terms there is a tendency to fasten attention on that point rather to the exclusion of the actual progress...