A S we go to press, on Friday afternoon, comes the wel- come news that General French with horse artillery, cavalry, and mounted infantry reached Kimberley on Thurs- day...

in the Lords and Commons was distinctly cold, except that there was a fairly general agreement that the Government had done right in not proposing compulsory service. We agree,...

Mr. George Wyndham in the Commons unfolded the Government's military proposals. We have given elsewhere our reasons for considering them inadequate, but will state here the...

to be obtained by putting the pay on the scale of the Regulars, and the whole force is to be improved by training for three or four months instead of one. The Volunteer...

a strong but, in our opinion, not too strong attack upon the military proposals of the Government, which he condemned as inadequate on very much the same grounds that we have...

case.

too deeply interested in the war in South Africa to watch the progress of the war in the Philippines, but the Americans have been steadily "pegging away " in their manner,...

a great fleet. He cannot make a speech without an allusion to it, even bringing it into an address to his brother Henry on his return from China. The Navy Bill is being forced...

thoughtful commentary upon the military proposals of the British Government. He admires Lord Lansdowne for rejecting all proposals for conscription, not so much, he says,...

altogether, and has introduced a Bill for their sup- pression. Any firm dealing in groceries, clothing upholstery, or jewellery, and objects of art will, if it deals in more...

German Gazette, which is more or less official, quotes, and thereby endorses, a paper by Dr. Edward von Hartmann urging that Holland should be induced, or even compelled by...

Liberal journals exulting over British difficulties, but there is a perceptible alteration in the direction of their thoughts. They are less confident as they perceive the reso-...

heartily his protest against the Government's failure to strengthen the Fleet. No one, of course, wants the Govern- ment to mobilise flying squadrons, or to act in an offensive...

the Legislature of the State of New York is a very interesting and striking State paper, and shows a remarkable insight into the chief social and industrial problems, not only...

a translation (price 6d.) of the excellent pamphlet on the Trans- vaal Question written by M. Naville, the famous Swiss Egypt°. logist. We would especially call attention to the...

men, but even sensible Frenchmen lack fortitude to endure opprobrious words. Several of the Bishops, and especially the Archbishop of Aix, having railed violently against the...

Council of the Conservative party in the borough informed him that as he habitually condemned the action of the Unionist Government in South Africa, and as he had in particular...

the new scientific laboratories of King's College, pleaded eloquently for the pursuit of science as an end in itself. We could not, be pointed out, have applied science without...

Children in Great Ormond Street is in urgent need of funds, and note with satisfaction the special appeal published in this week's Punch. The proprietors have done well to...

some remarks on the American abroad, and the inducements offered by the effete Monarchies of Europe to make a citizen of the United States renounce his allegiance to " Mack th'...

New Consols (4) were on Friday 101.

THE MILITARY PROPOSALS. We hold that the proposals are inadequate both as regards the Regulars and as regards the Volunteers. We will take the Regulars first. It seems to us...

W E write before we can obtain knowledge of the results of Lord Roberts's advance into the Free State, but taken altogether the prospects seem most promising. At any rate, the...

of feeling passing over the electors against which we desire to enter a serious protest. It results from a very natural, and, in one way, praise- worthy emotion, but it will...

I T is safest when studying France to take short views. Events there are too dependent on popular emotions, and popular emotions are generated too suddenly to allow of...

I T is always di ffi cult for Englishmen to understand the relations between the French Government and the Church. Their mutual antagonism seems so constant and at the same time...

O NE effect of this war, we fancy, will be to dissipate the belief which has for some time past been growing in the public mind that the British people, owing to their some-...

W E imagine that there is much vagueness of thought on the part of many who sympathise with the economic teachings of the late Mr. Ruskin, as there is also no little ignorance...

AL CORRESPONDENT of the Field, noticing the increase of galls on the northern estuaries of salmon rivers, is alarmed lest the preservation of birds may lead to the destruction...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") — Five words in my Daily Chronicle letter of February 5th were devoted to the effect of University education. They were that it was...

THE GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS. [TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Six,—No one who has any knowledge of military history can be otherwise than disappointed with the proposals that...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The debate is over, and the Government majority is decisive. But the speeches of the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Commons remain...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As you have twice referred to my article in the Contemporary Review, and in neither case, in my view, quite accurately, perhaps you...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — No one could have more bitterly regretted the war with Lobengula than I did. But I have it on evidence which few would dispute, that...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"} SIR, — Like your correspondent, "H. H. K.," I have been " watching your columns every week," and, I may add, the columns of the Times every...

[TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIRS I have just read in your article on "The Colonies and the Empire" your suggestion as to a monument to our Colonial fellow-subjects who...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] venture to think your reviewer in the Spectator of February 10th is too severe in charging me with "convenient " reticence on the subject of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—Your consistent and persistent denunciation of Mr. Rhodes must be very grateful to every honest man and woman amongst your readers. When...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—This morning I observe enclosed letter from General Ricciotti Garibaldi in the Corriere della Sera, of Milan, February 4th and 5th. I...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Referring to your remarks in last week's Spectator in regard to the importance of encouraging rifle-shooting, I am afraid that many men...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have long believed, and feared, that the first con- siderable war would find our military system utterly inadequate. Great Britain,...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your last Saturday's " News of the Week " referring to Mr. W. A. Baillie Grohman's valuable letter suggesting the formation of a...

[TO THE EDITOR. OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—These few lines of Dryden's in his "Satire on the Dutch" may not possibly be inappropriate to some English- men at the present time :—...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—.."4 propos of your reference in the Spectator of February 10th to the fact that the Irish members cheered Mr. Courtney when he...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Yon have called on "those who desire to supply accu- rate information as to South Africa affairs" to confirm or deny the fact, asserted...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —One way in which the War Office has thrown over men, who would be useful now, has been their refusal to encourage a Reserve of...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.1 SIR, —In the kindly notice of my book, "Lady Nairne and her Songs,"which appeared in the columns of the Spectator of February 10th, the...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, It was suggested—I think in your paper—that a man unable himself to take part in the war might meet the expenses in whole or in part of...

REALISTIC MUSIC. TIM immediate effect of the war on the musical world, to judge by the test of announcements and attendances, is probably hardly less striking than its...

THE CHILDREN OF THE BLOOD. Is this the North Wind sweeping down to snap the storm- bent pine, Or the South Wind whirling spindrift from Fuego to the Line No! East or West,...

WHITE'S SELBORNE.* OvER a century has passed since the first edition of this work was published in London and sold, in boards, for a guinea. Since 1789, when it appeared,...

THE benevolent despot has long been the dream of political enthusiasts. The very best of Governments, as we know to our cost, does but hinder the administration of a country,...

MR. BAILLIE-GEOHMA.N knows the hunting grounds of the West as well as most men, and his pursuit of the wapiti will interest those to whom the hunt and the trophy are the desire...

Ma. WINSTON CHuacRILL has been so much before the public in the last few months, that it is hard to approach the • (1.) Savroia. By Winston Spencer ChurchilL London : Longman...

as distinct from the policy, of Socialism is ultra-revolutionary; but is this so ? The essential Socialist doctrine, whether right or wrong, is that the economic development of...

GEORGE BUCHANAN. George Buchanan. By Robert Wallace. Completed by J. Campbell Smith. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier. ls. 6d ) —This book contains the last work of a very...

(Sampson, Low, Marston, and Co. 20s.)—It is scarcely neces- sary to say that this volume, which is of goodly magnitude and handsome appearance, contains a number of interesting...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not hen reserved for review in oiler forms.] Wagers of Battle, 1S54 - 1999. Verses by Franklin Lushington and Henry...

65.)—Mr. Quiller-Couch has told in prose the story of two of the Roman plays (Antony and Cleopatra he omits) and the historical plays (excepting Henry VIII.) It seems to us that...

Young. (Macmillan and Bowes, Cambridge. 6s. net.)—Though Mr. Young's book cannot be expected to rival the picked work of the best scholars in a whole University, it is an...

to have given it its first expression ; J. H. Newman; Dr. Pusey ; H. P. Liddon ; and Dean Church. He is strongly sympathetic, but one may see that the last of the five realises...

Gudeman. Vol. II. " Poetry." (Harper and Brothers.)— Professor Gudeman follows up his earlier volume of " Prose " this selection from the poets of the Empire, beginning with the...

T. A. Coghlan. (W. A. Gullick, Sydney, N.S.W.)—This is the eleventh issue of the official statistics of the Colony. So large a volume—it exceeds a thousand pages—necessarily...

The student of comparative folk-lore would find a great deal to interest him in Mr. Skeat's volume. The witchcraft of the Malay has not been so very long extinct in our own...

Ey Henry Johnson. (Elliot Stock. 59.)—Mr. Piney was a Congregational minister who had charges at Herne Bay, Bethnal Green, and Highgate successively. He retired from pastoral...

of "Handy Classical Maps " (John Murray). These are Britannia, ls. net ; Hispania, 1s. net ; and Italia, ls. 6d. not. They are admirably clear, as good maps, in short, as we...

is a narrative of the theatrical life of Mr. and Mrs. Kendal. Mr. Kendal, it should be understood, is really Mr. William Hunter Grimston ; Mrs. Kendal was, by birth, a...

Sons. 3s.)—Colonel Conder has done so much to make the Jewish people, as it really was, better known to the English people, that his book finds us prepossessed in its favour....