it seems probable that M. Poincare, to whom the task has been intrusted, will have his list ready by Saturday. M. Bourgeois, who was offered any post he liked, prefers to remain...

ment Chamber holding that the judgment of the Court of Caseation of itself destroyed the presumption against him of forging the cordon bleu. He is still liable to be tried on...

real one. The Chamber holds that M. Dupuy has mismanaged the Dreyfus affair. The Radicals hate him because he proposed the Act taking the trial out of the hands of the Criminal...

landers is contained in the report of a meeting held at Boksbnrg on Wednesday. It was there declared that as the total number of the Boers was only forty thousand, while the...

refusal of the Chamber to express approval of the course which the Premier pursued on Sunday. It was expected that M. Lonbet, who intended to see the races at Longchamps, would...

Wednesday, declared that he could not in these troublous times say what was going to happen. " The other side had not conceded one tittle, and he could not give more. God had...

HE latest news in regard to the Transvaal leaves matters 1 very much where they were last week. On Monday Sir Alfred Milner, in answer to a deputation received by him at Cape...

any case.

With, the " SPECTATOR" of Saturday, June 24th, will be issued, gratis, a SPECIAL LITERARY SUPPLE..1IENT, the outside pages of which will be devoted to Advertisements. To secure...

Aguinaldo has rejected all terms, he retains his influence with his countrymen, and his followers, though always defeated, seem always ready to fight again. They dig deep...

it was defeated by a majority of 141-293 to 152— the voting being generally on party lines. We have hitherto refrained from expressing our opinion on the action of the Indian...

himself with an exposition and defence of the general policy of placing countervailing duties on bounty-fed goods. He added, however, no new argument, and had to rely upon...

Beresford attacked the Chinese policy of the Government, and once again vigorously supported the policy of the "open door," and deprecated that of "spheres of interest." He...

we cannot help wishing that Mr. Balfour had formulated the policy of the Government in so important a matter. Its main drift was to show that the Government had abandoned all...

influence over all his dominions. He has persuaded the Ministries both of Hungary and Austria to agree to a renewal of the Auegleich or arrangement between the two halves of the...

the imposition of a countervailing duty on bounty-fed sugar by the Indian Government should be disallowed, and insisted that the Iudian Government did not move of its own free...

dealing with that most important topic, "One vote, one value." England, it may be remembered, has thirty- three Members too few, Wales one too many, Scotland four too many, and...

Bill—described by Mr. Maddison as the most impor- tant Bill of the Session—was agreed to amid general cheers. Two Lancashire Members, Messrs. Seton Karr and Whiteley, fought...

on Monday on "The Yankee Soldier," resolved itself into a well-merited eulogy of the American regular troops in the recent war. They were, he said, the beat men he had seen up...

to the Outlanders' petition to the Queen. Here the language is exceedingly quiet and even formal, but the effect is most impressive. After dwelling upon the Out- landers'...

of the highest importance. The first is a telegram from Sir Alfred Milner, dated May 5th, 1899, in which the High Commissioner describes the position of the Outlanders. The...

Friday los.

THE CASE FOR THE TRANSVAAL. T HE case for the Outlanders has been put with great force and point in the despatches and telegrams in the new Blue-book on the Transvaal. In our...

debate on the policy of the Government in regard to China should be received by all who want to see this country pursue a sane and a safe foreign policy with a sense of relief...

I T is not certain that the Peace Congress at the Hague will accept arbitration as a means of avoiding war, and still less certain that if it does its decision will be finally...

W E know of nothing in the position of affairs in France so singular as the entire failure of the depositaries of power to hold it steadily, or to impress themselves in any way...

met on Monday to promote the construction of a tunnel between Great Britain and Ireland was the first formal step towards an undertaking of enormous value to both countries. As...

A REMARKABLE and unique event has happened at the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge this year. Not only is the Senior Wranglership bracketed between two students, but these...

L ORD CURZON is said to believe that the administra- tion of India is impaired as well as impeded by too much writin g , and accordin g to a tele g ram received this week, he...

" O PEN spaces," however popular with the feathered citizens of London, do not appeal universally to the birds of the country. A large number, including nearly all the warblers,...

TOWN-BROOK. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sire,—Time was when the stream used to sing as it gushed from the depths where it silently grew into being : when it sped on...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sra,—Has it struck you that the Supreme Court of Amer : might be a fair Court of Arbitration between the Boers and Mr. Chamberlain ? It goes...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, It is hard to persuade oneself that many honourable men are making a radical mistake ; still harder is it to per. suede these persons...

THE UNREST IN THE TRANSVAAL. [To TUE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The mail yesterday brought us the Spectator of April 29th containing an article on " The Unrest in the...

"SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — In your interesting article in the Spectator of Jane 10th to which my paper in the National Review about Omar Khayyam serves as a text, you say : " Mr....

[To TILE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Canon MacColl in his letter on the Mandi's tomb says that Gordon would have entirely approved of Lord Kitchener's treatment of the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In the cause of ornithological truth and common-sense allow me to make some short comments on Mr. Stillman's " bird-story," which, I...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Having the habit of regarding the Spectator almost in the light of a lifelong friend, it was with something of an Et-tu, Brute,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—My timid challenge in the lists of translation has aroused a most interesting competition, although the champion whose name I dared to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The writer of the admirable article on this question in the Spectator of June 10th understands France. The French always have looked for...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR...) SIR,—May I take this opportunity of pointing out that at least one attempt is now being made in London to com- memorate the names of those...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The recent political dramas in France have led a band of patriotic Frenchmen to seek a novel way to prevent a recurrence of such...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Thanking you very heartily for your review of my story, " John Thaddeus Mackay," in the Spectator of June 10th—one of less than half a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] SIR,—I was much interested in a subject recently referred to in your columns,—viz., the snake's power of fascinating its victims. Several...

asks who composed Burton's epitaph. But was it not Burton himself ? None seem to have plagiarised Gray. 31;ght we not write?— Known little. less unknown, Here shunbereth Who...

literal translation of such a masterpiece of terse simplicity will be the best : and if it con- tains a few more words, that (as your correspondent "J. D." rightly points out)...

Sin,—None of your correspondents appear to have seen that Burton's epitaph is untranslatable because we have no word in modern English bearing so extensive a meaning as Burton's...

prepositions in our language always handicaps the English translator into English from Latin, but in brevity—the soul of epitaphs, as of wit—I hardly think any modern...

equivalent for Burton's epitaph is, as some indeed of your correspondents see, to aim at the impossible. You may get the play of words, or the terseness, or the antithesis : you...

SIR,—Conamar tomes grandia :- Few knew him, and vet fewer do not know That New Democritus who sleeps below, Whom Melancholy an immortal made And Melancholy in the silence laid....

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—I note that a dinner was given to Mark Twain by the Authors' Club on Monday night. I have the greatest admiration for Mark Twain as a...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] hope your love of fair dealing will allow me to protest against a practice that is but too common. I mean that of informing the outside...

• MINE ENEMY. ONCE in my pride I judged a man, With eyes austere I looked him through, I said, " Here failed he,"—span by span I measured all his faults anew. And thenceforth...

THE PHILOSOPHY OF NIETZSCHE. , WE have at length translations, more or less satisfactory, of the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche. The translations in * (1.) A Genealogy of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIB,—I am glad to see the letter of your correspondent " X." in the Spectator of Jane 10th, but do not wholly agree that the difficulty in...

Garden has written a second book of the same description which is even more charming than the first. Unlike so many of its kind, it is not written to instruct, nor, indeed, for...

"SHAKESPEARE wanted art," said Ben Jonson, and Voltaire, with half an apology for his qualified admiration, declared that the author of Hamlet was " without the least spark of...

A FEW years ago Sir Alfred Lyall, long one of the most distinguished members of the Indian Civil Service, and latterly Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Provinces, was...

WE give the place of honour in a batch of collections of short stories—many of them of exceptional merit—to the volume entitled On the Edge of Empire, although in mere literary...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK. (Under this heading ice notice such Books of the week as hare not been reserved for review in other forms.] What is a Bounty ? By Lord Farrer. (Cassell...

Ferrier. ls. 6d.)—Ferrier, who died thirty-five years ago, was a prominent figure in the small but highly cultivated circle of St. Andrews (where he was Professor of Moral...

sity Press. 12s.)—This volume is, we learn from the preface, a continuation of the first volume of the " Cambridge Geographical Series,"—" Ethnology." In two preliminary...

(Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. 6s.)--James Shaw began life as an artisan, made an unsuccessful attempt at business on his own account, and then took up what was evidently his real...

(T. Fisher Uciwin. 3s. 6d.)—Mr. Byles follows up two admirable volumes of " Sunday Morning Talks to the Children" by a third of equal merit. Possibly he has already availed...

(Eyre and Spottiswoode. 12s.)—The sub-title of this volume is " The Witness of the Monuments," and its purpose is described by the words, "An Introduction to the Study of...

Tille has taken a great deal of pains to connect the Christmas festival with various observances and customs in old German life. It would require the knowledge of a specialist,...

and Son, Bolton.)—" Cuts from a Lancashire Loom " is the sub-title of this book. The " cuts " are tales of factory life, and the like, and are written with no little vigour and...

Southampton. (John Murray. 5s.)—Bishop Lyttelton prints in this volume the Hulsean Lectures of 1892, with a modest expression of the hope that they may be found " a very slight...

Co., is. per vol.) we have Lichfield Cathedral, by the Rev. Canon Boding- ton, Illustrated by Holland Tringham, and Ripon Cathedral, by the Yen. Archdeacon Danks, Illustrated by...

by W. Peterson. (Macmillan and Co. 3s. Cd.)—Dr. Peterson has had the way smoothed for him by Professor Ramsay's edition (now some forty years old), and by the more recent work...

D.Sc. (Longmans and Co. 5s. net.) — Dr. Tilden publishes in this volume a series of six lectures of the popular kind delivered last year at the Royal School of Mines. The...

and Co. 2s. 6d.)—Mr. Watkins, who was " Acting Wesleyan Chaplain" to the Sirdar's army, has given us here a very pleasant book. There is not, as far as we can see, anything...

sixth edition under the care of Mr. Walter Henry Macnamara, to whom the revision of the fourth and fifth editions was entrusted. Nine years have passed since it was last issued,...

volume is as full as its fellows of surprises and curiosities. The more unreasonable fashions seem to be scarcely holding their own. And the public are absolutely set against...

to the Blockade of Brest, 1803 - 1805, edited by John Leyland (Navy Records Society), and hope to find an opportunity of returning to it when the work is complete.