reported from Shanghai. The British Government, on the advice of its Consuls there, ordered the second Indian brigade to stop on its way to the front and land for the protection...

on his people. He took the oath before his Chambers, his Court, and the Ambassadors in the Senate Hall on August 11th, and made a speech which excited a tempest of enthusiasm....

The first, which is good news indeed, is that the Elands River garrison was not captured after all, is still holding out, and probably will be able to continue to do so. The...

is the most exciting piece of news from the front. The British public are watching the hunt with intense interest,—and expressing a good deal of sympathy for the "fox," who...

A S we write on Friday the official news has just been received, yid, Berlin, that the Allied troops have entered Pekin without fighting; that the Legations have been relieved,...

at Bremerhaven was reported by one of those officers to his family, and by them moat imprudently pub- lished. The speech, if genuine, is important, and its genuineness is not...

case.

makes some very curious statements as to Boer funds, which he declares that he has received from a "well- informed quarter." The total amount of bullion safely deposited in...

who hope to recover Palestine and settle there, was opened on Monday in London. The interest excited seems to have been considerable, but we do not find in the speeches any...

a lively imagination may form pictures of this syndicate of millionaires wandering about Europe with their pockets full of gold trying to injure Britain. In reality, however, we...

on his yacht have been published here, and even in their translated form excite admiration and surprise by their real if high-pitched eloquence. The Germans, however, are not...

of 8, a substantial majority considering the smallness of the House, and one about equivalent to a majority of 50 in our House of Commons. The Motion was a crucial one, that of...

ill-luck which has distracted public attention from their services and their heroism. Sir James Willcocks's splendid second relief of the post has indeed been noticed and...

of small type from Mr. Henniker Heaton, M.P., to Lord Londonderry on the subject of postal reforms. He proposes that the surplus over £3,000,000 should be devoted to "...

Balfour as a lecturer, was privileged on Friday week to hear Sir Richard Jebb on " Macaulay." The old fashion, set by Matthew Arnold, which spoke of Macaulay with a kind of...

declaring that the French Government, "in case of the, in their mind, most probable outbreak of war with England in November," will, some days before the de- claration of war,...

with the question of the Militia. Lord Wemyss thinks that the Militia force will be destroyed by the proposal to make all Militiamen liable for service at any time and any-...

last issue, it was announced that the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Russell of Killowen, had died suddenly after an operation. The news, which was quite unexpected—it was by no...

a description of Chinese lying which is unsurpassed even in that great humourist's repertory of magnificent audacities. In answer to Mr. Hennessy's remark that he did not...

New Consols (2k) were on Friday 982.

THE ADVANCE ON PEKIN. T HE accounts from China suggest that the Manchu Princes and their Empress have struck their great blow too soon. They should have trained their masses of...

last week might be in store for Italy has come quicker than even her friends ventured to anticipate. A curious concurrence of testimonies compels us to believe that the quiet,...

I T is a commonplace that the British Government is not well served in the matter of intelligence, and, unlike many commonplaces, this one is true. We do not mean to suggest...

contains an interview with Mr. Arthur Chamberlain dealing with our remarks in regard to his position as Chairman of Kynoch's which affords a useful opportunity for discussing...

91HE Chancellor of the Exchequer has been violently A. attacked in the City for the way in which the recent issue of Exchequer bills was offered.. We do not propose to enter...

FIFTEEN or twenty years ago everybody who had sons was advising everybody else to avoid sending their boys into the professions. They were played out, said the experi- enced,...

T HE thanks of all lovers of beautiful scenery—and every decent human being, pace Socrates and Dr. Johnson, should be included in such a category—are due to Mr. Richardson Evans...

R EADERS of Tennyson must have observed that the poet was an ardent bird-lover; but the completeness of his acquaintance with bird-life is recognised perhaps only by the few. In...

A BATTLESHIP OF TO-DAY. [TO THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR."] Sin, Last year it was my proud privilege to lay before the readers of the Spectator a few details upon the polity...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIB,—Your issue of the 4th inst. contained two letters upon the Volunteers, and upon that of Mr. Joseph Brinkford you remark that the...

THE SURRENDER OF MASON AND SLIDELL. (TO THZ EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—A man of Sir Edmund Monson's position and character requires no corroboration. Still, as one who on...

August 11th) is mistaken in supposing that there ever was a " Society of Christian Socialists " eo nomine. There was a " Society for Promoting Working Men's Associations"...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.. ") 318,—I have not my letter here to refer to, but if it implied that the clergy as a body, and the Ritualists in particular. are indifferent...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, - I dc not wish to be drawn by Mr. Mallet into an irrelevant discussion of the Christian Social Union. My point was only this. It was...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] STE,—In the interesting article headed " Walter v. Lane " in the Spectator of August 11th you welcome the decision of the House of Lords as...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—With reference to your correspondent's letter in the Spectator of August 11th concerning, as it now would appear, an unfortunate...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Mr. Shelton (Spectator, August 11th) advances certain statements in the form of questions, and says that if they " are incorrect a...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sfn,—Let me offer you a version of Strato's " Kiss " which is at any rate much closer and more accurate than "A. P. G.'s." AT eventide,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "spacTaToan Sin,—I was much interested in the letter by " X." on the subject of rifle clubs in the Spectator of August 11th, and congratulate him on his...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sut,—The annual country holiday once more recalls to mind the ill-adaptation of the present system of rural education to village and country...

THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sru,—I observe that one of your correspondents in the Spectator of August 11th maintains that hundreds of lives might have been saved in South Africa " had...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] have read " X.'s " letter in the Spectator of Augast 11th on " How I Formed a Rifle Club " with interest, and am sorry we have not the good...

[To THE EDITOR OF. THE "SPECTATOR."] Snz,—Will you allow me through your columns to call the attention of the advocates of countervailing sugar-duties to the enclosed passage...

MIL RHODES AND MR. KRUGER.* IT is for more than one reason to be regretted that in South African politics two men should have stood out so conspicu- ously. By peculiar qualities...

THREE BALLADS FROM THE PUNJABI. " TEr.s. me, Mistress, who will marry you, Mistress, marry ,you P" "Khaka, my lady, he will marry me, lady, marry me. He has two yoke of oxen,...

THE great Earl of Peterborough lived at Fulham, and so did Samuel Richardson, who wrote Pamela and Clarissa HarlOwe in a house at the North End. Except for this singularly ill-...

TEE three volumes of mountaineering literature now before pi differ greatly in intrinsic merit, but they all bear witness to the wide interest taken nowadays in things...

trumpet-call in poetry will be grateful to Mr. Henley for his latest volume. His slim paper-covered book has a heartening, rousing note, and is at the same time a noble tribute...

THE great publishing firms who have branch houses on the other shore of the . Atlantic have done a great service to their English readers by introducing them to a completely new...

AN ESSAY TOWARD FAITH. An Essay Toward Faith. By Wilford L. Robbins, D.D., Dean of the Cathedral of All Saints, Albany, New York. (Longmans and Co. 3s.)—We can hardly speak too...

Hymns of the Greek Church. Translated, with Introduction and Notes, by the Rev. John Brownlie. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier. 2s.)—The increasing interest in the Eastern...

Studies in Eastern Religions. By Alfred S. Geden, M.A. (Charles H. Kelly. 3s. 6d.)—In his preface to this excellent little work Mr. Geden says :—"It is becoming increasingly...

Wesley and Methodism. By F. J. Snell, M.A. (T. and T. Clark. Ss.)—There are few English biographies more fascinating than that of John Wesley, since he combined a life of...

Handbook to Christian and Ecclesiastical Rome. By M. A. H. Tuker and Hope Malleson. Part III., " Monasticism in Rome." Part IV., " Ecclesiastical Rome." (A. and C. Black. 10s....

History of Ancient Philosophy. By Dr. W. Windelband, Pro• fessor of Philosophy in the University of Strassburg. Authorised Translation by Herbert Ernest Cushman, Ph. D....

The Divine Pedigree of Man. By Thomas Hay Hudson. (G. P. Putnam's Sone. 6s.)—The author of this work is one of those fervid and yet scientific Theists of whom the American...

By Major-General Parr. Second Edition. (Gale and Polden. 1s. 6d.)—Though this is a second edition we must draw attention to it, because the employment of mounted infantry has...

Educational Aims and Methods. By Sir Joshua Fitch. (Cam- bridge University Press. 5s.)—Sir Joshua Fitch is in all probability the Nestor of theoretical educationists, and the...

Gray. (Co-operative Union, Manchester.)—We cannot pretend to give anything like an adequate account of this very important document. Its figures are certainly impressive....

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] China. By Professor Robert K. Douglas. (T. Fisher Unwin....

War and Labour. By Michael Anitchow. (Constable and Co. 18s.)—This is a strange, rambling, scrambling, but by no means useless book. The keynote is given—we can hardly say the...

5s.)—Mr. Steele's name is probably known to few persons in England beyond those who make a professional study of educational work and literature. At the age of twenty-three,...

Co. 6s. net.)—This volume contains five lectures giving in a popular form an account of Chaucer, his times, and his poems. The editor furnishes an introduction in which he...

W. H. D. Rouse and J. M. Sing. (Rivingtons. 35.6d ) —These exercises, meant for upper forms, as a store of useful materials, are arranged on a system. First the pupil is exer-...

Saxon. By F. W. L. B. (J. Parker and Co., Oxford. 3s. 6d.)—The song of the great fight at Maldon (fought in 991 between the English and the Danes) is one of the most famous of...

Edward E. Linton, M.A. (H. G. Commin, Bournemouth. 83.6d. net.)—Mr. Linton concedes that the immediate neighbour- hood of Bournemouth is not rich in flowers—save for the autumn...