Emperor at the Hof burg in an audience which lasted for an hour. If M. Kossuth has the historical imagination, he may have recalled another interview with another Hungarian...

York on Tuesday, made some pointed references to the race problem. He asserted that their efforts should be directed to secure to each man, of whatever colour, equality of...

"lack of foresight, discord, and stoicism." Generals and Admirals maintained a miserable and relentless strife up to the very day of the capitulation, withholding assistance,...

tained in Friday's Times. It is from its Tokio corre- spondent, and recites an official telegram from the front showing that the Russian cavalry have attacked the Japanese and...

in Paris the British and Russian Governments presented their conclusions. The British representatives argued that there was no torpedo-boat present among the trawlers, and that...

against Russia at this juncture, but it is impossible to keep silence over the shocking episode reported in the St. Peters- burg correspondence of the Temps, and reproduced in...

moved an amendment urging that the time had now come for submitting to the people the Fiscal issue, which had been fully discussed in the country for nearly two years, Mr....

King Edward, opened with the usual review of the political events of the year. No new light is shed on our relations with foreign Powers, except perhaps in the paragraph on...

tribute to Sir William Harcourt, and noted that though a vigorous controversialist, he never allowed party differences to mar the perfection of personal friendship. Turning to...

in the Commons, made a feeling reference to Sir W. Harcourt, whom he described as a fine example—perhaps the last—of the grand old Parliamentary type of statesmen. Turning to...

their continuance in office, Mr. Balfour asked how the charges of feebleness and inefficiency could be reconciled with charges of effectively carrying out measures strongly...

Lord Winchester and seconded by Lord Oranmore and Browne. The debate which followed was not remarkable for any special interest. Lord Spencer in a dignified and reasonable...

studies of tropical administration with a criticism of American rule in the Philippines. He is not very cheerful. He complains that his countrymen have not learned the lesson of...

had been appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and that Walmer Castle will no longer be used as a residence for the Lord Warden, but that it will be thrown open to the...

voter in Durham City, where a Unionist Free-trader is faced by a Tariff Reformer P Mr. Balfour's reply was ambiguous and dis- ingenuous, but in spirit it amounted to this...

dissensions, and condemned Mr. Asquith's Fiscal policy as one of immobility and obscurantism. Mr. Arthur Elliot contended that they had a right to know what the Prime Minister...

the most cogent speeches he has yet made. They might, considering the Prime Minister's record, dis- pense with a confession from him of his agreement with Mr. Chamberlain....

Government obtained a majority of 63 (311 to 248). This is taken to indicate that there will be no Dissolution this year, and that the Government will be able to carry on....

thrown down to him, and declared that "the sooner a Dissolution comes the better," and again : "Dissolution has no terrors for me." He was content to trust his fortunes to the...

Committee of the London County Council, was discussed at the weekly meeting of that body on Tuesday. The debate revealed the existence of' a strong opposition to the scheme, and...

of Redistribution ? If they do, they might no doubt still recover a good deal of the support they have lost in the Unionist party, and even those who cannot agree with them on...

party the fact that so small a number of Unionist Free-traders felt able to vote against the Government on Thursday night. We admit that there is something to be said for the...

has scared the Senate into asserting in a somewhat violent form the right of decision in questions of foreign policy which the Constitu- tion gives them. The conclusion of...

the Tibetan Mission, in spite of the brilliance of its work, has achieved little in the way of actual result. We have got a Treaty, it is argued, but it has not been signed yet...

congregation there may be some one who shares Lord Melbourne's objection to the intrusion of religion into private life, but for the most part the preacher is felt to be within...

people moving on." This description is becoming every day more and more true. Many of the amenities of life, and in America sometimes even life itself, are being sacrificed as...

essay in "Certain 1. - .3 Personal Matters," pleaded with convincing clearness for freedom to negotiate with the dictionary-writers in the matter of spelling. It was curious, he...

ever to ask the same questions of the traveller of to-day : "What was the forgotten race that built the mighty fortresses that crown them ? " and "What was their manner of life...

issue of February 4th P I am afraid very few Liberals are in a position to realise the great debt we owe to the Unionist Free-traders for the part they have played in opposing...

the return of a Liberal is practically out of the question. Might it not be possible in many such cases to arrange for the Conservative seat, if also Protectitmist, being...

only recently, and accidentally, come across the letter of my friend the Master of Elibank, on the subject of the future Constitution of the Transvaal Colony, which appeared in...

that Liberals, and especially Nonconformist Liberals, have a right to expect some consideration at the hands of those candidates they refrain from opposing. Important as is the...

in the February number of the Contemporary Review that since the Treaty for the Sugar Convention was signed in March, 1902, the retail price of sugar has advanced from lid. to...

as "articles of peace" in last week's Spectator lies now before me in the shape of a document circulated by the English Church Union, in support of Canon Newbolt's memorial to...

Evangelical Free Church Catechism," prepared by Special Committees of the National Council of Evangelical Free Churches in England and Wales ? It was composed to "express the...

who spent some years in the public ministry of that body, I ought to know something about their views of the Sacraments, and my impression most . certainly bears out the,...

SIR,—The reviewer of Mr. Payne's book in last week's Spectator seems to feel a. little doubt as to the rating of H.M.S. Ascension Island. It is really a fact, and persons born...

subject in last week's Spectator distresses me, it seems so inconsistent with your support of Free-trade. If our merchant seamen are to have higher wages, better food, and...

February 11th), that when he sees "the scheme" set forth he will find his objections fully met ? As he hints, I have elsewhere set forth my views as to the number of officers...

on the above subject in the Spectator of February 11th, may I, as an old public-school boy, and one who has only left a few years, say a few words on the question of compulsory...

stated that "Philip Stanhope Worsley sent General Lee his translation of the Iliad with a nobly laudatory inscription." Surely the work sent would have been the translation of...

STB,—The cases of the bird and the insect mentioned in your last week's article on the above subject are scarcely parallel. The mason wasp that visited the keyhole was a...

some of your readers. At a dreary "Hebdomadal" session at which he was present a discussion was in progress as to the propriety of exacting from aspirants to the degree of...

Sin,—I hope I may add to your list another epigram by Mansell, which was told me by one of his kinsfolk. All his sympathies were on the side of the black cloth ; and once, when...

have just discovered that your editorial eye may, occasionally, wink. In the Spectator of February 11th the last book of the Bible is misnamed "Revelations." And this discovery...

since our last issue, and have forwarded them to the County Gentteman :— Miss Alice E. Busk E2 2 01 Thomas Prichard 80 5 0 Among those who have recently consented to become...

here ; But after, though we singly brave The passage perilous, That small seclusion of the grave Has room for both of us. The dust of husband and of wife That slowly mingles...

will refer to a file of Punch of about ten years ago, he will find his story of the "working man and the hospital nurse" (Spectator. February 11th), and I think it was...

Srn,—For more than a century a constant struggle has been going on in Poland against the Russian rule. The autocratic methods of foreign oppressions are resisted by ceueleas and...

chosen the best way in which to tell the story of Lord Dufferin's life. He gives us a full account of his various high public posts and the work he accomplished in them ; but he...

TEE cry of "England for the English" is periodically raised in the musical world, but of such importations as the late Mr. Dannreuther England can never have too many. As a...

A. Cameron Taylor deal in this magnificent volume may be thus stated. There are certain mosaics in the Church of S. Maria Maggiore in Rome, occupying the arch above the High...

innumerable times, and which can never receive a perfectly conclusive answer. Dr. Farmer in his lively essay on the learning of Shakespeare "acquitted our great poet of all...

volumes is that they have for subject the creator of Captain Bumph. In other words, the book is almost the most perfect example that we remember of the kind of literature which...

persons, like the present writer, will probably agree that the said boy ought to have had "his young importance" considerably abated by a good kicking. The boy (his name, as the...

living out of the one great "ruined industry" which the Fiscal campaign has brought to light,—the trade of the smuggler. Although the book is full of adventures, it is not very...

Winston Spencer Churchill. By A. Ma.cCallum Scott. (Methuen and Co. 3s. 6d.)—To review this book in detail would be to deal with some of the most important questions of the last...

and yet it is impossible to deny that there is much charm in the book. Even the hardened critic will feel considerable regret in turning the last page, and will wish that he...

THE world, according to a recent definition, is now made up of three classes,—those who read novels, those who write novels, and those who review them. As to whether it is fair...

should read— "Lovely thy tarrying, lovely too is night.")

Parliamentary Companion (Whittaker and Co., 4e. 6d.), now in its twenty-third year, this being the eighty-first issue, the meeting of a new Parliament having from time to time...

Sons. 2s. net.)—We need hardly say that this is an interesting volume. For practical advice the most valuable section, as dealing with a dangerous investment, is that on in-...

as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Free Trade. By Lord Avebury. (Macmillan and Co. 2s. 6d.)— Lord Avebury has rewritten, with additions, two chapters on...

Co. 24s. net.)—Mr. Cunningham has been engaged for some time in the administration of the Uganda Protectorate. He assisted Sir H. Johnston in the preparation of his work on...

W. H. Allchin, M.D. (H. K. Lewis. 2s. 6d. net.)—Seventy-odd years ago there was founded what was meant to be the University of London. It had its habitation in Gower Street. But...

Series, XXVI.) of the Journal of Education (W. Rice, Is. 6d.) It is not sufficient to say that the Journal of Education supplies an excellent record of educational history, and...

Unwin. 6d.)—Mr. Taylor, whose interesting letters in the Spectator on American shipping will doubtless be fresh in our readers' memories, finds the "vanished industry" of which...

Ranke. Translated by Sarah Austin. Edited by Robert A. Johnston, M.A. (Routledge and Sons. 52.)—Ranko's work has an established value, but, as the editor remarks, "what we may...