BRITAIN ACROSS THE SEAS—AMERICA.; MR. BRADLEY has had a very difficult task to perform in writing "A History and Description of the British Empire in America." The book is...

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and Literature in New 'York University. He is also a prolific author ; and in the preface to his Caesar he enumerates thirteen other works for which he is responsible. To one of...

Procession, we have The French Ideal. It is interesting to note the selection of names which, to the mind of Mme. Duclaux, represent the fine flower of French character and...

MR. AFLALO'S collection Behind the Ranges makes a pleasant introduction to our budget of travel books. He is the true essayist, graceful, allusive, a connoisseur of moods and...

WHEN Captain Cook reached New Zealand he found it occu- pied by a very superior race of savages living apart under an elaborate tribal system. Though communists in their...

which is the better of the two editions of Thackeray which are now nearing completion. The first place must certainly be given to Lady Ritchie's edition, which is described by...

and fairly successful attempt at a. difficult end—that of reconstructing the manners of a century. The difficulties of so wide a plan seem almost unconquerable when we...

SOMETIMES we can hardly help thinking that Bayard was born a little after his time. He would have been more in place a century, even two centuries, before the days to which he...

doubtless right in not giving, much space to the history, properly so called, of the Post Office. The contents of his volume are better described by his sub-title, an "Account...

PETER PAN AGAIN.* E are very grateful to Mr. J. M. Barrie for bringing Peter to closer quarters. We have known and loved him, many of us, across the footlights, but here we...

and Co. 6s.)—The first and longest chapter in the book tells the story of the younger children of Charles I., including the deaths of the Princess Elizabeth and Prince...

and C. Black. 6s. net.)—Mr. Baikie tells us about familiar things, and does it very well. Nothing could be clearer, for instance, than his explanation of bow eclipses come...

Service and Co. 5s.)—Mr. Young has gone far and wide in his search for materials for his book. There are old stories of adventure and there are new—the list of...

H. Weston. (T. C. and E. C. Jack. 7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Weston has taken twelve of the "Lives," dividing the choice equally between Greek and Roman worthies. His selection is, we...

Drawings by Edmond Dulac. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s. net.)—The stories are " Ali Baba," " The Magic Horse," " The Fisherman and the Genie," "The Prince of the Ebony Isles,"...

and Co. 5s. net.)—As a matter of fact a book with the above title could be brought out every six months. Nor would it be an exaggeration to say that by the time the non-expert...

(J. M. Dent and Co. 5s. net.)—The " heroes " are the chiefs who fought in the Trojan War. A prologue tells the story as far as the death of Hector ; then we have various...

and Co. Ss. 6d.)—Sea-cooks have somehow not a good name. It is not a distinction to have one in a family tree. Mr. Bullen seeks to rehabilitate them ; at least he shows us a...

(Matto and Winans. 6s. net.)—The illuminations are rich in colour, well designed, and generally pleasing. The figures and faces we do not greatly admire. To be quite frank...

Adair makes a sufficiently effective hero—a good but not over-good boy. But the most interesting character in the tale is the Irish waif and stray Thady. He is always what he...

picturesque story this of a young man, wrongfully accused, who is able to clear and, indeed, more than clear himself. Some- how the hero is a more convincing person than the...

best reading in this volume is contained in the articles—we would have welcomed more of them—dealing with actual facts con- cerning our colonies. "Famous Australian...

and Daniel. 5s. net.)—We are altogether in agreement with Mr. Littlewood when he bids us enjoy the stories which Perrault either wrote or touched up without speculating...

3s. 6d.)—The swain is somewhat peremptory, the nymph inclined to tantalize, being influenced by a worldly cousin's counsel to put many suitors on trial before she makes a...

2s. 6d.)—Miss Cowper has found an excellent subject, and made good use of it. Smuggling, though less romantic in fact than it seems in fiction, furnishes good material for a...

is quite a book of the day, the day of Scouts' Brigades and the like. The boys and girls of whom we were told in Miss Le Feuvre's Us and our Donkeys have now a League of Empire....

an amusing story, half funny half serious, in which the familiar incidents, such as a lost baby and a princess who wishes to marry the suitor who can ride a Pegasus, are mixed...

Own" is full of good things ; indeed they are almost overwhelming coming in this concrete form. With the stories we shall not attempt to deal ; suffice it to say they are as...

5s. net), we get back to antiquity, but Chinese antiquity, which has a character of its own. What could be more Chinese than " Sing Li's Fortune " ? Doomed to die at nineteen,...

—Mrs. Molesworth tells the modern fairy story as well as anyone. The four which she gives us in this volume are good examples of the kind, and it would be highly unreasonable...

TYLE POSITION OF WOMEN IN INDIAN LIFE. us that when considering the differences between the position of women in English and in Indian public life the following questions have...

we have a number of cards intended for hanging on walls. On some are Scripture texts, on others verses, and all are well illustrated with land tapes or figures. We may notice in...

Dayton and Co. ls. 6d.)—This book, which comes with a very powerful commendation from Sir Sidney Lee, was first published in 1902, and is now in a fourth edition, while it has...

Nuts and Chestnuts. By the Hon. Lionel A. Tollemache. (E. Arnold. 2s. 6d. net.)—Various celebrities appear in these pages, and we are told good things said about them or said...

History of the Forest of Exmoor. By Edward T. MaeDermott (Barnicott and Pearce, Taunton. 21s. net.)—The story of Exmoor is of both general and archaeological interest. It...

em anticipated by some one, who has thereupon put the answers Into a book. When we were children we used to ask our elders to explain things to us, and the knowledge that came...

Homeric Games at an Ancient St. Andrews. By Alexander Shewan. (Edinburgh : James Thin. 5s. net.)—Some months ago we reviewed a volume in which Mr. Shewan assailed the destruc-...

The Story of Nelson. By Harold F. B. Wheeler. (George G. Harrap and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—This seems to be a carefully executed bit of work. Mr. Wheeler has consulted many...

Prof. J. Zimmerman. (S.P.C.K. 3s. 6d.)—The history naturally begins with the fourth century of our era—such things could hardly have existed before—though there is an...

A Chance Medley. (Constable and Co. 5s. net.)—This volume contains extracts from the column of legal odds and ends which appears in a contemporary. The period included is...

the London and County Printing Works, Drury Lane, W.C. ; and Published by ions BAILEE for the " SPECTAT( a " (Limited} at their Office, No. 1 Wellington Street, in the Precinct...

barking in the ` Medina ' at Portsmouth started on their journey to India. Large crowds assembled along the route to bid the King and Queen good-bye ; and at Victoria Station...

O F foreign news this week there is little of importance to record. The situation in Tripoli, so far as can be ascertained, remains the same, that is, the Turks continue to hurl...

once far more impressive and effective than the first. He dealt with remarkable force, and even passion, with Herr von Heydebrand's inflammatory speech. He deeply regretted that...

Bonar Law was chosen to succeed Mr. Balfour as leader of the Unionist Party in the House of Commons. Mr. Chaplin was in the'chair. Mr. Bonar Law was proposed by Mr. Long and...

Governments over the placing of Persian Treasury gendarmes on the property of Shua-es-Sultaneh, brother of the ex-Shah, at Teheran. The Persian Government alleged that...

but may note here that Friday's news is to the effect that Yuan Shih-kai has formed his Cabinet. According to the Times correspondent at Peking the names of Ministers are not...

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in the House of Commons on Tuesday and Wednesday centred in Clause 59, which deals with the application of the Bill to Ireland. Mr. O'Brien, who was fiercely assailed by the...

about the accusation against British soldiers in Mr. Wilfrid Blunt's book " Gordon at Khartoum." Writing in his diary about Abu Klee, Mr. Blunt said that the British soldiers "...

had taken place between himself and Mr. Long. It was clear that Mr. Long or himself could be elected only by a small majority, and thereupon they both determined to put into...

III. of the Bill had passed through . Committee. There was some discussion of Clause 86, which deals with the powers of inspectors under the Bill. Mr. Lloyd George's amendment...

under the pretence of privilege, its members engage in re- criminations with the Press. An incident which took place in the House of Commons on Wednesday is a proof of what we...

a great Unionist meeting at Leeds on Thursday, was in every way of good omen. In the first place the reception accorded to him showed in the most unmistakable way that the party...

across the House to Mr. Booth : " Go back to your company promoting!" and then there followed a scene, little creditable to the House of Commons, in which the origin of the...

Unionist gain. Mr. Denniss (U.) polled 12,255 votes, Mr. L. Stanley (L.) 10,623, and Mr. Robinson (Lab.) 7,448. In 1910 the majority of the second of the two successful Liberal...

we shall only say that we cannot follow his argument. That, however, is not going to prevent us from following him in his determination to maintain the Union and get rid of an "...

aimed at exposing the evils of the Trade Disputes Act. From a state- ment issued on Tuesday night we learn that the Trade Disputes Reform League will seek to convince Parliament...

House of Lords on Tuesday and Wednesday with scarcely any alterations. The principal discussion was in connexion with the copyright of articles in newspapers and periodicals....

pro- voked a vigorous yet dignified letter of protest from Professor Dicey in Monday's Times. Mr. Bryce, as he points out, is not only a most distinguished man of letters, but...

Sept. 21st. Consols (21) were on Friday 781—Friday week 781.

issue of the 11th inst. on the working of the State rail- ways in France :— " Trains are consistently and enormously late, the Administra- tion, being unable to exact...

Italians, and we have felt great indignation against the way in which criticism of them has been expressed. But though we think that the English correspondents ought to have...

Teano, who is a distinguished scholar and deeply versed in the history of Islam. Prince Teano, perhaps not unnaturally, though we are sure without warrant, accuses the British...

Hertfordshire and in South Somerset. In both cases it is of the utmost moment that the Unionist candidates shall be returned. We have little doubt that the electors of the...

THE NEW LEADER. B Y the unanimous choice of the party Mr. Bonar Law has become the Unionist leader in the House of Commons. If he fulfils the expectations of his friends, it...

PEOPLE? I F the people of this country desire that the principle of compulsory insurance shall be carried out in the manner laid down in the National Insurance Bill, then...

endlessly speculating on what Yuan Shih-kai will wish, or be able, to do with the enormous powers which opportunity has brought him. Etiquette required him to refuse the...

T T has become almost a commonplace that the most serious difficulty in the way of the coming Home Rule Bill is the financial issue. In anticipation of this difficulty the Irish...

I N a remarkable paper which appeared in the current number of the Hibbert Journal the author describes the life-long desire of an imaginary hero to experience conversion. The...

T HE decision of the stipendiary magistrate at Birmingham on Monday to prevent the proposed boxing contest between 0 wen Moran, of Worcester, and Jim Driscoll, of Cardiff, for a...

,,T HE plain truth is that it needs a cheerful temper and a stout heart to visit Widdecombe," writes Mr. Arthur Norway in " Highways and Byways in Devon and Cornwall," and the...

LABOUR UNREST. [To TRY EDITOR 07 TRY " SPZCIATOR.1 Sra,—In your footnote to " Z's " letter on the above last week you say you would welcome any suggestion for a careful...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—There is a very puzzling comparison in your article on "Manhood Suffrage " between modern trade unions and ancient trade guilds. You...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Stu,—Of the three possible successors to Mr. Balfour I per- sonally should have preferred Mr. Walter Long, but that is because I have the...

[TO TILE EDITOR Or THIS "SPECTA10E.7] SIR,—I read with much interest in your issue of last week an article on " Picketing and Counter-Picketing." It must be obvious to...

Balfour's leadership has already joined the authorship of " Junius' Letters" in the limbo of questions which no longer signify: "Gone glimmering through the dream of things...

[To TRY EDITOR Or TEX " SPECTLTOR."I SIR,—It is interesting to find that not all " Liberationists " are enthusiastic for the diversion of the meagre funds of the Welsh Church...

to carry on a controversy with an editor—especially a courteous and generous editor—in his own paper, but questions of fact are more easily dealt with than questions of...

[To THE EDITOR 01? THE "SPECTATOR.") you allow me to enter the strongest protest in your columns against the altogether unwarrantable and peculiarly deplorable calumnies...

that you should insert this letter in the Spectator ; I am merely writing to ask you to give a definite statement of your views as to the origin of Church property in connexion...

an interesting letter in your issue of Nov. 11th. The writer's intentions are so obviously good that it is impossible to wish to quarrel with him, but there is one point...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—One feels the strongest sympathy with the point of view expressed so well in your current issue against the filling-in of the...

"SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I think that the following extracts from a letter I have received from a Japanese friend, now resident in this country, may have some points of interest...

of an Italian husband, I feel I must write a protest to the unkind and absurd reports that are appearing in the English newspapers. More important still is my wish to show that...

Tax "Srscuroa."( SIR,—The article in your issue of last week on " The Case of Richard Meynell" is hardly a just appreciation of Mrs. Ward's latest book. It would appear,...

to me that Petronius's "curiosa felicitas " merely means that Horace took great pains to find the right word, and was nearly always (if not always) lucky in

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR." Sin,—Apropos of Lord Rosebery's allusion, in his recent in- teresting address, to the Aberdeen student "who hesitated for some time...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:9 San,—" One comes to wonder" (the English is not mine) " whether Paris or Lhasa is the more remote from English understanding." I am afraid...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SrmeTATore."] Sin,—Does not the above phrase, like many others, such as " gratia vivax," come under the law of " hypallage," by which the noun...

[To THE EDITOR OT THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — If your review of my "Hero of Heroes" had been less kindly I would not have troubled you with this note. But such reviewing as...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — May I bring to your notice the Thrift Essay competi- tion inaugurated by this society among students in the training colleges for...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."f Sin,—Mr. T. E. Sedgwick's letter in your issue of November 11th deserves all the support of persons who desire to find some prevention...

THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Mr. Asquith's announcement of his intention to introduce Manhood Suffrage in the immediate future makes the question of redistribution of seats one of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — In view of the great importance of the publication of Mr. . J. M. Thompson's book on " Miracles " and of the action of the Bishop...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—" Raid" on this side of the Atlantic seems to be of direct Scottish origin. It was commonly used in the civil war between the States...

SIR,—Not for the last sixteen years have I made a public' appeal for this hospital. But to-day we have to face rather a , serious expenditure and a very dull one. The hospital...

INSPIRED MILLIONAIRES. t " I BELIEVE in rich men, and I cannot longer bear to see rich men humiliated before the world." The sight which the author of Inspired , lifillionaires...

LINES ON A LOST LEADER. (By THE GHOST OP GOLDSMITH.)* HERE lies our good leader, whose charm was so great, He could pacify " Tim " in an Irish debate; Who, born to resolve...

name 02.-i/tiffs/A, or with 'a pseudonym, or are marked -" Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein. expressed or with...

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S is perhaps the most popular figure of any in English history. His honesty, his simplicity, his bluntness, appeal to the imagination of the average man...

come to the -end of Lord Broughton's Memoirs. They have been good reading ; they have been well edited (saving a few misprints in the present volumes); and they have revealed to...

THE reader will lay down Mr. Arnold Bennett's essay on Christmas with a feeling of considerable bewilderment. It begins with the statement of Mr. Bennett's conviction that...

THESE four books which we bring before our readers are examples of the literature that is springing up with the Scout movement. Two of the books, the stories, reflect the...

NOT long ago an eminent physician in the course of the opening lecture of one of the great medical schools remarked : "Medicine has of late made great progress in every...

cannot protest too strongly against the plot of Mr_ Hichens's novel and the measures taken by the heroine, Lady- Cannynge, to provide her husband with the child for whom he-...

6s.) , —The scene of this novel is laid in Melbourne, and the author does not shrink from exhibiting the bad as well as the good side of Australian city life. Although...

A LIKELY STORY.* Wrra a wisdom that cannot be too highly commended, Mr. de Morgan postpones what most writers would have called a Preface to the very end of his book. Novel...

'of all aspirants to its honours for many a long day.—A King - of Vagabonds. By Beth Ellis. (Wm. BlackwoOd and Sons. 6s.) —An historical novel dealing with the attempt of an...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as liars not been

(Blackie -and Son. 5s.)—Mr. Chaytor has performed a difficult task with -courage, and, as far- as we have- observed, with discretion. He follows critical methods, recognizing,...

(J. Clarke and Co. ls. 6d. net.)—We entirely approve of applying the principle of a progressive morality to the Old Testament stories. Still there are limits. Mr. Williams...

Charles Loomis Dana and John. Cotton Dana. (Elm Tree Press, Woodstock, Vermont.)—The Messrs. Dana have given-us a very attractive book, We read, in the Introduction about the...