the 'admirable history of the rise Of England as a maritime Power which he began, with the volumes on Drake and the Tudor Navy,,published two years ago. His third volume takes...

THE THIRD LORD SHAETESBURY. 4 - TEE world has been long waiting ...f.Or a scholarly -reprint of ;the famous Characteristics; which has shared the fate of so many :quondam...

'LONDO4 r : DECEMBER 1st, 1009.

WE must own to a certain feeling of surprise at this formid- able undertaking of a new edition of Mr. J. H. Jesse's works. The present instalment contains fourteen volumes ;...

CHILDREN'S BOOKS.* IN Chapel Street Children Mrs. Parmiloe has given us some clever sketches, both with pen and pencil, of life in a London street. The children are merry...

seven years ago, and hat reached an eighth edition, the second, More fortu- nate thaii – eolitiniuttions are commonly reputed . to be, ha a far outstripped lie predeceSsor, and...

tale, which has already appeared in serial form, begins with the days of King James, and is carried on to the death of his son. The "silver axe" is a mysterious weapon which...

THE " paying guest" is a recent development of which little use has yet been made in the tale of social life. Anything like a novelty in this department of literature opened up...

and Co. 7s. 61)—South Africa naturally has its share in the contents of this 1900 volume. Ten out of the twenty-four "Travel and Descriptive" papers belong to it. Most of them,...

" Elizabeth and her German Garden." (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—The rhymes are our old friends "Mary, Mary, quite contrary," and the like ; as to the tunes, we do not know whether...

read- ing as one is likely to find in a single volume. The mere quantity— eleven hundred pages—is in excess of most competing magazines. The quality admits less easily of...

(Seeley and Co. 5s.)—There is a businesslike air in the telling of these stories which is decidedly attractive. There is no fine writing, no ornaments of speech ; the tales are...

6s.)— For a change we are not sorry to have a tale with no love-making in it. Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard, having lost money, determine to take girls to educate with their own...

Miss Stretton tells her story with a full share of her accustomed force. The hero's stepfather on his deathbed bids him destroy the will which would disinherit his half-brother;...

Sons. 6s.)—This "Boys' Book of the Navy" is a very season- able publication. Mr. Hayens begins with King Alfred, to whom we owe the foundation of the Navy, as we owe many other...

8s.)— This is the second yearly issue of this magazine, but the first, we think, that has come under our notice. The most obvious remark to make about it is that the managers...

—Here we have, accompanied by a pleasant, readable letter- press, a full collection of Shakespeare localities. The frontiS• piece gives the bust on the Shakespeare monument,...

George Laurence Gomme. (A. Constable and Co. 6s.)—This, happily, is a volume that does not call for any criticism. The stories are taken from masters, more or less eminent, of...

by Charles Edwards (Blackie and Son, 2s.), and Every Inch a Briton, by Meredith Fletcher (same publishers, 3s. 6d.)— The first is something of a new departure. It is a comic...

—This story enforces in a very pleasant and natural way the excellent moral that the best opportunities of self-denying work often lie close at home, that we may busy ourselves...

deacon of Westmoreland. (Hodder and Stoughton. 3s. 6d.)— The keynote of these " studies " is given in the introduction. Holiness is not to be regarded as a gift reserved for...

American young ladies have lost nothing in size and hardness of outline since his last volume. When we open the book we cannot help being delighted by the vigour and beauty of...

and Co. 5s.)—In this book is to be found a series of colour reproductions of sketches by the author, together with his notes on the subject, execution, and colours used. Some of...

ART-BOOKS. Perugino. By G. C. Williamson. "Great Masters of Painting and Sculpture Series." (G. Bell and Sons. 5s.)—The authorgives all that is known of the facts of the...

£3 13s. 6d.)—These reproductions, well executed in photo- gravure, are of pictures which formed part of the Van Dyck Exhibition held at Antwerp in 1899. M. Max Rooses has...

By Yrj.; Him. (Macmillan and Co. 10s.)—The conclusion arrived at by the author is that art is the outcome of man's desire to manifest and perpetuate the moods of his mind. This...

mann. (Blackie and Son. 3s. Gcl.)—This book is certainly a novelty in the Crnsoe line. It is no desert island, with a wreck con- veniently full of stores at hand to supply what...

League of America (12s. 7d.), reaches us from Philadelphia. In a country where so much building is going on as in the United States, it is to be hoped that something great and...

James Iverach, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton. 65.)—Here we have the inaugural series of lectures delivered on the Charles F. Deems Foundation, in the University of New York, by...

and Co. 7s. 6d.)—Mr. Stone is certainly right when he says that "one of the great needs of the present time is accurate knowledge, on the part of those who have not opportunity...

Christianity as an Ideal. By Rev. P. Hately Waddell. (W. Black- wood and Sons. 3s. 6d.)—There is a want of crispness about Mr. Waddell's style which makes the effect produced by...

An Englishwoman's Love - Letters. (John Murray. 5s. net.)— These charming letters profess to be genuine, and to have been published after the death of the writer in accordance...

Professor of Theology in the University of Berlin. Edited by Orello Cone. (A. and C. Black. 6s.)—It is not, perhaps, quite fully realised here that the central citadel of...

The Churchman's A.B.C. : a Guide to Church Doctrine and Ritual. Drawn mainly from Authorised Sources. (James Nisbet and Co. 2s. 6d.)—This is a handy little book, of distinct...

(J. M. Dent and Co. 4s. 6d.)—We do not think that it is judicious to attempt any change in the established connotation of the word "saint." In common use, which differs...

Design in Native's Story. By Walter Kidd, M.D. (Nisbet and Co. 3s. 6d.)—Dr. Kidd's view of design is what King James would have called a counterblast to the Spencer doctrine of...

Pinero. (W. Heinemann. ls. 6d. and 2s. 6d.)—Quite enough has been said about this play in the daily newspapers. Everybody knows, or should know, the sort of entertainment which...

Buddha and Buddhism. By A. Lillie, M.A. (T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh. 384—Mr. Lillie is very industrious in putting Buddha and Jesus side by side, and in his conclusion says...

2s. 6c1 )— We may wonder that English drama at schools has been so long confined to Shakespeare, for it is a hard task for boys to grasp the meaning of many lines. That they...

(Cassell and Co. le.)—This is a readable and nicely illustrated little book. Mr. Spielmaun apologises for talking about the prices of works of art, but surely every one likes to...

George F. Warner, M.A. Second Series. (Printed by order of the Trustees.)—We have here fifteen reproductions by Mr. William Griggs "of choice examples of medireval illumination...

trated by Walter Crane. (Blackte and Son. 6s.)—This book is very pleasantly written, and presents Don Quixote and his friends and vagaries in an attractive form. Judge Parry...

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Johannesburg for Durban, and Lord Kitchener has now taken over the chief command of the forces in South Africa. The despatches of the week chronicle a number of minor successes...

always look up to the throne for their cue, will be equally reasonable, and the Russians, though more impulsive, are not accustomed to great popular demonstrations. Mr. Kruger...

T HE reception of Mr. Kruger in France is an excellent omen for the future of Europe. There was every reason to expect an explosion of unaeason. The French people as a body are...

by Boer prisoners on parole, do not strike us as true. It is the object of the fiercer loyalists in Africa to have the Press suppressed and the whole Colony placed under martial...

that the ten persons accused by Lord Roberts—doubtless on good evidence—of plotting his assassination by blowing up the church which he attends are not Boers, but Italians and...

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Americans have forwarded to Europe a despatch which has nor been published, but is deem-IN-el as a protest against ranking demands on China which China cannot grant, the special...

to be disappearing. It is declared, we are happy to see, that the Czar is out of danger from typhoid, though it may be many weeks before he recovers his ordinary strength. We...

debate in the winter Session on the policy of burning Boer homesteads, and it is most important that such a debate should not degenerate into a party quarrel, or a mere slinging...

of numerous skirmishes and large captures of stock. General Clements has dispersed Delarey's commando near Rietfontein; an attack on Brakpan was beaten off by a handful of...

speech in the Chamber of Deputies. He depre- cated the extension of the Colonial Empire of France. France had enough territory, and her steps forward in the Soudan, on the...

incident is that the Somalis in Julealand, the most northerly of the four provinces of the East Africa Protec_ terate, have risen against the British, have killed the Sub-Com-...

to one of his constituents, has published, by authority of Mr. Chamberlain, a statement in regard to the Colonial Secretary's interest in the "Birmingham Trust.' Mr. Chamberlain...

upwards of five years in Pekin, and was present throughout the recent siege of the Legations, has given to the Press through Renter's Agency a remarkable account of the heroism...

for Agricultare, is bound by an antiquated law to seek re-election at the hands of his constituents. He accord- ingly on Monday night addressed the Conservative Associa- tion in...

reached Southampton on Thursday, were welcoue,a with great cordiality on their arrival in London in the after- noon. A section of the Guards which went to Windsor were received...

African counterpart to the Ameer of Afghanistan, is fully alive to the material advantages to be derived from the adoption of European mechanical appliances. The Daily News of...

presided last Sunday night at the annual meeting of the St. Andrew's Home and Club for Working Boys, Great Peter Street, Westminster, no fewer than thirty old members of which...

in Manchester published last week have been in great measure justified by the spread of the malady throughout that district, numerous cases of "peripheral neuritis" having been...

consented sonic time ago at the request of the Government to remain in office till the end of November. His career has been long and honourable, and if the reforming activity of...

New Consols (21) were on Friday 981.

WILL CHINA DEFEAT EUROPE? I T is assumed always in all discussions that Europe will beat China, but it seems possible as things are going that China may defeat Europe. The...

I N his speech at Preston on Monday night Mr. Hanburv aired a grievance which he shares with most tnemb.es of her Majesty's Government, and which, we think, is not without its...

W E publish elsewhere, on account of its ability, a letter on the right way to deal with the Boers with which we heartily disagree. We do not believe that the alternatives lie...

B ESIDES several other claims on the attention of the intelligent student, the British Empire deserves consideration as a vast democratic laboratory. In the different countries,...

has naturally excited much alarm in newspaper offices. The editor of the Daily Chronicle probably thought that the comment of his too humorous contributor on the result of the...

T HE civilising of the dark races, of which work so much now falls to the lot of Englishmen, would be an easier as well as more satisfactory task if it were certain that they...

I HE publication of a little book on St. Francis by the Rev. James A.dderley (London : Edward Arnold, 3s. 6d.), with some wise words from M. Sabatier (whose biography of St....

T T is difficult to picture the silence and stillness of a world in which there were no birds, no hum of bees, no flight of butterflies, and no signs of the innumerable other...

SEVERITY OR CLEMENCY? [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:'] SIR, — May I venture to place before your readers some con- siderations as to the policy to be pursued in South Africa...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Silt,—Some years ago a dying cottager to whom my mother had been speaking of the happiness of heaven expressed his preference for a...

RITUAL LICENSE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—It would be unfair to assume that you and your core- spondents, whilst agreeing with the Archdeacons of London and...

Sin,—The locus classicus for Huxley's view that hell, if endurable, would be preferable to annihilation is in "Paradise Lost," Book II., where, at the Council of Pandemonium,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] STR,—May I call Mr. Gainsford's attention (bpectator, November 17th) to another definition of religion which he seems to have forgotten? It...

SIB,—Your correspondent in the Spectator of November 2.4tik who signs himself "G. L." seems to think that if only a man works hard, and acts courageously, and, it may be,...

Engleheart's contention that people may see but fail to interpret aright, permit me to give a most dramatic case, which, while illustrating the point, has a wider interest. Mr....

(To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR...) SIR, — Tour article on the subject of the vision of partially civilised men (Spectator, November 17th) prompts me to send you the record of...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE 93PEOTATOR.1 Sin,---In your remarks upon Lord Rosebery's Glasgow speech in the Spectator of November 24th you say :—" To us there seems to be in all its...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE - SPE(TAT011.1 Sra, — In continuation of your article on "London Streets and the County Council" (Spectator, November 24th), may I point out the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sra, — In reference to your wise remarks in the Spectator of November 24th on the incorporation of Trade-Unions, it will probably be of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sjit ; --Mily I 'Ingest to the London County Council that they have a fine opportunity at Millbank fornaming a group of streets round the...

your reviewer nor " R. W." correctly represents the incident recorded in Professor Huxley's Life at p. 328, VoL U. The actual statement reads He also used to tell how he was...

(To THE EDITOR Or TR/ . 8PROTATOR.1 Sin,—An expression in the letter on "The Mantle of Elijah" in the Spectator of November 17th recalls to me one of the memories of my youth....

(TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SIE,—In connection with the subject discussed by you in the Spectator of November 24th, "Should History be Also Literature?" I have a note...

Sin,—Having permitted me in the Spectator of November 17th to ask a question as to the authorship of the remarkable appreciation of Napoleon—" He has thrown a doubt on all past...

Tab LUCKY BARGAIN. I HAVE a friend, without whose face (God keep his face from sorrow free !) The world would be a dreary place For weary me. To please him is my chief...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") Srs.,—In the notice of my translation of "Four Lais of Marie de France" (Spectator, November 17th) your reviewer Bays: " One of the stories,...

PROFESSOR DOWDEN ON THE PURITAN AND THE ANGLICAN.* PROFESSOR DOWDEN has something better than a judicial, he has a sympathetic mind. He is able to see many points of view, to...

To most people an autobiography in six stout volumes by a living writer of moderate reputation and no striking achieve- ments will seem to be a monument of self-adulation. Mr....

WE will say at once that M. de Maulde's book would be the better for bold pruning. It is too long ; and, though matter and manner are always good, both tend to repeat themselves...

Miss T,rr:r TAR HAbilyroN, as Court physician to the Ameer of Afghanistan, enjoyed unique opportunities, and has turned them to excellent and perfectly legitimate account in her...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Handy Man Afloat and Ashore. By the Rev. G. Goodenough, R.N. (T....

W. Vernon. With an Introduction by the Bishop of Ripen. 2 vols. (Mac- millan and Co. 21s.)—Mr. Vern on, who dedicates his book to Dr. Edward Moore, one of the most distinguished...

Sons. 5s.)—Mr. Mitchell does not claim to have had any special facilities for writing this memoir. It is, he frankly says, "in no sense an intimate or authorised biography of...

6.34—Andrew Gilbert Wanchope was born in 1846; after some schooling, not very prolonged or efficient—Hr. Baird compares two incomparable things when he says that natural...

duction by J. Scott Keltie, LL.D. (W. and A. K. Johnston. 7s. 6d.)—This is a "fifth editicn," improved and brought up to date. The geography which it exhibits is both physical...

Ashby-Sterry has collected in this volume a number of humorous, or sub-humorous, papers. Such collections always suffer from the fact that what is written to be read piece by...

MA. (Macmillan and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—Miss Elizabeth Kendall has collected here from various sources original authorities on various periods in the history of Britain. There are...

and Co. 35. 6d.)-1 his is a short, unpretending biography of a man who did excellent service in more than one field of action. It will be welcomed by many friends, and by many...

(Horace Marshall and Son. 3d.)—To notice this little book in detail would be to attack not a few social and ethical problems. We must be content with Raying generally that this...

M. A.. (A. Elliot, Edinburgh. 4s. 6d.)—This is a new edition of a work first published in 1867, and now supplied with a prose version of the Psalms. Of this, as a version of the...