T HE rumours from China are still endless. One day the British fleet is going to Chemnlpoo, and the next it is on its way to Talienwan. On a third the Chinese are going to...

NINETY-EIGHT. T HEyear 1898 opens with an impression in men's minds which may prove to be absolutely unfounded, but which is more generally diffused than any impression of the...

W E are not able, we regret to say, to share the enthusiasm of some of our contemporaries for the Japanese. They displayed courage and patriotism in their war with China, but...

a side of this complex Chinese question to which our countrymen have hitherto paid no atten- tion, but which may prove, we think will prove, to be of considerable importance. We...

M ONDAY'S Times contains an item of news which should be most carefully weighed by those who are inclined to give their support to the suggestion that our West Indian...

I T is asserted by the Pall Mall Gazette that the Prussian Junkers, in their mad attempt to resist the inevitable evolution of modern society, are agitating for what can only be...

it is said, repeatedly threatened to organise a strike against taxes unless their rights, or what they consider their rights, are respected. As yet, however, they have made no...

events, at Christmas—is something like that commonly attributed to actors. He does not, indeed, go and see other men teach, but he does the next best thing to this,—he goes to...

M R. STEAD has just given to the world (Grant Richards) a little volume containing the letters which be believes were dictated to his hand and pencil by " the spirit of a dead...

W E have never been able to agree with the fanatics for teetotalism, holding that they habitually ignore some of the most important facts in the whole question. The fact, for...

T HE midnight passages of great flocks of birds over large cities which from time to time have attracted the attention of naturalists usually leave no trace of the visits of the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] am disappointed, and in a sense humbled, by observing with how little general notice the figure of Dr. Lake—a figure which seemed so...

THE THESSALIAN REFUGEES. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—Since the last appeal which I made in the Spectator on behalf of the Thessalian refugees appeared,...

Ito TEE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:9 SIR,—Referring to the article on "The Sense of Direction" that appeared in the Spectator of September 25th, 1897, your readers may perhaps be...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Having noticed that your columns are open to corre- spondents recording the sagacity of animals, I beg to bring under your notice a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I desire to thank you for the very great pleasure you have given me, and doubtless hundreds of other persona, by drawing attention in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] Sin, — To the letter of Major Crofton which appears in the Spectator of December 25th perhaps you will kindly let me add a few particulars....

['To THE EDITOR OP THE 'SPECTATOR] SIR,—The letter of your correspondent "F. M." on "Sleep" in the Spectator of December 25th recalls Cardinal Newman's fine attempt to describe...

[TO THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—Failing any more complete obituary notice of my dear friend Thomas Jeffery Parker, F.R.S., Professor of Compara- tive Anatomy in the...

THE VISION VISION OF .A.UGUSTINE AND MONICA: A PARAPHRASE FROM THE CONFESSIONS. THEN thou rememberest how regarding long This lovely earth, an inward vision strong O'ercame us,...

MR. BRYCE ON SOUTH AFRICAN PROBLEMS.* ONE of the great signs, if it be not one of the causes, of the growth of interest in the Imperial position of Great Britain is the...

to all who are interested in the reconstruction of natural theology in • The Providential Order of the World. By Alexander Balmain Brace, an., Profe.sor of Apologetics and New...

IN calling her anthology The Flower of the Mind Mrs. Meynell would at first sight seem to have chosen a merely pretty or fanciful title ; but on reflection we can think of none...

different artists as Keene and Leighton seems to demand explanation. In reality, there were curious points of resemblance in the working out of their ideas by the two men,...

Jr the present writer were asked what, in his judgment, was the greatest change which had come over organised Christianity during the last half-century, especially in England,...

THIS is, as far as we know, the first attempt that has been made in recent times to popularise The Humane Prudence of William de Britaine. The book was first published...

is a really original idea in the realm of picture-books. A plain picture is put before you,—for example, a picture of a traction-engine. You cover it with a "transparency" in...

of Two Brides. Translated by R. S. Scott. (J. M. Dent and. Co.)—It is as difficult to translate Balzac as to engrave a minature. His language is so special and so...

(Frederick Warne and Co.)—As the years go by, and the summers rush on while the winters lengthen, how greatly do we value the songs we read in what Mr. Lang describes as " my...

London ; R. H. Russell, New York. 20s.)—It is quite unnecessary to say that these drawings are clever. Mr. Gibson's work always deserves that adjective. But whether these...

Mrs. Turner's Cautionary Stories. (Grant Richards.) — Mr. Lucas has deserved well of the Republic of Letters, and also of that of the Nursery, by editing this little volume of...

W. B. Rands. (James Bowden.)—These two volumes, each of which stands separately as a book by itself, though they are pub- lished at the same moment and in similar format,...

seems to us a specially good one. Of the twenty-four full-page illustrations—there are really more than this number, in which only the two monthly plates are reckoned—seven are...

Major W. T. Johnson. Edited by his Widow. (A. D. hums and Co.) — This book gives an account of the career of a hero of the Indian Mutiny, Major W. T. Johnson. The story is told...

our fleets have won. This he has now supplemented by an account of "duels between single ships and boat actions," which, BA he rightly says, "form almost as important a part of...

another of the far too numerous stories of the "Battle of Dorking" type. Its ostensible object is to "show how England hazarded her naval supremacy, and the horrors which...

and Sons.)—These " Famous Stories from European History" are, doubtless with good reason, taken from the annals of other countries than our own. It is well that our young people...

It might be objected to this tale that the construction is some- what lacking in unity. Is Dulcie Moss, the neglected wife, or Christabel, the faith-healer, the central...

and Co.)—The ordinary novel-reader will not like this book. He will pronounce it tedious, involved in style, incoherent in plot, and repellent as a study of character, if not...

eminently handsome and learned, though somewhat lengthy, volume is, in tha form of a , single essay, a contribution to what its author terms "the anatomic study of Shakespeare."...

White and Co.)—Hannah is very plain, very mischievous, very obstinate, but with great power of character, much courage, and warm affections, which could be called forth by...

of this little book describes it in his title-page as "a medley for printers and others," and in his opening apology as " a little volume of cuttings and notes which has no...

of business, should NOT be addressed to the EDITOR, but to the Purnamits, 1 Wellington Street, Strand, W.C.

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