FROM JANUARY 1st TO JUNE 25th, 1910, INCLUSIVE. TOPICS OF THE DAY. A DDRESS, Mr. Austen Chamlerlain's .11 Amendment to the ... ... 227 " Advice to Young Ladies" ... 721...

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response to the demands of the Parliamentary Party of the Committee of Union and Progress. The Sultan also accepted the resignation of the other members of the Cabinet. The...

published in a few German newspapers at the end of last week that the recent action of the Turkish Government in granting the Lynch concession was determined by its knowledge of...

O N Monday in the French Chamber M. Pichon made an important statement on the Baghdad Railway. The subject was introduced by M. Constant, who asked M. Pichon if he adhered to...

the French Government towards the scheme more clearly than it has ever been defined before. " We have always held the opinion," he said, "that we ought as far as possible to act...

M. T. Jackson, Collector of Nasik, who was murdered on Tuesday week by a young Hindu as he was entering the native theatre. The murderer confessed that he killed Mr. Jackson...

the outburst of Colonel Lapathiotis, the Minister for War, in the Chamber on Monday week when introducing a Bill for the reorganisation of the Army. When he made a remark which...

ease.

a meeting held in support of Mr. Percy Simmons, the Unionist candidate for the St:George's-in-the-East division. If the Jews had good reason to complain of the Aliens Act or its...

the violent scenes of two years ago, when the extremists left the meeting, the Congress has been in the hands of the moderate Nationalists. There have been various attempts to...

has expressed his views on food-taxes. "I think," he says, "there are three replies to the Radical statements about food-taxes Food is already taxed; (2) the proportionate...

forward defence of the House of Lords. A Second Chamber was essential, for "otherwise the House of Commons might pass an Act making itself permanent," and the Second Chamber...

Balfour should make such a declaration. It is to be remem- bered that he has now one of the rare opportunities of statesmanship,—not of gaining a mere party success, but of...

by noting the crucial nature of the Election and the vital questions it will decide. It will settle the fate of an unjust Budget, and it will afford the chance of introducing...

platitudes, is chiefly remarkable for its denuncia- tions of the Peers. Their attack upon the House of Commons, he maintains, has "a deep social cause "—viz., hostility to the...

the majority of Peers, Sir Frederick Pollock cites, against Lord Curzon's contention that the best authorities have shown that the Lords have a right to deal with finance, the...

record the death on Thursday morning of Lord Percy, the eldest son of the Duke of Northumberland. Lord Percy had already shown that he possessed in a great degree qualities both...

Wednesday. In proposing "the immortal memory of Gladstone " at a centenary luncheon, Lord Lore- burn rightly insisted on the services rendered by Mr. Glad- stone to the small...

ton in support of Mr. Hall Blyth, the Unionist candidate for East Lothian. He began by defining the causes for which Unionists stood,—security of commercial enterprise, the...

efforts that had been made to obscure the issue, by bringing the Navy on the scene, and ridiculed Mr. Blatchford's articles. He briefly dismissed Mr. Mulliner's charges against...

in London. The statistics show that the amount of both indoor and outdoor relief has been decreasing during the last part of the year, and that at present the total number of...

and the Budget" to Tuesday's Times. Discussing the debate in the Lords, he demurs to the view that the wisdom and capacity of that House are to be gauged by the attainments of a...

Pollock. He refuses to accept the distinction between a legal and a Constitutional right, but claims that in any case the right of the House of Lords to reject a Finance Bill is...

9th. Consols (2i) were on Friday 821—Thursday week 821.

MR. GLADSTONE'S CENTENARY. r ,E celebrations of Wednesday are a striking con- firmation of Mr. Frederic Harrison's theory of the proper time for the observance of centenaries....

Canals and Inland Navigation, which was published this week, .13 a most interesting, we might almost say a fascinating, Document. Where is the man with soul so dull that his...

M. T. Jackson last week was just such a crime as in slightly different circum- stances would have filled. Englishmen with exceptional horror. Happening when it did, it would be...

T "year ended for the public schools with the beginning of what may grow into a very bin. move- ment. The first few days of the Christmas holidays have come to be set apart by...

the spiritual scale is determined by its view of the universe as a whole, — its conception, that is to say, of man and the world, of God, and their mutual relations. Every...

S OME sense of composition and some study of perspective are necessary if our view of life is to be either true o pleasant, and at the bottom of both these arts lies the art of...

"And it being low water, he parkisj went out with the tide." —Dicauss, " David Copperfield." rr1HE interest in and knowledge of tides are almost limited L with most people to...

THE FRIEDJUNG TRIAL AND THE SOUTHERN SLAYS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...1 SIU,—The Friedjung trial, so rich in political sensations, may well prove to be a...

THE DUTY OF UNIONIST FREE-TRADERS. PTO TUE EOITOR Or THY " SPECTATOR:1 Sln,—Thi excellent articles that have appeared in the Sif-dator OR -the present political _crisis so well...

do not know whether you will be disposed to allow any further correspondence on the interesting question of how moderate men who are neither Tariff Reformers nor Socialists...

the 18th nit. Sir C. M. Watson gives as a reason for supporting the present Government that "if Protection is once introduced it will be impossible ever to shake it off again."...

the Unionist Free-Trade Club appear to recommend the members to support Tara Reform in public and to worship Free-trade in private ; to record their vote at the poll for the...

[To VIZ EDITOR OP TEl "..SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Public interest is so great in everything relating to the Imperial Navy of Japan that it may be desirable to guard your readers...

SricrA - rort."1 BIE, — Your correspondent "A J.P." in the Spectator of the 25th ult. seeks to persuade himself that there cannot be any- thing wrong with the Budget because...

[To THE EDITOR or TRY "SrEcurop.:1 Sin e —There must be many of your readers who consider that the absence of Mr. Harold Cox from the next Parliament would be a great national...

or Tax " sraicriroa."] Sra,—I notice that Mr. F. E. Smith, M.P., makes it a constant practice of charging Mr. Lloyd George with the utterance of deliberate falsehoods. I see...

[To THE ED/TOR OF THZ SPECTATOR:1 Sin„—May I be permitted, in default of a worthier pro. tagonist, to say a few words in reply to your article of last week, and in support, I...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—Your reviewer, in dealing with a most suggestive book, " Das kranke England," in the Spectator of Decem- ber 18th, 1909, seems to me to...

17 0 THZ EDITOR or van "SFECTLTOR."1 Stn,—With reference to Mr. E. D. Morel's letter which appeared in your issue of the 18th ult., I am instructed by my board to contradict...

OF REPRESENTATIVES. The Sitting of 15th December, 1909. M. Resins, Colonial Minister, speaking:—" The truth is that the only company holding mining concessions is the Union...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR?' J SIR,--In the last issue of the British Weekly, in an article headed "Are Nonconformists Bengalees P" Lord Curzon is described as a man...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIB, — There was perhaps never so much interest in the " people of England question" as there is at the present time. Books about it abound,...

[TO THE EDITOR OE THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIB, — To those who have long appreciated and admired the moral and religious tone of the Spectator, it is not a little disconcerting to...

EPIPHANY. [" When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy."] WESTWARD the Eastern sages go, Nor cease they till the goal is won. Shall then the mystic Orient...

[To THZ EDITOR 01 TEA " SPECTATOZ."] SIB,—I have read with much enjoyment the article " More Anonymous Voices " in last week's Spectator ; but surely the " German girl crying...

view of the General Election, we desire to call the attention of all Parliamentary candidates to the work of the Research Defence Society. It was founded in January, 1908, to...

[To THE EDITOR Or THZ " SPECTATOH.1 Sra,—At the present time staunch Conservatives and Liberal Unionists who happen to be Free-traders are in a peculiarly difficult position,...

THE BLUE BIRD. SOME years ago a Frenchman conceived the ingenious idea of publishing in a single volume a series of short stories, each of which was to be a variation by a...

or initials, 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 mode of...

ROBERT COLLEGE, CONSTANTINOPLE.* EvERY visitor to Constantinople knows the fine white buildings of Robert College which stand on high overlooking the. Bosphorus. This book...

is assured of a welcome for whatever be cares to write which is accorded to few books of big-game shooting. These are too often a dull chronicle of successes and misses,...

and Germany her Cartels ; we are accustomed to think of them as tyrannous apparitions bred overseas, and out of their element in this island. Dr. Her- mann Levy, in an extremely...

THERE is no sounder authority on every aspect of British mountaineering than Mr. Abraham, who has produced a book for which we have long been waiting. It is small enough to slip...

THIS is a fascinating book, and we are sure that its author will not take it amiss if we say that its chief interest lies in its quotations. Dr. Ross is familiar with the...

announces the artist first and the author second must be supposed to take their stand primarily on the worth of their pictures. This may answer very well in the case of...

chapters are given to the hunting experiences of Mr. Winston Churchill, some to his own. He pays little attention to style, but the spirit and vigour of his descriptions are...

WITH THE WARDEN OF THE MARCHES.* THERE is something very fine in Mr. Howard Pease's loyalty to the Border. Other novelists jump from the temperate zone to the tropics or the...

[17ncler this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Great Issues. By Robert F. Horton. (T. Fishor Unwin. 7s. 6d....

net.)—Miss Wilson-Carmichael is attached to the Church of England Zenana Mission, and she describes in this very attractive volume one of its activities. This is the rescue of...

Boon. 6s.)—A very amusing story. The drawback is the difficulty of fitting in the really serious thing with the ludicrous notion which is the centre of the whole.—A Society...

strong points in Marcus Servian's story,--a keen sense of tho peculiar charm of the East Anglian landscape and some merciless portraiture of sham intellectuals. Anne, who hal...

novel contains both a cryptogram and a hidden treasure, it is less stereotyped than might have been expected. There is an interesting (though not altogether convincing) study of...

Who's Who Year-Book (same publishers, 1s. net) are practically one book. The latter contains the tables, &c., which were the substantial contents of the former when it was first...

Joseph Whitaker, F.S.A. (12 Warwick Lane. 2s. 6d.)—" Whitaker," besides dealing ith the familiar matter with an unrivalled completeness, has always some new or quasi-new...

sees of this volume the more one feels that its title—"Little Encyclopaedia of Practical Life"—is justified. And the domain of "practical life" which it covers is very large....

and Ashworth P. Ruske. (Harrison and Sons. 42s.)—This, the seventy-second edition, shows an increase of more than a score of its large and closely printed pages. The natural...