SONE people, among whom is the present writer, find few things more enjoyable than travelling in the byways of France, and to such Miss Betham-Edwards's new book will be...

RICH AND POOR IN THE NEW TESTAMENT.* Da. Corm deals with "the teaching of the entire New Testa- ment on the social question that concerns the relation of rich and poor, and on...

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well if every tourist in Spain or Portugal before entering the country could read and take to heart what is said in this little book's opening pages, and in the chapter on...

THE HOLY LAND.* WE have included this volume among " Gift-Books " for the very convincing reason that it would not be easy to find a better book to give away. But it must not...

the beginning ; she is married at the end; in the interval she appears pretty frequently. Many other people appear also, some of them being, so to speak, irrelevant. There is...

AT first sight it is difficult to understand why so few good stories of school-life should have been written. There is, indeed, only one book of the kind to which every...

6d.)—The "other boy" is a thoughtful, well-read young person who is suddenly brought into a family where the children do not appreciate these qualities at their proper value....

2s. 6d.)—This is a story of a kind which the grown-up reader who cannot divest himself of an unreasonable liking for the probable can hardly appreciate. If the girls for whom,...

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net.)— tin Chaillu tells in this volume, and promises to tell in another, various things which he saw in the course of his African travels, and tells them in a way that is...

6d.) —This "Romance of the Days of Cromwell" is written with con- siderable vigour, is well constructed and interesting, giving to the scenes and characters described a...

—There is, we 'suppose, no copyright in situations ; otherwise that of the children who come back to England from India, and turn inside out a peaceful house, preferably that...

and Sons. 2s.)—Mr. Jackson should lay the scene of such adventures as he tells in here in lands, or at least in times, more remote. He is quite "up-to-date." Does he not...

6d. net.)—Mr. Newbolt expresses a feeling familiar to most of us when he says that as a boy in turning over Froissart's pages " he stayed longer when he came upon England and...

quite evident that Miss Alcock has studied the Geneva which Calvin ruled with no little care. She knows that it was no happy family. There were Genevans who objected to the...

—This is "a chronicle concerning the King's children," the King being Edward I. (Did he really take the title of Edward the First ? Did William and Henry so call themselves ?)...

" Charlie Russell's Ups and Downs" are told with simplicity. There is no attempt at fine writing, and the moralising is not obtrusive. The nouveau riche is a conventional figure...

marry a woman out on bail for a theft of money, and therefore with a strong suspicion of her guilt to be taken into account, demands a great sacrifice of self, and Reginald...

for the young, Sunny Hours, Pet's Playtime, and Sunday Afternoon, in which some Bible stories are told and pictured.—We have also received the yearly volume of an old...

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Mallandaine has chosen as her theme the experiences of a girl, brought up away from home, who returns to find that socially and financially things are very different from What...

PRIESTS AND PEOPLE IN IRELAND. Priests and People in Ireland. By Michael J. F. McCarthy, B.A., T.C.D. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 7s. 6d.)—The author of thi.; extraordinary...

(R.T.S. 2s. 6d.)—We seem to have already seen the six young ladies with whom Mrs. Vaizey fills Thurston House. There is, as usual, the beauty of the family, and the untidy...

WO—Miss Everett-Green has laid the scene of this story in the reign of Queen Anne; but though it opens on the field of Ramillies, the hero does not choose the profession of...

6d.)—This book for children makes very pleasant reading. It chronicles the formation and doings of a Volunteer corps of small boys; and as they are instrumental in the...

Co. 6s.)—The hero of this sea-story, Percy Percival, is the customary young Englishman who is a credit to his race and his profession, and the villain is an Irish mate who...

Social Salvation. By Washington Gladden. (J. Clarke and Co. 44.)—We have here a set of lectures delivered last March to the Divinity School of Yale on the Lyman Beecher...

The Primrose and Darwinism. By a Field Naturalist. (Grant Richards. 6s. net.)—The anonymous "field naturalist" who has written this little book must be a very modest man. He...

Social England. Edited by H. D. Traill, D.C.L., and .1. S. Mann, M.A. Illustrated Edition. 2 vols. (Cassell and Co. 26..)— Considerable success has been achieved in rendering...

L'Imperialisme Alleinand. Par Maurice Lair. (Armand Colin, Paris. 3 fr. 60 c.)—M. Lair has given us a typical French book, a com- bination of learning with lucidity, in his...

L'Avenir Colonial de la Prance. Par E. Fallot. (Ch. Delagrave, Paris. 5 fr.)—It is not every one who knows that France is at present the second Colonial Power in the world, if...

Scottish Coronations. By John, Third Marquess of Bute. (Alex - ander Gardner, Paisley. 105. 6d.)—The late Marquess of Bute left, many literary legacies in the shape of...

Letters from the East. By Henry James Ross. (J. M. Dent and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—Many of the letters which amuse the world were announced as never intended for publication, but...

Scottish Philosophy in its National Development. By Henry Laurie. (James MacLehose and Sons, Glasgow. 6s.)—This is a good, useful, and unpretentious book. It covers ground...

The Law of Creeds in Scotland. By Alexander Taylor Innes. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 10s.)—This is a new edition of what has come in Scotland to be regarded as the text-book of...

Lady Duff Gordon's Letters from Egypt. With a Memoir by her Daughter, Janet Ross, and Introduction by George Meredith. (R. B. Johnson. 73. 6d. net.)—The few survivors of those...

Recollections of Westminster and India. By J. M. Maclean (Sherratt and Hughes, Manchester. 5s.)—The bulk of this velure,: of reminiscences has already appeared in the columns...

The Boer Fight for Freedom. By Michael Devitt. (Funk and Wagnalls. 6s. net.)—The value of Mr. Davitt's rather incoherent and hysterical narrative of the South African War from...

The Economic Interpretation of History. By Edwin R. A. Seligman. (Macmillan and Co. 6s. 6d.)—This little volume of condensed thinking, erudition, and lucid exposition, which...

English Public Opinion after the Restoration. By Gerald Berkeley Hertz. (T. Fisher Unwin. 39. 6d.)—Mr. Hertz here deals in a concise and yet bright fashion with a subject...

Carmine Mariana : an English Anthology in Verse. In Honour of and in Relation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Second Series. Col- lected and arranged by Orby Shipley, M.A. (Burns...

Manual of Astronomy. By Charles A. Young. (Ginn and Co. 10s. 6d.)—Professor Young, whose "General Astronomy" may be ranked, along with the "Popular Astronomy" of his...

• The Reminiscences of Frederick Goodall, R.A. (Walter Scott Pub- hauli ng Company. 12s.)—This is a very pleasant and kindly book. The world has behaved sbnievehat...

The East of Asia. Parts I. and II. (North China herald Office, Shanghai.)—Here we have the first and second numbers of a new periodical, described on its title-page as "a...

The Sons of Glory. By Adolfo Padovan. (T. Fisher Unvvin. 6s.)—In one of the most frankly autobiographical "intro- ductions" we have ever read, the author asks the reader "to...

scholarly musings have a very general flavour about them of the classics and Izaak Walton. The wealth of allusion is somewhat redundant; in fact, the wanderings of fancy in...

Sauadby's long list of distinctions and past and present offices give an unquestionable authority to the opinions and suggestions which make up this "guide to professional con-...

of Medicine, edited by W. H. Alkhin, M.D. (Macmillan and Co., 7s. 6d. net). This volume is devoted to "Diseases of the Respiratory and of the Circulative Systems [i.e., the...

T. Clark. 7s. 6d.)—The good sense, sobriety, and open-mindedness which characterise the conduct of this periodical are worthy of the highest praise. But itis evident that a...

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lingering hopes of recovering North Schleswig, and to be anxious to renew their old friendly relations with Germany. The Crown Prince has accordingly paid a visit to Potsdam,...

T HE pageant of Saturday last, which had been looked for- ward to on several accounts with some anxiety, was a complete success. The weather was propitious, the King and Queen...

to announce that his force is safe, the Mullah having evidently feared to pursue him, it has been decided, we think wisely, to send a larger expedition against that pertinacious...

been a little too numerous ; but it is not, we think, altogether well founded. Although we hold strongly, as Queen Victoria also held, that a certain habitual seclusion is...

thanks- giving for the King's recovery was a much quieter affair, as the rain kept back the crowds; but the scene within the Cathedral was one of historic grandeur, and the...

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day, but Thursday's debate was interesting because it drew from Mr. Balfour an indignant protest against the tactics of the less scrupulous portion of the Opposition. The...

Let any reasonable man consider for a moment what is the hold that the Nonconformists have on our system of elementary educa- tion now. Next let him think what is the hold...

start in the middle of November for South Africa, where he will remain nearly three months, returning to England about the beginning of March. Mr. Chamberlain, accompanied by...

the Education Bill. Though the fact that the Irish Members have gone home has made the proceedings of Parliament generally more reasonable and more decorous, progress has not...

to the advantage of the latter; but upon the question of Protection the Reichstag seems to be unusually stubborn. The German Government is willing to grant moderate Protection...

refuse their consent to the making of the Panama Canal by the United States Government unless they receive an ex- travagant consideration for such consent are being very...

new number of the National Review strong testimony to the consistent friendliness of the Austrian Emperor. It was once manifested in a very striking way. In January, 1900, when...

at the Mansion House on Monday to consider the question of remedying the defects of the Port of London. The matter, it will be remembered, has already received the attention of...

conveyed to the Lord Mayor by Lord Milner with regard to the treatment of loyalists in the two new Colonies. Lord Miler's letter, which grew out of the appeal to the British...

Henry Campbell-Bannerman's preposterous picture of the Bill as a black conspiracy hatched by professors and parsons, or his ridiculous attempt to inflame class prejudice by...

paper a very interesting piece of news. It is to the effect that Professor Ciro Nispi-Landi has obtained leave from the Italian authorities to subject the bed of the Tiber to a...

to alter the decision of the Committee charged to inquire into and settle the question of London "Tubes," and therefore all the pending schemes will come to an end. At. far as...

will recall to Anglo-Indians an incident in the life of General Nicholson. The reverence felt for "Father John," a priest of Kronsta.dt who apparently preaches philanthropy, has...

meeting at Ayr on Wednesday. He touched on the problems connected with the war, complimented Lord Kitchener on his diplomatic successes, and cordially applauded Mr....

New Consols (21) were on Friday 98.

MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S VISIT TO SOUTH AFRICA. T HE news that Mr. Chamberlain is goine. b to visit South Africa and see our new Colonies with his own eyes is a matter for hearty...

Billow as his Chancellor, or rather adlatus, has not proved quite the success it was expected to be. It was supposed that while, with his large experience, he was sure to turn...

T HERE are two sides even to such a question as whether it is expedient to interrupt the ordinary business of London by such a pageant as that of Satur- day last. For that a...

I HE fact that Mr. Roosevelt succeeded to the office of I President of the United States through the tragedy of Mr. McKinley's murder, instead of being elected, has had many...

W E have dealt elsewhere with Mr. Chamberlain's mission to South Africa, but may discuss here the old question as to the advantages which King s and statesmen derive from...

W E have just been reading a reprint brought out by Messrs. Blackwood of Mrs. Oliphant's "Stories of the Seen and the Unseen" (3s. 6d.) As we laid it down we asked ourselves how...

O F all words suggesting their sense by their sound, there are surely few more expressive than the word "stodgy." Indeed, even the shape and appearance of the printed word...

THE Ancestor (Constable and Co.) is a new magazine con- cerned with descent, heraldry, and the preservation of family papers and relics. The subject will appeal to others than...

THE NEED FOR STERNNESS IN PUBLIC LIFE. [TO THE EDITOR OP THE EPECTATOR.$1 Si,—The note which you append to my letter in the Spectator of October 25th swells, as was to be...

SIR,—Probably there are many members of the Church of England who could " cap " the stories told by "A Nonconformist" in your issue of October 18th. E.g.,— I know some...

(To THE Eorron "SPECTATOR) Sr,—Your correspondents in the Spectator of October 25th say that in the absence of names, &c., it is impossible to verify the truth of my...

correspondence on this subject, I venture to think that the opinion of the great Duke of Wellington about the necessity of keeping officers in order may be not uninteresting at...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I am sure that all those who wish—as I do—that friendly relations may be established between England and Germany on a sure and...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,--111 connection with the appreciation shown by the troops in South Africa for stirring verses (see Spectator, October 18th and 25th),...

in the Spectator of October 25th, in which you generously give credit to the Brigade of Guards for good work done in South Africa, there is an expression which does not affect...

(To TIIE EDITOR OP THE " SPECI'ATOR.1 Sul,—May I be allowed to enter a protest against the imputation (in your article on "The Return of the G uards" in the Spectator of...

[To THE EDITOR OF TIIE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May I say a few words in reference to your recent article favouring autonomy for Macedonia ? English sympathy for the " gentlemanly "...

OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sire—In your "News of the Week" (Spectator, October 25th), referring to the case between Germany and the United States, you say that "the American...

Sin.—You say in the Spectator of October 18th: "It is, we confess, with a sense almost of despair that we read the Report" ; but one notes that you do not confess to a sense...

"Srscrwroe."] Si,—In justice to the memory of the late Mr. Purcell, might I be allowed to correct a misapprehension under which your correspondent, "Cleric," seems to labour...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPEOTATOR.1 am not surprised that "An American Mother," writing in a recent number of the Times, is disgusted with the ahabbi. ness of undergraduates'...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "8PECTLTOR.1 Sin,-Will you kindly insert this letter to say that Padre Jacques L3saverdens, the courteous and learned Armenian Father, known to so many...

pro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:I Snz,—Permit us . to point out that there is a sentence in the review of "The Cathedrals of Great Britain" in your last issue that is apt to...

"SpEcTAToa."] Snz,—I was very much interested in the article in your issue of August 16th on the secret transmission of news, and think the writer of it may be interested in...

[To TEE EDITOR 0/, THE "SFECTAT01.1 Szs,—In reply to your reviewer, who says (Spectator, October 4th) that the House of Lords did not definitely reject the proposition that...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIB,—The subjoined entry settles, I think, the doubt about Brougham's authorship of the article alluded to in your subleader on the...

MR. STOPFORD BROOKE'S BROWNING STTJDIES.t THE reckless praising of indifferent books is the great weak- ness of modern literary criticism, and this fault is not mended by...

THE BLACKBIRD" (LINES WRITTEN TO AN OLD IRISH AIR.) THERE' a sweet bird singin' in the Narrow Gign, He sings so clear with a golden bill, He'll call me afther him, an' then...

rTO TIIE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—I have letters of John Ruskin's, dated June, 1867, which, if his own word is to be relied upon, would seem to prove that the last...

"My unlucky ignorance as a man of business was to prove a very Aaron's serpent on the threshold of old age, and swallow up the whole in one sudden ruin at a moment's notice,...

expected, a wide range of subject. Dante, viewed, we should say, almost exclusively in his personal character, is the subject of the first essay; the last is a highly...

THE CHILD MIND.* THIS deeply interesting and original little work belongs to that steadily increasing class of books which, while written about children and from the child's...

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which bears this curious title—surely requiring some other explanation, at least for the English reader, than that it is borrowed from Varro—contains eight "Memorial...

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Poems, by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (H. Frowde, 3s. 6d.), a charming little volume ; A Budget of Anecdotes, collected and arranged by George Seton, M.A. (Chapman and Hall, Ss....

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