to the early history of ruediaeval education in Europe. Mr. Gaskoin has thrown much new light into the comparative darkness of the age of Charlemagne and the century preceding...

late Vincent Stuckey Lean's dictionary of aphorisms, phrases, and superstitions; and what a reminder of, as well as a monu- ment to, human folly and unreasonableness has he not...

TIM greatest of the mystics and the most practical of women, learned and beautiful, full of the joy of living and enthusiastic for self-sacrifice, enamoured of martyrdom, but...

FROM the point of view of useful information,. everything about Italy is to be found in this large but fairly compact volume. It has little or nothing of artistic, romantic, or...

Co. 21s. net.)—Wolfe's brilliant achievement at Quebec stands more prominently out of the history of the eighteenth century the further we get away from it. It had indeed...

T. Hanbury. (E. Arnold. 16s. net.)—Mr. Hanbury in this very interesting and readable contribution to the literature of recent travel describes an adventurous journey of twenty...

Problems of Empire: Papers and Addresses. By the Hon. T. A. Brassey. (A. L. Humphreys. 62. net.)—In Mr. Br-ssey's book we find much that is valuable and much with which we are...

The Life of Charles Grant : sometime Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire and Director of the East India Company. By Henry Morris. With Portraits. (John Murray. 12s....

the romantic side of the enterprise the reader must go to Burton or Palgrave. Mr. Hogarth holds himself austerely aloof . from fantastic stories, and writes primarily as a...

unreasonable resentment against the (in themselves) most interesting studies which fill the remainder of the book. Dr. Kitchin was not at Oxford with Ruskin. He went up just...

Stoughton. 6s.)—In this volume we have reproduced a number of lectures, of which the author says : "The delivery of them formed an agreeable recreation amid the continuous...

author of this readable monograph writes in fetters, and is quite aware of the fact. It is a contribution to a series known as "Literary Lives," and Dr. Barry persistently tries...

(Hugh Rees. Os. net.)—Colonel Lonsdale Hale's detailed examination of the campaign which terminated with the German reoccupation of Orleans rescues from comparative oblivion an...

China from Within. By Arthur Davenport. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—The second title of this book, "A Study of Opium Fallacies and Missionary Mistakes," prepares the reader for its...

Les Questions Estlietiques Contemporaines. Par Robert de In Sizeranne. (Hachette et Cie., Paris. 3 f. 50 c.)—No modern art critic takes a wider view or a more independent stand...

The Racing World and its Inhabitants. By Alfred E. T. Watson. (Macmillan and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—In the able series of papers which Mr. Watson has edited from the Badminton...

The Natural History of Animals : the Animal Life of the World in its Various Aspects and Relations. By J. R. Ainsworth Davis, M.A. Half-Vol. VII. (The Gresham Publishing...

The Twentieth - Century Dog: Non - Sporting. By Herbert Compton. (Grant Richards. Is. 6d.)—The astonishing thing about most of the non-sporting breeds of dogs is their...

A Westmoreland Village. By S. H. Scott. With Illustrations by the Author. (A. Constable and Co. 3s. 6d.)—Mrs. Scott has made a very laudable effort to preserve the traditions of...

The Value of the Bible, and other Sermons. By IL Hensley Henson. (Macmillan and Co. Os.)—These twenty-ono sermons, preached during the last two years, are as fresh and powerful,...

The Teaching of Jesus. By the Rev. D. M. Ross, D.D. (T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh. 2s.)—We are told upon the title-page of this book that it makes one of a series of " handbooks...

New Land. By Otto Sverdrup. 2 vols. (Longmans and Co. 36s. net.)—The title of Captain Sverdrup's interesting record of travel does not strike one as being very happily chosen:...

Church has disappeared in Scotland in a way of which England gives no idea. The dedication name, for instance, of most of the churches, if not actually lost, is commonly...

The Army of the Indian Moghuls. By William Irvine. (Luzac and Co. 8s. (3d. net.)—As a survey of the typical army organisation of a settled nomad horde, this account has, from an...

12s. 6d.)—Our author takes the first half of the seventeenth century, and it is, of course, a time apart, even from the Eliza- bethan period. There is much that has a deep and...

Another record of American politics, Autobiography of Seventy Years, by George F. Hoar, 2 vols. (Bickers and Son, 21s. net), has a point of contact with the book noticed above....

The Life of John A. Andrew. By Henry Greenleaf Pearson. 2 vols. (Houghton, Mifflin, and Co. $5 net.)—John Albion Andrew was the "War Governor" of the State of Massachusetts...

Memoirs of Henry Villard, Journalist and Financier (1835 - 1900). 2 vols. (A. Constable and Co. 21s. net.)—It is to be regretted that circumstances have not allowed the...

Nicholson has expanded what was originally meant as a paper into the dimensions of a small book. The very brief, and one might call congested, explanations and derivative steps...

By Allis Dunbar. With 8 Illustrations by Myra Luxmoore. (Longmans and Co. 6s.)—This is a fascinating volume of tales of Irish folk- lore, full of poetry and magic and other...

'.)oth that which considers it as symbolical, and that which looks upon it simply as a picture of quite earthly passion. Mr. Falconer sums up this literature thus :-" Should the...

Co. 10s. 6d.)—Mr. Dawson knows the Moor, especially the Moor who has been brought into contact with, and suffered from, European influences. Yet he has not failed to give us the...

Illus- trations from Photographs. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 10s. 6d. net.) —This is a very pretty book, but it is better from an artistic than a literary point of view. The...

a slight inclination towards the melodramatic and an occasional coarseness of outline in his realistic descriptions— how often our writers striving for the "real" attain only...

is the first volume of reprints in Messrs. C. J. Clay and Sons' new series of "Cambridge English Classics." The text of the original issue has been scrupulously reproduced, and...

sanctity,—a fact noted through centuries about almost every great temple in the world, even that which at Mukden covers the tombs of the Manchu Emperors. We fancy that Lamaism...

The latest rumours are the same as last week,—that the attack on Port Arthur grows fiercer and fiercer, but is as yet unsuccessful; and that Marshal Oyama is still preparing an...

of the armies to be employed in the next campaign. The Russians hope to have half-a-million of men, but they take no account of the desertions, the wastage from disease, and the...

on September 23rd amidst expressions of goodwill, the aged Regent, in particular, formally blessing Colonel Young- husband for his goodness in sparing the monasteries. It is...

the Times of Saturday last is probably a little too favourable, but it is worth study, for the Japanese will, if they are victorious, unquestionably try to colonise new depen-...

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telegram giving the new Census for British South Africa south of the Zambesi. The total white population numbers 1,135,016, and the coloured population 5,198,175. For the...

visit which Signor Giolitti, the Italian Premier and Minister of the Interior, is paying to Count von Billow at Homburg. It is argued that the Italian would not quit Rome at a...

The Amir of Afghanistan, he says, has made a speech in full Durbar complaining that, although Afghanistan can supply a million of men, the people are becoming enervated, and it...

in China for Mukden, and in India for Mount Merou rather foolish, but the Pope is evidently of a different opinion. There has been a Congress of Freethinkers in Rome, and his...

to last Saturday's issue on Chinese labour on the Rand, taking for his text Lord Milner's confident state- ment that it was "absolutely certain" that the number of white...

Van Heerden, of Ladybrand, the leader of a deputation from the Dutch Reformed Church in the Orange River Colony—the other member of the deputation is General Kritzinger—whose...

accepting his nomination is of importance rather as indicating the wishes than the policy of the party. He is evidently opposed to high tariffs, which, he says, protect "huge...

of education in the Colony, and therefore, in our opinion, no help should be given to any scheme which may result in a boycott of the State schools. Unless we are mistaken, the...

only opened its columns to a correspondent who protests against the quarrying for road-metal which, if persisted in, will ruin the gorge of the Avon and the Leigh Woods—among...

the question of the so-called "Colonial offer," occasioned by the controversy carried on by Mr. Chamberlain and Lord Rosebery through the medium of letters to the Times. The...

an announcement, made, it states, "on trust- worthy authority," that Mr. Arnold-Forster has determined to give effect, at least tentatively, to his proposed plan of converting a...

to Lady Curzon's condition is somewhat more reassuring. The tragic suddenneis of her illness—she was on the very point of starting with her husband to take up his second...

Commerce opened at Manchester on Wednesday, interesting articles have appeared in Monday's Times and Wednesday's Daily Mail on the present position and possible development of...

THE EMPIRE AND THE FISCAL CONTROVERSY. T HERE are signs that the Fiscal controversy is about to enter on a more dangerous and complicated phase. The proposals for pure...

of Manchuria, which is to include a quarter of a million of men, and to be ready to take the offensive by the beginning of next spring, is, we fear, an event even more important...

detailed comment in regard to the Thanet election for fear that our intervention in the matter might be liable to misconstruction. We have felt that the strong opposition which...

have the vast majority of Unionists welcomed with a sense of profound relief Mr. Wynd- ham's declaration, in his letter to the Times of Tuesday, against the programme of the...

O NE of the most striking, if not the most dangerous, signs of the day is the want of mental anchorage. Formerly people argued, as it were, within constitutional limits. That is...

Robert Louis Stevenson has written of life and death rises to the memory as a comment on the life of Professor Finsen, which ended at Copenhagen on Saturday last. "It is better...

iridescent poetry of dreams there lies an unexplored country This Debatable Land is traversed by many, but only inti- mately known to a few. Some, indeed, take it at a bound,...

Welsh in working sheep-dogs is abundant proof that the revival of the Celtic tongues, recently advocated, will meet with no resistance from the canine population. They have been...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE, — Will you allow me, as a Free-trader sans phrase, to put the following consideration before Free-trade Unionists ? It is universally...

Sin,—If a very long residence in the Colonies, unbiassed by any connection with politics, may be held to justify the pre- sumption, I should say that you are perfectly right in...

Sin,—During an otherwise delightful vacation trip in Wales and England extending over the last five weeks I have given myself the task of reading the Chamberlain speeches. This...

Sip,—In reading your article of last week on the Church Catechism, and how it has influenced the British mind and character, it brings to mind the question : What objection can...

Irishman, a Unionist, and a Con- servative, to thank you warmly for your article on the above subject in last week's Spectator. I remember that some time since both Mr. Balfour...

as glad to hear as I am to write it that you are quite under a misapprehension in assuming, as you do in your article on "Redistribution" in last week's Spectator, that the...

Sm,—Though the correspondence on the Church case is closed, I trust that you will permit me to refer to the letter signed "D. S." in the Spectator of September 17th, in which...

SIR,—The unhappy fortunes of the wax correspondent sup- posed to to be " with " the armies of Russia or Japan, of which you speak in an article in your issue of September 24th,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—With reference to the above, the following extract from Hill Burton's "History of Scotland" regarding a similar episode in the reign of...

Sra,—I was greatly interested in the article in your last issue upon "The 'Thinking' Horse," especially in the extract quoted to show a horse's sagacity in finding its way home....

Sin,—Your correspondent who signs himself "loan Ap Ruflydd " in last week's Spectator no doubt represents a certain narrow stratum of the inhabitants of North Wales who still...

spondent on the above subject was meant seriously. I am inclined to think it was merely a jeu d'esprit. As a Welsh- man who knows Wales, rural and urban, exceedingly well, I...

Sin,—..& little time ago you treated your readers to a delight- ful chapter of mixed metaphors. As a lover of a good joke in any form, I send you the latest specimen of the...

in their graves. Through the cane-fringed swamp the ibis moves, Wild longing in its veins, It turns to the sun-scorched land it loves And the sand of the desert plains. The...

I care to count without finding out that the Welsh hate the English, as is alleged by "loan Ap Ruffydd." The Welsh do not hate the English, but if any vulgar person, whether he...

realised that it is still possible for a remarkable man to evade public recognition in his lifetime. Of him in a sense it might most truly be said qui bene latuie bens roixit....

chosen the best method. "The history of Paris," says he, quoting Michelet, "is the history of the French Monarchy." This may be true ; but the converse does not hold good, and...

timely book, but we must find space also for a more detailed notice of its contents. The two authors, Mr. • Canada and the Empire an Erami nation of Trade Preferences. By Edwin...

Pain is happier and more at home in the realms of comedy than in those of more or less serious fiction. This fact is proved by the present story, of which the least successful...

author of Genevra the Mr. Charles Marriott who wrote The Column. The earlier work, for all its cleverness, was so disfigured by mannerisms of diction, so signally illustrated...

Brothers. 6s.)—The opening of this novel is interesting reading to those who like stories of a serious nature about actresses and play- writers. Up to the production of George...

and Co. 244. net.)—" Romance" is hardly the right word for some of the stories which Mr. Fitzgerald Molloy has to tell. It may be used legitimately for the tragedy of Maximilian...

and Stoughton. 6s.)—Mr. Geil, who is profoundly interested in missionary work, landed at Shanghai—of which place, "in China but not China," he gives a vivid description—and made...

[Under this heading tee notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for ramie in other forms.] Fiscal Reform Sixty Years Ago. (T. Fisher 17nwin. Is. net.)—It will be...

net.) —Mr. Edgar Prestage has put this beautiful little story of the Portuguese writer into excellent English. It is a story of the Galilaean ministry of Christ. The fame of the...

MA., and Henry Littlehales. (Methuen and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This is one of the series of "The Antiquary's Books," edited by J. Charles Cox, LL.D. The student of this book—and it...

Busbey. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—There are some curious things in this book, especially in the way of "records." In 1806 a mile in 2 - 59 minutes was considered a great...

and Co.)—This book, to quote the sub-title, describes "The Ragged School Movement in English History." This movement may be said to have begun in 1844; but there had previously...

to it. Some three hundred species are mentioned in it, the English, the Latin, and the Arabic names being given, with a brief indication of habitat, &c. It is noticeable that...

a "Popular Illustrated Report of the British and Foreign Bible Society for the Centenary Year." We have noticed the highly interesting centenary volumes at the time of their...

(John Murray. 53. net.)—We are glad to seo that this admirable book has been properly appreciated by the public. Published nine months ago, it now appears in what may be called...

series of "Early English Prose Romances" with Robert the Deuyll, with the text of Wm. J. Thoms, ornamented by Harold Nelson. It is a handsome, well-printed, well-illustrated...

2s. 6d. net.)—An alphabetical order is used in this volume. This is a sufficiently convenient arrangement when it is supplemented, as it is in this case, by some consecutive...

Co. 5s. net.)—No more difficult subject for study could easily have been found than that which Professor Meager chose for himself. It "underwent no progressive, organic develop-...