7.A.PANESE EDUCATION.* THE contents of this volume were originally given as lectures to the University of London under the Martin White Bene- faction. Baron Kikuchi has since...

LONDON: NOVEMBER 20th, 1909.

ALTHOUGH it was published more than a year ago in America, we have no hesitation in placing first upon the list of recent bird-books Camps and Cruises of an Ornithologist, by...

acknowledged to be thoroughly well timed. Whether we view Halley's Comet from the "standpoint of the historian or the astronomer," the author reminds us that it must be regarded...

AMONG "sad stories of the death of kings," not the least pathetic is the tragedy of the young Duo and Duchesse de Bourgogne. The grandson of Louis XPir., had he lived, would...

1790 speaks of "a species of frenzy, terra- mania." The phrase might form the text of these painstaking Ford Lectures, which even readers fresh from Dr. Slater and Dr. Hasbach...

ordered a survey to be made of his estates. The results were recorded * Historical Roman Coins. Described by G. F. Hill, MA. London: A. Constable and Co. Lies. 6d. net.] t...

THE CHILDREN'S STORY OF THE BEE, EVERY one knows that a bee has a sting. This, as Mr. Bensusan puts it, is "the best known, if not the most popular, development of the...

" num the earliest times to the reign of Augustus" states the scope of Mr. Hill's book. But the "earliest times" do not carry us very far back. The earliest coin which he...

THE Franco-Prussian War does not belong to past history in the sense in which the Crimean War so belongs. It began an era of which we have not by any means seen the end. This is...

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and Co. 5s.)—Opinions may differ as to what constitutes romance in industrial enterprise, but there can be little doubt that from the reader's point of view it depends on the...

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first chapter introduces us tcrthe familiar complica- tion. Gilbert Ilumphry, a London merchant who has somewhat unexpectedly come into possession of the Steeplewest Estate, is...

story opens with a painter's pupil-room in Paris, where we are introduced to a Clarinda who has a very high opinion ol herself. The scene changes. Clarinda and her sister Betty...

(S. W. Partridge and Co. 3o. 6d.)—Mr. Simmonds begins with some "wonders of the deep," pearls, cuttlefish, the sea-serpent,--he is prudently neutral about this creature, who,...

decision of character we associate with our little Cousins across the water. The story °pent with some most entertaining fooling which keeps the reader and the respective...

5s.)— One cannot help thinking the incident around which Betty's trials at wheel centre a somewhat email and uninteresting peg on which to hang the whole story. Moreover, the...

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B.A. (Morgan and Scott. 2s. 6d. net.)—This is a picture of Chinese life, minute and faithful as a photograph,—a photograph, too, from which the lines of Nature have not been...

(National Society. 2s. 6d.)—With these thirteen stories Miss Debenham completes the tale of fifty-two which, as she tells us, she undertook to write for Sunday evening reading....

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a foundling, but grows up to manhood unaware of the fact, and becoming tired of cobbling and the nagging of an aunt, goes to the fishing at Lowestoft. How he meets a man who is...

poor Mrs. Trent receives into her house " Cousin Becky," with whom the rich Mrs. Marsh, her sister-in-law, prudently declines to have anything to do. It is not difficult to...

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3s. 6d.)—The "boarders" are dogs which Rachel Wellington takes in to improve the family finances. Children who love animals will understand that this means almost continual...

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6d.)—Mr. Macdonald takes us to a field of adventure which has not been chosen by writers of fiction,—British Guiana and the debatable land, or what used to be such, between that...

Roberts. (Mackie and Son. le.)---Among these stories precedence is given to "Black Agnes of Dunbar," a heroine of the days of Edward III. After her come various heroes and...

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noticing (Spectator, October 30th), and "Us and Our Donkey," by Amy Le Feuvre. There are also twenty-odd short stories. The " Biography " is, as usual, an important element....

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Edited by Richard Wilson (T. Nelson and Sons, 6s. net), is a selection of poems, with very attractive pictures. The first is "John Gilpin," the last is Rudyard Kipling's...

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• T HE chief event of the week has been the notice given in the House of Lords on Monday by Lord Lansdowne that, when the second reading of the Finance Bill comes on, he will...

of the Peers to be sound in principle, it does not prevent us from holding also that that principle would be perfectly well maintained for all practical purposes if the...

that he can find no confirmation of the report that Bulgarian bands had crossed the frontier into Macedonia in order to induce the Macedonian Bulgars to rise. He thinks the...

a visit to King Edward. On Tuesday he had a day's shooting in Windsor Forest, and in the evening was invested with the Order of the Garter. At the State banquet which followed...

any case.

in Morocco announced in Thursday's paper that the time allowed for the Riff chiefs to come to Melilla to hear General Marina's terms had elapsed, and the chiefs bad not come....

reception of the recent manifesto of the Bishop of Nancy. It contained a recommendation that the Bishops and all the clergy should abstain from takingpart in elections. This...

lives of Lord and Lady Minto. As they were driving through Ahmedabad on Saturday two bombs were thrown at the carriage, one of which was knocked aside with his sword by a...

is to succeed Sir John Fisher as First Sea Lord, has given general satisfaction, not unmingled with relief. To begin with, Sir Arthur Wilson is a man who inspires confidence not...

of Lords in referring the Budget to the people. He drew a. comparison between the action of the last Government with regard to Tariff Reform and the present attempt at creating...

Imperial Navy" at the Society of Arts on Wednesday night. He had discussed the question with men of all classes in all parts of Canada, and found them agreed that the Navy must...

parts. The first dealt with Tariff Reform and the second with the Budget. In his defence of import-duties he naturally took as his main example the cotton industry. He denied...

week Lord Cromer spoke of "the administrative side of Egyptology." He regretted that Egyptology could not be conducted apart from politics, but, as a matter of fact, it was...

Monday in Calcutta. Its chief feature consists in the enlargement of the Imperial and Provincial Legislative Councils. This is effected by means of an elaborate system of...

appeals for a conference, even at the eleventh hour, on the Irish Land Bill have met with a satisfactory response. When the Bill returned to the House of Lords on Wednesday,...

requires a moment's consideration. "Instead of doing either of the things suggested above, a nation may buy the commodities it desires with its capital." No doubt. But this, it...

Oct. 21st Consols (2i) were on Friday 82i—Friday week 82g.

ways,—either by making them itself or by making other things to exchange for them. Which of these two courses it shall take in each particular case ought to be decided by the...

decide the better whether to make things for them- selves or to make commodities to exchange for them, or will the State be the better judge of which course is to be taken ? Not...

comment upon the reforms from two of the leaders of the Indian Mohammedans. The first, from his Highness the Aga Khan, president of the All-India Moslem League, supported the...

THE POSSIBILITIES OF COMPROMISE. T HOUGH the lists are set, the knights mounted and accoutred with their lances in rest, waiting only the trumpet's blast, there is still room...

O NE of the strangest of the strange delusions of the Tariff Reformer is that trade can be made to flourish by preferential Commercial Treaties,—a delusion with which Mr....

discussion initiated in our columns as to feasible methods for evading Mr. Lloyd George's new taxes raises a very interesting moral question which it is worth while to consider...

E VEN the Admirable Crichton is said, by cold-hearted critics to have owed something of his reputation to his biographer, Sir Thomas Urquhart, and. to praise your- self wisely...

left as its legacy a deep and perhaps insoluble problem of undetected crime, a very curious study in psychology, and a public discussion on the merits of the French system of...

S MALL objects of lost property go up in value—in imagination. Their charms are enhanced from the moment that we miss them. The greatcoat or umbrella, the knife or the pen,...

Tit poet who contributed the earliest rhymes to the irsery anthologies knew her business very thoroughly. She was simple and artless, as most young mothers are, and she did not...

THE BRENNAN MONO-RAIL SYSTEM. [To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR") SIE, — In May, 1907, Mr. Louis Brennan exhibited at the Royal Society a working model of a railway truck...

THE INDIAN POLICE AND THE DRAMA OF CONFESSION. [To THE EDITOR 07 TER " SPECTATOR:1 Si,—May I venture to supplement the letter of your corre- spondent " R.," headed "The Indian...

a little story to the "drama, of confession" told by your correspondent "R." (Spectator, November 13th) ? Some fifteen years ago a certain Deputy-Commissioner had charge of a...

[To viz EDITOR Ow THE " SPILOTAT010] last week's issue you publish, and apparently accept and endorse, a " communicated " article, which contends that Home-rule is now...

Sra,—Having served over thirty years in the Indian Police, I read the communication of "B." in your last issue with great interest. It is more than fifteen years since I left...

[To THIC EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR." _I SIR, —May I point out to " Coelebs Senior" an aspect of his case which he appears to have overlooked (Spectator, November 6th) P He tells...

columns of " Coelebs Senior" and Aunt "B." show that in prospect of increased Death-duties people are, as was to be expected, casting about for means to protect their families....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sru,—You advise your readers to get rid of the present Government, even at the risk of putting the Tariff Reformers in power. You prefer...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The Unionist Party claim that the country is with them, and that it yearns to get rid of the present House of Commons, start Tariff...

the gratitude of all believers in popular rights on a priori grounds for its advocacy of a Referendum on the Budget. Practically, however, apart from the further Constitutional...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THZ " SPECTATOL"f SIR,—The cry raised by a section of the Unionist Party in favour of a "Budget Referendum" would be amusing were it not significant of the...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " EirEcTATos."] Sin,—You do well to urge our leaders in the Unionist Party to formulate a constructive, and not merely obstructive, policy on the various...

Snt,—May I point out to the lady who wishes to free gifts to nieces from duty that if she makes the gift in coin there will be no record of the transaction, and unless the...

[TO TEX EDITOR OF 111:1 " SPICTATOR."] SIR,— " A. Moderate Liberal" in your issue of the 13th inst. demurs to my criticism of his attitude in the matter of the Budget, but...

ITO TIM EDITOR OF THE " EIPELTAT01.1 Sur,—In your issue of August 14th I see that Mr. Spender seeks to justify the land values taxation in England by comparing it with the...

[TO TES EDITOR OF TEN "SPECTA-TOR..1 Sur,—In a speech delivered by Mr. T. P. O'Connor in Chicago on November 3rd (to which I listened) he besmirched the reputation of the House...

[To ma EDITOR. OF ITER " SFIICTATON.,"] SIB,—The enclosed is an extract from a letter which I have just received from my _brother, a farmer in New Zealand. I thought it might...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] EIB, - YOU were kind enough to publish last August a letter about the steps that we (the National Trust) are taking to save this Gorge from...

by the Greek epigram that appeared in the Spectator last week. The policy of taxing ungotten " minerals further recalls the task assigned by Milton to Mammon :— "By him first...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—I happen to know that the excellent Greek epigram for the Chancellor of the Exchequer which you published last week refers to his...

SIR,—A few years ago I met a miner in the West Australian goldfields. The following is an account of a piece of heroism on his part which I think can seldom be surpassed :—He...

LTO THII EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The following is from Sir Charles Napier's "Campaign against the Robber Tribes of the Upper Scinde ":- "A detachment of troops was...

"SPECTATOR."] who have visited the beautiful valleys of Carrara must have been horrified at the cruelty practised on the oxen which draw the carts laden with marble from the...

SONG OF THE GUNS AT SEA. 0 HEAR ! 0 hear I Across the sullen tide, Across the echoing dome horizon-wide, What pulse of fear Beats with tremendous boom P What call of instant...

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...

A POISONOUS l300K.* IT has long been the rule of the Spectator to avoid giving the advertisement of scandal to any book, and especially to any novel, which appears to us to be...

WE have received the following contributions in answer to the appeal of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Protection Society, on behalf of the deputation to the - United States...

voice of the master kept to the end its splendid resonance and his heart its unconquerable • Last Poems. By George Meredith. London: A. Constable and Co. [46. 6d. net.) youth....

IN a certain way Madame Duclaux is 'a better critic of the literature of her adopted country than any of its own sons or daughters can be. She is just so far 'removed as to be...

Tat. CARAVANERS.* THE formula which the author of Elizabeth and her German Garden has adopted in her new novel is one which lends itself remarkably well to her equipment and...

IT is not the sMallest merit ota hook such as this that it will lead those whoitilt delights While they are young to make later on the acqnaintance of On classic upon which it...

WE can &Mlle more than call the attention of our readers to this careful - efudy of Roman government as it presents itself to the inquirer on its popular side. Every chapter is...

the route between England and India. It is much more literally employed. - Starting from Quetta, in Baluchistan, Mrs. Beau, after a sojourn in Mean, made her way to Krasnovodsk,...

6s.)--The ifl,nç as a aaleAD- Peftina • to P• 24 4 4 ' a little remote from life, hut itsadeta..ils are weelyed.,eirt .with : ranah ability.—The Beggar in the •IfSeet....

Es.)—" Sydeey Qiiet 4 S" nevinovel bisloVilin What :arc; alts her "Modern Eastern Seriei,*and'dkee lilt:h i -out . ..Ong „parts of Indian Empire in the middle e471 aer 16 - 1...

in Mr. Arnold Bennett's former work has prepared his readers for the point of view from which his new novel is written. Leaving the affairs of this world with which he has...

[Under this headidg se native such 'BooksnP 154 •vord; so /deo 4to1-been reserved for review so other formed .„ .T. G. Lewes of Savage Island and &ea Gabaea.By.ths..:B.av....

(W. Heinemann. 3s. net.)—It must be confessed that the Earonees Hedwig von Klausdorff was exceedingly unfortunate in the two households of which she was an inmate during her...

F.R.S.E. 5 vols. Vol. II. (Caxton Publishing Co. 78.6d. per vol.)—This useful and interesting book deals chiefly with the horse, and contains some excellent anatomical diagrams...

Wright, LL.D. (Williams and Norgate. 31s. 6d. net.)—The work of cata- loguing the London Library was only half accomplished by the publication in 1903 of an "Author Catalogue."...

George Coffey. (Hodges, Figgis, and Co., Dublin. 1s. 6d.)—The "Antiquities" are of the Christian period, and they are catalogued here with illustrations and descriptions from...

6d. net.)— This "Nature Anthology" is a collection of poems, parts of poems, and extracts in prose from great writers, bearing on the subject of Nature. First come some pages of...

6d.)—There are no researches of special importance to chronicle, but Sir Charles Warren's "Notes of New Discoveries" show how much progress has been made in our knowledge of...

Library," of which the first volume just published is Marlowe and Chapman's Hero and Leander (J. M. Dent and Sons, 105. 6d. net and 12s. 6d. net). The type is easily read, and...

call it, Edited by T. Leman Hare (T. C. and E. C. Jack, 2s. 6d. net per vol.), we have the first series of six volumes, all the work of Mr. T. Egan Mew, dealing with the general...

Introduction by Edward Thomas. (Duckworth and Co. 6s.)—The volume includes eighteen essays, of which three appear for the first time, while the others are reprinted from various...

3s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Ballard has made in this volume a collection of answers given to questions asked at "Conferences" —the term is used in its natural, sot its artificial,...