on Thursday, declared that Mr. Birrell in attempting to govern Ireland without resorting to exceptional measures of coercion was carrying out a policy which bad the sympathy and...

for annexing the Congo to Belgium, the more un- satisfactory does the proposal seem. The Belgian Parlia- ment can adopt the Treaty or reject it, but it cannot =fiend it. The...

T HE Constitutional conflict between the Persian Parlia- ment and the Shah has reached a crisis, and Teheran is in a state of siege. On Sunday last the Ministry resigned, and...

some remarks of the well-known military critic, Colonel Giidke, on the new German naval programme. After 1912, lie says, the mere necessity of keeping the Government dockyards...

to cruise round the Horn to the Pacific, left Hampton Roads after being reviewed by Mr. Roosevelt. It is estimated that this great naval undertaking, -which will be watched with...

case.

policy and the question of armaments. The expenditure on these was becoming one of the most serious questions in Europe. It was well known that the German Government were...

Council upon their courage and good sense in refusing, by 64 votes to 40, to apply the Act allowing the feeding of sehool-children to be placed on the rates. The temptation to...

at the Old Bailey ended on Wednesday in a verdict of "Not guilty." Sir Charles Mathews, for the Crown, con- cluded his speech by saying :—" If you find that while there may be...

the terrorism exercised in the Athenry district by the United Irish League. Their special correspondent visited Mr. Blake, of Hollypark House, and heard from him a full account...

rates without protesting against the disgraceful action of the Daily News in heading its leading article on the decision of the County Council, "Let them Starve." A more unjust...

and Socialism, and are therefore not surprised to find the New Age, the ablest exponent of Socialism in the Press, writing as follows :—" In other words, we may expect a party...

Act imposes no arbitrary or tyrannical judicial system. It merely meets in certain cases the difficulty of having to ask non-professional Magistrates who are exposed to outrage...

basis of the Government's new Education Bill is to be contracting out. Popular control is to be applied to the non-provided schools in such a way as to make them...

the Administration, and his freedom from self- seeking, and concluded :—" He was a great man. He was a great Englishman. He was one of these Titanic forces that rise above the...

been set up in the great hall of Merchant Taylors' School to the memory of Lord Clive. He was "one of the master spirits of the English race " of whom Browning had rightly...

in a speech at Wellington declared that he would not rest satisfied till the "All-Red Route" was an accom- plished fact. The coaling of the Pacific steamers would be no more...

to the final speed trials of the new turbine and oil- fuel destroyer Tartar.' A speed of 35 . 363 knots was main- tained for six hours, and over the measured mile the highest...

by the opportune proposal of the Board of Trade that the Board might rent the building for housing its commercial library and displaying its samples. At present the Board of...

A working man by "J. St. L. S.," dealing with "The Problems and Perils of Socialism." The series will begin on the first Saturday in the New Year. It may interest our readers to...

be £700,000 to £800,000, and that nearly half of this would have to be contributed by Great Britain. If the need is proved, we shall be prepared to counsel sacrifices for so...

on' Monday Mr. Atherley-Jones announced that Mr. Caldwell— the witness from America, who has left the country—being discredited, his evidence was entirely withdrawn. He also...

Nov. 7th. pausal ( i ii) wen on Frikihy 8 21--on. Fri4gy weak B.

LORD LANSDOWNE'S GLASGOW SPEECHES. A T last we find in Lord Lansdowne a Unionist leader who shows himself aware of what is due to Unionist and Conservative principles, and is...

T T is natural that the politicians of Europe should regard the departure of the American Fleet for the Pacific with an interest not entirely devoid of uneasiness. The incident...

Reviews contains a character sketch of Sir Edward Grey, in which the versatile editor of that publication attacks the Foreign Secretary on the ground that he has let himself be...

:111 HALDANE gave his hearers an excellent sample R. of Constitutional teaching when he unveiled the statue of the King which has been erected in the new building in which...

a pre-eminently great man of science, whose intellect eclipsed that of his scientific contemporaries, and whom the judgment of posterity may class with his greatest predecessors...

W HEN the counsel for the prisoner in what has come to be known as the Camden Town murder case described the crime as "one of the most atrocious and skilful murders of modern...

J T is strange what a fascination a shibboleth has for human nature. The wish to gain distinction by peculiarity in things of little importance would seem in many persons to be...

N O one who was present at the Jubilee dinner of the Alpine Club on Tuesday could fail to be impressed by the cosmopolitan character of the audience. When fifty years ago a few...

THE POISON IVY OF CALIFORNIA. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Adherents of homoeopathy are familiar with the label " Rhus Tox." upon certain of their tiny bottles...

LORD CROMER AS HOME ADVISER. [To Tux EDITOR or THE " SPRCTATOR.1 SIR,—I have only just received a copy of your number for November 2nd, containing an article in praise of...

(TO THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR. "] Siu,—Mr. Asquith, addressing his constituents on the House of Lords, charges us with thinking that a Second Chamber is part of the order...

[To THE EDITOR or Tat " detanTOR.1 SIE,"-With reference to the letter of your correspondent " Z." which appeared in your issue of the 14th inst., I am mike That you will allow...

December 14th) does not very clearly state what purchase of docks from a private corporation he refers to. Possibly " many years ago" may mean 1884, when our municipality...

Vre ins EDITOR OF TRH "SPROTETOR.1 SIR,—Will you allow me to say how thankful I, a non- political country parson, am to see that you have begun to suggest the formation of a...

!To THE EDITOR OP THE "Bram:roll:1 SIR,—Last Sunday brought a notable . addition to the Royal death-roll. The Queen Dowager of Saxony, widow of King Albert, who died in 1902,...

[To THE Roma or THE "SPECTATOR.'] Sus, — In your article last week on the case of Lieutenant Woods you say : " The power to command is almost a mystery. Some men have it,...

[To TER EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Before proceeding to the remarks which I have in mind regarding this very interesting subject, I should like to be allowed to express...

"SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—The winter is upon us, and there will be thousands of the unemployed to be provided for. It has been proved by the Spectator Experimental Company that in a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Snt,—It seems to me that the " Poor Law Guardian " whose letter on the subject of outdoor relief appeared in the Spectator of the 14th...

sorts meit " (Spectator, December 14th) must have set many people thinking and wondering " how it's done." I conclude he must be a curate, for no incumbent would be likely to...

SIR,—In answer to your correspondent " A Bad Economist" (Spectator, November 30th), may I, after a long experience of a similar income, suggest the following division...

inserted on the subject of incomes and expenditure are most interesting, and I think extremely instructive. I fancy " A Bad Economist" must feel that his case excites small...

SIR, —In your issue of the 14th inst. your correspondent " Con- tentus sorte men" writes that on an income of £160 to £170 per annum he brought up "a large family, all of...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPROTATOR.1 SIR, — It is well known that many clergymen's incomes are small. But your correspondent " Contentns sorts men" (Spectator, Decenther 14th)...

SIR,—Having seen "A Bad Economist's" letter, I venture to send you the particulars of my expenditure of about £2,000 a year. I may say that I have kept very careful accounts...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your comment on Mr. Tallack's letter in the last issue of the Spectator you say, and very justly, that if big- game is the cause...

mistake made by your reviewer of the "Eversley" Tennyson (Spectator, December 14th) with regard to the year of Mrs. Browning's birth is still so common that it may be worth...

• [TO THE EDITOR OP THX "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Mr. Tallack, who writes to you about the extinction of interesting animals (Spectator, December 14th), is apparently not aware...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Can any of your readers help me to find an old- fashioned rhyme on the Kings and Queens of England beginning :- " William the First,...

[To me EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—In some of the English papers notice has been taken of the arrest in St. Petersburg of Nicholas Tchaikovski, Russian Liberal who has...

1.11 . 0 TRH EDITOR OP THIS .SPIICTATOR." Sin,—There will doubtless be a snowstorm of able letters against " C. M. D. D.'s " extraordinary proposition to take Mrs. Norris...

" SPECTATOR." I SIR,—I think there must be many who, like Mr. Everard Hesketh, have felt the value of the above book. May I express the wish that you will also publish in...

STERNDALE BENNETT. BIOGRAPHIES of living musicians who are still in mid-career have become so common of late years that it is worth noting that we have had to wait thirty-two...

IN MEMORIAM: LORD KELVIN. Lncz its own wraith, from stormy evening skies Fitfully gleams the dim December sun. Close the tired eyes, those steadfast, searching eyes; Fold the...

[The Alpine Club, founded in December, 1867, celebrated its Jubilee December 16th and 17th, 1907.] -- - QUESTION. " WHAT do ye win P" the scorners ask, " Who climb great...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTAT011."1 Sin,—In a paper by Mrs. Creighton on " Women's Work for the Church and for the State," which is being circulated in connexion with the...

FRENCH POETRY. 0 " THE common neglect of French poetry by English lovers of literature" affords the text for a series of interesting and sympathetic studies by Mr. John Bailey...

THE author of The Book of Nonsense was never in such need of serious presentation as at this moment, when the form of verse which be popularised and made radiant and gay, and...

THIS is a very able and fascinating hook, and we must heartily congratulate Mr. Spender on providing us with a work which, while affording the easiest of reading, neverthe- less...

of autobiography which need be written with no art, and these reminiscences belong to the class. Mr. Williams might stand as the model of an adventurer in a boy's book ; he...

HOMER, like Mrs. Harris, is no longer the object of an un- reasoning faith. "I don't believe there's no rich a person," says critic after critic, but, unhappily, at more learned...

IT might seem an ill-advised enterprise to put together some six hundred pages about a man who died more than thirty. years ago, and who left nothing behind him that the world...

THE FRUIT OF THE TREE.t MRS. WHA.RTON'S ability has so often been admitted in this column that we cannot be accused of prejudice if we express regret that it has been so...

THE printers and publishers have said their last word in this magnificent volume. It is a superb piece of book-making. Besides some two hundred and seventy pages of letterpress,...

—The best thing in A Horse's Tale is Mark Ilwain's preface, which is given with all his delightfully urbane humour. Whether Mark Twain is successful in the story proper, which...

is rather a disappointment to find a writer of Mrs. Bantle Reynolds's ability straying into the paths of melodrama. The hero of this book, Thorold Strong, is a distinctly...

Pitman and Sons. 6s.)—In reviewing Father Benson's latest novel the weary critic must really utter a protest against authors with illegible handwriting choosing to have their...

Gs.)—A book of short stories, which resembles those baskets of strawberries in which the three or four largest and ripest are put on the top.—Dowland Castle. By the Earl of...

[Under this Lending we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other formal Humours of the Fray. By Charles L. Graves. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 3s....

Guy Francis Laking. (Bradbury, Agnew, and Co. 410 103. net.)—Mr. Laking, well known as an expert in European armour, has added with success a new province to his domain. The...

(John Murray. 15s. net.)—Joseph Wiggins went to sea at the age of fourteen, and after suffering not a little rose to be master of a ship engaged in the Mediterranean trade at...

New York. 10s. 6d.)—This is one of those painstaking studies of the wage-earning community too little read, we fear, by people with a real interest in the social economy of...

James Merchant. (Hodder and Stoughton. 12s.)—Lord Shaftesbury, as quoted by Dr. Robertson Nicoll, said that "the British people had an immense capacity for enthusiasm and an...

(Masters and Co. 3s. 6d.)—This is the second volume of the "Great Churchmen Series." In secular matters, whero it is possible to see matters clearly without the distorting...

2s. 6d. not.)—A county or a region, a city or even a suburb, may well have an annual of its own. It is our privilege from time to time to notice some excellent publications of...

Co. 6s.)—This is a curious book, almost unique if, as we have no reason to doubt, the facts which are stated in the preface aro oorrectly given. William Monckton, who is now a...

continues to adapt itself to new needs and make use of new devices tending to compactness and serviceableness. There are as usual, in addition to the information about times,...

are told, twenty-two thousand biographies. This shows a steady growth, and means a very careful examination of all available sources of information. Obviously a book of this...

we have said before, is an excellent periodical. It keeps its readers posted up in all educational matters—secondary, of course—and pleases them by being readable. The...

to be explained by the sub-title, "A Handbook to All the Questions of the Day." A most interesting collection of figures, facts, and reflections is given us. It is an epitome of...

Vicars, Ulster King-of-Arms (Kelly's Directories, 21s. net), appears for the seventy - seventh time. The first edition, which was edited by Edmund Lodge, Norroy King-of-Arms,...

of Sir Thomas Lawrence's Master Lambton. The technique of this engraving seems to be all that could be desired. The painting is an admirable example of Lawrence's style, and it...

together, The Weights and Measures Act, 1904, by W. Eric Bons- field (Stevens and Sons, Os.), and A Practical Guide to the Death Duties, by Charles Beatty (Effingham Wilson, 4s....

Notes by Arthur Waugh. (Collins's Clear- Type Press. 3s. 6d.)—From the same publishers, The Old Curiosity Shop, by Charles Dickens (2s. and 2s. 6d.) ; The Old Lieutenant and...