upon the Polish question have greatly irritated Slav feeling, not only in the Polish and Czech districts of Austria, but in Russia. They will, it is said, drive the Poles to...

BEFORE our next issue is in our readers' hands the King, - God willing, will have been crowned, and the most striking State ceremony that any nation or any epoch can afford,...

King had caught a chill while attending a torchlight pro- cession, that it bad attacked the stomach, and that doctors ; had been sent for, and at an unusual hour. The illnesses...

a section of his own party. There is great distress in Cuba owing to the ruin of the sugar cultivation, and the President insists that as the Union controls the Treaty- making...

the Boers are sincere in their acceptance of the peace, and its necessary consequence, an obligation of loyalty to the British Crown. Lord Kitehener, who is a keen and cool...

case.

an mrortant statement in answer to a question addressed to him by Lord Wilton. Lord Wilton wanted to know whether, in view of the recent experiments with capped projectiles, it...

has been ably conducted through the House and Grand Committee by Mr. Heywood Johnstone, the Member for Horsham, was read a third time in the House on Friday week. The Bill,...

Educa- tion Bill—that which constitues the new local authority— was resumed in the Commons, Sir Edward Grey moving an amendment providing that the Council of a borough of over...

the German Intelligence Department, has been tried by Court-Martial for his offence. He made a full and detailed confession, and doubtless for that reason his life was spared ;...

was marked by two events of interest : an official state- ment by the Duke of Connaught that the Prince and Princess of Wales would shortly visit India, and a speech from the...

the Sultan's system of terrorism. It is rumoured that Fuad Pasha, who was recently arrested, condemned by a Court-Martial for treason, and sent to Syria, died on his voyage,...

forwards two facts thence which are both of interest. One is that the volcanic dust has acted there as a fertiliser, the crop of flowers in places covered many inches deep being...

the Board of Trade on Tuesday to complain of obstacles to the development of electrical enterprise in England. Their real grievance is that the local authorities have too much...

he would reduce the tax on maize by half, Mr. Morley dealt with the Corn-tax as a whole. The first part - of his speech was a clever attempt to convict the Chan- cellor of the...

regard to the numbers of the Boers. The original estimates placed the forces of the Transvaal at about 30,000 men, and those of the Orange Free State at 22,000, a total of...

crew of land pirates set forth in a letter in the Times of Tuesday raises a question which is bound sooner or later to become a matter of importance,—i.e., whether it is wise to...

on "Our Ships, Colonies, and Commerce in Time of War" before the London Chamber of Commerce on Monday afternoon. Discussing the question of ships in relation to military...

Wound up the debate, will be a source of keen satisfac- tion to all Free-traders. It and his interjections during the debate show how utterly absurd is the allegation that the...

deaths of three eminent men,—the King of Saxony, Lord Acton, the learned historian, and Mr. Butler, the ingenious author of " Erewhon." We cannot deal with any one of the three...

New Consols (2-1) were on Friday 964.

THE WORLD-WIDE ASPECT OF THE CORONATION. T O our mind, the most striking of the many indications which show what a magnificent ceremonial this Coronation will be are the lists...

proud as well as gratified at the frank and manly way in which Mr. Seddon, at the dinner given in his honour on Tuesday, dealt with the question of our commercial relations....

speech made at Wynberg on Monday by Mr. Graham, the Acting Premier of Cape Colony, will, we hope, be read with attention by all those who are inclined to accept the view that in...

TT is quite natural that the accounts of the "kissing 1 scene," as it might be called, now proceeding in South Africa should be received by sceptical minds with a certain amount...

and the King and the people." To certain minds there is something ominous in the enormous proportions which the formality of the Coronation has assumed in the eyes of the...

It is impossible to overrate the services thus rendered to taking, and the unwillingness of the Minister to listen to the political head of a Department. It is not only at a his...

V ERY few people, even amongst those of decided dryas- dust predilections, realise what a strong romantic and historic charm bangs about the innumerable byways which, so to...

F 4°Ilf parts of England and much of the Continent of Europe comes news of the destruction of life caused by the incessant summer rains. They have not only been extra-...

[TO TIM EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] am glad to find myself in agreement with you on the true significance of the Monroe doctrine,—unfortunately so called, because it is not a...

THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF MILITARY OFFICERS. (To THE EDITOR OF TIIR "SPECTATOR."] am astonished at my temerity in venturing to express opinions which run counter to your...

THE OFFICIAL METHOD OF IMPEDING MUSCULAR MOVEMENT IN SOLDIERS. (To 'FRE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Three or four years ago I was at a village school-feast. A young...

TIER ''SPRCTATOIL") SIR, — Is it quite fair to lay all the blame for the short- comings of our regimental officers on their military instructors, or even on the system...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TIER "SPECTATOR.'] SIR, — In regard to the vexed expression at the end of the third section of "In Memoriam," " a vice of blood," I am unaware that the...

June 14th you say : "Thousands of good Churchmen, who would never abandon the designation ' Catholic' as the exclusive designation of the Roman Com- munion." I take it that you...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Snt,—I write with a mind filled with consternation. I have always looked to the arrival of the Spectator as a refuge to which I could betake...

[TO TRH EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:'J Sin,—In your issue of June 7th you express satisfaction that a Middlesex jury should by a recent verdict have given so excellent a lesson in...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THR "SPECTLTOR.1 SIR,—" Neque Tyrannum, neque Libertatem pati possunt," was Caesar's dictum as to the Gauls. If this is the fact to-day, does that answer your...

find the Spectator of June 14th sticking up for a certain amount of freedom in the English language. Surely the use of the word "expect" is an instance of ellipsis. Thus the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TRH " spEcTATort."1 rejoice to see Mr. Clapp's letter in the Spectator of June 14th about the wrong use of the word "expect." But the employment of it with a...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR:1 Srn,—May I make a comment on two statements, both of which seem to me to labour under a serious error of judgment, in the article, "The...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SpecrAron.1 DEAR FRIEND,—May I, through the medium of the Spectator, ask those who possess letters written by the late John Bellows, of Gloucester, to be...

[To TILE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—On the subject of the refusal to fire upon the flying Boers after the battle of Talana, Hill, referred to in the Spectator of June 7th,...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 Si, — In the Spectator of June 14th you draw attention most usefully to the vast uncultivated waste of water, both fresh and salt, in these...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Your interesting article in the Spectator of June 14th on "Free or Endowed Fishing" very properly calls attention to the neglect of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR-1 Sra,—A godson of mine, just twelve years old, sallied out with a trout rod in company with his brother two years older. In a short time he...

[TO THE EDITOR OP TUE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Mr. Brodribb's letter in your issue of June 14th gives an excuse for asking a question which has long seemed to me obvious. He says :—"...

SIR,—As one who has grown up in steady admiration of the Spectator, may I venture to protest against the drift of the letter in your issue of the 14th inst. headed "Our New Foe...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." . 1 Sus,—It may interest many people to read to-day the very straightforward and comprehensive loyal stanzas on James I. with which George...

rro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."i you allow sue to make the suggestion that some memorial should be put up in any Board-school of which any old scholars have fallen in the...

THE CHARM OF TONE. IN spite of the immense and growing popularity of imam. mental music, the vast majority of persons, if asked to state what they considered to be the most...

Mr. Brodribb in the Spectator of June 14th, not to mention your own leaders and editorial notices as to German hostility to this country, should be read and pondered by all...

Lowe; is the road 'twixt town and town that runs, Travelled by many a lordly cavalcade, With trappings gay, and rich caparisons, Jester and squire, and laughing knight and maid:...

THE TWO MOTHERS. GREAT mother of the proudest race, Save one, that ever drew the sword, Who gatherest now with smiling face Thy sons around the festal board, From lands that...

LORD MILNER AND SOUTH AFRICA.* IT is possible that some readers may be misled by the title of Mr. Iwan-Miiller's book ; when one deals, however rapidly, with the history of a...

MR. BELLOC, having written picturesque biographies of Danton and Robespierre, satirised dons, invented a new variety of nonsense rhyme, and corrected the faulty tactics of our...

unequal to himself. We do not mean unequal in force, in energy of expression, in general literary power—these qualities are constant in him—but in reasonableness and...

Mn. HENRY NORMAN, who has already done much to give the English reader a better appreciation of Asiatic problems, has now increased the debt which we owe him by producing a very...

the above unattractive title Mr. Beck° gives us what can only be described as a sample of book-making. Breachley, Black Sheep has nothing to distinguish it from the usual...

6d.)—This is one of the novels which remind us in a way of Mr. Vincent Cruinal!s's dramatic ideal, the putting of real pumps and so forth on the stage. No one can question the...

Co. 2s. 6d.)—The primary object of this book may be said to be that of a political pamphlet. People in England do not think enough about China, or, if they think, probably think...

late "seventies" are the time and place of Mr. Ilenham's excellent novel, Scud. The book is infinitely better than its title, which gives no idea of the charm of its open-air...

AHANA.* THE author of Ahana, to judge from internal evidence as well as from the absence of any mention of previous works on the title-page, is a novice. The faults of...

The Life of the lion. and Very Reverend Dennis Granville. By the Rev. Roger Granville. (Pollard and Co., Exeter.)—We cannot. but think that much of this volume might have been...

NETTLESHIrS LECTURES ON THE REPUBLIC OF PLATO. Lectures on the Republic of Plato. By Richard Lewis Nottleship, Fellow and Tutor of Balliol College, Oxford. Edited by G. R....

Mary Neville is described by the sub-title as "a woman who attempted too much." The "too much," to put the matter briefly and plainly, is to reform a " ne'er-do-weel," one, in...

A History of the Nineteenth. Century, Year by Year. By Edwin Emerson, jun. 3 vols. (P. F. Collier and Son, New York.) —Mr. Emerson prints by way of introduction an essay by Pro-...

Press, Guildford. 2s.)—This reprint from the original edition is a charming little book. It is bound in white and gold, and beauti- fully printed on cream-coloured paper. This...

a "special Imperial issue," of a new humorous illustrated penny weekly, for which the appropriate title John Ball has been revived. Many of the contributions, which are of the...

Beasts of the Field. By William J. Long. Illustrated by Charles Copeland. (Ginn and Co.)—Birds of the Air. Same Author, Illus- trator, and Publishers. (7s. 6d. each.)—These are...

Dresser and SonR.) — The "Iron Chest" is in the parish of St. Mary's Hereby, iu the North Riding of Yorkshire. In common with all the old parish churches, it has many interest-...

Bell. 2s. net.)—There is really no need to say more about this little Browning anthology than is told by its title. It is a collection of thoughts all tending towards the...

A Catholic Guide to Westminster Abbey. By Erie William Leslie,. S.J. (Sands and Co. 2s. 6d.)—A "Catholic" guide to Westminster Abbey means, of course, a Roman Catholic guide....

the Ven. Arthur E. Moule. Third edition. (Seeley and Co. 5s.) —This reprint of what has become almost a classic to Church Missionary Society readers will be specially acceptable...

Inigo Triggs.—This second part of Mr. Inigo Triggs's Formal Gardens is as interesting as the first, and has pictures and plans of many well-known and beautiful places, among...

Savage Island : an Account of a Sojourn in Niue and Tonga. By Basil Thomson, Governor of Dartmoor. (J. Murray. is. 61.)— Mr. Thomson has accustomed us to look for readable work...

Cobb, (Macmillan and Co. 17s. net.)—There is much that is sound and useful in Mr. Cobb's second chapter, entitled "The Old World Idea," and giving a continuous account of the...

by D. M. Kay, B.D. (T. and T. Clark. 7s. 6d.)—Professor Dalman's contention is that our Lord spoke Aramaic, and that consequently in estimating the Greek documents which are now...

This is a pretty little book bound in Royal blue, and containing a selection of some eighty poems, most of them well known, though others have yet to win their way to a large...

pains, we doubt not, have been spent on The Coronation Book, by Jocelyn H. T. Perkins, M.A. (Isbister and Co., 10s. 6d. net), who, as Sacrist of Westminster Abbey, may be...

[Under this heading are notiee such Boots of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] We have received a popular edition of The Rise of Welliagton, by...

Francis. 2 vols. (H. T. Coates, Philadelphia.)—We cannot give praise too high to Mr. Francis for the pains which he has taken in putting together these two volumes. They are an...

Young, K.C.M.G. (George Allen. Is. 6d.)—This is an interesting book, and worth careful study. That the bond between the Mother-country and the Colonies will, or indeed ought to,...

Washington. By Holden Pike. (T. Fisher Unwin. is. 6d.)—We reviewed some little time ago Mr. Booker Washington's Autobiography. Mr. Pike has taken some of the important points of...

et P. G. Medd, A.M. (Longmans and Co. 6s. net.)—This is a reprint of the fourth. edition (1890), with corrections rendered necessary by the accession of King Edward PLC.—Hygiene...