CLEOPATRA.* "IF the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, all the face of the earth would have changed "—at least so said Pascal, who, by a somewhat rare conjunction, was at once...

LONDON: NOVEMBER 21st, 1914.

THE great merit of Mr. John Walpole-Bond's Field-Studies of Some Rarer British Birds' is its originality. It gives us new field-studies by a genuine field naturalist The sub-...

OF some books one reads that they "end upon a note of interrogation," a phrase that may be the refuge of a baffled reviewer. In the case of this composite work of eight •...

TOGETHER with at least two plays that one may postulate as deserving of life, Stanley Houghton, by his lamentably early death, left behind him a fascinating problem for the...

No English writer knows more of German ways than Mr. Dawson, and his large book upon public administration in towns is a mass of information. It is his misfortune to have...

TALES OF ADVENTURE.* IN spite of the war, large numbers of excellent volumes of boys' stories are being produced by the publishers. Though there are numerous school stories and...

THERE seems to be but little diminution in the stream of boys' story books that is flowing from the publishers this autumn, and it would be impossible for us to mention them...

Mr. M. P. Price's Diplomatic History of - the War (George Allen and Unwin, 7s. 6d. net) is the kind of book which we should expect to be dated from the . Press Bureau in Berlin...

gives weight to his exposition of " the law as it ought not to be in its relation to the poor" in the pleasantly written but earnest collection of essays which be calls The Law...

Sons, 7s. 6d. net), is a sequel to the author's previous work on Indian history in the days when the Moghul Empire was breaking up. It gives a picturesque narrative of the...

fellow-craftsmen that many readers will be glad to possess, in a collected form, his Notes on Novelists (J.11. Dent and Sons, 7s. 6d. net). This volume includes two papers on...

Adventure (T. Fisher Unwin, 15s. net), describing the experiences of the Northern Party who explored Victoria Land in the course of Captain Scott's-last expedition to the Far...

delightful writer, and in his description of a recent trip to the United States, Connaught to Chicago (James Nisbet and Co., 5s. net), he tells useful and interesting truths...

of one of the most interesting of animals, is Mr. A. Radclyffe Dugmore's Romance of the Beaver (William Heinemann, 6s. net). It is illustrated with many excellent photographs,...

the British Empire is given by Mr. John R. Raphael in Through Unknown Nigeria (T. Werner Laurie, 15s. net). Most of the chapters were written during the actual journey, and...

NOTABLE ENGLISH TRIALS. The Trial of Mary Blandy. Edited by William Roughead. The Trial of I. A. Dickman. Edited by S. 0. Rowan Ffamilton. "Notable English Trials" Series....

: Norman, Remington Co., $2 . 50 net), describes the respectable career of the man who, for many years after Daniel Webster's death, was regarded as the leading American lawyer....

1888. A Literary Friendship (John Murray, 5s. net) is a pleasant little collection of his letters to Lady Alwyne Compton. He describes Charlotte Bront6 as "broken-hearted and...

Library," a reprint in dignified type of A Platonick Discourse upon Love (Grant Richards, 12s. net), translated in 1651 by Thomas Stanley from the original of Pico della Mirandola.

of Arpinum (Humphrey Milford, for the Yale Uni- versity Press, 10s. 6d. net) is dedicated to the late Professor Tyrrell, who hailed it as " a decisive counterblast to Mommsen...

: printed for private circulation at the Univer- sity Press), is a " Who's Who" of Balliol men now living. It contains some very distinguished names, arranged in alpha- betical...

the London and County Printing Works, Drury Lane, W.C. : and Published by Jona BAKER for the "Beacratou" (Limited), at their Office, No, 1 Wellington fitreetin the Precinct of...

Army in Flanders, we are, of course, well aware that General French and Lord Kitchener are fully conscious of what is going on, and are taking all the measures necessary to...

they for themselves or we for them are hoisting or thinking of hoisting signals of distress. Nothing of that kind is contemplated by any one. Still, we must not, for fear of...

he was buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, near the tombs of Nelson and Wolseley. The body was brought from his home at Ascot to Charing Cross, and thence the...

NV E record with deep regret the death of Lord Roberts, which occured last Saturday evening at Sir John French's headquarters. Lord Roberts had gone to France specially to visit...

logger- heads or stalemate is maintained in Flanders. It would be more exact, however, to say that the thin battle line of the Belgians, the British, and the French remains...

being suffered perhaps with greater intensity by our enemies. Though they seem to come on in a "blacker, incessanter" line, and though there appears to be no limit to their...

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by the Pacific Steam Navigation Company's steamship Ortega,' of eight thousand tons, to escape a German cruiser. The Ortega,' which had three hundred French Reservists on board,...

bound in the interests of truth to point out that every week that passes makes it more and more certain that if the raiders come they will get a good deal more than they bargain...

this week so good as last. There is, however, no mystery about what has happened. The Germans were being hunted west by the central Russian Army—the Army which has Warsaw in its...

Navy a policy of mere defence, or seem to suggest for a moment the lowering of the signal: " Engage the enemy more closely." In the last resort action is essential for the...

and is still expected and in accordance with that belief, all the necessary precautions have been taken. Whether the Germans ever intended or now intend a raid it is, of coarse,...

of a fight between the Russian Black Sea squadron and the Goeben ' and ' Breslau,' which is recorded in Friday's papers On Wednesday the Russian squadron, which had been...

is good reason to believe that since we last wrote three of the enemy's submarines have perished in the North Sea, two at the hands of British ships and one owing to the skilful...

any false generosity or excess of zeal, fail in our duty of reminding the Government, Lord Kitchener, and the country that not only are we not getting the men we require in...

Vigilance, Patience and Vigilance, Patience and Vigilance," must still be the motto of the Navy, and nobly it is acting up to it. Though the sailors' physical sufferings are, of...

the Goebel)? which was very much faster than the Russian Fleet, disappeared in the mist. The Breslau,' it appears, did not take part in the action, but kept in the offing. The...

or looked like succeeding. They were made apparently in order to annoy our troops and prevent them from sleeping, yet the Germans lost great numbers of men in these enterprises....

the Prince of Wales has been rewarded, and that he has been allowed to go to the front, where he is now an A.D.C. to Sir John French. We can well believe the statement that the...

may with. out exaggeration be described as " a rush " to subscribe the new loan far three hundred and fifty millions. We trust, however, that the great success of the loan will...

despatches from an eyewitness at Sir John French's headquarters. These descriptive narratives have improved remarkably in value since the beginning of the war—a fact which does...

a great change in tactics—another desperate assault on the grand scale against the British line. During the previous days the Germans had evidently been bringing up rein-...

for and obtained a Vote of Oredit for £225,000,000 and a vote for another million men for the Regular Army. He-first explained how the former vote of £100,000,000 was expended....

naval action off Chile embodying the despatch of the Captain of the Glasgow.' From this we learn that Admiral Cradock was in touch with the ' Canopus' by wire- less, and...

Mr. Hodge, speaking for the Labour Party, gave to the officers of the Army. They deserved more pay, he said, and those who used to talk about their " swank " now wished rather...

increased, that more publicity should be given to the stirring deeds of our troops abroad—the best way would be to have " accredited and carefully selected correspondents at the...

Aug. 8th.

"WHEN THE PEOPLE WILLINGLY OFFERED THEMSELVES." A S our readers know, we are strong advocates of compulsory and universal military training and service. We hold, however, that...

lATE doubt whether one person in a thousand realizes what the nation owes to the National Reserve. The National Reserve, in spite of the appeal which one would have thought it...

of surprises. So much so that we should be wise always to expect the unexpected if only we knew—is this way of putting it clear ?—what not to expect. But all our subtlety is...

M R. LLOYD GEORGE introduced on Tuesday into the House of Commons a greater Budget than any Finance Minister in any country has ever introduced hitherto. The main purpose of the...

T HE much-loved leader whom the Empire mourns began and ended his career among Indian troops. It was as though a piece of living India had been translated bodily to Europe in...

T HEY were both small and rather spare, with bright eyes and some dignity of carriage; both wore speckled capes on their shoulders—Susan's, that is to say, the hen's, was there...

1 - 1` nations obtain the Governments that they deserve, it 1 may be hoped that they do not always deserve their postage-stamps. If that were so, we should be a less deserving...

of recruiting which I have not seen touched upon lately, but which deserves serious consideration at this juncture. Among the supporters of compulsory service it has always been...

[To TER EDITOR OP Ms "BricT■ToR.1 SIR, — III an editorial note in your last issue you write : "It is in the great industrial centres of Scotland that there has been slackness,...

RECRUITING. [To TRR EDITOR OP THR "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I have recently been obtaining what information I could on this problem, and personally working over the third part of a...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE GLASGOW HERALD!) Sra.,—At such a time as this one cannot honourably remain silent, and the able article of your correspondent in to-day's Herald leads me...

[To vas EDITOR or TUB STRCTATOR:1 Sra,—The patriotic efforts of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Lord Desborougb, yourself, and other far-sighted men, under the genial sunshine of War...

Pollard ' s excellent letter to the Times on the subject of putting a stop to professional football, and also with reference to Punch's cartoon on the same subject, the...

[To TIM EDITOR or Tss " Blazer/cos:1 Snt,—You have always been in favour of a reasonable amount of training for the young, and may be glad to know what is being done by at least...

[To TEN EDITOR or rm " SrZetiTOR.”1 SIR,—If you happen to be dealing with football in relation to recruiting, the enclosed letter (which appeared in last Saturday ' s Glasgow...

[To TH2 EDITOR OF TH2 " tiPtOTLT01.1 SIR, —There is an enormous chasm which separates the Germany of to-day from the old Germany which we had learnt to love and reverence, from...

[To TB2 EDITOR 07 TH2 " 8PICT2T02..'l SIR,—It is with astonishment and pain that I read in the Spectator of hatred supposed to exist on both sides between the people of Germany...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—In your last issue " F. H. C.-D." urges immediate investi- gation by the authorities of this "invention," and quotes a French newspaper...

THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I should feel very grateful if you would be so good as to bring under the notice of your readers the objects of, and work being done by, the Vegetable...

[To TR/ EDITOR Or TH11 "SPECTITOR."1 SIR,—I wonder if you or any of your readers can suggest a reason for the fact that it is impossible to buy a German or Austrian newspaper in...

[To TH. EDITOR OP TUB " SPRCTATOR."1 141x,—Since the war began the necessity for places of recreation and occupation for girls in garrison towns has become extremely urgent. A...

MATRI DOLOROSAE. THEY bore a warrior home upon his shield To hollow Lacedaemon, long ago; They told how, lion-like, he charged the foe, And fell the hero of a hard-won field....

the above subject has now been reprinted in pamphlet form by the London and County Printing Works, Bazaar Buildings, Drury Lane, London, W.C. Copies can be obtained from them at...

AN ITALIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS.' IN this collection of speeches by Signor Tommaso Tittoni, which is dedicated to Mr. Balfour, we see an Italian Minister for Foreign...

[To TIM EDITOR OP TH2 "SPECTATC Sra,—Now that it has been decided that a volunteer for his Majesty's Army may enrol himself by writing and then wait his call, may I suggest...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the .hdilor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

reminis- cences, which originally appeared in his magazine, have been reprinted in book form. They are a plain and unvarnished record of a life of ceaseless effort, in which the...

the special attention of our readers is Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace's Our Russian Ally.' The world has nothing to teach Sir Donald Wallace about Russia, and we most sincerely...

T tiE DEMI-GODS.* MR. STEPHENS'S new romance is a story of the open road, of tramps and tinkers and vagabonds and angelic visitants.. The subject-matter suggests comparisons on...

which fall to few men, and he has evidently enjoyed them. He • Days of y roars. By Sir Melville I,. Macnaght e n, C.B. London: Edward Arnold. [12e. 6d. net.] writes his...

Co. 6s.)—Mr. Milne is, if possible, more brilliant than ever before. It is a real joy to renew friendship with what has always been a deli g ht to read in Punch. The Frontiers...

just now that many En g lish readers will be g rateful for an opportunity of making first-hand ac q uaintance with that militant Pro- fessor's personality and ideas. The first...

been few bits of writin g in recent fiction as good or as comprehensive as Miss Mordaunt's account of the workers' life in the silk factories of North Staffordshire. Even a...

prisoners of war on a large scale, special interest will be taken in Napoleon the Gaoler, by Edward Fraser (Methuen and Co., 5a. net), based on the personal narratives of...

[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The first place amongst war books this week must be given to a, manly and heartening volume of sermons,...

Army end Navy (Longman and Co., 3d. net), Mr. Francis H. Skrine urges that a short Act of Parliament should be passed, com- pelling every male between twenty and forty to record...

experiments on living animals in the advance of medical knowledge, which was given by Lord Justice Fletcher Moulton before the Royal Commission on Vivisection, has been...