THE GREAT SCHISM.* This book is in some ways a remarkable one. It deals with one of the most difficult and complicated periods in European history, and it ranges over many...

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the Pocma del Cid. Here, Mr. Fitzmaurice-Kelly says, "we meet for the first time with that forcible realistic touch, that alert vision, that intense impression of the thing...

years before that, one of the cleverest Politicians in Europe was a woman,—Princess Adelaide of Orleans. It is not too much to say that her prudence and boldness, each employed...

THE fifteen works enumerated below are selected from a still larger pile which limitations of time and space oblige us to leave unnoticed. The attempt to treat these fifteen as...

No man is better qualified than Major Martin Hume to retell the story of Anglo-Spanish relations from the death of Edward VI. down to the defeat of the Spanish Armada. "Con todo...

MB. CLA.UDID BENSON'S manual deserves a warm welcome from all who are interested in one of the noblest of human sports. Its great merit is that it preaches common-sense on a...

MSS. DABIER was an excellent subject for a biography, and it seems rather a pity that her Life should not have been written by a more accomplished biographer. At the same time,...

THE fourteen essays contained in this volume are equally divided as to number and as to space occupied between the "Biographical" and the "Chemical." It must be under- stood,...

Life of the good Princess who was certainly among the most innocent and the most suffering victims of the Revolution. Naturally, perhaps, Mrs. • Maxwell-Scott dwells chiefly on...

LIFE AND PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF SAMUEL GARRATT. Life and Personal Recollections of Samuel Garratt. (James Nisbet and Co. 7s. ad. not.)—This volume consists of two parts, "...

essence of Indian art will *elcome Mr. Havell'a book. How often have we been disappointed by learned treatises in which the soul of the artistic creations of India has been...

Nelson's Hardy : his Life, Letters, and Friends. By A. M. Broadley and R. G. Bartelot, MA. (John Murray. 10s. 6d. not.) —This biography appeared in substance in "The Three...

Sehota Regia Cantuarensis : a History of Canterbury School. By H. E. Woodruff, M.A., and H. j. Cape, M.A. (Mitchell, Hughes, and Clark.)—The " School," Canterbury, as it is...

George Brown, Pioneer Missionary and Explorer : an Auto- biography. (Hodder and Stoughton. 16s. net.)—George Brown, born at Barnard Castle in 1835, after trying various employ-...

As Others See Us. By John Graham Brooks. (Macmillan and Co. 75. 6d, not.)—We do not quite see why Mr. Brooks describes this book as "a study of social progress." The title can...

Sidelights on Religion. By J. Brierley, B.A. (James Clarke. and Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Brierley starts from the thesis that - religion, broadly considered, is "the real and only...

The Life of Philibert Oontmerson. By the late Captain S. Pasfield Oliver. Edited by G. F. Scott Elliot. (John Murray. 10e. 6d. net.)—Philibert Commerson was born in the Pays des...

The Patriarchate of Jerusalem. By Archdeacon Dowling, (The Blackheath Press. is. Od. net.)—This is an interesting account of the actually existing ecclesiastical order of the...

Cardinal Beaufort. By Lewis Bost's& Radford, B.D. (Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons. 8s. Od. net.)—Mr. Radford uses a com- mendable impartiality in dealing with his subject. Henry...

Memorials of Old Suffolk. Edited by Vincent B. Redstone. (Bemrose and Sons. 15e. net.)—This volume is vrell kept up to the high standard of the series to which it belongs. Of...

Recollections qf a Spinster Aunt. Edited by S. Sophia Beale. (W. Heinemann. 8s. Od. net.)—Mies Beale in introducing to the reading public these "Recollections" has done them a...

The Gilds and Companies of London. By George Unwin. (Methuen and Co. 7s. ad. not.)—We know of no series in which the purchaser gets bettor value for his money than he does in...

Adel and its Norman Church. By William H. Draper, Rector. (R. Jackson, Leeds.)—Mr. Draper has done his duty by his parish in a way that cannot be too widely imitated. He...

The Characters of Paradise Lost, By M. A. Woods. (John Ouseley. 2s.)—Miss Woods continues in this little volume her very acute and interesting criticisms on Milton. Her...

Proceedings of the Canadian Club, Toronto, 1907-8. (Warwick Brothers and Rutter, Toronto.)—The Canadian Club, now in its twelfth year, welcomes many guests. Mr. Kok Hardie ad-...

Rhodes of the Knights. By Baron de Bolabre. (The Clarendon Press. 318. 6d. net.)—The Knights of St. John took possession of Rhodes in A.D. 1309. Aggrandised a few years later by...

Wells and Glastonbury. By Thomas Scott Holmes. (Methuen and Co. 4s. 6d. .net.) —The three chief lines of history in this volume, one of the "Ancient Cities" Series, are the...

The Varying Year. By the Right lion. G. W. E. Russell. (George Allen and Son. Os. net.)—The year, as Mr. Russell pictures it for us, certainly varies much, for it shows us the...

The Nandi : their Language and Polk-lore. By A. C. Hollis. With Introduction by Sir Charles Eliot. (The Clarendon Press. 16s. net.)—Mr. Hollis, already known for his work on the...

Tebbs. (Chapman and Hall. Gs, net.)—This revised and enlarged edition will be warmly welcomed by needlewomen. Miss Tebbe has the art of conveying knowledge, and we are sure that...

Hubert Hall. (Cambridge University Press. 12s. net.)— This, the first of two volumes, contains "Diplomatic Documents." The word " diplomatic " is not to be taken in its ordinary...

Ancient Earthworks. By J, Charles Wall. (Talbot. 2s. ad. not.) —This little book is one of the series of "Antiquaries' Primers," which is designed for the elementary instruction...

Streams, and Coasts. By Lady Rosalind Northcote. (Chatto and Windus. 20s. net.)—This is a big volume, but it is not big enough for its subject. Devon is above the average size...

Unwin. Gs. net.)—At the time that M. Sabatier's lectures were delivered they wore discussed at length in our columns. We must now therefore confine ourselves to recom- mending...

. Lord Sidenham. By Adam Sliortt. (T. C. and E. C. Jack 21s. net.)—Lord Sydenharn (better known, it may be, by his name of Poulett Thomson) was in Canada for something less than...

Sytea. By John Evelyn. With an Essay by John Nisbet, D.CEe. 2 vols. (Doubleday and Co. 21s. net.)—This is a reprint of the fourth edition, published in 1706, the year of the...

The Body at Work. By Alex Hill, MA., M.D., F.R.C,S. (Edward Arnold. 16s. not.)—The purpose with whieh Dr. Hill has written this voluminous treatise is to present the subject of...

a programme of an entertainment which might very well be utilised for the amusement—we might add instruction—of a young, or indeed a grown-up, audience.

H. B. Walters, M.A. (British Museum. ..Q2 net.)—Mr. Walters's introduction supplies a history of the collections. Here the name of Roach Smith (1807-1890) is conspicuous. His...

Bell, Nottingham. 5s. net.)—Mr. Mellors is evidently well read in the history of his county, and he has taken much pains to gather information from many quarters. The county...

and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—The present generation certainly does not care for Miss Yonge's stories as did the last. Still, there must be many readers who will value this excellent...

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acting tot in opposition to, but in sympathy with, the Parliament is marked by the fact that the Senators and Deputies have left Constantinople, and on Thursday assembled at San...

nature of the terms which will be granted to the Sultan, but the news . of Friday morning seems to point to the fact that they will be as follows :—(1) The establishment of...

guns, ammunition, and supplies, was brought from Salonika without hitch or disturbance shows that this portion at any rate of the Turkish Army is in a far better condition than...

in power is still incomplete renders it necessary for us to post- pone anything in the nature of comprehensive comment upon recent events till next week, there is one matter...

S INCE we last wrote the whole situation at Constantinople has been radically changed. On Friday week we described Constantinople in the possession of a mutinous soldiery and a...

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the Government Bill for the disestablishment and disendowinent of the Church in Wales. In 1905 the com- municants in Nonconformist places of worship were s54,0a0, while the...

autumn of 1906), we urged very strongly the need of inquiry, and demanded "an answer based on the soundest and strictest investigation to the question: Is all well with that...

house took charge of the Indian Councils Bill in Committee on Monday. An amendment was moved to the first clause— which provides that there shall be elected as well as nominated...

to the Houses of Parliament,—a Bill founded on the unanimous Report of a Committee representing all parties in the House. The opposition to the measure was very strongly marked....

Prime Minister's announcement in regard to a naval inquiry made in the House of Commons on Thursday. A statement as to the readiness for war of the fleets in home waters during...

property is to be dealt with was as follows. The preliminary atop would be for the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and the Governors of Queen Anne's Bounty to ascertain and declare...

place in the vilayet of Adana in Cilicia. At the end of last week the Moslems made a general attack on the Christians in Adana, and burned a large part of the town, including...

after the life interests have disappeared. In the first place, parochial property is to be applied, under schemes approved by the County. Councils, to such purposes as the...

the existing inspectors as belonging to a gang whose solo object was to destroy the efficacy of the land laws. "The people could not place any confidence in the majority of the...

striking speech, but a good deal of detailed criticism of a telling kind was offered. We have stated elsewhere the grounds on which we oppose the Bill, but may observe here that...

proceedings of the Manchester Distress Committee, states that the farm colony at Barton Moss, which has just been closed, proved a loss to the ratepayers of 21,761 during the...

result being as follows :—Mr. J. P. Gibson (L.) 4,527; Mr. P. J. Ford (U.) 4,069; Liberal majority, 458. At the seven elections held in the last twenty-five years the Liberal...

and inflammatory speech on the new Land Bill before a large Nationalist meeting at Thurles. Wholly disregarding the situation created by recent land legislation, Mr. Dillon said...

Glasgow, last Saturday afternoon. The maintenance of our naval supremacy remained to us a matter of life and death, and in view of the two new facts—the enormously increased...

accepting the measure. If the Government and the Liberal Party really believe that the country is with them on the question, they will no doubt take its opinion. If that opinion...

Daylight Saving Bill was held in the Banqueting Chamber of the Guildhall on Tuesday, the Lord Mayor being in the chair. Sir Robert Ball, in a most interesting speech, showed...

April 1st. °console (2-0 were on Friday 85F—Friday week 84.

• PREPARATION. W E have received a large number of letters from readers of the Spectator who are in sympathy with our articles declaring that as a nation we must adopt "a new...

W ILL the spiritual interests of Wales in particular, and of the nation as a whole, benefit by the disendowment and partial disestablishment of the four Welsh dioceses of the...

C OURTESY, though it may be an old-fashioned virtue, has a practical value which may well make us deprecate its entire disappearance. We are not thinking of its minor...

MHE operations of Mr. Patten in the Chicago wheat- ...11. pit have been used to point many morals in the English Press. Time Tariff Reformers, conscious of the difficulty of...

T HE French people are very fortunate in their national saints. They have long since possessed in St. Lopis a fine exemplar of the qualities of a true knight, and now, when they...

A PAMPHLET lately received by us entitled "A Key to Life's Puzzle ; or, Man in Two Moods," by W. B. Norris (of Warblington Rectory, Havant), though it cannot claim any special...

T HE Englishmen fishing the River Lee of County Cork for the first time may possibly be a little astonished at hearing his ihhie speak casually of weasel-hunting. Since weasels...

BRITAIN AND EUROPEAN TREATIES. ere TUN iturron 01 , etre SynorAroa."1 SIE,—In your "News of the Week" of April 17th you say that the revolution in Constantinople which occurred...

pro TUN EDITOR Or THE "SPROFATOR,"1 have read with much interest several articles which have appeared in the Spectator lately under the headings " A New Way of Life," "Why...

[TO Tall EDITOR OF TIIIII .4 SPECTLT011....] Sra,—The questions whether the Christian man is ever justified in meeting violence with violence, and if he is justified in doing...

OP THE "SPECTATOR:1 SlUr—As a Quaker, I have read with much interest your article under the above heading in the Spectator of April 17th, WHY SHOULD THE NATIONS WAGE WAR? I To...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE " SPECTATOLI was much surprised to find in the Spectator of Saturday last as many as three letters in defence Of "Pastor Ovium," and not one for "An...

[To nit iFIDITOTt OM TOP "SPICOPAT014 . ] 8tn,—I matriculated at Balliol on the same day with Swinburne; bilt my personal intercom*, with him was slight. Mr. A.lhart Dicey was...

[To T1111 ZDITOrt OP TIM .SPROTATOlt:1 Sp,—With reference to your very interesting article, "A Nev Way of Life" (Spectator, April 10th), will you be good enough to tell me how...

[To MI F.IDITOtt 07 THII "SACTATOP.."j SIR, — Yon think you have got rid—some Of you it least think you have got rid—of female suffrage. The police may have put an end to the...

[To THE EDITOR OF Till 1.7CO ['ATM.] Si n, -- Ts not the saying quoted by Mr. Burdett (Spectator, A.pril 10th), "It takes all the wisdom of the wise to correct the folly of the...

JA.Nt 'wEtsEt. [To TEE EDITOR OF Tam "irrorkros."] long and interesting review of "Some New Carlyle Letters" (Spesicitor, April 10th) you have unfortu- nately fallen into one...

MIR "SricerA.roa."1 Sru, — I enclose a letter which I have received from my father, of Montreal. As he has had a wide experience of trade between England and Canada for nearly...

[To TUE turrom OF Tun "SPEOTATOE."] SIR,--May I beg the hospitality of your columns in order to draw the attention of your readers to a movement which has been sot on foot to...

Cadbury Brothers. A. J. Coley and Son. Carr and Co. Chocolat-Menier. Co-operative Wholesale Society. Crosse and Blackwell. Epps and Co. Fry and Sons. Fuller and Co....

NEW HEARTS FOR THE OLD WAY. WE are called. We hear. Be this the single test—. Give we our best? Doth there from meadow, street, and school arise A dust of toil, a steam of...

Sat,—I have not seen the last "Crockford," whose remarks on Income-tax on Easter offerings you comment on in your issue of April 10th, but my experience does not encourage any...

"SPEOTATOR,"] SIR,—Tho sympathy you have always shown in educational movements encourages me to ask you to insert this letter. We are anxious that the new development of higher...

name or initiate, 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...

[To TEE EDITOR OF TRH "SFICOTATOR.1 SIR,—I find that my article, In the Time of Lilies," published in the Spectator of April 10th, had previously appeared in the columns of the...

THE NEW GALLERY. Phis pa change, plus c'cst la mdme chose. These words might have been taken as the motto of the New Gallery under its fresh conditions. The organisation of the...

BEETHOVEN'S LETTERS. GREAT men, even great authors, do not always proclaim their greatness in their letters, and conversely some of the greatest masters of the epistolary form...

WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE.* TUE admirable series of "The Makers of Canada "—the issue of which is a proof of that high . stage of self-conscious development When a people begin to...

HEBB MEIEB-GBAEFE claims for his two bulky volumes that they are "a contribution to a new system of aesthetics." It • (1) Modern Art. By Julius Molar-Ornate. London : W....

which we possess of the foibles and failings of James Boswell we are indebted to a very remarkable accident. It is a matter of history now how an English gentleman who was...

regretted that neither editor nor translator gives us any bibliographical information about these "Recollections." The editor, it is true, expresses his thanks to the Baron de...

Y1ThI4vart is important to British interests on account of its being conterminous with Burma. Major Davies speaks of it as the link between India and the Yang-tze. The question...

ATLAIr is careful at the beginning of this volume to define its limitations. He states that "it does not pretend to be, in any received sense of the word, a biography," but...

no particular reason why "Frank Danby " Should have given her new book this title, because, although the hero., does not . end his career at Eton hi a blaze of glory, the...

BALLYGULLION.* LYNN DOYLE'S work is new to us, though the lines on Which it moves are so familiar as to be almost reactionary. For not only is he an inveterate optimist, with a...

6d. not.)—This volume is published "in aid of the Journalists' Orphan Fund." The fund has been in existence for seventeen years. There is no orphanage : as far as pessible the...

which everybody talks about, but which few people have read, except in the baldest abstract. Hero it is, reprinted from a translation made some two centuries ago. Not a little...

Mary Wallis Chapman. (G. Routledge and Sons. 2s. Od.)—Here we have in the shape of annals, arranged chronologically, the laws for the last eight centuries and a half by which...

Inglis. (T. Nelson and Sons. 6d. net.)—The Children Act, 1908, which came into force on the first day of April, is here explained clause by clause. It is interesting to see how...

[Under !hie heading we naiad suck Books of 1ii weak ao has. not bean rsservod for VIVi/10 in athar forme.] The Old Testantent in Greek. Edited by Alan England Brooke, B.D., and...

XIV. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 15s. net.)—This volume includes XL.-XLII. of the original edition, and takes in from " Myllar " to "Owen." It is, perhaps, especially rich in famous...

Co. 13s.)—" An Idol of Africa" is the sub-title, and, as the reader may suppose, it is a story of devil-worship and the like horrors set forth as Mr. Rider Haggard knows...

be Extended. By Alfred Beer. (Robert Culley. 2s, ad. net.)— There is information to he derived from this volume ; and no one certainly feels any doubt about the zeal of the...

and Co. is. net.)—The title has an attractive sound. We should learn here how to do things which we commonly get done for us, at more or less cost, by others. "Old Books and...