than usu d on Friday, and therefore cannot describe the procession of that day. There seems, however, every prospect that the many miles of street through which the King and...

O N Thursday the King and Queen were crowned in the Abbey. The ceremony is "fraught with a pathos so magnificent" that it is difficult to describe it unmoved. Who can fall to be...

case.

ceremony, and on Thursday its beauties seemed even enhanced by the rich carpets and tapestries with which it was decorated. The blues and greys of the floor and walls offered a...

a very inspiring one. Lord Crewe is made a Marquis, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Brassey, and Lord Curzon become Earls, and Lord Rosebery gets an Earldom of the United Kingdom...

and respect, was also the dominant feature of the reception of the King and Queen. It was clear that the shouting thou- sands realized that it was much more than a pageant in...

sailors were well received, but nothing so much delighted the spectators, or was in itself more delightful, than the carriage full of Royal children. Princess Mary, bright,...

Friday week, when M. Jaurea attacked the policy of the French Government, condemned secret treaties, and protested against any action which might estrange France and Spain. M....

East has been the visit of the Sultan of Turkey to the Plain of Kossovo. On that plain, the scene of Amurath's great victory over the Servians in 1389 and the defeat of the...

Association to the effect that amendments to the Parliament Bill certain to be rejected by the Government would be insisted upon by the Peers, and that therefore an acute...

of the Coronation to close their ranks and organize a monster demonstration in support of the demand for the vote. On Saturday afternoon 40,000 women assembled on the...

Lord Charles Beresford in the chair, to protest against the ratification of the Declaration of London. No fewer than 102 have signed a memorial to the Prime Minister declaring...

unseating of Mr. Masterman, the Under-Secretary for the Home Department. This decision was foreshadowed by the announcement of the Judges on the previous day that Mr....

our issue of May 20th, was held at Queen's Hall on Tuesday, the Lord Chancellor presiding. A letter was read from the Archbishop of Canterbury expressing his satisfaction with...

of that great doctor and man of science, Pro- fessor Osler. The list of Knights is very long and very various, and touches almost all professions and employments. As Uncle...

what the difficulties of compilation must have been, one can thoroughly appreciate Mr. Gladstone's remark that, though he was the best of sleepers, he had to confess that the...

price of Consols was once more raised in the House of Commons on Monday. We cannot help thinking that the true explanation is simple enough. The price of Consols, like the price...

Saturday night to the representatives of the Overseas Pre .s now visiting England. Lord Burnham was in the chair, an.1 the principal speech was made by Lord Curzon, who...

Dominion Premiers given by the Constitutional Club. He devoted the earlier part of his speech to an appreciation of the Party system, which, as he remarked, needed no apology....

the thorny question of the relations between native; of India and the self-governing Dominions. Lord Crewe in an opening speech emphasized the importance of establishing good...

visiting England were entertained by a Joint Committee of both Houses at a luncheon in Westminster Hall on Monday. Lord Rosebery proposed the toast of " Our Par- liamentary...

Mar. 9th. Consols (24) were on Wednesday 792—Friday week 79i

National Liberal Club on June 1st on the subject of facilities for the Women's Enfranchisement Bill have been confirmed and amplified by the Prime Minister. In a letter to Lord...

explained the principles upon which the transfer of the tele- phones to the Post Office was to be effected. As to the amount to be paid for plant no agreement had been reached,...

passing of a resolution, proposed by Sir Wilfri.: Laurier, for allowing the Dominions to withdraw from any commercial treaties made by the Mother Country. The Con- ference...

THE KING AND THE CORONATION. E have described elsewhere the splendid ceremonial which marked the crowning of King George and Queen Mary, and have noted the sympathy and...

I T is disagreeable to have to turn from the Coro- nation and from national and non-party thoughts to the political crisis. That, however, is what the nation will have to do...

have been well worth doing if there were no other record of it than the appointment of a Royal Commission to report upon the trade of the Empire. The Tariff Reform con- troversy...

I T is becoming increasingly clear that Mr. Lloyd George has quite miscalculated the strength of the opposition which the medical profession has offered and is offering to his...

D OES the present cult—we might almost say the present cant—of sincerity make for social amenity P It is surely doubtful, to say the least. The social world, at any rate, is a...

N OTHING is harder than to begin an essay. Indeed, there are those who will tell you that the whole art of essay-writing lies in the neat construction of the first half- dozen...

t E seldom fails to look up in your face, as much as to say, What the deuce do you want 7—when he stoops i scent again, is it not probable that he means to say, lo/, you, let me...

THE SURREY VETERAN RESERVE. [To THY EDITOR or THE "Srscreron. - 1 SIR,—The Army and Nary Gazette, when commenting upon Lord Roberts's inspection of the Surrey Veterans at...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR, —I should feel obliged if you would allow me space to correct certain statements in the article on "Doctors and Advertising" in your...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — The Christianity of Mr. E. D. Stone seems to have out- stripped that of the Apostles. They, at any rate, had no lack of the sense...

" SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your issue of June 17th you print a letter signed " A Manufacturing Engineer." Will you allow me to add my testimony, and point out the burden which the...

[To THE EDITOR or 722 srscrAroa."] SIR,—Some little time ago s circular was issued by the Local Government Board on the rating of woods. This circular fell like a bombshell...

my letter, which was not meant as a defence of Puritanism, nor to demonstrate that its tenets and practice are in accordance with the mind of Christ. It was an attempt to state...

the article on "Doctors and Adver- tising " in the Spectator of June 10th, 1911, I am instructed to ask you to make the following correction ; It is stated in the article that,...

[To TRH EDITOR OP PEE "SPECTATOR. " Sra,—I enclose a cutting from The Statesman of May 2541 which gives the sequel to the case of suttee mentioned by yois last Saturday.—I am,...

"SPECTATOR."1 SIB,—In the interest of intending fruit farming settlers from England, permit me to contradict one or two misleading state- ments, made doubtless in all good...

June 17th I was much struck with the numerical system detailed. I have a leaning towards the science (etymology) described by Voltaire as one "in which vowels don't count and...

AND STATE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—At the time of the first Imperial Conference I addressed a letter to you pointing out that the same wisdom which had led...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—In the days of my youth the rhyme we used for "count- ing out " ran somewhat as follows :— " Overy, twoery, tickery, teven, Alaba,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May I, as a subscriber to the English Review, protest against the most unfair and undiscriminating attack on it in the Spectator of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The genealogy quoted by Mr. H. G. Burke in the Spectator of June 17th cannot be maintained. The story that Walter de Burgh married...

a reader of the Spectator for thirty years; for nearly half that time I have had the honour of appearing occasionally in its pages ; and I do not think you will suspect me of...

protest soberly but as strongly as possible against your article entitled " An Adult Review." In the first place your writer appears to forget that Mr. Harris differs from...

INDIA, CHINA, AND JAPAN.* MR. PRICE COLLIER, after telling us with cheerful exuber- ance of candour what he thinks of "England and the English," has spent a year in Asiatic...

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 of...

THE THRONE. Tug white cliffs are its shining face That looks across the narrow sea, The ocean bed its mighty base, And the blue heaven its canopy. The green grass is its...

[To nos B.Dr204 OF TEN " SPECTATOR: 'I Ste,—I venture again to ask you to find room in your columns for an appeal on behalf of the Naples Society for the Protection of Animals....

IT is seldom that it falls to the reviewer to notice a book which deals with matter hitherto untreated, and when the book is of the proportions and pretensions of a "standard...

competent than Sir William Ramsay to give us Pictures of the Apostolic Church. He is always a delightful and picturesque writer, but in the present " Pictures " it is something...

A Nsw verse translation of selections from the Greek An- tholo gy is bound to raise many expectations or, perhaps, even suspicions. It is pleasant to be able to feel convinced...

Ma. BRANDER MATTnEws' Moliere is not, on the whole, a satisfactory book. The author is at his best in criticising the purely technical side of the plays, in showing Moliere's...

THIS book deals with every imaginable aspect of the toy dog, from the best method of combing the champion's ears before his appearance on the show bench to accounts and...

THE death of Queen Anne found the British Army reduced almost to vanishing point. The numbers borne on the British establishment did not reach the meagre total of 10,000 men,...

THE JOB SECRETA_RY.i. MRS. WILFRID WARD has written such an interesting and original book in The Job Secretary that the improbabilities of the plot may be readily overlooked....

is a story of a clerk who, losing his position, is forced by his grandfather to enter the ranks of the unskilled labourer. Being dismissed his employment in consequence of a...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not boot resorted for review in other form.] We have received Volume II. of Some Old Devon Churches, by John Stabb....

Co. 6s.)—This is a very attractive story, steadily increasing in interest up to the denouement. It is difficult to describe without giving away the interest of the story ; but...

editorship of J. Charles Cox, LL.D. (Methuen and Co.), we have The Castles and Walled Towers of England, by Alfred Harvey, 7s. 6d. net. Mr. Harvey has had a large subject to...

Molly. (John Ouseley. 2s. net.)—A story of white people who have settled in a strange backwater in Africa, and who carry out the perfectly just and fair laws of their founders...

of Sussex" is a fine, picturesque tale, full of good dialogue, of vivid drawing of character, and of exciting incident; but, we cannot help asking, is it really the Sussex that...

Pitman and Sons. 3s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Reynolds has been assisted by various contributors, whose names, given in the Preface, sufficiently indicate the school of thought to which...

A. N. Holcombe, Ph.D. (Constable and Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—This is a volume in the series of "Harvard Economic Studies." In the United States there has been for some years past...

(Edward , Arnold. 2s. 6d. net.)—This is an examination of that part of the book of Isaiah of which ch. liii. is the best known passage. Pro- fessor Kennett is disposed on...

(Bristol : J. W. Arrowsmith. 2s. 6d. net.)—Thero is no name more frequently connected with that of John Wesley than Kings- wood. Here we are told about the place—a coal region,...

6d. net.)—Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands are the region which Mr. Christian sets himself to describe. It is a somewhat melancholy story, as compressed in the Preface, which...

of Archbishop Abbot's Tomb in the Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Guildford, Surrey. By Philip G. Palmer. (Frank Lasham, Guild- ford, ls. net.)—This curious little...

Readers," under the general editorship of W. 0. Brigstocke, B.A. (J. M. Dent and Co.) These are classified as " Second," "Third," and "Fourth Year Readers." Two examples of each...

M. Bagge. (Robert Scott. 1s. 6d. net.)—This volume consists of nine lessons which may be used in the instruction of Confirmation classes. It might be advantageously put into the...

net.)—This is a volume of the "Home University Library of Modern Knowledge." It is not always easy to understand—let any ordinary reader try to puzzle out the dealings of the...