which are almost, if not altogether, on a level with those of the subject of his biography. He does not forget the fact that the story of Outram has "furnished one able...

adds value to the contents of this volume. He has often been asked why he does not write an " Eastside novel," and he has but one answer, and that a very simple one, to give to...

beneath a plane-tree when an exile in Thrace. Our well- known American author knows a trick worth two of that. Besides ransacking the British Museum, the Record Office, and the...

his Rhymes, is experimenting in different directions, trying his feet in prose and his wings in verse, and at times so much more successfully in one or the other region that he...

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and consequences, and the general movement of events throughout the four periods of New Zealand history." We may say at once that it is a volume which every one closely...

; we look in vain for hints of that magic of which ho has the secret, he almost alone among living poets. In The Pot of Broth, which is mere farce, a trifle light as air, magic...

great door at Lack and looks out after Si,,,. [They go sal."

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little book. It contains plenty of information within a small compass. But what is meant by the following paragraph in the account of the Nall of the Vestals ? "The name of one...

blackmailed in the interest of the Government, or of M. Combos, the Premier, or of M. Edgar Combos, his son and secretary, is the question of the hour in France. The attack on...

of Finland, has been increased by subsequent revelations. It appears that the ' murderer, Eugen Schaumann, after deciding on his crime, deposited in Sweden a copy of a letter to...

of what has been happening during the week in the theatre of war. Friday's news consists only of rumours that a great battle has been proceeding since Monday, in which a hundred...

banquet at Cuxhaven in which he praised the " solidarite " which, he said, was growing among the civilised nations in all departments of life. That solidarity must, he said,...

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of Sir Charles Eliot, the Commissioner of the East Africa Protectorate. At first it was supposed that the proposed grant of land to the Zionists had something to do with his...

rise to a very remarkable statement by Mr. Balfour. Mr. Balfour, while resisting a Motion by Mr. Churchill, used the phrase, "Those of us who are in favour of Colonial...

candidate for the Presidency, and accepted Mr. Fairbanks, of Indiana, though he is little known, for the Vice-Presidency. It is clear that the party as a whole approves the...

under discussion in both Houses of Parliament. In the Lords on Monday, in reply to Lord Coleridge, the Duke of Marl- borough quoted a telegram from the Governor of Hong-kong...

Durban, and were sent on in locked com- partments and under armed escort to the mines. They have also been photographed for future identification, and their finger-prints...

means altogether due to the dilatory tactics of the Opposition, for the Government have actually been forced to obstruct their own business by putting up Members to speak...

the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the administration of the Chantrey Bequest in a speech of no little ability. The Trustees did not carry out the intentions...

Secretary that every effort would be made to render the terms of their service perfectly clear to the indentured labourers before they signed their contracts and left China. But...

and conversed with him for some time on the work of the Salvation Army. The incident has given rise to expressions of satisfaction throughout the country, and with these we are...

against the Government and Fiscal Reform. In Market Harborough, the centre of a sporting district, Mr. Philip Stanhope, not a specially popular candidate, was on Friday week...

special interest. There are no new Peers, but three Privy Councillors, seven Baronets, and twenty-six Knights. First among the Privy Councillors stands the name of Mr. Charles...

of Bedford raised a not very satisfactory debate on the War Office Reconstitution Committee. Though we do not agree with all the Duke of Bedford's criticisms, the tone of his...

which the Committee of the new Chapel of St. Michael and St. George are about to issue to members of the Order. The Chapter of St. Paul's having placed a chapel at their...

Mr. Chamberlain's proposal was sprung upon the country the Protectionists have only been able to carry and hold one seat previously held• by their opponents. Whatever the...

their own country, they would probably desire the success of the Democratic candidate at the Presidential Election. Neither party in the United States is now un- friendly to...

not much longer delay bringing their Army proposals before the country. At present the mind of the nation is utterly confused. in regard to the whole question. For a week the...

one good result : it will discredit the system of hereditary autocracy. The end, it is true, is not yet, for the great Slav people may throw up a man of first-class military...

clause of the Licensing Bill will be held to be in order, and that the question of a time-limit will again be debated. It must not be supposed that in advocating this addition...

argument nor disappointment is able to eradicate. The great majority of men pray if they find themselves in sufficiently acute distress, and that without regard to what we call...

it is the custom still—to enforce a certain standard of behaviour at dinner in Hall by a system of " sconcing," or fining the offender a fixed amount of beer, to be drunk by...

instance of a great campaign between civilised nations in which one of the combatants has relied almost entirely on man- power, instead of horse-power, for transport, the whole...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Si, —The letter of Mr. Agg- Gardner in your issue of June 18th is so misleading that we shall be obliged if you will permit a brief reply....

I had been for several years one of the Commissioners of Income-tax for this district, one of whose duties it is to hear appeals about the Inhabited House Duty. About a year...

increase the yield of the License-duty from 41,500,000 to 410,000,000 by an en- hanced duty, surely the amount of the taxation already paid by the industry that is to bear the...

over again exploded by more able pens than mine. If they have not been entirely demolished, it is because of the great reluctance with which professional soldiers of all "...

seriously concerned at the provisions of the Licensing Bill now before Parliament, to address you on the subject of that Bill. The concession of the right to compensation with-...

I join issue with him when he claims as an expert to dogmatise on the Volunteer Force. I challenge, in particular, one sentence to the effect that "seven-tenths of the Volunteer...

"Q. 3,316.—There are a very large number of very good bat- talions in the Volunteers, I think much larger than most people have any conception of." "Q. 3,328.—It appears to me...

week's issue upon the letter of "Adjutant, Volunteer Artillery," who, if he really holds such appointment, is the last person who ought to have written such a letter, it is of...

German hatred "towards England is fierce, inextinguishable, persistent; and, to our shame be it added, is based as much upon contempt for our military incapacity and unreadiness...

be raised first, is the question of sport versus militarism. Mr. Kipling's idea seems to be that under early and judicious training the national instinct for sport will shift...

in Germany, to express my appreciation of the remarks made on this subject by Mr. Rime in your issue of June 11th. During a period of 'eleven years lived' in Germany I have had...

a large, efficient, and not too expensive Army for home defence. This can be obtained by calling out the Militia for the three winter months, and paying them a fair wage. There...

all men knew" (see Spectator, June 11th, p. 918) he supposed himself to be imitating Claudian's " Stilichonis apex et cognita fulsit Canities," he misconceived the Latin...

your note to my last letter (Spectator, June 18th) you say I fail to prove my main contention that the independence of the Pope is due to his attitude of protest. But whilst I...

Thus he frankly compares "the teaching of the language scientifi- cally and grammatically," to those who do not know the language, by those who do not speak it, to the...

of Hereford. I loathed French, German, and English history. Dr. Percival once lent me his own "Tennyson." My thanks were so tepid that he said in a disappointed tone : "I...

Ireland's attractions as a tourist resort. • In the first place, the London and North-Western Railway have considerably accelerated their trains to and from the North of...

of your columns to call attention to the movement (already referred to in the Times) for erecting a memorial in Bristol Cathedral to the late Canon Ainger, Master of the Temple...

With a tiny dimpling hand to the yielding bosom pressed— As I rose from her side to go—though sore was my heart to stay— To the ease of the labouring ewes that else would have...

Spectator of June 18th) must be translated from the German of a little book published anonymously under the same title (" Briefe die ihn nicht erreichten"). It is very pleasant...

instinct if he finds that the whole pleasure of motoring is speed (see Spectator, June 11th). This may be his own individual experience, but there are certainly many not...

Spectator of June 4th the writer observes that the goats occasionally to be met with in that district are probably the most southerly of the feral goats left in England. It may...

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detection of their illegalities, especially as regards overtime ; and it is difficult to exaggerate the defencelessness and isolation of the workgirls. They dread the...

tale Mr. Thorburn has to tell, though there may ben difference of opinion on the merits of his method of telling it. The Punjab since the day when Runjit Singh first came in...

the most interesting discoveries of a time fertile of such events, a fragment of papyrus containing eight "Sayings of Jesus" not found in the Canonical Gospels. They have now...

peculiar qualities of the Broadland landscape under a variety of aspects, and with an intimate appreciation of its magic born of long and faithful observation. Whether Mr. Brad...

Blea- trated. London : John Murray. [25e. net.] Bacteriology of Milk with the aid of his collaborator, Dr. Newman, who is the Medical Officer of Health of the Metro- politan...

method adopted by Mr. Quiller-Couch in his Hetty Wesley—on writing a novel, that is, in compartments in which fiction alternated with fact—do not apply to his stirring romance...

of that admirable book, "The Lunatic at Large," may find in this story something to disappoint them. There is none of the irresponsible fun and delicate extravagance of the...

Although these stories are written with great force, the touch of poetry which distinguished 3f.r. London's best-known book is to some extent lacking. Human beings, apparently,...

The Diversions of a Music - Lover. By C. L. Graves (Macmillan and Co. 6s. net.)—This is a delightful collection of essays on music, reprinted from various sources. Some of the...

is sometimes a relief to escape from the problems which are constantly presented to the readers of fiction, and absorb oneself in a frank melodrama. Mr. Mackenzie's new story,...

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as haus not been reserved for review in other forms.] Consolation of Du Perrier" are always welcome, especially when they come with the vigorous criticism which Mr. Belloc knows...

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volume contains a short story, "The Helmet of Mambrino," addressed by Clarence King to his friend, Horace F. Cotter (otherwise Don Horaeio) ; a paper on "Don Horacio " by James...