A HISTORY OF THE TURF.* This first volume of what will be a history of English racing from the earliest times to the last Derby of the nineteenth century is a finely...

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knowledge of psychology and of anthropology, no one can expect finality in the conclusions drawn by men of science concerning the origin and development of human activities,...

histories of the Church—and not a few histories of the Churches—of Scotland; some years ago a very elaborate work of such a character, profusely illustrated, was published under...

Trre essays contained in this volume, apart from their con- siderable intrinsic value, deserve attention as an evidence of the altered position of history as a subject of study...

THE LAND OF THE BLUE GOWN. The Land of the Blue Gown. By Mrs. Archibald Little. Illus- trated. (P. Fisher Unwin. 21s. net.)—What Mrs. Little meuas by "the redeeming qualities...

A History of the County Dublin. Part I. By F. Elrington Ball. (Alex. Thom, Dublin. 5s. net.)—Mr. Elrington Ball, we believe, made his Brat essay in local history in an account...

(J. A. ktrockhaus in Leipzig, Berlin, und Wien. 10 marks, half- bound.)—In cyclopredias, as in other things, one man's meat is another man's poison. If a printed list of...

Politisch-Hilitarische Karts von Afghanistan, Persien, und Vorder Indian sur Veransehaulichung des Vordringens der Hassan und Bearbeitet von Paul Langhans. (Justus Perthes,...

The Musical Basis ef Verse : a Scientific Study of the Principles of Poetic Composition. By J. P. Dabney. (Longmans and Co. 6s. 6d.)—Mr. Dabney's extremely interesting and...

The Home Life of Iri/d Birds: a New Method of the Study and Photography of Birds. By Francis Hobart Herrick. ((3. P. Putnam's Sons.)—Among the many books which have appeared...

The Reminiscences of Sir Barrington Beaumont, Bart. (Grant Richards. 6s.)—No one, we imagine, is likely to be deceived by these Memoirs of Sir Barrington, which profess on the...

Addresses on the Acts of the Apostles. By Archbishop Benson. (Macmillan and Co. 21s.)—These lectures were delivered to ladies in Lambeth Palace during the years 1887 to 1892....

In an Unknown Prison Land : an Account of Convicts and Colonists in New Catalonia, with Jottings Out and Horne. By George Griffith. With a Portrait and numerous Illustrations....

Alaska. By John Burroughs and others. 2 vols. (John Murray. 63s.)—These volumes, the result of an expedition taken with the co-operation of the Washington Academy of Sciences to...

Burley - on - the - Hill. By Pearl Finch. 2 vols. (Ball, Sons, and Danielsson. 42s.)—The mansion of Burley-on-the-Ffill occupies a site which has been inhabited for many...

Winslow Papers (1776.1526j. Edited by the Rev. W. 0. Ray- mond. (New Brunswick Historical Society.)—Though these letters throw much light on the state of feeling in the maritime...

The Making of a Country Home. By J. P. Mowbray. (A. Con- atable and Co. 6s.)-111r. and Mrs. John Dennison were a young American couple living in New York on an income of between...

Unity in Christ, and other Sermons. By J. Armitage Robinson, D.D. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—There is more than common concentration of purpose in these sermons. Of course,...

Old - Time Gardens. By Alice Morse Earle. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d.)—This is one of the most satisfactory books of the kind we have seen f r a long time. Mrs. Earle succeeds in...

Christ Our Life. By R. C. Moberly, D.D. (John Murray. 9s.) —This is a collection of sermons preached for the most part in the Cathedral, Christchurch. The most interesting, to...

The Fireside Sphinx. By Agnes Repplier. With Illustrations by E. Bonsall. (Gay teal Bird. 7s. GL)—This is a worthy addition to cat literature, and all who share the fireside...

Marie de France, done into English by Edith Rickert ; and Morien, rendered into English prose from the Medireval Dutch by Jessie L. Weston. Both with Designs by Caroline Watts....

Highways and Byways in the Lake District. By A. G. Bradley, Illustrations by Joseph Pennell. (Macmillan and Co. 62 )- Though Mr. Bradley begins by saying that the lack of...

Ancient Castles and Mansions of Stirling Nobility. Described and Illustrated by J. S. Fleming, F.S.A. (Scot.) (A. Gardner, Paisley. 21s. net.)—The people of Stirling may well be...

and Co. 2s.)—Mr. Hartley has certainly succeeded in achieving his object, and we should say will whet the appetite of those whose historical education has been neglected or...

The Clementine Recognitions. By Fenton J. A. Hort, D.D. (Macmillan and Co. 4s. 6d.)—This volume contains the lectures delivered by Dr. Hort as Hulsean Professor in the October...

was a happy idea to entitle the chronicle of the Imperial cruise The Queen's Wish. This great achievement took place at a critical period in the history of the Empire, and Mr....

Donego2 Fairy Stories. Collected and Told by Seumas MacManus. (Isbister and Co. 5s.)—We are told in the preface that the peasants of Donegal still listen to the sold stories...

Pioritegium Latinuns. "Victorian Poets," Vol. II. Edited by F. St. J. Thackeray, M.A., and E. D. Stone, M.A. (J. Lane- 21s. net.)—We welcome another volume of the " Bodley Head...

Athletics. By W. B. Thomas. "The Isthmian Library." (Ward, Lock, and Co. 55.)--Every chapter in this volume is to be commended for its handling of the subject treated, but we...

The Lore of Cathay. By W. A. P. Martin, D.D., LL.D. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier. 10s. 6d.) — Dr. Martin in this sequel to " A Cycle of Cathay •' gives us in so many...

and Stoughton. 6s )-The most interesting part of Mr. Cat ey's book to most readers will be the diary of Miss Taylor throu g h the ° Chang" in 1892-93, a marvellous record of the...

R C., and Leonard Mossop, BCL. (stevens and Son. 12e. 6d.)- The, first Fartory Act was passed early in the nineteenth century. State care of the helpless had not advanced very...

and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)-Mr. Walker does not approve of the Gothenburg system, as far at least as he has seen it carried out in Scotland. We shall not on the present occasion...

Great Queen Street, W.C. ; and Published by JOHN BAKER for the " Spxgraroi " (Limited) at their Office, No, Wellington Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in the...

from the great number of candidates—an average of six per district—there will be an immense proportion of second ballots. The Moderates will vote simply for the Republic and M....

Queen Wilhelmina's illness was an attack of typhoid, and the people of Holland were at first greatly alarmed. The churches all over the country were thronged with men praying...

Panama Canal works k y the American Government have all, with one exception, been swept away. The directors of the Canal Company have agreed to the American price, and on April...

T HE war news is again chiefly concerned with the negotia- tions for peace. In the House of Commons on the afternoon of Friday, April 18th, and so too late to be recorded in our...

that any concessions to rioters would be dangerous. The Czar has selected M. Plehve as Minister of the Interior because of his reputation for ability and hardness, and the...

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in exposition than in argument, and his reply to Sir Henry Fowler showed no exception to this rule. He persisted that tobaccocould not bear any fresh taxation. It was not a...

mitted to have made the speech of the debate. A more brilliant piece of public dialectic on an economic subject it would be difficult to find in the history of Parliament. The...

Edward Strachey opened the debate, and attacked the duty from the double standpoint that it was Protective in its character, and also that it would injure the farmer by raising...

once more refused to allow faithful Catholics to vote at Parliamentary elections. The correspondent thinks that this restriction diminishes the strength of the Conservative...

been received in New York with the respect due to his character and his scientific attainments. In a speech which he made on the 22nd inst. at a reception given him by the...

the House of Commons on Monday the Budget Resolu- tions were debated at great length and by many Members. Perhaps the most striking speech was that of Mr. Haldane, who contended...

good deal of dissatisfacticrn as to the conduct of the Government was apparent in the House, and two Unionists, Mr. Arthur Elliott and Mr. Winston Churchill, expressed their...

that has passed between Mr. Chamberlain and him- self on the subject of the Education Bill. Dr. Glover, writing as a staunch Liberal Unionist, assails the Bill on the grounds...

the adjournment of the House in order to call attention to the case of Mr. Cartwright, the Cape journalist. The facts are shortly as follows. Mr. Cartwright was tried and...

subject in the least degree infringed, and we find it in the abstract difficult to believe that the absence or presence of Mr Cartwright in England or anywhere else can have any...

cussion during the week has been the announcement that the ehief companies engaged in what may be called the Atlantic ferry brisineas have been c..embilaed In argigantic Trust...

com- ment. Personally we cannot profess to feel any pleasure in this new exhibition of the tendency to make everything as big as possible, and to banish, or at any rate greatly...

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Lai, DEBATE ON THE CORN-DUTY. A LL Unionists and supporters of the present Govern- ment who agree with us in regretting the imposition of the tax on corn cannot, we venture to...

on the Continent in a way which, even if the ultimate result should prove not to be great, should keenly interest all politicians. We write in this country about Continental...

T ° judge from Mr. Akers-Douglas's answer to Mr. Arthur Lee's question as to the exclusion of Volunteers from Richmond Park, the real ruler of these islands is the heron. We are...

T HE Bishop of Rochester's letter to the Times ought to act as oil on the waves of Nonconformist indig- nation. He points out that the " arbitration " of the Government between...

T "proposal of the Committee headed by the Dowager-Duchess of Bedford to raise .2100,000 for a continuous and exhaustive inquiry into the causes and possible cures of cancer is,...

instances of friendship to be found in the Old Testa- ment are too well known to qinte, but it is only in the books which the Early Church called indiscriminately " Wisdom" that...

HE north-western portion of the island of Borneo coa- 1 sista of one vast huddle of hills, those near the coast covered with rank green grass and mean shrub jungle, through...

a new era of activity. The Lancet has made the timely discovery—timely, because the penny post has now been a national institution for sixty- two years, and because if it is...

THE GIRL OF THIS PERIOD. [To THI EDITOR OF THY " SPEOTATOlt."] Sra,—So many onslaughts have lately been directed, both in print and in speech, against the young woman of...

RICHMOND PARK AS A MANCRTIVRING GROUND. [TO Ma EDITOR. OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIE,—Mr. Akers-Douglas can hold out no hope of allowing Richmond Park to be used as an exercise...

(To TEE EDITOR 01 , TILE "SPECTATOR-) Srs.,—A friend has just drawn my attention to an article under the above heading in the Spectator of April 12th in which you animadvert...

[To THE EDITOR OF TUE ssrsersressi Si,—The Chancellor's Budget proposals for the extra id. on bankers' cheques and the duty on grain are likely to meet with determined...

rro THE EDITOR OF TEE 'SPEOTATOR.1 SIE, -.- A9 a steady supporter of the Unionist Government, may I be allowed to express a doubt whether they will do wisely in sacrificing the...

[To TUX EDITOR Or TUB " SPRCTATOR.1 am glad that your correspondent who signs herself "An Elderly Woman" in the Spectator of April 19th has called attention to the unique charm...

AFRICA. TRU EDITOR OF TILE "SPECTATOR." srE,—I see that the question of emigration is again discussed in the Spectator of February 8th. The plain facts of the case are so very...

PrO TUX EDITOR OF TIER "Brixorwroei STR, — SOMe time ago Mr. Asquith talked of "ploughing the sands" in regard to certain political work. The phrase is remembered, and was...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPROTATOR.1 Snt,—As considerable speculation has been rife in the columns of a daily paper as to the use by the late Professor Huxley of the word...

[To ens EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." I SIR,—Of the making of appeals (especially in this blessed day of increased consideration for others) there is no end, and it is not to be...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECI'ATOR.I Sin,—The Spectator has at various times dealt with questions relating to Russian finance, and yet no reference appears to have been made in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—If your readers who are interested in this subject will collate Genesis xxxvii. 14, Joshua x. 37 and xiv. 12-14, and 1 Maccabees v. 75,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTAT011.1 SIR, — I have read with much interest your article on "The Horse of the Future" (Spectator, March 15th). I have been breeding horses for the...

Sia,—Lord Cromer's annual Report is a document which never fails to justify the pride of race which is the inheritance of every Englishman. The record of steady progress,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—About a year ago an agitation was started—Mr. Leonard Courtney, I believe, being the prime mover—in favour of obtaining for Mr....

MENIAL MUSIC. "DURING the wait the excellent band of the Crystal Palace Company played a selection much appreciated by the public." The above extract from the telegraphic...

THE LAST RIDE. PROUDLY, the Roman legend saith, The warrior Curtius rode to death, And spurred into the abyss abhorred With glittering mail and flashing sword. For thee, 0...

THE BIRTH OF THE ARMY.* WHEN erudition and a style so pellucid that it occasionally verges on colloquialism combine to elucidate an interesting historical subject an instructive...

Counties and with all classes, Surrey owes its attraction almost entirely to its scenery and soil. In the rural districts it is not a county of large properties, nor do country...

the partial historian to whitewash the monsters of the past. Richard II. and Richard HI. are proved by partisans to have been brave and virtuous men. Nero, it is said, was no...

THE SHADOW OF THE ROPE.* Mn. HORNUNG. is one of that rare band of writers whose natural outlook on life is so genial and sympathetic that no matter how serious or sombre be...

Duncan "). (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—The present writer owes many a delightful half-hour to "Sara Jeannette Duncan,"—for this untitled nom de plums is more familiar to readers than...

WI— Mr. Hudson's wonderful and picturesque stories of the Argentine pampas make an admirable second instalment of Messrs. Duck. worth's handy "Greenback Library" series. They...

and Co. 6s.)—Most of Mr. Street's stories skim pleasantly over the surface of life, he writes of ladies and gentlemen as "one who knows," and altogether his work may generally...

(Ralph Holland and Co. 3s. 6d.)—The humour and sentiment of Mr. Yoxall's lively story of The Girl from St. Agneta's fluctuate between farce and comedy. On the whole, however,...

and Co. 6s.)—Helen Hoseason, the mother in Miss Findlater's novel, is a brilliant and attractive creature, singularly inappropriate, however, in the Scotch manse in which her...

[Ceder this heculing us notice such Books of the utak as hare not boat raaarred for review in other forms.] We are glad to see a republication in a popular form of Rights a: -...

THE QUARTERLIES. — We think the best article in a very good number of the Quarterly Review (John Murray, 6s.) is the one on "Zionism and Anti-Semitism." Zionists and...

(G. Allen. 7s. 6d.)—Mr. Hodgson's narrative takes in a period which may be stated in round numbers as seven centuries and a half. It was about the middle of the fifth century of...

and Stoughton. ls.)—This little volume admirably carries out the purpose suggested by the title of the series to which it belongs, "Christian Study Manuals." The very brief...