no doubt hear of further Bulgarian advances from the north and of the taking of the works with which the country round Adrianople is so freely dotted, and also of a movement...

has been of a very determined character, and the losses, especially on the Turkish side, very great. Punishment in war always falls on those who are forced to retreat. At the...

by the swiftness of the advance of the Allies (a proof of the great advantage which rests with the attack), it may well be that in the course of the next few days they will...

Allies seem to have been hardly less successful. Though the details are obscure it would seem that there has been desperate fighting on the part of the Servians in Northern...

D URING the past week the trend of war has been decidedly in the direction which we not only hoped but believed it would take—against the Turks and in favour of the Allies. On...

ease.

questioned very closely in the House of Commons on Monday upon the grant of abatement of income tax on the salaries of members. It will be remembered that a hundred pounds of...

one of them led to the intervention of the Prime Minister in the debate. The clause is designed to guarantee religious liberty, and Mr. Astor proposed to add to it similar...

was an attache in London about the year 1885, and retired from the Diplomatic Service several years ago with the rank of Minister. He is an hereditary member of the Prussian...

poem of the 'fifties, "The Turk at Con- stantinople to the Frank," in which he depicts an Old Turk who fully realizes that fate is against him, and that his people, only...

country for the Emperor and Empress of Russia in the serious illness of their little son of eight. Owing to the secrecy in which the Imperial Palace is shrouded, it is difficult...

National Service League at Manchester on Tuesday. The chief points in his most impressive address were that as Prussia controlled the action of Austria in 1866, so Germany...

the Irish Church Missions describing the rioting in Limerick after the Unionist meeting held in the theatre on the 10th inst. Not only were the Protestant clergy and others...

the Home Rule Bill in Committee. But in view of the monstrous closure regulations that are now in force we feel that to give any full account of the strangled and unreal debate...

on Wednesday Mr. Lloyd George made an announcement as to the new arrangements to be made with the doctors under the Insurance Act. It was proposed to add to the amount avail-...

serve on the Select Committee appointed to investigate the Marconi agreement were announced on Wednesday. They are Mr. Amery, Mr. Booth, Lord Robert Cecil, Mr. G. D. Faber, Mr....

Thursday. That he was one of the ablest and most successful of Speakers of modern times is admitted on all hands. Besides possessing the gift of impartiality, mixed with...

in order to farther the cause of the Boys' Training Corps, the Lord Mayor being in the chair. If the necessary funds can be obtained the scheme will, we feel sure, do a very...

used in the new Government buildings at Delhi has led to the expression of a great many confused and sentimental ideas. The matter to be settled is in reality a simple one. What...

fibre was the subject of an outspoken address by Mr. J. L. Paton, High Master of the Manchester Grammar School, at Bury on Sunday last. The craze for gambling, he declared, had...

County Hall, Spring Gardens, on Monday, Mr. Geoffrey Drage presiding. Lord Devonport, who pointed out what had been done by the Merchant Shipping Act of 1906 to ameliorate the...

October 17th. Consols (21) were on Friday 73—Friday week 731.

talk as to the renewal by Italy of the Triple Alliance. In the light of recent events, the bulk of Englishmen, who are always well- wishers of Italy, have been somewhat...

THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL. "W HAT we write to-day may possibly be rendered void and of no effect by a telegram of to-morrow. With this reserve, we may deal with the military...

taking the pains to answer the arguments we brought forward last week, merely repeats that it would be a" piece of spiteful meanness " for the Unionist Party to repudiate the...

quantity in Liberal finance. The present Government have already gone a long way towards making a tariff a necessity if national expenditure and national receipts are to go on...

A RATHER curious addition, or rather restoration, has been made to Westminster Hall. It seems that for a long time past, in the Architectural Museum in Tufton Street,...

" C LEANLINESS is next to godliness," so the old saying has it, or " goodliness " as we arc taught to explain it nowadays. Nanny was certainly no beauty, but as certainly the...

T HE planning of a successful holiday is no small achieve- ment. Not only should the goal be supremely attractive, but the journey to the goal should in itself be made rich with...

W E have quoted on several occasions of late from Lord Houghton's Eastern poems. There is one which is so specially appropriate to the present occasion, though written over...

SOME MODERN FRENCH BOOKS. [To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR...1 Srn,—One of the most important books connected with French history that have appeared this year is M....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—We are witnessing now in Europe the repetition of a scene familiar to the world ever since 1,300 years ago the name of Mohammed became...

WHOSE GOVERNMENT IS IT P [To THE EDITOR CF THE "SsscriTos."] SIR,—On Tuesday evening Lord Winterton in the House of Commons asked the Prime Minister if the Treasury intended to...

1To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.•'] Sin,—It is painful to find in your usually accurate reflections of current news a statement of the kind which appears in your issue of...

[To nia EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 S1R,—With regard to the great sensation of the present month —the suicide of General Nogi—I would like to say a few words in protest against...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—During a recent visit to the Lizard, a tramp across the downs and along the cliffs to explore some of the caves with one of the local...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—As the income of income-tax payers is often adduced to excuse or foster various forms of unrest, your readers may be glad to have the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the review of Mr. Bryce's " South America," which appeared in the Spectator of October 5th, there is a reference to Brazil, in which...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " BERCl/TOR:1 SIR,—Referring to your article "The Policy of the Unionists," in the Spectator, October 12th, there is a point which, I think, you might have...

[To THE EDITOR Os THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIB,,--It seems to be assumed that some analogies can be drawn between the proposed grant of powers to an Irish Parliament and the powers...

Slater case and Mr. Robert K. Risk's last letter, I would call his attention and yours to the following passages in Mr. Roughead's introduction to his account of Oscar Slater's...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SrEcTAToa."] SIE,—As a contrast to what is alleged of the Slater case, may I recall an example of clear-headed justice in the Scottish Law Courts P At the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Siu,—Professor Burnet of St. Andrews recently read before a meeting of the Classical Association of Scotland a paper entitled " Who was...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPROTATOR.1 Sin,—All this talk on the part of Mr. Risk as to personal knowledge which he has of facts not known to the public and not mentioned at the...

[To TRY EDITOR OP TEE ••srscrAios.":1 Sin, — A great change in the face of a country does not neces- sarily mean a change in the political sympathies of a people so busily...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." j SIR, —I do not think all your readers would agree that, after years of death, friendship in most cases could not be recon- stituted. If so,...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In your issue of August 24th, under the heading "A Dream of Discovery," you say • • "Absence of sunlight would, of course,...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Lord Wolverhampton's speech on the Indian cotton duties was undoubtedly a fine deliverance, but I think the papers have made too much...

[TO THE EDITOR OF Tas "SPECTATOR. " Sin,—In reviewing Mrs. Alice Perrin's novel, "The Anglo- Indians," in the Spectator of September 28th, your reviewer refers to the list of...

I be allowed to make a comment on the letter by " Praying Agnostic" in the Spectator of October 19th. If I understand rightly, your correspondent would limit prayer to a purely...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — With reference to the article on Strindberg in your issue of September 21st, perhaps the writer may like to have his attention called...

[To Tar Einros or vu "Srrenror."] SIR,—In connexion with the discussion which has arisen out of the important address given by the President of the British Association, I think...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—At this time, when much attention has been called to the gross evils of the White Slave traffic, it may be interest- ing to relate the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Your note to a letter in last week's issue omits the whole point of Meredith's "aphorism" on the answer to prayer. Surely the quotation...

[To THE EDITOR OP TER " SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —At the present moment when the question of the Revi- sion of the Prayer Book is under consideration, I think you will be willing to...

(To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIE, — Those of your readers who take an interest in this work may be glad to know that a Red Cross Congress has been arranged by the...

[To TIIE EDITOR Or THR " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—The introduction of the Trade Union (No. 2) Bill into Parliament raises questions which are of vital importance to the nation and...

[To THE EDITOR OF MIR "SPECTATOR. "] SIN,—We lately made friends with a starveling pariah eat of the gentler sex. Squint-eyed, white-coated, and yellow-tailed, as a domestic...

[To TIER EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR, —In reply to your New Zealand correspondent, lean only say that the phrase "Hell-for-leather," as used in my poem, Marshal Vorwarts,"...

NATIONAL OPERA. THE fortnight which has elapsed since the appearance of a letter headed "A National Opera House in London," in the Times, has afforded opportunities of...

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...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPEersTOE."] SIR, —Thoso of your readers who followed with sympathy and interest the career of Dr. Sophia Jex-Blake may be glad to know that a tablet to...

A LIVID blur In vaults of coal and sullen lead—• O'er this gigantic stir Swung like a dying lantern overhead. Is this the same Blithe orb I loved in western lands ? Where is...

MEREDITH'S LETTERS.• THE range of these six hundred and thirty pages of Meredith's correspondence is so enormous that it is difficult to make up one's mind at what point to...

Is' any man has a claim to expert knowledge of the Alps it is Professor Bonney. A former President of the Alpine Club and one of the " old guard " of mountaineers, a famous...

is full of charm—that goes without saying. His writing has a peculiar quality which can, we think, . only be described by a contradiction—a kind of illusive candour. His...

work of far greater scope than the essay. This is the case with Mr. Knoop, who has thence developed what will probably be for a time a standard work on his subject. It is packed...

THESE two books deal with warships in an entirely different fashion and appeal to distinct classes of readers. Fighting Ships has reached its fifteenth year of issue, and its...

ALTHOUGH the volume which Mr. Whitehouse has edited on the Problems of Bey Life contains many interesting chapters, there is always a certain amount of disappointment in a book...

of the most delightful anthologies of letters ever published. Not only is each letter in the collection written by some exceed- ingly interesting person, but each is so...

WE are glad to see further evidence of the admirable work which is being done by the Commission on Historical Monu- ments under Lord Burghclere. The Commission have already...

debatable question. In the province of architecture the practice is widely prevalent, but the present writer is wholly unfit to pronounce an opinion on the results. In music the...

THE Edinburgh Review contains an article upon "The Problem of Persia," by Mr. Levet Fraser, who argues with much weight in favour of Sir Edward Grey's policy and the...

Sons. 43s.)—The real hero of this novel is undoubtedly Garibaldi, though a very disagreeable person called Captain Geoffrey Carrick nominally fills that sae. But the interest of...

'Neither the title nor the first chapter, a melodramatic account of a selfish man ruining himself at Ascot, should deter readers from finding the better stuff which follows in...

Co. 6s.)—A modern American story which deals chiefly with the influence of mind over matter.— Bachelors' Buttons. By Edward Burke. (Herbert Jenkins. 6s.) —A rather attractive...

6s. net.)—Mr. Esenwein, being the editor of " Lippin- cott's Magazine," has presumably read as many short stories as anyone ; and from his wide experience he has produced "a...

Eamon. (Eugbne Figuibre, 7 Rue Corneille, Paris. 3fr. 50c. net.) —In Germany Mr. Bernard Shaw has been a popular dramatist for many years. Many of his works are now included in...

' [Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserred for review in other forms.] The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature. 7 vols. (Cambridge...