DE OONTEMPTU MUNDI.* Mr. W. H. DRAPER has done an excellent piece of work in placing Petrarch's Seoretunt within the roach of a wider public; and it would be difficult to...

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and medical officer of Holloway Prison, is entitled to a very respectful hearing on penal questions, and we are glad to be able to add that we have seldom read a book on this...

which Europe has suffered during the last two generations, nothing has been more remarkable than the triumphant rapidity with which the Jews have taken advantage of every breach...

of a people num- bering more than a hundred million souls, and exhibiting a wide variety of types, demands a courage beyond the ordinary and an intimate knowledge which could...

satisfactorily with a volume of Mr. Oman's History of the Peninsular War is one before which the reviewer may well quail. The author apologizes for the length of time—three...

MB. Lawson would have written a better book if he could have kept his temper better when dealing with Mr. Lloyd George's finance. We freely concede the greatness of the...

book describe it as a critical examination of schemes representing various points of view as to religious instruction in elementary schools. They have selected twelve of the...

about alpines as Mr. Reginald Ferrer. To one who is not of the same mind as himself such enthusiasm might be overpowering. To the lover of alpine plants, who should be, like Mr....

whose story is pleasantly told in Miss Woodward's book are Margaret and Mary Tudor, daughters of Henry VII.; Elizabeth Stuart, daughter of James I.; Mary and Henrietta Stuart,...

in his introduction that "this volume forms one of a series of publications issued by the Scottish History Society dealing with househould expenditure during the seventeenth and...

A HISTORY, to be widely read and to be useful to the readers, must be clear and must be interesting, and to write a clear and interesting history of Australasia is a...

Siam: a Handbook of Practical and Political Information. By A. W. Graham. (A. Meting. 10s. 6d, not.)—The actualities and the potentialities of Siam are alike interesting. The...

THE GAMBIA. The Gambia. By H. Penwick Reeve. (Smith, Elder & Co, 10s. (3d. net.) — The Gambia coast has been known from the days of the Phoenicians, and we fancy Mr. Reeve has...

An English-Greek Lexicon, By G. M. Edwards, M.A. (Cambridge University Press. 7s. (3d. net.)—We do not profess to have adequately tested the vocabulary section of this lexicon....

William Cowper, by Edward Storer (Herbert and Daniel, 2s. Od. net), is a volume of the "Regent Library." We doubt whether the "Romantic movement in English poetry has...

William Bennett Campion, Serjeant - at - Law. (Hodges, Figgis and Co. 3s. Od. net.)—Serjeant Campion was by common consent a great lawyer, though, as he resolutely stood aside...

The Russian Year Book, 1912. Compiled and Editectby Howard P. Kennard, M.D., assisted by Notta Peacock. (Eyre and Spottiswoode. 103. 6d. net.)—It is scarcely necessary to say...

Rajkumar College. — The Maharajah of Bhavnagar has displayed his loyalty to his old college by publish- ing in most sumptuous form the history of the college since its...

Chcapside to Arcady. By Arthur Scammell. (Andrew Melrose. 6s, net.)—The greater part of the contents of this volume is now Published for the first time, but sense of the...

The World's Minerals, By Leonard J. Spencer, M.A. (W. and R. Chambers. 5s.)—Mr. Spencer's book, with its excellent coloured illustrations—there are forty plates commonly...

Mary Ecroyd. (H. Frowde. 2s. net.)—Many persons must have felt that the lectionary, oven after the last revision, left much that was unsatisfying at least for purposes of...

Co. 3s. ed. not.)—This book may be taken as a characteristic example of what may be called the "New Geography," the geography which deals with "the forces which tend to shape...

we have The Smaller Tuscan Towns, by J. N. and A. M. Cruickshank. 3s. 61 net.—The book is in geographical divisions, "Northern," " Southern," "Central," &c., and some twenty...

IL P. V. Nunn. (Cambridge University Press. 2s. ed. net.)—Mr. Nunn's theory is that those who do not begin to learn Greek early should learn it from the New Testament....

Lownow: Printed by L. Urcurr tt Sow, LTD., at the London and "SPECTAVOR" (Limited), at their Office, No. 1 Wellington Street, In the Tivoli' ty. Printing Works, Drury Lams,...

sent by some of the wireless operators. During the voyage of the • Carpathia ' from the scene of the wreck to New York the telegraphist refused to answer all questions about the...

for money temporarily on the abolition of the rebate, warned the Conservatives and Clericals that death duties are a certainty for the future. Herr von Bethmann Hollweg made one...

Senate Com- mittee is not worthy of the body from which it proceeds, and American dignity would have been better consulted if reason- able precautions had been taken with the...

T HE official figures of the loss of life in the 'Titanic' were published on Friday week after our last issue had gone to press. The loss was worse than we had supposed,...

LITHIUM SIIPPLNYNNT.

House in order to 'urge on the President of the Board of Trade the neoessity of constituting a Court of Inquiry at once to investigate the circumstances of the loss of the...

took place on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The more important speeches were made on Monday. As regards the Navy the Bills provide for the creation of a third active...

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resolution in regard to the National Insurance Act wag again debated. Mr. Gwynne's resolution, it will be remembered, declares that the methods adopted to bring into operation...

Commons on Tuesday by Mr. McKenna. He maintained, in virtue of the figures given by the Royal Commission of 1906 and the practical unanimity of Welsh members, that the...

continue to receive 20s. in the pound for a long period of years, but that the sum would be gradually reduced until finally it might drop to 6s. 8d. in the pound. With the con-...

the Government of India Bill was taken. The Bill gives effect to the policy announced at the Delhi Durbar. Mr. Montagu explained that the first clause grants, with two provisos,...

consider the Home Rule Bill, and unanimously agreed to accept it as an honest and generous attempt to settle the Irish question. The Times correspondent describes the meeting as...

Thursday. The principal speech was Mr. Lloyd George's in defence of the Bill. He affirmed that the great majority of the Welsh people were convinced of the injustice of the...

any statement till next week. He, however, assured the House that the Commissioners would do all they could to evoke the sympathy of the profession. The alternative steps which...

the Surrey National Reserve now numbers over 5,000 men and officers. It is from these figures that we deduce that the London National Reserve will ultimately reach 50,000....

discredited and the Insurance Act hopelessly prejudiced in the eyes of the public, we should view the decision of the Government to bring the Act into operation in the middle of...

six months will be made an excuse by thousands of men and women all over the country for doing nothing. They will "wait and see" till they are compelled by official pressure....

London Reserve will total 30,000. When, however, the parade has taken place, and thus the existence of the National Reserve has been brought home to thousands of men who have...

J. D. Rees, the Unionist candidate, was returned by a majority of 1,324. The figures were : Sir J. D. Rees, 6,482; Mr. T. W. Dobson (Liberal), 5,158. The Unionist majority at...

contingents to the Loudon Parade will necessitate an alteraa tion in the destination of the money so generously and patriotically subscribed by readers of the Spectator. It will...

was inaugurated by the Cardinal Patriarch amidst scenes of the most moving description. The history of the building was told in an interesting article by Mr. Horatio Brown in...

spondent that the Government machinery for enforcing the Act is totally inadequate. Whether he is right in his specific contention we shall not attempt to say ; but even if he...

be present at the parade of the London Division of the National Reserve in Hyde Park on June 8th. It is un- necessary to insist how greatly this fact increases the importance of...

Feb. 8th. Consols (2i) were on Friday 78I—Friday week 78i.

WELSH DISESTABLISHMENT. I N dealing with the Home Rule Bill we ventured to make the suggestion that every Bill should have its real title as well as its " short " title. If...

B Y their naval reconnaissance in. the lEgean and the exchange of shots with the Turkish forts at the mouth of the Dardanelles the Italians have acknowledged in effect that they...

I N everyday conversation it is a matter of common remark that the country is less excited about the Homo Rule Bill of 1912 than it was about the measures of 1893 and 1886. That...

I N spite of ordnance maps, prismatic compasses, and officers with a special capacity for topography, it is always a blessing for troops on the march to have good Local Guides....

T HE author of "Pro Christ° et Ecclesia " is too well known to need our praise. He is always sure of a large audience. His last book, however, " Voluntas Der (Mac- millan and...

W E trust that the strong public feeling which has pro- cured the promise of a prompt and searching special inquiry into the loss of the ' Titantio' will not continue to con-...

M R. JOHN BURNS once applied the happy phrase "enlightened self-interest" to the motives of some great London landlords. Certainly those who laid out, for instance, Russell...

NATIONAL INSURANCE.* SIR,—The Government, against the sense of the country and without reasonable discussion in the House of Commons, succeeded last Session in placing on the...

THE POST OFFICE AND HOME RULE. [To TEl EDITOR. Or TIM "SexareTos."] SIR,—Many Englishmen who would be prepared to acquiesce in a moderate scheme of Home Rule capable of being...

[To TIM EDITOlt Or Tax "Brim:cos:] Sin,—Irishmen who differ from you politically were hardly prepared to find you adopting Mr. Bonar Law's estimate of Nationalist Ireland. Let...

[TO THE EDITOR Ow TEE "SPECTATOR,') Sin,—In your interesting article on Home Rule finance in last week's issue you say that under the Home Rule Bill. Great Britain will have to...

tTo TIM EID1TOB OP TEM " SIMOTAT014.1 SIn,—A movement existed at the last election to promote the candidature of Unionist working men for Parliament. As secretary of this...

Sr,—Mr. Davey writing in your issue of April 13th defends . Home Rule on the ground that it is the wish of the Irish people as a whole. In all legislation, Mr. Davey tells us,...

[To TILE EDITOR OF TES " lirzerAton.".1 SIR,—May I suggest a correction as to fact in your excellent article on this subject ? You say, "The Federal Government of the United...

ITO THE RECTOS OF TIM " SPECTATOR...1 SIR,—May I venture to say I do not understand your article on "the Ulster Problem" in the Spectator of April 13th P How can troops be used...

Stn,—After reading of the 'Titanic' episode, we need not despair of the future of our race. "Di patrii, quorum sempor sub numine Troja eat, Non tamen otnnino Toucros delere...

[To TUE EDITOR OF Till " SPECTATOR:1 SIE,^4 hope you will not deem it an impertinence if I venture to ask a question which imagination suggests as being a very natural one on...

[TO TIIR EDITOR Or The "SFROTATOR." SIR,—The following quotation from De Quincey's "Opium Eater" needs no comment :— " Then came sudden alarms ; hurryings to and fro ;...

of a poem on shipwreck by an iceberg moves me to recall an apposite instance of the extra- ordinary prescience of Mr. Rudyard Kipling's poetic imagina- tion. In "The English...

[To T111 EDITOR Or TIEN "SPECTA.T0161 Sr,—In your reference to the amended law in the Spectator of April 20th you say "One battleship to be added to the 1913 and one to the 1914...

[To sin EDITOR or MR " SPROTITOR." J Stu,—In your admirable article of last week upon the loss of the Titanic; ' attention was naturally called to the lesson taught by the...

allow me to draw attention to a very simple expedient by which the safety of the travelling public on the high sea can be better secured than by any number of additional...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR,—I feel confident that you will permit me to describe in outline an experiment, now in contemplation, which bids fair to have results...

[To THE EDITOR OP TUE "SrscreTon."3 SIR,—In your issue of April 13th, under the heading" Britain and the West Coast of South America," there is mention of the German Emperor's...

MORAL HEALTH. [TO THE ED/TOR OP TEE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The Evangelisoh-Sozialer Kongrese, among who se members are Professor Adolf Harnack, Professor Baum- garten, and...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR, — Your correspondents say that wooden houses burn down, and therefore are neither safe nor lasting. If this is so, Why, then, are there...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." . 1 SIR, — An extract, given below, from a letter written by the manager of a colliery may interest some of your readers from the naturalness...

We have received the following sums for this Fund :- William M. Roscoe, 21 1 0 Dr. and Mrs. Shaw, 21 0 0. Amount previously acknowledged, 2434 9 0. Will those of our readers...

THE EDITOR OF THE "srscrAron."1 SIR,—I have read the interesting paper in your issue of April 13th. Some years ago a fish-curer in the north of Scot-- land told me that he once...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "ant-mm."] Stu, — This phrase, familiar to Italians as meaning " conservare nella mente," or " aver° dentro di se," and, particularly in Vatican parlance,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF Tile " SPECTATOR."' SIR, — We have read the review of Mr. Markino's " My - Idealed John Bullesses " in last week's Spectator with very much interest, and as...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." I SIE.—We have just read the notice in your issue of April 13th on the book entitled "A Nurse's Life in Peace and War." Miss Laurence...

[To TUN - EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The following incident may be of interest to your readers : We have a blaok retriever, very well ttained. She is kept chained in a...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked. "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily le held to Le in, agreement with, the views therein carpresscd or with the mode...

THEMIS.* FIFTY years ago the subject of Greek religion caused few searchings of heart even to the learned. They accepted the saying of Herodotas that "Homer and Hesiod made a...

THE SONG OF MONMOUTH'S MEN. A ZONG a battle song • Zing it heartily and strong! 'Three hundred mile,. .through wet and dry our lads have marched along. With a hymn to stay...

MR. C. R. L. FLETCHER gives us here the first volume of his attempt to trace the fortunes of the children of the Romani Empire. It is written in his highly individual, informal,...

the Irish question were published before the terms of the third Home Rule Bill were known. We have read them with a strong wonder as to' what the authors would have said of Mr....

EVERY one knows that George Anson sailed round the world. Possibly the fame of that great achievement has somewhat obscured the man's other claims on the gratitude of his...

a certain charm, and almost fascination, of its own.. It contains only some ninety-two lines; its author is unknown, for the medieval humorist who described it as "by Virgil...

alike in showing us the adventurous Englishman. George Cart- wright, brother of John, the Radical politician, and Edmund, the inventor of the power-loom, went mit to Labrador in...

THE LITTLE BLUE DEVIL.t T " f°rrnnla on which The Little Blue Devil is founded is as old as the hills. A charming young lady is brought up in the belief that she is not only an...

Allen and Son. es.)—It is comparatively easy to write a short detective story ; one long enough to fulfil the commercial conditions of the novel—so many words for so much...

and Co. 6s.)—Even the most ingenious novel reader will take some time to discover the solution of the Mystery of Redmarsh Farm, and it would ill become tho critic to betray Mr....

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as hem not beer reserved for 'IMMO in other forms.1 A History of Creeds and Confessions of Faith. By William A. Curtis,...

Tan Edinburgh. — World - politios are represented in this number by an article which, with great ingenuity, compares the Peace movement of to-clay with the Holy Alliance of the...

S. Thomp- son, RI. (Cambridge University Press. 18s.)—The authors describe their book as "An Account of Recent Excavations and Explorations in North-Eastern Greece from Lake...

Morley Roberts. (Eveleigh Nash. 68.)—A collection of short stories, of which the one which gives its title to the book is the most ingenious.

6s.)—The author of The Lunatic at Large gives us another of his jocund extravaganzas which in their main outlines have little or no correspondence with the facts of life, and...

Right Eon. A. S. Balfour, M.P. (G. Routledge and Sons. 2s. 6d. net.)— This is a very opportune publication. By way of Preface we have a speech delivered in November last. Then...

iii. (Constable and Co. 16s. net.)—Seven Years ago Mr. Courtney published vols. i. and ii. of this work ; in this, the third, he supplies omissions and adds notices of books or...