the world returned to Hampton Roads, and was received by Mr. Roosevelt at the spot from which it started fourteen months ago. In the course of his speech of welcome Mr....

T HOUGH Friday's news from the Near East is on the whole a little less alarmist than that of Wednesday and Thursday, it can only be described as exceedingly grave. The Servian...

Natal, explained to a large audience the terms of the South African Constitution. Mr. Morcom, who was a delegate to the Convention, but resigned his position because he could...

Bill, but must find space to say here that in the two days' debate in the House of Lords the weight of authority was very strongly against the placing of natives of India on the...

the longer and more closely we study the question, the stronger becomes our feeling that Lord Morley is running a very groat risk in insisting upon adding a native to the...

representative and Mr. T. Kato, the new Japanese Ambassador. Mr. Kato remarked that he was very glad to return to England, where he liked the life, and where he had helped to...

case.

taken place since our lee, issue, we cannot attempt to summarise the remainder of the Tariff Reform discussion, concluded on Friday week by a division in which the Govern- ment...

Derby, and others had yielded when they felt that public opinion was against them. Had the present House of Lords behaved differently P Mr. Asquith had talked as though the...

of lawlessness in Ireland and the ineffectual policy of the Government was moved in the Commons on Tuesday by Lord Percy. After dwelling on the rapid increase of crime in the...

known that "no Protective effects, or the abuses which creep in behind Protective duties, could possibly follow from such use,"—an allegation which we absolutely deny. Those...

of a political coward. He prosecuted some of the ignorant peasants who acted on the advice given them, but he tiered not interfere with the instigators,—]iis honourable friends...

was moved by Ponsonby, the Liberal Member for Stirling Burghs, calling on the Government so to restrict the veto of the Lords that the will of the popular House should prevail...

• Dillon's notion that the Unionists had been coquetting with the Nationalists over the Fiscal amend- ment, and strongly demurred to the Irish Attorney. General's comparison of...

the Convocation of Canterbury on "The Ornaments Rubric and Modifications of the Existing Law Relating to the Conduct of Divine Service" was published last week. The most...

exceedingly interesting debate on local taxation. Lord Helmsley, who introduced the amendment in favour of a more equitable system, urged, as we have so often urged in these...

Monday, in replying to a question by Mr. Levert= Harris in regard to cocoa and slave labour, gave an answer which, we fear, will inspire the planters of San Thom6 and Principe...

in answer to a deputation composed of news- Paper editors and proprietors which waited upon him on Thursday, stated that it was the intention of the Government to introduce...

minor changes recommended in the services. We note that the substitution of the "great commandment" for the Decalogue is recommended in the Communion Service when there is more...

moved an amendment regretting that there was no reference in the ICing's Speech to the Congo. Sir Edward Grey replied in a manner which, the Vmss tells us, was regarded as...

the police on Wednesday in an effort to reach the House of Commons. Twenty-seven ladies were arrested, and, on refusing to pay fines and give assurances for good behaviour,...

being returned with a majority of 891 (1,976-1,085). In 1906 the Unionist majority was 339. The decrease in the total poll appears to have been 284, and the decrease in the...

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE LORDS. T HE issue between the Government and the Lords is either important or it is not. It is a laughable policy to declare that it is important—nothing...

I N spite of the exceedingly dangerous and critical position in South-Eastern Europe, we believe as well as hope that peace will be maintained. At the eame time, we are bound to...

a striking example of government by phrases. One of these phrases is "the Ordinary Law," the other is " Coercion. ' These terms describe, as he considers, the right and the...

O N Tuesday Lord Morley of Blackburn introduced his Indian Councils Bill into the House of Lords. Public attention has naturally been concentrated upon the question of how far...

p was a happy thought to ask delegates of the chief newspapers in the Colonies and India to accept the hospitality of the British Press in England next June. We hope that the...

I N the new edition which Professor Sandys has just brought out of Sir Richard Jebb's "Characters of Theophrastus " (Macmillan and Co., 7s. 6d. net) the following words occur;...

W HEN one considers how strongly developed were the inatinebs of home in the Italian and Roman character, it is no matter for surprise that this nation produced poets Who have...

TN the level sunshine of mid-February the distances over the saltmarsh change and deceive. The low light of early morning lifts to a mellow radiance which dims edges and sets...

[TO Tide EDITOR Or TUE " SPROTATOR.1 SIR,—Among the numerous letters, addresses, and speeches that have appeared or been reported in reference to the centenary of Darwin's...

THE CRISIS IN TURKEY. [To THIO EDITOR OF THE " SPROTATOR."1 SIR,—I beg your kindness to declare the gratitude of my countrymen for your sympathetic comments in last week's...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—It may interest your readers to know something of what is going on here in the Border Burghs. Owing to the great depression in the...

[TO Tile EDITOR OF 'fCC SP EC l'ATi R.1 SIB,—As an American, I desire to express my thanks to you for your generous appraisement in last week's Spectator of Mr. Roosevelt's...

MO THE mares OF THE “STECTATOV1 Snt,—I note that Mr. Burns when speaking upon afforesta- tion is reported to have said that the Government were con- sidering certain steps to be...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOIC.1 SIR, — Natal Colonists will be grateful to you for your footnote to Mr. Douglas Blackburn's letter (Spectator, February 20th) in which you...

in your issue of February 20th :— "But we must quote one passage in which Mr. Roosevelt estimated the characters of Washington and Lincoln : "There have been other men as great...

THE . sracreron....] SIR,—I have been closely associated with the Lancashire ootton industry for upwards of thirty years, and all the time been, I hope, a diligent student of...

[To TI110 EOITOR OP VIII * 8P110TATOP.."] Sin,—Lookers-on see most of the game, and perhaps the English who are residing abroad and receiving their news- papers once a week, or...

[To TIM EDITOR Or TIM "SPROTATOR." J SIR,—As the Spectator stands as representative for the Free- trade school of economics, may the writer, a Tariff Reformer, invite your...

LT0 amp BDITOR OP raw "OplOTATO11 - 1 Sin, — I think, after all, it seems clear that it was Southey who talked of the sublime and -beautiful being carted away as he saw the...

ETO TIM EDITOR Or SPROTATOR.1 Sin,—Mr. Redmond still contends that Ireland is crimeless. The praise is not very difficult to earn if we retrench the Sixth and Eighth...

LTO THR EDITOR OP THE " SP ROTATOR.' j SIR,—The letter which you publish under the above heading in last week's issue of the Spectator calla to mind some utterances of Bishop...

IT° THR EDITOR. or TO R " SPROTATOR." SIR,—If village playgrounds are to be provided, it will not only be desirable, but absolutely necessary, that your suggestion in the...

LTO THE EDITOR OF TUE " SPECTATOR.".1 SIR,—I offer the following suggestion to your correspondent who is seeking to identify Seigneur Dakimketnpert. In all likelihood...

JONATHAN SWIFT.* Ma. TEMPLE SCOTT'S valuable edition of Swift's prose works, begun nearly twelve years ago, is now completed by the present volume, the twelfth, which contains a...

IN MEMORIAM G. 0. (A SUSSEX PEASANT). No more for him the morning winds Will blow fleet shadows o'er the downs, No more for him the sunset-red Will deepen o'er the Western...

[To THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR.") your issue of February 13th, reviewing a book on old and vanishing London, with views, published by Moring, you state that the old East India...

[To TRE EDITOR or TER " SPECTATOR." J Sin,—The late Professor Newton in his "Dictionary of Birds" (Cheap Issue, A. and C. Black, p. 733, note 1) seems to con- sider the habit in...

[To THE EDITOR OF TUN "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—I notice with interest your review in last, week's Spectator of Professor Goldwin Smith's new book entitled "No Refuge but i4 Truth."...

MURDERED IRISH CONSTABLE. WE are glad to be able to announce that the various funds raised for the family of Constable Goldrick have met with so warm a response that no more...

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...

say of the intricate and carefully pursued hypothesis which is unfolded in this book is that it com- mands respect. All historical and archaeological enthusiasm is estimable,...

E have been slow to realise the value of o mtinuity in the study of Greek history. Macaulay's schoolboy, starting from the legendary heroes who appeared on the scene by a sort...

THERE are few things more distinctively English than our - chief public schools. Nowhere else is there anything like them, and these little commonwealths, in which each member...

So many excellent books have been written for the young engineer that the uninitiated may well wonder at the appearance of fresh ones. However, the most ignorant of us know that...

his thought in a very lucid manner and with a quite remarkable courage. Politicians of all parties use conventional language when they address the multitudes by whom they hope...

MOSE who know Mr. Abel Chapman's books on Spain and Norway will welcome with pleasure this account of two sport- ing trips up the Uganda line, and thence inland as far as...

TONO-BUNGAY.* IN this strange go.as-you-please narrative, which, spite of its irregular and discursive method, is the most serious attempt at a novel which he has hitherto...

is a story of a morphinomanioe, whose companion, Judith Sarsefield, is the heroine of the novel. "Rita" has chosen to write the book in throe forms, the first narrative, the...

Coolidge. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. ficl. net.)—Mr. Coolidge deals with many interesting questions which we do not feel dispose4 to discuss. Prominent among them is the Monroe...

Savage. (George Routledge and Sons. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Savage, who presides over the public libraries of Wallasey, has given us hero a very interesting little book. He devotes...

and Stoughton. 6s.)—A story of some strange criminals who receive their deserts in a strange manner. --The Whispering Man. By H. K. Webster. (Eveleigh Nash. 6s.)—Mr. Webster...

and Co. 10s. 6d. net,)—Mr. Coakburn has taken a con- siderable part in public affairs in Canada, sittiug in the fit Ontario Parliament, and in successive Parliaments of the...

6s.) —This is the story of a woman who is betrayed by her lover, and to whom John Broome, a blind neighbour, offers the protection of his name. John Broome's Quixotism, however,...

[under ode heading we notice such Books of the week as hew, not bun reserved .1 . 01• rosiest, in other forme.] The latest volume of "The Century Bible" (T. C. and E. C. Jack,...

60. not.)— India is, indeed, an "inexhaustible mine" for those who seek the treasures of historical romance. Mr. Surridge begins with Siveji, and he could not have done better....

Austen Leigh, M.A. (Spottiswoode and Co. 3e. 6d.)—" In All Parts of the World" is added to the title. There are between two and three hundred in Europe, about a hundred and...

and Co. 6s. net.)—This volume, appearing for the seventy-second time, has a very considerable usefulness. It gives the title, the author, the publisher, and the price of all...

"black list" which persons with a speculative turn, or possessed with the idea of getting things very cheap, will do well to consult. We have no opinion on any individual case ;...

(8d. net cloth, and Is, ed. net leather, per vol.), an excellent series so well established in public favour amongst various formidable rivals that it is not necessary to do...

(Spottis- woode and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Shephard gives us here the benefit of not a little research, carried on, we suppose, during his forty-two years of residence at Eton,...

Houses ef Parliament, is Debrett's House of Commons and Judicial Bench (Dean and Son, 7s. ed.) It gives (1) an alphabetical list of Members, with brief biographical particulars...

Is. net.)—Miss Powys has given us here one of those tabulated statements of historical facts, in this ,instance of the Constitutional kind, which students often find so useful....

55. net.)—The author of this volume not only supplies much information about various securities, but raises various questions which we do not feel disposed to argue. Hero is an...