CANON HENSON ON CHURCH AND STATE.* CANON HENSON in his introduction distinguishes between "episcopal' and " episcopalian." That a Church should be governed by Bishops he...

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been vastly improved by compres- sion and better arrangement Mr. Sibley has collected a great deal of interesting and suggestive material, much of which is very difficult of...

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NEWS OF THE WEEK p ERSIA has during the week been the scene of a furious and ruthless coup d'etat. On Tuesday the Shah, imitating, no doubt unconsciously, the action of Napoleon...

question of the nationalisation of State railways, raised by the proposal to buy the Western Railway, took place. M. Clemenceau made the acceptance or rejection of his Bill a...

dal will be successful. He is no doubt to some extent an astute man, but he is believed to have very little personal courage, and to suffer from most of the weaknesses that...

the dinner of the North German Yacht Club. Dealing with the Government proposals for the reform of Imperial finances, the Emperor assured his hearers that the Chancellor's...

leader, was arrested on Wednesday evening on a charge of publishing a seditious article in his newspaper, the Kesari, a Marathi weekly published at Poona. The hearing of the...

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in the paupers, and to allow the Pensions Committees to supple- ment out-relief given by the Guardians so as to bring up the incomes of persons over seventy in receipt of...

not of a very sensational kind. There are four new Peers, Sir Antony MacDonnell, Mr. George Whiteley, Sir Angus Holden, and Mr. John Wynford Philipps, the eldest of the three...

the accolade in one form or another number between thirty and forty. Of these we can only say with Emerson : "In the press of knights not every brow can receive the laurel"—of...

is to add certainly half-a-million to the cost of their scheme, and probably a great deal more. Last week the estimated sum under the scheme had come to be admitted by the...

was made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but a surrender so contrived as to cause the maximum of discredit to the Administration. Mr. Barnes, the Labour Member, made a...

United States from 1885 to 1889, and again from 1893 to 1897, died at Princeton, New Jersey, on Wednesday, in his seventy- second year. Mr. Cleveland, who was the son of a poor...

the House of Commons throughout the week, with the result that the Government have been forced, as we felt sure would be the case, to make concession after concession increasing...

paper by Dr. Allan, medical officer of Westminster, in regard to one of the Post Office public telephones. Not only did' Dr. Allan find the telephone call-box, with its...

opportunity of getting recognition for the ideals of the Society given by the Government's Reform Bill must not be missed. Lord Avebury pointed out that in 1874, and again in...

service in St. Paul's. No fewer than two hundred Bishops—British, Colonial, and American—walked in the procession, and a special address was delivered by the Arch- bishop of...

the return of the Unionist candidate, Mr. Oddy, by a majority of 113 over his Liberal opponent. The Labour candidate polled 1,291 votes. In 1906 Mr. Whiteley was returned by a...

_on Monday was addressed by Mr. Balfour, who chose for his subject the relations between religion and science. Mr. Balfour noted the great change which had passed over the...

advanced section of the supporters of women's suffrage, took place in Hyde Park last Sunday afternoon. Special trains brought large contingents from the provinces, and seven...

on Wednesday. The Report of the Committee showed that the movement in favour of universal training was making remarkable progress. Measured by such standards as the growth of...

meeting of huge proportions held at the Albert Hall to protest against the Licensing Bill. After admitting that there was behind the supporters of the Bill a great deal of...

THE BURDEN OF RATES AND THE REMEDY. O NCE again the country has had proof that there is no better place for the serious discussion of important political and social problems...

OME twenty years ago a marked characteristic of L. French people and French newspapers was their comparative ignorance and lack of interest in foreign politics. France herself,...

of Commons on the Miners' Eight Hours Bill has not strengthened either the case for the Bill or the position of the Government. Mr. Herbert Gladstone, following the example set...

have been afloat as to the disbandment of a brigade of Guards and a regiment of Household Cavalry being under discussion by the Government. Prima fade one would hold that the...

I T will not surprise our readers to learn that the Spectator finds little to agree with in Mr. Chester. ton's very amusing speech at the Pan-Anglican Congress last Saturday....

G IFTS are the earliest form of propitiation. The instinct to offer gifts has its source along with the instinct of sacrifice, out of sight in the history of the race. Wherever...

tiarum for all the minor poets of his continent, found a phrase which sums up the poetical career of Dr. Louis Frechette, who died on the first day of this pleasant month. He...

I N the steady sunlight of mid-June the year comes to a stop, more sudden and more complete than any change of any month of all the twelve. It is the first month of the year...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECtTATOR.1 SIR,—I am hoping to see in your columns some protest against the undignified panic at, and mischievous misrepresentations of, the Kaiser's...

THE PUDSEY ELECTION. go TEE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—If this election does not sound the knell of the Govern- ment's ill-considered scheme of old-age pensions I shall...

Sin,—Your correspondent " T. M." writes : "The contributory scheme of Mr. Chamberlain, in the competition of party polities, is now fallen into the background" (Spectator, June...

[To rue Enrrort OR TUB 'SPNCTATOR.1 BM — Though I do not agree with your views on old-age penaions. I think it is of national value that the Spectator is placing before the...

SIR,—Some account of the experience of a Friendly Society with • which I am connected as a director may be of interest in view of the question raised by Mr. Hart-Davis...

THE " &Tar/amt.:] Sra,—The limited number of aged inmates in St. George's Union, Fulham, who entertained sanguine anticipations that they would be included in the pension...

SIR,—Many misleading accounts of last Sunday's demonstra- tion have appeared in the newspapers. Thousands of people will get their impression of the demonstration from the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SP ROTATOR:] Sn1,—The "Votes for Women" movement can no longer be ignored, nor will mere criticism arrest a movement which has for its driving-power the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "ssiccveros."] SIR,—Your article on the Pan-Anglican Congress in last week's issue leaves nothing to be desired in nobility of senti- ment and liberality...

SIR,—I perceive that in your issue of last Saturday you were depressed in your anxiety for the success of the women's suffrage cause, on the ground that the crowd was "terribly...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR"] SIE,—The effect of the action of the Opposition in Parliament under this decadent party system manifestly is to enable the revolutionary...

[To THE EDITOR OE THE " SPECTETOR."1 SIB, —For some years past you have kindly permitted us to appeal through your columns on behalf of the summer camps of the London Council of...

[TO THE EDITOR or THE “ SP MOTATOH."] SIR,—The letter you were kind enough to publish asking for funds towards the upkeep of the rest-room has been generously responded to :—...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."f Sin,—At a time when London is full of Congresses we are looking to see where any useful information may be obtained which might help us in...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." I SIR,—Your article on "The Educational Ladder" in last week's issue is excellent. "We should like to see the length of school- time made...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR,—Many of your readers will learn with great regret that the author of "Cecilia de Noel" and" The Hotel d'Angleterre " passed away on...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,--This subject, which has been written on by Mr. Peveril Turnbull in the . Spectator of June 2.0th, will, I fear, never be much attended...

SIE,—Would you kindly allow me a few lines in relation to the review of the first volume of my "History of Ireland" which appeared in your issue of June 13th? The writer says he...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Seventy years ago I was a lad of six, and had several larks' nests,—that is, I knew several nests which I piously visited, but confided...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As a Mincing Lane broker who has sold the so-called " osprey " or egret feathers from time to time for several years past, and in...

THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I enclose a notice which I trust you may be able to publish.—I am, Sir, &c., CHAS. FORD, V.D., Lieut.-Col. The parade of ex-Volunteers...

THREE FROM SEDGEMOOR. A LEGEND OF SOMERSET. " HxsT!" said the Mother: "dout the light! Kirke's Lambs are on the road to-night A-seeking the flyers of Monmouth's fight; And I've...

COQUELIN. To English theatre-goers perhaps the most striking point about the performances now being given by M. Coquelin at His Majesty's is the immense variety of his roles....

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...

THE IDYLLS OF THE KING.* "I HAVE been asked to add three or four new Idylls to the Idylls of the King and to connect the earlier one, Morte d'Arthur, with the rest ; this I have...

IT is not every author who has his first edition given to the world in half-leather. But then Mr. Sinclair has vnitten what must be regarded as the classic on his subject. The...

De mortuis nil nisi bonum is a maxim the observance of which entails a corresponding obligation, and Miss Kenealy has been somewhat rash in reviving the memory of her father's...

This is the biography of a man who was a power in his native city, York, and in the Society of Friends, of which be • John Stsphenson Bowntre. : his Life and Work. Memoir. by...

THE clerics of olden time had almost a monopoly of humour, so far at least as its literary expression is concerned, for they had something of the same of letters. Walter Mapes...

Tins extremely curious book, the French title of which is La Vie Intime d'une Reine de France au Dix-septierne Sieele, bears witness to an amount of patient study, a depth of...

LOVE'S SHADOW.* MANY writers have shown a deadly facility in reproducing the trivialities, the vulgarities, and the essential selfishness of "sm - art" society. It is a welcome...

THERE are many persons who take no interest in botany when they are at home, but who become excited by the richness and brilliancy of the Alpine flora. They want a book to help...

are passages of description and narrative in this novel of sufficient merit to raise it considerably above the average level. Such is the picture of life in a French penal...

collection of short stories is interesting, Mr. Oliver Onions has not quite succeeded in equalling the poetic spirit of his last volume, "Back o' the Moon." But it is perhaps...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Nestorius and his Teaching. By J. F. Bethune-Baker, B.D. (Cambridge -...

and Blackett. 3s. 6d.)—A story of modern life with a sensational opening.—The Dual Heritage. By Mabel Godfrey-Faussett. (E. Grant Richards. 6s.)—A. study of character written...

of Dover. (S.P.C.K. Is. (3d.)—" I doubt," writes the Archbishop of Canterbury in the preface which he has furnished for this little book, "whether manual workers, artisan or...

Appleton. 6s. net.)—" Not the history of myths, but the simple statement of myths is attempted ; and the one con- sistent aim is to state them in such a manner as to make...

International Critical Commentary." (T. and T. Clark. 8s. (3d.) —Dr.-Barton considers that the late authorship of Ecclesiastes is beyond all doubt. Luther seems to have been the...

Laurie. 10s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Dunning has "written," he tells us, "primarily for the traveller." He has been to the country twenty times, and has had the advantage of a "fair...

Bevan. (A. R. Mowbray and Co. 3s. 6d. net)—The portraits proper are twenty-nine in number, ending with the great likeness of William Warham by Holbein,—what a marvellous work it...

Translated by Gilbert . Murray. (The Clarendon Press. 2s. net.)—Here we have two lectures delivered before the University of Oxford on June 3rd and 4th. The sum and substance of...

Sidney Lee. Vol. IV., " Chamber—Craigie." (Smith, Elder, and Co. 15s. net.)—This instalment contains Vols. X.-XII. of the old edition. Among the personages who appear in it are...

is. 6d.), is now in its twelfth year. It is a guide to the bureau- cracy—we use the word in no invidious sense—of Greater London, and of the public bodies connected with it....