fuss which some French papers are making over British and Japanese designs upon Siam. Great Britain has certainly no designs, and it is extremely difficult to believe that Japan...

sometimes outrun their common-sense. At their annual meeting, just terminated, after a string of resolutions which are mostly sensible enough and are conceded here through the...

P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT was more hurt in his collision with the electric car at Pittsfield than he at first imagined. He sustained a severe bruise in the calf of his leg, which...

within their Royal family. The Queen of the Belgians, an Archduchess of Austria, and a woman of singularly fine character, died on September 19th at a palace near Spa where she...

Parliament for refusing a vote of £5,000 asked for some purpose connected with art has evidently roused strong local feeling against his Majesty. Dr. Schadler, for instance, a...

a rather remarkable speech on M. Pelletan's indiscretions. He declared that the enemies of the Government had made the most of a sentence in an impromptu speech uttered " in the...

case.

in full swing, and the less well-balanced organs of Nonconformist opinion in the Press are talking very loudly of a strike against rates. We have little fear. as we have...

the Washington " Note " upon the Roumanian Jews. That Note has been endorsed by Great Britain, and may, it is said, be endorsed by France; but Austria and Russia delay their...

If the sympathy expressed by the Continent was real and not factitious, the fund should quickly reach two or three millions sterling. France should at least be good for...

interesting and significant statistics as to the amount of French wealth invested abroad, the total of which reaches £1,200,000,000. Only 240,000,000 is invested in Great...

civilised world which must, we fear, be described as thoroughly bad in tone, when coming from men who have taken the oath of allegiance, and who have declared it their intention...

list of the recent laws which have stirred the American Govern- ment to the diplomatic Note which we gave last week, and which we have discussed elsewhere in this issue. We...

lished contains many features of importance and interest at the present time. The number of Board-schools in existence on August 31st, 1901, was 5,797, with an accom- modation...

Newport, Mon., on Monday. Dr. Hadley, the Bishop of the diocese, devoted his presidential address to the immense influence of the modern Press, and the best way of counteracting...

his constituents in the Tiverton division of Devon on the Education Bill. " He was quite sure Mr. Balfour had a very open mind on these questions. Mr. Balfour was very anxious...

" a very disquieting letter appeared in the Times of Friday week. The writer sends extracts from letters illustrative of the sufferings and privations of loyalists who were...

the New York Journal exhibits the philosopher in his moat caustic mood. " What's it [mechanical science] done fr th' wur-rld P says ye. It's done ivrything. It's give us fast...

of last Saturday at Haddington, but may notice here a thought of his to which we had in that article no opportunity to refer. Mr. Balfour, while praising and explaining the...

New Consols (2i) were on Friday 98I.

lab PROPOSED COMPROMISE ON THE EDUCATION BILL. W E wish we could think that there was any real likelihood of agreement on the education ques- tion on the lines suggested by Sir...

much disturbed by Mr. Hay's Note to American Ambassa- dors complaining of the Roumanian persecution of the Jews. The more conservative among them consider it a fresh instance of...

T "past week has seen a recrudescence of the dis- cussion as to the amount of the war expenses which should be charged upon the new Colonies,—or rather on the Transvaal, for...

speech of Saturday last at Haddington which will help any of us in the present political struggle, and indeed nothing which is quite original, yet it has given a certain...

I T would be scarcely accurate to assert that the world in general, and statesmen in particular, have read with relief the disclaimer made at Matha last Sunday by M. Combos, the...

If they go to church, they know the chapters which are read on Sundays, but that is all. The authority of the Government. In this country, at any of the Government. Each member...

T HE criticism has been made before now that the "educa- tionists "—the word is objectionable, but there seems to be nothing much better to take its place—who chiefly occupy...

T HERE is a lively tradition that the last wild boar in Westmoreland was killed on the great fell near Kirkby Stephen which still bears the name of the quarry there slain. The...

THE SAYINGS OF CHILDREN. [To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIE,—The children at a kindergarten in India were being asked the names of theirfavourite Kings and Queens....

plea in the Spectator of September 20th that the opponents of the Educa- tion Bill should be given the credit of being sincere all fair' minded men will agree. Cannot he and...

THE COUNTRY AND THE EDUCATION BILL. [To VIZ EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I am surprised to read the letter of Mr. E. Burrows in your issue of September 20th, and am led...

the Spectator of September 20th that Methodism and the other Free Churches " sincerely believe that the real promoters of the Bill designed it, not to improve education, but to...

SIR,— Surely the line of action suggested by Mr Edmund Burrows in his strictures on your article on this subject in the Spectator of September 13th would make government im-...

Spectator of September 20th says that the object of the Education Bill is believed by Noncon- formists to be "to destroy Dissent" Has he never read the resolutions passed by the...

SIR,—Your readers, of whatever persuasion, must respect Mr. Burrows's appeal (Spectator, September 20th) for a sym- pathetic treatment of the Nonconformist opposition to the...

SIR, —will you allow me to express my entire concurrence in most of the views expressed by your correspondent, Mr. G. Burrows, in the Spectator of September 20th, with...

[To TEE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOB."1 SIR, —In connection with this subject, it may interest you to hear of this living. When I accepted it last year the dilapida- tion amounted...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTAT011.1 SIR,-/ have read with interest the letter signed "N. Z." in the Spectator of August 16th, and I should like to send you my experience of a...

word of four letters a solution of several of the difficulties brought before us so vividly in the letter from your correspondent in the Spectator of August 16th, and signed "...

Sin,—Perhaps the following instance of the unfitness of land for the purpose of clerical income may be interesting. Not long ago I had to take possession of a farm of £60...

[To THE EDITOR OP TRH "Spitareron.1 SIB,—In an interesting article on " The Voice of the Czar " in the Spectator of September 20th I find my name mentioned in a very...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIB, —In the course of your review of "The Eve of Christianity" in the Spectator of September 6th there is a statement to the effect that "...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR." J Sm,—Your invariable desire to do justice leads me to make a note on your review of Captain Winslow's life (Spectator, August 2nd),...

Sin,—Accident having delayed my perusal of the review of Mr. H. Paul's " Matthew Arnold " in the Spectator of Sep- tember 13th, I hope it is not too late for me to offer one...

THE CHILDREN OF THE PALE. [Selig Brodetski. the eon of a Spitolfields Jew pedlar (who never went to school, and was provoked to emigrate by Russian restrictions on his trAdo),...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Your notice in the Spectator of September• 20th of the new edition of Professor Flint's well-known book brought up a point on which...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Would you allow a remark about one paragraph in your highly interesting article on "Hodge and History" in the Spectator of September...

[To THE EDITOR. OF THE "SPECTATOR.') SIR,—At the time when you, amongst others, were doing so much to encourage the formation of civilian rifle clubs throughout the kingdom,...

THE LATEST PHASE OF ENGLISH OPERA. THE early autumn season has been remarkable, apart from an unusually interesting series of Promenade Concerts, for an operatic campaign at...

DR. DALE OF BIRMINGHAM.* IT is good for us, especially just now, to be reminded of Dr. Dale. Not that be will ever be forgotten by those who knew • The Life of EL W. Dal., of...

an object of half-contemptuous wonder and of secret admiration. Mr. Cooper walked to Rome before bicycles had come into uni- versal use. He was surprised at the amount of...

rare success : he has written a good book of travels. The style is simple and well suited to the matter; the interest is not sacrificed to a pretence of fine writing ; and the...

THE appearance of a new history of ancient Egypt in eight small volumes, whilst Professor Petrie's corresponding work is still in progress—lacking the long-expected third...

LOVE AND THE SOUL HUNTERS.* THREE are so many rich people, titled people, fashionable people, among the dramatis personae of Mrs. Craigie's new story that a superficial reader...

6s.) —This story is constructed on strictly conventional lines ; not that the doings recorded in it are at all conventional—they aro very much the opposite—but that we...

Mr. Baring-Gould; seeking, after his habit, fresh woods and pas- tures new, finds his way into the land of nail-making. He is too fond of settling grave economical questions by...

an excellent story. In Book I. the scene is laid in the backwoods, and we are introduced to the hero, the heroine, and the villain—and a most splendidly sinister figure he...

Between Ourselves. By Max O'Rell. (Chatto and Windier. 3s. 6d.)—It is always interesting to hear what people say of us, and advice is generally entertaining when it has not to...

Fragments of Memory and Fancy. By Baroness GIsterreicher. (Chapman and Hall. 6s.)—The writer of this book must have derived much consolation in her path through life, which,...

The Catholic Church from Within. With Preface by the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster. (Longmans and Co. 6s 6d )—Many who are not Roman Catholics, and have no intention of...

THE NEW VOLUME OF THE " ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA." ' Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vol. XXIX., "Glarus—Jutland" (V. of the Supplement). (A. and C. Black, and Times Office.)—...

in the Year by J. C. Wright. (T. Nelson and Sons. Is. 6d.)— We should have liked to see a little more variety in the selection. Surely, with all the literature of Christianity...

Paul Fremeaux by Edith M. Stokoe. (John Lane. 5s.)—We do not intend to examine this book in detail ; this would, we think, be an unprofitable task. It is a narrative founded...

Mellersh. (J. Bellows, Gloucester. 5s. net.)—It needs an expert to appre- ciate the work of which Mr. Mellersh gives an exposition in this volume. But the brief preface...

[Under this heading we notize rich nooks of the week as hone not bees reserred for review in other forinz.] Memories of the Life of General F. T. Haig. By his Wife, (Marshall...

The Scotch - Irish ; or, The Scotch in North Britain, North Ireland, and North America. By Charles A. Hanna. 2 vols. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 42s.)—It is much to be regretted...

Poems Selected from the Writings of Mr. Abraham Cowley. (A. C. Curtis, Guildford. 5s. net.)—This is a pretty little volume, and does credit to the Press from which it issues....

Newnes. 3s. 6d. net.)—Madame Villari gives in this highly interesting little volume abundant proof of powers of keen observation and vigorous expression. Both she exercises...

Skene, LL.D. Edited, with Excursus and Notes, by Alexander MacBain, LL.D. (Eneas Mackay, Stirling. 10s. 6d. net.)—Dr. Skene published this book in his youth (in 1836, when he...

(Henry J. Drane. 1s.)—This is a very handy little volume, giving directions plainly and briefly, with rules for dealire.T with the apparently drowned, all put together into a...

Woodruffe-Peacock. (Goulding and Son, Louth. 2s.)—One of the main points in the author's pamphlet is that land is easily over-stocked with horses. The pasture becomes stale,...

is a remarkably good selection. Of course the familiar pieces, " Bardell v. Pickwick," "The Little Vulgar Boy," "Bob Sawyer's Party," "The Jackdaw of Rheims," &c., are hero. But...

of Richard Steele, selected and edited by L. E. Steele, M.A. (Mac- millan and Co., 2s. 6d. net). We quite appreciate the pietas gentilis, so to speak, which has inspired the...

_This is likely to be a useful volume ; it appeals to a large class, for villas are without number, and mostly have a bit of ground worth cultivating, while their occupiers are...

34 (Printed for the Society). It certainly contains much that is interesting, and probably new, to most English readers. There is a paper on " Russian Art," a long notice of...