THE GUARDIA.N OF MARIE ANTOINETTE.* THE Comte de Mercy-Argenteau deserved better Madame Elisabeth's epithet of le vieuz renard than that of "old woman" bestowed upon him by a...

Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland is as uncritieal.a book as we have lately seen. Does the author know Irish? Does he know Latin? Does he know Greek? He.quotes the two...

LOYDON: JUNE 28th., 1902.

THIS able and comprehensive monograph by the Professor of English Literature in the University of Pennsylvania is a timely reminder of the extent and importance of a branch of...

JARETTA, Duchess of Rutland, was one of the great ladies of whom England is proud, who use their advantages of leisure, wealth, and position in the service of those who are...

IN SICILY, 1896, 189S, 1900. Iii Sicily, 1896, 1898,1900. By Douglas Sladeu. With Maps and over 300 Illustrations. 2 vols. (Sands. 63s.)—The only serious draw- back to this...

The Report of the Earl of Durham. A New Edition. (Methuen and Co. 7s. 6d.)—Mr. Methuen, whose contributions to the South African discussion have earned the respectful attention...

Annals of Christ's Hospital. By Rev. E. H. Pearce, M.A. (Methuen and Co. is. 6d.)—There is probably no stronger or more entirely wholesome passion than that of a boy for his...

The Desert. By John C. Van Dyke. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. is. 6d. net.)—In his dedicatory preface to this charming book Mr. Van Dyke gives us good reason for the title...

Historical Essays by Members of the Owens College, Manchester. Edited by T. F. Tont and James Tait. (Longmans and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—This volume of essays by a variety of...

Matthew Henry and his Chapel. By H. D. Roberts. (The Liverpool Booksellers' Company. 5s.)—If an interesting subject, a, great devotion to it, and a large quantity of original...

The Case for the Factory Acts. Edited by Mrs. Sidney Webb. With a Preface by Mrs. Humphry Ward. (Grant Richards. ls.) —The exigencies of getting out books at a low price are no...

Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796 - 1812. By Henry Foljambe Hall, F.R.H.S. (Dent and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—These letters, which are neither new nor of much importance, hardly...

History of Scotland. By P. Hnme Brown. Vol. II. (Cam- bridge University Press. 6s.)—Dr. Hume Brown, who since the publication of the first volume of his History of Scotland .has...

Felicia Slane, of Oxford : a Memoir. By E. C. Rickards. With numerous Portraits and other Illustrations. (J. Murray. 10s. 6d.) —This is the biography of a woman who in the Roman...

Tales of My Father. By A. M. F. (Longmans and Co. 6s.)—Under the title, Tales of My Father, the vivacious authoress of " Foreign Courts and Foreign Homes " gives us another...

Breaking and Biding. By James Finis. Translated by M. H. Hayes, F.R.C.V.S. (Hurst and Blackett. 16s.)—The writer of this book, which appeared under the title of "Principes de...

Fifty Years at East Brent: the Letters of George Anthony Denison. Edited by L. E. Denison. (John Murray. 12s.)—Archdeacon Denison was a notable figure in Church politics of the...

Memories Grave and Gay : Forty Years at School Inspection. By John Kerr, LL.D. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 6s.)—The author of this volume, who was appointed an Inspector of Schools...

Recollections of Sport : among Fin, Fur, and Feather. By James Conway. (Digby, Long, and Co. 6s.)—We have read Mr. Conway's new book with some pleasure, for he describes his...

Sporting Reminiscences. By Lord Granville Gordon. Edited by F. G. Afialo. (Grant Richards. 10s. 8d.)—Lord Granville Gordon is a sportsman who has pursued big game in the Roches...

Tice Small Farm and its Management. By James Ilireg. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 6s.)—The small farm which is here dealt with by an experienced writer on agriculture consists of...

The Compleat Angler. By Mr. Izaak Walton. The Winchester Edition, edited by George A. B. Dewar, with an Essay by Sir Edward Grey, Bart. 2 vols. (Freemantle and Co. £2 2s.)— This...

A History of English Literature (600 to 1900). By F. Engel. (Methuen and Co. Is. 6d.)—There is certainly an air of freshness about this book, which is a joint translation by...

Journal and Memoirs of the Marquis d'Argenson. With an Introduction by C. A. Sainte-Beuve. Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. Illustrated with Portraits. 2 vols. (W....

In the "Temple Bible" (J. M. Dent and Co., ls. net) we have Hebrews and The Epistles General of James, Peter, and Jude, edited by J. Herkless, D.D. We cannot but think that Dr....

The Scott Country. By W. S. Crockett. (A. and C. Black. 6s.) —This volume—the author of which, by the way, must not be con- founded with the novelist of the same name—will...

Our Phantom Army. By T. Miller Maguire, LL.D. (The Army League. Is. 6d.)—A series of most scathing comments on the speech delivered by Mr. Brodrick in introducing the Army Esti-...

A Sketch of Semitic Origins. By G. A. Barton. (Macmillan and Co. 12s. 6d.)—Professor Barton, in what with customary humility is called u. sketch, has grouped together a vast...

Contemporary American Opinion of the French Revolution. By Charles D. Hazen. (T. Fisher Unwin. 8s. 6d.)-The only &pinions worth preserving are those of Jefferson and Gouverneur...

Great Queen Street, W.C. ,• and Published by JOHN BAKER for the " Spacrniron " (Limited) at their Office, N. I We ll ington Street, in the Precinct of the savoy, Strand, in the...

the causes of most such complaints. Probably it was the result of strain and overwork which lowered his Majesty's vitality. In any case, the first serious symptoms seem to have...

W HEN our last issue was published it seemed humanly certain that this week we should chronicle the most gorgeous pageant of modern times, and record how yet once more in...

the postponement of the Coronation have been very great, but on the whole they have been borne with good sense and good temper. In the cases of the stands owned by the large...

people have been, we are sure, as genuine as they have been universal. None have, it is hardly necessary to say, been more heartfelt or more impressive than those received from...

on Thursday. Taken as a whole, it is a thoroughly sound and respectable list, but, we must confess, also a little dull. The seven new Peers all deserve their honours so well...

any ease.

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askedfor a 'hien of thikteen and a half inillions at ,4 per cent., the minimum tender to be £90. Ten times the amount has been.subscribed, and the 10 per cent. deposit in...

an announcement: of great importance in regard to the Educa- tion Bill. One of the objections urged against the Bill by the plain man who is not concerned with the religious...

at Aix-la-Chapelle. He declared that "the mighty German Army was the support of the peace of Europe," amid which " the German tongue was passing beyond seas." Every "thought of...

M. Combos, Premier and Minister of the Interior, has issued a circular directing that no one shall be admitted into Government service, or promoted in that service, without a...

shall be cut through Panama, and not through Nicaragua. We believe the decision to be a wise one, the Panama route being shorter by fiveLsi xtbs—twenty seven miles against a...

" Order of Merit," the qualification being distinction of the kind' that qualifies for election by the Committee of the Athenfeam. The first members are LOrd Roberts, Lord...

illustration of the depth of the cleavage between the Government and the cultivated classes. The new Minister of the Interior, M. Plehvkhaa advised 'the Czar to suspend the...

give the Cubans preferential 'terms for the import of their sugar, without which the T islanders say they must give up the cultivation. The resist- ance is not due entirely to...

able letter on the use of the word " Protestant," in which he points out that "Cosin, of Durham, certainly no hesitating Churchman, though he learnt a generous breadth of view...

of the Coronation was made in the House of Lords on Tuesday by Lord Salisbury, and in the House of Commons by Mr. Balfour. Mr. Balfour, as we think rightly, did not move the...

1st and 2nd Imperial Light Horse, the South African Light Horse, the Johannesburg Mounted Rifles, Kitchener's Fighting Scouts, and the Scottish Horse should retain without...

Monday accepted Lord Newton's instruction to the Committee to strike out the clause in the London County Council's Subways and Tramways Bill authorising a section of tramway...

theory. Of course, the best and most effec- tive form of equalisation would be to put the whole cost of elementary education on the Imperial Exchequer; but if that were done it...

on Wednesday week. " Men of his temper," said Lord Milner, in proposing his health, " are commonly supposed to be less sensitive to the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune...

nine of them young girls—of the recent fire in the City, impor- tant evidence was given by several witnesses who bad escaped from the building. Alice Thompson, a young girl who...

the hopes of the Protectionists by Sir Michael Hicks Beach in the House of Commons on Wednesday. After his speech it is impossible to entertain the notion that the Government...

Wednesday

THE KING-'S ILLNESS. " W HAT shadows we are and what shadows we pursue." The feeling that inspired Burke's thrillinc , words when his antagonist in a heated election contest...

W E have been struck since the disastrous news of his illness became known with the genuine sympathy with the King manifested by the common people. Sick- ness, it is true, in...

I T was common before the war to talk of the Volunteers as toy soldiers and of Volunteering as "playing at soldiers." Distinguished generals were understood to hold that...

of Saxony, and the deep impact which it has made on German feeling, call attention to a German fact too often forgotten in this country,— namely, the remarkable and unexpected...

P ROBABLY in no civilised country is so much money raised with so little difficulty and so much irritation as in England. We are not speaking of our taxation. Not even in war...

T HE death of Lord Acton has removed from the sphere of human mental activity a man of prodigious learning and of abnormal gifts. Men of encyclopaedic knowledge at the present...

wholly and absolutely governed by words, without, nay, even for the most part against, the knowledge men have of things." This is, of course, a rhetorical exaggeration;...

A T Ravenglass, on, the Cumberland coast, three small rivers, descending from the Lake Country, flow lute the sea together. They join and form a wide and muddy estuary, which is...

GODLY UNION AND CONCORD. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR." I Sia, — I should be glad if I could bring under the notice of your readers a striking book* in which Canon Henson...

THE MOVEMENT FOR SUSPENDING SELF- GOVERNMENT IN CAPE COLONY. [To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I trust that you will permit me to make a few °Nem- tions on your...

" SPECTATOR.".1 Srn,—Perhaps you will allow me to offer my tribute to the eminent ruler lately lost to Germany, whose memory will long be held in esteem by the members, past...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPEOTATOR."1 SIB, —The Jewish community cannot but be grateful to the Spectator and other organs of public opinion for the sympa- thetic terms in which...

[TO THE EDITOR OF Tim "SPECTATOR. " ] Srn,—Among the members of a College of which Leslie Stephen and Augustine Birrell are Honorary Fellows there will, no doubt, be found some...

J. Westropp, and others who have written on the' topic (Spectator, June 14th and 21st), will be amused to find that the " mystery of the British military uniform " has...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TIM "SPECTATORM Srn,—A suggestion made recently by the Commander of the Forces in Queensland that the Cofnmonwealth should in con- sidering the question of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—I fully agree with what Mr. Westropp says in the Spectator of June 14th. The only time I was ever fully com- fortable in uniform was in...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sin,—In the Spectator of June 21st there is a note about the probable original strength of the Boer forces. The following estimate made at...

Sin,—As several in this dangerous conjunction have undertaken to advise the public, I am encouraged to hope that a hint con- cerning the dress of our soldiers may not be thought...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "81.n-ram:I SIR,—A notice of the popular edition of " The Rise Wellington," by Earl Roberts, in the Spectator of June 21st, is my excuse for reminding you...

go THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] Sin,—Every one is glad that peace has brought amnesty with it. Nevertheless there is a class of men whose return to Africa should be closely...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sra,—May I be allowed to draw the attention of General Tyrrell and the readers of the Spectator to the following ex- tracts from an...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIE,—With reference to the remarks of Dr. Gow as to the English boy quoted and practically endorsed by "H.E. T." in your issue of June 21st,...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.1 Sia,—In your interesting article in the Spectator of June 21st on n The Charm of Tone ". you ask: "What do you consider to be the most...

article which appeared under the above heading in the Spectator of June 21st rouses me to one protest —viz., that it is not exclusively "the highly trained musician" or "the...

Sta,—You slightly underestimated in the Spectator of June 21st the part played by the converted yacht ` Gloucester' in the fight off Santiago. Lieutenant-Com- mander...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—In the Spectator of June 21st you quote a story from "An Onlooker's Note-Book" describing the meals provided for a Duke and Duchess on...

SIR,—Shortly after the return of Lord Roberts I chanced to meet a civil surgeon who in the course of his duties at the front had attended a sick soldier possessed of an...

(TO TES EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Srn,—A recent issue of the Spectator contained an article regarding the German Emperor's manoeuvres towards the United States and his...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—In an article on " The Future of Electric Power" in , the Spectator of June 14th I see the following :—" The factories will no longer...

EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIa,—As you are discussing the proper use of these terms, perhaps the enclosed copy of a Declaration on the subject recently made by the Archbishops...

(TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In one matter the King and the Prince of Wales might help the Services to attain efficiency. It is by setting their faces against...

Sir,—A friend of mine, a botcher of old boots—a "snob," as cobblers are technically called in Bristol—was knocked down some time ago by a careless driver when spending a day at...

YESTREEN, the hour before he died, He groan'd, and said: "Dear lass, Go see if the tide be like to turn And my poor soul to "Ass." And I went. But I swore to God as I went,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." j Sin,—As the correspondent who addressed you last year on this subject, and to whom you refer in your note in reply to Father Gerard's letter...

WAITING. 01331 streets were decked to greet our King ; We spread his path with flags and flowers ; A thousand bells were tuned to ring A welcome from their rocking towers....

THE BOOK OF THE OPERA.* WE are glad of the opportunity to offer a welcome to the reissue, in a revised and enlarged form, of Mr. Streatfeild's useful and pleasant volume on the...

ONE result of the changes in the unknown ages of geological time is constant,—the steady encroachment of the sea. Here and there land may snatch a small advantage over salt...

general acceptance as the faith of Europe has the Christian religion been formally repudiated by a European nation. This brief episode in the history of Revo- lutionary France...

A DOUBLE-BARRELLED DETECTIVE STORY.* CYNICAL proverbs generally have their genial corollaries, and if it be the case that "there is no fool like an old fool," it is equally...

Highways and Byways in Hertfordshire. By Herbert W. Tompkins. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—We need hardly say that this is a pleasant, readable book. A gentleman who knows how to use...

Unwin, 6s.)—The reader, especially if he or she is a connoisseur of fiction, must be warned to persevere against the adverse experi- ence which will probably be encountered in...

6s.) We found Mr. Lee's story less easy to follow than we could have wished. He brings a great multitude of characters upon his stage, and it is somewhat puzzling to follow...

6s.)—Hugh Ashby is beyond all question a "bounder." But then the author takes care that he fares in social life as our sense of justice demands. Ho thinks himself irresistible,...

THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF MADAME ELISABETH DE FRANCE. The Life and Letters of Madame Elisabeth de France. Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley. (W. Heinemann. 21s. not.)—The...

" Open Champion" three times. By common consent he is in the very first,flight of players. In the choosing of a side he would certainly come first or second. And he has taken...

G. Cecil White. (R. Brimley Johnson. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. White has edited here some letters written by the late Miss Clitherow, of Boston House. The Clitherow family became known...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as bass not beea . reserved for review in other forms.] • Drink, Temperance, and Legislation. By Arthur Shadwell, M.D....

5s.)—The first ten of these twenty-six sermons deal with a special subject, the nature of the appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection and the practical hearing upon belief...

a . reprint of a work published forty odd years ago. It is a selection from the detailed Reports of the 'United States Christian Commission, and contains a narrative of...

Gardening," appearing under the general management of H. Roberts (John Lane, 2s. 6d. net), is The Book of Orchids, by W. H." White, an expert whose name is known to all who are...

them. Edited by W. Fraser Rae. (D. Nutt. 10s. 6d. net.)—This edition, for which the late Marquis of Dufferin and Ava wrote a preface, has no little interest. All the plays,...

per vol.) we have A Guido to South-West Cornwall, by E. E. Bicknell, and The River Thames, from London to Oxford, by G. E. Mitten. South- West Cornwall is illustrated with an...