Wednesday. He repeats his request that Congress shall pass the Child Labour Law, at least for the district of Columbia, an Employers' Liability Law, and a law regulating the use...

chief cause of trouble was not the opposi- tion between the Christians and the Mohammedans, but that between the different Christian nationalities which desired to be supreme in...

to say, no improvement. All the reports of the past week show increasing weakness, and the bulletin of Wednesday declared that there was ground for "considerable anxiety." No...

Memorial to Sir Edward Grey on the Congo Transfer Treaty. The essential contention of the Committee is that the obligations of the Congo State, for which it is pro- posed that...

on foreign affairs. Speaking of Morocco, he said, as reported by the Berlin correspondent of the Times :—" The French Government cannot reproach us with having failed to...

I T is with deep regret that we record the death of the Duke of Devonshire, which took place at Cannes early on Tuesday. The Duke, it will be remembered, suffered from an attack...

case.

on the second reading of the Consolidated Fund (No. 1) Bill in the Commons on Monday, and led to a heated debate. Mr. Lyttelton maintained that by re-enacting the Chinese Labour...

by the Opposition. The liquidation of the evil state of things introduced by the late Government could not be achieved instantaneously ; but he declared that the pledge given in...

moved by Lord Herschell in the Lords on Wednesday. The Bill, which was rejected by the Lords last Session, and now reappeared unaltered, provides for the ascertainment of the...

Cromer touched upon a point which his hitherto been very little noticed. 'What, he asked, would be the effect produced on the Lancashire cotton industry if a duty were imposed...

the return of Mr. Gooch, the Tariff Reform candidate, by a majority of 2,494 (6,970-4,476). At the General Election the Liberal candidate carried the constituency by a majority...

Free-Trade Hall, Manchester, presided over by Mr. Tom Garnett, on the fallacies of Tariff Reform. After a striking reference to the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Cromer quoted Mr....

Nurses are eloquently enforced in an appeal which appeared in Tuesday's papers. The movement, which had its origin in Miss Florence Nightingale's appeal on behalf of district...

of this ill-starred measure. The Government would never have brought in the Bill if they had thought that the effects of it would be to bring about a permanent and material...

National Conference on Infantile Mortality. He had thought that "in controversies relating to liquids the field was held by disagreement as to the merits of pot-still and...

paper that in the coming Franco-British Exhibition in London there will be a "children's week" for French and British children. The British Ambassador in Paris has been...

the Home Secretary with reference to the Coal Mines (Eight Hours) Bill. Among the bodies represented were the Iron, Steel, and Allied Trades' Federation, the Clyde Steamship...

to a meeting convened by the Gloucestershire Chamber of Agriculture to consider the question of rates and Imperial taxation. He did not think it of the least use to ask any...

arrest of a well-known banker and company promoter, M. Henri Rochette. It was said that the losses incurred by the public through the collapse of some of M. Rochette's schemes...

19th. Consols (21) were on Friday 871---on Friday week 87g.

THE LATE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. T HE Duke of Devonshire stood so whole-heartedly for the causes and national interests in which the Spectator believes that it is very difficult...

full of ingenious and far-fetched explanations of the Peckham election. To the independent onlooker, how- ever, whose mind has not been manured with party platitudes the lesson...

M CLEMENCEAU has been in office nearly two • years, and Englishmen are wondering what chance he has of prolonging his unusually long Ministerial life, and what he will be able...

M R. ASQUITH stands at the parting of the ways. By general consent he is henceforth to lead the House of Commons. After Easter he will almost certainly be leading it as Prime...

W E must all appreciate the objects of the Anglo- German Friendship Committee, and share in the satisfaction which has suggested their letter to various newspapers. To us, as...

education is not easy to gauge. As a mass they seem wonderfully indifferent to the disputes upon the subject which distract their political instructors. Yet the more respectable...

R OWING is unique as a pastime because it adds to the excitement of a race the need for more co-operation than is required in any game. In a running-race every man must run for...

L AST summer's outbreak of " pageantitis " demonstrated anew the humiliating truth that almost any age in our history is more picturesque from a. spectacular point of view than...

A MONSTER TRIAL IN HUNGARY. [TO TER EDITOR OP THY " SPECTATOR." j SIE,—Your readers will doubtless remember the regrettable massacre which occurred at Csernova, in North...

A CENTRE PARTY. [To THE EDITOR OT TH1 " SPECTATOR:I Sin,—There seem to me to be certain practical difficulties in the way of organising and maintaining a Centre Party which...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] have been a subscriber to your admirable paper for years, but I must take exception to a paragraph in your issue of March 21st in your...

the Spectator on the subject of the need for a Centre Party conveys a delicate and sincere compliment from your readers and a flattering testimony to the value of your journal,...

a family that has followed the Liberal tradition for two generations at least. I myself have espoused the Liberal cause by my pen (in your columns, among others), influence,...

LTo THIll EDITOR OF THE " sp 'tar wrotc."] Snl,—It is extraordinary how easily a body of, say, a score of men, each individually just and honourable, can add up collectively...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTA.TOR."1 SIR, — In your editorial note to Dr. Coley's letter in the Spectator of March 21st you say : "The rich have more oppor- tunities and...

THE "SPECTATOR." Sin,—A few years ago I was talking to a distinguished Liberal statesman about the Duke. Two comments that he then made remain in my memory. A propos of the...

• [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J Si,—Public discussion at this juncture of the position to-day of the Free-trade Unionists in the Unionist Party is reg,rettable When the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The spirit of the letter signed " J.P." in your last issue seems to me to breathe that suspicion of clubs and that belief in "control"...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "STRCTATOR."] Si,—In a footnote to Mr. Tallack's letter to the Spectator of December 14th, 1907, on the subject of the approaching extinction of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THU • SPECTATOR."] Sta,—Your views of the popularity and chances of success of Mr. Lloyd-George in the competition for the Premiership—in case of a regretted...

LTo TER EDITOR OF Till "SPECIRTOR."..1 . SIR,—The story of thirteen at table detailed in- your issue of the 7th inst., which has just reached me, reminds me of a para- graph I...

ITO THE EDITOR OF TIM " SPECTATOR.1 BIR,—I thought that Mr. Reginald Lucas's letter, in yourisaue of the 14th inst. would have brought a reply from some abler pen, and...

[TO Till EDITOR OF TUN “srscreTon...] have just been looking over the thirty pages. of advertisements of books in your issue of December 1.4th, 1907, and although in the large...

[TO TRIO EDITOR OF TIER SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—A few there are of the "multitude of the Catholic simple" who read their Spectator every week. What . is Modernism to them ? May I,...

Another method of estimating the demoralisation caused by the absolute right to relief conferred by the old Poor Law is to be found in noting the difference between the...

[To THS EDITOR, OF THE "SPECTAT0R:1 Sia,—Your readers may perhaps be interested in the doings of some more squirrels, this time belonging to the North Country. At a house in the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Si, — In his "Letter to a Friend" Sir Thomas Browne takes occasion incidentally to disparage the epitaphs which have been composed by great...

LTo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.] Sra,—With reference to the wild theories of Socialism, may I refer your readers to a very interesting essay by the late Lord Macaulay on...

MR. GRANVILLE BARKER. THE conclusion of the series of " Vedrenne-Barker " per- formances at the Savoy Theatre, accompanied by Mr. Barker's own withdrawal—let us hope it is only...

NOT NOW. FEw are the days of Spring, And short the April hours : We have no time to sing Or dance, between the showers; We have no time to stray Along the woodland lanes, And...

THE RHINE.* Ma. MAC/UNDER has prepared a beautiful picture-book about the greatest of European rivers, but he has prepared it in . a very different style from the ordinary...

England is an epitome of Jewish experience throughout the world; in England they have known the extremes of suffering and prosperity. It has been the mission of the Jews to be...

serves as introduc- tion to this work remarks that "a Universal History which endeavours to present in a short compass a record of the course of events in all regions and among...

THE announcement of the publication of a new book by Miss Loane never fails to awaken the attention of those who study the social problems connected with poverty, and desire...

This is a handsome and artistic volume, printed in large type, with spacious margins, and despite its bulk snrprigingly light and easy to handle. The author details with...

THE long bibliography added to this book shows that the author has taken pains to verify his romance. He has made use of many of the private Memoirs of the time, especially...

"OUR altered religions thought in the West, and our altered knowledge of the East, not only necessitate a re-statement of the ease for Missions, they make such a re-statement...

THE FLY ON THE WHEEL.* IT is interesting to trace the development of the Irish, or perhaps we should say the Anglo-Irish, novel from the time of Lever and Carleton down to the...

modern novel, which, in spite of its name, leaves the reader with rather a sad impression on his mind.—The Scourge. By Warrington Dawson. (Same pub- lishers. 6s.)—A story of the...

—Mr. Bindloss is always interesting on the subject of his own country, but his present book does not quite reach the level of some of his former works. It is probably inevitable...

6s.) —Though written in a different vein from some of Miss Glasgow's other books, none the less this story furnishes very excellent reading. The hero of the novel, which is of...

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frisider this he t :li ng we notice such Books of the week as liaue not been reserved' for review in other forms] We have received from the S.P.C.K. a number of Pan-Anglican...

and Co. 75. 6d. net.)—To put the subject of this book into a few words, we may say that the writer tells the story of his life during two years of delusion and mania. • It is...

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Sons. 5s. net,)—This volume may be described as supplementary to the edition of 1904. The tunes have been transposed into a lower key to suit the needs of weekday services and...

(Chetham Society.)—Lytham is a large parish (5,309 acres) in Lancashire. It became the seat of a " cell " founded by Richard Ravenkill towards the close of the twelfth century...

bishop Trench. With Introduction by A. Smythe Palmer, D.D. (G. Routledge and Sons. 2s. 6d. net.)—It is certainly a boon to students to have this standard work at so moderato a...

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