spite of the rough seas and resistance from the shore, and landed them at places where they were fully expected and not in the least under surprise conditions, should be noted...

O N Friday it was announced that the Italian Government had notified to the Powers the annexation of Tripoli. This means the whole of that part of the Mediterranean littoral...

seizing of Benghazi, the chief town of Cyrenaica, the news of which was received on Saturday, though the engagement took place on the previous Thursday. The 300 Turkish soldiers...

is not very specific, but all the indications point to the fact that the rebels are winning. At Hankau they—on Thursday, Oct. 19th —succeeded in driving the Imperial troops from...

by the rising of a portion of the native population in Tripoli City. A rumour that the Italians had suffered a considerable reverse at Benghazi created great excitement, and on...

case.

to dinner on Tuesday, delivered a very interesting, eloquent, and optimistic speech on Canada and the Empire. With the exception of an occasional crank, it was impossible, he...

that Imperialism was the best security for local nationalism. Political parties might differ as to the precise methods of co-operation, but "the fundamental proposal that...

bust of King Edward by the British Ambas- sador in Paris last Saturday afternoon, made an important speech at the dinner of the British Chamber of Commerce on the same evening....

the rebels to destroy the Manchus. The old test of the shib- boleth is employed against them. Suspected prisoners, ac- cording to a telegram in the Dailj Express, are shown a...

the Ministry. The greater number, id not the most interesting, of the new appointments are due to the long-expected alterations at the Board of Agriculture. Lord Carrington,...

resumed, the clause under discussion being the eighteenth, which lays down the necessary qualifications of the approved societies. Various amendments are to be made in it, in...

Minister made a statement as to the course of business during the Session. The Government intended to take the whole of the time of the House, and to suspend the eleven- o'clock...

Lloyd George proposed his amendment, whereby societies of under 5,000 members might be grouped together and in this way participate in the scheme. His idea seems to be that if...

took place in London on Monday last. The fact) that his end was hastened by his desire to see his youngest son, who is suffer- ing from the effects of an acciCeat in Tyrol,...

F. E. Smith and Mr. John Redmond. Mr. F. E. Smith, speaking at Glasgow on October 12th, accused Mr. Redmond of speaking with two voices—one in America and one in Great...

with the question of the depreciation of gold owing to the largely increased supply. An important side-light is thrown upon these considerations by the report of the Mint issued...

States Government has filed a suit to dissolve the Steel Cor- poration, the biggest trading company in the world. It has a capital of some £300,000,000 sterling. Among those who...

made some very important announcements in regard to the National Reserve. He explained that it was not to form a third line behind the Regulars and the Territorials, but was, as...

Post correcting a statement made by Lord Willoughby de Broke at Macclesfield on Friday. Mr. Chaplin points out that while convinced that no Unionist Government would ever allow...

to further the efforts of " The Secret Commissions and Bribery Prevention League," a body formed for enforcing the Preven- tion of Corruption Act of 1906. The speech of the...

is pressing is the formation of a Reserve by every Territorial Association throughout the country. The thing has been done in Surrey, is being done in London, and can be done in...

COLONIAL HOME RULE. T HE Government's Irish scheme is Colonial Home Rule, or at any rate it is to bear that label. That is the only deduction which it is possible to make from...

T URKISH statesmen will be guilty of a capital error if they think they can save Turkey by an adroit diplomacy. Turkey can only be saved by internal regenera- tion, by the...

subject of Home Rule we desire to record with great satisfaction a speech made by Sir John Lonsdale, M.P., Honorary Secretary of the Irish Unionist Party. Speaking at Heady,...

W E suppose that the heading of this article explains the recent changes in the Ministry ; at any rate it gives a reasonable version of a performance which has puzzled most of...

S ELDOM has a Royal Commission got through a difficult task with more expedition and with better credit than the Commission of Inquiry appointed to deal with the causes of the...

I T is with heartfelt regret that we record the death of Mr. Meredith Townsend, sometime Joint Editor and Proprietor of the Spectator. The feelings of affection, admira- tion,...

I S it possible to acquire a kind heart P Is there such a thing as " a school for sympathy " P Mr. Lucas in the first chapter of his latest volume of essays (" Old Lamps for...

O CTOBER sees the last of the harvesting of the wild fruits of field and wood, and this year the crop must have been one of the heaviest in the memory of the country-side. The...

THE INSURANCE BILL AND PUBLIC SANITATION. [To TIM EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] .SIR, —Was Mr. Lloyd George in his speech at the Holborn Hall on October 20th merely playing on...

[To THE EDITOR Or TIER " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The general principles of an Insurance Bill have been eulogized by all sections of the Press and by politicians of all shades, but...

(To THZ EDITOR 01 THZ " SPECTATOR." j Sin, — One of the great disadvantages of Mr. Balfour's leader- ship is that the working people do not believe in him, and as a consequence...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'1 Sin, — In your issue of 14th inst. I note a letter from Mr. George Briscoe on " The Depreciation of Gold and Rising Prices." In this letter...

ITO THE BMWS 07 THE ''SPECTATOIL"I Suc,—One of the features of the Lake District is the beauty of the old bridges built of local stone, many of them originally for packhorse...

SIR,—In your issue of October 21st your correspondents, Mr. William Warrand Carlile and "M.," both combat the quantitative theory of gold as expressed by Mr. Briscoe in your...

to write of the opponents of Mill's Quantity Theory," they learn nothing, they forget nothing. Of course no economist contends that mere supply from the mines inflates or...

[To THE EDIT011 OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sra,—Mr. Collins in your issue of the 21st asks whether there should not be a qualification to the aphorism, " All imports are physical...

[To THE EDITOR OW THE " SPECTATOR9 SIR,--Will you permit me a few words of comment on your article of October 14th entitled "Sir Edward Fry and the Cadbury and Rowntree...

the Spectator for many years, I have never before trespassed in your columns. But your repeated and lengthy personal attacks on the Cadburys and Rowntrees have irritated me into...

have copied from the Alliance News of February 18th, 1909, may be useful to show Mr. George Cadbury's opinion of betting.—I am, Sir, &c., HARRY LUCAS. Haver, St. Agnes Road,...

[To THE EDITOR Or THY " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May I draw your attention to the remarkable fact that 127 City, Town, Borough, and District Councils have now petitioned Parliament or...

[To THY EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Amongst Sir Walter Scott's letters there is a charmingly characteristic one to Lady Louisa Stuart on the weeding- out of books from the...

Spectator the correspondence with reference to the newspapers virtually owned by the Messrs. Cadbury, Rowntree, and others, and have found the letters on both sides of the...

170 THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECT.I.TOR."1 SIR,—I yesterday found in the wood here a wood-pigeon's neat with the bird sitting on two eggs. Is not this nearly a

rro TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sus.,—We have already received the kind support and co-operation of the Press when putting forward a plea for plant protection. The first...

A DEFENCE OF THE SOUL.* THE reader of this remarkable book will not readily discover- its character from its title. The word "animism," borrowed. from Tylor's Primitive...

EDGEHILL. OCTOBER 23, 1642. " Queen Mary in the field," I hear That clarion ringing still, The Palgrave's war-cry keen and cleat At dusk below Edgehill. The mists of Autumn...

name 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...

"UNHAPPILY in most English schools there is no serious attempt to teach nineteenth-century history?' These words occur in Professor C. H. Firth's new anthology, English History...

sprung upon Turkey by Italy and the subsequent occupation of Tripoli have been denounced by Europe with startling unanimity as an act of political piracy. In justice to the...

owe a debt of gratitude to Lady Strachey and Lord Cromer for their respective shares in putting together a volume of hitherto unpublished matter lboth letterpress and...

of the occasion which has called it forth. The life was published in 1871-3, appear- ing in three successive volumes; an edition to a certain extent acvised came out somewhat...

AN interesting book might certainly be written upon the Palaces of the English Sovereigns, but it must be confessed that the present work is scarcely satisfactory. The greater...

THIS book will make a very wide appeal to readers. We all hope to make good bargains, though only a few succeed, for, indeed, the bad bargains are by far the more numerous ;...

LALIGE'S LOVERS.* IT is interesting to watch the evolution of Mr. Birmingham's talent. In his -earlier ventures there were glimpses of humour, but it played only a subsidiary...

serious study of the psychological effect produced on a yltmg- man who at the age of seventeen is condemned to penal servitude for life for a murder of which he is entirely...

Tema are - tit°. akticles' in the. Bdielereh:- whicif.takeu .togethee :eet fbrtheverr cleittlY'tlie-great ohange which leteriaikeir -pima- in These are " The Government and the...

to be amused by. Ht Jepson's; latest work he must -overlook the fact that the circumstances and characters are alike incredible. And most incredible of all is the extreme...

(Blackwood seal Sons: 6e)—A good story, though not .quite equal to the other work of the author. Neither the political issues nor the personal interests are so forcibly...

etedley Baxter. (Macmillan and Co. 3s: 6d. net )Ciiiion Benham-wae a contributor to- the Church Times for the last twenty years-of his life, - often pellet-Ming his weeklytask-...

[Under this heading •tsw neffai- ends' Balihc•of Vie • west' vss'- Wye' not 'been reserved for review in other forma.] Archbisbeekerlittgiffidett hite Times' Beethteltied pr.:J....

Daniel, 2s. 6d. net), is described as "A Treasury of Good Counsel from the Great Masters in the Arts for their Disciples." First comes "Calling of the Artist " ; then follow...

German by Stella Bloch. (Cassell and Co. 10s. 6d.)—This is a book worthy of its subject. The text is clear of technicalities and accommodated to the powers and tastes of the...

Fronde, 2d.), gives a selection of appropriate hymns for every day in the year, a very useful compilation, even though there are in this, as, indeed, in every collection, hymns...

F. N. Spon. 20s.)—Sir W. Willcocks, who is adviser to the Ministry of Public Works at Constantinople, describes the work of irrigation in the Mesopotamian plains and illustrates...