the wider national point of view has been the dead-set made against Mr. Chamberlain, and the monstrously unfair attempts to represent him as the evil genius of the present...

St. George's, Hanover Square, telling them that after thirty-seven years of almost continuous Parliamentary life he does not mean to seek re-election, and that he will retire...

which is, in effect, a party manifesto. It is an interesting document, for it shows that Lord Rosebery has not left either politics or the Liberal party, but means if he can to...

and of great speeches by party leaders, but we can only deal with two of the most important manifestoes. Lord Salisbury's address to the electors, a most able document, is...

B EFORE the next issue of the Spectator is in the hands of our readers the polls will be in fall awing, and the general result of the elections indicated, though not decided. We...

fear, to hold its generals well in hand. It is asserted from many quarters that General Gribsky, in ommand - of the district of which Blagoveatschenk is the chief town, in....

good. General Ian Hamilton reached Komati Poort, the place where the Delagoa Railway line enters Portuguese territory, on Wednesday, and ample supplies are being forwarded to...

next week, when Count von Waldersee will have reached Pekin and received his final instructions. At present opinion is only bewildered by rumours, some of which, wesre...

elsewhere, M. Loubet invited all the Mayors of the thirty:six thousand communes of France to a banquet in the Tuileries Gardens. It was thoroughly understood that all who...

that in December the entrances to Takn will be frozen, that the collection of supplies and munitions will be costly and slow, and that there is in Europe a strong undercurrent...

this week, all of which show a determination to continue their resistance. Prince Tuan, the Prince of the Blood who has been leader in the recent movement, has been appointed...

approves the Republic and the absence of any military allusions. After a graceful allusion to the fact that he had himself been a Mayor, the President marked the national...

though prompted by the Presidential Election, will be read with appreciation by British M.P.'s, or would-be M.P.'s. The campaign, observes Mr. Dooley, is doing as well as could...

Jacob, the Bishop of Newcastle, who delivered the inaugural address, after some preliminary remarks on the growth of Tyneside in the century, and the history of the See and its...

writing in Tuesday's issue, condemns in no un- certain language the methods adopted by generals and umpires alike. "In spite of South Africa and its lessons, the idea is...

speech by Count Albert Apponyi to his Hungarian constituents. He dissuaded them from seeking a revision of the Ausgleich, or, indeed, quarrelling with Austria in any way. There...

a severe blow to the Queen-Regent of Spain and the Royalist Conservatives. Though probably not a great general, he was a capable one, as he showed when he defeated the Carlists...

Doyle's admirable paper on "Some Military Lessons of the War" in the October Corithill. The first and greatest lesson of all is "that there must be no more leaving of the Army...

Friday 98i.

THE DANGER OF ABSTENTION. A FORTNIGHT ago, and before the Dissolution was announced, we, as convinced Unionists and sup- porters of the Government and its general policy, urged...

W E do not wonder at the hesitation manifested, both in Europe and America, at the determined pro- posal of the German Emperor. He may see his way clearly, though we doubt it,...

W E shall not quarrel with Mr. Morley for telling the electors in his address that the war is the chief issue before the electors,—the issue on which they must decide whether...

I T is nearly five months since we pointed out (May 12th, 1900), rather to the amazement, we fancy, of some of our readers, that the dominant influence of Paris over France had...

T O sumtnarise the qualifications needful for success in political candidature is a task which may be safely essayed at the present juncture without the risk of incurring any...

1 NY autobiography is interesting, and especially the autobiography of any King, because one uncon- sciously expects him to see things from a separate standpoint ; but the...

England were no less distinguished as thinkers than as artists. Browning was a, more subtle psychologist than Tennyson ; indeed, Shakespeare apart, Browning penetrated deeper...

A T the Paris Exhibition, among the triumphs of mechanical ingenuity which crowd the buildings one great and damaging defect is in evidence Almost without exception the,...

A DIET OF FLOWERS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "Srscreroal Sur,—One of the most striking features of the old cookery books, and cookery books constitute a not umn' structive mirror...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—It seems strange that neither in your editorial note in the Spectator of September 15th, nor in Lord Monteagle's letter printed in...

COUNT VON WALDERSEE'S APPOINTMENT. (To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Six,—Your correspondent "L. C. j." (Spectator, Sep- tember 22nd) challenges me to say what reparation...

an injustice to the Unionists of South Dublin by assuming, as you do in the Spectator of Sep- tember 15th, that their opposition to Mr. Horace Plunkett arises from bigotry. They...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") Szn,—Your article on the above subject in the Spectator of September 22nd is calculated to mislead the outside public as to the causes of...

Spit,—Your article on the cotton troubles is most valuable owing to its suggestiveness, but if I may be allowed, I should 14ce to point out a feature which has been...

day or two before reading in the Spectator of September 15th your remarks, on the evils to be apprehended from the practical "shrinkage of the world" through quick travelling,...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIII,•••-r have read with very great interest your article in the Spectator of September 22nd on the status of the European missionary...

(To THE ED/TOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] S, — Your vigorous treatment • of the above topic in the Spectator of August 18th gave great satisfaction; I am sure, to many lovers of...

in your journal with which I do'not fundamentally disagree, I always read it - with interest and profit: - Your article on "Mortniain in Thought and Life" (Spectator, September...

. • [TO THE EDITOR or THE *sracrivortil - Sr,—Not one of the various writers of the many interesting lettera Which have appeared recently in the Spectator concern- ing the...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Suz,-zIt should be borne in mind that the watchwords of principles of the " Boxers " were twofold,—(1) the subversion of the Manchudynasty...

missions in the Spectator of September 2 2 nd you imply that all those who object to see missionaries forced upon-the unwilling Chinese must of necessity, be agnostics. Will you...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] Sin,—The following conversation may interest you, which I had with an intelligent young Yorkshire farmer about thirty years of age, who...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sfit,—I have read the Spectator many years, but I do not remember an article having impressed me more than the one published. in your...

OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sr,—There is a curious analogy between the Boers and the Maories in New Zealand in their interpretation of the Old Testament. The Boers accepted the Old...

[TO TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] have been a Liberal all my life, and hope to die one. But I am not a Home-ruler, any more than I am a Liberal Unionist, masquerading in the...

(TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—May I be allowed to protest in your columns against the admission of schools of young children to Hertford House ? I met recently a...

THE usracraros..1 Sna—There is a small class of Transvaal ex-burghers whose case, and it is a sad one, is but little, if at all, understood by the English public, and which...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] Snz,—In your interesting review with the above title on Mr. Lang's " Prince Charles Edward" in the Spectator of Septem- ber 22nd there is a...

• THE NEW RADICAL CREED. We differ P Ne'er was party more agreed ; One easy dame contain - 6 Our simple creed. Fleet, Army, Commerce, Empire—perish all; We care not, 6o...

LETTERS FROM PEKIN.* WE are glad to welcome Mr. Freeman-Mitford's well-known hand once more. His Tales of Old Japan are classical to students of the Far East; and although it...

Chleveley, Friday, December 13th. Lieutenant Roberts, son of Lord Roberts, was shot about 8.30 a.m. We saw him fall from his horse. Toe noble brute never shifted from his...

Wiltshire in regard to its archreological interest or the excellence of its bacon, its inhabitants have long been regarded as touching the nadir of rustic intelligence. The...

THY critical part of Mrs. Thomson's study of Richardson strikes us as being extremely well done. Her examination of the three famous novels is lucid and judicious, and,...

the hopeless and idl e residuum of the pop u lation of modern States- They feel, to use the words of our author, that so long as there are lazy p e ople discouraged drinika-rds,...

OP the many writers who have borrowed or adapted what may be called the Dickens formula, none have been more uniformly successful than Mr. Pett Ridge. In the delineation of the...

of the Library of the India Office, by J. F. Blumhardt, M.A. (Eyre . and Spottiswoode). It is interesting to see the propor- tionate share occupied by various subjects. "Arts...

the Northern Counties Magazine (Andrew Reid and Co., Newcastle ; Elliot Stock, London; 6d.), edited by Mr. Howard Pease, already well- known by his clever Northumbrian tales and...

the Parliamentary Boroughs within the County of London. Before 1832 London had eight boroughs, and part of the representation of two counties. In 1867 it had ten, and part of...

the nineteenth volume of the series, and containing the issue from January 13th to July 7th of the current year. Work, we may remind our readers, is an "Illustrated Weekly...

[Under this heading ice notice such Books of the week as hare not been reserved jor review in other forms.] Lace Making in the Midlands. By C. C. Channer and M. F. Roberts....

M.A. (Blackie and Son. 1s. 6d.) —The illustrations are the noticeable things in this and its kindred volumes. It is not easy to be origind—and accurate—in commenting on...

(J. Bowden. Bs. 6d.)---Queen Victoria : a Personal Sketch. By Mrs. Oliphant. (Cassell and Co. • 8s. 6d.)— Japanese Notions of European Political Economy. (Love, Camden,...

Brimley Johnson, is. net) forms an excellent pendant to his volume of short stories, " In the Wake of the War," recently reviewed in these columns. Mr. Adcock's standpoint is...