THE POEMS OF JOHN GAY.* IT is with sincere pleasure that we welcome this addition to "The Bibelot Series," for it will recall to the public mind a fact too often forgotten,—the...

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subject from perfectly distinct points of view. They approach it from different sides, and handle it in strongly contrasted manner. Mr. Silva White writes en philosophe, and...

THE story of the "old little crooked Scottish souldier" who commanded at Marston Moor, who was a great deal of a Covenanter of the old school, a good deal of a patriot, and just...

MR. J. HENRY HARRIS, who has edited the material col- lected by his father, the late Mr. Josiah Harris, for a biography of Robert Raikes, is to be congratulated on the • Robert...

which we have no mind to carp, Mr. Andrew Lang says bravely in the dedication of his new volume of animal stories, "But then our tales are true." The italics point the...

F. Shaw and Co; 5s.)—Here we have, told with much spirit, the "Story of Admiral Drake." It is in three books, the first taking us as far as the year 1564, and so including the...

author of "Uncle Remus" has not exhausted his vein. As Aunt Minervy Ann tells the little hero of the present volume : "In der gwines on and in der windins up, dem tales tetches...

GIFT-BOOKS. Wee Folk : Good Folk. By L. Allen Harker. (Duckworth and Co. 3s. 6d.)—The title of this volume is a denial of the cynical maxim that "boys are bad little men," and...

the agreeable stories which help to reconcile one to life. Everything goes as well as possible. The industrious apprentice prospers ; the idle apprentice turns over a new leaf...

(S.P.C.K. 2s.)—Frederic Cornwallis, unable to earn his living at a desk—no wonder, seeing that he could scarcely add up a column of figures—finds a congenial employment in a...

Son, Os.), is an unusually successful specimen of the modern fairy. story. It is a little self-conscious, so to speak. The genuine fairy-story never attempts a joke or makes an...

Ou the whole, The Hooligan Nights (Grant Richards, 6s.) is a book which seems to us to ring true. At least we have no difficulty in believing Mr. Clarence Rook when he assures...

white paper, and the details added with a stiletto. They are now reproduced in white on dark plum coloured paper, with very good effect. Some of the drawings are in dark on a...

and Co. 6s.)—This volume gives the story, illustrated with drawings that go back to quite early days, of the Prince and Princess of Wales. Such books do not profess to be...

it is of good liierary quality, particularly well printed and handsomely illustrated. Mr. Guy Boothby's serial story, "A Maker of Nations," runs through the volume. Fiction,...

Ss. 6d.) Mr. Frank R. Stockton is, of course, entertaining. The people who figure in the story have more than a shade of oddness about them, and there is a mysterious...

a curious child, with the classes into which she puts her dolls and other belongings, and she has a very curious fate. There are some score of recorded instances in which an...

2s. 6d.)—The elephant is the prominent member of Mr. Barnes's travelling menagerie. Carried away by his passion for toffee, he snatches a bit from the hand of a spectator, and...

is an excellent and varied collection of stories, the great majority, if not all, of which have already done duty in magazines, by such well-known writers for girls as Ellen...

Henry A. Beers. (Regan Paul, Trench, and Co. 9s.)—The idea of an English romanticism before 1798 may seem novel to many people. Percy, Ossian, Chatterton, are indeed well-known...

by Bernard Holland. (E. Arnold. 6s.)—Following in Fitz- Gerald's footsteps, who made once for himself and a very small public a selection from the "Tales of the Hall," Mr....

Co. 5s. net.)—We are glad to have another of these excellent "College Histories." Magdalen is, in one way, peculiarly inter- esting. We know more than usual about the details of...

Prances Arnold-Forster. (Skeffington and Son. 36s.)—Miss A.rnold-Forster in publishing these three closely packed volumes has rendered a service not only to ecelesiologists, but...

Oxford. 5s.)—This is a very valuable and useful historical work of the secondary class. It is rather to be regretted that Dr. Ward did not completely rewrite the Ford Lectures,...

Sites. By Alexander Van Millingen, M.A., Professor of History, Robert College, Constantinople. (J. Murray. 21s. net.) —Not even the grand mosque of Santa Sofia, so rich with...

(Elliot Stock. 6s.)—This anthology, published posthumously from Mr. Leonard's manuscript, contains specimens of sacred verse (a good deal of latitude being allowed to the term)...

7s. 6d.)—One of the principal functions of the writers of history in our day seems to be 'the correcting of the impressions left on the minds of readers by the work of earlier...

By Samuel Bickersteth. (Sampson Low, Marston, and Co. 10s. 61)—Edward Bickersteth, born in 1850, died in 1897, had the "rarer gifts," as a friend says. His character was one of...

3s. 6d.)—As Mr. Galloway himself informs us, this little book is mainly composed of the journalistic jottings of a Man- chester "MY." which have already appeared in the columns...

3s. 6d.)—The book has three parts. In the first we hear of ancient and medireval worthies, from Ignatius down to Flavius ; in the second we begin with Savonarola and go on to...

den. 3s. 6d.)—The author of "Ashes of Empire" has proved himself one of the most forcible of the new school of sensation- alists, and it is quite unnecessary to say that he...

of China (China Inland Mission, 14s.) It is founded on Bretschneider's map, but claims to contain many corrections, while the scale is enlarged. It is no exaggeration to say...

74-78 Great Queen street, w.0.; and Published by Jourr BAxan for the "Srrakavoit"" (Limited) at their Office. No. 1 Wellington Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strafed. In...

almost as good, though it is a record of desperately contested battles. As we write it is known that Lord Methuen has pushed his advance to within twenty-five miles of...

T HE military situation is distinctly more favourable than it was a week ago. We will take the position in Natal first. When we wrote last Friday the tide of Boer raiders was...

on the Tuesday by a severe action at the Modder River. Even now the accounts of the fight are so short and conf used that we do not know whether the Boers fought us with their...

or two. It is very possible that before we write again we may not only have heard of the relief of Kimberley and of Ladysmith, but also of an important forward movement by...

dominions on Monday, travelling via Holland, where he has been the guest of Queen Wilhelmina, and has doubtless heard much of the other side of the South African War. Before his...

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Englishmen will do well to bear in mind. While on a visit to Paris a Frenchman who had some grievance against his Imperial Highness trod on his foot in a drawing-room. The...

One Frenchman in London, evidently of position, warns his countrymen in the Figaro to leave the Queen alone, and another in the Times gives eloquent expression to his dis- gust....

was on the whole favourable. The deficit. said Signor Boselli, the Finance Minister, expected for 1898-99.had disappeared through the economic prosperity of the country, and had...

the Persian Gulf, is at length to be completed. The Sultan has decided to grant the concession to the Deutsche Bank and its allied syndicate, and the Irade or supreme order has...

must have fallen like a whip-lash on some agitator, received the approval of a large majority of the Chamber. No division was taken on it, but no one ventured to reply ; and on...

speech on Friday week in the Chamber which is of import- ance, not only from the impression it produced, but because its heads had been discussed in the Cabinet. After...

the Soudan, showing that Colonel Wingate's force had won another victory over the Dervish's,—this time of a most complete kind. Not only was the Khalifa himself killed, but all...

the arrangements for feeding the army in Africa, which will at least enable its readers to understand why war costs so much. Everything is forwarded from Europe, even, hay, and...

appeal that has been made by Lady Lansdowne and Lady Wolseley for contributions to a fund which is being opened on behalf of the wives and families of poor officers now engaged...

Institution of Mechanical Engineers yesterday week on the openings for that calling in China. He illustrated the condition of the Chinese roads, which were perfect two thousand...

noticed, for he dealt with the attacks of the foreign Press, which had not spared "the to us almost sacred person of the Queen." "These attacks upon her Majesty, whether as...

a speech at once firm and moderate in support of the Government in regard to South Africa. His opinion is, he declared, that war was neither intended nor desired by the...

the war which must be regarded as one of the best which even he has ever delivered. It was exactly the speech for a moment of stress, for it showed on every line an energy and a...

dwelling warmly on the subject of Anglo- American relations, he went on to speak of "the natural alliance between ourselves and the great German Empire." Interest and sentiment,...

New Consols (2t) were on Friday 102i.

THE FINAL SETTLEMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA. W E cannot agree with the Daily Mail in expressing dissatisfaction with Mr. Balfour's speech as regards its allusions to the future of the...

thought- ful men, as they often . are, must be a little startled by the spectacle which Europe just now presents. All the peoples are raging like fools, while the Kings and...

a writer—" Ignotus "—in the current number of the National Review puts in a passionate, though we cannot say a very able or con- vincing, plea for English aid on the side of...

A CAREER is opening itself before soldiers of fortune which may within a very short time make that unscrupulous and picturesque class once more the objects of attention both to...

T N his speech at the dinner of the Public Vaccinators' Association Mr. Chaplin was able to make out a far better case for the latest Vaccination Act than even he him- self...

T HERE have been many Royal authors, and we wish sometimes there were yet another, a Prince of pure blood and of a really great house to tell us meaner folk how Princes really...

D O the angels talk ? Dante propounded the view that speech was a gift conferred on man alone, since brutes have no mental conceptions to impart, and heavenly beings have other...

S IR HERBERT MAXWELL in a letter to the Times gives a practical reason, in addition to those which naturally occur to people a sense, for not killing rare birds at eight. He...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Si,—In your article in the Spectator of November 11th on the subject of Sir Wolfe Barry's letter to the Times you apparently invite...

THE MILITARY SITUATION. [TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE " SPECTATOR."] Silk—Does not your article under the above bead in the Spec- tator of November 25th absolutely ignore all...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin, — The Queen as a special mark of her favour to her troops fighting in South Africa is going to give them chocolate. You suggest in the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] DEAR Mn. EDITIIR, - --I would be much obliged ef yew could spare me a line or tew in which tu comfort your corre- spondent Mr. W. J....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your article on "Horses at Sea " in the Spectator of November 25th you have made a mistake as to the width of the stalls on the...

I am much interested in the question of the housing of the poor, I naturally read Dr. Bussell ' s letter in the Spec- tator of November 25th with a good deal of pleasure and...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE, — The charge is repeated ad nauseam against the Trans - vaal Government that it has failed to give to the Outlanders engaged in the...

cottages would no doubt be interesting and useful, but I trust that no galvanised-iron roofs may be seen (even if painted tile-colour). Iron is the cane of modern architecture,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I should like to ask whether there are two kinds of prose, one for reading aloud and one addressed to the eye only. Those who look for...

SIR,—The following from the Chicago Post may interest some of your readers. As it has happened several times that compassionate women have written me to advise about freeing...

ago proposed as a cheap material for cottage-building, and those who are interested in the subject may see in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society for 1874 a full...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] venture to enclose the following story of a faithful dog which a friend who was shooting game in Zululand has just written to me. My friend...

MR. STEPHEN PHILLIPS'S PLAY.* WE have only one fault to find with Mr. Phillips's striking and beautiful tragedy. We wish he had chosen another subject. It is true that Dante has...

rode away ; The crowd, in sable, round them ; The sky above them grey. Two strains of music played them,— One mournful and one glad. It was the mournful music That sounded the...

MEN WHO DIE FOR ENGLAND. MEN who die for England Never die in vain. Dying conquerors,dying masters, Dying firm mid fierce disasters, England's every son Dying duty done, Gives...

Mn. LECKY has written much and well on the eighteenth century, and we should say that there are few, if any, writers living who better represent the excellent aide of that...

THE eight modern nursery-books mentioned at the beginning of the list given below, though mostly written by clever people, with excellent and most entertaining illustrations,...

deservedly held in grateful recollection by the musical amateurs of Lancashire, where her father was so long the loyal and able lieutenant of Sir Charles Halle, has rendered...

AT rare intervals Mr. Marion Crawford has abandoned his studies of contemporary manners for an isolated excursion into the realm of historical romance. The last, if we mistake...

ART-BOOKS. The Book of the Art of Cennino Cennini. Translated by Mrs. Herringham. (George Allen. 6s.)—The student of early Italian art and technique will welcome the present...

6d.)—This second volume of the "Artist's Library" is an excellent piece of work. Mr. Fry tells us just what we want to know about Bellini and his family without letting the sur-...

(Hodder and Stoughton. 5s.)—Dr. Forsyth thinks that religious liberty can be attained only by total disestablishment. That is a question which we are not about to discuss now....

Co. ls.)—In spite of five pages of recommendation from apparently the whole provincial Press, we cannot advise people to place dependence in this little book, for the...

and Sons. 28s.)—The amount of minute and gossiping infor- mation in this book is enormous,—the greater part about painters and people who are not worth reading about. There was...

Co.)—Academic is the word that naturally rises to one's mind when thinking of Poussin, and the admiration felt for his art by such men as J. F. Millet seems strange. If we allow...

is opportune of this collection of essays by members of the Arts and Crafts Society, with a preface by the late Mr. William Morris. These works give us the characteristic views...

es.) —For a series now being produced by these publishers Mr. Stevenson has reduced and rearranged his large work on Velasquez. Those who have not already made acquaintance with...

very interesting study of the work of Vandyck, full of sound critical judgment, and the number and excellence of the illustra- tions leave nothing to be desired. The author...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved fur review in other forms.) POETS AND POETRY.—A Study of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. By Lilian...

Tode," who is the hero of this little story, is the kind of boy who would weary out the patience of most of us. The means by which he is brought on to better things are...

this moment occupies the largest space in the thoughts of Englishmen may be mentioned together. These are :—In the series of "The Story of the Nations" (T. Fisher Unwin, 5s. per...

to write on a theme which is very fascinating, but very dangerous, —the life beyond the grave. Mrs. Oliphant achieved a remarkable success in her "Little Pilgrim," but she had a...

at this time of year a charming selection of diat ies and almanacs of all sorts and sizes. All are excellently printed, and some are in fact little encyclopedias. We are sorry,...