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The SpectatorLittrarp isuppirmatt. LONDON : DECEMBER 2nd, 1905. BOOKS. MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.* "My explanation for seeking to add to the numerous works on Mary Stuart may be stated in a...
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As to criticism of other historians, Mr. Henderson gives it
The Spectatorexceeding abundantly, and often with great acuteness. But he has so much criticism at his disposal that he bestows it freely on " episodes " which are by no means "main...
woman," as in Mr. Froude's theory. She " had excellent
The Spectatorgifts and graces characteristics that were generous and noble," while " her imperfections and mistakes become dwarfed into insignificance as the determining causes of her...
and, as Mr. Henderson shows, her uncle the Cardinal, broke
The Spectatordown her long caution and self-control, while Darnley mad- dened her, and she was besotted with her only passionate love, the love of Bothwell. The rest was expiation. Except,...
verdict as the more critical.
The SpectatorAs a specimen of the disproportionate dispensation of Mr. Henderson's criticisms this one must serve. Nothing in Mary's early married life as Queen of France can have been *...
Henderson might have quoted the full and rather critical description
The Spectatorof the child by her maternal grandmother. In essentials it serves for her looks till, about 1582, she became fat and "flat-faced with a double chin," as Wingfield describes her...
slaves. In Scotland (1561-1565) she bore with almost in- credible
The Spectatorpatience the daily insults to herself through her religion : she suffered, she fainted, she was often in great bodily pain, but she kept her temper to a miracle. On the other...
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Mr. Henderson's account of Mary in Scotland (1561-1568) is throughout
The Spectatorexcellent. The affairs of Chastelard, of Riocio, of the murder of Riccio, of Mary's passion for Bothwell, are all treated carefully, judiciously, and with energy. On the...
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To this last detail we may add that in discussing
The Spectatorthe famous Berlin wire to Pretoria after the failure of the Jameson Raid the admirable Saxon Monarch concluded his remarks with the declaration : " Je n'aurais pm envoys ce...
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The text, in order to secure as fully as possible
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With this interesting book it is natural that we should
The Spectatornotice Mr. Cuthbert Hadden's succinct and often spiritedly written Nelson Navy Book, an epitome of all that we prize most in our naval history. Divided, as the volume is, into...
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The Women Martyrs of the Reformation. By Walter Walsh. (R.T.S.
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Lives of British Seamen. By W. A. Atkinson. (J. F.
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is charming: Where all is so good it is di ffi cult
The Spectatorto choose a leav d e e 3n r so t .t h 6 e ad h s io r d ka „ quotation, but here is the last verse from the poem called "The Gentle Dark " :— " The voice is tender, (0 little...
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An Australian Cricketer on Tour. By Frank Laver. (Chapman and
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The SpectatorABROAD 2o. the particular movements seldom succeed, and that the strikes are not pushed to the point where absolute starvation would result; but in spite of their apparent...
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Last Saturday the Egyptian Budget for 1906 was submitted to
The Spectatorthe Council of Ministers. The revenue for the year is estimated at £14,500,000, which will show a surplus over expenditure of £500,000. This surplus is to be attained in spite...
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The SpectatorWednesday's papers contained the announcement of the appointment of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, promised by Mr. Balfour at the close of last Session. The terms of...
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Perhaps this forecast of an affiance between the Pro- tectionists
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We cannot here hnd space to reproduce the cogent arguments
The Spectatorset forth by the writers of the article in the National Review, but we would strongly urge upon those of our readers who are interested in Indian affairs to study it for...
man who cares for the welfare of the Empire must,
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to such men as high-caste Bajputs, Dogras, and Brahmins Little
The Spectatortraining of any value was to be anticipated from making the men knead and carry mud, a task which interferes with their military training and is highly unpopular with the men,...
" We are now told that the Commander-in-Chief has proposed
The Spectatorto change all this; and with the object of making the Imperial service troops more really efficient for all military purposes, to place , them under the Army Department and...
It may be mentioned in this context that it was
The Spectatorthe refusal of the French commanders in the eighteenth century to recognise the prejudices of their native soldiers in the matter of digging the earth which had 'a great deal to...
We can best end our account of the article with
The Spectatorwhich we have been dealing by reminding our readers that our view is 'one which is entirely free from any party feeling, or from any prejudice against the present Govern- ment...