Q1 TEEN MARY OF MODENA.* HENRY VIII., after his preliminary interview with Anne oft Cleves, the lady imported to serve as his fourth wife, let fall the criticism, "Flanders...

LONDON: JUNE 30th, 1906.

THE author of these volumes, an Italian Senator, at one time played an important part in the politics of Northern Italy. As Syndic of Milan and the leader of the Mdderate...

literature more short-lived than an article in a magazine or quarterly ; and very often such an article deserves long life and general reading. It has probably meant a good deal...

ART BOOKS. Rip Van Winkle. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. (W. Heine- mann. 15s.)—It is not often that works of such high merit as these illustrations are produced. The wealth...

shields. (The Baker and Taylor Company, New York. $2.)— Without adding anything fresh to our knowledge, the writer gives an excellent summary of the rise and development of...

21e.)—This book seeks not only to be a critical biography, but also to rehabilitate the reputation of the painter. Mr. Cast wishes to show that Vasari was unfair and...

(Pall Mall Press. 5s.)—Here is an account of some of the Turner drawings in the eleven boxes which still remain unseen in the National Gallery. Mr. Cook has examined this...

treatment which the art of Veronese receives. Writers of late have taken little notice of this prince of painters, but here some justice is done to him.

From the Yalu to Port Arthur : a Personal Record. By William Maxwell, lately Special Correspondent of the Standard, now of the Daily Mail. (Hutchinson and Co. 16s. net.)—Mr....

artist. The largeness of design and the originality of treatment make us forgive the way in which sometimes Mr. Brangwyn becomes possessed by a particular form, and worries it...

essay by M. Arsene Alexandre. It is as easy to be greatly delighted by the portrait drawings as it is to be bored by the classical paintings. The latter are frigid and mannered;...

The Approach to Philosophy. By Ralph Barton Perry, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy in Harvard University. (Long- mans and Co. Cs. net.)—This volume from the pen of a...

General Sociology : an Exposition of the Main Development in Sociological Theory from Spencer to Ratzenhofer. By Albion W. Small, Professor and Head of the Department of...

The English Church, 1714 - 1800. By the late Canon Overton and the Rev. Frederic Relton. (Macmillan and Co. 7s. 6d.)—This is the seventh, and, according to the original plan,...

The Story of Charing Cross and its Immediate Neighbourhood. By J. Holden MacMichael. (Chatto and Windus. 7s. 6d. net.)—To the treatment of his subject Mr. MacMichael brings an...

Baku : an Eventful History. By J. D. Hendry. (A. Constable and Co. 12s. 6d.)—" In oil, Baku is incomparable. I know of no oil city that can compare with it either in...

Irish History and the Irish. Question. By Goldwin Smith. (T. C. and E. C. Jack. 5s. net.)—Long ago Mr. Goldwin Smith published a little book on "Irish History and Irish...

Mediaeval Rhodesia. By David Randall-Maciver. (Macmillan and Co. 20s. net.)—Mr. Maciver's book is a model of what a scientific treatise should be. He goes straight to the...

King William's College Register. Compiled by H. S. Christopher. (James MacLehose and Sons, Glasgow. 6s.)—The College, the King William's College Register. Compiled by H. S....

The Clyde Mystery : a Study in Forgeries and Folk-Lore. By Andrew Lang. (James MacLehose and Sons, Glasgow. 4s. 6d.)— This book, dealing with some excavations and "...

Bemires, the Sacred City. By E. B. Haven. (Blackie and Son. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Havell, in treating his subject, emphasises the importance of the distinguishing epithet of...

What is Truth ? By J. Gregory Smith, M.A. (John Murray. 55. net.)—Mr. Gregory Smith has studied Aristotle to good pur- pose. The " vital principles" which it is his business...

The Sources of the Blue Nile. By Arthur J. Hayes. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 108. 6d.)—There are rather too many quotations in this book, the author of which accompanied the...

Here and There. By H. G. Keene, C.I.E. (Brown, Langham, and Co. 10e. 6d. net.) —Mr. Keene begins his Indian recollections with "Old Haileybury." He entered the College in...

The Parson's Outlook. By W. G. Edwards, Bees. (Longmans and Co. 6s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Rees has acquired, or, what is more probable, has received by nature, the gift of the...

Church Property. By the Rev. Thomas Burns. (G. A. Morton, Edinburgh. 68. net.)—Mr. Burns discourses in these lectures on records, the benefice, Sacramental vessels, and church...

English Historians. With an Introduction by A. J. Grant. (Blackie and Son. 2s. 6d.)—Professor Grant gives his readers a criticism of English histories, beginning with the...

The Spirit of Rome: Leaves from a Diary. By Vernon Lee . (John Lane. 3s. 6d. net.)—This is a striking little book. It does not appeal to everybody, and by no means everybody...

Can We Believe ? By the Rev. C. F. Garbett and the Rev. F. 0. T. Hawkes. (Masters and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—" The task of the Apologist," say the authors of this excellent little...

The Fields of France. By Madame Mary Duclaux. With 20 Illustrations in Colour by W. B. Macdougall. (Chapman and Hall. 21s. net.)—This is a new and attractive edition of a very...

The Childhood of Fiction. By J. A. Macculloch. (John Murray. 12s.)—Mr. Macculloch has chosen a title for his book which scarcely describes its contents, or, indeed, harmonises...

Southampton Court Leet Record, 1578 - 1602. Vol. I., Part 2. (H. M. Gilbert and Son, Southampton.)—This volume con- tains, as may be supposed, a large collection of items of...

India. By Mortimer Menpes and Flora Annie Steel. (A. and C. Black. 20s. net.)—Few people know the real India, its immo- bility, its tragedy and romance, better than does Mrs....

Petronii Cena Trimalchionis. Edited and Translated by W. D. Lowe, M.A. (Deighton, Bell, and Co., Cambridge. Is. 6d. net.)— The Cena Trimalchionis constitutes the greater part...

The Real Triumph of Japan. By Louis L. Seaman. (S. Appleton. 6s. net.) —The " real triumph" is the extraordinary, and absolutely unprecedented, victory over disease which was...

The Lives of the Popes in the Early Middle Ages. By the Rev. Horace K. Mann. Vol. II. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 12s. net.)—" The Popes during the Carolingian Empire " are...

Brownsea Island. By Charles Van Raalte. (A. L. Humphreys. 12s. net.)—Brownsea Island—there are many variants of the spelling of Brownsea—lies at the entrance to Poole...

4 and b Dean Street, Holborn, W.C. ; and Pnblishwl by JOHN Banns for the "Sync:rams " (Limited) at their Office, No. 1 Wellington Street., in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand,...

occasion was a Republican banquet given by his con- stituents at Foix to celebrate his re-election. The main point of his speech was the importance of alliances to natiolral...

heard in the appeal of the Georgian women " to the women of free • countries" published in last Saturday's Times. It will be remembered that the outbreak at Tiflis last...

account of the recent mutiny of the Guards at Peterhof. Four hundred men of the 1st Battalion of the Preobra- zhensky Regiment refused to disperse, and on being asked to...

Prince trrusoff declares that the first thing to be done is to get rid of the police element in the Czar's Councils, and calls for • the dismissal of General Trgpoff....

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K ING HAAICON was crowned lb Trondhjem Cathedral on Friday week,—the anniversary of his betrothal and of his marriage to Queen Maud. The ceremony, attended by the Prince of...

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speech made by Prince ITrusoff Itt the sitting of the Duma on Thursday week. This cautious and sober member of the Right-Centre has sprung at once inti? the front rank as a...

sion took place over amendments moved by Mr. Birrell. Mr. Balfour insisted that the Referendum to the parents should be clear and unambiguous. Mr. Birrell, who promised to issue...

of Commons during the whole week. On Monday the struggle over Clause IV. began in the form of a debate on Mr. Evelyn Cecil's amendment making Clause IV. mandatory. Mr. Birrell,...

had been drawn with a view of benefiting one denomination more than another. Mr. Chamberlain followed with one of those sub-secularist speeches which, strangely enough, always...

on the questions addressed by Mr. Dillon, Mr. Paul, and Mr. Byles to Sir Edward Grey on Thursday evening. None can be more anxious than ourselves that the strictest justice...

the murder of Captain Bull and the attack on the other British officers were hanged on Thursday, and six others con- victed of complicity in the crime were flogged and sentenced...

all Mohammedan peoples in the northern half of Africa has produced a rising of rebels in Kordofan. The post of Taloudi was besieged by a force of Arab slave-traders, who...

important clauses without debate, but we are bound to admit that the Opposition, or, rather, the House as a whole, is to blame for this quite as much as the Ministry. No one...

on Friday contains some interesting items. Lord Cromer becomes a member of the Order of Merit, a distinction which the whole Empire will agree to be well bee towed. There are ix...

Spenser Wilkinson on "The Volunteer System." which we welcome as a masterly statement of the views that we have long been urging. His main point is that the nation can be...

new electrical laboratory at Teddington,—a department of the National Physical Laboratory. Mr. Haldane's speech was a sermon on his favourite text,—the necessity of Geist in...

was felt on Wednesday morning throughout South Wales. In Swansea, where the shock was most violent, hundreds of chimneys collapsed, and the panic, was so general that the...

troversy signed " Fiuem Respice." As these striking appeals to Englishmen to remember that the cause of the religion of love can never be served by the propagation of hatred and...

on Wednesday in support of the National Association for the Establishment of Sanatoria for Workers Suffering from Tuberculosis. In a brief but excellent speech Mr. Chamberlain...

Committee of the Committee for Church Defence and Church Instruction, Mr. Balfour moved a resolution condemning the Education Bill, and charged the Govern. ment with having...

Consols (2; per cent.) were on Friday 88.

GERMANY, BRITAIN, AND FRANCE. T HOSE who had hoped that the visit of the German editors might lead to a better understanding of British policy and of British international...

W E cannot profess any great satisfaction with the development of the Education Bill in Committee, and we hold that the refusal of the Government to make anything but very...

the Czar between the reactionaries • and the revolutionaries becomes daily hotter, but as yet the incidents reported breed in Western minds rather perplexity than conviction....

11PHE " 1900 Club," originally an association of Unionist Members of the 1900 Parliament formed for social and militant purposes, but now including Members of the present...

rilHE Pope's delay in announcing his decision upon the 1 opinions and information submitted to him by the French Bishops has excited some surprise. In the first instance, Pius...

VI.—THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF POOR-LAW INSTITUTIONS. P OOR Law institutions have a. history that is full of paradox. They formed no part of the Elizabethan legislation, the...

" B ECAME he bath pity on every living creature, there- fore is a man called holy," said Buddha, and after the passing of a hundred generations the words are still a counsel of...

T HE suggestion that the police have made themselves so busy in trapping motor-cars that they have forgotten bow to detect murderers is, perhaps, unfair. Apart from the tangible...

W ITH to-day ends the month which in the fisherman's calendar is consecrated to the catching of trout with the dry-fly. Every period in the angling season has some sport which...

THE ELEMENTS IN THE DITMA. LTO TUE EDITOR Or TUE " sracrAroa."1 SIn,—For the last six weeks the whole life of Russia has centred round the Duma, far more than it ever centred...

THE EDUCATION CONTROVERSY. [To THE EDITOR OP TER "SPECTATOR. "] Sin, —There was once in the history of the world a teacher who believed that the world could be conquered by...

Till "BPROTATOR.".1 SIR,—I have just seen a copy of the Spectator of March 3rd, and though my letter must be late, I venture to correct a very misleading impression of...

SIR,-4 am among those of your readers who view with a deep sense of gratitude the wise and moderate line you have taken on the Education Bill. It is probable that the extreme...

THII " splorwroa."1 SIR,—The following additional signatures have been received to the Memorial recently forwarded to the Archbishops of Canterbury and York by lay members of...

[To vas EDITO8 OF THM "Srsorrroli."] eat fallu, par exemple, qu'ellea eussent besoin l'une de l'autre, que Is riche ne put s'enrichir qu'en demandant au pauvre son travail, et...

(To THY EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Will you permit me through your columns to thank your correspondent " C. S. H." (Spectator, June 16th) for the sound view he takes of...

[To T113 Karma Or TIIII .srscrAroa..j SIR, — If, as f believe is the case, the writer of the article in the Spectator of. June 9th condemns the giving of any publics money...

[To TUB EDITOR OF TRY " SPECTATOR:1 SIR, In the comments contained in your issue of June 23rd on the first chapter of Mr. Robinson's book, the writer apparently assents to the...

understand the argument of Mr. E. Kay Robinson's "Religion of Nature," as summed up in your last issue (June 23rd, p. 979), to enforce the conclusion, " Man alone can •...

[TO THE EDITOR Or TUB "SrlICTATOR.” . 1 you permit me to ask if it be fair that thousands of women householders, landowners, and law-abiding citizens should be jumbled up...

[TO TIM EDITOR OP TER " SPRCTAIT011."] SIR,—Once more I venture to draw the attention of your readers to the steady progress that is being made every year in throwing Ireland...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SP/MAYOR."] SIR,—In your issue of August 6th, 1904, you published an article entitled " Yeoman Service," and many of your readers who were interested by...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPICTATOR."] SIR,—The following passage from Morley's Life of Cobden, p. 638 of the one-volume edition (1903), supplies an interesting comment on your...

(To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Perhaps the most valuable of all the valuable facts brought out by the Spectator Experimental Company are those with which you deal...

rro WIZ EDITOR Or THE "sesorkroa.nj Sra,—Mr. Brocklehurst's letter in your issue of the 23rd inst. is an excellent example of the "thoroughly well authenticated" ghost-story...

(To THE EDITOR Or TIM "SPZCT•TOR.1 8111, — As you were good enough to notice our work in 1901, we venture to report progress, and to make an appeal. The number of licensed...

IN a recently published volume of musical essays by Mr. E. A. Baughan* will be found an interesting paper on " The Gentle- man in Music." To prevent misunderstanding, Mr....

glad to contribute £50 towards the Ammunition Fund. I consider it would be most unfortunate if your experiment were curtailed in any way by lack of funds.

[To THE EDITOR Or rug " SPECTATOR." J trust that you will pardon my imposing so often upon your kindness, and allow me to say a few words about the Company Sports at which we...

subscriptions towards meeting additional and unforeseen expenses connected with the Elpectato Experimental Company :— 0 0 Lord Loyal .. ... ... 50 0 0 Frank L. Lyons ......

you take in the military training of our population, I venture to suggest that the Militia Experiment now being tried might be made the basis of a large, well-trained Militia...

THE CHOICE OF ROADS. (To IRENE.) THERE'S a road in Devon With a hedge each side, And some would count it heaven On that road to ride. There ' s a road upon the Mendips...

ROBERT OWEN.• MB Life of Robert Owen, which Mr. Podmore has written with much insight and considerable literary skill, is full • Robert Owen: a Biography. By Frank Podmore....

To the man who travels the world with open eyes there is romance at every turn of the road. Strange things happen daily, and only a few reach even the ears of mankind, for, like...

DR. CUNNINGHAM is a leading authority on English economic history. His laborious and path-breaking researches in that subject entitle him to a respectful hearing even upon...

THE SAINT.* THE growth of the theological or religious romance is only part of that octopus-like advanceof fictionwhich threatens every de- partment of letters with impartial...

Hall. 6s.)—Mr. Crawfurd has reinstated the pro- fessional as opposed to the amateur detective, but it must be awned that to the reader of detective stories, though the plots...

What a fascination there is in reading a guide-book to Rome for any one who has ever lived in the Eternal City ! It matters . - not what kind of a guide-book it be,--a...

HISTORICAL GREEK COINS. Historical Greek Coins. By G. F. Hill, M.A. (A. Constable and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Hill makes some instructive remarks on the historical value of...

these short stories, the first, "Parson Brand," is the best The story of Parson Brand can hardly perhaps be called a short - story, as it occupies nearly half the volume, and...

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and Co. 6s.)—" Of the fashionable but essentially repellent class of books to which it belongs All that was Possible is one of the least objectionable that we have seen."...

[under this heading lee notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Ancient Records of Egypt. Translated by James Henry Breasted, .Ph.D....

Lacy O'Leary. (S.P.C.K. 1s.)—In this volume, one of the "Early Church Classics," Mr. O'Leary deals with the Apos- tolical Constitutions, with an appreciation of the Syriac and...

7s. Od. net.)—Mr. Aflalo asked "more than a hundred anglers of recognised qualifications" what they thought about good and bad weather for fishing, and received a number of...

Cramner-Byng. (J. Murray. 18.)—Lovers of Persian poetry will be pleased with this little book of selections from the " Gulistan." If it is at times rather uninspired in...

Lippincott and Co. 15s. not.)—Dr. Huber has collected in this volume a vast amount of facts on the causes of the disease, the possible prevention's, and the curative...

1s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Wells has taken sundry books, among which he specially recognises Dr. Rashdall's " Universitios • of the Middle Ages" and Mr. Andrew Clark's "Register of...

Motoring, Edited . and Revised by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. (The Car Illus- trated. 12s. 6d.)—The motorist on tour would find this book even more convenient than it is at...

Lang (T. C. and E. C. Jack), we have The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh, by Margaret Duncan Kelly, and The Story of David Livingstone, by Vautier Golding (1s. 6d. net each), both...

R. S. Clouston. (Hurst and Blackett. 10s. 6d. net.)—We have no intention of reviewing the expert work which Mr. Clouston gives us in this volume. He does not, however, confine...

Lloyd. ls. 6d.)—The contents of this very interesting and useful volume are described by the sub-title as " Information Concerning Public Bodies," the institutions of...

could not, it is evident, undertake. But they give the fact* fully and fairly, as far as we can judge, and the intending resident may profitably use them to help him in corning...

2s. 6d. net.)—This book gives various particulars about the Club. There is a table of members ; their number has grown from thirty-nine in 1880 to seven hundred and...

and Mrs. Hugh Bryan. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 2d.)—Though the authors of this excellent little pamphlet chiefly deal with food for adults, they have also some most...