the iron hand of winter seems to have imposed a kind of truce upon the confronting armies. It is rumoured, on the statements of prisoners taken at the capture of the...

pletely out of action, only the Otvajni ' and a few destroyers remaining. In his report Admiral Togo congratulated his men, and paid a tribute to the valour of the besieging...

inconclusive and wordy document, bearing traces of indecision in every line. On December 26th he addressed to the Senate an Imperial Decree, entitled "A Scheme for the...

German and French criticism is fairly repre- sented in the comments of the Conservative Berlin Post, that the Czar's programme "does not venture to lay the axe to the root of...

centre at Port Arthur. As we begin to understand the nature of the defences and the desperate expedients which the Japanese are compelled to adopt, feats like the capture of the...

the House reassembled, and Count Tisza briefly asked the Opposition whether they were inclined to grant the Government enough Supply to allow the General Election to take place...

its hands, is averse from explaining away too thoroughly the dangers of the revanche from France. The Cologne Gazette last week discounted M. Jaures's reply to Count von Billow,...

reported from Rome. It appears that Signor Sersale, a well- known Italian traveller and explorer, holding that the with- drawal of British troops might induce the Mullah to raid...

Prince was attended by a detachment of Bengal Cavalry and accompanied by his Afghan suite, and the Viceroy was surrounded by his staff and the members of the Govern- ment. No...

French Minister, acting under orders from Paris, postponed indefinitely the French Mission to Fez, and recalled the Consul and all French subjects from that city. Last Saturday...

Dr. von Korber, had resigned after five stormy years of office. Dr. von Korber was a typical bureaucrat, highly accomplished, persuasive, tactful, experienced, but he was not a...

a strong speech at the Zemstvo of the Moscow Government, of which he is President. He dwelt on the grave economic crisis and internal disorganisation of the country, and...

resolved to abandon the naval base on the Firth of Forth which they decided upon two years ago, the new scheme of mobilisation for the Fleet having rendered the original plan...

placed orders with ordnance manufacturers, including Messrs. Vickers and Maxim, and Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., for a sufficient number of field-guns to rearm the whole...

Bombay during the past week, under the presidency of Sir Henry Cotton. The most important resolutions passed at the concluding sitting were those advocating the despatch to...

Mr. Arnold-Forster's excision of Free-trade doctrine from the new edition of his "Citizen Reader," it is only fair to give the substance of his defence as set forth in the...

State for War, and one of the ablest of living statesmen, made an important speech on the Monroe doctrine, which we have dealt with elsewhere. Mr. Root said that it was the only...

been con- spicuous for friendliness towards this country, in commenting upon Mr. Root's speech, suggested an alternative to the strong Navy he advocated,—a defensive alliance...

Mr. Choate as American Ambassador in London in the spring. Mr. Whitelaw Reid has long been known as one of the most eminent of American publicists. After a distinguished Univer-...

W E publish in another column an able and important communication from a correspondent who signs himself "Unionist Free-Trader." His object is to protest against the attitude...

advisers, regular and irregular— he is stated, apparently on authority, to have been greatly influenced for good by the ladies of the Imperial family—the Czar has made up his...

article on Lord Kitchener's new organisation of the Indian Army which we trust will meet with widespread attention. We do not agree with all the writer's criticisms—with some we...

future be President of the United States—who will at any rate be regarded as the inheritor of the Roosevelt tradition, and will receive, if he stands, the votes of Mr....

is not due to any sudden inspiration. The resolution to publish it dates from a time when he "had to meet this difficulty about episcopal incomes nearly every Sunday in Victoria...

us, whether our treasures be mental or actual, is outside its nefarious power. All the pleasures which money can buy or memory can store, the self-reliance which alone can...

questions run on, "why do not the companies make some arrangement before-hand? Why does the same thing happen time after time ?" The answer is perfectly simple ; being just...

the only form of investment for money was land in some form, though after the dissolution of the monasteries tithes offered a small field to the capitalist. It is therefore not...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPEETATOR."1 should like to draw the attention of your readers to a book recently published, "The Diary of a Church-goer" (London : Macmillan and Co.,...

you will permit me to express my respectful criticisms of the line lately taken by the Spectator in regard to the situation arising out of the Fiscal controversy. It seems to me...

Fox and yourself in dealing with Mr. Brodrick (Spectator, Decem- ber 24th), there is a very important point which ought not to be overlooked. Mr. Brodrick stated that India, in...

of his hearers that a tax on food was no burden on the consumer,—that the Free-trade and Protection loaf were practically the same. The new war taxes have provided foreign...

to a practical test. I compared the price-list of one of the leading grocers in that city with the prices obtaining in London in houses of equal standing. The results of this...

England, to make one or two remarks on the subject of the admirable article on "The State of the Army" in the Spectator of December 24th? Whilst many of us believe that we...

passed unanimously the other day at the annual Conference of the National Union of Conservative Associations for Scotland, held in Edinburgh, shows how wide and general is the...

appreciation of the fine arts among the people, so frequent in words alone, and rarely put into practice, it is distinctly refreshing when rambling through our country villages...

the present "burning question" of labourers' cottages, but one which I have always seen to be a most important factor in the peasants' life,—their kitchen fireplace? Here it is...

port, And then did floor the porter." A friendly exchange of wit decorated the walls of Balliol between Bartlett and the subject of the following lines, himself the wittiest...

earlier date than that suggested by your correspondent last week. After Bishop Wilberforce inherited the estate in Sussex in right of his wife, I remember hearing that Bishop...

Bullough 22 2 0 Margaret Evans 1 1 0 I Trinity College, Oxford ... 1 1 0 W. M. Cooper ... ... 1 1 0 A. Frewiu ... 2 2 0 David Gillespie... ... ... 3 0 6 E. F. C. Rogers ......

Country Diary," in your issue of December 24th you remark that it strongly reminds you of a similar effort which appeared in the County Gentleman. As this might, quite...

relation of Mr. Bartlett for a correct version of his lines about the "port" and the "porter," received an answer last Sunday. The version which it gives is very like mine; it...

O'er the docks of Yokosuka and the warships sailing free 'Midst the Shinto pennons streaming, Lies Will Adams, still a-dreaming Of the busy Port o' London and the Kentish wood...

Because at first he floored the port, And then he floored the porter." I have a vivid recollection of the catastrophe, which occurred, unless I am mistaken, in 1849. The...

greatness. It is a sincere and simple record of a great occasion, honestly, faithfully, and diligently turned to advan- tage. The first visit of an Archbishop of Canterbury to...

very illuminating, and the three books which form the first- fruits of Russo-Japanese war literature are no exception to the rule. Until the strategy of a geners.1 is understood...

of life in the moon. Mr. Wells's brilliant story and Jules Verne's entertaining romance are familiar to all readers. Less known, perhaps, to the present generation is the...

style upon a study of the Newgate Calendar, and it is true that the annals of crime have generally been written with a directness and simplicity which more serious history...

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is no need to tell the readers of " Mord Emly "that they will find much to interest and more to entertain them in Mr. Pett Ridge's new book of stories. Perhaps in using the word...

more minute in detail than any of her previous ventures. Whether it is likely to prove more successful is another question, for the materials are in some respects so unpromising...

the strokes will reach the lay reader, as, for instance, when the lecturer warns his brethren to preserve their calm even should they find a most trusted patient secretly dosing...

(H. Frowde. 5s. net.)—The facts known about St. Boniface and his work might, if strictly kept to themselves, be brought into a small compass. But they give a perfectly...

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by C. L. Feltoe, B.D. (Cambridge University Press. 7s. 6d. net.)—This is the second of a series of "Patristic Texts" appearing under the editorship of Canon A. J. Mason....

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of the United Kingdom (Spottiswoode and Co., 50s.) This "Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland" is as difficult a book to keep...

Miles appropriately quotes as the text of his introductory chapter a saying of Herbert Spencer's, "To be a good animal is the first requisite to success in life." This is the...

(W. Blackwood and Sons. 42s.)—The regiment was first raised, along with sixteen other regiments of horse and thirteen of foot, in 1715. Six of the former still remain (the...