MR. LANG'S HISTORY OF SCOTLAND.* ME. LANG compressed a very considerable period of Scottish history into his first volume, and if he adheres to his original in- tention of...

LONDON: .TANITARY 3181, 1903.

THIS is a characteristically naval book. It has all the "what- cheeriness " which is ingrained in the sailor's views of life, and the general breeziness of the profession....

all who study the "return to the roads" which marks the dawn of the new century lie before us,—one mainly historical, the other practical and prophetic. Mr. Rhys Jenkins draws a...

THE BIRDS IN OUR WOOD. The Birds in Our Wood. By G. A. B. Dewar. Illustrations in Colour by Edward Neale. (Lawrence and Bullen. Is. 6d.)—It is a long time since we have come...

Imperialism : a Study. By J. A. Hobson. (J. Nisbet and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Hobson tells us that "this study of modern Imperialism is designed to give more precision to a term...

In the "Temple Bible" (J. M. Dent and Co., 1s. each net) we have The Book of Jeremiah, and Lamentations, edited by E. Tyrrell Green, M.A., and The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel,...

The Study of the Gospels. By J. Armitage Robinson,- D.D (Longmans and Co. 2s. 6d.)—This is one of the series of " Hand- books for the Clergy," appearing under the general...

Musings by Camp Eire and Wayside. By William Cunningham Gray. (Fleming H. Revell Company. 5s.)—This is a volume of essays of a very mixed nature. Dr. Gray wrote in turn and with...

In a Minster Garden. By the Dean of Ely. (Elliot Stock. 6s. net.)—This is a pleasant enough volume, an olla podrida of hymns and religious verses, essays on the history of Ely,...

Gardens, Old and New. Vol. H. Edited by John Leyland. Illustrated from Photographs by Charles Latham. The "Country Life" Library. (George Newnes. £2 2s. net.)—These volumes make...

The Collected Poems of Roden Noel. With a Notice by the late John Addington Symonds. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. '7s. fid.) —Lady Victoria Buxton was well advised in publishing...

Celebrities and I By Henriette Corkran. (Hute.hinson and Co. 16s.)—There is a frank egoism, a naive crudity of self- revelation, in Miss Corkran's sketches and reminiscences...

Saint Augustine and his Age. By Joseph McCabe. (Duck- worth and Co. 6s.)—Mr. McCabe's contribution to the literature of St. Augustine will not be sympathetic to readers who feed...

Recollections of a Royal Parish. By Patricia Lindsay. With Illustrations. , (J. Murray. Is. 6d.)—This little volume gives, in a singularly pleasant and unaffected manner, a...

State Experiments in Australia and New Zealand. By W. Pember Reeves. 2 vols. (Grant Richards. 24e.)—The most interesting chapters in these two volumes are those devoted to the...

Historical Introductions to the Rolls Series. By William Stubbs, D.D. Edited by Arthur Hassell, M.A. (Longnians and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—The man who can criticise these historical...

Martini. By Bolton Bing, M.A. (J. M. Dent and Co. 46. ed. net.)—This is the first of a series of "Temple Biographies" appearing under the general editorship of Dugald Macfadien,...

The Architecture of Greece and Rome. By W. J. Anderson and IL P. Spiers. (B. T. Batsford. 18s. net.)—The late Mr. Anderson's sketch of Mycenaean architecture and the development...

The Employment of Women in the Clothing Trade. By Mabel S. Willett, Ph.D. (P. S. King and Son.)—This is a "Study in Economies," the work of a graduate of the Columbia...

Thoreau, the Poet - Naturalist. By W. E. Channing. Edited by F. B. Sanborn. (Charles E. Goodspeed, Boston. 8s.)—The late William Ellery Channing left in the hands of his...

John Lackland. By Kate Norgate. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d.) —Miss Norgate, it seems to us, has taken more pains to make a careful study of John's political struggles with Philip...

Climbing OA the Himalaya and other Mountain Ranges. By J. Norman Collie, F.R.S. (D. Douglas. 16s.)—Much of the climbing described by Professor Collie is somewhat belated—the...

Wood. By G. S. Boul,ger. (E. Arnold. 7s. 6c1.)—We can conceive few people taking up this book without finding some- thing to interest them in it. Everybody is more or less...

The Celtic Church in Britain and Ireland. By Heinrich Zimmer. (D. Nutt. 3s. 6d.)—Mr. A. Meyer has translated this little book from Professor Zimmer's article in the German "Pro-...

WeZlington's Lieutenants. By Alexander Innes Shand. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 7s. 6d.)—Mr. Shand, as a writer, has by no means the rhetorical resources of Dr. Fitchett, in whose...

"Martell° Tower" in China and the Pacific. By Francis Martin Norman. (George Allen. 102. 6d.)—Commander Norman will certainly not injure the reputation he made through his...

Pea Cry. By Fred Cotton. Illustrated by Harrington Bird. (R. A. Everett and Co. 21s. net.)—This wide-margined and rather unwieldy book is a sporting novel, written in the well-...

The Struggle for Persia. By Donald Stuart. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—There can be no question that Mr. Stuart has the art of describing his experiences of travel in a very graphic...

Electric Wiring : a Primer for the Use of Wirer:ten and Students. By W. C. Clinton, B.Sc. (J. Murray. is. 6d.)—The nature and behaviour of our new illuminant, the details of its...

The Mabinogion, Vol. H. Translated by Lady Charlotte Guest. "Welsh Library," edited by Owen Edwards. (T. Fisher trnwin. 1s.)—It is needless at this date to praise Lady Charlotte...

An Ar.zient History for Beginners. By G. W. Botsford, Ph.D. (Macmillan and Co. 7s. 6d.)—Dr. Botsford, who lectures on ancient history in the University of Columbia, and is...

Anthology of Russian Literature. By Leo Wiener. Vol. I. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 12s. 6d.)—Professor Wiener has found room in this first volume of his for representative specimens...

random Recollections. By Charles H. E. Brookfield. (E. Arnold. 14s.)—Mr. Brookfield must have started in life with a fair . in- heritance of good stories. One of this stock, he...

• The Hampstead Annual, 1903. Edited by Greville E. Matheson and Sidney C. Mayle. (S. C. Mayle. 2s. 6d. net.)—This is the sixth issue of the Annual. We are glad to see that it...

Les Rubaydt d'Omar Kheyydm. Traduits en Vera Francais by Fernand Henry. (J. Maissonneuve, Paris.)—M. Henry ' has triinslated Edward FitzGerald, not Omar Khayyam. He is per-...

William Hamiltor. Gibson. By John Coleman Adams. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 10s. 6d.)—W. H. Gibson knew his own mind and his own powers with a sureness that is very rare. It is true...

6d. net.)—This is a reprint, on India paper, of Lord Bray- brooke's original edition (published in 1825). A vast amount of pains has been taken to supply lacunae which Lord...

In the series of "Little Biographies" (Methuen and Co.) we have to notice Sir Walter Raleigh., by I. A. Taylor (3s. 6d.), and Erasmus, by Ernest F. H. Capey (3s. 6c1.) Both are...

The Smith Family. By Compton Reade, MA. (Elliot Stock.) —Mr. Reade has compiled with much labour genealogical and biographical particulars of the family which bears the " Smith...

In the Ruins of St. Pierre. By F. S. Sterne-Fadelle, B.-es-S. (A. R. Righton, Roseau, Dominica. is. 6d.)—The author of this little pamphlet takes us with him on a voyage from...

Letters of Emilia Russell Gurney. Edited by her Niece, Ellen Mary Gurney. (J. Nisbet and Co. 12s. 6d.)—This is a book of which there is little to be said, not because there is...

Richards. 2s. 6d.)—This is the second volume of "The Leicester Square Library.' It is certainly an entertaining book ; it is likely to be instructive,—the writer of this notice...

tains the Report of a joint Committee of the Convocation of Canterbury as to the position of the laity, considered historically and as a matter of right Church government. This...

schein and Co. ls. 6d. net.)—Dr. Hayward gives us here a synopsis of the educational system of Herbart, an authority much more generally known and appreciated in the United...

contains the speech made by the German Ambassador in London on the occasion of the dinner to commemorate the Kaiser's birthday. Count Metternich, in proposing the Emperor's...

A GAIN we have nothing definite to record as to the Venezuelan crisis. Up till Friday a vague belief pre- vailed that things were going well, and that Mr. Bowen, who has arrived...

speaker on Friday week, admitted that while the King should be the soul of the Government, he impaired his position by trying to be the Govern- ment itself. "All the threads...

By the side of Dr. Oertel's admissions may be set . t.4e testimony of the New York correspondent of the Vo l s . sisch'e Zeitung. The writer, deals with Germany's relations with...

on Friday week the Vice-President announced the resignation of Count Ballestrem. In a written communication to the Rouse the President stated that his rulings had been sharply...

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Bailey, formerly aide-de-camp to the Sirdar, Lord Cromer made one of the most striking speeches on the develop. ment of newly acquired portions of the Empire which it has ever...

Potchefstroom. and thence started on a four days' trek to Mafeking, being everywhere -eceived with the greatest cordiality. At Potchefstroom Mr Chamberlain replied to c.. bus...

at a banquet in Dundee, his native city, on Friday week ; and delivered 3 speech on the prospects of trade. As regards strikes and trade disputes, which he regarded as a more...

on Tuesday evening, prefacing his remarks with a generous tribute to Mr. Chamberlain. He thought that the Colonial Secretary had discharged the difficult and responsible duties...

goodwill by coming on from Ventersdorp, also made a striking speech. endorsing all that Mr. Chamberlain had said about misunderstandings in the past, and the duty of Boers and...

was presented with an address of welcome on the following morning in the market square. In his reply Mr. Chamberlain spoke of the universal kindness with which he had been...

letter on the evolution of the political situation in Japan. Under the provisions of the Reform Bill which came into force last summer, the franchise has been lowered— with the...

series of articles which is appearing in the Times, entitled "The Problems of the Army." These articles include a com- prehensive scheme for Army reorganisation,—a scheme which...

liberal movement in the Roman Church published in the Times of Tuesday presents the broader aspect of that agitation for reform which has been moving the minds of a number of...

encouraging reading for those who, like ourselves, con- sider that it is sound policy to educate the British people in the use of the rifle. The Association now has three...

for Galway City, was on January 23rd, after a three days' trial, found guilty of high treason and condemned to death. The law recognises no other penalty for such a crime, but...

lost their lives, took place at Colney Hatch Asylum early on Tuesday morning. The flames broke out at 5.30 a.m. at the south end of a large annexe, built of corrugated iron and...

on Monday night, broke the Ministerial silence on the Venezuelan question. He described the Alliance with Germany as "a mere casual co-operation for a specific purpose and for a...

a banquet given to Sir Frederick Borden by the Anglo-Saxon Union. Mr. A. E. Jones, of Buffalo, in his speech gave a very picturesque version of the action of the British fleet...

New Consols (2i) were on Friday 93i.

and at the same time it • But though we understand, and thoroughly sympathise would practically be impossible for the German Government with, the determination of the...

T E thanks- of the British nation are due to two eminent public servants, Sir Michael Herbert and. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, for the skilful and statesmanlike way in which they have...

bid fair to become a regular incident in our street life. They go on day after day,—orderly, on good terms with the police, and not in the least anxious to provoke a breach of...

to say transformation, in temper to which we called attention three weeks ago, as the most remarkable fact illustrated by the Report of the Irish Land Conference, continues to...

T HE sentence of death passed upon " Colonel!' Arthur . Lynch in the High Court of Justice on Friday week. has been commuted by the Home Secretary to penal servi., tude for...

"O F a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons ; but in every nation he that feareth Him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with Him." The train of thought...

T HE disagreement of the second jury in the Peasenhall murder case is so unusual an event in the processes of the criminal law that it has attracted widespread attention, and...

T HE increasing taste for furs in ladies' dress has brought mole-skin into fashion once more. Except the prac- tically extinct marten, the mole has the finest fur of any English...

BRIDGE. [TO THZ EDITOR OP THB "SPECTATOR:1 SIE,—Among games of chance whist has a dignity, and almost a literature, of its own. Sarah Battle is among the immortals, and has...

• GERMANY AND BRITAIN. [TO THE EDITOR OP THH " SPROTATOR."1 Bra,—" Vigilans sad Aquus" in his important summary of the causes of enmity between Germany. and Great Britain in...

the country at the so-called Venezuelan Alliance with Germany—though, in reality, the two countries have done nothing more than pledge them- selves to temporary co-operation for...

Si,—Statistics are proverbially dangerous; and the use Mr. Clifford makes of the Indian Census figures in his letter in the Spectator of January 24th illustrates the danger. For...

[To THR EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] Srs,—May I be allowed to point out what appears to be a misleading deduction from the figures of the Indian Census made by your correspondent...

(To THE EDITOR OF THR "SPECTATOR:9 Sur,—In the light of recent events in Venezuela, perhaps the following facts, which go to show that the policy of heavy- handedness followed...

[To THE EDITOR Of THE " SPECTATOR-1 Sn1,—The Spectator of January 3rd contained a letter dealing with a previous communication which appeared on Decem- ber 27th, 1902, signed "...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the Spectator of January 10th you say that our roads are worm; than they were one hundred years ago. The locus classicus on British...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] should like to be allowed to offer statistics from Bradford Grammar School in support of tbe remark made by your correspondent, Mr. L. J....

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR." J Si,—Early in the year 1882 ten freshmen of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, formed a Shakespeare Reading Society. They met weekly, and...

side to the question of new roads which you have left untouched in your interesting article in the Spectator of January 10th. At present, as the law stands, any one buying an...

ero THE EDITOR OP THE "spscremoa."1 Si,—In your article on "The Cultivated Oyster" in the Spectator of January 10th you state that when the Bourbon Monarchy was flourishing in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—Soon after reading a letter in the Spectator of October 18th, 1902. speaking of the appreciation of Mr. Newbolt's verse by soldiers, a...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."J Si,—With reference to your very interesting article in the Spectator of December 20th on "Village Weather Prophets," some of your readers...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sra,—During the last summer several letters appeared in your columns suggesting that memorial tablets should be put up in our primary...

pro THE EDITOR OF THZ " SPECTATOR."1 Sin,—Perhaps it is by a slip of the pen that your reviewer of Mr. Gray's "Jesus College," in the Spectator of January 10th, speaks of the...

AT EVERSLEY. THE river rippled in the plain, The larks loud sang above the lane, Through the warm sunny woodland went A rustling whisper of content, And from the leafy distance...

PROFESSOR JOWETT'S THEOLOGICAL WRITINGS.* PROFESSOR LEWIS CAMPBELL has published a set of extract.' from Professor Jowett's theological writings. Many of these extracts,...

Anne possesses certain obvious merits. It is as easy to read as a piece Of journalism. It is superficial enough never to make too stern a demand upon the attention, and it...

IT is well known that for some years before his death the late Sir Walter Besant was engaged upon a new survey of London. Many assistants were working with him, and the great...

WHITWELL ELWIN.* THESE welcome volumes contain a Life of the Rev. Whitwell Elwin, Lockhart's successor as editor of the Quarterly Review, and a selection from his essays, all...

6s.)—From the other side of the Atlantic we hail a novel far above the average in Miss Kingsle3r"s The Needle's Eye. The book is by no means faultless, and is almost Chinese in...

POOR SONS OF A DAY.* Ir is one of the drawbacks of our tremendous "fictional output "—we use the commercial phrase deliberately because it is so largely a question, not of...

THE QUARTERLIES. The most interesting article in the new Quarterly is the first, " - Ireland from Within," and if inspired, it is one of unusual ' importance, for its drift is...

5s. net.)—Mr. Ghent is writing about matters in the United States. If what he says of the present is true, and if he makes a correct prognostication of the future, the...

Brooke-Hunt. (John Murray. 5s. net.)—It is difficult to estimate the absolute value of a book of extracts. Many are published every year, and it is beyond the powers of any...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been swerved for reuiew in other forms.] Horae Semiticae, I. - IL ((3. J. Clay and Sons. 15s. net.)—These two...

war correspondent for Black and White. The illustrations of the volume are from photographs, not of very good quality (" The Last Shots" facing p. 78 should be excepted). The...

Religion," edited by W. Robertson Nicoll, LL.D. (Hodder and Stoughton), we have The Three Things that Abide, by Sir W. T. Ganglier (1s. 6d.) ; in "The Christian Study Manuals,"...

the Military Department of the Government of India. Vols. IL and III. Edited by G. W. Forrest, C.I.E. (Military Department Press, Calcutta.)—Mr. FOrrest's plan has been to...

Mr. Le veson Gower's Poems (W. Heinemann, 7s. 6d.) afford agree- able evidence of wide culture allied- to considerable command of versification. True, he does not embark on any...

Putnam's Sons. 5s. net.)—Mr. Emerson has taken much trouble to gather the materials for this book, and has done good service to the public in bringing it out. He gives us a...

Viney. as. ad.)—This annual volume continues to be admirably managed. To be accurate, to be impartial, to be up- to-date, are the three cardinal virtues of such a work, and they...