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On Wednesday night Lord Dandonald's cavalry entered Ladysmitl., and on
The SpectatorThursday General Bailer himself visited the garrison, and thus proclaimed to the world that the town was relieved beyond all doubt and question. Before, however, this could be...
Lord Roberts's treatment of his intrepid captive was worthy of
The Spectatorthe knightly character of our Commander-in-Chief. l:fe could not have treated the Marshal of a great and historic foreign army with more consideration and respect. He received...
A word must be said as to the reasons which
The Spectatorfinally forced General Cronje to surrender. It was a case of the triumphant spade. When Lord Roberts found it would cause too great loss of life to storm the laager, he began to...
In our delight over Paardeberg and Ladysmith we must not
The Spectatorforget the advance on the Southern Frontier, which, though less sensational, is strategically of great importance. Not only have we entered Colesberg, but General Brabant has...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorT HE week has been one of unqualified successes, and the news of Paardeberg and Ladysmith has literally sent a thrill of joy and relief round the world. Canada, New Zealand,...
On Tuesday morning at about a quarter to ten London
The Spectatorheard the news that General Cronje, with all his army (numbering four thousand three hundred men) and six guns, had surrendered unconditionally at dawn on that day—the...
The Daily Tcleyraplt of Saturday last published a most important
The Spectatorstatement, in which its conductors evidently believed, but which has not received from the public the attention it deserved. According to this account the Emperor of Russia has...
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On Friday week the House of Commons turned itself into
The Spectatora debating society, and at the instigation of Mr. Swift MacNeill considered whether the Civil Service vote ought not to be reduced because the Chief Commissioner of Works had...
The Duke of Orleans, the head of the "house of
The SpectatorFrance," and a guest of Great Britain, thought it well to write a letter to M. Willette, of the Journal pour Rire, congratu- lating him on his coarse and brutal caricatures of...
Continental opinion, except in Italy, Greece, Denmark, and Switzerland, is
The Spectatorgreatly saddened by British victories, and the prcsBoer newspapers are asking their Governments if it is not time to intervene. The Governments, however, are less inclined than...
The editor of the "Official Year Book of the Church
The Spectatorof England" has published some interesting statistics of the sums contributed by English Churchmen to English Church work in 1899. They have subscribed for the clergy, £197.000;...
The opponents of the Republic raised a debate in the
The SpectatorFrench Chamber on February 24th which might have had serious results. General GaLieni, Governor-General of Madagascar, an officer said to be the secret hope of the...
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Mr. Fitzgerald, a Member of the House of Representatives for
The SpectatorMassachusetts, and presumably an Irishman, has induced some eighty Members of the House to sign a telegram addressed to General Cronje, Cape Town," congratulating him on his...
Mr. Balfour wound up the debate. In our opinion, he
The Spectatorwas not nearly strong enough in his appreciation of the Protector, but his speech was most interesting and raised some very striking points, as, for example, the passage in...
Mr. Goschen, in introducing the Navy Estimates on Monday, was
The Spectatorable to add a good deal of illumination to this explanatory statement. No part, however, of Mr. Goschen's statement givee us greater satisfaction than that which announces the...
The annual statement of the Admiralty was issued last Saturday.
The SpectatorThe gross estimate of expenditure, which amounted last year to £26,594,500, reaches a total of 227,522,600, or an increase of 028,100. The number of men voted is 114,880 (au...
What do the Boers do with their guns ? They
The Spectatornever seem to surrender them even when defeated, and they cannot break them into little bits. Do they send them away before they surrender, or do they bury them in the sand of...
The new shipbuilding programme provides for the laying down of
The Spectatortwo battleships, six first-class armoured cruisers, one second-class cruiser (improved 'Hermes '), two twin-screw sloops, two light-draught gunboats, two torpedo-boats ; and...
We do not often agree with the Times upon industrial
The Spectatorquestions, but we must endorse most heartily the views of that journal upon the Bills for the distribution of electric power. The House of Commons has a kind of dread of...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE TERMS OF PEACE. A S was to b expected, the first British victories have brought forth a demand for peace, not from the Boers, but from the supporters of the Boer cause in...
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PAARDEBERG AND LADYSMITH. T EE war is not over, but the
The Spectatorweek's news is wholly good. It could not, indeed, under the circumstances, have been better. At the moment what we longed for most from every point of view, political, military,...
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MR. ASQUITH ON THE LIBERAL PARTY.
The SpectatorM R. ASQUITH is one of the ablest men, and, we believe, also one of the most sincerely patriotic, not only in the Liberal party but among English politicians, but he has one...
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THE FRIENDLINESS OF THE CZAR.
The SpectatorA S soon as this war is over our people will begin to con- sider their attitude towards Continental nations, and we venture to predict that they will be found in all directions...
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THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MAFFLA.. T HE two most vital problems
The Spectatorwith which Italy has to deal are finance and crime. It is significant that, when one looks in at any large bookstore in Rome, Turin, or Milan, no matter what other books may be...
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SUCCESS AS A CHARM.
The SpectatorL ORD ROBERTS has sensibly modified the tone of the Continental peoples about South African affairs, and we do not doubt that now General Cronje has surrendered, and Ladysmith...
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OCEAN WINDS.
The SpectatorW HATEVER of beauty the sea possesses it owes primarily to the winds, — to the free breath of heaven which sweeps joyously over those vast lonely breadth; ruffling them with...
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THE LIONS THAT STOPPED THE RAILWAY.
The SpectatorS PEAKING in the House of Lords of the progress of the Uganda Railway, Lord Salisbury mentioned that among the unexpected difficulties encountered were a pair of man-eating...
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CORRESPONDENCE.
The SpectatorDOCTORS AND NURSES IN THE FIELD [To VII: EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—Among the many disappointments which have befallen us as a nation in connection with the present war...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorTHE ARMY LEAGUE. [To THE EDITOR OF' TILE "SPECTATOR."] was high time for some one to set on foot an active movement in this urgent matter of Home, or rather Imperial, Defence,...
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR-1
The SpectatorStn,—Your proposal for a Colonial monument, and the Rite for it in Trafalgar Square (Spectator, February 24th), demanded by your correspondent "H. S.," are to the point and...
A COLONIAL MONUMENT.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your recent suggestion as to the erection of a monu- ment to our gallant Colonial soldiers who have fallen on the battlefield, has, I...
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THE CHOICE OF GENERALS.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—I think that, though meaning well, you express most dangerous doctrine in your acticle on "The Choice of Generals." You are also unjust...
"THE BOER CONSPIRACY."
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIE,—I am sorry to trouble you again, but since writing my letter on "Boer Bitterness," in which I referred to Mr. Hobson's challenge in the...
AUSTRALIAN NAVAL DEFENCE.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTAToR.") SI8,—The kernel of the whole matter is this : men in Australia imbued with the patriotic spirit desire to share in the actual dangers of...
THE NATIONAL CONSCIENCE AND THE WAR. [To THE EDITOR OF
The SpectatorTHE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —We can all concur in Mr. Mender's conclusion (Spectator, February 24th), "May God defend the right," but ween he says that the war "involves some of the...
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NATIONAL DEFENCE.
The Spectator[To 'THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The police forces of England and Wales number rather over forty thousand; they are—almost all—in the prime of life; of good physique ;...
RHODES ON THE BRAIN.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Suit,—Your correspondent, "A Thirty Years' Reader," in the Spectator of February 24th, twits you with having Rhodes on the brain, and seems...
THE POSITION OF HOLLAND.
The Spectator[To TILE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin—As the position of Holland, in connection with its attitude in the Transvaal War, has become a subject of dis- cussion in your paper,...
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APPEALS TO THE JUDICIAL COMMITTEE.
The SpectatorWe have received, but cannot possibly find space for, a very long letter—it would fill nearly six columns, or the space of three leaders—from Mr. J. H. Symon, Q.C., whose name...
MR. ARNOLD WHITE AND THE FOREIGN OFFICE. TO THE EDITOR
The SpectatorOP THE "SPECTATOR.] StE,—Mr. Scoones assumes that I object to the "sweeping condemnation "of my Daily Chronicle letter of February 36. On the contrary, I welcome anything,...
GENERAL STONE'S CART-SHIELD FOR INFANTRY.
The Spectator[To THR FDITOR op THE "SPFCTiTOR.") SIR,—In a recent number of the Spectator you permitted me to draw attention to General Stone's infantry shields, built for the Cuban...
SIR ALFRED MILNER.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR.") SIE,—Your first article of last week contains two errors of fact. In the first place, it is not nearly five years since Sir A. Milner went to...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorTHE WAR WITH SPAIN.* CAPTAIN MAHAN is WO fine a historian, too lucid an ex- ponent of general ideas, to miss an opportunity of setting forth his theories, and his last book,...
POETRY.
The SpectatorTRAFALGAR SQUARE IN SPRING. (AFTER SPENSERO I . IN the wide square the sound of waters leaping Conjures a dream of some far upland spring, And through the trees that all the...
MR. MACKARNESS AND SIR A. MILNER.
The Spectator[We have received from two Members of the Cape Parliament letters very properly protesting against the tone adopted by Mr. Mackarness in his letter to our columns in regard to...
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MR. BEEOHING'S "MILTON."*
The SpectatorTHE Clarendon Press and Mr. Beeching deserve well of the Republic of Letters, for they have given us a new and most excellent series of Milton editions. "The scholar and the...
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ROME AND ST. PETER.*
The SpectatorTHE subject of St. Peter's connection with Rome has for many generations furnished Protestant and Catholic con- troversialists with endless matter for barren disputation....
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UNWRITTEN LAW.*
The SpectatorMiss PITCAIRN unquestionably hit upon an excellent idea when she bethought her to go to nearly a score of representa- tive men and get from each a written account of the special...
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NOVELS OF THE WEEK.*
The SpectatorIn a classification of modern works of fiction by their subject or scheme, a separate category ought certainly to be reserved for those in which the framework of the plot is...
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The Divine Discipline of Israel, by C. Buchanan Gray, M.
The SpectatorA. (A.. and C. Black), is a contribution to the great subject of "Pro- gressive Revelation." It consists of a paper and three lectures, the first read before the Congregational...
SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator[Under this heading we notice such Books of the 'Keel as have not tee* rresd fw rtri, , a , in other Terms.)• Outlines of Modern Tactics. By Lieutenant-Colonel E. Gunter....
St. Luke's Gospel in Greek. By the Rev. Arthur Wright.
The Spectator(Mac. millan and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Wright, whose labours in the Held of inquiry into the sources of the Gospels are well known, has given us here a valuable work. After an...
The Iliad. Edited by Walter Leaf, Litt.D. Vol. 1, L-XII.
The SpectatorSecond Edition. (Macmillan and Co. 185.)—This second edition is justly claimed by Dr. Leaf as "almost a new work." In the first place, it has increased very considerably in...
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Marriage Addresses, Edited by the Rev. 0.P. Wardell-Yerbur g h. (Longmans and
The SpectatorCo. 5s.)—This is likely to be a very useful volume for the cler g y. The exhortation at the end of the Marria g e Service is scarcely suited to the present time. Few sermons...
