BIRD RECORDS FROM IRISH LIGHTHOUSES.* IN iome respects Ireland is not an ideal place from which to chronicle the migrations of birds. England is a "four cross roads" for the...

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could be applied to Ottoman poetry, we should have another example of the way in which brutal warriors delight in the mildest pleasures. An Alexander soothed by Lydian measures,...

WRY is it that women, who have so completely conquered for themselves equality with man in the field of the novel, have never won considerable repute in the prose essay, a...

should, at the begin. ning. We have a quite idyllic picture of the grizzly's cub. hood, as he wanders about with his mother and his two brothers and sister,—an uncommonly...

TWO FAIRY BOOKS.* Ma. CA.NTON sets his fairy tales in a framework that is some- what like that of the Arabian Nights. Herla, King of the Britons, whom we may suppose to be a...

drawings of her own—mostly in outline, but not inexpressive, and carefully coloured—the little stories which she tells. Sometimes her pencil is a little more ambitious, as...

chief feature of this half-yearly volume, as it was of the last, is Mr. John Morley's "Oliver Cromwell." In this instalment the story of the Protector is taken up at Charles's...

Gd.) —The two cousins, Mary and Afilly, are feminine varieties of the two characters so familiar in fiction,—the" industrious "and the " idle " apprentice. The contrast...

—There is plenty of fun in this volume. The adventurers who teach a savage tribe the art of skating on rollers, Merlin with the wizard and the magician (not the same things,...

23.)—This is a capital story of child life. " Brownie " the impulsive, the somewhat stolid " Buffy," who is her special charge, and the romantic Angelo are excellent figures....

the hero of this story, is a little Dane, who, by some chance, is left behind by his kinsfolk, and falls into the hands of an English family. Here he shows the fierce temper of...

(Cassell and Co. 3s. 6d.)—Mrs. Vaizey tells the story of three girls who, finding themselves somewhat dull in their remote home in Westmoreland, think that they would like a...

and Blackett. 12s. net.)—This is a really admirable book on the management of stables and horses. It is distinguished from other books of a like nature which we have come...

(S.P.C.K. 2s. 6d.)—It was certainly a little hard on Mrs. Main- Leila's Quest, and What Came of It. By Emma Leslie. (S.P.C.K. 2s. 6d.)—It was certainly a little hard on Mrs....

and Co. 2s.)—Miss Stella Austin is always readable, but she seems to presume a little upon this faculty. A more loosely put together story we have seldom seen. It is not...

story, but of a kind that a landsman may follow from end to end. Mr. 13ecke is, as our readers probably know, entirely at home in the regions of the Pacific. The whole tribe of...

is the eldest of three Irish girls, daughters of a "poor Irish lady." She has a gift for millinery, and, casting about for some means of relieving home wants, devises the plan...

has his good qualities, and these are effectively brought out in Miss Cowper's story. Miss Cowper, indeed, knows something of the art of managing lights and shadows. There is...

8s.) — Chums is as good as ever. The times have, of course, brought their changes with them. Men at the front take the as of cricketers. football-players, sprinters, and...

3s..61)—Mrs. Molesworth's introductions are just a little too long. Even the" Great Wizard of the North" sometimes bores us—if it is not too audacious to say so—before he...

TWICE CAPTURED. Twice Captured. By the Earl of Rosalyn. (W. Black wood and Sons. 10s. 6d.)—We may leave out of consideration much of this volume, not because it is without...

a story of life on the prairie. The characters and the incidents are, we may say, familiar, but they are put in a fresh setting, and are fairly effective. The lad who goes by...

Through Five Turkish Provinces, by Mark Sykes (Bickers, 7s. ed.), shows that Sir Tatton Sykes's son has begun his adventures early, and knows how to rough it in the East. It is...

very able work, which is an honour to Anglican scholarship. Doubtless there are High Church implications involved therein which it would be hard to sustain, and some positions...

The Last of the Climbing Boys : an Autobiography. By George Elson. With a Preface by the Dean of Hereford. (John Long. 63.)—Most men who have passed middle life, especially...

not an easy matter, but that in no wise exonerates the teachers who have neglected this important subject. It is not, as they are fond . of averring, an incommunicable gift,...

Blank Verse Lyrics, and other Poems. By a Colonial Professor. (Nutt. 25. 6d.)—The title of these poems challenges attention, and the student of verse is immediately...

The Royal Observatory at Greenwich. By E. Walter Maunder. Illustrated. (R.T.S. 5s.)—Mr. Maunder, who is already known as a pleasant popular exponent of the fas- cinating...

With the Boer Forces. By Howard C. Hillegas. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—The author of this book is an intelligent American journalist whose duties carried him to the Boer side in...

man's groping toward religious belief, one factor has been much neglected : the influence of birds and beasts on what may be called prehistoric religion." He has, therefore,...

The People of China. By J. W. Robertson - Scott. (Methuen and Co. 3s. 6d.)—In a small volume of 180 pages Mr. Robertson- Stott has collected a great quantity of information...

The Life of Sir John Fowler. By Thomas Mackay. With Illustrations. (John Murray. 16s.)—Sir John Fowler must be reckoned one of the grand old men of the Victorian era, for his...

The Science of Civilisation. By Cecil Balfour Phipson. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—The title is a little too ambitious for this work, although in some ways it is...

Scrambles in the Eastern Graians, 1878-1897. By George Yeld. With 20 Illustrations and a Map. (T. Fisher Unwin. 7s. 6d.)— This book is intended to call attention to a...

Dictionary of the Bible. Edited by James Hastings, D.D. With the Assistance of John A. Selbie, M.A. Vol. III., " Kir—Pleiades." (T. and T. Clark. 28s.)—The line taken by the...

The Growth of the Empire. By A. W. Jose. Revised Edition. (Angus and Robertson, Sydney.)—The first two chapters, though Mr. Jose hopes that they are saturated with Seeley, are...

(Horace Marshall and Son. ls.)—Mr. Fenton, when "a youth of twenty," discovered that "the authors of the current versions had failed to grasp the idea or comprehend the...

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will learn with amazement that he has selected Lord Lansdowne, who has shown in the War Office that be does not possess the imagination for business which is the source of...

least we ourselves attach little importance to the stories of proposals to pay the Allies 240,000,000, to allow them to have guards in Pekin, to surrender the right to import...

T HE first and most important decisions as to the recon. struction of the Cabinet were announced on Friday morning. After much hesitation, mainly caused, we imagine, by his...

with the remark that there is in China no alternative family known to the whole people. That there is no Royal Family is true, but there is a family older than that of any...

becomes Minister of War, is familiar with the Department, thoroughly acknowledges the necessity of reform, and is a firm man. Whether he possesses the needful constructive...

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case.

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of Boers in the field is steadily diminishing by casualties, captures, and surrenders, the temper of those remaining under arms is more revengeful and murderous than ever....

not to pass unobserved. We have heard so much of the grievances, real or alleged, of the Agratians, that we are apt to suppose that the German " rarals "are united in support of...

owing to the delay in the arrival of the 'Aurania,' left nothing to be desired in regard to the numbers and enthusiasm of the crowd, or the appearance of the troops themselves....

begin to despair, and are threatening to resort to violence when the balloting begins. Governor Roosevelt was pelted with eggs at Elmira on Monday, and even Mr. Chauncey Depew,...

on Sunday which should when the Chambers meet produce prodigious excitement. He de- clared open war upon the religious Associations of France. He affirmed that they had replaced...

principal of which is a duty on successions, probably as a substitute for the hated Income-tax, and of strong and obviously sincere declarations that the Government intend to...

Francis Ferdinand, to the Countess Chotek, has raised a serious question as to the succession to the Hungarian throne. The party of M. Kossuth, which favours independence,...

modest appeal for funds to prosecute their explorations in Crete addressed to Wednesday's Times give a remarkable summary of the splendid discoveries already made at Knossos and...

letter from a military correspondent on military officers' expenses. This writer says that the cost of living in a regiment has been greatly increased by the reduction in the...

in an unexpected win for the Unionist candidate, Mr. J. G. Wason, who was returned by 2,057 votes as against 2,017 recorded for Sir Leonard Lyell. Commons is now made up as...

Milner. Born in 1823 in Anhalt-Dessau, then a centre of much cultivation, and the son of a considerable poet, the young German learned everything, and finally, after acquiring...

Thursday, and at the hour of going to press the results issued show a return of 301 members who may roughly be called Moderates and Conservatives, 270 Progressives, and 89...

of the C.LV. in last week's issue, we may point out that Lord Roberts, who knows best, gave them a testimonial in his parting address that fully justified our reference, and...

New Consols (21) were on Friday 981.

SIR ROBERT HART ON CHINA. E can see no reason for the suspicion, or even contempt, with which Sir Robert Hart's paper in the Fortnightly Review for November on the explosion in...

at Toulouse announcing and explaining his pro- gramme for the immediate future with the deepest regret. We honour his Ministry for the courage with which it has defied the...

I T is unlikely that any one who witnessed the sight in London on Monday will ever forget it. The return of the City Volunteers was made the occasion of a demonstration of...

1 LTHOUGH there is some variation between the accounts of the scenes in the streets on Monday evening, there seems to be no doubt that the great popular festival in honour of...

came to England a thorough German, knowing little or nothing of the English language ; and, without ceasing to be a German to the day of his death, he also became an excellent...

I N Voltaire's preface to his Marialnne there is a passage remarkable alike for its just appreciation of the splendidly tragic character of the argument, and for the fore-...

M R. H. C. BEECHING in the very temperate and able paper on the cleavage between the clergy and the laity of the Church of England which he calls " Religio Laici," and publishes...

I N the Vision of the Lots and Lives, when the souls chose their careers on a fresh register before taking another chance in the world above, Ulysses chose that of a...

for thirty-eight years, and having made a special study of China's history and mode of government, I think it extremely improbable that the Chinese Government either can or will...

do not care to express an opinion on the advisability or inadvisability of erecting a statue to Sir Ralph Abercromby at Aboukir, but I am unwilling to allow to pass without pro-...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECFATOR.1 - SIR,—Your interesting paragraph upon the new capital of China in the Spectator of October 27th is capable of two interpretations. You say...

SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY'S MONUMENT. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") 312,—Perhaps you will allow me to supplement the editorial note appended to the letter of your...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your article on "The Fiscal Outlook" in the Spectator of October 27th you write : "They cannot, we think, raise the Income-tax,...

THE "SPECTATOR."] Stit, — It was no doubt in Italian, and not in Greek, that Mr. Gladstone addressed the inhabitants of the Ionian Islands. When I was at Corfu a few years ago...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Stn,—Having noticed that Mr. Merivale ' s translation in the Spectator of October 20th from the Norwegian of a poem called" The English...

THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—In your article (Spectator, October 13th) on the im- portance of speed to commerce you said nothing of the speed of our English goods trains, but the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] sra,—May I draw attention to the way in which a word in our language appears to have changed its meaning entirely in the course of one...

EMILE LOITBET. 0 . ER thee no eagle spreads her vanes The idle crowd to awe : The true Imperial bird, that reigns By right of beak and claw. No hero nor no King in thee Thy...

OP TUB "SPECTATOR."] Sin, — The German Emperor has been pleased lately to speak of England as a " Germanic " nation. The term is inappro - priate. We are not Germans. The...

MR. MORLEY ON CROMWELL.* MR. MORLEY prefaces his Cromwell with an apology for writing it. No apology is ever needed for a book with a character of its own, which offers its...

THE Greeks have been eagerly employed for more than a century in the patriotic task of destroying their national language and literature, in order to substitute brand-new Songs...

" HITCH your waggon to a star," said Emerson. We have made some approach of late towards putting that counsel into practice. Our trains have long been dragged by the sun- beams...

"to Italy the beloved and beautiful, instructress of our past, delight of our present, comrade of our future," though strictly a " novel with- out a hero," rests its appeal to...

THE Nineteenth Century is a good average number, but con- tains no paper of extraordinary merit. Mr. J. A. R. Marriott's article on "Cabinet Government or Departmentalism P"...

2s.)—This is a volume in the "Library of Translation." Written by Cardinal Bona some time in the latter half of the seventeenth century (he was born in 1609, and died in...

number of what is described as an " Interdenomi- national Missionary Magazine." It recognises the work of various Churches in the great field of mission work, while it is itself...

(Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] China and the Present Crisis. By Joseph Walton, M.P. (Samp- son Low,...

Sheridan sets forth here an indictment of the policy pursued by the United States Government in the Philippine Islands. He describes himself as having gone to the Islands with a...

Son. Is. 6d.)—Mr. Worsfold, after a brief survey of "Ancient Egypt" and the " Mahommedan Conquest," takes us to what may be called the beginning of modern Egyptian history,...