A PATRIOTIC ROYAL HEROINE: QUEEN LOUISA OF PRUSSIA.* Two book should brii:ig the writer from Potsdam the enamelled Maltese Cross which constitutes the badge of the Prussian...

LONDON: NOTTEMBEB 3rd, 1906.

say a word in disparagement of the inquiry into the moral and mental characteristics of the Royal houses of Europe to which this volume is devoted. The author is seeking to...

WE have already spoken in terms of praise of the first volume of Messrs. Chamberlin and Salisbury's Geology, which was devoted to the processes by which the earth has been...

delightful books we have come across for a long time. The translation is spirited and excellent ; the preface and notes are just what a reader wants, and no more than he wants,...

A TALE OF THE SEA.* WE are not sure whether this book would or would not encourage a lad who bad the craving for the sea upon him,— possibly it is idle to suppose that a book...

Tan industry and patient ingenuity of insects must be a never-ceasing source of wonder to all thoughtful people, and we should be more grateful than we are to those painstaking...

Arthur Pearson. 5s.)—It is necessary, in judging of this book, to bear in mind the inexorability of the limits of space. Mr. Scott very properly includes Antarctic voyaging in...

and Co. 5s.)—Possibly some readers may say that there is more of adventure and the strenuous life than romance in the story of famous missionaries. It is, however, the...

and the proportion of fiction to miscellaneous literature is now less than it was. Indeed, the variety and scope of some of the papers must make the Girl's 0,wn entertaining to...

is a story of New Zealand as it was half-a-century ago, when the Maori troubles were somewhat acute. The great per- sonality of Bishop Selwyn is introduced with good effect, and...

received sundry old friends, so well established in public favour that it is needless to say much in their praise. The Rosebud Annual (James Clarke and Co., 3s. and 4s.) seems...

We can honestly say that there is not a dull page in this annual, for we see an illustration wherever we open the volume, and the actual number of "cuts," drawings, and...

Boy's Own is as handsome and attractive as ever, and even more remarkable than usual for the variety and excellence of the drawings and plates. The wealth of comic " cuts " is...

6d.)—The " Phantom " is pleasure, and the pursuers are people of fashion, or those who desire to be considered such. They hunt, and have theatricals, and above all play...

and C. Black. Os.)—Messrs. Black are so liberal in their supply of illustrated booke that it is not easy to keep count of them. We have no doubt, however, about the quality of...

having overworked herself, and being, therefore, ordered a change, goes to help her aunt in the country, and the aunt takes "paying guests." She has very good luck with them....

Unwin. 6s.)—Here we have what we may call "Alice in Wonderland in excelsis." A. family of children, whose father has gone as a war correspondent, while their mother is on a...

C. Black. 6s. net.)—This is one of the series of "Animal Autobiographies." It is an excellent story and well illustrated. The "Fox" begins at the beginning, his cubhood. It...

some good studies of character in these sketches of life in the neighbourhood of a Muskoka lake. Muskoka, a land of forest and lakes in Ontario, is a great holiday resort ; but...

(R.T.S. 8s. 6d.)—Mrs. Walton's stories are interesting and picturesque. For some of them we have nothing but praise. "The Honest Sceptic," in which we have Nathanael...

Lang (T. O. and E. C. Sack, Is. 6d. net per vol.), we have The Story of Sir Francis Drake, by Mrs. Oliver Elton, and The Story of Lord Roberts, by Edmund Francis Seller. Both...

(Seeley and Co. 5s.)—Mr. Hyrst rightly begins his desert eteries of twenty-four travellers and explorers with the adventures of that James Bruce who, a hundred years ago, was...

(Seeley and Co. 5s.)—Apparently there is no end to the astonishing facts that we have yet to learn about plants. Pouchet's "Universe" told us many marvels about birds and...

ON THE RELATION OF FERTILITY IN MAN TO SOOIAL STATUS. On the Relation of Fertility in Man to Social Status, By David Heron. "Drapers' Company Research Memoirs." (Dulau and Co....

Co. 5s.)—The sporting vies with the exploring element in these varied and exciting chapters, though on the whole the more serious side predominates. The variety attending...

6s.)—That fairy-tales have a strong family resemblance all of us know. Mr. Lang suggests a cause in the universal prevalence of slavery in early times. "The slave trade," he...

account of a journey, round Lake Eyre in the summer of 1901-2, with some description of the Lake Eyre basin and the flowing wells of Central Australia. The primary objects of...

History of the Planetary Systems from Tholes to Kepler. By J. L. E. Dreyer. (Cambridge University Press. 10s. 6d. net.)— The average man knows that Copernicus, something less...

The Zoological Society of London: a Sketch of its Foundation and Development. By Henry Scherren, F.Z.S. (Cassell and Co. 30s. net.)—In writing the history of the Zoological...

Noteworthy Families. By Francis Galton and Edgar Schuster, (J. Murray. 6s. net.)—Dr. Francis Galton's researches into the laws which govern the heredity of human ability have...

A Summer Ride through Western Tibet. By Jane E. Duncan. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 14s. net.)—This is one of the most delightful books of travel it has ever been our good fortune...

Makers of Japan. By J. Morris. (Methuen and Co. 12s. 6d.) —In the form of a series of biographies, to which there is pre- fixed a lucid and informing preface, this volume is a...

Seventy Years' risking. By Charles George Barrington, C.B. With a Frontispiece. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 10s. 6d.)—Mr. Barrington's first remembrance of fishing goes back to...

Chertsey Abbey. By Lucy Wheeler. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co. 5s. net.)-" Chertsey Abbey," writes Miss Wheeler, "is richer in manuscript records than in architectural...

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T HE segregation of Japanese school-children in separate Asiatic schools in San Francisco has led to an important diplomatic correspondence between Tokio and Washington. Mr....

Tuesday a reassuring telegram about the presenteondition of Russia. "Never since the outset of the revolutionary struggle has the country been so quiet, or the nation at large...

Bishops are taking extreme measures to prevent the formation of the Associations cultuelles. Warnings have been issued in many dioceses, and in particular the Bishop of...

been much discuseed . in the Press of late, while the Berlin Conference is still sitting. Roughly speaking, thete are two main views on the subject. One school . holds that the...

Boreian who are besieging Arzila suddenly found a new opponent, for Raisuli on Friday week left his stronghold with a large force for its relief, scattered the besiegers, and...

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examined at question time in regard to rifle practice in public elementary schools. He explained that, in view of the strong representations of the county authority and local...

asked Mr. Haldane whether he could state if it was intended to compel Volunteer battalions willing to train for fifteen days to train only for seven days. Mr. Haldane postponed...

when Mr. Austen Chamberlain speaks at Canterbury (we Write on Friday before the meeting) Mr. H. H. Marks is to occupy a place on the platform, and is also to address the...

of Lords during the whole week. We have dealt elsewhere with the establishment of " Cowper-Templeism" as the essential groundwork of religious instruction in our schools. This...

providing that where, in any rural parish in which there is only one elementary school, the parents of a reasonable number of children demand special facilities for religious...

the art of rifle-shooting is hot useful as a means of physical training. As a matter of fact, though not hard athletic exercise, it affords the most excellent training to the...

Cambridge on Thursday week to abolish the Senior Wranglership. Hence- forth the names in Class I., in Parts I. and II. alike, will be arranged alphabetically, and not in order...

has been captured by the police, turns Out to be a cobbler named Voigt, who had spent twenty- seven out of his fifty-iariren yeare in gaol, and was released only a few - Months...

with the discussion in Committee of the PluralVoting Bill. No amendments were carried, but Mr. Harcourt made certain concessions, such as that a model notice of selection should...

University of London, opened the library of the University, which has been recently enriched by Professor Foxwell's unique collection of books on economics, purchased and pre-...

taken in the House of Commons on Thursday, gave rise to some not very edifying explanations of their change of attitude in regard to Clause IV. by the Chancellor of the...

the Parnell Commission as having acquitted Mr. Parnell of the most serious charges made against him. They seem, how- ever, to have forgotten that the same Commission placed on-...

complete, it is evident that the Progressives have suffered very severely in the borough elections in London, and that the Municipal Reformers, the main plank of whose platform...

19th. tvohtois (21) were on Friday ES6—on Friday Week 851.

A "PRACTICALLY READY" FLEET. W HAT has happened to the leaders of the Opposition? Have they all forgotten their duty to the Navy, or are they all hypnotised by the First Sea...

HATE VER may be the, ultimate fate of the VT Education Bill, and whatever mistakes in general policy - or in detail the Lords may make in their subsequent handling of the...

O N Tuesday Russia celebrated with an orderliness which looks almost like apathy the anniversary of her first step to Constitutional freedom,—the famous Proclamation of...

T HIS week the House of Commons have continued the discussion of what we must call the most amazing legislative proposal in our recollection. The issue between the supporters...

T HE "insurrection of the children" in Prussian Poland may produce notable consequences, and must already be a perplexity both to the German Emperor and to the Roman Curia. In...

S COTT said of Dryden's " Religio Laid" that it was "one of the most admirable poems in the language," and Professor Saintsbury calls it "our best English didactic poem." Dryden...

" T O ask the President of the Board of Education whether his attention has been called to the common nursery -practioe of training large bodies of tin or wooden troops in the...

T HE annual lists of hunting establishments that are published in the sporting newspapers at this season of the year show that over four hundred and seventy packs of hounds are...

WORDSWORTH ON THE REVISION OF THE BIBLE AND THE PRAYER-BOOS.—AN UNPUB- LISHED REMINISCENCE. [To THZ EDITOR OF THR "SPICITATOR.1 Sin,••.-I have just come across the...

WANTED, A NEW PARTY. ITO TR It EDITOR or TIM -sescrxrea.1 SIR,—The question raised by "Constitutionalist" in tho Spectator of October 27th is of supreme importance to Unionist...

[To THR EDITOR 07 TER " seacrAron."] Sin,—In the October number of the Canadian Magazine the statement is made that out of the 121,000 immigrants who have come into Canada...

[To MI EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR.] Si,—Some of us regret the decision of the Government to reject Lord Heneage's amendment to secure some religious teaching in all elementary...

• IS IT ? [To TER EDITOR Or TRU " &ROTATOR:1 Sin,—So long as the principles of representative government are but dimly understood ; so long as the people as a whole accept...

[TO MI EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Neither of your correspondents, "Arnica Pauperum" (Spectator, October 13th) and " Observer " (Spectator, October 27th), appears to...

[To TRY EDITOR OF TIM "SPECTATOR:1 8174—Mr. John Murray's letter in your last issue is inform- ing. I am happy to have elicited it. But it is, I venture to say, outside my...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SLR,—The public owe you a debt for your sympathetic and helpful note to Mr. Thackeray Turner's letter in the Spectator of October 20th...

[To vas EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.") STR,—With reference to your correspondent "G. H. M.'s" letter in your last issue containing the story of Ainsworth's Latin Dictionary and...

Eorron or THE "SPECTATOR."] SaR,—Many of your readers will hear with interest that the picturesque wooden bridge over the Suffolk Stour at Flatford, which appears in several...

SIR,—I should be much pleased if "H. J. B.," whose letter appeared in your issue of October 13th, would communicate with me.—I am, Sir, &c., C. H. JONES, Captain...

CARMEN AUTUMNALE. SUMMER is gone, and faded all the roses; Swept by the wind and beaten by the rain-storms, Dead lie the fruits and flowers of the garden. Autumn has conquered....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—There seems to be much difference of opinion as to the merits of Macaulay's oratorical style. Mr. Whitty, whose book you reviewed last...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR." SIR,—I think that the following letter from a Winchester scholar early in the eighteenth century may interest many of your readers, both...

THE HOHENLOHE MEMOIRS:I. [FIRST NOTICE.] THE Hohenlohe Memoirs are the disjecta membra of an autobiography which the subject of it never lived to write, and however much they...

LTO THE EDITOR Or Tug SPECTATOR:] SIR,—May one enter a protest in your columns against the increasing use of this ridiculous word in the daily Press Unless the mould in which...

"is humorously described as the tendency of the rural population towards large towns, being really the tendency of water to flow • Land Roform, Occupying Ownership, Peasant...

himself with imaginary commonwealths, has brought his mind back to the present and the tangible, and has written a study of the American people. Another brilliant writer has...

THE LADY ON THE DRAWING - ROOM FLOOR.* THERE is an elusive quality about the work of Miss Coleridge which hardly admits of being tested by the rough-and-ready methods of the...

A CHILD'S STORY-BOOK. Polk Tales from Tibet. Collected and Translated by Captain W. F. O'Connor, C.I.E. Worst and Blackett. 6s. net.)—From out of the secret recesses of Asia,...

With Lord Methuen in South Africa. By W. S. Gaskell, (H. 3. Drane. 6s.)—We do not know that there is anything' particularly striking or novel in Mr. G-askell's notes on the...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not beefs reserved for review in other forms.] A Register of the Members of St. Mary Magdalen College„ Oxford....

Ada Cambridge" would have been well advised if she had given her readers some sort of notice that the scene of her novel was laid in Australia. As it is, the book thoroughly...

Co. 6s.)—Mr. Marion Crawford has done his best to make his theme—an account of a roman a trois—inoffensive to English readers. The struggle which the heroine, Maria di...

Those readers who will rejoice to think that Mr. Grier has returned to his romances of South-Eastern Europe will be more than a little disappointed to find that after about six...

3s. 6d. net.)-We should be sorry to let a book that must have cost its author an immense amount of labour pass without notice. Nor have we any doubt that, as Archdeacon Wilson...

year of bookselling (reckoned from October to June) was, we are told, a busy one, though few books of great importance-as importance is reckoned in this matter-were brought...

Notes, and Glossaries, by Frederick Victor Dickins. With a Volume of Translations. (Clarendon Press. 12s. 6d. net per vol., or 21s. net for the two.)-The intro- duction supplies...

have the second and concluding volume of The Shepherd of Hermes, by the Rev. C. Taylor, D.D. It contains the "Simili- tudes," with an interesting appendix on Hermas's references...

41.M. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s. 6d. net.)-After a preliminary chapter on "Literature as a Means of Social Expression," Mr. Gordon proceeds to analyse very carefully the references...

and Stoughton. 10s. 6d.)-Dr. Beet's volume puts much into a comparatively small compass. His position may be defined as that of the liberal orthodox. He will not accept the...

(Bemrose and Sons. 42s. net.)-Mr. Jeayes has done this work for Sir H. H. Bemrose. Sir Henry has a large collection of his own; when it was known that they were to be...