ET5LL-ROARERS AND BORI.* THE long and fruitful partnership of the almost twin names Spencer and Gillen is ended at last, and this, the final volume on the native tribes of...

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fallen in some respects upon evil days. It was once almost supreme in our schools ; now it has almost to struggle for existence. But by a curious contrast the less the classics...

FEW and evil were the days of the pilgrimage of Edward, second of that name, King of England. His twenty years of failure come between the nearly forty years' reign of his...

Henry James's autobiography will seem to some readers less interesting than the first. It is • Note, of a Son and a Brother, By Henry Janice. London: Macmillan sad [Ia. net.]...

Corney. Vol. I. (Hakluyt Society.)—This volume of the Hakluyt Society's valuable publications is based on the records of the naval expedition despatched by Carlos III. of Spain...

Isaac Pitman and Sons. Os. net.)—Miss Garnett gives a readable account of the modern Greeks, their governmental system and social habits. It is interesting to note, in her...

Maitland. (F. Griffiths. 10s. 6d. net.)—After giving a brief historical introduction, Mr. Maitland describes the natural features, the population and industries of Chile. His...

Schreiner (T. Fisher Unwin, 2s. net), we note the author's opinion that in future wars women may play a leading part as managers of the commissariat department and inspectors of...

6d. net.)—Mr. Moore boarded that wonderful train, the Orient express, as a Times correspondent on his way to Turkey and Persia. When he returned he brought with him some...

C. Fernald. (Funk and Wagnalls. Ae. net.) —This dictionary, abridged for popular use from the New Standard Dictionary of the same publishers, has many good features. The best of...

Indian Finance and Currency. By M. de P. Webb. (P. S. King and Son. 2s. 6d.)—Mr. Webb, who is the Chairman of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce, in 1911 entered upon a campaign...

" W. E. C." has taken up Dickens's pen and completed The Mystery of Edwin Drood (J. M. Ouseley and Son, 2s. net). We note that Jasper was the murderer and came to a fitting end;...

Fisher Unwin. 6s. net.)—Mr. Money's new volume of essays deals with various phases of the industrial problem. Some of his remarks are a little surprising, as when be infers an...

at the London and County Printing Works, Drury Lane, W.C.; and Published by JOHN BAKER for the "tairscraroa" (Limited), at their Office, No.1 Wellington str:et, in the Precinct...

investment of Antwerp. The concrete emplacements of the great guns which they have brought up to destroy the out- lying forts have apparently hardened sufficiently for work to...

Times, says that the outlying forts are still entirely undamaged. The report that two of them were silenced was due, it seems, to the fact that they had reserved their fire....

of forts can be taken, the Germans will be able to advance their big guns sufficiently near to drop shells into the city. If, however, the people of Antwerp keep their nerve,...

T HERE is no great change to be chronicled in the western theatre of the war. The Germans still stick with splendid courage and tenacity to their trenches, but the...

dis- tinctly good. The Petrograd correspondent of the Times sends to Friday's paper a most interesting account of the attempt which the Germans lately made to force the passage...

on the whole distinctly favourable, quick results must not be expected. It must be remembered that in military as in political affairs it is a comparatively easy task to...

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Thursday morning. H.M.S. Cumberland,' Captain Cyril Fuller, has captured no less than nine German liners (eight belonging to the Woermann Line and one to the Hamburg- Amerika...

been congratulating Lord Roberts on his eighty-second birthday. His vigour, physical, intellectual, and moral, is marvellous. In spite of his years, he is able to give an...

had actually landed at Marseilles. The Times correspondent in an undated letter or telegram describes the historic event in stirring terms:— " The haze that betokened s hot...

by the King to greet the British and Indian troops at Marseilles. Like all the King's public utterances, the two messages are in every way worthy—simple, dignified, gracious,...

as to the total sum of German casualties. It is clear that they are very much greater than the official returns acknowledge. The best way to estimate them is by our own. These,...

more British steamers in the Indian Ocean. The crews were transferred to a fifth captured ship and sent to Colombo. The total value of the four ships, apart from their cargo,...

down their illusions. Mr. Roosevelt was at one time a special favourite not only of the Kaiser but of the whole German public. Nothing was too good for him. He was loaded with...

South-West Africa, was occupied by the South African Defence Force on Saturday, September 19th. The expedition anchored off the town on the previous evening and demanded its...

of steamers discharged their cargoes, and how the perfect equipment of the men won the admiration of all who saw them :- "Not the least extraordinary feature of this wonderful...

is translated as follows :- " I look to all my Indian soldiers to uphold the Izzat of the British Raj against an aggressive and relentless enemy. I know with what readiness my...

would give a great impetus to recruiting in Ireland. We most sincerely hope that this forecast will prove true, though up to now the indications can hardly be described as...

Almroth Wright on typhoid fever, dysentery, and septic infection among the troops. The mortality from those diseases is frequently greater than from wounds. In the Boer War...

in Dublin, having with him on the platform the leaders of the Irish Nationalists and delegates from the Irish Unionist Alliance. In the morning a cave of the National Volunteers...

war which forty-two of the leading theologians of the United Kingdom, including the two Archbishops, have drawn up in answer to the manifesto of German theologians. The...

speech to a great meeting called to set about the formation of a Welsh Army Corps, for which the consent of Lord Kitchener has been obtained. He said that under conscription...

of the German Emperor's Army Orders of August 19th, in which a particular reference was made to Sir John French's Army. The words are as follows :— "It is my Royal and...

ment in answer to the German imputations that Britain or France would have violated Belgian neutrality if Germany had not done so, and that French and British troops actually...

of articles by a subject of a neutral Power who has spent some time with the German Army in Belgium. The German infantry, as be says, is not used like the infantry of other...

Wedgwood, M.P., about the effects of a European war, which it published in 1911. Among the predictions were these : a rise in the Bank Rate to almost any figure; a run on the...

Aug. 8th.

THE WAR OFFICE AND RECRUITING. W E have often had occasion to criticize the War Office. That makes it a special pleasure to be able with perfect sincerity to testify in their...

S INCE the Government have omitted to make use of what we may term the home-boarding scheme for recruits, but now merely send the men away without, as far as we understand, even...

C PiTILIANS who have made no special study of war ask why soldiers attach so much importance to the offensive, and why it is always assumed that the attackers must overthrow the...

I N his fine recruiting speech at Cardiff on Tuesday Mr. Lloyd George incidentally praised the voluntary principle at the expense of the principle of compulsory service. He said...

I N her tale, The Story of a Short Life, Mrs. Ewing remarks that the best defence of a military camp in the hearts of its defenders is that it is a camp—" military life in...

W E all admit pretty often that we do not know what to believe. On the other band, most of us think in our hearts that we do almost always know whom to believe. We have not, so...

an army during time of war ; and it is possible that to that task we may add the process of creating an industry. Mr. J. W. Robertson-Scott, who has written much on agri-...

[To THE EDITOR Cr TIM "Eirscriroz.'] Sin,—Yon devote nearly two pages of your journal to an article consisting mainly of abuse of some of my colleagues in the Union of...

THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SHIP. [To THE ED1708 OW THJI " SPECIATOE,,n SIR, — Yours readers may be interested to know of the arrival last week of the American hospital ship ' Red...

L TO nit EDITOR or 1111 " SPICTATOL.1 Sie,—A thousand thanks for the stern and faithful article dealing with Messrs. MacDonald and Co. It will scotch their efforts, though I...

in his letter to you makes a definite appeal to those who happen heretofore to have sup- ported certain views that I have expressed, may I be allowed a line or two to deal with...

[To THE EDITOR OP TIER "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—The following elegant extract is taken from last week's Labour Leader :- "•CRUCIFY HI11f2—Says the Church Times: 'If Mr. Ramsay...

[TO TEl EDITOR OP THR " Spwriroa."1 SIR, —Too much importance must not be attached to the in- discretion of the Irish-American Mayor of Boston in lending the historic Faneuil...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—No more useful service can be rendered the country at the present time than the maintenance of employment. It is generally admitted...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, —By many the ruthless manner in which war is being waged by the German armies is attributed to a moral degeneracy brought about by the...

[To TIM EDITOR OP TEM "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—At the outset of the war, when those who were not already away en vacances made haste to quit the city, the two English chaplains...

[To THR EDITOR Or TAM "FirseTAT0s..1 Sin,—As a reader of your paper for many years, I write to say that, in my opinion, the suggestion of the High Sheriff of Surrey to give a...

[To THE EDITOR Or T111 " SPzorrroa.") Sis,—Although at present there is happily less unemployment than was feared in the first days of the war, it may not be amiss to point out...

[To TER EDITOR OF TER "SPECTAT01....] SIR,—I think you may be interested in the roll of honour of men on active service connected with St. James Presby- terian Church, Wood...

[To THE EDITOR or THZ "SPECTATOR. - ] Sin,—Your article in the issue of September 26th called " Hut Hospitals—a Red Cross Suggestion " will, I hope, be taken up by the...

I To ma EDITOR OF THR "SPECTATOR.") think the enclosed extract from the manifesto issued by Mr. Sweetman (a prominent member of the Gaelic League and Vice-Chairman of the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR., —The subjoined Latin rhymes are from a note in Mr. 0. G. Leland's translation of Heine's Pictures of Travel. Whatever may have been...

[To THR EDITOR Or " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—In thanking you for your kind mention of "Answer the Call," might I trespass so far on your space as to say that the song is being sold by...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the rims therein expressed or with the mods of...

Colquboun's letter in the Spectator of September 19th, that the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies has not turned itself into "another bureau, committee, or corps,"...

JENA OR SEDAN?* HFRR BEYERLEIN'S story, of which the purpose was to suggest that the German Army was heading for a Jena rather than for a Sedan in its next war, was published...

A CALL TO ARMS. [This hitherto unpublished poem by Tennyson has been most kindly sent to Ta by the present Lord Tennyson. It has been adapted to a melody by Emily Lady...

IN his new book Mr. Stephen Graham tells the story of his voyage to America with a number of Russian emigrants, and his subsequent experiences as a tramp in various States,...

WAVE of new interest in child-study, inspired directly or indirectly by Mule. Monteseori, has recently pasted over us on this side of the Atlantic). That this interest has...

PROFESSOR BALI:II - six has written an important book upon a very obscure and difficult aspect of constitutional history. The early history of the body which exists to-day as...

few, if any, so well known and appreciated in England as M. Guyot. He carries the prestige of an ex-Cabinet Minister, and, as a Free Trader in a Protectionist country, he...

THE Nineteenth. Century leads off with an article by Mr. J. A. R. Marriott on " The Logic of History." Taking for his text Mira.bean's dictum, "La guerre eat l'industrie...

THE RISE AND GLORY OF THE WESTELL-BROWNS.• LORD JEFFREY, to judge from his famous onslaughts on Southey and Wordsworth, would have unhesitatingly con- demned both the theme and...

the country's determination to see its noble cause triumphant. Kaiser or Christ I (James Clarke and Co., ls.) is a collection of six admirable sermons preached in this behalf by...

note What Every Private Soldier Ought to Know on Active Service (Polsue, 2d.), in which Lieut.-Colonel Sir F. Ponsonby has jotted down some very practical hints to the novice in...

[Notice in this column (loos not nocsasarily prschals sub/sped scrim] The War Lord. By J. M. Kennedy. (F. and C. Palmer. 7d. net.)—This handy and interesting collection of...

6s.)—This story of an artist's life in London is cleverly written, but rather, we should judge, at second band than from any intimate experience.—The Belfry. By Margaret Baillie...

have always wondered what kind of people live in those few private houses still standing, with a pathetic air of isola- tion, among the big offices and warehouses of that part...

issuing a series of " Oxford Pamphlets," in which members of the University deal with subjects bearing on the great war. The first numbers include The Germans, by C. R. L....

Archbishop of Canterbury, contains a collection of "hymns of war and peace." These range from Milton and Bunyan to Mr. Kipling and Mr. Newbolt, and the value of the little book...

the hospitality of the Rifle Clubs and learning to shoot straight—just in case they may be needed—that there should be a large public for Mr. Middleton Hall's admirable Hints on...

: Northern Chronicle Office. 5s.)—A great part of this volume will be a sealed book to those who have not the Gaelic, in which language the author has collected many poems which...

6d. net.)—The author of this clearly written and well-illustrated volume aims at meeting the wants of readers "of average general knowledge, but without special sanitary...

speeches and poems in connexion with the war, clearly printed, at ld. each. These include Mr. Asquith's speeches at the Guildhall and in Edinburgh, Mr. Lloyd George's speech at...

R. Crosby. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—This manual deals with the insects which attack various fruit-crops in the United States. It was begun by the late Professor...

Bain- brigge. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 6s. net.)—This book is " an endeavour to gather together in a compact form some of the beautiful and elevating thoughts which ought to...

S. J. Truscott. Vol. I. (Macmillan and Co. 18e. net.)— Mr. Trnscott'a object in making this excellent version of a well-known German work on applied geology was twofold- "...