Kings and Queens who bad been crowned at Konigsberg. In particular he dwelt on the example of Queen Louise, who never doubted of the future of the Fatherland when even statesmen...

way, which is devoted solely and alone to the prosperity and peaceful development of our Fatherland. But in this work I need the co-operation of each one in the country, and to...

explanation by explaining the speech himself. The words taken to express a literal claim of divine right bad meant only that he considered himself "an instrument of the Lord."...

.T HE German Emperor, who has 4:)een making a tour of the eastern provinces of Prussia, delivered on Thursday week at Konigsberg a remarkable speech, in which he seemed to claim...

thing for Roman Catholicism in France by suppressing in its present form the Roman Catholic democratic organisation known as Le Salon. Le Salon is almost entirely the creation...

case.

Sunday, discussed the policy of - his party towards Home-rule, the Conference, and the Budget. Never in their lifetime did the cause of Home-rule stand in so favourable a...

-tinder which Japan annexes Korea. The country is to be known as Chosen. The rights of extra-territoriality hitherto enjoyed by foreigners in Korea are abolished. This makes the...

county, and addressed two meetings of the " All-for- Ireland" League on Saturday and Sunday. At Ballina he suggested the appointment of a jury of honour, six men from each side,...

paper that Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian Premier, speaking at Nelson, said :—" The cardinal feature and outstanding principle of the tariff is British Preference, and so...

voluntary principle most loyally as long as he felt able to do so. He has worked extremely hard to make the Territorial scheme a success, but he has to admit at last that the...

ia Thursday's Times to a letter from the Rev. A. J. Carlyle supporting the Labour attack on the Osborne judgment. While crediting Mr. Carlyle with a sincere desire to improve...

with excellent spirit has come to take part in the Army manceuvres. The regiment is the Queen's Own Rifles of Toronto, and is commanded by Sir Henry Pella* who, we understand,...

making tour in the Western States. The bosses of the "Old Guard" are looking on with much alarm while Mr. Roosevelt denounces them before rapturous audiences. Meanwhile Mr. Taft...

the new number of the National Review by Lord Esher on "The Voluntary Principle." After examining the state of the Territorial Army, Lord .Esher says "The facts are before the...

Oxford, based on the reports of committees appointed by the Hebdomadal Council, were issued by the Clarendon Press last Saturday, with an Introduction by Lord Curzon, the...

Desbleds appears in Wednesday's Times. He notes their great superiority over captive balloons for reconnoitring and range-finding, and emphasises the moral effect that...

only briefly mention that of Sir H. Llewellyn Smith, the Permanent Secretary of the Board of Trade, on insurance against unemployment. Excluding from insurance the unemployment...

on Monday, and on Tuesday Sir J. Crichton. Browne delivered the Presidential address on "Food and Fish Supply." After acknowledging the valuable services performed by the...

which opened at Sheffield on Wednesday, was delivered by Professor Bonney. Confining himself to the branch of science of which he has made a lifelong study, Professor Bonney...

William James, Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. Originally a student of medicine, he taught comparative anatomy and physiology for several years at Harvard before...

an optional subject, and to substitute an Entrance Examina- tion for Responsions. Suggestions are made to meet the case of poor students by the reduction of College expenses,...

June 9th. Consols (2i) were on Friday 80I—Friday week 81.

THE GERMAN EMPEROR'S SPEECH. T HE German Emperor has evidently become restive under the self-denying ordinance which he was persuaded to lay upon himself after the "Chancellor...

T HERE is no abatement in the storm of letters pouring into the daily Press in protest against Mr. Lloyd George's land inquisition. People who never troubled to study the text...

good sense of the proposals for reform in the University of Oxford, which were issued by the Hebdomadal Council to Con- gregation last Saturday, is that they satisfy the...

MHE kingdom that came into existence last Sunday is new in nothing but the name. Montenegro has been an independent Power for more than five centuries, and has maintained that...

w - HEN Shakespeare wrote "As shy, as grave, as just as Angelo," shyness must have meant reserve. Since then the original meaning of timidity has been more apparent in its use,...

ATR. W. S. JACKSON, who writes in the new number of the Nineteenth Century, thinks that English caricature languishes for want of vehemence and anger, and he sighs for another...

MOTOR WARSHIPS. [To raz Eorros Or TEM "SrEcrAroit."] Sra,—Your "News of the Week" paragraph on this subject last week justly describes recent comments in the Press is...

O VERHEAD is our English sky of cloud and gleam. English, we say, because of the word as well as the thing. "Sky" we call the great dome, a word that has nothing to do with the...

BATTLESHIPS AND BATTLE-CRUISERS. ao THE EDITOR OP TER "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In your issue of last Saturday " Civis " in a letter does me the honour to quote from two of my recent...

[To THE EDITOR or THE firscrwrove."] SIR,—I should be the last to deny to the man on the spot the authority that is his due, but such an authority should be well-informed. I...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] STE, - I have just returned from a motor-tour through Franco and Germany, and everywhere we found the harvest delayed by weather. In the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondent "X." last week says what a great many of us have long been thinking. In current politics we have got into a curious...

[To THY EDITOR OP THE " SPECTAT011.1 SIEC,--As an Englishman farming in the South of Ireland, I have beettmuch struck with the great slump in the wish for Home-rule among the...

[TO THY EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOILl is not necessary to appeal to Cromwell in order to find convincing arguments against granting Home-rule to Ireland. In these days people may...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") SI11, — Your correspondent, Mr. P. Villiers Stuart (Spectator, August 27t13), is very unfortunate in citing Lord Dunra.ven as an authority...

[To THZ EDITOR Or THE "SrzorATos."] SIR,—My attention Las been drawn to a letter written by Mr. Gaymer (Spectator, August 13th) criticising the action of the Gladstone League in...

[To THZ EDITOR OP THE " SPECTAT011.") Sra,—It would admittedly be easier and more convenient to figure money values, weights, and measures in tens and in multiples and parts of...

experience in reply to the letter on this subject in the Spectator of August 13th ? It is now twenty-- one years since we abolished the English weights and measures in our...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—In your issue of August 13th the article on "The Dangers of Self-Depreciation" interested me especially. As a Canadian, I am sure I...

MONSIEUR,—Vous soutenez vaillamment lee idees anglaises, ce dont on ne doit que loner votre tenace patriotisme. Mais votre cahier du 13 du mois dernier public sans un mot de...

much to be feared that in the now notorious Archer-Shee ease the public, in their feelings of sympathy with the unfortunate victim, have to a large extent lost sight of the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.) Ste,—Last Thursday week Sir Edward Grey, speaking at Tillmouth Park, said: "In Protectionist countries we see to-day a great increase of the...

a correspondent infers that the British inch is insignificant compared with the millimetre. Probably your readers are aware that there is sitting in London an Engineering...

[To TIM EDITOI Or TDB " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—As a Territorial and Volunteer sergeant of ten years' standing I wish to protest against the systematic "crabbing "by the National...

[TO TUE EDITOR Or Tits EtracrATors.1 SIR,—In the article on this harmless, necessary animal in your issue of August 13th less than justice is done to its usefulness. If it is...

[To ma Emma Or TUE "Smcraroa.") Sra,—The controversial discussion in your columns of the affair of "The Ems Telegram" has been conducted with great ingenuity, but, unless I err,...

(To THE EDITOR Or TRIO " SPECTATOR.") SIE,—During a recent visit to Sweden I became acquainted with the Swedish name almanack, which differs from English almanacks in giving...

[TO TES Burros Or vu "SPECTATOR."] Sru,—Your correspondent, Mr. R. F. Herring, in last week's issue says : "Miss Nightingale's scene of activity was at Scutari, separated by...

[TO THE EDITOR Or TVs " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The following quotation may be interesting to you and your readers. It appears on p. 185 of a book by Dr. John Kearsley Mitchell, a...

CTo THE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOIL'l STH, — It will probably interest the readers of the Spectator to know that the University of Cambridge is taking over the oopyright and...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] would beg to be allowed to offer some general observations on the letters from Mr. 0. F. Grazebrook and "M.A. (Durham.) " on this subject in...

A QUESTION. OUT of Wharfedale up the hill Where now the motor speeds, By Oreskeld Lane I walked at night, And on and on to Cookridge height. Until spread out before my sight...

THE CULT OF INCOMPETENCE.* THAT distinguished Frenchman, M. Faguet, gives us in this small book a scarifying analysis of the defects of democracy. It is written with his...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE “sraeritoa.") Ent,—Mr. P. R. Cave is correct in every particular of his letter on this subject in the Spectator of August 27th. I travelled last week in...

"Srs., — I am very glad that you are taking up the question of the treatment of pit horses. Ill-treatment is common, and it is easy to place too much reliance on the...

&n,—With reference to Mr. Cave's letter which appeared in your issue of the 27th ult., will you allow me to say that none of our services have had to cease running owing to the...

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

PROFESSOR KERLIN'S monograph was the thesis which he submitted to Yale University for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. It is a very interesting example of a type of literary...

pre- sented to the world in an English dress, has for some time been familiar to all serious students of the evolution of archi- tectural styles, since the first volume of the...

IN 1375 B.C. Amonhotep rv. succeeded to the throne of the Pharaohs. He was the ninth King of the Eighteenth Dynasty, E. r. e an d Times of Aklataton, Pharaoh of Egypt. By...

WE congratulate Professor Mackail on the completion of what is probably the most poetical translation of the Odyssey in our language. It must have been an exhausting work, for...

THE author himself furnishes a review of this book in his frontispiece. The photographer shows him seated at a desk with pigeon-holes and drawers of all sorts and sizes, crammed...

WHEN Mr. Longford speaks of "Old Japan" be means some- thing which existed well within the memory of persons still living. A recent writer has told us that when he sat for an...

THE new Nineteenth Century reprints the admirable paper by Lord Cromer on "Free-Trade in its Relation to Peace and War," which was read before the International Free-Trade Con-...

NOT GUILTY.* Mn. NORRIS'S new novel exhibits in an acute form that discrepancy between matter and manner on which we have already had occasion to comment. The plot is crudely,...

cannot help applying to Mr. Gwynne's novel the Horatian criticism ineredulus odi. In some respects it is an admirable piece of work. The author knows Spain and the Spaniards as...

Washington, U.S.A.) — This Report deals with the budgets of German families,—income, expenditure, wages per hour and week, Ice. Let us take the last first. Coal-miners earned an...

Douglas. Edited by Charles Douglas and R. P. Hardie. (Cambridge University Press. 7s. 6d. net.)—The late Profese-cr Douglas wrote this essay as a thesis for the B.A. degree at...

padir this luadistg we notice sack Beoks s;j' tha rook as ham ail bra reserved for mane is other ferns.] Church Handbooks." We would especially direct attention to chap. 8, "The...

net.)—Professor Ashley has brought up to date in a second edition the very valuable account of tariff matters in Germany, France, and the United States which ho published six...

2s. 6d.)—In this volume we have a succinct account of English literature and English writers from the earliest down to the latest, from Beowulf down to George Meredith. Living...

Set of Sea-Comedies" is the sub-title. Perhaps we might say "farces." Anyhow, they are clever.— The Colonel's Past. By Florence Warden. (Ward, Lock, and Co. 62.)—A fairly good...

is rather an absurd story of a Duke's daughter who runs away from home and tries while working for the Salvation Army to earn her living by needlework Incidentally she converts...

net.)—Mr. Scott discusses at length the question whether the French expedition to Australia of 1800-4 had a political intention. He thinks that it had not; that its purpose was...

(The Clarendon Press. 6s. not.)—Mr. Chambers's book has had a gratifying reception. Published about this time last year, it is now in a second edition. The author has taken...

2s. 6d.)—This looks liken useful book,—one must speak with reserve of a school-book till it has been actually tried. First, we have recommendations (by the Board of Education)...

Co.) we have Surrey (2s. 6d. net), illustrated with drawings by Edmond H. New, and with photographs.

and A. J. Ker. Books I. and II. (Blackie and Son. 8d. each.)—These little books contain a series of studies in the derivation, formation, and use of words, illustrated by...

(Kogan Paul, Trench, and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—It will be sufficient to quote the title-page : "A Motoring Guide to One Hundred Mountain Passes, with 106 Itineraries, 102...

H. Munro). (Methuen and Co. 2s. 6d. net )—Fourteen out of these fifteen sketches first appeared in the Westminster Gazette, as did an earlier volume, Reginald. They are most...

Boon. 6s.)—The non-golfing reader will certainly find this book imios- sible. If he should light upon some passage which he understands, it is quite possible that he may not...

by Henry N. Hudson, LLD. (T. C. and E. C. Jack, 8d. net per volume). These are King John and King Richard II.; Much Ado about Nothing and All's Well that Ends Well; Pericles,...