Port Arthur, was occupied by the Japanese, who found that, although evacuated by the Russians, it, had been only partially destroyed, the quays, in particular, being intact. The...

necessary .to await reinforcements. The intention is now avowed to move on to Lhasa; but a great stone fort must first be carried, and the Lamas and their soldiers evince...

the bare fact reached us last week, was a magnificent feat of arms. The Russian position on the dominating ridge of Nan-shan was really a fortress mounted with sixty-eight heavy...

published on Thursday some intelligence which, if correct, is of moment. He affirms that at a recent War Council it was agreed that General Kuropatkin must subordinate his own...

to Wednesday's paper a very interesting report of Lord Miler's speech at the Inter-Colonial Council which was opened on Tuesday. In summing up the statistics and Estimates, Lord...

that the transaction should not be regarded is a mere matter of profit and loss. Goodwill could . not be expressed in the terms of a treaty, but it was none the leis a valuable...

quarrel with the Italian dynasty. The King has been ! recently, at Bologna, which was within the Papal Stated, and on Saturday last the first visit paid to him at the Municipal...

and expectation in Germany. The Berlin Tageblatt, for example, observes that Mr. Balfour's reference to Germany gives a political importance to King Edward's visit which is not...

Bill in the Commons on Wednesday in . a king and able speech. He contended that though certain con- troversial points . still stood over, the agreement would greatly aid...

struggle with the Vatican. The policy of the Papacy in censuring the President for his visit to Rome hardly found an open defender in the debate which came off on May 27th, and...

of Mr. W. T. Arnold, which took place in London on Sunday last. Mr. Arnold, who was a grandson of Dr. Arnold of Rugby ; and so a nephew of Matthew Arnold and a brother of Mrs....

has had Much practical experience as a whaler, delivered a lecture at the Royal Institution on Friday week which is full of points of interest for the unlearned. The Prince...

organised by the Anglican and Free Churches and numerous Temperance associations, and attended by twelve thousand persons, was held last Saturday in the Albert Hall. Lord Peel,...

to Mr. Rowntree and Mr. Sherwell for their sane and reasonable handling of the problem of the sale of intoxicants. That debt is increased by the way in which they are now...

figures given by Mr. Rowntree and Mr. Sherwell, but we may note that now only about £275,000 a year is received from London licenses, though if London paid in the same...

misled into supporting the present Bill on the mistaken ground that it is doing justice to the publican, who is being unfairly attacked by the extreme Temperance party. What is...

Consols (2i per cent.) were on Friday 904.

felt in many quarters in regard to the approach- ing visit of the King to Kiel. It is suggested that the German Emperor will take the opportunity of his Royal uncle's visit to...

rapidly awakening the Continent to the realities of the situation. The experts there were much amazed at the victories on the Yalu, but their preconception of Russian strength...

pro- posals of the Royal Commission on the Auxiliary Forces in favour of conscription, for they died at birth. Not only has the country shown itself unwilling to consider...

contemporaries as to the position of the force at Gyangtse. In the first place, the ultimate responsibility for the safety of that force, even if considered a mere escort for'...

the objections to which it is open. It is difficult to defeat and amend a measure at the same time, and yet this is what most of its opponents are anxious to do. Ordinarily a...

has been recently published (London : Long- mans and Co., 3s. 6d. net). It takes its title from three addresses upon "The Mind of St. Peter" given by Dr. Creighton before an...

first meeting last Saturday at Oxford. The choice of the meeting-place, or, rather, the fact that the University "organised a Committee to receive the Association at its chosen...

And so much simplicity resides here among these hills; that a pen,. which could write at least; was not to be found- about the house, though belonging to a considerable farmer,...

Sih,—In the very interesting and thoughtful article on "The True 'Yellow Peril ' " in your last issue you confess to a lingering feeling in favour of Russia as against Japan...

in practice almost assuredly fall into the same questionable de- pendence on the Italian State as in early times happened in the relations of the Papacy to the Byzantine Empire....

is particularly directed to your articles on Germany and the German Emperor. Especially I studied your article, "The German Emperor's Speeches," in the Spectator of May 7th, but...

up, not to shout, but to vote against the proposed radical change in the School of Theology, I must protest against the sweeping generalisations of "Layman" and the assumptions...

voting at Oxford the other day (see Spectator, May 21st, pp. 831 and 843), (1) men who are packed like sardines on a fine summer's afternoon are inclined to be demonstrative...

the lower galleries, and saw and heard much better than any one on the floor could have done. My impression was that the principal cause of the interruption, except in a few...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—During the correspondence in the Spectator in 1900 I wrote to you as one who, not being able for several reasons to be a full-fledged...

in the day, owing to the distance separating Australia from England, I should like, with your permission, to reply to Mr.,Pwsl ford's letter in your issue of March 5th. He says,...

protesting, after reading the remarkable list of thefts cited in the letter under the above heading in the Spectator of May 21st, against the verlict that Disraeli "only used...

South' Lcmdon an the poorer parts of other English cities must rejoice at the . prospect of tliayoung men of the classes who inhabit them being released, if only for a year,...

Culmina et aeternum candida saxa sequor, Non illa aethereas vi vix exstructa sub auras Sed mage de caelo sponte caduca rear. Oft as the Maiden Mount sublime in her purity...

but at Chillianwallah it simply bolted. This is the incident which gives point to the lines, "They called us Delhi rebels,' and we answered Threes about," in Rudyard Kipling's "...

the above beading in the Spectator of May 28th is mistaken in one or two of his interpretations ? He says that the meaning of the Cornish word " roe " is valley ; surely the...

be full of disputed questions, which the exigencies of his position forbid him to clear up by the easy method of personal ex- planation. He is dependent upon posterity for his...

J. H. Buxton, who is still its treasurer :— . During 1903 our 14 inspectors attached extra animals to 17,350 over-loaded vehicles, and diminished the loads of 8,759 others ;...

the interesting article on "The Wessex 'Farmer" in the Spectator of May 7th is pazzled by the' term " Joiceman Shepherd," used of one who pastures his sheep for Pajment on other...

rose o'er his own native isle of the Ocean"? The exile from Erin, when "in a far foreign land" he awakens —i.e., in America, the Western Continent—greets the morning sun...

the pulpit, I think the following can hardly be beaten. A preacher, who was rebuking his flock for their apathy, declared that but a spark of grace remained to show that they...

altars are eternal, and whose worship is spread throughout all the nations of the earth. The greatest of these is Shakespeare. His fame needs no prophet, for it is "fixed and...

subject of Miss Jekyll's latest book lies in the angle between • Old West Surrey : Bones Notes and M*11101i61. By Gertrude Jekyll. With MO Illustrations from Photographs by...

ungrateful, task when he decided to write for this useful series a Life and appreciation of the great Jeremy Taylor. The Shakespeare of English prose and of English theology, as...

better worth attentive perusal than that of Sir Harry Johnston on "The White Man's Place in Africa." The gist of his. argument is to be found in the following important para-...

Co. 6s.)—My Preach Friends is a further collection of sketches by the author of "An English Girl in Paris." Even though the second series of a book of this sort may be...

not think Mr. and Mrs. Egerton Castle need entertain any misgiving as to the reception of Incomparable Bellairs. It is not, perhaps, so consistent or finished a work of art as...

es.) — The "town" is, of course, the "city of the scarlet gown' by that grey Northern sea which more than one writer of romance have made familiar to Southern readers. Nor do...

by Janet Penrose Ward. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 165.) — Professor Adolf Jiilicher's Introduction to the New Testament, translated by Miss Janet Ward, is by no means easy...

and Co. 6s.)—There is a great deal of charm in Mrs. Francis Blundell's story of country life in the early eighteenth century. The mystery attaching to the beautiful tenant of...

Far Eastern Impressions. By Ernest F. G. Hatch, M.P. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s. net.)—Mr. Hatch made a tour through Japan, Korea, and China some three years ago. In the course of...

6d.)—Mr. Cowen was emphatically a Radical ; but he was never dominated by that strange solidarity of disconnected opinions which the Radical sometimes exhibits. There is a...

6d. net.)—Turkey ruled Servia from 1403-1804, and, Mr. Vivian thinks, not so very badly, after all ; the country had some sort of peace and order. Then just a century ago,...

(W. Heinemann. 7s. 6d. net.)—The King who went round the world was King Kala.kaua, last King of Hawaii, and Mr. Arm- strong was one of his Cabinet. Ile tells the story of his...

— The reader will find much that ho wants to know in this volume (one of the" Little G uides " series). I fe will find a general description of the county. with a catalogue of...

—Miss May Hezlet has won the open championship twice and the Irish championship once ; hence she has the right of successful experience to speak on the subject of "ladies'...

here three lectures given to an audience of clergymen. These teachers of others could not have been better taught. Professor Sorley is a clear and logical thinker who expresses...

R. Sinker, D.D. (Dent and Co. 9d. net.)—Dr. Sinker is a very conservative critic. He accepts even the numbers of the host led by Saul against the Ammonites, though three...

have Titus Andronicus, edited by H. Bellyse Baildon.—A good school-book which we would gladly notice at greater length is The Characters of Theophrastus, edited by J. M....

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