MARTIAL.* THOSE who devote themselves to the classics should be greeted with kindliness and sympathy by all who frequent the old authors ; and it is surely commendable to spread...

LONDON: NOVEMBER 4th, 1911.

Wu expected to find so little to agree with in Mr. Hyndman's autobiography that it was with real pleasure that we came upon a passage in the Preface which expresses with the...

Ix is to the advantage of his readers that Mr. Savage does not strictly observe the limitation of his title. It is to Irish libraries that his first chapter is given. While our...

" I should be glad if I could rewrite the book," but "my University engagements leave me now no leisure," and so be has "put some of the reflections suggested by the subsequent...

MR. CHILDERS is still, as ever, bent on proving the futility of the arme blanche and on exposing the dire effects on the training of cavalry which are caused by its retention....

MB. STOKES here tells again, in a clear, judicial fashion and with every detail which can deepen its horror, one of the most dreadful stories in the annals of European crime....

THERE was very little likeness, on the whole, between Louis XVI. and his brothers and sisters. The Comte de Provence, clever and cunning; the Comte d'Artois, agreeable and...

RISEN FROM THE RATINGS.* SOME years ago in a short story Mr. Gleig gave us consider- able entertainment by making an " A.B." pose as someone in a different station of life; now...

Da. HORTON has done a very difficult piece of work in quite an admirable way. Difficult we call it, because a writer wlio deals with this subject, while taking into account...

Ma. LANG, whose prefaces have only one fault, that of being too short, gives us a most appetizing bill of fare of the feast provided for us by Mrs. Lang and himself. He even...

Platt. (G. G. Harrap and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—The introduction to this volume will give young readers a useful outline of early Border history and, moreover, an interesting one....

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" Story of 1745," though it can scarcely be reckoned among Mr. Leighton's most successful efforts, is a sufficiently brisk tale. It might even have been more effective without...

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W E have dealt with the chief events of the week in Tripoli in our leading columns. Here we need only add that Friday's news is exceedingly meagre, but such of it as there is...

for the next few months, be content to hold the ports and coast line strongly and at places where their troops can be easily fed and watered, organizing meantime a few very...

demonstrated in Tripoli. Not only has it been effectively used for purposes of reconnaissance, but the Times corre- spondent, in a message dated November 1st, states that four...

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of the Italians on the Arab population of the oasis. Though admitting to the full the provocation offered to the Italians, and also the danger to which they would have been...

put in Parliament to Sir Edward Grey, in regard to which he displayed such strong disapproval. We congratulate him upon his courage and good sense in this matter. It would have...

LITERARY SUPPLEMENT.

the matter must be looked at in the big. Here, undoubtedly, France has scored. The position of absolute paramountcy accorded in Morocco, a position which makes Morocco, except...

the forces of constitutional revolution are working. The Times correspondent, telegraphing on Thursday, tells us that the situation is now as follows : " The Throne is crushed...

House of Lords on Tuesday. Lord Haldane pointed out that it pro- vided an almost complete code of Copyright law, that it provided for international copyright, and that it laid...

when Mr. Lloyd George replied to his critics. He said that if there were to be approved societies they must be given the right to select their members ; and it followed that...

the Franco-German negotiations have to all intents and pur- poses reached their end, the treaty in regard to the exchanges of territory in Africa having been initialed late on...

his feet. We believe he is to be trusted to act in the best interests of China, for besides being a far-sighted statesman he is a sincere Chinese patriot. If the revolutionaries...

the closure resolutions during the week. On Friday week and on Monday the discussion as to the constitution of approved societies was continued. On Tuesday Clause 32 was...

the National (late Veteran) Reserve. On the whole the Regulations are satisfactory, and a great advance on those which they supersede. They recognize in the first paragraph...

acting as a restraining influence on the military, but it will insist on the removal of all the Manchu prerogatives, including military control and the disbandment of all the...

Settlements was held at Oxford yesterday week. Lord Selborne in a lively speech dwelt on the lack of enterprise shown by the best men at Oxford to-day as compared with thirty...

though the County Associations will frame their own rules for the formation and organization of the Reserve, the names on the registers are to be classified as follows:— (a)...

the nature of the asset which has been presented to them by the voluntary patriotism of the old soldiers and old volunteers of the country. Class (a) we venture to say, will...

Sept. 21st. Consols (21) were on Friday 794—Friday week 78k.

article on "Problems of Admiralty" in the issue of Friday week, returns to the question of the expense to parents of the new system of naval training. While strongly demurring...

however, no one who is interested in the formation of the Reserve should press objections in regard to details. The essential thing is to go forward with the work of forming the...

Secretary announced the Government's intention of omit- ting from the Coal Mines Regulation Bill the clause that forbids the employment of women at the pit brow. This provision...

use and not for show in case of the invasion of these islands, leave great elasticity as regards its use. In our opinion, however, there can be no doubt that if the enemy landed...

was held this week at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street. Mr. Collison, who presided, welcomed the delegates in a vigorous address, in which he declared that they did not only...

THE WAR IN TRIPOLI. N EWS received during the past week shows that the war in Tripoli has not, for the time, been going well for the Italians. Repeated and determined attacks...

the Home Rule Bill raised by the forecast in the Daily News offers anything but an edifying spectacle. The Daily News sticks to its guns and declares in effect that its "utline...

T HE rebellion in China has already produced the results which from the first seemed inevitable to all sound judges, and, whatever may be its final outcome, we can confidently...

A S the Insurance Bill proceeds on its way through the House, large masses of it being swallowed without debate or discussion, it is almost impossible to form a clear estimate...

"But I put betting on quite another basis,' he continued, ' for am faced with the undoubted fact that millions of good Christian people, of whose Christianity there can be no...

C ROWDED audiences during the past fortnight have listened to a philosopher discoursing in a foreign tongue on a subject which is admittedly the most evasive and diffi- cult in...

S O many books have been written on shooting that it is refreshing to come across one which sums up its contents with the simplicity of Mr. Owen Jones's " The Sport of Shooting"...

MR. BALFOUR'S LEADERSHIP. [To THE EDITOR Or TEE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—I quite agree with your note, under Mr. Rowland Hunt's letter, in your issue of October 28th : " A more...

Conservative working man, to be allowed an opportunity of discussing in your valued journal the point Mr. Rowland Hunt has raised respecting the attitude of working people...

thanks and gratitude to you for your courtesy and fairness in inserting my letter, though so much against the policy and opinions of the Spectator P I am only very sorry that...

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR. "] Sm,—In a recent notice of Dr. Cunningham's small volume, " The Case against Free Trade," your reviewer referred to Mill's letters as...

Sin,—I can confirm Mr. Hunt's letter in your last issue so far as regards the feeling of the rank and file towards Mr. Balfour's leadership. I am the chairman of a con-...

Mr. Rowland Hunt's letter on " Mr. Bal- four's leadership " in the Spectator of October 28th you say : "To saddle Mr. Balfour with the loss of the three elections (1906,...

[To THE EDITOE or THE " SPECTAT011."3 Sit,—The use of a detail to defeat the principle to which its origin was due is seen in the prevalent by-law which stipulates that...

[To THE EDITOS or THE " SPECTATOli.".1 Sit,—It is seldom that I find myself out of sympathy with the conclusions of the Spectator, but I cannot help thinking that in your...

"Daily News Year Book." DEAR MADAM,—I understood from your letter, asking me to contri- bute a short statement of my views of the National Insurance Bill as it may affect the...

19-22 Bouverie Street, London, E.C. October 19th, 1911. Sir William Chance, Bt., "Daily News Year Book," 1912. DEA.S Sia,—I am sending you a proof, as desired, of the note...

OFFICE. rs, THE EDITOR OF THE g'SYzerAres."3 think that the following story may be of sufficient public interest to justify its publication. A few weeks ago I was invited by...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."I SIR,—My attention has been called to the following passage in your issue of October 21st. Your reviewer quotes it from "Behind Turkish...

I am asked what advantage will accrue to the Guardians of the Poor if the present National Insurance Bill passes into law. I take this to mean what will be its effect on...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—" The whirligig of Time brings about its revenges." The many ruined castles which one sees in these parts, blown up and destroyed by...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I have been looking in your correspondence columns for some appreciation of a sturdy champion of good causes, social and political....

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—A student for many years of the art and of the act of dying, I read with eagerness Maeterlinck's recent Essay, only, I must confess,...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — We appeal to all who possess wealth or influence in the Metropolis to come to the assistance, before it is too late, of the Council...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. ") SIR, — After more than twenty-five years in fellowship with. the Spectator I am tempted to write you my first letter, feel- ing that you...

SIR,—Your quotation in a previous number of the Spectator from Mr. Balfour's teleological criticism on M. Bergson's metaphysics was extremely interesting with the mention also...

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR. - 3 Sin, — I should like to ask whether any of your readers can suggest an exact English equivalent of the above phrase. The phrase does not...

SIE,—May I appeal to your courtesy for permission to correct two or three misunderstandings that have arisen from the letter of mine inserted in your issue of October 21st P...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR," ! Sru,—A few months back the Spectator published an interest- ing correspondence on the subject of the sale of drugs. One letter...

[To THE EDITOR OF TEN "SPECTATOR "] Sts,—If the last word on this subject has not already been said, I should like to add that no poet has shown a keener insight into the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.] Sru,—A couple of weeks or so ago some discussion appeared in your columns upon the vexed question of domestic service. Readers of that...

entitled "Ad Matrem " in the Spectator, October 14th, no mention is made of Pope's tribute to his mother, than which, excepting Cowper's, there is nothing more beautiful in our...

apology to you or your readers for quoting in full a beautiful little poem overlooked by the writer of the interesting article " Ad Matrem " of October 14th :— " There is a...

SAYS SHE. Mr Granny she often says to me, Says she, " You're terrible bold, It's you have a right to mend your ways Before you'll ever grow old," Says she, "Before you'll ever...

[To THE EDTTOR or THE "SPECTATOlt."] Siu,—One constantly hears of little white pinched faces being sent out into the country for a breath of fresh air. In this case matters...

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

[To THE Earroa OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra, — Ycru say that the manner of Lear's amusing "Epitaph '' has had many imitators ; it also had some predecessors. The. wonderful child...

THE REVIVAL OF THE BALLET.. Tax success of the Russian ballet at Covent Garden pointedly illustrates the danger of saying that anything is ended or dead as a door-nail A cynic...

THE GREEK COMMONWEALTH.* THE word " commonwealth " is one of the most beautiful words in the world. It suggests, as no other word does, just what a state, whatever its size and...

IT is well that a book on death should be short: and this essay by M. Maeterlinck is hardly longer than an old-fashioned sermon. He has condensed into it many pleasant thoughts...

the military correspondent of the Times stand in no need of recommendation to a discerning public. Under the title of Essays and Criticisms we have here, published in book form,...

in this volume two appear for the first time. One of these, "A Lady Wit," adds but little to the value of the volume. The subject is Etheldreda, third Viscountess Townshend...

Ben Kendim " to readers of the Spectator. Some of the most characteristic pieces in this little volume have appeared in these columns— notably the " Song of Rivers," " Grace...

THE Nineteenth Century opens with a paper on "The Key of Empire," by Mr. J. A. It. Marriott. After examining the case for Federal Home Rule and showing that its application to...

the very great varieties of occupation which are open to our Anglican clergyman. Not long after he had been ordained he became literary manager to the publishing firm of Cassell...

"Juggernaut" in this book is performed by the man, who marries the very attractive heroine, and then allows his literary work so completely to absorb him that her married life...

of this novel thinks it necessary to give what is in effect a warning to the reader that it is not intended for the "young person." But although this is true the book, in spite...

THE CHRONICLES OF CLO'VIS.• SHORT stories written for newspaper consumption, especially when they are as short as " Saki's," do not always stand the test of reprinting. But...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Annual of the British School at Athens, 1909-1910. (Macmillan and Co....

and Co. 6s. net.)—This is the third volume of the series which bears the title of " The English People Overseas." In the first we had the story of the American Colonies up to...

W. Rouse Ball and J. A. Venn. (Macmillan and Co. 21s. net.)—There are noticeable facts in this volume apart from any interest attaching to individual entries. First comes the...

Marshall and Sons. 8d. per volume.)—There are not a few ex-schoolmasters—possibly there are some still at work—who remember a time when class-books of English literature...

describes his book as "Im- pressions of the Country and People," and the description exactly suits it. In fact its value lies in this, that it gives impressions not judgments....

Sons. 6s.)—A picturesque story of the reign of Charles II., in which Fifth Monarchy men, buccaneers, Court beauties, and others figure.—.Essence of Honeymoon. By II. Perry...