T HE debate on the French railway strike was continued in the Chamber last Saturday amid extraordinary disorder. M. Jaures charged M. Briand with pretending to confront the '...

paper that the recent reports of a delay in German ship- building are all based on a want of information. He says that Mr. John Leyland, who professed to have "pricked the...

A butcher reduced the wages of one of his assistants, who seems to have taken unauthorised holidays as the fancy seized him. The assistant left his work, taking with him some...

most interesting survey of the naval and military position in Europe. He regards the military strength of Germany and Austria-Hungary as unquestionably superior to that of the...

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case.

M. Briand put a mild interpretation on the words quoted above ; and M. Crappi, speaking for the Radical mai- . contents, complained of the mistrust excited in him by M....

Free- Trade Hall, Manchester, convened by the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League, and presided over by Lord Sheffield. He insisted that woman suffrage was pre-eminently an...

the Cabinet. Lord Morley retires from his present post and becomes Lord President of the Council, while Lord Crewe, till now Colonial Secretary, becomes Secretary of State for...

made in Thursday's Daily Mail to the effect that before long the Government intend to split the Colonial Office into two offices of Cabinet rank. One will have to deal with the...

its special correspondent in the Philippines. He says that the Filipinos believe, or pretend to believe, that they are already fit for self-government. They regard American...

of labour troubles in the South Wales coalfield. In spite of the efforts of the Union officials, sporadic and unauthorised strikes have broken out in a great many collieries,...

the Croydon branch of the Women's National Anti-Suffrage League. While admitting that in the long run opposition to woman suffrage turned on the fundamental fact of maternity,...

political parties in Russia. The writer begins by pointing out that the only party who are opposed to the Entente with England are the Reactionaries, who are in favour of...

Viceroy and a new Secretary of State for India is, we note, spoken of with some anxiety. It is an anxiety which we do not share, for both Lord Crewe and Lord Hardinge are men of...

meeting at Guildford on Saturday last, described him grotesquely as one who saw hordes of people advancing under the banner of simple right and justice, and who knew "that he...

have sent the following most sensible opinion upon Home- rule to an Irish newspaper :— " My views have not changed as to the mischief racial division will cause in British...

on Wednesday explained what he understood by Devolution, and stated that be had the concurrence of Lord Dunraven in this explanation. He postulated, first, the maintenance of a...

bration of the twenty-first anniversary of tho University Students' Union at Edinburgh, and delivered a short but sug- gestive speeoh on the social side of Scottish University...

our readers to the admirable efforts that are being made to raise a fund for the extension of Wimbledon and Putney Commons and for saving one hundred and seventy-two acres in...

the subject of "National Service and National Character." To-day the State from a hard taskmaster bad become a wet-nurse. "Our children, as they grow up, are taught not to...

elsewhere, was announced on Wednesday. Sir John Simon received 16,673 votes, which gave him a majority of 2,766 over Mr. Johnson, who received 13,907. Although the total poll...

indignantly denying that the Irish Party had ever lowered their flag or changed their front, Mr. O'Brien at Westport was dealing faithfully with Mr. Redmond and Mr. O'Connor :—...

the Sir David Dale Memorial Lectures at Darlington. He said that in his belief, whatever the catastrophes in foreign affairs might be in this century, the most important...

Oct. 20th Consols (21) were on Friday 79—Friday week 79k.

in 72 gains for the Liberals, 4.3 for the Unionists, 35 for Labour and the Socialists, and 8 for the Independents. These figures must be regarded as only approximate, owing to...

THE POLITICAL SITUATION. I T would be idle to pretend that the Walthamstow election is anything but a great disappointment to all Unionists. It shows what South Shields and the...

A S we stated last week, we see no harm, but rather good, in the suggestion made by " Pacificus " in his letters to the Times that the present Constitutional Conference should...

have read of the resignation of M. Briand and his Cabinet with much surprise. They had watched the triumph of this strong man with a strong policy over what appeared to be, and...

connexion with the new system of land valuation to which a good many owners of property do not appear yet to be fully alive. Their appre- ciation of its importance will...

S OME people are born advocates. They will not let anything that is said against any one pass unchallenged. If we may be allowed such a phrase, they are always on the...

T HE Archbishop of Canterbury is stated to have con- trasted in a recent speech the North with the South of England, and apparently fell in with the view that the North has a...

T HE occupation of the rat-catcher seems likely to be revived. The outbreak at Freston, in Suffolk, of what appears to be pneumonic plague, both in human beings and in such...

THE £150 COTTAGE. (WITH PLANS.) WE have received so many inquiries as to Mr. Strachey's £150 cottages that we republish the letter describing the cottages in detail which we...

ESCHATOLOGY AT THE CHURCH CONGRESS. [to ?RE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—The very clever article headed "Eschatology at the Church Congress" in the Spectator of October 22nd...

[To THE Emma or rue "Spam/Tom:1 Sin,—May I take the liberty of enclosing for your perusal an extract from the Scotsman of November 1st, of which you may be able to make some...

[TO TKE EDITOR OF TEl " SPZCTAT011.1 SIR,—By way of supplement to the Bishop of Carlisle's timely words in your last issue, it may be worth while to repeat the opinion of the...

SIR, — The writer of the Epistle to the Hebrews (Hebrews vi. 1-3) mentions six things as "first principles of Chrizt." They are Repentance and Faith, Baptism and the Laying on...

Sin,—May a Presbyterian venture to put this question in another light? The only Confirmation of which I read in the Book of Common Prayer is Confirmation by a Bishop. But in the...

to expect "fair play" in con- nexion with the Spectator, and to believe that it claims no allegiance to any particular party ; but this does not seem to appear in its relation...

[To rag EDITOR OF THE "SPEcTITos.."] Sin,—It is with some rein& ance that I revert to "in Irish- man's" recent letters in your columns in which he conveyed to the readers of the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SDRCTAT011.'] SiR,—Enough of Mr. Gwynn. The correspondence invited by Mr. Gwynn's indiscretions has been most illuminating, and Mr. Cambray's letter in...

[To ms EDITOR Or THE 'SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The appointment of a German Naval Attache to Vienna seems to indicate that the Dual Empire does really intend to begin to take her Navy...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—Dives was criticised who fared sumptuously every day. Mr. Lloyd George criticises the idle rich, the constant pleasure-seekers of whom a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THY "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—In an editorial note at the foot of a letter in last week's Spectator you suggest by inference that "Welsh attacks on England and her...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTITOR.'] SIB,—While the Osborne judgment is being discussed on all sides, and the question whether it shall be repealed by the Legislature, or what is...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—In a review of Mr. Podmore's book, "The Newer Spiritualism," which, under the title "The Progress of Psychical Research," appeared in...

[To Tax EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] enclose a translation of an extract from a letter from a German boy addressed to his grandparents on joining his regiment to go through his...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your issue of the 29th ult. " Seafarer " states that be believes the reason we have bad sailors is that the conditions of life...

[TO THE EDITOR OP TEl "SPECTATOR."] SID,—In an article on Balzao published in your issue of the 29th ult. it is stated that "Mr. W. S. Lilly exhorts Republican France to...

[To THE EDITOR OP TILE "SPECTATOR."] read with great interest the article about hedgehogs in the Spectator of October 22nd. Allow me to send you the following anecdote about a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It seems to be well known beforehand that far the greater proportion of the old people in the workhouses will prefer to stay where they...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your issue of October 29th I find a review, pre- sumably sanctioned by you, of Mr. Hilaire Belloc's latest volume of essays. Among...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Sir Ralph Frankland-Payne-Gallwey's letter on Sir Charles Henry Frankland and Agnes Surriage in last week's Spectator leaves my withers...

[To TILE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your article on "The Teachings of Trafalgar" in last week's issue you quote a saying of Confucius in regard to the conduct of war....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your article of last week on subterranean passages and their uses reminds me of an incident which occurred a few years ago while I was...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—The scornful pity felt by a gardener for Darwin, who, as be toiled not neither did he spin, was thought to figure among the idle rich...

THE PERSIAN REVOLUTION.* No Englishman but Professor E. G. Browne, the Sir Thomas Adams Professor of Arabic at Cambridge, could have written this book. None but he could have...

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 anode of...

SIR,—One summer evening many years ago I was standing in an old rickyard when suddenly a hen leaped out of an adjoining bed of stinging-nettles where she had stolen her nest in...

THE "SPECTATOR."] Six,—In connexion with the cases of plague in Suffolk, let me say that this Society has lately published an illustrated pamphlet on "Plague in India, Past and...

LTo THE EDITOR OF TRE "SPECTATOR."1 Sne,—I am very sorry to see in last week's Spectator that an error has been made in my protest published by you : it should have read...

LONDON. FOR me no dark, deserted lane With muddy footprints, leafless banks, But shops that shine the more for rain, The friendly, flashing window-pane, And watchful cabs in...

THE Constitutional crisis of the past year has produced a full harvest of works on the problem and its solution. Mr. Wontner's useful treatise on the history of the Lords with...

WE° has not felt a pang of regret for the fate of Cleopatra P She has been plunged into an oblivion from which she can never return by the same hand that has made her name...

some years on an edition of the Agamemnon for the Cambridge University Press, but he did not live to complete it. Here we have what he aCtually accomplished, the opere in medic)...

Dn. Emox, of Harvard University, has published in the form of a little brochure two lectures delivered in 1909 on Trade- Unionism and Capitalism. The views expressed are such as...

THE new Nineteenth. Century opens with an article on "The Constitution in Writing," by Professor J. H. Morgan, who laments the neglect of the study of comparative Constitu-...

THESE sketches, which were written in the course of the last year, are in reality little else than pages from Tolstoy's diary. They describe the incidents of his daily life,...

HO WARDS END.* THERE is no novelist living on whom one can more confidently rely for unexpected developments than Mr. Forster. Surprise, whether consciously or unconsciously...

and Co. 6s.)—Harry Ayres, who is described as "a modern Canadian," comes over to the Old Country and sees not a little that astonishes and grieves him. He makes the acquaintance...

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Clarendon Press. 23. 6d.)—Mr. Parr has written an excellent introduction in which he puts before us very clearly Carlyle's central thought, and makes some instructive special...

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CARDINAL POLE.* THERE are some characters who enjoy in histories all the advantage of a blameless reputation; and authors of different parties, who are at variance in other...

Is' the readers of A Quaker Post - bag feel any curiosity as to the character of Sir John Bodes, to whom most of the letters are addressed, they have great reason to be grateful...

THE eight volumes which we propose to notice below all deal with sport under varied conditions in different parts of the world. Let us begin with India. Very well worth read-...

serviceable as the same author's Agricultural Botany, several editions of which have been issued. In addition to describing the different kinds of bacteria and their way of...

MISS ALLEN'S History of Verona is a valuable addition to the series which began with Miss Ady's History of Milan under the Sforza. Few travellers in Northern Italy neglect to...

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TIU ROMANCE OF ASTRONOMY.* THE ar g ument from desi g n is somewhat out of fashion nowadays, but an account of astronomical facts g iven in the effective way of which Mr....

Rev. H. A. Cody, M.A. (Seeley and Co. 2s. 6d.)—In this volume we have "the Story of Bishop Bompas's Life amongst the Red Indians and Eskimo" told for boys and girls. We noticed...

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