[TO Tax EDITOE OF TEX "SPECTATOR. 1 SIR,-I venture to make some suggestions in reference to the article by Miss Loane on this subject in last week's Spectator. As I have acted...

[TO TXx EDITOR 0P TU " SPECTATOR."] SiR,-Miss Loane's communication in last Saturday's Spectator was interesting and helpful; but I would like to say, for the benefit of...

[To TRE EDrrOu OF Tw " SPECTATOR."] Sip,-Not one of them, not even Mr. Collier, bad got hold of him; that which placed him so high above nearly every other man was the warmth...

[TO Tuz EDITOR OF THrE SPFCTATOR."] SIR,-Against those who would venture to suggest any inter. pretation of the line, " And Love the in :ifference to be " other than that given...

[To TEn EDITOR Or muv "SPECTATOR."] SiB,-I have not the text of " In Memoriam " with me, but I thought that the phrase " the indifference to be " meant " the state of not...

A CRUX IN TENNYSON. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SiB,-Amid the many solutions of the line in Tennyson given by your correspondents I doubt if any quite hit the real...

[TO THx EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SiR,-Will you kindly allow me a small space in your columns to make some remarks, from a woman's point of view, on this discussion P I must...

R. G. DAKYNS AND T. E. BROWN. [TO Tmu EDITOR OF THX "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-It seems strange that in the many interesting articles and letters on H. G. Dakyns which have appeared...

MC ENmiO or Tm " S&CTAToN."I SiR,-Mr. Pletcher certainly shows clearly enough in the Spectator of August 26th to what depths of absurdity a Parliamentary Committee can descend...

THE RAILWAY COMFANTES AN) THE TERRITORIAL FORCE. [To TuR EDrTOR OF THU " SPECATOU."l SiR,-To those who think and know anything about such things, it is a cause of wonder why...

THE CAUSES AND COST OF SEPARATION IN FRANCE. ETo THm EwDTOu oir Tm "he CTATOL"'J Sim,-Your anonymous correspondent has done exactly wha nearly all modern opponents of the Faith...

A BABY-SCHOOL AT ROME. [To Tlz EDITOR or TEX I SPXCTATOun Si.,-In your issue of August 5th you very rightly admire the use made of little chairs for baby scholars by Maria...

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. [To TSE EDITOR or THEi " SPECTATOR-"] SIR,-In the Spectator of August 26th there is a letter by Mr. W. Fletcher which appears to require an answer. Your...

I The bitter tone of the President's address was reflected in the subsequent proceedings of the Congress On Tuesday the action of the Parliamentary Committee in inviting the...

The annual meeting of the Trade Unions Congress opened I at Newcastle-on-Tyne on Monday. Mr. Mullin, the President, cordially approved of the National Insurance Bill, which was...

The significanCe of the looting of shops at Tredegar and elsewhere in Wales has been discussed by correspondents in the Times. Mr. Jacobs acquitted the rioters of anti-Semitism...

Lord Gladstone, who is visiting Rhodesia, was entertained I at a public luncheon at Salisbury last Saturday. Addressing himself to the " Black Peril," he regretted the...

The Railway Commission has been occupied durina the week with hearing evidence on behalf of the men. The witnesses-mostly drivers, firemen, and signalmen-were p-acti. cally...

On Wednesday Mr. Will Thorne, M.P., brought forward his proposal for the establishment of a citizen army, offilcered entirely by men elected from the rank and file and free...

The Australian Commonwealth Parliament began its new I session on Tuesday. Lord Denman, the Governor-General, said that preparations were being made for establishing the...

I Dr. Russell Wakefield, who has been Dean of Norwich since 1909, has been appointed Bishop of Birmingham. The new Bishop, who is 56 years of age, is a moderate High Churchman,...

An interesting discussion on the future of the flying I machine was opened by Mr. Berriman on Monday. Dr. Shaw, who spoke from the meteorological point of view, dwelt on the...

The new scheme for reorganizing the Naval Medical Service was published in last Saturday's papers. The rate of remuneration will remain substantially the same, but with this...

I We note with satisfaction Mr. Richardson Evans's lettei to the Times of Monday on " Advertising Scenery." A marked step in the direction of controlling disfiguring...

The pressure on our space obliges us to deal very perfunc- I torily with the proceedings of the British Association. Thus we can only briefly mention Bishop Welldon's long...

I Professor A. V. Dicey contributes to the Times of last Saturday another letter on the probable effects of the Parliament Act. He prophesies that under the new conditions the...

The financial relations of Great Britain and Ireland were I dealt with on Monday by Professor Oldham, of University College, Dublin, who maintained that Ireland was paying into...

| Mr. T. W. Burgess, a Yorkshireman, wbo lives in Paris, succeeded on Wednesday in swimming across the English Channel. This feat has not been performed since Captain Webb...

THE FOOD RIOTS IN FRANCE. E CONOMIC movements are like water which, unless it Jo is prevented, will find its own level. Among all civilized countries which have cose commercial...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE TRADE UNION CONGRESS. 3HE proceedings at this year's Trade Union Congress 1 are particularly interesting as affording a reflection of the recent labour...

The Seven Edwards of England. By R. A. Patmore. (Methuen and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)-Mrs. Patmore tells us that her book is designed to give some account of the personal affairs of...

Date of the Acts and the Synoptic Gospels. By Adolf Harnacek Translated by the Rev. J. R. Wilkinson. (Williams and Norgate. I 5s. net.)-This volume of the "Crown Theological...

Early Letters of Marcus Dods, D.D. Selected and edited by his I son. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)-This is a somewhat belated I notice, as the volume with which it deals was...

Ancient Italy. By Eltore Pais. Translated from the Italian I by C. Densmore Curtis. (Cambridge University Press. ]Os. net.) I -Professor Pais has collected in this volume...

I n the " Regent Library " (Herbert and Daniel. 2s. 6d. net) we have Wordsworth, by E. Halam Moorhouse. Miss Moorhouse gives us a "Calendar of Principal Events," in which the...

I A Thousand Miles in a Machilla. By Ms. Arthur Colville. (Walter Scott Publishing Co. 10s. net.)-A. "machilla" may be described as a litter from which the passenger is...

THE JOURNAL OF JOHN WESLEY. Tis instalment of the Journal covers a period of something less than four years (June 14th, 1738-April 19th, 1742). It begins with Wesley's visit to...

MAGAZINES. LORD DUNRAVEN heads his article in the Nineteenth Century " The Need for a Re-creation of our Constitution," but though a firm believer in a complete remodelling of...

From the language used by the German Minister of Foreign I Affairs on Thursday, however, we gather that Germany will not accept the French proposal exactly as it stands....

The new agreement ought to be sanctioned by other Powers| - . . -1I . . in order to avoid all possibility of misunderstanding, and we believe that Franoe makes this suggestion....

I On Tuesday the German Emperor reviewed the German High Sea Fleet at Kiel. The Tinmes correspondent says that the fleet consisted of 26 battleships, 4 large and 8 small...

The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Protection Society lias received letters from its Organizing Secretary, the Rev. J. 11. Harris, who is travelling in the Belgian Congo. He says...

I On Tuesday the troops of the Persian Government, con- sisting of about 550 men under Yeprem Khan, decisively defeated one of the columns of the ex-Shah which are marching on...

I On Monday M. Fallieres reviewed the French Navy at Toulon amid unusual enthusiasm, and the occasion marked what might be called the revival of French naval power. After many...

NEWS OF THE WEEK. - THE tension of the Morocco controversy has unhappily T not yet been relieved, though smooth things are freely prophesied in Germany. Yet it is by Germany...

" DIDDIXIES." [TO Tim EDITOR O7 TH " SPECTATOR."I SrR,-" Diddiky"' is a Hampshire dialect word, and means aerock or a gypsy kettle.-I am, Sir, &c., I United University Club....

A TAME BARKDOOR OWL. [To mn EDnro0 ow im3w SSO R. SIB,-Mr. Williamson wilt probably find the tame owl will remain at Torphichen till next spring, when it will have other...

[To m EDnMrM OF TER "SPZCTATOB.'7 I Srn,-As your readers have had their attention draxwn to " In Memoriam " by a more competent hand, may I venture to aafor an inteLpretation...

[To TEz IginTou ow Tm1 SrzCio.]. -- - ?l Sri,-" Diddikie' is a Romany word, and bas a rather interesting derivation. It has beenformed quite recently by the genuize English...

POETRY. THE WIND-WILD WOOI} WrrT linen very white and fair They bound him-and they laid him there Beneath the rood. Beside him flamed Tall candles, which the sunset shamed, So...

THE WORD " LAMBENT.7 [To SmB EDrrOz OF TSB SPECTATOPL I Srp,-This word is often used by modern writers with curious impropriety. Properly used of the light flickering motion...

su1m CUtQUJE [TM EUM 03? 3ER BsPRcrTo.l"' Siz.~-Snrely it was Butler (of the" Aunalogy ")not Burton f the "Aaiomy") wrEffaid, "' Things are whatthey are, and their eouseqveneea...

| SOE BOOKS OF THE WEEK. I~~~~~~~~~~ [Under this h nlwe notice such Books of the wefk s here not be", IredtA for revie in other forms.] The Old Testament in the Light of the...

The Hamipdenshire Wonder. By J. D. Beresfordi (Sidgwick and Jackson. 6s.)-Mr. Bernard Shaw has made the public familiar with the idea of the superman. It remained for Mr....

Master Chrstopher. By Mrs. do Is Prastre (Lady Clifford). I (Smith, Elder and Co. 6e.)-Mrs. de la Pasture deals with one of the phases of modern life in which she delights....

Nights with an old Lag. By W. J. Wintle. (John Ouseley Ltd. 5s.)-In the "Foreword" of this collection of studies the author asks whether it was worth while to record these...

SOME BOOKS ON BOTANY AND GARDENING.* I A GREAT variety of books dealing with trees and flowering plants, botany, and gardening may be conveniently included in this review....

LONDON 4 THu story of a "fragment" of London "might possibly," says Mr. Taylor, " be got within the linits of a library." That is an emphatic way of putting it; but it...

S.ANCTUARIES.* Dia. Cox, in dealing with this very congenial subject, shows all the high qualities which we are accustomed to find in his archawological work. If he could...

TWO BOOKS OF STATISTICS.* MR. WELTON is to be congratulated on having attained his statistical jubilee. His first paper on the Census of Occupationzs was read to the...

BOO KS. - - THE CASE AGAINST FREE TRADE.* THE subject matter of this book has reached the stage of those controversies about one of which Burke wrote: " Never has a subject...

"THRAVELLERS." TIrRAVELLERS," said Pat the gardener, pausing in the LTdull routine of an unnecessary struggle with the crop of luxuriant weeds which surrounded him, " did I...

The London Citiffen' Year Book, 1911-12. (George Allen and I Co. Is. net.)-" The aim of this volume is to descrbe the work of London Government, its machinery, its cost, and...

SEPTEMBER BUTTERFLIES. A CORRESPONDENT, signing himself " S.," Las been a I little perturbed by a communication which recently appeared in the Spectator on the subject of the...

COMPULSORY EDUCATION IN INDIA. TO educate our masters was the advice of Robert Lowe T given just after Lord Beaconsfield's leap in the dark had placed the supreme power in the...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. THE FUTURE OF TRADE UNIONS. [TO ToU EDITOR OF THE " SPCTATOR."] SIR,-Trade unions are in disgrace with the nation. They have dealt themselves a heavy...

[TO Tou EDITOR OF THo "SPECTATOR"] SIR,-I find it very hard to understand how any reasonable man can defend trade unionism in principle. You, Mr. Spectator, are an advocate of...

[To TEu EDITOR 0P THU " SPECTATOR."] SiR,-The only way to put a stop to strikes of railway employees is to cease to make concessions to strikers. So long as the railway...

THE LESSONS OF THE STRIKE. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."I SIR,-The Daily Mail of August 31st contained a remarkable interview with a miners' official on the subject of the...

STATE INSURANCE AND MEDICAL PRACTICE. LTO THI EDITO03 OF TU " SPECTATORL'- Sin,-Rccent legislative proposals in connexion with State insurance against sickness disability have...

I l[To Tim Evvm0 0? m "&uclow' J Snr,-MUis Loane attaks the work of Children's Country Holiday Funds at both ends, objecting that they discourage parents in towns from doing...

TOWN CHILDREN IN THE COUNTRY. [To sn EDISOb or mx'z uSrxrou." SiR,-I think we are solving the problem of the best way At sending poor town children into the country in...

LORETTO SCHOOL.* FEW schoolmasters nowadays possess qualities which may justly be called striking or distinctive. Governing bodies and parents are alike suspicious of whatever...

THE STUDY OF CRIME.* OF these three books much the most important is the admirRble summary of Lombroso's criminal anthropology by Signora Ferrero, Lombroso's daughter, who was...

THE CANADIAN ELECTIONS. THE result of the approaching General Election iA Canada will probably determine the course of Canadian politics for many years to come. Never has there...

NOV E LS. THERE WAS A WIDOW.* THEREw are plenty of writers who can draw disagreeable characters, but there are not many who have the gift of making them interesting and...

THE LINLEYS OF BATH. HAT would not one give in certain moods for another N _ v novel by Miss Austen! Were it -within the bounds of possibility that such a treasure could come...