6 JANUARY 1906, page 31

A Successful Failure.*

WHOEVER reads Fifty Years of Failure will make acquaint- ance with a very pleasant, cheerful book ; and are not those - the two qualities best worth having in an acquaintance P......

Modern Germany.*

WE are always glad to welcome what may be called a bird's- eye view of the conditions prevailing in Continental countries, and this must be more especially the case with regard......