began with an expression of his satis- faction at being enabled to show that the President was not a department of the Government "hailing Congress from some isolated island of...

I N the earlier part of the week the European situation stood at the highest point of danger reached since the war began. Writing on Friday, however, we are able to record a....

one here could be got to think about the South Slav question, but that in a couple of years' time they would be thinking of nothing else. We may now venture to say that very few...

to find compensation for the Montenegrins which will reconcile them to the abandonment of their hopes in regard to Scutari, which, it has been finally decided, and as we think...

Underwood Bill, after the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee—was introduced in Congress on Monday. Raw wool, meat, potatoes, milk, flour, boots and shoes, coal and lumber,...

that once more the United States Govern- ment is embarrassed by Californian prejudice against the Japanese. A Bill before the Californian Legislature pro- hibits aliens who are...

case.

and early in the week his temperature was so high and the action of the heart so weak that the doctors were very anxious. Rome is fall of pilgrims, and the Pope has been much...

the Marconi inquiry. At the close of Wednesday's sitting Mr. Heybourn, a jobber in the Marconi market, refused to disclose certain particulars regarding the placing in England...

for the first time. A Renter message says that in the House of Representatives 500 delegates out of 596 were present, and that the Senate numbered 177 members out of 274. A...

earnest appeal to the Government to look to our aerial defences before it is too late. We do not think the article in any way exaggerates the disquieting facts. The...

Committee during the week, but must mention one or two points of special importance- One is the interesting question put to Mr. Campbell, a member of the General Purposes...

he had not himself taken the profit which accrued from his dealings with Mr. Heybourn, but handed it over to the com- pany. It amounted to something like £60,000. He did not...

at Ilford, repeated the question which be put to Mr. Lloyd George in the House of Commons on April 1st, a question which Mr. Lloyd George dared him to repeat in public where he...

Duke of Connaught visited Woolwich. During their drive by motor-car through South London from Buckingham Palace they were continuously cheered by large crowds. During the...

when the matter is challenged (see Lord Beauchamp's speech) to imply that he did nothing wrong, and to refuse to censure him. We venture to say, however, that this is not...

that the Spectator dare not state that the Unionists ought to take the line in regard to directorships which was taken by the Liberal Ministry when they entered office. People...

Amazon Company, appeared before the Parliamentary Com- mittee appointed to inquire into the Putumayo atrocities. He put in a long statement denying that the cruelties practised...

example of the old story : "No case : abuse plaintiff's attorney." On Saturday it republished, with appropriate cross headlines, such as "pompous person," a portion of the...

tion declaring that there should be a minimum wage of at least 30s. per week for every adult worker in urban areas, and a minimum wage that would secure an approximately equal...

17th. Consols (21) were on Thursday 741—Friday week 741.

chair of English Literature at Trinity College,Dublin, since 1867. He wrote many excellent books, amongst which his admirable critical study of " Shakspere : His Mind and Art,"...

did more than anything else to attract public attention to the Putumayo atrocities, has arrived in England. In an interview with a representative of the Daily Chronicle,...

THE EUROPEAN CRISIS. A LINE of men roped together are descending a very dangerous piece of rock. The men are all anxious to get through without an accident, but they are...

the same title as we have chosen for this article, we used these words : "Our Parlia- mentary system presents two great anomalies—plural voting and the endowment of one locality...

N OT since the inhuman treatment of the Sicilian political prisoners at Naples under Bomba has such a well-authenticated and painful narrative of political persecution been laid...

T HE discussion upon Mr. Lloyd George's "Provisional Collection of Taxes" Bill has revealed a somewhat healthier spirit of independence in the House of Commons than recent...

T HAT "Mark Rutherford," in spite of his manifest dis- tinction as a writer, should never have attained a vogue in the circulating library—that his work, if not his name, should...

M ANY situations in real life raise questions which test the fundamental principles of conduct; others, raising no ethical question, are a test only for practical wisdom and...

I T has probably occurred to many owners of gardens to take year by year a census of their birds' nests. A census of this kind is interesting, not merely for purposes of...

THE ECONOMIC POSITION OF THE AGRI- CULTURAL LANDOWNER AND NATURAL OR SITE VALUE. [To THE EDITOR OE THE "SPECTATOR."] SIB, —I am an agricultural landowner, living on and...

to one of Mr. Lloyd George's admirers in the House of Commons that he should ask the following question of the Prime Minister : " Whether, in the light of recent disclosures, he...

SIR,--Reaaing about the Marconi inquiry has reminded me of a Chinese proverb which (as far as I know) is not exactly represented by any English congener. I have thought that in...

SIR,—The following passage, taken from the "Personal Reminiscences of Prince Bismarck," by Sidney Whitman (page 75, edition 1902), may be of some interest at the present time...

THE MARCONI CASE. [To ms EDITOR OY TRY "SPROTATOR.”J Sin,—In common, I feel sure, with many of your readers, I am rather at a loss to understand the reason of your vehement...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "Sracriros.1 SIR,—The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society has prepared in pamphlet form the judgment of Mr. Swinfen Eady in the Putumayo case,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SFECTATOILr] Sxn,—The letter of Senhor Freire d'Andrade, forwarded to you for publication by the Portuguese Legation, provides further proof, if such...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR...] Sin,—Last February the Premier, Senhor Affonso Costa, declared that in a month, when all the trials pending before the courts-martial were...

[TO TRY EDITOR OF ERR "SPECTATOR."] SIE, — To prove that this unpleasant word is not forbidden by the rules of Parliamentary courtesy your correspondent " Zetetes " cites an...

[To THE EDITOR OF TER 'SPECTATOR."] Sin, — I hope you will recur to this important and interesting subject. The case of the person with two residences, who is not necessarily...

"SPECTATOR. " ) SIR, — The last two lines of "Paradise Lost," beautiful as they are in themselves, do not fit very well into their con- text. Addison thought that the conclusion...

[TO TUE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—While admitting that pessimism (like optimism) is as old as the human race, and may even have previously depressed the minds of our...

SPECTATOR.") BIR,—Not a few persons engaged, as we are here, in training women for the work of teachers in secondary and high schools must have been startled by the contents of...

Sin,—In our endeavours to get hold of the right idea, let us at least try and get hold of the right word. It is high time that some competent etymologist or word-coiner should...

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR:] SIR,—Mr. Francis Darwin has scarcely gone deep enough in his discussion. Cam in Celtic certainly means "crooked," but Cam in Cam-bridge does...

that the Welsh names for Oxford and Cambridge—Rhyd ychen (the ford of the oxen) and Caer Grawnt (the fort of the Granta)—support the views that the derivations respectively are...

[To Tag EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—The obsession under which I have been labouring since I read, in your last issue, that Virgil was a Thracian has been strong. Mr. Garrod,...

[To TILE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sru,—The expression "Ne sutor ultra crepidam," concerning which your correspondent "G." seems unduly exercised, may be found in the "Anatomy...

[To Tax EDITOR OF THR "SrEcurop..”] SIR,—Can you help to drive the following words out of use, viz.: Mentality, obsession, necessities (for "necessaries "). meantime (for "...

[To THE EDITOR Os THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—On behalf of the Leighton House Committee kindly allow me to make an appeal through your columns for the necessary funds in order that...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Stn,—Having read with great interest the article in the Spectator by Mr. Russell on the subject of football coupon betting, I thought you...

f To rtut EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR...1 SIE,—The writer of the article on the recent International Congress of Zoology at Monaco alludes briefly to Professor Ziegler's...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR."] Sin,— May I through your valuable columns reply to the many inquiries which I have received as regards the extent to which the new Trade...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Whitwell's suggestion at the Historical Congress and his letter to the Times of the 7th instant, concerning a Medical Latin Dictionary,...

two letters on the above subject appear- ing in your paper. Your first correspondent," B. M. B.," tells of a whale killed in False Bay emitting a series of "deep roars or...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As a lover of the Rochester barge and her skilful crew may I tell another tale of pluck and seamanship ? Some years ago a barge was at...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondent's courteous letter compels roe to reply to his two points. First : that the sound he and others heard could only have...

SWIFT'S FRIENDSHIPS.* THE fourth volume of The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift, edited by Dr. F. Elrington Ball, covers the period between January 1727-28 and June 1733....

name or initial., 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...

A PORTRAIT. (After Pope.) CI WHEN a Wife at last begins to see Her Husband's not the man he seemed to be, Brave, tender, chivalrous, heroic, pure, But half a tyrant, half an...

One „ 3 „. = 3 One „ 2 „. „.. 2 Forty Prizes of 1 = 40 Forty-three Prizes .450 SPECIAL CONDITIONS. 1. The General and Special Conditions for the corresponding...

Tan is the narrative of a voyage by which the author, who is, or was, a journalist, escaped temporarily from the bonds of con- ventional life and occupation. All the normal...

ON the character of the Marchmen, over whom the English and Scottish Lord Wardens exercised a somewhat intermittent control, Mr. Pease writes with an enthusiasm which many of...

SEVEN years in the wilderness give a political party an excellent chance to get its mind clear on fundamentals. The first and best fruit of this period of enforced reflection...

PRoFEssoit HARNACICS latest book is in a sense controveraiat It is written to prove that the Protestant attitude towards the- Scripture is primitive, while the claim of the...

L'Estrange has been a curious one. In his eighty-eight years of life he played many parts. He fought for the Cavaliers, and was condemned to death by a Parliamentary...

written by a well-known historian of the chase, will provide hunting men with plenty of excellent reading. It is profusely illustrated with a vast collec- tion of reproductions...

OLIVLA. IN INDIA:f THE record of a cold-weather visit to India does not Bound very promising to the novel-reader with a thirst for novelty, • Hunting in the Olden Days. By...

for daily use by Selina Fitzherbert Fox, M.D., B.S. (John Murray. 5s. net.)—This is an interesting anthology of prayers covering the whole Christian era, and containing also...

net.)—A practical book of good receipts for small families, showing how common-place ingredients and "remains" may be used to advantage in making what Miss Worth speaks of as a...

[Muter this heading ire notice suck Books of the week as hare tot been reserred for review In other forms.] Travel Pictures. By 'Mosconi Singh Raj Rana I3aliadur of .Thalawar....

van der Goes. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)--A book of short stories which are promising as their author's first venture. Madame van der Goes has a pretty gift for light comedy, but...

(Crosby Lockwood. 3s. 6d. not,)—School arithmetics are not as a rule written with an eye to the practical problems which con- front the farmer and the agricultural labourer....

(Methuen and Co. 6s.)—The first thing which will strike the reader about Mrs. Belloc Lowndes' collection of studies in love and terror is that except in "Why they Married" the...

Lane. 6s.)—The theme of this story is that a heartless woman can rely upon men not to expose her treachery. The one drawn for us hero goes through forms of marriage with two...

1913. Edited by Albert E. Cave. (Municipal Journal, Limited. 15s. net.)—Every branch of local govern- ment is exhaustively dealt with in the twenty-eight sections of this book....

and Stoughton. 2s. 6d. net.)—Here we have some excellent advice on the choice and preparation of everyday food, such as stock, for instance, as it is understood in a small...