any case.

to the allegations contained in the French Yellow-book on Morocco. In the main, as the French Press has pointed out, it is a collection of newspaper cuttings, and the evidence...

T O-DAY polling begins in one of the most momentous Elections that have taken place in British history. The nation is being asked to abandon Free-trade and adopt Pro-...

of the most important in the country. If the great Lancashire city gives the lead to the nation which we hope and believe she will give, the cause of Free-trade should be...

a Parliamentary majority, the case would indeed be desperate, for to the legislation proposed by such a Government the House of Lords would offer but a feeble resistance. Apart...

to a consideration of special importance. It is essential in the interests both of the Union and of Free-trade that the Liberals shall secure an overwhelming majority at the...

Elgin and Lord Selborne on the subject of Chinese labour conclusively establishes the bona-fides of the Govern- ment. It appears that at the end of October, or five weeks before...

on the Jews in Russia was held at the Queen's Hall on Monday afternoon. Lord Rothschild, who presided, read letters of sympathy from the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir H....

form of a serious tampering with the commercial rights and interests of European Powers. A case in point is the Shanghai River Conservancy, which, under an arrangement made with...

Vienna correspondent of the present state of feeling The Times of Thursday published an interesting account from its Vienna correspondent of the present state of feeling between...

Conference and appointing American represen- tatives has not escaped the criticism of the Senate, some of whose Members seem to make it their business to obstruct the Executive....

the numbers stated by the late Superintendent of Foreign Labour as needed to complete the requirements of the mines were ex- ceeded without obtaining Mr. Lyttelton's assent; but...

by several regrettable incidents. The Prime Minister was refused a hearing at Shrewsbury, Mr. Lyttelton and Mr . % Lloid-George were howled down at Leamington, and disorderly...

issued one of the best addresses put forth on the Free-trade side. After setting forth his opinions and his action in Parliament, he adds :—" I have thus naturally in- curred...

election addresses and speeches issued and delivered during the week, and must confine ourselves to those which call for special attention. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's...

evening, furnish another damaging commentary on Mr. Chamberlain's doleful predictions as to our declining trade and dying industries. Thus not only has the declared value of our...

Minister of British Columbia, contributes a valuable letter to the Daily Chronicle of Thursday on the attitude of Canada towards Preferential trading. Premising that Mr....

raised to the Peerage only four weeks previously, was struck down with paralysis at Biarritz last Saturday and died on Tuesday. Mr. Ritchie, to call him by his more familiar...

by the Liberals when in Opposition, and passed by them when in office, was on both occasions vigorously opposed by the Conservatives, and also by the Manufacturers' Association,...

on Friday 891.

111.b EVE OF THE POLLS. T O-DAY polling takes place in several of the leading con- stituencies in England, and by the time next Saturday's Spectator is published the most...

W E should have thought that the advice we tendered last week to Unionist Free-traders as to their action at the polls was so clear that it could not he misunderstood. We urged...

O N Tuesday next the French Chambers, sitting together, elect a President of the Republic ; and as M. Loubet adheres firmly to his refusal of a second term, though such second...

W HEN an Opposition has been strong and united in its resistance to a particular policy, the natural course for it to take, when it unexpectedly finds itself in office, is to...

as a reply to the French Yellow-book on Morocco, does not seem to us a very convincing document. In the main, it is occupied with answering in detail the revelations of the...

A N interesting article appears in this month's Dublin Review entitled "St. Thomas Aquinas and Medieval Thought." The writer calls attention to the wave of scepti- cism which in...

T was, we, eleve, during the course of the inquiry of the I . Public Schools Commission which sat in the " sixties " that one of the more youthful witnesses was asked whether...

I T is a point in the patriotic creed of all right-minded Britons that the British nation are the greatest of all game-players, and that cricket, the national pastime, is the...

THE DUTY OF UNIONIST FREE-TRADERS AT THE POLLS. [TO TUN EDITOR OF THE "SPROTATOR."I SrR,—I note with great regret the advice to Free-trade Unionists which you give in your...

SIR, — As a Unionist Free-trader, I read with especial interest your article on " The Duke of Devonshire and Unionist Free- Traders" in last week's issue, and it seems to me...

[To TEE EDITOR OP T RV " SP RCTATOR.I SIR,—As a regular reader of the Spectator, I shall be obliged if you will kindly advise me, as a Unionist (Free-trader), which of the two...

Sfit,—The course of action which you recommend to Unionist Free-traders at the coming Election in your admirable article of last week on the Duke of Devon- shire's letter, if...

Sin, — As a constant reader of the Spectator, and as one who is deeply sensible of the immense services you have persistently rendered to the cause of Free-trade, I have...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TUE "Sr ROTATOR."] Sin, Mr. Newman is too severe on those who differ from him (Spectator, January 6th). It is hardly fair of him to ,pose as if he and the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sig.,—We Irish Unionists are arranging a mission to the British constituencies in order to restore to power Mr. Balfour, who might easily...

[TO THE EDITOR OT THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sru,—Unless my observation is at fault, a considerable number of Free-trade candidates are at the present moment taking their history of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE *SPECTATOR:] Sra,—I am disturbed to find that a number of thoughtful, capable business men to whom I have been talking are inclined to vote for " Balfour...

LTO THE EDITOR OP TIM "SPECTATOR-1 Sin,—I should like, by your leave, to write a few words in reply to Mr. Lathbury's comment in your last issue on my letter. The question...

LTO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPROTATOR."1 you in this week's Spectator give the address of the headquarters of the Bristol and West of England Unionist Free-Trade Association P—I am,...

[To THE. EDITOR OP TIIR "SP ROTATOR."] : your issue of December 9th, 1905, in an article on Professor Bury's Life of St. Patrick, the following sentence appears :—" Is it not...

LTO THE EDITOR OP THE “ SPECTATOR:1 SIE,—As a regular subscriber to your paper for more than thirty-five years, and still a. believer in Tariff Reform, may I claim the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—Mr. Keir Hardie's article in this month's Nineteenth Century is an eye-opener for Co-operators. He is, I am afraid, far too sanguine in...

[To. TER EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR -] SIR,—With reference to the letter which appeared in your columns on December 30th, 1905, under the heading " A Stores Scandal," relating to...

SIR,—I have read with interest the correspondence on the Education question which has appeared in your columns, but none of the solutions suggested seem, in the present state of...

SIR,—A lifelong reader of your paper, I have followed with sympathetic interest the correspondence bearing on the religious compromise suggested to avoid the otherwise...

championship of our own conceptions of the truths of religion, are we not in danger of forgetting the nature of the minds of the children with whom we have to deal ? Why this...

SIR,—Allow me to add an argument and a fact by way of enforcing your most timely warning (in the Spectator of December 30th, 1905) of the danger of a pagan education as the...

30th, 1905, and most of the letters in your last issue are full of encouragement and hope amid the clashing of extreme views on, the education question. There is, however, one...

[Taw experiment proposed by Colonel Pollock for which we are asking subscriptions may be briefly described as follows. Colonel Pollock declares that if funds sufficient to meet...

SIR, — In reply to some of your correspondents who advocate that the religious instruction in the public elementary schools should be given by the clergy, may one be allowed to...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — As one greatly interested in the education question from the administrative and historical points of view, it appears to me that the...

ALIEN. IN Afric's fabled fountains I have panned the golden sand— Caught crocodile with baviaan for bait— I've fished, with blasting gelatine for hook and gaff and wand, And...

A. COLLECTION of a painter's work when he has been stopped in mid-career has always a feeling of sadness in it. Especially is this the case if, as here, the painter's powers...

THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY AT THE NEW GALLERY. THE works shown by the International Society form a puzzling collection which it is impossible to consider as a whole. Here we...

SEYMOUR VANDELEUR.* WE are glad that Colonel Ivor Masse has found time to write the life-story of one of the most distinguished of the younger officers whose loss in South...

Hume's new historical study may be best given in his own words. Speaking of the com- paratively small political influence exerted by the majority of English Queens Consort,...

THE history of a soul, when faithfully narrated for the instruction of others, can hardly fail to be interesting. Especially is this the case when the story is told by a man who...

any exactitude Dr. Reich's position. He makes an indiscriminate attack on the "Higher Critics." Most of the names which he mentions are German; he singles out for censure among...

authors of Mr. Fisher Unwin's "First Novel Library" naturally make a special appeal for indulgent criticism, and it must be owned that in many ways Saints in Society is greatly...

DAN THE DOLLAR.* MR. SHAN BULLOCK'S new novel deserves a welcome, not only for its intrinsic merits, but for the fact of its being the first book issued by a new firm of Dublin...

Robert Hamilton). (Hurst and Blackett. 6s.)—The personages of this novel do not inhabit the workaday world which is known so well to all of us. They live in some distant fairy 7...

The Royal Forests of England. By J. Charles Cox, LL.D. (Methuen and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—This book is manifestly, from beginning to end, the work of an expert. Possibly it is even...

Marie Van Vorst makes a great departure in Miss Desmond from her last novel, "Amanda of the Mill." Her present book deals with a set of worldlings whose society is enriched by...

ON CENTENARIANS. On Centenarians. By T. E. Young. (C. and E. Layton. 5s. net.) —This is a reissue, with additional matter bringing it up to date, of a scientific treatise on...

6s.)—This is a story of an Irish family called O'Curry, and the book may be described rather as a collection of materials than as a finished article. There are many scenes in it...

In the Country of Jesus. Translated from the Italian of Matilde Serao by Richard Davey. (W. Heinemann. 6s. net.)—There is much in this book to charm the reader. Madame Serao,...

6s.)—Miss Douglas has contrived to impart a note of originality to an historical novel of the time of the French Revolution, and this is so great a feat that it deserves...

and Hall. 4s.)—We have noticed the monthly issues of this magazine, "the Monthly Record of the Dickens Fellowship," and in welcoming the appearance of the first annual volume...

and E. C. Jack. 21s. net per vol., in sets only.)—This is one of " The Makers of Canada " Series. That the issues involved in Mr. Howe's political action should not be very...

News, Plymouth.)—The sub-title of this book , is " Beauties of the Low Land of Dartmoor." This marks it as dealing with a subject which is a speciality of Mr. Crossing. The...

is a comprehensive and convenient list, with particulars, of services and personal careers of all titled persons in the United Kingdom. The names are arranged in alphabetical...

Sydney C. Mayle. (S. C. Mayle, Hampstead. 2s. 6d. net.)— This is the ninth volume of the Annual, and we venture to con- gratulate it on its continued vigour. (It says something...

Merimee's "Lettres 3 une Inconnue." (Harrison and Sons. 7s. 6d. net.)—These famous letters were published three years after Meringe's death. (It would have been as well to tell...

Co. 6s.)—This volume contains lectures on pastoral work delivered to the Theological Faculty in King's College, London. It is, we understand, the custom to invite from some...

(Longman and Co. 5s. net.) —This is an able examination of the statements of the Evangelists and of St. Paul on the subject of our Lord's Resurrection. We doubt, indeed, whether...

6d.)—In this volume we have a reprint of a number of letters which appeared in the Daily Mail between July 10th and Septem- ber 7th in last year. It was opened by a paper from...

tender this hauling Ws notice such Books of flue tusk as haw not bun swerved for review in other forms.] Daniel and his Prophecies. By C. H. H. Wright, D.D. (Williams and...

in its eleventh edition. It is explained that the suddenness of recent changes (which might, however, one imagines, have been anticipated by a "forehanded" person) has made it...

Diary, with specially arranged indexes to facilitate reference, and an Every Hour Diary, appropriate to a country where an hour is never wasted.—From Messrs. Holmes and Co.,...