was presented at the Foreign Office. The purport of the Note is to urge upon the protecting Powers a prompt settlement of the Cretan question on lines which would guarantee...

case.

I T seems as certain as anything can be in the region of politics that when the Finance Bill comes on for second reading in the House of Lords in some ten days from now it will...

ridiculous system which gives Ireland forty Members more than she has a right to is the danger of the Nationalists holding the balance. We publish elsewhere a "communi- cated"...

the country on the Budget before it has been tasted—in fact, demand a Referendum—it is, in our opinion, their busi- ness to do their best to provide the machinery for such...

in tactics, we do not wish to exaggerate the consequences which will probably flow from their action. Though there is danger of an ugly crisis in which the country may be...

result of the elections, we should be inclined to express the belief that the majority will be a small one either way, but that possibly the Unionists may have the advantage....

Monday, when the supporters of electoral reform showed themselves to be in a large majority. In two divisions the principles of proportional representation and of the scrutin de...

month ago he would have had to employ very different language from that which was now possible. Up till recently the conditions on which the Congo State was founded had not...

the action of M. de Justh, the President of the Chamber and leader of the extreme wing of the Independence Party. While M. Kossuth and Count Apponyi were entertaining the...

ing message from the Paris correspondent of the Times in Tuesday's paper. He thinks the question will not dominate the General Election next year, but it is none the less...

would be no worse than our own eternal quarrel, but it is much more ; it covers a definite policy on the part of the Church, which is in nearly all respects hostile to the...

Tuesday, if we except a significant utterance of Lord Justice Farwell, on which we comment elsewhere, centred in Mr. Asquith's references to foreign policy. After a sympathetic...

Wednesday's paper that there will be no more forward move- ments by the Spanish army in Morocco. Almost the whole Beni Sicar district will be held by fortified posts, and for...

time in the Lords on Monday, Lord Denman moved the second reading of the London Elections Bill. Lord Derby, who moved the rejection of the Bill, admitted the hardship of...

closed, but further information has come to light greatly strengthening the case on behalf of the Lucas attribution. We expect that what will in the end prove to be the true...

of Lord Selby. He was chosen Speaker in 1895. Although his appointment was in the first instance vigorously opposed, he rapidly gained the complete confidence of the House,...

midable dimensions, the Northern strikers having been joined by those of seven Southern collieries. Coal has gone up to 60s. a ton, and while other industries are seriously...

included the names of six new Privy Councillors, six new Baronets, and twenty new Knights. Of the Privy Councillors, we may especially mention Sir Walter Hely- Hutchinson, who...

on Wednesday at Gillingham with a much larger car than was used when the first public experiments were made. The car was forty feet long and ten feet wide, and weighed...

re-election for the Louth division, gives his reasons for his decision. He declares himself profoundly dissatisfied with the educational and financial policy of the Government....

explorer, Dr. Sven Hedin, has been appointed an honorary K.C.I.E. There were many comments upon the absence from the list of the names of any new Peers, but later in the day it...

- UNIONIST POLICY. T T now seems certain that before many weeks have elapsed we shall be in the throes of a General Election. We regret it, but that cannot alter the fact. In...

I F a wise philanthropist, who desired to benefit the working class, were granted a wish in the field. of practical economics, what form should it take ? We have little doubt...

T I ORD JUSTICE FARWELL, speaking at the Lord Mayor's banquet, repeated in simple words the truth about the successful administration of justice in Great Britain, and it is a...

coming General Election the Irish Nationalists will make a determined effort to force the pace on the question of Home-rule, for their claims have been more or less shelved in...

O RDINARY men think of Confucius as the great Chinese sage who taught reciprocity, and summed up the whole duty of man as "fellow-feeling." They know next to nothing that is...

I F " life requires an art," it requires it much more in the country than in towns. We do not mean the art, which may certainly be acquired by any one, of understanding the ways...

A CORRESPONDENT, writing to. the Spectator of October 9th on the subject of " A Squirrel's Ferry- Boat," seems to have started, if not a hare, a chase after stories about...

THE WONDERS OF TROPICAL AFRICA. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECULTOE.1 SIB, —Tropical Africa with its dark forests, black people, and strange customs still draws its worshippers;...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THY "SPROTATOR...] SIR, —Speaking at a public meeting in Wells (Somerset) on November 2nd, the Earl of Malmesbury is reported to have said :- " The Unionist...

SMALL OWNERSHIP AND LAND BANKS. [To THE EDITOR OF THY " SPECTATOR."' Siu,—Having read with much interest the article under the above heading in your last issue, may I be...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.."] SIR,—As a New Zealander of over forty years' standing, I cannot resist the temptation to express an opinion concerning the allusions made...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sim,—In your issue of the 23rd ult. " Senex " takes me to task for asserting that as a Nonconformist I prefer to vote for the present...

[To THE EDTTOS OF TEN "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Being an aunt wishing to free gifts to nieces from the 5s. duty proposed by Clause XLIII. of the Finance Act, should a donor die...

[To THE EDITOR. 07 THE " srscrAT0R.-] SIR, —Any one who has looked for a word upon the subject of redistribution amidst the babel of Radical political tongues which has filled...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—The questions repeatedly addressed during the past Session to the Under-Secretary of State for India regarding allege.] misconduct on...

[To ma EDITOR OF TIIR "srserAroz.1 Sin,—For the army of unemployed—too many, alas ! un- employable—who spoil the peace of our homes by their importunity we are ourselves...

[To THE EDITOR OF TES " SPECTATOR:1 SIR, —The case for a subsidised theatre rests upon a great many arguments, but will you allow me to mention one in especial? It seems to...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " ESPECTATOR,1 Six,—There appear to be some unhappy people who, while shuddering at the words "compulsory service," yet feel con- strained to keep an...

[TO THE EDITOR Or SrECTATOR."] Six,—I should like to take advantage of your columns to make a few remarks concerning the Boy Scout movement, which you have of late in several...

['To THE EDITOR OF VIZ " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your last issue there is a letter signed " G. P. t.," with the heading " The Honest Opinions of Mr. Winston Churchill." "G. P. B."...

with your consent, to make some reply to your correspondent "Member of Victoria League," who in your last number attacks the boys' official paper, the Scout, which he condemns...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I received this epigram for the Chancellor of the Exchequer from a friend Tais 'Axcfprats* anPa7orliabv Tipas Tabs yhr gxorras...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—My general sympathy with your praise of Mr. Lecky (Spectator, October 16th), together with my lifelong obsession by the daemon....

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Sir Walter Runciman forgets himself and the subject of this discussion, and writes in a white heat of wrath with me personally ; but I...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In the article on " Ceremony and Survival " (Spectator, October 30th) Wayland Smith is said to be common ancestral property to...

go THE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your very interesting article, " Ceremony and Survival," there is mention of shoeing of oxen in Sussex. To show that this was not...

[To THE EDITOR. OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—May we endeavour to enlist the sympathies of your readers in. the following cause? A very encouraging response has been received to...

two inaccuracies in the story of Sir Humphrey Gilbert and the Squirrel' as told in your corre- spondence column P The ' Squirrel' was of only ten tons burden, and Sir Humphrey...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — I have lately returned from a three weeks' driving trip in my one-horsed dogcart through parts of Somerset, Dorset, Hants, Wiltshire,...

[M THE EDITOR OE THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Our Canadian squirrels do better than the Siberian variety mentioned in " E. M. W.'s " contributed poem by William Howitt (Spectator,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Having read several letters in the Spectator on the subject of bees, and recalling the superstition connected with tying crape on the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Associated with North Polar exploration interest is the table used by President Cleveland in practically all of his work at the White...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — As Sir Humphrey Gilbert's family crest was a squirrel, his vessel was probably named in allusion to it, and not from any poetic fancy...

or initiate, 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 mode of...

LADY SARAH WILSON'S SOUTH AFRICAN MEMORIES.* "ADVENTURES to the adventurous" is no doubt true, but adventurous though every member of the Churchill family be, Lady Sarah...

IN God's cathedral huge as earth I stand— A child before an Empire's Altar High- () mother, mould and school our childish land, Thy cords of love in love yet faster tie : Our...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOE.” . 1 SIB,—The death of Dr. John Herbert Wells last month at the early age of thirty adds another name to the list of those who have lost their...

Ws have received the following contributions in answer to the appeal of the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines' Protection Society, on behalf of the deputation to the United States :—...

WE have to thank M. R. Deslandes of Bayeux for tho happy thought of reproducing the famous tapestry on plates of fair size and at a very moderate price. The photographs convey a...

Miss HIEST, a late *choler of Newnham College, Cambridge, has made an excellent use of the opportunity given by the award to her of the Alice Hopkinson Memorial Studentship. She...

THE agreeable art of reminiscence has not been very fortunate of late in its exponents. Too many samples have been wholly devoid of interest, and a few have had only the...

book, suoh an interest as must always attach to a clear and heartfelt V.P.S.A. With 12 Pull-page Plates, and 52 Illustrations in the Teat. • The Harvest Within Thaughte on the...

worth reading. Not only does the author attain to the highest accuracy, but he contrives, even in the small space at his • Armour and Weapons. By Charles ffounces. With a...

THE institution of the Craven Travelling Fellowship may fairly be cited in proof of the fact that Oxford is not neglect- ful of the duty of adapting her ancient endowments to...

beautiful dream !" said Afarechal de Saxe to Dr. Sense, sent by Louis XV. to attend him on hie deathbed at Chambord. His was an extraordinary life, in some ways typical of that...

of life smooth from the beginning. After a trial of his father's business —he was a small manufacturer of cloth—he was apprenticed to an uncle who was a medical practitioner in...

1451, was junior by forty years to St. Andrews and senior by forty-three to Aberdeen. In its early days it was less prosperous than either of its rivals, the chief reason...

GREAT POSSESSIONS.* Mits. WILFRID WARD has not always been happy in the choice of her titles. The remarkable ability of her first essay in fiction was obscured by a pedantic...

Blackett. 6s.)—The author explains in his preface how this book came to be written. He had read in a magazine the first two instalments of Mr. Hall Caine's "White Prophet," and...

criticism of the last work of Mr. Marion Crawford is perhaps out of place. It is sufficient to say that Stradella deals with the love story of a Venetian lady of the seventeenth...

(Chatto and Windus. 6s.)—A romance in which Claverhouse is the prominent figure.—Cricket Heron. By Irving Bacheller. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—A. very lifelike picture of how a New...

net.)—Mr. Hichens lays the scene of his new novel partly in London and partly on the Nile. His heroine is a woman who, having led a notorious life in her youth, persuades Nigel...

H. Blackwell, Oxford. 6d.)—Mr. Stone argues that two passages in St. Matthew of which great use has been made in controversy, xvi. 17-19 and xviii. 17-18, are probably...

[13-.4. this heading we notice such Books of As week as hens not been- reserved for review in other forms.] The Gospels as Historical Documents. By Vincent Henry Stanton, D.D....

net.)—It would not be difficult to make a very pretty list of " curiosities " of the astronomical kind. How does it come about, for instance, that the dark side of the planet...

Weigall. (W. Black - wood and Sons. Is. 6d. net.)—Mr. Weigall is Chief Inspector in the Department of Antiquities in Upper Egypt, and he gives us here what we may call the...

P. B. Casgrsin. (Laflamme and Proulx, Quebec.)—This volume contains reprints of a number of speeches made during the last six years by the author, who is chairman of the Railway...

Huntley Skrine. (The Holywell Press, Oxford. 1d.)—Mr. Skrine urges on the clergy their duty in the matter of national defence. It is against them that the taunts about...

Spingarn. Vol. III., 1685-1700. (The Clarendon Press. 5s. net.) —This is the third and concluding volume of Professor Spingarn's work. The essays are twelve in number, the most...

Ph.D. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. net.)—Dr. Beard divides this work into three parts. Part I. deals with "Historical Foundations," from Colonial times downward to the development of...

Century Company, New York. 12e. 6d. net.)—Grover Cleve- land was President in the Democratic interest from 1885-89, and again from 1893-97., To most people in England he is...

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edition is reproduced exactly from the edition of 1768. The two poems which appeared between that date and the death of the poet (1771) are given in an appendix. They are the...