W E are extremely glad to be able to record that the Committee which organised the Address to the Puma have decided not to send the proposed deputation to St. Petersburg. The...

of the week in Germany. At first it was contended, plausibly enough, that they were issued with the approval and at the desire of the Kaiser to vindicate his action in dis-...

even more sensational in their character than those first given to the world. There is a striking account of an interview between Prince Hohenlohe and the Empress Frederick at...

signa- tories of the Address to the Duma, forwarded the follow- ing letter to Mr. MacCullum Scott, the secretary of the deputation, withdrawing his name from the Address. Mr....

for Englishmen, with their well-founded belief in the efficacy of liberal institutions and with their desire to stand on friendly terms with Russia, to sign the Address to the...

case.

the duchy, has led to an interesting correspondence between the Duke of Cumberland and the German Emperor. The Duke proposes an arrangement under which his rights and those of...

of official contradictions the prevailing impression is that the French Cabinet as at present constituted will not long survive the opening of the Chambers. The retention of...

Finance, to M. Stolypin, the Premier, was printed in the Temps last week, and reproduced in the Times of Friday week. An official dementi followed, but M. Kokovtsoff has since...

week as to the progress of the Wireless Telegraphy Conference which is being held at Berlin. The clash of interests seems to be extremely bitter, and at one time it was stated...

issue that the French Press is just now devoting a good deal of attention to the possibility of a vacancy in the Turkish Throne, and to canvassing the chances of the possible...

with regard to the attitude of King Edward towards Hungary have, it is to be hoped, been finally disposed of by the letter which appears in the Neues Wiener Tagbiatt of...

American Government in regard to the outstanding disputes over the terms of the Convention of 1818, which secures certain American fishery rights on the coast of New- foundland,...

vivendi a shameful betrayal of the interests of Newfoundland, and urges that protests shall be laid at the foot of the Throne and delegates despatched to England and Canada, and...

on the war begun by the Master of Elibank against that section of the Labour Members—a small minority of them, be declared—who were animated by a purposeless and reckless...

impossibility of forcing matters to war. Curiously enough, the miseries of a war thus provoked would fall neither upon us nor the Newfoundlanders, owing to our immense...

Appeal in the West Riding case have been submitted by the Education Committee of the London County Council to Sir Robert Finlay for an opinion. In his view, the decision of the...

at Peebles on Friday week, and signalised itself by a formal repudiation of Socialism. The last resolu- tion moved ran as follows : " That, while expressing the deepest sympathy...

Rachel's contemporary and rival, died on Tuesday at Rome at the age of eighty-four. Apart from her great histrionic talent, she was memorable amongst actresses for her...

first part of his speech to a temperate defence of the House of Lords. The attitude which it was confidently predicted the Lords would take up was based on the assumption that...

Oct. 11th. Console (2i) were on Friday 86k—on Friday week 86k.

THE HOHENLOHE " REVELATION." W E do not quite understand wby the German Emperor has reprimanded Prince Philip Hohenlohe so sharply for publishing his father's Memoirs—which, by...

W E shall not be accused of trying to blow on the ashes of a dead quarrel if, from the standpoint of Unionists and of persons outside the Liberal Party, we predict that last...

A LL news from Russia points to the fact that the movement for liberation is now passing over a watershed. Probably there are but few Russians who could give us a definite...

W E publish to-day the Report which Colonel Pollock has drawn up for us in regard to the work of the Spectator Experimental Company at Hounslow. The Report speaks for itself....

W E had hoped to be able to refrain from commenting on the private trade dispute between the Pub- lishers' Association and the Times newspaper. The Times, however, has chosen to...

passion to be instructive," says Mr. Hubert Bland in a set of papers on social subjects which he has just published under the title of " Letters to a Daughter" (T. Werner...

S OMEWHERE in an essay on Elizabethan critics it has been written that " the age of Elizabeth was too great in creation to be even respectable in criticism." But we of to- day...

K ING JOHN, taking a journey North to admonish the King of Scots, found (says Holinshed's " Chronicle ") that by reason of the great number of enclosures owned by the great,...

THE " SPECTATOR" EXPERIMENTAL COMPANY. [To THY EDITOR OP THY " SPECTATOR.1 • Srn,—I submit to you my report upon the Experiment which, thanks to the patriotic generosity of...

CONTINUATION SCHOOLS. LTO THE EDITOR OF TITS "SPECTATOR.'] Sin,—The letter from Mr. Medd in your issue of Septem- ber 29th calls attention to an undoubted evil in our...

editorial notes in the Spectator of September 29th on the Times article of the previous Wednesday express the traditional policy of the Government of India,—how strongly it is...

To THE EDITOR OF TIER "Segorwros."1 you allow me, as a. mother, to endorse fully the importance which your leading article in the Spectator of September. 29th attaches to...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " Srvcreiros."1 SIR; I read with considerable interest the article appearing under• the above heading in last week's Spectator, and, as one having a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "' SIR, —In the Spectator of the Gth inst., in the article " The Unrest in India," it is thus written :—" Even during the Mutiny, when the...

SIR, —Your article of August 25th on the Transvaal and Natal has just reached us here, and while admitting the force of your contentions, may I, as a Natal Colonist, venture a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Speaking of Simon of Sudbury, Archbishop and Chan- cellor, the writer of the article on "The Peasant Revolt" in the Spectator of...

THE " SPECTATOR. "] BPR,—As one familiar with the magazines and Reports of the Salvation Army (though not in sympathy with all its methods), I wish to assure Mr. Manson (see...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Whatever may have been the opinions of John Wesley in regard to endless torment, it is unquestionable that Wesleyanism, as a whole...

great interest that I read the very able article in last week's issue entitled " The Spoilt Child of the Law," but it was nevertheless with a feeling of some dis- appointment,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." J Sin,—Absence from home must be my excuse for not having previously seen the notice of "The Episcopal Arms of England and Wales" which...

THE POET. WITH hands that never tire, With heart that never pines, • He tends the holy fire Of world-forsaken shrines, Alone within the night Of solitary places, Where once...

MR. KIPLING'S NEW BOOK.* Moan than once in these columns we have called Mr. Kipling the interpreter to the English-speaking race. Nothing of his writing, has ever justified the...

publish the balance-sheet of the Spectator Experimental Company. The delay is due to the military authorities not having as yet furnished us with the amount of their charges....

following further subscription towards . meeting additional and unforeseen expenses connected with the Spectator Experimental Company :— The President of Magdalen College,...

THE dogmatism which was once characteristic of economic speculation seems now to be a thing of the past. Every school of politics keeps its own economists, and what was once,...

book, the size of which does not represent the amount of industry, especially in the form of reading, which has been devoted to its preparation, begins it by a quotation from...

NOT a few interesting things come out when we study the history of mediaeval London. One of them is the social status of the trader. The fasionable contempt for his business is...

LISTENER'S LURE.* Ma. LUCAS has played so many different literary roles of late years—as biographer, editor, anthologist, and cicerone—and played them all so well, that anxiety...

Ancient Records of Egypt. By James Henry Breasted, Ph.D. Vol. IV. (University of Chicago Press. 13s. 6d.)—Professor Breasted completes his Egyptian work with this volume. He has...

Ideals and Applications. By Henry Van Dyke, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton. 3s. 6d. net.)-Dr. Van Dyke speaks his mind pretty plainly,—is it a sign of grace that a man can do. this...

Brothers. 6s.)—Readers who are fond of Mrs. Deland's books will be glad to meet with "Dr. Lavender" once more in her new novel. He performs for Mrs. Deland's characters the part...

The International Critical Commentary : Psalms. Vol. I., L - 1. By Charles Augustus Briggs, D.D., and Emilie Grace Briggs, B.D. (T. and T. Clark. 10s. 6d.)—Our notice of- this...

THE MONTHLY REVIEW. The Monthly Review, which reached us too late for notice in our last issue, contains an interesting article by Mr. S. L. Bastin on the possibility of...

by Frederick Lawton, M.A. (W. Heinemann. 4e. net.)—This is an account, evidently the work of a man deeply read in the subject, of the Capitol since its building. The first part...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as hare not bean reserved for review in other forms.] Unhistoric Acts. By George Baker. (Headley Brothers. 7s. 6d. net.)—By...

and Son. 3s. 6d. net.)—" The Walking Parson " is as amusing and as instructive as ever. This time his route has been through Scotland—as far as Aberdeen—Denmark, Holland, and...

Son. 3s. 61)—These " Simple Talks," numbering between thirty and forty, are brief—averaging some three pages of text— direct, easy to understand, with just the little touches...

Richardson (Longmans and Co., 5s.), is a volume in "Longman? Commercial Series." The work to which it is meant to serve as a guide is, of course, that of the secretaryship to...

Edited by A. W. Flux, M.A. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. net.)— Mr. Stanley Jevons published this book in 1865, and issued a. revised edition in the following year. The present editor...

kind. It is not too much to say that they are unique. Certainly they preserve to the world many things that, from their very nature, must otherwise have disappeared. The title...

N. G. Royde-Smith. (Methuen and Co. 4s. 6d. net.)—Miss Royde- Smith divides mankind into two classes, "those who put out the light before getting into bed, and those who get...

1900. By II. G. Keene, C.I.E. 2 vols. (John Grant, Edinburgh. 12s. 6d. net.)—This is a second and revised edition of a work originally published in 1893. Mr. Keene wisely does...