T HE promised interview between Mr. Chamberlain and the Boer delegates took place on Friday week, and the minutes of the Conference were published on Wednesday. It was, it...

published on Thursday, pointedly draws attention to the coming rapprochement between France and Spain. The latter Power is seeking for a great ally, and an invitation to the...

more complete amnesty ; for exemption in all cases from the oath of allegiance, a mere declaration being substituted ; for the treatment of foreigners as if they had been...

the dismissal by the French Government of the Marquis de Monte- bello, Ambassador at St. Petersburg. The causes appear to have been the favour shown by the Marquis to General...

overcome. Colonel de Saint Remy, being ordered to assist in carrying out the ejection of some nuns under the new law on Associations, pleaded conscientious scruples, and refused...

case.

and one of her most distinguished politicians, passed away on September 5th in the eighty-first year of his age. His theory of cellular pathology gave a new and solid foundation...

meeting of Jews in Johannesburg on Sunday last. By way of eorrecting any misunderstanding, Lord Milner declared that whatever might be the conditions of naturalisation laid down...

operations opened on the same day. The former have been freely criticised by General Negiier (the author of the article on the Boer War translated in the current Contemporary),...

Council on the magnificent Durbar which is to be held on January 1st, 1903, at Delhi. At this ceremonial all the Princes of India, and, we hope, the magnates of our own...

is no violation of the Monroe doctrine, and will perhaps, on the whole, give a needed warning to American revolutionaries ; but it will also, we think, quicken the impression...

signed at Pekin on September 5th. Signature had been delayed by the fear of the Imperial Government that under its clauses none of the surtax would be remitted to Pekin; but...

Mr. T. Harrington, M.P., was held at the Mansion House on Friday week to protest against the proclaiming of the city under the Crimes Act. Mr. Harrington appealed to the...

his own special branch of study, Professor Dewar summarised the present position in regard to low- temperature research and the attainment of absolute zero. They had got down to...

by the War Office on Friday. General Sir John French is to assume command of the First Army Corps on Septem- ber 15th, and Major-Generals A. H. Paget and Sir Bruce Hamilton are...

by Mr. Mark Mayhew, Vice-Chairman of the Auto- mobile Club of Great Britain. Mr. Mayhew, who is a Lieutenant of the Middlesex Imperial Yeomanry, has sub- mitted to the Secretary...

" Festus," in his eighty-seventh year, was announced on Mon- day. " Festus " was published as far back as 1839, and the rest of the author's long life was practically devoted to...

Belfast. Professor Dewar, the new President, prefaced his address with a tribute to his late colleague, Sir Frederick Abel, and in congratulating the King on his recovery,...

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A SECOND DUAL ALLIANCE. T EE "Latin League" of which Napoleon III. dreamed, and which many French writers advocate with the idea of dominating the Mediterranean and...

T HE Vacation campaign against the Education Bill drags its slow length along in the columns of the Timm and other journals, and certain Nonconformist pulpits are being used,...

W E heartily agree in the praises which have been poured upon Sir James Mackay for his arrange- ment of the Treaty with China which was signed on Friday week. He has beaten all...

and are most persistently neglected is that relating to the inadequate numbers of our judicial staff. Judges are so far human that they cannot get through mme than a certain...

I T is a fact of much interest that among the organised working classes of England sympathy with the idea of a State regulation of wages appears, after a considerable advance,...

schoolboy to express himself in his own language has of late been the subject of much criticism In spite of the increased struggle for life, and its necessarily altered...

P ERHAPS there is no grievance quite so satisfying as that of the amateur antiquarian. It needs, for one thing, no factitious feeding ; the flame burns palpably, and with a...

A S I wandered in solitary thought across the moor I heard voices in front of me. As the tones were in complete accord with my mood and with that region of cheerful silence, I...

crave your indulgence to allow a layman a little space in your columns to make a plea on behalf of his national Church. Just now the cry throughout the country is for...

think all readers of the Spectator who take an intelli- gent interest in the welfare of the Church of England will be grateful to you for the suggestive article in your issue of...

THE POVERTY OF THE CLERGY. [TO THE EDITOR Of THE *SPECTATOR-1 SIII,—Neither of the clergy who have written to the Spectator of September 6th in answer to your article on the...

Stn,—The amount required (2400,000 annually as we are told) to raise all..the benefices of the Church of England up to 2200 per annum seems to paralyse the efforts of many who...

[To THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR.") SrE,—In the recent shuffle of Royal residences—the palatial game of "general post" which naturally follows the demise of the crown—no very...

[TO TUB EDITOR OP THE "SPERTATOR.1 Sin,—Surely the clue to the title which has puzzled your reviewer in the Spectator of September 6th is to be found in the Vulgate of S. Jude...

Sin,—At the conclusion of your review of " Contentio Veri- tatis " in the Spectator of September 6th I notice that you are inclined to doubt the statement that "the decline in...

(To THE EDITOR OF TUB "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Though naturally gratified by your very kindly notice in the Spectator of September 6th of my paper on this subject in the current...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TRH "SPICCTAT011.1 Sia,—May I be allowed to make a suggestion with regard to the sale of White's house at Selborne ? Your correspondent in the Spectator of...

[To THR EDITOR OF TRH "SPRCTILTOR.1 Sr,—Mr. G. G. Coulton in the Spectator of August 30th states that "the formation [in 1884] of a Catholic Truth Society ' " (and other bodies...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THR "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—As one who entirely appreciates the work of the Expan- sion Committee in assisting the emigration of women from Britain to South Africa,...

(TO TUE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sra,—The pronunciation by early Anglo-Indians of the long Hindustani " a " like " aw " was probably learnt from the Persians or...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—May I occupy a little of your space to comment on some remarks made by a correspondent in your issue of July 12th, who wrote concerning...

MATTHEW ARNOLD.* THOUGH we gladly recognise the carefulness and literary skill employed in the making of this book, the author, Mr. Herbert Paul, must forgive us when we say...

A COUNTRY POSTMAN. road a change," figure, weather. As on he strode beneath a load How lusty was the note he I often found a sweeter sound That day by day seemed ever Afar to...

SIR,—In a description of the ruins of le Chateau de Montaigle in the Ardennes, by Alfred Begret, the following occurs at p. 16 :—" N'a-t-on pas confondu peut-tttre avec...

DR. WA.RNECK is one of the greatest living authorities on Protestant missions. His life has been devoted to their service, and he has studied their past history with true German...

most singular things in the career of the distinguished philosopher whose early letters are contained in this volume was the change of attitude towards him in orthodox France...

elapsed since the appearance of the first volume of this work (reviewed in the Spectator, August 17th, 1901). We hope that it may be found possible to accelerate this rate of...

6s.)—That a man of indifferent principles should plant himself in an eligibly situated island for purposes of wrecking is intelligible enough. Good stories have been made out of...

MINOR MAGAZINES. Apart from the excellence of the two serial novels running in the Cornhill Magazine — " The Four Feathers," by Mr. A. E. W. Mason, and the ingeniously...

Bindloss has got back to West Africa, where he is manifestly at home. So much at home, indeed, is he that the scenery of the country may be thought to dominate his style. As we...

mania. 6s.)—Mr. McCarthy has made a tale out of his play, and it is a good tale. That it might have been better can hardly be doubted. One improvement, in our judgment, would...

THE SHEEPSTEALERS.* THE emergence of a book so fresh, so original, and so whole- some as The Sheepstealers is peculiarly welcome at a time when we are bidden to believe that...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for reriew in other forms.] On Military Education in England. By T. Miller Maguire, LL.D. (J. J....

so long unknown to the English reader. Yet their interest is not a little heightened by the lapse of time. Herr Gregorovins wrote these papers in the years 1856-61, a very...

G. Caulfield. (B. Quaritch. 16s.)—This is a publication of the Egyptian Research Account for the current year. The drawings are of excellent quality, and are the work of Mr....

George Herbert Ely. (Duckworth and Co.)—Gaetano di Thiene —he was so called because born at Gaeta—was born in 1480, died in 1547, was beatified in 1627, and canonised in 1671....

"popular illustrated report" of the operations of the British and Foreign Bible Society for the year 1901-2. The arrangement of the information has been made on the model of a...

net each) we have The First and Second Books of Kings, edited by J. Robertson, D.D. ; and Acts, Timothy, Titus, and Philemon, edited by B. B. Warfield, D.D. Dr. Robertson thinks...