T HE note of the week has been bewilderment. Bulletin after bulletin has poured into London with " re- assuring " intelligence from China, has produced an effect even on the...

is taken in, Americans, we notice, being especially liable to be- lieve what is told them. Ournaval second-in-command, Admiral Bruce, for example, telegraphed on July 7th that...

being published, to be sure of details as to the negotiations with Japan, but we fancy the following will not be found far from the truth. The Admirals asked Japan to send a...

impenetrable secrecy has, as usual, prOduced a needless distrust of her policy in China. It was actually believed in this country for a moment that she might have instigated the...

pressed. The Chinese hold the native city, and on the 5th inst. they attacked the railway station, advancing with great courage under shelter from the fire of eleven pieces of...

are evidently alarming the allied Powers. All their con- tingents are being increased. The British are sending 15,000 Sikhs and native troops from Madras and Bombay ; the German...

case.

to the final result of the campaign, but it shows how much more dangerous it is in the case of the Boers to sit still than to act boldly on the offensive. As long as we are...

have decided to divide the dual office of High Com- missioner of South Africa and Governor of the Cape. The Governorship will be offered to Sir George Goldie, while Sir Alfred...

that on Wednesday Smith-Dorrien had a successful engage- ment with the enemy at Krugersdorp and inflicted heavy loss on them, and Buller also reports driving off the Boers who...

"planks" adopted by the Democratic Convention which nomi- nated Mr. Bryan as its candidate for the Presidency. The chief point at which issue is joined with the Republicans is...

To rail it serious would be to exaggerate, but it naturally pro- duces a feeling of intense aggravation to hear at this stage of the war, as we did on Friday morning, that the...

war makes the killed in action 2,666, and the " died of wounds" 695, while the "died of disease" are 4,535, the wounded 11,576, and the prisoners 1,986. Thus the deaths are in...

Cabinet may, therefore, be considered safe till November. It has been engaged for eighteen months in a silent but continuous contest with the Army, and it has on the whole...

may turn out to be very serious news in regard to the friction between the French and Moorish troops on the disputed frontier with Morocco, near Figig and Igli, while telegrams...

per- manently recording deeds of heroism in humble life is an accomplished fact. The cloister in the " Postman's Park,' Aldersgate Street, has now been built, and four memorial...

No American people shall ever be held in unwilling subjec- tion to European authority." If that is meant as a threat to us in regard to Canada, we need feel no concern, as we...

from Germiston, describes a picturesque incident that occurred on the eve of the occupation of that town at the end of May. In the course of an isolated attempt by a. body of...

and Mr. Barton will take back with him to Australia not merely the statute signed in duplicate by the Queen, but the table, inkstand, and pen at and with which was accomplished...

succeeded, and on July 11th he arrived at Cape Coast Castle. He brought away Lady Hodgson with him, and most of the Europeans, including the missionaries, leaving only two or...

Party gave rise to an absurd little scene. The Agricultural Holdings Bill was under discussion, but when Mr. Fletcher Moulton's turn came to propose an amendment standing in his...

the opening of the Cave in Mount Dicta, in Crete, the tradi- tional birthplace of Zeus. After blasting away the limestone blocks which obstructed the mouth of the cave, Mr....

New Consols (21) were on Friday 98k.

THE DANGER FROM JAPAN. I T is perfectly useless to discuss events in China until we know a little more accurately what has actually happened. At present the public mind is...

good deal of talk during the past week as to a great movement among the Dutch for boycotting British goods in Cape Colony. A huge Dutch company is to be formed with a vast...

W E all think, or rather assume without much think- ing, that this march of Europe and Japan upon Pekin 'will be a successful operation. As soon as fifty thousand men are...

A S our readers know, we desire nothing so much as a continuation of the keen sympathy and interest which have marked the attitude of English public opinion towards America...

I T is six years short of a century since Mine. Cottin published "Elizabeth ; ou, Les Exiles de Siberie," and during all this time children have drawn from its pages their first...

T HE Bishop of London addressed on Monday a repre:i . - sentative " Conference " of persons engaged in charity in an excellent speech, which nevertheless, we think, will be read...

T HERE is much sound sense contained in a little book on "Judgment in Literature," by Mr. W. Basil Worafold (J. M. Dent and Co.), which we have been perusing with pleasure. Mr....

T HE gardens in London squares offer the fi nest chance in the world for making something pretty and delightful take the place of what at present gives very little pleasure to...

THE PARIS EXHIBITION. (TO THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR.") Sri,—It is characteristic of France's vitality that at the very moment when she seems to be attempting political...

LORD DURHAM AND CANADIAN " RECONSTRUCTION. [To THE EDITOR OP as "SPECTAfi0/4.1 . a recent speech 3S;Ir. Aiainith referred, in passing, to Lord Durham's Report on the state of...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.' SIR,—While I agree with the general contention of " Sober Fact," I confess he seems hardly to justify his pseudonym by some of his...

SIR,—If there is no fear of our being invaded, why all this talk about rifle clubs, and the Militia ballot, and defending the " heart of the Empire," and so forth ? Certainly...

"SPECTATOR."] Sxn,—At a time when people speak, privately or in public, of a possible battle of Dorking, it is perhaps not out of place to acquaint your readers with the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—When the writer of the article on "Asiatic Courage" in the Spectator of June 30th spoke of Mr. Kipling's " Gunga Din" as " a nearly...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—" Diplomaticus" is an able and a well-informed writer, but he shares the fallibility of human nature, and I am sure that further...

SIR,—Mr. William Crooke in the Spectator of July 7th has shown scientifically that "Gunga Din" is, at least, not "a nearly impossible name." May I add a piece of historical...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—All those who hope for the success of the "Army League" must feel grateful to the Spectator for the admirable article on " Vigilance...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sra,—Referring to your paragraph on the above subject in the Spectator of July 7th, I think facts should be taken into con- sideration....

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sm,—You say that the prizes in the Church are as numerous and more valuable than those at the Bar. But is it so? Please to look at a few...

_ A MAN UV PEACE. I Dr not hold with war myself, I think it's bad an' wrong, An' would not prod my frens to strife wi' fiery speech an' song, I'd sooner see 'em till the soil,...

TCHAIKOVSKY'S INFLUENCE. IN the Reminiscences of Liszt by his compatriot, Mme. Janke Virohl, published shortly after his death in 1886, the author records at considerable...

THE DECLINE AND FALL.* ON the day, or rather night, of June 27th, 17$7, between the hours of eleven and twelve, Gibbon wrote the last lines of his monumental history in a...

written by a Catholic sceptic of Spanish origin, now a Professor at Harvard. A volume of poems by the same author was very favourably reviewed some months ago in this journal....

be welcome at any time, for he has seen many men and cities; just now, with its many experiences of military medicine, it is particularly seasonable. The sea was Joseph Fayrer's...

means China, and the word " ram- tion " applies more significantly to China than to Siberia or • Japan. Siberia is being developed more than renovated; and even the expressive...

published vo School for Saints in the autumn of 1897, she promised.ua a continuation, , and in Robert Orange that promise is redeemed,.and, what is more, redeemed with _a...

THE MINOR MAGAZINES. The July Macmillan is an average number, but nothing more. The most readable paper is the Baroness Martinengo-Cesaresco's " Conversations with Gonnod." It...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for reriew in other forms.] The Life of Dwight L. Moody. By his Son. (Morgan and Scott. 10s....

is as gorgeous as ever,—the binding this time being red in colour instead of dark green. It is wonderful how well the literary character of the magazine is maintained, for, as...

Dictionary of National Biography. Edited by Sidney Lee. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 15s. net.)—Perhaps the three most interest- ing names in the final volume of the Dictionary of...

Co. 2s. 6d. net)--This is a volume of the " Westminster Biographies," and is in every way an excellent piece of Work. The two personalities of Robert Browning and his wife are...

a series of picture-postcards foi hbme and abroad. They are calculated to suit all.tastes, naval and militash topographical and artistic. We may specially recommend. the really...

H. Murray (Clarendon Press, 3s. 6d. per part), contains part of Vol. V. " Inferable—Inpushing." There are 1,628 words in all, among them being such suggestive subjects as...

64.)—This volume contains some interesting papers, partly devotional in character, partly philosophical. The author starts with the strong assertion of the personality of God....

with a commendable despatch and enterprise, and all instructive. These are Bacon's New Large Print Map of China (G. W. Bacon and Co., is., and 2s. ad. mounted), with inset maps...

H. Blackwell, Oxford. 3e.)—This is a delightful book, fittingly commended to the reader by Mr. Warde Fowler's admirable preface. Dogs, of course, occupy, so to speak, the...

Deacon and Co.)—Nina was a waif of the streets, who made such a living as she could by selling flowers, in the arrange- ment of which she had a special gift. A lad, who is...

Selections, edited by J. H. Finer, M.A. (W. Blackwood and Sons). Mr. Viner's introduction touches on a subject which is new in classical school books,—comparative folk-lore....

arfurd, 1693 - 1794. By Horace Hart, Hon. M.A. (At the Clarendon Press.) —Mr. Hart prints here, with various notes and emplane- tiens, eight " specimens " issued from the...