14 OCTOBER 1916

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NEWS OF THE WEEK

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• T HOUGH the news from the Western front, from the Italian front, from Salonika, and from Russia is all good, and in some cases very good indeed, it would be idle to pretend...

The first and most important thing to note is that,

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though the Rumanians have had to retreat, it is quite clear that their Army has been able to do so without any loss of moral. Otherwise we should hear of great losses of...

King Constantine, whose objection to taking the side of the

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Allies is ostensibly based on the fact that the Greek Army is not equipped for the field, and on his fear that the Greeks of Asia Minor would be massacred by the Turks,...

If the course of events in Transylvania has been, though

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through no fault of the Rumanians, somewhat disappointing, another of our Latin Allies, the Italians, have been able to give this week the best possible account of themselves....

If we turn to the Western front, though there has

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been nothing so sensational as the Italian triumph, the latest news is very good. The French were able to announce on Wednesday that on the day before they had made a most...

In the case of the Salonika front the news is

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distinctly good. The Serbians and French on the left—that is, in and around Monastir —Jaye been making good progress and taking prisoners, while on the right the British by...

We give below some of the details of the strangely

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confused transactions which inevitably come with revolutions such as those which are taking place in Greece. Before doing so, how- ever, we must state that the French Admiral in...

Meanwhile it would appear that the Rumanians have got the

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mastery of their assailants in the Dobrudja. Here they are holding their own, and more than holding their own. The next point to be insisted upon is that the forces of the...

The hesitation of King Constantine is illustrated by his interview

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witrh M. Drakopoulis, the leader of the Greek Labour Party. Id. Drakopoulis, who took his degree at Oxford, and is in complete sympathy with the Allies, was bold enough to tell...

*,* The Editor cannot undertake to return Manuscript in any

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case.

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Now if there was bad faith, which we deny, it

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must have been bad faith on the part of some individual. Whom does Mr. Redmond accuse ? We should like to think Mr. Redmond was acting like a gentleman and a man of honour, but...

Mr. Redmond made his anxiously looked for speech on com-

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pulsion in Ireland at Waterford on Friday, October 6th. With an imperturbability which takes away the breath of an Englishman, but which to an Irish Nationalist is apparently...

On Thursday week President Wilson, speaking at Omaha; said that

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the United States was "as ready to fight as any nation in the world" (we take the words from the Times), but that the cause "must be jtist and important." The United States had...

While King Constantine hesitates M. Venizelos is busily organ- izing

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the Provisional Coven:tient. He left Crete at the end of last week. Evidently he had information of a German plan for inter- cepting his ship, as at the last moment he changed...

Mr. Redmond, who, like all his Nationalist countrymen, is good

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at threats mixed with cajolery, after declaring that the Irish Party would defeat conscription, said that the way to get recruits was to soothe the inflamed feelings of the...

This may seem to some people like a very tragio

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end to a long agony, and yet as a matter of fact we venture to say that the majority of the people of Ireland are at heart deeply relieved by the conclusion. They have had the...

Mr. Redmond went on to declare that if the Government

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attempted to enforce conscription it would be resisted in every village in Ireland. "Its attempted enforcement would be a scandal which would ring round the whole civilized...

Mr. Wilson continued :—

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" When you are asked arc you not willing to fight, reply 'Yes,' but that you aro waiting for something worth fighting for. You are looking for that sort of quarrel within the...

When the House of Commons reassembled on Tuesday Mr. Runeiman

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made the extremely important announcement that the Government had decided to take over the whole control of the wheat supply. They will work through a Royal Commission, which...

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The three biggest of the British ships were the Strathdene

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(4,321 tons), the 'West Point' (3,847 tons), and the Stephan() (3,449 tens). The Dutch ship was the Bloomersdijk ' (4,850 tons), and the Norwegian was the 'Christian Knudsen'...

Those are words which even the most prejudiced and unjust

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and the most pessimistic of the Prime Minister's critics should surely find it impossible to regard as unsatisfactory or as hedging. Mr. Asquith's survey of the war was a...

Before we leave Mr. Asquith's speech we must summarize some

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of the figures quoted by him. Up till now, and including the Vote of Wednesday night, Parliament has voted something like £3,132,000,000. The daily average cost of the war is...

The list of defects is a very long one. General

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von Arnim says that the Staffs of the Higher Command "proved inadequate in actual fighting." There is need of more machine guns, and the General considers the heavy German...

Unfortunately we cannot find space to follow the details of

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the debate, but we must draw attention to Sir Edward Carson's touching allusion to Mr. Asquith's loss of his son. He spoke of "the deep sympathy and affection which we felt...

The papers of Friday week contained summaries of a memorandum

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by General Sixt von Arnim, commanding the Fourth German Corps, on the Somme fighting during July. This document, which was captured during one of our advances, is the most...

But this request to us makes it essential that a

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similar request inould be made to the Germans. But what if they refuse where we complied ? In truth, every circumstance seems to contribute embarrassment and difficulty for the...

In the House of Commons on Wednesday Mr. Asquith moved

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a supplementary Vote of Credit for three hundred millions for war purposes in a speech which is universally admitted to have been one of the most impressive and eloquent that...

The particular passage is so important as well as so

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eloquent and moving that we must quote it in full :— " The strain which the war imposes on ourselves and our Allies, the hardsliips which we freely admit it involves to some of...

We have dealt at length elsewhere with the situation that

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has arisen owing to the sudden outbreak of submarine activity off the coast of the United States. Here we must briefly chronicle the fact that on Saturday last the German...

Bank Rate. 6 per cent., changed from 5 per cent.

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July 13th*

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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WHAT GERMANY IS REALLY AFTER. T HE United States Government find themselves in a position of great and increasing difficulty owing to the sudden outbreak of German submarine...

DECISIVE VICTORY AT SEA.

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W E need not apologize for returning to the subject of Mr. Winston Churchill's theory of naval strategy, for the spirit in which the Navy conducts its great business is the very...

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THE LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE. N OTHING is more astounding, and

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also in a sense more pathetic, than the way in which the world forgets its past and all the lessons of history when its emotions are moved, and when there is something which it...

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EXPENDITURE AND TAXATION. T HE House of Commons has this week

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granted a further Vote on Account of /300,000,000 towards meeting the expenses of the war. The sum is enormous, but the country has grown accustomed to thinking in hundreds of...

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THE CONSOLATIONS OF THE CLASSICS.

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T AM no classical scholar. By this I mean that the attempt made by my masters at school and at Oxford and by my many private tutors to impregnate my mind with the Greek grammar...

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THE ZEPPELIN SIXTEEN YEARS AGO.

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I N the summer of 1900 the first experiments with a Zeppelin airship over Lake Constance—at least, the first experiments which attracted serious attention in England—took place,...

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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A BATTLEFIELD FOR SALE. [TO THE Eorrog Ow Tun " SPECTATOM'l 8129,—IG the Paris edition of the New York Herald for September 26th, 1916, appeared the following advertisement,...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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IRELAND AND IMPERIAL SERVICE. ere 1101 EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."' Si:Ea—When the Liberal Party was split over Home Rule long ago, there was no point more urgently pressed by...

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"It is queer how many of the Irish boys get

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into Scotch and English reg iments and vice - vend. I think many run away from Ireland and enlist on the other side because they are afraid of being stopped by their parents or...

CHARING CROSS BRIDGE AND THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH. [To THE EDITOR

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OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sru,—A propos of your suggestion of September 2nd--criticized, I see, by a correspondent the following week—that triumphal arches should be placed at the...

DR. ItASHDALL AND LORD HUGH CECIL.

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ITO TER EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Strt,—I am afraid there is still some misunderstanding in Dr. Rashdall's mind. Let me therefore say clearly that the actual proposal of the...

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"TO TES F-DITOR . 07 TER " SPECTATOR.") Ins,—I have just

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read the very interesting suggestion in your issue of September 2nd outlining a scheme for making the new Charing Cross Bridge into a memorial of the war. You propose erecting a...

A "VIA SACRA."

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pro THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR. Sin,—The chief, perhaps the only, objection to be urged against the attractive plans for a noble via sacra that have been put forward in the...

THE PETTY OFFICIAL

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.' Sm,—The dug-out where this is written is littered with official corre- spondence from A.O.D., regimental paymasters, and other Departments at...

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SUFFRAGE AND REGISTRATION.

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(To THE Roma or TEA " erzersvoa."1 Ste,—There is an uneasy feeling throughout the country that the ques- tion of the suffrage and registration is coming forward in the near...

ETON WAR MEMORIAL

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(To TUB EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR.") Sre,—I ask permission, through your columns, to inform Old Etonian' that the scope and form of a memorial to their schoolfellows who have...

[To TEE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR.")

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Sre,—May I add one to those already published in your columns ? It may be remembered by some who wore und3rgraiuite3 of Trinity College, Cambridge, in the early "nineties." The...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.")

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Sra,—The correspondence in the Spectator has reminded me vaguely of some " Limericks " relating to Exeter College (my own College) and to Jesus College (in which I have a...

WOMEN BRACKEN-CUTTERS IN THE NEW FOREST. ere TUE EDITOR ON

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TEE " Srseraroa."1 Sia,—Your readers may be interested in the work of the bracken- cutters in the New Forest. They are women, living in camp, under mili- tary rule, and are...

LIMERICKS.

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IrrO THE EDITOR 01 TES '• srseverea.1 Sm,—One more Limerick, if you will have it, picked up in a Swiss hotel-book :— "A Cockney, when up at Zormatt, Dropped an H down the...

(TO TEE EDITOR OF THE " Srecraros."1 Sm.—In your issue

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dated September 16th you quote "The Old Man of St. Bees" (it should be Tralec) as having been composed by the late W. S. Gilbert. Several years ago I wrote to the author and...

THE NEED OF Y.M.C.A. HELPERS—AN OFFER. [To TEE EDITOR OF

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TEl •• sesersres.1 Sra,—In view of the letter in last Saturday's Spectator by Dr. J. Holland Rose on the need of Y.M.C.A. helpers, will you state in the Spectator that a motor...

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THE VOLUNTEERS.

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To TRH EDITOR OF TRH " SPECTITOR., 8m,—When I commanded a Volunteer battalion, in order to get over the "fourteen days " difficulty I required every recruit to sign a personal...

" JACK AND JILL."

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[To ren EDITOR OF THE " fiesersrea,"1 Sus-s-In the notice of Nurse Lovechil 4' 8. Eega,cy in your issue of Ootob011 7th you speak of "Jack and Jill" leaving "poor Jill Wog there...

AN APPEAL FOR CIVILIAN CLOTHES.

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[To THII EDITOR OF TR& SPECTATOR.") SIR, —May I appeal to your readers on behalf of the many patients in this hospital who are invalided out of the Service ? Most of them have...

THE SCOTTISH WOMEN'S SERBIAN HOSPITAL FUND.

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ere TRH EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR."] Sist,—May I beg for a few lima in which to thank you and your generous readerslor their response to my letter of appeal on behalf of the...

CHURCH ARMY RECREATION HUTS AND CLUBS.. [To rim Boma or

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TUE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The Church Army have been requested by the responsible authorities to provide eighty more recreation huts and clubs for the troops close behind the...

THE LATE GENERAL HOWELL.

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(To THE EDITOB OF THE " SPECTATOR.") 819.,—I trust you will find space for a brief tribute to the memory of Brigadier-General Howell, whose death in action on the Western Front...

lete. ' ARETHUSA ' AND CHIUSESTER.'

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[To THE EDITOR OF TES " srEerAToR.") Sre,—May we in the Committee's name plead for a short space in your next issue to sound a necessitous note in behalf of the Arethusa and '...

SWEATERS.

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[To THE EDITOR OP TDB " SPECTATOR.") SIR.—Call you make room for mo to prefer the following request ? I venture to ask ladies to writo for the printed pattern of a sweater and...

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"BURY OR BURN."

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THE article under the above heading, dealing with the desecration of beautiful places by the scattering of pieces of paper and other picnic debris, which appeared in our issue...

POETRY.

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ULSTER ON THE SOMME. (In Memoriam E. G. B., Killed in Action, July 1st, 1918.) r" The Men of Ulster," published in the Spectator on September 26th. 1914, ended with the lines...

NOTICE.—When "Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the writer's name

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or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked " Commun. voted," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mole of...

We have received the following additional subscriptions to the above

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2 5. d. Previously acknowledged 70 8 6 Mrs. W. Arthur Smith.. 10 0 0 Commander EL Cochrane 2 2 0 Fund :— 1 5. d. I Irrs. Gresspelins .. 2 2 0 A. H. B. .. 1 1 0 £8513 8

ART

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THE ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION AT THE ACADEMY. TAB ordinary Academy public are likely to be considerably astonished if they visit Burlington House in the coming week. Not only...

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BOOKS.

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THE MANAGEMENT OF WAR.* Are work on the literature and history of the sixteenth century emanating from the pen of Mr. Ernest Law deserves, and is certain to command, the...

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A BOOK-LOVER'S HOLIDAYS IN THE OPEN.* As we read Mr.

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Roosevelt's latest book we felt that Charles Kingsley would probably have been lost in admiration of the author. Mr. Roosevelt has the virtues Kingsley placed above all...

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' AN IDEAL IRISH POLITY.*

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Is has been mid, more in sorrow than in an g er, that there is no room in Ireland for a moderato man, but to some extent "A. E." may be re g arded as a welcome exception to the...

MOHA313fEDAN LEARNING IN INDIA.*

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Trizaz was a tinie, not very distant, when our Hindu and Muidins fellow-subjects were not on the friendliest terms. When, for instance, W. M. Thackeray's g raildffither and...

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FICTION.

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LADY CONNTIE.* LADY CONSTANCH BLEpLow was the only child of a peer of scholarly and antiquarian tastes who had married comparatively late in life and settled in Rome. On the...

SO AS BY FIRE.*

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THIS is a collection of papers, all marked by Dr. Holland's quality, but not all of equal interest and value. In all there is the accustomed torrent of fine rhetoric ; and in...

• Lady Comity, By Mrs. Hutaphry Ward. London: Smith, Elder,

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and Oa 1.05. 14•44 guessing.—A Love Tangle. By F. E. Penny. (Chatto and Windus. 5s. net.)—An Anglo-Inctan story, with valuable sidelights on the feelings of educated...

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Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener. By E. S. Grew and others. Vol.

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L (Gresham Publishing Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—This Life of Lord Kitchener, to be completed in three volumes which are not sold separately, is care- fully written and contains a good...

The Ancient Cross Shafts at Bewcastle and .Ruthwell. By the

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Right Rev. G. F. Browne, D.D. (Cambridge University Press. 7s. 6d. net.)— Long before Dr. Browne became a Bishop, he was Professor of Art and Archaeology at Cambridge, and in...

British and Foreign Marbles and other Ornamental Stones. By John

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Watson. (Cambridge University Press. 5s. net.)—This useful little book is a descriptive catalogue of the specimens in the Sedgviick Museum at Cambridge. All the specimens, which...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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(Notice is Vas column doss not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] Cloud and Silver. By E. V. Lucas. (Methuen and Co. 5s. net.)— The majority of these charming essays have...

The British Firing Line. Three Reproductions in Colour from Drawings

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by Q.M. Sergeant-Instructor E. Handley-Read. (Pulman and Sons. 'Is. 6d. each.)—These are sombre delineations of shell-torn Flanders drawn with great skill, and in the case of...

The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir. By Sir James

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Donie. (Cambridge University Press. 6e. net.)—This is the second volume of a series of "Provincial Geographies of India," which ought to be widely read. The author, who was...

In Seven Lands. By Ernest Alfred Vizetelly. (Chatto and Windus.

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12s. 6d. net.)—A third volume of Mr. Tizetelly's reminiscences. Very nearly half the book is devoted to visits to Germany in the years immediately following the Franco-German...

The Freedom of the Seas. The Value of Sea Power.

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By L Graham H. Horton-Smith. (Perthshire Courier. 6d. and 3d. net.)—In the first of these vigorous pamphlets Mr. Horton-Smith recalls the genesis of the ill-fated Declaration...

War-time economy seems likely to yield at least one delight—home-

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made bread. Exactly how to make it—not only plain brown and white, but in fancy varieties, Vienna and milk bread, dinner, breakfast and milk rolls—can be learnt from Miss May...

The Little Towns of Flanders. By Albert Delstanche. (Chat - to and

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Windus. 3s. 6d. net.)—M. Emile Verhaeren has written a prefatory letter to the author of this book. In it he says that the artist working in London from sketches made in happier...

Hitting the Dark Trail. By Clarence Iiawkes. (G. G. Harrap.

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3s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Hawkes is well blown in America as the blind naturalist and poet. In this autobiography he tells us how, at the age of thirteen, he was accidentally shot and...