to express, as Unionists, our deep sense of gratitude to the Daily Telegraph for the brave, wise, and public-spirited way in which it has dealt with the situation. It is not...

inevitable do we trouble so much about the matter P If people like a farce why not let it be-played out P Our answer is that apart from the great loss of dignity and prestige to...

the substance of an article on " Torgut Shevket's Methods of Warfare," contributed to the Zeit by "a non-Albanian eye-witness." The eye-witness says that Torgut Shevket Pasha...

Morocco. All that we know is that diplomatic conversations are proceeding, and that those primarily concerned are wisely refusing to allow the newspapers to be privy to their...

true to say that the very last thingthe Liberals want to do is to create 300 or 400 peers. No doubt it is the last thing which Mr. Asquith and a portion of his colleagues desire...

issued, gratis, an Eight-Page Supplement, containing the Half-Yearly Index and Title-Page—i.e., from January 7th to June 24th, 1911, inclusive.

case.

T HE crisis drags its slow length along, but in spite of the ups and downs of newspaper and Parliamentary polemics, we are as convinced as ever that common sense will prevail in...

Thurerley the Investiture of the Prince of Wales by the King took place at Carnarvon Castle. The ceremony was beautiful and moving in a high degree and had for its scene the...

Wednesday's sitting. Mr. Walter Long expressed a hope that Sanatorium treatment would not be exclusively accepted, and others deprecated a large expendi- ture on a doubtful...

was made, Clauses 4, 5, 6, and 7 being disposed of, and the discussion of Clause 8 being begun. The position of sweated workers and of voluntary contributors was first...

night. Zeki Bey, a chief secretary in the Public Debt Administration, who is also well known as a journalist vehemently opposed to the Salonika Committee, was shot dead in the...

of Wales and Princess Mary, arrived at Dublin Castle for a visit of four days. They were received enthusiastically by immense crowds, and the weather was excellent through- out....

of Wales was simple and charming. After referring to his Tudor descent and his name of David, and declaring in Welsh that be was "in the old land of his fathers," he assured his...

good taste as well as good feeling mark every word of the speech, and, indeed, of the whole ceremony. Cynics may tell us that kings and princes have their taste provided for...

the Castle gate, and was received by its Constable, Mr. Lloyd George, and greeted by the Pursuivants and Heralds, the Arch Druid, the Druids, and the officers of the Gorsedd....

in the House of Commons on Monday. The chief amendment considered was that of Mr. Bathurst for reducing the contributions to be paid by agricultural labourers and their...

banquet in London. The guests numbered 110, repre- senting Mr. Chamberlain's years and his 35 years of member- ship of the House of Commons. Mr. Balfour spoke unex- pectedly in...

Sir Eldon Gorst, who till a few days ago was British Agent and Consul-General in Egypt. Sir Eldon Gorst was the eldest son of Sir John Gent, and entered the diplomatic service...

a very significant remark made by Lord Lansdowne. "We do not," said he, "regard the Bill as anything in the nature of a final settlement, but only as a provisional measure in-...

announce that the London Veteran Reserve has now reached the number of 11,000, and that men of the best quality are coming in at the rate of 160 a day, or nearly 1,000 a week....

Daily Mail upon the shipbuilding boom. The onnage under construction at the close of the quarter ended on June 30th was 1,476,394 tons, which is the largest on record, being...

Devon, on having most efficiently called attention to the scandals connected with not only the over-representation of Ireland and the under-representation of England, but the...

was announced in the early hours of Monday morn- ing, when a document authorizing the resumption of work was signed by reprethentatives of the six unions concerned. The strikers...

the Lords on Thursday night. After Lord Courtney's attempt to induce the Lords to accept the Speaker's decision as to Money Bills had been defeated, Lord Cromer moved words to...

THE POLITICAL CRISIS. T N spite of the renewal of the die in the last ditch" cry this week, we are still confident that good sense will prevail, and that the Unionist Party will...

T HERE seems no reason to feel any special, or at any rate immediate, anxiety about the Moroccan im- broglio. In all probability a pacific solution will be found. While,...

W E have dealt in the preceding article with the crisis as a whole; we desire to say a word here to those extremists who are not bluffers, but who honestly believe that no harm...

-9 VERYONE, without distinction of party, will approve 1 1 the graceful tribute paid to Mr. Chamberlain at the dinner held in honour of the occasion of his 75th birthday. Mr....

T HE final Report of the Royal Commission on Tuber. culosis leaves one in no doubt that bovine tubercu- losis is communicable to human beings and that it is particularly...

W E desire to enlist all the sympathy and support we can for the King Edward Memorial scheme recently ad- vocated by the Bishop of Stepney. The scheme proposes to utilize the...

- r EVANA to whom men pray that they may A have fatherly hearts." When we read lists of men "wanted" for deserting their families and recognize how large a proportion their...

I T cannot often happen, we hope, that the stranger within our gates finds himself in such an evil case as a correspondent who has recently unburdened his soul to the Surrey...

IS THE DREADNOUGHT TYPE DOOMED? [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] Bin,—Within the last fortnight it has been announced in various journals that the Admiralty are about to...

Sus,—I notice the employers are about to protest against their contribution. Quite right. But. I do not suppose many your readers will on reflection have much doubt as to who...

THE POLITICAL CRISIS. [To rem EDITOE OF THE "SPECTATOE."1 SIR,—As one who cannot share your satisfaction at Ike prospect of an agreement by which the Parliament Bill may become...

150 THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR...1 Srs,—The perspective of distance has sometimes an exaggera- tive effect, and the seamen's strike in England may help to sober English...

Sin,—Amid the chorus of welcome with which this sinister measure has been received, it is surely time that someone spoke out strongly on the other side, and wrote it down what...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] read with great interest your able article, with which I found myself so largely in agreement. As regards the arguments in favour of the...

the Insurance Bill is extremely puzzling. For months past you have advocated an insurance scheme on contributory lines. You have always severely criticized the Government...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR, — In his review of Dr. Wilhelm Moller's new book, appear- ing in your issue of July 8th, your contributor is in error in stating that...

[To THE El:wpm OF THE "SFECTATOR."] Sin, — I have just opened at random a volume of the Quarterly Review for 1833, and my eye falls on a, paper called The Church and the...

Sin,—Some attention has recently been directed to a work entitled "A Chinese Appeal to Christendom concerning Christian Missions, by Lin Shao-Yang." Your readers will remember...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—In 1882 or 1883 I stumbled on a magazine article called "A Gossip on Romance," by Robert Louis Stevenson. In it he says, "My elders...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sm,—There are two counting-out rhymes known to me which bear a particularly striking resemblance to the Lincolnshire score. The first of...

[To THE EDITOR OF rim " SPECTATOR."] Sfa.,—In your issue of, I think, a fortnight ago allusion was made to the fraternity which used to obtain some genera- tions ago between...

!To rim EDITOR OF THE " sprerams."1 Sra,—Born in 1845 and a lifelong resident of Caterha.m-on- the-Hill, I would like to draw attention to the obstruction to the legal paths and...

issue of last week reference was made to a double neat of house-martins. This is, I believe, not MUMS- mon,. and I have seen, a similar arrangement this afternoon with other...

built annually by house- martins under the eaves of our house I frequently notice double ones—like the one mentioned by your correspondent last week—and this year I see there is...

[To rue EDITOR OF TIM "SPECTAT0101 SrR,—Like your eorrespondent "G. H. S." of July 8th, I have fished the Test (near Longparish) for some thirty years, but I am, happily, not of...

Sui,—Does not the sense determine whether a plural or singular verb shall follow a collective noun.? We have in the " Te Deum" :— "The glorious company of the Apostles: praise...

[To 2113 EDITOR OP 7PCR " SPECTATOLn . SIR, — A letter under the above heading in the Sp - edgier of July 8th recalls some words of William Cobbett's on the subject. In his...

[To TIER EDITOR OF THZ "srsersrosi.."3 Sin,—My experiences are less spiritual than those of ' Senex Quidam " in your issue of July 8th. Inter cilia, during my nearly fifty years...

[To ma EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIn, — The recent correspondence in the Spectator on the sowing of wild oats will be none the worse for a medical com- mentary. Here comes the...

AGE. [TO THR EDITOR OP Mil "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In a thin stream of feeble English—which would be merely venomous if it were not so unutterably feeble, "and also" (as your critic...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:] as,—In your issue of July 8th you say that the list of contri- butors published in the English Review (July) constitutes "no proof whatever...

rro THE EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOR:I Sia,—On this subject Carlyle's views as given in his Essay on Burns are not without interest. Burns "quits the paternal roof. . . and...

or initials, 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...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—We should like to draw your attention to one or two remarks in your review of July 8th of "The Woman's Book" published by us. Your...

personally uphold the view so violently attacked by Sir William Chance (the wild oats theory) in your issue of last week, nor could any reasonable person gather that I did from...

We, the undersigned, have read the article in the Spectator of June 10th attacking the English Review. We can see nothing in the article but a simple act of persecution. A...

THE OLD YELLOW BOOK.* THE collection of documents, known as The Old Yellow Book, referring to a Roman tnurder trial of the late seventeenth century, upon which Browniag founded...

SUNSET ON THE RED SEA. A want of steel-grey waters, and a line Of never-ending crags that bear no tree, Nor any sign Of life, where never aught of life could be, Which frowned,...

Mu. FISHER'S task has been one of disillusion. The Irish Parliament has gained a fictitious glory from the circum- stances of its fall. It has been assumed that an institution...

AT a time when many scientific men are devotin.e. their lives to investigating the ways in which insects spread or cause disease, a popular account of the most recent...

of Count D'Orsay and of the remarkable circle whose interests centred in the Blessington-D'Orsay Salon at Gore House Mr. Teignmouth Shore has brought together a number of...

To English readers Lassalle is chiefly known as " Alvan " in The Tragic Comedians, a strange, passionate figure who matches his will furiously against destiny. Professor Brandes...

Sin Holmium Duniaran takes his holiday in the strenuous fashion which we might expect. Of the nineteen chapters which make up the volume one only savours of recreation. Sir...

"CATHOLICS believe that as Jesus Christ lived His natural life on earth two thousand years ago in a Body drawn from Mary, so He lives His mystical life to-day in a Body drawn...

IN SEARCH OF EGERIA.* THERE are notoriously a good many people incapable of appreciating the flashing satire of "Barry Lyndon "—among them men not in the least blind to the...

THE series of "Notable English Trials" begins well with Mr. Atlay's volume. He is far the best popular writer on legal subjects now alive; for to wide knowledge of law and great...

by Sir Oliver Lodge. (James Nisbet and Co. 3s. Gd.) — Our notice of this book will be brief. It is the outcome of meetings organized by a local committee at E Iinburgh at which...

of this novel is really the nickname of the hero, and the story opens at Klondike before the great rush. As usual, Mr. London's accounts of journeys in the extreme North, under-...

* Finder this headilor us notice sueli Baas ay the week as hare not beet reserved for review in other forms.) The Beak of the Prophet Isaiah. With Introduction and Notes by G....

Nelson and Sons.)—Very hard to understand (the "Game" is the conduct of great industries in the Western States of America), but certainly powerfuL—The Trap. By Dick Donovan. (P....

(C. H. Kelly. 7s. net.)—These volumes are primarily intended for the use of students, and will without doubt be found highly ser- viceable. The general reader also may consult...

and Co. 138.)—The ten stories in the first half of this book are ecauserned with. events in. the ancient world, and each sketch brings 'before the reader's mind a vivid picture...

Co. 2s. 6d.)—In this volume we have twelve essays, chiefly about women and women's affairs. Now an essay is a very difficult thing to write well, and Miss Denis-Browne has not...

Works of James Buchanan. (J. B. Lippincott Company. 21s. net.) —This contains Mr. Buchanan's account of his administration (just preceding, it will be remembered, the outbreak...

12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Shoemaker is most readable when he talks about the Sudan. He is very frank and a great gossip in a cosmopolitan fashion. Slatin Pasha amuses him and interests...

veleigh Nash. 2s. 6d. net.)—No one has a better right to make a book about Yorkshire than has Mr. Fletcher. He has proved this sufficiently by some admirable fiction. He now...

is. 6d. net.)—The epistolary form of travel talk is highly convenient, and perhaps the most satisfactory way of conveying to others the intimate life of a people, but it lacks...

the National Defence Association (Hugh Rees, 119 Pall Mall, S.W., 2s. 6d. net), has many excellent and attractive articles. "An Old Hand" makes his "Foreign Chronique " as...