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BOOKS.
The SpectatorEXPLORATION IN PALESTINE.* Tnz first of these sumptuous volumes was printed eleven years ago : the last some months ago. It is no exaggeration to describe them as the most...
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A SOUTH AFRICAN PIONEER.* Tars generation probably hardly associates the
The Spectatorname of Oswell with the earlier travels of Livingstone and the big game south of the Zambesi. Yet the friendship of the two men ought to be famous, for we do not believe the...
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DR. PUSEY.* THIS biography, written by the gifted lady who
The Spectatorprefers to be known as the biographer of Charles Lowder, is not an abridg- ment of the standard Life by Dr. Liddon, but an independent work, based to some extent upon fresh...
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GIFT-BOOKS.
The SpectatorHANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN.* IT may seem somewhat late in the day to attempt an apprecia- tion of Hans Christian Andersen, and, indeed, we are not thinking of attempting it. But...
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With Buller in Natal. By G. A. Henty. (Blackie and
The SpectatorSon. 6s.)—The war in South Africa has certainly done a good turn to the writers of gift-book stories. We have had a long and pleasant acquaintance with Mr. Henty in this...
" F. C. G." AND THE BIRDS.* THE Messrs. Carruthers
The SpectatorGould tell us that they have collected some of these tales from various sources of folk-lore, and that they have invented some for themselves. "It matters nothing," so they say,...
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Goops and How to be Them. By Gelett Burgess. (Methuen
The Spectatorand Co. 6s.)—A " goop," it seems, is an embodiment of all that a child should not be. The pen and pencil of the author of this volume are therefore employed to teach politeness...
The Children's Sing. By Annie R. Butler. (R.T.S. 2s. 6d.)—
The SpectatorThis book, to describe it briefly, is a child's Life of Christ. Few tasks are more difficult than to tell the story with anything like completeness, or to express the deeper...
Young England. (57-59 Ludgate Hill. 5s.)—This "Illustrated Magazine for Boys
The Spectator" is a very good periodical of its kind. The variety of its contents and the skill and good taste with which they are chosen are worthy of much praise. Of course South Africa...
The Schoolmistress of Haven's End. By Ella Edersheim Over. . - ton.
The Spectator(R.T.S. 2s.)—Joan Harding, a lady by birth, makes up her mind to take charge of a village school. This is a thing often talked about, and sometimes done. What it really means...
An Ocean Adventurer. By Walter P. Wright. (Blackie and Son.
The Spectator2s. 6d.)—An " adventurer" indeed ! Incidents of the most startling kind follow, one after another, with a rapidity that takes away our breath. The old times and the new are...
One of Buller's Horse. By William Johnston. (Nelson and Sons.
The Spectator3s. 6d.)—There are three hundred and fifty-nine pages in this book. At p. 181 we get to Malta ; and when we have got as far as p. 195 we reach the " brave foe," but our hero...
Adventures in the South Pacific. By " One Who was
The SpectatorBorn There." (R.T.S. 2s. 6d.)—This is not a book of the usual pattern. We are familiar with stories of life in the Pacific islands from the point of view of the adventurer, and...
The Scarlet Judges. By Eliza F. Pollard. (S. W. Partridge
The Spectatorand Co. 6s.)—This is "A Tale of the Inquisition in the Nether- lands." We have more than once expressed a doubt whether such subjects are well suited to books of this kind. We...
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Miscsissarrsons.—Of the periodicals of the Religious Tract Society we have
The Spectatorto mention, as suited for elder readers, Friendly Greetings, Illustrated Readings for the People ; Light in the Home has papers also suited for the young ; while The Child's...
The Mandarin's Kite. By G. E. Farrow. (Skeffington and Son.
The SpectatorSs. 6c1.)—Cyril Deane and his young Chinese friend Tsu-foo, son of a Mandarin who lived next door, went up by accident on a gigantic kite, and reaching the Zodiac, saw many...
Colina's Island. By Ethel F. Heddle. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier,
The SpectatorEdinburgh. 2s. Cd.)—Colin McVean is the oppressive and miserly owner of a Highland estate. He leaves this away from the expectant nephew, giving it to "Colina." But the dis-...
C URRENT LITER AT URE.
The SpectatorIN SOUTH AFRICA WITH BULLER. In South Africa with Buller. By G. C. Musgrave. (Gay and Bird. 7s. CxI.)—Mr. Musgrave adopts an unadorned style in relating the Natal Campaign,...
Geoff Blake: his Chums and his Foes. By S. S.
The SpectatorPugh. (R.T.S. 2s. 6d.)—This is an unusually successful school-story. For the most part these tales have something unreal about them. Here we have what seems to us a really good...
About Peggy Savile. By Jessie Mansergh. (R.T.S. 2s. 6d.)— Miss
The SpectatorMansergh has made a success of the central character of her story, the "Peggy Savile " about whom she tells us. She is a clever, somewhat strange young person, and it is good to...
A Child's London. By Hamish Hendry. (Sands and Co. 3s.
The SpectatorGd.) —A child is supposed to come to London and to describe what he sees. He visits the lions in Trafalgar Square, the "Zoo "(where he expresses a preference for the elephant...
The Lord's Purse-Bearers. By Hesba Stretton. (R.T.S. is. Gd.)— Miss
The SpectatorHesba Stretton has a strong conviction that it is a serious offence to give to a beggar, and she enforces it on her readers in this story. A very painful story it is, not indeed...
Like a Rosen Fiddler. By Mary E. Shipley. (S.P.C.K. 2s.)
The Spectator—A writer who tells "a tale of the Pilgrimage of Grace" ven- tures into deep waters, too deep, we cannot but think, for safety. There are periods of history which are best...
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SOUTH AFRICAN STUDIES.
The SpectatorSouth African Studies. By A. P. Hillier, M.D. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.) —Dr. Hillier has put together in book-form a series of very miscellaneous lectures, articles, and letters...
THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
The SpectatorThe Paris Exhibition, 1900. Section I. (Virtue and Co. 10s. 6d.)—This " illustrated record of the art, architecture, and industries" of the Exhibition is a collection of...
SPORT IN WAR.
The SpectatorSport in War. By Major - General R. S. S. Baden - Powell F.R.G.S. (W. Heinemann. 5s.)—Mr. A. E. T. Watson, the editor of the Badminton Magazine, writes the preface to these five...
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THE ROMANCE OF SPAIN.
The SpectatorThe Romance of Spain. By C. W. Wood, F.R.G.S. (Macmillan and Co. 10s.)—There is a traditional fatality which besets travels and travellers in Spain. Theophile Gautier employed...
FRANCIS PARKMAN.
The SpectatorA We of Francis Parkman. By C. H. Farnham. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d.)—Francis Parkman, a painter of heroes, was himself a hero. Such is the burden of Mr. Farnham's biography,...
THE RELIEF OF MAFEKING.
The SpectatorThe Relief of Mafeking. By Filson Young. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—We do not hold a brief for war correspondents, whose necessity is less obvious than their eloquence, and we cannot...
LIFE. OF FATHER (*OREM
The SpectatorLife of Father Goreh. By the Rev. C. E. Gardner. (Longmans and Co. 5s.)—Nilakantha Goreh was a Brahman of high station, belonging to a family in which service at Court was...
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THE LAST MEDITATIONS OF SAVONAROLA.
The SpectatorSavonarola : Meditations on Psalm li. and part of Psalm xx.ri. in Latin, with an English Translation. By E. H. Perowne, D.D., Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge....
HISTORY OF RHODESIA.
The SpectatorHistory of Rhodesia. By Howard Hensman. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 6s.)—Most of us would be surprised to think that the history of so recent an acquisition as Rhodesia would fill...
SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS.
The SpectatorA New Study of the SOWiS of Shakespeare. By Parke Godwin. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. Gs. net.)—It is difficult to know what acertain type of writer would do without the perennial...
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THE ANTARCTIC REGIONS.
The SpectatorThe Antarctic Regions. By Dr. Karl Frisker. (Swan Sonnen- schein and Co. 7s. 6d.)—The Antarctic never can have the interest that attaches to the Arctic ; there are no Eskimo,...
LIFE IN LONDON.
The SpectatorLife in London ; or, The Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his Elegant Friend, Corinthian Tom, in their Rambles and Sprees through the Metropolis. By Pierce...
IN THE ICE WORLD OF HIMALAYA.
The SpectatorIn the Ice World of Himalaya. By F. B. Workman and Dr. W. H. Workman. With Maps and Illustrations. (T. Fisher Unwin. 6s.)—Dr. and Mrs. Workman spent the two summers of '98 and...
COMMERCE AND CHRISTIANITY.
The SpectatorCommerce and Christianity. By the Author of "The Social Horizon." (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 3s. 6d.)—Christianity versus the competitive principle in business, such is our...
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Two books of devotion may be mentioned together, though representing
The Spectatorvery different schools of Christian thought. These are the Feet of Jesus. By Madame Cecilia. (Burns and Oates. 3s. 6d.)—There is, of course, something that is character- istic...
Cabot Bibliography. By George Parker Winship. (H. Stevens, Son, and
The SpectatorStiles. 18s. net.)—Mr. Winship has prefixed to his bibliography an essay on the lives and doings of the two Cabots. John Cabot, a Genoese by birth, but by adoption an...
In the Days of My Youth. With an Introduction by
The SpectatorT. P. O'Connor. (C. Arthur Pearson. 7s. 6d.)—This is a book which we describe rather than criticise. It consists of thirty-four auto- biographies, or fragments of autobiography,...
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London: Printed by LOVE & WYISAN (Limited) at Noe. 74-76
The SpectatorGreat Queen Street, W.C.; and Published by JOHN BAEHR for the *Srscriroa" (Limited) at th eir 0 ce, No. 1 We ll in g ton Street, In the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, In the...
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Negotiations in China have advanced one step. The repre- sentatives
The Spectatorof the Allied Powers have agreed upon terms, which will be presented to the Empress-Regent in a conjoint Note. They are substantially the terms proposed by M. Delcasse, and the...
The test question is, of course, the execution of the
The Spectatorguilty Mandarins. If that is granted, there may be peace with China for years, every great official dreading the consequences of outrage; if it is not granted, every Chinaman...
By the appointment of Mr. Hanbury to the Board Of
The SpectatorAgriculture, the reconstructed Cabinet is now oomplete as follows :— Lord Chancellor... ... Prime Minister and Lord Privy Seal... Lord Salisbury. Lord Halsbury. Lord...
The Government have decided on a winter Session. To the
The Spectatorsurprise even of officials, it was announced on Tuesday that Parliament would assemble on December 3rd for the despatch of business. The motive is understood to be the necessity...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorA TUCH alarm was spread through Europe on Thursday by ji. the receipt of an official notice that the Czar, who is at Livadia, has been attacked by typhoid. The symptoms up to...
No. 3,777.]
The SpectatorPOE THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1900. r ° CIISTERED AS A PRIGS 615. News PAPER. BY POST...61D. STAGE ABROAD I D.
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The Intelligence Departments of the different countries concerned have hitherto
The Spectatorfailed woefully as regards China. We wonder if any of them are repairing that fault by obtaining information as to what is really going on in Sian in the Imperial circle. Such...
Lord Roberts's further despatches show that the credit of the
The Spectatorsuccessful but severe engagement near Bothaville, briefly mentioned in our last issue, was chiefly due to that " gallant and capable cavalry leader," Colonel Le Gallais, who un-...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, on Tuesday
The Spectatormade an important speech to the Dolphin Society at Bristol. After mentioning that he had wished to resign, but wan not permitted to do so, he proceeded to declare that "the...
The German Reichstag was opened on Wednesday, the 14th inst.,
The Spectatorin a speech by the Emperor, the object of which is to defend his conduct in sending an expedition to China with- out waiting for the consent of the representatives. His pleas...
The French Exhibition was closed on Monday, and has left
The Spectatorbehind it in France a certain feeling of disappointment. Though the crowds which flocked to it were enormous, it has not been a financial success, and it has not been to the...
Sir Michael, it is pretty clear, thinks we are spending
The Spectatortoo much, and is most anxious to dissuade the country from any large increase in the Army. The numbers, he says, are suffi- cient; what is wanted are better training, and more...
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The Imperial Liberals—the " naughty boys of the Liberal Party,"
The Spectatoras one of the speakers described them—mustered in force at a banquet on Monday under the presidency of Lord Brassey. The chairman, who claimed that there was nothing new or...
Mr. Richard Harding Davis, the American novelist and war correspondent,
The Spectatorrecently published in Scribner's Magazine' an article accusing the British officers imprisoned in the Model School at Pretoria of wantonimischief and ungentle-, manly and...
The expected return of Lord Roberts, and the appointment of
The SpectatorLord Kitchener as his immediate successor in South Africa, afford matter for some interesting comment in a recent issue of Die Information, the very ably conducted and...
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's speech at Dundee on Thursday partook largely
The Spectatorof the nature of a rejoinder to the Imperialist Liberals. After adhering to his condemnation of their action in forming a separate organisation, he challenged Lord Brassey's...
The annual Parliamentary Blue-book on the Metropolitan Police for the
The Spectatoryear 1899 is full of instructive facts and figures. The Metropolitan area covers 688 square miles, with a mean rateable value, for police purposes, of £42,557,150, and the total...
Mr. Choate, the American Ambassador, delivered a lecture on Abraham
The SpectatorLincoln before the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution on Tuesday. Not the least interesting part of the address was that in which Mr. Choate described the in- effaceable...
The Daily Mail of Monday publishes a sketch, which it
The Spectatorbelieves to be authentic, of the first of the coming military reforms. Every private is to have ten months' thorough training in campaigning work, including shooting, scouting,...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorLORD SALISBURY AT THE GUILDHALL. C LEARLY Lord Salisbury has not lost the mordant wit which first attracted public attention to his great powers. His definition of the Concert...
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A SOUTH AFRICAN SESSION. T HERE will be much and bitter
The Spectatordebating in this South African Session. It is all very well to say that it is summoned to vote some money on account, and that when the money is voted Members will disperse ;...
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LORD ROSEBERY AND THE " IMPERIAL LIBERALS." T HE Imperial Liberal
The SpectatorCouncil has celebrated its suc- cesses at the General Election by a banquet. The eminent politicians who furnished the after-dinner speeches had a difficult part to play. They...
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RITUALISM AND PROSECUTION. R ECENT events seem to show that we
The Spectatorare on the eve of another dreary period of Church controversy, in which Ritualism and the civil law, the authority of the Bishops and the liberty of the individual conscience,...
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THE LONDON SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS.
The SpectatorI N regard to the elections for the London School Board, which are to take place on the 29th inst., it is not possible for us to advocate the undiscriminating support by the...
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THE EYESIGHT OF SAVAGES.
The SpectatorT HAT men who can see well will learn to shoot better than men who do not see well is a fact so patent that we do not wonder Sir Redvers Buller's remark about the superior...
THE TYRANNY OF CORRESPONDENCE.
The SpectatorT HE classic age of letter-writing, like that of chivalry, is gone, although no Burke has been found yet to utter its splendid funeral oration. It is of course true that more...
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THE CALLOUSNESS OF CHILDREN.
The SpectatorThis imperfect understanding of the results of what they are doing, and ignorance of the proportion which different acts of wrong bear in the eyes of other people, account every...
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CORRESPONDENCE.
The SpectatorTHE COUNTRY OF DREAMS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR-^] StE,—Is there a country of Dreamland somewhere in exist- ence in the four dimensions, or in a planet resembling...
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THE NUMBERS OF LELE JEWS.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—Is the apparently slow increase of the Jewish population of the world really so remarkable as your article in the Spectator of November...
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorSir,—In the review of " The Life and Letters of T. H. Huxley" in the Spectator of November 10th occurs this startling passage :—" He passes from the vertebra:, to the School...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorPROFESSOR HUXLEY'S LIFE. ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In reading your interesting review of Professor Huxley's life in the Spectator of November 10th, the quota....
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says :—" Lord Dudley is not less lofty [than Madame
The Spectatord'Houdetot] in his praise. He has thrown a doubt,' said he, on all past glory; he has made all future renown im- possible.' " I am the possessor cf a sheet of paper upon which "...
" HOOLIGANISM."
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The statistics suggested by Dean Gregory would, if they could be obtained, be of great interest, although it is quite possible that, if...
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")
The SpectatorSin,—By all means let the inquiry as to the educational ante- cedents of the " Hooligan " which the Dean of St. Paul's sug- gests be made. I shall, however, be very surprised if...
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" RELIGIO LAICI."
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Your correspondent in the Spectator of November 10th says : " A man may feel grave doubts about creeds and dogmas, and yet may lead a...
HEROD.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In the interesting article on Mr. Stephen Phillips's splen did drama of Herod in the Spectator of November 3rd your writer says: "It is...
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] STE,—I do not know
The Spectatorwhether any correspondence is permitted on the above, but in justice to the memory of Sir Hudson Lowe, who is described as " a martinet with an amazingly narrow mind," I should...
THE MORALITY OF "EXPERTISING."
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sur,—I wish to protest against your writer's argument in favour of " expertising " (Spectator, October 20th). The present world is carried...
THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEED TO COMMERCE.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Being away from home, I have only just received my Spectator of November 3rd, and seen the letter from "A Tradesman," following up your...
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A COINCIDENCE.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your review of the Life of Huxley in the Spectator of November 10th you quote from a letter to Mr. John Morley : —" It is a curious...
POETS AND THE SONGS OF BIRDS.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—In continuation of the interesting facts you have pub- lished concerning our poets' treatment of the songs of birds, I would draw...
THE " SONG OF KITSOS AND HIS MOTHER."
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR tOF THE "SPECTATOR."] have not seen Mr. Abbott's " Songs of Modern Greece," reviewed in the Spectator of November 3rd, but it may be worth while to recall the...
THE " SWEET USES " OF PROSPERITY.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—An instance of the "sweet uses " of prosperity had just come under my notice when I read the article on that subject in the Spectator of...
ENGLAND NOT A " GERMANIC NATION.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sta,—It is rather surprising that none of your readers should have animadverted on Mr. J. M. Ludlow's letter in the Spectator of November...
"THE MANTLE OF ELIJAH "
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your generous review of Mr. Zangwill's " Mantle of Elijah" in the Spectator of November 10th you find two faults. (1) You find fault...
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POETRY.
The SpectatorPRINCE CHRISTIAN VICTOR OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN. NOT in the battle he fell, making story, Dying as asketh the soldier to die, Pain lightly felt in the hour of glory, Joy of the...
BOOKS.
The SpectatorA STUDY OF DR. MARTINEAU.t IT is understood that what may be termed the official biography of Dr. Martineau has been entrusted to his colleagues, Professors Drummond and Upton....
A GOSPEL LEAF.
The SpectatorFRIEND, talk no more of whether death is so Or otherwise : Nor reason if the body lives or no After it dies. See, from this plane the dying leaf I tear— Not nothing, friend,...
THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE HORSE.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Snt,—Your issue of July 14th arrived here last week, in which you relate the picturesque incident of the trooper and his horse at Germiston....
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GREAT BRITAIN IN DECLINE.* THERE is much in Mr. Brooks
The SpectatorAdams's striking, though in some respects sensational, argument to cause thought in an Englishman, but it is primarily intended to arouse his fellow- countrymen in America to a...
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CAPTAIN MAITAN ON THE WAR.* IT is not like Captain
The SpectatorMahan to risk premature judgment by hasty publication. We are accustomed to expect from him much deliberate weighing of evidence, and finish if not finality in the sentence. In...
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Al7TUMNS IN ARGYLL.*
The SpectatorMR. GATHORNE-HARDY has written a book which will be cherished by all lovers of- Highland sport, and many who have never held a rod or rifle in their hand. For it is no mere...
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NOVELS OF THE WEEK.*
The SpectatorTHE scene of Mrs. Steel's new novel is laid in an Indian city, the centre of a dispossessed native dynasty, and is concerned ° (1.) The Hosts of the Lord. By Flora Annie Steel....
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CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorMR. TREVES'S EXPERIENCES. The Tale of a Field Hospital. By Frederick Troves. (Cassell and Co. 6s.)—The hospital in which Mr. Treves worked was called " stationary," not because...
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Adam Duncan. By H. W. Wilson. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and
The SpectatorCo. 2s. net. )—Doubtless Mr. Wilson is right in putting Duncan in the second rank. He was a great commander, but not of the greatest. It is true that he fell upon evil times....
St. Kilda. By Norman Heathcote. (Longmans and Co. 10s. 6d.
The Spectatornet.)—We may divide Mr. Heathcote's account of St. Kilda by the familiar division of past, present, and future. The most notable event in the past is the imprisonment on the...
Eros and Psyche. Retold after Apuleias by Paul Carus, (Kegan
The SpectatorPaul, Trench, and Co. 6s. net.)—This is a pleasing adapta- tion of the Roman romance, though told without any special distinction of style. The writer in his preface expresses...
Romeo and Juliet. Edited by Edward Dowden. (Methuen and Co.
The Spectator3s. 6d.)—Professor Dowden's knowledge and tact as an editor are too well known to need our commendation. He thinks the play an early one, on account of the character of the...
SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.) Random Recollections of an Old Publisher. By William Tinsley. 2 vols....
Miscellanies. By Edward FitzGerald. (Macmillan and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—Perhaps
The Spectatorthe most interesting thing in this volume is the memoir of Bernard Barton. He was one of the happy men who get their bread from business and their butter from litera- ture. At...
Government in Switzerland. By John Martin Vincent, Ph.D. (Mac- millan
The Spectatorand Co. 5s. net.)—Dr. Vincent, after tracing the political history of Switzerland, discusses the details of the cantonal and federal government. The judicial system, the...
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The Slavery of Our Time. By Leo Tolstoy. (Free Age
The SpectatorPress. ls.) — It would not be easy for the most docile statesman to please Count Tolstoy. His leading principle may be described as a combination of non - resistance and...
Olynthiacs, of Demosthenes, edited by H. Sharpley,
The Spectatorwell furnished with introduction, notes, illustrative passage s from other authors, and having that useful item a full index of Greek names. — Model and Black - board Drawing....