IMPERIAL STRATEGY.* TEE services which the Military Correspondent of the Times has rendered to his country of recent years by his courageous attempts to make clear and plain to...

LONDON : NOVEMBER 17th, 1906.

of writers which will never be happy till it is convinced by positive evidence that Count • The night of Marie Antoinette. From the French of G. Lenotre by Mrs. Rudolph Stowell....

THE author of this substantial and erudite work is in anti- quarian matters a keen iconoclast; but in things national he is the intensest of patriots, and claims to be so by...

book on French Court history is both unsavoury and dull. There never lived a duller man than Louis XV., or a King who was a greater curse to his country. And this not because of...

A TALE OF PRESENT-DAY LONDON.* WE have a vivid remembrance of a good novel from Miss Heddle's pen, The Town's Verdict, and in this volume we have a good gift-book story. The...

BOTH of these stories are written, so to speak, by experts. Mr. Strang and Mr. Macmillan both know India at first hand, and not from books only. We do not wish to depreciate the...

Co. 5s.)—A young reader who acquires anything like a mastery of this book will have learnt a quite creditable amount of history and geography. Mr. Williams begins with an...

2s. 6d.)—These seven short stories sketching the life of children in the great Colonies and India will delight young readers, for they are well told, the local colour is good,...

R. Chambers. 3s. 6d.)—A good story of school life is about as hard a thing to write as can be imagined, and Mr. Whishaw, clever tale-writer as he is, has not made a great...

even unusually full of good things. A story by Mr. Crockett, to begin with, is no small attraction ; Miss Amy Le Feuvre contri- butes another story; and the miscellaneous...

3s. 6d.), is "the story of the remarkable adventures of an English- man and an American in Macedonia." Young people, happily for themselves, can relish stronger fare than suits...

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Co. 3s. 6d.)—" Each of these stories," writes Mr. Wood in his preface, "is based on one or more personal interviews with the survivor of the event described. Colonel T. A....

Fenn has constructed this story with no little skill, giving it the dramatic unity which goes so far towards effectiveness. The two heroes, a private of gentle birth who has...

(R.T.S. 3s. 6d.)—Miss Stooks deals with a theme which never fails to interest. A mother and four daughters, left penniless by the death of the head of the house, resolve to earn...

Os )—Miss Blackwood has made a very creditable effort to write new fairy-stories. She has, of course, to use the old machinery—the fairy, benevolent or malevolent, the...

of useful and entertaining literature" gives a supply as varied and as copious as we have been for many years accus- tomed to find in it. The chief items are " Some Personal...

is described as "A Story of the Evils of Gambling." It is not well, perhaps, for a writer to show his hand in this way. The metaphor is appropriate ; the moral should not be...

Co. 2s. 6d.)—We remember reading of a Princess, possibly from the Hesperides or Araby the Blest, whose finely cultivated sense of smell was sorely troubled when she came into a...

3s. 6d.)—We scarcely need to do more than describe this volume if we would commend it to our readers. In the first place, it comes praised by Lord Avebury. Then the author has...

to be well adapted to its purpose. The two chief items among its contents are "Day by Day in a Deep-water Ship" and a story of school life under the title of "Rivals and Chums."...

Sedgwick. (Bagster and Sons. 6s.)—Mr. Sedgwick takes us from the Samaritan Pentateuch to Tyndale's translation. There is a refreshing breadth about his views of things. He gives...

Sharp. (Blackie and Son. 6s. net.)—Here we have pencil and pen cleverly portraying for us the belongings and circumstances of Christmas. The pudding is stirred, the carol-...

(R.T.S. 2s.)—These eight sketches are touched with the power and feeling which we are accustomed to find in Miss Le Feuvre's work. They are in various tones,—now the note is of...

—This "Tale of Amazing Adventure in the Under World" ought to Satisfy the very strongest appetite for horrors. In such creatures as the great saurian, the spider as tall as a...

following new editions of stories all of which have at one time or other been noticed in these columns. These are Condemned as a Nihilist and Under Lord Wellington's Command,...

TWO BUDDHIST COUNTRIES. Western Tibet and the British Borderland. By Charles A. Sherring, M.A., F.R.G.S. (Edward Arnold. 21e. net.)—Mr. Sherring's book on Western Tibet is the...

The Hygiene of Mind. By T. S. Clouston. (Methuen and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—To appeal to the general reader upon a subject based essentially upon scientific knowledge is often enough...

The History of England from Addington's Administration to the Close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837). By the Hon. George C. Brodrick and J. K. Fotheringham, M.A. (Longmans and...

The Seven Follies of Science. By John Phin. (A. Constable and Co. 5s. net.)—There is a curious attraction for certain minds in the announcement that a problem is insoluble. At...

For old sake's sake we should come to any book with Uncle Remus in it with pleasure ; but there is no disguising the fact that Mr. Joel Chandler Harris's new volume, Told by...

The Land of Pardons. By Anatole Le Braz. (Methuen and Co. 7s. 6d.)—Not the least interesting fact in connexion with this fascinating volume is the description by the translator...

No Man's Land. By Sir Martin Conway. (Cambridge University Press. 10s. 6d. net.)—Sir Martin Conway holds a high place among the modern explorers of Spitsbergen, and in the...

Tales from the Talmud. By E. R. Montague. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 6s.)—" A collection of tales which, sometimes quaint, sometimes marvellous, often of groat intrinsic beauty,...

Progress of Science in the Century. By J. Arthur Thomson.— Progress of Art in the Century. By William Sharp and Elizabeth A. Sharp.—Discoveries and Explorations in the Century....

The Book of Mackay. By Angus Mackay. (Norman Macleod, Edinburgh.)—This is an excellent specimen of literature of the family history character. To the ordinary reader its size—...

The Chateaux of Touraine. By M. H. Lansdale. Illustrated with Pictures by Jules Guerin, and by Photographs. (Eveleigh Nash. 24s. net.)—The strange drawings of M. Guerin are...

Our Waterways. By Urquhart A. Forbes and W. H. R. Ashford. (J. Murray. 12s. net.)—Messrs. Forbes and Ashford have given us a valuable treatise on the past history and future...

Men and Women of the French Revolution. By Philip Gibbs. Illustrated with 28 Plates Reproduced from Contemporary Prints. (Kegan Paul and Co. 25s. net.)—One would have thought,...

English Costume. Painted and Described by Dion Clayton Calthrop. " Tudor and Stuart." (A. and C. Black. 7s. 6d. net.) —Mr. Calthrop follows up his volumes describing " Early...

and 5 Dean Street, Holborn, W.C. i and Published by Jona BEIER for the " SPadraxos " (Limited) at their Office. No. 1 Wellin g ton Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand,...

O N Wednesday in the Reichstag Prince Billow—who, we are glad to note, appears to have completely recovered his health—made a speech of no little importance in regard to German...

delivered an important speech to the French Chamber on the Separation Law. He began by asking for the complete con- fidence of the - House, which was necessary before the...

be toujours en vedette in order to keep the provinces she hnd gained in 1871. He had often heard that there were Frenchmen who desired closer relations with Germany, but in...

is that it is satisfactory as far as it goes. If Germany honestly does not regard the entente cordiale as a menace to her unless it should develop an aggressive side towards...

accepted the resignation of the Prussian Minister of Agriculture, General von Podbielski, on the ostensible grounds of ill-health. General von Podbielski, it will be remembered,...

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on Monday, stated that until the organisation scheme for the' Territorial Army was produced, Volunteer infantry battalions- would not receive allowances in respect of a stay of...

were on Thursday occupied with the discussion of the confidential Report made to the Government in regard to the prevalence of unnatural vice among the Chinese labourers on the...

ordinary performance on the part of the Opposition. The Trade Disputes Bill came up for discussion on the Motion for the third reading. After Lord Robert Cecil had endeavoured...

Prince Olaf, arrived at Portsmouth on Monday, where they were met by the Prince of Wales, and escorted by him to Windsor. On Tuesday King Haakon was invested by King Edward with...

about eleven strong, under the command of Ferreira—a Boer who fought against us in the war—had entered the north-west corner of the Cape near the German border, had attacked a...

with the Land Tenure Bill On Monday the discussion centred on the meaning of game, the Opposition opposing the inclusion of deer in the definition. The debate showed a confusion...

tions at Herculaneum is likely to be solved in an amicable way. The international scheme originally proposed by Professor Waldstein failed to secure the approval of the Central...

of Admiralty—solemnly declaree that the agitation against the Board's policy of withdrawing a large number of battleships and cruisers from full commission at sea and placing...

correspondence with regard to the resignation of Sir Bampfylde Fuller. The conduct of the masters and students of the Government schools at Sirajganj was so dis- orderly that be...

been arrived at on the South African railway rates dispute. The question cannot be finally settled till the calling together of a South African Inter-Colonial Conference; but it...

an important discussion on the position of settlers in the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies. He asked that the settler should be given a fair chance of fighting his own way...

the Foreign Minister, the chief speakers at the Guildhall Banquet on Friday week were Mr. Haldane and the Marquis of Ripon. Mr. Haldane asserted, not only in his own name, but...

Oct. 19th. Consols (2k) were on Friday 86i—on Friday week 861.

MR. BIRRELL AND THE EDUCATION BILL. .TT is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer : but when he JL is gone his way, then he boasteth." In other words, when men are nearing the...

M R. BALFOUR is not an easy leader to follow. The plain man would have imagined from his action in the summer and during the first part of the present Session that he was...

T N his speech at the Guildhall banquet on Friday week Lord Ripon defined the policy of the Government on the Congo Free State question. He declared that the primary duty and...

forty-seven, must be to a considerable extent a disappointed man, He commands, it is true, the strongest Army in Europe, he is very nearly absolute in his own dominion, and he...

I T is only just to begin an examination of the acts of the Poplar Guardians as summarised in Mr. Davy's Report by a full recognition of the difficulties against which they had...

HATEVER men think of Christ—and there never was V V a.time when they thought so much or so differently— it must be conceded upon all sides that He was an idealist. He preached...

I T is in the twilight of short November afternoons that London first reveals itself as a city of toy-shops. Earlier in the year, under the high suns of June and July, the...

M R. MACKAIL has published a new edition of his "Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology " (Long- mans and Co., 14s. net), a book which has long been out of print and...

THE STATE OF THE NAVY. I.—THE NEED FOR INQUIRY. 11 . 0 THE EDITOft 01 THE "SpEcTAT0R."1 Sin,—Of late there have been many indications that public confidence in the...

THE NAVY AND ITS CHIEF NEED. [TO TEM EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—As your• avowed intention is " to show soberly and convincingly that there is an imperative need for...

[TO THE EDITOlt OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—As one deeply interested in naval matters, though only a layman, may I inquire whether Mr. Edward Quicke (Spectator, November 10th)...

rejoice to learn that communications on the need of an inquiry into the state of the Navy are about to appear in your columns. May I be allowed to give expression to an earnest...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR..] SIR, —The reductions in the shipbuilding programme for this. and next year were announced on Friday, July 27th, or at the end of an arduous...

THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—I plead the importance of the subject in asking for a little space. I write with the experience of an old (retired) commanding officer, and as a former...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.".1 SIR,—By an accident I have only now seen the Spectator of October 13th, in which you discuss briefly the indignation of Newfoundland in...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIB, — Please permit that rare bird, a defeated Liberal candi- date at the last General Election, to comment briefly on your article of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sia,—You have pointed out that this Bill may be justly called "a Bill to promote and encourage the formation of Trusts " ; but I suggest to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Srn,—The Rev. Edward Hensley sends me the following reply to your correspondent on the above subject in the Spectator of October 27th:—"...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR-1 Sin,—As one interested in the question of women's occupa- tions, may I point out the unconscious, but somewhat cruel, irony of " Colonial's "...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Judging from my experience, eats, when living near water, are generally fond of fishing. I have personally known three feline fishers....

[To vas EDITOR OF TEl "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—A little-known episode in the life of Mr. Herbert was the part he played during the Dano-Prussian War of 1864, an account of his stay...

SIR,—Some years ago, when I was a Master at Eton, I saw a cat fishing just above Boveney Look in the lock-out. No doubt others will recollect the circumstance, as I myself...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " Sxn,—The following sentences, culled from Section IX. of "Shooting Niagara and After," by Thomas Carlyle (date of publication, August, 1867), should...

[To THE EDITOR OF Till "SPEOTA.TOR.".1 SIR,—I have no doubt that you will have a good answer to the High Commissioner for New Zealand's letter of last week on this subject. In...

with interest the letter in the Spectator of November 10th on the fisher-cat of Carisbrooke. I know of a cat, whose home was in Westmorland close to a stream, who was a regular...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—The variations in the Synoptist accounts of the healing of blind Bartimaeus are probably due to the natural action of tradition. And...

OLAF. WE met his sires with bow and bill, When on our hapless isle they fell. But which of us hath force or will This new invader to repel? We can but beg his sovereign...

MEDIAEVAL STUDIES.* STUDENTS of mediaeval literature will welcome the publication of a volume of collected essays by so distinguished a scholar as Mr. Ker. Many of the papers...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Six,—About a year or so ago leading Tariff Reformers said the then activity of the cotton trade was a flash in the pan. I was allowed to...

MB. FOBTESCUE need hardly have apologised, as he does in the preface of the fourth volume of his history, for the fact that the instalment with which he now presents us, and...

THERE are two ways in which an autobiography may be made interesting to the reader. A writer who has knowledge of character, subtle discrimination, and a talent for analysis,...

THE OLD COUNTRY* Mn. NEWBOLT calls his story a "romance,"—a common designation of works which do not treat of the everyday world. But he has stretched the romancer's license...

Co. 6s.)—Miss Tynan will not increase her reputation by this book. The Story of Sawn contains none of the picturesque elements with which the author has so often delighted us....

and Abroad. Written by his Son, Prosper Paleologus, otherwise Constantine, and Edited by " Q." (Smith, Elder, and Co. 6s.)—We can well understand that this book is peculiarly...

6s.)—Present-day novelists often complain that critics will never allow them to write a book in anything but the manner in which they scored their first success. It does not...

Stories of school life have hitherto, with negligible exceptions, been exclusively concerned with English public or preparatory school boys. A welcome is therefore due to Mr....

[Under this heading us nobles such Books of the week as have not bun reserved for review in other forme.] Fireside and Sunshine. By E. V. Lucas. (Methuen and Co 5s.)—About a...

3s. 6d.)—Mrs. Houghton attacks what is perhaps the most difficult of present-day problems in the province of educa- tion : " How is the Bible to be taught ? " " Revelation," she...

SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Signs of the Times. By the Authors of " Wisdom While You Wait." Illustrated by George Morrow. (Alston Rivers. ls. net.) —Though the intimate connexion of...

and Co. 6s. net.)—It was a great but well-deserved compliment when Dr. Sheehan was asked to " disinter," as he puts it, these papers from the magazines, &c., in which they first...

(E. Stanford. 6s.)—This publication is issued in connexion with the steamboat service of the Norddeutscher Lloyd. Some of our best "guides" have a similar origin, so far as...

(Gay and Bird. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Cram has done good service in putting together these descriptions of the ruined Abbeys. He begins with Glastonbury (which is, we hope, to be...

H. Schofield, Ph.D. (Macmillan and Co. 'Is. 6d.)—This is the second of a series of six volumes which is to give the history of the English literature of some three centuries....

Story. (Arthur C. Fifield. 2s. 6d.)—It would be better if Mr. Story would abstain from comparisons. "When will this civilization of ours," he cries, " begin to breed true men ?...