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The revision of the Prayer Book continues to cause us
The Spectatorno less anxiety. Our hopes that the Church of England may continue to be a comprehensive National Church are at best stationary, whereas our earnest desire has been that the...
The Arbitration and Security Committee of the League of Nationg
The Spectatormeet again on February20th. The rayporieurs have 'prepared for it a very' important memorandum in which the hands of Dr. Benesh 'and M. Politis are evident. They prOpose no new...
On Monday this amendment was defeated and the House turned
The Spectatorto one moved by a sm ll group of Con- servatives urging economy. A useful little debate followed before the amendment was withdrawn. On Tuesday, the Liberal amendment on social...
In the House of Commons on Thursday, February 9th, Mr.
The SpectatorLocker-Lampson, answering for the Fozeign Office a question on the Rhineland, made the important state- ment that if the Governments concerned could come to an agreement to...
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The SpectatorLondon, W.C.2.âA Subscription , to the SPECTATOR Walt Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, to any part of the world. The SPECTATOR is registered as a Newspaper. The...
News of the Week
The SpectatorT HE - death of Lord Oxford and Asquith will be mourned by the nation regardless of politics, for he was one who kept up our standards of public life, always refusing, even...
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On the Continent of Europe Governments seem to have been
The Spectatorinfected with a spirit of change, but the results have not been highly important. The Norwegian Gov- ernment resigned last week. It was an extreme Socialist Government which...
Our' admiration for his ideals is as profound as our
The Spectatorcomplete mistrust of the economic methods by which he would reach them. Let him avoid the perils of materialiit, mercantilist bargainings over tariffs and preferences which are...
The House of Laity on Thursday, February 9th, agreed to
The Spectatordiscuss at _ once the Rubrics concerning Reservation. The House agreed to the first Rubric and to the second with slight amendment. After rejecting onlyone amend- ment to the...
When the clergy came to the Communion Service there was
The Spectatorlittle debate before they adopted the first Rubric in the Alternative Order for the Communion of the Sick. This provides for occasional Reservation in the form of " extended "...
Two Imperial travellers have returned to these Islands. Mr. Cosgrave
The Spectatorhas paid a successful visit to the United States, where we believe that he has dispelled some old misconceptions of Anglo-Irish relations. If so, he has done good service. We...
The Kuomintang has been in session at Nanking and has
The Spectatorissued a new manifesto. This is a great improve- ment upon former pronouncements in that the anti- foreign tone is far milder. It is fairly plain that there are some sensible...
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It is only a year and a half since we
The Spectatorpublished an article describing the struggles of an inventor, Mr. Baird, to convey by wireless agency communications to the eye as they are now conveyed every day to the ear....
We desire to offer our welcome to the mission from
The SpectatorUruguay headed by Dr. de Herrera, a distinguished representative of ambassadorial rank. The mission has come to England nominally in order to return the visit paid to their...
. The Government announced last week that the Committee on
The SpectatorCivil Research is ..to 'inquire into the operation and effects of the Stevenson scheme for restricting .the export of rubber from British sources of production. The inquiry will...
The Lord Chief Justice summed up a libel case this
The Spectatorweek in a more vigorous and less coldly judicial manner than we should have expected. But very naturally his wrath was stirred by a case in which it appeared to him that an...
The result of the by-election at Lancaster, a Liberal gain,
The Spectatorwas declared on Friday, February 10th, as follows :â Mr. R. P. Tomlinson (Liberal) .. .. 14,689 Mr. H. Rainsbotham (Conservative) .. 12,860 The Rev. D. R. Davies (Labour)...
exhibition. Truly that heroic woman has suffered much since she
The Spectatordeliberately brought death . upon herself for her country's sake. The terrible circumstances of . the moment may have been some excuse for the exploitation. of her sacrifice for...
The Home Secretary has done well to prOtest against the
The Spectatorgrowing habit of public appeals for the remission of the death sentence. These are not based on reasonable objections to capital punishment, still less upon the merits of each...
During a week in which the country and its coasts
The Spectatorhave suffered great damage from storms following quickly upon.the disastrous Thames floods, we particularly regret a violent blow delivered by other natural forces. On Saturday...
Bank Rate, 41 per cent., changed from 5 per cent.,
The Spectatoron April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1011 ; on Wednesday week 101-f} ; a year ago 1011. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 881; on Wednesday...
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Lord Oxford and Asquith
The SpectatorI N Lord Oxford and Asquith the nation has lost one of its few Elder Statesmen who by long and arduous public service had won universal respect. He had played a leading part in...
The Independence of the British Press T HE affairs of Fleet
The SpectatorStreet have been more than usually in the public eye of late. First of all there was the sale of the Daily Telegraph by its former proprietors, of whom Lord Burnham was the...
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The Simon Commission T HERE is as yet no reason to
The Spectatorabate our hopes that Sir John Simon and his colleagues will do great service to the Empire of India. Since we wrote last week upon the threatened boycott the most audible...
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Mr. Amery's Tour M R. AMERY returned from his Empire Tour
The Spectatoron Sunday. Since he left England in July last, the Secretary of State for the Dominions has travelled 55,000 miles and visited most of the important centres in South Africa,...
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A Visit to "Little Moscow " M AERDY, or " Little
The SpectatorMoscow," is a straggling township of 7,000 inhabitants at the head of one fork of the Rhondda Valley. Almost everyone is a Communist here, to-day. But it was not always so....
The Week in Parliament
The SpectatorT HE debate on the Address has been comprehensive, informative, and tranquil. For the first time in this Parliament there seemed to be a genuine desire on the part of members on...
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Pigeon Shooting at its Worst
The Spectator(During his recent stay on the Riviera Sir William Beach Thomas visited Monte Carlo at our request. The pigeon-shooting as carried on there is a disgrace and we are sure most...
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George Meredith
The SpectatorO F Modern Love, when it was published in 1862, the Spectator wrote ; " The effect of the book on us is that of clever, meretricious, turbid pictures, by a man of some vigour,...
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A Kitten's Day rE kitten came to town in a motor.
The SpectatorIle found himself in a high Georgian house in a town square. Like Nelson, he had never met fear, so he felt only some surprise. Perhaps he missed his suburban home. Perhaps he...
In the Roaring Forties
The Spectator[This is another story from our recent competition. The writer informs us that the incident described actually 000urred.âEn. Spectator.] I T was in the Jubilee year of Queen...
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Gramophone Notes
The SpectatorUNDER the direction of Rupert D'Oyly Carte The Gondoliers has been re-recorded by " His Master's Voice." There are twelve 12-inch records, and the set, with album, can be bought...
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A LITERARY LETTER FROM PARIS.
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, âThere is a certain current of French literature the strength of which is perhaps insufficiently appreciated by the casual reader of...
Correspondence
The SpectatorA LETTER FROM SIAM. [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,âThe recent entry of a white elephant into Bangkok was of more than ceremonial interest, for it gave a unique...
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Poetry
The SpectatorThe Awakening Do you like daisies and lambs with long tails ? Meadows and April and gold buttercup ? Send for the South Windâhis knock never failsâ Tell him to waken...
The Singer
The SpectatorNow, I may be right And I'd advance The sweetest song In a lashing line Be all along To taste the wine A blackbird shout Is all along Or I may be wrong, That it's fine, fine,...
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The League of Nations
The SpectatorThe Dominions, The Commonwealth, and the League [Mr. Hall is a distinguished Australian publicist and part-author of The Comnsonwealth of Nations, the standard work on its...
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MENTAL DEFECTIVES
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, âThe views expressed by Mr. Eldon Moore in his article on " Lightening the Load of Pauperism," in your issue of February 4th,...
Letters to the Editor
The SpectatorCO-OPERATION IN INDUSTRY [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âI have read with great interest the important article by Sir Alfred Mond in your issue of November 5th last...
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PRAYER BOOK REVISION
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âMost of your correspondents have discussed whether certain uses are good in themselves, without much reference to the question whether...
ABOLISH SUBMARINES
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,âI venture to suggest that Mr. Kellogg's unexpected and unambiguous declaration that " the United States would be willing to sign a...
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THE DISTILLERS' CAMPAIGN [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSnt,âThe letter of your correspondent, Mr. J. H. Fowler, in your issue of the 4th instant appears to me to open a far more important question for the consideration of the "...
THE HOMECROFT SETTLEMENT [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âYou
The Spectatorhave published articles and correspondence from time to time on the subject of housing, and we particularly recall your own suggestion of some two years ago that the ideal home...
SOLVING THE SLUM PROBLEM [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSIR,âAs a rider to your article, I venture to suggest that Mr. Neville Chamberlain has, ready to his hand, a useful precedent. In East London, Durham, and other places,...
THE SWEDISH DRINK SYSTEM : A CRITICISM [To the Editor
The Spectatorof the SPECTATOR.] SIR, âIn your issue of December 17th appears an article, " The Campaign of the Drink Trade." The writer states that the success of the Swedish or so-called...
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WHAT CAN A MAN BELIEVE ?
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,âIn reviewing Mr. Bruce Barton's book What can a Man Relieve ? in the Spectator of February 11th, Mr. Duncan Jones says, " And in the end...
HUMANE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS FOR FOOD
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âWe were pleased to read the letter from Captain Fair- hohne of the R.S.P.C.A. in your issue of February 11th. Through the enterprise of...
" SUMMINGS UP "
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Srn,âI heard and jotted down the " Rag and Bone Man's Epitaph" sixty or seventy years ago. It should run thus :- " Here lie the bones of...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSia,âFor quaintness this is hard to beat. I copied it from a tombstone on the floor of Bromfield Church, Suffolk :â " Here lies the body of Bridget Applewhait once Bridget...
BLASCO IBAAEZ AND COLUMBUS
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âIn the very interesting article by Mrs. Erskine in your issue of February 4th (p. 150) occurs the expression, " the true history of...
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ENGLAND'S CRITICS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSra,âI read with much interest the two foreign articles in the Spectator for February 4thâthose by M. Andre Siegfried and by my good friend, M. William Martin. As, however,...
CHINAMEN [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSan,âAbout forty years ago Sylvanus Urban in the Gentleman's Magazine drew attention to the misuse of Chinaman for Chinese. In your News of the Week, page 179, the word "...
WHAT'S IN A NAME ?
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SEEcritron..] Sin,âYears ago the following story was common property in this district. A labourer's wife, when taking her child to be christened, was...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,--I wonder how many
The Spectatorof your readers have seen that quaint old sign-post near Teddington, Gloucestershire ? It is made of stone and is hexagonal in shape, the inscription upon it reading :- " Edmond...
OIL POLLUTION AT SEA [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSIB,âRecently, on the beach at Hythe, I found a young cormorant, which was unable to , fly because its wings were coated with oil. I took it to a vet., but he could do nothing...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, âA propos to
The SpectatorMr. Noel Cornish's. article in the Spectator of January 28th, a certain strong-minded " squarson," in the 'fifties of last century, was the self-appointed spiritual adviser of...
BIRD LIFE ON THE GOLD COAST [To the Editor of
The Spectatorthe Smut/troll.) Sm,âHaving read Mr. L. Travers Chubb's letter in your issue of November 26th, I submit the following small details of information from Kumasi in Ashanti,...
" Asleep beneath this humble Stone Lies honest, harmlefs, simple
The SpectatorJohn ; Who free from Guilt, & Care & Strife, Here clos'd his inoffensive Life ; His worth was great, his failings few, He practis'd all the good he knew, And did no harm, his...
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Some Books of the Week
The SpectatorANNE, Countess of Winchilsea, was one of the truest poets of the eighteenth century. Indeed, in Wordsworth's opinion, she and James Thomson were the only two writers of the...
When the Mississippi was flooding in the spring of last
The Spectatoryear, as our Thames at the beginning of this, we heard a good deal of a seeming mysterious people called Cajans who dwelt along the banks of the Father of Waters. Under this...
Some regimental historiesâand their name has been legion --are of
The Spectatorinterest only to the members of some particular corps, but the history of The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Constable, illustrated, 21s.) takes a much wider scope. With very...
Mr. Liam O'Flaherty is one of the few realistic writers
The Spectatorof to-day whose manner of telling a story is unmistakably their own : we should recognize his work even were it published anonymously. The three tales in his latest book (The...
The British Investors' Association, Pinners Hall, Austin Friars, E.C. 2,
The Spectatorsend us a small guide book to Fifty Investments, chosen as best in their respective classes, with useful par- ticulars about each. This is little more than a pamphlet, but it is...
Leap Year Competition Tax Editor offers a prize of five
The Spectatorguineas for the best Leap Year proposal of marriage, not exceeding 250 words, in the form of a letter. Both men and women may compete, but the letter should, of course, be...
The Political Competition
The SpectatorWE would ask those readers who have taken part in this Competition to await the publication of the result until ne'4 week.
General Knowledge Questions
The SpectatorOUR weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen General Knowledge questions is awarded this week to Mr. W. A. Patterson of " Clonelly," Doddington Road, Lincoln, for the...
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Appearance and Meaning
The SpectatorSymbolism : Its Meaning and Effect. By A. N. Whitehead, F.R.S., Sc.D. (Cambridge University Press. 4s. 6d.) PROFESSOR WarrEnEar,'s remarkable study of " Religion in the Making "...
The American City Manager Tlti e City Manager. By Leonard
The SpectatorD. White. (University of Chicago Press, Chicago. Price $3.) MANY Englishmen who have heard of the comparatively new office of City Manager in several American towns must have...
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Things Seen by Mr. Belloc Many Cities. By Hilaire Belloc.
The SpectatorWith drawings by Edmond L. Warm. (Constable. 218.) Tins book is, frankly, a pleasant surprise, for we had not expected to find it so carefully written. Lately, we had begun to...
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The Traffic' in Girls
The SpectatorHuman Merchandise. By H. Wilson Harris. (Bean. 6s.) As a concise summary of part of the Report of the League of Nations' investigation into the " White Slave Traffic this book...
Lyrics and Eclogues
The SpectatorPoems. By Philip G. L. Webb. (Nisbet. as. 6c 1 -) Nets to Catch the Wind. By Elinor Wylie. (Knopf. 3s. 6d.) Black Armour. By Elinor Wylie. ⢠(Martin Becker. 5s.) Five Saints...
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Russia Then and Now
The SpectatorFateful Years, 1909 - 1916. The Reminiscences of Serge Sazonov. (Jonathan Cape. 15s.) Russian Economic Development since the Revolution. By Maurice Dobb. (Routledge. 15s.) THE...
" A Little Irish Muse "
The SpectatorMemoirs of Mrs. Letitia Pilkington (1712-1750). Written by Herself. With an Introduction by Iris Barry. (Routledge. 15s.) THE eighteenth century, as Miss Iris Barry observes in...
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Two Globe-Trotters
The SpectatorM. MORAND, about to land in his own country after making a steamship tour of the world, tells us that circumnavigation is not a French form of exercise. " Thirteen journeys of...
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GREAT SHORT STORIES OF ALL NATIONS. Selected by Maxim Lieber
The Spectatorand Blanche Colton Williams. (Harrap. 8s. 6d.)âThis book is explained by its secondary title, " one hundred and fifty-eight complete short stories from all periods and...
THE WHITE VILLA AT DINARD. By Gerard Shelley. (Gay and
The SpectatorHancock. 7s. 6d.)âThe best things in this book, to the reader weary of the rigours of the English winter, are the descriptions of the sunshine and gay life at Dinard. It must...
Fine Portrait Medals
The SpectatorA VOLUME of photographs of medals which is introduced by Mr: G. F. Hill, the learned Keeper of Coins and Medals at the British Museum and the leading authority on the great...
Fiction
The SpectatorFour First Novels THERE is promise in each of these four novels by beginners ; but the first two come nearest to positive achievement. Most original of all, and yet the least...
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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF IRELAND. By R. A. S. Macalister. (Methuen.
The Spectator16s.)âProfessor Macalister, a scholar, a patriot, and an uncommonly competent and , vivacious writer, has produced an excellent account of Irish antiquities from the Stone Age...
IS JESUS GOD ? By Charles J. Burrough, with Preface
The Spectatorby Leighton Pollan. (Skeflington. 2s. 6d.)âThis book attempts to reply in simple form to the question posed in the title. After a statement of the traditional answer as...
POLITICIANS AND MORALISTS OF THE NINE- TEENTH CENTURY. By Emile
The SpectatorFaguet. Translated by Dorothy Galton. (Ernest Benn. 15s.)âM. Faguet had a faculty of bright portraiture, an ability to illustrate the man from his work and the work from the...
A HISTORY OF PEEBLESSHIRE. Edited by J. W. Buchan and
The Spectatorthe Rev. Henry Paton. Volume III. (Glasgow : Jackson, Wylie and Co. 25s.)âThis substantial and finely printed book completes a county history which does great credit to its...
A COMMENTARY ON PLATO'S " TIMAEUS." By A. E. Taylor.
The Spectator(Clarendon Press. 42s.)âWe have been waiting with the highest expectation for Professor Taylor's work on Plato's Titnaeus, and its publication is a most important event in...
AUNT ISABEL'S LOVER. By Marion Fox. (John Lane. 7s. 6d.)âThe
The Spectatorbeginning of this novel, which passes in the fifties and early sixties of the nineteenth century, is more interesting than the rather inconclusive chapters at the end. These...
Current Literature
The SpectatorTHE POEMS OF THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK. Halliford Edition. Vol. VI. Edited by H. F. B. Brett-Smith and C. E. Jones. (Constable. Illustrated. 21s.)âThis and a succeeding volume of...
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Finance-Public & Private
The SpectatorNational Economy NOT for the first time, I have to remind the readers of the Spectator, and especially those who are concerned with the vital question of economy in the...
A Library List
The SpectatorBIOGRAPHY :-The Borgias. By Giuseppe Portigliotti. Trans- lated by Bernard Miall. (Allen and Unwin. 12s. 6d.) Francis Joseph. By Eugene Bagger. (Putnam. £1 1s.)-The. Wisdom of...
Answers to Questions on Mr. Shaw's Plays
The SpectatorI. Man and Superman. Act. 3. Don Juan.-2. Pygmalion. Act 3. Clara.-3. Androcles and the Lion. Act 2. Lavinia. -4. As Far as Thought Can Reach. Part 5. Lilith.-5. O'Ftaherty V.C....
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DIRECTION OF OUR FOREIGN TRADE.
The SpectatorAn analysis of our foreign trade for the whole of last year brings out some very interesting figures. Perhaps the most striking features are the much larger purchases of our...
FACING FACTS.
The SpectatorOf course, if comparison were made with the high prices of a year or two ago, the fall would be very much greater, and it is scarcely surprising that rubber shareholders should...
FALL IN PRICES.
The SpectatorUndoubtedly, too, the chagrin of the market was increased by the fact that it was felt that the slump in rubber following this sudden announcement by the Government had played...
Financial Notes
The SpectatorTHE RUBBER SLUMP. Qum& the outstanding feature of the past week has been the heavy fall in rubber and in rubber shares. The fall was, of course, due to the bomb-shell in the...
The annual report of Maple and Company is a good
The Spectatorone, the profits having risen from £256,000 to £295,000, while the dividend is up from 14 to 15 per cent. Moreover, it must be noted that these results are reached after...
PROSPEROUS TOBACCO INDUSTRY.
The SpectatorThere seems to be no limit to the profits from the great tobacco combines, though it is only fair to say that, so far as may be judged, the profits are due as much to sound and...
" Tim FLAW IN THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM."
The SpectatorI regret that space prevents my dealing in the current issue of the Spectator with this book by Mr. J. Taylor Peddle, which has recently been published by John Murray, of...