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BOOKS.
The SpectatorLYRIC POETRY.* Lyric Poetry, by Mr. Ernest Rhys, is one of a series of popular books dealing with English literature, in which, the publishers tell us, "literature is to be...
• Robert and Andrew Audis and the Glasgow Press. By
The SpectatorDavid Murray, LL.D. Glasgow : James MaeLebose and Sons. 1108. 60. net.] imprint of the brothers Foulis. In the present volume Dr. Murray has provided us with the story of the...
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INDIAN CURRENCY AND FINANCE.*
The SpectatorIT was Chancellor Oxenstiern who used to murmur, "quantulci. sapien.tici regitur mundus," and Mr. Keynes, now a teacher of economics at Cambridge, and once himself a member of...
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THE CENSOR.* ON the cover of this book its subject
The Spectatoris described as "Censor- ship in England : its History from the Fifteenth Century." But the authors have confined their attention to the censorship of stage plays, and...
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THE JESUIT BOGEY.*
The SpectatorIT seems to be impossible for anyone to write impartially about the Jesuits, and Mr. McCabe, although he insists again and again on the purity of his intentions and obviously...
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MONSIEUR VINCENT.*
The SpectatorTHE interest and fascination of the seventeenth century in France, compared with the eighteenth, are probably to be found in the spiritual heights to which the former was...
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THE SIXTEENTH-CENTURY PEASANT.*
The SpectatorMn. TAWNRY has written a learned, thoughtful, and suggestive book, which is at once a real addition to our knowledge of economic history and a basis for the discussion of many...
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THE SPIRIT OF ASSOCIATION.*
The SpectatorTHE title of this book might lead one to expect a book of abstract theory, but Miss Robinson, while keeping before us the spirit that has led British workers to combine from the...
MR. SCULLY'S FURTHER REMINISCENCES.* Mn. SCULLY'S second volume of reminiscences
The Spectatoris no leas delightful than its predecessor, and it is pleasant to know that there is still more to come. For Mr. Scully, both in temperament and in the nature of his experience,...
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GIFT-BOOKS.
The SpectatorFAIRY AND OTHER STORIES.* THE flood of Christmas publications is again upon us. The jaded " grown-up " is once more roused to envy of the young people of to-day, for whom...
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APOCRYPHAL STORIES.t THE Provost of King's has real generosity, for
The Spectatorhe is not con- tent to keep his great stores of learning sealed in his own study nor yet in those books of his which appear dry as dust to the unenlightened. Particularly...
CHILDREN'S SONGS AND MUSICAL PLAYS.* Tax writer or compiler of
The Spectatorthese three plays for children offers considerable help to the producer or stage-manager by careful instructions as to the production, the clothes, how they should be designed...
MRS. ANDREW LANG'S STORIES.* IT will come as a surprise
The Spectatorto many and a delight to more to learn that Mrs. Lang has yet another, the twenty-fifth, volume of her stories "edited by Andrew Lang." Last year her Book of Saints and Heroes...
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The Birth of the Opal : a Child's Fancies. By
The SpectatorDaphne Allen. (George Allen and Co. 5s. net.)—We cannot help thinking that it is a very great mistake to reproduce in so serious a manner these immature sketches of a clever...
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorART BOOKS. History and Methods of Ancient and Modern Painting. By James Ward. (Chapman and Hall. 7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Ward covers a large field and, as he gives some account of...
Heraldry for Craftsmen and Designers. By W. H. St. John
The SpectatorHope. (John Hogg. 7s. 6d.)—This book confines itself almost exclusively to mediaeval heraldry, and dismisses the later de- velopments with one line of contemptuous allusion,...
MR. ALDIN'S DOGS.* Mn. ALBIN'S pictured dogs pervade these two
The Spectatorbooks, though Mr. Maeterlinck claims the ownership of one. He has written a short account of the brief life of a puppy which apparently died of distemper. It is all in the...
The National Gallery of Scotland Souvenir. By W. G. Blaikie
The SpectatorMurdoch. (The De la More Press, is. net.)—This little book is welcome in reminding us of the fine quality of the Edinburgh Gallery, from which a small selection of pictures have...
Caricatures. By Tom Tit. (The New Age Press. 5s. net.)
The Spectator—If Mr. Max Beerbohm had never existed these caricatures would have been considered very clever. But this kind of thing is only amusing when it is done at first hand. Is it on...
Art in Spain and Portugal. By Marcel Dieulafoy. " Ars
The SpectatorUna" Series. (William Heinemann. 6s. net.)—An incredible amount of information clearly conveyed has been got into this little volume, as well as a large number of small but...
STUDIES IN THE APOCALYPSE.
The SpectatorStudies in the Apocalypse. By R. H. Charles. (T. and T. Clark. 4s. fid. net.)—Canon Charles has published in a some- what expanded form the lectures which he gave this spring...
An Artist in Italy. By W. Tyndale, R.I. (Hodder and
The SpectatorStoughton. 20s. net.)—In this volume writer and artist are one, and, possibly on account of the horrors of the three-colour process, we decidedly prefer the letterpress to the...
Pages on Art. By Charles Ricketts. (Constable and Co. 7s.
The Spectator6d. net.)—These articles on painting were well worth reprinting—they mostly appeared either in the Burlington Magazine or the Morning Post. One of the most interesting of the...
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OUR VILLA IN ITALY.
The SpectatorOur Villa in Italy. By Joseph Lucas. (T. Fisher Unwin. Ss. net.)—This little book, with its alluring title and interest- ing pictures, will attract the attention of those who...
ARCHITECTURE SHOWN TO THE CHILDREN.
The SpectatorArchitecture Shown to the Children. By Gladys Wynne. (T. C. and E. C. Jack. 2s. 6d. net.)—The writer of this little book has compressed her subject with shill, for though she...
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Oa DON Iriuted Ly L. Ureorr GILL A; Sea, LI
The SpectatorD,, at the London and County Printing Works, Drury Lane, W.C. and Published by Jonx BAKES for thz "hi ECTA.1011." ',Limited), at their Cace. UYellingten Street, in the Precinct...
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The policy of the United States in Mexico becomes no
The Spectatorclearer as the days pass. President Wilson naturally wants peace, but a policy of gently waiting on events has too often ended in war under the present conditions. The...
Speaking at a luncheon at Newcastle on Thursday, Mr. Bonar
The SpectatorLaw examined in a very frank fashion the ideals and prospects of the Unionist Party. The "awing of the pendulum" was no longer the reality it used to be. He saw no actual...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorO N Saturday last the Prime Minister made his anxiously expected announcement on the Irish crisis. On Tuesday Sir Edward Grey spoke to his constituents in Northumberland on the...
Mr. Asquith, at Ladybank, not only did not close the
The Spectatordoor against the avoidance of civil war by the exclusion of Ulster, but clearly left that door open. In our opinion his " conditions " were merely a very guarded way of saying...
In this context a humorous story of the old duelling
The Spectatordays may afford a useful parable. It sometimes happened in duels that the seconds were a great deal more bellicose and more unwilling to come to any settlement than the...
A Ministerial crisis in Spain had been anticipated for some
The Spectatortime, and the internal difficulties of the Liberal Party culminated last Saturday in the defeat of the Government in the Senate. Count Romanones at once resigned office, and...
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The SpectatorFOR THE No. 4,453.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOYEAIBER 1, 1913. [ NE REGISTERED AS A PRICE S,. WSPAPER. BT POST—Aim. POSTAGE ABROAD 10.
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Mr. Herbert Samuel, the Postmaster-General, who has returned to England
The Spectatorafter a two months' visit to Canada and the United States, related his impressions to a corre- spondent of the Times at Fishguard on Monday. He had undertaken the journey in...
The Montreal Daily Telegraph of Monday, in discussing the rumour
The Spectatorthat Prince Arthur of Connaught will succeed the Duke of Connaught as Governor-General of Canada, points out that the prospect is opened up of having a per- manent dynasty in...
A remarkable meeting of protest against the charge of ritual
The Spectatormurder brought against the Jewish race was held at the Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, on Tuesday night. Sir Francis Montefiore presided over an assembly representing all...
The Prefect of the Seine, M. Delanney, has drafted a
The Spectatorlarge and fascinating scheme (as we learn in the Times of Tuesday) for developing and beautifying Paris. Baron Haussmann's famous renovation would be almost put in the shade....
We note with especial satisfaction the release of Mr. A.
The SpectatorF. G. Bell, the correspondent of the Morning Post at Lisbon, who was arrested by the Portuguese police last week on the charge of defaming the Portuguese Government and...
The controversy over the Brunswick succession, most of the phases
The Spectatorof which were superfluously caused by the bitterness of the Pan-German and Guelph factions, is virtually ended. The Federal Council unanimously agreed that Prince Ernest...
The New Zealand Government has decided to change its naval
The Spectatorpolicy. Instead of making, as before, a money con- tribution to the Admiralty, on the understanding that ceitain ships belonging to the Australian station will be stationed in...
Though the returns are not yet complete, the published forecast
The Spectatorof the result of the Italian general election has proved correct, and the return of Signor Giolitti's Cabinet is assured. Lovers of omens will not fail to notice that the...
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The Dublin correspondent of the Times stated on Friday morning
The Spectatorthat a breach has been made, and is widening, between the English trade unions and the Irish Transport Workers' Union. Mr. Gosling and other members of the Trade Union Congress...
A meeting of the Special Committee for the OlympM Games
The Spectatorof Berlin, 1916, was held on Tuesday, when it was announced that the Committee were greatly disappointed at the inadequate support given by the public to the Olympia Fund. It...
Saturday's papers announced that Lord Sydenham had accepted the offer
The Spectatorof the chairmanship of the Royal Com- mission on Venereal Disease, which was promised by the Prime Minister on August 11th. The Government are to be congratulated on their...
On Friday week about fifty officers of the P. and
The Spectator0. Com- pany resigned their positions, chiefly as a protest against the rates of pay. Out of regard for the public convenience they arranged that their resignations should not...
On Thursday Mr. Lloyd George received a deputation of town
The Spectatortenants, and explained the Government's policy with regard to the use of land in urban areas—a side of the land question upon which he had not touched in his earlier speeches....
Mr. Lloyd George's Bedford speech prompted Mr. R. E. Prothero,
The Spectatorthe agent of the Duke of Bedford, to suggest in the Morning Post of October 17th that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should offer the Duke of Sutherland £2 an acre for 200,000...
The Times of last Saturday published a letter from several
The Spectatorwell-known firms of advertising agents protesting against circulars which had been issued by the "Financial Publicity Department" of Renter's Agency. Reuter's Publicity Depart-...
Bank Rate, 5 per cent., changed from 4: per cent.
The SpectatorOct. 2nd. ConsoLs (21) were on Friday 72i—Friday week 72k.
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorMR. BONAR LAW AND THE CRISIS. I N his speech at Wallsend on Wednesday the leader of the Unionist Party showed the three highest qualities of statesmanship—firmness, moderation,...
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WHAT CIVIL WAR IN ULSTER WOULD MEIN.
The SpectatorS TRANGE as it may seem, there are plenty of indications in the speeches of the Liberal leaders, and still more in articles in the Liberal newspapers, that the Liberal Party...
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OUR PRUSSIAN LIBERALS.
The SpectatorO UR Liberal Government is getting on. It is a strange reflection—or it would be strange if the paradox had not been introduced to the notice of all at various periods of...
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RAILWAY NATIONALIZATION.
The SpectatorT HE appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the railway service of the United Kingdom is a significant indication of the rapidity with which the present Government...
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MISS META GASKELL.
The SpectatorT ORD HOUGHTON once said that the conversation and society to be met with in the house of the Gaskells at Manchester were the one thing which made life in that city tolerable...
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IS HEROISM INCREASING ?
The SpectatorT HE papers lately have teemed with accidents. Catastrophe after catastrophe has shaken the publics nerves, and rent open all those great unanswerable questions which from time...
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AN IMPERIAL ESTATE.
The SpectatorT HERE must be many different frames of mind in which a man accepts or undertakes a Colonial Governorship. In the days of Crassus and Verres one single consideration perhaps...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorA SOUTHERN UNIONIST'S VIEW OF THE EXCLUSION OF ULSTER. [To TEE EDITOR 07 THE "SPECTATOR"] SIR,—It is perhaps naturally urged by the average Radical, whose one desire is to get...
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THE ARMY AND 'ULSTER.
The SpectatorLTO THE EDITOR OE THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Much discussion has been going on as to what part our Army will take in settling the internal peace of Ireland after Home Rule is...
THE EXCLUSION OF ULSTER. [To THZ EDTTOR Or THE "SracrATon.")
The SpectatorSIR,—I am afraid that you have missed the point of my letter, which is the sanctity of the oath of the Covenant. I do not forget that "the Ulster leaders have definitely...
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.."]
The SpectatorSIB,—It seems to the writer that not nearly enough is made of the gross inconsistency and injustice of the Nationalist double claim—(1) that Home Rule ought to be granted be-...
THE ULSTER BREED.
The Spectatorrm THE EDITOR OE TEE " STECTATOR."1 Sin,—In the present crisis, as the Government profess to ridicule the resistance of Ulster, it might be well for your widely read journal to...
THE "SPECTATOR" AND ULSTER. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorSIB,—In relation to the Irish business you have often permitted me to disagree with your views, but to-day let me write that your attitude as to Ulster is supremely wise. I hope...
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HOW TO RUIN AGRICULTURE.
The Spectator[To THZ EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sra, — Mr. Macpherson (Spectator, October 25th) claims that there are nearly three million acres of land suited for agri- cultural purposes...
[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR:]
The SpectatorSIB,-I am not going to take up your space in attempting to prove what is well known and has often been proved, namely, that people cannot now live or even exist on the produce...
MR. ASQUITII AND HOME RULE.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—The enclosed letter, which appears in the Herald of October 28th, seems to me to deserve currency.—I am, Sir, &c., Glasgow a wider B....
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[TO TEE EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOR:]
The SpectatorSIR, — When Cato the Elder produced his sample of rare and refreshing fruits for the benefit of the Roman Senate, with the information that they had been grown within three...
[To THE EDITOR OP TEE " SrEcTiros."1 Srn,—In his speech
The Spectatorat Berwick Sir Edward Grey said : "When you are dealing with land reform and you find it necessary to interfere with the individual owner or with the mortgagee, or whoever it...
[TO TRE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR: e l SIR,—Mr. Lloyd George
The Spectatorhas trotted out the old fable as to Highland deer-forests displacing crofters and sheep. It is not new; it is not true. It was exploded forty years ago. The subjoined extracts...
THE PROBLEM OF RECRUITING.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR, — In your article in the Spectator of October 11th you leave out of account one of the greatest difficulties in the way of...
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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...3
The SpectatorSrn,—The admirable article, "The Problem of Recruiting," appearing in your issue of October 11th should serve as a great stimulus to those who are seriously concerned with the...
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THE ISLANDS OF THE 2EGEAN.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR...1 SIn j I venture to make a reply to M. Vamvaeas' letter on the above subject which appeared in the Spectator of October 11th. At the end of...
PORTUGUESE POLITICAL PRISONERS.
The Spectator[To TER EDITOR OF THZ " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—The Portuguese Legation complained of "malevolent insinuations" from the British press, and issued on October 13th a statement from...
BUILDING BY-LAWS.
The Spectator[To me EDITOR Or THE "SPEC-TATOU."] SIR,—Speaking of cheap cottage-building in your issue of October 18th, you have certainly hit the right nail on the head where you speak of...
THE SENTENCE ON DRIVER C.A.UDLE.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Whatever may be the decision of the Home Secretary in the case of Driver Caudle, and while many of us would be glad to see a free...
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MUTUAL REGISTRATION OF ASSISTANCE. [TO ma EDITOR. OF TRIC "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorSIR, — May we appeal through your columns for support to a , branch of work of the Charity Organisation Society, known as Mutual Registration of Assistance? This work has been...
THE RIVE DE PAIL
The Spectator[To ma EDITOR OF ma" iirscrAToR.'1 SIR, — Your readers may like a more amusing version of the good story on your front page (October 25th). It was said that the late Mr....
[To TIM EDITOR OF THR
The SpectatorSIR, — The Committee of the Howard Association will be obliged if you can kindly give publicity to the enclosed letter which has just been sent by the Association to Sir Edward...
OPIUM IN JAVA.
The Spectator[To rim EDITOR OF TER “Srscriros."] S111, — I can now give you a few more facts upon this subject. The Dutch Government of Java, having prepared its opium at the Government...
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HOW TRAFALGAR WAS -FOUGHT.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR Or THE SPECTATOR." j SIE, — Your very valuable and interesting article on "How Trafalgar was Fought," that appeared in your issue of October 25th, describes fully...
THE LITTLE OWL.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE eel-EL-Tiro:4..] Sin,—In your issue of September 27th there is an article on the Little owl (Athene noctua). The majority of the informa- tion in that...
BACON ON PUBLIC LIFE.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR"] Sj,—In reading the suggestive article on "Goodness versus intelligence" (Spectator, October 18th) I was struck by your statement that "the...
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ETON MEMORIAL TO ALFRED LYTTELTON.
The Spectator[To ma EDITOR OF THY " SPECTATOR...] SIR,—May we avail ourselves of your courtesy to inform Old Etonians that the fund for the above-mentioned object will be closed at the end...
POETRY.
The SpectatorAN EAST-COUNTRY MELODY. WHEN the dawn sweeps up from Hasebro', With the daylight at its heels, Across the level surges, To the marrams and the meoLs, It lights with fresher...
ART.
The SpectatorTHE BLAKE EXHIBITION. IN one of Mr. Hemy James's books an American gentleman is constantly dropping into the Louvre to see what's going on. It seemed at the time a delightful...
A BORDER, MEMORIAL OF ANDREW LANG.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR...I SIR,—Many of the friends of Andrew Lang have desired to see some simple memorial of him in the countryside which was his birthplace, and...
HOME-MAKING SCHOOL.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Siu,—My attention has been called to a letter on the Servant Problem in your issue of September 13th, mentioning a training school for girls...
NOTICE.—When "Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the writer's name
The Spectatoror 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...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorHENRY LABOUCHERE.* THE greatest compliment which the public can pay to an -author is to read his books. It cannot be doubted that this -compliment will be paid to Mr. Thorold....
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THE POETRY OF "A. E."*
The SpectatorIv is a privilege for lovers of poetry to have within the boards of a single volume those pieces which "A. E.," as he says in his preface, would wish his friends to read. The...
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OUR NATIONAL CHURCH.*
The SpectatorTHIS little book falls into two divisions. Twelve of the fifteen chapters are occupied with a sketch of the history of the English Church, and the remaining three discuss its...
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A HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF BRIGRTIANGSEA.*
The SpectatorTHE history of the town of Brightlingsea, as a " member " of the Cinque Ports, Which within recent years has reasserted and made Valid its claim to certain privileges, is of...
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PERSONALITY IN LITERATURE.*
The SpectatorIT is usual to describe a book of this kind as suggestive. What the reviewer usually means by the word be is often too polite to explain, but what it comes to is that the book...
LOITERER'S HARVEST.* IN Loiterer's Harvest Mr. Lucas gives us his
The Spectatorfifth collection of essays, of those tiny, exquisite sketches of his, which make us feel afresh that "The world is so full of a number of things, I'm sure we should all be as...
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MR. STEAD.*
The SpectatorTHE book before us is very difficult to review. It is not, and does not profess to be, a public Life of Miss Estelle Stead's father, but is largely a book of intimate and family...
MURRAY'S GUIDE TO INDIAI' IT is superfluous to say that
The Spectatorthe ninth edition of this standard guide-book has been carefully brought up to date, and supplies all that the most conscientious traveller can possibly require. A good instance...
FREDERICK TENNYSON.*
The SpectatorME. CHARLES TENNYSON, in his introduction to The Shorter Poems of Frederick Tennyson, has given us a curious and interesting account of their author, a man in whom even...
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FICTION.
The SpectatorBENDISH.* Mn. MAXTRICE HEWLETT'S new novel is an interesting example of the latest phase in the evolution of the historical romance. In its early stages it generally took the...
Miranda. By M. E. Braddon. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)- —In
The Spectatorthe year 1862 Miss Braddon produced "Lady Audley's. Secret," a book whose popular appeal may be gauged by the fact that in London now it is being used as a cinematograph- film ;...
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BOOKS OF REFERENCE.—The Year-Book of Social Progress for 1913-14. (T.
The SpectatorNelson and Sons. 2s. net.)—This year-book, now published for the second time, is intended to be a record of social progress in all parts of the United Kingdom during the past...
Three Months in India. By Robert F. Horton, M.A., D.D.
The Spectator(Cassell & Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—The greater part, of Dr. Horton's account of his impressions of his stay in India is devoted to describing the progress of the various missionary...
SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator[7.7r.iler this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been +aimed for review in other forms.] English literature which has been little touched upon by otiticism,...
Higher Nationality : a Study in Law and Ethics. By
The SpectatorViscount Haldane of Cloan. (John 'Murray. Is. net.)—We are glad to notice a reissue of the tadress delivered by Lord Haldane on September 1st before the American Bar Associa-...
READABLE NOVELS.—Captain Corbeau's Adventure. By Mrs. Hugh Fraser and Hugh
The SpectatorFraser. (Hutchinson and Co. 2s. net.)—A story of old Paris. The adventures include an .encounter with a sorceress, a mock marriage, and a real love -affair.
writer who enjoys neither the theories of modern feminism - nor
The Spectatorthe slack moral standard of many fiction-writers of to-day; who ends her book with the assurance, "Miranda was happy. The fair vista of life stretched before her ; a life lived...