the subject of " loot "? We hear of it from China and from Ashanti, and always in words that indicate approval, and of grumbling because Lord Roberts sternly forbids it in South...

that China must pay an indemnity for the attack on the Legations, that some kind of " security " not described is to he given against such attacks in the future, and then...

Pekin this week. A mass of snippety telegrams have arrived, but they tell us nothing except that the Empress-Regent and her Court are fast approaching Segan, that the victorious...

melancholy one, even if it has been well deserved. It was three months ago, in the judgment of at least a fourth of mankind, the Imperial City of Asia; but to-day the Chinese...

T HE most important piece of news in regard to the Chinese crisis is that telegraphed from America to Friday's papers. It is to the effect that America is about to propose to...

case.

letter expressing his warm appreciation of the aid given him by Captain de Marolles. "The indefatigable energy," he writes, "and zeal displayed in singularly critical...

that position, and on Tuesday Sir Redvers Buller entered Machadodorp, while General French continued to sweep round to the northward. Since the reception of these items of news...

to war. King Charles is a cool politician who knows that war will bring his country nothing, while Prince Ferdinand is a ruse intriguer who does not wish to place his chance of...

was carried out within the precincts of the Pretoria prison on the morning of August 24th, no one being present but the warders, chaplain, doctor, firing party and General...

lent. Its main feature has been the advance of the troops im- mediately under General Buller—Lord Roberts has, however, been in the field throughout and in general command—upon...

Milan on August 28th, and sentenced to imprisonment for life, the first seven years to be passed in solitary confine- ment. The sentence is in reality a far heavier one than...

the native States affected by the Famine, and has not been pleased with all he saw. Some of the Princes have behaved well, but some have practically refused assistance, pleading...

little Welsh boy, aged five years, who strayed from the aide of his father on the Brecon Beacons some few weeks ago, and has not been seen since. Various theories have been put...

way strike has come to an end, the Company having acceded to the men's request regarding reinstatement. The Company were, we think, well advised to yield on this point. Of...

the monopoly of the Post Office is desirable either in the interests of the Post Office or the taxpayer. At present the Post Office contributes about three and a half millions...

Surrey, on Army Reform. We are glad to note that he laid great stress upon the absolute necessity for military reorganisation and War Office reform, and warned his hearers that...

past week, while reiterating his resolve not to be "a member of this or of any other Parliamentary party," joins his Parliamentary colleagues, Messrs. Dillon and T. P. O'Connor,...

the death of Professor Henry Sidgwick, which occurred on Tuesday at Terling Place, Essex, the house of his brother-in-law, Lord Rayleigh. We do not wish to discount the value of...

New Consols (21) were on Friday 98i.

THE GOVERNMENr, CHINA, AND THE COUNTRY. N O one can doubt that the international situation in the Far East becomes daily more anxious and critical. That is the necessary result...

I T is felt universally through Europe that, apart altogether from the broad question of the relation between the West and the Far East, something must be done to punish China...

I ORD CURZON is doing very well as Viceroy. That seems to be the conclusion of all who are interested in watching the administration of India. He talked a little too much at...

the papers have been full of para- graphs announcing that when Lord Wolseley's term of office as Commander-hi-Chief comes to an end, as it will on November let, Lord Roberts...

wages of agricultural labourers in the United Kingdom which Mr. Wilson Fox has compiled for the Labour Department of the Board of Trade raises more questions than it answers....

W E should say, on the whole, and after allowing a good deal for the modern desire of sensation, that the Kings and some of the more prominent Presidents were just now in...

A N old Puritan is said to have observed that he could never believe that God created two classes of men,— one born with saddles on their backs, the other born booted and...

A T the time of writing a border of bright flowers runs in straight perspective from the window opposite, with a rose arcade by the border, and a yew hedge behind that. The...

THE STORY OF A TERRIER. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPRCTATOR.1 Srs,—This is the story of a terrier. Pat' has lived all his ten and a half years, except the first six weeks, iathe...

To THE EDITOR OP TIM "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—The open discontent of the corps of Royal Marines, as manifested in the recent Parliamentary agitation and public correspondence, has...

OUR ARTILLERY. [To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Slit,—" Y" R.H.A. is one of the new Horse Artillery batteries. It was " formed " at Aldershot in May. At the present moment...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Six,—" Three splendid storks alighted in a field close by in May,—one was shot, and a very handsome specimen he has made in a glass case."...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have read your article on "The Training ot the British Army" in the Spectator of August 25th. To me as a professional soldier there...

[To THE EDITOR OF TUB "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Your article in the Spectator of August 25th on "The First Principles of Nescience " leads me to crave permission to draw attention in...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—" No procession that could march through the Strand would produce the electric shock that would be felt if every man in that great...

THE "SPECTATOE:1 Sm—As you have opened your columns for weeks past to violent and unsupported attacks upon the personnel of the R.A.M.C. who are silently doing their duty in...

SIE,—It has struck me as singular that none of your corre- spondents on this subject have cited the very remarkable words- " Maud is Here, Here, Here, in amongst the Lilies,"...

THB "SPECTATOR.") SIR, — May I make a small contribution to this discussion ? I was at the time a boy of 'twelve travelling with a tutor in America. We had an introduction to...

[TO TER EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR."] SID,—One of your correspondents seems to have misunder- stood my remarks in my last letter with regard to the superiority of the long range...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.) SID,—We are surprised at the letter written to you on "Our Medical Department in South Africa" by Dr. H. W. Seager. His assertions that...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR"] Sin,—In the interesting article on "The First Principles of Nescience " in the Spectator of August 25th, you comment on the late Dean...

TOWARD LONDON—AT NIGHTFALL THERE came the twilight poignant, sweet— A swoon of anguish into ease ; From breathless calm in hushed retreat I turned to meet the twilight...

LONDON.* THESE three books should prove very useful to Americans and those who do not know London, and two of them- -Darlington's London and its Environs, and Mr. Troutbeck's...

THE Bode] Professor of Sanskrit at Oxford has given us here an excellent account of Sanskrit literature, which must greatly aid and stimulate the growing interest in the thought...

Iv has often been said, with scant truth, that Englishmen take their pleasures sadly: - It might be asserted, without fear of denial, that they take them seriously. The game of...

OF the eight chapters which make up this little book, four are devoted to a general criticism of the education and organisa- tion of our Army, and four to the particular lessons...

'4 Book of Dartmoor, By S. Baring-Gould. London; Methuen and Co. Lee.] THE beginning of this book is a general account of Dartmoor and of the strange things to be seen on it....

THERE is an old saying which links together "a whistling lady and a crowing hen" as kindred monstrosities, but The (1.) The Whistling Maid. By Ernest Rhys. London : Hutchinson...

THREE COLLEGE HISTORIES. (o. 5s. net.)—Christ's Colle g e had, as not a few other Colle g es have had, a for g otten founder, who be g an the work which more powerful hands...

The Ministers of JC3148 Chrtst. By J. Foster Lepine. 2 vols. (Lon g mans and Co. 10s.)—Mr. Lepine has g iven us here a very carefully constructed treatise on the teachin g of...

The Truth about the Transvaal War and the Truth about War. By John Bellows. (Printed by the Author, Gloucester. 2d.)— The author of this pamphlet, while travelling on the...

The Doctrines of Nichiven : with a Sketch of his Life. Compiled by the Right Virtuous Abbot Kobayashi. (Kelly and Walsh, Tokio.)--Nichiven was a Japanese Buddhist reformer born...

Sonnets and Madrigals of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Rendered into English Verse by William Wells Newell. With Italian Text, Introduction, and Notes. (Houghton, Miffiin, and...

A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great. By J. B. Bury, M.A., Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Dublin. (Macmillan and Co. 85. 6d.)—It is natural...

The Atonement in Modern Religious Thought : a Theological Symposium. (James Clarke and Co,)—This interesting work consists of a series of essays written in order to convey some...

2s. 6d.)—This book is not exactly what the reader might be led to expect by the title. Its scope is, indeed. somewhat wider, for it gives an account of the great divisions of...

Black. 1s.)—Mr. Whitmore gives us here a moderate and well-reasoned defence of recent legislation in the matter of the municipal government of London. He distinguishes between...

important work in process of appearing under the editor- ship of Mr. W. L. Sclater, who bears a name well known in the province of zoology. The editor contributes "The Mammals"...

Northcote (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., ls.), has come to a second edition. Its very excellent advice on all questions of home duties and trials will make it welcome to those who...

Milligen Beloe. (Macmillan and Bowes, Cambridge.) —Mr. Beloe gives something less than a fifth of his book to the "borough," the remainder to the "churches," the latter part...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Forestry in British India. By B.' Ribbentrop. (Government Printing...

Henry Knox. By Noah Brooks. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 5s.) — If it was desirable that a series of volumes giving biographies of "American men of energy" should be published—the...

millan and-Co.; 7s.),' Memoirs- of Sir-Walter--scot-t, by J Lock hart. Mr. A. W. Pollard explains that the ten-volume edition of 1839 has been here reprinted. This contained...