their master's policy in China. Not only did the Liberal leaders in the Reichstag condemn it in the debate on Tuesday, Herr Richter pointing out that the expenditure had...

I N the Reichstag on Thursday Count von Billow answered a series of questions on foreign affairs, and when in doubt during the course of his speech abused " the foreign "...

Hinterland of Aden has, it is said, been settled. The Governor- General of Yemen wanted to annex some tracts Occupied by tribes whom we protect, and though the Sultan consented...

the Panama Treaty, and the engineers of the United States can now proceed. to the completion of the canal. This is, in truth,' an event of the first magnitude, as the canal will...

in a victory for the Liberal candidate, who was returned by a majority of 534 votes. At the last election the Unionist can- didate carried the seat by a majority of 2,489. There...

interesting account of the reforms which the better educated among the provincials are asking from their Government. The Agricultural Committee of Novgorod, for instance, which...

case.

the Navy Estimates, which are over£34,000,000, and show an excess of expenditure of £3,000,000 over the Estimates of last year. The personnel shows an increase'of 4,600 men, and...

bad. Our statesmen grumble because the Colonies are apathetic, and yet will not allow them, or at any rate will not help them, to make the form of contribution towards naval...

Mr. Vicary Gibbs moved the reduction of the vote by three thousand men in order to draw attention to the uneasi- ness felt at the quality of the recruits. The result of his...

met with a most cordial welcome when he returned to England on Saturday last, and who yesterday received an address at the Guildhall, made two speeches of great importance,...

to the condition of Macedonia, thus giving the Bishop of Here- ford an opportunity of making a very striking and earnest speech on behalf of the Macedonians. This brought up...

most emphatically that there was no demand for forced labour in any shape or form by any responsible authority or persons. It was right that the natives should pay some taxes,...

sumed. The most important point raised was the question of Colonial contributions, several speakers agreeing with Mr. Robertson that the Colonies ought to recognise their moral...

German style. He has published a letter to the Colonial branch of the Foreign Office, obviously intended for all Depart- ments of the Civil Service, in which he urges officials...

been away in South Africa, the famine has ceased, and the surplus for 1902-3 has risen to £2,738,500. The Govern- ment, therefore, has reduced the Salt-tax by £1,113,300, and...

in earnest is very long. Mr. Whitaker Wright was arrested on the 15th inst. at New York, it is supposed for the issue of false balance-sheets, but according to one account on a...

of the Royal Commission on Physical Training in Scotland was issued on Wednesday. The chief recommendations are — (1) That continuation schools should be popular- ised by the...

earned in more ways than one the abiding gratitude of the nation. The debt that he owed to Charles Pritchard, Head- Master of Clapham Grammar School and afterwards Astrono- mer...

to notice the Report of the Irish University Commission. The general conclusions and recommendations condemn very strongly the existing system of the Royal University, and...

trade, who wished to complain of the recent action of Magistrates in suppressing licenses on the ground that they were too numerous. Lord Halsbury has declared that such...

New Consols (2f) were on Friday 91f.

THE POSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT. T HE crushing defeat of the Government candidate in the Rye division, following as it does on the Woolwich defeat, and on the great loss of...

T HE recent Decree of the Russian Emperor, with its rather vague, though distinctly benevolent, promises, has been variously interpreted, but there is one meaning in it which it...

W E greatly regret that Mr. Balfour's advice was not accepted in regard to the two Church Discipline Bills now before Parliament, and that they were not sent together to be...

I T is of course impossible to discuss the Whitaker Wright case freely. He has been arrested, and though the rule of silence about pending cases presses a little hardly upon...

filHE result of the Woolwich Election is in a fair way 1 to be forgotten except by the professional politicians who have to manage constituencies in which the Labour vote is...

nr1HE first thought which occurs to an average Englishman, 1 reading words of praise of his countrymen and their characteristics written by a foreigner, is probably one of dis-...

I N the matter of letter-writing women have always held their own, and not a few of the great letter-writer's have been women; which may be understood when we consider that for...

T HE desire to obtain flowers of colours different from those given them by Nature has led to a curious correspon- dence in the papers. Some of the fashionable flower-shops...

THREE NEW TEACHING UNIVERSITIES FOR ENGLAND—AN UNNOTICED BIRTH. LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIE,—It is characteristic of the English people that at a time when the...

THE ARMY THAT WE NEED. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOE.".1 Sin,—The general soundness of your views as expressed in "The Army that We Need" in the Spectator of March 14th can...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In my letter on Germany and the United States in the Spectator of March 7th I gave several instances of the way in which German...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SrB,—Your correspondent " Tigilans sed lEquus " in his very interesting letter on " Germany and Holland" which appears in the Spectator of...

sed 2Equus " in the Spectator of March 7th quotes a German writer who says: — " In 1897 Germany sent the United States textiles to the amount of 25,150,000 but the American...

last of the admirable letters of "Vigilans sed 2Equus " in the Spectator of March 14th, the following may be interesting. Some fifteen years ago I heard a Dutch lady tell this...

SOUTH AFRICA. [TO THE EDITOR OP TUB "SPECTATOR."] SIR, A propos of the Union Jack Club and the letter from Miss Violet Brooke-Hunt which appears in your issue of March 7th, I...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—There is an aspect of the German Anglophobia held by many commercial men upon which I have never yet seen any comment in your columns,...

TEE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—The letter of "A. M. G." in the Spectator of Feb. ruary 28th discussing the labour difficulty in South Africa, and your editorial footnote to it, contain...

"SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Referring to "Man's Place in the Universe" (Spectator, March 7th), if there were an interstellar atmosphere corre- sponding to the terrestrial atmosphere,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.1 Sin —For your information I beg to enclose an editorial from the New York Evening Post of the 24th ult. on the question of the jurists...

[TO TUB EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Your footnote to the letter of "H. K. S. " in the Spectator of March 14th hits the nail on the bead. Is a man useless as a Volunteer...

Sxn, — In the Spectator of January 31st you published a letter regarding a "Long-Lived Undergraduates ' Society " which is especially interesting in view of a dinner we have...

"SPECTATOR."] Sin, — A friend had told me that Richard Jefferies was buried in the cemetery at Broadwater, near Worthing, and I went to search for his grave. The sexton knew...

[TO TUE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin, — In your notice in the Spectator of March 14th of Mr. Chnrton Collins ' s book on Tennyson the writer observes (speaking of " The...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In reply to the letter in the Spectator of March 14th re the suggestion of the above being sent round the country for the purpose of...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—With reference to the able article on " Moles" in the Spectator of January 31st, in which is given the old name " mouldewarp," and its...

G-LORIAE CUPIDO. (THE GENIUS OP WORLDLY AMBITION ADDRESSING A YOUNG MAN.) Do all men kindness, or do all men ill ; Be free, be chaste, be anything you will, Only be mine, and...

THE ATTRACTIONS OF MODERN SPORT.* MR. SYDNEY BUXTON'S pleasant book shows in a very at- tractive fashion the fascination which modern sport has for the educated Englishman. The...

LONG bast thou wrought, yet who shall say The walls are builded well or ill, Save He, who uses human clay His mighty purpose to fulfil ? Yet we have seen thee at thy post Like...

Tnnan are certain men who inherit at , their birth a knowledge and understanding a the East, They obey the fascination -*Sir A. • Henri Laved Autobiography and Letters. Edited...

more difficult literary tasks than to write a summary of the history of a great nation. Mr. Goldwin Smith has lately accomplished this task successfully, even brilliantly, for...

"My father," writes Mrs. De La Rey, whose little book is not one of the least interesting contributions to the literature of the war, " was one of the Voortrekkers of the...

no ." Benjamin Swift" intends this story as an elaborate skit on a certain stamp of society novel, or whether he really means to " Iasi; the vices of the aristocracy," the book...

A CASTLE IN SPAIN.* Wu are glad to recognise in A Castle in Spain the partial emancipation of its author from the tyranny of a mannerism -which threatened to confine his readers...

ART BOOKS. Pintoricchio. By Corrado Ricci. Translated by Florence Simmonds. (W. Heinemann. .E5 5s.)—There are two ways of writing books dealing with Renaissance artists. One...

W. Arrowsmith. 3s. 6d.)—Mr. Eden Phillpotts dedicates his book of stories to "the Human Boy," who will doubtless enjoy them. But why will not this author, who can be when he...

who is, we see, a Swede, dislikes war in general. That is quite natural. Sweden has nothing to gain by war, and has no Imperial questions to face. But what if Norway were...

intriguers play their game to some purpose, and provide an innocent but unattractive gentleman with a very in- convenient wife at a critical moment. The whole book, however, is...

all ages lettering has taken a prominent part in decorative art, and few things will spoil otherwise good ornament so quickly as badly designed letters. Nor is the designing of...

—This book has been something of a disappointment. We expected to find a gracious and pleasant story of the "Handsome Brandon" kind, but have not found it. Two Americans buy a...

Lane. 6s.)—The reader should not be discouraged by the first pages of this story. The style of the earlier part is, to be quite candid, somewhat fatiguing. " The flames had...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the wok es have sot tin reserved for review in other forms.] St. Edmund, Archbishop of Canterbury : his Life as Told by Oh English...

Bolelle, B.A. (Cassell and Co., 'is. 6d, and 10s. 6d.), is in two parts, French-English running to five hundred and ninety-five pages, and English-French running to six hund re...

6s.)—The object of this book is educational, and aims at giving beginners a survey of the rise and fall of Greek art. It is pleasantly written, but deals too much with the...

Gould. (T. Fisher Unwin. 3s. 6d.)—This, the second series of Mr. Gould's Froissart, is as delightful as the first. The pictures are equally happy, and we should say eqiially...

Constructive and Preventive Philanthropy. By Joseph Lee. (Macmillan and Co. 4s. 6d. net.)—This book is a kind of digest of American philanthropic effort, and may prove, we...

6s. net.)—Miss Johnson, who is an expert in matters Italian,.gives us a pleasant little volume about the Lake of Como. She tells noinething about the past of the place and about...

and Co. 5s. net.)—These documents refer, for the rno , .. part, to the seventeenth century, and throw, not unfrequently , . , curious light on matters academical. There are, for...

3s. 6d.)—Mr. Dant has had aorta: local advantages for observing the Archbishop's life and work; E' has drawn discreetly from other available sources ; and he hs , certainly lost...

Art (Hutchinson and Co., 3s. 6d.), makes its twenty-fourth annual ap- pearance.. The work of compilation has been well done by Mr. Carter, and contains a great deal of...

—This translation is that of Roscoe, which we are told has been compared with the original and, where needful, revised. This tea t has been prepared for the general reader...

E. Henley (David Nutt, 6 vols., .84 10s.), we have The English Bible : Translated out of the Original Tongues by the Commandment of King James I. Vol. I., Genesis to Joshua. The...

Charles Dickens" (Chapman and Hall, 3s. 6d. per vol.), we have received Vols. XIII. and XIV.,Little Dorrit and Christmas Stories. As to Little Dorrit, one reads with some...

by the Secretary of the Share and Loan Department. (Spottiswoode and Co. 50s.)—This huge volume, which shows a not inconsiderable increase over its predecessor of 1902, is...

and Edited by Professor Knight. (D. Douglas. 3s. net.)—Pro- fessor Knight, after an introduction from his own pen, gives us Sir A. Geikie's brief account of the prehistoric...

W. P. Trevelyan. (P. S. King and Son. 2s. net.)—Mr. Trevelyan tells in the plainest and simplest fashion the results of the boarding-out system as it has been worked, largely...

Johnson. ls. net.)—This pamphlet contains a statement of the miarrymen's case in the great Bethesda dispute. It is not within our province to pronounce an opinion. It is enough...