from South China is important or not. A rebellion has broken out in Yunnan and the two Kwangs, said to be led by a relative of the Taiping leader, and therefore in the interest...

we fear, most painful affection of the heart from which Mr. Rhodes has been suffering, has not proved fatal as was at first feared. There seems, indeed, a reasonable hope that...

Ministry or Ministry of Affairs has failed. The Queen-Regent has therefore induced Senor Sagasta, who is old and worn, and contemplated a final withdrawal, to resume power with...

T HERE is little news to report from the theatre of war, except a few surrenders and captures and rumours as to the movements of De Wet, Botha, and Delarey. If we fix our eyes...

Two Committees, one of students and the other of workmen, joined bands, and summoned the friends of liberty to parade in front of the Kazan Cathedral. Great numbers accordingly...

in the Austrian Reichsrath. In the sitting of Tuesday Herr Schimerer, leader, of the Pan-German group, concluded a speech protesting against some decision of the President by a...

France and Russia had communicated a joint declaration to the Great Powers in which they, in effect, give their answer to the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. This declaration begins by...

it was much more simple to talk of war power. "The ordinary peaceable machinery by which the State is conducted had to be suspended ; soldiers were in the field, battles were...

very profitable debate on the question of martial law, —the question being raised by Lord Spencer, who wanted to know whether any special directions had been given or any...

a certain lassitude, yet in speeches often full of fury, what was really a vote of censure on the Government for its conduct of the war. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman moved for...

higher level, first by explicitly repudiating suspicion of any officers of the Army — a wise repudiation, for the whole profession is getting irritated by incessant slander—and...

that future Chambers should last for six years instead of four. It is believed that the Ministry, who supported the measure, have secured the adhesion of the Senate in advance;...

absence of any charge of bad supply, and of the necessity in distributing immense contracts of choosing firms about whose resources there could be no doubt. He declared that...

remarkable vigour, making, among other shrewd points, one which told heavily on the House, that though Lord John Russell had ap- proved inquiries during the conduct of a war,...

delivered by Mr. Hay before Congress on the 27th ult., now published in pamphlet form, is far removed, both in spirit and expression, above the level of con- ventional eulogium....

a long and graphic account of the disaster to Lord Methuen's column at Tweebosch. From this it appears that the Boers attacked in force just after dawn, galloping straight for...

Times that the Prince of Wales will hold a review of detachments from the various brigades for boys in Hyde Park on Saturday, June 14th. The parade will be limited to eleven...

of the debate on the war, Mr. Dillon contrived to get himself suspended after an angry, not to say ridiculous, exhibition of ill-manners and ill-temper. A great deal has been...

the Government. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman began by a somewhat shrill protest against the wickedness of those who attacked him and his followers,', called them Pro-Boers, and...

New Consols (2k) were on Friday 93.

RUSSIA AND FRANCE AND THE JAPANESE ALLIANCE. R USSIA and France, acting in conjunction, have made - the reply which we felt sure that they would make to our Alliance with...

I T is quite natural and quite right that the Opposition should make the most of any financial blundering in the management of a war to which - a majority of •them are in...

when there is comparatively little business before the Cabinet Lord Salisbury would read to his colleagues the eighteenth chapter of Exodus, beginning at the thirteenth verse....

W HEN the hour at which the House of Commons should meet was under discussion one obvious objection to 2 o'clock was that it would make the punctual attendance of lawyers...

T ' great question as to the internal situation in Russia which no one answers, or perhaps can answer, but which must be answered before the observer can form an accurate...

W HEN Carlyle wrote that " not the least admirable quality. of Bull is, after all, that of remaining insen- sible to logic," he was thinking, perhaps, chiefly of the attitude of...

W HEN the birds begin to come back it would be ex- tremely interesting if they could tell us where they have been and what they have been doing. Until lately many quite common...

N OTHING in science is more fatal than the possession of "fixed ideas," and.no occupation of man is more prolific of them. For men pursue science more often in the hopes of...

"COMPULSORY VOLUNTEERING." I.TH THE BDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 you allow me, as aflife member of the Lads' Drill Association, and at present making arrangements to overcome...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.1 SIR, —If you deal again with compulsory service, it would, I think, be useful to refer to Mr. Coulton's statement that Swiss people have told...

[To THE EDITOR OP TEl "SPZCTATOR.1 Sia,—One is accustomed to see and pass over in the lay Press all sorts of nonsense written about the soldier and his pay, but it irks one to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR;'] SIR,—In the article entitled " Lord Rosebery at Glasgow " in the Spectator of March 15th there is a passage which seems to me to call for...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") ' Stn,—Among popular expressions of questionable taste and paltry humour there is not one to-day which is meant to be more offensive than...

(TO THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR.") Srn,—As the above subject is one which has received con- siderable attention in your columns, I venture to trespass on your space to call...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."; Srn,—Believe me, I am not at all conscious of having "planted out quite a little shrubbery round Lazarre: " I purposely abstained from...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR "] have been expecting to see a letter from some one who knew Dr. Gardiner better than I ever had the privilege of knowing him, and was better...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR :1 Sin,—Mark Pattison once said that orthodoxy is the clergy- man's point of honour ; at any rate, we may be excused for being sensitive on the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TRH "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Appreciations of Robinson Crusoe by Rousseau and Napoleon, by Johnson, Lamb, and especially by Scott, have specific value, but the old...

THE "SPECTATOR J. SIR,—All 'reasonable people will agree with your corre. spondent " A. H. C." in the Spectator of March 8th, but he adds an unfortunate " P.S." to his letter....

(TO THY EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Nearly thirty years ago, after some chance words on the subject, I wrote to Mr. Ruskin defining " sport " and " cruelty in sport " in...

pro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Twice within nine years, in 1893 and 1898, you most kindly allowed me to plead for flowers for "Friedenheim," the Home for the Dying....

Of shattered life and dull despair; And as he spoke, a mist unrolled, And angels, sorrowful and fair, Cool leaves of healing trees did hold. Ah me ! 'twas I, not he, espied...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — You wrote in the Spectator of March 8th : " One day of rest in seven, which we enjoy." Some of us do, some of us do not. J happen to...

To THE EDITOR OF TILE SPECTATOR.1 SIR, — Surely your question as to the value of disciplined troops over half-trained levies has been answered with a vengeance by the late...

MEMOIR OF THE LATE DEAN OF DURHAM.• Tiers tribute to the memory of a notable Church dignitary and educational reformer is from the pen of his widow, who has been admirably...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SFECTATOR.1 SIR, — May I venture to trouble you with a few lines to say with how much interest I have read your article in the Spectator of March 8th upon...

collections that they display the life of Oxford as it was led from day to day. No artifice could produce a more vivid effect than the simple record which the antiquary kept of...

THE inflammatory quality of political caricature has been dis- agreeably brought home to us in the last couple of years. It is therefore matter for no small satisfaction that...

arranged her poems to the best advantage. The sonnets which first meet the reader's eye are pale and ineffectual images of Mrs. Barrett-Browning's " Sonnets from the...

A HEROINE FROM FINLAND.* As a set-off to the artificially prepared Anglo-foreign novel— the novel, that is, in which the local colour is the result of an ad hoc excursion—it is...

ART BOOKS. The Monastery of San Marco. By G. S. Godkin. (J. M. Dent and Co. 35. 6d. net.)—This is a well-written popular account of the wonderful monastery which produced the...

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and Co. 6s.)—" Unequal" is the adjective which must be applied to Mr. Andrew Balfour's war stories; and this not in the sense that the separate stories are unequal in merit, but...

of Plots Mr. Bernard Capes gives us a volume of collected stories which may be taken as an example of the artificial realism of the day. A great deal of ingenuity has evidently...

Co. 6s.)—In The Land of the Lost we have more of the conven- tional realism of pot-house brawling with appropriate oaths and blood. But intertwined with the brutality is a theme...

Co. 6s.)—Cyril Boyton, the hero of Mr. Williams's novel, found " the beautiful city of Prague" anything but a cheerful place to live in. The idea of the book is decidedly good....

Notice of the Author, by R. Nisbet Bain. (Jerrold and S,ne. 6s.)—"Realism" has been the word of fiction for a good many years. And some of us have doubted whether the egregious...

Cook. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. 6d.)—The sixth edition of this valuable guide-book to the National Gallery is divided into two volumes, one for the foreign, and one for the...

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Sign of the Unicorn. 2s. 61.)—This is a delightful volume both to read and to look at. The author gives us a thoughtful study of the artist as well as a sympathetic account of...

University Press. 6s. net.)—We have here in a single volume the three parts in which Professor Kirkpatrick has brought out his invaluable commentary on the Psalms. A more useful...

Dent and Co. 10s. 6d.)—These are pleasantly written essays narrating incidents in the lives of Florentine artiste and stories about their works. The book aims at interesting...

(G. Newnes. Ss. 6d. net.)—This book (one of the "Our 'Neigh- bours " Series) is all that could be desired. It is a thorough and careful study of the Swiss character, manner of...

object of this book, as Mr. Joseph Pennell tells us in the preface, is to place before the reader some of the fine works of illustration, together with their text, which...

Strong. (Longman and Co. £3 10s.)—This book is very large, very thorough, and very learned. All those who wish to know everything that can be known as to the details of the...

3a. 6d.)—Mr. Headlam bids fair to be an addition to the not very numerous class of essayists. Of writers of essays ,there is no lack, are they not to be seen in many pulpits...

Murray. 25s. net.)—This volume consists of two parts. The first consists of a descriptive catalogue of the coins in Mr. Ward's collection, drawn up by Mr. G. F. Hill, himself a...

6s.)— Madame de Navarro (Mary Anderson) introduces this volume with a warm commendation. It will not, she says, give any idea of the actress's exceptional power. What book could...

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Constable and Co. ls.)—Mr. Palmer's experience will be found valuable, though it must be borne in mind that the condi- tions under which he has worked are not such as moat...

have a collection of papers reprinted from the Shipping Gazette under the title of The Mercantile Marine in War Tina. These papers deal with many important questions, the...

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and Shrubs, by Henry Hoare (A. L. Humphreys, 7s. 6d. net). There is, to begin with, a calendar in which we have lists of flowering shrubs, climbers or standards (January has...

den, and Co., 10s. 6d. net) we have The Sufferings of the Royal Family [of France], a reprint of the English edition of 1817. The point of view is naïvely expressed in the...

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