T HE Government of India is punishing a frontier tribe, the Waziris, for making raids and otherwise breaking its agreements, and the necessary movement of troops has been...

for crushing the rebellion of 1848 by the aid of foreign troops, have taken advantage of a demand for the increase of the Civil List to make a series of violent attacks upon the...

of them doubtless without foundation. It is certain, however, that Portugal is again in financial difficulties, which must press as heavily upon the King as upon his Ministers,...

of the Belgians. On Saturday last the King had attended a service at the Cathedral of Ste. Gudule, and was returning with his suite in three closed carriages, when Rubino fired...

of Servia, irritated by his total loss of popularity and by the refusal of the Russian Court to invite him and his wife to St. Petersburg, has appointed a Cabinet in which the...

is working badly. It did us a grand service once in ridding us of Hanover, but it impedes the application of the hereditary principle, which is the first cause of orderliness in...

case.

amendment to leave out the preamble to the new clause, " nothing in this Act shall affect any endowment, or the discretion of any trustees in respect thereof," and several...

Chamberlain. Both parties agreed to give him a banquet on Monday, and so eager were the would-be guests that although the Town Hall was secured, not two-fifths of the...

which is the reunion of the races divided by the war, and the expression of a certain hope that he would be aided by a majority of the Boers, Mr. Chamberlain, as the honoured...

London and Rochester, was held in the Albert Hall on the evening of Friday week. Though the avowed aim of the meet- ing was to support the Education Bill, its chief interest...

tressed loyalists in South Africa signed by Lady Edward Cecil, Lady Charles Cavendish Bentinck, the Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, K.C., M.P., the Duke of Montrose, and others was...

the concluding clauses of the Education Bill. On Friday week Clauses 18 (dealing with definitions), 19, and 20 (re- lating chiefly to provisions in regard to transfer of...

Originally started as a rival of the Guardian, and an organ of the High Church party, it was remarkable not only for the moderate and candid expression of clearly defined views,...

ference about a Land Bill has, in a way, proved a failure. A circular letter was sent to the 4,000 proprietors holding more than five hundred acres, but only 1,704 replied. As...

Hugh Price Hughes, editor of the Methodist Times, and a leading minister of the Methodist Connexion. A born orator, and with some of the defects of that temperament, especially...

furtherance of the appeal recently issued for £500,000 to complete the equipment of the College and carry on its work. The appeal, which was supported by a message from the King...

cleavage in the Parliamentary party. Mr. John Redmond, M.P., who has recently returned from his mission to the United States, has lost no time in expressing his unqualified...

case, the far-reaching bearings of which we discuss else- where, has already had one notable result. The Freeman's Journal, commenting on the case, declared that the Chief...

225 votes to 100, and Sir William Anson then moved a new clause providing that when fees are charged in a voluntary school the local education authority shall pay a proportion...

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of Portugal to this country, which to politicians suggests negotiations and understand- ings in reference to Delagoa, Bay, has for those outside the diplomatic world an interest...

MR. CHAMBERLAIN BY TORCHLIGHT. W E are unable as a rule to approve of " send-offs.' There is a note of presumption in them, and they are often followed by unexpected...

A N Irish Judge and an Irish jury have struck, and an Irish Roman Catholic prelate has driven home, a blow of incalculable value for the deliverance of Ireland from her worse...

The area of control known as the Metropolitan Police District is, roughly, a circle 30 miles in diameter, with its centre at Charing Cross, and contains rather more than 688...

S ILVER has dropped to a record price, Is. 101d. an ounce, and of course all interested in India or China or Spanish America are shivering at the figures. They cannot help...

I S it possible to get at a working hypothesis as to the cause of laughter,—to be able to explain, that is, in terms how. ever vague and general, the nature of the mainspring...

I S the gentle art of penmanship doomed ? Such a question is suggested by an evening spent over the delightful "Meditations of an Autograph Collector" (Harper and Brothers, 12s....

A LEADING land agent, discussing the Continental and Englishideals of woodlands, drew a marked distinction between the commercial forestry of France and Germany and the " estate...

GREEK AT OXFORD. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR,—It would appear that the resolution submitted to Con- gregation at Oxford with respect to the optional character of...

[To TEE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR, — In the Spectator of November 8th, referring to my article on "Gunnery v. Paint" in the National Review, in which I cite evidence of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—I was glad to see by your remarks on the able and con- vincing letter of Mr. C. W. M. Moorsom in the Spectator of October 18th that you...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TIE "SPECTATOR.1 SIR,— The article in the Spectator of November 15th on " Greek at Oxford" is written, it is evident, from the point of view of the educator...

THE EDITOR OP TEl "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—In the Spectator of September 20th you observe (com- menting on Colonel Sir Thomas Holdich ' s lecture to the British Association at...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—The following extract from a lecture delivered here in Berlin on November 12th by Colonel Schiel, who was com- missioned by Kritger to...

OP THE "SPECTATOR."] take the liberty of writing to you with reference to the article in the Spectator of November 8th entitled " A Soldier Secretary of State for War. " You...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Having both read and reviewed Dr. Nicolaides ' s historico,political treatise on the Macedonian question, I was too well acquainted...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] must ask you to allow me space to correct some remarks made in the Spectator of November 15th by a corre- spondent of yours who signs...

[To THE EDIT012 OF THE "SPECTATOR...I SIR,—You are correct in your surmise (Spectator, Novem- ber 8th) that I have but one object in view in writing upon this important...

claim that all the University lodgings at Cambridge are everything that could be desired : with some streets very narrow and many houses in the centre of the town very closely...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.] Sin,—May I venture to point out a slight error of detail which has crept into your otherwise admirable survey of Jackson's career in the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIL — It occurs to me, as it must have occurred to many of your readers, that Mr. F. T. Bullen does a grave injustice to Matthew Arnold in...

Sin,—Your correspondents on the subject of undergraduates' rooms seem not to be aware that at Oxford, at any rate, all licensed lodgings (and it is only in these that...

THE LOST PLAYMATE. [C. C. B., NOVEMBER 21ST, 1900.] SIDE by side they sit on the shelf— The Crab, the Cat that walked by Himself, The Elephant's child, the Kangaroo,...

of Mr. Frank Bullen's work, may I suggest that he has not fully appreciated Mr. Matthew Arnold's breadth of sympathy (see Spectator, November 15th) ? There is surely little in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—A few days ago, having to refer in public to the late war and our present hopes, I hit upon a sore Virgiliana which perhaps you will...

[To THE EDITOR OF TIM "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—It has been suggested that the many lovers of Wordsworth's poetry might be glad to know, in reference to the Rev. W. H. Savile's...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] . . SIR,—Your readers will be interested to hear that the generom offer made by "Rambler" in the Spectator of November Sth has already been...

(To TUB EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —It may interest your contributor on " Odd Animal Friendships" (Spectator, October 4th) to have the following somewhat amusing...

PAUL KRUGER.* IN 1898, when noticing Mr. Statham's Paul Kruger, we remarked that the President was not likely to write his own Memoirs. We could not foresee that he would...

the recent publication of State papers, and it displays the defects and qualities of its origin. On the one hand, it contains informa- tion which was previously inaccessible ;...

IT has long been agreed that Carlyle's history of the Revolution left much to be desired in point of complete- ness and accuracy. Writing between sixty and seventy years ago, he...

by Canon MacColl—written, as he says, rurrente calamo, and thrown into the form of a letter to Dr. Guinness Rogers—will be read with great interest and close attention not only...

Harrod has written a very pretty book. Perhaps this may be said to be faint praise, but it is, we feel sure, the criticism which will occur to the minds of the majority of those...

THE LITTLE WHITE BIRD.* WS foresee that there will be a considerable divergence of opinion over Mr. Barrie's new book, and that while perhaps the majority of readers will be...

The Dutch scenes of country-town life which she puts before her readers are picturesque and remarkably well focussed. It is difficult to be slightly satirical, and yet not to...

6s.)—Mrs. Higgins appears to write in the interests sf the Populist party. American politics are somewhat obscure to all but a few specially informed observers on this side What...

THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA. Encyclopaedia Britanniea. Vol. XXX. (VI. of the Supple mentary Issue). (A. and C. Black.)—It is scarcely less difficult than usual to choose...

story reminds us, naturally, of "The Moonstone." There is, indeed, considerable difference between the two plots, but both the stories have to do with that most in- convenient...

(T. Fisher Unwin. Os.) —At first sight it seems a strange thing to recommend an author by saying that he or she has never written anything before. So might a tailor say of a...

6s.) —Louisa is a delightful and interesting person ; it is quite a pleasure to know her. The reader is first introduced to her late one afternoon as she is returning to her...

The scene of this story is laid in New York. The Lawtons are a poor family of good origin. Upon their tiny income the father, mother, and two daughters can barely live up to the...

(Hurst and Blackett. 4s.)—The title of this book, which belongs to the "Imperial Athletic Library," indicates its purpose. It is intended to give rules, rules always founded on...

A. Caulfeild. (Elliot Stock. 5s.)—Mrs. Caulfeild has collected a considerable masa of material here, and made thereby a contribu- tion of no little value to what may be called "...

and Co. Os. net.)—It is not easy to say what M. Merejkowski really thinks of Tolstoi as an artist. His view of him as a man is less obscure. Put in a few words, it is that...

(Fleming H. Revell Company. 3s. 6d.)—Under this title Dr. Griffis tells the story of the life and work of Samuel Robbins Brown. He was born in Connecticut in 1810, receiving...

Record Press. 6d.)—Here we have the versified story of "twc little Airedale pups." We are introduced to their father, whit seems a little burdened with the responsibility, and...

Does any one play " solo-whist" ? At one time we were afraid it would turn Out the legitimate monarch of games. And now whist is almost 'dethroned, but by a mightier rival,— Saw...

[finder this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] An Officer's Letters to his Wife during the Crimean War. With an...

Corre- lation of the Human Skull, by Cicely D. Fawcett, B.Sc.; assisted by Alice Lee, D.Sc., and others ; reprinted from Biometrica. The chief material of the study were crania...

Byron. (John Murray. ls. net.)—Sartor Resartus. By Thomas Carlyle. Edited by the Rev. James Wood. (J. M. Dent and Co. 6s. net.)—Dr. Wood, who died in March, 1901, at an advanced...