forward by the Congo Free State has been published, and the worst fears of the critics of that administration have been realised. It will be remembered that the Commission of...

publishing some sensational reminiscences in the Malin. The first instalment, summarised in Thursday's Times, deals with his efforts, on assuming office, to crush the tyranny of...

case.

country under the auspices of the Anglo-German Friendship Com. mittee, presided over by Lord Avebury, were entertained at dinner on Thursday evening at the Whitehall Rooms. The...

ri \HE news of the week from Russia has been the hideous massacres of Jews at Bialystok, which began on Corpus Christi Day—Thursday week—and continued till last Saturday. At...

German editors without a word of protest in regard to what we deem the undue importance attached to the effect of newspaper writings on foreign relations. It is, in our opinion,...

is steadily spreading. For example, two garrison artillery battalions at Sevastopol mutinied, but were disarmed. At Krasnoyarsk, according to a Times telegram, the soldiers...

been killed on the 10th of this month. This removes the chief figure from the rebellion, and Colonel Mackenzie, who has led the expedition with excellent judgment, may con-...

by the Government in the House of Commons in regard to -the Education Bill. On 'Tuesday Clause II. was passed, and on Wednesday while Clause III. was under dis- cussion Mr....

announced on Monday. By the terms of refer- ence the Committee are to consider and report what changes, if any, are desirable in the form and scope of the accounts and...

to inquire into shipping risks in time of war. The , Committee is instructed to consider and report (1) whether it is desirable that the State should undertake to make good to...

arose from which it appears that though denomi- national teaching is only to be given to the children on two days in the week, those two days need not be the same for every...

moved the Closure Resolution on the Education Bill. He disliked these " irregular interfererlces with full debate," but they were unavoidable in the absence of systematic...

on Friday week at Grosvenor House a resolution was moved by Sir Gilbert Parker that the £3,000,000 set aside out of the guaranteed loan for the purposes of land settlement in...

of the Interior, replied to the criticisms of M. Jaures in one of the most remarkable speeches delivered for long by any public man in Europe. In contrast to the cloudy idealism...

night to protest against the Education Bill. Lord Halifax, who pre- sided, read a letter from Lord Hugh Cecil dealing with two points. First, Lord Hugh spoke of the danger of...

the law if it is tainted with injustice. Though it would be premature to prescribe for Churchmen their duty in circumstances which have not yet arisen, Lord Hugh declares that...

were on Friday 88f.

on Monday, and resulted in the unseating of Mr. Agar- Robartes. Mr. Justice Grantham in giving judgment said that the two points in the case were the question of treating and...

on the evening of Friday week. In face of the great industrial economic rivalry now going on, it was monstrous that they, should be quarrelling about the precise quantum of...

relations of Church and State, dealt with the question of religious teaching in elementary schools in a passage that deserves close attention. The plea that the State should...

THE SITUATION IN RUSSIA: T HE recent news from Russia creates a feeling almost of hopelessness. Neither side is winning, and . both sides are either threatening or carrying out...

W E do not intend to re-enter in detail on the controversy connected with Chinese labour in South Africa. Taking the question as a whole, we consider that the Cabinet has dealt...

CLEMENCEAU is an illustrious example of the • men who come late into their inheritance. He was over fifty before he had written a leading article, and he has been the most...

whether the Spectator Experimental Company will have been turned into a body of competent infantry soldiers in the course of six months can only be decided after careful...

S INCE the General Election four petitions have come on for trial. In three the law has not been seriously questioned. In the first—Yarmouth—the sitting Member was acquitted...

I T is from that section of the unemployed—by far the largest section, we fear—which is more anxious to find excuses for not working than to find work that our charitable...

the human pOint . of View_ appears intensely cruel and, therefore, incompatible with the theory of the existence of a merciful God. This has, indeed, been a great...

J T is a truism that the written word differs from the spoken word, but it is too often forgotten that the written word has many types, and that the standard rightly varies in...

I T is astonishing that we should know so little about the mysterious state in which nearly one-third of our life is passed. Even the few writers who have concerned themselves...

" FENCING THE TABLE." LTO TIlli EDITOlt OF Till -srserAvou...] SIR,—When a daughter has left home against the wish of her parents, and elected to make her own living, she...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—As an illustration of parents' wishes in the matter of the religious education of their children, so far as schools can give it, I...

SIR,—The admirable article on " Signs of Compromise" in your issue of June 9th contains a statement which I am sure you will be pleased to modify after reading what I am glad...

(To Tam EDITOR OF TUB "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — The strictures indulged in by "Finem Respice" in last week's Spectator are severe as applied to Churchmen. But I venture to think...

[To Tile EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—You do not often publish obituary notices, but it seems fitting that some record should appear in the Spectator of one who was for so...

"SPECTATOR."] SIR,—There are many Nonconformists (and I include myself in the number) who deeply appreciate the letter which appears in your issue of June 16th entitled "An...

..spaaravon.1 SIR,—In your "News of the Week " in the Spectator of June 16th I see that you mention that Mr. Churchill said in the House of Commons on June 8th that "only...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It seems to be taken for granted that the clergy are uncompromising in their opposition to the Education Bill, and will be satisfied...

SIR,—As my name appears in the letter of Mr. Fordham in your issue of the 16th inst., will you kindly allow me an explanation ? I did not see the manifesto printed at the foot...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Obviously I refrain from giving correct names, but I have personally certified every detail, and vouch for the correctness of the...

SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — Your readers will, I am sure, be interested to know that the physical development of our men has progressed most satisfactorily, as the following figures...

THE NATURE OF TRUTH.* Mu. JOACHIM, who is already known to those interested in philosophical speculation as the author of an admirable work on Spinoza, has now published an...

subscription of £10 from Mr. Heward Bell, and also one of £1 ls. from Mr. W. G. Rawlinson, towards providing the extra ammunition desired by Colonel Pollock for the training...

FROM PROPERTIUS (II., 12). WHO first did draw young Love a child What skill had he ! He knew how wild Are lovers' ways, and what a rout Their small desires do bring about....

IN editing the papers which relate to Bengal in 1756-1757 Mr. S. C. Hill has done a most useful work, atid he has done it with a fulness and learning which are beyond praise....

PROFESSOR FLINDERS PETRIE spent the winter and early spring of 1904-5--so we presume, for he gives the months exactly, but without the year—in exploring the Sinai Peninsula....

THERE was room for this agreeable book, appearing at a happy moment when the thoughts of English readers are turned towards Spain. But it would be welcome at any time, for there...

IN THE SHADOW.* THE abiding interest of the race problem in the United States is attested by the attention devoted to it by novelists as well as publicists. It cropped up in...

" by " Vernon Lee" are indeed, as the author describes them, fantastic stories, and most romantic and delightful reading they prove. The first one, " Amour Dure," in which a...

Co. 6s.)—There was once a French farce the point of which was that Madame So-and-so, the central figure iu the story, never made her appearance at all. Mrs. Cotes has chosen...

HISTORY OF WARWICK SCHOOL. History of Warwick School. By A. F. Leach. (4. Constable and Co. 6s.)—Warwick first appears in history in 914 A.D., under the name of Waeringwicon,...

" Company, 35 Old Bond Street.)—This souvenir gives various family histories,—the Princess Henry of Battenberg, Queen Isabella (the "Innocent Isabella" of the Carlist War),...

6d. net.)—This "Introduction to the Ethics of the Elizabethan Drama" is an elaborate argument in support of a thesis which has a somewhat paradoxical look. Mr. Bayley allows...

and Co. 6s.)—This is an 'interesting book. How, indeed, could it fail to be so when a man accustomed to the business of speaking, who has had the opportunities of public life,...

Temperley, 3rd V.B. Northumberland Fusiliers. (W. Clowes and Sons. 9d.)—This is an exceedingly valuable aid to the efficient training of infantry. It contains the very essence...

John Thelwall. By Charles Cestre, M.A. (Swan Sonnenechein and Co. 2s. 6d.)—John Thelwall was, as Mr. Cestre says, a ' e pioneer of democracy." He fell upon evil times, for his...

by Sir Isidore Spielmann. (The Royal Commission.)—This stately volume is a not inadequate memorial of a great occasion. First we have the general scene : the Festival Hall...

[trader this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved for review in other forms.] The Biblical Elucidator : the Pauline Epistles. By the Rev. Charles...

6d.)--There are doubtless some people who, reading between the lines of this book, recognise the personalities and the incidents which appear in it. For the present purpose' it...

7s. 6d. net) we have English Seals, by J. Harvey Bloom, M.A. Mr. Bloom gives an introductory chapter in which something is said about ancient seals, scarabs, and others,...

"Harvard Oriental Series," Edited, with the Co-operation of various Scholars, by Charles Rockwell Lannan (Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 20s. 7d. net). These two volumes...

By F. W. Robertson. (R. H. Allenson. 2s. 6d.)—These lectures were delivered before the members of a Mechanics' Institution—virtually the audience was of the middle...

(Hodder and Stoughton. 6s. net.)—Mrs. Katharine Tynan Hinkson has collected here, and collected, we may say, with great care and taste, quotations from a very wide circle of...