Serbians by dint of very fine fighting have obtained a decided military superiority over the Bulgarians in the Monastir region. In Thursday's Morning Post is published a...

King and Crown Prince of Bulgaria arrived at the Headquarters of the Austrian Archduke Karl on September 15th, and observed the battle which was proceeding. "After conferring on...

paragraphs as to who was the real begetter of the " tank " idea. Mr. Lloyd George may be said to have begun the controversy by the declare,- tion in an interview that Mr....

INCE we last wrote one of the greatest and most terrible of 1.3 battles has taken place on the Somme, ending, as we have described in detail elsewhere, in a very considerable...

except at one point, the advanced positions in Transylvania are well held in spite of the efforts of the enemy to counter-attack. In the Dobrudja, we are told, the enemy twice...

must be in far greater difficulties on September 24th, for the recent calls upon their artillery have been enormous. Faced with such a bombardment as ours, they cannot have...

case.

recent advance belonged solely to the British. Our French Allies have supported us in the most gallant and practical manner. It would be useless to speculate what the action of...

retort discourteous employed by Russian soldiers in the Dobrudja. The Bulgarians displayed a board in front of their trenches on which was written: " Mackensen is leading us."...

day's papers Sir Douglas Haig gives the text of a captured document signed by General von Falkenhayn while Chief of the German General Staff, dated August 24th, which is of very...

added that: of Captain Henderson, the eldest son of the representative of organized Labour- in the Cabinet. He eves a young man of great promise both. as a soldier and a....

title, but we are bound to say that literally thousands of people thought of the idea of charging the trenches with heavy motors of the pedreil type—i.e., caterpillars. It was...

the death in action of Professor T. M. Kettle. As an Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament he was one of the most persistent and forcible political haters of England. He was...

past week has placed himself in the first rank of statesmen who during war have combined passionate eloquence with piercing insight. No words. of praise would exaggerate the...

without his book, said in Wednesday's paper that Germany ensured by careful intrigue that Bulgaria and Rumania should become involved' in hostilities with each other direotly...

and his distinguished colleague, and the hope that must be in many minds that they may find consolation, our thoughts are carried to that ever-memorable letter which Cromwell...

district, has spontaneously surrendered itself to the Germans. Or it may be that the Germans deported it after threatening that resistance would be punished. At all events, the...

appointment of M. Kalogeropoulos as Prime Minister. M. Kalogeropoulos has told the Athens correspondent of the Timm that " all his personal sympathies are with the Entente."...

Germany is much more concerned about the road to the' East than the saving of Transylvania for. Hungary. But this means that Germany has preferred a political to a military...

death of hfr. Raymond Asquith, of the Grenadier Guards, who was killed on the 15th inst. when leading his men to the attack. Mr. Raymond: Asquith's career at Balliol was...

violently attacked. It stands for-something in the world as a propagator of those ideas which have done work for the world's progress. When your country, which has for two years...

the, Bar, for he inherited not only his father's power of speech, but his quickness in taking legal points. The.last thing he would have liked would be sermonizing or...

D. Stone, the well-known schoolmaster, classical scholar, and poet. His letters and poems were for years familiar in our columns. To him Latin was the most living of languages....

August has a very remarkable article entitled " The British Army through German Eyes," in which the writer, Dr. Thomas Smith, the author of The Soul of Germany, gives some...

point—namely, that to the Irish extremist all the reasons he has given against Home Rule are excellent reasons for a fight. At any rate, his conclusion is a much saner and...

July 13th.

have laid bare a truly shocking system of corruption in the Army Clothing Department. Viewers of goods supplied have been convicted of tampering with invoices and of regularly...

in- dividuals to supply British prisoners abroad with necessaries and comforts the Joint War Committee of the Red Cross Society and of the Order of St. John has been asked to...

a story - which is going the rounds. One of the soldiers imprisoned early in the war has lately returned to Ireland under the system of exchanging men too ill ever to fight...

at Westminster, and points out that the only solution is that if there be Home Rule at all, it must be " Home Rule all round." Lord Salisbury sums up his arguments—or shall we...

" Ireland As It Is : a Unionist View." Lord Salisbury sketches under three heads the chief difficulties of the Irish situation. First, there is the question of Ulster. " Ulster...

appeared last week, a correspondent sends us a delightful piece of nonsense metaphysics in the form of a Limerick :- " There was an old man of Cadiz Who affirmed that life is...

Julius Hirsch, a war correspondent, published in the Frdnkischer Kurier in October of last year :— " It cannot be denied that the English have supported Joffre's offensive...

given control over strictly Irish affairs, and he adds the really excellent " bull " : " A man cannot be independent on other people's money." (This reminds one of Artemus...

■ 41,■• A MILITARY STOCKTAKING. M ILITARY stocktaking at this moment is a pleasant occupation for the Allies. Wherever they turn their view the position is consolidating in a...

S INCE all battles are now merged in one continuous battle, and the results of any one day's fighting— or even of a week's fighting—cannot possibly be isolated from their...

I war, as in every other form of human activity, it is 1 in the last resort the man who matters. As the Duke of Wellington said to Creeve y when he was riding with him in...

A LTHOUGH during recent days public attention has been mostly concentrated on the Somme and the Dobrudja, important events have also been taking place upon the Italian front. On...

W E suspect that a considerable part of the accusation that we British are unimaginative in our methods of making war is due to the failure to recognize that until the last few...

[COMMUNICATED.] !‘ W HAT am I to give her to do ? " So spoke my employer before my arrival at the farm. I had chosen agriculture for my war work for the following reasons :...

FALLACIES IN IRELAND. [TO THE EDITOR. or TAB " SFECTATOR.1 was travelling recently in County Donegal, and in the carriage with mo was a well-to-do County Meath farmer and we...

[To sus EDITOR OF TER SPECTATOE.1 Sxa,—Your hearty endorsement of the tribute paid by Mr. Montagu to the services rendered Great Britain and the Allies by Messrs. J. P. Morgan...

[TO TER EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—One always hears complaints of the red-tape of the Government spending Departments, and many attribute it to faults in details, but it...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " [ Sia,—If I have misconceived or misrepresented in any way Dr. Field's attitude with respect to the admission of Nonconformists to the Holy...

SPECTATOR.") Sin,—That the position may be quite clear it is, as usual, necessary to define terms. For the sake of putting beyond doubt the question whether English citizenship...

CLERGY. [To ran EDITOIt Os Tan " Merman 6m, The following extract may be of interest to your readers. It is from a letter lately received by me from an American in America,...

" SPECTATOR."' SIE,—Old and consistent readers of the Spectator, knowing its broad national religious policy, would just expect that it would draw attention, as it did in its...

SPEcrAroal SIR,—I think the hearts of many of your readers must have burned within them as they read the letter of Mr. Barnes-Austin in your issue of September 9th. It is...

[To TEE EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR."' Ern,—" A Transatlantic ' Tommy' " complains that all the sermons which ho heard preached by Church of England chaplains were " tedious...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—May I appeal to your readers on behalf of a hospital enterprise of great interest and importance that has just been undertaken by the...

[To mai EDITOR or TUB " Merman Sm,—With reference to " J. N. 11's " hasty generalizations regarding chaplains at the front in your issue of the 16th inst., and to your own note...

[To THE EDITOR OF TEN " SPECTATOR. " ] Sra,—In view of your comments from time to time on the usefulness of the National Reserve, may I relate how it has enabled me to rejoin...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' Sra,—I send the appended letters, thinking they may interest your readers. They are the precious possession of my charwoman, written to her...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Yon quote from " Sapper's " vivid pages " that accursed catch. phrase, ` Doing his bit.' " I venture to protest. Why " accursed,"...

[To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR."] Sm,—A propos of Captain Gillespie's suggestion to make a road- s ria sacra—from the sea to Switzerland, may I ask the hospitality of your...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THB " SPECTATOR."] Srn,-So much abuse has been levelled at the Medical Boards that apparently there is a danger that the doctors may become disheartened, and...

[To TUB EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] RJR,—I have noticed some peculiarities in the Oxford Dictionary, which I should be glad if some of your readers could explain. The first...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sm,—Your contributor writing on " Limericks " says that he remembers that a collection published in the latter part of the nineteenth...

[To TUE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—May we not adapt what Luoan says of Curio?— " llomentumque fuit mutatus Ferdino rernm." —Phars, IV. 819. By the way, he attributes to...

did was to adapt the form to a special purpose—to make it the vehicle of sheer, irresponsible, innocent nonsense." I remember Lear's first Book of Nonsense, but am under the...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sts,—The Queen Victoria Jubilee Fund Association, Rue Muzzy No. 15, Geneva, states that it has special permission from the German authori-...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIB, —May a foreigner express his opinion on the above subject ? " C. L. D." in his letter published on August 12th says that the Concise...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Srs,—Mr. Green in his reply to my letter on the above subject, in your issue of September 9th, states that the interest on American loans is...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Perhaps the enclosed clipping from the Press of to-day may be thought interesting enough to give to your readers.—I am, Sir, &e., "...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] connexion with the recently issued Order forbidding whistling for cabs, the following extract from the laws of former times may be thought...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondent Mr. Yana Graham regrets that you have lent your columns to the publication of the details of the Suvla Bay...

WE have received for the above Fund the sum of 10s. 6d. from " Montreal.

SUBALTERNS. A - SONG OF OXFORD. THEY had so much to lose ; their radiant laughter Shook my old walls—how short a time ago. I hold the echoes of their song hereafter Among the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SescrAvoa."] SIB,—I venture to beg you again to let it be known. that I have a large quantity of herbaceous and Alpine plants to dispose of for the...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communi- cated," the Editor must not necessarily be held fo be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the triode...

Or THE " SPECTATOR. "] in bonne hetae I Am I to congratulate the Spectator on its devotion to Mr. Lloyd George, or Mr. Lloyd George on the attachment of the Spectator 9 Or...

rro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR., Sns,—The Spectator has so warmly supported the claims of motherhood and infancy in this time of national stress, that I hope you will allow...

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Dia SETON'S books range all but the most perverse of human beings on the side of the animals. The interest of boys in wild animals—except birds possibly—characteristically...

WE are delighted, and so will be all lovers of good verse, with Captain Maurice Baring's charming little anthology, English Landscape. It was compiled, he tells us, without the...

MIKE.* Ma. E. F. BENSON has created one or two characters to whom he is so much attached that he is apt to include them under a different alias in successive novels. All...

collection of proverbs. It is like a box of precious stones. The greater number make little impression, but now and again something shines with a brilliance that casts a spell...

Richards. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Le gg e's third volume on the Empress Eug6nie is even loss coherent than the others, and may be described as a collection of odds and ends having...

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Green has added an epilo g ue of one hundred and seventy-two pa g es covering the century from 1815 to 1914. A spirited sketch of the social changes and of the Imperial and...

and Co. 6s. 6d. net.)—Southey's prose works are so voluminous and so une q ual that few people read them. Yet Southey at his beet is an entertainin g author, and Mr. Zeitlin's...

votice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.] The Eye-Witness. By H. Belloc. (T. Nelson and Sons. Is. net.)— We welcome this cheap reissue of Mr....

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