these numerous German movements, so far as it has hitherto been settled, taking them in geographical order from north to south. The advance from Mlava, on the East Prussian...

O WING to Christmas Day falling as it does, and the Boxing Day Bank Holiday being on a Saturday, we are obliged this week to close our review of events on the Wednesday instead...

from the direction of Wielun has occupied Piotrkow, and compelled the Russian left centre to fall back to Opoczno, twenty miles to the east. This retirement, conducted appar-...

than it was last week. Further developments may, however, probably have taken place before this is in our readers' hands. But for the present we can do no more than give an...

the enemy at the beginning of the week, but the greater part of them had been recaptured "at this of writing." It is quite possible that before our next issue—that is, in the...

Prime Minister, M. Viviani, made, in a speech of no little eloquence, a declaration as to the policy of France. The operative passage of the speech is as follows :— " Since, in...

of if only we can make it good by getting the extra million and a half of men which we must have if we are to be sure of winning. If after having done so much we fail in the...

feels like every true shepherd the call of the sheep, but the call of his country is more to him. And what a picture we get of " the master "—not a tyrant, we believe, as a...

account of the re-entry of the Serbians into their capital. When they broke down the bridge across the river many Austrians were still south of it, and, according to the latest...

paper, the Humaniie, publishes "an interview which M. Jean Longuet, the Socialist Deputy for Paris, has had with Mr. Lloyd G eor ge." Britain, said the Chancellor of the...

on Monday, drew a comparison between the flawlessness of German mechanism and the mountain of mistakes made by the Germans whenever human nature and moral forces had to be...

the naval fight off Coronel from a member of the crew of the ' Glasgow.' Before the fight was over• the ' Glasgow' was ordered to save herself by steaming away. The writer says...

throughout Italy. The occasion was furnished by the anniversary of the execution of Oberdank, a native of Trieste, an Irredentist deserter from the Austrian Army who organized...

on Friday week. At the close of the Conference on Saturday evening an official communiqug was issued. It stated that King Gustaf of Sweden, who had taken the initiative in...

of Tuesday declares that the canvass conducted by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee is "progressing most satisfactorily." We most sincerely trust that this roseate view is...

not go beyond the facts. The New Army has reached or will soon reach 1,300,000. Add to that some 650,000 Territorials, for the force has been doubled since the war. Next...

Der Tag, that the author represents the German Emperor as hesitating till the last moment about consenting to the viola- tion of Belgian territory. The assumption that the...

behalf of the Patriotic League of Britons Overseas with regard to the proposed gift of a warship to the Mother Country. After careful inquiries had been made as to the best form...

L, into the Abdin Palace last Sunday was remarkable for its accidental setting. The war had brought together men from many parts of the British Empire, and the spectacle must...

Fourie, was shot at dawn last Sunday. At his trial he bitterly reproached the British for their conduct in South Africa, and, while courageously disdaining to ask for mercy for...

paper some hints about conduct under shell fire which are worth bearing in mind now that we know that the Germans will not scruple to bombard open and undefended seaside towns....

a sketch of the career and character of the Italian Prime Minister, Signor Salandra, who took office in March of this year. He had previously been a lieutenant of the leader of...

a letter in answer to the criticisms of German-Americans on a previous letter of his. One of his critics had contended that the throwing of bombs on fortified enemy towns—Paris,...

Aug. 8th.

THE VANTAGE POINT OF PEACE. W E are not going to write a Christmas article ou palm boughs and olive branches and the Angel of Peace. Not only is there no peace in sight for the...

I N their recent dealings with Egypt the Government have not only done the right thing, but done it in the right way. The fact that we are at war with the nominal suzerain of...

rrHE Government have done very wisely in appointing I —though after what appears to be undue delay- s Committee to inquire into the outrages and breaches of international law...

the series of letters which the Morning Post has been publishing from an Hungarian correspondent appeared last Saturday. In a note last week we summarized the situation as...

likrE wish to acknowledge once more the generous response made by a considerable portion of our readers to the Home Guards Fund. In spite of our going to Press so early this...

I F people have not learned since the beginning of this war what sea power means, they are never likely to learn. They have had many opportunities not only of learn- ing what it...

O UR only complaint against Mr. Lucas's guide-book, A Wanderer in Venice (Methuen and Co., 6s.), is one which we did not in the least expect to have to bring against it. The...

W HEN the old nurse, whose recollections of the early nineteenth century were recorded in a former article (Spectator, January 10th, 1914), retired from active life, she settled...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR: SIR,—Your editorials, your leading articles, the correspondence you publish, reiterate weekly the need for men and more men. Here in Western...

[TO THR EDITOR Or THE " SPRDTAT011-1 Srn,—In your issue of December 12th appears a letter under the title " A Coincidence P " in which the writer claims that the thanks of the...

THE CIVIC GUARD OF HARTLEPOOL. [To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR, "] Sia,—In view of the active steps you have taken to secure recognition for Volunteer Training Corps and...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The passage from Sir Walter Scott's Antiquary quoted by Sir Henry Craik (Spectator, December 19th) reminds me of a kindred extract a...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECILTOR.1 Sta,—Has not our military cap been adopted rather too hastily, and is it not a possible source of danger to our men in the field P In...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTAT011."] SIR, — Two correspondents in your issue of December 12th, writing on recruiting, say: "Compel all bachelors." There was the same feeling in...

[TO THE EDITOR OP TM "srscrirea."3 SIR, In Professor Cramb's Germany and England, on p. 69, we read that when Treitschke returned from a visit to England in 1895 " be poured out...

[To THE EDITOR 01 THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — In the British answer to the manifesto of the German Professors published recently Nietzsche is mentioned first as being one of those...

TER "SPECTATOR. " ] Sin,—Looking over a book of old cuttings the other day, I came across the enclosed "lines," which appeared in the Spectator shortly after the Franco-German...

TEE " SPICCT1TOR."] .0h no, we never mention it, Its name is never heard; Our lips are now forbid to speak That once familiar word. ' SAS, Press and the literary profession...

I wield the strength of the chosen race, My breath makes Kingdoms to fall and stand ; I have moved my landmarks a goodly space, And won fair realms from the stranger's hand. I...

[To TER EDITOR OF THE "SERCTATOR...] Sin,—I do not think Bishop Butler's inquiry as to whether a nation as well as an individual may not sometimes go mad, or at least become...

[To TER EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — At the present moment Great Britain is held to be responsible for the war (and bated accordingly) by Germany because, as the German...

we bring: To ev'ry arm Thy strength impart ; Thy Spirit shed thro' ev'ry heart. Wake in our breast the living fires, The holy faith that warmed our sires; Thy hand hath made...

[To TER EDITOR OP Ths "ErioTArom. - 1 SIR,—Yon have prominently urged the emotional influences of the pomp and ceremony of war as an aid to recruiting. May I point out that the...

LTO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR...3 Sra,—Your republication in your issue of October 24th of the splendid lines, " The Sea Queen Wakes," by Mr. Clive Phillipps.Wolley, has a...

[To TIER EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR...3 EIR,—Your editorial, "How Can I Help?" (Spectator, August 8th), has stirred some hearts this side the ocean. We know you are fighting the...

[TO TRH EDITOR OP THS SPECTATOR."] SIR, — In your issue of December 12th your review of the Babasaheb's Impressions of British Life and Character empha- sizes the religious...

[To TRH EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It would be surprising indeed if Mr. Tate were not to laud the Government buying of sugar, for ever since the Government stepped in the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — The letters from Mrs. Tait, in your issues of December 5th and 19th, on the attempt being made to raise the status of " domestic...

[To THE EDITOR OP TUN ".SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —Although very unwilling to appear in conflict with Mr. T. C. Horsfall, knowing his great practical interest in social reform, his...

PRESIDENT : LORD DESBOROUGH. Hem SECRETARY : PERCY A. HARRIS, Esq. Hun OFFICES : Judges' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Sustics (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of...

SUBSCRIPTIONS for this Fund should be sent to the Spectator Office, or direct to Messrs. Barclay and Co., Goslings' Branch, 19 Fleet Street, London, E.C. Cheques should be made...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

God, Who made boys for His delight, Goes in earth's hour of grief and glory And calls the boys in from the night; When they come trooping from the war Our skies have many a new...

BERKELEY AND PERCIVAL.* THE great philosopher Berkeley was a most delightful writer of intimate letters. Mr. Benjamin Rand has just brought out a complete edition of his...

THE opening of the Italian Risorgimento is the most interest- ing point in its history. The movement had then a sincerity and a simplicity which it necessarily lost when it...

FABIUM is coming into a wider kingdom. His translators multiply. The first three chapters of this book are a new translation of three which have already appeared (thirteen years...

Ma. HOLMES is one of those unfortunate men who are not content to let well alone. Some three years back he wrote a book on education, entitled What Is and What Might Be, which...

danger of such work—the danger of being fur-fetched an d fantastic. The parody of a nursery rhyme must keep the simplicity and directness of the original, and never fail to...

all the Acts of Parliament, Proclamations, and Orders passed and made in consequence of the war up to the end of September, and issued by the Stationery Office, is a com-...

ALADORE.* MR. NEWBOLT'S new romance is rather hard to describe with- out quoting the lines which serve as a preface :— "In every land thy feet may tread Time like a veil is...

remarkable figure in seventeenth-century Portugal, and his writings, especially his letters and dialogues, still delight by their wit and wisdom all who read Portuguese. Of...

drawn to the subject with which Mr. Francis Abell deals in his interesting record of Prisoners of War in Britain, 1756 to 1815 (Humphrey Milford, 15e. net). This book is full of...

Co. 6a)—This novel is apparently Mr. Ervine's first excursion into fiction, and the book, as a whole, goes to prove how excellent a school for the novelist is the drama. The...

as yet adopted the American call of "nullos," in which the declarer aims not at winning but at losing tricks, as if he were playing for " misere " in solo whist. Those who would...

[Noticd in this column does not ttecetear;ly preclude subsequent vesicle.] The publishers of the Quarterly Review announce that, in order to keep better apace with the rapidity...

(W. Heine- mann, 6s. net), describes the numerous uses to which petroleum and its derivatives have been put since oil was first "struck" in Pennsylvania in 1859 by Colonel...

(W. Heinemann. 6s.)---This book has the merit of an unusual ending, but it is unnecessarily mild and uneventful, lacking in plot and in emotion.—Lockett's Lea. By Sibell...

did not write his own plays is to be found in Shakspere and Sir Walter Ralegh, by the late Henry Pemberton, jun. (J. B. Lippincott Co.), which argues that Ralegh is "the only...

(J. M. Dent and Sons. 6s.)—For the writing of a story of love and adventure in the Napoleonic days, when your Sussex coast was thronged with free-traders and Government spies...

published an able study of William James and Henri Bergson (Cambridge University Press, for the University of Chicago Press, 6s. net), in which he points out that these two...

to Babylon ? " we never guessed that one day we should be brought so near to that marvellous old city as Dr. Robert Koldewey's book on The Excavations at Babylon (Macmillan and...

of the late Jacob A. Riis, as a painstaking and sympathetic investigator of the life of the submerged poor in American cities. It will be shared by those who read Neighbors...

Radstock that an English nobleman who devoted his life to missionary enterprise of the "Revivalist" type was an unusual, if not a unique, phenomenon. The " interpretation and...

Control of Monopolies (John Murray, Gs. net) is largely a result of his appointment as Chairman of the Royal Commis- sion on the Australian Sugar Industry—a chastening experi-...

has long been known as a standard authority, has compiled a handy pocket-book showing silhouettes of all the world's Warships at a Glance, and a shilling Naval Recognition Book...

Berlin, and Petrograd, has published a small volume of Essays (J. B. Lippincott Co.), amongst which his personal experience gives special value to that on " Diplomacy as a...

written an exhaustive monograph on that almost ubiquitous pest The House-Fly (Cambridge University Press, 15s. net). The general reader will take most interest in the last two...

of Upper Assam, Upper Burmah, and North-Eastern Frontier (Macmillan and Co., 10s. net), which he fitly dedicates to his old companions in arms, the Assam Military Police, " the...