26 JUNE 1920

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Extravagance was again the subject of debate in the House

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of Commons on Wednesday night when Mr. Churchill defended tho proposal to re-clothe the Army in red. Little unreserved support was forthcoming for the Government. Mr. Churchill...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE expenditure of the Government has become the greatest danger and by far the most important question of the day. The one word "economy" includes the whole of the Law and the...

Apparently the last thing the Government under Mr. Lloyd George's

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leadership can do is to be practical about expenditure, although it is plain that if expenditure continues at its present level it will ruin the country and wreck the...

*** The Editor cannot accept responsibility for any articles or

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letters submitted to him, but when stamped and addressed envelopes are sent he will do his beat to return contribution., in case of rejection.

Finally, Mr. Lloyd George predicted that Mesopotamia would become a

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self-supporting and prosperous community, and that our expenditure there would decrease. Yet the truth remains that we are already spending the enormous amount of thirty. five...

The refusal of the Shin Fein railwaymen in Southern Ireland

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to work on trains carrying troops or police or to handle muni- tions has at last Wen taken seriously. On Monday soma police- men entered a train at Cloughjordan, in Tipperary,...

We shall be asked, no doubt, what we propose as

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an alternative to Mr. Lloyd George's plans. Our answer is that we cannot leave the district which is roughly described as the Head of the Persian Gulf, but that Mesopotimia as a...

In that case, Mr. Lloyd George went on to argue,

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the cost of re-conquest might be two hundred million pounds. He could understand the policy of leaving the country altogether, but he could not understand Mr. Asquith's policy...

Already the annual expense of running Mesopotamia is estimated at

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35 millions. Mr. Asquith challenged the whole policy of the Government in Mesopotamia, add suggested withdrawal and a concentration on Basra. He pointed out that Mesopotamia had...

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Mr. Asquith, who spoke after - Mr. Balfour, urged that it -

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was the duty of the League to intervene in regard - to - the " recent aggressive-action " of Poland. He - argued - also that - the League alone had the right to give and define...

Mustapha Kemal's Turkish forces on June 15th attacked a British

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outpost near 'staid, in _Northern Anatolia, fifty miles south-east of Constantinople. The officer commanding the com- pany of Punjabis agreed to retire if the Turks would not...

Mr. Lloyd George, M. Millerand and M. Venizelos met last

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Sunday at Lympne. According to an official report, M. Millerand accepted Mr. Lloyd George's suggestion that Germany's tardiness in disarming was " profoundly unsatisfactory."...

Serious rioting between the Protestants and the Roman Catholics began

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in Londonderry last Saturday night and con- tinued till Wednesday. Both sides were well armed with rifles and revolvers, and made 'the streets so dangerous that business was...

Mr. Balfour, in the. House of Commons on Thursday week,

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made an informing statement about the work done by theleague of Nations during the past four months. It had set up four advisory committees to deal with armaments, health,...

Colonel Ashley on Tuesday. moved the .adjournment of the House

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as -a protest against the failure of the Government• to maintain law and order. in Ireland. In Londonderry, he said, the object of Sian Fein was to expel- the Unionist workmen...

The German. Cabinet crisis caused by the -uncertain results of

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the recent elections appeared to be ended - on Monday, when Herr Fehrenbach accepted office as Chancellor. - He is a Roman Catholic from South Germany, and a- prominent leader...

Lord Grey of Fallodon, speaking at Stratford on Thursday week,

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declared that the League of:Nations had not been used as it might have been in the cases of Russia and Persia. He thought that the League should have tried last January to...

The three Allied Premiers on Monday crossed to Boulogne, where

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they met the Italian, Japanese and Belgian delegates. The conference approved of a note, drafted by Marshal Foch and Sir Henry Wilson, calling upon Germany to show good faith in...

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Thevalue of public protests against departmental extravagance has been shown

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this week by the issue of a revised Estimate for the Ministry of Transport. Sir Eric Geddes protested last week against the attacks on his department, but he has, had the good...

Where collusion is easy it is. already - easy under the

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existing law. We cannot think-that harm willresult from:approximating; to the practice: of other. Protestant countries; On the contrary,. we export considerable-benefit through...

The Labour Party conference at Scarborough opened on Tuesday with

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an address by Mr. W. H. Hutchinson, of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, who denounced the Peace Treaties, the Government and Capitalism with great fervour. The struggle of...

The Increase of Rent.-Bill, as amended in the-Standing Com- mittee,

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was read a third time in the House of Commons on Tuesday morning after an all-night sitting. The Committee had extended the.scope of the Bill to business premises as well as...

The Home Rule- Bill made rapid progress-in Committee of the

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House on Trreaday. Samuel Hoare and several other -Union- ists supported an amendment to• exclude Irish representatives from the- Imperial Parliament whenever the Northern and...

In the-House- of Lords on. Tuesday, Lord Buckmaster's Divorce. Nil

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passed--its third reading by 154 votes to 107. The Lord Chancellor hinted that the Government might give the facilities--in the•-House of Commons, and that the Attorney-...

The new Government Mines Bill provides for the. appointment of

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a Minister of Mines who is to be an additional Parliamentary Secretary of the Board of Trade. Until.August, 1921, he may regdate the export of coaland the-price at the pit-head,...

On Wednesday the Labour Party discussed the affairs of the

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world, of which, it must be added, the speakers seemed to know very little. A member of the British Socialist Party proposed a general strike to prevent the Government from "...

la speaking about marriage, He was speaking to the Jews

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who seriously discussed the multitudinous grounds of divorce as analysed in the writings of Hillel, Shammai, and the rest. Our Lord said in effect, if we may venture without...

Bank rate,7 per cent.,ohanged from 6 per eont.Apr. 15, 1920

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5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 84k; Thursda3 week, 84; a year. ago, 81,

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS. IF the world is to become safe for those who want to see the true fruits of civilization, some form of league or pact, covenant or agreement among the...

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CONSTITUTION OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

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T HE following is the text of the article of October 26th, 1918, to which allusion is made in the preceding article. It should be remembered that the scheme does not profess to...

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THE REIGN OF HUMBUG. B RITISH manual workers as a class

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dislike humbug more than any other quality. They like to know exactly " where they are," and they do not feel they know where they are when the person with whom they are dealing...

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RUNNING- HER UNDER - DI FADERS of Mr. Kipling's . story

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Captains .Courageous 11_ will remember his vivid description of the foundering of a fishing schooner whose crew- ran her under:" The schooner was homeward-bound because a gale...

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DRAWING LINES.

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A REMARKABLE outcome of the present shortage of housing accommodation caught the eye of the present writer as he was glancing down the advertisement column of a newspaper. " To...

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FINANCE—PUBLIC AND PRIVATE.

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[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Complaint is made in some quarters of continued dullness on the Stock Exchange. I am inclined, however, to think that when the many...

D URING the last few years Italian politics have been full

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of surprises and of what on the surface appear to be contradictions. Nothing perhaps surpasses the present crisis, not only for its serious aspect, but because of the complete...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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[Letters of the length of one of our leading paragraphs are often more read, and therefore more effective, than those which fill treble the space.; THE JEWISH PERIL. [To THE...

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THE PLUMAGE BILL.

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[To THE „EDITOR or rits " Bezarssoa."l Sae—Readers of Mr. Brooks's clever and insidious defence of a bad cause will have noticed that he utterly ignores the ethical, scientific,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] San,—Surely the Jewish Peril

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is not a remote question—it is with us- now. Nothing -could more surely set the Moslem world in a religious blaze than the recent appointment (if it is per- sisted in) -of a Jaw...

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[TO THE EDITOR Or THE "EPECTLTOR."1

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Massingham's letter in your issue of June 12th calls for some remarks, which I will endeavour to make as brief as possible. He says, with his usual politeness of language, that...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIB,—Mr. Brooks, who acts

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as advocate for the plumage trade in the correspondence columns of the Bolton Evening News and the Birmingham Post, as well as in the Spectator, always repre- sents the...

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AMERICAN INTERFERENCE IN IRELAND. [To THE EDITOR or THE "

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SPEcTAToix.") SIR,—I feel many of your readers will be interested in the following admirable protest against interference by America

WHY ARMENIA SHOULD BE KEPT SAFE. [To THE EDITOR Or

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THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have nowhere ceen any suggestion that the existence of a free and strong Armenia is a necessity to the safety of England's position in Egypt, in...

" New Haven, Conn., June 4, 1920.

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(Copy) A PROTEST TO THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES. To THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES : We, the undersigned...

DOMINION GOVERNMENT IN IRELAND.

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[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It seems to me to be a contradiction in terms to speak of "Dominion Government" without "Defence." What would one of the Dominions say...

SINN FEIN PROPAGANDA. [To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."]

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8114—Under the beading of "Sinn Fein Propaganda " you have published a letter signed "Historicus " finding fault with a statement which I made in a book entitled The Evolution...

THE DANGER OF DISESTABLISHMENT. [TO THE EDITOR or 'PEE "

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SPECTATOR."] SIR,—With your usual fairness to both sides, will you most kindly allow me a little space for a word in answer to " An English Churchman," whose letter appears in...

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" A BETTER TIME FOR FARMING."

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[To TIM EDITOR or TED " SPZCZATOR.") SIR, — Does the above heading really form a correct deduction from the perusal of the Agriculture Bill? To decide this let us consider the...

PAY AND TTIE COST OF LIVING IN INDIA.

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[TO TRE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") E-itt,—You have recently published two letters setting forth the advantages of the I.C.S., and pointing out how large Indian salaries are...

MINING ROYALTIES.

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[To ens &Irma or um " Sreorcroe.".1 SIR —The idea is gaining ground that the Government proposal to nationalize mining royalties will help to ease the way of the overburdened...

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TILE THRESHER AND THE WHALE iTo THE EDITOR or THE

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"SPECTATOR."] SIR, It le difficult to see what harm a comparatively small animal, such as a Thresher shark, could do to a large whale. The sperm whale—Physeter macrocephalus—and...

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CITY CHURCHES.

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[To ME EDITOR or THE " 8PRCIATOR."1 Stir.,--Anglican eoclesiastics as a rule have no regard whatever for the dignified beauty which attaches itself to the buildings -of the Wren...

THE SEIZURE OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "i3PECTATOR."] Sum, — Some little time ago you published a letter of mine on the subject of Government appropriation of •private property, and I quoted...

NATURE RED LN TOOTH AND CLAW.

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[To THE ED/TOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sis,—In reading Sir Robert Armstrong-Jones' letter in last week's Spectator I grieved at the tale of woe told by the game- keeper—" whom...

THE TEACHING OF GERMAN IN OUR SCHOOLS. LTo THE EDITOR

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or THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR.—In many of our schools there has been a tendency to eliminate German from the list of subjects taught. Is not this a mistake? It may be that our...

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sts, — " Lancastrian "

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refers to a disposition for friendliness and good fellowship which seems to be a pre-eminent quality in the industrial worker in the North of England. This friendly attitude and...

CORSICA.

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[To Tire EDITOR or Tim " SPECTATOR."] Stn,—I have been strongly advised to try Corsica as being a delightful place in which to live. Unfortunately I am at present living in the...

CUCKOOS' EGGS.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR-"J Sts,—Can any of your readers verify the statement contained in the following quotation taken from Mystic Immanence, p. 12, by the late...

THANKS.

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fTo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] FIR,—May I be permitted a word in reply to a remark about dogs in your article of May 29th on "Thanks"? It is stated (to my astonishment)...

4C ht %Sputatur

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POETRY.

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A PLEA ON BEHALF OF THE WORD "AMAZING." Amazing : — poor, ill-treated, outraged word! It has no meaning now :—it is absurd ! The worn-out hack of every scribbling dunce...

THE THEATRE.

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" THE BEGGAR'S OPERA," LYRIC THEATRE, HAMMERSMITH .T is little wonder that The Beggar's Opera held the stage for a :entury, that it made a fortune for its author and producer,...

NOTICE.—When " Correapondence" or Articles are signed With the writer's

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MOM or initials, or with a pse u donym, or are marked " Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the...

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BOOKS.

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EVENING MEMORIES.* Mn. WILLIAM O'BRIEN in his retirement seems to have lost none of his enthusiasm for Irish politics. His new volume of reminiscences, covering the period from...

SOME PLAYS WORTH SEEING.

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tinder this heading I shall each week remind readers of the name and nature of four or five plays which are worth seeing. Ams ‘ss Grain of Mustard Seed. [Brilliant light...

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FREEMASONS AND JEWS.*

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A QUEER Austrian book on Freemasonry has come into our hands. It is a typical example of the heavy German method of propa- ganda, in which a thesis that seems grotesque is...

VIRGILIANA.*

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EUROPE has been loyal to Virgil for two thousand years, and if it does not remain loyal for two thousand more, it will be due to no casual movement of fashion but to a deeper...

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AMERICANS AT WAR.*

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NEARLY a hundred years ago Tocqueville prophesied that the citizens of the United States would distinguish themselves in war under the stress of any great national emergency....

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FURTHER ADVENTURES OF A MINING ENGINEER.* WE are very glad

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that Mr. McCarthy was persuader' to write a further instalment of his experiences as a mining engineer. All the zest, the quick observation, the eye for incident and * Further...

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ESSAYS ON WHEAT.* THM author, who is Professor of Botany

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at the University of Manitoba, begins with a history of wheat-growing in that • Buoys on Wheat. By A. H. B. Buller. D.Sc. Loudon : Macmillan and Oa. [14e. nat.] province, and...

PHYSIOLOGY AND NATIONAL NEEDS.*

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ALTHOUGH physiology is the basis of scientific medicine and still in some schools retains its name, the Institutes of Medicine, it has not received the wide recognition its...

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READABLE NOVELS.—Sareel. By Edith Dart. (Philip Allan and Co. 7s.

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6d. net.)—A West-country story of a workhouse girl who goes out as a servant to a farm situated on the moors. The gradual development of the girl's character is well done, but...

POETS AND POETRY.

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MR. JOHN FREEMAN'S POEMS.• THERE seems little to add to the general verdict of the critics who have pronounced upon Mr. John Freeman's collected poems. The appearance of the...

FICTION.

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TALES OF THREE HEMISPHERES.• GEOGRAPHICALLY the title of Lord Dunsany's new book is justi- fied by its division into fantasies wherein the scene is laid at home or in the East,...

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How can the methods which are known in factories in

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America as " Efficiency Methods " and " Scientific Management " be applied to domestic work ? If an " efficiency expert " or a " speeder up " can cut down the labour of turning...

Arthur Ines Adoai, 1894-1916. By Adela Marion Adam. (Cambridge: Bowes.

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10s. sa. net.)—This is the record of one of the many bright young lives prematurely cut short in the war. Arthur. Adam was a Winchester boy who won the senior classical...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Notice in this column does not necessarily preclude subsequent review. The Royal Exchange. By A. E. W. Mason. (Royal Exchange.) —Mr. Mason has written an entertaining little...

The Blue Guides : England. Edited by Findlay Muirhead. (Macmillan.

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16s. net.)—We can heartily commend to American and foreign visitors and also to English readers the new " Blue Guide " to England. It is as good in its way as the first volume...

The Secret Corps. By Captain Ferdinand Tuohy. (John Murray. 78.

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6d. net).--Captain Tuohy's " tale of ' intelligence ' on all fronts " may be described as the complete manual for the writer of spy stories. He deals with all the methods of...

Eloquent Swinburnian little poems. If capable of sinking to bathos,

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Mr. Childe can also rise above rhetoric.—Through the Upcast Shaft. By Huw Menai. (Hodder and Stoughton. 2s. net.)—Poems by a working miner which, though perhaps over- praised in...

John Robinson, Pastor of the Pilgrim Fathers. By Walter H.

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Burgess. (Williams and Norgate. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Burgess has worked hard at this elaborate biography of the sturdy Nottinghamshire Nonconformist who led his little flock to...

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The Isle of Treasures. By Margaret Gale. (London Mis- sionary

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Society.)—This little book is intended to interest children in the missions in Madagascar. It deserves a friendly word because the author has departed entirely from the ordinary...

Roscoe on the Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice. Fourth Edition. By

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E. S. Roscoe and the late H. M. Robertson. (Stevens and Sweet and Maxwell. 42s.)—This admirable new edition of a well-known text-book on the Admiralty Division incor- porates...