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The news from the front in the Baltic provinces, in
The SpectatorPoland, and in Galicia continues excellent. The Germans have lon g ceased to make any headway, and the Russians are now plenti- fully supplied with shell, and as the weeks roll...
The news of the Ba g hdad campai g n is somewhat ambi g uous. We
The Spectatorare told that on the 22nd General Towusheud's division attacked the Turkish position at Ctesiphon, ei g hteen miles from Ba g hdad. After severe li g htin g the position was...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorW E have dealt at len g th elsewhere with the g eneral military situation. Here we will only repeat that the position on the whole is favourable. Thou g h there is little...
Last Saturday Lord Kitchener paid a short visit to Athens.
The SpectatorHe was received by Kin g Constantine, and also visited the Premier and the heads of the Greek Army. Afterwards the Cabinet had a lon g sittin g . It is believed in Athens that a...
Mountain fi g htin g in late autumn and winter is so precarious
The Spectatora business that it is difficult to make any predictions as to what will happen in the Italian theatre of war. It does, however, look as if the lon g resistance of the Austrians...
Meanwhile they will hold the passes and wear down the
The Spectatorenemy, who has suffered heavily. If necessary, there will be a slow retirement into Albania, in which the Serbians will contest every inch of g round in order to g ive the...
It is only in Serbia and Gallipoli that the prospect
The Spectatoris dark. As we write on Thursday the news is that Austro- Hun g arian troops have captured Mitrovitzs, and German troops Prishtina, which is on the ed g e of the Kossovo Plain,...
In the House of Lords on Thursday week Lord Ribblesdaie
The Spectatorasked the Government to give a " broad and coloured outline" of military operations in the Near East. It was understood, be said, that when Sir Charles Monro was " hustled from...
*** TO OUR READERS.—The "Srneramon" is now published on Friday
The Spectatorafternoon, and is on sale at all Messrs. Smith and Son's London Bookstalls and all London Newsagents. AU country readers can now obtain the paper on Saturday morning, and should...
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Lord Derby, speaking at a meeting at the Stook Exchange
The Spectatoron Wednesday morning, dealt very faithfully with the accuse, tiens of Lord St. Davide against the General Staff, and also with Lord Ribbleadale's dangerous indisoretione in...
And here we may say that, in our opinion, the ,
The SpectatorPrime Minister and his colleagues on the War Committee of the Cabinet ot.ght to make at once, and while the can- vassers are still at work, a short and telling appeal to the...
Lord Derby ban been censured for the strength of his
The Spectatorlanguage, but in our opinion he deserved not censure but support. He has had the courage to say plainly what thousands of his countrymen are thinking, and we honour him for...
The friends of the voluntary system, and indeed all those
The Spectatorwho wish Lord Derby to succeed, will be rendering a very evil service to their cause if they do not do their beet to impress upon the country that the battle is not won, lint...
Lord Lansdowne deprecated Lord Ribbleadale's speech, as to the nature
The Spectatorof which no sufficient warning had been given to the House. Nevertheless he answered the speech so far as the public interest allowed him to do so. Lord Lansdowne's courtesy is...
Lord Ribbleadale's speech also came in for severe con. demnation
The Spectator:- "A man who gives information to the enemy goes by a very ugly name, and it can be given just as much by a speech delivered in the House of Lords as it can he by the man who...
Turning to his immediate object, Lord Derby explained the exact
The Spectatorworking of his tribunals, and dealt very clearly with many points in regard to exemption. It will, however, we trust, be noted most carefully by the nation that Lord Derby was...
In the House of Lords on Wednesday Loyd St. Davide
The Spectatorread out the passage in his former speech which had to do with the presence of ladies at the front, and then added sortie words of explanation. The names of the ladies, so he...
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The alleged ambiguity in Mr. Asquith's statements on recruiting under
The SpectatorLord Derby's scheme has been satisfactorily removed, as we felt sure it would be. If less fuss had been made by over-captious critics there would have been no check to...
To show how far the Irish veto on touching the
The Spectatorsacred liquor trade goes, we may quote from an address on national thrift delivered by the Roman Catholio Bishop of Ross end issued with the compliments of the Irish War Savings...
The Foreign Office have stated that the Persian gendarmerie under
The Spectatortheir Swedish officers are in revolt against the Govern- ment in Northern Persia. At Shiraz and other towns in the South the gendarmerie have seized and deported the British...
In spite of all this, the great operation of March
The Spectator18th was launched and ended in catastrophe—three capital ships lost and several others seriously damaged. Mr. Ashinead-Bartlett thinks that Mr. Churchill misunderstood the whole...
The Times of Wednesday published a long letter from Mr.
The SpectatorAehmead-Bartlett criticizing Mr. Churchill's recent apologia for the Dardanelles adventure. Mr. Ashmead- Bartlett, whether he be right or wrong, states his case with remarkable...
Mr. Redmond, just returned from a visit to the front,
The Spectatoraddressed a large reoruiting meeting at the Queen's Hall on Tuesday night. Ho is always eloquent, but there was a note of buoyant exhilaration in his speech which was quite...
In the House of Commons on Monday the Chancellor of
The Spectatorthe Exchequer spoke with great seriousness on the financial position and the need of saving. It was necessary, he declared, to bring home " to the 'ergo classes who were now...
Last Saturday the Local Government Board issued instruc- tions for
The Spectatorthe creation of the local tribunals under Lord Derby's recruiting scheme. The chief duty of the tribunals will be to decide whether men of military ago shell be excused service...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY
The Spectator• THE INITIATIVE IN WAR. T N spite of Serbia's agony and of our temporary setback in front of Baghdad, the military situation as a whole remains good. In Flanders both we and...
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GREECE AND THE ALLIES. T HERE seems to be little doubt
The Spectatorthat Greece will give the assurances required by the Quadruple Euteute. It would be madness for us to undertake the first difficult operations in Serbia without knowing for...
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"DOWN GLASSES ! "
The SpectatorT HE need of the moment is a " Stop-the-Drink Campaign "—a campaign founded on the facts that as a nation we must economize, and that the only great national economy open to us...
PUBLIC LOANS AND PRIVATE SAVINGS.
The SpectatorI N the House of Commons on Monday Mr. McKenna sketched out a new scheme for inducing the wage- earning classes to save money and lend it to the Govern- ment. The necessity for...
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A NATION AL HUMILIATION.
The SpectatorW E bad intended to say nothing more than we said last week on the subject of Lord St. Davids's deplorable remarks in the House of Lords about the Headquarters Stuff and other...
WILLIAM.
The SpectatorW ILLIAM'S family spreads, with ramifications, through. out the lower stratum of the village wave-earning class. William is seventy-four, but he comes of a long- lived stock...
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THE SPIDER AND THE FLY.
The SpectatorI N our young days we were taught to regard the fly as a pretty, harmless little creature whom it was a crime to torment and utterly senseless to kill. How often would we lie...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorA. NATIONAL HUMILIATION. rre Tilt E 1 TO It Or Tat “SrtlITATOlt."1 Sra e —In my opinion, it is nothing less than a national humiliation that we should discuss at what time the...
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{TO THE EDITOR Of THE " EIVECTLT011:1 Sin,—Thanks to the
The Spectatorbold attitude taken by yourself and others, a large proportion of the more thoughtful of our population are now reading " the writing on the wall, " the writing which our King,...
ITC THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTA.TOR. " 1 SIR,---I have been
The Spectatormuch interested in your articles and letters in connexion with the drink traffic, and think now is the time for the Government to step in and buy up " the trade " on a basis of...
LT 0 Tits EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sru,—It is a comfort
The Spectatorto open the Spectator. One is not faced by quack advertisements, linen-drapers' portraits of women in every kind of underclothing, or by that tiresome picture of a man, in the...
DRINK AND ECONOMY. (To THE EDITOR OF THE "sraersvort."1 Sin, — In
The Spectatora letter which appears in the last number of the Spectator signed " Hilda N. Richardson " there is a fallacy which occurs so frequently in the letters and speeches one reads on...
[To THE EDITOR or THE "arms...roe:1 SIR,—The following is an
The Spectatorextract from a letter written by an elementary-school teacher in a ruining district:— "As one goes about in towns such as Rotherham and Sheffield. one wonders why the Government...
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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIE,—I have read
The Spectatorwith considerable interest the articles and letters which have appeared in the Spectator recently on the subject of drink and its evils in the present crisis. By far the saddest...
rTo THE EDITOR OP TUE "SPECTATOR. " ] Silt,- You have taken
The Spectatorup the cause of temperance, and who could gainsay such letters as appeared in your last issue P May I suggest to your readers a study of the seventh chapter of the Book of...
[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—As a regular
The Spectatorreader of the Spectator, in reading the correspondence on the above subject I note the letter of Admiral King-Hall giving extraordinary figures as to the enormous amounts of...
TEMPERANCE REFORM.
The SpectatorIT° Tn. EDITOR OF THE " BPECTATOE:"1 SIR, —As one who has devoted the greater part of his life to the promotion of temperance reform, may I be permitted to thank you for...
[To TUB EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. '1 a life
The Spectatorabstainer and non-smoker. I read with some interest the correspondence now appearing in your columns on the subject of " Drink." I spent two years as secretary of a junior...
[To TIED EDITOU OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] Sin,—However much opinions may
The Spectatorvary as to Mr. Lloyd George's ante-bellum activities, there is no doubt he possesses qualities that at the present time are invaluable, and those who have the well-being and...
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LINCOLN'S FINANCE OF WAR.
The Spectator/7'0 TUN EDITOR OF Ting "SPZOTAT01.1 Sin,—Would you permit a short note on the finance of war— a note not suggesting any scheme, but merely to attract thinkers at a time of...
RECRUITING.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTAFOR.") Silt,—We are all making the most of our blue cards. If we could honestly assure single men and married alike that what can be done to assure...
ELEMENTARY ECONOMY.
The SpectatorThe EDITOlt OP vas "SPECTATOR."] Sra,—How to deal with the lean years coming upon us, and to cheek the extravagance and waste now and for many years prevalent in all classes,...
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SOLDIERS FOR THE LAND.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR or THE "SrscTnroa. •, l Sut,—Your article of November 13th on that of Mr. Charles Bathurst in the Nineteenth Century on the above subject was very interesting....
COMPULSION, MORAL AND LEGAL.
The SpectatorrTo THE EDITOR Or Tns "EPEcTATOIL."1 your article on " Compulsion, Moral and Legal," in the issue of November 6th, you say 1— " We have always been in favour of universal...
"WHAT OF THE SCHOOLMASTER P"
The Spectator(To THE EDITOIL OP TEE "PiPPOTAT011...) Sut,—There is a grave danger in the present agitation to make every man give up his vocation in order to go out and fight, irrespective...
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ITo ins EDITOR OP TIER ”SrEarATon."1 SIR,—I am wondering if
The Spectatorthere is much truth in your state- ment that " it is certain that when the war is over tens of thousands of soldiers will not want to return to their former urban occupations "...
" FATHERLAND."
The Spectator[To TRII EDITOR 01 osrscrierea."] Sia,—Surely the real objection to the word "Fatherland" is not that it is " the symbol of . . . the German doctrine of the State "—that...
OUR YOUNG DEAD. ("They knew their duty, and they went.")
The Spectator[TO TRII EDITOR OP THE "SPROTATOR.".1 Sin,—In our Universities, and everywhere, older men are thinking daily of the spirit in which our gallant youths, one after the other,...
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THE NEWBURY MEMORIAL.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 am, I believe, the only survivor of the Higbelere guests who, during the early "seventies," assisted at the inauguration of the monument to...
LORD Kin:IRENE 11.
The SpectatorrTe, TUN Eamon OF Tux "ereersrea."1 CIS,,—The persistent vilification of Lord Kitchener by the German Press recalls to my mind that I never met a more whole-hearted admirer of...
AN HISTORICAL ANALOGY FROM PETRARCH. [To TH E EDITOR OF
The SpectatorTUN to Ear atoa.") SIR,—I have just come across a passage in a letter of Petrarch (Ad Pant., XIV., 5) to the Doge and Council of Genoa which seems remarkably applicable, with...
THE PARADOXES OF PIECE-WORK. [ To THU ,1 . 1; DITOU OF tea
The Spectator" SPECTATo R." Sin,—Your article of November 6th on this subject suggests one or two reflections. Since the premium system of wage- payment was invented by the American Halsey,...
SORTES.
The SpectatorrTo TUE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' Sill, — After reading a letter in the Spectator on the subject of "Sortes," I tried to see what Virgil had to say that might seem apposite to...
GREECE AND TITE COMMAND OF THE SEA. rro7 , .. EDITOR OF
The SpectatorTHE SPECTATOR."' SIR,—In making up their minds at the present time the Greeks would do well to attend to the wisdom of the ancients, and particularly to what one of their own...
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THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND HIS BOOTS.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR,"1 SIR, —The following extract from the late Lord Broughton's diary may have authority enough to settle the discussion as to what the Duke of...
THE FREDERICK WALKER COLLECTION AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—May I mention, for the benefit of those of your readers who did not see the recent notice in the Times, the collection of reproductions...
AN ANALYSIS OF THE BIRTH-RATE.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —The question of the preponderance of males among infants born in war time is a complex one which I do not propose to discuss from a...
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES FOR THE SICK AND WOUNDED.
The SpectatorrTo THY EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—The following is the text of a letter received by the Secretary of the War Library from the Chaplain at a Casualty Clearing Station in...
NOTICE.—When "Correspondence" or Articles are signed with the writer's name
The Spectatoror 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...
THE WOMEN'S SETTLEMENT IN WEST LONDON.
The SpectatorrTo THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—If there be any amongst your readers who ere anxious to find useful and interesting work in London during the coming winter, I would...
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POETRY, ENGLAND.
The SpectatorHUDSON and Charles have open hearts, And fine are they to see; And I love the broad land of the folk That have been good to me. But I must count the hours, the hours Till I...
THE CENTRAL ASSOCIATION OF VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS.
The SpectatorPRESIDENT LORD DESBOROTIGH. Hera Szcarratir : PERCY A. HARRIS, Esq. BEAD OFFICES Judges' Quadrangle, Royal Courts of Justice (Carey Street entrance). The aims and objects of...
THE ADVENTURERS.
The Spectator[" England was never made by her Statesman. England was made by her dveliturers."—GissEnku Gannon.] THEY sit at home and they dream and daily, Raking the embers of long-dead...
BOOKS.
The SpectatorTHE REGIME OF THE YOUNG TURK.* SIB MARK SYKES'S work, The Caliphs' Last Heritage, is divided into two wholly distinct parts. The first deals with the history of the Ottoman...
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AN AMERICAN VIEW OF BROWNING.* ME. PHELPS, the Lamps= Professor
The Spectatorof English Literature at Yale, has long been an ardent admirer of Browning, and is said to have infected many of his pupils with his enthusiasm. After reading his book, Robert...
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ANNE HYDE, DUCHESS OF YORK.*
The SpectatorA CERTAIN interest attaches to the character of Anne Hyde, the first wife of James II., because she was the mother of two Queens of England. Mr. J. R. Henslowe has written an...
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SWIFT'S LAST YEARS.* IN reviewing the first volume of The
The SpectatorCorrespondence If Jonathan Swaft we paid our tribute to the scholarly method, the sound judgment, the terseness and lucidity, which dis- tinguished Ball's work : now that the...
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EVERY IRISHMAN'S LIBRARY,
The Spectator"EVERY Irishman's Library" makes its first appearance before the public in six octavo volumes, soberly and appropriately bound in green cloth, and both light in the hand and...
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THE DENBIGH FAMILY.*
The SpectatorNEWNHkid PADD0X, in Warwickshire, the old home of the Feildings, possesses a large collection of documents, con- nected, for the most part, with the period when the family was...
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MILITARY ASSISTANTS.*
The SpectatorCAPTAIN A. Mona's, who is Instructor of Musketry to the Falmouth Garrison, has published an eminently practical little treatise i on the art of teaching recruits how to shoot....
FAMOUS CITIES OF IRELAND.t
The SpectatorWrits this book Mr. Stephen Gwynn completes the task be net before himself nine years ago in The Fair Hills of Ireland ; he turns from the country to the town, and through...
FICTION.
The Spectator"FOR THIS I HAD BORNE READERS of Dick will welcome a sequel to that engaging study of a schoolboy. And as the sequel resolves itself into • A Posie from a Royal Garden:...
A POSIE FROM A ROYAL GARDEN.* IT may as well
The Spectatorbe said at once that no distinctively Roman doctrine, nothing inconsistent with the beliefs of the universal Christian Church, is to be found in this excellent little book. In a...
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Penelope's Postscripts. By Kate Douglas Wiggin. (Hodder and Stoughton. 3s.
The Spectator6d.)—Penelope has reappeared in a hook which is just a memory of a life other than that which we now live, the life of the years before 1914. The little accounts of her days in...
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Maternity and Child Welfare : a Plea for the Little
The SpectatorOnes. With Illustrations from the Bradford Scheme. By E. J. Smith. (P. S. King and Son. ls. net.)—Mr. Smith, the Chairman of the Health Committee of the Bradford Corporation, is...
Lost Face. By Jack London. (Mills and Boon. 6s.)— Most
The Spectatorof these short stories tell of the adventurous lives of white men and of natives on the Yukon River. Some are tragedies, some comedies; some, and among them the best, are...
Mr. Walter A. Dyer has dedicated to the Commission for
The SpectatorRelief in Belgium a little story of the lesser tragedies of the war, called Pierrot, Dog of Belgium (Duckworth and Co., 2s. 6d. net). It is charmingly written, without a trace...
A History of the Gold Coast and Ashanti, by Dr.
The SpectatorW. Walton Claridge (John Murray, 2 vols., 36s. net), covers the whole period from the time of the earliest records of that part of West Africa down to the beginning of the...
Conscription. By John Kent. (Newspaper Publicity Co., 61 Fleet Street.
The Spectator6d. net.)—Mr. Kent's handy little booklet on "National Service, Industrial and Military," makes a timely appearance. Re describes the French, German, and Swiss systems of...
SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator[Notice in this cotstmn does not necessarily preclude subsequent review.' Mr. Hartley Withers has written an excellent pamphlet upon War and Self.Denial (J. M. Dent and Sons,...
Essex: a Dictionary of the County, mainly Ecelesiological, by G.
The SpectatorWorley (G. Bell and Sons, 5a. net), is an excellent local guide-book for those interested in church architecture. The parishes are arranged alphabetically, and a short account...
READABLE NOVELS. —Around Old Chester. By Margaret Deland. (Harper and Brothers.
The Spectator6s.)—Although Mrs. Deland is less successful in the domain of the short story than in her full-length novels, her romances of Chester in the days of crinolines are pleasant...