MEMOIRS OF A REVOLUTIONIST.* VERY few living men have had a career so chequered, or a life so full of startling changes and dramatic episodes, as Prince Peter Kropotkin. The...

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third of the series — Professor Maspero completes what Professor Sayce rightly describes as his "monumental work" on the Empires of the East. • The Passing of the Empires, 850...

THERE is no question as to the great value, from the Euro- pean no less than from the Scottish point of view, of this work, which comes from the pen of one of the most accom-...

Megan Paul, Trench, and Co. send us the five first volumes, promise to be a very pleasant and useful series. In form they are small and light,—really small and light enough to...

and Sons. 6s.)—This is an excellent study of one of the most interesting masters of the Renaissance. Miss Cruttwell per- haps hardly points out that Signorelli's great qualities...

(Hurst and Blackett. 6s.)—This book takes us into the intimate life of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and their friends, in the years 1847 to 1856. Besides the work of painting,...

ART-BOOKS. Spain : the Story of a Journey. By Josef Israels. (John Nimmo. 12s. 6.1.)—This record of a holiday journey by the great Dutch painter is delightful reading...

has separated into two distinct portions his accounts of the man and of the artist ; a wise arrangement well carried out. The story of Rembrandt's life is well told, and the...

6s.)—These essays first came out in the Standard and in various reviews, and Mr. Wedmore says that he has made "no attempt to bring them ` up to date,' " and that " they remain,...

(Constable and Co. 42s.)—Why do so few of the ladies Lady Granby draws have any structure in their faces, we wonder? Mouth, nose, and eyes—the latter especially—are fully...

book. Each notice is prefaced with an illustration of the work of the painter treated of. These notices, without being deep pieces of criticism, are reasonable and sound,...

(G. Bell and Sons. 5s.)—About this painter's life nothing is known, so here was an opportunity for a real inquiry into his art. But the reader who expects to find such an...

A. L. Baldry. (Bell and Sons. 7s. 6d.)—This is more a study of the art of Millais than a biography, and is a just and sober appreciation of the painter. Particularly good is the...

mann. 5s.)—There is no departure from the artist's usual style. The same power and forcible cleverness are here as in his portraits, though with scarcely the same attractive...

The Art Journal, and Fifty Years' Art all contain a mass of good illustra- tions and articles. It is difficult to choose between the volumes. We should prefer to have The Studio...

Co , Worksop.)—The author seems in love with his sub- ject, and writes pleasantly of its beauties and its history. We are glad to find that he considers it most probable that...

of the Telephotographic Lens. By Thomas R. Dallmeyer, F.R.A.S. (W. Heinemann.)—This process gives a greatly ex- tended range to photography, and will add much to our know- ledge...

Max- field Parrish. (Duckworth and Co. 5s.)—The author has amplified the short rhymes of Mother Goose into charming stories, and Mr. Parrish's pictures are ideal illustrations...

Wake. (Chapman and Hall. 10s.)—This book, which is " adapted to the requirements of the Board of Education," covers a course of three years' teaching. The boy who is lucky...

a good instance is that of Dr. John Todhunter, by Frederick H. Evans, on p. 56. There are some good architectural and landscape studies here too. But the " fancy " pictures,...

illustrated by Byam Shaw. (George Allen. 7s. 6d.)—Four tales from the " Decameron " have been picked out for translation, namely " Griselda," " Saladin and Torello," " Sir...

the matter of that, written and illustrated) by Gordon Craig, at the sign of the Rose, Hackbridge, Surrey, is, as might be expected, an affected but rather clever production....

Blue Beard: a Contribution to History and Folklore. By T. Wilson, LL.D. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 7s. 6d.)—Gilles de Retz, whose shameful career is sketched in Mr. Wilson's Blue...

(Rivingtons; 3s. 6d.)—Those who are interested in Mr. Ruskin's views—and those who disagree cannot help being interested— will be glad of this handbook, which is a cheaper issue...

A Memoir of Her Royal Highness Princess Mary Adelaide of Teck : based on her Private Diaries and Letters. By C. Kinloch Cooke, BA., LL.M. 2 vole., with Portraits and...

By R. Bryden. (J. M. Dent. 21s.)—Had these pictures been smaller they had been better. Their very large size and uncouth work- manship give them rather a forbidding air. Ibsen...

Co. 2s. 6d.)—This is a reprint of a lecture delivered in 1381 at the Working Men's College. It should be carefully read by people who work in patterns, and even what is called...

children's songs, with illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke, and music by Arthur SomervelL The drawings are bright and sunny as befits the subject and essentially English. The...

Son. 5s.)—The drawings show great appreciation of the decorative value of spaces of black and white, and also of the characteristic forms of birds. It is an attractive book with...

contains seven articles reprinted from Scribner's Magazine, with illustrations. Watts, Millais, Leighton, Orchardson, Alma-Tadema, and Poynter are the sub- jects of these sober...

Co. ls.)—There are clear directions in this little book for making plain-wood, down to plush and other " art" frames, as well as for mounting and stretching pictures.— Smith's...

The Land of Contrasts. By James Fullarton Mnirhead. (John . Lane. 6s.)— " A Briton ' s View of his American Kin " is most entertaining and interesting, and we owe a heavy debt...

South Galatian " theory. We may briefly explain that there is a serious controversy among divines as to the locality of the " Galatians " to whom the Epistle was addressed. Some...

The Story of the Nations: Canada. By J. G. Bourinot, C.M.G. (T. Fisher Unwin. 5s.) — One of the most interesting chapters of nineteenth - century history is that of the...

and Co., 3s. 6d. net), the third volume is Easy Lessons in Egyptian Hieroglyphics, by E. A. Wallis Budge, Litt.D. Dr. Wallis Budge is an expert in all Egyptian matters, and this...

White, LL.D. 2 vols. (Bell and Sons. 12s.)—Probably few readers of Roman history know how much they owe to Appian. He is, for instance, the sole authority for the narrative of...

Wycliffe Headlam. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 5s.)—Mr. Headlam admires but does not worship his hero. His estimate, indeed, seems to us singularly judicious and candid. It may seem...

Portraits. (Kagan Paul, Trench, and Co. 12s.) —We welcome Miss Coblence's translation of M. L6vy.Bruhl's popular history of French philosophy, for, to the best of our knowledge,...

Shuckburgh, M.A. Vols. I. and II. (G. Bell and Sons. 10s.)— Mr. Shuckburgh has given us here an instalment of a most serviceable work. The time for a new translation of the "...

and Co. 6s.)—Many people declared that it was impossible to ride a bicycle to Khiva. That, Mr. Jefferson tells us, was "the real reason " why he went. As a matter of fact the...

Co. 6s.)—Mr. Garland has known and loved the prairie in his younger days; this is evident from the close observation of the bird life and the games and holidays which formed so...

(Elliot Stock. 6s.)—Virgil appears in these legends in his well-known character of a magician, benevolent, with a taste for harmless fun. Some of the stories are variants of...

and Co. Gs.)—Mr. Collingwood published a book on " The Life and Work of John Raskin" seven years ago ; he now reproduces it iu a different form and with many changes. We do not...

6s.)—Dr. Emerton, who professes Ecclesiastical History at Harvard, judiciously defends himself against the probable objection to this inclusion of Erasmus among the " Heroes of...

Great Queen Street, W.C.; and Published by JOH N BARER for the "SPECTATOR " (Li m ited), at their Office, No. 1 Wellington Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in the...

message to the Daily Express, the new halfpenny London morning newspaper—a paper which, we may add, seems full of promise—and we will only say here that the message is in no...

there are one or two miscellaneous items of information which are worth recording. On the night of April 24th a great ex- plosion occurred at Johannesburg in a magazine where...

little news of any moment, except that contained in a telegram from Lord Roberts, dated April 25th, which records that there was "good news" from Mafeking up till April 10th....

WRITING on Friday morning, it is impossible to speak definitely as to the results of Lord Roberts's com- bined movements to clear the Boers out of the South-East angle of the...

case.

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to pray in the ancient churches. The Czar appears to have been greatly moved by his religious exercises, and on Easter Day published a letter which be had addressed to the Grand...

Argyll, who died at Inverary on Tuesday in the seventy-eighth year of his age. He had been nearly sixty years in public life, and for forty-eight of them was regarded as of...

furious speech at Remiremont, in which he attacked the Waldeck-Roneseau Cabinet for having no policy except hostility to the Army and friendship for the advocates of Dreyfus. He...

made him a personage as well as a great person were independence and definiteness of thought. He always made up his own mind separately, collected his own facts, and when once...

the indemnity promised for outrages to American missionaries is by no means settled yet. The Sultan cannot bear to pay the i:20,000, and denies that he promised it ; but he did,...

only have the numbers in receipt of relief risen to the unprecedented figure of five million three hundred thousand, but the fiction that the relief prevents actual death from...

the Budget Committee on Wednesday, and it is evident that the rural electors have sharply warned their repre- sentatives that they dislike the proposal. Member after Member rose...

the Dutch papers in the Netherlands Indies— the Batavia 17eirsidad and the Java Bode—expressing the hopes of the Colonial Dutch for the creation in South Africa of a new Dutch...

to the Irish people is full of tact, and, what is better, of kindly human feeling, simply and touchingly expressed, for her Majesty's messages always show those qualities. The...

Captain Lambton and the officers and men of the Powerful,' Sir George White paid a handsome tribute to the services of the Naval Brigade. Had it not been for their guns, the...

fire at Ottawa, which is still raging as we write. The fire began in the immense lumber yards and sawmills, soon spread to the houses, and it is believed that the total loss in...

Ashanti, but they are, we believe, almost entirely without foundation. A tribe, the Coomassis, is no doubt in insurrection, but they have not had the nerve to "rush" the...

forth in the last official list issued by the War Office, now stand at 18,383. This includes 4,009 officers and men missing or prisoners, but does not include 4,745 officers and...

State Convention at Massachusetts has adopted resolutions similar to those of the five States previously reported, urging the re-election of Mr. McKinley as President and the...

weeks, ended on Thursday, when the Royal yacht was escorted across from Kingstown to Holyhead by the Channel Squadron in double line. Her Majesty's last words were that she "was...

New Consols (4) were on Friday 101.

GERMANY AND ENGLAND. Nv E are glad of the German Emperor's message to this country conveyed through the columns of the Daily Express—the enterprising new halfpenny paper, the...

S PECULATIONS as to the exact nature of Lord Rosebery's position in our political life are very common just now. And they are very natural. A con- siderable portion of the...

which M. Meline delivered on Sunday at Remiremont seems to us to consist, not so much in what he said, though that has an interest too, as in the fresh evidence it affords that...

much exag- gerated. The contrast between the magnitude of their possessions and the tenuity of their military force weighs upon the imaginations of all Europeans in West Africa,...

to show themselves with what our commercial and manufacturing soothsayers must regard as provoking regularity. England ought to have been ruined years ago. She has wilfully set...

the Czar of the pleasure which he and his wife have felt in being per- mitted by Providence to offer up prayers to heaven in Moscow instead of St. Petersburg, is a curious...

T HE thousand-mile race organised by the Automobile Club began on Monday. In reality, however, it is not a race, but rather a procession or pageant of cars throughout the chief...

I T is time that the controversy concerning the superiority of cat or dog should be discussed on some more general ground than that of British feeling or human egotism. The case...

SUBMARINE BOATS. go THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SI11,—Is there not a danger that while all eyes are fixed upon our Army, to note its shortcomings and their remedies, we may...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—Schemes for placing voluntary schools, in which majority of English children are educated, on an equality, or nearly on an equality,...

[TO TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—You ask me if I " would never disfranchise a corrupt borough because such disfranchisement must necessarily do an injustice to many...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Six,—With reference to your interesting article on the cuckoo, published in the Spectator of April 21st, the writer of the article seems to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I am sure Mr. Mason will share my regret that, by a singular lapse of memory, the existence of " the elect lady " —Lady Huntingdon—was...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—We are at last to have Irish Guards—so far so well— but how are they to be recruited ? The Inspector-General of Recruiting supplies the...

THS "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —The enclosed extract will show you the camaraderie that exists between Tommy Atkins and the Indian sepoys of the present day, and with what interest the...

THE "SPECTATOR:'] Bullen ' s delightful article on "The Undying Romance of the Sea " in the Spectator of April 21st contains a slight error. He speaks of stokers working in a...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Though you have stopped correspondence on this sub- ject, I shall be glad if you will allow me to correct an im- portant misstatement...

Sin,—In your excellent article on the Spion Kop despatches in the Spectator of April 21st you write :—" It is very difficult to say in the abstract at what point a superior...

(TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.") have seen it stated, and not contradicted, that the Transvaal authorities are circulating Colonel Baden-Powell's admirable and valuable...

Mtn the proud pomp of jocund Spring I saw Eld meekly stand : Blind, bowed with life-long wayfaring, A crutch in either hand. Spring all the songs that all thy Birds dispense...

THE NEW GALLERY. Tne artists who usually contribute to the New Gallery have been most faithful to their styles,—it might almost be said to their mannerisms. So much is this the...

OUR LADY OF EMPIRE. IN the dim vaults of eternal twilight, Each upon his bed, as if in slumber, Lie the kings and chieftains of long-vanished empires. He who drew his bow upon...

MRS. DELANY.* ONE partition in a long room at the National Portrait Gallery brings together on three walls all that the Gallery can show of famous literary ladies. Most of them...

most thoughtful and most philosophical of the younger French writers. His special subject is French political history in the nineteenth century, which he treats very...

THE brief sketch of Hauptmann's career given by the trans- lator in the introduction to his clever version of Die Yer- svn?.•ene G Locke, throws a good deal of light on the...

Ma. HORACE HUTCHINSON'S decided gift for fiction—such is the distrust amongst us of versatility—has hitherto been probably hampered rather than aided by his reputation as the...

Dictionary of National Biography. Edited by Sidney Lee. Vol. LXII. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 15e. net.)—There are few eminent names among the three hundred odd which appear in the...

[Under this heading we notice - such Books of the week as have not bees reserved for review in other forms.] Below the Surface. By Major-General Fendall Currie. (A. Constable...

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW. The new number of the Quarterly Review contains two South African articles, " The War in South Africa " — an admirably clear statement of events since...

ventured into a preserve which is very jealously guarded. On such trifles as politics and religion as much freedom of thought andspeech as can be wished is allowed, but on com-...

The - Gentleman's Magazine Library : English Topography, In. Edited by F. A. Milne, M.A. (Elliot Stock. 7s. 6d.)—The two counties 'with which the editor of this ! - volume has...

Co. 2s. Gd.)—The compiler of this book thinks that we have,' as' a nation, a lack of good manners, and that this is the reason for the general disfavour in which we are held....

Dent. Is. 6d. net.)—This is a volume of "The Temple Primeri." We do not see that Mr. Worsfold has anything absolutely new to tell us ; but he. certainly gives the story very...

from various texts a discourse of " Let us Alone," "'The hours to begin and end, the days for work and for play in the thousand processes of trade, claim Nature's privilege of...

10s. 6d.)—The feature of this volume (fifty- ninth in the series) is the instalment of Mr. John Morley's "Oliver Cromwell." Of course we await the completion of this before...