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The Private Bill dealing with the political levy in the
The SpectatorTrade Unions is still the principal subject of controversy. Many Unionist organizations throughout the country have been urging the Government to give Mr. Macquisten's Bill...
Were not the Government returned to fight Socialism ? And
The Spectatoris one of their first tactical movements to be the unnecessary act of giving choice of ground to their opponents ? We cannot believe it. The Government, have so much...
NEWS OF THE WEEK
The SpectatorI T is good news that the King, who has been much troubled by bronchitis, following upon influenza, is making much better progress. No doubt he is consider- ably pulled down...
As our Parliamentary correspondent points out else- where, the internal
The Spectatortroubles of the Labour Party are serious and significant. What is called " want of discipline " is the root trouble. But that only means that the â¢members of the Labour Party...
The truth is that attacks upon the Royal Family are
The Spectatorvery poor business. All sensible Labour men recognize to-day that every State must have its symbolical Head. They do not at all wish to exchange our crowned and hereditary...
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There have been many rumours during the week about a
The Spectatornew disarmament conference to be summoned either by this country or by the United States, or jointly by the two countries. We do not profess to know their basis, but it is...
The mishap over Mr. Kirkwood's motion, however, was only one
The Spectatorsymptom of the Labour Party's weak- nesses. Mr. Cook and Mr. Hodges are at one another's throats in the mining dispute. Mr. Hodges uses the practical argument that as...
Frankly, however, we cannot be optimistic about the prospects of
The Spectatorany such conference being effective while the present situation in the Rhineland continues. In the opinion of many competent French and German observers we are -heading straight...
Then, again, there is a Minority Movement. Although the British
The SpectatorCommunists are very few they have been able, after the manner of minorities, to make a considerable noise. They have butted into the negotiations between the miners and the...
On Friday, February 20th, in the House of Commons, Mr.
The SpectatorWhiteley, the Labour member, introduced. his Bill to extend the vote to women over the age of twenty-one. Mr. Henderson offered to postpone the operation of the Bill until the...
The Times of Tuesday published weighty letters from Lord Curzonâon
The Spectatorbehalf of the Fine Arts Corn- rnission--and from Mr. Muirhead Bone pleading for the postponement of a decision to act on -the Report of the L.C.C. Special .Committee and destroy...
There is a growing feeling, as Liberal leader after Liberal
The Spectatorleader pronounces his views on our national problems, that the chances of a Liberal revival, which for a time looked possible or even -likely, are fading. Lord Oxford made his...
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school of Socialism towards the fiscal controversy. He makes it
The Spectatorclear that in his opinion free and unregulated trade is in essence un-Socialistic and that therefore Socialists need have absolutely no objection, in principle, to Tariff...
The financial results of the Wembley Exhibition have been published
The Spectatorin a White Paper. The expenditure was £3,900,000 and the receipts were £2,100,000âa deficit of £1,800,000. Although this is a considerable loss no rational person has ever...
Bank Rate, 4 per cent., changed from 3 per cent.
The SpectatorJuly 5th, 1923. 5 per cent. War Loan was on Thursday, 101* ; Thursday week, 101* ; a year ago, 1001. 3 per cent. Conversion Loan was on Thursday, 784 ; Thursday week, 7916 ; a...
The triennial elections for the London County Council will take
The Spectatorplace on March 5th. The Municipal Reformers have, in our judgment, a very good right to be returned to office on their merits. They have reduced the rates by ls. 3id. in the £....
All Europe, and Sweden in particular, have suffered a great
The Spectatorloss by the death of M. Branting, for three short periods Prime Minister of his country. Without agreeing with his Socialist theories we admired during the War the skill with...
On Tuesday the London County Council adopted the Report of
The Spectatorthe Special Committee. This means the demolition of Waterloo Bridge, the building of a new wide bridge with not more than five arches over the river, and the provision of a...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY
The SpectatorFRANCE, GERMAN Y AND SECURITY THE situation, both general and particular, caused -I- by the relations between Germany and France, and by the demand of France that we should...
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M. CAILLAUX'S RETURN
The SpectatorI lIME indeed brings its revenges. There were occasions not only during the War but before it when it seemed impossible that M. Caillaux should ever return to public life. Yet...
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THE GROWTH OF RACIALISM IN SOUTH AFRICA
The Spectator[We published lately an article from.a South African correspondent who gave a reassuring account of General Hertzog's Government. He said in effect that the Government was doing...
THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT
The SpectatorBY " NEW MEMBER." T HE debates on the Supplementary Estimates have gone gloomily on, and despite some valiant efforts at obstruction on the part of the Clyde men the subject-...
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SUGGESTED REFORMS FOR THE POST OFFICE
The SpectatorBy Dios. G. JAMESON, F.C.I.S., Chairman of the Postal Committee of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce. IF VERYONE is interested, more or less, in our Post Office Services, and...
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The SPECTATOR should be on sale at all Railway Book-
The Spectator_ stalls and . at most newsagents, and, except for a few isolated and distant areas, should be available on . Friday. The Publisher would be grateful if readers would bring -...
THE ROTOR SHIP
The SpectatorH AS a. new and effective method of applying wind to the propulsion of ships at last been discovered ? For hundreds of years there has been no essential change in the design of...
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THE EVI L DEEDS OF BATS
The SpectatorT HE rat is not a likeable fellow. Here in Great Britain he wastes at least £50,000,000 a year by eating foodstuffs, damaging merchandise and buildings, killing poultry, and...
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FEBRUARY ON THE' THAMES.'
The SpectatorT r is still -a-superstition in - England- that summer - is the time to look forward - to .: the summers . themselves cannot cure us of it. But it is one- of the characteristics...
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THE THEATRE
The SpectatorANOTHER PIECE OF HAMLET Tan new Hamlet from America was revealed to us at the foot of a formidable staircase which winds, at the Haymarket Theatre, up to the battlements of the...
A year's subscription to the SPECTATOR, costing only 30s., makes
The Spectatoran ideal present for an absent friend. For this sum the paper will - be forwarded to any address in the world. Apply : Manager, the SPECTATOR, 13 York Street, Covent Garden,...
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COMMERCIAL ENGLISH
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,âI have read with interest the letter of J " on " Com- mercial English " in your issue of February 14th. In his con- cluding sentence " J...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIE,âNot only has your
The Spectatorcorrespondent, " J," happily deluded himself that Commercial English is a passing phase, but he must have lived far from the network of modern business life if he is optimistic...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
The SpectatorTHE POST OFFICE AND THE TREASURY [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Smn,âSir William Acworth's letter on the Post Office as a business proposition fails to convince. The Post...
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WHOLEMEAL AND OTHER BREAD ⢠[To the Editor of the
The SpectatorSPECTATOR.] SIR,âOne of my English friends has been so kind as to send me a copy of your issue of January 17th, in which, under the caption " The New Bread " you in a very...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Slit,âIt is a-little difficult
The Spectatorto understand why I should have incurred the almost sacra indignatio of Mr. Whitbread's letter. All that I have done or tried to do has been to fix attention upon the report...
THE PUBLIC-HOUSE EXPERIMENT AT CARLISLE [To the Editor of the
The SpectatorSPECTATOR.] Sui,âThis successful experiment in public management and 2ontrol of the Liquor Trade has been in operation for some eight and a half years. By its means have been...
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[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR ,âI am much
The Spectatorinterested in the wheatmeal question. The idea of Mr. F. Berney is a good one, and would be- perfect if, instead of using the wholemeal as ground, he would bolt-out the bran...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âA⢠correspondent' in last
The Spectatorweek's Spectator comments upon an instance of cold-blooded barbarity which occurred in a recent fox hunt. But are not such incidents fairly common in connexion with this sport ?...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âThe letter on the
The Spectatorabove subjectâ¢by "Ex-Bursar" in your last issue is instructive, and tempts me to put forward the following suggestions :â(1) That the Bursars of the future should undergo a...
RAILWAYS' AND WEEK-END FARES
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,â" Jab " refers to railway managers as " men of great experience," but he does not give them.credit for⢠profiting by the result of...
LONDON IMPROVEMENTS [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sri,âEveryone will
The Spectatoradmit that Holborn Viaduct Station could be usefully discarded and that one of the worst eyesores in London is the railway bridge - at the bottom of Ludgate Hill. It is...
UNPOLISHED RICE
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] may be of interest to your correspondent, re the above, to know that Japanese rice is always unpolished and infinitely superior for puddings,...
A SPORTING CHANCE FOR THE FOX
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âThe ethics of sport, especially from the cruelty point of view, are difficult to discuss ; the more one argues, the more involved one...
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SIR,âYour correspondent, Miss Ann Pope, is very ready to blame
The Spectatorthe mistress for any unsatisfactory conditions in domestic service, but passes lightly over the folly that induces a girl to leave a situation where she is being well trained,...
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âAs the -following letter
The Spectatorseems to me of general interest I have obtained permission from the writer to forward it to you for publication on the understanding that her name and the address of the school...
"To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR, âWhile everyone must sympathise
The Spectatorwith the request of " Jab " for more week-end facilities for cheap travel which was published in your issue of January 24th, there is much to be said from the point of view of...
ALL-IN" INSURANCE
The Spectator[To the Editor of the .SPECTATOR.] Snr,âIn the -comprehensive or "All-in " Insurance scheme which Mr: - Baldwin contemplates there seems to be afforded to the - Government nn...
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LADY BURGHCLERE'S APPEAL [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âOn
The SpectatorJanuary 10th you were good enough to allow me to appeal in your columns for the unhappy remnant of British subjects marooned in Russia. I have long ago ceased_ to be , surprised...
THE ROYALTY OWNERS AND MINERS' WAGES [To the Editor of
The Spectatorthe SPECTATOR.] SIR,â III a postscript to his last letter " I. L. P." alluded to the lack of alacrity with which the miner hews his tonâ or 17 cwt.âof coal per shift,...
THE EPIGRAMMATIC MIND [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âI
The Spectatorwould thank the reviewer of my anthology of epigrams, The Soul of Wit, for his interesting remarks in your issue of January 31st. There are, however, two. points which I should...
EVERYDAY PSYCHOLOGY IN THE NURSERY [To the Editor of the
The SpectatorSPECTATOR.] SIR,âIt would be most kind of you if you would allow me to draw the attention of your readers to a course of lectures on " Everyday Psychology in the Nursery," to...
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âPlease
The Spectatorpermit a reply to the query raised by Mrs. Hamilton in your issue of the 14th inst. Whenever the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is moved to the...
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TRISTRAM SHANDY ON CROSS-WORD PUZZLES [To the Editor of the
The SpectatorSPECTATOR.] Sin,â" 'I've got within a single letter, brother Toby,' cried my father. ' You are near enough, brother,' replied my uncle ' in all conscience." Pshaw ! ' cried...
A SAD RESULT OF MODERN LIFE
The SpectatorA man crept out of London town, Haggard and pale and broken down; And met a maid in the countryside Who smiled so kindly that he died. J. D. NEWTS.
COUNT NERLI'S PORTRAIT OF R.L.S. [To the Editor of the
The SpectatorSPECTATOR.] Sin,âIn Mr. J. A. Steuart's recently-published work, Robert Louis StevensonâMan and Writer, issued by Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston and Co., an error occurs on p....
" SEX AND CIVILIZATION "
The Spectator[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,âMy publishers (Messrs. Kegan Paul) have called my attention to a short review of my book, Sea? and Civilization, which appeared in the...
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The SpectatorON A PAINTER OF FAMOUS BEAUTIES AND HIS WIFE Here Phoebe lies : who all her virtuous life Never knew jealousy, though Colin's wife. Here Colin lies : of equal virtue he,...
EXTRACT FROM LETTER
The SpectatorSHOULD THE TUCK-BON BE REFORMED ?âMr. Charles E. Hecht, of the Food Education Society, 329 Vauxhall Bridge Road, S.W. 1, writes :âThe abolition of the tuck-shop is not...
LABOUR'S MONEY [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
The SpectatorSIR,âI have not read Mr. Richard Boeckel's book but I wish I could share the optimism of your excellent review of it in your issue of last week. It is not easy to see how the...
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A BOOK OF THE MOMENT
The SpectatorTHE SONNETS OF SHAKESPEARE [COPYRIGHT IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE New York Times.] The Sonnets of Shakespeare. Edited from the Quarto of 1609, with Introduction...
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Mrs. Arnold Bennett has written a study of Arnold Bernell,
The Spectator" his habits, outlook, and home life " (Philpot), and pleasantly surprises us by her reticence. In this respect she is so exemplary that we are scarcely conscious of having...
A whole host of new books are published in Messrs.
The SpectatorDent's series, The King's Treasuries of Literature. Most of them are well-remembered classicsâGoldsmith, Arnold, Shakespeare. The two most interesting reprints are Trelawny's...
THIS WEEK'S BOOKS
The SpectatorTHERE is nothing of exceptional importance among the books we have received this week. Mr. Bertram Newman has written a very clear and temperate study of Cardinal Newman (Bell)....
M. Jules Lemaitre is the wonder and admiration of most
The Spectatorof our older dramatic critics. He was one of the first impres- sionist critics : he wrote, that is to say, straight from his reactions to the plays he saw, not bothering to...
set about inferring them, much less does it reach the
The Spectatorinference. We have to take its facts, and to give them a meaning, and to draw our own conclusion from them." In a very closely reasoned but easily intelligible pamphlet, The...
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_NEWS OF THE SECOND COMPETITION
The SpectatorA CORRESPONDENT has suggested that many readers would be pleased if we printed a handful of entries, good, bad, and indifferent, and attached no comment to them at all : readers...
THE PIT OF DESPAIR.
The SpectatorWHEN scepticism has gone its full journey, when it " doubts truth to be a liar," it finds itself at the beginning again : it trembles on the verge of belief. There was a school...
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JOHN STUART MILL
The SpectatorAutobiography of J. S. Mill. (Columbia 'University Press. 12s. lid.) Autobiography of J. S. Mill. (World's Clagiiies. 2s.) . BY many people the autobiography of John Stuart...
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AMERICA'S SPOKESMAN
The SpectatorMen and Policies. By Elihu Root. (Cambridge, U.S.A. : Harvard University Press ; Landon : Humplyoy Milford, Oxford University Press. $5.) Tuts last large volume of collected...
INS ULINDA
The SpectatorLouis COUPERUS earned a fame which extended far beyond Dutch-speaking limits, and the latest of his worksâpost- humously publishedâwould be welcome in translation if only...
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MEASUREMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION. By Ben Wood. (Harrap. is. 6d.)
The SpectatorAMERICA is generous with her education ; a college career is possible there for everyone, but a doubt is beginning to arise whether a great deal of this education is not wasted...
CURRENT LITERATURE
The SpectatorDEEP SEA CHANTIES. Edited by Frank Shay. Illustrated by E. A. Wilson. (Heinemann. 15s. net.) THESE lively ,and natural old songs are a treasure of huincur and bold rhythm, and...
FICTION
The SpectatorMEN LIKE BEASTS MR. TASKER'S Gods were pigs. He would haul his family out of bed at half-past three in the morning to look after those pigs. He would curse them and buffet them...
THE V.C. AND D.S.O. Edited by the Into Sir O'Moore
The SpectatorCreagli and E. M. Humphries. 3 vols. (Standard Art Book Cu. £4 4s.) THESE three volumes are a record not only of splendid impetuous courage, of men who fought single-handed...
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A LIFE'S. AMBITION. By Alexandre Dimas. A First Translation into
The SpectatorEnglish. With an Introduction by R. S. Garnett. (Stanley Paul. 7s. 6d. net.) Mr. R. S. Garnett's introduction is one of the most interesting things in this volume, containing,...
FINANCEâPUBLIC AND PRIVATE
The SpectatorCHEERFUL MARKETS By ARTHUR W. KIDDY WITHOUT very much increase in business, the past week has been - a good one on the Stock Exchange. How much of the firmness of British Funds...
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FINANCIAL NOTES Fresh evidence of the extent of financial resources
The Spectatorseeking investment, and also, perhaps, of the comparative scarcity of Trustee securities was afforded by the success which attended the Queensland Conversion Loan. The total, it...