Monday an important speech on the external . relations of the Republic. After mentioning that the Republic of Panama had guaranteed the rights of French shareholders in the...

some fierce debating, the Turkish Council of Ministers drew up a Memorandum advising the Sultan to accept the proposals of the Powers. The Sultan thereupon accepted them "in...

as had been at first reported. The wound produced by the operation in his throat is, it is said, slower to heal than was hoped, its place upon the vocal chord rendering it...

Devonshire, as president of the Unionist Free-Food League, gave an address which shows that he has not changed his mind since he resigned his place in the Government, and by so...

T HE King and Queen of Italy left Windsor on their return home on Saturday last amidst a most cordial scene, and under a bright sky which they can hardly have recognised as...

any case. *

of the most useful and informing speeches yet made on the Free-trade question. Unfortunately we have only space to quote a portion of his description of Germany under Protection...

at Salisbury on Monday. Mr. Balfour, he said, "had retaliation on his lips, Protection in his thoughts, and taxes on food up his sleeve." In evidence of the confusion brought...

at Cardiff on Friday week. The first part of his speech was composed mainly of personal criticisms, a eulogy of Mr. Balfour which must be rather embarrassing to the recipient,...

so far as the arts of popular oratory go, must, we think, be counted the most effective he has delivered. It was more in the nature of a restatement of his whole case than of a...

an excellent letter from Mr. Harry Jones, from which we may extract the following points as a sufficient answer. On the question of "dumping," Mr. Jones observes that Mr....

that if he had heard Mr. Balfour declare that opinion was not ripe for the taxation of food, he should have been tempted to interject the observation, "And I hope to Heaven it...

was addressed on Tuesday by Mr. Asquith. He complained that Mr. Chamberlain had made no serious effort to meet the criticisms on his policy, but had contented himself with...

march from Bohotle to Galadi, where he relieved the garrison and left a larger one. He returned, however, with his forces to Bohotle, where, it is said, he will wait till the...

very large and enthusiastic meeting of London Liberals. He made an admirable speech, ridiculing Mr. Chamberlain's pessimistic attitude in regard to our com- merce as that of a...

to London, "that awful place, full of life and full of death," and sat down amidst bursts of enthusiastic cheering. Indeed no synopsis, least of all one so necessarily brief as...

of Count and Countess Kwilecki, great proprietors in German Poland, who were accused of trying to pass off a supposititious son upon the family in order to be able to raise...

as in Arctic exploration. There will, however, be interest in Dr. Nordenskjold's voyage to the South in the 'Antarctic,' if only because of the wonderful escape of the explorer...

mission was printed in Monday's papers. The findings of the majority Report may be grouped under two heads :—(1) That the demand for native labour for agriculture, the mining...

be found in its rejection of the contention that unskilled white labour can compete successfully with black, and its refusal to accept as convincing the experi- ments of Mr....

Consols (21 per cent.) were on Friday 89.

THE FREE-TRADE UNIONISTS AND THE GOVERNMENT. T ILL Tuesday a very real danger threatened the cause of Free-trade. It was that the Free-trade Unionists would not realise in time...

military question in Germany during the last five or six years cannot but have been struck by the growing signs that all is not well with the German Army either in the ranks or...

W E are rather proud of having been right through- out about the Panama Canal. We main- tained that the short route would be the one ultimately selected, and, after M. de...

French Government and the Roman Catholic Church becomes intellectually more interesting as it proceeds. The recruits are levied by public opinion, and it is so difficult to...

Legislature as a machine that worked one way volved, so it has to be guided by public hearings, at which will put money into their pockets, and worked another every interest...

W E are all familiar with the impatience which comes naturally with age and failing health, the intolerance of little hindrances, the inconsequence in argument, the petulance...

" y ou can please everybody some of the time, and some- body all the time, but you cannot please everybody all the time,"—in some such way the American statesman's dictum might...

A CORRESPONDENT of the Times writes to point out that the tyranny of the village school is simply spoiling the country boy for country work afterwards. This is not in the least...

HOW AGRICULTURE WAS RUINED BY PROTECTION. [TO TRY EDITOB OP TKO " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—People often tell us that even if the case of other industries "ruined by Free-trade"...

THE JAPANESE ARMY. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Ten years is not a very long time to look back upon, and yet what wonderful, changes have been wrought in that...

Briz,—As you so courteously allowed me on a previous occasion to express my views on the above subject, I trust I may be also permitted to comment upon the letter signed "R. H."...

November 7th there was published what may be taken as a reply to the articles and letters on this subject which have appeared in the Spectator and else- where. At the general...

[To THE EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR. " ] Bra,—In the Spectator of October 31st I notice a letter on the subject of "Asiatic Labour in the Transvaal," in which the writer instances...

Srn,—It has always appeared to me as a sort of anomaly that along with your characteristically fair-minded attitude with regard to the questions of the hour, and your...

(To TIOI EDITOR OT TRY " STECTATOR:1 SIE, — May I call your attention and that of your readers to a fact which has been as yet overlooked in the Chantrey Fund controversy? That...

find you express in the Spectator of November 21st a view of the duty of the clergy in regard to the fiscal question which has been uppermost in my mind since that question was...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] have read with interest and attention the article (Spectator, November 21st) in which you plead with the clergy to oppose any fiscal changes...

eminent Bishops to whom you allude in your article in the Spectator of November 21st on "The Church and the Question of the Hour" (scarcely hora novissima) will come to the aid...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The letter of Mr. T. J. Ward in the Spectator of November 21st has somewhat interested me. I am the vicar of a large country parish in...

pro THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOE."J Sire,—I have read very carefully all Mr. Chamberlain's speeches since he commenced his present campaign, and what strikes me most forcibly...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—A short biography of the greatest of recent Lord Chancellors (by Mr. Victor Williamson, (J.M.G., in the Journal of Comparative Law and...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,--Will you allow me to correct an error which has slipped into an article published in the Spectator of November 14th under the title of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE n SPECTATOR.'] SIE, — Will you kindly allow space in your columns for the announcement of newly created situations in the French national secondary schools...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] .Sin,—May I, as a lifelong admirer of the Spectator and its invariable wish to discuss any question with fairness, suggest that there has...

[TO THE EDITOR OR THE "SPECTATOR." you allow me a little space in support of my letter which appeared in the Spectator of October 31st? In your editorial comment you said that...

[TO THR EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOEL"J Sin,—I have read with interest your timely and suggestive article (Spectator, November 14th) on the need of an Imperial Club for London, and...

[To 'THE EDITOR Or THE srscreroa.1 Sin, — The traditional interest - displayed by the Spectator in the affairs of the Near East, and especially in the condition of the Sultan's...

[To THY EDITOR Or THE " srEcisrop."1 Sui,-1 have to form a small library for a working girls' club in London. I wish to appeal for advice on the selection of suitable...

iTo THE EDITOR OF TIM " SrEcrAtorul Sru,—The attacks made upon whales by thresher sharks, mentioned in your article in the Spectator of November 21st, are disputed. Sir William...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SrEarsrou.".1 Sin, — In reply to the letter signed "F. B. E." in the Spectator of November 21st, I beg to state that I did not represent Mr. Gladstoneas...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "srEc-r,troa."1 Sia,—I should like to correct a mistake which occurs in the - letters of-both your correspondents (Spectator, November 14th and 21st) on...

and baggage" occurs at least six times in Philemon Holland's " Livy." In the edition of 1600 the passages are: p. 116 H.; p. 171 M.; p. 321 B.; p. 419 D„ p. 595 L.; p. 1,007 am,...

the phrase "bag and baggage" used by Mr. Gladstone, permit me to direct the attention of your correspondents Mr. Tollemache and "F. B. E." (Spectator, November 21st) to .As You...

I inadvertently wrote " Durham " for " Northumberland " in the letter you printed in the Spectator of November 21st.—I am, Sir, &c., JAMES BRITTEN. Department of Botany,...

ere les EDITOR OP THZ - nrscraToa. - j Sra,—In the article "The Apparatus of the Detective," which appeared in the Spectator of November 21st, you state that "before 1850, when...

VIII., p.590 b) describes with some gusto a series of such horrors But the crabs Master even, large fish, and to some of them then happens what we may call a ' Peripeteia.' For...

BON GATJLTIER.* ' IT is not given to many authors to do what Sir Theodore Martin has done in the preface to the Bon Gaultier Ballads,— act as commentator on a set of jeual...

BREAKERS AHEAD! SHE was the noblest Ship that sailed The restless waters of the world, Carved from the oak that never failed When breaking billows foamed and curled, But grew...

those who write about Nature increases daily, but not, alas ! the multitude of those who write well. It is such an easy subject to say something about, requiring no...

No Englishman can reasonably be expected to know where Forba,ch is. Even to Germans the small frontier town between Metz and Saarbriicken, where one of the earliest engagements...

him, they have rarely charged Mr. Chamberlain with lack of courage, and he never displayed that quality in a higher degree than in the publi- cation of these speeches. We are...

HETTY WESLEY.* THE appearance of a novel from the pen of the admirable " Q" is always a welcome event, few of his contemporaries bringing to the task of authorship so rich or...

book, as coming from the author of " Wye- marke's Mothcr," is a great disappointment. To speak frankly, it does not seem to be written for the same sort of people. The whole...

Christie Murray always writes carefully and. well, but we must protest against the little deception which he practises on his readers in this book. The story deals with Colonel...

and Richardson Carr by Vinton and Co. ls.)—This is, to begin with, a conveniently arranged diary. There is a space for every day's memoranda, cash accounts, miscellaneous...

PASTOR AGNORUM. Pastor Agnorum. By John Huntley Skrine. (Longmans and Co. 5s. net.)—The words "Second Edition" on the title-page, glad as we are to see them, remind us of an...

net.)—This volume is a reprint of papers which have appeared in the World from time to time during the last fourteen years. The contents are about equally divided between the...

and Co. 6s.)—Mr. Raine devotes himself to telling stories of Welsh life, and attains in this province a considerable success. There is something distinctive about both the...

and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—The three are M. Renault, M. Law, and M. C our tin. The first was in command at Chandernagore when it was captured by Clive, assisted by a fleet, on March...

Supple- mentary Account of her Education, &c. (Hodder and Stoughton. 7s. 6d.)—Helen Keller, born in Alabama, of Swiss ancestry, lost her sight and hearing by illness in her...

[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as hays not ham reserved for review 114 other forms.] The Tombs of the Popes. Translated from the German of Ferdinand...

miniature edition of Shakespeare's plays and poems, bearing the title of The Little quarto Shakespeare (Methuen and Co., ls. net per vol.) There are to be forty volumes, each of...