EIRE Abnormal Importations Act duties of 50 per cent., I levied on a list of twenty-three selected articles in the manufactured or semi-manufactured category, came into force on...

a statement by Sir Samuel Hoare on Wednesday and an answer by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons on the same day go far towards giving the assurance asked for on another...

synchronised. No Hindu is ready to accept pro- vincial responsibility now, with central' responsibility indefinitely postponed, which-is what Mr. Churchill and his supporters...

the Round Table Conference was cast by Lord Lothian's speech in the House of Lords on Tuesday on terrorism in India. No one will suspect the new Under-Secretary of any lack of...

Subscription to the SPECTATOR costs Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, to any part of the world. The SPECTATOR is re g istered as a Newspaper. The Postage on this...

all its financial crises and the discontents caused by the hard necessity of accepting the sound advice given it by Sir Otto Niemeyer, has fallen through a split in its own...

it is a question whether the Government or the financial fabric can hold together till the Advisory Committee appointed by the Bank of International Settlements to examine...

in Paris and gets nowhere, Japan steadily extends' her military occupation over the whole of Manchuria and the world's faith in the League of Nations grows as steadily less....

to profound concern and indignation by the apparent im- potence of the Council wants explanations of what has been happening or not happening, there is only one quarter from...

for the Bill which is to enact the conclusions of Imperial Conferences upon Dominion Status (words that we hope will never be defined by law). We are. pledged, but we need not...

No Dogs at the Oval Lovers of cricket will be relieved to know that the Surrey Cricket Club's historic ground at Kennington Oval is not to be used for greyhound racing. The...

has been framed by Roman Catholic societies in English- speaking countries. It quotes various Papal declarations on the subject, notably the appeal of Benedict XV in 1917 for a...

benefit is making its effects visible in the Ministry of Labour's weekly returns. The number of totally unem- ployed persons on November 16th as compared with November 9th fell...

Thursday and Friday at Paris under Lord Cecil's presidency repre- sented a striking mobilization of public opinion in favour o f effective action for the reduction and...

her famous house at Overstrand, was one of the great ladies of the later Victorian era, distinguished alike for her gifts as a hostess and for the very active interest that she...

Alfonso guilty of high treason and formally outlawed him. The King's veteran Minister, Count Romanones, had the courage and good sense to defend him and to remind the hostile...

on September 21st, 1931. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 961 ; on Wednesday week, 97 ; a year ago, 1021. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 831 ; on Wednesday...

T HERE has been a great deal of talk about firm stands at Westminster these last few days. Mr. Churchill and his following have been making a firm stand (against the Government)...

T HESE are anxious days for those who think that the British Commonwealth is the greatest political achievement of the human race. Much that has been written and said in Great...

T HE past week in Parliament has seen the trans- action of the most important business of this part of this session. Last Friday Mr. Runciman completed the skilful pilotage of...

T HE average Englishman is but little perturbed by the ragged-looking No Man's Land that is going to be the average England, and says in effect : " Why all this silly fuss about...

We publish here the eighth article of a new Theological Series which we hope will throw light on some of the most disputed ques- tions of conduct.. The Dean of Winchester is...

BY F. YEATS-BROWN. T HAVE a friend in India who can extract the square I root of a number of forty-five figures in his head, or multiply a number of sixty-five figures by...

BY C. A. SIERMANN. E DUCATION is not exempt from the great movements of our time. The advance of science, which has so fundamentally affected our social and economic system, is...

BY J. B. MORTON. I T is odd—not to use a fouler word—that the modern reader should be so greedy. It has recently been discovered that seven hundred or eight hundred pages of...

IT is a long time since an exhibition of contemporary painting has been seen at the galleries of Messrs. Thomas Agnew and Sons, 43 Old Bond Street, and their present collection...

" Little Catherine." A Comedy from the French of Alfred Savoir, by Virginia and Frank Vernon. Produced by Frank Vernon. At the Phoenix Theatre. BY comparison with the cinema,...

The veteran tar, John Crawford, died at Sunderland on the 9th instant. During the heat of battle in the memorable action off Camperdown, on perceiving the British ensign shot...

A REAL Am to FARMERS. A thoughtful scheme for helping the more intensive farmer has been worked out in the Ministry of Agriculture, has been earefidly expressed in graphs, both...

We are used in England to the importation of Hungarian partridges, which in some counties have done much to multiply and strengthen the home stock. In a wholly remark- able news...

There is one English country term that many of us would like to know how to spell. Should we write covert or cover ? It is often regarded as a sign, if not of illiteracy, of...

mean a much more thorough system of grading ; and some better ha'son would have to be arranged between the merchants and the associated producers. But none of the difficulties...

at any rate, brings advantage to the consumers. It does not, even temporarily. No personal experience in farming matters more impressed me—and it is worth even " damnable itera-...

from the producer's. They flourish together. If the producer suffers, his loss will ultimately damage the consumer, and, indeed, the middleman. To return to the Ministry's plan...

There is some real hope that within a few years we may see the end of many of the cruelties of trapping owing to the extension of the trade in captive and half-domesticated...

Since last year I have seen a large population of partridges clean disappear from a district, This is not due to a bad year but to change of cultivation, for partridges in the...

[In view of the length of many of the letters which we receive, we would remind correspondents that we often cannot give space for long letters and that short ones are generally...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—When a theory is propounded to a mathematician he tries it first on a simple case. If it works, he concludes there is something in it, if...

A. Ruth Fry's article champion- ing the cause of the Conscientious Objector, willing to suffer imprisonment for " following the ' Prince of Peace' "—and the reasoned and...

that our clerics finished with the loose thinking revealed in this article. It gives the impression of hypocrisy. One cannot help but feel that they speak with two voices, and...

fight for their country, the logical result may be that they should also abstain from any share in the Government. For both are things of this world, and under the present...

glad to see the letters of Leyton Richards and others in your issue of November 21st, for, like them, I felt that in the article recently printed the question had been slurred...

Woolley, V.C., and Clayton, I think, skates too lightly over the subject, which is really very profound. As the author of a War book which created something akin to war—because...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I write this letter in the hope that your readers may be interested by a brief and non-technical explanation of the impasse that has now...

question " Should a Christian Fight for His Country ? the Rev. G. H. Woolley, V.C., and the Rev. P. B. Clayton have written an article which is rather confusing and altogether...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin, The education of public opinion, rather than political expedients must be tried if the present gambling craze is to be stemmed. So much...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Snit,—In thanking you for the article in your issue of November 21st, "Great Britain and a Better World," may I supplement what you say about...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Mr. Ellis Barker's letter seems but remotely relevant to my article or to Drs. Gye and Purdy's recent book. The feature of that book...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In all humility I write to ask for information. Mr. Harold Nicolson—Whose writings I enjoy though I cannot listen to his broadcasts," as I...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The article entitled " A Film in Moscow " has been forwarded to me, and I, having also seen this film, feel bound to protest at the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The Anti-Steel-Trap League of America inforins me of an exceptionally cruel device, used in that country, for catching fur-bearers. ft is...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,—Your correspondent, Mr. Wilson Charles, would appear to doubt the accuracy of my statements regarding the excel- lent results of the...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Having regard to the approaching return of Eros to Piccadilly Circus, this forming in itself a bridge with the pre- War years, may I...

(" Faunc, Nymplaarum fugientum aviator." —HORACE, Odes HI, 18.) FAUNUS, lover of the flying Nymphs, Fleeing himself before the steps of Hunger, Here, on the terraced hill...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—May I suggest to your readers that it would be a joyous and generous act to help us to finish off the appeal. Eighteen thousand pounds is...

A CORRECTION. In the letter you have been good enough to publish over my name in the current issue of the Spectator you have unfor- tunately given me a wrong Christian name,...

THE Editor of the Spectator offers a first prize of Do Jos. and a second prize of 45 5s. for a short story of not more than 1,5oo words, written in English. Entries should be...

very clearly written on one side of the paper only. The name and address, or pseudonym, of the competitor must be on each entry and not on a separate sheet. When a word limit is...

Steuart, S.J. (Longinans. 5s.) Abandonment to Divine Providence. By J. P. de Caussade, S.J. Translated from the tenth complete French edition by E. J. Strickland. (Catholic...

The International Geld Problem. Discussions of a Study Group of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. (Oxford Press : Milford. 12s. 6d.) The Gold Standard in Theory and...

The New Survey of London Life and Labour. Vol. IL London Industries! I. (P. S. King. 17s. 6d.) Sin HERBERT LLEwELLYN SMrru, the Director of the New Survey of London Life and...

THERE was a time when Stalin was the butt of every joke. Let's give that to Stalin," said Lenin when the People's Commissars were discussing appointment to a minor office; ••...

EAen of these three issues from the Riding-Graves press in Majorca sets the reviewer a problem, but there is no advantage to be gained by pretending that the books are anything...

THE four travel books before us illustrate very vividly that in the case of this kind of book it is the merit of the author as a writer rather than as a traveller which matters....

The Psychology of Men of Genius. By Ernst Kretseinner. Translated by R. B. Cattell. (Kogan Paul. 15s.) DEFINITIONS of genius are numerous but for the most part unsatisfactory....

CLIMBING and good writing seem to go together. At least it is no surprise to find Sir Claud Schuster's modest papers on Alpine and Pyrenean experiences possessed of the charm...

Marsh and Mudflat. By Major Kenneth Dawson. Illustrated from original dry points and etchings by Winifred Austen, R.E. (Country Life. 15s.) A Fisherman's Angles. By Patrick R....

writer describes a most unnatural marriage (between a vague, thoughtful parson and a girl in a village sweet shop) with considerable understanding ; though Ellen is rather...

Some Foreign Novels 7s. 6d.) Two Symphonies. By Andre Gide. (Cassell. Is. 6d.) IN England foreign novels are still slightly suspect. The reading public has not quite recovered...

WOMEN AND GOD. By Francis Stuart. (Jonathan Cape. 7s. 6d.)—Truly modern, with its group of tired fastidious people, among them one saintly girl who gets cured at Lourdes and who...

An Introduction to Polo, by " Marco " (Country Life, 15s.). The book is written for the members of the Royal Naval Polo Association, but it deserves, and will undoubtedly...

retired from banking in Philadelphia and hoped, he said, " to plant a garden." But his daughter, married to an Italian Prince, was unhappy, and she and his ambitious wife kept...

Beresford is too competent a novelist not to interest and his characterization is, as usual, excellent, but this first volume of a new trilogy lacks force and liveliness. The...

6d.)—A gallant young couple are Ian and Joan, and 'their tporting adventures out East with wild animals are touched in by an able and experienced hand.

was published first in 1926, gave promise of a new writer who should rank with the most brilliant of to-day. The fulfilment of that promise has been cut short, and the intro-...

to Messrs. Christie for publishing annual records of the principal works sold at their famous auction rooms. The fourth volume of this invaluable series, Christie's - Season...

on p. 241 of his Life's a Lark (Heinemann, 8s. 6d.), and on p. viii : " I don't like writing in the least." Which ? He certainly does like writing when he is writing about...

Preface by Albert Thomas (Allen and Unwin, 12s. 6d.) is a very welcome volume. The work of the International Labour Organization commonly receives much - less publicity than the...

Frazer's friends. With a few additions, of which the most important is a long note on the language of animals, the volume is a collection of such of his essays, addresses and...

readers who accept his view of life, Sir Philip Gibbs gives excellent value for money. His new long novel has the same distinction (and class distinction) as its predecessors :...

7s. 6d.)—If you have forgotten The Prisoner of Zenda this will soon recall it. Gun Cotton is now the Englishman who disentangles affairs in Ritzenhausen : otherwise, there is a...

Dualist: a long residence in Iraq, Mrs. E. S. Stevens has collected at first hand many of the traditional stories of Meso- potamia, and forty-eight of these are presented in...

6d.)—After the murder of the famous preacher, the Rev. John Whitfield Mortimer, skeletons simply tumbled out of the family cupboards. Superin- tendent Adams was naturally...

names, the works and notes on French artists, writers, and scientists, under the title of Annuaire Orange, 1931. This book can be obtained from 29 bis, Rue de Montevideo, Paris...

the London Slums, continues his researches in the under- world. All sorts and conditions of moral waifs and strays come under notice in We Do See Life (Skeffington, 18s.), with...

picturesqueness of style in Mr. Laurence Binyon's Landscape in English Art and Poetry -(Cobden- Sanderson, 7s. 6d.). In this volume, enriched with many reproductions from our...

of the Shakespeare Head Edition of Chapman's Homer (Basil Blackwell, five volumes, £3 3s. each) can now be given but brief notice it is because the splendour and, even more,...

duction by John Oxenham (Cape, 7s. 6d.) is the diary of a young man hopelessly crippled with progressive muscular atrophy, a disease from which his mother, sister and brother...

The Times Book Club have been , . Nos-Ficriori.—The World Crisis : The Eastern Front, icy the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill-;- Lord -Resebery, -by the Marquess of Crewe ; Ellen...

does not bear the usual signature of Mr. Arthur W. Kiddy, who has been ordered a few weeks' complete rest. He hopes to resume early in the New Year. In the meantime the...

On the subject of trade revival prospects a note of hope was sounded by the Duke of Buceleuch at the annual meeting of the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh on Wednesday....

THE AUSTRALIAN POSITION. A very intimate and able survey of the position and pro. spects in Australia was provided by Mr. Andrew Williamson, Chairman of the English, Scottish...

A small Debenture issue, charged on specifically mortgaged premises, and giving a yield of £5 12s. per cent. is an offer in the shape of a further issue of £18,000 5i per cent....

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