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BOOKS.

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RECENT VERSE.* OF the fifteen volumes on our list, we are inclined to give the highest place to Mr. A. G. Butler's Hodge and the Land. Not all of it, perhaps, can rank as...

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LONDON: NOVEMBER 2nd, 1907.

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A FRENCH TRAVELLER IN SCOTLAND.*

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THE Voyage en Angleterre, en .Lcosse, et aux Iles des Hebrides was originally published at Paris in 1797; an English translation appeared in 179.9 ; Mayor's British Tourists,...

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THE MEMOIRS OF DUMAS.*

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IT was prophesied a few years ago that the public demand for the romances of Dumas lol , ,re would continue to increase in England. With improved translations and cheaper cost,...

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GIFT-BOOKS.

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ASTRONOMY FOR CHILDREN.* Mn. JIIITTox has done, we do not doubt, all that is possible to carry out the purpose indicated in his title. But astronomy is a subject which tries the...

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Gamble Gold. By Judge Parry. Illustrated by Harry Furuiss. (Hutchinson

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and Co. 6s.)—There is some very good fun in the story of Gamble Gold's wanderings. Gamble is a small boy, of just the ago to appreciate all the adventures that befall him, and...

THE ROMANCE OF PHOTOGRAPHY.*

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WHY "Modern" P Mr. Gibson. Was there any "ancient" photography P We need not ask, as the age of Daguerre and Fox Talbot already seems to some wrapped in the mists of antiquity,...

The Romance of the Salvation Army. By Hulda Friedericlis. (Cassell

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and Co. 3s. 6d.)—It is not without reason that the story of the Salvation Army is entitled "romance." Forty years ago its founder began alone the crusade, and now its organisa-...

The Lord of the Deer, and other Fairy Tales. By

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H. H. Harrod. (Lamley and Co. 3s. 6d.)—Here we have twelve essays at that most difficult of tasks,—the modern fairy-tale. We cannot say that the first of the twelve particularly...

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Chums : an Illustrated Paper for Boys. (Cassell and Co.

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8s.)— This fifteenth volume shows no sign of abated vigour. There is an amazing amount of stories of adventure,—the pictures alone are enough to make one's blood run cold. There...

Adventures on the High Mountains. By Richard Stead. (Seeley and

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Co. 5s.)—The most interesting chapter in Mr. Stead's volume is the story of Napoleon's passage of the Alps in 1800. That describing Sir Martin Conway's ascent of Aconcagua...

Another Book of Verses for Children. Edited by E. V.

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Lucas. (Wells Gardner, Barton, and Co. 6s.)—On Mr. Lucas's taste we can safely rely. Still, it is interesting to see his second choice of poems for children. We mention a few....

Messrs. T. C. and E. C. Jack are publishing a

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series of "Original Stories for Boys, Girls, and Children" (2s. per vol.) Among these volumes, in the first division, is Aubrey Vernon, by Arthur Lee Knight, an excellent tale...

The Life Story of a Squirrel. By T. C. Bridges.

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(A. and C. Black. 6s.)—The charming autobiography of Scud' opens with his first lessons in jumping, and throughout the story we are kept in the most intimate acquaintance with...

Stories from the Life of Jesus. Told in the Words

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of the Bible, with Connecting Notes by the Rev. George S. Carson. (Hodder and Stoughton. 3s. 6d.)—The "words of the Bible "are according to the Revised Version, with the...

The Land of Enchantment. Illustrated by Arthur Bockhorn. (Cassell and

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Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—We have many times noticed the great advance that has been made within the last thirty years in the illustrations of the magazines for the young. Here we have...

The Cricket on the Hearth. Illustrated by George Alfred Williams.

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(Cassell and Co. Gs. net.)—We are to look for the raison d'être of this very attractive volume in the illustrations. Mr. Williams thinks that there has been too much of the...

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CASTLES AND CHATEAUX OF OLD TOURAINE.

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Castles and Châteaux of Old Touraine and the Loire Country. By Francis Miltoun. With many Illustrations by Blanche McManus. (Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons. 7s. 6d. net.)—This is a...

We have received new editions of old favourites, The King

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of the Golden River, and other Stories, by John Ruskin and others (T. Nelson and Sons, is.), the other stories being Nathaniel Haw- thorne's "Golden Touch "; "Ten Pieces of...

In the "Peeps at Many Lands Series" (A. and C.

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Black, Is. 61. net per vol.) we have two volumes, Scotland, by Elizabeth Grier- son, and India, by John Finnemore. Both are well furnished with excellent illustrations, a...

When Hawkins Sailed the Sea. By Tinsley Pratt. (E. Grant

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Richards. 3s. 6d.)—The hero is, as usual, a little slow in getting to work. His ship does not weigh anchor till we reach p. 72, and the story of the voyage—Drake's first...

The Fairy Land of Nature. By Wood Smith. (S. W.

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Partridge. 1s.)—Here we have a description of certain natural marvels, some of them seen every day and often passed over, the silkworm, for instance, the "bottled sunshine" of...

The Little Folk's Favourite Album. By S. H. Hamer. (Cassell

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and Co. 3s. 6d.)—Here we certainly get very good money's- worth. There are forty-eight coloured illustrations, mostly of excellent quality, the natural history pictures being...

The Child's Own Magazine (S.S.U., is.) can claim the more

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than respectable antiquity of seventy-four years. It moves on, too ; in its youth we should hardly have had such a lesson as that about Jacob and Esau. A. tale, "Two Little...

CURRENT LITE RAT UR E.

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POLITICAL ECONOMY IN A NUTSHELL. Political Economy in a Nutshell. By F. U. Laycock,- LL.B. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—Notwithstanding certain air of arrogance in...

Told to the Little Tot, by Edmund Vance Cook (Dean

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and Son, 3s. 6d. net), contains ten funny little stories,—" How Miss Tabitha Cat Taught School," and others. They are well illus- trated by Miss Bessie Collins Page.—How to Find...

The Swiss Family Robinson. Edited by G. E. Mitten. With

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Illustrations by Harry Rountree. (A. and C. Black. 6s.)—The Swiss Family Robinson is the best of the many imitations of "Robinson Crusoe." We may laugh at the marvellous...

Playtime Palace (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co., is.), with its

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simply told stories, large type, and attractive pictures, with now and than an obvious moral, is excellently suited to the quite young readers for whom it is intended.—With this...

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DON JUAN IN ROMANCE.

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La Legende de Don Juan : son Rvolution dans la Litterature des Origines du Romantisme. Par Georges Gendarme de Bevotte. (Hachette et Cie., Paris.)—Professor Georges Gendarme de...

PRACTICAL PROBLEMS IN BANKING AND CURRENCY.

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Practical Problems in Banking and Currency : being a Number of Selected Addresses Delivered in Recent Years by Prominent BanIers, Financiers, and Economists. Edited • by Walter...

A GERMAN VIEW OF THE ENGLISH PRESS.

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Die englische Presse. Von Dr. Th. Lorenz. (Gebauer-Schwetschke Druckerei und Verlag, Halle-a.-S. 1 mark 50 pfennige.)—This volume forms the ninth in a series of publications of...

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STATE RAILWAYS.

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State Railways. By Edwin A. Pratt. (P. S. Bing and Son. Is. net.)—Mr. Pratt describes his pamphlet as "an object-lesson from other lands " ; he certainly gives us facts which...

A HISTORY OF COMMERCE.

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A History of Commerce. By Clive Day, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Economic History in Yale University. (Longmans and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—Great attention is now being given to the...

THE INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS OF GERMANY.

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The Cause and Extent of the Recent Industrial Progress of Germany. By Earl Dean Howard, Ph.D. (A. Constable and Co. 4s. 6d. net.)—In addition to the American Professors who...

DEMOCRACY AND INDIVIDUALISM.

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La Democratic Individualiste. Par Yves Guyot. (V. Giard et E. Briere, Paris. 3 fr.)—In view of the rapidly rising controversy with regard to Socialism, Englishmen who believe in...

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BARNWELL PRIORY.

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Like? Memorandorum Ecclesie de Bernewelle. Edited by John Willis Clark, M.A. With Introduction by the late F. W. Mait- land. (Cambridge University Press. 15s. net.)—Professor...

THE MANCHESTER SHIP• CANAL History of the Manchester Ship Canal.

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By Sir Bosdin Leech. 2 vols. (Sherratt and Hughes. 42s. net.)—We do not care to enter on any discussion on this "History." The time has not yet come when any judgment can be...

RECOLLECTIONS AND LETTERS OF THE REV. W. H. E. McKNIGHT.

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Recollections and Letters of the Rev. W. H. E. McKnight. By his Niece, Edith Isabel Thomson. (Masters and Co. 6s.)—Mr. McKnight died in 1896, and this is the first, record of...

THE LIFE OF CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. MARK.

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The Life of Christ according to St. Mark. By W. H. Bennett, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton. 6s.)—Professor Bennett's object in this book is, as he says, "to present the impression...

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THE BIBLE DOCTRINE OF THE ATONEMENT.

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The Bible Doctrine of the Atonement. By Canon II. C. Beeching and Dr. Alexander Nairne. (John Murray. 2s. 6d. net.)—A short book upon the Atonement which shall be at the same...

AN AMERICAN EDITION OF MONTAIGNE.

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Montaigne: The Essays. Translated by John Florio. Selected and Edited by Adolphe Cohn. ' French Classics for English Readers." (G. P. Putnam's Sons. $2 net.)—This is the second...

A LITERARY HISTORY OF FRANCE.

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A Literary History of France. By Emile Faguet, Member of the French Academy. (T. Fisher Unwin. 12s. 6d. net.)—This book is one of the useful series called "The Library of...

RACE LIFE OF THE ARYAN PEOPLES.

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Race Life of the Aryan Peoples. By Joseph P. Widney. 2 vols. (Funk and Wagnalls Company. 16s. net.)—We have not the space for an adequate treatment of a work which begins with...

HISTORICAL STUDIES.

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The Case of Sir John Fastolf, and other Historical Studies. By David Wallace Duthie. (Smith, Elder, and Co. 5s. nat.)- There is no doubt of the truth of Mr. Duthie's contention...

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ECONOMICS.

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Economics. By Frank W. Blackmar, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and Economics in the University of Kansas. (Mac- millan and Co. 6s. net.)—This book is intended by its author "to...

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LOWDON : Printed by Loss & MALcomson (Limited) at Nos.

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4 and 5 Dean Street. Holborn, W.C. ; and Published by JOHN BAKER for the "SPECTATO R " (Limited) at their Office, No. 1 Wellin g ton Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy,...

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We regret to note that the Minister of Justice, on

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behalf of the Government, replied by recriminations and counter- charges against Slovak agitators, and accused thena of having stirred up the people. Meantime organs of...

According to a Reuter telegram published on Friday, the new

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elections for the Russian Duma have so far resulted as follows : "Monarchists and other members of the Right, 166; Octobrists and Moderates, 103; Party of Peaceful Regenera-...

On Friday week there was an interesting debate in the

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French Chamber on the national defences. Public confidence in France has been a good deal shaken lately by the ominous warnings of General Langlois, and particularly by an...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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O N Sunday last a serious riot took place at Csernova, in Hungary, in which thirteen Slovaks were killed, eight severely wounded, and some eighty slightly wounded. Among the...

The Harden-Moltke libel case has ended in the acquittal of

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Herr Harden, Dr. Kern, the presiding Judge, in pronouncing judgment on Tuesday morning stated that the Court found the incriminated statements had been proved, though there was...

The effect of the Csernova riot is by no means

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confined to the Slav population in Hungary, but is exciting a strong feeling throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire. For example, on Wednesday, though the Austrian Parliament...

NoTicE.—With this week's " SPECTATOR " it issued, gratis, a

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LITERARY SUPPLEMENT.

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No. FOR THE DING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1907. [ POSTAGE ABROAD REGISTERED LS • / PRICE GD. NEWSPAPER. BY POST-AM . D.

0 * * The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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The Times of last Saturday publishes a document which Mr.

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E. D. Morel, on behalf of the Congo Reform Association, has sent to Sir Edward Grey. It adds one more to the many proofs of cruel misgovernment in the Congo. The document...

A new chapter in the Druce case was opened on

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Friday week, when Mr. George H. Druce brought a charge of perjury at the Marylebone Police Court against his half-uncle, Mr. Herbert Druce, the present proprietor of the Baker...

On Thursday week Mr. Lloyd-George received a deputation at the

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Board of Trade on the subject of the Channel Ferry. , Lord Weardale, the chairman of the Channel Ferry Company, - explained that, before laying their project before M....

Lord Cromer was presented with the freedom of the City

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of London at the Guildhall on Monday, and delivered a striking speech. After cordially recognising the services of King Edward and Lord Lansdowne in connexion with the...

There is little to report in regard to the threatened

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railway strike, except that during the week Mr. Lloyd-George has had several very long conferences with the railway directors. The counting of the votes of the members of the...

Sir Antony MacDonnell before he left Ireland recently on a

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visit to the United States announced, as be could not well have refrained from doing if be mentioned the subject at all„ that cattle-driving was illegal, and must be stopped....

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The Daily Chronicle of Monday publishes an interesting interview with

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Sir Edward Hamilton, who has just retired from the Treasury after a long and distinguished career. We can only note here Sir Edward Hamilton's unhesitating condemnation of...

On Wednesday Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman received the freedom of the

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city of Edinburgh. It was significant, as he said in his graceful speech, that a Scottish Prime Minister should be made free of the capital of Scotland on the two hundredth...

Addressing his constituents at Newport on Tuesday, Mr. Asquith dealt

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with the House of Lords. Some people seemed to think, he said, that a Second Chamber was part of the order of Nature, and as essential as the Ten Commandments or the...

We note with regret that Father George Tyrrell has been

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deprived of the Sacraments—that is, in effect, though not in name, excommunicated—on account of the articles published by him in the Times criticising the recent Encyclical....

On Saturday last the King received the Lords-Lieutenant of England,

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Scotland, and Wales at Buckingham Palace, and addressed them on their responsibilities in working the new Army Act. That Act revived much of the great importance which used to...

Mr. Lloyd-George, to judge from a speech he delivered before

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the Welsh National Liberal Convention at Rhyl on Wednesday, has two voices,—one for Wales and the other for his official work. In order to convince Welshmen that be is still the...

Mr. Balfour visited Edinburgh yesterday week and made two admirable

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speeches, the first in connexion with the Victoria Hospital for Consumption, the second at the opening meeting of the Jubilee session of the Philomathic Society. After an...

Bank Rate, 51 per cent., changed from 41 per cent.

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Oct. 31st. Consols (2-1) were on Thursday 821—on Friday week 83i.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE CABAL AGAINST MR. BALFOITR. A LETTER signed "Loyal Tory" which we publish in another column draws attention to a new danger to the unfortunate Unionist Party. As if a vital...

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THE PERILS OF ABSOLUTISM.

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I T is impossible not to feel a great deal of sympathy with the German Emperor in connexion with the disclosures of the Harden-Moltke trial. The Emperor is a Sovereign whose...

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THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY.

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P RESIDENT ROOSEVELT must, . we cannot help thinking, regret the pledges he gave when last elected not to seek nomination for a third term. It is almost inevitable, so far as we...

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LORD CROMER AS HOME ADVISER.

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T OED CROMER took occasion on Monday to offer his A countrymen some very necessary advice. It was founded on what is still recognised as a sound maxim in business, and has until...

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"THE PATIENCE OF ENGLAND."

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I N the last few months Britons have listened to some frank criticisms by Colonists of the diplomacy of the Mother-country. The irritation of Australians when the New Hebrides...

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THE CENSORSHIP OF PLAYS. T HE objections to the Dramatic Censorship

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are old, and have often been stated, but an unusually strong attack is being developed just now as the result of some recent judgments of the Censor. The Prime Minister has...

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THE WOMEN THAT WOMEN LIKE.

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T WENTY years ago we used to hear a great deal about the "woman's woman." The phrase suggested that the women whom women like are not liked by men. The notion was one of those...

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CHARCOAL-BURNING- IN SURREY.

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T HE pleasant bouquet of oak-smoke is on the still evening air. In the hillside hop-garden the bines are com- mencing their festoons after their three months' climb to the tops...

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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THE SLOVAKS. LTO TOR EDITOR Of THE "SPECTATOR:1 Si,—The Times of Tuesday contains an account of the fatal rioting near Rozsahegy, in North Hungary, in which eleven Slovaks...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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MR. BALFOUR AND BIRMINGHAM. [To ma EDITOR OP TRY " SPECTATOR." J SIR,—The annual meeting of the "National Union" is soon to be held at Birmingham, and there are not a few...

A ROYAL COMMISSION ON FREE-TRADE AND PROTECTION. [To THE EDITOR

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OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—I agree with your correspondents of last week in thinking that the prospect of a Royal Commission on Tariff Reform might enable both sides of the...

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AN IMPORTANT PROBLEM OF POLITICAL ECONOMY.

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[To THE EDITOR Or THE "8PECTATOR:1 Sin,—M. Guyot is a Socialist and Mr. Harold Cox a Free- trader ; why should the latter bring the former to judgment as an authority on...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR:1 Si - n,—One of the most

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urgent alterations which are needed in regard to Prayer-book revision concerns the present use of the Psalter. In it are a number of Psalms which are absolutely opposed to the...

PRAYER-BOOK REVISION.

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[To yes EDITOR Or TRH monk-roam SIR,—I have read the note you append to Mr. Cremer's letter on the revision of the Prayer-book (Spectator, October 26th), and I venture to hope...

[TO TRI EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR."]

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Si, — With the general spirit of Mr. Cremer's letter in last week's Spectator every one who is really in earnest about the preservation of the national character of the Church...

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LTO TEN EDITOR OP THE . SPROTATON."1

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Sra,—Mr. Harold Cox in his letter in your last issue with reference to M. Yves Guyot's discussion of the quantitative theory of money cites the latter as remarking with regard...

[To MB EDITOR OP Tax " SPIWTATOP..” . 1 SIR,—Mr. Harold Cox

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has gained the right to argue on monetary questions. He quotes John Stuart Mill : "If the whole money in circulation was doubled, prices would be doubled." Mr. Cox disagrees....

SOCIALISM AND SEX RELATIONS.

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[TO THN EDITOR OP THB " SPNOTATOR.] SIR,—In the article in the Spectator for October 19th headed "Socialism and Sex Relations" there is a quotation from Mrs. Philip Snowden's...

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A NEEDED REFORM IN INDIAN ADMINISTRATION.

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[To THE • EDITOR OP THI " SPROTATOR.1 am reminded of a curious and instructive illustration of the evils arising from that confusion of the Executive and Judicial Services to...

STATE-FED CHILDHOOD.

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LTo MI EDITOR OP TUB "SPICOPATOR..] Sin,—The following remark, made by a working woman some two years ago to a lady visiting her, probably expresses the feelings of a good many...

LORD ROSEBERY AND ABSTENTION.

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[To vax EDFf OR OF THZ "SPECTATOR'] Sia,—It may perhaps be of some interest to your readers to be reminded of the following passage which occurs in an address delivered at New...

OLD-AGE PENSIONS AND FREE-TRADE.

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[To TER EDITOR OF THZ " SPRCTATOR.1 In,—In your note at the end of the letter by "W. M. R." Ml "A Plea for Reasonable Socialism" in your issue of Dctober 26th you write : "It...

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A LITERARY COINCIDENCE.

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[To TRH EDITOR OF TUE " SPECT ATOR."] SIR,—Readers of the late J. H. Shorthouse's biography will perhaps remember that after he published "John Inglesant " several instances of...

THE LITERARY TRANSFORMATION OF SCOTLAND.

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[To THE EDITOR T II R S P ROTATOR:] SIR,—Literary and other opinion in Scotland will have to be transformed a great deal more ere many Scotsmen will subscribe to the amazing...

[To TIIR EDITOR OF TIM "SracrAron."J

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SIR,—Many of your readers must have read with deep interest the article on "The Literary Transformation of Scotland" which appeared in the Spectator of October 19th. More than...

LTO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]

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SIB,—Your correspondent Mr. C. F. Andrews (Spectator, October 26th) is the victim of a curious confusion of thought and phrase, probably from want of technical knowledge of...

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CHURCH EXTENSION AT ALDERSHOT.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE •• 13PECTATOL"1 SIR,—Your readers may care to hear that the scheme of church extension at Aldershot, which you allowed to be brought to their notice by a...

GOAT-KEEPING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOLL' . ] Sia,—Having read the correspondence in the Spectator con- cerning goats, I would like to point out an insurmountable difficulty placed in...

UNDESIRED CORRESPONDENTS.

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Pro THZ EDITOR OF THZ "SPECTATOR." J Sin,—Dr. Thomas Hodgkin complains of "the nuisance caused to many inoffensive citizens by the intrusion of undesired corre- spondents,"...

WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL.

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L'ro THE EDITOR OF THE "5PECTATOR:1 Srit,—All who care for this great church will be grateful to you for the prominence which you gave last week to its terrible plight and...

LONDON PROVIDENT DISPENSARIES COUNCIL.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " Sin, — The principle on which we seem to live now, especially in London, is that the efficient shall be taxed for the benefit of the inefficient. It is a...

THE CASE OF MAJOR SELWYN.

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[To TIIE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 Sin,—It is not long since we had a great flourish of trumpets about Bertillon's finger-print system, which, it was stated, ensured the...

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POETRY.

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SAINT MARTHA'S ON THE HILL. Tas.oven earth and air and sky and sea Unconquerably runs The current of divinity ; It lifts the daisy that aspires Towards the heavenly blue, and...

BOOKS.

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THE LETTERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA.—II.* WE dwelt last week on the general soundness of the Queen's judgment, especially as regards individuals. But though good judgment is the rule,...

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CAMBRIDGE.*

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How much might be written on the philosophy of places I What do we mean by the character of a place Why is it that the ugliest of places are sometimes delightful, and that the...

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THE MIN-EATERS OF TSAVO.* IN the preface—a brief note of

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admiration—which Mr. F. C. &Ions has written to this book he quotes Mr. Roosevelt's opinion of Colonel Patterson's original descriptions of the reign of terror created by the...

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GLADSTONE AS A CHURCHMAN.*

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Mn. L A.THBURY sets himself in his preface to answer the objection, made, as he acknowledges, "with some reason," that Gladstone was not, properly speaking, a "Leader of the...

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MR. WALTER CRANE'S REMINISCENCES.* Mn. Cnasrp has not the gift

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of writing; and in these pages, of which there are all but five hundred, there is little that is interesting. This arises from the fact that the writer records, rather than...

NOVELS.

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"ACT OF GOD." • Mn. ELLscrres tale of the voyage of an emigrant-ship is a conspicuous instance of a: class of novel which, without being common, is yet typical of modern...

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The Wondrous Wife. By Charles Marriott. (Eveleigh Nash. 6s.)—The main

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theme of the first part of this book is the contrast between the poet Austin Lisle's life in London, and that of his wife Margaret, who for a very good reason has separated from...

The Angel of Forgiveness. By Rosa Nouchette Carey. (Macmillan and

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Co. 6s.)—This is a novel of which it is almost impossible to say anything beyond a vague commendation without revealing the secret of tho plot. This secret, when it is revealed...

Ramtanu Lahiri, Brahman and Reformer. By Pandit Sivanath Sitstri. (Swan

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Sonnenschein and Co. 5s. net.)—The first chapter is given to Ramtanu Lahiri's ancestry and to the Rajas of Nadia. and Krishnag-ar. Ramtanu was born in 1814, his father, a Kuhn...

The Halo. By Baroness von Hutton. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)

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—There is a reminiscence of Charles de Bernard's very unpleasant novel, "17n Beau-pere," in the Baroness von Hutten's new book, though the situation in "17n Beau-pere" is, if...

READABLE NovELs.—The Eternal Feminine. By Ada Cambridge. (Hurst and Blackett.

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6s.)—A story of life in Australia, which, though entertaining, will not greatly enhance the reputation of its author.—The Messenger. By Frank Frankfort Moore.- (Hodder and...

SONIE BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not Nen reserved for review in other formal The Life of Edward Henry Bickersteth, Bishop and Poet. By Francis Keyes...

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The Wild and Cultivated Cotton Plants of the World, by

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Sir George Watt (Lengman.s and Co., 30s. net), is the work of an expert which we must be content with acknowledging. "The present publication," we read in Sir George Watt's...

Leading American Soldiers. By R. M. Johnston, MA. (A. Constable

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and Co. 7s. (3d. net.)—Mr. Johnston gives 1113 in this volume an appreciation of thirteen "American soldiers." When we classify them the result is interesting and suggestive....

The Seo, - Dyaks of Borneo. By the Rev. Edwin H. Comes.

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is. net.)—Mr. Gomes, who carried on for a considerable time the missionary work to which his father devoted himself for many years, gives us here an interesting account of the...

Dalmatia. By Maude M. Holbaoh. (John Lane. 5s.)—The story of

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the Dalmatian coast is a long and stirring one, from the time of the Caesars down to our own. One has only to look at its situation, its breakwater of islands, to understand...

The Navy League Annual. Edited by Alan H. Dorgoyne. (The

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Navy League. 1s.)—The valuable features in the Nall League Annual are these. It enables us to grasp better, both in the mass and in the individual, what our contemporaries are...

The Pilgrim's Staff. Selected and Arranged by FitzRoy Carring- - ton.

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(Duckworth and Co. 2s. 6d.)—This is one of those charming little anthologies we are always glad to welcome. The compiler - tells us in a graceful preface that his friends having...

The Story of Gloucestershire. By Norman Sawyer. (Norman Sawyer and

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Co., Cheltenham. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Sawyer has made good use of the opportunity afforded by the story of his county of giving an epitome of English social history without going...

Stokes' Cydopaedia of Familiar Quotations, Compiled by Elford Eveleigh Treffry

The Spectator

(W. and R. Chambers, as. 6d. net), contaisu "five thousand selections from six hundred authors." The feature of the book is the copious index, filling more than three hundred...