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BOOKS.

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IN all the history of science there are few more attractive and romantic stories than that of "starry Galileo with his woes." It has more than once been ably told in our...

Ettaarp Oupplantitt.

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DR. HEDIN, Swedish explorer, began his latest and most successful

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expedition (of 1899-1901) by adopting a 'method of travel that contrasted very strongly with the strenuous circumstances of its final stage, his return journey across Tibet. To...

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DEVON IDYLLS.* MR. PHILLPOTTS in this beautifully printed and illustrated

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book has brought before us in an elaborate series of word- pictures almost every phase of almost every day of the year in Devon, the county that he loves. There are in all...

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As we read Professor Lanterrs book on Modelling (Chapman and

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Hall, 15s.) we feel that fortunate indeed are his pupils at South Kensington in having such a teacher. The volume before us, deals with modelling in relief, and is the successor...

Romney, by Mr. George Paston, and Diirer, by Miss L,

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J. Allen, begin yet another series of "Little Books on Art" (Methuen and Co., 2s. 6d. each). These little books look attractive enough, but they are planned on a faulty system....

The deluge of artistic biographies in series still continues. Mr.

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Lionel Cust has added two volumes on Van Dyck to the "Artist's Library" (Unicorn Press, 5s. net). The letterpress deals with the facts about the pictures and the people painted,...

Sir Joshua Reynolds. (Nownes and Co. 3s. 6d.)—This book consists

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of a large number of process reproductions of Sir Joshua's pictures, preceded by a slight introduction by Mr. Lys Baldry and a list of works. This last is arranged with odd...

The French Impressionists, by M. Camille Mauclair, in the "Popular

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Library of Art" (Duckworth and Co., 2s. 6d.), is a real contribution to the literature of contemporary art. It would be a good thing if people who call every picture in a style...

C LTRRENTLITERAT (IRE.

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Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers. (G. Bell and Sons. 21s.)—A new edition of this work is now being brought out under the supervision of Dr. Williamson. The whole has...

A volume on Tintoretto has been added by Mr. Stoughton

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Holborn to the "Great Masters Series" (G. Bell and Sons, 5s.) The writer is full of an enthusiasm which makes his book readable, but which occasionally lands him in absurdities....

in sympathy with his subject, and does it justice. Mr.

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Tomson thinks that too much has been made of Millet's miseries, and points out that he lived his own life and painted exactly what he liked best. There is, no doubt, truth in...

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WINTER INDIA.

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Winter India. By Eliza Ruhama Scidmore. (T. Fisher Unwin. 10s. 6d. net.)—The author of Winter India insists again and again on the immensity of the area, the diversity of races,...

The bound volumes of the Art Journal (Virtue and Co.,

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215.) and of the Magazine of Art (Cassell and Co., 215.) make us realise how greatly the student of art is indebted to modern methods of illustration. Now the art of the past...

M. Michel's standard work on Rembrandt is now issued in

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a third edition (W. Heinemann, 21s. net). The translation of Miss Simmonds is edited by Mr. F. Wedmore, who has incorporated in it M. Michers latest corrections, together with a...

AN AMERICAN ON MODERN SCIENCE.

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New Conceptions in Science : with a Foreword on the Relations of Science and Progress. By Carl Snyder. (Harper and Brothers. 6s.)—Interesting as this book is, it exhibits an...

The Art of James McNeill Whistler. By T. R. Way

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and G. R. Dennis. (G. Bell and Sons. 10s. 6d. net.)—This is a pleasantly written appreciation which does not claim in any way to be a final study of the master. The...

In the "Collectors' Library" Mr. J. M. Bulloch writes of

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The Art of Extra Illustration (Treherne and Co., 2s. 6d.) The title does not at once suggest the subject, which is really the "grangerising " of books. Mr. Bulloch points out...

The Durbar. By Mortimer Menpes. (A. and C. Black. 20s.

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net.)—Whatever our views may be regarding the three-colour process, there is no denying that Mr. Menpes succeeds with it better than other people. Ho makes his drawings with a...

To the "British Masters Series" (G. Bell and Sons, 75.

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6d.) Lord Ronald Gower has contributed a volume on Gainsborough ; and for the "Makers of British Art" (The Walter Scott Publish- ing Company, 3s. 6d.) Lord Windsor has written...

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HUMANISM.

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Humanism : Philosophical Essays. By F. C. S. Schiller. (Mac- millan and Co. 8s. 6d.)—There is a refreshing vigour about this book, as might be expected from a writer who, in...

THE FIRST OF EMPIRES.

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The First of Empires. By W. St. Chad Boscawen. (Harper and Brothers. 10s. 6d.)—This is an admirable, painstaking, and enthusiastic handbook of the "latest research" into that...

THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF WILLIAM SIMPSON, R.I.

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The Autobiography of William Simpson, R.I. (T. Fisher Unwin. 21s. net.)—It is now so long since the late William Simpson was actively engaged as a special artist that his name...

TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN.

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An Epoch in Irish History : Trinity College, Dublin, its Founda- tion and Early Fortunes, 1591-1660. By John Pentland Mahaffy, D.D. (T. Fisher Unwin. 16s.)—The industry and...

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AN AMERICAN ASTRONOMER'S EXPERIENCES.

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Reminiscences of an Astronomer. By Simon Newcomb. (Harper and Brothers. 10s. 6d.)—This is as delightfully natural and readable a book of the autobiographical kind as has...

PROVERB LORE.

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Proverb Lore. By F. E. Hulrue, F.S.A. (Elliot Stock. is. ffd. net.)—Fuller defined a proverb as "much matter decocted into a few words," and it would be hard to find a better...

LI HUNG-CHANG.

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Li Hung - Chang : his Life and Times. By Mrs. Archibald Little. (Cassell and Co. 15s.)—How little we English understand the Chinese ! This is the one strong conviction that...

HORTUS VITAE.

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Hortus Vttae : Essays on the Gardening of Life. By Vernon Lee. (John Lane. 3s. 6d.)—All who are familiar with the previous discursive writing of "Vernon Lee" know what to...

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THE ENGLISH HEROIC PLAY.

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The English Heroic Play. By L. N. Chase. (Macmillan and Co. 8s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Chase only deals in this work with the typical heroic play of the latter half of the seventeenth...

PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS OF THOMAS A BEMPIS.

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Thomas (I Kompis's Prayers and Meditations on the Life of Christ. Translated from the text of the edition of Michael Joseph Pohl by W. Duthoit. (Began Paul, Trench, and Co....

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS.

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The Natural History of Animals : the Animal Life of the World in its Various Aspects and Relations. By J. R. Ainsworth Davis, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge, Professor in the...

SOME INDIAN FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES.

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Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances. By Lieut.-Colonel D. D. Cunningham, C.I.E., F.R.S. (John Murray. 12s.)--An Indian garden differs so widely from an English one that an...

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EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY ESSAYS ON SHAKESPEARE.

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Eighteenth - Century Essays on Shakespeare. Edited by D. Nichol Smith. (J. illacLehose and Sons. 7s. 6d.)—In these days we have learnt the wisdom of going to sources in literary...

MEMORIALS OF OLD OXFORDSHIRE.

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• Memorials of Old Oxfordshire. Edited by P. H. Ditchfield, M.A. (Bemrose and Sons. 15s.)—This beautiful book contains an exhaustive history of "the wondrous Oxford with its...

ITALIAN TRAVEL IN 1580-1900.

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The Book of Italian Travel, 1580 - 1900. By H. Neville Maugham. With 4 Illustrations in Photogravure by Hedley Fitton. (Grant Richards. 109. 6d. net.)—This is a delightful book,...

LITERARY ETIQUETTE.

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Literary Etiquette. By Victor G. Plarr, MA. Oxon., Librarian of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. (Adlard and Son.)—This happily inspired little book purports to be a...

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THE PRIME MINISTER'S PAMPHLET.

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The Prime Minister's Pamphlet. By Julian Sturgis. (Long- mans and Co. l.)—Mr. Sturgis thinks that he may be blamed for troubling about Mr. Balfour's pamphlet, because "it is of...

Mazarin. By Arthur Hassell, M.A. "Foreign Statesmen." (Macmillan and Co.

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2s. 6d.)—In this clear and compact little Wok, which suffers une,yeidably in picturesqueness and personal • interest from the necessary condensation, Mr. Hassell takes a highly...

CLIMBS AND EXPLORATIONS IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES.

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Climbs and Explorations in the Canadian Rockies. By H. E. II. Stutfield and J. Norman Collie, F.R.S. (Longmans and Co. 12s. 6d.)—The fascination of the scenery of the Canadian...

A PARAPHRASE OF NEW TESTAMENT EPISODES.

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The Kinsfolk and Friends of Jesus. By R. C. Gillie, M.A. (Adam and Charles Black. 6s.)—The object of this volume, as explained by the author, is "to present, in a fashion...

THE CHURCH AND THE MINISTRY IN THE EARLY CENTURIES.

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The Church and the Ministry in the Early Centuries: the Eighteenth Series of the Cunningham Lectures. By Thomas M. Lindsay, D.D., Principal of the Glasgow College of the United...

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A RIVER OF NORWAY.

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A River of Norway. By C. Thomas-Stanford. (Longmans and Co. 9s.)—Mr. Thomas-Stanford is evidently , a keen fisherman, and he describes the river Gauls, from the salmon-fisher's...

Gordon League Ballads. By "Jim's Wife" (Mrs. Clement Nugent Jackson).

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(Skeffingthn and Son. 2s. 6d.)—This is a "second series." Of the first the writer of this notice has no recollection, but he sees that it has had a decided success, reaching a...

Shakespeare's Homeland. By W. Salt Brassington. (J. M. Dent and

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Co. is. 6d. net.)—The author tells us that in these sketches he "has endeavoured to record his impressions of the couatry round Stratford-on-Avon, and to collect local...

THE COMMERCIAL RELATIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND.

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A History of the Commeroial and Financial Relations between England and Ireland from the Period of the Restoration. By Alice Effie Murray. (P. S. King. 10s. 6d.)—This...

A HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM IN ENGLAND.

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Christian Socialism in England. By Arthur V. Woodworth, Ph.D. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 2s. 6d.)—This very useful and interesting little volume traces the development of...

A HANDBOOK OF CLIMATOLOGY.

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Handbook of Climatology. By Dr. Julius Hann. Translated by R. de Courcy Ward. (Macmillan and Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—We have here that part of Dr. Hann's (of Vienna) great work which...

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The Baconian Mint. By William Willis. (Sampson Low, Marston, and

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Co. 2s. net.)—A theory has been started that the diction of the plays of Shakespeare is largely classical, that many of these words were coined, that the Stratford-on-Avon...

The Public School Hymn Book. (Novell° and Co.)—This collec- tion

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of three hundred and forty-nine hymns is the work of a Committee appointed by the Head-Masters' Conference. It would be rash to question the decision of judges whose competence...

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Losnos : Printed by Lova & MaicoirsoN (limited) at Nos.

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74-76 Great Queen Street, W.C. ; and Published by Jona Bares for the " Srscraros " (Limited) at their Office, No, 1 Wellington Street, in the Precinct of the &Toy, Strand, in...

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Europe has sustained a permanent loss through the destruc- tion

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by fire of the Turin Library. The fire, caused, it is believed, by some defect in the electric apparatus, burnt the library out in four hours in the *early morning of the 26th...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE entr'acte in the great drama of the Far East still con- tinues. It is confidently affirmed by the Daily Graphic of Friday that the draft of the Russian reply was completed...

The Continental journals seem much interested in a visit paid

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during the week by King Leopold to Berlin. The idea is that he is seeking an ally against the Powers which are pressing him to break up the cruel monopolies that are crushing...

The German Government appears determined to intensify its anti-Polish action.

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In the coarse of a debate in the Reichs- tag on finance Count von Billow on Monday admitted that the plan of expropriating Polish landowners had not suc- ceeded, but declared...

We print a letter from a correspondent who sends us

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an extract from a speech by Senor Silvela.—who has recently quitted the Parliamentary arena after a long and active career—which has not, we think, before appeared in English....

1 4 ,* The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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The position in German South-West Africa shows no signs .of

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improvement. The latest reports state that the line from the coast is cut, partly by rain and partly by the insurgents, and that Windhoek, the capital, is closely besieged by a...

Mr. Leigh Hunt, an expert agriculturist, declares in a letter

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quoted in the Times that the Soudan will furnish the finest cotton-fields in the world. There are thousands of square miles of deep alluvial soil along the ten thousand miles of...

Renter's correspondent at Johannesburg gives particulars of a petition in

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favour of Chinese labour, promoted by the Importation Association, and presented to the Legislative Council on Monday. It is stated that the petition has been signed by...

The Colonial Secretary, addressing his constituents at Leamington on Tuesday,

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claimed Kingsley, Ruskin, and Carlyle as authorities against the extreme doctrine of Free- trade. They seem to us doubtful allies to quote on behalf of a policy which would...

A somewhat unexpected development has occurred in the Tibetan affair.

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The Tibetans, probably hoping for Russian protection from a distance, have refused to pay even their usual nominal respect to Chinese advice. They have marked their disregard...

London had a tragic sensation on Tuesday. Mr. Justice Bigham

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summed up the case of Whitaker Wright, in which he showed clearly, in spite of the opinions of the Attorney-General and Mr. Balfour as expressed in Parliament, that if the facts...

It is stated, apparently with full authority, that the Oppo-

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sition intend to move three amendments to the Address,—one upon fiscal reform, one upon the mismanagement of the late war, and one condemning the education policy of the Govern-...

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We regret to note the death of Dr. Salmon, the

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venerable Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, who passed away on Friday week in his eighty-fifth year. Though he was a staunch Unionist and an inflexible opponent of Papal...

Polling in the Ayr Burghs, to fill the vacancy caused

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by the death of Mr. Orr-Ewing (Unionist), is in progress as we go to press. We may note, however, as a significant and humorous feature of the contest that the Conservative...

Lord Hugh Cecil made a most excellent speech at Worcester

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on Wednesday at a meeting held under the auspices of the local Chambers of Commerce. Retorting on those who con- demned the Unionist Free-traders for breaking up the party, Lord...

Lord Goschen was the chief speaker at a meeting organised

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by the Anti-Protection Society at Halifax on Thursday. The House of Commons, said Lord Goschen, was the proper place for this great issue to be fought out, but the House of...

The London County Council on Tuesday adopted the draft scheme

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submitted by the General Purposes Committee for the administration of the London Education Act. This scheme, already forecasted in the speech of Mr. McKinnon Wood last month,...

Speaking at Glasgow on Wednesday, Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman analysed

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with great clearness the change in Mr. Chamberlain's attitude since the campaign began. The first proposal was a scheme of Imperial union, in which Protection was an incidental...

Bank Rate, 4 per cent.

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Consols (2i per cent.) were on Friday 88.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE COMING SESSION. W E trust that the Liberal leaders will adhere firmly to their resolve to raise the question of "fiscal reform" by an amendment on the Address. They have...

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MR. WHITAKER WRIGHT.

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H AD the conclusion of the Whitaker Wright case been what it was at first supposed to be, it would have been altogether outside the run of similar trials. From the opening of...

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T HE dreams of men of science are always interesting, especially

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to Englishmen, who love dreams, but insist that they shall have some sort of apparent con- nection with facts. They will accept insufficient evidence, as they are now doing...

THE SITUATION IN AUSTRALIA.

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W E hope that the results of the Commonwealth elections are being studied in England, for it is most essential that we should follow intelligently the course of Colonial...

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THE PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE BRITISH RACE.

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T HE uneasiness prevalent in the public mind during. the past few months with regard to the strongly alleged physical deterioration of our race has doubtless been quickened by...

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O NLY the most cynical of journalists could believe that the

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result of the "treasure-hunt" instituted by a weekly newspaper could have been foreseen by its originators. To try to further business ends by attracting, or rather compelling,...

J 'r is rarely that we find after-dinner oratory rising to

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so high a level as it did at the dinner recently given in Edinburgh to the retiring Professor of Greek. The Prime Minister, who was in the chair, made an admirable speech, in...

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WOODCOCKS NEAR THE SEA.

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THE Duke of Northumberland has for some years caused the keepers on his Alnwick estates to affix rings, with a small plate on which the date is inscribed, to any young...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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LIBERALS AND FREE-TRADE UNIONISTS. [To TM/ EDITOR OF THE "SP2CTATOR.1 Sin,—The results of the recent elections, eminently satis-- factory though they must be to the Free-trader...

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[INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF TDB "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Mr. Alfred Lyttelton in a recent speech is reported by the Times of January 27th as having said that it was amazing that "people who...

"IMPERIAL THINKING."

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• "TER EDITOR OH THE' "SPECTATOR."] Sza,—Nr. Chamberlain asked his Guildhall audience to .refer tteMlue-book, p.234. The object of this.reference.w.as to show that there had...

SESOR SILVELA.

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. [To THE EDITOR OF TER "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The recent utterance of the en - Prime Minister of Spain, Don Francisco Silvela, who, in the_ course of an interview with the...

of the importation of Chinese labour to the mines bears

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a striking . resemblance to other petitions got up in the Transvaal. The methods which are being_ adopted by the mining authorities in the Transvaal to obtain signatures for...

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THE EURASIANS OF INDIA.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, — In his recently published letter to Baron Kaneko the late Mr. Herbert Spencer adduces the Eurasians in India as one of three...

[To THE EDITOR. OP THE "SPECTATOR."]

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SIR, — Not all the remarks on Magdalene College in the Spectator of January 23rd are justified by facts. The College was an unendowed offshoot of Croyland Abbey, and at the...

THE APPANAGE OF AUDLEY END.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOP.." SIR,—The article on The Appanage of Audley End" in the Spectator of January 23rd is likely to give pain to those who knew the late Lord...

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THE MORALS OF THE POTTERIES. [To THE EDITOR OP THE

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"SPECTATOR."] SIR, —Your correspondent "E. S. H." in the Spectator of January 23rd has fallen into a somewhat common error in speaking of the Potteries as the "Black Country."...

LTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.1

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Sin,—I am afraid that your correspondent "E. D." and his friend "the Commodore" are at sea and out of their reckon- ing in regard to the incidents touched upon in the letter...

SIR,—As a reader and admirer of the Spectator for some

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fourteen years, I feel constrained to ask you to allow me a few comments on your article on the above subject in the issue of January 23rd. It is hard to defend an anomaly in...

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MUSI C.

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STATE-SUBSIDISED OPERA. THE recently issued Parliamentary White-paper containing information as to the financial support furnished by the State to music and the drama in...

THE LATE HERBERT SPENCER'S BIOGRAPHY.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Having been entrusted by the late Mr. Herbert Spencer with the writing of his biography, I shall be greatly obliged to persons who may...

POETRY.

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AFRICA. SHE stands, with dusky head downbent, And gloomy eyes that spell despair, She who is old—yet young of face,— She to whom fell the dark disgrace, Cain's evil brood to...

MONTALEMBERT AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Si,—fn "Leaves from the Diary of Henry Greville " (brother of the author of "The Greville Memoirs ") is to be found the following entry,...

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BOOKS.

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WALPOLE'S LETTERS.* THESE four handsome volumes form the first instalment of what will be when completed a very notable work, character- istic of and creditable to our age....

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SIR HUDSON LOWE.*

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Mn. SEATON should have won the thanks due to all those who essay an ungrateful task. It is hard for truth and justice to fight against a legend. Napoleon was so great a man that...

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Mn. SMITH may be congratulated on a very interesting and

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valuable little book. He has not attempted, what indeed is a well-nigh impossible task, to deduce from the history of the Tory party in Britain a logical and consistent creed,...

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Deal in Wheat, and other Stories. By Frank Norris. (Grant

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Richards. 6s.)—The late Mr. Norris described his book as being a collection of stories "of the New and Old West." The stories certainly deserve the American adjective "bright,"...

EDEN PHILLPOTTB has given 118 in The American Prisoner, if

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not a perfect work of art, at least a very exciting and interesting story, rendered additionally attractive by its scenery, setting, and mode of presentation generally. Let us...

hoods. Mr. Sykes is anxious, it would seem, to show

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us, not exactly the squalor, for the word would not be appropriate, but the meanness of the life of the wealthy. His hero is a young Peer, the son of an ennobled millionaire. He...

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We gladly acknowledge the seasonable appearance of• a new map

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of the Far Eastern region, upon which the public attention is now fixed. This is Stanford's Map of Eastern China, Japan, and Korea (3s. & 5s.) It clearly illustrates the...

The Life and Public Services of Simon Sterne. By John

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Foord. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—Mr. Simon Sterne was a conspicuous example of a maxim, true of every civilised country, but specially true of the United States, that many of the...

The Baronet in Corduroy. By Albert Lee. (Grant Richards. Gs.)—This

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story is told by a humble friend of the heroine, the scene being laid in the early days of the eighteenth century. It is, indeed, in the Sacheverell riots that the heroine makes...

Railways. By E. R. McDermott. (Methuen and Co. 2s. 61.

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net.)—Mr. McDermott writes on a subject with which he is thoroughly well acquainted, and gives us in this volume, which is one of the "Books on Business" Series, information on...

Borlase and Son. By T. Baron Russell. (John Lane. Os.)—

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The business novel is no longer a new departure in fiction, but it is only lately that the business of a retail shop, as distinguished from the business of "stocks and shares,"...

The Stronger Claim. By Alice Perrin. (Eveleigh Nash. 6s.) —Mrs.

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Perrin takes as the theme of her story the effect of going back to India on a boy of Eurasian birth who has been brought up at an English publib school, and who is in ignorance...

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The Shipbuilding Industry of Germany, Compiled and Edited by G.

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Lehmatua-Felskowski (Crosby Lockwood and Son, 10s. 6d. net), gives us a detailed account of a subject which, important always, has gained new prominence from the discussion of...

New EDITIONS AND REFSINTS.-The Tariff Problem. By W. S. Ashley.

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(P. S. King and Son. 3s. 6d. net.)-Professor Ashley has added to this new edition a chapter in which he deals with the carrying trade of this country, and our position as an...

The Poems of Charles Wolfe. With Introductory Memoir by C.

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Litton Falkiner. (A. H. Bullen. 3s. 6d. net.)-Wolfe was certainly a man unites poematis. Mr. Falkiner has collected here the few verses that he wrote, possibly a thousand in...

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We have received a new edition of The Guide to

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South Africa, bringing up to date the information about the Cape Colony, Natal, the newly acquired Colonies, &c. It is described as "for the use of Tourists, Sportsmen, and...

The Life of Robert Burns. By T. F. Henderson. (Methuen

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and Co. 35. 6d.)-Mr. Henderson has done his work well. He is a judicious and candid biographer, who regards his subject with sympathy, but looks at facts quite straightly, and...

Repoli°, Past and Present. By P. I. A. (G. Philip

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and Son. 2s. 6d. net.)-Rapallo is in the Eastern Riviera, and seems to be rising in favour as a winter resort. Here we are told as much as we need to know about its history, its...

Emerson's Thoughts (Gay and Bird, 2s. net) is rightly called

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"A Treasury of Wisdom." It is needless to recommend it. Sometimes one loses one's way in Emerson ; but we certainly come from time to time on guide-posts which give us very...

A Queen of Tears. By W. H. Wilkins, M.A., 2

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vols. (Longmans and Co. 36s.)--It seems an ungracious thing to ask, when a bit of work has been well done, whether it was worth doing. Yet this is the question which forces...

We are glad to 'see another annual volume (the thirty-ninth)

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of the Antiquary (Elliot Stock, 7s. 6d.) When so many topics of widely varied interest are treated, it is difficult to select any for notice. We may say, however, that Mr. B....

Bishop Butler : an Appreciation, with the Best Passages. By

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Alexander Whyte, D.D. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier. 35. 6d.) -It is a sign of the times that Butler is now presented to us in "elegant extracts," and that his appreciators...