GEORGE ORABBE.* Dunnsrn the last quarter of a century there has been a steady revival of interest in the works of George Crabbe. George Crabbe held a narrow, though a charming,...

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first volumes dealing with the different counties of England in the admirable "Victoria" series is most creditable to the geologists, naturalists, and antiquarians of England....

ENGLAND stands alone among the countries of Europe in the number, variety, and beauty of the great houses which she possesses, and the study of their history and care for their...

WHY go back, it might be asked, to these century-old stories—the first portion of the tales appeared in 1794—when there are so many competitors of the newest style and fashion...

LONDON FOR CHILDREN.* IT has been often said, and with much truth, that there is no city in the world which less moves the emotion of local pride in its inhabitants than does...

Son. 3s. 6d.)—Maudie Belloc is a heroine of the Pacific, and youthful readers will find a pleasant change in trying to realise the conditions of a settler's life in Vancouver...

and Sons. 3s. 6d.)—Mr. Whistler has chosen for his subject a time about which very little has been written. The King is Stephen ; the Empress is Matilda. His tale, then, has a...

Sons. 5s.)—The scene of Mrs. Clarke's tale is laid in the West Country at the time of the landing of William of Orange. Her hero, a certain Gilbert Lane, relates his adventures...

pathetic idea is embodied in this charming story—an idea such as Mrs. Oliphant would have loved—and it furnishes a con- venient plot on which to hang a subsidiary romance. A...

Chambers. 3s. 6d.)—Little Peter Rankin thinks that he will go on pilgrimage, and starts accordingly. London does well enough for the City of Destruction; but he finds it...

Bon. Gs.) — In this story Mr. Ernest Glanville takes two boys to the great Congo Forest, with an older man as head of the expedition. It is a great stroke of luck that two such...

The moral of this story is that "pride goes before a fall," and it must be admitted that Edith Everard points it very well. She is a very admirable character in some respects,...

—"A Hundred Years Ago" is added on the title-page. A hundred years bring us back to the time when Hannah More and her sister were a centre of good and gracious influence in...

5s.)—Lovejoy Young, daughter of Master Aurelius Howard, Doctor of Music, begins by telling us how she came to be married to her husband, Master Gabriel Young. As he is taking...

—Bundy is one of the numerous tribe of "Alice in Wonderland," and a very good specimen. No Cyclic poet came up to Homer— some people will have it that Homer was nothing more...

R. Chambers. 5s.)—Mr. Manville Fenn knows boys and the way they talk to each other, and in this story revels in all the retorts and challenges and inconsistencies that a...

Herbert Strang. (Blackie and Son. 5s.)—The hero of this Congo romance hears that his uncle is to command a punitive expedition in Central Africa, and incontinently throws up his...

6s.)—Lisle Bullen, the son of an officer in an Indian regiment, finds himself an orphan, after a skirmish in which his father is mortally wounded. Rather than go to England, he...

and Son. 6s.)—The story of the relief of the Legations still possesses a great interest, and this, the last of those carefully thought out campaigning adventures which we...

Martin. (Hodder and Stoughton. 55.)—This is a most amusing book; but is it, ought it to be, meant for children ? We are introduced to Emmy Lou—at full length, Emily Louise...

Co. 3s. 6d.)—This is a very good story of its kind. Brian's father is killed by a Kaffir who runs "amok" after being cruelly beaten by a Boer farmer. The child grows up first in...

Brereton. (Mackie and Son. 5s.)—The hero of these Somaliland adventures is working for his commission at school when the news reaches him of his father having been wrecked off...

(Blackie and Son. 6s.)—The young de Courcys, sons of a French father and an English mother, pay a visit to their grandfather's chateau in La Vendee in time to take part in the...

2s.)—This is a short, brisk story. Antony is sent by one villain who poses as an honezt lawyer to another who plays the part of a respectable mercer. The perils that he...

6d.)—We may regard this as a gift-book for older children; boys and girls would scarcely be interested in the story of a man who, on the eve of ordination, has doubts on the...

—Alison Byrne, a very bookish girl, with a certain contempt for dress and the convenances generally, goes to stay in her father's absence—he is sent to Korea on a scientific...

Brothers. 29. net.)—We have a very graphic picture of Esquimaux ways in Labrador, of the energetic efforts that have been made to help the people and to raise them a little in...

Co. 6s.)—Chris Cunningham serves under Nelson, and for most boys that is a very good introduction. But Chris, who goes in through the hawse-hole, takes some part in stirring...

Son. 6s.) —Mr. Settle does not pretend to tell the story of the British Army. That would be a very big task. But he has put together some very interesting chapters on the...

A SHORT HISTORY OF ANCIENT PEOPLES. A Short History of Ancient Peoples. By Robinson Souttar, M.A., D.C.L. With an Introduction by the Rev. A. H. Sayce, M.A., D.D., Professor of...

S. Baring-Gould. (Skeffington and Son. 5s.)—This is a book of wonderful experiences among lions, gorillas, cannibals, pythons, and other formidable creatures. The tales written...

A. H. Buckland.—Mrs. Barberry's General Shop. By Roger Ashton. (Methuen and Co. 2s. 6d. each.)—These two story- books for boys and girls appear in Messrs. Methuen's pleasant and...

and Son. 3s. 6d.)—Strong colour and grotesque sensationalism are characteristics also of the nursery- book called Turvy - Topsy. And the title expresses the leit- motif....

Williams. With 65 Full-page Illustrations. (Cassell and Co. 12s. 6d.)—This is a sumptuous volume, liberally illustrated with beautiful photogravures of architecture, scenery,...

John Hassall. (Routledge and Sons. 6s.)—Absurd Ditties is a book sufficiently described by its title. It consists of comic verses satirising the humours of the day. And we...

L. D. L. (Longmans and Co. 6s.)—" L. D. L." shows him- self a clever draughtsman and colourist in this Christmas edition of the romance of Dick Turpin. But in spite of the...

A Handbook to Political Questions of the Day and the Arguments on Either Side. With an Introduction. By Sydney Buxton, M.P. Eleventh Edition. (John Murray. 12s. net.)—In the...

The History of Liquor Licensing in England, Principally from 1700 to 1830. By Sidney and Beatrice Webb. (Longmans and Co. 2s. 6d. net.)—Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Webb by the publi-...

A Shetland Minister of the Eighteenth Century. By Rev. John Wilcock. (The Leonards, Kirkwall.)—This is a well-looking volume, though we did not know that there were publishers...

Hughes. 28. 6d. net.)—Mr. Scott, after a variety of travel ex- periences, went on an ivory-trading expedition to King Lewanika. The letters during this time (1894-95) occupy the...

The Personality of Emerson. By F. B. Sanborn. (Charles E. Goodspeed, Boston, U.S. 20s.)—This volume is full of good matter, a record of experiences among surroundings such as...

The Aeneid of Virgil, I.-VI. Translated into Blank Verse by H. S. Wright, B.A. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co. 6s.)—We cannot honestly say that Mr. Wright's translation is a...

History of French Versification. By L. E. Ka,stner, M.A. (The Clarendon Press. 5s. 6d. net.)—This is a very elaborate, it would scarcely be too much to say an exhaustive, study...

Portraitures of Julius Caesar. By Frank J. Scott. (Longmans and Co. 21s. net.)—Mr. Scott has searched the civilised world- st. eh part of it at least as seemed likely to offer...

Three Rolling Stones in Japan. By Gilbert Watson. (E. Arnold. 12s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Watson has evidently felt the charm and faseina- tion of the Japanese character, and, what is...

—Mr. Fes, reprints the five " Boscobel Tracts,"—i.e., "The King's Narrative," " Blount's Boscobel," " Whitgreave's Narrative," " Ellesdon's Letter" (addressed to Lord...

Jaakoff Prelooker. (Simpkia, Marshall, and Co. 4s. net.)—This is a story, in which the proportion of fiction is probably small, describing the New Israelite movement and its...

net.)—Chester is one of the most picturesque, and also one of the most ancient, dwelling places in England. There are many "cheaters" in England; but this is the Chester, the...

Co. 12s. 6d. net.)—Nagpore, in the Central Provinces, has been administered by British rulers for about a century and quarter. A somewhat haphazard system brought about a •...

Constable and Co. 21s. net.)—Mr. Hill need hardly apologise for popularising a subject which is specially his own. Popularisa- tion is objectionable only when it is not founded...

Visit to the Russians in Central Asia." (T. Fisher truwin. 2s. 6d. net.) —This sketch of the history of Finland appears opportunely. Alexander I. (March, 1889, is a misprint for...

6s.)—Mr. Vane tells us in this volume his experiences as a miner in South Africa. They seem to have been not a little diversified; but he is much more communicative about his...

and Co. 6s. net.)—Mr. Rhodes calls his volume "a pleasure-book," possibly to exclude the more serious subjects with which Grindelwald has been connected, for it has been the...

and Sons. is. 9d.)—This is the fourth part of an excellent series entitled "The Story of the World," and intended for the" Children of the British Empire." It takes in some...

6s. net.) —Mr. Furneaux deals with his subject in a businesslike manner. After some preliminary remarks on the field of operations, he proceeds to describe the methods which the...

Co. 3s. 6d.)—Mr. Meyer deals with many matters of daily life,— the care of children, duty to servants, Sunday observance, trade morals, personal habits, and so forth. He is...

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Macedonian Relief Fund a despatch, with a covering letter from the British Ambassador at Constantinople, from Mr. R. W. Graves, the Consul-General at Salonica. The despatch,...

that Germany is not finding her colonies a less expensive luxury than before. The expenditure for 1904 is estimated at 38,000,000 marks, and the receipts at 11,000,000 marks,...

on Wednesday, show that the finances of Germany are in a far from satisfactory condition. Receipts and expen- diture are balanced at a little over 2123,000,000, which indi-...

ITIHE latest news from the Far East is by no means re- assuring. It may be that some agreement will be reached before the Japanese Diet meets, and undoubtedly the whole weight...

submit ex-Captain Dreyfus's demand for a fresh inquiry to the Commission of Revision, a body composed of three officials of the Ministry of Justice and three Judges of the Court...

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Liberal Association at Newport on Monday. After declaring that what was wanted above all was a clear exposition of the actual policy of the Government, and that a speedy appeal...

a speech at Johannesburg on Monday which should have a good effect in allaying the uneasiness which is felt both in this country and in South Africa about Transvaal affairs. He...

published on the 27th ult., and was summarised in last Saturday's papers. The findings are as follows :—(1) There is sufficient labour in Central and Southern Africa for present...

apology for the want of preparation for the war. We may say here, however, that though we have a certain sympathy with what Mr. Balfour has to say as to the military...

introduced by Mr. John Hay on Wednesday to President Roosevelt. Sir Mortimer Durand in the course of his address mentioned that the King bad directed him to assure the...

November 27th, Mr. Balfour made a speech from which the fiscal controversy was entirely banished. Instead, Mr. Balfour dealt with the problem of Army reform. The main point of...

cannot believe that in the end white labour will prove dear labour in South Africa any more than in other temperate Colonies. Meantime we note that the Chinese Government has...

agree- able manner the scientific comity of nations. It appears from the interesting speech delivered by M. Curie at the banquet of the Royal Society on Monday that he and his...

letter from Mr. Brailsford, Chairman of the Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal Company—whom he described as "one of our greatest experts "—describing the desperate condition of the...

purchased the two battleships which were under construction at Elswick and Barrow for the Chilian Government at an inclusive cost of 21,875,000. One of them, the Libertad,' is...

of which seventeen years ago he was the principal founder. He spoke of the admirable work that was being done in the publication of records which cast fresh light on the social...

on the new fiscal policy by Mr. J. C. Walsh, who visited this country last summer on behalf of the Montreal Herald, went the round of the chief industrial centres, and...

have brought the properties orradium into prominence. We discuss elsewhere Sir William Ramsay's interesting specula- tions on the transmutation of metals, but we may here call...

on Friday 89.

RUSSIA AND JAPAN. A S we write on Friday the air is thick with conflicting -O.. rumours in regard to the situation in the Far East. According to one set, Japanese opinion is...

MR. BALFOUR'S apologia in regard to the strictures 11'1. passed upon the conduct of military affairs by the Government is remarkable for many things, but for nothing so much as...

Parliamentary delegates to Paris is the latest in a series of events which testify to the growing desire of Britain and France to see their peoples living in friendship. The...

of social progress are due to Lord Grey upon the facts pre- sented by his letter in Monday's Times on the growth of the Public-House Trust movement. With the modesty .which is...

I T is a very common error to suppose that Free-traders think that English trade is in so satisfactory a state that it is needless, if not impossible, to dream of making im-...

MID fiscal controversies and speculations on the future of this or that nation or civilisation, a question has arisen which concerns the future of all civilisations. At the...

T HESE are days in which dangers of an extremely op- pressive nature are suddenly discovered to be lurking in the most unexpected quarters. It was only last year, for the first...

T HE flight of birds still gives true auguries, both of storm and sunshine. They alone can almost outstrip the wind; and if they cannot outily the onward march of frost, they...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."" SIR,—Your appeal to the clergy of the Church of England on "the question of the hour" (Spectator, November 21st) seems to me weak, because I...

THE JAPANESE NAVY. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' SIR,—In my last letter I dealt with the Japanese Army, and with your permission would like to lay certain facts before...

J should think that your correspondent "F. B. E.," in the Spectator of November 21st, would find the phrase "bag and baggage" even earlier than the time of" Tristram Shandy."...

"sewn:roe:] STR,—I returned on Tuesday, November 17th, from Macedonia, and perhaps the conclusions of a mere traveller may be of some service to your readers. The Christian...

[To TRY EDITOR OD THE `• SPECTATOR...] SIR,—In common with all who care that Britain's name for justice to the heroic memory of a loyal black man in South Africa should not be...

in the Spectator of November 21st respecting Mr. Gladstone's voice reminds me of thirty - five years ago. The following is copied from my diary of January 14th, 1868 :— " On...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Is not the most effective answer to Mr. Chamberlain's Welsh speeches to be found in an article in the November Nine- teenth Century from...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE SPECTATOR."] Six,—Your comment on Mr. Chamberlain (issue of Novem- ber 7th) illustrates strikingly the logical conclusion of Pro- tection as we know it...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—It is, I think, fair to Mr. W. Harbutt Dawson to say that the figures relating to food consumption among German workers quoted by Lord...

LTD THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In the Spectator of November 21st you publish a letter from Mr. Harold Cox which contains an extract out of one received by him from a...

[To THE EDITOR OF TUB "SPECTATOR." Sra,—In your review of Gregorovius's " Tombs of the Popes" in the Spectator of November 28th you say that it is a marvel that nothing...

[To THE EDITOR Of THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIE,—I was pleased to see your article, "'Open-Air Treat- ment' for Animals," in the Spectator of October 31st, especially as regarding the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." _I SIR,—The following passage, taken from Thackeray's "Four Georges," is of interest as illustrating the difficulties that attend State...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In the Spectator of November 28th you complimented me by noticing and amplifying an article I had contributed to the Daily Chronicle...

ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON ETONA DISCEDENTI. FareNn, "he shall reign who wonders," is it so P Then you have made us kings, who thrilled to hear Your golden legends, as you...

FANNY B1JRNEY.* THE author of Evelina has, ever since the publication of her first book, enjoyed a reputation not wholly justified by her literary merit. She is of those who...

rTO TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPEOTATOR."J Sra,—When a boy, living on the borders of Shropshire and Montgomeryshire, I was well acquainted with a man who had for several years worked...

use two or three sentences which appear in Mr. Buchan's introduction in order to define the peculiar " note" of this book. " Yet 'even in the stress of work," says Mr. Buchan, "...

THE reader will not, we think, miss much if he passes quickly over the greater part of Sir Francis Burnand's first volume. The musical and dramatic recollections of his early...

Tiers very valuable series of studies—to which for the pur- poses of review we have added Mr. John Burns's excellent pamphlet entitled Labour and Free Trade — is worthy of the...

PERHAPS the most significant feature in the new Nineteenth Century is the conspicuous absence of all articles on the fiscal controversy, and no doubt many readers will welcome...

5s.)--Mr. Pett Ridge will not think it a disparagement when we say that these very amusing sketches remind as of Mr. Anstey's " Voces Popnli." There is no imitation; the form...

stories, The Little People, by L. Allen Harker (John Lane, 5s.) If we had to make a choice, we should put at the head "Williams," where tho deaf old gardener, apparently at...

[Under this heading we notice ouch Books of the week as Imes not been reserved for review in ether form.] Slipper's A.B.C. of Fox - Hunting. By E. (E. Somerville, M.P.H....

ODD CRAFT.* WHILE the majority of his contemporaries, either out of defer- ence to a perverse fashion or through indulgence in a natural bent, consecrate their talents to the...

is difficult to decide which is the most charming among these charming stories. The scene of them all is laid in Old Chester in New England. Dr. Lavender is the minister and...

is a very interesting person indeed, though the admiration with which we regard her is mingled with a certain incredulity. And she is supported as a protagonist in Miss...

collection of papers is characteristic of Mr. Eullen's best work. There are some very vigorous descriptions of various things in the natural history of the sea. ; one of them,...

'Chaplet of Lore - Poems. By Ethel M. de Fonblanque (Mrs. A. Harter). (J. and E. Bumpus.) — Old Falmouth. By S. E. Gay. (Headley Brothers. 7s. 6d. net.)

3s. 6d. net.)—We are glad to see these essays, which were first given to the world in periodicals of repute, now republished in a more permanent shape. " Arcadia " is really...