who are much too apt to forget what a terrible drag soaring rates are upon industry. Talk about the need of national economy is widespread and popular enough, but there are...

was obviously designed to assert the rights of Italy, recalls the famous visit of the German Emperor to Tangier when he tried to put his spoke into Anglo- French policy. True,...

London, W.C. 2.—A Subscription to the SPECTATOR costs Thirty Shillings per annum, including postage, to any part of the world. The SPECTATOR is registered as a Newspaper. The...

T HE very considerable gains by the Socialists in the Borough Elections were, on the whole, expected, for the Socialist attack had been long and persistent ; but the warning is...

have gradually become more and more political. The okl idea that municipal representatives were simply the trustees of the ratepayers' money, and must be strictly guided by...

harder than ever before, but we suspect they did not begin soon enough or work quite hard enough. Here is the opportunity for the young men and women who are being earnestly...

Thompson, the Mayor of Chicago, is not to be allowed to make a public bonfire of British books in the Chicago Library. All decent Americans—who deserve and have our...

very real things and it is quite possible that the Russian delegates may be impressed and finally con- strained by them. Nothing better could possibly happen than that Russia...

consider exactly what obligations they would be willing to accept if the responsibility Was theirs. His own feeling was that we had accepted as many obligations at present as we...

Wednesday might profitably be read in parallel columns with Sir Austen Chamberlain's speech. Lord Cecil points out that he has never advocated the reduction of our Navy...

expected, of most of the exciting rumours of the past fortnight. It is quite true that M. Manoilescu, a former Under-Secretary of State, was arrested on the frontier for...

the League is the decision of Russia to take part in the meetings of the Preparatory Committee on Dis- armament. This may mean the opening of a new era of hope or it may...

guarding one of the gateways of the Middle Sea ? As matters stand the Italian Government does not recognize the international status of Tangier. Now that she has made her...

guest at luncheon of the Aldwych Club, spoke very hopefully of the League of Nations. He said that there was now a general readiness to bring into the light of day such delicate...

a striking letter about the coming revision of the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms in India. The Com- mission which is to inquire into the working of the Reforms must be appointed in...

Friday, October 28th, and caused the loss of at least nineteen ships in or near the British seas and several deaths on land. In the north-west of England coast-towns, notably...

nation. During his life-time he bought Ken Wood House for the public, but no one foresaw that when it became a picture gallery it would start its new life with such a glorious...

by the Chancellor of the Exchequer and laid before him the resolution of the Club in favour of the Totalisator. We have written upon this subject else- where, but may note here...

Sir Alfred Mond on " Co-operation in Industry " which we publish this week. It is gratifying to us to learn from so efficient a master of industry as Sir Alfred Mond that the...

said to be that by his invective against Great Britain he conciliates all the other racial groups, of which there are many in Chicago. Yet even that . does not seem to be an...

the decision. They can help enormously, however, in the work of the Commission. The Maharajah of Burdwan says that Indians must be appointed to the Commission itself. The...

on April 21st, 1927. War Loan (5 per cent.) was on Wednesday 1001 ; on Wednesday week 100 / 4 ; a year ago 99i. Funding Loan (4 per cent.) was on Wednesday 85; ; on Wednesday...

I T is a great pity that Mr. Snowden, Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government, was absent from the recent Conference of the Labour Party. If he had been there he...

the Jockey Club are two events of the week which point to the necessity of overhauling the whole business of betting and the laws which govern it. The English . laws about...

[We would call attention to Mr. Townroe's interesting suggestion of a Joint Committee composed of a Local Authority and a private Housing Society to tackle the question of our...

[We would draw the attention of all employers of labour to the suggestions which Sir Alfred Mond makes in this article, and which he has already carried into effect in his own...

A DACHSHUND, stepping daintily behind some prosperous Prussian, is not as common a sight as it was in pre-War Germany, but these sleek symbols of good order may still be seen....

(Lieut. J. P. Muller is the author of My System, which has had a great circulation, and brought new health and strength to people all over the world.—En. Spectator.) M Y opinion...

A RE these Schools' of Journalism really a service, or are they a nuisance, to the harassed and overburdened' editors of modern newspapers ? Can journalism be taught at all ? It...

T O those who love travel, there is a singular fascination in a map. To look at a map inspires the true wanderer with a desire to set forth on some quest, and if it is properly...

r- HOME CHAT." BY NOEL COWARD. AT THE DUKE OF YORK'S THEATRE. " THE KINGDOM OF GOD." BY G. MARTINEZ SIERRA. AT THE STRAND THEATRE.] SOME of Mr. Noel Coward's dramatic ideas...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—The keynote to Barcelona is found in the up-to-date electric railway, whose steel cars speed day and night between the suburbs and the...

A LETTER FROM BUDAPEST. IT° the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIB, —The air was so clear that the hills round Buda opposite me give one the idea of having moved forward as though to...

The Optional Protocol [Lord Phillimore's eminent qualifications as a jurist need no comment, but we may remind our readers that he %%as Chairman of the Foreign Office Committee...

DERELICT ACRES. Oxfordshire must be added to other counties where land is being allowed -to relapse into an Eden after the Fall. In the course of a brief visit last week I was...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR; —The varying phenomena of human life and its infinite vicissitudes are a riddle that has puzzled human understanding during the ages, and...

PRAYER BOOK REVISION [To the Editor of the SPEcrxroa.] SIR, —The argument that the Revised or Deposited Book of Common Prayer is the concern of Churchmen only, and that Free...

Slit,—As it is still constantly asserted that the New Prayer Book omits Prayers for the King, may I point out why this statement is untrue ? The New Book retains all the...

SiR,—The letter from your correspondent, " Whipper-In,1 written in defence of hunting, was so singular an exhibition of special pleading that it could only appeal to those whose...

of the Westminster City Council's comments upon the Westminster Survey Group we think it will interest your readers to know that we recently pointed out to the Town Clerk sixty...

the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—As a pork and beef butcher with thirty years' experience of live stock and one who has followed the progress of Mr. Weinberg's casting pen from its...

the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—Your correspondent, " Whipper-In," has made out such an excellent case for the fox-hunter that one almost hesitates to draw attention to another aspect of...

a very well-reasoned, temperate letter, and, in the face of such a pleasant piece of English prose, bne hates to appear captious. But the average, dense; non-sporting person...

us of the hunting of the fox and the deer as a countryside industry and as a manly and health- giving pastime. The matter is not one for the display of rabid prejudice, it is...

SIR,—" Whipper-In " entirely ignores the fundamental prin- ciple—which to my mind outweighs and sweeps away all arguments in favour of sport—that we have no moral right to amuse...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—In your editorial notes this week, with your usual unerring instinct for touching on what is passing through the minds of many who study...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It was with lively interest and great pleasure I read the two articles on Open-Air Schools, and the interest is quickened by the letter...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] - SIR,—Most of your readers know of the Act of Parliament recently passed to improve the position of the clergy. Some of them may be interested...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—You say, " Professor Bowley and Sir Josiah Stamp !rive calculated, if our memory does not mislead us, that if the excess income of those...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—In his interesting letter which appears in the Spectator of September 17th, Mr. T. B. Napier asks for advice as to how he, a Moderate...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I wish to bring to your notice a Migration Bureau which has been set up to assist retired officers of the Semites, Civil Servants and...

SIR,—The contributor of the article on drink legislation published in the Spectator of September 17th advances the following evidence in support of the legislation in force in...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—It is some time since I sent you two sets of specimens of queer Scots words. The most interesting result of their publication was a...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—While I greatly appreciate the general tenor of your review of Great Captains Unveiled, the suggestion of doubt as to the " factual...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—While this conference has passed along, it should not, I think, be ignored why the United States need a navy which could meet our navy:...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I notice in your widely read journal your advocacy of closer and more harmonious co-operation between employers and employed, and I...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sni,—A small inaccuracy occurs in the answer to Question 12; under the above heading in a recent issue. Anne Boleyn was beheaded on Tower...

The Universal Tavern I PRAY you, all You tiny things That creep and crawl And flit on wings, That flute and hum, In satins drest, Think not I come But as your guest. You...

[To the Editor of the SrEcreeron.] Sica,—If I am not wrong, the " et " in such a Norwegian word as Vinmonopolet (see article on " Drink Legislation " in the Spectator for...

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sra,--The writer of the article, "'Second Storey Work' or Inspiration ?" did not cite one of the most interesting instances in English,...

film, The City of Youth, is stirring the University. The Isis of October 19th had a slashing but quite sensible article on the subject, although the conclusion was open to...

great romantic poem, "the Odyssey, Sir Rennell Rodd attempts to prove that the island now bearing the famous name of Ithaca is that to which the wise prince returned, after so...

contrary, and it should be a matter of public concern that our advertisements should be adornments rather than eyesores. Posters and Publicity, by Mr. John Harrison (The Studio,...

:—Trade, by Sir Ernest Benn ; Nelson, by Sir George Aston ; The Religions of the World, by Mr. C. C. Martindale ; Man in the Making, by Mr. R. R. Marett ; English Literature, by...

The Times Book Club have been :- FICTION :—Kitty, by Warwick Dceping ; Flamingo, by Mary Borden ; The Bacchante and the Nun, by Robert Flichens ; Vestal Fire, by Compton...

same time constructive on the subject of the revival of the country than Rural Life (Longmans, 3s. Od.), a report drawn up by the so-called Copec Continuation ComMittee. Its...

? Sir Ernest asks us to consider the doings of a bank clerk from the moment he wakes, with his head on a feather pillow, to the time when he dons his pyjamas and switches out...

(Philip Allan, 8s. 6d.) is dedicated to Mr. Baldwin, and contains a foreword by the Minister of Health. We cannot review it without writing on these great problems which affect...

by Madame Therese Louis Latour in her new book, Princesses, Ladies, and Salonniires of the Reign of Louis XV. (Kegan Paul, 15s.), fascinate, amuse, and repel us by turns, but...

The Greville Diary. Edited by Philip Whitwell Wilson. (Heinemann. 36s.) MR. PHILIP WILSON'S new edition of the Greville Diary should send the whole reading world to keep company...

Toryism and the Twentieth Century. By Walter Elliot. (Philip Allan. 3s. 6d.) MAJOR WALTER ELLIOT, the Under-Secretary of State for Scotland, is one of the lights of the younger...

The Church in the World. Collected Essays by William Ralph CONTEMPLATIVE, reflective, austere, with the attraction of two strange contradictories ,4n his disposition, something...

Lenin and Gandhi. By Rene Fulop-Miller. Translated from the German by F. S. Flint and D. F. Tait. (Putnams. 218.) UPIIELD by an ecstatic faith in the mission of their countries...

Press and Mr. Hammerton on their new enterprise. Prejudice and fastidiousness arc alike swept away when we study the magnitude, scope and thoroughness of this new universal...

• EVERYONE who is interested in the externals of books as well as in their contents will accord a very hearty welcome to the adinirable volumes which Mr. Sawyer and Mr. Harvey...

M#. G. D. H. COLE, who is known as an exponent of the doctrines of Labour's extreme Left Wing, is' not - fitted' by temperament to write the history of the Labour movement in...

Horse Lovers. By Lt. - Col. Geoffrey Brooke, with Illustrations by Snaffles. (Constable. 12s. 6d.) Where Cavalry Stand To-day. By Lt.-CoL H. V. S. Charrington, M.C. (Hugh Rees,...

Sin. VALENTINE CHIROL has not given us an autobiography, but a series of essays in which, with some regard to chrono- logy, he reflects upon public affairs as he has watched...

AMONG many interesting papers in the Nineteenth Century we could call special attention to " Broadcasting, the State and the People," by Sir John Reith. " In the past few...

Fantasy and Fact MR. 3. B. PRIESTLEY steeps all his writing in so engaging a personal whimsy that his readers are loath to be critical. So with his confiding essays, so with...

passion and virility to an old plot. Two women of widely different temperaments are in love with Lionel Kent. Simone St. Auban is an exquisite, sensual,' cynical woman of the...

(Cassell. 7s. 6d.)—Mr. Stacpoole's last book, Goblin Market, was of a quality so charming and unusual, that one resents this swift, but crude, narrative, in which a criminal...

(T. Fisher Unwin. 7s. 6d.)—As in The Crime at Didna's Pool, the author wrote the first chapter, describing the scene of the crime, before he had conceived the plot of the story....

wrote an essay which opened on a quietly plaintive note deprecating the attitude of a critic who had ` levelled a charge of excessive kindliness " against him, and although he...

his own Farmer Dean, Mr. Phillpotts can " size up his neighbours tolerable correct most times." These new short stories reveal him in various charac- teristic moods. Some of...

6d.)—The expectations aroused by the first part of this novel are not fulfilled by the second. The early chapters give an extraordinarily living and intimate picture of a...

6d.)—The Bacchante and the nun are combined in Valentine Morris, an actress who steps from obscurity into the full limelight of the London stage, but eventually enters a...

Moss shows us in his new novel the cabaret life of Roumania in a very unpleasant aspect. Tim Malone, the sick horse trainer, and Toni, his plucky French wife, who earns their...

an Introduction by Arthur Symons. Illustrated by Philip Hagreen. (Privately printed for the Navarre nociety. 17s. 6d.)—Le Diable Boiteuve, if less famous than Gil Bias, has been...

COLLECTED PHYSICAL PAPERS. By Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose. (Longmans. 10s.)—Professor Bose has of recent years been much before the public in connexion with his work on the...

Press. 12s. 6d.)—Mr. Talbot, whose great work on The Peoples of Southern Nigeria has won him distinction among ethnologists, describes in this monograph a special aspect of the...

By Major C. M. Enriquez. (Hurit and BLackett. 21s.)—This is a succinct and most competent geo- graphical; botanical, zoological, and ethnical survey of the Malay Peninsula and...

(Chapman and Hall. 18s.)—Is Mr. Rostock " the Barnum of Britain ? " The Member for Paisley says so in his foreword. Mr. Bostock says so in his book. Yet there remains this...

S. Turberville. (Clarendon Press. 2154— The political history of England from the Revolution of 1688 to the ministry of the younger Pitt cannot be thoroughly understood without...

Written by Hwuy-ung. Translated by J. A. Makepeace. (Chatto and Windus, 7s. 6d.)—To see ourselves as others see us is always interesting. This book_ contains the letters written...

6d.)—Mr. Mulgan, a New Zealander of Irish stock, spent the summer of 1926 in England. He possesses' every qualification to write the impressions of his visit ; a justly critical...

Tim general opinion of our readers appears to_ favour a con- tinuance of these questions, which provide amusement with instruction. We hope, however, to announce another com-...

an Introduction - 1* Leigh Ashton. (Rmitledge. 10s. 6d.)—The Prince de Ligne, who was born in 1785 and died in 1815, was a typical grand seigneur in his courage and wit no less...

just announced by the Hotel Cecil must be regarded as satis- have been enabled to maintain the 41- per cent. dividend with business was adversely affected, during the year...

, . The jiteit profit . statement 'of Harrod's (Buenos Aires) is a good one. Thanks mainly. to the receipt of much larger divi- dends_ from its 'holdings in South American...

LIFE ASSURANCE BY MONTHLY PREMIUMS. IN many ways people with large incomes can, if they choose, derive advantages from life assurance which are not available for people with...

Notwithstanding the curtailment of eontango facilities at the fortnightly settlements as compared with the pre-War period, there can be little doubt 'that much of the upward...

the 'present Chairman and successor to Lord Greenway; of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company was again apparent at the annual meeting, held last Wednesday, when Sir John Cadman,...

- REACTIONARY MARKETS. - THERE has been a healthy pause in the speculative activity on the, Stock Exchange and the almost continuous upward movement in prices. How extensive...

The Brocklebank - 14-9 SALOON. • - Fon the owner - driver there are many points which jump to the eye at once; -- The engine is a very neat job, get-at-able and well plaCed:...

BMGRAPIIV :-The Beautiful Mrs. Graham and the Cathcart Circle. By E. Maxtone Graluuth (Nisbet. 16s.)=---- Field-Marshal Lord Napier of Magdala. By Lieut.-Col. the Hon. H. D....