ARISTOTLE'S THEORY OF CONDUCT.* THERE is a mot told of the late Duke of Marlborough which may or may not be true, but which certainly conveys a truth. He is reported to have...

LONDON: OCTOBER 6th, 1906.

THE late Mr. J. R. Green in one of his least inspired moments declared that the ablest of the Plantagenets was King John. If wasted opportunities and the alternation of courage...

IT was about four years after his rise to power, quite as much by personal influence with the Queen-Regent as by political talent, that the Italian Cardinal, so well hated in...

of books," says Dr. Bigg in his preface, "is not a mere ramble in search of amusement." The "Wayside Sketches," accordingly, constitute together a serious contribution to the...

HAECKEL AND HIS CRITICS. Last Words on Evolution. By Ernst Haeckel. Translated by Joseph McCabe. (A. Owen. 6s. net.)—Haeckel : his Life and Work. By Wilhelm Mischa. With...

The Temper of the Seventeenth Century in English Literature: Clark Lectures given at Trinity College, Cambridge, in the Year 1902 - 3. By Barrett Wendell, Professor of English...

Corporations : a Study of the Origin and Development of Great Business Combinations and of their Relation to the Authority of the State. By John P. Davis, Ph.D. 2 vols. (G. P....

The Sanitation of Armies in the Field. (Published privately.)— We have received from Dr. Thomas Dewar, Medical Officer of Health for Forfarshire, a valuable pamphlet dealing...

Western Culture in Eastern Lands : a Comparison of the Methods Adopted by England and Russia in the Middle East. By Arminius Vambery, C.V.O. (John Murray. 12s. net.)—This...

Russia : Travels and Studies. By Annette M. B. Meakiii. (Hurst and Blackett. 16s. net.)—There is nothing very extra- ordinary, in the sense of original, about this lively,...

The Scots Churches in England. By Kenneth Macleod Black. (W. Blackwood and Sons. 5s.)—This well-written and carefully compiled volume will receive a hearty welcome from members...

The Philippine Islands. By Frederick W. Atkinson. (Ginn and Co. 10s. 6d.)—This is one of the most interesting of the many books which have been published on the new possession...

Fire and Sword in. the Caucasus. By Luigi Yuan. (T. Fisher Unwin. 10s. 6d. net.)—Every portion of the Russian Empire is, of course, of the profoundest interest at the present...

Motor Vehicles and Motors. By W. Worby Beaumont. Vol. IT, (A. Constable and Co. 42s. net.)—The second volume of Mr. .Worby I3eaumont's monumental work on Motor Vehicles and...

Preece. Painted by John Falleylove. Described by the Rev. J. A. McClyinont, D.D. (A. and C. Black. 20s. net.)—The "Description," to speak first of the literary portion of this...

Dr. Martineau's Philosophy. By Charles B. Upton. (James Nisbet and Co. 7s. 6d.)—Professor Upton has taken advantage of the demand for a second edition of his well-known...

The Scottish Parliament : its Constitution and Procedure, 1603- 1707. With an Appendix of Documents. By Charles Sanford Terry. (James MacLehose and Sons, Glasgow. 10s.)—" So far...

G. Armstrong has drawn for us an attractive picture in describing his father's personality. He was a man who enjoyed life vividly, and had a gift of "getting on" with all sorts...

The Tree of Life : a Study of Religion. By Ernest Crawley. (Hutchinson and Co. 12s. net.)—The lettering of this volume does not suggest the nature of its contents, and the...

France in the Nineteenth Century : 1830 - 1890. By Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer. With 22 Portraits. (Hutchinson and Co. 128. 6d. net.)—This is an agreeable and entertaining book,...

In Search of El _Dorado. By Alexander Macdonald. (T. Fishes Unwin. 10s. (3c1.)—" These are true romances," testifies Admiral Moresby in his introduction to this volume, "no...

The Romance of Empire. By Philip Gibbs. (Edward Arnold. 6s.)—Although Mr. Gibbs does not wield quite such a fascinating pen as that of Dr. W. H. Fitchett, the prose-Laureate of...

"are not intended as contributions to critical literature they are concerned rather with the 'personal equation' of the writers discussed than with the purely literary aspects...

The World's Desires. By Edgar A. Ashcroft. (Kagan Paul, Trench and Co. 10s. 6d.)—" The great majority (almost the entire race) of mankind are to-day mentally in the position of...

Greatness in Literature, and other Papers. By W. P. Trent. (George G. Harrap and Co. 5s.)—Professor Trent, of Columbia University, the author of a useful history of American...

A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day. By George Saintsbury. Vol. I., From the Origins to Spenser. (Macmillan and Co. 10s. net.)—The first...

Lamed. 6 vols. (W. Heinemann. 126s.)—This is a "new and revised edition" of what may be described as a cyclopaedic dictionary of history. It is arranged in alphabetical order....

Dent and Co. Is. 6d. net.)—This is one of a proposed series of "College Monographs," and seems exactly suited to its purpose. It is a little book which can be conveniently...

4 and 5 Dean Street, Holborn, W.C. ; and Published by Jogs BAKER for the "SPECTATOR" (Limited) at their Office, No. 1 Wellington Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in...

M. Zaimis as High Commissioner of Crete. Delegates of the protecting Powers appeared before the Crown Prince, and upon the consent of the latter being notified, M Zaimis was...

O N Monday the Viceroy of India received at Simla a deputa- tion, who presented an address from the Mohammedan community of India. The occasion was of the first import- ance,...

of September 28th, summarised in the Times of Monday, is worth attentive study. The failure of the repeated attempts of clerical extremists in association with political...

on which the Powers are prepared to agree to the increase of three per cent. in the Turkish Customs for a period of seven years. In the first place, certain reforms are de-...

been the publication of the Government's agrarian programme. For the moment there is a reaction against revolution among many classes formerly affected by it, a feeling that...

com- pelled to intervene in Cuba. Last Saturday Mr. Taft, acting under authority from Mr. Roosevelt, proclaimed himself Pro- visional Governor, and took charge of the...

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Barrow-in-Furness on Tuesday, was delivered by the Bishop of Carlisle, and had for its chief subject the present opportunity of the Church of England. Drawing an instructive...

Parliament—has held a stormy session at Cardiff. After deciding on amalgamation with the Labour Party—i.e., the group of twenty-nine Members chosen by the Labour Representation...

take place at the close of the present year or the beginning of the next. On Tuesday the allotment of new electoral dis- tricts was published. Four country districts, including...

great interest, the mincipal subjects discussed being the new Education Act and the relation of Church and State. On the latter subject Mr. St. Lee Strachey read a paper, in...

has made several important speeches on national defence. Speaking at Haddington on Friday week, he urged that economy and efficiency, so far from being antagonistic, went...

meant by the Church ? the answer given by the Oxford Movement could no longer be considered either final or decisive, since whether the Church moved or not, the world moved. To...

won by Lieutenant Frank P. Lahm (U.S.A.) The object of the competitors was to stay in the air a minimum period of forty-eight hours, the balloon covering the greatest distance...

on the Church's educational policy containing a statement of the extreme view, Mr. W. Temple, a son of the late Archbishop of Canterbury, read a very courageous defence of the...

note that of Sir Edward Russell in vindication of the right of the Church within certain limits to exercise political functions. While holding that active participation in...

States Naval Institute for June, 1906, a striking paper on the battle of Tsushima, with special reference to the speed and size of battleships. After showing that, as...

very able and luminous article by Professor Dicey in the current number of the National .Review on the Trade Disputes Bill. Under the title of "A Protest against Privilege," he...

Wednesday on the occasion of the opening of a new asylum erected on the villa, or segregate, system by the Lunacy Board of Edinburgh. Lord Rosebery said that in the case of...

Sept. 13th. Consols (24) were on Friday 864—on Friday week 86t.

THE UNREST IN INDIA. MINTO deserves much ' credit for his first important utterance,—the answer to the Memorial prepared by the representative Mussulmans of all India. While he...

T HE omens seem to point to serious difficulties in the near future between the Labour Party and othe , sections of the people, as well as within the ranks of the party itself....

T ORD ROSEBERY may have his defects as a political J leader, but he is admirable as a political moralist. No man is a greater adept at interpreting the careers of his...

W HEN Mr. Ian Malcolm, in the current Fortnightly Review, asks the question, "Is the Party System Honest ?" he demands an answer to a problem which belongs peculiarly to British...

A MONGST the latest reports from Russia there are many stories of agrarian outbreaks. Only two months ago the revolutionary bodies issued a detailed programme, of which a...

of affluence, only to discover too late that they have mistaken the shadow for the reality. Amongst the many who play at this game of bluff, none is better qualified to succeed...

T HE twilights of autumn offer compensation for shortened length in their cheerful patches of earlier lamplight, and the opportunity of watching from the hill the gradual...

T HE South-East Wind brought up the snow, and wrapped the common in a dazzling shroud, and then the mild sea-damp that is never long absent from sea-bound Somerset rolled up too...

PAN-GERMANISM, HOLLAND, AND BELGIUM. [To TUE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] Most CHER CosTentee,—Je vous adresse quelques reflexions. que m'a suggerees la reponse de M. Dingeldey...

SIE, — I shall be glad if you can find space in your valuable journal for a few lines on a subject of some importance both to the present and future well-being of this country....

Cro THU EDITOR OF TRW " SPECTATOR." J SIE;Will you kindly give me space to say a few words in support of Mr. Medd's very able letter in your last issue ? Although a pecuniary...

earliest professional supporters; of your experimental scheme of military training at Hounslow, may I be allowed to offer my congratulations to you and Colonel Pollock on its...

signed "Volunteer Field Officer." I would not trouble you with further remarks were it not that the position occupied by your correspondent is one through which many of us have...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] Sin,—The quotation, in your review of Major-General Maxwell's book in the Spectator of September 22nd, of a specimen of Baboo English—" May...

Ur0 THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Stu,—Your interesting and friendly review of Mrs. Gaskell's " Wives and Daughters" (Spectator, September 29th) has reminded me that...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE"SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The wiiter of the article on the "Sense of 'Locality' in Animals" in the Spectator of September 29th seems some- what inaredulous...

(To TUE gorroa Or Tali "SrserAToa."] SIR,—The reviewer of "The Works of Mrs. Gaskell" u tho Spectator of September 29th seems to be in error when be says • " It is curious to...

170 THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—A tradition on this subject may be worth recording, which I received from the late Mr. Teuton, of the Stationers' Company, whose memory...

[To THE EDITOR or THE .‘ SPECTATOR."' SIR,—Professor Goldwin Smith in last week's issue, for some extraordinary reason, founds his objection to the Govern- ment's Irish measure...

THE SALVATION ARMY AND THE PUBLIC.* THE Salvation Army is a public institution, and as such is not above criticism. The work before us is a severe indictment of the Army and its...

A DREAM GLIMPSE. I CROSSED the ocean in a dream one autumn night, Nor knew at first my landing-place—the Isle of Wight. Beyond a gate a knoll rose steep with fir-trees crowned...

DR. LEYDS, it appears, has been spending his leisure in preparing an indictment against Britain's policy in South Africa during the past century, and the fintfruits of his toil...

ONE of the leading problems of our time is to discover what makes industrial communities prosperous, and what keeps them so. Such real value as can be found in the "fiscal...

PROFESSOR VATERKRY'S article on " Pan-Islamism " in the Nineteenth Century will be read with special interest at the present juncture in view of the writer's intimate knowledge...

IN THE DAYS OF THE COMET.* Mn. WELLS'S later excursions into fiction—excepting perhaps Hipps—are not designed to satisfy the requirements of novel. readers who merely seek...

[Under this heading we native such Books of the week as have not Dem ITSCTred for TOVillW in other forme.] The Health of the Nation. Edited by L. Eliot Creasy. (Hugh Rees....

Co. 6s.)—This is a Canadian story of the wilds of Vancouver, and in the prologue tells of a marriage between an English settler and a Canadian lady, both of whom take themselves...

little stories are frank extravaganzas founded on the mania for motor-cars, which burns, apparently, even more fiercely in America than in England. The stories will be...

Briggs, Toronto.)—Mr. Hatheway addresses to his Canadian countrymen some vigorous allocutions,— possibly we should not altogether please either him or them by quoting his most...

Co. 88. 6d. net.)—Mr. Vincent gives us here appreciations, together with brief biographical notices, of a number of American writers. Washington Irving, born in 1783, comes...

(Henry J. Drane. 6s.)—The critic who pronounces definitely that a book is or is not humorous is somewhat rash. Mood and circumstances make a difference. A book that does not...

21s. net.)—This indispensable book of reference has considerably overpassed its Diamond Jubilee. It was first published in 1841. The projector, whose name it still bears, gave...

Dennis, D.D. Vol. III. (Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier. 10s. net.)—Dr. Dennis has now brought to a conclusion this vast work, developed, we may remind our readers, from a...

Translated and Edited, with Notes, by A. W. Streane, D.D. 2 vols. (R.T.S. 21s.)—Karl von Hese was for more than fifty years Professor of Theology at Jena. This work was first...

(Spottiswoode and Co. 6s.)—This volume includes four parts out of the ten in which it is proposed to complete the work. These four, VI.-IX., include the years 1485-1815. The...

S. Baring'. Gould. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—Mr. Baring-Gould's book is, as all the admirers of his genius would wish it to be, eminently characteristic. He has a keen eye for...