of 31.'Zoltan Desy, formerly an Under-Secretary of State, who had been prosecuted for libelling the Premier, Dr. Lukacs. The charge. was, shortly, that Dr. Lukaca had extracted...

W E have dealt elsewhere with the general European situation, and will only say here that on the whole the chances that we shall escape without another war in the Balkans...

Scutari under the International Commission. Since the middle of May, when European bluejackets were substituted for Montenegrin pickets, a new atmosphere of contentment and...

case.

Colonel Redl, chief of the staff of the Eighth or Prague Army Corps. Colonel Redl was one of the most gifted officers of the Austrian army, the confidant of the Austrian...

it happened we should have said was quite impossible. Ever since last Saturday the Daily Express, supported by the Globe, has been demanding loudly and, as it turns out, with...

spondent of the Times notes, is strongly on the side of the Opposition, which made M. Desy's charges its own. Nor is this to be wondered at, in view of the sinister record of...

in dimensions and unsensational in character. No new peers were created, an act of abstinence for which the Radical press professes great relief, but which looks to us only like...

Lee, Mr. Churchill made the following important statement— "The situation created by the rejection of the Canadian Naval Aid Bill requires immediate action in order that the...

committal of a kind of political suicide so as to draw, attention in a marked way to the suffrage movement. What makes the position the more pathetic is the fact that the...

to this purely accidental discovery of another Ministerial trans- action in American Marconis are naturally and inevitably of a very disturbing kind. Men are asking, "If the...

king and Queen, proved this year exceedingly sensationaL In the first place, the horse belonging to the King, Anmer, was brought to grief by a militant suffragist, who rushed...

week, but as it will probably conclude to-day we think it better to withhold any attempt to deal with the evidence and speeches till next week, when the verdict will in all...

but we must note that Mr. Salaman made the following state- ment in regard to certain letters from Mr. Fenner to the Master of Elibank :— " The first .letter does not refer to...

in the Antarctic, and it is impossible not to believe that for several weeks Lord Murray must have been in possession of newspapers giving an account of the Mafia case and also...

Institution on Friday week, successfully vindicated the claim of " Parody " to possess not only real literary value, but in its highest form to be regarded as a department of...

unable to deal with the debate on the Foreign Office Vote, but we must find room this week to notice the astounding speech made by Mr. Leland on the subject of Portuguese...

in a graceful ceremony, which included an admirable speech by Lord Curzon on the need of preserving the beauties of English scenery. The platform was set at the very edge of the...

made no comment on, and given no explanation in regard to, the letter contributed to our columns last week by Mr. Parker, dealing with the insertion of editorial matter in...

17th. Consols (2i) were on Friday 73k—Friday week 741.

disturbed by discovering large cases containing rifles and bayonets which were landed from a steamer from Manchester on Tuesday. The cases, according to the Times, were con-...

way in which the anti-Unionist newspapers are quarrelling with each other. This is how the New Statesman, which we may remind our readers is the organ of Mr. and Mrs. Webb—...

cate of character to the Portuguese Government, and adopted with less reservation even than the notorious Foreign Office White Paper the view that, even if it ever existed,...

of Lord Rendel, which took place in London on Tuesday. Though during the last fifteen years Lord Rendel had retired from public life, he at one time exercised a very...

PEACE IN THE BALKANS. W E had strong hopes last week that the conclusion of peace between Turkey and the Allies was a presage that peace would also be kept among the Allies...

W E do not wonder that the Liberal Party is so hostile to the Establishment of the Church. A principle must be judged by its consequences, and if we shared the Nation's opinions...

debate on the Scottish Home Rule Bill last week 1 1 would hardly have been worth notice at all but for the illuminating speech of Mr. Balfour, who once again showed his...

No. III.—TFIE LIBERAL PRESS. T HE organized hypocrisy of the Liberal Govern- ment and the Liberal Party is well exemplified in the Liberal press. Indeed it is hardly too much...

S OME weeks ago we called attention to a very remarkable letter, or rather pamphlet in an epistolary form, by the poet Wordsworth, dealing with the military policy and position...

MARCEL PREVOST, the well-known French novelist, M has recently assailed the character of the many young Englishwomen who are employed as governesses in French families, and...

I T is exactly ten weeks to-day since we arrived at our new station, Jemaa, as beautiful a spot as any that Nature has sketched in this country of such varied and abundant...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] Sir.,—Tbe Disestablishment Bill will come before the House of Commons for second reading in the course of a week or so, and the time has...

[To THR EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTATOR. " ] true Imperialists will heartily welcome the illumina- ting article on " Emigration and Common Sense" in last week's Spectator. The...

CHURCH MOVEMENTS IN WALES AND SCOTLAND. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] STE, —Forty-four years ago, when the Church of Ireland was disestablished and disendowed, it was...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Your correspondent " X " in the Spectator of May 31st writes ostensibly to explain to the English mind the " mystery " of the...

[To TRH EDITOR Or TILE "spEcurox."3 Sin,—Major Morrison-Bell is right ; an appeal to the House of Commons without redistribution of seats would be useless. Mr. Aston's letter is...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR...1 SIR, It is indeed amazing to find the suggestion made that "Bunnahone "—the provincial seminary described in the novel, " Father Ralph,"...

[To THE EDITOR Or TILE "SPECTATOR.'" SIR, —Mr. E. A. Aston likes to make bad blood. There are others besides Sir E. Carson who are able to speak for Ulster, and, if necessary,...

[To TEE EDITOR Or THE • 'SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — I understand that in a recent copy of your paper you published an article with reference of the erection of telegraph poles in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —In your issue of May 31st Mr. W. H. Somervell invites suggestions for the amendment of above Act. Let me suggest two which, though...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, — In reading the " Life of George Eliot " I was struck by the following remarks from her pen on conspiracy ; and as they seem to me to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THY " Sincerwroa."] SIR,—This talk about bearing one another's burdens comes very poorly from Mr. Lloyd George after his Marconi deal, the essence of which is...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sr ,—Will you kindly forgive this intrusion ? In your issue of May 3rd appears an admirable article, signed " R. C. L.," and entitled " The...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, —It may assist in the discussion of the land taxes if I give some figures to show the cruel way in which the clergy owning glebe in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR, — Mr. Stephen Coleridge ' s version of the Gladstone and Beaconsfield incident as told by Dean Stanley is imperfect and inaccurate. The...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' SIR, — There is a passage in Borrow ' s " Bible in Spain " which may be opportunely recalled at the present time; perhaps you may think it...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Si ,—Your readers may be interested to see the following suggestion for an inscription upon the proposed memorial to Sir John Moore at...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOZ."1 SIR, — Your correspondent who writes about " Mothering Sunday " attributes to Herrick the saying, " Who goes a-mothering finds violets in the...

OF THE "SPECTATOR. " 1 SIR, — By way of rejoinder to the historical " facts " alleged in a letter in your columns on Saturday, May 31st, you may think it fair to print the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' SIR, — Many of your readers must be acquainted with Mr. Rabindranath Tagore ' s charming English version in prose of his " Gitanjali. " That...

SIR,—I do not think that your correspondents "E. N. P.," "J. Edward Harlow," and "R. E. Head" can have looked at the entry for March 13th, on pages 358-9 of vol. i. of Hone's "...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin, — Although you have closed your columns to further correspondence on the question of State Registration of Nurses, perhaps you will...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—I wonder whether any of your readers can furnish a parallel or an explanation to the following experience. I con- sider it my nearest...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Your correspondent whose inquiries concerning certain birds of Hampstead suggest a fear that they can no longer be met with locally may...

[To THE EDITOR 07 TEE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—I enclose a copy of a circular letter which is being sent to the residents in this neighbourhood, asking them to send every week a few...

[To Tex EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —The curious incident noticed by your correspondent, Mr. Seller, in your issue of May 24th, recalled to my mind a like occurrence,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your leading notes of last week you suggest names of distinguished literary men for ships to belong to a " Shakespeare class." But...

of initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

THE following correspondence has passed between the Editor of the Spectator and the Editor of the Daily- News in regard to an article which appeared in the Daily News on...

LONDON.—By an oversight the figures showing the growth in population of Greater London were incorrectly given last week. The number of births in the week ended May 17th was...

(To THE EDITOR Or THE " SpacTATos."1 Sru,—Some few weeks ago notices appeared in the press referring to a course of training proposed to be given at Cherwell Hall, Oxford, to...

THE RIVER DOVE. "0 my beloved Nymph! fair Dove, Princess of rivers."—Charles Cotton, I SHALL not hear, 0 flood of my delight, The voice of all thy meadows in the spring, Or...

THE wonderful political brotherhood of Bright and Cobden began in the latter being asked to speak at an education meeting at Rochdale. The foundation of the alliance between...

[Cheques should be addressed to the Spectator,1 Wellington Street, Strand, London, W.C., and made payable to the Spectator and crossed " Barclay and Co., Gosling's Branch,...

THE Chronicle of Lanercost, though not before translated into English, has been long known to historical students, and there is therefore no necessity to enter at this date on...

MR. HARTLEY WITHERS must be tired of being told that he has affinities to Walter Bagehot, but, since all criticism is comparative, it is the simplest way of defining his merits....

Ma. EDMUND MAITIIICE has honoured the memory of Octavia Hill in an unusual but very effective fashion. The book is not written by him. His part in it is simply that of selecting...

ADMIRAL PENROSE-FITZGERALD WaS asked to write auto biographical recollections, and says in the preface of his delightful Memories of the Sea that he "succumbed to the...

anyone should, with faint praise or other critical periphrases, damn Mr. Hervey's book He will probably be contented with the categorical praise of having written a good book of...

THIS is a book of a kind which has, to our knowledge, no other example. It reads like a phonographic record of a series of lessons given by an exceptionally gifted schoolmaster...

SIR HENRY BLARE, discussing the problem of Ulster, in the Nineteenth Century, is mainly concerned to stir the British public out of its apathy in regard to what he considers to...

"PLUS byzantine qua Constantinople elle-merne," wrote Dantier of Ravenna; and Gregorovius described her as " le Pomp& de l'epoque gothique et byzantine." This sad city, whose...

archaeologist is more in evidence than the literary artist in this uncommon story of Tudor times, but it should interest many besides Sussex folk. — The Great Gold Bush. By W....

[rTacTer tide heading ire vette* such Boas of the Irak as hays not Wen resorted for review in other Anna] A New Variorum Edition of Shakespeare : The Tragedie of Julius Caesar....

BARRY AND A SINNER.* THE sinner as hero, or at least as central figure, has become . rather familiar of late years in fiction, partly owing to the success of such figures as...

6s.)—It is always difficult to say what are the qualities which make for perfection in short stories, but if Mrs. Mann's present collection are not perfect they are at any rate...

those who know not Malaya have complete confidence in the truth of Sir Hugh Clifford's pictures. This dozen of stories tells us of the struggles, loves, superstitious, and codes...

Literature " (Cambridge University Press, ls. net each) have just been published. The literary side of the series is represented only by a single volume, Mysticism in English...

and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—We are glad to notice this valuable addition to the series known as " The Antiquary's Books." It is a study of church accounts, as distinguished from...

By Frederic William Wile. (William Heinemann. 6s. net.)— _It is only in a very much extended use, of the phrase that many of the men talked of by Mr. Wile can be said to be ."...