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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorO N Thursday evening the country learned with deep concern, intensified by the fact that the news was unexpected, that the King was suffering from a severe bronokiel attack. A...
The text of the " Parliament Bill " was issued
The Spectatorlast Saturday. We reproduce the preamble, which is interesting both for its contents and as being a revival of an almost obsolete . form :- " Whereas it is expedient that...
We feel a sincere admiration for Sir Edward Grey, and
The Spectatorare sure that he has never spoken and never will speak in public with the intention of misleading his countrymen. Again, he never has practised, nor will he ever practise, that...
The political situation remains troublesome and confused. The only ray
The Spectatorof light is to be found in the possibility of adding a Referendum clause to the Veto Bill. As we have pointed out elsewhere, this is a solution with limited liability, while a...
Next comes the hatred of the Nationalist Party for the
The Spectatorproposal. They, we learn, have expressed the clearest deter- mination that the thing shall not be. They know that the precedent of the Referendum would almost certainly be...
The words we have just quoted will be read with
The Spectatora profound sense of satisfaction and agreement by moderate men through- out the country. At the same time, we find it exceedingly difficult to reconcile Sir Edward Grey's...
Sir Edward Grey,.speaking at Oxford on Wednesday, denied that the
The SpectatorPrime Minister had altered his attitude with regard to the necessity of giving advice to the King. The Govern- ment had felt from the beginning that if their veto pro- posals...
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The scanty accounts of the fighting in Albania do not
The Spectatorencourage us to believe that the Turkish army has yet made much impression on the insurgents. The Katchanik Pass, which is a strategic point of great importance, has indeed been...
The genesis of the preamble is clear. It was no
The Spectatordoubt inserted as a proof of good faith to satisfy that section of the Cabinet, headed by Sir Edward Grey, which believes that reform of the House of Lords is necessary, and...
May Day in London was the occasion of a Labour
The Spectatordemon- stration in Hyde Park which was more imposing than usual. About eight thousand persons marched from the Embank- ment with bands and banners, and some two thousand...
Lord Grey formally prorogued the two Canadian Houses of Parliament
The Spectatorat Ottawa on Wednesday. After the prorogation, Addresses were read from both Houses—in English by the Speaker of the Senate, and in French by the Speaker of the...
May Day in Paris came with the usual promise of
The SpectatorLabour riots and—thanks to M. Briand—passed with as much calm as has marked the day any time these six years. The organisers of the General Confederation of Labour had arranged...
Sir Joseph Ward announced on Thursday that the New Zealand
The SpectatorGovernment had decided to adopt Lord Kitchener's recommendations. The new scheme would increase the age for compulsory military training to twenty-five years. In this way the...
Against this the advocates of reforming the House of Lords—those
The Spectatorpersons who regard the preamble as a pledge— will no doubt urge that precedence must be given to their scheme for placing the Second Chamber on a popular basis and revising the...
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The speeches at the Royal Academy banquet last Saturday were
The Spectatormore remarkable for discretion than brilliancy. In welcome contrast with former thrasonic utterances were the judicious remarks of Admiral Sir Edward Seymour on the Navy, which...
At Christiania on Thursday Mr. Roosevelt delivered an address on
The Spectator"International Peace." He began by pointing out that this was not the only kind of peace. "There is at least as much need to curb the cruel greed and arrogance of part of the...
Two by-elections have been held in the past week. In
The SpectatorSouth Edinburgh, where a vacancy was caused by the elevation of Mr. A. Dewar, K.C., to the Scottish Bench, polling took place yesterday week with the following result :- Mr....
It would be utterly unjust, of course, to argue from
The Spectatorthis one proved case that undue and improper influences have been brought to bear by Liberals in other constituencies. But it is impossible not to notice that while the most...
Lord Morley of Blackburn, responding for his Majesty's Ministers, spoke
The Spectatorfeelingly of the responsibility of the position and the burdens of office, and incidentally gave what he called his own definition of hard work :—" It is not reading multitudes...
The Committee of experts presided over by Dr. F. G.
The SpectatorKenyon, invited by the editor of the Morning Post to investigate the signatures which Mr. James Greig and Mr. W. E. Barber discovered on the Rokeby " Venus," have issued their...
On Tuesday Commander Peary was entertained at luncheon at the
The SpectatorRoyal Societies Club. He said that twenty-four years ago he started North for the first time, and he had made eight separate expeditions. Referring to his discovery of the North...
Judgment was given in the Hartlepool election petition on Tuesday,
The Spectatorwhen it was decided that the election was void. Sir Christopher Furness has consequently lost his seat, but the Judges expressly stated that they absolved him personally from...
Bank Rate, 4 per cent., changed from 3 per cent.
The SpectatorMarch 17th. Consols (2k) were on Friday 84—Friday week 81g.
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE CRISIS AND THE REFERENDUM. T HE proposal to use the Referendum to obtain a solution of the present Constitutional crisis is dis- tinctly gaining ground. People on both...
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THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.
The SpectatorO N Monday Mr. Taft, after a long silence, spoke on foreign affairs. It had been whispered that he had chosen to say nothing because, if he had spoken candidly, he would have...
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1.11.6 DEVELOPMENT GRANT.
The SpectatorJ UST before Members of Parliament separated for the Whitsuntide Recess, Mr. Lloyd George succeeded in amending the Development Grant Act of last Session with the object of...
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SUPERIOR VIRTUE.
The SpectatorT HE National Review for May contains a vehement editorial article entitled " The Cocoa Press and its Masters." The editor of the National Review is angry, and not unnaturally...
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THE " STAR'S " TIPS. P ERHAPS some of those who
The Spectatorhave not, as we have done, followed the betting news in the Star will think we are exaggerating and overdoing our allegations. In order to show that this is not so, we may say...
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THE STING OF DEATH.
The SpectatorII SCHOOLBOY can hardly be persuaded to believe that he is not immortal, so far off and unreal seems the finality of death. But no man passes the age of thirty without feeling...
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THE PASSING OF THE SAILING SHIP. happened to me last
The Spectatorvoyage, and you may swear that what has happened to me is happening to many more to-day. I shipped in the—well, let's call her the 'Alcestis,' though that wasn't her name, in...
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NATURE-STUDY IN BATTERSEA.
The SpectatorW HEN Battersea was Patricesey, the island of Patric or Peter, doubtless it was visited by as many birds and beasts as any other island of the tidal Thames. To-day it is no...
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REFORM OF THE LORDS.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OP TEE " SPECTATOR. : ] SIR,—You are having a fierce attack on aristocracy. Aristocracy as an instrument of government, powerful in the Middle Ages as it may...
THE LIBERTIES OF THE PEOPLE AND THE SUPREMACY OF THE
The SpectatorLAW. [To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIE4—In your issue of July 3rd, 1909, I drew attention under the above heading to the manner in which the present Government, since...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorSECRET COMMISSIONS. [To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR." SIR,—On more than one occasion you have written with sympathy of the League formed for the purpose of checking the...
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COLONIAL TRAINING FOR EDUCATED WOMEN. [To THE EDITOR OF THE
The Spectator" SPECTATOR."] Srn,—Yon have lately published a letter signed by H.R.H. Princess Christian and other ladies calling attention to the desirability of making known among educated...
THE TRAINING OF BRITISH OFFICIALS FOR INDIA.
The Spectatorgo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Silt,-I rejoice to see that a training in religions and ethnology for young Indian officials has been so admirably urged in your issue of...
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CAMBRIDGE ROWING.
The Spectator[To TER EDITOR OP TEE "SPECTATOR. "] Sru, — If my letter published in your issue of the 23rd ult. produces no further result, it has at least been the cause of producing from...
[To ran Exams 07 TEE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Your correspondent "Remex "
The Spectatorshows in the last issue with what success Mr. R. C. Lehmann coached Harvard until they beat Yale, and were justly led to believe they might prove worthy competitors when matched...
'1111, PRESERVATION OF BORROWDALE.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR Or TIER " SPECTATOR."] * Bra,—Yon were so kind as to lend important help to the National Trust when we were raising funds for the purchase of Brandelhow on...
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ABORIGINES' PROTECTION SOCIETY'S MEETING .
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,— Although it is probable that no reputable British manufacturer now uses San Thome beans, it should be clearly understood that it does...
POETRY.
The SpectatorFiftieth Anniversary of Garibaldis Sicilian Expedition. CLEAVING the quiet water a short rock-rib Juts forth : behind it copses of laurel trees, Thick foliaged, murmuring...
DR. MASON NEALE. [To THE EDITOR or THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sui,—The
The Spectatorreviewer of " The Letters of John Mason Neale " is your last issue has surely spoken hastily in attributing to the famous Warden of Sackville College a tendency towards...
A LANDOR ANECDOTE.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR Of THE " SPECTLTOR:] SIR,—As the editor of "The Life and Times of Mrs. Sherwood," I am very glad to see Mr. Wheeler's identification (in your issue of April 30th)...
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ART.
The SpectatorTHE ACADEMY.—LL THE official portrait is a form of art which has a long life. It hangs in Council Chambers, in Colleges, and in clubs. It is not, however, only an historical...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorTHE PASSING- OF THE SHEREEFIAN EMPIRE.* Ix a sense the Shereefian Empire has been passing for a long- time. Mr. Ashmead-Bartlett thinks that its end— meaning a complete loss of...
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ROBERT HERRICK.*
The SpectatorTHERE is a fascination about the poetry of Herrick which affects both the general reader and the critic, and is due partly to the perfection of his workmanship, and partly to...
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BOOKS ON SPORT.*
The SpectatorAMONG the most handsome sporting books that have recently appeared must be placed British Sport : Past and Present, by Mr. E. D. Cuming. The thirty coloured plates by one of our...
ROAD-BOOKS.* THE motorist has many foes, but the most bitter
The Spectatormust admit that the circumstance that he has brought back the road-book should be counted to him for righteous- ness. For the road-book is a branch of literature which, even...
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THE PEOPLE'S PROGRESS.*
The SpectatorMa. IRESON has written this useful little book to elucidate " a private discussion (1) as to the extent to which the artisan class has benefited by the undoubted progress of...
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THE RIDERS OF THE PLAINS4'
The SpectatorWE are proud of our London Police, and with good reason. The Police of Australia did valuable service in the old bush- ranging days, and the Irish Constabulary does a very...
THE MAGAZINES.
The SpectatorTHE Nineteenth Century prints several articles on the political situation. Lord Dunraven under the heading " The Con- stitutional ' Sham Fight' " analyses the composite nature...
RELIGION AND THE SOCIAL PROBLEM.* THE scope of this volume
The Spectatoris so large that we must be content with a notice which can do little more than commend it to our readers. Dr. Scott Lidgett in his introduction states the social problem as it...
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NOVELS.
The SpectatorTHE EMPEROR OF THE AIR.* MR. GEORGE GLENDON has been singularly fortunate in the opportunity of his literary debut, the publication of his aerial romance practically...
The History of Mr. Polly. By H. G. Wells. (T.
The SpectatorNelson and Sons. 2s. net.)—We felt it a duty to speak plainly of the influence that must be exerted by the immoral sophistries of "Ann Veronica." We are very glad to be able to...
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Loch directs attention to branches of his subject which such
The Spectatorbooks as this do not always deal with : (1) Provident agencies; (2) the working-class charities, agencies which have the advantage of a knowledge of the circumstances. After...
The Light of Egypt. By Robert de RustafjaelL (Regan Paul,
The SpectatorTrench, and Co. 10s. 6d. net.)—This book is scarcely equal to its appearance. We gather from the title-page that The Light of Egypt comes from "recently discovered predynastic...
Burcletes Hospitals and Charities. By Sir Henry Burdett. (Scientific Press.
The SpectatorlOs. 6d. net.)—Sir Henry Burdett continues to urge on the work in which he has already accomplished so much, regularity and economy in the management and general outlay of...
The Civil War in Dorset. By A. R. Bayley, B.A.
The Spectator(Barnicott and Pearce, Taunton. lOs. 6d. net)—This is a book which deserves high commendation. It sets an excellent example. A similar volume might very advantageously be put...
READABLE NOVELS. —A Pilgrimage of Truth. By D. G. Peto.
The Spectator(Smith, Elder, and Co. 6s.)—Here we have the adventures of English folk who are shipwrecked on the Moroccan coast and fall into the hands of a local Raisuli.—The Illustrious...
The Marriage Ventures of Marie - Louise. By Max Billard. Translated by
The SpectatorEvelyn, Duchess of Wellington. (Eveleigh Nash. 12s. 6d. net.)—It is doubtful, hardly doubtful some might say, whether this book was worth writing, or, when written, worth...
SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
The Spectator[Under this heading us notice such Books of the week al have not been reserved for review in other forms.] Puritanism and Art. By Joseph Crouch. (Cassell and Co. 12s. 6d....
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The Passion Play of Ober Ammergau. Translated from the German,
The Spectatorwith an Historical Introduction, by Montrose J. Moses. (Siegle, Hill, and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—The introduction is interest- ing, but it would be more useful if it were a little...
A Woman's Guide to Paris. By Alice M. Ivory. (James
The SpectatorNisbet and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—This little book, apparently of American authorship (we are told that "in America it is not the custom for a woman to eat in restaurants except...
Corneal', by S. Baring-Gould, has been added to the series
The Spectatorof " Cambridge County Geographies " (Cambridge University Press, ls. 6d.), and will not fail to keep up the reputation of that excellent series. This is, on the whole, a land of...