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LONDON: NOVEMBEE 7th, 1903.

BOOKS.

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THE PENINSULAR WAR.* IT was the opinion of one of the minor contemporary writers on the Peninsular Campaign that" a man must, like Xenophon, march with an army before he...

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GIORDANO BRl7N0.*

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THE literatures of France and Germany, and especially of his native Italy, are rich in works dealing with the life and philosophy of the marvellous Dominican monk and martyr of...

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SOME LITERARY MEMORIES.*

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MR. ARTHUR WIIIJAht A BEcEETT, who bears a name well known in literature, has drawn upon his memories of Victorian journalism for a readable and entertaining book, though it...

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GIFT-BOOKS.

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A TALE OF THE FUTURE.* WE shall be surprised if the author of On the Heels of De Wet does not make a decided success by this very spirited story. What are the campaigns of...

TWO GOOD STORIES.* e

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Is' Miss Evelyn Sharp had only known when to hold her band! The picture of the two children in the desolate big house in London is excellent; so is the story of how they ran...

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The Pikemen. By S. R. Keightley. (Hutchinson and Co. 6s.)

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—"Is it too soon," asks the author of this "Romanc‘of the Ards of Down," "for Romance, daughter of History to tell in her own way of the Great Rising?" Well, the fires are very...

The Mad Interpreter. By Arthur Lee Knight. (Grant Richards. 6s.)—There

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is an actuality about Mr. Knight's story which ought to make it attractive. It is told by one Everard Brooke, midship- man in the 'Ariadne,' then stationed at Muscat, and the...

Beggars of the Sea. By Tom Bevan. (Nelson and Sons.)

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—This "Story of the Dutch Struggle with Spain" has for its theme a subject which has been treated we know not how many times before. This is told with spirit, and with as much...

Betty and Co. By Ethel Turner (Mrs. H. R. Curlewis).

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(Ward, Lock, and Co.)—The first of these twelve stories, which gives its name to the book, is the best, as it is the longest. The children of a doctor's widow set up a shop to...

The Intervening Sea. By David Lyall. (R.T.S. 3s. 6d.)— There

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is something conventional in the lines on which this story is built. The figures of the drama which it presents are familiar. We recognise the aristocratic Vanstones, poor and...

Ilderim the Afghan. By David Ker. (R.T.S. 2s. 6d.)—Mr. Ker

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has, as most young readers know, a gift of picturesque description, nor does he fail to make good use of it in this story, if story it may be called. It is not a little...

An /*eland Afloat. By Gordon Stables, R.N. (Nisbet and Co.

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5s.)-4t is quite unnecessary at this time of day to recommend Dr. Gordon Stables's books to young readers. This particular story is supposed to be told by "Silas Grigg,...

The Young Ice-Whalers. By Winthrop Packard. (Longmans and Co. 6s.)—This

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story has the look of having been written by an expert. The details about whalebone and blubber; about " blackflsh," which the novice mistakes for whales, and are indeed whales,...

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A Prefect's Uncle. By P. G. Wodehouse. (A. and C.

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Black. Rs. 6d.)—Take away the cricket from this story, and there will be very little left. The " uncle " is a mauvais sujet. What school may have been in the author's mind when...

Littledom Castle, and other Tales. By Mrs. M. H. Spielmatm.

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(Rontledge and Sons. 5s.)—We have said our say about modern fairy-tales again and again. Whatever their merits—and Mrs. Spielmann's work may fairly be credited with a good share...

satisfactory illustrations. The young ladies, too, seem to be able

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to do without competitions and prizes.

Professor Philander-pan. By G. E. Farrow. (C. Arthur Pearson. 5s.)—Mr.

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Farrow is the proprietor, so to speak, of a not =fertile vein of humour, which many of our readers will, it is probable, recognise when we mention the " Wallypug." New things...

we are glad to renew our acquaintance. It is full

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of comical pictures, of beasts by preference, though now and then we have a fairy prince or princess by way of a change. These royal personages seem to us particularly well...

The Wonderful Castle. By Mary E. Murray. (S.S.13.

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is a volume in the "Red Nursery Series," pleasantly told and adorned with unusually good illustrations.—Sea Children, by S. Hope Evans (T. Fisher Unwin, 2s. 6d. net), records...

An Armchair Adventurer. By Harold Avery. (Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.

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35. 6d.)—This is a collection of most enter- taining stories of boy-life. An uncle, who has been crippled by an accident, tells us about the adventures of a graceless nephew,...

this book with a "Praise of the Cat." She tells

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us how good and great men have been fond of cats, and what services have been rendered by cats to the world. And the book itself is a story which is intended to inculcate...

A Book of Bad Children. By W. Trego Webb. (Methuen

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and Co. 2s. 6d.)—This is one of the "Little Blue Books," and, granted that it is a joke to be a "bad child," entertaining. The children, however, are not really "bad," and they...

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THE AMERICAN ADVANCE.

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The American Advance. By Edmund J. Carpenter. (John Lane. 5s.)—Some critics will find "Jingoism" in this book, which its author quite frankly, indeed, terms "a study in...

C URRENT LITE RAT (IRE.

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MR. CHAMBERLAIN: HIS LIFE AND PUBLIC CAREER. Mr. Chamberlain : his Life and Public Career. By S. H. Jeyes. (Sands and Co. 16s.)—The chief problem that Mr. Jeyes has set...

WILD SPORT WITH GUN, RIFLE, AND SALMON ROD.

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Wild Sport with Gun, Rifle, and Salmon Rod. By Gilfrid W. Hartley. (William Blackwood and Sons. 12s.)—Perhaps the most abiding impression that is left by this delightful book is...

The Carlyle Country. With a Study of Carlyle's Life. By

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J. M. Sloan. (Chapman and Hall. 10s. 6d.)—It would be unfair to expect new light on the over-discussed Carlyle problems. The general public, and even the Carlyle student, will...

Young England (57 Ludgate Hill, 5s.) is described as "an

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illus- trated magazine for boys throughout the English-speaking world." Here, too, we are glad to see that the competition bribe can be dispensed with, not without success, for...

The Yellow Satchel. By Fred Whishaw. (Routledge and Sons.) —The

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author of The Yellow Satchel ingeniously contrives to get into his tale two stories of treasure-hunting,—the owner of the satchel hunts, and the lad to whom he leaves it hunts....

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SEWAGE AND LAND IMPROVEMENT.

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Natural and Artificial Sewage Treatment. By Lieutenant - Colonel Alfred S. Jones, V.C., and H. Alfred Roechling, M.Inst.C.E. (E. and F. N. Spon. 3s. 6d. net.)—Colonel Jones is a...

THE ADVANCE OF OUR WEST AFRICAN EMPIRE.

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The Advance of Our West African Empire. By Captain Braithwaite Wallis. (T. Fisher Unvrin. 21s.)—This is a freshly written, and, as becomes a young soldier, full and particular,...

SCOTS IN EAST AND WEST PRUSSIA.

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The Scots in Eastern and Western Prussia. By Th. A. Fischer. (Otto Schulze and Co., Edinburgh. 6s.)—Mr. Fischer, who surely deserves well of Scotland, since he has done his best...

THEN AND NOW.

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When I was a Child. By an Old Potter. (Methuen and Co. 6s.)—There is a wholesome lesson to be drawn from the otherwise saddening pages of this striking little autobiography. In...

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IMPERIAL DEFENCE.

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Principles and Problems of Imperial Defence. By Lieutenant- Colonel G. S. May. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co. 7s. 6d.)—Colonel May says that he has been induced to write this book...

THE FIFES IN SOUTH AFRICA.

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The Fifes in South Africa. By 9,176 I.Y. (A. Westwood and Son, Cupar, Fife.)—Major Gilmour, of the Fife and Forfar Imperial Yeomanry, who writes an introduction to this book,...

IRELAND UNDER ELIZABETH.

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is still as far off as when O'Curry died. Being myself rather a student of history than of histories, I regard O'Sullivan's work more in the light of material for an Irish...

THE CROSSBOW.

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The Crossbow. By Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey, Bart. (Longmans and Co. £3 3s. net.)—This is an elaborate work on a subject which the author has made his own, and is quite, we may...

THE INSURRECTION OF 1641.

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The Bloody Bridge, and other Papers rotating to the Insurrec- tion of 1641. By Thomas Fitzpatrick, LL.D. (Sealy, Bryers, and Walker, Dublin. 7s. 6d.) — "The Insurrection of 1641...

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SELECTED LETTERS OF THE YOUNGER PLINY.

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Selected Letters of the Younger Pliny. Edited by Elmer Truesdell Merrill. (Macmillan and Co. 6s.)—Professor Merrill has expended a great amount of labour on this edition. It...

THE BIRDS OF TENNYSON.

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The Birds of Tennyson. By Watkin Williams, BA. (R. H. Porter. 6s. net.)—This is a very pleasant book on an interesting subject. Tennyson ranks with Wordsworth and Shakespeare in...

THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL.

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The City of Liverpool. Edited by E. W. Hope, M.D. (Lee and Nightingale, Liverpool.)—This "handbook "—it is not, we hope, a frivolous criticism to question the propriety of the...

TWO ON THEIR TRAVELS.

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• volume than we expected. It is becoming difficult to describe the ordinary route of travel, and people seem to have lost the art of enlivening literary landscapes with the ups...

LITERARY LANDMARKS OF OXFORD.

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Literary Landmarks of Oxford. By Laurence Hutton. (Grant Richards. 55. net.)—Mr. Hutton is not a little contemptuous of the ignorance which he found in Oxford residents...

King Edward and his Court. By T. H. S. Eseott.

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(T. Fisher Unwin. 10s.)—This is a good specimen of the kind of books —pleasantly personal and informing, if not specially pro- found—which the author of " England : its People,...

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A Book of Sundial Mottoes. Compiled by Alfred H. Hyatt,

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(Philip Welby. 3s. 6d. net.)—Here we have between four and five hundred mottoes, sometimes with the places given where they are to be seen. The Latin mottoes are translated....

Bell the Cat ; or, Who Destroyed the Scotch Abbeys?

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By John Jamieson. (.ZEneas Mackay, Stirling. 3s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Jamieson's contention, put briefly, is that the Reformers were not responsible for the destruction or ruin of the...

Rhymes for Reciting. By M. Bramston. (Warren and Son, Winchester.

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9d.)—Miss Bramston, whose delightful books for young people are known everywhere, gives us here a pleasant variety. There is much spirited verse in this little volume; both...

The fourth volume in the English translation of "The Works

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of Friedrich Nietzsche" (T. Fisher ITnwin) is The Dawn of Day, translated by Johanna Volz (10s. 6d. net). A most curious book it is, and hardly worth, we should think, all the...

The Representative Men of the Bible. By George Matheson. (Hodder

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and Stoughton. 6s.)—Dr. Matheson here gives us a second but independent volume of popular psychological studies of Old Testament characters. These studies have evidently been...

The Weavers' Craft. 'By Daniel Thomson. (Alexander Gard ner' Paisley.)—Mr. Thomson

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tells in this volume the story of the Guild of Weavers at Dunfermline, a society which endured an unknown number of years—the first document in existence is of the date 1596—and...

Belgrade, the White City of Death. By Mrs. Northesk Wilson.

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(R. A. Everett and Co. 108.6d. net.)—Mrs. Wilson seems to have put together this volume in breathless haste. A King and Queen had been assassinated ; what could be more...

The Plain Truth on the Stratford-on-Avon Controversy. By Marie Corelli.

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(Methuen and Co. ls.)—Miss Marie Corelli appeals to us, not a little, we must own, to our surprise, to do justice in the "Shakespearian houses" controversy. Mr. Sidney Lee...

The Book of Herbs. By Lady Rosalind Northcote. (J. Lane.

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2s. net.)—This is one of the series of "Handbooks of Practical Gardening," but it stands on a different plane from its fellows. It has much more in it than belongs to "practical...

The Price of a Smoke. By R. V. (W. R.

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Russell and Co.)— These seven stories of East African experiences are decidedly powerful. "R. V." does not like the Portuguese, and is glad to see them "bested," witness his...

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Quarterly Bibliography of Books Reviewed. Edited by G. F. Danforth.

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(Index Publishing Company, Bloomington, Indiana.) —This index, originally limited to American books and reviews, is now extended to England. Of the "Leading Periodicals,"...

The Light of the Morning. By Mary E. Darley. (Marshall

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Brothers.)—This is a story of persistent effort which, after some years of apparent failure, is now beginning to show results. We cannot profess to be quite clear about the...

Studies in Saintship. Translated from the French of Ernest Hello,

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with an Introduction, by Virginia M. Crawford. (Methuen and Co. 3s. 6d.)—Mrs. Crawford's introduction, in which she describes the life and work of Ernest Hello, is highly...

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LONDON Printed by Lova & MatconsosT (Limited) at Nos. 7476

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Great Queen Street, W.C. ; and Published by Joan BAKER for the " SrEcraroa " (Limited) at their Office, No, 1 Wellington Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in the...

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A Conference has been held this week at Pekin at

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which one would greatly like to have been present. The Russians, after evacuating Mukden, have found a pretest for reoccupying it, and have accordingly driven out its Chinese...

The struggle between Hungary and Austria, or rather between Hungary

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and the Emperor-King, appears to be calming down. Count Tisza has accepted the Premiership ; all military concessions asked for have been made, except the language for words of...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE Czar has written a letter to the President of the French Republic which is an important political document. To the amazement of the world, and possibly of his own...

Tammany has won in New York, its candidate, Mr. George

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McClellan—the son of the famous Northern General, and a Democrat—being elected as Mayor by a majority of nearly sixty-four thousand votes. Mr. McClellan, though himself a man of...

On Wednesday a revolution broke out in the Isthmus of

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Panama, that State of the United States of Colombia declaring itself independent and proclaiming a provisional Govern. ment. A Colombian war vessel has since been doing its best...

*** The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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FOB THE

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No. 3,932.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1903. [ REGISTERED AS A } Pstoz... ..... .6n. Nawarzraa. By Poss...61n. POSTAGE ABROAD

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At a meeting of the Central and Associated Chambers of

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Agriculture in London on Tuesday speeches were delivered by Mr. Rider Haggard and Mr. Chaplin. Mr. Haggard de- clared that if the Government programme were passed, the effect on...

We do not suppose that the fire which broke out

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in the Vatican last Sunday, and for three hours threatened the price- less library, will prove an historic event, but the accounts of it reveal a new tone as prevalent in the...

The Chorley election has resulted in the return of Lord

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Balcarres by a majority of 1,428 votes. He polled 6,226, and his opponent, Mr. Lawrence, 4,798. The last time there was a contest was in 1885, a year when the Liberals won at...

Mr. Aylesworth, one of the Alaskan Boundary Commis- sioners, was

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entertained at a banquet in Toronto on Monday, and made a remarkable speech. After dissociating himself from the attacks made on Lord Alverstone and the other Commis- sioners,...

Mr. Chamberlain proceeded to sketch the existing state of our

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commerce. Our foreign trade relatively to other nations was declining, our trade in neutral markets was stationary ; only in otu- Colonial trade was there any sign of advance....

We are glad that Sir William Harcourt should have come

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out into the open in the present fiscal struggle. His long political career, and the good work which he has done in his time at the Exchequer, entitle him to be heard with all...

Mr. Asquith made another excellent speech at Paisley last Saturday.

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After commenting on the makeshift character of "the policy of the half-way house" adopted by the Govern- ment, Mr. Asquith addressed himself to the consideration of Mr....

On Wednesday night Mr. Chamberlain addressed an audience of ten

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thousand people at Birmingham. His speech, which was the longest he has yet made in his campaign, was a remarkable example of his great powers of popular appeal. He began with...

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The assassination of M. Sagouni has had a startling sequel.

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On Wednesday two more Armenians were shot down on Peckham Rye by a compatriot, who immediately committed suicide. There seems to be little doubt that the assassin was the same...

On Tuesday the King laid the foundation-stone of the new

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sanatorium for tuberculosis at Midhurst. In a very interest- ing speech he paid a tribute to the generous donor, whom he was not permitted publicly to thank. He explained that...

On Thursday Sir Michael Hicks Beach made a most powerful

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and convincing speech at Manchester to a non- party meeting of business men,—a speech which absolutely disproves the silly rumours that Sir Michael's opposition to the new...

On Monday a letter was published from the Archbishop of

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Canterbury to Dr. Horton expressing his firm conviction that the differences dividing Nonconformists and Churchmen on the education question are much smaller than is commonly...

• Mr. Haldane, speaking at the Clothworkers' Company on Wednesday,

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told a very interesting story. He was recently, he said, talking to a foreigner who had made his fortune and had settled in England, and he said to him : "You come from a land...

Mr. John Morley, whose speeches in the present controversy have

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been as notable for their moderation as for their cogency, addressed a great meeting at Nottingham on Tuesday. He dealt chiefly with Mr. Chamberlain's astounding pledge that the...

The election of the London Borough Councils—the second in the

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history of the Councils—came to an end on Wednes- day. The result has been a remarkable victory for the Progressives, the figures showing 594 Conservative members and 616...

Bank Rate, 4 per cent.

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Consols (2f per cent.) were on Friday 881.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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FREE-TRADE AND THE IMPERIALIST IDEAL. W E are always glad to meet Mr. Chamberlain when he deals with the question of the Empire, and, in effect, accuses those who oppose him of...

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WAR 'OFFICE REORGANISATION.

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flUR contemporary the Daily Mirror—the daily paper kJ for women so happily named by Punch the Daily Female, which has made so promising a start this week, and to which we offer...

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MR. CHAMBERLAIN.

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rrHERE has rarely been in English politics a per- sonality whom it is so difficult to read as Mr. Chamberlain. It is not that he appears to his admirers and to his adversaries...

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THE SETTLEMENT IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

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I T would seem that the quarrel between the Hungarians and their Emperor-King is at last dying away, the Old Liberals, who with the Conservatives make up a clear majority of the...

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MR. BALFOIT AND UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN IRELAND.

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THE statements as to the intention of the Government to introduce an Irish University Bill during the coming Session are so precise and so uncontradicted that we may safely...

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PROFESSOR MOMMSEN.

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AT his death Professor Mommsen occupied a unique posi- tion in contemporary Europe. By common consent he was the foremost scholar, both by virtue of the extent and variety of...

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"INTENTIONAL INACCURACIES."

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A "Wphrase has been invented by a writer in the Daily Chronicle. Like other papers, the Daily Chronicle has lately devoted a good deal of its space to the discussion of fiscal...

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• THE RESTORATION OF LANDSCAPE.

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:E XCELLENT progress has been made with a scheme for converting some of the ugliest features of the "Black Country" into beauty spots in a landscape apparently ruined beyond...

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MR. GLADSTONE'S DICTION.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE 'SPECTATOR."] Sur,—In one of your articles on Mr. Morley's book you. observethat Mr. Gladstone was not the author of many "purple patches." A like remark...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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MEMORIAL TO THE COLONIAL TROOPS IN ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL. rro THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR...1 Sin,—It may interest your many readers who supported the Colonial Troops Club last...

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THE CLOSE OF THE TRANS VAAL LABOUR COMMISSION.

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LTO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR:1 SIE,—Your article under the above heading in the Spectator of October 24th reminds me of a conversation I lately had on the subject of white...

MR. MORLEY'S LIFE OF GLADSTONE.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOH.1 Sra,—I had noticed the slightly incorrect inference in your article, but hardly thought it worth referring to till I saw the letter in the...

ARE WE TEUTONS

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "STEcTATOE.1 venture to ask, not controversially, but in a spirit of pure inquiry, a question which it seems to me, in view of certain recent...

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"DEFENCE, NOT DEFIANCE."

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.1 SIR,—May I ask you to spare me space to reply to Major Rankin's letter on "The Government and the Army" in the Spectator of October 31st? The...

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE ARMY.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondent Major Rankin in the Spectator of October 31st states that men would become Volunteers even if by so doing they...

REFORM OF POSTAL RATES.

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[To TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — The contention of the editor of the People's Friend in the Spectator of October 31st is, of course, a common-sense one ; but the whole...

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WHAT IS SPENT ON BREAD IN POOR FAMILIES. [To THY

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EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' Stn,—Knowing how anxious you are that your paper should supply accurate information to your readers, I venture to ask you space for a short letter....

MR. BALFOUR AND PROTECTION.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THY " SPECTATOR."] Stu,—Mr. Chamberlain is strong in his assertions that an import-duty is not necessarily paid by the consumer, but in great part by the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—The baker in

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our Warwickshire village tells me that the average consumption of bread in a working man's family is about four and a half small (i.e., 24d.) loaves per head per week. And the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR." J SIR,—Let me state,

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without any preface, my experiences in this matter. In 1853 I went to a curacy in a rural parish of Wiltshire; in 1892 I was presented to a small benefice in the same county...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—For the agricultural labourer

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mentioned by Mr. Marion in the Spectator of October 31st whose "cash wage" amounts to lls, a week, and whose family consumes fourteen large— apparently quarteni—loaves in the...

RETALIATION—IS IT FEASIBLE?

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(To WM EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' Sin,—Though you are (rightly) going to protect letters dealing with subjects other than fiscal by giving them a preference, perhaps you will...

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MR. CHAMBERLAIN AND THE PLATE-GLASS INDUSTRY.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "Srsore:rou."J SIR,—Mr. Chamberlain referred at Liverpool to injury done to the plate-glass industry of this country by "dumping" from America. Without...

THE PRICE OF FOOD UNDER PROTECTION.

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(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your correspondent "C. H. L." in the Spectator of October 24th quotes a German lady as having reported the cost of living in this place...

[TO THE EDITOR OP TILE "Sracrwror..1

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Sin,—With reference to your estimate in the Spectator of October 31st of the amount spent by the labourer on bread, may I draw your attention to the Board of Trade Blue-book, p....

"DUMPING."

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Your definition in the Spectator of October 24th of the "question - begging" term " dumping " reminds me of Bentha.m's of the word...

GERMANY AND THE GLASS TRADE.

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[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.') Si,—Can any one practically acquainted with the glass trade explain why glass chemical apparatus is so largely, if not exclusively, made in...

FREE-TRADE AND "DUMPING."

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[TO THE EDITOR OF TILE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I think that many who, like myself, started in the present controversy with "no settled convictions," but are inclined to come down on...

THE MORAL SIDE OF THE FISCAL QUESTION. pro THE EDITOR

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OF THE "SPECTAT011."1 SIR,—The moral side of the fiscal question has, I think, received too little attention from the advocates of Free-trade. Stress has, however rightly, been...

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GERMANY AND THE STEEL INDUSTRY.

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LTO TIM EDITOR OF TUB " SPECTATOR." J SIB,—It is very clever on Mr. J. W. Gordon's part (Spectator, October 31st) to try to play off upon an ignorant public that Germany's sole...

FISCAL POLICY AND CHURCH SCHOOLS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF TUB "SPECTATOR."] Sui,—In your article, "Fiscal Policy and Church Schools," in the Spectator of October 31st, you appeal, not actually, but by implication, to...

BELGIAN RAILS FOR ENGLISH TRAMWAYS. Ito THB EDITOR OP TRH

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usegancoa.1 Sra,—I have read a good deal lately about the manufacture in Belgium of rails for English tramways. Mr. Chamberlain would no doubt like to put a duty on these...

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THE DUTY OF FREE-TRADE UNIONISTS.

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[To ma EDITOR OF TEE "SPECTATOR"] SIR, —In the Spectator of October 3rd you were good enough to publish a letter from me on this subject. In that letter I expressed my opinion...

DISCIPLINE IN DOWNING STREET.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SIR,—May I add my voice to'those that would dissuade you from endeavouring to upset the present Government upon the ground that it disagrees...

THE TARIFF QUESTION IN THE UNITED STATES.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SLII,—The following extract from a letter of a foreign officer now holding a scientific post in the United States may possibly be of...

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BOOKS.

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MISS BAUGHAYS POEMS.* READERS of the Spectator will not be unfamiliar with some of the poems in Miss Baughan's volume,—with "The Ship and Reaben, and other Poems. By B. B....

POETRY.

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SHERWOOD. Snuawoon in the twilight, is Robin Hood awake ? Grey and ghostly shadows are gliding thro' the brake ; Shadows of the dappled deer, dreaming of the morn, Dreaming of...

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BLIND ALLEYS OF HISTORY.*

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Mn. LANG has attempted a bold task, no less than to find a light to some of the very darkest alleys in history. In most cases he has only deepened the mystery; but then he has...

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THACKERAY. 0 ONE feeling which Mr. Whibley's masterly little volume excites

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in us is regret that he has not given us a biography in a fuller sense. As a monograph, or biographical and critical essay, it could not well be better ; the pity is that Mr....

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THE MAGAZINES.

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THE November Nineteenth Century is singularly varied in its contents and in the quality of its articles. Thus we have Mr. Archibald Hurd in an interesting article discussing the...

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The Stolen Emperor. By Mrs. Hugh Fraser. (J. Long. 6s.)

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—The reader who may not be acquainted with the literary ability of Mrs. Fraser must not suffer himself to be discouraged by a somewhat unpromising beginning in this "Tale of Old...

SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.

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[Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as haw not been reserved for review in other forms.1 Within the Pale. By Michael Davitt. (Hurst and Blackett. 5s.) —Mr....

Rachel Harr. By Morley Roberts. (Eveleigh Nash. 6e.)— Students of

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Dickens will remember Mr. Pecksniff's perplexity about the name of "those fabulous animals (pagan, I regret to think) who used to sing in the water," and the readers of Rachel...

NO THE YELLOW VAN.*

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A NEW book from the pen of Mr. Whiteing agreeably diversifies the monotony of the novel - reader's existence, as this accomplished writer belongs to the honourable minority who...

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In the series of "Little Guides" (Methuen and Co.) we

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have Surrey, by F. A. H. Lambert, illustrated by Edmund H. New (38.), an excellent little book, with its information arranged in alphabetical order. Among the interesting facts...

English Metrists. By T. S. Omond. Pelton, Tunbridge Wells. Is.

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6d.)—Mr. Omond gives us in this volume a criticism and a bibliography of the attempts made to reproduce classical metres in English verse. Our own opinion leans, but with no...

In a handsome volume of more than a thousand pages,

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Gamma d,ella Letteratura /ta/iana (Barbera, Firenze ; Frowde, London ; 358. net), Professor Bingham has collected some seven hundred specimens of Italian literature from the...