THE MAGAZINES. IN the new Nineteenth Century Mr. Brodrick criticises Mr. Haldane's Army proposals temperately enoughi. The gravamen of his charge is that Mr. Haldane ignores...

POE TIt Y. THE FEUDSMAN. (A BALLAD OF THE DEBATEABLE LAND, CIRC. 1450.) OH! I fared forth from my father's house Poor, naked, and alone, A tattered cloak and a rusty sword...

THE MONKEYS OF GIBRALTAR. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-I beg to call your attention to the enclosed note which has appeared in a local newspaper in Germany. Many...

THE " SPECTATOR" EXPERIMENTAL COMPANY. LTO THz EDITOB Of THE "SPECTATOR."J SiR,-My telegram announcing the result of our field-firing last Friday having unfortunately failed to...

"SENIOR" AND "NATU MAIOR." [TO THF EDITOR OF. THE -SPxCrATOR.]| SIR,-Would you kindly permit me to answer the questions put in the Spectator of September 1st by your reviewer...

AUTUMN LEAVES. IN the charming letters of Edward FitzGerald, preserved for our delectation by the fortunate circumstance of his possessing friends capable of appreciating what...

Lord Palmerston-if wve remember arigbt-once said that, whatever its other drawbacks, the English climate was the only one in which a man could do a day's work all the year...

In an interview with a representative of the Iatiln at Biarritz, I Count Romanones, the Spanislh Minister of Justice, stated that he could not rest content vith stopping the...

Since our last issue Mr. Bryan has returned to the United I States, made his formal entry into New York, and delivered his declaration of policy at a monster meeting in Madison...

A remarkable Imperial Decree has been promulgated in the name of the Emperor of China, though really inspired by the Dowager-Emnpress, on the question of Constitutional...

We are glad to reproduce the following passage from a despatch addressed by Lord Elgin to the Governor of Natal which appeared in Tuesday's papers. Lord Elgin observes:" The...

On Tuesday Mr. Cummings delivered his presidential address to the Trade-Union Congress, which has been in session at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, during the week. In regard to...

The German Colonial scandals have had an unexpected I sequel in the resignation of the Hereditary Prince HohenloheLangenburg, the Acting-Director of the Colonial Department of...

I The statement of Mr. Stannard, which we dealt with in a leading article last week, has produced a counterblast from M. Lefebvre, secretary of the Committee of the Federation...

Mr. Morel, replying in Tuesday's Times, contends, as we think with perfect justice, that it is impossible for the prosecution to make good their case without (a) putting into...

It is nccessary to point out that the whole of the German -,!on)plaint and menace addressed to us rests on the assumption that Fiance is in an aggressive mood towards Germany,...

The French Bisbops' Assembly has been in session during I the whole of the past week, but we regret to say that there seem at present few indications that the Roman Church is...

The Pan-German Congress met at Dresden on Monday. I Herr Class, according to the Berlin telegram in Tuesday's Times, delivered a long address in which he severely criticised...

The Johannesburg correspondent of the Daily Chronicle sends an interesting letter, published in Thursday's issue, on the attitude of the Rand towards the new Constitution....

I It was announced during the course of the week that the Imperial Government has decided to remit the loan of thirty millions which it bad been intended-we will not say...

MR. ROOSEVELT'S ORTHOGRAPHY. [TO TIM IKr)iO[ Oit 'o111K "si'E-crA'roit. j SiR,-In your interesting article in the Spectator of September 1st concerning the above you say: " It...

FREE-TRADE AND CONSUMERS. [10 THE EDtoTlt Oil TLB "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-You will be tempted to announce (at least with respeCt to me) your rule to be: Octogenarium fugito nam...

CANON MACCOLL ON THE ORNAMENTS RUBRIC [TO TIMR EirOit OF THE " SPRCrATOIC."] SIR,-On reading over the letter which you wVere so good as to publish for me last week, I find a...

MR. ARNOLD-FORSTER ON THE VOLUNTEERS. [TO THI EDITOR OF THES " SPFCTATOR."] SIR,-In your issue of August 25tti Mr. Arnold-Forster justified the reduction of the Voltinteers on...

A SPIDER STORY FROM1 CHINA. [TO THE EDITOR OF TuE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-" Big-game hunting" for spiders is a subject that I have not observed under discussion, and it may interest...

LJErfT E RS T10 T¶[-1E E' )ITOR. THE MANUFACTURE OF PAUPERS. fTO Tim EDITOR OF T1lE "SPECTATOR. 1 SIR,-In view of the letters of " X." and of Mr. Wm. Grisewood in your issue...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR." I SIR,-Referring- to the thi-d paragral)lh of hr. Grisewood's suggestive letter under this heading in your issue of August 25th, may I say...

JOURNALISM AND ITS IDEALS. r0 say smooth things of journalism is only natural 1 when you are bidding those who practise it welcome, and the Provost of Trinity College, Dublin,...

LEX CREDENDI. Lex Credendi. By George Tyrrell. (Longmans and Co. 5s. net.)- Lex Credendi is an exposition of Liberal Roman Catholicism. The author in his former book, " Lex...

SOME BOOKS OF T'RjF WEEK. [Under this heading we notice such Books of the week as have not been reserved jur mevsei in other forms.] From Charing Cross to Delhi. By S. Parnell...

CURRENT LITERATURE. THE PARABLES OF JESUS. Thoughts on Some of the Parables of Jesus. By Cosmo Gordon | Lang, Bishop of Stepney. (I. Pitman and Sons. 6s.)-"'l'Iie I I 11 JS...

INDIA OF TO-DAY. India of To-Day. By Walter Del Mar. (A. and C. Black. 6s.) -Mr. Del Mar has in this volume about India followed the plan he adopted in his similar work upon...

The Uphill Road. By E. C. Ruthven. (Chapman and Hall. Os.) I -This novel gives a long and very detailed account of about a year in the life of its heroine, Joanna Magrath....

THE CLAIM OF THE TRADE-UNIONS TO STAND OUTSIDE THE LAW. AjHE Times of Thursday publishes an article on the I 1 Trade-Unions and their demands, by Lord Lindley, for which the...

The menacing note of the alternative is enbanced by another phrase in the article, which infers that Eugland is giving encouragement to French diplomacy, " tho object of which...

The Tim es on Wednesday published a translation of portions of an article entitled " Germany and Foreign Policy " which is to appear in the September number of the Deutsche...

As far as abstract propositions go, little objection can be I taken to the conzmrtniqzt6, for no sane person can doubt that miscellaneous bomb-throwing and sporadic political...

NE WS OF THE WEEK. .4- T RIDAY'S papers contain the text of an official cool Iluniqu| F which sets forth the Russian Government's policy. The revolutionary organisations are,...

We all desire intensely a better undlcrstandinL wit], Germany, but if that understanding,, can only be purchased by a modification of our present relations with Fi-anee, Wve...

The Idyllic Avon. By Jobn Henry Garrett. (G. P. Putnam's Sons. 12s. 63d. net.)-Mr. Garrett, a citizen of the United States, describes in this volume a boat excursion up the...

I Sinla Village Tales. By Alice Elizabeth Dracott. (John Murray. 6s.)-Mrs. Dracott tells us that she took down tOe greater part of these tales-there are fifty-seven in all-as...

I Ten Bunyan Talks. By G. W. T. M'Gunn. (A. Gardner, Paisley. 2s. net.)-Mr. M'Gunn thinks that " The Pilgrim's Progress " is less read than is commonly thought. We are...

IFrom Libai to Tsushima. By the late Eugene S. Pulitovsk-Y. Translated by Major F. it. Godfrey. (John Murray. 6s.)- EugI'ne Politovsky was engineer-constructor in the second...

I In the series of " The Temple Greek and Latin Classics," Edited I by G. Lowes Dickinson, M.A., and 11. 0. Meredith , (J. M. Dent and Co.), Thte £neid of Virgil, Translated...

SOME BIOGRAPHIES.* No one will find any difficulty in reading The Life and Letters of Alfred Ainger, and those who had the privilege of knowing the man can readily call up the...

POOR LAW EXPENDITURE. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." 1 SIR,-We are under great obligations to the Spectator for the series of articles bearing on Poor Law administration....

UNEMPLOYMENT AND ITS CAUSES. fTO THY EDITOR OF TRE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-The letter in the Tines on " The Unemployed " to which you refer in the Spectator of August 25thl is...

SOCIALISM AND PARTY POLITICS. | TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.'] SIR,-Referring to your remarks in last week's Spectator on the bold utterance of the Master of Elibank, may...

We have to notice a new edition of Anacreon, Translated by I Thomas Stanley, with a Preface and Notes by A. H. Bullen (A. H. Bullen, Os.) The Aitacreontia, as all critics are...

The Bells of England. By J. J. Raven, D.D. (Metliuen andi Co. 7s. 6d. net.)-This is the latest volume of an excellent series which we have had various opportunities of...

OLD FORT WILLIAM.* NOT the least of the services rendered to India by Lord Curzon was the excavation of the site of Old Fort William1 in Calcutta. and the setting up of a...

THE LIMITATION OF FORTUNES IN AMERICA. SOMIE surprise has been expressed at the great exciteS ment-or shall we sav interest ?-wllich is already felt in America as to the result...

THE FUTURE OF ENGLISH CRICKET. THE cricket season which is drawing to a close this week has been in some respects one of the most remarkable in the history of the game. It...

A HIGHLAND ANTHOLOGY.* TImE beautiful district of Badenoch, lying on the Upper Spey and about Lochs Laggan and Ericht, was once a part of the Northern Pictish Kingdom, and...

The Field of Glory. By Henry Sienkiewicz. (John Lane. 6s.) -Although1 The Field of Glory is a spirited, picturesque romance, the reader vwill be somewhat disappointed,...

NOVELS. TILE GUARDED FLATME.0 MR. MAXWELL has slhown abundant cleverness, energr, and a great capacity for taking pains in his earlier novels; but the results attained have...

DESPONDENCY AND VIOLENCE IN RUSSIA. | SINCE the profitable experience of a first Russian Duma was brought to an abrupt close, the news which has come to us from that country...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. NAVAL SUPREMACY AND NATIONAL SAFETY. I THE Daily Mail of Tuesday published an interview T between its Special Correspondent and the German Chancellor which...

CORRESPONDENCE. KAFFIRS AND CHINESE. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."J SIR,-No doubt the main issues arising out of the introduction of the Chinese into South Africa are...

BO O K 1 S. - L'ILE INCONNUE.* L'Ile Inconnue is a French book about England. The writer is a well-known novelist, a woman, who signs herself " Pierre de Coulevain." She comes...

CITRISTIANITY AND CONVERSION. DR. FITCHETT'S Life of Wesley (London: Smith, Elder, 11) and Co., Gs. net) is a treatise upon conversion, and as such it malkes strange reading in...