. Review of reviews and world's work . ffspring, and also toamend the equally chivalrous outcome of masculinedomination, the law which made marriage equivalentto the robbery by the husband of all his wdfes prop-erty, past, present and to come. Mr. Bryce is almostas well known in the United States as in the UnitedKingdom. He has written the classic w^ork on theAmerican Commonwealth, and is equally at home onthe Swiss Constitution and on the Alps. He does notexcite as much enthusiasm as might be desired, but heis an eminently useful, trustworthy, public spiritedpublic man. THE FIGHTING SERVICES.
. Review of reviews and world's work . ffspring, and also toamend the equally chivalrous outcome of masculinedomination, the law which made marriage equivalentto the robbery by the husband of all his wdfes prop-erty, past, present and to come. Mr. Bryce is almostas well known in the United States as in the UnitedKingdom. He has written the classic w^ork on theAmerican Commonwealth, and is equally at home onthe Swiss Constitution and on the Alps. He does notexcite as much enthusiasm as might be desired, but heis an eminently useful, trustworthy, public spiritedpublic man. THE FIGHTING SERVICES. There is no need for any one to go through all theother members of the Cabinet. The most usefulCabinet Minister, who may yet lead the House ofCommons, is Mr. Campbell-Bannerman. He is oneof the few ministers w^ho know the difference be-tween a cavalry regiment and a protected cruiser :for interest in the services is not the leading char-acteristic of Liberal statesmen. Mr. Campbell-Ban-nerman is rich and tough and cax^able. He is the. H. CAMPBELL-BAN-NERMAN. Li])eral W. H. Smith, who is nmch cleverer than tlielate Mr. W. H. Smith. He ought to succeed as leader of the House. If Sir W. Har-courts eyes art; not better he i)robably will. has only one fault. He islethargic. A few crackers ignited under his coat tailwould do him good. If he c(juld be induced to be-come a vegetarian and to read only one French novela month, he might depose the Duke of Cambridge,and become famous in history as the man who createdthe British Araiy. But, failing the crackers, and inthe absence of personal ambition or i)atriotic self-abnegation, what is to be done ? Every one was delighted when it was known thatLord Spencer was the new First Lord of the Ad-miralt}^ and that delight wasincreased when it was know^nthat Sir Edward Reed was notgoing to have any post in theAdministration. Lord Spenceris an ideal English master of the hounds, theowner of Althorp, a
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