Monday, though too long, is a striking and statesmanlike exposition of recent events. After a plain spoken allusion to the ' Maine,' the President deals with Cuba, and states...

at the present moment is the manner in which the Govern- ment has allowed the Anti-Semitic movement in Algiers to get out of hand. The Anti-Tuff, the organ of the Mayor of...

exasperation in Paris. The official papers affect to believe that Sir E. Monson was only " carried away," but the Press in general declares that he menaces France, and some...

Picquart. That great Tribunal decided on Thursday, on an application from the Colonel's counsel, that it had as yet no means of judging whether the military proceedings and the...

T HE event of the week has been a speech by the British Ambassador in Paris to the British Chamber of Com- merce there. Sir Edmund Monson began with compli- ments to his hosts,...

case.

intends to connect the two oceans with a ship canal, and will only say here that we hail with satisfaction the release of the isthmus from a kind of Anglo-Saxon mort- main....

a very long speech, the salient features of which were that the intimidation practised upon workmen by Trade-Unions is to be prevented by repressive criminal laws, that the...

by Cobden to Captain Cowper Coles in 1864 on the question of national defence, which shows that his clear and comprehensive brain had fully realised the true nature of the...

mentioning that there is now in the Treasury some £27,000,000 in gold coin, another £27,000,000 in gold bullion, and about £18,000,000 in silver bullion, the President states...

Nicaragua Canal scheme makes it worth while to recall the exact nature of the scheme. In the Republic of Nicaragua, which holds the broader part of the isthmus between the...

Every man among his subjects seems to exalt in his Jubilee, but not one among them will let him manage as he pleases. Bohemia is shattered by the race contest ; in Galicia there...

an invention which fills us with dismay. According to the account furnished by the inventor, his new phonographic voice-trumpet magnifies musical and vocal sounds in such volume...

which was notable for its very plain speaking about Home-rule. The Liberal party, he said, were neither blind, deaf, nor idiotic. Two heroic attempts had been made within the...

Hall last Saturday is an interesting rather than an attractive Metropolis. To reduce the present wilderness of houses to a reasonable size—a third or a quarter of the present...

the public on Monday with a modest but well-attended ceremonial. As we have said elsewhere, we think the Com- mittee of the Library should have erected a new building on cheaper...

on Thursday. He maintained that the present Government, though not perfect, was an excellent one, and elicited much laughter by asking if the Opposition could provide a better....

Gage, published this week, recommends that a new American seagoing merchant-fleet shall be built up,—presumably by means of bounties and exclusive rights and privileges, and...

He admitted that there were still great differences with France, but evidently thinks that the way to settle them is to speak frankly, and insist that the policy of pin-pricks...

New Consols (2!) were on Friday, 110-1.

S IR EDMUND MONSON'S speech on Monday to the British Chamber of Commerce in Paris is a rather grave event. It is a little difficult to believe that Sir Edmund, who is an...

INTELLECTUAL INSINCERITY AND THE LIBERAL PARTY. W E do not imagine that the Daily Mail's " sporting" attempt to " rally " the Liberal party by a £100 prize will have any very...

'W E pointed out at the end of last summer that it could not be long before our statesmen would have to bring their minds to bear upon the question of the Nicaragua Canal and...

the preoccupatio of Europe during the last year of this century, seem to be ripening fast. From every side come up statemen that, quiet as the people of Spain seem to be, and...

interesting figure in Europe, or, indeed, in the world, than that of Francis Joseph of Hapsburg-Lorraine, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary. His position is so great, his...

T HE Progressive majority in the London Conn Council are certainly not wanting in courage. Th are about to embark upon a very large experiment, and the same time to drive all...

" I F a man die, shall he live again ? " This is the funda- mental question of all ages, and the modern world, while deeply divided on this problem of problems, is perhapa even...

'W E need not consult the biography of the author of " Alice in Wonderland " for evidence that he i n ler- stood the way to win the affections of little girls like Alice...

ME use of the London Library, that is, of a great Library which charges an annual fee, but does not seek a profit, 'ers considerably from that of the Library of the British...

[To THE EDITOR 01 THE " SPECTATOR.. "] SIR,—Has the policy of " annoyance " or " pin-pricks," which the French are at last sensible that they have been indulging in towards us...

have, I see, the courage to use the term ." Protestant" in speaking of the Anglican Church. The word has been for some time under a ban. That foolish young curates, with the...

A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY FOR IRELAND. [To THE EDITOR 01 THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, —In enumerating the reasons for establishing a Catholic University in Ireland (Spectator,...

[TO TEE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOE."] SIR, — In your article on " Bloodhounds " in the Spectator of October 8th, you make reference to Cuban bloodhounds " used for hunting...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —With reference to the interesting article on Bishop Wilson in the Spectator of December 3rd, I can testify to the respect in which...

[To THE EDITOR or sea "SpzerAroa."] SIR, —I regret to find from your review in the Spectator of December 3rd of my recently published book, " I was in Prison," that your...

THE " Einccteros.”] SIR,—Though I do not belong to the political party which claims Sir William Harcourt as one of its leaders, and though I am not concerned to appear as...

Sin,—The explanation of Mr. Pownal in the Spectator of December 3rd as to the squirrel and sheep incident does not explain satisfactorily to me. Knowing the habits of the...

SPRCTATOR.1 SIR,—Do you really suppose the teaching in the Gordon Memorial College will be in English P Of course it will be is Arabic, and English will be taught, just as...

[To THE EDITOR Or n111 "SPECTATOR "] Sin,—As a lover of dogs, and especially of the chow chow dog, I must most strongly protest against the description of the breed contained...

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " EIPZOTATOR."] Sin,—From a notice in the Spectator of December 3rd I gather that your reviewer, whilst sympathising with the pur- pose with which my...

WINTER MEDITATIONS ON THE PAVEMENT. GAY are the London streets, and bright With windows streaming floods of light Over all luxuries,—o'er gold, Rubies, and diamonds, wealth...

(To THE ED110111 OF THE " SPECTATOB.' EIR,—Mr. Tollemache has read my letter carelessly. I knew, and admitted in your columns, that in relating the story of the Academy...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—The recent correspondence in the Spectator relating to the alleged act of duplicity on the part of Disraeli, as narrated by Browning...

BISMARCK.* [FIRST NOTICE.] FIFTY years ago there sat on the throne of Prussia a man possessed of many and great gifts; but these gifts were calculated rather to enable him to...

{" EXSILINDE DOMOS ET DITLCIA MUTANT. "] THE beam says to the rafter, We are crazy and old : The hearth says to the chimney, We are blackened and cold : The door says to the...

• The Cruise of the Cachalot' Bound the World After Sperm Whales. By F. T. Mallen, First Mate. With Illustrations. London : Smith and E'der. [8e. 6:1„1 THE beat way to make...

"Tins book," says its author, Mr. Lucas, "grew from the discovery in 1894 of two masses of correspondence relating to the family of Charles Lloyd, the Quaker philanthropist and...

TN the remote days when Modern Painters revealed to England a new literary star on her horizon, Mr. Ruskin was considered primarily as an art critic and as the voice of the...

Allen's new story is largely laid in the Tyrolese Alps, and one of its most striking episodes is enacted high above the snow-level on the edge of a beetling precipice, Linnet is...

THE Contemporary Review publishes two political articles this month, which, like the revelations of the fat boy in Pick- wick, are intended to "make your flesh creep." The first...

GIFT-BOOKS. Impressions. By Pierre Loti. With an Introduction by Henry James. (A. Constable and Co. 105.)—We are not very fond of the new fashion of ushering in every other...

J. Cornish. (Seeley and Co.)—Mr. Cornish is so well known as a writer on natural history and kindred subjects, that a new volume from him hardly needs our recommendation. Our...

Co.)—Robert Thompson, who has fought in the Civil War, takes up a claim in the Far West, to which he removes his family, con- sisting of a wife, two sons, and two daughters....

stories suited to children's taste and excellently illustrated The names of authors are many, G. Manville Fenn, Maggie Brown, and E. Nesbit being among the best known....

—Mr. Gordon has told in picturesque and simple style the life of Christ. All children will read this book with pleasure and will gain a thorough knowledge of those events in...

or heroine performs some impossible task by the aid of a demon to whom they pledge themselves or their children, if they cannot tell him his name within a specified time. An...

—The " friend" is Winifred Trent, at first the pet aversion of two sisters named Summer and Winter. How a close friendship sprung up between them is very prettily told ; the...

Fuller. (E. Nister.)---This is a "volume of selected devotional poems and extracts," containing many well-known poems which it is needless to praise. One or two are possibly a...

and Sons.)—Mr. C. W. Vick tells us, quite truly, that Browning is not the poet from whom to pick mottoes, but that he has a great deal to say about human life, duty, and...

is a delightful story ; in fact, one of the best Mrs. Molesworth has written. The title is taken from a path where the ghost of a. certain Elizabeth Merlon is supposed to walk....

Poems of John Milton. Illustrated and decorated by A. Garth Tones. (G. Bell and Sons.)—The illustrations are, to our mind, curiously varied in merit. Sometimes they have...

Co.)—Children will welcome this pleasant story.. Two little girls, Molly and Sybil, have as their neighbour Arthur Adair, who has been sent to the country for his health....

is the " last boy " in the printing office of the Russellville Record, and is seriously meditating whether he will not give up his place for work in a saw-mill, and gain thereby...

is adapted, we are told, from a French original published more than fifty years ago. Various changes and addi- tions have been made. The result is amusing, and the more...

The Century, the Pall Mall Magazine, St. Nicholas, Macmillan's Magazine, the Review of Reviews, the Girl's Realm, the Cornhill Magazine, Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, the...

is admirably retold by Mr. Pain. He does not attempt to make any fun out of it—he will pardon us for the needless apprehension—but gives the old story with proper simplicity...

for which there is the highest authority. North Field thinks that she will ask to her birthday-party her poor neighbours. She has not, it is true, a perfectly irreproach- able...