hours, but was almost devoid of interest. Except the mover and seconder, only Lord Granville and Lord Salis- bury spoke, and both made rather perfunctory speeches. Lord...

With the "SPECTATOR" of Saturday, March 10th, will be issued, gratis, a SPECIAL LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, the outside pages of which will be devoted to Advertisements. Advertisements...

W E deeply regret to record that the unfavourable prognosis of the disease in the Crown Prince's throat has proved to be the correct one. The " thickening" of the larynx, which...

the speech from the Throne was moved by Mr. 'Wharton (M.P. for the Ripon Division of the West Riding of Yorkshire), and was seconded by Colonel Duncan (M.P. for the Holborn...

the Queen even more than usually colourless. Nothing is said in it as to the probabilities of war. The Queen is friendly with all allies, pleased at the settlement of the Afghan...

and based his strong hope of peace mainly upon the Emperor Alexander ; but he said one thing which may here- after turn out to have been of importance. Prince Bismarck, he said,...

case.

the Reichstag on Monday. He spoke for two hours, and created such an impression that when he sat down, the Bill authorising a loan of 214,000,000 was passed without discus-...

the (acting) Lord Mayor of Dublin yesterday week, when the toast of "The Queen" was actually proposed, and drunk "with loud cheers," says the Times, by the majority of those...

is strongest of all in Rome. The Italian Government is strengthening its already strong fleet with feverish haste, and according to the Times' correspondents, intends to...

to be expected from him ; made rather light of the proposals concerning Procedure ; believed that the House would be satisfied with the disposition of the Government to respect...

resign his Viceroyalty on or before the expiration of his fourth year of office, or possibly even in March, and will be succeeded by Lord Lansdowne, now Governor-General of...

the combats of last Session would not be renewed. "As far as this House is concerned, I think I may venture to say, not, indeed, as the result of positive communications at this...

1879 was avowedly directed against Russia, and binds Germany to defend Austria if attacked ; while it is understood that the supplementary treaty with Italy accentuates all the...

Church of England who are favourable to Home-rule, is to be shortly presented. The leaders in this movement are, without exception, men for whom we entertain the most cordial...

of the Constitutional Union, held at St. James's Hall, and opened a discussion on the reform of Procedure in the House of Commons. On the points on which amendment is most...

Consols were on Friday 102i to 1021.

with the honorary freedom of the Company, and in acknowledging the toast of his health at the banquet, the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer called attention to the fact that the...

at Derby on Tuesday. He boasted that Lord Salisbury was about to begin "tobogganing" down the Home-rule slide, but none the less he abused the Unionists, from the beginning to...

paper, being nothing less than an authoritative statement by the Sheikh-nl-Islam himself of the Mahommedan theology as accepted by its modern doctors. This statement, though...

pany of Coopers to Sir Henry James, the guest of the evening made a speech in praise of those who know how to resist the popular tyranny of the moment, instead of weakly...

M R. GLADSTONE'S speech on Thursday night on the Address, was like the blowing of the zephyr when a hurricane had been expected. After landing at Dover, Mr. Gladstone was full...

PRINCE BISMARCK'S SPEECH. T O understand fully the drift of Prince Bismarck's enig- matical speech, it is necessary to remember the relation which, ever since the first...

S LR HENRY MAINE, whose loss we are all deploring; belonged to a small but almost invaluable class of public servants, who labour strenuously all their lives in the shade to...

T HE news of Friday evening from San Remo will be received in England with as profound and as honest a sorrow as in Germany, and with much more surprise. The Germans have from...

T HE letter in the Times of Thursday week, to which our correspondent " Catholicus " calls attention in his letter of to-day, seems to us a subject worthy of a good deal of...

this could possibly be allowed to prevail. The Chancery Division could not be allowed, as it often does, to order sums of money to be paid into Court, and when those sums were...

A ITSTRALIA has rendered the Mother-country an im- portant legal service. It has defined the nature of the injury which will not sustain an action for damages against a Railway...

O NE of the most remarkable characteristics of Dr. Mar- tineau's metaphysics is the humour with which he treats the fundamental issues, wherever they are not involved with...

T HE reporters say that Lancashire has rarely been so moved as by "the Salford tragedy," discovered on the 3rd inst. ; and though that is a common form with reporters, they are...

AN ANGLICAN "MISSION" TO CONVERT ITALY. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPFCTATOR." I SIR, — On the last day of last year, you indulged in some natural and devout reflections, to the...

to have attributed Mr. Traill's interesting article on "The Evolution of Humour" to the Fortnightly Review, instead of the National Review, in which it actually appeared.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " $PECTATOR...3 SIR,—Conversions to Islam have become very uncommon in Turkey, even among the Albanians, who were long notorious for preferring the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Being of the number of those who think, with Professor Huxley (see Nineteenth Century of this month), that our elemen- tary schools...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:I Sfa,—Once again will you publish a record of M. Pasteur's failures, since the more widely they are made known, the sooner will his system...

DEAR SOU of God, not all unknown To those who hourly seek thy throne, Oh, make us more and more thine own, Even as we pray : Help us the battle to begin Against the dull,...

" Felix qui potuit rerum cogneseere eau.as, Atque flatus onuses et inexorabile fatum Subjecit pedibua, strepitumque Aoherontis oval i." "Bunt lacrymse rerum, et mentem mortalia...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOE."] SIR,—In reference to the firing at Cherbourg heard at Lyme, as mentioned by " X. Y. Z.," I will add that the firing at the battle between...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR, — It is scarcely fitting that the grave should close over the remains of Dr. Asa Gray without a few works of notice in your journal, of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR,") 812,—Your note on this genial artist calls to mind the way in which he used pathetically to bewail the success of "The Book of Nonsense." "I...

IN our first article on this exhibition, we have chiefly spoken of the first and third rooms ; we will now say a few words on some of the more important compositions in the...

DR. MARTINEAU'S "STUDY OF RELIGION."*" LPIRST NOTICE.i Tim, like the Types of Ethical Theory, is the book not only of a man of remarkable genius, but of a man of remarkable...

Irving's name as editor may justly claim attention. It is useless to say—as one may sometimes feel inclined to do—that Shakespeare has been abundantly edited already. No poet,...

undergone many revolutions, but not the least remarkable is that which has made it subject tio Queen Victoria, through the agency of her Viceroy of India. Nearly nine hundred...

IF it be true that, in order to justify a biography, it is necessary that the life recorded should have had "distinction," then we must admit that this book ought never to have...

WE confess that in moments of cynicism and depression, we have felt doubts whether any woman of the present generation could state a case on which she felt strongly, with...

With the February number for the present year, the ever-green Chananrs's Journal commences a new and promising volume. Mr. Grant Allen begins what seems likely- to be one of the...

the "Warrior Medici" is meant Giovanni, called " della Bande Nero." He was the son of Caterina Sforza, by her second husband, Giovanni de' Medici, a member of the younger branch...

8parin Hal" (Ward and Downey.)—When we say that this is a "sporting novel," it is hardly necessary to add that it contains a considerable element of knavery. The scene is laid,...

M'Cray had contented herself with telling one story instead of two, or even three, the result would have been better. There is the history of Miss Meredith, who takes to...

the many books springing out of the Queen's Jubilee, this, though one of the cheapest and least pretentious, is . by no means one of the least valuable or interesting. After...

Price. (Field and Tner.)—This is a handsome volume, handsomely illustrated. A vast amount of pains has been expended on getting together the carious information which it...

Hall.) —Oar objection to Andree Hope's book is, that it is not businesslike enough. The author moralises in the most provoking and inappro- priate way. "Why linger in the old...

Baynes and Lewis Campbell, Professors of the University. (T. and A. Con- stable, Edinburgh.)—This is a very charming and readable little volume. Mr. R. L. Stevenson prefixes...

only lately that the theory of the intoxication of the body by its own pro- ducts has acquired fame ; but once started, the idea lent itself with singular ease to the...

and Son.)—Captain Conder claims to have made a great discovery in the reading of Hittite inscriptions. It is a subject on which we do not pretend to have an opinion, and we...

Island is the English equivalent of Pub o Penang; in official language, Prince of Wales's Island ; in common parlance, Penang. This is the place which Mr. Beighton, who has...

and Notes, by George Birkbeck Hill, D.C.L. (The Clarendon Press.)—This is in every way an excellent edition. Every- thing that Dr. Hill does for Johnson is done as a labour of...

produced here what seems to us, so far as it is possible to judge by merely reading it, a really good drama, a play that would be effective on the stage. The chief character is...

(Elliot Stock), is one of the most remarkable of recent Hindoo stories, and is written by a high-class Hind(); Telega Pundit of the Government College at Raj ahmandry, who, as...

into an interesting little story, mixed up with various experiences of travel, for Marmie' was taken on a tour, and saw the manners and cities of many men. Other chapters have...

White.)— This is a pretty little story of a young gentleman who loses all his money, and a favourite mare which he had intended, much against his will, to sell, and which is...

Amateur Angler's Days in Dovedale." (Sampson Low and Co.)—We have to congratulate the author on more than one achievement, first on having written a very charming book, and...

and Co.), describes itself in its second title as "the noble example of an illustrious life as seen in the lofty purpose and generous deeds of Victoria, as Maiden, Mother, and...

(Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—It is evident that Dr. Kirton thinks it no change for the better to go "from Deacon to Churchwarden." It is true that Mr. Joshua Wakley was a...

the Line." (W. H. Allen and Co.)—These are military stories, but, as usual, have little or nothing to do with war. If we have Mars, be is not wandering dub us in armig, but...

intimate, "rather for the amateur than the professional photographer," this treatise forcibly advocates the dry-plate process of the present day, and points out the ready means...