have filled their columns with accounts of a visit by the Lord Mayor of London to Bordeaux, where he has been splendidly entertained. On his way Sir Joseph Renals was received...

result of a week's tour in the province of Matanzas. He found sympathy with the insurgents everywhere, a Spanish planter, in particular telling him that the choice for Spain lay...

who love yacht-racing, owing to the telegrams as to the race between the' Defender' and the' Valkyrie,' with which the papers have been filled. The first of the "best out of...

unless they revolt, and it is improbable that he will ask for new measures of repression ; but it seems certain that the police of Prussia have been urged to new energy in...

."'INTO trustworthy news has been received as to the decision of the Sultan in the matter of Armenia ; but it is reported that his Majesty has resolved to yield, and to accept...

case.

rather painstaking than attractive, and the addresses of the Presi- dents of the different sections are hardly of the " popular ' kind, though doubtless there will be deep...

in his address on botany, was, as regards one point, a little pessimist as to the future of physics. He does not quite see where the men devoted to scientific inquiry are to...

obliterating the impression of practical good sense which had been created by the determination to make the Congress truly representative of Trade-Unionism. An attempt to...

of the trader Stokes; but the more the case is examined, the clearer it becomes that the officers of the Congo Free State acted ultra sires. We believe that a full investigation...

attempt to analyse the Trade-Union Congress and show what it really represents. According to the last census returns, out of a total population of 37,732,922, the " industrial...

was opened by the usual presidential address delivered by Sir Douglas Gallon, who, to use Lord Kelvin's words, has been " for a quarter of a century the mainstay of the British...

course. After winning two Derbys, he has this week won the St. Leger with Sir Visto,' his opponents being all rather second-rate horses. One wonders if success of that kind is...

Ireland. The parish of Killannin, Galway, was some three years ago transferred from the diocese of Tuam to that of Galway. The inhabitants indignantly protested, headed by their...

Library Association, and made a speech the drift of which is that men have always read fiction, and that the fact of their reading it now is no proof that public libraries are...

paragraph which shows that French uneasiness in regard to Colonial expenditure is spreading. The Figaro declares that the French Soudan alone has cost 93,000,000 fr., or nearly,...

by one of the speakers at the meeting of the Catholic Truth Society held in Bristol on Tuesday. A pious Catholic once visited Westminster Abbey. Withdrawing into a quiet corner...

the Catholic Truth Society at Bristol, and made a speech which had at least the merits of sincerity and out- spokenness. To his mind, " reunion " implied submission to the...

account of the route to be followed by the Uganda railway. The first one hundred and forty miles will be made across a plain where neither cuttings nor embankments will be...

New Consols (24) were on Friday, 101.

Con- tinent prohibit or limit Sunday labour, have been frequently recorded; but they have usually proceeded from freethinkers, who consider those laws interferences with...

increased there. The Anti-Parnellite candidate, Mr. O'Keefe, who in 1892 carried the seat by a majority of 388, has now saved it by a majority of only 87, the figures showing...

PARTY FUNDS. W E must confess to being a little amused at the new trouble which disturbs the Radical party, and which is described in the Daily Chronicle with as much frankness...

T "present Lord Mayor of London must take himself very seriously indeed,—as seriously, for example, as the German Emperor. It is impossible to read the accounts of Sir Joseph...

unnaturally, are showing a good deal of satisfaction at the anarchy in the Irish ranks. They point out that one has almost lost count of the divisions and subdivisions of the...

deduction drawn from the trade returns of the last two months should turn out to be accurate. An increase of five millions in the exports and imports of August—three millions in...

W E will not yield to any one in our desire to see the Empire strong and united and bound together in what Burke called " an English communion." It is because we so strongly...

I N the current number of the Westminster Review there is an article on " Canada and her Relations to the Empire," by Colonel George T. Denison, of Toronto, which deserves to be...

has for some years past organised at Grindelwald have not hitherto been productive of anything except health and, we will hope, amusement to those who have taken part in them. A...

Churches which has lately been initiated by Leo SUL, is not very likely to facilitate reunion, but it may, if attentively considered, be productive of one good. It may remove or...

N O one need be much surprised that the series of races for the America Cup results in a victory for the New York cutter. America has twice startled the world by a sudden and...

T HERE is probably no horror more universal, more in- tense, more soul-subduing, than the horror of being buried alive. Ask any ten men and women at random what is the worst...

T HE fact that the British public have reason to expect the appearance before long of an authoritative memoir of the late Master of Balliol from a competent hand, besides being...

THE JAPANESE NAVY. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,---Your articles on Far Eastern topics have received much attention in Japan, and have been followed with deep...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THZ "SPZCIATOR."] SIR,—The Spectator, in an article under this heading on September 7th, speaks of " the advantage possessed by a Unionist for associating the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Perhaps the following may amuse your readers. Some years ago, at Cannes, in passing the small shop of a tailor, I read this notice :—"...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPZCTATOR.'1 Sin,—In the article on " Voluntary Schools," in the Spectator- of August 31st, for which we Churchmen much thank you,. you anticipate that,...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Would you kindly allow me to correct a somewhat serious misconception in your review of my work (Spectator, September 7th). The...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SFECTATOR:] Sin,—Perhaps the following illustration of the exaggerated importance attached by foreigners to the office and dignity of Lord Mayor of...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPZCIATOR."] Sin,—In the article in the Spectator of August 31st on lobsters it is mentioned incidentally that a lobster may be killed instantly by a...

" absent-mindedness " is used by some of your correspondents as equivalent to "heedlessness." Adopt- ing this wide construction of the term, I hope I may trespass on your space...

SIR,—If you admit the following " owre true tale" to be an illustration of absent-mindedness, I think it will be accepted as the culminating record. A gentleman returned this...

story comes under the head of absent-mindedness, or is a belated instance of the kind of translation generally ascribed to school examinations, is perhaps too curious an...

around the parish church of St. Helier, I came across this extraordinary inscription :—" To. the glory of God, and in memory of George Frederick de Carteret, his cousin, who...

the inscription in the Peshawar cemetery has again appeared, permit me to send you a copy of the inscription, which I made in 1894, while chaplain of Peshawar. " Erected to the...

Sin,—Though possibly not an example of absent-mindedness, an inscription which I have seen in the cemetery at Doyles- town, U.S.A., is a singular one, at any rate in one sense...

instances of absence of mind given by your correspondents, I have read no better one than that told of my late brother-in-law, Sir John Crampton, when Ambassador at St....

SYBEL'S " FOUNDATION OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE." AUGUSTE COMTE, whose doctrines now pass for rubbish with our "thinkers," Mr. Frederic Harrison excepted, proclaimed as the ideal...

`1O•DAY, my friend is seventy-five ; He tells his tale with no regret ; His brave old eyes are steadfast yet, His heart the lightest heart alive. He sees behind him green and...

MR. HENRY DYER has given the world an interesting essay on what he calls the "Evolution of Industry," which is, in short, a description of the position of Labour, as he thinks...

Darmesteter collected a series of essays on Biblical and Jewish topics which had appeared during the years 1880-91. Their internal connection is quite close enough to justify...

NOT many men now living in this country probably recollect Martin Nadaud, an exile of the Napoleonic coup d'itat, work- ing as a plasterer in the English building trade. A good...

suggestive volume, the authors confine their attention to the climates of the South of England, and the chief medicinal springs of Great Britain. The chairman of the Committee,...

THIS is one of those many books which exercise such a peculiar fascination upon the mind of the stay-at-home traveller,—the traveller, that is to say, who, though his chief...

Eve's Ransom. By George Gissing. (Lawrence and B alien )- Mr. Gissing's undoubtedly great ability and power as a writer have not sufficed to enable him to escape the charge of...

the tale which occupies about three-fourths of the volume, is a most repulsive story of murder and lust. Some time ago we should have wondered that any one should have been...

Uses. By A. Symons Eccles, M.B. (Macmillan and Co.)—This elaborate and exhaustive treatise, the result of large experience, is written solely for the service of Dr, Eccles's...

— Olympia is a young English lady of fortune, residing at Florence. She has much beauty, many accomplishments, and a waist of twenty-one inches, " when she doesn't squeeze." Her...

(Methuen and Co.)—" This little book," says the writer in his preface, " is the outcome of a course of lay lectures delivered in University College, Liverpool." Its speciality...

This volume contains a full description of the physical features of the moon. The actual measurements are given, and the whole is illustrated by four maps, each giving a...

Stopford A. Brooke. (Dent and Co.)—No poet, said Dickens, ever went down to immortality with so small a volume under his arm as Thomas Gray, Coleridge's loveliest verse,...

A Primer of Greek Exercises. By W. Greenstock, B.A. (Riving- ton, Percival, and Co.)—Bishop Percival writes a commendatory preface of this book. It is systematically arranged,...

M.A. (Masters and Co.)—The author thinks that some apology may be needed for attempting to tell again an oft-told tale, but the form of this work will make it acceptable to many...