Baden, nominally, to witness certain manmuvres, really, to say all the encouraging things he can in the provinces most exposed to French invasion. The Alsace-Lorrainers have...

from his horse or a stroke of apoplexy which produced the fall, is a great blow to the French Army. He was Chief of the Staff, and probably a first-rate soldier ; but it is not...

is firing on Rio, preferring the destruction of the capital to a party defeat. The old Emperor would not fire even upon rebels; but Republicans, in South America at least, do...

about the middle of August. The able correspondent of the Times there, telegraphing vie/ Mombassa, on August 20th, reports that the dreaded third party, the Mahommedans, rose in...

aspirations a step too far. As long as they only demanded that the Emperor should be crowned in Bohemia, as in Hun- gary, and that there should be a separate Bohemian Ministry,...

T HE French are in a fever of patriotism once more. The Russian Government has decided to station a squadron in the Mediterranean, and it is to pay a complimentary visit to...

ease.

Liberal Federation. At their meeting on September 12th, Mr. Harrington stated plainly that he had great doubts whether the Lords would by-and-by accept the Bill, for "they had...

in the second reading of the Home-rule Bill being postponed to this day six months by a majority of ten to one (419 to 41). Out- side the Ministry there were practically no...

his speech was intended as an exhibition of tactics and diplomacy, it was a complete success, because if at some future time he were to say, spoke in favour of some measure of...

discussed the appointment of the Duke of Con- naught to the Aldershot command. Mr. Dalziel, who brought the matter before the Committee, pointed out that Aldershot is the great...

the Lords against Home-rule has been remarkable, but at last Mr. Sehnadhorst and the rest of the officials of the National Liberal Federation have issued a manifesto. It is a...

the Lord Chancellor ; but he, like the rest of his colleagues, defended the principle of Home-rule rather than the Bill before the House. Lord Herschel' did not, he said, feel...

few men who have gone through the hardships and horrors of an African expedition and yet retained their natural gentleness—died suddenly last Sunday night" when on a visit to...

of the men shot by the soldiers in the Featherstone riots. In the case of James Duggan, which was inquired into at Wakefield, the jury found a verdict of " justifiable...

the same, and the men show no signs of giving way, in spite of the distress which is everywhere apparent. Fortunately, how- ever, the rioting has not been renewed in the past...

of England and Wales, that the total number of both sexes em- ployed on the land, which in 1871 , was 1,153,544, and in 1881, 1,071,941, was in 1891, 980,278, showing a total...

though isolated cases occur, it shows little disposition to spread. The greatest suspicion is now felt at Ashbourne, in Derbyshire, where no less than nine oases have been...

Tuesday, Sir John Gorst asked the President of the Local Government Board to make a statement as to the proposal made by certain Guardians in the East End to acquire land for...

before the House. According to him, Government officials had taken advantage of the work of private inventors in respect of the smokeless powder adopted by the War Office. We...

New Consols (2:) were on rriday 97/.

THE LORDS AND THE RADICALS. W E are by no means devoted to the House of Lords: It needs reform greatly, so as to prevent rushes of country squires from overwhelming the...

.I T is the fashion to abuse Democracy, but Democracy has done one thing for us,—it has enabled us to put down violence and disorder without causing any outburst of mistaken...

W HETHER the cholera really first appeared in Lord Hastings's camp, or whether it only first became visible there, and had been long claiming its victims in secret throughout...

on the recent cow-killing riots in Bombay is not, to Anglo-Indians, pleasant reading. The Governor of Bombay, though no doubt his character as a statesman is obscured by his...

Rosebery made his very lame apology for Home-rule, and that in which Lord Salisbury answered him, and wound up the case for the Opposition, form together a very complete...

W E have repeatedly pointed out, as one of the most dangerous symptoms in modern society, the extreme levity exhibited by a section of the cultivated in their thinking. Western...

T HE kind of Jacquerie which has prevailed in the mining districts, both of England and Wales, for the last ten days, suggests many thoughts. One of them is the folly of those...

and twice to the East Indies—" Ought putting two c's ' and one ' ' in ' recommend,' to disqualify an eager and high- spirited youth from serving in the Army ? " has, during the...

the other day upon the Home Secretary, and the subsequent discus- sion which has appeared in the columns of the daily Press, will perhaps serve at least to attract public...

IR HERBERT M &X WELL, in an interesting letter to 0 the Times, gives the result of his observations of the effects of the dry summer upon the London trees. Those which have...

THE WHITE CITY OF CHICAGO. " GOING to Chicago ! How I pity you!" Such was the exclamation which never failed to greet the announcement of our intended departure ; and it was...

MR. MORLEY'S SPEECH. [To MR EPITQR Ow TILE " SPECTATOR. " ] Slit,—Mr. John Morley, in his speech on the third reading of the Home-rule Bill, is reported to have said: "But all...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOR."3 SIR,—You mention, in the Spectator of September 9th, that in the voting on the third reading of the Home-rule Bill, the majority against the...

[To THE EDITOR 01 THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—In his recent speech at Newcastle our English Separatist, Mr. John Morley, Mr. Gladstone's Irish Secretary, had the amusing audacity to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOR."] SIE,—Your correspondents, G." and " C. F. O.," as well as " C. G. C.," are evidently not aware that the Liberal Unionist Association, 31...

[To TUE II0ITOIE OF THE " SFEOTATJR.") Srn,—In your short review of Mr. Richard Heath's article on "Agricultural Depression in East Anglia," in the Spectator of September 9th,...

YOUTH.* AMONG the qualities which distinguish French writers is the power of investing ideas with concrete form and vivid colour. Few nations can point to such a record of noble...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR." ] Sin,—Your correspondent of August 24th gives some very interesting particulars, personally observed, concerning the usefulness of frogs in...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sin,—Your correspondent, in the Spectator of September 9th, Francis W. Holmes, has added another to the amusing tale of verbal...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR,"] SIR, It is Mr. Milner's argument, not mine, to which your reviewer (Spectator of September 9th) of my article on "England's Right to the...

German public for nearly a quarter of a century; it has been brought up to date in suc- cessive editions, and it still holds its place as the best complete account of Old...

member of the French Academy, is completely revealed in each of the volumes of collected essays and reviews, of which Hewes d'Hiateire is the latest. Keenly attentive to the...

"Royal Letters" is used, as being a fairly approximate description, for a variety of documents, such as Charters, Inquisitions, Warrants, Orders in Council, &e. Even private...

set himself some years ago, as every one ought to know, the Herculean task of collecting and, as it were, bottling the " humour " of various countries for the private...

the existing land-systems of England, Ireland, and the Highlands of Scotland, and the reforms he advocates are in a high degree reasonable and practical. Of the English portion...

Reminiscences of Australian Ear l y Life. By a Pioneer. (A. P. Marsden.)—There are few pretensions to literary form in these reminiscences of a pioneer, but their very stiffness...

(C. Griffin and Co.)—The now feature of this year's issue is a "Chronicle of the work done during , the past year " by the Societies. These are divided according to the subjects...

H. P. Liddon, D.D. (Longmans.)—In 1876 Dr. Liddon printed some papers on the Epistle, and distributed them to the students who had attended his lectures. Subsequently Dr. Liddon...

one of the series of " Social Questions of To-day," and certainly deals with a subject as important and, we may add, as complicated as any. Mr. Moore is cautious in his...

Rev. G. N. Pope, M.A. (Clarendon Press.) —Dr. Pope translates and annotates his Tamil classics, explains its literary history in a general introduction, and adds a concordance...

Press.)—It is difficult to say whether one ought to criticise this book from the point of view of the student or of the reader.. Taking the latter, one would wish to have more...

a Life, by John Underhill. 2 vole, (Lawrence and Bullen.)—These volumes, part of the "Muses' Library," a series which we do not remember to have seen, are a good piece of work,...

volume scarcely fulfils the promise of its title. The general effect upon a reader would be to hinder him from inquiry at all. "Life-insurance is, and must be, an expensive...

a volume of the " Ill-England Series," and as likely to be as useful as any, more useful than most. No one can learn cricket or any other sport from reading about it, though a...

recommend the reader to begin his perusal of this volume with chapters xii.-xv., in which " Native Rule" is discussed historically, and with a view to actually existing con-...

the subjects treated n The Epileptic and Crippled Child and Adult, a volume of the " Charity Organisation Series." (Swan Sonnensohein and Co.)—The business aspect of the...

is the first volume of a series of "Epochs of Indian History," which is to appear under the editorship of Mr. John Adams. It contains a sketch of the five epochs into which the...