the Lord Mayor's personal compliments to himself, —namely, those Homeric and Horatian passages to which we have already referred, with the kindly commentary in which they were...

rity that the general basis of an agreement between the Suez Canal Company and the British shipowners is to be as follows : —A second Canal is to be cut, the British Government...

sented their demands in writing to the Colonial Office. They are marked by the one-sidedness which usually distinguishes requests from South Africa. The Boers ask that the Sand...

T HE Government of Germany is most desirous of conciliating Spain, and the Emperor, therefore, wished to return the visit of King Alfonso in the stateliest fashion. A personal...

aspects, but they were hardly aspects involving any political surprise to the nation. It was remarkable for the interpolation in the procession of a van of frozen meat from the...

any case.

in the popular view of foreign affairs, under the influence of what Mr. Disraeli used to sneer at as the " cosmopolitan" ideas of the Liberal party,—in other words, the idea...

Lefevre made another speech, in which he gave a very clear and interesting review both of the Rookeries evil and of the serious condition of agricultural labour at the present...

the magnitude of India, and to comprehend that it contains some fifty millions more people than all Europe west of the Vistula. Few, however, are quite aware of the number of...

speech ; Mr. Walter a very safe one, insisting on the love of constituencies for their old Members ; and Mr. John Morley a vigorous Radical speech, of which the key was that if,...

testimony to Mr. Lefevre's admirable administration of the Post Office during his own serious illness last year, made some - criticism on our own columns in relation to the...

not a safe financier. The French economists complain strongly of his budgets as concealing deficits, and he has now made to the Budget Committee a most insidious proposal. The...

Lefevre's election as M.P. for Reading, and the dinner, at which 350 guests were present, was followed by speeches of unusual interest. First came Mr. Lefevre's review of his...

are not allowed by etiquette to swear. We are quite sure that if Mr. Lowther, at the Tory Colston Dinner at Bristol on Tuesday, had been allowed to swear at Mr. Gladstone and...

meeting at St. George's Hall, Bradford, in connection with the Luther Commemoration, described Luther as " the most courage- ous man, for both physical and moral courage, that...

dis- cussion in the Times on turtle soup. Sir Henry Thompson, who is an eminent authority on food and cooking, as well as surgery, writes to say that turtle soup is " never "...

and to fill the Deanery vacated by the death of Dean Boyd. The appointment is a good one. Dean Cowie is, in the first place, a Senior Wrangler, and so considerable an authority...

Deanery of Manchester, but has not yet made up his mind to abandon his present sphere of work, so soon after he had entered on it. We trust, however, that he will accept the...

ecclesiastical appointments have been of a High-Church character is not only false, but ridiculous. What do they think of Dean Bradley ? of Dean Connor ? of Dean Davidson ? of...

Console were on Friday 101i to 102.

it appears that Dr. Sydney Ringer had no share in the responsibility for the experiments, of which we gave a brief account last week, on the poisonous effects of nitrite of...

House on Wednesday upon the losses of British shipping. He quite acknowledged the failure of Mr. Plimsoll's Act, under which the losses have steadily increased. In 1882, the...

reviewer of Mr. O'Donovan's new edition of his book on Mery spoke iu feeling terms of the "premature decease" of the author, who is alive, and sending to the Daily News most...

THE SPEAKERSHIP. T O our mind, the Speaker ought to be a much more important figure in the Democratic House of Commons of the future than lie has ever been in the Middle-class...

who dis- approve the Ilbert Bill is natural enough, for the dis- pute which underlies that question rouses very fierce antagon- isms, as well of modes of thinking, as of caste,...

T HE celebration of Mr. Shaw Lefevre's twenty years con- nection with Readin g has not only plenty of special political interest of its own, but it g ives a bri g hter...

-TYIN G ALFONSO of Spain recently visited the German Emperor at Hombur g , received at his hands the hi g hest honour he could confer, and was treated in all respects as the...

W E do not understand the sort of rage with which not only Tories, but some moderate Liberals regard any proposal for reducing the Irish Franchise. That men like Lord...

O NE of the most frequent of Tory fallacies is that which represents the Liberal Party as a destructive one, and a Liberal Government as a company of Destroying Angels, whose...

I T is no wonder that the estimates of Luther di ff er so widely as they do. Even the keenest Roman Catholic must• often be bewildered by the passionate intensity of his faith,...

M R. MATTHEW ARNOLD has either been scolding the Americans afresh for their Philistinism, or his arrival has revived discussion about his former lectures in England, in which he...

THE REPRESENTATION OF MINORITIES. [To THE EDITOR Or THE "SPECTATOR. ") Sia,—After your appeal to any one who knows bow to make the representation of minorities feasible to...

of this week you say, " If any one knows how to make the representation of minorities feasible, and not liable to a catastrophe" whenever a minority Member dies or resigns, we...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Stn,—May I point out that the writer of the article on "Beards," in your paper of November 3rd, has mistaken the force of the sayings...

said in the discussions on minority representation that the methods by which it is proposed to secure it are wanting in simplicity, and not easily understood by ordinary people....

Sia,—Fully agreeing that no representative system can be satisfactory which does not provide for the representation of important minorities, I would suggest that, until the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—A paragraph appeared in the Spectator of last Saturday on the Oxford Memorial concerning the University Physiological Laboratory. That...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR, —My attention has just been called to the letter of your correspondent " J. G. F.," in last week's issue, in which it seems that those...

POETS, AND POETS. I KNEW a poet,—one with eyes of laughter, A face like a sun-smile, eager as a boy, .Singing as the birds sing, trusting the Hereafter : I knew a poet, and...

Enthroned upon a silver beam Of perfect light, Our lady reigns as doth beseem The Queen of Night! Whate'er thy pastime is, Dian or Artemis,— Whether as huntress fair and...

(TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR.'l SIR,—The non-residential county franchise has a value which the Spectator is not likely to depreciate as merely sentimental. It provides a...

I am called, so thou would'st know, Dian of the silver bow ; And, while slumber seals thine eyne, Bid thee list the voice divine : Seek out mine Ephesian shrine ; And, before...

Gon of the steed and the spear and the Ocean, Speed thou our barks o'er the wandering foam ; Steer us by reef, and by headland and island, Outward and onward, and inward and...

" PHIZ." THERE is an unpretending little exhibition, at the Rooms of the Fine-Art Society in Bond Street, which should be seen by those who are interested in English art. The...

MR. FLINDERS PETRIE ON THE PYRAMIDS.* No one interested in Egyptian archaeology can fail to profit by the study of the exact, sober, and luminous account of the Pyramids of...

the day who, while they do not re- semble each other in any other respect, equally possess the power of blending romance with reality, and whose works " consequently stand apart...

THIS is not the first biography that has appeared of the modest, scholarly, genial, but withal sagacious, Episcopalian divine, who found time, in the midst of varied labours and...

WITH this book Mr. Turner has supplied a want which has long been keenly felt by the majority of the English-reading public. For this good deed he deserves thanks. Now, at any...

to be written by an impartial Lecky of the twenty-fifth century, it is a matter of curious speculation to think what he will say about Polar Expeditions. For they stand apart...

pretty illustrations of Little Anne, and other Poems. By Jane and Aone Taylor. (Rontledge and Sons.)—" Little Anne" and its companions have held their place in many nurseries,...

(Griffith and Ferran), is another moderately successful book, the illustrations being, perhaps, better than the letterpress.

of the ballads, with their rude coloured engravings, which delighted an older generation. Of these ballads there are eight, " The Barkeshire Lady," Jemmy and Nancy, of...

Illus- trated by Margaret L. Hooper and Margery May. (Field and Tuer.) —Mrs. Hooper's tale, first published, though not quite in its present form, twenty years ago, in the...

by W.I. Hodgson (Hildesheimer and Faulkner), is decidedly good. The various suitors are depicted with pleasant humour in some good drawings, to which the verso supplies a...

Lewis F. Day (Simpkin and Marshall), is a tale in verse, somewhat after the manner of Hans Christian Anderson, of two china figures, a chimney-sweep and a shepherdess, that...

edition, illustrated by C. A. Doyle (George Waterston), sufficiently describes itself.

delphia, U.S.; John Stark, London.)—This volume is adorned with some twenty illustrations of landscape and figures, not unworthy in design of the poem of which they are the...

Alphabet, " Phies " Funny Stories, and " Phiz's" Baby Sweethearts, the last not being much to our taste.

A Set of Twelve Designs, by Edwin J. Ellis, with Sonnets by the Artist. (Field and Tuer.)—Mr. Ellis has given us twelve female heads, illustrating the months of the year,...

tho four rhymes, " Where are you going, my Pretty Maid ?" "Hey, Diddle, Diddle," "The Fox Jumped over the Parson's Gate," and " Froggio's Wooing," illustrated in the style which...

M. E. Edwards and J. C. Staples. (IIildesheimer and Faulkner.)—Both verses and illustrations are pleasing. " 31innie Counting her Chickens," on p. 27, and " The Unappreciative...

Society), is perhaps beat criticised by an extract. Hero are two stanzas from the " Battle of Tel-ol-Kebir :"— " On they go to death or glory, Trampling on rebellions sand...

; and The Elephant's Ball and Grand Fete Champotre, by "W. D." (Griffith and Farran), are fac-simile reproductions of the editions of 1808 and 1807, published by "J. Harris,...

CHRISTMAS BOOKS. Coleridge's Ancient Mariner. Illustrated by David Scott, R.S.A. With Life of the Artist, and Descriptive Notices of the Plates, by Rev. A. L. Simpson, D.D....

and Hall.)—Captain Ellis has nothing very complimentary to say about African kings, or colonial governors, or missionaries. These last are indeed his special abhorrence. The...