A YEAR OF A LIFE.* COUNT ROHNER, in a short preface, informs his readers that the present volume is not to be considered under the head of " Memoirs "—that is to say, of...

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gather into one volume a general account of the Lake-Dwellings of Europe and the collection of so much material has not left Mr. Munro scope for any elaborate examination of the...

in the subject which Mr. Lewis Morris has chosen for his latest effort. The Acta Sanctorum furnish it in an abundance that is only too copious ; and though there is much that is...

THE absurd notion that learning and scholarship cannot flourish in a democratic State, and that either the favour of Princes, or else the aid of a Government resting solely on...

Swedish engineer, Colonel Church has produced a book full of attractive reading. Ericsson was a man of extraordinary mechanical genius, boundless resource, and unfailing energy,...

MR. ROPER is an attractive writer, and he has seen a great deal to write about. With Canada, where he appears to have lived in early life, he is familiar; and having been...

Confucius, the Great Teacher. By Major-General G. G. Alexander.. (Regan Paul and Co.)---This is an excellent and unpretentious book on a subject which, although it is very much...

Huish. With numerous Illustrations. (Art Journal Office.)—This number of the Art Annual is devoted to Mr. Birket Foster. It tells a not un- interesting chapter in the history of...

four etchings issued with their tickets for 1891. The etchings are after Barker's Clovelfteld, Callcott's Entrance to Pisa from Leghorn, Constable's House at Hampstead, and...

and Co.)—This book is evidently the result of much labour, un- sparingly expended on a favourite subject. " Archeology" is a big word, and though Mr. Talfourd Ely has contrived...

—A secret assassin pervades this story. He fires a shot and nearly kills the hero ; he fires another and actually kills some one else. The reader is much exercised—that is, if...

Religieux de In Grande Chartreuse. (Burns and Oates.)—The establishment of the French Carthusians at Parkminster, in Sussex, one of the consequences of the French law against...

and Marie A. Shipley. (Elliot Stock.)—This is a curious book, and worth reading, even if, after reading, one does not see one's way to agree altogether with the authors, who...

tion by Mrs. Alexander Ireland. (Chatto and Windus.)—Charles Reade is not an author who lends himself most easily to extract, but this is simply because he is a novelist. Fine...

Weaver. (Kegan Paul and Co.)—The compiler of this curious volume, who is evidently an accomplished archeologist, has, by the permission of the President of the Probate Division...

Paterson and Co.), is a compact, crisply written, carefully indexed, shilling book of less than a hundred pages, belonging to the excellent " Red Cross Series of Health...

Sir George Birdwood, M.D. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—Sir G. Birdwood drew up this Report in 1879 ; it is now reprinted for the second time. It is a calendar of papers of the most...

relationships of the characters in this novel are a little per- plexing. This is a weariness to the reader as he goes on, and his pleasure is dashed by the tragedy which, at...

and Blackett.)—Of its kind, The Hermits of Crizebeck is undoubtedly powerful writing, but within how email a compass ! Intrigue, flirtation, all the meanness and pettiness of...

(F. V. White.)—Tack Trevor, son of the Bishop of Blankhampton, is fond of Ethel Mordaunt. He is a lad about to enter the Army ; she is a young girl, little more, we gather, than...

Co.)—We can single out no particular part of this " Study of Johannesburg Life " for blame, and the narration is continuous and sometimes spirited, but having reached the end,...

is such a useful and clear guide to the stars, with its thirty-two star-maps for different months in both hemi- spheres, and the easy chat which accompanies each, that we must...

a Spectro- scopic Inquiry into the Origin of Cosmical Systems. By Norman Lockyer, P.R.S.—Perhaps the most striking part of Mr. Lockyer's hypothesis is the beautiful solution it...

the writer has elected to treat the more tragic aspects of life, we are not sure that a relation of uninteresting life, say in Ireland, would not have suited her capacity...

England, and Martyr under Henry VIII. By the Rev. T. E. Bridgett. (Burns and Oates.)—Carlyle and Emerson, we are told by Mr. Fronde, agreed that Sterling must not be made a...

sketch of Sir Richard Church's military career has already appeared in that most valuable record of deserving and unknown historical services, the English Historical Review....

Windus.)—Mr. Ward tells his own story straight- forwardly and with only the necessary reference to the other officers of the expedition. He and poor Barttelot never, as he says,...

a revised version of some very able sketches on the architecture and history of Westminster Abbey, illustrated by some remark- ably good engravings by Mr. Herbert Railton. Mr....

(Eden, Remington, and Co.)—Out of this rather amusing jumble of remarks, we gather that Mr. Strickland has an honest hatred of " low-type " races,—democrats, humanitarians, the...

Press), we have The Revelation of St. John the Divine, with Notes and Introduction by the late Rev. W. H. Simcox, M.A. Though it is scarcely likely that the Revelation will be...

Annabel Gray has produced a novel of the old-fashioned Laura-Matilda type, in which ludicrously unreal characters are presented to us by means of descriptions and conversations...

L. Cameron. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—In publishing "The Adventure Series," Mr. Unwin shows his knowledge of the irresistible and healthy fascina- tion which a genuine narrative of...

in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, at 18 Exeter Street, Strand; and Published by him at the " firsersTon" Office, No. 1 Wellington Street, Strand,...

vote " cry, Lord Salisbury made some remarks which we have criti- cised elsewhere, but laid stress on the obviously sound as- sumption that if the question of the redistribution...

patch- work of railway-journeys, presentations of addresses, and state luncheons and dinners, which would have driven any one but a Royalty mad with boredom. On Sunday night the...

case.

always felt at home, he said, in " this lovely country," being the grandson of a Queen " whose name will ever be remembered as a noble character, and a lady great in the wisdom...

• T HE German Emperor and Empress went in state to lunch at the Guildhall yesterday week, returning by the Embank- ment. The procession was stately, but rather loosely knitted...

on Wednesday, and began by explaining that he knew no more as to the date of the dissolution than that, by the Septennial Act, Parliament must terminate on August 6th, 1893....

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to divert the Prince of Wales from his taste for baccarat by placing him at the head of a continuous series of Royal Commissions. We can imagine the dismay with which the Prince...

notice. On Wednesday, Mr. Ben Tillett, while under examination before " Group B," took up a posi- tion far less socialistic than that usually adopted by the leaders of the...

that, amongst other things, the London. County Council should again take in hand the schemes for widening the Strand and for forming a new main street. .between Holborn and...

have been opened on Monday, but owing to an accident of a somewhat serious nature, the ceremony had to be postponed. In order to render the canal navigable, it became necessary...

of this country waited on Wednesday on Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, to call his attention to the injurious effect which the new American copyright law would have on the printers of...

Monday in relation to the petition of University and King's Colleges, London, to be granted a University Charter with the power of conferring degrees in Arts, Science, and...

from the Labour Party, who hold the balance in the New South Wales Parliament which has just been elected. He proposes to extend the suffrage to new classes (especially women),...

of ' himself and four other Judges of the Queen's Bench Division in regard to the Plymouth strike case. We have dealt with the details of the decision elsewhere, but we may...

steadily growing worse, and we fear that hope is gradually declining even in the minds of those who cling most eagerly to hope. The universal sympathy with him and his family is...

the House of Lords on Thursday without a division, the debate turning chiefly on the question whether or not the Gladstonians really do wish to discourage religious education,...

Friday 95f or to 95-h.

of Lords, while dealing with the Berkeley Peerage case, ruled as inadmissible in evidence a communication addressed by the Prince Regent in 1812 to the widow of Lord Berkeley....

Jury have thrown out the bill against Mr. C. A. Fyffe, who was charged with acts of indecency of which all his friends knew him to have been quite incapable, by a lad who never...

to the •finances of the United States. The mighty work of getting. rid of the surplus," to which the Republican Party has devoted itself for the last three years, has been...

a defeat of the Government by the insurgents near Huasco on Wednesday, July 8th, was followed last Monday (July 13th) by a defeat of the insurgents by the Government, when the...

to the Fête of the Republic, which was celebrated as usual on the 14th inst. The Times' telegrams describe the celebration as specially languid and perfunctory, while the...

THE GERMAN EMPEROR'S FORECAST. T HE German Emperor does not seem to overrate the sort of influence which is all that even the ruler of a great and most powerful country has it...

I N some respects it would seem that the Liberal Unionists have succeeded only too well. Their opponents have not, indeed, withdrawn the great consti- tutional proposal which...

I T is unfortunate that Lord Salisbury is not able to defend his own foreign policy, at least on Turkish affairs, in the House of Commons. Sir James Fergusson's speech in the...

N OTHING, as a rule, can be duller to think of or to write about than International Exhibitions. They may have their uses, but these are not apparent, and the thought of a...

WHEN Mr. Bompas gave his now famous decision in the Plymouth strike case, we ventured to express our opinion that it could not be good in law, and to pre- dict that it would...

L ORD SALISBURY is one of those politicians who, to modify the old epigram, often say a foolish thing and oftener do a wise one. He appears to us to have said at least three...

I T has happened before now, when the Happy Family to whom Mr. Stead may be said politically to belong were most unanimous and bitter in their denunciations of the present...

I T is the attribute of genius to refer the most trifling incidents to great principles. Nothing gives so much dignity to life, nothing makes us feel so strongly that even when...

" D EFENSE de chasser " is probably the origin of the ancient term of venery which heads the notices posted during May and June at the gates of the Royal deer- parks, requesting...

C ANON FOWLER, the Head-Master of Lincoln Grammar School, in the paper which he has contributed to this month's .Physique on the excessive importance accorded to athletics in...

T HE papers are quite right to give prominence to Mr. Punch's Jubilee, for that worthy has every claim to be considered "a species of national monument." No one could write...

A WALK IN. ANJOU. To the north of the chciteau, wild grassy walks, extending for- some distance in the direction of the old walled garden, mark what was once the (Inge de...

THE CHURCH HOUSE AND THE BISHOP OP CARLISLE. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...1 SIB,—The attitude of the Spectator towards the proposals for widening the basis of the...

[To THZ EDITOR OF TILE " SPECTATOR." I SIR, —I so rarely find points of agreement with the Spectator of late years, that I am glad to have the opportunity offered by your...

[To THE EDITOR OF THZ " SPECTATOR."1 SIR, — Mrs. Grimshaw's question on this subject in the Spectator of July 4th having remained unanswered, pray allow me to give the required...

[To THZ EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—The judgment delivered yesterday by the Universities Committee of the Privy Council will probably not take any of the parties concerned...

WILD FLOWERS. LONDON counties, so they say, 'Plain their wild flowers torn away. Scarce a primrose or bluebell In the spots they loved so well. Every flower and every fern In a...

SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—I am much obliged to you for inserting my letter in the Spectator of July 11th. I only trouble you again to prevent our supporters supposing that at this...

MR. NORRIS'S NOVELS.* MR. NORRIS is far from being a great novelist. He has many faults of commission, and still more of omission. His style is without special strength or...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The notice of my book, " Love's Victory " (Percival and Co.), in the Spectator of July 11th, contains a serious misrepre- sentation,...

ITO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR, - I have read with interest your article on " Execution by Lightning," in your number of July 11th. In it you truly state some of the...

SOUTHERN California, and Los Angeles County in particular, seem to have solved the problem of a perfect climate, if we are to believe Mr. nick. So graciously does Nature smile...

benefit of literature, and especially of his- torical literature, when people who are addicted to the pursuit of another mistress betake themselves in their by-hours to woo the...

WE must congratulate Mr. Acworth upon having written a very interesting book on what is prima facie a very dull sub- ject. Railway-rates do not sound a particularly exciting...

PROFESSOR CAMPBELL may claim for his translations that they have been put to the test of actual representation on the stage. Three of his versions of Sophocles have been...

interesting, simply written, but too bulky book rather as a biography of Sir John Login than as an account of the relations between Duleep Singh and his late guardian. Lady...

Anglo - Roman Papers. By W. Maziere Brady. (Alex. Gardner.) —These papers are three in number, dealing each of them with what may be called a by-way in history. The subject of...

vols. (Hurst and Blackett.)—Is it because pessimism is becoming the fashion- able theory of life that the writers of novels are showing such a preference, not at all shared, we...

Giberne describes her tale as a "study of development." One would suppose that it was Miss Devereux that is developed. That is not the case. She is a foolish woman at first, and...

By Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell. (T. Fisher ITuwin.)—Mr. and Mrs. Pennell are in fairly good humour, we are thankful to say, and have, in consequence, made a pleasant...

is " a story of the stage." A wealthy gentleman backs up a falling theatre for the sake of obtaining a first-class engagement for a lady, hitherto only known in the provinces,...

have an idea that these sketches, or some of them, have already appeared in one of the " society papers." To judge from their tone, that may well have been the case. They have a...

Co.)—Mr. Chamberlain puts his book into the severely practical form of a dictionary. Things Japanese are treated in their alphabetical order, sometimes with an almost ludicrous...

- Gidumal, LL.B. (Education Society's Press, Bombay.)—Mr. Malabari is an Indian reformer who has specially devoted him- self to the abolition of infant marriage and compulsory...