new King of Abyssinia, under which he formally accepts an Italian protectorate, and transfers the control of his foreign policy to the Italian Government. This concession has...

great military display, but no popular cordiality. His Imperial host was, however, of course civil ; and at the State dinner on Friday week in the Schloss, drank to his...

the Monarchists of France, after grave consideration, have de- cided that they cannot acknowledge the Republic as a right- ful government. Anything like fusion between them and...

case.

T HE Premier of Italy, Signor Crispi, received a grand reception at Palermo on Monday, and made an important speech. Italy, he said, had been "a satellite of the Napoleonic...

at last extorted from King Milan his con- sent to a visit from the boy, King Alexander, to his mother. It was paid on Saturday, and began with a solemn little lecture delivered...

supposed to be actually dead. The House of Braganza no longer produces great personalities—though the Emperor of Brazil is a man of much ability and unusual information—and the...

the Cronin trial. The Clan-na-Gael being able to endure expense, its counsel have so used the privilege of challenging, that it has hitherto been found impossible to empanel a...

his constituents at Birmingham on Wednesday, and ranged over the whole field of Government action. He spoke of the measures passed for Scotland, for establishing Local...

difference between coercion as applied by Liberals and Unionists to Ireland. The legislation of the former was temporary, of the latter permanent. "While," said the speaker,...

Cornwall was held at Plymouth on Wednesday, and was addressed by Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Courtney. The latter, who spoke first, after defending the proposition that the improved...

an enthusiastic meeting of over five thousand people, in a speech pre-eminently vigorous and spirited. With a fine scorn, he flung back Mr. Gladstone's. advice to the Liberal...

declared that "he yielded to no one in the conviction that to enforce the law, to maintain order, to repress crime, were among the primary functions of govern- ment" We must,...

to fever-height among the Celtic inhabitants of Great Britain- On Monday, the Rev. Ambrose Jones, who was called as a witness in a case heard at the Ruthin Police-Court, on...

delivered in Odessa by the Archbishop Nicaner. He is a pure Russian by birth and education, but he tells his countrymen that they are inferior to the Germans, and even the Jews...

was opened on Tuesday in the Philosophical Hall at Leeds, Mr. Grinham Keen, the President of the Association, giving the customary inaugural address. According to the speaker,...

Manchester, in his seventy-first year,—a man who, though utterly unknown to the general public, is declared by persons competent to pass judgment on his work, to have been one...

New Consols (2i) were on Friday 974 to 971.

powers. Its dominion will be called Zambesia, or Zambesiland, and will cover Matabeleland, North Bechuanaland, and Khama.'s terrritory, in all four hundred thousand square...

attended by the Welsh National Council, the North Wales Liberal Federation, and Sir William Harcourt. The feeling of all who attended was intensely in favour of Dis-...

THE RECENT DEFEATS. w are are not inclined to scold the Home-rulers for exulting in the results of recent by-elections. It is quite natural that they should be pleased, and...

T O all those who love Oxford, and who desire to see her in sympathy with every portion of the religious and intellectual life of the nation, the opening of Mansfield. College...

confided to some Sovereigns in Europe is hardly more wonderful than the limita- tions within which they are compelled to exercise it. The two gentlemen, both still young, who on...

A RCTIC seas and Arctic shores exercise a grand fascination over the born lovers of daring and perilous enterprises which have the uncertain waters of the great deep for their...

O N Tuesday, the Privy Council recommended that a charter should. be granted authorising the British South Africa Company to develop, administer, and govern that portion of...

his excellent speeeh of Wednes- day at Plymouth, let fall some sentences which have on us a dispiriting effect. They indicate that even he, who has made such a profound study of...

I T is not known what fertile and audacious mind first conceived the idea of the great "Combine," known as the Standard Oil Company. Perhaps, like Topsy, it " growed ;" the...

bitter quarrel of class, lasting for years, over this question of the hours of labour, and it will be well if the employing classes, before it begins, clear their minds of two...

T HE subject of the supremacy of games and athletics in our modern centres of education having been for the nonce disposed of, a weekly contemporary went so far, only the other...

I T is a striking thought, and curiously suggestive of the un- suspected possibilities of human development, to remember that all those pathetic and picturesque associations...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 have read with much interest your article on "Courtesy versus Sincerity." It seems to me that Bishop Huntington has fallen into the mistake...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR, —On reading your article, in the Spectator of October 5th, on the Triple Alliance, it appeared to me that you had, in common with the...

AN APPEAL. [TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR:] Sin,—The tithe agitation has fallen chiefly and most heavily upon this diocese. From complete and accurate returns made to me...

THE " SPECTATOR."' Sin,—Perhaps the controversy between the Spectator and Mr. Llewelyn Davies in respect of the rights of the State over individual property may be in part...

THE " SPECTATOR." ] Sin,—There surely are many excuses to be made for the posi- tion taken by some of the Liberal Party towards the Allot- ments Bill. The Agricultural Holdings...

LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—A new edition of the above work will shortly be pub. lished, and I venture to ask that if any of your readers know of dial-mottoes which...

SWALLOWS soar in the blue, Butterflies dance on the green, Roses are blushing the garden through, With lilies laughing between; O'er the boughs long bare to the blast A...

NATURE'S REPLY TO THE PESSIMIST. THE voice of God hath sounded in the ears Of many men ; theirs is the happier fate. But thou, leas favoured, who amidst thy tears Host...

ARTHUR YOUNG'S "TRAVELS IN FRA_NCE."* NOTHING could be more opportune than the new edition of Arthur Young's Travels in France which Miss Betham Edwards has just published,...

THIS bulky volume contains an exceedingly picturesque account of what was perhaps the most brilliant episode in the life of its versatile author,—his seven-years' directorship...

wondering, after digesting the curious hotch- potch of facts, anecdotes, and rhapsodies in prose and verse • (L) Out-of-Door Sports in Scotlonsir their Economy and Surroundings....

THOSE horny-handed sons of toil, the plagiarism-hunters, ought to be grateful to Mrs. May, better known to the world as Miss Georgiana Craik, for she has given them a fine...

PERHAPS the best proof of Becket's real greatness is the enduring interest that surrounds him. He has had biographers by the score, French and German as well as English. The...

(Hatchards.)—This "Magazine for Girls" keeps up the high character which it has already established. Both letterpress and. illustrations are excellent. Of the more serious kind...

(Burns and Oates.)—There is little to be said about this book, except that it is especially written for children, and seems likely to please them. They will delight, perhaps...

Hope tells his stories, 'which have a mere than common look of truth and Nature, as well as usual. "Our First Pipe" is the first, and is a most amusing account of how two lads...

The Neighbours (same author and publisher), are both repub- lications from magazines. The two stories were intended for different classes of readers, and Mrs. Molesworth has...

should really be a little more sparing of her readers' feelings. We do not know how many of her characters go through sufferings that will draw sympathetic tears from tender...

M.A. (Methuen and Co.)—This "Collection of Poems of Chivalry, Enterprise, Courage, and Constancy, from the earliest times to the present day," shows a very happy conception...

pessimist might object that thorough- paced old misers such as Simon Steele is represented to have bean s do not change their nature for even the most charming and dutiful of...

a good story, though we cannot always agree with the author's theory of Christian life and practice. We are glad to see that it has reached a third edition.

GIFT-BOOKS. familiar subject, which, however, can hardly be exhausted, so full is it of the elements of all that makes a story interesting. The personages whom Miss Raymond...

new story, called "The Wages of Sin," which so far bids fair to maintain her reputation. There is a really admirable scene between two children, and a humorously tolerant Rector...

With a Preface by the Rev. J. E. C. Welldon, M.A. (Rivingtons.) —This selection of poems has been prepared for use among the younger boys of Harrow School, and the editor's aim...

and Ferrier.)--Shall we call this a didactic story with an element of love-making, or a love-story with a moral ? There are three heroines, a poet, a philanthropist, and a...

Sonnenschein and Co.)—This volume of Mr. Theal's in- dispensable History of South Africa deals only with the two Republics and their relations with the native territories,...

and Innes.)—This "Story of a Prince with a Court in his Box" is a pretty and ingenious fairy-tale. Prince Vance, a spoilt and selfish lad, by a secret learnt of a wicked...

Sons.)— Dr. Allen begins his book with some useful information about Korea and its people. His account is much more favourable than one would have expected. A benevolent despot...

Calcutta.) —Mr. Mukharji is a very favourable specimen of the educated Hindoo. He observes intelligently, and speaks his mind candidly. We do not agree with all his views. It is...