A CORNS 75 Administration, Imperial, Reforms in ... 967 Alps, the Vulgarisation of the ... ... 249 American Public Opinion, Germany and 108 Animals, Dainty ... ... ... — 79 —...

fierce is the temper of the population of Warsaw, pro- voked in part by political agitators, in part by the brutalities of the soldiery, who are let loose on the smallest...

a reasonable assurance that the peace of the world will not be imperilled. It would appear that the German Note was " characterised by exquisite politeness of form," and that...

stationed at Sebastopol, sent a " round-robin " to their Captain about the food, and the Captain, regarding this as mutiny, shot the bearer of the document dead. The crew rose,...

situa- tion would be terrible, for the mutinous squadron would menace all Russian ports. The Czar has no other fleet left with which to coerce the mutineers, all Southern Russia...

article on the relations of France, England, and Germany from the pen of M. Delafosse, a well-known and highly respected member of the Conservative Opposition. M. Delafosse,...

yet been reached. The Swedish Parliament, as well as the Bernadottes, are evidently hurt in their pride by the summary deposition of King Oscar ; but according to the Times...

rumours, but they are of a serious kind. Baron Fejervary is evidently to govern for a time without a Parliament, the officials enforcing the laws as if everything were in normal...

not more than 40 per cent, on the cost price. The dual system, by which contractors bought and resold, was bad ; but the House must remember that only a small part was...

had excep- tional experience of commercial cases. His colleagues are Sir George Taubman-Goldie, the founder of Nigeria, and one of the most efficient members of the War...

moved a Vote of Censure condemning the conduct of the Government in connection with the disposal of Army stores in South Africa. He began by explaining that there was no...

in Committee during nearly the whole of Tuesday's and Wednes- day's sittings. Under this clause immigrants (subsequently defined as alien steerage passengers) are not allowed to...

new Peers, but nine new Baronets. We have nothing to say against any of the recipients of the honour, but we cannot help remarking that it will be a great pity if the Order is...

were entertained at luncheon by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday. Mr. Cham- berlain, who was the chief speaker, dwelt on the need of the frankest intercommunication...

carried the seat in East Finsbury,—so foregone a conclusion is a Free-trade victory When the previous Governmental majority was not over 1,500. In the present case Mr. Baker...

in sentiment and spirit, was remarkable for a discreet avoidance of details. It also greatly exaggerated the weak- ness of the existing ties that unite the Empire. Finally, Mr....

was issued on Monday. While admitting that the tax appears on the whole to be levied with a minimum of friction and a maximum of result, four-fifths being either assessed at the...

due to the swing of the pendulum, and to the inevitable unpopularity of a Government which has had a long term of office. The result is due to the preaching of Chamberlainism,...

"F is now time to undeceive Omichund. 'Omichund, the red treaty is a sham. You are to have nothing.' Omichund fell back insensible into the arms of his atten- dants. He revived...

Censure on Monday had a great effect within the walls of the House of Commons. Members never can resist the enjoyment they derive from epigrammatic points such as Mr. Balfour...

W E are by no means astonished at the rumours that have been prevalent during the week as to Lord Curzon's resignation. The Government of India in the very able despatch in...

revolt, and not merely a disturbance, in Yemen— may easily become an event of first-class importance. There are always insurgents in Arabia, for Turkish rule is detested by...

S M LAUDER BRUNTON, Sir William Broadbent, Sir James Crichton-Browne, and the other eminent members of the medical profession who are promoting the National League for Physical...

perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of con- formity and tradition." Perhaps no finer plea for freedom of thought and expression in matters secular and religious...

this could not be arranged, as July 1st happened to be the date of the Westminster and Charterhouse cricket match, and that "to withdraw the Cadets from the match . would make...

most enviable posses- sion, even though it be but a tiny brook, for little rivers have most of the character found in large rivers, and hold nearly all the wild creatures...

believe, still possesses the ear of thoughtful Unionists who, like myself, are not Free-traders in the Oobdenite sense, I should like to suggest to them, with your permission,...

to the courteous letter of Sir Vincent Calllard in your issue of June 24th, as my only point in writing to the Spectator a fortnight ago was to prove by full details what a...

during a stay at Brockenhurst recently to find that many of the old enclosures are being utterly spoiled, and their character altogether altered. Briefly, I refer to the...

p. 224 :— "We are in the very midst of a contested election, and you may be surprised to hear that I do not support the Protectionist Candidate, a Mr. Kendall. I deem a tax on...

the house in which I was staying was the son of a Bavarian General who had borne an honourable and distinguished part in the Franco-German War, who informed me that his father...

further contributions on the above subject (see Spectator of June 17th). My own examination of the matter leads me a long way towards his conclusions. The yellow race will...

were escorted round the Exchange by the chairman, Major Brydges-Webb, who is a member of the Tariff Reform Commission. He, however, did not, I believe, take them to the...

[To MI EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:] Sra,—Not the least of many of the best stories in the " Menagiana " is that of the courtier who, when a Princess asked him what time it was,...

Snt,—I have been a constant reader of the Spectator for thirty or forty years and am a decided Free-trader. In your issue of June 10th there is a letter signed "A German...

priest of the Oratory of St. Philip, formerly of the Church of England, may interest those who read your article on the above in the issue of June 17th :— "A scrupulous man...

those of the Jews were carefully selected from the best of that race." I challenge Mr. Alexander to give the name of this "good authority," whose statement is not only false,...

unmeasur'd and untold P There soon (as soon shall there be understood) To cease to be will seem the perfect good ; To crumble into rest ; to let the soul Loose from within, to...

letter you published on June 17th appealing for funds for the "Naples Society for the Protec- tion of Animals," I venture to suggest that charity begins at home, and that we had...

the attention of your readers to the resolu- tions of the Owens College Conference on the education question ? I will first of all, as secretary, point out that we do not claim...

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provide a synthetic principle for the arrangement of large areas of knowledge, a point of view from which an organic development can be realised. But such 'representatives of...

but also the teacher of Demosthenes, and yet probably to most classical scholars he is hardly more than a name. Nor is this to be wondered at, for his personal history is...

a Portrait.. London : John Murray. [12a. net.] Granville who, during a political career of fifty years, exercised so much influence on the councils of the Liberal party, and...

a material used in the arts during the whole period of the artistic activity of man. The length of this period has been very great, and, indeed, is equal to that of man himself,...

close of his troubled life was reflected in his latest novels, and no one basing his estimate on Veranilda and Will Warburton, would have written him down as a pessimist. In...

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poems, and not always inside them ; that whether he is in his confessing or his „boasting mood—and the two often amount to the same thing— he sometimes disgusts. But it is idle...

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