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Mr. John Morley moved on Monday that the action of
The Spectatorthe Irish Executive in connection with the Tipperary prosecutionS and other proceedings is "calculated to bring the administra- tion of the law into contempt, and violates the...
The Khedive has overridden the native Ministry, and issued a
The Spectatordecree sanctioning the reforms proposed by the Judicial Commission, and especially the appointment of an English Judge to supervise the native tribunals and the management of...
Then Mr. Morley went on to the other grievances,—to the
The Spectatornotice given to Mr. Dillon at Mayo on the Sunday before the Tipperary procession, that if he said anything illegal, the meeting would be dispersed by force (to which Mr. Balfour...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorT HE excitement in Canada over the elections rapidly in- creases, the Conservatives taunting the Liberals with a desire for annexation to the Union, and the Liberals retorting...
The only other speeches of note were Mr. T. W.
The SpectatorRussell's and Mr. Balfour's, for Mr. Gladstone, who was not well, and overcome by the heat of the House, made a speech whieh for him was singularly ineffective. Mr. Russell...
Mr. Balfour demonstrated how impossible it would have been to
The Spectatornominate Magistrates for the Tipperary inquiry with whom the Parnellite Party had not quarrelled, and quarrelled repeatedly and violently, and he brought out the strong support...
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There was a great recruiting debate in the Commons on
The SpectatorThursday, Mr. Hanbury maintaining the thesis that the slackness of recruiting and the weediness of the recruits are both due to inadequate pay. Mr. Stanhope, in reply, con-...
The Speaker of last week gives an official account, on
The Spectatorthe authority evidently of the Gladstonian leaders, of the rupture in the negotiations between Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Parnell for the reunion of the whole Irish Home-rule Party. It...
General Sherman, recently the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army,
The Spectatordied on Saturday, the 14th inst. If not absolutely the ablest officer engaged in the Civil War, he was far the most original, surpassing even General Grant in the audacity of...
The House of Lords read the Tithe Rent-Charge Bill a
The Spectatorsecond time on Thursday, after a short discussion, in which Lord Brabourne was the only active opponent, and his amend- ment to reject it was negatived without a division. Lord...
One result of the split in the Irish Party is,
The Spectatorat all events, good,—a good many of the tenants of Lord Clanriearde's Portumna estate having received notice that the payments to support them are not forthcoming. And being...
There was a discussion in the Commons on Tuesday in
The Spectatorfavour of carrying out the repeated 'recommendation of Military Commissions that the three Armies in India be amalgamated into one. That plan would, it was shown, as it has been...
Prince Bismarck grows irritable in his seclusion, and laving opened
The Spectatorrelations with the Hamburger Nachriehten and the Miinicher Allgemeine Zeitung, he keeps on criticising his master's. policy in Africa and Russia. The drift of his thought is,...
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The French Government has created a Council of Labour, consisting
The Spectatorof fifty employers and workmen, which is to advise the State on labour subjects, with a view to legislation. M. Jules Roche, Minister of Commerce, opened the first sitting on...
Mr. Howard Vincent's motion on Tuesday night, recom- mending that
The Spectatormeasures should be taken for inviting a Con- ference between this country and its self-governing Colonies, with a view to develop the trade of the Empire, gave rise to a good...
The English papers, with all their expensive organisation, fail to
The Spectatorcover the whole field of politics. We never, for example, bear anything of what is going on in India, except through the Times' weekly telegrams, whicll are decidedly thin, and,...
The Police have charged a ship's fireman named Thomas Sadler
The Spectatorwith the murder of Frances Coles, the victim of the latest tragedy in Whitechapel, and the prinxi - facie evidence against him is strong. It was at first believed, as we...
Dr. Jex Blake is to succeed the late Dean Plumptre
The Spectatorin the Deanery of Wells. He did good service at Rugby in the interval between the regime of Dr. Hayman and the regime of the present head-master, Mr. Percival. Lord Salisbury...
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach made a speech to very much the
The Spectatorsame effect as this speech of Mr. Goschen's, at the London Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. He too protested against the notion that he is in any sense indifferent to the...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorMR. MORLEY'S FINAL VOTE OF CENSURE. M R. MORLEY told the House of Commons on Monday night that that was "probably the last occasion on which it would be his fortune to make a...
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THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND PRINCE BISMA_RCK.
The SpectatorW E find it difficult to believe that the German Emperor contemplates, or ever has contemplated, a prosecution of Prince Bismarck for indiscreet criticisms on his foreign...
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MR. GOSCHEN AND COMMERCIAL FEDERATION.
The SpectatorTHOUGH the Chancellor of the Exchequer's speech on Mr. Vincent's motion in favour of assembling a Con- ference to consider the development of the trade of the Empire, was in...
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THE PARNELLITE SPLIT.
The SpectatorT HE apparently official statement in the Speaker of last wee as to the exact nature of the collapse of the negotiations between Mr. Parnell and Messrs. Dillon and O'Brien, may,...
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THE CANADIAN ELECTIONS.
The SpectatorI T is not difficult to understand the Canadian Premier's motive in pressing home his charge of disloyalty against his adversaries. He wants votes, and the French Catholics of...
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THE RECRUITING DIFFICULTY.
The SpectatorF OR eminently practical people, the English are on some points eminently incompetent persons. They are quite aware that they must have an Army ; they have decided, with a...
THE TRAINING OF CURATES.
The SpectatorE suffer fools gladly." Is there any verse in the te y New Testament which comes nearer home than this to the church-going laity P In part, perhaps, they suffer for the sins of...
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ARCHBISHOP MANNING'S DESCRIPTION OF SOCIALISM.
The SpectatorARDINAL MANNING, who is termed in France " the Socialist Archbishop," has warmly repudiated this title in his remarks to the interviewer of the Paris Figaro, and declares that...
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THE ASIATIC NOTION OF JUSTICE.
The SpectatorT HE opposition offered by Riza Pasha and others of the higher officials to judicial reform in Egypt is usually set down in this country to corrupt motives. They want bribes, it...
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THE DESTRUCTION OF WILD BIRDS' EGGS.
The SpectatorW HAT shall a poor bird do ? Already she is put to great pains to bring up her youthful brood in the country of her choice—for a British bird should breed in the islands of...
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KOCH IN THE HIGH ALPS.
The SpectatorT O the healthy English gentleman who lives at home at ease, the question whether Dr. Koch's remedy is a boon and a blessing to men, or a dangerous poison, possesses at best...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorTHE DECEASED WIFE ' S SISTER BILL. [To TUE EDITOR, OF rx " BPECTATOR.1 Stn,—It is, to use a mild word, surprising to find the Spectator , saying that "it is unquestionable that...
COLERIDGE AND THE SUPERNATURAL.
The Spectator[To TIED EDITOR OF Tun "SPECTATOR."] Sin — May I remark, with reference to the inferiority of the second part of " Christabel, " that much of the witchery which pervades the...
[To TRII EDITOR Or TUN " SPECTATOR. n f SIR,—I observe in
The Spectatorthe Spectator of February 141h, you state that "it is unquestionable that for nearly two centuries even in England, the marriage with a deceased wife ' s sister was legal. " I...
THE LIBELS ON BIRDS.
The Spectator[To 2-ItE EDITOR OF TITFI "SPECTATOR... J .1 Sin,—The article in the Spectator of February 14th upon "The Sinfulness of Novelty " contained for me one paragraph of special...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorMIREIO A PROVENcAL POEM.* MORE than a quarter of a century has passed since Saint- Rene Taillandier, in the pages of the Revue des Deux Mendes, first introduced to the notice...
POETRY.
The SpectatorA LOST LEGEND. S. WILFRID once, aware of love grown cold, And faith but lukewarm in his northern fold, While ev'n the few who failed not to be shriven Sought less for peace...
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MRS. OSBORN'S LETTERS.* MumoIns are the back-stairs of history; and
The Spectatorup this modest flight Miss Osborn conducts us very agreeably. Her ancestress, whose letters are here presented, was Sarah Byng, daughter of the first Lord Torrington, and sister...
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PROFESSOR NEWMAN ON HIS BROTHER.*
The SpectatorWE regret the publication of this little book. It shows that Professor Newman's estrangement from his brother,—an estrangement doubtless due rather to the prejudice of the elder...
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A TREATISE ON ENGLISH PROSE.*
The SpectatorTo those who are familiar with Professor Earle's charming little book, The Philology of the English Tongue, the present volume needs no commendation. It displays to the full the...
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THE CONFESSIONS OF A POACHER.* THE poacher is not usually
The Spectatorconsidered to be a picturesque individual ; indeed, his appearance, as a rule, is very much against him ; he generally looks a ruffian, and very often is one. This view of the...
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MURRAY'S "HISTORY OF GREEK SCULPTURE."* THAT this work, so well
The Spectatorknown to all students of ancient art, should have waited ten years for a, second edition, is a proof that it is not known as it deserves to be to the general reader. But, at any...
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Souvenirs of the Second Empire. By the Comte de Maugny.
The Spectator(Dean and Son.)—The author begins with a striking parallel between the Court of the Third Napoleon in 1809, and that of Louie XVI. in 1788. A third may be added in the...
Famous Musical Composers. By Lydia T. Morris. (T. Fisher Unwin,)—This
The Spectatorvolume of short biographies of musical composers, edited by Miss Morris, is decidedly worthy of notice, and will be found interesting and useful by students of music. Many of...
Nature's Wonder - Workers. By Kate R. Lovell. (Cassell and Co.)—This is
The Spectatora book of popularised natural history. The writer tells us many notable facts about spiders, boos, wasps, gnats, ear- wigs, and a variety of other creatures which most of us see...
Women Poets of the Victorian Era, With Preface by Mrs.
The SpectatorWilliam Sharp. (Walter Scott.) — This is an interesting volume in the series of "The Canterbury Poets." One hardly realises till one sees it, what an amount of excellent work...
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorPeter Brough a Paisley Philanthrepist. By James R, Sherrock, M.A. (Alex. Gardner.)—Mr. Brough's father began life as a tailor in Old Scone ; Peter himself was apprenticed to a...
Pestalozzi : his Life and Work. By Roger do Guimps.
The SpectatorTrans- lated by J. Russell, B.A. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—It would have been better, perhaps, if Mr. Russell had abridged as well as translated. It seems ungracious thus to...
Fifty Years in Ceylon : an Autobiography. By the late
The SpectatorMajor Thomas Skinner, C.M.G. Edited by his Daughter, Annie Skinner. (W. H. Allen and Co.)--Thomas Skinner, the son of an artillery .officer, received a commission in the Ceylon...
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Idols of the French Stage. By H. Sutherland Edwards. 2
The Spectatorvole. (Remington and Co.)—The . chief subjects in Mr. Sutherland Edwards's first volume are "The Wife of Mohan," "Adrienne Lecouvreur," "Madame Favart," "Sophie Arnoultl," and...
open to the objection which lies against all memoirs of
The Spectatorliving persons as any that could be imagined. Practically all the' material that would be available at Mrs. Stowe's death is available now. If the absolute truth is to be spoken...
damp and Studio. By Irving Montagu. (W. H. Allen and
The SpectatorCo.) --Mr. Irving Montagu went to the Russo-Turkish War as war correspondent for the Illustrated London News. Fortune took him to the less interesting scene of war, to Armenia,...
Dublin Translations into Greek and Latin Verse. Edited by Robert
The Spectatorirelverton Tyrrell. (Hodges and Figgis, Dublin ; Lougmans, London.)—Oxford and Cambridge men will be glad to welcome a rival to the "Anthologia Oxoniensis " and the "Arun dines...
A Hi s t or y o f the Jewish People in the Time of
The SpectatorJesus Christ. By Emil Scharer, D.A. Translated by the Rev. John Macpherson, M.A. Vol. I. (T. and T. Clark, Edinburgh.)—This book, a volume of the "Foreign Theological Library,"...
History of the United States under the Constitution. By James
The SpectatorSchouler. 4 vols. (Dodd, Mead, and Co., New York ; E. Arnold, London.)—These four volumes, published at intervals during the last ten years, begin with the year 1783, and carry...
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European Days and Ways. By Alfred E. Lee. (J. P.
The SpectatorLippincott, Philadelphia.)—Mr. Lee either did not visit England, or does not choose to say anything about it. This is a disappointment, for we always like to hear something...
NEW EDITIONS.—Natural Religion, By the Author of "Ewe Homo." (Macmillan.)
The Spectator-'--A third edition, published at an interval of nine years from the appearance of the second, this having come two months after the first. (We may say a word of commendation,...
In the series of The Biblical Illustrator, edited by the
The SpectatorRev, Joseph S. Exell (Nisbet), we have the second volume of " Genesis " and the first of " St. John."—We have also received the fourth volume of The New Popular Educator : a...
The Passion - Play as it is Played To-Day. By W. T.
The SpectatorStead. (Office of Review of Reviews.) — Many people have written about the Ober- Ammergau Passion-Play, not always in the best taste. But it was reserved for Mr. Stead to outdo...
Beta, By Mrs, Bourne. 3 vols. (Ward and Downey.)—This is
The Spectatorone of the novels the existence of which is a standing puzzle to -us. That they should be written is easy to understand. A reviewer who has been at work for some years can have...
Word-Studies in. the New Testament, By Marvin S. Vincent, D.D.
The Spectator(Nisbet and Co.)—This is the third volume of this laborious - work. Professor Vincent treats of seven of the Pauline.Epistles, —viz., Romans, Corinthians, Ephosians,...
We have received the "sixteenth annual edition" of The Classified
The SpectatorDirectory of the Metropolitan Charities, by W. P. Howe. (Longmans.)—The Advertisers' Guardian, by Louis Collins (Thomas Dixon), appears in a seventh number.
How French Soldiers fared in German Prisons. By Canon Guess,
The SpectatorArmy Chaplain to the French Forces. Edited by H. Hayward. (Dean and Son.)—Here we have the experiences of a French priest who during the Franco-German War ministered to the...
Burke's Peerage, or, to give the volume its full title,
The SpectatorA Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, together with Memoirs of the Privy Councillors and Knights, by Sir Bernard Burke (Harrison and Sons)...
The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors
The Spectatorin the West. By W. H. Hamilton Rogers, F.S.A. (James G. Commin, Exeter.)— Mr. Rogers's idea is a good one. It is to take various families and trace their fortunes as they wore...
