to summon an autumn Session of Parliament, and the decision is apparently grounded on the resolve of the Cabinet to maintain the English neutrality. We have discussed this plea...

and depends a good deal upon the actual strength of Hobart Pasha's fleet. If the Russian Government is confident that this can be sunk or kept out of the way, it is probable...

but unanswerable letter defending Russia for rejecting the six months' armistice, and preferring the original English proposal of a six weeks' armistice, and the concession of a...

way or another that they are either neutral or favourable to Russia. Germany, after some delay, has finally rejected the proposal of a six mouths' armistice ; Italy, probably...

situation—has excited more surprise than it ought to have done. For weeks and months past a furious contest has been raging in the Hofburg between the Magyar party now in...

T HE world has moved fast this week. On Sunday London received the intelligence that the Czar, after consulting his heir, his principal Ministers, General Ignatieff, and the...

case.

speech, in which he declared that it was an advantage to a man in Parliament to be "disparaged in the country," and that this dis- paragement had helped him to carry his...

at Liverpool has been the Rev. Mark Pattison's trenchant and brilliant address on education, delivered yesterday week. On one part of that address we have made some remarks...

the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Judicature rendered vacant by the death of Mr. Justice Quain. But as the vacancy caused by Lord Blackburn's elevation has not yet...

insisting throughout that it is the indifference of English society to true knowledge which makes our educational institutions so poor, much more than the poverty of those...

how entirely erroneous was the strong state- ment in Mr. Baring's Report that it was to the absence of all regular troops in Bulgaria that the massacres must be ascribed, and...

of the least rational amongst the friends of the Turk and the British Cabi- net. In a speech at the Hanley Conservative Club on Tuesday even- ing, he declared that in his...

relief at Liverpool to the somewhat leaden monotony of 'Social Science,' as we are accustomed to find it. Mr. Poynter was, however, not very clear in laying down what was the...

induced the whites of some of the Southern States to strengthen their organisation, and Governor Chamberlain, of South Carolina, has called on the President to aid him in...

railway grievance has been at last published in extenso in this country, and is a very able and skilful one. Lord Dufferin repudiated anyidea of having come on a diplomatic...

offered the appointment of Finance Minister in India, and greatly to his credit, has accepted it. The salary is 12,000 a year less, the patronage nil, the rank lower than his...

impossibility of Russia making war, owing to her financial embarrassments and the difficulty of raising a loan. The financial embarrassment is considerable, and a large loan...

trade before the Social Science Association, in which he showed tow far the world still was from accepting the principle of Free- trade in all its fullness. America and the...

Associa- tion this day week, apparently advocated raising the class of 'teachers into a profession, to which the access should be as diffi- -cult as to any other of the learned...

having made a blunder as to the date of the Caithness vacancy in 1869. It took place before and not after the vacancy for the united Uni- versities of Glasgow and Aberdeen. The...

LORD DERBY'S "SUCCESS." T HE "policy of common-sense" has not succeeded, and we are rather curious to see the next ground which the admirers of this Government will take up for...

T HE satisfaction with which we are always assured that her Majesty " recurs " to the advice of Parliament does not seem to be so strong, but what her Ministers can make up...

T HE great theme of the pro-Turkish portion of the English Press has now for a long time been the craft and ambition and guilty intrigues of Russia. And from the moment when the...

T HE Cabinet is evidently not going to fight for Turkey, for the idea of an Autumn Session is rejected ; and with- out Parliament the Government can do nothing except watch...

T HE intentions of Germany constitute the unknown quantity in this Eastern problem. From the moment that that question came to the front, in the shape of the Herzegovithan...

the City, may now begin to see what good was done by the recent agitation against Turkish rule, and pre-eminently by Mr. Gladstone's Pamphlet. That agitation and that pamphlet...

THERE , is no doubt that the preference for doing things com- pletely has a very great tendency to grow with growing education and growing commerce, but there is also no doubt...

tor of Lincoln deserves credit for knowing his countrymen so well. Many speakers at Social Science meetings would have feared to commence a long lecture on a dry subject with an...

D URING the last ten years, Mountaineering has not only in some respects changed its character, but has become more generally recognised than before by the public as a...

THE ATTITUDE OF GREECE. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR.'] agree so heartily with most of your views on the Eastern Question, that I am sorry to see what I think an unfair...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sra,—In reply to Mr. Marshman's letter in the Spectator of the- 13th August last, commenting on the increased export of wheat from India, I...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SFEOTATOR."] Sist,—Your statement of the grounds of my dissent from the Church teaching is, for the most part, fair, and deserves my thanks ; but I...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] have read with much interest your article on the above subject, in the tone and spirit of which I entirely concur. I scarcely think, however,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] BIR,—It is only now that I have seen, in the Spectator of the 7th inst., the following extract from Mr. Congreve's article on 'Turkey :—"...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sre,—Do you think it is quite fair that when a critic wishes to hold up to ridicule an author's views, he should represent those views by a...

SONNET. [ON READING THE RECENT UTTERANCES OF Two CABINET MINISTERS.] AND shall an outworn juggler's brazen sneers— A purblind cynic's callous scorn—have power, Great Heart of...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SUB.,—Only to-day has my copy of last week's Spectator reached ane. In it I find a letter from Dr. Carpenter containing a number of...

THE PRINCE CONSORT'S LIFE.* IF one had to guess which of our great English statesmen of re- cent times would have most impressed and best suited the political taste of an...

A NOVELIST is, perhaps, more cheaply and more easily equipped than any other member of the republic of letters. Give him, said the author of Tom Jones, pens, ink, and paper, a...

for his Life of John Locke. To many, perhaps to most, of even the more serious of the multitude of English readers in our day, John Locke has been hardly more than the shadow of...

WE suspect that this little book will create no small dismay and alarm among the somewhat large class of young gentlemen who lave recently taken honours at the Universities, and...

ILA. 'London: Henry S. King and 0o. 1876 dance in unrhymed fetters over simple prose? "Heart-free, I A DISTINGUISHED French critic, M. Sainte-Beuve, has said that an...

means to desert her. She flies from him, taking with her a baby daughWr, reaches home, and dies. The daughter grows up into a beautiful woman, and becomes engaged to a naval...

Meinoires du Chevalier de Grail/tont. Far Antoine Hamilton, publies,. avec une Introduction et des Notes, par M. de Leseure. (Jouaust, Paris. Nutt, London.)—This is a very cheap...

George Wheeler. (Chapman and Hall.)—Mr. Wheeler was special correspondent to the Central News. We may suppose that the greater part of hie volume has already appeared in print....

Rulers. By S. J. Ballard, of Bangalore. (Religious Tract Society.)—This is a praiseworthy attempt to put into a shape that shall be suitable and attractive to the young some of...

pooL)—The story is spoilt, to our liking, by the intrusion of a sensa- tional element, which does not look as if it belonged to the region of facts. For some reason which it is...

New York. Sampson Low, London.)—We get from various quarters a good many contributions to the science of ethics, or moral philosophy, as it used to be called. The volume before...

Co.)—The writer does not begin by abusing classical culture, as is unhappily too much the fashion since the tirade of Mr. Lowe. He recognises that were the two triod on their...

F. Putnam and Sons, New York.)—A man should be able to compre- hend all knowledge properly to criticise or, let us say, to appreciate this volume. It is an "earnest attempt to...

a tale of the reign of Edward VI., and is founded on historical facts. It relates, in fact, the rebellion of Ket the Tanner, interweaving with the narrative threads of personal...

too busy, and try too much. Unhappily, there is but little choice in the matter, and while the disease is patent, there is little hope of discovering the remedy. This Dr. Smith...

in this, but it is above the average in construction and treatment.

advise Mr. Hill during the winter-time to study the laws of song-writing, and especially to bear in mind that rhythm must not be ignored. "Sweet Summer-time," from beginning to...

Tinsley.) —If we were to go to the Desert with the author of this volume, it would have been well to have gone more quickly. The Desert is fresh ground. Spain and Barbary, or...

in this piece is the simple and pleasing melody on which it is founded. The usual style of variations follow the theme, and the finale consists of an effective allegro con brio.

—Had Mr. Renville been asked to mutilate the score of the great Handel, we think that be could scarcely have completed his task more effectively than in his "Transcription of...

and Co.)—When we see Mr. Lewis's name as that of the composer of the song before us, we are assured that something elegant in style will be found. "Thinking and Dreaming,"...

An Englishman's Song. With Chorus. By F. Marshall Ward. (J. Williams.)—This little song is full of spirit, and the vocal part is written in the compass of an octave, the highest...

requiring good singing and an able accompanyist, with- out which this song could not be much appreciated.

Pieces, two Introductory Voluntaries, and two Concluding Volun- taries. (Wood and Co.)—These voluntaries are well written, and specially adapted for the organist.

M.A. (Clarendon Press.)--This second instalment of the Oxford Pro- fessor's work covers the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and in- cludes the kings from Henry III. to...

and improved form one of the most useful volumes which a teacher can possess, the Classi- fied Catalogue of School, College, Classical, Technical, and General Educa- tional...

—Mr. Garrett has an unquestionable power of describing life, and he never describes it without having some high purpose in view. In the Capel Girls, he seeks to show how...

Gatty. (C. Boosey.)—If we aro to judge by the style of Mr. Gatty'a songs con- tained in this number of "The Universal Music Library," we predict but limited popularity for the...

in the mazurka style, presenting no difficulties of any kind. We do not recommend this style of composition to young pupils, in preference to Kuhlan's and Clementi's sonatinas,...