the pacific condition of Europe, always except- ing the " gangrene " which exists in the East of Europe. But he was reluctant to refer to that subject, because he knew that if...

Lord Dufferin from that taken by Lord Dufferin himself. He had previously stated that he was not indifferent to the long roll of the great names of his predecessors, "least of...

ceremony as Warden of the Cinque Ports, therein succeeding the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, who was present, and who proposed the toast of the new Warden's health, describing...

Ancient Concert Rooms in Dublin on Tuesday, and listened to a speech from Mr. Healy, in which he was what is called very " round " indeed witb Mr. Dillon, though in this rather...

and his decision will, we trust, help to smooth the path of Italy's foreign policy. The lady of his choice is the Princess Helene, daughter of the Prince of Montenegro. She is...

T HE situation in Crete is as bad as ever. The Sultan is playing his usual game of dilatory negotiation, promising vague reforms and doing nothing, and while the Kings of Europe...

case.

in St. Paul's, the body being buried in the crypt, like those of five of his predecessors in office. Lord Rosebery, the Com- mander-in-Chief, and a number of other celebrities,...

by suddenly announcing that he did not intend as arranged to go to Windermere early in the morning, but would put it off till 3 o'clock. This would, of course, have caused...

meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on the Chartered Company, and after Mr. Jackson had been appointed Chairman, a course of procedure was agreed on. The first point to be...

Li Hung Chang has been indulging himself with a perfect orgy of questions. The practice is deemed somewhat rude, but after all there is no better way of arriving at interesting...

Convention of the Irish Race at Home and Abroad." He held out an olive-branch to the Redmondites, and thought any man who built a golden bridge for their return to the party,...

early news of Dr. Nausea, and a condensed summary of his journal was published in its second edition oi this day week, and repeated in its issue of Monday. Yester- day week...

the place of fighting, and Sir F. Carrington reports that Sekombo and Majunda, two chiefs with over one thousand followers, declare that they wish to surrender, but have asked...

Tuesday. He will go first to Vienna, which he will reach on August 27th, on a visit to the Emperor of Austria. Next he will visit the Emperor William at Breslau and witness a...

83 7 59' on March 14th, 1895, and managed, by travelling on what ultimately became very lumpy ice (like "frozen breakers "), to reach the latitude of 86° 14' north, or within...

St. lames's Gazette, declares that Dr. Nansen is to be remarried to his wife, from whom before his voyage he had been legally separated, "in order to permit her to marry again,...

from an address "To Irish Nationalists throughout the World," issued in view of the approaching Convention, which show that the Irish still retain to per- fection the inimitable...

at Nesse, on the shore of Lake Victoria, who has just arrived in England, has made an interesting statement to a reporter of Reuter's Agency. Everything was prosperous and...

still perhaps better remembered by many amongst us as Sir Charles Russell) delivered an elaborate and interesting address to the American Bar at Saratoga on Thursday on...

J English history as the ablest Foreign Minister who ever preached to Europe in the plainest possible language, while showing the utmost reluctance to let his action accompany,...

I T looks as if the German Emperor were going to adopt, or rather had adopted, the most dangerous line of conduct open to a Sovereign,—that of undermining his own Ministers, and...

A FEW years ago it was the fashion to declare that Royal marriages had become absolutely unimportant from the point of view of politics, and that Kings need never again trouble...

M R. HEALY is much the cleverest man in the Irish Nationalist party, and on the whole we are inclined to think him the most frankly outspoken. What, then, is the impression...

must be clear that somebody, in Mr. Weller's classic phrase, "ought to be whopped" for the series of indiscretions by which the mbstance of the Report of the Vaccination...

instance of foresight in a quarter where foresight, at least in the sense of tonight, is not generally looked for. Thirty years ago there seemed many difficulties in the way. To...

T HE Pulpit Commentary on the Psalms," edited by the Dean of Gloucester and his colleagues, and published by Kegan Paul, Triibner, and Co., has just been completed in three...

T HE papers have lately been busy with rumours of a bicycling Bishop. It is stated that the Bishop of Colchester intends, when proficient, to ride a bicycle along the roads of...

I T has been noted as an unexplained fact in natural history, that while large poultry farms are as a rule unsuccessful, most game, with the exception of grouse, can be reared...

once described his own character, and while he was always anxious, with the indiscretion of autobiography, to proclaim his ferocity, his verses still attested the serenity of...

CONSTANTINOPLE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] STR,—The Emperor Napoleon I. considered that whoever had possession of Constantinople would have the Empire of the world....

[To THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR."] Srit.,—In a short notice of a work called "Quaker Worthies,' in the Spectator of August 15th, my name is suddenly in- troduced by your...

been laughing over your article on "Boy Housemaids" in the Spectator of August 15th. No doubt there is much truth in what you say, but I do not agree with your remarks...

[To TEC EDITOR OF TEL "SPECTATOR."., SIR,—In connection with this subject (Spectator, August 15th) there is a consideration which, I venture to think, may well have the serious...

[To THE EDITOR or THY "SPECTATOR."] Slft, — The remark in your excellent review of Dr. Hodgkin's Life of George Fox, in the Spectator of August 15th, that his bitter attacks on...

[To TRY EDITOR OF TIM " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—I feel so grateful to the excellent women servants I have and have had, that I cannot help saying a word in favour of a class against...

[To TER EDITOR OP THR "SPECTATOR."] Sts.,—In a letter to you of May 30th I denied the authenticity of the nun Hrotswitha's comedies. I was contradicted by Mr. Wentworth Webster...

[To ms ED/TOR OF THE "SPZCTAT0R."] SIR,— A curious instance of friendship among animals occurred here the other day. We had often noticed a tame jackdaw at a cottage on our way...

[To TAR EDITOR OP THB " SPICTAT01."1 Sin,—Your amusing article on the above subject recalls a delightful story (which I believe is true), illustrating the familiar—not to say...

[To max EDITOR OF THZ " IBrzcrAmoR.:9 SIR,—We are the proud possessors of a certain silky long- haired black cat, with charming pathetic yellow eyes like amber. It rejoices in...

go Tar EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I am staying with my son, who is a veterinary surgeon practising in West Virginia, U.S., who is a great lover of animals, and the...

[TO VIZ EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." Stn,—Is it generally known how much horses dislike snakes Fb When riding over in Australia my horse suddenly refused to move and stood...

[TO TRH EDITOR OT THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—Since writing my article about "Passing through the Fire," commented on in the Spectator of August 8th, I have received a letter from a...

A DIZAIN. THINK not that blue Italian skies, Or sunsets sinking over Rome, Can make a Northern heart despise The moors and valleys of its home. Less bright the gorgeous faery...

SIR JOHN MILLAIS. BY the death of Sir John Millais England has lost not only a great painter, but one whose artistic development presents exceptional points of interest. The...

[To THE EDITOR OF THZ " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—The extremely interesting stories you are inserting with regard to prevision by animals of mischief intended to their masters, opens up...

JEWISH IDEALS.* THE intellectual isolation of the Church and the Synagogue, notwithstanding their common origin and their continual proximity, would appear unaccountable did we...

IT is a very important literary enterprise which the Messrs. Blackwood have begun with the publication of this very Interesting volume by one of the most capable of living...

have appeared in the Nation during the last thirty years, and are reprinted almost in chronological order There is, of course, always a question whether any collection of this...

Mn. BODKIN, who dedicates his novel to Mr. Gladstone, as "the best English friend Ireland ever had," appears to have been inspired to undertake the work by a remark of Lord...

THE annals of Egypt, so far as they come within the domain of ancient history, may be divided into four parts, and much praise is due to Professor Mahaffy for having selected as...

The Naval Annual. Edited by T. A. Brassey. (Griffin and Co., Portsmouth.)—This useful publication again brings some of the more important and anxious wants of the Navy before...

are the blank spaces upon the map gradually filled up. Here are two bulky volumes, recording the labours of two separate attempts at exploration, and we cannot help being struck...

as meaning the " greater London ; " indeed, it extends even further, for it includes such places as Burnham Beeches, Hatfield House, and St. Albans. The volume consists of three...

humour has in a great degree changed its favourite mode of expression. There are two or three exceptions, which will probably occur to every one, but for the most part it is...

is scarcely at her best here, but she is quite good enough to be a long way before most of her contem- poraries. The conclusion is a little lame. One of the characters, the...

volume belongs to the " International Series of Public Men of To-Day." The word "Public" differentiates it from other lives of the Pontiff,—from Dr. Reilly's, for instance. Mr....

Co.) —There is a freshness and brightness about these poems which will at once attract the reader. Of melancholy rhymers we have enough and more than enough ; but a singer who...

Statham writes, it would seem, with ease, but scarcely with sufficient care. " The lode-star of an empire's smile," for instance, is scarcely an expression which would have...

The Palace of De- lights, and other Poems. By Henry Osborne, M.A. (Digby and Long.) — Allegories are always bard reading, but an allegory that is a " fragment " is surely...

by whose death we lost one of the few genuine poetesses of the day, left at her death an unfinished set of sonnets. The tale of them is not complete, and some of them, we might...

of beauties and singers, as Mr. Horton draws them in his verso, have Some merit, but of substance rather than of form. How could a cultivated writer allow the strange rhyme...