22 FEBRUARY 1890

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On Monday the debate revived a little at the opening,

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Mr. W. O'Brien making one of his furious speeches, declaring that Mr. Balfour had "covered his party with the odium of perfectly objectless and futile coercion," and that...

Mr. Parnell's amendment to the Address was debated for three

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nights,—those of yesterday week, Monday, and Tuesday, —with extremely little spirit, and by none with leas spirit than by the mover of the amendment. Mr. Parnell took very...

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NEWS OF THE WEEK I T looks very much as if the German Emperor's speech had stimulated Socialism. The result of Thursday's elections is not yet known, as there must be an...

The Prussian Council of State, revivified to attend to labour

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questions, was opened on Friday week by the Emperor in person. His Majesty told the members, who are principally officials and great employers of labour, that he wanted " pro-...

After a skirmish between Sir George Trevelyan and Mr. Brodrick,

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in which the latter made some good points, and after some desultory discussion, Colonel Saunderson made one of his vivid speeches, in which he remarked that these annual motions...

'IV The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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M. Rouvier has at last arranged, it is stated, for

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his difficult Budget, which is to be presented to the Chamber to-day. He has decided on a loan of £28,000,000, and an addition to revenue of £4,000,000 a year, to be derived...

The death of Count Julius Andrassy on Tuesday is an

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immense loss to the Emperor of Austria. The Count, though he had quitted office for eleven years, still retained an almost dominant influence in Hungary, and always used it to...

Mr. Forwood, M.P., Secretary to the Admiralty, made an admirable

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speech at Liverpool on Wednesday night, on the Report of the Commission, in which he brought out clearly how much it affirms beyond the dry general conclusions which are almost...

Interrogated by Mr. Parnell, Mr. W. H. Smith gave notice

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on Monday night that he will at an early date submit to the House of Commons the following resolution :—" That Parlia- ment, having constituted a Special Commission to inquire...

One of the most distinguished of our retired Civil Servants,

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the Right Hon. Sir Louis Mallet, died at Bath early on Sunday morning of an attack of the prevailing epidemic. He entered the public service in the Audit Office, and was then...

We have said, perhaps, enough of Tuesday's debate else- where.

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Mr. Campbell-Bannerman made a great effort to state the Parnellite case in a moderate and impressive way ; but Mr. Balfour's answer, much of which we have quoted, com- pletely...

On Wednesday, Dr. Clark, Member for Caithness, moved an amendment

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to the Address, declaring it advisable that the huperip,1 Parliament should dtwolve upon " p, Legislature in Scotland " the consideration of any domestic affairs in that...

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One of our readers having misunderstood a paragraph in our

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last week's issue, in which we spoke with sympathy of Mr. Bryce's speech on Portugal, and expressed our belief that his constituents would heartily share his view, as if we had...

The Mormon organisation has received a severe blow. For the

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first time, the elections have gone against them in Utah,— partly, it is said, in consequence of the disfranchisement, under a decision of the Supreme Court, of all Mormons who...

Mr. Irving, as the President for this year of the

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Wolver- hampton Literary and Scientific Society, delivered on Wednes- day an address, in which he insisted that there is not in any literature a more moving expression of filial...

A terrible murder has greatly excited East London. A respectable

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girl, fifteen years old next March, daughter of a machinist named Jeffs, employed by the Tilbury and Southend Railway Company, was missed on January 31st last from West Ham. She...

We ought to have mentioned last week a movement reported

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from Greece. It is said that the Army, irritated, we believe— though this is not in the telegram—by M. Tricoupie efforts to strengthen the bonds of discipline, has declared that...

The advocates of the Eight-Hours Bill have not yet obtained

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the kind of support which makes them formidable in Parliament. They are to have a day's debate, as is but right ; but their advance-guard, the miners, do not make much by...

Mr. Biggar, M.P. for Cavan and Vice-President of the Irish

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National League, died early on Wednesday morning of heart-disease, after telling for Mr. Parnell's amendment to the Address on Tuesday night. Mr. Biggar was a Fenian who...

Bank Rate, 3 per cent. New Consols (21) were on

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Friday 971 to 971.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE POLITICAL UPSHOT OF THE COMMISSION, T HE Home-rule journalists are repeating in every direction and in every tone, sometimes scornful, sometimes minatory, sometimes anxious,...

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THE IDEAS OF THE GERMAN EMPEROR.

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T HE hesitation and coldness with which the German Emperor's decrees and speeches about labour have been received throughout Europe, are noteworthy signs of the times. One would...

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MR. BALFOUR AND HIS OPPONENTS.

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W E wish the Secretary for Ireland were a little less of a philosopher, and a little more of a vain man. It is an odd wish to express perhaps, but it is one we sin- cerely...

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COUNT JULIUS ANDRASSY.

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C OUNT Jumus ANDRASSY, dead this week, was a man who ought to have had a special interest for Englishmen. He belonged to a type of politician which we fear has not been...

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the Magyar ascendency in the counsels of the Empire, time

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a collection of possibly hostile States. No new country which, in fact, without Magyar support could not hold its has ever enjoyed such initial advantages as the island Balkan...

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SIR LOUIS MALLET.

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B Y the death of Sir Louis Mallet, England has lost one of the best of that reserve of almost the only aristocracy which is still effective in England, that aristocracy of...

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THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY SERMONS.

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I T is not altogether wonderful that some Oxford residents should think it needful to take in hand the Afternoon Sermons before the University. Take the year through, they can...

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THE MARRIAGES OF MEN OF ABILITY.

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W E wonder whether the men who understand character, and, as the phrase goes, can " choose men by the eye "—and there certainly are people with that power in such a degree as to...

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WHAT IS IMPARTIALITY?

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N OTHING is more remarkable than the chorus of unanimity with which each party to the Irish con- troversy is expressing its satisfaction with the Report of the Special...

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HEREFORDSHIRE AND THE ORNAMENTS RUBRIC.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Any new and suggestive fact thrown into the crambe repetita of our Ornaments Rubric discussions is a real refresh- ment, and I thank...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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SIR HENRY JAMES'S QUESTION. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." SIR,—You have done good service by emphasising (in the Spectator of February 15th), in the light of the...

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BOOKS.

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• MRS. STOWE'S LIFE.* AT Mrs. Stowe's request, this biography has been compiled during her lifetime, and she observes that it is told for the most part in her own words, and...

HABITUAL Sark BEERS.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Your article in the Spectator of February 15th draws attention to a phase of human nature frequently noticed, little understood,—viz.,...

LIFE IN NORMANDY.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.”] you allow me to thank your correspondent of February 15th who drew attention to the fact that times have- indeed changed since he knew...

A ROUGH DIAMOND.

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[To THE EDITOR Olt THE "SPECTATOR "] Sin,—You are always so ready to sympathise with the better features of English life, whether among rich or poor, that I venture to ask you...

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THE NEW CHESTER/ 1.ELD LETTERS.* FOURTEEN of these letters have

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seen the light before, though in a garbled form, but the remainder are now given to the world for the first time, and though they do not entirely revolutionise posterity's...

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RECENT NOVELS.*

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A SHORT time ago, one of those versatile writers who instruct the public on things in general by means of brief paragraphs printed at the end of several monthly magazines,...

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TWO PLAYS OF 1ESCHYLUS

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THOSE who have had the pleasure and profit of studying Mr. Verrall's contributions to classical learning, will expect to find something original in his new edition of the...

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THE MARRIAGES OF THE BOURBONS.* ROYAL and princely marriages, especially

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in the case of members of those houses of which the head both reigns and governs, are not only matters of interest to those who are curious as to the details of the lives and...

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MR. LANG'S " THEOCRITUS, BION, AND MOSCHUS."* CHaucER has been

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called the morning-star of English, and Theocritus may be called the evening-star of Greek poetry. He did not seem so to his contemporaries. He was out- shone, in their opinion,...

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The Future of the Empire. By Alexander Gordon. (Simpkin and

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Marshall.)—This is "a brief statement of the case against Imperial Federation," and it ends with the proposal of an alterna- tive policy, consisting of two chief articles,—"...

The Templars' Trials. By J. Shallow. (Stevens and Sons.)— If

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the author wished to make his readers understand the subject about which he writes, he should have been less elliptical and generally obscure in his manner of writing. The very...

CURRENT LITERATURE.

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Haunts of Nature. By W. H. Worsley-Benison. (Elliot Stock.) —The author takes his readers on some pleasant excursions, teaching them to admire Nature in her outward aspects, and...

Her Heart's Desire. By H. Prothero Lewis. 3 vols. (Hurst

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and Blackett.)—These three volumes, very easy reading as far as paper and printing can make reading easy, tell the love-stories of two young women,—Eira, who is beloved by and...

The Times of Isaiah. By A. H. Sayce, LL.D. (Religious

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Tract Society.)—This volume belongs to the excellent series entitled " By-Paths of Bible Knowledge." Itis an.interesting study, illus- trated from contemporary cuneiform...

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The Kings of Israel and Judah. By George Rawlinson. (Nisbet.)

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—The author of this book, which belongs to the " Men of the Bible " series, allows, of course, that his chief sources of informa- tion are the Books of Kings and Chronicles and...

Light and Shade. By Herbert Sherring. (W. Thacker and Co.)

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—Mr. Sherring, who, we take it, is an Indian officer or civilian, has a certain amount of justification for publishing this volume, which is composed in about equal measure of...

The Hansa Towns. By Helen Zimmern. (T. Fisher Unwin.)— We

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fully agree with Miss Zinunern that "there is scarcely a more remarkable chapter in history than that which deals with the trading alliance or association known as the Hanseatic...

Buy Bias. Translated from the French by W. D. S.

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Alexander . (Digby and Long.)—Buy Bias is, on the whole, the greatest of Victor Hugo's dramas, and Mr. Alexander has taken great pains, and has attained commensurate success, in...

Home Doctoring. By W. B. Kesteven, M.D. (Frederick Warne and

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Co.)—This " gaide to domestic medicine and surgery " is arranged in an alphabetical form. We do not presume, from our layman's point of view, to question Dr. Kesteven's...

Sir John Franklin : a Revelation. By T. Henry Skewes.

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(Bemrose and Sons.)—This is, to say the least of it, one of the most singular books that have been published for a long time. It is a " revela- tion " as to the fate of Sir John...

Aristotelianism. By the Rev. I. Gregory Smith and the Rev.

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William Grundy. (S.P.C.K.)—Mr. Gregory Smith has made some additions and corrections to his portion of this-popular little manual. Mr. Grundy's summing-up of Aristotle's...

Lays of Middle Age, and other Poems. By James Hedderwick.

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(Blackwood.)—This is a second edition which is in some respects, and certainly has all the interest of, a new book. For one thing, Mr. Hedderwick published his first edition as...

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Westminster Abbey. By W. J. Loftie, B.A. With Illustrations, chiefly

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by H. Railton. (Seeley and Co.)—The articles on West- minster Abbey which have been the principal feature of the Portfolio during 1889, have been republished in a handsome...

The Wandering Knight. By Jean de Cartheny. (Burns and Oates.)—The

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allegorical work of which we have here a new trans- lation, and which is supposed by many to have suggested to Bunyan the idea of " The Pilgrim's Progress," was first published...

My "Hansom" Lays. By W. Beatty-Kingston. (Chapman and Hall.)—Mr. Beatty-Kingston

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has republished in this volume a number of humorous pieces of verse which have been already laughed over by multitudes of readers of Punch and other periodicals. It is needless...

Life of William Ellis. By Edmund Kell Blyth. (Kagan Paul,

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Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Ellis was a " Philosophic Radical," and exhibited the characteristic failings and excellences of the sect. Possibly the former were exaggerated by the fact...

Lord Allanroe. By " B. E. T. A." (Digby and Long.)—If,

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as stated in these pages, the law considers that a boy and girl of nine and seven who play at being married at a twelfth-night child's party in Scotland, are thereby validly...

Deacon Hope's American Stories. (Remington.) — The name of the author of

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this collection of American stories is not given on the title-page ; whoever he is, he can hardly be described as a new and great Transatlantic humorist. He is not incapable of...

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A Hurricane in Petticoats. By Leslie Keith. 3 vols. (Bentley

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and Sons.) — This is hardly a happy title, but it is not difficult to see its justification. Into the serene life of " Grandmamma Severn," a dignified old lady who is very much...

Passion's Slave. By Richard Ashe King. 3 vols. (Chatto and

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Windus.)—The title does not promise a pleasant story, and a pleasant story we do not get. At one time we are disposed to think that we are not even going to get a lively one ;...

In My Lady's Praise. By Sir Edwin Arnold. (Triibner.)—This collection

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of " poems, old and new, written to the honour of Fanny, Lady Arnold, and now collected for her memory," may be best commended to our readers' attention without criticism. The...

THEOLOGICAL AND DEVOTIONAL BOOM:J.—The Scripture Doctrine of the Two Sacraments.

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By Henry Harris, B.D. (H. Frowde.)— This "plea for unity" is a very well-reasoned and temperately worded statement of doctrine, such as persons of moderate views might accept....

The Bible True from the Beginning. By Edward Gough. Vol.

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II. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Gough carries on his work as far as the end of the fifth chapter of Exodus, and promises to complete it in five more volumes. He is an...

A Happy Wooing. By H. Cliffe Halliday. 2 vols. (Hurst

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and Blackett.)—This is a somewhat commonplace story, which is not raised above the average by a certain eccentricity, for such it is rather than originality, in the plot. The...

Glorinda. By Anna Bowman Dodd. (Ward and Downey.)— The heroine

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is the daughter of a reckless, boastful Colonel in some Western State, and herself shows the workings of heredity by a wild fancy for the stage. The crisis of her life is the...

Izaak Walton's Complete Angler. With Introduction by James Russell Lowell.

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(Little, Brown, and Co., Boston, U.S.A.; Mac- millan, London.)—Mr. Lowell's introduction is a pleasant, sen- sible, modestly proportioned little work. Tedious discussion, as,...