the Aurore news- paper, began and ended at Versailles on Monday. Both defendants were sentenced to undergo a year's imprisonment and pay a fine of £120 each for having said that...

gossip as to the positions occupied re- spectively by the American, German, and English naval commanders at Manilla. Admiral Dietrichs, the German, is reported to have...

S ANTIAGO has been surrendered,—and with it all the troops in Eastern Cuba, of which it is the capital. General Toral, in command since General Linares was so severely wounded,...

on Monday with a very severe accident. His Royal Highness was leaving Waddesdon House, the residence of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, in Bucks, when he slipped on the...

Santiago their capital, their leaders have gone back to the hills, and there are signs of extreme friction between them and the invaders, who, provoked by their ways, over-...

any case.

by the Lords. After Lord Salisbury had repeated his belief that there was not sufficient discipline in the Church, he moved a very proper clause allowing the Ecclesi- astical...

avoid imprisonment, but in order to avail himself of certain legal technicalities which will enable him, if he is out of the jurisdiction, to obtain a new trial in October, and...

Charles Beresford asked the First Lord of the Treasury a question as to the National Bank which has been formed in Egypt, and went on to ask "whether, in view of the establish-...

Lords on Friday week. Lord Grey desired to add to the reasons why a Bishop might refuse to institute, the fact that he was satisfied that representations made by the church-...

Bill for improving the vaccination laws introduced by the Govern- ment. It was generally agreed that cumulative penalties should be abolished, and the discussion really turned...

suit. Mrs. Howard, of Manchester, died, leaving about 290,000, of which she bequeathed £30,000 to her medical attendant, Dr, G. C. Kingsbury, and only 28,000 to her son, with...

not content him, that he would not leave so much to the Magistrate, and that a declaration on oath ought to be -sufficient. Mr. Balfour agreed to this, but wished words -added...

duced the Irish Local Government Bill. Lord Spencer, welcoming the Bill on behalf of the Opposition, managed 'with no little dexterity to "work off" the celebrated quota- tion...

at Grimsby, and announced that he had applied for the Chiltern Hundreds and would seek re-election. "Men of common sense were asking themselves this question, How long were they...

Commons at dinner on Monday, and both Mr. Gully and Viscount Peel, his predecessor in office, made noteworthy speeches. Mr. Gully's subject was the continuity of his office,...

Historic Interest or Natural Bear.ty was held at Grosvenor House on Wednesday, the Duke of Westminster presiding. It is very satisfactory to find that the Trust is making steady...

New Consols (2!) were on Friday, Mi.

W E prefer, like most civilised persons, peace to war, but some of the arguments just now employed to induce America to make a quick peace with Spain strike us as not only...

THE ENGLISH IN EGYPT. E greatly regret that when Lord Charles Beresford asked the Government to declare openly that we intended to stop in Egypt they judged it expedient to...

W E hear a great deal just now about the failures of the Government and of their want of grit and steadiness. In our opinion, there has been a good deal of exaggeration on this...

W E do not suppose that all the world will read the speeches delivered by Viscount Peel and Mr. Gully on Wednesday at the Mansion House, but yet those speeches greatly concern...

C rVILISATION, Mr. Balfour has argued, is far* more the outcome of habit and custom than of reason, and there is little doubt that he is right. Let any one think for a few...

and Wednesday inspires us with a feeling which is almost dismay. The first argument for government by Parliaments is that it winnows the community which has a right to rule. In...

A. DMIRAL CERVERA probably did not say, as inter- viewers report him to have said, "the guns of the 'Cristobal Colon' are in Italy or in the pockets of the head of- the...

T HERE is published in the current number of the Roman Catholic journal, the Month, an interesting defence of Father Garnet the Jesuit against the accusations brought against...

/ N the chief exhibitions of first-class live-stock held during- the last few years the success of lady owners an& breeders has been a marked feature of the shows. That held by...

Sin,-0 wing to being on the road home during the last week, I have only to-day seen the letter of " Romano " to the Spectator of July 16th,—not replying to mine, but asking or...

'MR. HERBERT SPENCER ON PRIMITIVE SUPERSTITIONS. [To THE ED/TOR OF THZ " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Allow me to correct a statement made in the review of Mr. Lang ' s book on "The...

on "Old-Age Pensions, " in the Spectator of July 16th, you suggest that, if practicable, 7e. a week for every one would be deliverance out of his present distress. Are you...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR 1 SM.—Your article on " Old-Age Pensions " in the Spectator .of July 16th contains by implication an assumption that if Mr. Booth ' s scheme...

Sin,—For more than thirty years I have taken notes of con- yersations with friends of all parties as to the changes which they would like to see made in the services of the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPEciATos."] SIR,—In your remarks on the relation of Great Britain towards the Transvaal you take up a position which must be considered untenable. The...

[To THE EDITOR Of TER " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—A business friend of mine in your city has sent me a- marked copy of the Spectator of June 25th, containing criticism of the Florida...

[TO THE EDITOR Of TER " SPECTATOR:] Sin,—" M. L's" " sisters " (see Spectator, July 16th) might. be more grateful for her strictures if they had not heard them so persistently...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Si,—May I, through the columns of the Spectator, draw attention to the Fund which is being raised in memory of the late Sir Syed Ahmed,...

[To TER EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, —In connection with the correspondence on this subject in your columns, will you allow me to point out as briefly as possible the...

[To TEE EDITOR 07 THE " SPECTAT0R: 2 ] SIE, — In speaking of Jeremy Taylor in your notice of the new volume of "The Dictionary of National Biography," in the Spectator of July...

& NEW TRANSLATION OF MARCUS AURELIUS.* Tan meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius are unique in the literature of spiritual stimulus, in the respect that they were not...

MAY AND JUNE. I. Is the month of May Came a lazy loon, Sang of nymph and fay, Sang of stars , and moon. Sang away the morning And the - glowing noon, Then at nightfall ask'd...

NOT in the shadow of the past, Great though that shadow be, Shalt thou abide, Mother of Men ! Thy sons shall turn to thee, and then, No fate can be too vast For them and...

IT is thirteen years since Mr. Oman printed his Lothian Essay on " The Art of War," and be has clearly laboured to some purpose during the interval. The earlier work was a...

A STORY is told in the "Advertisement" to this work of a New York millionaire who wished to give a collection of books on early American history to the library of his native...

J Malden, " Agricul. tnral Series." London : Kegan Paul, Trench. and Co. W. J. Malden. The greater part of the essay ably deals with the different systems of laying down...

Mn. STEPHEN CRANE grows, and this is no small thing to say of a writer who sprang fall-armed on the public with his first book. When it transpired that The Bed Badge of Courage...

from the French and edited by his Niece, C. W. Mack- intosh. (Hodder and Stoughton. 15s.)—M. Coillard, who has spent more than thirty years in Africa, is a missionary first and...

Cider and Perry. By C. W. Radcliffe Cooke, M.P. (Horace Cox.) — Mr. Radcliffe Cooke, by his spirited advocacy of cider and perry as wholesome drinks, has done a real national...

—Evan Kinloch rises from being a herd-boy in Arcadia to a. very giddy eminence in Babylon by an unbroken series of suc- cesses. The first part of the story is, to our taste, the...

Sons.)—Edmund Hoyle published his "Short Treatise on the Games of Whist" in 1742. (He was then seventy years of age, and lived twenty-seven years longer.) Fourteen editions,...

Stock. 7s.6d.)—Mr. Conybeare does his subject full justice, both in respect of the industry with which he has prosecuted research and of the vigour with which he presents its...

and described by Rev. C. J. Ball, M.A. (Eyre and Spottis woode.)—These "Students' Aids" naturally increase in bulk and become more definite and generally available as time goes...

been contrived ?) means the succession of parochial incumbents in all the parishes of the diocese of London. Mr. Hennesay,has taken a vast amount of pains with his work,...

Himes. (Harper and Brothers.)—In his interesting introduction Mr. Himes gives i curious diagram of Milton's Universe, and Satan's course from Hell, at the extreme left, through...

from the edition of 1778, with an Introduction by T. Hutchinson. (Duckworth.)—Mr. Hutchinson gives an interesting account of the origin of the book and of its reception by the...

Berwick's " Philosopher " is not after the model of Socrates, Plato, or Epictetus. He is an Anglo-Italian who has run through his fortune, and earns a livelihood in an Italian...

a new publication, which may be briefly described as a very handy "Army List" and " Navy List" in one. Mr. Laird Clowes has written an historical account of the Navy, and the...

Co.)—This is a little book of practical advice to house- mothers about their work of superintending the daily routine of work, and the special , occasions of "spring cleaning"...

Arranged by Mowbray Morris. New and Revised Edition. (Macmillan and Co.)—This volume dedicated to Eton boys and also, as Mr. Morris says in the preface, to "children of a larger...

Varondie's father is a leading member in a secret political society, and she is a young woman of a very strong will and decided character. How she contrives to love so very...

Boston, U.S.)—" Slight" this little study of first love certainly is, but it is well thought out and well written. Graci/is has nothing to do with " graceful " (though one's...

Miss Carey writes is sure to be good, but of these stories—distinct in a way, but with a certain con- nection—some are in her best manner. The "Two Mothers," for instance, with...

book "a plea for continuity in education," meaning education and higher sense of spiritual and moral training. There is much excellent counsel in it, which parents will do well...

Co.)—" Sunlight" stands for real life and "Limelight" for life on the stage. This story is a study of how the t -- .213 things are combined in the experiences of Angela Clifton....

Hrrrosr—Horrow —At All Saints Church, West Heslerton, by the Rev. G. A. Grenside. Rector of Thorpe Bassett, Rural Dean, assisted by the Rev. G. M. Hutton, Rector of Thormanby,...

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