with less than the usual delay. The Premier is M. Dapuy, formerly a schoolmaster, but who has been Premier before. He soon found civilians to fill the offices, retaining M....

T HE trend of affairs is, we believe, towards an uneasy peace. The French Ministry has still to make its declaration, and Lord Salisbury's speech of Friday night, delivered too...

invitation to Sheffield, which he had previously accepted. on the ground that his continuous presence in his office is in the present crisis indispensable. Very little is said...

alities," that is, it is arming quietly, so that if the French suddenly take the bit in their teeth and try to make a rush the country may be ready. That is perfectly right, and...

reasonable explanation of any kind is offered of this unexpected event, but the official account in Paris is that he acted entirely without orders, on his own responsi- bility...

is reported, to a difference of opinion among its members, but has acknowledged its duty to make a thorough inquiry into all the facts of the case. All the secret papers will be...

case.

or religious philosophy to read with attention the paper in the Fortnightly Review on "The Theological Situation in India" signed by Vamadeo Shastri. It is an extraordinarily...

is utilising this tour in Palestine, during which he sees every- thing of interest, to impress the llahommedan world of Western Asia, whose aid he may one day want in battle,...

armed soldier leaving on Friday afternoon. The Sultan, it is said, was still inclined to delay, hoping that France and England might come to blows, in which case he would again...

Palestine was duly realised on Tuesday last by the consecra- tion of the new Church of the Redeemer at Jerusalem. The Emperor, who seems to be always preceded by trumpeters,...

the Cuban Debt, or that of the Philippines, is said to be irrevocable. In the latter case, however, they will purchase the islands not yet occupied at a price variously...

dition of the peasantry in the "black earth" districts of Russia, where prosperity depends most exclusively upon agriculture. He declares, as the result of personal...

Miss -Christina Rossetti in Christ Church, Woburn Square, the Bishop of Durham delivered a short but impressive address on the qualities of her poetry, taking for his text one...

actress who was at the same time a woman of ntellect. This fact may be illustrated not merely by her assumption of such unusual roles as those of Antigone and lphigenia, or of...

succeed Dr. Welldon as Head-Master of Harrow. The ap- pointment in more ways than one marks a deviation from precedent, as Dr. Wood is an Oxford man, fully twice as old as...

for settlement. Mr. Channing, M.P., addressing the East Northamptonshire Central Liberal Association on Thursday, said that the time had come for the leaders of the Liberal...

of Tuberculosis," Sir Richard Thorne Thorne, F.R.S., the medical officer of the Local Government Board—following on the lines of the warning already addressed by Sir William...

protect the innocent, but it sometimes works very badly. Mr. Hooley was further examined on1Wednesday, and poured out another list of bribes which he had paid voluntarily or...

New Coniols (..2) were on Friday, 109}.

plunge. They have decided to accept a great and widely divided Colonial Empire, which, under an irresistible though inexplicable historic law, will expand and ex pand until...

THE ASPECT OF AFFAIRS TO-DAY. W E do not pretend to know the secrets of Cabinets, and no human being can be quite sure that he fully understands the currents of emotion now...

of religious sentiment is a quality not always—we might almost say not often—found in statesmen'. They are greatly the worse for the want of it ; they run upon all kinds of...

I T is with much interest and satisfaction that we have observed the emphatic tribute paid by leading citizens of Manchester to the character and work of Mr. Jacob Bright on...

I T seems somewhat paradoxical that in a country like England, full of rivers and with a normally rainy climate, the question of the adequate supply of water should be assuming...

W ITH the reopening of the legal year the dirty trail of the Hooley case becomes once more conspicuous, and the public appetite for scandal is again being fed by the publication...

W E are often asked to explain how it happens that in a country like China, where women are hardly regarded as human beings, and where the dynasty formally accepted a Salic law,...

-w - HEN did the unique power of Paris among all modern cities arise ? "An Anglo - Parisian Journalist," writing in the current Fortnightly Review, dates Parisian sway from the...

A MONG the forest tribes of India there is one "parish 4 which elects its chief on principles not mentioned in the most exhaustive treatise on "village communities." It is set...

T HROUGH all the din and clatter of the recent years, as noisy in the world of art as elsewhere, one quiet figure has come gradually to the front, and worthily won itself its...

IDYLLS OF THE SEA.—IV. "RUNNING THE EASTING DOWN." [To VIC EDITOR OW TN/ "SPECITATOL . ] Slit,—Despite the inroads made upon sail by steam, a goodly fleet of sailing ships...

to believe that your correspondent " C. W. F." in the Spectator of October 29th was mistaken when he saw (as he alleges) a mole "with a small white root or bulb, which it...

are some slight errors in the prize epigram of the late Dean Vaughan as it is quoted by the writer of the excellent review of Harrow-on-the-Hill. I have not seen the original...

Sin,—Many years ago I lived with my grandparents at Kennington, and our household pets consisted of three cats, Kate," Tip,' and Smut,' and a white French poodle, grandly...

• srsoraros."] SIR,—I have not a Greek Concordance handy, but I think r am correct in saying that the phrase dycierraarc Tic accpctic does not occur in the New Testament. The...

[To THE EDITOR OF TRII " SPECTATOR:9 SIE,—In the notice of "Studies of the Mind and Art of Robert Browning" in the Spectator of October 29th, your reviewer remarks that in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Can any of your readers inform me what is the origin -of the phrase "graceful concessions," as applied to Lord Salis- bury's foreign...

HARROW-ON-THE-HILL. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...] Si,—In your friendly and interesting article on Harrow in the Spectator of October 29th you have, I cannot but think,...

[To THZ EDITOR OP THZ" EIPICTATOR."] STE,—In your interesting article on "The Great Men of Africa" (Spectator, October 29th), you say that Rabah "has no access to &supply of...

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF NATIONS.* The Psychology of Peoples. By Guitars Le Bon. Londoa : T. Fisher tinwia.. THE moral of M. Le Bon's fascinating book is that we Anglo- Saxons have a...

BILLIOL COLLEGE CHAPEL. SUNSET : and showering down, in gleaming rain, Jewel on jewel; amber, amethyst, And beryl, mixed ; while through one stainless pane The untarnished...

THE shelf of the library which is kept for " occasional " reading will be greatly enriched by the republication of the Private Diary from the Cornhill Magazine. It must be...

Mn. STANLEY WEYMAN, who began as a disciple of Trollops and deviated into the paths of adventurous romance, has grounded his reputation on a firmer basis in his last two novels....

TURING OF 1TPPINGHAM.* Iv to Arnold of Rugby belongs the glory of having breathed a new and nobler spirit into English public-school life, to Thring of Uppingham must be...

LONDON: NOVEMBER 5th, 1898.

has a special interest and attraction. The reproduction of the artist's beautiful designs will make the volume welcome to all readers interested in decorative art, and Mr....

Amorte the grave and various studies which the aspect of affairs in the unsettled corners of the world has recently pro- duced, it is a relief in its way to come across a...

ALTHOUGH the Russian Navy has not "in the past directly helped to build up the Empire," this account of its growth and present condition deserves study, both by strategists and...

A CHILD'S BOOK OF SAINTS.* THESE are beautiful stories, excellently well told in poet's prose—not "poetical prose," a very different thing—for Mr. Canton has, when he chooses...

King is a trifle too anxious to crowd his pages with incidents and to drag past events and future possibilities into his net as a romancist. One would have thought that the...

growing practice of introducing ultra-senti- mental love affairs into books which are either intended for boys, or are certainly to be read almost exclusively by them, is rather...

Tins is a really excellent piece of work. The author's name is well known in literature, but we do not remember to have seen it before in connection with the class of...

features of this story—a warm-hearted girl marrying a man beneath her, not so much in station as in edues- tion, estrangement, the disciplining of natures, and reconcilia-...

Andrew W. Tuer. (Leadenhall Press.)—Mr. Tuer has certainly "brought together," as he modestly describes his function, a number of curious and interesting things. We have...

Co.), bears the title of "Yule Logs," and consists of eleven stories, the work of Mr. Henty himself, and of ten other writers of fiction, Messrs. Kirk Munroe, G. Manville Fenn,...

been close friends—" chums," to use the most appropriate word—leave school together, and this story follows their fortunes. Esther Hatton, who tells the story, is the eldest of...

Co.)—It is not a bad idea for an author who finds his imagination growing exhausted—or shall we say weary ?—to take a romance and build another romance upon it. Nor would it be...

is a continuation, and a very successful continuation, of "With Moore in Corunna." We have a very distinct remem- brance of Terence O'Connor, a wild Irish lad who develops...

and Co.)—We do not think that the "claims of biography are apt to be disregarded." On the contrary, lives are written that might be left alone. But Miss Cooke's heroes and...

The subject of Dr. Wynne's tale is sufficiently familiar. Nellie Forbes is a spoilt and selfish girl, one who had never been led to think of others. But she is not stupid, and...

and Co.)—The "Island of the English" is not, as might be supposed, England, but a, little islet, Tisaoson by name, lying off the coast of Brittany. The story belongs to the time...

a story of how an old man, soured by unkindness and trouble, is won over to better thoughts by patience. Little Sir Theodore is almost "too bright and good," but it will not...

led away by the temptation of an inheritance and of a marriage which he hopes that inheritance will make possible, deprives his nephew of the rights which are his. (So far the...

retired from the Service, devotes his time to writing a book about sea-battles, and leaves his children to grow up as they may. It is easy to imagine the story that arises out...

Co.) —A party of sportsmen, encamped in the forests near Lake Ladoga, during the early spring—the close time for game in Russia does not include, it would seem, the pairing...

Morris. (Bla.ckie and Son.)—These eight stories are pleasantly made up of sentiment and fun. Tatters,' who gives a title to the book, is a vagabond cur. In another story we have...

A Woman's Work for Women. By Edwin A. Pratt. (George Newnes.)—This little book contains a record of good work carried out through the persevering labours of an able woman, Miss...

is a pathetic, one might be inclined to say too pathetic, story, but for its purpose, which is well worked out. A refractory prisoner in a military prison, and a little child...

Chambers.)— Belle has two lovers, both of them dating from very early days ; one of them very pleasant, but not quite straightforward; the other as honest as the day, but soured...

how some young people are turned to serious thoughts, what difficulties they have, and how these are overcome. It is a difficult subject to treat with tact and taste, but Miss...

we have five fairy stories of the modern kind, prettily written, but without the old simplicity and directness. The illustrations are unequal; the less ambitious they are the...

of Tormentilla Clairville and her dog Flou-Flou' with interest. The moral of the story is of the best ; it is, in effect, the familiar truth, "the greatest of these is Charity."...

this ! Basil Fencote suffers by the extravagance of a foolish mother and sisters (who meet with the most summary vengeance at Miss Davis's hands), but recovers himself, thanks...

(R.T.S.)—Helen and Harold are the twin children of Colonel Brabazon, she a sturdy infant and he puny, and it seems, scarcely likely to live. Their father is discontented and...

book of good illustrations and moderate rhymes, easy enough in their flow but wanting point. Critics have been saying for two thousand years or so that verses must be good or...

Molesworth has a decided liking for the marvellous. We feel doubtful whether children really like these things. For the most part, they are severely practical, not to say...

(Longmans and Co.)—No one could desire any- thing better than a volume of the Arabian Nights selected by Mr. Andrew Lang and illustrated by Mr. H. J. Ford. Mr. Lang tells us...

Retreats and Quiet Days. By William Waltham How, first Bishop of Wakefield. (Wells Gardner, Darton, and Co.)—This book is the kind of work that it above criticism. It aims at no...

doubt that this is the work of a clever man of highly cultivated, thoughtful, and subtle mind, and gifted with an artistic eye and skilful pen. Not the least clever part of the...

Ridding, D.D., Bishop of Southwell. (Macmillan and Co.)—It needs patience, a trained eye for puzzles, and a disposition to take the will for the deed to make any way with the...

A. Chadwick, D.D, Bishop of Derry. (R.T.S.)—Not for very many years has there been published a volume of more simple, "practi- cal," and yet thoughtful, sermons than these by...

Stanford. 21s.)—Mr. Buxton's second instalment of sporting tales will delight all the readers of his first book,—an audience which was probably by no means confined to those who...

Price. (Sampson Low and Co.)—General Coppinger, of the United States Army, being about to go on a tour of military inspection in the Rockies, invited his friend, Major Sir Rose...

Paton.)—This volume, which is intended, as its author says expressly, as a defence of orthodox Christianity, deals exclusively with the period from A.D. 29 to 190, by which date...

— Although Mr. Johnson professes to have merely "brought to light and edited" this "chronicle of the sixteenth century," it may be safely assumed that the sad story of Jean...

L. Baldwin. (Chapman and Hall. 102. 6d.)—The author of this book, who is Professor of Philosophy in the University of Basle, laments the fact that animal psychology is regarded...

Paris. 20s.)—It seems a far cry from the Lake of Geneva to the Victoria Falls upon the Zambesi, though, after all, there is no reason why the Swiss should not be as interested...

being—although abait omen !—very much in evidence at the present moment, this volume by Mr. Arthur Temple will, no doubt, be found very interesting by a large sec- tion of the...

is rather unfortunate that a book like this, which purports to tell the story of the melancholy struggle of last year between Turkey and Greece from official sources, should...

ever- green Select Tales from Shakespeare, by Mary and Charles Lamb, which ought to be of use in schools. Mr. David Frew has pro- vided an introduction, composed mainly of a...

little sketch of a devoted woman's life is cast in a style of rather over-blown enthusiasm more in keeping with the name of the series to which it belongs than with the tone of...

(George Routledge and Sons.)—This is a new and revised edition of a book which appeared some thirty-five years ago ; and the work of revision, and of bringing the information up...

Co.)—Mr. Crawford's sketches of life in Uruguay are somewhat better reading than his opening chapters would lead one to suppose. For an author hardly encourages his readers to...

its title this book may be thou g ht specially suited to boys, there is plenty of matter in it which will be read with e q ual attention and interest by both youn g and old. The...

C. Mayle.)—This little volume may be recommended to those who like to read the literature of Nature, of which we have had such a plentiful supply since Richard Jefferies set the...

Great Queen Street, W.O.; and Published by JOHN 13AKER for the" sexorATos." (Limited) at their Office, No, 1 Wellington Street, in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in the...

THE Nineteenth Century publishes two articles on the Czar's manifesto in favour of peace, both decidedly favourable. We cannot Ray that the one signed by the Rev. Guinness...