THE SIGHTS OF LONDON IN 1771.* AMONG collectors of old books, some, we know, confine their desires to what may be called ." little books," chiefly, though not all, children's...

LONDON: DECEMBER 7, 1889.

IT is to the personality of Fanny Burney, as reflected in the Diary and Letters, that we in this generation turn our eyes, rather than to her novels. Evelina and Cecilia will...

tales is new, though The Ashen Faggot has appeared only in a magazine, and never been published before in any other form ; while The Scouring of the White Horse, with the late...

A HAPPIER and more graceful flight of fancy has seldom been given to the world than Mr. Courthope's Paradise of Birds. We reviewed it at length on its first appearance, nearly...

The Diamond-Hunters looks like what may be called a "publisher's title." Very possibly it may have been chosen by the author ; but it must have been for a publisher's reasons,...

tine. (F. Warne and Co.)—Here are forty of the fairy-tales that have delighted many generations of children. The names of Madame d'Aulnoy, Charles Perrault, and the Princess de...

story of a simple kind, quite up to the level of the author of " Mrs. Matchett's Mistake," and not too long. It chronicles the material, and still more the moral, ups and downs...

of the pleasantest, best constructed, most humorous, and most im- probable stories that Mr. Ballantyne has written. It is a positive triumph in the way of plot-invention for him...

IT was a happy thought of Mr. Clark Russell's to give us a volume of pleasant talk about the stretch of coast which lies between the Forelands. None, not even that which reaches...

GIFT-BOOKS. For Honour's Sake. By Jennie Chappell. (Partridge.)—This is an easy-flowing story which runs on familiar lines. In it a marriage takes place which is a mistake, and...

book differs from most works of the class to which it belongs—the class of Evangelical fiction—in that the scene is laid not in England, but in New South Wales, whither Mr....

yearly issue of a " Magazine for Sunday Reading," edited by the Rev. Charles Bullock. Mrs. Marshall contributes a serial story, "The Line of Beauty ;" there are sketches of "...

Co.)— This little volume belongs to a series entitled " The World's Workers." Miss Selfe has caught the main points in Dr. Arnold's character and life, as they have been...

Co.)—A very handsome volume is this, well printed, well illustrated, and with a varied abundance of reading. Fashions of dress, past and present, naturally occupy a considerable...

Co.)—The stories have a certain novelty about them, which sometimes pleases, though for the most part one is inclined to say, in literature of this kind, that the old is better....

(Routledge and Sons.)—The " wonders " are of the material kind, but they are inventions rather than huge constructions, such as were the ancient " seven " of which we have all...

Edition " of Cassell's History of England (Cassell and Co.), the volume including the period " from the Great Rebellion to the Fall of Marlborough." We need not recommend to our...

and Co.)—The editor has collected here between two and three hundred poetical extracts of various kinds, best to be seen from an enumeration of the classes into which they are...

(Macmillan and Co.)—Mrs. Moles worth, content as usual to work on a small scale, and with very modest colours, does not fail to produce an excellent effect. In The Rectory...

Boy's Book of British Battles, by Richard Simpkin. These begin with Blenheim in 1701, and end with Tel-el-Kebir in 1882, a very complete affair, no doubt, in its way, but hardly...

This little book is described as a " Companion to ' The Pilgrim's Progress' for Young Pilgrims." A brief introduction tells us who Bunyan was, what was his early life, and how...

by Joel Chandler Harris. (Routledge and Sons.)—It is about thirty- seven years since Dr. Goulding published this story. It had an immediate success in America (Dr. Goulding was...

after the art of colouring with twelve coloured plates, occupying a page each, and faced by an outline left plain, which he is to colour in imitation of the original. Better...

Jessop. (Eyre and Spottiswoode.)—There is some- thing, we cannot but think, in the Ingoldsby humour that does not quite suit the present day. Its quality of fun is undoubted,...

(Griffith, Farran, and Co.)—Mr. Archer has made his extracts, which are more than a hundred and twenty in number, from a wide range of books, and with considerable judgment....

by Edith Scannell. (Griffith, Farran, and Co.)—This is a very pathetic, almost too pathetic story. There are not many, we fancy, who will read it from beginning to end dry-eyed....

very simple story, leading up to no more dramatic denouement than little Lilac White's choice whether or no she shall stop at Orchard's farm ; but, for all its simplicity, it...

Sons.) —This a story of the usual kind, even bringing in the accustomed shark, but it is told with more than usual vigour. The hero is a young lad who gets a Midshipman's berth...

—This story is a little too extravagant in its details, we might almost say, farcical, to give Mr. Fenn's great power as a writer of tales a very favourable opportunity of...

and arranged by H. H. Warner. (N. J. Powell and Co.)—This volume comes in plain and homely guise among the gorgeously coloured and ornamented throng that competes for popular...

annual volume of goodly size, and full of entertaining reading. It is very strong in fiction. We have Miss Florence Warden's " St. Cuthbert's Tower," which has already been...

Ancient Buddhist City. By the Rev. Samuel Langdon. (Religious Tract Society).—To take the reader back to " Ceylon in the Fourth Century A.D." (surely this is not a correct use...

du Lye." (National Society.)—This tale centres in the doings of Lois Smerdon, a " black " witch, who had the luck of living at a time when witches were no longer burnt or...

is a tale of the latest years of the fifteenth century. As a tale, indeed, it loses something from the variety of interests which the author has introduced. She has evidently...

pleasant little story this, which has for its moral and purpose the necessary truth, which it is yet one of the very hardest things to learn, which the Christian Church began by...

the liability of Companies, are common to most rail- ways, but the geneial tenor of the work reflects the working of Mr. Findlay's own line ; while the description of engines,...

and Downey.)—The authoress, or some character who seems to speak for her, asks about the heroine, when—to the great relief, we should think, of all readers—she is satisfactorily...

the Wordsworth Society. With Preface and Notes. (Kegan Paul.)—We are glad that this interesting volume, which contains so much of Wordsworth's finest work—that is to say, of the...

Co.)—If we are to believe the writer, a somewhat An "I.D.B." in South Africa. By Louise Vescelius-Sheldon. (Trubner and Co.)—If we are to believe the writer, a somewhat low...

on the whole, has much resemblance to Professor Remsen's smaller text-books. It is larger indeed, and it is fuller in treatment ; but then, we are not sure that the value of the...

edition, enlarged. (Macmillan and Co.)—It is unnecessary to say much in favour of this delightful book, which was reviewed in our columns on its first appearance about three...

B.D. With an Introduction by the Very Rev. the Dean of Wells. (Macmillan.)—Dean Russell (he was Dean of Adelaide for seventeen years, 1869-1886) was by birth and training a...

Co., Philadelphia, U.S.A.)—The writer justifies, in a way, his self-taken title. But neither is he properly a Philistine, nor does he write paradoxes. Leaving the word itself as...

Turner.)—There can be no doubt that, whatever extravagancies exist in The House of the Wotfings, Mr. William Morris has caught in a marvellous manner the martial stir and the...

C. Farrer. (Smith, Elder, and Co.)—We get in this volume details as to all the express trains in England, the Continent, and America. It is, indeed, very comprehensive, with...

geography should fulfil its purpose well enough, for the writer has combined with his geographical text various historical, political, mercantile, industrial, meteorological,...

in the Precinct of the Savoy, Strand, in the County of Middlesex, at 18 Exeter Street, Strand ; and Published by him at the " SPICTATOE" Office, No. 1 Wellington Street, Strand,...

He thought the conduct of the Government required explanation as to Crete and Armenia. He was not prepared to condemn it, but he did hope that there would be no attempt to keep...

to get in a little speech before his leader spoke. It was devoted to showing how little the Conservatives and Liberal Unionists could agree upon. They could not agree on a name,...

FOE THE No. 3,206.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1889. 1: aLGIBTIME D AS • r Paws M. NEWSPAPER. l Br POST, Old.

remarkable features. A large number of reforms will be promised, such as impartial tribunals, economy in expendi- ture, improvements in the ports, naval schools, industrial...

new and large group, already including two hundred and fifty Deputies, has been organised within the Chamber to defend the interests of agriculture and of rural electors...

T ' first Message of President Harrison to Congress was sent in on Tuesday, the 3rd inst., and is altogether in rose- 'colour. The Union has no serious quarrel on hand with any...

ease.

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at Glasgow on Tuesday ; at a great banquet in the Waverley Market, Edinburgh, on Wednesday, where the tables were laid for 2,700 persons,—and a very brilliant speech it was,...

his treasure valued, and has asked for the services of an expert from London. He cannot raise money sufficient for the ex- penditure of the Palace, and is inclined to utilise...

returned to the attack on the Liberal Unionists with all his old ardour, accusing them of having prevented the Tories from embracing Home-rule,—it would indeed be a meritorious...

thousand persons packed into Waverley Market on Thursday, Mr. Balfour set himself to reply to Mr. Gladstone, but did not find very much to reply to, as he declined to go again...

Thomson's reproach to English politicians, that they are too impatient in looking for the fruits of a wise and firm policy in Ireland. We are reaping some of the fruits of that...

the risk they will run at the next election. If they do not insist more earnestly upon a searching investigation into the building of their school-houses, they will all be...

gas-stokers employed by the South Metropolitan Gas Company recently asked for better terms, and the Directors, besides reducing their shift of work to eight hours, offered them...

them, have arrived in safety at Bagamoyo, on the coast. They were escorted from Mpwapwa by German soldiers, and express strongly their sense of the kindness and helpful- ness of...

letter to the Times denying that the crops have failed in that State, tells a story illustrative of the extraordinary rate at which wild animals are perishing on the North...

Brazil, where the embargo evidently laid by the Pro- visional Government upon messages by the cable has not yet been removed. There is an impression in Lisbon that a...

New Consols (21) were on Friday 961- to 97 x.d.

Michael Morris, to be Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, in the place of Lord Fitzgerald, will secure for London the frequent presence of one of the ablest and the most humorous of the...

have set forth a number of very wild claims, to which no one who knows anything of politics attaches the smallest importance. Even the more serious principles adopted, such as...

MR. GLADSTONE'S POLITICAL METHODS. T HE most curious feature in Mr. Gladstone's speeches at Manchester is the light they throw on the forma- tion of his political confession. -...

M R. BALFOUR'S Edinburgh speech on the relation of nationality to Home-rule was one of the most striking speeches of the Long Vacation. It was delivered to a brilliant audience...

W E hardly understand our Conservative friends upon this trial of Moussa Bey ; they seem to miss the important points so completely. They write as if all who call attention to...

the Tithe Question issued by a committee of which Lord Selborne is the chairman, is unquestionably right in in- sisting upon the importance of passing without delay a measure...

T HE deduction which sensible people will draw from President Harrison's Message of Tuesday is, that it is very pleasant for any country to be geographically situated like the...

T ORD SALISBURY, in one of his bright speeches of last week, put a question to the world at large to which no one has as yet given a reply. He was, he said, entirely favourable...

T HE Bishop of Peterborough defends himself very success- fully in the Fortnightly Review from the attacks of those foolish and conventional persons who think it very shocking...

T HE secret of Mr. Tupper's success in selling his only very successful work was, we believe, only this,—that the less educated middle class is far less thoughtful than it...

have just newly stepped across the threshold of life. I re- member long ago—how long ago !—in those days which were so foolish, and are so pretty to look back upon with that...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Six, — In your article in the Spectator of November 30th, you refer to the German Government as if it had taken the initiative in isolated...

MR. GLADSTONE AND BY-ELECTIONS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'') Sin, — May I call your attention to Mr. Gladstone's article in the last Nineteenth Century, to show in...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR "] you allow me to say a word with reference to my brother, Mr. Walker, whose name forms the text for your article of November 30th on " The...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — The constantly growing interest which is manifest on all hands in every endeavour to spread the knowledge and love of Art among the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] " Thus conscience does make cowards of us all; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought."...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Mr. F. D. Perrott's letter in your issue of November 30th, in which he asks if your readers have any books suitable for a village...

to suggest to your correspondent that the true way to provide a village library is to subscribe to the Popular Book Club, Acre Square, Park Road, Clapham, S.W. ? As far as my...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—It may not be generally known that the American brook char, Salvelinus fontinalis, yields its ova some time previous to our own trout...

MR. JOHN MORLEY'S " WALPOLE."* A VINDICATION, or shall we say a sympathetic presentment, of Sir Robert Walpole from the skilful pen of Mr. John Morley, is as refreshing as a...

SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS. IT can fairly be said of the present exhibition that it is a representative one, including as it does examples of all styles, from the...

of his volume into three parts, respectively bearing the titles of " Concerning the Resurrection," " Concerning the Church," " Concerning Human Nature." We have seen nothing...

the late Mr. Henry Richard did nothing to call for two biographies,—indeed, for anything of permanent and enduring influence that he accomplished, he might have been left...

rank as a writer, it can only be with respect to such of his works as have made him justly famous, and given worthy results of his convictions con- cerning truth in literature....

Sin W. W. HUNTER concludes " The Old Missionary " in this . month's Contemporary Review. It is by far the best story of the kind ever told, and indicates in its author the...

Australia, America, Africa, Asia, and the Aryan peoples. In these first six chapters we get a concise and critical summary of the general views as to definition of kinship....

By T. W. Belcher, D.D., D.M. (Griffith and Farran.)—Mr. Brett, a medical man by profession, is chiefly known as the unflinching advocate of High Church ritual at a time when...

Fawcett. (Elliot Stock.)—The critic whose lot it has been to read much of the verse produced by our minor poets will be struck by the great facility displayed in versification,...

England. Mr. Page divides his book into four quarters, after the points of the compass, probably as convenient a method as could have been followed, after giving a preliminary...

W. Partridge.)—H. M. Stanley is an Englishman, or, to speak more accurately, a Welshman (his real name is John Reliant), born at Denbigh, and educated in the workhouse school of...

(S. W. Partridge.)—Why " lady " missionaries P We do not say " gentlemen" missionaries. Apart from this objection to an affected title, we have nothing to say against Mrs....

G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.)—We do not mean to undervalue this volume (one of the " Story of the Nation " series) when we say that its subject proper does not occupy a very...

reader who begins the first chapter of this book, entitled "Animal Playfulness," will certainly finish it, and having finished it, will certainly go on to those that follow....

the Rev. Joseph S. Exell, M.A. (J. Nisbet and Co.) It deals with the Gospel of St. Luke, and, as it contains between seven and eight hundred pages very closely printed (the...

for private circulation.)—Mr. Courtney tells the story of the representation of Cornwall, of its County Members, and of the Burgesses who sat for its boroughs, down to the year...

The plot of this story is very simple. One of two messmates- they belong to a man-of-war—" shows the white-feather " in a row in which they foolishly involve themselves, and the...

1890, which, as usual, contains engravings— one of Rushmere Bridge, near Southwold, is very good—poetry, enigmas, charades, &c., besides the regular diaries. The local poetry,...

(Bell and Sons.)—Is this book seriously meant or not ? Is it an elaborate effort to pay the destructive critics in their own coin ? The "higher criticism," for instance, is...

W. H. I. Brown, M.D., and A. Campbell, M.D. (H. Renshaw.)—It must not be supposed that these doctors of medicine wholly occupy themselves with "complexion," properly so called....