frHE House of Commons reassembled on Thursday, but there was an understanding that business wonld not be important, And the attendance was thin. The Members present chatted...

Wed. nesday and Thursday made at Plymouth two very effective speeches,—effective, that is, as showing what he really wants. Wednesday was devoted to foreign and Colonial policy....

descendant of the Pkaphet, of vast influence in Morocco, has accepted French nationality, and is calling on the tribes to de- clare against the Sultan. His object, it is...

beyond the usual farrago of lies about tribes hundreds of miles 'from the scene they are said. to be in doing this or that. So far as is known the 3,Iahdi has not moved, General...

to the Franchise. He did not object to extend the suffrage, though he doubted the demand for it, holding that matter to be of comparatively little importance. What was important...

any case.

by American-Irish of the extreme faction,—who, indeed, boast loudly in Paris and New York over their work, and threaten, as usual, that the next explosion shall have far more-...

fall a curious, and possibly prolific hint. He said that if the House of Commons was to be obeyed by the Lords merely because the majority in favour of a measure was large, it...

the Times in large letters, that in the autumn a mixed Russian and English Commission will proceed to the northern border of Afghanistan, in order to define the boundary. This,...

outburst of hatred against England. It pro- fesses to be the work of a Committee of Irishmen in Paris, who demand the sympathy of the world for their " war " against England,...

minutes past nine, p.m., by three dynamite explosions—one in Scotland Yard and two in St. James's Square. In the former instance the object of attack was the head-quarters of...

on Tuesday, as to their candidate for the Presidency will hardly be known till this afternoon. It is evident that none of the leading competitors, Mr. Blaine, Mr. Edmunds, and...

to be buried in Westminster Abbey, on the ground of the restricted space now at his disposal. Sir Bartle was, therefore, buried in St. Peal's, on Thursday, in the presence of a...

per- fectly just protest against a form of cruelty which, she says, is practised in the Health Exhibition, and which is certainly prac- tised in all large shops. The assistants,...

first offer for an estate, from which it would appear that they think thirty years' purchase of the Government valuation a fair price. The estate, in Galway, which belongs to...

in the Admiralty, and now English Commissioner for the Daira—of being a sanguine man. His friends in England thought him keen, with an unusual experience of scoundrels. He has,...

'candidates for the priesthood Trom the conscription. The Bishops declare that three years of barrack life will ruin their students for the work of the priesthood, and are...

started for the Equator in an armoured steamer. It is probably false.

Assembly to pass any laws hostile to religion, and the reluct- .ance of the peasantry to condemn the Deputies for those laws, —drawing what seems to us the inevitable deduction...

meeting at Derby on Tuesday, are worth noting. The distributive work is exceedingly .profitable. In the year 1882, the latest for which there are complete returns, there were in...

THE POLITICAL SITUATION. T HE guiding men in the constituencies should carefully consider whether they do or do not intend to permit a change of Government ; for matters are...

T M: reconquest by Europa of the southern coast of the Mediterranean advances apace. Whatever the immediate destiny of Egypt, whether she is to continue a British de- pendency...

T HE only feeling that the explosions of Friday week can excite in sound English politicians is one of profound. melancholy. It is so hard with all our efforts never to advance....

T HE Whitsuntide holiday in the Commons has been short, and we hope the Ministers have enjoyed their momentary rest, for they are becoming a very miserable class of men. Most of...

N INE years ago an insurrection of Bosnian peasants, which Lord Derby, with the proverbial blindness of statesmen, declared to be of no account, reopened the Eastern Question,...

T HE address of Mr. Sedley Taylor to the 16th annual Co-operative Congress, which has been sitting this week at Derby, may usefully be compared with Miss Simcox's article in the...

T HE large majority by which the French Senate on Friday week accepted the principle of divorce greatly per- plows observes of French society, and with some reason. The easy...

O NE of the oddest things in these discussions about the effect of conquest which have recently recommenced, as they recommenced in the eighteenth century, and will recommence...

TpHE Irish have discovered a fresh grievance, and the honourable Member for Ennis is the mouthpiece of their wrongs. Mr. Kenny has given notice that in his place in 'Parliament...

[To TER EDITOR OP THE " EPROTATOR."1 Stn,—Most persons have had some experience of the difficulty of carrying on conversation with those who are more or less "hard of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Snt,—Your correspondent, " Milesian," has given an amusing and, what is far rarer, a really truthful description of Irish - peculiarities of...

THE DEADLOCK IN IRISH LAND. rTo TIM EDITOR OP TRH " SPECTATOR."1 SIE,—May an Irish auctioneer, whose hammer—not that of Thor—has knocked down a considerable amount of...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 have been reading in the Nineteenth Century Mr. Justice Stephen's correction of St. Paul's "having no hope and without 'God." I have also...

[To TEE EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—From the short reference to the condition of Zululand made during the last fortnight in the Spectator, it appears that you contemplate...

THE GROSVENOR GALLERY. [CONCLUDING NOTICE.] VERY few words are needed to complete our notices of this Gal- lery, as the majority of the most important works are hung in the...

D. MAURICE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—May I call attention to the fact that in the lines of Dante applied by Mr. Gladstone to the late F. D. Maurice,— "L'altro...

SPECTATOR:] SI/V - 34 attention has been called to a paragraph in your issue of May 24th, in which you refer to some statements of mine re- garding the increase among children...

KANT'S THEORY OF ETHICS.* WE welcome with much pleasure a third edition of Mr. Abbott's translation of Kant's Ethics. His carefully-made selection from the German philosopher's...

Pus most interesting portion of this first instalment of Dr. Rein's excellent work on Japan is undoubtedly his very readable and attractive summary of the history, civilisation,...

DR. GODBRAND VIGTeSSON, with the co-operation of Mr. P. York Powell, has again laid heavy obligations on both his adopted and his native country. In two large, well-filled...

author not inappropriately dubs the pair of ponderous volumes before us, is principally interest- ing on account of the comparison it affords between the Arctic and Antarctic...

IT is the besetting sin of books of this kind that they halt, so to speak, in the choice whether they will be romances or dictionaries of antiquities. Bekker's well-known works,...

This book is a consolidation and reprint, brought up to date; of the two " Memorandums " on local government which were drawn up by Mr. R. S. Wright for Mr. Rathbone and Mr.. W...

South Africa: a Sketch-Book. By James Stanley Little. 2 vols. (W. Ewan Sonnenschein and Co.)—In these two volumes, Mr. Little has put together what may very well be described as...

E. C. Hawkins, MA. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Hawkins has a very interesting subject in his parish of St. Bride. Every pariah is interesting in its way ; but it is not in...

University Press.)—Dr. Swainson discusses in the fist chapter of his Introduction the bibliography of the Greek Liturgies ; in the second, "The Liturgical Manuscripts," a...

workers. By William Chaffers. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—Mr. Chaffers has followed up a former work which has had a great success—" Hall- Marks on Gold and Silver Plate "—by the...

readers. He begins by telling them that many persons play billiards for years without knowing how to strike the ball properly ; and he suggests a simple test of this...

Boston, U.S.; Triibner, London.)—Reminiscences of travel in Spain and Russia, and a description of the Passion Play at Ober-Ammergan in 1880, make up this volume. This last is...

the best of the by no means few works which have been pro- duced by the recent tercentenary celebrations in honour of the Edin- burgh University. While not coming directly into...

St. Clair Feilden and Malcolm Heard. (Sampson Low and Co.)—Here we have a statement of the cost of education, and of the help in scholarships, etc., which may be obtained at...

Aidti (H.), Introduced to Society, or 8vo (Chapman & Hall) 5/0 Alexander (W.), Displacement of the Uterus. or 8vo (Churchill) 3/6 Bale (M. P.), Stoneworking Machinery, or Svo...

in the Precinet of the Savoy, Strand, in the County of MideFesex, at 18 Exeter Street, Strand; and Published by him at the " Srnc - raros" Ofiloe, No. 1 Wellington Street,...

Vitt pieertator ron No. 2,919.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 7,1884. r REGISTERED FOR I LTEANSMISSION ABROAD. GRATIS.

A ROUNDABOUT JOURNEY.* - MR. WARNER is known as the author of a pleasant book, "My Summer in a Garden," and readers acquainted with that work will feel some curiosity in...

LONDON: JUNE 7, 1884.

Tin two works on which we propose to comment form a whole, although the first, Donovan, was published some time ago, and the second, We Two, is only just out. They are novels...

IN his previous volume, Mr. Murray described the progress of Greek sculpture, from the earliest times onward to the age of Phidias. In the volume before us he describes its...

in the pages of the Cornbill Magazine, at the time when, under the manage- ment of Mr. Leslie Stephen, it was, perhaps, the most literary of our monthly periodicals. They are...

Bout bons hors le genre ennnyeux," says the wise French proverb ; and undoubtedly this applies with especial force to novels, which lose their very raison d'être if they are...

ADMIRERS of Mr. Julian Hawthorne's early efforts as a writer of fiction, who are even yet hopeful that be may justify that admi- ration if he can only be persuaded to do justice...

HAS the probable effect upon nations of the great modern military systems been sufficiently considered P An army of the old type by successful or disastrous wars extended or...

and Co.)—It is not easy to do justice to the merits that this story certainly possesses. As a whole, it must be pro- nounced a failure. The plot is perplexed and difficult to...

and Co.)—Cordelia Ashby, commonly called "Corks" by her fast associates at Mentone, is the neglected daughter of a gentlemanly, good-for-nothing roué and gambler, Colonel Ashby....

Mr. Henry Richard reprints a number of letters, essays, eze., which he has pub- lished at intervals during the last forty years, or thereabouts. Mr. Richard has a fervent love...