THE preoccupation of the week has been a dangerous dis pute with Russia, which has not ended yet. The officers of the Boundary Commission have reported to the Government that...

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE VOTE OF CENSURE. T T was hardly possible for the Government to have arrived at any decision except that which they have actually arrived at,—to remain at...

F ATE has been hard upon England in the Egyptian campaign. The original idea of the Expedition was excellent, and it was within a hair's-breadth of complete success. It is now...

M OST Englishmen are, we believe, missing a point essential to an accurate view of the grave dispute now existing between England and Russia. The militant party in the...

M R. PEEL is gaining steadily in the confidence of the House of Commons and of the country. His dignified refusal on Tuesday to permit any indirect discussion of the Speaker's...

P RINCE BISMARCK has by no means cleared-up the obscurity which envelops his designs, but he has let-in a little light. He is obviously engaged, as we tried to point out last...

H APPILY for the simplicity of our political style, there is nothing in England answering to the inauguration of a President of the United States. Our Sovereigns do not deliver...

O NE great temptation to the exploration of the world is rapidly passing away. There is little to be found that will gratify the love of the marvellous. Of an absolutely new...

M R. MIVART, in the interesting article on Organic Nature's Riddle," which he contributes to the March number of the Fortnightly Review, puts, in what seems to us a completely...

I F the Turk has been qualified as " unspeakable," he is very far from being inarticulate. Strange as it may seem to those who have formed their opinion of him from hearsay, if...

SMALL FARMS AND AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." . ] Sin, Whether the theory that small farms are advantageous as steps by which agricultural...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "' Stn,—Your correspondent, "An Englishwoman," asks why the nation cannot do honour to General Gordon without doing injustice to Mr. Gladstone...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR " . 1 SIR,—I am morally convinced that Bismarck's present Colonial policy has chiefly arisen from the Lasker incident. He cannot pardon the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 Sie,—Allow me, in conclusion, to inform "H." that the brief against the City Companies is practically set out in the report of the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SpEcrAron."1 SI R,—The question of what Mr. Morison calls " scientific Vivisection" acquires at this moment a special and pressing importance from the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE ".SPECTATOR."1 • St a,—Au opinion has been given on Vivisection to which Mr. Morison might have been expected to attend. Endeavouring toshow that direct...

[TO THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR "] Stn, — A very remarkable instance of the speed at which messages can be carried under a well-organised system was afforded by the "Overland...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE EPECTATOR."] Stn,—In my Spectator of December 20th, which has only just arrived, I read a note from Mr. Murphy stating, in answer to a letter from Mr. G....

REJOINDER TO "A MOAN IN CHURCH." [WRITTEN IN A VESTRY.] AND art thou God's" beloved," thou sleepy hearer, Thy bead lolled sideways in thy discontent ? But say, were that lorn...

THE ROYAL ACADEMY.—OLD MASTERS.—II. IN our first notice of this exhibition, we mentioned only a few of the principal pictures. In this, we shall try to give some idea of the...

THE DEAN OF WELLS ON THE FUTURE LIFE.* THIS is a very interesting book, which, with a little condensation, might have been even better than it is. The Dean of Wells has read...

extremely well-written book, with much originality of thought. Mr. Montague accepts the doctrine of Evolution ;—in less ambitions words, he recognises the truth that, in order...

not a little disappointed with this volume, —more especially with the biographical, as distinguished from the autobiographical, portion of it. The late Dr. Begg was at least " a...

THE Fortitightly Review is unusually political, and a little dull. Mr. F. Harrison sends a paper on George Eliot, the effect of which, though probably not the intention, is...

Occident : with Preludes on Current E cents. By Joseph Cook. (Ward, Lock, and Co.)—These lectures are not np to the level of those which were issued by Messrs. Dickinson of...

AGNOSTICISM, AND OTHER SERMONS.* Tins is a collection of sermons of very unequal merit, dealing with three distinct classes of subject-matter. The first and largest division...

Mn. LANG can always amuse us when he is pleased so to do ; he can touch us, when he chooses, as he sometimes does choose, to touch a higher note. His wit is always subtle, his...

we cannot lay claim to present our readers with an exhaustive survey of all that falls under this heading. We have confined ourselves, therefore, to the three Universities of...

NOTHING could be a more striking proof of the advance which has taken place in the position of women during the last halfcentury than the appearance of this book. It consists of...

THE idea embodied in these three volumes is so good, that we wonder how it has happened not to have been hit upon before ; and the wonder finds justification in the fact that...

well in giving these Lectures to the public. No one stands more in need of special aids to his enjoyment than the ordinary picture-gazer. He too often wanders miserably from...