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IRISH NATIONAL SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES.
The SpectatorI IRISH NATIONAL SCHOOL TEACHERS' SALARIES. ON the last dav of the old vear there was held in Dublin a Mleeting of National S chool Teacllers. to lay before the public once...
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BOSSUET.
The SpectatorBO OK S. BOSSUET.* 'Tii's book is welcome because, we believe, there is no other biogrraplhy of Bossuct in the English language. It is interesting, because the man and his...
TO DEATH: AN ECHO.
The SpectatorTO DEATH: AN ECHO. YES, Death is hard, but harder 'tis to see The previous hours of conscious agony,To hear the loved one whisper, " I must go!" And feel you cannot stay the...
THE OLD YEAR,-1874.
The SpectatorPO E TRY. - - THE OLD Y1EAR,-187 4. AT dead of night the Year lies down to die, With shroud of snow above his ice-cold breast. Unwept expires lhe, but full many a sigh From...
THE LAW IN "GUY MANNERING."; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorTHIE LAW IN "GUY MANNERLNG." [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-In the editorial note appended to my communication on the above subject, which you were good enough to...
MYSTERIOUS PERCEPTIONS.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorMYSTERIOUS PERCEPTIONS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIRn,-In our reasonings concerning the mysterious perceptions of certain members of the lower creation, it is no...
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[The conflict between the State and the Roman Catholic Church...]
The SpectatorThe conflict between the State and the Roman Catholic Church I in Germany seems to become more and more bitter every day. Bishop Martin, of Paderborn. has now been deprived of...
[Mr. Osborne Morgan also attacked Sir William Harcourt's...]
The SpectatorMr. Osborne oIorgaan also attacked Sir William IHarcourt's expressed belief that the Church of Rome would in England be the residuary legatee of Disestablishment,-in other...
[The Charities of London have sustained a serious loss.]
The SpectatorT'Ihe Charities of London have sustained a serious loss. For many years past some person unknown has been sending them gifts of £1,000, always under a signature made up of the...
[The North-German Gazette affirms that the German fleet will...]
The SpectatorI TheNorth-Gerinani Gazette affirus that the German fleet will soon be worthy of the German Empire. It has been decided to raise the ironclad fleet to eight frigates, six...
[One of the few Members who has made a speech during the...]
The SpectatorOlle of tll( ftov AMIIII)vIS whNlto haiS iniia a dh (uring the vacation,-a speecl, as distinguisshed fromn a bnnudle of remarks, -has lorn Mr. Osborne Morgan, the Meniber for...
[Dr. Ball was yesterday week sworn in as Lord Chancellor of...]
The SpectatorDr. Ball was yesterday week sworn in as Lord Chancellor of I Ireland. He has alwavs been a sound lawyer, an able though rather unpleasing orator.-his harsh brogue and...
[The reigning Duke of Brunwick is the last of his branch of...]
The SpectatorThe reigning Duke of Brunswick is the last of his branch of the Guelphs, and on his death his Duchy should lapse to the Kcing of Hanover, as head in the male line of the second...
[The Government of Portuguese India seems to be going to...]
The SpectatorThe Government of Portuguese India seems to be going to I pieces. A mutiny was lately reported among the troops, and now it is stated that bands of dacoits or brigands are...
[Mr. Melly, the Liberal Member for Stoke-upon-Trent, has, we...]
The SpectatorAlr. Melly, the Liberal Member for Stoke-upon-Trent, has, we regret to see, been compelled by the necessities of his great business in Liverpool to resign his seat. The Tories...
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[The cold in England during the late cold spell was highest at...]
The Spectator'T11e cold in Eglgland during the latc cold spell was higclest at Iiponl wvhere the tliermometer touched zero; bhut the effects of frost were most felt in Scotland, where the...
[Immediately on this blow to the Marshal, his Ministry resigned,...]
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[A CRISIS which would be better described as a dead-lock would...]
The SpectatorNEWS OF THE WEEK. CRISIS which would be better described as a dead-lock woul d A seem to have arrived in France. The President, after his conference with the chiefs of the...
[The counter-revolution in Spain runs its course.]
The SpectatorThe counter-revolution in Spain runs its course. The new King has been accepted by the Army everywhere, and has sailed ] from Marseilles in a ,Spanish iron-clad for Barcelona...
[Mr. Cross declined to commute the sentence on McCrave and...]
The SpectatorMr. Cross declined to commute the sentence on McCrave and Alullen, convicted at Liverpool of kicking Richard Alorgan to death for refusing to give them sixpence, and they have...
[The Times' correspondent has forwarded long and somewhat...]
The SpectatorThe Time.s' correspondent has forwarded long and somewhat confused telegrams to London, describing the state of affairs in New Orleans, where the Governor of Louisiana has...
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[Mr. Baillie Cochrane made a speech, which became something...]
The SpectatorMIr. Baillie Cochranc made a speech, which became somethlingc of a hyymn to Mr. Disraeli, at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight. on lhursday. " Mr. Disraeli," said Mr. Cochrane, '; was...
[The Pall Mall Gazette of last Saturday was mistaken in...]
The SpectatorThe Pall -1all Gazette of last Saturday was mistaken in -asserting that Cromwell never bore the name of ' AtWilliams,' and that no lineal descendant of Cromwell's would be at...
[The Principal of Owens College, Manchester, Professor J. G....]
The Spectatori The Principal of Owens Colle.e, Manchester. Professor J. (T. Greenwood, in commenting on Dr. Appleton's letter to Thursday week's Times, wherein he had sugg-ested that the...
[The Pope has declared the new year to be a year of Jubilee,...]
The SpectatorI The Pope has declared the new year to be a year of JubIilee, which is something the purpose of which wvants explhining to the Protestant population of these realmns ratler...
[The discussion as to the nature of the instinct which informs...]
The SpectatorThe discussion as to the nature of the instinct which informs vultures of the presence of objects of prey was continued in the Tizes of Tuesday, by 'Mr. Charles Weld-Il3mndell,...
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THE BLUNDER OF THE COLLIERS.
The SpectatorTHE BLUNDER OF TIlE COLLIERS. THE South Wales colliers have been l)lundering sadly lately. blundering, no doubt. as a consequence of the too great successes of four and two...
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MR. AUBERON HERBERT ON PRAYER.
The SpectatorABIR. AUBERON lIERBEIRT ON PRAYER. \TE almost fear to touch Mr. Auberon Herbert's very eloquent letter on Prayer, or rather against Prayer of the petitionary kind, to the Timcs...
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SOLITARY GAMES.
The SpectatorSOLITARY GAAMES. HY is a man interested in a game, say, of card-, in vhdicll e 8 lie lhas no antagonist and no spectators ? That is a v-ery curious intelleet ial puzzle, more...
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LAY REPRESENTATION.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorLETTERS TO THE EDITOR. LAY REPRESEN'TATION. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOIL.I Sin,-Lord Lytrelton has the choice of weapons, since I am in a manner his challenger in your...
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-The right of the Laity to a representation in the Church's Councils is one of great practical moment, pace Canon Trevor, at this day....
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PRESIDENT GRANT LN LOUISIANA.
The SpectatorPRESIDENT GRANT LN LOUISIANA. GENERAL GRANT has possibly made a mistake in G Louisiana, but the censure poured upon him in this country is, we think, undiscriminating and...
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THE STRUGGLE AT VERSAILLES.
The SpectatorTOPICS OF THE DAY. THE STRUGGLE AT VERSAILLES. -- I HE Constitutional struggle which recommenced at VerT sailles on the Gth inst. with the reading of Marshal Mae-ahon's...
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SIR JOHN SUCKLING'S POEMS.
The SpectatorSIR JOHN SUCKLINGS POIEM1"1S.* Tims edition of Sucklino's w-orks is edited by Mr. AW. C. Hlazlitt, one of the most industrious, if not always the most careful, of editors. The...
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The Portfolio, January.
The SpectatorCURRENT LITE RATURE. Tie Portfolio, Janoary. I l (Seeleyrs.)-Thlis is a remlarkably good number, which holls out. and in its measure fulfils, a great promise forI the vear...
Ruling the Roast: a Novel. By Lady Wood.
The Spectator| 7/liinq the Roast: a Novel. By Lady Wood. (Chapman and Hall.) - Ruingy tMe Roast is an elaborate picture of thc meanness and ugliness of life, not, indeed, without souse...
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THE PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN SPAIN.
The SpectatorTHE PROGRESS OF EVENTS IN SPALN. THE more w-e hear of the Counter-revolution in Spain. the less reason do eve see for expecting from it an immediately beneficial result on the...
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THE BLACK COUNTRY.
The SpectatorTHE BLACK COUNTRY.-` IT may appear to many, perhaps to most, persons that a more unpromising district for a landscape-painter to plant his easel in could scarcely be found than...
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SOME LIGHT MAGAZINES.
The SpectatorSOMIE LIGHT AIAGAZINES. REGARDED as 6treua'es, the Magazines are not remarkable. Tlhere is perhaps no definable reason why we should expect them to "resin again" for their...
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The Captivity of Hans Stade, of Hesse, in 1547-1555, among the Wild Tribes of Eastern Brazil. Translated by Albert Tootal and annotated by R. F. Burton.
The Spectator'lThe C(aptility of lions Stude, of JHesse, in 1547-1555, among the I Wild 'Tribes of Eastern Brazil. Translated by Albert Tootal and annotated by R. F. Burton. (London:...
Old Court. By E. Wynne.
The Spectator011 Court. By E. Wynne. (George Herbert, Dublin; Hamilton and Co., and J. Nisbett and Co., London.)-This tale has several merits. It is in one volume ; it is readable ; it is...
Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of Some of the most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers. Edited by David Wooster, F.R.H.S
The SpectatorAlpine Plants: Fiyut es aid Desczpi~tions of Some of the most Styrik-in? |and Beautiful of the Atlpvinie Flcer s. Edited by David Wooster, F.R.H.S Second Series. (Boll and...
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A STRONG SCOTCH DIVINE.
The SpectatorA STRON-G SCOTCH DIVINE.* DR. ROBERT LEE, Minister of Old Greyfriars Church, Edinburghl, died in 1867 and in 1874, is chiefly remarkable in the minds of men for the bold stand...
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FISH SHOWS AS PECUNIARY SPECULATIONS.
The SpectatorFISH SHOWS AS PECUNIARY SPECULATIONS. D ESIROUS of having a great Aquarium in Birmingham. those interested in promoting its erection-chiefly members of the Natural History...
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CHURCH PROSPECTS.
The SpectatorCHURCII PROSPECTS. I R. LLEWELYIN DAVIES. in an able and interesting Al1 paper on "Church Prospects" in the new number of the Conteiiisorary Reriew, draws hopeful auguries for...
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DEEP-SEA FISHING.
The SpectatorDEEP-SE.A FISIILNG.* Tiiis bulky volume, at first sight somewhat deterring in its appearance, will have attractions for many who, are interested in our sea fisheries, from...
