THIIE, IlUNGAlRIAN CLERL(GY. (TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,-Austria's action in the coming Congress will probably not be of a very vigorous character, when certain...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. lb THE POLICY OF THE NEW POPE. U ti [TO THE EDITOR OF THE lo SPECTATOR."I t] SIR,-I am sure that no Catholic who has a true regard for the honour of the...

Between Whiles: or, Wa~yside Amusements of a Working Life. I E Edited by Benjamin Hall Kennedy, D.D. (George Bell and Sons; I I Deighton and Bell.)-Dr. Kennedy's verses are...

The Miller's Dalygidter. By Anne Beale. 3 vols. (IlIurst aud Blackett.)-It seems to renew one's youth to read an old-fasbioned story like this, about smugglers,...

Ia &ivnters in %cial B r-wtay./.R By Malcolm Doherty, B.A. (Remington.) -This is ai series of descriltirv rrnflprs, dealing Wtll suclh slbjects as ,tlhc '-Grans Clrtrlel," the...

A Defence ol 'Russia and the Christians of Turkey. By Sir Tollemacho Sinclair, Bart. (Chapman and Hall.)-A book which has roached its "' sixth thousand " may be commonly...

I|Si Titu;s Salt, Bart. .ds Life atndl its Lessons. By the Rov. R. Bal- Igarnie. (Hodder and Stoulghton.)-Wo could wi8h that MIr. Balgarnie had told us about the " Life," and...

I By Celia's Arbour: a Tale of PortsmoutL Town. By Walter Bosant I and James Rice. 3 vols. (Sampson Low and Co.)-Many of our readers will have seen this tale in the pages of...

Two Lowe-Stories. By Rosa Baughan. (William Poole.)-Tben I structure of these tales is too slight for actual criticism, and we have i merely to express a complimentary regret...

Bulgaria Before the War. By H. C. Barkley. (Murrav.)-This is a c Tery interesting book to read, in the light of events which have hap- a poned since the materials for making...

BO OK S. A TRAVESTIE OF GOETIIE.* I"My coveted object," says Mr. Dyrsen, " was to bring Goethe home to English readers, to furnish them a vehicle for the enjoyment of the...

Wire notice the conclusion on Saturday of Mr. J. R. Ilerbert's litigation with the purchaser of a picture iiot painted by him, but with his signature forged upon it, as to the...

Mr. Cartwright (M.P. for Oxfordshire) brought on a discussion on our present wine duties yesterday week, and made out a strong case against the very great jump in the duties at...

I Our argument of last week as to the fighting strength of England was weakened by a happily obvious clerical error. It in admitted that £1 a week and all found would bring any...

The Aldermen do not care to have a Recorder who would reflect credit on their discretion and be an ornament to the Bench. On Wednesday they elected the Common Serjeant, Sir...

From a private letter, we learn that the telephone has been adopted by the Chinese, the telegraph being useless, as they have no alphabet. Five hundred miles have already been...

At the Society of Arts on Wednesday niQlit. Mri. Lane For described a very beautiful invention of his own, which seems likely to promote very muich the convenience of our...

The tendency of the Radical party to insist on the applica- tion of the principle of popular election, pure and simple, to functions more or less administrative, and by no...

The occupation of Bosnia and the Herzeoovina bv Austria is; I believed to have been decided on, much of the objection felt in Hungary having been removed by a promise that the...

NEWS OF THE WEEK. THE long-expected Treaty was signed at San Stefano on the 3rd inst., the anniversary of the day of the emnanci- nation of the Russian serfs, and since then...

I It is stated, apparently w-ith truth, that Prince Bismarek is most anxious that Great Britain should have Egypt, and everybody inquires what his motive can be. Is lhe...

The Duke of Argyll brought before the House of Lords on I lelueo rylbogtbfr h os fLrso Thursday the true meaning of the Treaties of 18,56 and 1871 in a most masterly speech, in...

As soon as the terms were announced, the agitation in this I country for immediate war died away. It was felt on all hands that Russia, however influenced, had made no demand...

; Lord Ilammoond spoke of the Treaty of 1 5;. as, for all practical purposcs, '' dead," and deprecated any alariii as to the annexations contemplated by IRussia in Armenia. But...

I Lord Dufferin, who is about, we regret to see, to surrender his Viceroyalty, made a speech on the 15th ult. to the people of iMontreal upon his recent visit to the United...

Neither the Naval nor the Military Estimates have been seri- ously raised this year, though the Army is increased by 1,700 men wanted for the Cape; and Mr. Hardy's speech on...

We notice once more the suggestion that the Indian Mutiny might have been more fatal, but for our defence of the Sultan in the Crimean war. Statements with the same meaning are...

France has so far profited by the triumph of the Republic, that her politics have become comparatively tame, and but for the vapourings and duels of Al. Paul de Cassagnac,...

The "great Jennens case," so often mentioned in the journals, and the subject, we believe, of some speculation in America, came before the Common Pleas on Monday. Mr. William...

In the French Senate, it appears that the thirty-five Constitutionalists have separated into two groups, of whom 20 are disposed to support M. Dufaure, and are not disposed to...

The second batch of French elections for seats where the I elections of October were annulled, was held on Sunday, and was satisfactory in two ways. Not only were the greater...

THE NEED OF THE CONFERENCE. THE foolish attempt in some quarters to advocate for t T England a policy of sulking, because that has happened f which everybody knew must happen...

THE QUALITY OF RUSSIAN TROOPS. I s [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOB.") C X - r - I _ I . I _ I 1 ! _.- . . Sirn,-May 1 ask you to be so very kind as to explain your meaning in...

TIHE BURIALS DIVISION. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SiR,-In your comments on the absentees, you speak of the number as "near 200, most of whom, no doubt, are...

EDUCATION AND THE MARRIAGE REGISTERS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Silt,-With reference to your remarks on the proportion of persons signing the marriage register with...

ART. T TIE DUDLEY GALLERY.-SPRING EXHIBITION. TiIs Spring Exhibition at the Dudley Gallery is rapidly becoming almost entirely an exhibition of landscape drawings, the figure...

THE' BURIALS QUESTION. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] I ,Sin,-The letter of the 1Rev. F. IV. harper contains this sentence, -*' Let those who love the large national...

PRINCE BIS-AI RCK'S HOME TROUBLES. IMMEDIATELY after the establishment of the German;I Parliament, we pointed out that Prince Bismarck had i accomplished one feat unprecedented...

Are You JMy Wife ? By Grace Ramsay. I - - .~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 vols. (Samuel Tinsley.) -The hero of this story, who scarcely shows in practice the extreme shyness with which...

CURRENT LITERATURE. I Cliarles Bianconi: a Biography, 1786-1875. By his Daughter, Mrs. I Morgan John O'Connell. (Chapman and Hall.)-We see no need for the apologies which...

MR. MI.ALLOCK ON T1E' FUTURE OF FAVITHI. 1R.1 M\IM LIOf CK, who has contributed more than onC remarklm ble paper on the most fundamental religious controversy of the day, to...

T,4e Citq of London Directory for 18S8. (Collingridge.)-This is the eighth annual publication of this useful City guide. A new feature is introduced, viz., a list of...

We have received the Gentleman's 1.Mayazine for March, which is a good number. Mr. Escott concludes an able article on Lord Carnarvon's resignation as follows :-" When the...

Messrs. Cassell send us a well printed, strongly and neatly bound Illtstrated FamIily Bible. The illustrations, of which there are nearly a thousand, the publishers say, are...

T/e Mlissing II''/. By Ierbert Broom, LL.D. (Chapman and Hall.) I -To call this a bad novel njight be to give a false impression of a book which is not in any way immoral or...

TIHE HATRED 01' INDIVID)UALS FOR1 NATIONS. P)EOPLE begin to hate Nations just as they begin to hate 1 individuals, but the p)rogress of their hatred is so different as to...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE PEACE. THE scene has suddenly changed. Last week the War party was exultant, rumours of immediate action were flying everywhele, and everybody was...

s t TIHE SONNETS OF BUONARROTI AND CAMPANELLA.* I HAVE found out the reason," wrote Mrs. Barbauld, "why the French have so little poetry,-it is because everybody makes verses."...

NOTES ON THE MAGAZINES. WE cannot say we hold " The ' Revenge,"' Tennyson's poem in the Niucteenth Cen tury, to be a great poem, or one of the best songs th, Laureate has sung...

LOCALISM IN EDUCATION. I IR. BRIGHT in his speech of Tuesday night wvished to recommend for the administration of the highler Secondary Education of the country,-the education,...

MR. GOLDWIN SMITH ON WHIGS AND LIBERALS. I THIE article on Whigs and Liberals in the current number of the JFortlaig/it1/ Review. like everything which Mr. Goldwin Smith...

THE SITTINGS IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS. LORD MIDLETON'S motion on Tuesday that the Peers should begin their sittings at four, instead of five o'clock, was of more importance than...

TWO LO' ES.* THIE author of Petite's Romzance has done well to adhere to thc direct and simple plan of construction which rendered her first novel so pleasing and effective....

L'ESTRANGE'S '"11ISTORY OF ENGLISII H1UMIOUR." * Alit. LESTRANGE is a very original writer, aboriginal, we might almost say, in his simplicity. lie disdains the arts which...