12 MAY 1888, page 8

The National Defences. T Here May Be Two Opinions As To

the value of what we are doing for the defence of the nation, but no one can deny that we talk enough about it. Eminent members of both Services abound at public dinners, and......

The Drawing-room.

W E wonder if English democracy, as it advances to supreme power, will exercise any effect upon English "society," will, that is, put into it anything of its own tone. It......