15 JULY 1882, page 5

The Attitude Of France.

B Y far the greatest puzzle in the situation, to English observers, is the attitude of France. It is so opposed at once to her traditional course of action and to her most......

Topics Of The Day.

THE BOMBARDMENT OF ALEXANDRIA. -E UROPE, in its conflicts with Asia, often displays some- thing of that half-supernatural power which Mr. Percy Greg, in " Across the Zodiac,"......