21 JANUARY 1871, page 5

Mr. Forster As Statesman.

P OPULAR constituencies are, no doubt, the only school for representatives. A man may be born a representative as a man may be born a poet, but it is almost as rare an event ;......

Topics Of The Day.

THE " QUARTERLY " ON THE COMMONS. C AN a popular body ever be consistent, can it ever carry out a policy which requires years for its perfect de- velopment ? These are the......