23 OCTOBER 1897, page 11

Sensitiveness.

T HE German Emperor is constantly censured here for authorising so many punishments for the offence of lese-majeste, and no doubt those prosecutions are politically most unwise.......

Scientific Optimism. T Here Is A Very Fine Poem Of Matthew

Arnold's entitled "The Future," familiar, doubtless, to most of our readers, in which the poet depicts the voyage of man on the river of time. Arnold had a strong distaste for......