30 AUGUST 1884, page 12

Bookselling In Russia.

T HE measure which English teetotallers would deal out to sellers of drink is meted by the Government of Russia to sellers of books. In that country literature cannot be reached......

A Positivist Pigeon.

M R. J. S. MILL, in his essay on "Liberty," long ago warned us against the stupifying influence of custom upon human beings, and held that we ought to encourage eccentricities......