6 FEBRUARY 1897, page 11

The New Defensive Preparations.

W E hold, and we believe all competent politicians of both parties hold, that there is real danger lest within the next few years Great Britain should be attacked by a coalition......

Convocation And The Church.

Vi TE are not going to write about Church Reform. We will frankly say that in our opinion some of our friends are inclined to attach far too much importance to it. Machinery is......

Literary Statesmen.

W E greatly regret to observe that Sir George Trevelyan's retirement from the representation of Glasgow is due to ill-health. We trust, however, that the ill-health will soon......