will probably lengthen the Session by a week or a fort- night,—namely, that the Government intend to press the little Tithes Bill, which substitutes for the unpopular and...

tir TRICOUPIS, the Greek Prime Minister, telegraphed 111 • on Monday to the Greek Diplomatic Agents at the European Courts a Note dealing with the affairs of Crete. The Note...

mented on elsewhere, took place at Spithead,—the Emperor of Germany, just gazetted an Admiral of the English Fleet, and the Prince of Wales steaming down the gaily decked avenue...

Royal Yacht Club on Wednesday evening, the Emperor is reported to have said that " Germany had an Army equal to her wants, and if the British nation had a Fleet equal to its...

case.

alleged that Mr. Maybrick administered the arsenic to himself. He was, they declared, a confirmed arsenic-eater, and to support this they established that while in America he...

in a verdict of "Guilty." The announcement of the verdict was followed by faint hissing in Court, and the Judge, on leaving, was hooted by the mob,—'a great disgrace to...

brick made a statement which, unfortunately for her, only increased the presumption of her guilt. She declared that she bought the fly-papers to make a cosmetic wash, and that...

'Rush' for sealing in Behring Sea, has, after all, escaped, and probably it was intended to escape. The Captain of the 'Rush' put only a single seaman on board as a prize crew,...

A splendid bouquet was presented to her which had, up to the last moment, rested near the central pillar of the bridge, and its removal disclosed an electric bell which, when...

by the Government, by stating some of the objects for which the secret funds expended by him were applied. He had, for instance, got hold of a list of the spies employed in...

(who is the President of the Imperial Federation League) that he would receive a deputation from the League, to take into consideration the advisability of summoning a Colonial...

Monday night, made the usual statement as to the progress and cost of education daring the last year, adding a defence of the New Code which had been withdrawn for the present...

was occupied with the discussion of the Irish Estimates. Though a certain number of factitious grievances of the usual kind were aired by the Irish Members, there was little...

New Consols (2!) were on Friday 981

Children Prevention Bill, children shall be allowed to be em- ployed in public theatres and other such places of amusement under ten years of age, a compromise has been proposed...

a very cordial welcome from hundreds of the villagers who had crowded thither to congratulate them on the celebration of their golden wedding; and, the horses having been taken...

24 to 3 per cent., a decision which was justified by the large with- drawals of gold which the Bank accounts showed. £631,000 has been withdrawn in gold, and as only £94,000 is...

on the motions for the habeas corpus in the cases of Mr. Conybeare and Dr. Tanner. In the former case, the Court—the Lord Chief Baron dissenting—refused the applica- tion,...

applied had compelled him to postpone the enforce- ment of the New Code. He thought that the country had not really mastered its provisions, and did not know the enormous...

MR. PARNELL'S NOTION OF LEADERSHIP. M R. PARNELL'S general conception of leadership has been illustrated again during the discussions of the last week. It consists in staying...

Instead. of marching in triumph to Cairo, Wad-el-N'Jumi has found a grave among the sandhills of the Nile Valley, his army of valiant fanatics has been destroyed, and the...

I T is scarcely to be wondered at that the correspondents have written a little wildly about "the magnificent and majestic fleet." reviewed by the German Emperor at Spithead. To...

I F we could only ensure fine weather for the ingathering of the crops, we should have no hesitation in con- gratulating the farmers of the United Kingdom upon one of the most...

M FLOURENS, the late Foreign Minister of France, • has written an interesting paper in the New Review, which is intended to show that the relations of France and Russia were,...

the Prince of Wales's Children Bill were the most Republican that have been made durin g the pro g ress of the measure. The distinction drawn in them between the Crown and its...

has been followed too closely by the public, and criticised too minutely in the newspapers, to make it necessary to analyse the testi- mony of the various witnesses. There are,...

O UR correspondent who describes himself as an old man must be a very young one if he has never felt the truth of Wordsworth's saying that in old age, even when we are conscious...

DR. ARNOLD AND THE UNION. [To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR:] Sur,,—Mr. Cruickshank's quotation from Dr. Arnold is a very apt one, and he has certainly found among the Liberal...

W E recently showed the economical propriety of grouse- moors, which every year draw into Scotland 2300,000 that would probably be spent abroad if the attraction of sport were...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR, - I trust you will allow me to offer a few remarks on a review which appeared in the Spectator of the 3rd inst., entitled "Papal...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TER "Firm - nal:m.4"J read the letters from your two correspondents on the subject of "The Muzzling Order," in the Spectator of July 27th and August 3rd. I was...

[To THE EDITOR OF TIER "SPROTATOR."J SIR, — Surely it is not quite correct to talk of whist as a game of chance. I have always regarded it as the finest game that is played,...

A POET'S EIGHTIETH BERTHDAY. "HE dieth young whom the Gods love," was said By Greek Menander; nor alone by One Who gave to Greece his English song and sword Re-echoed is the...

drag political economy into the con- troversy on the subject of gambling is only another instance of how ready one section of society is to saddle this science with obligations...

rTO THR EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] &a,—Yet one more inscription may be deemed worthy of note and of preservation in your columns. It is on a sun-dial on the south wall of...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—With the exception of the inverted rainbow, precisely the same atmospheric effect as that described in your issue of August 3rd as "two...

[To TEl EDITOR Ol THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—I am an old man, and my experience agrees with the criticism on Wordsworth which you controvert. But of the "mental ventriloquism"...

SIR,—In a garden in Normandy, not far from Falaise, I remember seeing some years ago the following inscription on a sun-dial:— " L'ombre passe et repass% Et sans repasser...

FRENCH PICT17RES IN THE EXHIBITION OF 1889. [FIRST NOTICE.] THE number of pictures in the Exhibition by French artists, to say nothing of the foreign contributions, consisting...

MR. LEAF'S EDITION AND MR. WAY'S TRANSLATION OF THE "ILIAD."* BY the completion of this valuable and interesting edition, a blot has been removed from English scholarship. For...

Chopin's com- positions than any book we have had the advantage of read- ing; and it is the more interesting, perhaps, because, as Mr. Finck says, one hears so few of Chopin's...

"AND you are not going P not going ?" remonstrated an old Peer and poet (once nominated as suitable President for the Heaven-and-Hell Amalgamation Society of Carlylean inven-...

13EFORE her marriage, the wife of Lord Middleton was known as Miss Gordon Cumming of Altyra. A sister to the present baronet of that house, she is endowed with a large share of...

WHY will people who presumably desire to be extensively read, defeat their own object by publishing such heavy books that to be perused with any comfort they require to be...

HERE is an attempt "to present a consecutive history of the London stage" within the compass of two modest volumes, a praiseworthy attempt involving much tedious labour, and...

travellers of one nation are developing of writing books about another, we are getting pretty well used to all kinds of judgments on ourselves, our characteristics, and our...

of more than average excellence, there is not much in the August number of the Quiver that calls for special attention. And yet there are several papers that will be found...

Magazine is highly readable. Admiral Colomb's paper (the second of a series) on "Naval Warfare," and Mr. Philip Revell's on "The Canalisation of the Thames and Defence of...

The August number of Harper's Magazine is one of the best, as regards both variety and quality of contents, that have appeared for some time. Mr. Theodore Child's truly...

strong one. It is worth reading for Mr. Russell Lowell's poem alone, of "How I Consulted the Oracle of the Goldfishes," with such lines as :— " In your pent lives, as we in...

terrible and shameful story of untold sufferings, sufferings which still continue in Russia and Eastern Europe. Mr. Adams's plan is to give chapters recording in tarn the...

Society.) —Mr. Huish's aim is to produce a sketch of Japan, its life, manners, religion, and art, as portrayed for us in that art, and, we should add, from an artistic point of...

Vol. I. (Regan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—The main subject of this book is the question of everlasting punishment, a question which the author began to investigate with so-called...

in the departments both of fiction and of miscellaneous literature. This is the one criticism which the character of the August number suggests.

—Australian vegetation is subjected to such trying ordeals in the shape of droughts, that the estimate generally formed of its value is rather low. But though Australia is poor...

(Hodder and Stoughton.)—This exceedingly interasting volume is the result of Sir W. Dawson's tour in Egypt, Italy, and Syria. It would be difficult to pick out any chapter for...

Johnson. (Elliot Stock.)—Mr. Johnson has sought out with much diligence for writings of Thackeray's early days that are unknown, Or commonly unknown to all but a few readers....

of West African River-Life" is a well-told story. An English trader has to fight for his life with the neighbouring African potentate. The struggle is all the more fiercely...

Co.)—This is a little book which might be easily overlooked, but which is worth reading. It gives a simple and unpretending account of a nurse's work. She took up nursing in the...

and Co.)—The two volumes at present issued recount Portuguese history from 1097 to 1481, a troubled period which literally reeks of blood, cruelty, and intrigue. The monarchs...

Allen.)— This is the story of a "prodigal son," a Suabian pastor's son, who wrecks his life through want of sufficient ballast. It is a simple, well-told story, with a pathetic...

Macgibbon. (Douglas, Edinburgh.)—Provence, the home of that exquisite and fantastic chivalry, the natural growth of the warlike yet warm and sunny South, abounds in an...

; and in "The Canterbury Poets" (Walter Scott) a second volume of The Poetical Works of John Milton, edited by John Bradshaw, M.A. This second volume contains "Paradise...

Paul and Co.)—Mrs. Mercier has endeavoured, she says in her preface, "to supply a want which has been felt in the popular Christian literature of the day," by writing this book....

is "A Song-Book of the People, with Music." Of the music we say nothing; some of the verse is cer- tainly not to our liking Mr. Joynes, for instance, reminds us unpleasantly of...

Scott's Rokeby, by Michael Macmillan We do not think quite as highly of the poem as does Mr. Macmillan, but we recognise the justice of much of his criticism, while there can be...