way-station on Wednesday, in which he lamented very justly the foolish struggle over Mr. Bradlaugh's admission to Parlia- ment, and described the legislative characteristic of...

Sir William Harcourt's phrase that "Home-rule has a reflexive and a reciprocal influence on other questions." Mr. Goschen thought that that was a suggestion intended to...

of which a considerable portion was devoted to the vindication of his finance against the rash and ignorant criticisms of Dr. Cameron, one of the Members for Glasgow (for the...

case.

T HE illness of Prince George of Wales, which was very serious, though it is passing away, has warned the Royal family to lose no more time in marrying the ultimate heir, the...

defence of the new Zollverein of Central Europe, and made a speech full of a kind of ability. He defended the partial protection of agriculture still maintained, on the distinct...

clerical matters as Radical as the Chamber. There was a, great debate on Wednesday as to the attitude Government ought to adopt towards the Bishops who treat it with dis-...

remarkable for the extreme moderation of its tone. Dr. Spence Watson, the chief guest, was as moderate and reason- able as Liberals used to be before the split in their ranks,...

check immigration if they can. An acute observer on the spot prophesied this change of feeling in our columns twenty years ago ; but it has required a new generation to make it...

Mayo demonstration at Ballaghadereen last Sunday, Mr. Dillon admitting (very reluctantly) that there were "germs of good" - in the Congested Districts Act, which he clearly sees...

which he gave the reins to his political scepticism with an abandon not usual in so fair and prudent a politician. He said he believed there was "only one man" in the Liberal...

Saturday morning, though of no political importance, deserves record on account of his unique personality. He was a man of insatiable curiosity, always wanting to know the...

all England, which met on Thursday in the Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street. Some four hundred dele- gates attended, and though they were all Gladstonians, and most of them...

giving frightful accounts of one of the most violent and longest. enduring earthquakes of which we have any record. It had already lasted for twelve days, and during the last...

the 9th inst. It dwells much on foreign affairs. The President, though satisfied that the Behring Sea affair should be submitted to arbitration, complains that the dispute...

verge of 'suppression. Indeed, it was supposed on Saturday to be sup- pressed, the Chinese Government announcing that the troops sent by Li Hung Chang had encountered the...

Harrison maintains that the McKinley Tariff has done no harm, the exports and imports having exceeded those of any year in the history of the United States. The imports, in...

with which the Japanese are bearing the strain of this long trial, heightened as it is by sharp and wet weather. The survivors live mostly in tents, and when they remain in...

Tuesday, in support of the Birmingham branch of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, at the Midland Institute. He explained the doubts he had at first felt...

New Consols (2t) were on Friday 95.

ARE STATESMEN CRUSHED BY CORONETS? T HE illness of the aged Duke of Devonshire, and the exaggerated dread which Lord Rosebery in his Life of Pitt has expressed of the...

W HEN Wordsworth had remarked that he walked three times round the house before breakfast, and that Achilles dragged Hector three times round the walls of Troy, he added, with...

T HE extraordinary compact among the Secret Societies of Hunan, published in the Times of Tuesday, deserves the attention, not only of all politicians, but of all who are...

M R. GOSCHEN'S spirited defence of himself at Glasgow against the ignorant financial attacks of Dr. Cameron,—one of the ultra-Radicals of Parliament, with an influential Scotch...

French Senate on Wednesday dis- poses for the time of all thoughts of reconciliation between the Conservatives and the Republic. Doubtless the Government could not have taken...

E are rather sorry for the " Progressives " of the London County Council. The majority of them sincerely desire the improvement of London, and a great many of them possess the...

the betrothal announced on Monday, and that is a rather dreamy one. It would be better, as a counsel of perfection, if de- scendants of George III, did not intermarry. The rule...

T HE long letters in the Times of Tuesday from the scene of the Japanese earthquake of October 28th, which con- tinued for many successive days, give a very remarkable account...

T HE old theory that animal good-temper might be accounted for on the ground that animals are sensible of pleasure and pain, but not of advantage and disadvantage, was only a...

D URING the last few years, we have become a much more theatre-going people than we formerly were, and this new tendency on our part has caused no little stir and excite- ment...

THE OLD BIBLE AND THE NEW. [To THE EDI COB OF THE " SPECTATOE."] SIR,—Some time ago you permitted me to intervene in - a discussion in your pages on the stringent and, as some...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—You pay a just tribute to Mr. Bond, the late Member for East Dorset, in your paragraph describing the success of the Unionist Member,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...1 Sin,—I observe that the Spectator of December 5th is rather disposed to accept an argument used by Mr. John Morley at Wolverhampton. "He,"...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR"] Sin,—In your helpful article on " Browning's Theology," you quote Mrs. Sutherland Orr's assertion that "the possibility of Browning's belief...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Will you, in justice to myself, allow me to reply briefly to one or two points raised by your reviewer of "Mutual Thrift" as regards...

iTo THE EDITOR OF VIE " SPECTATOR." SIR, — So far as I can yet see, I think the outlines of Mr. Goschen's currency proposal are altogether right and wise. You suggest the...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — Mr. Morley says the revolt of the agricultural labourer- is due to his weariness of the long rule of squire and parson ; and you are...

"IMP EFFIE." " hIP EFFIE "—language can't express The life that sparkles in her eyes, And what if I must needs confess That Effie is not very wise ? Her nonsense talked with...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTLTOIL"] Sin,—You have more than once urged that there is a danger lest vivisection should harden the hearts of those who practise it. I do not know...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—I am not versed in dog-lore, and it may be that my love for the animal makes me an ill judge of the importance of the following story ;...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — I quite agree with you that we are under no moral obligation to save China from a revolution. But I fear you are right in thinking...

exhibition worth visiting. of attention ought to be paid to the minute parts; this it is Another painter who challenges attention this time, not only hard to settle. We are...

LORD ROSEBERY'S "PITT."* LORD ROSEBERY has the happy art of effective criticism, and has therefore made his short Life of Pitt a fascinating little book. He is more effective,...

THERE could hardly be better evidence of the reality of Mr. Barrie's powers than the charm exercised by his new story, in spite of the absurdity of its plot. It may be from some...

on his work is excel- lent, and what he writes is throughout distinguished by fine scholarship, if not by that very different thing, fine criticism. However, by a self-denying...

THOUGH Mr. Sidg wick's work is the sort of book that serious people would like to think of a Prime Minister taking with him on his holidays, it will, we fear, prove dull...

WE give this book a cordial welcome, for two reasons. It is written by a born New Zealander. The daughter-Colony, in common with the others, has long been drawing her literary...

Father Stafford illustrates very fairly and readably two pre- vailing tendencies of modern English fiction. It deals with, or seems to deal with, some deep problems of life and...

GIFT-BOOKS. Heroes of Our Day : Recent Winners of the Victoria Cross. By Walter Richard. (J. S. Virtue and Co.)—We are glad that the brave deeds distinguished by the honour of...

literature of all sorts, suitable for young folks, and espe- cially middle-class folks, of both sexes. Of the serial stories,. "The Temptation of Dulce Carruthers" deserves a...

is a lenient moralist. We were afraid that the somewhat selfish and flippant Edna would be severely punished. But she gets a better fate than she deserves ; while the amiable...

France's Brundage. (Dean and Son.)—Here is an opportunity for some proud parent just rejoicing over a first-born. The " bio- graphy " is suited for any baby. The first page...

story Miss Coleridge pursues the fortunes of some of the characters who appeared in her "Green Girls of Greythorpe." The principal personage is Linda Inglewood, whom we remember...

and Co.)—This is a quite harmless story, prettily told. The hero is a hard-working, somewhat hard-featured young man, who sticks to his purpose through good and evil, and...

is an illustrated edition of a poem which may fairly be reckoned as one of the poet's most successful efforts. It is, in fact, a chapter of autobiography, for it gives a picture...

a pretty little book, charming within and without, and of a size that may be conveniently carried in a purse. The illustra- tions are in Miss Greenaway's well-known style. Each...

the Wanderings of Captain Spencer, by Mrs. R. Lee ; and Among the Zulus ; or, the Adventures of Hans Sterk, by General Drayson. (Griffith, Farran, and Co.)—This latter tale was...

P. Nimmo, Hay, and Mitchell, Edinburgh.)—There is often a certain difficulty in recognising the schools where the scene of "school stories" is laid. We do not mean the...

"tale of Jewish life in Russia" is intended, doubtless, to satisfy an interest that is very widely felt at the present time in a suffering race. It is perhaps less appropriate...

is a pleasant, readable volume, as, indeed, all that Mr. Henty writes is pretty sure to be ; but we cannot profess to have found much "wit or humour," though it is part of a...

Society.)—Hubert de Burgh is the hero of Miss Yonge's new story (the Hubert of Shakespeare's King John, it may be as well to remind the reader). She takes a certain...

is a story of the rising in La Vendee. A brother and sister, who have French kindred, play important parts in it, but the heroine is the peasant-girl Etiennette, whose unselfish...

Mr. Grant Allen's three-volume novels has of late become somewhat hasty and careless, but there is not in this story a single page to which either of these epithets could...

Blackett.)—In the horrible superstitions of the Negroes of the West Indies, who up to a comparatively recent period practised the revolting rites of the Voudou, Mr. Manville...

is a novel which might with advantage have been compressed into one volume, instead of being expanded into three ; for the conver- sations and descriptions with which the rather...

(Hutchinson and Co.)—Mr. Miles, who edits this truly remarkable volume, believes, fortunately, quite as much in quality as in quan- tity, even when he seeks to give effect to...

—Tales of school-life nowadays, to be popular, must have their scene laid in some school that can be recognised. The private school, though felfilling a valuable function, is...

Depository), is a very good story of the days of the press- gang. Master Marrable, who is the central figure of the plot, and who styles himself a ship's doctor, but is really "...

Society's Depository.)—This is much more decidedly a study of character than are most of the books that have come from its author's pen. Joan is a girl of strong feeling, but of...

(Hutchinson and Co.)—It is almost enough to say of this large and delightful collection of stories, that its editor, Mr. Miles, seems almost as much at home in catering for...

and Co.)—This is one of the best, perhaps because it is one of the shortest, of this author's stories. The motif is intelligible, the plot is not too elaborate, and the...

title of this story, "Through Cleansing Fires," indicates its character with tolerable accuracy. It indicates how a girl of capacity and character passes through the ordeals of...

Tract Society.)—These "Familiar Chats on the Hygiene of Daily Life" have appeared in the Leisure Hour, and have been men- tioned, if we remember right, in our notice of the...

Mercier. (Wells Gardner and Co.)—This is the second edition of a very useful little book, the object of which is sufficiently described by its second title, "A Practical Guide...

Cherry. (Macmillan.)—In a course of six lectures compressed within a space of little more than a hundred pages, Professor Cherry traces historically the manner in which Criminal...

the Abb6 Constant Fouard. Translated by George F. X. Griffith. 2 vols. (Longmans.)—This work preceded in point of time the work of Pere Didon, lately reviewed in this journal....

Fisher Unwin.)—This is a second edition, containing two pieces not in- cluded in the first, but reproduced from an earlier volume. One is so significant of the author's tone of...

is a story of five weeks in Palestine. From Jaffa to Jerusalem, excursions from Jerusalem to Bethlehem and Hebron, a journey through Samaria and thence to Nazareth, a visit to...

and Co.)—This new edition of a well-known work has been largely altered, especially in the part that concerns the Aryan race, the author now adopting the view which locates this...

—There is some amusement to be got out of this book, but hardly as much as one might expect to find in nearly three hundred pages. It purports to be the history of an angling...

fear that the notice of this useful little book has been delayed too long, at least to be practically useful this year. Every one ought to have finished his planting for the...

140 Strand.)—Mr. Burdett's preface is interesting as usual. He comments with just severity on the revelations as to the sanitary condition of one of the great hospitals, and...

and Bla,ckett.)—There is a curious thing about this book. The date is thrown forward to 1892. For a serial this might pass; but why this foredating of an often-told tale ? It...

Murray.)—Though called forth by the University Extension movement, this volume is not precisely a text-book for its examinations. It is specially written for those who cannot...

and Co.)—Mr. Forman's long professional resi- dence in the Philippines has fully qualified him to write on the geo- graphical, social, and commercial, as well as on the...

a variety of Christmas and New Year's booklets, containing many pleasing landscapes, with illustrative poems (not on the whole so good). The Spirit of the Pine, The Winds of the...

received the usual copy of this annual, one of the very few which are still published in the country. It contains, in addition to the usual memorandum-book and a quantity of...

of Christmas and New Year's Cards, which are executed with their usual skill, and drawn with their usual excellent taste and feeling. As usual, also, the landscapes please us...