Deputies who did not rise when the Emperor's name was cheered, by 168 votes to 58. The Government, of course, gives way, but has resolved to prosecute Herr Liebknecht, as soon...

M UCFI the most important intelligence received this week from the Far East comes oddly enough from an English- man, now in London. Captain F. E. Younghnsband, the...

to sanction a punitive expedition against the Wuzeerees. The Ma.hstul section of this tribe holds part of the Sulaiman range, crossing the route between Gilghit and the Khyber...

excited debates, during which all the fractions of the Opposition fused themselves, Signor Giolitti, the late Premier, produced an envelope full of documents which, he said,...

India Office permission to choke the deficit by putting on a duty of 5 per cent. upon Lancashire cotton. Mr. Fowler has however accompanied this concession, rendered almost in-...

Guardians, have not justified the hopes of the Radical party. The Moderates hold, out of all the Vestries, three to two, including—which is the significant fact—districts like...

French Chamber vacant, and on Tuesday M. Brisson was elected President by 249 votes, against 213 given to M. M6line. The Paris correspondent of the Times, who is rather too...

the Cirencester Constitutional Club, published in Tues- day's papers, again puts forward in strong terms the Referendum view of the functions of the House of Lords. If the House...

question, of course with a statesman's moderation. At a public meeting in St. Martin's Town Hall, Charing Cross, held on Monday, a letter was read from him to the Secretary of...

his demand not for a weaker, but for a much stronger and more effective Second House of Legislature than the House of Lords. He thought the hereditary principle obsolete, and...

of Edinburgh, delivered a most remarkable speech, in which he declared that the Irish Home-rule Bill of 1893 is " dead ; " that no such Bill can be carried in "this genera-...

constituents, sketched the course of the next Session. The Government hoped to have a Factories Bill and a Bill for conciliation in trade disputes, a Bill to deal with the...

on Monday, each of the litigants, who were brothers-in-law living in Tipperary on adjoining farms, claiming £1,000 damages, and neither of them getting more than a farthing._...

being an exhortation to the Independent Labour party, represented by Mr. Keir Hardie in the neighbouring constituency of West Ham, to co-operate with the Glad- stonians at least...

of Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson, the well-known novelist. He died on Monday evening, December 3rd, Two hours before the end Mr. Stevenson said to his wife, "I have a strange pain...

of ferocity which all Labour disputes nowadays seem to pro- voke, The Government of that Colony has abolished silver currency in favour of gold, the old currency being treated...

New Consols (4) were on Friday, Mi.

to us a very sensible and moderate letter on the pro- posals of the Irish Land Acts Committee. The main object of those proposals was contained in the declaration that " the...

the elephant's long memory to the Times of Thursday. He said that, being with his children in the Zoological Gardens, he wished to make one of the elephants there salute before...

THE GOVERNMENT'S CANDID FRIEND. A VERY important event has occurred in Scotland. The glamour which Mr. Gladstone's unique eloquence and impressive personal character cast over...

etiquette to tell an honourable Member that THE ITALIAN SCANDALS. he is perjuring himself up to the lips. Passion tolls in Parliament has deprived himself, if he is guilty, of...

T HE British working man must be a very aggravating person to the whole-souled enthusiastic Socialist. He is always deluding those wild but well-meaning sec- taries into the...

Lord Rosebery that the Independent Labour party would do not only much better for the nation, but also much better for itself, if it united itself heartily with one of the great...

T HE extreme annoyance manifested by the Radicals of London at their defeat in the election of Parish Councillors, is both natural and intelligible. They thought thoy were about...

Mr. Labouchere calls his "legal pillory." For those who have not this advantage we may explain that it is a parallel list of sentences passed during the previous week on...

W HIT is it that makes Mr. Stevenson's literary work never wholly satisfying ? What is the something in which his books fail to content, even when they most excite, the emotions...

O F all the schemes for producing the sense of equality among men—we do not mean the fact of equality, which of course cannot exist, but the sense of it—the scheme of a common...

p ROFESSOR HAECKEL has no more notion of the atti- tude of doubt than the most confident monk of the Middle Ages. He is a dogmatist of the purest water; but a dogma- tist who...

'T HE first conclusion of a naturalist from a visit to Mr. Labouchere's toy show at the Albert Hall is that the schoolmaster has been abroad again and left his mark on toys....

Country Rector," has made at least two mistakes in his letter in the Spectator of December 15th. He says, "Twenty clergymen in all (the prefix Rev.' shows so much where other...

THE PAROCHIAL ELECTIONS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sin,—My comment on the principle of the Act as laid down in your article in the Spectator of December 8th, on "The...

SIR,—I beg to point out that "A Country Rector" is in error in his letter in the Spectator of December 15th, where he says that" a District Councillor is a J. P. ex officio."...

SIR,—In a letter of "A Country Rector," in the Spectator of December 15th, it is stated that a District Councillor is a J.P. ex cifficio, and a false analogy is drawn from this...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPROUTORr] SIR,—Your correspondents give us from time to time quaint and wise sayings of children. I have examined elementary schools for many years, in...

In,—May I be allowed to add to the sayings of children in the two last numbers of the Spectator by another, illustrating the faith of a child? I had expressed to my little boy,...

[To TEl EDITOR OP TER "SPECTATOR."] Slia—In your paragraph on the "Hungarian Ecclesiastical Bills," in the Spectator of December 15th, you wrote,—" The legality of civil...

THE CHARTIST MOVEMENT.* Tins volume is a reprint of matter which was, we presume. widely disseminated at the time when the events with which it deals were fresh in...

THE confidences of children are such precious things that they should be held sacred ; we have no business to pry into their thoughts for our own amusement, or to make fun of...

a book like this of Mr. Crockett's. One takes it up determined to be before all things a conscientious and discriminating critic, but insen- sibly all thought of criticism melts...

The History of Sicily, By Edward A. Freeman, Vol. IV. Edited by Arthur J. Evans, M.A. London s The Clarendon Pros,. 1894. PROFESSOR FREEMAN'S death left his great work on Sicily...

ice must be some ten or eleven years since we reviewed Dr. Edith Romney, and during the interval the author's output, if not penurious, has certainly been frugal. That she is,...

take in children's stories is a latter-day product. In bygone times children had a literature of their own with which their elders had little to do. Nowadays, childhood and...

Sons.) —Molly Demeter is a spoilt child, who is as selfish and trouble- some as such creatures commonly are. She has to go through a pretty severe discipline of trouble and...

periodical, and so firmly planted in popular favour, that it is needless to say much about it. It maintains just proportions of the various things which young readers will like....

the art periodicals continues to hold its own with its rivals. Its eight etchings, two of them by Mr. C. 0. Murray, and one an original Work by Mr. Edgar Barclay, four...

Bernardo (John F. Shaw).—This "Children's Treasury of Pic- tures and Stories" will meet, we are sure, with a hearty recep- tion, both for its own sake, and for the sake of its...

Partridge.)—There is not much to be said about this story. As a tale, it is poor ; but, as one expects in any work that comes from Miss Doudney's pen, it is well written....

enforces an excellent moral. Jim, a waif of the streets, is kept from altogether going to the bad by love for his cat Napoleon: He stints himself to give the creature some food....

Crawford, coming to live with her brother and his wife, thinks very meanly of the pair. They are common- place themselves ; they do not appreciate her. How she finds out her...

Baring-Gould and H. Fleetwood Sheppard. (Methuen.)—Here we have fifty songs, each accompanied by its "traditional" melody. Mr. Baring-Gould, who is learned in these matters,...

(Religious Tract Society.)—Harry Scott, sent, for health's sake, on a voyage to India, makes good use of his opportunities. His introduction to the country is made by a relative...

and beautifully illustrated volume of fairy- tales, which are quite original, and the author of which has set himself not to edify, but merely to amuse. The first, which bears...

GIFT-BOOKS. The Magazine of Art. (Cassell and Co.)—This art periodical fully maintains its character for attractiveness and interest. The etchings and photogravures keep up...

E. Lomax. (Sunday School Union.)—This is one of the "Splendid Lives" Series, in which, indeed, the story of Layard's life and work well deserves a place. Many qualities were...

Co., Hull.)—Although Mr. Andrews does not, in this volume, attempt anything in the shape of competition with the well.known series of fairy-books for which Mr. Andrew Lang is...

edition of Gulliver's Travels, Adapted for the Young, — a necessary thing to do, even the strongest advocate of the "whole truth" would, we imagine, admit. All four parts,...

"The Sea-Stories of Michael Scott" (Gibbings and Co.). Tom Cringle's Log (2 vols.). with two illustrations by Frank Brangwyn in each volume, is the first instalment. Michael...

is no doubt about the beauty of the music in this book, which is contributed by Mr. H. A. Vincent Ransom, or of the fantastic power of the illustrations, which, with the carols...

and edited by Professor E. Nichols. (Macmillan ) — This is a junior course, and a comprehensive one. It is well furnished with all the necessary formulas for experiments and...

may take this novel as a sort of counterpart to " A Princess of Thule." Jessie Maclean is also a beauty of the Hebrides, but she has nothing of the Princess about her, except it...

Arnold-Forster. (Skeffington and Son.)—The selector of these readings has availed herself of the whole range of the appointed services. The Psalms and Ordinary Lessons are...

Tarr. (Macmillan.)—Apart from the usefulness of this book as a guide to the valuable minerals of the United States, it possesses the interest naturally attaching to the...

Boa's book has been translated by Mr. Ainsworth Davis, and has an introduction by Miss Ormerod. That it is interesting we may assure all concerned in agriculture. The method of...

and grows, like the city to which it supplies so marvellously complete a guide. Its bulk has increased since last year by scores of pages. In the matter of late corrections, the...

not often that we see a college or school magazine so good in quality. The writers have a " college " qualification, now and then a little extended, as when a " son-in- law"...