Mr. W. O'Brien making one of his furious speeches, declaring that Mr. Balfour had "covered his party with the odium of perfectly objectless and futile coercion," and that...

nights,—those of yesterday week, Monday, and Tuesday, —with extremely little spirit, and by none with leas spirit than by the mover of the amendment. Mr. Parnell took very...

NEWS OF THE WEEK I T looks very much as if the German Emperor's speech had stimulated Socialism. The result of Thursday's elections is not yet known, as there must be an...

questions, was opened on Friday week by the Emperor in person. His Majesty told the members, who are principally officials and great employers of labour, that he wanted " pro-...

in which the latter made some good points, and after some desultory discussion, Colonel Saunderson made one of his vivid speeches, in which he remarked that these annual motions...

case.

his difficult Budget, which is to be presented to the Chamber to-day. He has decided on a loan of £28,000,000, and an addition to revenue of £4,000,000 a year, to be derived...

immense loss to the Emperor of Austria. The Count, though he had quitted office for eleven years, still retained an almost dominant influence in Hungary, and always used it to...

speech at Liverpool on Wednesday night, on the Report of the Commission, in which he brought out clearly how much it affirms beyond the dry general conclusions which are almost...

on Monday night that he will at an early date submit to the House of Commons the following resolution :—" That Parlia- ment, having constituted a Special Commission to inquire...

the Right Hon. Sir Louis Mallet, died at Bath early on Sunday morning of an attack of the prevailing epidemic. He entered the public service in the Audit Office, and was then...

Mr. Campbell-Bannerman made a great effort to state the Parnellite case in a moderate and impressive way ; but Mr. Balfour's answer, much of which we have quoted, com- pletely...

to the Address, declaring it advisable that the huperip,1 Parliament should dtwolve upon " p, Legislature in Scotland " the consideration of any domestic affairs in that...

last week's issue, in which we spoke with sympathy of Mr. Bryce's speech on Portugal, and expressed our belief that his constituents would heartily share his view, as if we had...

first time, the elections have gone against them in Utah,— partly, it is said, in consequence of the disfranchisement, under a decision of the Supreme Court, of all Mormons who...

Wolver- hampton Literary and Scientific Society, delivered on Wednes- day an address, in which he insisted that there is not in any literature a more moving expression of filial...

girl, fifteen years old next March, daughter of a machinist named Jeffs, employed by the Tilbury and Southend Railway Company, was missed on January 31st last from West Ham. She...

from Greece. It is said that the Army, irritated, we believe— though this is not in the telegram—by M. Tricoupie efforts to strengthen the bonds of discipline, has declared that...

the kind of support which makes them formidable in Parliament. They are to have a day's debate, as is but right ; but their advance-guard, the miners, do not make much by...

National League, died early on Wednesday morning of heart-disease, after telling for Mr. Parnell's amendment to the Address on Tuesday night. Mr. Biggar was a Fenian who...

Friday 971 to 971.

THE POLITICAL UPSHOT OF THE COMMISSION, T HE Home-rule journalists are repeating in every direction and in every tone, sometimes scornful, sometimes minatory, sometimes anxious,...

T HE hesitation and coldness with which the German Emperor's decrees and speeches about labour have been received throughout Europe, are noteworthy signs of the times. One would...

W E wish the Secretary for Ireland were a little less of a philosopher, and a little more of a vain man. It is an odd wish to express perhaps, but it is one we sin- cerely...

C OUNT Jumus ANDRASSY, dead this week, was a man who ought to have had a special interest for Englishmen. He belonged to a type of politician which we fear has not been...

a collection of possibly hostile States. No new country which, in fact, without Magyar support could not hold its has ever enjoyed such initial advantages as the island Balkan...

B Y the death of Sir Louis Mallet, England has lost one of the best of that reserve of almost the only aristocracy which is still effective in England, that aristocracy of...

I T is not altogether wonderful that some Oxford residents should think it needful to take in hand the Afternoon Sermons before the University. Take the year through, they can...

W E wonder whether the men who understand character, and, as the phrase goes, can " choose men by the eye "—and there certainly are people with that power in such a degree as to...

N OTHING is more remarkable than the chorus of unanimity with which each party to the Irish con- troversy is expressing its satisfaction with the Report of the Special...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Any new and suggestive fact thrown into the crambe repetita of our Ornaments Rubric discussions is a real refresh- ment, and I thank...

SIR HENRY JAMES'S QUESTION. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." SIR,—You have done good service by emphasising (in the Spectator of February 15th), in the light of the...

• MRS. STOWE'S LIFE.* AT Mrs. Stowe's request, this biography has been compiled during her lifetime, and she observes that it is told for the most part in her own words, and...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Your article in the Spectator of February 15th draws attention to a phase of human nature frequently noticed, little understood,—viz.,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.”] you allow me to thank your correspondent of February 15th who drew attention to the fact that times have- indeed changed since he knew...

[To THE EDITOR Olt THE "SPECTATOR "] Sin,—You are always so ready to sympathise with the better features of English life, whether among rich or poor, that I venture to ask you...

seen the light before, though in a garbled form, but the remainder are now given to the world for the first time, and though they do not entirely revolutionise posterity's...

A SHORT time ago, one of those versatile writers who instruct the public on things in general by means of brief paragraphs printed at the end of several monthly magazines,...

THOSE who have had the pleasure and profit of studying Mr. Verrall's contributions to classical learning, will expect to find something original in his new edition of the...

in the case of members of those houses of which the head both reigns and governs, are not only matters of interest to those who are curious as to the details of the lives and...

called the morning-star of English, and Theocritus may be called the evening-star of Greek poetry. He did not seem so to his contemporaries. He was out- shone, in their opinion,...

Marshall.)—This is "a brief statement of the case against Imperial Federation," and it ends with the proposal of an alterna- tive policy, consisting of two chief articles,—"...

the author wished to make his readers understand the subject about which he writes, he should have been less elliptical and generally obscure in his manner of writing. The very...

Haunts of Nature. By W. H. Worsley-Benison. (Elliot Stock.) —The author takes his readers on some pleasant excursions, teaching them to admire Nature in her outward aspects, and...

and Blackett.)—These three volumes, very easy reading as far as paper and printing can make reading easy, tell the love-stories of two young women,—Eira, who is beloved by and...

Tract Society.)—This volume belongs to the excellent series entitled " By-Paths of Bible Knowledge." Itis an.interesting study, illus- trated from contemporary cuneiform...

—The author of this book, which belongs to the " Men of the Bible " series, allows, of course, that his chief sources of informa- tion are the Books of Kings and Chronicles and...

—Mr. Sherring, who, we take it, is an Indian officer or civilian, has a certain amount of justification for publishing this volume, which is composed in about equal measure of...

fully agree with Miss Zinunern that "there is scarcely a more remarkable chapter in history than that which deals with the trading alliance or association known as the Hanseatic...

Alexander . (Digby and Long.)—Buy Bias is, on the whole, the greatest of Victor Hugo's dramas, and Mr. Alexander has taken great pains, and has attained commensurate success, in...

Co.)—This " gaide to domestic medicine and surgery " is arranged in an alphabetical form. We do not presume, from our layman's point of view, to question Dr. Kesteven's...

(Bemrose and Sons.)—This is, to say the least of it, one of the most singular books that have been published for a long time. It is a " revela- tion " as to the fate of Sir John...

William Grundy. (S.P.C.K.)—Mr. Gregory Smith has made some additions and corrections to his portion of this-popular little manual. Mr. Grundy's summing-up of Aristotle's...

(Blackwood.)—This is a second edition which is in some respects, and certainly has all the interest of, a new book. For one thing, Mr. Hedderwick published his first edition as...

by H. Railton. (Seeley and Co.)—The articles on West- minster Abbey which have been the principal feature of the Portfolio during 1889, have been republished in a handsome...

allegorical work of which we have here a new trans- lation, and which is supposed by many to have suggested to Bunyan the idea of " The Pilgrim's Progress," was first published...

has republished in this volume a number of humorous pieces of verse which have been already laughed over by multitudes of readers of Punch and other periodicals. It is needless...

Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Ellis was a " Philosophic Radical," and exhibited the characteristic failings and excellences of the sect. Possibly the former were exaggerated by the fact...

as stated in these pages, the law considers that a boy and girl of nine and seven who play at being married at a twelfth-night child's party in Scotland, are thereby validly...

this collection of American stories is not given on the title-page ; whoever he is, he can hardly be described as a new and great Transatlantic humorist. He is not incapable of...

and Sons.) — This is hardly a happy title, but it is not difficult to see its justification. Into the serene life of " Grandmamma Severn," a dignified old lady who is very much...

Windus.)—The title does not promise a pleasant story, and a pleasant story we do not get. At one time we are disposed to think that we are not even going to get a lively one ;...

of " poems, old and new, written to the honour of Fanny, Lady Arnold, and now collected for her memory," may be best commended to our readers' attention without criticism. The...

By Henry Harris, B.D. (H. Frowde.)— This "plea for unity" is a very well-reasoned and temperately worded statement of doctrine, such as persons of moderate views might accept....

II. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Gough carries on his work as far as the end of the fifth chapter of Exodus, and promises to complete it in five more volumes. He is an...

and Blackett.)—This is a somewhat commonplace story, which is not raised above the average by a certain eccentricity, for such it is rather than originality, in the plot. The...

is the daughter of a reckless, boastful Colonel in some Western State, and herself shows the workings of heredity by a wild fancy for the stage. The crisis of her life is the...

(Little, Brown, and Co., Boston, U.S.A.; Mac- millan, London.)—Mr. Lowell's introduction is a pleasant, sen- sible, modestly proportioned little work. Tedious discussion, as,...