case.

Sir Mortimer Durand's Mission to Cahill, knowing well that the Afghans do not intend to have an Envoy there, whatever the consequences may be. There is, however, little to fear...

With the " SpEcTATon" of Saturday, October 14th, will be issued, gratis, a SPECIAL LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, the outside pages of which will be devoted to Advertisements. To secure...

the feud between Mussulmans and Hindoos in India, stilled for a hundred and twenty years by British predominance, is threatening to break forth again. The Times of Monday pub-...

Wednesday, the India Office sent a circular to the newspapers, stating that Sir Henry Norman had "withdrawn his accept- ance of the Viceroyalty of India, on the ground that, on...

p ARLIAMENT ended its labours for the time on Friday, to the relief of mankind. The last debate was on Thurs- day, on the Indian Budget, and was absolutely infructuous. Mr. G....

thought. Sir Edward Grey on Wednesday, in answer to .iuestions from Captain Bothell, was obliged to deprecate discussion, inasmuch as the Pamir question and the Siamese question...

Commons on Friday week was noticeable for a very candid speech by Mr. Balfour. With a generosity which must have made Mr. Morley a little uncomfortable, considering the attacks...

of Commons on Wednesday was made the excuse for raising several points of importance. We have dealt elsewhere with Mr. Asquith's spirited defence of his action in regard to the...

gula's Impis are, it is said, gathering round Fort Salisbury, and Mr. Cecil Rhodes has gone to the scene of action, yid the route of the Beira railway, of which some sixty-five...

the Colonial Office to the British South Africa Company, dated May 31st, 1892. The despatch deals with an attack made in 1892 by a body of the South Africa Company's police and...

the seizure of the telegraph-wires, all points to the early overthrow of President Peixoto. Admiral de Mello, in command of the " Rebel " Fleet, has taken the forts which...

a settlement as ever, but the area of disturbance is slowly shrinking. The decision of the men's conference at Not'ingham, to allow the miners to return to work at the old rate...

Grey refused to commit himself to any definite state- meat as to Uganda. " All that the Government had done was —without prejudice to the question whether the occupation was to...

ham can hardly be called a success. The speech of the Presi- dent, Mr. Burdon-Sanderson, fell on dull ears ; and the idea, in itself sound, of contributing to science rather...

London, published on Monday, shows that the alarmist views as to the inadequacy of the present sources are not justified. The Commissioners report unanimously that for the next...

the past week, state that, in spite of bad trade and the loos of wages among the poorer classes owing to strikes and other causes, there has been an increase of 1,109,007 lb. in...

other long-headed man among the Home-rulers, does not in- tervene to prevent himself and the causellbeing made so supremely ridiculous, as it is being made by the present...

relief of embarrassed nobles, has attained almost to the summit of her ambition. She has not won a throne yet, though she may if the King of Servia is a wise man; but she has...

not pros- pering before the Opium Commission. They have shown with great ease that the abuse of opium, like the abuse of wine or tea, destroys many constitutions, but they have...

Friday 981.

THE UNPOPULARITY OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. I T is now nearly fifty years since Lord Beaconsfield, then only Mr. Disraeli, published his opinion that in England the depositary of...

for a naval station in the Mediterranean consists first of all in this. It is a coup which alters the prevailing impression as to the ideas of those who govern Russia. Hitherto,...

I T is difficult to imagine anything more thoroughly unsatisfactory than the present condition of things in Mashonaland.. Just consider the number of people who have their...

govern- ment of Ireland" has not yet become the law of the land, and it is not at all probable that it ever will ; but the very fact of an attempt, and a serious and determined...

Asquith, in regard to the riots among the miners, should serve as an example to his colleagues, both in the matter of statesmanship and of personal policy. He has shown them...

I T is always ',next to impossible to obtain accurate intelligence about a revolt in any South American State. The Generals who lead such movements or resist them are convinced...

MHE report that a Welsh Disestablishment Bill is to head the list of Government measures for the Session of 1894, is likely enough to be true. Indeed, the only reason for...

A S a rule, attempts to depict the moral and material configuration of the world after Socialism has been established, have come from the Socialists. Naturally enough, these...

C APTAIN WILLIAMS, in his suggestive paper on "Uganda," read before the British Association on Monday, related a somewhat weird story. He had been informed by a French...

example set by that admirable American magazine for children, St. Nicholas, has set aside a column for children's letters addressed to himself. The terms of the invitation to...

A SURREY HOP-FIELD. ONLY a retrospect of a few months to silence, bare earth, and wintry weather, and to a bin 3, damp mist, through which we see the hap-poles peering in...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sru,—In your review of Schultz's " Old Testament Theology," in the Spectator of September 16th, speaking of the " panic " which some recent...

COW-KILLING IN INDIA. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." j SIR,—Your interesting artiele, headed "The New Danger Reported from India," in the Spectator of September 16th, does...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, — I am pleased with the letter signed "Edmund Venables " in the Spectator of September 9th, confirming my anecdote of "the mosquito...

A " BEE " BALL A.D. [Published when spelling-bees were the fashion.] You say that you can spell, Sir, then be good enough to tell, Sir, How you spell me " parallel, " Sir, "...

THE " SPFOTATOR. " ] Sin, — It may perhaps interest your readers to be reminded of what Charles Kingsley thought of the House of Lords, and how strongly he held that it...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "spitarkron."1 Silt,—Mr. Paige Cox, as quoted in your review of his book in the Spectator of September 9th, says that " we never hear of his [Christ]...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR.] SIR.,—A correspondent, in the Spectator of September 9th, cites, under the above heading, a passage couched in an anti- humanitarian spirit...

printing of my last week's letter, the figures £2,900, which I sent as the rental of 2,000 acres in 1873, are made into £2,000, destroying the force of my contention, and...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia, — As to the reasons for bad spelling, suggested in your article in the Spectator of September 16th, I will instance the case of my...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Si,—The attention of the Ladies ' Committee of the Irish. Unionist Alliance having been drawn to letters which have appeared in your late...

THE SECRET COMMONWEALTH." Mn. LANG deserves well of the Republic of Letters on many grounds, but on none more than on his republication of that curious and delightful tract,...

baste in sitting down to write his reminiscences, inasmuch as it was not until he was in his eightieth year that he entered upon the task. And inasmuch as he seems to have known...

severely sen- sible people that we have at last banished useless and senseless superstitions ; how great an error this is, the Strange Survivals of Mr. Baring-Gould will show...

Because it has been blotted out from the book of the nations, every would-be political philosopher has his fling at it, and points his moral or adorns his tale, whether it be in...

new departure in travel- writing ; or, rather, the author differs much from the modern traveller, not being at all occupied with his own adventures or misadventures, his food,...

its way, but the ways are not a little different. To draw a somewhat crude distinction, Mr. Jackson writes more about the place, Dr. Fowler more about the men. It is indeed a...

Blackett.)—This is a novel decidedly above the average of merit. Its interest chiefly lies in the love-affairs of a certain Mar- garet, who loves a most unworthy cousin, and has...

The Old Testament and the New Criticism. By Alfred Blomfield, D.D. (Elliot Stock.)—This is a reproduction, for the most part, of papers which have appeared in a serial form, and...

Press.)—This volume, taken as a whole, may be commended to the student. We cannot express our unqualified assent to all that we find in it-9.8, e.g., Professor Stanton's apology...

R. Severn. (Methuen.)—This book was written and published more than forty years ago. The author lived near Coniston Lake, and was a remarkably skilful angler, besides being a...

a book containing the necessary information for officers preparing for examination in regimental duties. The form adopted is that of question and answer ; the subjects are,...

sketches are excellent specimens of American humour. Perhaps the best and most significant is " Jewseppe." Jewseppe is an Italian organ.grinder, who is anxious to elevate the...

J. Drane.)—These are nine short stories, briskly told, but not of more than ordinary merit. The liveliest, and generally the best, is "An Express Idyll." •

summaries are intended for the future, we have been always disposed to think, rather than for the present. A reader who is acquainted with the details of the events of the year,...

we have received so many that it is impossible to give but the very briefest mention of them. Spenser's Paerie Queen, Book I., edited by H. M. Percival (Macmillan), is one of...

and Downey.)—This is not a novel for every one, certainly not virginibus puerisgue. The Bohemia through which we are invited to pass in the author's company is not a sentimental...

Questions " are "Biblical Criticism" and "The Social Movement." That what Dr. Sanda.y has to say is well worth attention need hardly be said. On the first, if we may venture to...

Revised and enlarged by W. H. Long. (None and Wilson.)—Mr. Carter carried on his work up to the end of the year 1860; Mr. Long has revised the old material and added new,...