sup- posed Fenian outrage on Lady Florence Dixie, sister of the Marquis of Queensberry, and author of books showing that she tie a courageous woman who is not afraid of danger....

S IR GEORGE JESSEL, Master of the Rolls, and head of the Court of Appeal, died early on Wednesday morning, after a -dangerous illness of some weeks, during only the last two...

not a police agent who shall give such information as may lead to the detection of the author of the attempt made on Thursday week to explode the Local Government Office at...

case.

February 24th,—i.e., three weeks before the explosion at the Local Government Office,—delivers a very sensible homily on the impolicy as well as the wickedness of the so-called...

of which are probably circulated in order to inspire alarm. Half the magazines and arsenals in the country are to be blown up, and the House of Commons is threatened by a new...

Harcourt down on him. Mr. Smith, in a speech to his electors on March 19th, taunted the Liberal Government with having brought matters "to such a pass that they could hardly...

to carry out his plan of introducing the Mediterranean into the, Sahara. The long line of " Chotts," or swampy salt lakes, stretching from Gabes eastward into Southern Tunis,...

the resig- nation of Lord Spencer, who, however, does not quit the Cabinet, has been bestowed upon Lord Carlingford ; and the Privy Seal will,. it is generally believed, be...

vigorous, and occasionally very bitter speech from Mr. Forster,. who considered that the Government had pledged itself to the- Bechuanas, and ought to defend them, even if...

Commercial Treaty has expired, and Spain, pending a new one, has subjected German goods to the duties imposed on imports from all non-favoured nations. The German Federal...

tranquillity. The Government contrived to con- Sunday, the Communists' anniversary in Paris, passed off in perfect tranquillity. The Government contrived to con- vince the...

great group who have stood round his Emperor since 1870. General von Stosch, head of the German Admiralty, recently resigned, but the Emperor refused to receive his resignation....

the condition of the " Crofters," or small tenants, in the Highlands and the Hebridean Islands, especially Harris, Skye, and Lewis. Something like famine is approaching there....

as the Lord Rector of their choice, in an address marked by some magnificent passages of his familiar style of eloquence. His subject was the misery and cost of the useless wars...

Consols were on Thursday 102 tea 10n.

of Dover, the Bishop of Newcastle, and the Bishop Designate of Truro (Canon Wilkinson) are apparently the most important, is to be presented to Mr. Gladstone against the...

£4,414,000,000 sterling have been spent by this country upon war; but we suppose that he includes in this all the expenditure which is more or less precautionary against attack,...

press- ing the Government to discourage emigration and to mitigate the distress of the present unfavourable season, by making advances to tenants in the distressed districts of...

rules to be followed by the Grand Committee on Trade to which the Bankruptcy Bill is to be referred, Mr. Raikes especially desiring to know whether the Chairmen of these Grand...

THE GOVERNMENT AND ITS WORK. W h do not at all like the tone in which the coming work of the Session is being discussed. The leading poli- ticians are obviously arguing among...

O NE of the greatest administrative forces in England has disappeared with Sir George Jesse]. A more extra- ordinary intellectual engine than his brain has not been seen at work...

become so essentially defective, so wanting in uprightness, in- dependence, and honesty, that true self-government, or rather —to coin a word indispensable for the moment—trae "...

W I, can heartily support Mr. Chamberlain's proposal for a new Bankruptcy Law, as explained in his wonder- fully careful and lucid speech of Monday. There may be details in...

T HE Connaught Bishops have hardly illustrated that dis- interested desire to promote the permanent welfare of their people for which we give them credit, by their corre-...

I N a state of high civilisation, security of person and pro- perty might be supposed to be the most valued of bless- ings. What men take great pains to gain they ordinarily...

T HOUGH among the thirty thousand foreigners who have chosen Geneva as their temporary dwelling-place there is a considerable proportion of Russian Nihilists, French...

I N the Spectator of October 19th, 1878, the present writer called attention to the very slight evidence producible for the fixed impression in the European mind that Science...

T HEquestion which has lately been raised in these columns as to the spiritual character of Content deserves some consideration. It seems a bold thing to say, but we will never-...

CONTENTMENT AND THE CHURCH CATECHISM. (To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] -Sni.,—Does not the question altogether turn on what is meant by contentment ? To be contented is, of...

-S111,—Mr. S. Headlam denies that the words " my betters " mean -" those of higher rank than myself." Shakespeare, however, uses the phrase in a convincing way. I quote a few...

BRAITH WAITE AND BUTTE RMERE RAILWAY. A CRY FROM LANCASHIRE TO TFIE PEERS. You ask high thought, pure poetry, and prate Of England's wealth and happiness secure, Then, whirled...

(To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, — The phrase "To think long," in the sense of "feel weari- ness," could probably be paralleled from other English writers besides...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECT•TOR."1 Sia,—I would suggest two other interpretations of the words, " Where is the spot ?" in Mr. Browning's enigmatical poem, " Wanting is—what...

Sin,—In your interesting notice of Mr. Browning's new volume, you give a paraphrase of the fourth line of his introductory lyric which seems to me hardly correct. The limb is,—"...

THE CORRESPONDENCE OF CARLYLE AND EMERSON.* THIS correspondence is less interesting as a correspondence, than it is as affording traits of the two correspondents. On the whole,...

This is by no means a common-place book. Not that the author can be said to have propounded anything distinctly original with respect to his subject, but he discourses ably on...

[SECOND NOTICE.] THE limits which were imposed upon Professor Nichol by the extent and variety of his subject compelled him to compress into a single chapter of forty...

THIS is a slight book, and possibly too thin in matter to satisfy the curiosity of the general reader. It is not likely to be sought after with eagerness by the subscribers to...

being taught us by Science,. in this age of progress, none is, perhaps, of more consequence to mankind in general than the ameliorating effect of arbori- culture on soil and...

book with great care, and some interest. The subject forms a significant portion of the history of England, but the treatment it has received from Mr. Molesworth is far from...

takes interest in the history of Eng- land during the seventeenth century seems to be proved by the large number of books written upon the subject. Nor is this surprising, for...

the author of this book, MR. GRENVILLE-MURRAY'S ACQUAINTANCES.* No doubt, as the preface tells us, the author of this book, " during a long and chequered experience of life had...

Alirabi ; or, the Banks and Bankers of the Nile. By a Hadji of Hyde Park. (Blackwood.)—If this volume could be looked at simply as a story, it would probably be found...

Vol. L (Ginn, Heath, and Co., Boston, U.S.)—This first volume contains the Bacolics and Books I. to VI. of the 2Eneid, a curious departure from custom, and, we may add, from...

and Windus.)—Mr. Haweis's book is disappointing. In the first place, the style is unpleasing, even provoking. The writer arranges what he has to say in little snippets of...

White and Co.)—The author of this novel, doubtless, means well. Her sympathies are with right and goodness, such as she con- ceives them to be, but she has not a very judicious...

and What it Does Not Do. (Ward and Lock.)—Here we have a review of the state of the law relating to the status of married women as it was up to January 1st, 1883, and the...

R. Maxwell), is fall to overflowing of old-fashioned love-affairs and villainies, and is written in crisp paragraphs, on an average not more than two or three lines in length....

eighth of a series of volumes descriptive of the campaigns of the American Civil War. So far as maps, statistics, and actual narra- tion of military movements are concerned, it...

and German, are the leading features of On Dangerous Ground, by Edith Stewart Drewry. (F. V. White.)—Lady Glen- Luna, the would-be murderess and social panther of the story,...

is probably the poorest and least pleasant story Dr. Macdonald has ever published. The Raymounts are a disagreeable family ; there is not a truly manly or womanly character in...

a very unpleasant story about very unpleasant people, such as a hysterical clergyman and a Jesuit Father who is given to thieving and poisoning, and a lady who drinks to excess...

her name to this novel shows force in her vigorous efforts to overcome the obstacles that a bad education has placed between her and a life of true womanhood, and her portrait...

Beatty-Kingston. (Routledge.)—Mr. Kingston was special corre- spondent to the Daily Telegraph during the Franco-German war, and its representative at Berlin during the seven...

Clodd, and Richard A. Proctor. (Wyman and Son.)—This is another pleasant volume added to the "Knowledge" library. Out of the twenty-four essays which it contains there is not...

one of Mr. Dowling's best stories ; indeed, it has every appearance of having been written in a hurry. Other- wise, nearly one-half of a volume would not have been devoted to a...

(R. Bentley and Son.)—This is the second and enlarged edition of a book first published in 1878. Mr. Lowe has now added to it an account of Sir Garnet Wolseley's administration...

story with a well-constructed plot, and fall of a humour which, if rather broad and rollicking, is enjoyable, if too much of it is not taken at a time. Talbot, the hero, is a...

H. Moir, LL.D. (Dean and Son.)—Debrett now appears for the 170th time, containing about two months' later information than can be procured from kindred works. Hitherto confined...

The Practical Pigeon-keeper, by Lewis Wright (Cassell and Co.), but we may commend it to the notice of those who are interested in the matter. The writer's " Practical...