Commission to investigate the Stanley expedition, and mentioned that Lord Salisbury is negotiating with the United States on the subject of the Behring Sea seal-fisheries, and...

exciting, though Lord Ardilaun (Sir A. Guinness), in seconding the motion, bore testimony with his great experience to the im- proved condition of Ireland, an improvement which,...

Home-rulers has assumed a new importance during the week. On Wednesday there appeared a letter from Mr. Gladstone to Mr. John Morley, in which he recalls Mr. Parnell's offer in...

case.

p ARLIAMENT was opened on Tuesday, the 25th inst., with a Message of which the main feature was a certain straightforward simplicity. No change, said her Majesty, had taken...

in answer to the Speech from the Throne, was moved by Colonel Kenyon-Slaney (M.P. for the Newport Division of Shropshire) in the following terms :—" Most Gracious Sovereign,—We,...

With the " SPECTATOR" of Saturday, December 6th, will be issued, gratis, a SPECIAL LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, the outside pages of which will be devoted to Advertisements. To secure...

taken of the situation by the American managers of the Irish- American subscriptions. Mr. O'Brien seems to be amongst the waverers, while Mr. Dillon's views were not known when...

resignation appeared to be contemplated ; but Mr. McCarthy, we understand, held his peace, because, we are told, he was uncertain from minute to minute what Mr. Parnell (who...

been mentally incapacitated for reigning, died on Sunday, and was succeeded by his daughter Wilhelmina, a child of ten, who will, if she survives to a marriageable age, carry...

many of the strongest Radicals, is curiously shown by the letter of Mr. Atherley Jones (M.P. for North-West Durham) to the Times of yesterday, in which he says openly that if...

Andrew Jameson, in defence of his brother, the African ex- plorer. The letter, which is admirable in tone, exactly confirms the view we took of Mr. Jameson's share in the scene...

the genuinely patriotic feeling amongst the Irish Party than either Mr. Parnell or Mr. Dillon or Mr. O'Brien,—has made a long communication to an interviewer deputed by the _New...

Indian War still leaves it doubtful whether such a war has actually broken out, or is even considered imminent. It is true that outside the great Indian Reserve on the border of...

case, which was delivered yesterday week, has gained for Dr. Benson the reputation of a great ecclesiastical Judge, —a Judge great not only in ecclesiastical learning, but in...

the most Romanising of the Anglicans had consecrated at the north end of the altar, and not at the northern extremity of the western side, and that many of those who had...

be compelled to try some large experiment about the currency. The West and South are determined to have more "money," and are asking, first, for the free coinage of silver, and...

duce the Purchase Bill and the Congested Districts Bill almost without opposition. Mr. Labouchere did, indeed, insist on a division, moving that it was undesirable to pledge the...

New Consols (2f) were on Friday 961 to 961.

. THE BATTLE ROUND MR. PARNELL. TH E political situation was never more grotesque than at the present moment. The enthusiasts for Home- rule are moving heaven and. earth to...

like a. boy who, after giving a tremendous push against a door which he believes to be barricaded by his schoolfellows, finds that the naughty boys on the other side have run...

MHERE is nothing so patent or so painful to the im- partial student of the history of Ireland, as the irony so often visible in her destiny, irony as strange as if that little...

O UR remarks on the Lincoln judgment must be prefaced by a retractation. Things have turned out im- measurably better than we ventured to expect. The action of the Archbishop of...

T HE overwhelming majority by which the Italian electors have endorsed Signor Crispi's dictatorship, a majority almost without precedent in modern European history, is all the...

of irony on her face, who presides over explorers and inventors, has refused the opening-up of Siberia by sea to the man who has spent his life in trying to get a deaf world to...

M R. GLADSTONE, in his new book on Scripture, makes the very true remark that in considering how far the story of Creation could be told adequately and impressively to men who...

I T is said that the crowd of small investors and small speculators who have been purchasing and operating on !Change during the recent crisis was nnprecedentedly large, so...

fr HERE is still hope, both for the hungry and the dyspeptic. 'The Prince of Wales," writes the correspondent of the Leeds Mercury—and what the Leeds Mercury says must be true...

LTO TIIR EDITOR OF THIO SPEOTATOR."3 Sia,—You say in your article, in the Spectator of November 22nd, on "The Jameson Incident," that Jameson's own state- ment clearly shows he...

LTO TEM EDITOR OF TIER " srzorrroe."1 Sra,—I rarely object to any criticisms which appear in your columns, as I know the editors of the Spectator hold the con- venient, if...

MR. P.ARNELL AND THE IRISH BISHOPS. [To Tale EDITOR or TRY spac-rwroa.-1 Six,—It is possible that, as you remark, the Irish Bishops may declare Mr. Parnell to be, as a...

[To ms EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,---AS a constant reader of the Spectator, and an admirer of the general careful and exhaustive treatment of subjects reviewed in its...

To THE EDITOR OF TEE " SPECTATOR:9 Si,—Irish archteologists and the public generally owe much to the Secretary of the Ulster Society of Antiquaries for drawing attention to the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 have no desire to call in question your critic's verdict on my book, which is indeed, I feel, in general, more favourable than I deserve....

THE FINE ART SOCIETY, AND THE GROSVENOR GALLERY. ABOUT the time when Hogarth began to paint and engrave scenes of contemporary English life, the same sort of turn was being...

lT0 TRH EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR," J Sin,—In your article on Mr. Nettleship's pictures of animals, you note the delicacy of a dog that has been properly trained in the matter...

I. FAIN would I, Censorinus, send Rich cups and bronzes to each friend, Or tripods such as Grecians gave To athlete strong or warrior brave, Were such things mine,—the best to...

THE TRUTH ABOUT WARREN HASTINGS.* THE Times of November 15th published a long article, entitled "The Truth about Warren Hastings," upon three volumes of Indian State Records,...

LONG before the publication of Paul Ferroll, the IX. Poems by " V." attracted an admiration of which only the elder reviewers of the present day can remember their fathers and...

from the pen of so mighty a hunter, this work will challenge the attention of all sportsmen. It is full of practical hints and of exciting stories. As a specimen of the first,...

A WRITER with the fertile invention, the literary aptitude, and the long experience possessed by the author of Lady Audley's Secret, cannot fail to produce work possessing...

JOHNSON wrote his famous Lives in old age, and expressed in them the knowledge and wisdom of a lifetime. The book is one which the merest tyro in criticism will find it easy to...

to succeed me in New Zealand ? " inquired Bishop Selwyn in 1868. Such a question put by a man like the late Bishop of Lichfield may at once make its mark upon the mind of any...

This is not a love-story," is the first clause in Miss Braman's first chapter. That promised well; there is a great deal too much about love in those books that are meant for...

Low and Co.)—The paper from which this little volume takes its title is only too short,—some fourteen small pages. We could well exchange many of the massive volumes of reminis-...

Blackett.) —Mr. Hearty has given us in this volume a variation from his usual entertainment. The historical element exists, but it exists in an episode. A certain Ronald Mervyn...

GIFT-BOOKS. In the "Old Corner Series" (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.), we have Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, and The Story of Blue Beard, both illustrated by A. Chasemore. These...

F. Shaw and Co.)—Dr. Stables has almost surpassed himself in this book. Certainly we have read nothing of his that has pleased us more, perhaps we might say, as much. The time...

pictures in this book, which are large but not specially graceful, are meant to illustrate not so much the Lord's Prayer generally, as certain events in the history of two...

is a very good story, with a rather conventional plot. A bright, high-spirited girl, Hyacinth Dell, is hampered with a bad father, and in consequence of her connection with him,...

—Kitty Phrynne is the daughter of a station-master who dis- misses an honest fellow, ticket-collector at the station, who loves her, and cherishes a foolish attachment to an...

and Co.)—This has all the look of a true story, though, indeed, it scarcely pretends to be a story. It is a chronicle of childhood, and full of little touches—the Bishop, for...

Innes.)—This is a very pretty story, and we are not inclined to insist upon the observance of the probabilities. If Miss Austin chooses to make her heroine a Princess in her own...

and Windus.)—Mr. Bret Harte's humour is of the indescribable kind ; the only thing definable about it is its irresistible quality. One feels it, as Mr. Morfin's hearers felt his...

L. Hornibrook. (Griffith, Ferran, and Co.)-'--Colonel Neville's nephew and heir takes the liberty of killing one of his uncle's stags,—apparently for no better reason than that...

of the title of this book, which suggests that it is intended for grown-up people, will make a very good gift-book for a girl. For although it details a love-affair of a kind,...

—Any story in which a man of the Scrooge type is converted to better ways of thinking, is pretty sure to be welcome. This is the main incident of Merchant and Mountebank. Mr....

and Co.)—We have here a sea-story of a familiar kind. Familiar as it is, however, readers do not get weary of it. Even we, whose appetite for this kind of literature is not very...

in the annual volume of the Cottager and Artisan (Religious Tract Society), and almost an embarrassment of riches in the shape of illustrations. Religious instruction,...

Belvoir. By Mrs. Chaworth Musters. (Simpkin and Marshall.)—Mrs. Chaworth Musters has woven a good deal of the family history of the Chaworths, a number of local traditions of...

(Hodder and Stoughton.)—Goody-goodyism and worldly wisdom, an eye to the Kingdom Of Heaven, and the earthly reward of a husband with a title and a fortune, are curiously mingled...

Memoir, by Edmund Grosse. 2 vols. (Dent and Co.)—It may be doubted whether these attractive-looking volumes will do much for the fame of Beddoes, whose eccentricities and...

By Roman I. Znbof. (Cromwell and Co., New York.)—We presume this novel to be written by a Russian ; in that case, the author has acquired a creditable amount of knowledge of...

the prophets in their canonical, and not their chronological order.. The author's standpoint seems to be that of an open-minded orthodoxy, and if, as we suppose, the discourses...

G. M. Edwards. (Cambridge University Press.)—This edition should prove very helpful to those who are beginning the study of Homer's language. There is a very complete and well-...

of their very careful and elaborate Christmas and New Year's Cards, Autograph Cards, 4-e. The landscapes and animal cards are very good, except, indeed, when the animals are...