W HE THE R, the French Government expects immediate war or not, it is evidently determined to be ready for it, clown to precautions against starvation from the complete in-...

the Russian persecution of the Jews, and have only to add here that the astounding report of a proposed law compelling them to work on the Jews' Sabbath, and to abstain from...

Muneepore murders, has been singularly successful. He has arrested the joboraj, or "Regent," the Senaputty, and the Tongal General, or Commandant of the savage levies, and they...

iron- clad 'Blanco Encalada ' by the Government torpedo-boats Condell ' and Lynch,' in Caldera Harbour on April 23rd, has been received from the New York World's correspondent,...

case.

the Italian Parliament. He says that the "progressive womanish- ness," or liability to unreasoning emotion, which has always marked Italians after long periods of peace, is...

over the Derby Day, pleading for a - holiday as a holiday after so laborious a Session, and also for an additional day on which the microbes of influenza might perhaps be...

honour of a great gambling festival. If there were no gambling, there would be no horse-racing, and the House of Commons ought not to patronise an institution which was...

Portuguese finance, given him by the new Finance Minister, which just at this moment is of some political importance. According to this statement, the little King- dom is in a...

and Inland Revenue Bill on Tuesday, Sir W. Harcourt made an elaborate attack on Mr. Gosehen's finance, which was, how- ever, more elaborate than effective. He maintained that...

credit for having spent more on the Army and Navy in one year of his own reigli at the Treasury than any other Government out of the Estimates of the year, to which Mr. Gosohen...

its being an innovation to postpone to future years the payment of in- stalments of any considerable capital expenditure, the Govern- ment are now paying year by year the sum...

Times to say that, though a Liberal Unionist, he is supporting Mr. Leon for North Bucks, because he believes Home-rule to be utterly dead, and hopes that both parties will...

interesting and able letter to Sir Henry Parkes, against the proposal to establish a Supreme Court of Australasia whose decisions shall not be subject to review by the Judicial...

-of petroleum-lamps. On Saturday night, Lord Romilly was sitting in the drawing-room of his house in Egerton Gardens, when he accidentally tipped over a table with a...

the Times to point out that Mr. Balfour's new clause in the Purchase Act giving a preference to small owners will go further than he intended, or than the House supposes. He...

artists had been invited to send in designs for the new coinage, and that the Mint Committee would report upon them all. That is probably the best course, and as Sir E. Boehm is...

well- known jeweller prosecutes an American for an attempt to cheat him under cover of a promise to manufacture gold, is still under inquiry before Mr. Hannay, the delay being...

what is now called the " kinetograph," he manages to throw on a screen in any man's drawing-room, the fac-similea of the actors and their actions in a distant theatre, while ,...

New Consols (2i) were on Friday 951- to 951.

MR. GLADSTONE'S SANGUINENESS. O NE of Mr. Gladstone's great powers as a leader is his extraordinary sanguineness. It is not easy to read his letter to the Women's Liberal...

W E cannot agree with those who think that the House of Commons should abstain from touching ques- tions like the insurrection in Muneepore. The House, it, is true, is...

T "great naval fight in Chili, of which the New York World's correspondent published a graphic account, copied by the Times of Wednesday last, is a matter of the highest...

Hirsch to Reuter's agent in Paris, reported at length in the Times of Wednesday, is enough to make even sanguine men feel a sensation of despair. Baron Hirsch is a mammoth...

W E have not the smallest desire to raise an alarm by predicting an immediate war between the English and the Boers, and, we need not say, not the smallest desire that such a...

compromise which can be described as fairly satisfactory. After raising a very unpleasant and heated discussion with the Colonial Office, the delegates have agreed to pass a...

M R. J. F. NISBET has written a very elaborate book to prove that genius and insanity are closely allied. He makes much of the slightest trace of unhealthy ancestors, or...

I T is difficult to watch the singular inquiry now going on before Mr. Hannay—the case known to reporters as "The Philosopher's Stone," in which Mr. Streeter prosecutes a man...

S OMETHING has vexed the soul of " Ouida," and caused it to overflow to the extent of two columns of the Times. "Ouida," as many people are aware, is the nom-de-plume of a lady...

SCENTS AND SOUNDS. O NE of the oddest tales in the "Bestiaries," or stories of Bible animals written by the monks, is the legend of the panther. " The panther," so the homily...

THE PROBABILITY OF ANOTHER WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA. t To TUE EDITOR OF VII "SPECTATOR."] do not wish to underrate the dangers that may arise if any considerable number of Boers...

pro THE EDITOR OP THE " SPEOTATOR."] Sin,—Would you allow a quiet protest against your argument for an Election this autumn P You cannot expect . anything like unanimous...

[TO THU EDITOR OP THE " SPILOTATORrl Sin,—Whatever advances meteorology may have made as a. science, it seems abundantly clear that it has not arrived at a. point of much...

" EIPECTLTOR."] SIR,—In the Spectator of May 23rd, you say that, "except in the case of the Coleridges, the De Veres, the Roscoes, and the two Lord Houghtons, we can trace no...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPEOTATOR."3 SIR, — Might I be allowed to add to the arguments advanced by yourself, and a correspondent in the Spectator of May 23rd, as to the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Srn,—There appeared in the Spectator of May 9th a review of " Lapsus Calami," by "J. K. S.," in which a striking parody of Robert...

SORROW. SORROW came to him with a pleading face ; He would not rise and bid her enter in ; She seemed to claim in him too large a space, And be was careless, full of mirth and...

THE ROYAL ACADEMY, AND THE HANOVER GALLERY. IN the room devoted at the Academy to water-colours and pastels, there are to be found, in the midst of the customary harvest of a...

ETo THE EDITOR OF THE " SrEITATon."1 SIR,—A singularly pathetic incident, illustrative of the in- separable bond of attachment which frequently exists between the poorest and...

LAURENCE OLIPHANT.* THE charm of Mrs. Oliphant for her admirers, among whom we may frankly count ourselves, is nowhere more perceptible than in her biographies. She brings to...

Mn. LANGIBRIDGE has plenty of humour and pathos, and a very genuine appreciation of beauty too. Moreover, he can tell a story well and dramatically,—sometimes rather...

the best books of African travel and adventure published during the past ten Years. It is true that the fiery little Doctor has an intense hatred of the English, which makes his...

No one who has any love for literature can read Mr. Saints- bury's books without real pleasure. Even if one ventures sometimes to disagree with his critical views, set forth as...

THIS book is a collection of essays by various writers, of unequal merit, all professing the general purpose of attacking Socialism, of defending the policy of laisser - faire...

to find a reason for a fashion in literature, any more than he would think of attempting to find a reason for a fashion in dress.. The vogue of each concrete novelty is...

Newraanianism. A Preface to the Second Edition of " Philo- raythus," Containing a reply to the Editor of the Spectator, a few words to Mr. Wilfrid Ward, and some remarks on Mr....

By Major Gaetano Casati. 2 vols. (F. Warns and Co.)—Major Casati certainly gives us the impression of being unbiassed, and those who are waiting to hear the last word may well...

Collingridge,) —This volume, as usual, contains a vast amount of useful and in- teresting matter. It gives us, for instance, a complete list of the Livery Companies, with...

Co.)—Mr. Macdougall proves the sincerity of his belief in Mrs. Maybriek's innocence by writing and publishing a largo volume (nearly six hundred pages of close print) about...

it is evident, is the work of an expert. "A Complete Guide- to Practical Poultry-Keeping," the author styles it ; practicality is its chief characteristic. The author does not...

Unwin.)—This little book, which professes simply to give the curiosities of Indian journalism, is very amusing in its way, and none the less amusing that its author does not...

Revolution. By G. Lewes Dickinson. (George Allen.)—Here are thirteen scenes, sometimes in verso, sometimes in prose, which occupy the period between 1632 and 1662. In the...

P. Putnam's Sons.)—Mr. G. Haven Putnam is known to the world of letters as one who, while himself an eminent publisher, has striven hard to make the United States adopt an...

Chambers, Westminster.)—This is the fifth yearly collection of publications relating to the perennial Irish controversy. The Report of the Parnell Commission is reprinted, at...

G. Kirkaldy. (Sampson Low and Co.)—A handsome 'quarto volume, copiously furnished with tables and illustrations, relates the history and results of a method of testing the...