send- ing him intelligence of the details of the armistice, and, pending his explanation, M. Jules Fevre certainly stands convicted of a cul- pable carelessness. M. Gambetta...

the con- vocation of a National Assembly " freely elected," which shall pronounce for a continuance of the war or approve conditions of peace. M. Gambetta having assented to...

his • has been nearly the only living will in France, nothing can show more remarkably than his order to the prefects, issued on the 29th (Sunday), during his suspense as to the...

balloon service ceased, of course, the railways were not opened, the Germans were in no hurry to re-establish postal communication, and for a week the outer world has known...

P ARIS has fallen. The rumours of last Friday week were correct, and on the 28th of January M. Jules Fevre signed a written agreement with Count Bismarck covering a good deal...

proclamation of Tuesday commits a gross injustice. Re- citing that " it is just that all the accomplices of the regime which commenced by the crime of the 2nd December, to close...

inst.), is, at least in its really magnificent eloquence, worthy of the occasion. He assumes, indeed, with more French vanity than truth, that Paris, though, overpowered by...

reason for the distinction drawn at Berlin between England and America in the matter of selling arms to France. Count Bismarck has not complained at Washington because a treaty...

carried on Monday in the House of Representatives by a majority of 172 to 21, welcoming our liberated Fenians, in the Came of Congress and the American people, to the soil and...

correspondent containing the terms of peace alleged to have been given by Count Bismarck to M. Favre, and by him referred to the Constituent Assembly to be called at Bordeaux....

the Spectator. Our contemporary puts together a heap of sentences from this journal advocating the defence of Denmark, and asks whether we were not blind guides. It seems to us...

his constituents on Monday, brought out a very significant fact. He was on the Commission of Inquiry into the purchase system, condemns it utterly, but believes that it will...

defending certain pecuniary demands before the Austrian Delegation, said he was avoiding war, and declared that the Emperor's Government tried to be on the most friendly terms...

Corps, which seems to have made its escape southwards to Lyons, was defeated by Manteuffel on the 29th January at Chauffeur and Som- bacourt, with the loss of 2 guns, 7...

Louise seems to increase in force. At Nottingham it was condemned by a mass meeting, which separated with shouts for the English Republic, and at Birmingham Messrs. Dixon and...

Bourbaki, after his failure, attempted to blow his brains out, but only wounded himself very seriously, perhaps mortally. The report, however, is as yet, though coming from many...

importance. He is perhaps the only genuine Liberal Catholic in England, that is to say, the only Catholic who is Liberal without being at heart -a sceptic also, and we have read...

Mall Gazette of Wednesday, called "A Word for Germany," but one of the main themes of which was, that he (Mr. Freeman) was historically- minded' almost to a fault. We know...

society as nothing in this war has excited it. The demand is felt as a direct blow to England. We have discussed the mat- ter at length elsewhere, but we may here remind our...

become of the sun, complains that the meteorologists of the Times give a good deal of information as to the power of the sun's rays at " Oxii,"—a place, of which, as he...

him even a sanguine enthusiast. At the annual dinner of the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce the other day, he con- gratulated himself on the prospect of,—what do our readers think...

worse than the local exactions of the First Napoleon in Germany, but they are unquestionably very oppressive indeed. Paris is to pay £8,000,000, say £4 a head,—numbers of the...

France meets with no favour at Berlin. The people understand that the ar- rangement would redeem France, and they do not want France to be redeemed. The Times' Berlin...

in favour of physical training, but it was curious to remark the foolish jealousy of the word ' drill,' as implying a half-military sort of physical training, which seemed to...

"A pr, then in September commenced the grandest incident of this war, perhaps of any war, the Siege of Paris. The population of the vast pleasure-loving, pleasure-profiting city...

THE ARMISTICE. T HE Government of the National Defence were, we think, on the whole and with some reserves, in the right in accepting the terms of armistice offered by the Ger-...

IT is curious to observe what an amount of disgust, and even anger, seems to be inspired in decent English society by the bare suggestion that France should retain the form of a...

W HEN we heard, as we did a fortnight ago, that the Democratic party had prepared a great reception for the Fenian prisoners, we ventured to anticipate that they would be...

W E suspect that part, at all events, of this agitation against the grant of a dowry to the Princess Louise—an agitation which apparently gathers strength and volume every day —...

T HERE is reason, we fear, for the kind of instinctive wince with which Englishmen hear ttlat Germany has included the cession of Pondicherry among the conditions of peace. What...

T " great writer in the Daily Telegraph gave us a curious piece of information on Wednesday as to Count Bismarck's usual- place of residence, by way of accounting for his gaiety...

B ESIEGED Paris could have thrown a vivid light on the princi- ples that regulate the amusements by which society kills its time. Only a few short months ago, her great...

SIR,—Under the above heading, last week, you exprsesed your- surprise that people objected to the proposed dowry to the Princess Louise. As one mixing much among the...

" THE PRINCESS LOUISE'S DOWRY. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR.—There is, I venture to think, another cause beyond those stated in your article of last week, for the...

Sra,—You clearly mistake the feeling of the provinces on this subject. The Queen has lost the respect of Englishmen because she notoriously neglects her duty, and applied the...

sure, with many of your readers, I was much disappointed at the tone of your article of last Saturday on the projected dowry for the Princess Louise. You appear to think that...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I have just read your paragraph as to book-canvassers and their tricks, and I fancy some of your readers may perhaps like to know that...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, —A correspondent of the Spectator last week writes as if the new Table of Lessons (which the Government is pledged to carry into law...

MARTHA.* " MARTHA " is one of Mr. Gilbert's best books. Except that there is a little too much of those minutia which are hindrances to the progress of the story, and quite...

ENGLAND, AWAKE! SPIRIT of England, art thou sleeping? Soul of the Ocean, art thou fled ? Behold ! thy Sister is wounded and weeping ; The waves are leaping ; the storm is...

MR. WARREN, whom we may be allowed to congratulate on claiming in his own person the honours which he has won under the name of " William Lancaster," expresses with uncommon...

TRACTS—like their distributors, for the most part—are good and honest, but ugly to look at, and preachy and dull to listen to. As for the ugliness, the distributor—if candour...

As the travelled reader turns over the pages of this book, his heart will perchance beat and his eyes glisten, remembering his own " walks in Rome," under the spell of...

WE are often reminded that we live in a luxurious age, and it is the natural effect of luxury to make men forgetful of the variety of products ministering to their...

We naturally put together for purposes of notice two "books on the War," which, though differing widely from each other in style, purpose, and treatment of the subject, are,...

(Sampson Low.) —This handsome volume is an interesting monograph on a relic of medico- val times. The Castle of Amelroy is situated near the village of Ammer- node, on the...

vole. (Tinsley.) —There is some good writing in this book, the conversation of Mr. Minster, the Broad-Church curate, for instance. But Mr. Dunster has nothing whatever to do...

Hon. B Disraeli. Vol. III. , Sybil ; Vol. IV., Tancred. (Longmans, 1871.)— These editions are excellently printed and everything that could be wished, if there were only...

at last a complete account of what is a very curious and interesting episode in history. Lady Belcher is the stepdaughter of Captain Peter Heywood, who, as will be remembered by...

do better, by way of giving an idea of Dr. Swainson's treatment of his subject, than to summarize his comments on the first clause of the Creed. "Before all things "—ante...

(W. and A. K. Johnston.)—Hero are thirty maps illustrating the history of this country, and incidentally the history of Europe, from the occupation of Britain by the Romans down...

(Tinsley.)—We feel inclined to say little more about this volume than that we hope "our sailors " are as little like as may be to the pictures which Mr. Geery has been pleased...

(Dublin: Hodges and Co.)—The chief interest of this book lies in the circumstances of its appearance. All who care about these matters are watching with the utmost attention to...