12 SEPTEMBER 1885, page 12

The Passion For Notoriety.

I T is a little difficult to understand clearly the dislike of the passion for notoriety which is always expressed and felt by the able and the goad. It is a pretty keen......

A Swiss Poisoning Case.

I N the early part of the present year there were living at Cerlier, a village in Canton Berne, a number of people called Weber, a name very common both in Germany and......

Sir Lyon Playfair's Address.

T HE introductory lecture of the President of the British Association this year is not inspiriting reading. It is too like a charity sermon preached by a popular clergyman on......