19 JULY 1890, page 13

Shaking Hands.

I F there is a custom which is supposed by our neighbours on the Continent to be essentially British, it is that of shaking hands. They speak of the English " shake-hand " as if......

Correspondence.

A COMMENTARY IN AN EASY-CHAIR : THE CIVIL LIST-WITHOUT MEANS OF ADEQUATE SUPPORT -THE POSTMEN AND THEIR STRIKE. I HAVE not for a long time seen a more pathetic document than the......