27 FEBRUARY 1897, page 13

Shire Horses At Islington.

T HE Londoner's comment on the "English elephants" shown this week at the Agricultural Hall is that they are "all alike." So they are in general form and appearance; and as,......

A Survival Of Torture.

T HE remarkable case of legal torture in France to which M. de Blowitz calls attention in the Times of Monday, reminds us all rather unpleasantly how imperfect the civilisa-......