29 JUNE 1872, page 18

The Speaker's Commentary.*

Tax appearance of this long-expected book has been followed by the disappointment which was, indeed, inevitable when so much was expected and so little was possible. A......

Mr. Mo Rtliier Collins's P Oe Ms.*

MARTIAL, if we remember right, somewhere expresses himself satisfied with the remark of a disparaging critic who had con- temptuously observed that there were some good things......