3 MARCH 1877, page 12

Some New Aphorisms.

TT is not very easy to explain the attractiveness which un- doubtedly belongs to worldly-wise aphorisms. People, as a rule, are a little impatient of being taught worldly wisdom......

Mr. Gladstone On Authority And Belief.

I N the opening article of the Nineteenth Century, Mr. Glad- stone discusses a question which has probably a closer con- nection with the peculiarities of the nineteenth century......