4 JANUARY 1868, page 22

Books.

EIGHTY YEARS OF REPUBLICAN GOVERNMENT.* THE want of a leading idea in this book, or rather the presence of two mutually destructive ideas, has to some extent impaired its merit.......

A Word For Mrs. Markham.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Your opinion is likely to have so much weight, that I trust you will forgive a remonstrance on the injustice done to a most useful......

Cretan Persistency.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—As I ventured to maintain that the Cretans were in terrible earnest half a year ago, when their submission was being daily an- nounced,......