THE PROBLEM OF THE UNEMPLOYED.* This book, apart from its claims as one of a promising series, is of a well-known class of works which may be said in these days to teem from...

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more praiseworthy than the production of a readable handbook calculated to enable the average home- staying British citizen, however small may be the modicum of knowledge with...

EVERY one lives by selling something whatever be his right to it," says Mr. R. L. Stevenson in his essay on "Beggars." Mr. W. A. Grohman is one of the lucky few who deal in a...

of excellence which the public has learned to demand from contributors to the famous Library. The general design of the series was laid down by the Duke of Beaufort in the...

THE purpose of this expedition "was to ascertain whether right whales exist in paying numbers in the Great Bay as stated by Sir James Ross." The adventure proved unsuccess- ful,...

—It is satisfactory to be told by so competent an authority ac Mr. Monkhouse that there is no collection so well adapted as is our own National Gallery for the purpose of...

Fields of Fair Renown. By Joseph Hocking. (Ward, Lock, and Co.)—In one sense this is the most ambitious, in another it is the least successful, of its author's works. He has...

which studies the organic and mental con- stitution of the habitual criminal, is a science of much narrower limits than criminal sociology. In fact, its conclusions, as Signor...

Reviews and Bibliographical Notes " is the sub-title which Mr. Powell gives to his book. His first paper is on "The Philosophy of Rarity." What makes a book rare what...

Bird.)—In this volume we have six clever sketches of New England life and character. Of the six "The Village Stradi- varius" is, we think, the most attractive. It is an idyll of...

Villari. Translated by Linda Villari. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—Professor Villari concludes in this volume his work on Florentine history, for such it is rather than a history of...

University Press.)—This episode of history is one but little known. The movement was crushed almost as soon as it began ; its significance is to be found in the indications it...

(Sampson Low, Marston, and Co.)—Various writers have treated the subject which Mr. Fry handles in these pages, but no one, we imagine, with exactly the same claim to be heard. "...

J. F. Maurice, and others. (W. Heinemann.)—The second edition of this " Forecast " makes a not inopportune appearance. It was first published in December, 1892 ; the time that...

Lord Weekes. (Osgood, Mcllvaine, and Co.) —Mr. Weekes and his party, after various disappointments necessitating changes of plan, journeyed from Trehizond through Kurdistan into...

Dasent. (Eyre and Spottiswoode.)—There are many interesting and significant entries relating to both public and private affairs in this volume. Relations with Spain were...

His We. By James Dykes Campbell. With a Memoir of the Author by Leslie Stephen. (Macmillan and Co.)—This library edition of the best biography of Coleridge yet written, which...

is a weird story, conceived in something of the spirit of a Greek tragedy, but with a modern setting. Poor John Mal- travers has the bad luck of having among his ancestors a...

volume, one of the " Catholic Standard Library," Miss Thompson tells the story of the foundations of Witham and Hinton. Witham was the first Carthusian House in England, founded...

Pidgeon puts together in this little volume some im- pressions of Venice, Venice of the present and Venice of the past. The first chapter is given to the Grand Canal, the...

Downey.)—The " Sister Dominions" are Canada and Australia, and Mr. Hogan, after traversing Canada by the Canadian Pacific Railway, took his passage to Australia by the...

is the first of a projected series, entitled " Women of Colonial and Revolutionary Times in America." It is, in its way, an excellent beginning. If all the writers of the series...

Son.)—Poems on Love and Nature. By Charles W. Cayzer, B.A. (Elliot Stock.)—These two small volumes may be classed to- gether, for it is, we think, evident that both are written...

Paul, Trench, and Co.)—General Alexander has followed up his excellent book on " Confucius, the Great Teacher " with a, companion volume. It has been a very different task, for...

life, human and other, in the marshes are evidently the work of a man who has closely observed the creatures about which he writes. His style is, in our judgment, ambitious and...

Allen.)—Dr. Berdoe tells us in his preface that he was driven reluctantly, by doubts and difficulties from which he could find no escape, to abandon his belief in Christianity,...

is a sufficiently lively story. It tells the fortunes of three women, to whom we are introduced, as in- mates of Bronte Hall, in the first chapter. All are good studies of...

(Bellairs and Co.)—Valencia Arbuthnot, seeking to set up for herself as a painter of portraits, makes acquaintance with a literary man who lodges in the same house. They fall...

Holds- worth. (Heinemann.)—There is surely interest enough of the tragical sort in the main situation on which Miss Holdsworth has constructed her tale, without the episode of...

(Eyre and Spottiswoode.)—Mr. Kenyon has given us in this volume exactly what many readers of the Bible have long been wanting,—a plain, intelligible account, brought home to...

Slatter, M.A. (Elliot Stock.)—The " Whitchurch" of which Mr. Slatter tells the story is that one of the eleven parishes of the name which is, perhaps, the best known, by sight...

of the six "Tracts" included in this volume concern the "Truth of the Bible," a fifth discusses the "Doctrine of Heredity in its Relation to the Christian Sense of Daty,".the...

Andrews, Hull.)—Mr. Andrews has followed up with the volume before us an earlier collection of papers, under the title of "Curious Church Customs." The introductory paper is...

same leisurely pace and in the same discursive fashion that have become habitual to him. He regrets that he has " not been able to complete the work in three volumes." There...

Smith, D.D. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—Dr. Smith in his preface states the results of a close examination of the Mosaic nar- rative, begun after a visit to Egypt, and afterwards...

L. Pechell. (Digby and Long.)—We are not quite certain whether the very unsatisfactory Commissioner Travers, who is dismissed for corrup- tion, or Captain Holt, is meant for...

By the Rev. G. F. Machar, D.D., and the Rev. W. W. Williams, M.A. (Macmillan and Co.)—Dr. Machar takes a moderate and reason- able view of the Articles. They were intended to be...

Monta g ue offers a g reat prize to that boy who durin g the holidays should bear himself in the fashion most nearly approachin g perfect kni g hthood. The boys accordin g ly...

Alice Bolitho is an a g nostic. She has no faith, she says, in a Providence. And her lover, comin g to know of a complication in which she is involved without any fault of her...

is a story of the Indian Mutiny, the plot bein g complicated with the private fortunes of the youn g lady who tries the "experiment" She is the dau g hter of a Professor who is...

Co.)— This story of Maori life has some vivid scenes of tribal custom and warfare, and some g ruesome descriptions of fi g hts and cannibal feasts. It is not a work of art, and...

" Diffiuent " to " Disburden." Vol. III. (Clarendon Press.) This is the third of the q uarterly instalments for the year. It is interestin g to compare from time to time the...

(Seeley and Co.)—Twelve well-known preachers g ive their ideas about the preparin g of sermons. Amon g them are Deans Farrar and Lefroy, Archdeacon Sinclair, Mr. W. H. M. H....

and Bird.)—Miss Earle has gathered to g ether from various sources some curious and interestin g details, both g rave and g ay, of life in the early days of the American...

name su gg ests recollections not at all in keepin g with the book now before us, has written an undoubtedly clever tale. There is, we think, far too much of it. The si g ht of...

(Hodder and Stou g hton.)—This volume, described by its author as " A Study in Personal Reli g ion," obviously is outside the ran g e of ordinary criticism. We must be content...

Unwin.)—A " whaup " is, we g ather, a boy, and Mr. Fraser tells us in a pleasant, g ossipin g way, of what the boys—and g irls, too—did in Darley in school and out of school....

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been such as might have been expected. So far as we can judge, after reading a multitude of speeches, letters, and telegrams, the great body of the party remains unmoved. It had...

>Q OMR three weeks ago we drew attention to the tacit, but none the less real, deposition of Lord Rosebery from the leadership of the Liberal party. Our statement was looked on...

where he was received by the President and banquetted at the Arsenal, arrived safely in Paris at 10 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday. The city was, of course, en fete, the...

Emperor, saying The presence of your Majesty among us has sealed, amid the acclamations of an entire people, the bonds uniting the two countries in a harmonious activity and in...

of the Czar with French statesmen, or as to any designs which they may have pressed upon him, and French poli- ticians are evidently a little puzzled, and disposed to hope...

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case.

Englishmen are awakening to the fact that Mr. Bryan's chances of election are not hopeless, that, in fact, the insurrection of discontent in the Union is a very serious matter....

night, and on the earlier part of Thurs- day, was one of the most violent and disastrous of recent years. Owing to the storm coinciding with the spring tides the coast towns and...

to a political prisoner in an English protectorate, but they certainly contrive to exercise their right with the maximum of ill-feeling and unfriendliness. On October 2nd Said...

a deficit of 24,000,000 in the Budget of the year. That is serious news, but we would warn our readers against exaggerating its importance. So long as the household guards are...

politician, died at his house in Hammersmith last Saturday. We have given an estimate of his position as a poet elsewhere, and will only say here that English life loses a very...

the Socialist poet, died on the 3rd inst. ; General Sir James Abbott, the Indian hero and explorer, on the 6th ; General Trochu, who defended Paris against the Prussians, on the...

extraordinary reason for praising the demeanour of the Czar. He actually allowed Madame Faure and Madame Brisson, who are not even hoffahg, to dine at the same table with...

striking paper on " The Bearing of the Theory of Evolution on Christian Doctrine" was read by Canon Gore. It is im- possible here to give any true account of this closely...

sudden death of Mr. Byron Reed, the nephew of Sir Edward Reed, owing to a carriage accident at Ventnor. Though Mr. Reed was returned by a majority of 704, there is almost...

Eastern question, which we have described and dis- cussed elsewhere. At Rhymney on Tuesday he made a second speech to his constituents. The first division of the speech was a...

a very important meeting held in Dublin to consider the ques- tion of workhouse reform. The meeting was convened by Lord Monteagle, and in a memorandum accompanying his...

Shrewsbury have been unusually interesting. We have noticed elsewhere the vigorous protests made against the recent Papal Bull, and we notice below the best paper read in the...

Bose, a physicist in Calcutta, has made some researches in invisible electricity which have excited admiring astonishment in Lord Kelvin, while another, named Chat- terjee, has...

New Consols (21) were on Friday, 1091.

LORD ROSEBERY'S RESIGNATION. Tj ORD ROSEBERY has resigned the leadership of the Liberal party. Nominally this step is taken because he differs from Mr. Gladstone and a large...

T HE reception of the Czar in Paris is evidently spontaneous and national. We think little of the eagerness shown by the great functionaries to make it magnificent, of their...

I T is a little difficult for us to discuss Sir William Harcourt's great speech of Monday in Ebbw Vale on the Armenian question. His ideas resemble so very closely those which...

T F the Government are wise they will answer the un- friendly attitude assumed towards us by Germany in East Africa by immediately proclaiming the annexation of Zanzibar. We do...

W E do not believe, as we wrote a fortnight ago, that the Papal Bull on Anglican Orders will prevent British conversions to Rome. For those who are likely to be converted, a...

customary to make fun of "farmers' grumbling." It has become pro- verbial; and, although in recent years the unquestion- able misfortunes of the class have aroused sympathy,...

W E regret deeply to record the death of Mr. William Morris on October 3rd, for his was one of the figures whose existence helps to make our rather tame English life varied and...

T HE Draper's Record has dug a curious piece of information out of the report of the Inspector-General of Bankruptcy. This fact is the comparatively small number of failures...

A CORRESPONDENT describes a curious scene witnessed at the Zoological Gardens. He had for companion a gentleman, now dead, who was a dwarf, and walked with crutches. " As soon...

THE POVERTY OF THE CLERGY. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Stu, —For twelve months I have been living quite in the country, and the condition of the country clergy has...

TEL "SPECTATOR.'] Sin, — Your concluding paragraph on the above subject, in the Spectator of October 3rd, says :—" We are not liable (in England) to the tyranny of trusts and...

THY " SPROTATOR:] SIR,—Allow me, as Chairman of the Migration Committee (not Council) of the British Association, to inform you that the investigation upon which the Committee...

[To TEL EDITOR OP TER "SpsoTAToz."1 SIR,—The Establishment has not a monopoly of curious "Church notices." A friend of mine once heard a worthy old deacon in a Baptist chapel...

[To TEL EDITOR OP TEL •• firsomon.."] SIR,—I have read with interest your valuable remarks on copyright, a propos of Matthew Arnold's . poems, in the Spectator of October 3rd....

[TO THY EDITOR OP THY " SPRCTATOR.'] Sin,—In your very interesting article on "Books as Com- forters of the Soul" in the Spectator of September 26th you wrote that we have all...

SPICTATOR:9 SIE,—Your remark in the Spectator of October 3rd, that "the chance of Catholicism in England consists in the irreligion of the masses of workmen," was curiously...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.] Sta,—In the voluminous account of the Czar's reception in Paris, which appeared in the Daily Telegraph of October 7th, the following quaint...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE .` SPECTATOR :9 SIR,—May I draw the attention of your readers to the work which is being done by the Church of England Waifs and Strays Society, the...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR "] Sts,—Among the Spectator dog-stories I have not seen any akin to the following. My little friend is a mixture of poodle and Maltese, not...

SIR GEORGE TRESSADY.* THERE are passages of very great power in this book, but on the whole it is less matured, less completely worked into an imaginative whole, and less...

(To THE EDITOR 01 THE " SPICTATOZ."] Sin,—Your paper is regularly forwarded to me in South Africa, and much appreciated by myself and my assistant- teachers. It has occurred to...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] 'SIR,—Perhaps among your many readers some will be found who can record similar instances of the intelligence of the sea-gull to that...

ANGLO-NORWEGIAN literature is becoming a class by itself. We hardly know when and where the especial thirst for that country among the tourists and the book-writers began. It is...

Ws have no writer left, since the death of Mr. Huxley, who states the agnostic position with greater lucidity or more obvious sincerity than Mr. Leslie Stephen. The volumes of...

IN the author's preface to the English version of this book he states that his sole aim is "to investigate in what manner the Republic was formed, the nature of its...

IT must be allowed that Mr. Brown has a tendency to be discursive, growing, it may be, out of the largeness and variety of his knowledge. We cannot, indeed, say that his first...

The History of Hongkong. By E. J. Eitel, Ph.D. (Luzac and Co.)—Dr. Eitel, formerly a German missionary in China and now Inspector of Schools in Hongkong, has attempted to...

and Downey.)—This is a tale of a kind now somewhat old- fashioned, but not an unpleasant variety in these days when analysis and the psychological study are so frequent. The...