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Then, again, in their sobriety, they seem to us to
The Spectatoradopt unin- telligible compromises. On the subject of the polygamy of heathen converts, the Bishops recommend that "persons living in polygamy be not admitted to baptism, but...
On the same day, Sir William Harcourt addressed a great
The Spectatormeeting in Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, accusing the Government of being determined that the Irish Members should not have fair play in relation to the Judicial Commis- sion...
Mr. Goschen, who returned thanks for the toast of "The
The SpectatorHouse of Commons," recurred to his last year's theme, the high capacity and businesslike character of the present House, which he hopes to see admitted on all sides as soon as...
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The SpectatorNEWS OF THE WEEK T HE Mansion House dinner on Wednesday resulted in a very pacific speech from Lord Salisbury, who thought all the omens in Europe much more pacific than at any...
Mr. Balfour made an admirable speech at Lord Aber- gavenny's,
The SpectatorEridge Park, Tunbridge Wells, on Bank Holiday to several thousands of people. " If a half, or a quarter, or a hundredth part of the accusations made against us were true," he...
The Encyclical Letter which the Lambeth Conference has produced has
The Spectatorbeen highly praised, and we do not deny that it is conceived in a serious, earnest, and sober spirit; but we cannot say that it is to our liking. We do not know why it is that...
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The disturbances in Paris, due to the strike which has
The Spectatornow spread to the waiters and hairdressers, have this week assumed very considerable dimensions. On Sunday, the well-known Communist General Endes, while speaking at a meeting...
We have elsewhere called attention to the reference of the
The SpectatorLambeth Conference to the Thirty-nine Articles, which the Bishops speak of as a standard of faith, which it certainly is not. In fact, so far as these Articles have any...
In estimating the importance to be attached to these dis-
The Spectatorturbances, it is necessary to remember that they have not been confined to Paris. On Tuesday, a serious riot took place at Amiens, occasioned by a strike among the...
During the earlier days of the week, the remainder of
The Spectatorthe Local Government Bill was considered by the Lords in Com- mittee, and on Thursday night the measure was read a third time. The only amendments of importance, two in number,...
The obstruction to the Bill for establishing a Judicial Commission
The Spectatorto inquire into the relation between Parnellism and Crime was resumed on the Report stage on Tuesday and Wednesday, especially by Mr. Labouchere and Sir William Harcourt. The...
More serious still, Liverpool has been captured, and her citizens
The Spectatorforced to pay an indemnity of a million pounds. Of course, the details all sound a little silly ; but still, we believe, with Lord George Hamilton at the Mansion House, that it...
It is clear that steam has rendered the operation of
The Spectatorsealing up an enemy's fleet by a system of blockade a very difficult, if not an impossible operation. On Monday, England learned that by a brilliantly executed stratagem half...
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The competition of the great railways running North has this
The Spectatoryear become very acute. A fortnight ago, the North- Western reduced the journey between London and Edinburgh to eight and a half hours. The Great Northern responded by a train...
Sir J. Gorst explained the Indian Budget on Thursday night.
The SpectatorIt certainly does not open a very brilliant prospect. The statement is made in tens of rupees, and as ten rupees are (in India) worth now about 15s., it might, roughly speak-...
On Wednesday, the wearisome discussion on the Commission of Inquiry
The Spectatorwas at length brought to a close, the Report being agreed to, and the third reading passed by a majority of 116 (162 to 46), the Parnellite Members refusing to vote. Mr....
The Exchequer Division of the High Court of Justice in
The SpectatorIreland discharged on Monday the order for Mr. Dillon's release, deciding that the proper forms had been carried out for proving Mr. Dillon's conviction and sentence. On the...
Sir George Trevelyan, having been told that Mr. MacNannass had
The Spectatorstated in a letter to a Glasgow newspaper that Sir George had attributed to the Parnellites the planning and executing of the Dublin and Galway murders, as well as boycotting...
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TOPICS OF THE D.Y.
The SpectatorTHE UNSTABLE EQUILIBRIUM IN EUROPE. T ORD SALISBURY'S speech at the Mansion House J was very hopeful in relation to the prospect of peace, and yet it is obvious that his hopes...
SIR WILLIAM HARCOURT AS LIBERAL LEADER.
The SpectatorI F this discussion on the Commission of Inquiry into the relation between Parnellism and Crime has done nothing else, it has at least given fair warning to the Liberal Party of...
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GENERAL PHILIP SHERIDAN.
The SpectatorO NLY one of the trio of able captains who fought for the Union in the Secession War now remains, for Philip Henry Sheridan has not long survived General Grant. He died suddenly...
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THE LAMBETH CONFERENCE ON THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM.
The SpectatorT HE Lambeth Conference, just ended, will not suffer by comparison with either of its predecessors. More Bishops took part in it ; the list of subjects discussed was well...
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CONSTABLES OR GENDARMES?
The SpectatorW HEN Lord Salisbury, in his speech made in the House of Lords on Monday, looked forward with approval to the time when the management of the police in England shall be in the...
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THE MINERS AND THEIR MEMBERS.
The SpectatorT N nothing so much as in good feeling and good sense, courtesy of bearing, and dignity of behaviour, con- sists the contrast between the true and the false represen- tatives of...
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STRIKES AND POLITICS IN FRANCE.
The SpectatorW E spoke last week of the economical aspect of the Paris strikes. Then the economical was the only aspect ; but in France this is never long true of any social movement....
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THE BISHOP OF RIPON ON NOVELS.
The SpectatorI T is a pity that the Bishop of Ripon, who delivered a lively address on "Novels" last Saturday at Oxford, had not been present, two or three months ago, at that interesting...
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A FLORAL WILDERNESS.
The SpectatorS OME of our readers may recollect a description of a visit of Sydney Smith to a magnificent country-house, where the gardens and grounds were kept in all the perfection that...
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DETERMINISM AND DARWIN'S THEORY.
The SpectatorI N the perplexing and ever-renewed controversy between Determinist and Libertarian, an influential objection to the Libertarian doctrine is based on the connection of body and...
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CORRESPONDENCE.
The SpectatorTHE NAVAL MANCEUVRES. Sra,—I think that perhaps the following notes on the first stage of the Naval Manceuvres may have some interest for your readers. At the moment that I...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorECCLESIASTICUS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Owing to my absence from Oxford, I have only just seen Mr. Hughes's criticism of my estimate of the theology and...
POPE'S BICENTENARY.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—No one can reasonably find fault with your estimate of the genius of Pope. He may be lacking in splendour of colour and in imaginative...
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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. ")
The SpectatorSix,—Your sleepless correspondents are looking very far afield for their remedy, which lies under their own hand, and is even now singing on their own kitchen hob. For...
POETRY.
The SpectatorPRIMROSE LEAVES. NOT always with the Spring its joyaunce closes; It is Midsummer, love, and while I pass Among forgotten things,— Dry oak-sprays, faded mosses, woodbine...
BOOKS.
The SpectatorREGINALD POLE.* DR. LEE is one of the moving spirits in the Order of Corporate Reunion, which has for its object the reunion of the English Church with Rome ; and it is,...
SLEEPLESSNESS.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] • SIR,—In my own case, occasional difficulty in going to sleep arises from one of two distinct causes. The first is an over- excited brain,...
LORD SPENCER AND MR. O'BRIEN.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I have read with the utmost pain your remarks on Mr. O'Brien's replies in cross-examination at the Cork Assizes. Had these remarks been...
A BRANCH OF LUXES.
The SpectatorA BRANCH of lilies, with their stems upright And crowding heavenward, lies in the moonlight, With leaves that are not shut at all by night. Fulfilled of peace and passion to...
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THE BLACK ARROW.* THE " critic on the hearth "
The Spectatorto whom Mr. Stevenson dedicates this very charming romance is certainly very hard to please. We should ourselves prefer The Black Arrow to any story which Mr. Stevenson has...
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FRANCE AND THE SECESSION WAIL*
The Spectator" AT one stage of our civil war," writes Mr. John Bigelow in the preface to his very interesting book, " it seemed as though its fate was to be decided less by the belligerents...
MR. FOX-BOURNE ON ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS.* THIS is probably the best
The Spectatorbook of its kind that has yet appeared ; it is certainly a very much better book than the late Mr. James Grant's on The Newspaper Press. The rela- tions between newspapers and...
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MR. CRAWFORD'S NEW BOOK.* ON the southern and rocky shore
The Spectatorof the Sorrentine peninsula, the cliffs rise precipitously from the dark water ; and perched on them here and there may be seen a little town hanging like a sea-bird in a cranny...
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A NEW SOCT A LTST PANACEA.*
The SpectatorThis book, which is decidedly clever, is a curious example of the truth of the ancient truism that it is easier to criticise than to construct. The writer is inspired by a fine...
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Indigo. By W. M. Reid. (Thacker, Spink, and Co., Calcutta.)
The Spectator—Mr. Reid gives us a short sketch of indigo manufacture as carried on in the North-West Provinces, Behar, Bengal, Benares, and Shakabod, with the various processes connected...
Verestchagin : Painter, Soldier, Traveller. Translated by F. H. Peters,
The SpectatorM.A. (Bentley).—These autobiographical sketches of Vassili Verestchagin will not raise the fame of the great artist as a penman. The conviction sooner or later forces itself...
Another volume has been added to this series, and another
The Spectatorvaluable guide to the geological succession of plants ; and the policy of allowing illustrations to explain themselves where possible has certainly produced an interesting...
The Principles of Agricultural Practice. By John Wrightson, F.C.S. (Chapman
The Spectatorand Hall.)—This is a calm and dispassionate dis- cussion by Professor Wrightson on English agriculture, originally delivered by him in the form of lectures. It does not pretend...
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorCucumber Chronicles. By J. Ashby-Sterry. (Sampson Low and Co.)—This pleasant little volume ought to have been noticed some time ago. It seems now again quite appropriate, with...
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Nature's Fairyland. By IL W. S. Worsley-Benison. (Elliot Stock).—The writer
The Spectatortakes us with him on numerous rambles, sometimes botanising, sometimes exploring on the seashore, where, in that most interesting of all pools, a " half-tide pool," we find such...
Astrophel and Stella. Edited from the folio of 1598 by
The SpectatorAlfred Pollard. (David Stott.)—This is a scholarly little volume, edited with great care. Mr. Pollard's Introduction will not, perhaps, win the assent of all students ; but it...
Among the Old Scotch Minstrels. By William McDowell. (David Douglas,
The SpectatorEdinburgh.)—This little volume is as satisfactory as it is unpretentious. While acknowledging—or, at all events, not questioning—the value of the criticism, literary as well as...
— Mr. Miller is not an unknown nor, we believe,
The Spectatoran unsuccessful author; but we cannot praise his present literary venture. Hi s style is a little slip-shod and commonplace; and while he professes to avoid the information...
as the evolution hypothesis is a dynamic theory, it demands
The Spectatora principle which must unify all things, and account for all the phases of known phenomena ; and that thought and emotion, conscience and will, therefore have to take their...
A Story of Active Service in Foreign Leads. By Surgeon - General
The SpectatorA. G. Young. (Blackwood and Sons.)—The years 1857-81, inclusive, seen to have been truly " Active Service," seen in South Africa, India, and China. To India, indeed, there were...
