11 FEBRUARY 1893

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It is to be observed that the Chamber has now

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morally decided that further prosecutions must be instituted, and carried on with more vigour, and its temper must be considered in the light of the temper of France. There can...

The by-elections are showing in several places the usual reaction

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against the party in power,—which seems to be a permanent feature of by-elections whichever of the two parties may happen to be in office. This day week the Conservative...

The French Judges have taken a severe, though, we think,

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a just view of the offences of the Panama directors. They declare that M. Ferdinand de Lesseps, the founder of the project, his son, M. Charles de Lesseps, and the two...

All the correspondents believe that a great incident occurred in

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France on Wednesday afternoon. M. Bourgeois, Minister of Justice, had just refused to interfere with the acquittal of M. Rouvier, against whom M. Franqueville, in- vestigating...

On Thursday, Mr. Gladstone moved that the Twelve o'clock Rule

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should be suspended both on Thursday and Friday night, and declared that if the debate on the Address was not finished on Friday, it would be necessary to have recourse to a...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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A CCIDENTS being allowed for, it appears to be reasonable to expect that Mr. Gladstone will on Monday introduce his Home-rule Bill for Ireland, and thereby relieve a suspense...

* t o The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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The debate on Mr. Wharton's amendment to the Address expressing

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regret that no measures for the relief of agri- cultural distress had been announced in the Queen's Speech, which on Monday was wasted in a discussion on Bimetallism, was...

The Berlin correspondent of the Times affirms that, owing to

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the emigration of irreconcilables and the settlement of Germans in Alsace-Lorraine, the feeling of that province has undergone material change. It is ceasing to be bitterly...

Mr. Keir Hardie, who assumes to be in a special

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degree the Labour Member, on Tuesday moved an amendment to the Address, regretting that the Government had not referred in the Queen's Speech to the industrial depression, with...

There has been no real discussion on Egypt in Parliament,

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everybody being satisfied with the papers, on which we com- ment elsewhere ; but there has been a curious debate on Uganda. Mr. Labouchere raised the question on Friday week, as...

Mr. Morley showed himself prudent and statesmanlike; but the surprise

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of the evening was the speech from the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which exhibited a sense of re- sponsibility and a moderation and wisdom which have hitherto been altogether...

The amendment to the Address, moved by Mr. Jesse Collings

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on Wednesday, regretting that no measure had been announced in the Speech from the Throne for the relief of the agricultural labourers, was rejected by the large majority of 84,...

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On Thursday, in the Chancery Division, Mr. Justice Stirling gave

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judgment in the ' missing-word" case. He held the competition to have been an illegal lottery, and that all the competitors were entitled to take legal action for the recovery...

Mr. J. Redmond's amendment to the Address, asking for 'the

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reconsideration of the cases of all prisoners convicted under Treason-Felony Acts who are or have been under- going punishment for offences arising out of insurrectionary...

Bank Rate, 21- per cent.

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New Consols (21) were on Friday 99.

The Westminster Gazette, the new evening Liberal paper, which seems

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to us as good as evening papers are, invites com- ment on its colour, a shade of green, which Carlyle would probably have considered a compliment to Robespierre's com- plexion....

This victory exalted the rather languid spirits of the Gladstonians

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to the point of what we may fairly regard as excessive glee. In the evening there was a sort of glorification meeting at the National Liberal Club, from which Mr. Glad. alone...

On Monday, the Duke of York presided at the dinner

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of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. This Society is the work of the Rev. B. Waugh, who has really made, and almost in himself constituted, the...

The London County Council has failed in its endeavour to

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smuggle the London Improvement Rate through Par- liament as a private Bill. This is the measure under which a special Income-tax not exceeding fourpence in the pound is to be...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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MR. GLADSTONE'S TASK. O N Monday, Mr. Gladstone is to make his last great effort to prevent the political fusion of Great Britain and Ireland, by the construction of an...

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THE RECENT ELECTIONS. T HE events of the week strongly confirm

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the view we expressed last Saturday as to the failure of the Government to embody in proposals the latent wish of the community for a further advance in the philanthropic direc-...

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THE EXULTANT GLADSTONIANS.

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S IR WILLIAM HARCOU.RT'S and his colleagues' screams of triumph at the National Liberal Club on Wednesday, because the not very real amendments on the Address had been defeated...

LORD ROSEBERY.

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I T is quite evident that Lord Rosebery is a most lul- - portant personage in her Majesty's Government. The Secretary for Foreign Affairs has always occupied a leading position...

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THE LATEST INCIDENT IN FRANCE.

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I T is difficult to conceive anything more characteristic of France, of her genius, and of her weakness, than the incident which occurred in the Chamber on Wednesday. Everybody...

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FEWER MEMBERS, OR A LARGER HOUSE?

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ri E intensity of the party struggle, and the growing keenness of Members, is rendering the want of accom- modation in the House of Commons more than ever a burning question....

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THE REFORM OF CONVOCATION.

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I T is a curious characteristic of the present time, that the more irresponsible the utterances of public men are—we use the term public men in its widest sense—the more...

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THE THOUGHTS OF A MA.ORI CHIEF.

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T HE Weekly Press, a sporting journal, of Christchurch, New Zealand, in appearance something like the Field, published in December, 1892, a series of papers of some intel-...

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AVARICE.

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T HE story of the Birmingham miser, reported in the papers of yesterday week,—a story which is, in substance, repeated once or twice every year from one part of the King- dom or...

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THE LAW AND THE RAILWAY PASSENGER.

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I T would be useless to discuss, from a legal point of view, the justice of the decision which was given in the case of "Cobb v. the Great Western Railway Company." That...

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ELECTRICAL RAILWAYS.

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F OR several reasons, the opening of the new Electrical Railway at Liverpool on Saturday by Lord Salisbury attracted more attention than any event of the week outside the walls...

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THE COURAGE OF ANIMALS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Stu,—In the Spectator of Deoember 31st, which, although a regular subscriber to your valuable paper, I only happened to see to-day, owing to...

UNEXPECTED WEALTH.

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[ma THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR." SIR,—As the daughter of the late Albert Way, the archwo- logist, I beg to correct your correspondent's information respecting a fortune being...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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THE LANCASHIRE LOCK-OUT. [To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPDCTATOR."] the Manchester Guardian of February 4th, I saw a -quotation from the Spectator re" The Lancashire Lock-out," In it...

THE BEAVERS AT THE ZOO.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." I Sin,—In your review of the book on beavers, in the Spectator of January 28th, I think you are unfairly severe on the want of intelligence...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOIC]

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Siu,—Allow me to point out an error into which your writer, in the Spectator of February 4th, on the lock-out in Lanca- shire, seems to have fallen. The notice of reduction in...

THE CHANGE IN PRONUNCIATION.

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ITO THE EDITOR OF THE 44 SPECTATOIL."] 5111, —In the criticism in the Spectator of January 28th last, on Mr. Drury's "reprint of Waller's poems," it is remarked that one of the...

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BOOKS.

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T. W. ROBERTSON.* Mn. T. Eno An PEMBERTON, the author of an exceedingly entertaining memoir of Sothern, has performed a similar service for the author of Caste with...

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THE REFOUNDING OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE.* COLONEL MALLESON has succeeded

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in giving within the compass of a book of three hundred pages a very interesting and instructive account of the events between 1848 and 1871 which culminated in the...

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SIR EDWIN ARNOLD'S JAPANESE PLAY.*

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Tien author of The Light of Asia continues with un- abated energy in his task of revealing the treasures of Eastern thought to English readers unversed in Eastern languages. Of...

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ARMENIA. HER CHRISTIANS AND HER KURDS.* TEE "Special Correspondent" who

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gives us an interesting account of his journey up "the Roof of the World" (the ancient name for the highest part of Armenia) and back again, tells us that his reason for doing...

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THE BRIGHTON ROAD.*

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Or the crowds who travel by rail from London to Brighton, few have any idea of the aspect of the country and the scenery to be found along the old coach-road. Although within...

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ART NEEDLEWORK.*

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THE history of needlework is practically co-extensive with the history of eivilieation. The Victorian Library for Gentle- women offers us a modestly small volume, called The...

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CURRENT LITERATURE.

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We are not yet in a position to say whether Edna Lyall's story of "To Right the Wrong," which is now running in Good Words, will be a success or not. It is a historical romance...

There are perhaps too many reviews—or articles that are reviews

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in disguise—in The Thinker, but, thanks to the energy of its conductors, and to the variety of the papers which it supplies, it has justified its inclusion— its comparatively...

It remains to be seen whether "The Burden of Isabel,"

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by Mr. J. Maelaren Cobban, of which the first six chapters appear in the February number of Chambers's Journal, is worthy either of the magazine or of its author's reputation....

Although the February number of The Sunday at Home will

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be found pleasant onough to dip into, and although the serial stories running in it—" The Family," by E. Everett Green, and "Through Unknown Seas," by the writer who styles...

The February number of London Society contains some short stories

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that are above the average ; and of the serial novels, Mrs. Croker's "A Third Person" is notable if only because of the obvious effort of the author to attain a higher standard...

Cassell's Family Magazine continues to advance with the times, as

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the comic sketch of "A Highly Respectable Family," and Mr, Alfred F. Robbins's paper on the reporting of M.P.'s, with illustrations by Mr. F. Carruthers Gould, amply...

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A Daughter of the South, and Shorter Stories. By Mrs.

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Barton Harrison, (Cassell and Co.)—There is much delicacy of touch in Mrs. Harrison's handling of her subjects. Berthe Lagastine is compelled to take refuge with her mother in...

The Danube : from the Black Forest to the Black

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Sea. By F. D. Millet. Illustrated by the author and Alfred Parsons. (Osgood, McIlvaine, and Co.)—Three canoeists started from Donaueschin- gen, intending to follow the river to...

company, promises to be an interesting heroine, and she certainly

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undergoes such trials and hardships, and gives such trouble one way or another to her rescuer, as suggests the cynical remark, that she was "dear at fifty pounds." The story is...

Lost in the Wilds of Canada. By Eleanor Stroller. (T.

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Nelson and Sons.)--This "Canadian story" is certainly a good one, though the details of Wilfred's adventures are not always quite easy to follow. But there is a look of...

A Woman's Ambition. By Henry Cresswell. 3 vols. (Hurst and

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Blackett.)—Even Mr. Cresswoll has rarely created a more startling and elaborate deception than that which a "woman's ambition" devises in this clever novel. Nor has the...

Middlesex County Records. Edited by J. Cordy Jeaffreson. Vol. IV.

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(Chapman and Hall.)—This volume contains the "In- dictments, Rocognisances, Coroners' Inquisitions, Post-mortem, Orders, Memoranda" (which, by-the-way, should be translated...

Both the Expositor and the Expositors Times, which, although very

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different in style and mode of appealing to the public, are not dissimilar in their aims, continuo to sustain their high reputa- tion. Professor G. G. Findlay's "The Preface to...

An Affair of Honour. 13y Alice Weber. (Griffith, Farran, and

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Co.)—" Alicia Moray, of Moray Moss, Perth, and 14 York Street, Portman Square, London," a somewhat spoiled child, is sent to live with her grandmother, in the hope that country...

Ridge and Furrow. By Sir Randal H. Roberts, Bart. 2

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vols. (Ward and Downey.)— Iii Ridge and Furrow we have the old device of changing children made to do duty once more. It is in no way, however, an important part of the story...

Handbook of House - Property and Fine - Art. By Edward Lance Tarbuck. (Crostry

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Lockwood and Son.)—The popularity of Mr. Tarbuck's curious melange of house-property and fine-art (in cer- tain of its applications), of matter-of-fact and sentiment, is testi-...

Irish Idylls. By Jane Barlow. (Hodder and Stoughton.)—These idylls are

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some of the most charming descriptions of Irish life we have seen for a long time,—indeed, in their own sphere, the little circle of half a dozen homesteads, we would place...

cousin—who is really heir to their patrimony—is described with

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some force in A Precious Jewel. One is bad and one is good, and their two natures are well drawn, and the contrast is rendered the more striking by the effort of the younger one...

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Dr. Campion's Patients. By W. G. Waters. (Eden, Remington, and

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Co.)—" Dr. Campion's patients" are a number of gentlemen who fly from the world to a queer kind of refuge, which might, indeed, be called the house of a "mad-doctor." Some of...

Of the Imitation of Christ. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—

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This presents the Latin text, arranged in rhythmical form, with an English translation, based on that of Bishop Challoner.

The Medicine Lady. By Mrs. L. T. Meade. 3 vols.

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(Cassell and Co.)—We are inclined to think that the earlier part of this story is the best work that Mrs. Meade has done. Cecilia Harvey, who has too much heart to be a...

The Byzantine Empire. By C. W. C. Oman, M.A. (T.

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Fisher Unwin.)—This is an excellent book, though a little hurried towards the end, doubtless from want of spice. The last chapter is entitled "The End of a Long Tale," and...

In Devotional Books we have :—Daily Words for Daily Life,

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selected by G. B. Johnson (Religious Tract Society) ; Let us Keep the Feast : a Manual for the Holy Communion (Macniven and Wallace, Edinbargh). — With these may be mentioned,...