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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorO N Monday Sir Michael Hicks-Beach moved as an amendment to Mr. Childers's Budget the following resolution :—" That this House regards the increase proposed by this Bill in the...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE REASONS FOR RESIGNATION. A GREAT many Conservative journals, with the Times at their head, appear to have lost all sense of consistency, not to say all self-respect. For...
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THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE DEFEAT.
The SpectatorE VERYWHERE we hear that if the Whips had only whipped better, if they had understood that a five-line whip should be issued for the Budget, if they had but warned the...
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THE PROBABLE TORY GOVERNMENT.
The SpectatorO NE can hardly consider the probable personnel of the Tory Government, without wondering how the alkali and the acid in it are to be mixed, so as to avoid a too lively...
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THE LATENT CAUSES OF HOSTILITY TO THE MINISTRY.
The SpectatorT HE force which has blown down a powerful Government still supported by a majority of the people was, of course, made up of many elements ; but one of them was the secret...
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THE TORY FOREIGN POLICY. THE TORY FOREIGN POLICY.
The SpectatorT HE chief dread of the country, should Lord Salisbury take power, will be lest he should do something rash in the region of Foreign Affairs ; but the dread is probably...
MR. GEORGE RUSSELL.
The SpectatorW HENEVER a great Government goes to pieces, we look with even more interest at the men who contain in themselves the promise of the next generation of statesmen than even at...
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THE TRUE STATE OF THE SUCCESSION-DUTY CASE.
The SpectatorM R. GLADSTONE'S Government, if doomed to fall, and to fall on its Budget, will fall in a most righteous cause, and it will have fallen owing to the hostility of the two...
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THE POSITION OF COUNTRY BANKERS.
The SpectatorW E know of few social facts in England less easy to explain than the pleasantness of the position of a private banker in an English rural district. That he should be...
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
The SpectatorA S we all see our conduct, for the most part, under a more favourable light than that under which it is seen by others, and even our nearest and dearest sometimes fail to see...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorTHE LABOURERS' VOTE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR-"1 S Irz,—The following extracts from a letter lately received from the Rev. W. Berkley, M.A., the Vicar of Navestoek, in...
THE AUSTRIAN FACTORY ACT.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sia,—Referring to the above subject, I notice a paragraph in your issue of June 6th, in which the following sentences occur :— " If it is...
MARRIAGES OF AFFINITY.
The SpectatorI To THE EDITOR OF THE " srEcTATos.'n SIR, —It is a relief to find that your language went beyond your meaning. The remark which I wished to controvert was not limited to the...
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorSIR, —Mr. Trevor's quotation from Leviticus xviii. begins and ends too soon. V. 17 has nothing to do with marriage with a deceased wife's sister; v. 18 has :—" And thou shalt...
THE FREE CHURCH AND DISESTABLISHMENT. [To THE EDITOR OF THE
The Spectator" SPECTATOR." SIR,—Permit me to point out that an erroneous statement OM this subject appears in your issue of last Saturday. The state ment is :—" The General Assembly of the...
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IRELAND AND nib OUTRAGES.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. ") Sra,—You say in your summary of news of May 30th :—" If dynamite outrages of Hiberno-American origin are to be multiplied in our cities,...
MR. ARTHUR SEVERN AND PROFESSOR RUSKIN.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—May I call your attention to the enclosed cutting from the Spectator, as it contains statements absolutely false, both as regards...
THE BRAIN AND EDUCATION.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."' Sin,—The other day, a small boy, aged thirteen, applied to us at the Chambers from which I write, for the situation which we dignify by the...
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THE ROYAL ACADEMY.
The Spectator[THIRD NOTICE.] IT is impossible to commence this week's notice of the Royal Academy without referring to the last election which has taken place since we last wrote. Three men...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorBERLIOZ'S MEMOIRS.* TEN years had already elapsed since the first appearance of these Memoirs in French, when the now historic revival of Berlioz's Faust at Manchester early in...
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MR. LANGBRIDGE'S BALLADS.*
The SpectatorMn. LANGBRIDGE tells us, in his dedication of this little volume to Mr. Buchanan, that he dedicates it to the author of "Nell" and " The Wedding of Shon Maclean," as a " master...
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ON THE TRACK OF THE CRESCENT.*
The SpectatorCOPY RIGHT in titles is among the benefits which the Incorporated Society of Authors proposes to secure to the novelists, who are contesting the proprietorial rights question as...
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A HISTORY OF THE PARSIS.* MR. DosABUAI FRAMJI is certainly
The Spectatorone of the most distinguished native members of that uncovenanted branch of the Indian Civil Service which has contributed so much in times past to lighten the labours of the...
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MISS CADOGNA.*
The SpectatorMa. JULIAN HAWTHOB.NE is a writer of such unquestioned talent that his choice of a field affording little or no scope for the display of his well-known antipathies is a matter...
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorWhatever may be thought of the attitude taken up towards the Disestablishment agitation by the Church of Scotland, there can be no question as to that body being full of life...
