14 SEPTEMBER 1895

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The papers, which are all a little short of material,

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have filled their columns with accounts of a visit by the Lord Mayor of London to Bordeaux, where he has been splendidly entertained. On his way Sir Joseph Renals was received...

The special correspondent of the Times at Havana reports the

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result of a week's tour in the province of Matanzas. He found sympathy with the insurgents everywhere, a Spanish planter, in particular telling him that the choice for Spain lay...

The week has been one of intense excitement for those

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who love yacht-racing, owing to the telegrams as to the race between the' Defender' and the' Valkyrie,' with which the papers have been filled. The first of the "best out of...

The German Emperor is certainly not going to shoot Socialists

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unless they revolt, and it is improbable that he will ask for new measures of repression ; but it seems certain that the police of Prussia have been urged to new energy in...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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."'INTO trustworthy news has been received as to the decision of the Sultan in the matter of Armenia ; but it is reported that his Majesty has resolved to yield, and to accept...

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

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case.

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Sir D. Galton's review of the progress of science was

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rather painstaking than attractive, and the addresses of the Presi- dents of the different sections are hardly of the " popular ' kind, though doubtless there will be deep...

Mr. W. T. Thiselton-Dyer, Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew,

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in his address on botany, was, as regards one point, a little pessimist as to the future of physics. He does not quite see where the men devoted to scientific inquiry are to...

The last days of the Trade-Union Congress were devoted to

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obliterating the impression of practical good sense which had been created by the determination to make the Congress truly representative of Trade-Unionism. An attempt to...

There is little fresh information in regard to the execution

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of the trader Stokes; but the more the case is examined, the clearer it becomes that the officers of the Congo Free State acted ultra sires. We believe that a full investigation...

The Times of Saturday publishes from a correspondent an interesting

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attempt to analyse the Trade-Union Congress and show what it really represents. According to the last census returns, out of a total population of 37,732,922, the " industrial...

On Wednesday the meeting of the British Association at Ipswich

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was opened by the usual presidential address delivered by Sir Douglas Gallon, who, to use Lord Kelvin's words, has been " for a quarter of a century the mainstay of the British...

Fortune is very constant to Lord Rosebery on the race-

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course. After winning two Derbys, he has this week won the St. Leger with Sir Visto,' his opponents being all rather second-rate horses. One wonders if success of that kind is...

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A curious example of voluntaryism in religion is reported from

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Ireland. The parish of Killannin, Galway, was some three years ago transferred from the diocese of Tuam to that of Galway. The inhabitants indignantly protested, headed by their...

Lord Windsor presided this year at the meeting of the

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Library Association, and made a speech the drift of which is that men have always read fiction, and that the fact of their reading it now is no proof that public libraries are...

The Republique Franpaise of Monday quotes from the _Figaro a

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paragraph which shows that French uneasiness in regard to Colonial expenditure is spreading. The Figaro declares that the French Soudan alone has cost 93,000,000 fr., or nearly,...

The Westminster Gazette of Wednesday quotes a delightful story told

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by one of the speakers at the meeting of the Catholic Truth Society held in Bristol on Tuesday. A pious Catholic once visited Westminster Abbey. Withdrawing into a quiet corner...

Cardinal Vaughan on Monday attended the annual con- ference of

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the Catholic Truth Society at Bristol, and made a speech which had at least the merits of sincerity and out- spokenness. To his mind, " reunion " implied submission to the...

On Tuesday Renter published, "from an authoritative source," an interesting

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account of the route to be followed by the Uganda railway. The first one hundred and forty miles will be made across a plain where neither cuttings nor embankments will be...

Bank Rate, 2 per cent.

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New Consols (24) were on Friday, 101.

Protests against the laws which in most parts of the

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Con- tinent prohibit or limit Sunday labour, have been frequently recorded; but they have usually proceeded from freethinkers, who consider those laws interferences with...

The election for Limerick shows that the Parnellite strength has

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increased there. The Anti-Parnellite candidate, Mr. O'Keefe, who in 1892 carried the seat by a majority of 388, has now saved it by a majority of only 87, the figures showing...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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PARTY FUNDS. W E must confess to being a little amused at the new trouble which disturbs the Radical party, and which is described in the Daily Chronicle with as much frankness...

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SOOTHING FRANCE.

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T "present Lord Mayor of London must take himself very seriously indeed,—as seriously, for example, as the German Emperor. It is impossible to read the accounts of Sir Joseph...

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TJE ANARCHY AMONG THE NATIONALISTS. T HE Unionist papers, perhaps not

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unnaturally, are showing a good deal of satisfaction at the anarchy in the Irish ranks. They point out that one has almost lost count of the divisions and subdivisions of the...

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lab REVIVAL OF TRADE. A LL England will rejoice if the

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deduction drawn from the trade returns of the last two months should turn out to be accurate. An increase of five millions in the exports and imports of August—three millions in...

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COLONIAL NAVIES.

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W E will not yield to any one in our desire to see the Empire strong and united and bound together in what Burke called " an English communion." It is because we so strongly...

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CANADA AND THE EMPIRE.

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I N the current number of the Westminster Review there is an article on " Canada and her Relations to the Empire," by Colonel George T. Denison, of Toronto, which deserves to be...

MR. PRICE HUGHES'S BOMB. T HE eccentric meetings which Dr. Lunn

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has for some years past organised at Grindelwald have not hitherto been productive of anything except health and, we will hope, amusement to those who have taken part in them. A...

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CARDINAL VAUGHAN'S SINCERITY. T HE discussion on the reunion of the

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Churches which has lately been initiated by Leo SUL, is not very likely to facilitate reunion, but it may, if attentively considered, be productive of one good. It may remove or...

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THE AMERICA CUP.

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N O one need be much surprised that the series of races for the America Cup results in a victory for the New York cutter. America has twice startled the world by a sudden and...

BURYING ALIVE.

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T HERE is probably no horror more universal, more in- tense, more soul-subduing, than the horror of being buried alive. Ask any ten men and women at random what is the worst...

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THE GENESIS OF UNIVERSITY MYTH.

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T HE fact that the British public have reason to expect the appearance before long of an authoritative memoir of the late Master of Balliol from a competent hand, besides being...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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THE JAPANESE NAVY. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,---Your articles on Far Eastern topics have received much attention in Japan, and have been followed with deep...

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POLITICS AND THE CLERGY.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THZ "SPZCIATOR."] SIR,—The Spectator, in an article under this heading on September 7th, speaks of " the advantage possessed by a Unionist for associating the...

FRENCH-ENGLISH.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—Perhaps the following may amuse your readers. Some years ago, at Cannes, in passing the small shop of a tailor, I read this notice :—"...

VOLUNTARY SCHOOLS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPZCTATOR.'1 Sin,—In the article on " Voluntary Schools," in the Spectator- of August 31st, for which we Churchmen much thank you,. you anticipate that,...

" FEUDAL ENGLAND."

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Would you kindly allow me to correct a somewhat serious misconception in your review of my work (Spectator, September 7th). The...

THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.

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[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SFECTATOR:] Sin,—Perhaps the following illustration of the exaggerated importance attached by foreigners to the office and dignity of Lord Mayor of...

THE KILLING OF LOBSTERS.

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[TO THE EDITOR OP THE "SPZCIATOR."] Sin,—In the article in the Spectator of August 31st on lobsters it is mentioned incidentally that a lobster may be killed instantly by a...

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ABSENT-MINDEDNESS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—The word

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" absent-mindedness " is used by some of your correspondents as equivalent to "heedlessness." Adopt- ing this wide construction of the term, I hope I may trespass on your space...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."]

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SIR,—If you admit the following " owre true tale" to be an illustration of absent-mindedness, I think it will be accepted as the culminating record. A gentleman returned this...

[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " BPECTAT014"] SIR,—Whether the following

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story comes under the head of absent-mindedness, or is a belated instance of the kind of translation generally ascribed to school examinations, is perhaps too curious an...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SrEcreTon."] Sin,—While wandering to-day

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around the parish church of St. Helier, I came across this extraordinary inscription :—" To. the glory of God, and in memory of George Frederick de Carteret, his cousin, who...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,-AB the story about

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the inscription in the Peshawar cemetery has again appeared, permit me to send you a copy of the inscription, which I made in 1894, while chaplain of Peshawar. " Erected to the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."]

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Sin,—Though possibly not an example of absent-mindedness, an inscription which I have seen in the cemetery at Doyles- town, U.S.A., is a singular one, at any rate in one sense...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Among all the amusing

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instances of absence of mind given by your correspondents, I have read no better one than that told of my late brother-in-law, Sir John Crampton, when Ambassador at St....

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BOOKS.

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SYBEL'S " FOUNDATION OF THE GERMAN EMPIRE." AUGUSTE COMTE, whose doctrines now pass for rubbish with our "thinkers," Mr. Frederic Harrison excepted, proclaimed as the ideal...

POETRY.

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`1O•DAY, my friend is seventy-five ; He tells his tale with no regret ; His brave old eyes are steadfast yet, His heart the lightest heart alive. He sees behind him green and...

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INDUSTRIAL THEORIES AND ASPIRATIONS.*

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MR. HENRY DYER has given the world an interesting essay on what he calls the "Evolution of Industry," which is, in short, a description of the position of Labour, as he thinks...

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THE RELIGION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.* BEFORE his death, M.

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Darmesteter collected a series of essays on Biblical and Jewish topics which had appeared during the years 1880-91. Their internal connection is quite close enough to justify...

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A FRENCH WORKING-MAN M.P.*

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NOT many men now living in this country probably recollect Martin Nadaud, an exile of the Napoleonic coup d'itat, work- ing as a plasterer in the English building trade. A good...

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THE HEALTH-RESORTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.* IN this valuable and highly

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suggestive volume, the authors confine their attention to the climates of the South of England, and the chief medicinal springs of Great Britain. The chairman of the Committee,...

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SKETCHES OF MALAY LIFE.*

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THIS is one of those many books which exercise such a peculiar fascination upon the mind of the stay-at-home traveller,—the traveller, that is to say, who, though his chief...

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CURRENT LITERATURE.

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Eve's Ransom. By George Gissing. (Lawrence and B alien )- Mr. Gissing's undoubtedly great ability and power as a writer have not sufficed to enable him to escape the charge of...

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Out of Egypt. By Percy Hemingway. (Elkin Mathews.)- " Gregorio,"

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the tale which occupies about three-fourths of the volume, is a most repulsive story of murder and lust. Some time ago we should have wondered that any one should have been...

The Practice of Massage : its Physiological E f fects and Therapeutic

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Uses. By A. Symons Eccles, M.B. (Macmillan and Co.)—This elaborate and exhaustive treatise, the result of large experience, is written solely for the service of Dr, Eccles's...

Olympia's Journal. By W. S. Holnut. (G. Bell and Sons.)

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— Olympia is a young English lady of fortune, residing at Florence. She has much beauty, many accomplishments, and a waist of twenty-one inches, " when she doesn't squeeze." Her...

An Outline of English Local Government. By Edward Jenks, M.A.

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(Methuen and Co.)—" This little book," says the writer in his preface, " is the outcome of a course of lay lectures delivered in University College, Liverpool." Its speciality...

The Moon. By Thomas Gwyn Elger. (G. Philip and Son.)—

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This volume contains a full description of the physical features of the moon. The actual measurements are given, and the whole is illustrated by four maps, each giving a...

The Golden Book of Coleridge. Edited, with an Introduction, by

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Stopford A. Brooke. (Dent and Co.)—No poet, said Dickens, ever went down to immortality with so small a volume under his arm as Thomas Gray, Coleridge's loveliest verse,...

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SCH001,1100S.B.

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A Primer of Greek Exercises. By W. Greenstock, B.A. (Riving- ton, Percival, and Co.)—Bishop Percival writes a commendatory preface of this book. It is systematically arranged,...

Lectures on B. Bernard of Ciairvaux. By W. J. Sparrow-Simpson,

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M.A. (Masters and Co.)—The author thinks that some apology may be needed for attempting to tell again an oft-told tale, but the form of this work will make it acceptable to many...