16 NOVEMBER 1878

Page 1

Mr. Gladstone's criticism on the Guildhall speech is contained in

The Spectator

a short letter to the Bedford Liberal Association. He is puzzled, he says, in relation to the Afghanistan portion of the speech, to know why, if an invasion of India from the...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

The Spectator

THE event of the week appears to be time receipt in London of 1 a telegram from Livadia, dated November 9th, and signed by M. de Giers, the Under-Secretary in charge of the...

Little news has arrived this week from Northern India. The

The Spectator

Viceroy descends from his eyrie at Simla on the 19th, and settles himself for the winter at Lahore, in order to be nearer the scene of operations, which commence, according to a...

The Prime Minister's speech at the Guildhall this day week

The Spectator

was neither so important as was expected, nor so amusing as was desired. The anticipation of it by a " Clairvoyant," in the Echo of the same day, was indeed much the more lively...

Count Scimouvaloff returns to London, and on his road has

The Spectator

stopped in I'esth and Vienna to confer with the Emperor and Count Andrassy. The rumours consequently are endless. The Austrian Government is asked by Russia to join in a new...

c" • The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript in

The Spectator

any case.

Page 2

The Right Hon. J. G. Dodson made an effective speech

The Spectator

to his constituents at Chester on Thursday. He pointed out that Mr. Lowe, in bis five Budgets, had remitted taxes beyond what he had imposed to the amount of £12,951,000, while...

By far the weightiest contribution as yet made to the

The Spectator

Afghan question is Lord Northbrook's speech at the corporation dinner at Winchester on Monday night. It is a speech of the weight of which only a careful perusal can give an...

This Government is most unlucky. On October 6th, when the

The Spectator

latest letters left Pietermaritzburg, in Natal, war with the Zulus was evidently expected ; and according to a telegram from Cape Town, dated October 22nd, a British detachment...

Mr. Evarts's despatch of September 28th last, on the New-

The Spectator

foundland Fishery quarrel, was published on Tuesday, and is a very temperate and reasonable document. He brings out one important point, of which we were not aware when we wrote...

Mr. Butt, M.P., is now in full controversy with the

The Spectator

more virulent Home-rulers, and a pretty quarrel it seems likely to be. Mr. Butt thinks that Mr. Parnell and his friends wish to exclude him from Parliament, which Mr. Parnell...

Sir James Stephen complains, in a letter to the Times,

The Spectator

that Lord Northbrook has misrepresented his views as to the obliga- tions of justice in our dealings with Asiatic States. He declares that he holds justice to be the very...

The manifesto of the Conservative Members of the French Senate

The Spectator

to the Senatorial electors appeared on Wednesday. It is a weak paper, and shows that the Conservatives are at a loss for a rallying-cry. They charge the Liberals with intending...

A Committee has been formed, with Lord Lawrence as chairman,

The Spectator

and including many Members of Parliament, to protest against a declaration of war with Afghanistan, before Parliament has been consulted. This Committee, which sits at the...

Page 3

Mr. Colman, M.P., has so applied some of Mr. Edison's

The Spectator

newest improvements to his private wire between London and Norwich (a distance of 115 miles), that even on a day of great electric dis- turbance, a telephonic conversation was...

At the Conservative banquet, the Hon. R. E. S. Plunkett

The Spectator

was the speaker, and was very amusing indeed, though on party poli- tics he was not very strong. To show how difficult it was to abstain from politics, he told a story of an...

A new cause célèbre commenced on Wednesday. Sir F. R.

The Spectator

S. L. Gooch, of Benacre Hall, Suffolk, prosecutes his wife, Lady Gooch, and a nurse named Ann Walker, at the Bow Street Police-court, for conspiring to palm off on him a...

Mr. Newdegate, M.P., in a speech at the Nuneaton Literary

The Spectator

Institution last week, made some rather just observations on the unfortunate effect produced by the growing pressure of news on the usefulness of newspapers, and congratulated...

Mr. Frederick Leighton, ILA., has been elected the new President

The Spectator

of the Royal Academy, —a choice which is of good omen for the future of English Art, and a credit to the body who made it. The Royal Academicians have for once preferred un-...

The Swiss papers record the overthrow of M. A. Carteret,

The Spectator

a gentleman who, for seven years, has been almost Dictator of -Geneva. A man of high character and literary tastes, he regarded Ultramontanes much as our forefathers regarded...

At the Colston anniversary, on Wednesday, the Tories had the

The Spectator

best of it, so far at least as the amu.singness of the chief speaker went. Lord Carlingford, who was the Liberal spokesman of the -day, was sensible, but not very exciting. He...

Consols were on Friday 951 to 96.

The Spectator

Page 4

TOPICS OF THE DAY.

The Spectator

LORD BEACONSFIELD ON AFGHANISTAN. I all human probability, before our next issue appears 1 England will be at war. Wednesday next is the date fixed by Lord Lytton for the...

Page 5

LORD BEACONSFIELD'S OPTIMISM.

The Spectator

L ORD BEACONSFIELD, when at the Guildhall, is always on tiptoe. He feels thai the citizens of London expect from him a dignity that is at full stretch, and accordingly, even...

Page 6

AN EARLY DISSOLUTION.

The Spectator

S IR STAFFORD NORTHCOTE'S speech at the Mansion House on Saturday is generally taken to mean that he thought a dissolution next year quite within the limits of political...

Page 7

LORD JUSTICE CHRISTIAN'S RETIREMENT.

The Spectator

I T is to be hoped that Lord Justice Christian's retirement from the Bench does not mean his complete retirement from public life. It will be surely possible to find some post...

Page 8

STATESMEN IN AMBER. T HE Times has lately given an eminent

The Spectator

instance of its ability to discern moles in the eyes of its brethren. On Wednesday, it solemnly took mankind to task for its unjust usage of Mr. Gladstone. " When it is known,"...

Page 9

THE RHODOPE COMMISSION.

The Spectator

I F but a twentieth part be true of the crimes charged against the Russian Army in the proasverbaux of the Rhodope Com- mission, and adopted in the Report of some of its...

Page 11

DR. MARTINEAU ON " IDEAL SUBSTITUTES FOR G OD."

The Spectator

D R. MARTINEAU'S fine lecture on "Ideal Substitutes for God," gives us, as Dr. Martineau's writings on these sub- jects are apt to do, an exceedingly able statement, not only of...

Page 12

FRAUDULENT ADOPTION.

The Spectator

E are not about, of course, to remark on the extremely disagreeable case which begins to fill the columns of the daily papers, and threatens to attain the proportions of a...

Page 13

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

The Spectator

TAXATION IN ITALY. [TO TUE EDITOR OF TILE "SPECTATOR: . ] Sun,—In an excellent account of the vintage in Tuscany which lately appeared in your columns, I observe that the...

Page 14

THE IRISH DISSENTERS.

The Spectator

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, —Your correspondent, " W. F. B.," must surely have been misinformed as to the political opinions of those who, for con- venience' sake...

THE BISHOP OF CARLISLE AND THE ORNAMENTS RUBRIC.

The Spectator

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.-] SIR, —If I may be allowed another word on this subject, I would say that a specific statute is not to be set aside even to convict a poacher....

FREEDOM OF WORSHIP.

The Spectator

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your article on " The Ecclesiastical Fracas," you/ remark, " All that the more reasonable or the more indifferent public of the...

THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS.

The Spectator

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—It is, perhaps, an ungracious task to meet the appeal made to our girls in the Spectator of the 9th inst. with opposition, its aim...

Page 15

POETRY.

The Spectator

QUESTION AND ANSWER. A.—What is the good and what is the bad ? Where is the perfectly true ? What is the end you live for, my lad ? And what, may I ask, are you ? Unproven,...

BOOKS.

The Spectator

THE GOVERNMENT OF M. TRIERS.• [SECOND NOTICE.] WITH that marvellous activity which constituted so conspicuous a feature in his nature, M. Thiers started from Bordeaux the very...

IRISH BALLAD.

The Spectator

[Air,—" The Foggy Dew."] On ! a wan cloud was drawn .O'er the dim, weeping dawn, As to Shannon's side I returned at last; And the heart in my breast For the girl I loved best...

Page 17

IRISH BIOGRAPHY.* Fon those who feel curiosity or interest regarding

The Spectator

Ireland and its people, and who, while regretting ignorance on the subject, com- plain that the history of the country is unreadable, we would recommend the book before us, as...

Page 18

THE WITCHERY OF ARCHERY.* Tills little book has opportunely made

The Spectator

its appearance in England just as the archery season is over, when archers are fresh from recent successes, their bows and arrows carefully stowed away in cosy aschams for the...

Page 19

THE DUBLIN REVIEW.*

The Spectator

WE observe with regret that Dr. Ward and Mr. Cashel Hoey retire from the editorship of this review after the present number. In their hands the Dublin has always been a real and...

Page 20

CURRENT LITERATURE.

The Spectator

Michelle, and Little Jack. By Frances Martin. (Hurst and Blackett.) —Both of these are, in their way, striking and powerful stories. But while we admire Michelle very much, we...

Page 21

The Year-Book of Education for 1878. Edited by Henry Kiddie

The Spectator

and Alexander J. Schem. (Steiger, New York.)—This book is a sort of educa- tional dictionary. Articles on all kinds of topics connected with the main subject are arranged in...

Our Life and Travels in India. By W. Wakefield, M.D.

The Spectator

(Sampson Low and Co.)—This is a handsome volume, which has all the external advantages that could be desired, and which the writer has exerted himself very creditably to make...

Tr•amtcays. By D. Kinniard Clark, C.E. (Crosby Lockwood and Co.)—An

The Spectator

exhaustive treatise by an experienced engineer on this modern and yet undeveloped mode of locomotion. In it will be found full information respecting the construction, cost, and...

Comparative Psychology. By John Bascom. (Putnam, New York ; Sampson

The Spectator

Low, London.)—In discussing the abstruse subject of the growth of intelligence, now brought into prominence by the speculations of Darwin and the evolutionary theory of the...

RiGornfa Venaticct. By M. O'Connor Morris. (Chapman an I Hall.)

The Spectator

—The author of this work is fond of apt quotation, but he has not thought fit to inscribe on the title-page as a motto two well-known lines which wo venture to think would be...

Studies in Spectrum Analysis. By J. Norman Lockyer, F.R.S. (C.

The Spectator

Kean Paul and Co.)—This twenty-third volume of tho " International Scientific Sol ins " is an aide account by a competent authority of the newest branch of chemical science. No...

Christiern the Tricked. By Henry Tagson. From the German. Translated

The Spectator

by the Author. (Samuel Tinsley.)—This story is, in its way, a rehabilitation of King Christian II. of Denmark. Posterity has given him the name of "the Wicked," but the author...

Page 22

The Works of Robert Burns. Vol. I., Prose Works. (William

The Spectator

Paterson,. Edinburgh.)—We have in this volume the poet's letters down to the year 1787. Of these a considerable number are now, either wholly or in part, published for the first...

Papal Infallibility and Supremacy. By Arthur E. Gayer, Esq., Q.C.

The Spectator

(Partridge and Co.)—Mr. Gayer states and marshals witk considerable skill and power of arrangement the usual arguments against Papal Supremacy and Infallibility. Probably he...

China - Painting, 1877. By M. Louise McLaughlin. (Robert Clarke and Co.,

The Spectator

Cincinnati.)—Miss McLaughlin's book, which is nicely illus- trated, gives in a condensed form useful instructions to beginners in china-painting as to what materials are wanted...

The 3feteorology of the North Atlantic during August, 1873. By

The Spectator

Captain Henry Toynbee. (Her Majesty's Stationery Office.)—We have a volume of charts which display the observations, taken by nearly three hundred ships, of the gale which raged...

Purchase in the Church. By "Promotion by Merit." (Simpkin and

The Spectator

Marshall.)—This volume consists of letters reprinted from the Man- chester Examiner. It must be allowed that they are very amusing and effective, though the writer does not "...

Pima, the Sultan, and the Porte. By J. Drew Gay.

The Spectator

(Chatto and Windns.)—Mr. Gay, who has received two Turkish decorations, speaks up for his friends. His description of the Sultan, of whom he seems to have seen a good deal, is...

About Some Fellows ; or, Odds and Ends from My

The Spectator

Note - Book. By an Eton Boy, Author of "A Day of My Life at Eton." (Sampson Low and Co.)—This is a sufficiently amusing little book. It makes fun of a good many things which are...

The Church Congress of 1877, and the Oxford Movement of

The Spectator

1828 - 78. (James Nisbet and Co.)—This small volume cannot be recommended as well timed or in good taste, but if any reader has occasion for a repertoire from which to select...

A Young Flower's Heart. By Thornbrongh BelL 3 vols. (Tinsley

The Spectator

Brothers.)—We fear that the judicious friend is not so commonly found as he should be ; that when he is found, he often lacks courage ; and that when he is at hand, and speaks...

Page 23

Newfoundland: as it Was, and as it Is in 1877.

The Spectator

By the Rev. Philip Tocque, A.M. (Sampson Low and Co.; J. B. Maguire, Toronto.)—The author complains that Newfoundland, "the oldest colony of the British Empire," only 1,650...

A Miss in Her Teens. A Tale for Gills. Translated

The Spectator

from the German of Caroline Helm, by Rhoda E. Colborne. (Kolek- mann.) — This is an unpretending little story, which, without much plot, or any subtle study of character, yet...

Franciscan Martyrs in England. By Mrs. Hope. (Burns and Oates.)—It

The Spectator

is needless to spend much time in examining Mrs. Hope's little book from our point of view. But it is curious to contrast her state of mind with that of intelligent persona of...

NEW Einnotes.—Lyrics of Light and Life, edited by the Rev.

The Spectator

F. G. Lee, D.C.L. (Pickering.)—This is a collection of fifty-four original poems by a number of authors, living and dead, among whom may be mentioned, as some of the more...

We have received the fifth volume of the Globe Encyclopaedia,

The Spectator

which is edited by John 31. Ross, LL.D., and published by T. C. Jack, of Edinburgh. We believe the work will be completed in six volumes. It is well got up, the maps are new,...

Oliver Wendell Holmes, and his Works. By James Ball. (Elliott

The Spectator

Stock.)—Here we have a brief biography of Mr. Holmes, and an account, which is rather descriptive than critical, of his works. These contem- porary biographies are not always...

llaydn's Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Edited by Benjamin

The Spectator

Vincent. (Meson and Co.)—This is the sixteenth edition of this useful and valuable book of reference, or as the editor has gradu- ally succeeded in making it, a dated cyelopdia,...

Messrs. Eyre and Spottiewoodo are the first in the field

The Spectator

this year with their Christmas and Now Year's Cards. They send us a considerable variety of cards, some Scriptural, some poetical, some purely orna- mental, and also a few texts...

Guilty, or .Not Guilty ? By Major-General W. G. Hawley.

The Spectator

(Black- wood and Sons.)—This is scarcely as good a story as we should have expected from General Hamley's pen. Doubtless, it is really founded on fact, though, indeed, it does...

Modern Society. By Dr. Peyton Blakiston. (Macmillan and Co.)— Dr.

The Spectator

Blakiston was a clergyman before he became a physician, and at the end of this volume of lectures he prints a visitation sermon which was preached by him in tho year 1832,...