understood, will resign at once ; but their followers are still slightly bewildered. They cannot understand that Lord Beaconsfield went to the country on his foreign policy, and...

created an Earl, an honour which he deserves, at all events for his fidelity to his chief. A man of extreme cleverness, though not of ability, and of great power of work, he was...

unanimous in the desire to get Mr. Gladstone to assume once more the office of Prime Minister. No one can read the country papers,—the real index of the feel- ing of the...

which the Elections had proceeded, the Liberals had gained 112 seats (without counting mere Home-rule gains from the Conserva- tives), and lost twenty-three, leaving a net gain...

than 1,400 votes over his highest opponent, and even his colleague, Mr. Grafton, stood nearly 1,300 votes higher on the poll than the highest of the Con- servatives, Mr. Ecroyd....

in Afghanistan has at last been officially acknowledged by the Government and the Commander-in-Chief. On March 16th the following order was issued from the Adjutant-General's...

week, at his residence in Eaton Square, in the 81st year of his age. He was descended from the Pakingtons only by the mother's line, being the son of the late Mr. William...

Times, the Sirdars assembled at Cabul have been told that the British will retire as soon as the chiefs have agreed upon an Ameer. According to the Daily News, they have been...

was rejected, has been accepted, and the States represented in the Federal Council have promised not to" do so any more." The Constitution is, therefore, not to be remodelled....

probable that the votes of the later polls are influenced materi- ally by the votes announced at the earlier polls. During- the first three days of the Elections, though the...

pro- nounced the rather remarkable opinion that the great Tory crash,—the greatest crash, says Lord Beaconsfield, since the Overend-Gurney business,—was in the main an...

Bill, with the additional strength re- cently demanded, has been voted for another seven years, the opponents of the clause, who proposed to make the Bill annual, having been...

Deanery before he has been called out of it, to become Bishop. of the new diocese of Liverpool. We have given our reasons elsewhere for thinking the nomination a bad one. We...

the fate -of the 'Atalanta," training-ship, which succeeded the ill-fated. 4 Eurydice.' She is a sailing-ship of 958 tons, commanded by Captain Stirling, and was sent out for a...

critical dogmatism very curious in one who treats spiritual dogmatism with so much severity,—have attracted audiences of the most eager kind. One of the chief features of the...

aubject of the dispersion of the Jesuits. Cardinal Bonaparte and Prince Lucien Bonaparte have both disapproved the recent letter of the present head of the family, Prince...

stitution of the Dutch Army in Netherlands India. The Dutch carry out the idea of keeping down native energy to extreme lengths, and in an army of about 39,000 men, with 1,46;...

the county of Meath, and the county of Mayo. That is great personal success, more especially as twenty-three of his followers have also been returned, and as the poor Chevalier...

with a mortal illness, paralysis of the bowels. Although he may linger for some time, there is no hope of his recovery. The event is of European importance, for although the...

an American waiter at the New York Fifth Avenue Hotel, who can take charge of 500 hats at once, and always return the right hat to the owner, though most of the five hundred...

have a serious task before him, but we do not believe that it is an impossible one. Nothing that Lord Beaconsfield's Government has yet done, unless, indeed, they have signed...

THE CABINET AND MR. GLADSTONE. I T is amusing to see the struggles made by the journals which are not Liberal, but which strive (rather fruitlessly) to accommodate themselves...

O NE of the most solid reasons for satisfaction with the results of the Elections is the magnitude of the victory in the Counties, which has been a surprise to both parties....

so much sense as we hoped, but they have shown a great deal ; and the result of the Elections in Ireland, when considered by the light of the immense Liberal majority, is not...

T HE appointment of the not yet installed Dean of Salisbury to the new Bishopric of Liverpool is not a very wise exercise of the outgoing Ministry's privilege. Dean Ryle is not,...

of the century have seen nothing more characteristic of Scotland than the way in which it has dealt with its Church question at this Election. A casual reader, or a confiding...

N OTHliNG seems to be more capricious than the qualities which recommend candidates to English electors, —we are not now speaking of either Scotch or Irish electors, because, in...

M R. BRUDENELL CARTER, in his recent book on "Eye- sight,"* puts forward some opinions on short-sight and weak sight which are worth record, and which, if not new to oculists,...

THE NEW CABINET. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") Sia,—You have been indulging in some Cabinet-making,—will you allow me to try my hand at it P Against those names on...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") have had considerable experience has an election agent in many contests, and as the cause of the great electoral change is of historic...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—Will you allow me a word as to the relation between desire and volition, with reference to your article on Free-will, in. the current...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 Sra,—I cannot say how it will appear to you, but it appears to me that the true aim of the critic is a matter worthy of some attention,...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR'] SIR, — There is probably some truth in the explanation you give of the exceptional success of the Liberals in the Cathedral towns. But I am...

DEMOCRACY. I HEAR the beat of its countless feet And the wind of its ceaseless sigh : Nothing great may live that does not give To its force, as it rushes by. But under its...

DEAR MR. SPECTATOR, we've fancied of late That your style has been verging too much on the " blate." I have tried to defend you, and urged that a strain Of just indignation...

[TO TER EDITOR 01? THE "SPECTATOR.1 the interesting article on "The Sweet Galilean Vision," in your last issue, you say, "If Christianity be true, it has increased our burdens...

[To TRII EDITOR OF THE "SPECT•TOR,"1 SIR,—Kindly let me explain, in reference to your criticism of my edition of "Gilpin's Forest Scenery," that the illustrations which I give...

MR. MALLOCK'S POEMS.* "THE poems in this volume," says Mr. Mallock, in his preface, "with but one or two exceptions, were written between my seventeenth and my twentieth year....

TILBSB two books are of very unequal merit. Mr. Minchin's is a record of "a hurried tour through the countries that formerly constituted European Turkey," and was originally...

few months ago that the Temps informed us that Lord Gladstone was staying at an hotel in Paris. It is not yet a year since we read in the Figaro that "Lord Garraoyle " had just...

[SECOND ARTICLE.] WE have endeavoured, in a previous article, to set before the reader that portion of Mr. Balfour's argument which seems - to us at once most easily...

A POET has told us that" Love lends a precious seeing to the eye ;" and after reading Mr. Potts's prettily-bound and printed volume, we are in some doubt whether to look upon...

beautiful story will not prove attractive to the ordinary novel-reader. It consists of three volumes, aggregating nearly 1,000 pages, printed in a comparatively small,...

Day's observations and conclusions relate chiefly to New York, which has no more claim to be considered America than Liverpool has to be considered England. The manners and...

books of anecdote and the like, there is only one criticism possible, that which Martial passed on his own book of epigrams,—" Sent bona, sent quesdam mediocria, sent male...

New ilfethod of Treating it. By John Beadnell Gill, M.D. (J. and A. Churchill.)— This is a very practical and sensible treatise. Most men who write, and many men who read, are...

Cross Publishing Company), is the record, apparently by In Memoriam Ellen, Sarah, and Alberta, by Georgina Winter (Charing Cross Publishing Company), is the record, apparently...

Brothers.)—Mr. Ritchie portrays in vivid terms his experiences of music-halls, lodging-houses, refreshment-bars, opium dens, and such-like London scenes, places which...

wood.)—Mr. Anderson seems to have gone to Persia on some busi- ness connected with the telegraph, and has written a very indifferent book about what he saw and heard. He thinks...

"Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead." An In Memories& to the late Prince Imperial of Prance. By Julian Home. (Newman.) —This book really passes all human patience. The author...

the last number,—(1) For " now " read " nor," "formidable" for "fashionable," in first quotation, page 467; (2), for " prohibition " read "offerings," in twenty-first line from...

Boys, with an Introduction, by Sidney Lanier. (Sampson Low and Co.)—This is a handsome volume of between four and five hundred pages, containing extracts judiciously selected...

Lock.)—Here we have a republication of a series of letters which originally appeared in the Pall Mall Gazette. Mr. Vizetelly is a great authority on his subject, and it is...

(Abel Heywood and Son, Manchester.)—We cannot do better than quote the concluding sentence of the preface. This book "is a souvenir of pleasures enjoyed on the banks of pure...

(Kelly and Co.), we have the sixth annual issue of what was origin- ally published as "The Upper Ten Thousand." It includes all deputy. lieutenants and justices of the peace and...

(Rivingtons.)—This is a republication of letters - which appeared at the time in the Guardian newspaper. They give a most close and detailed account of the representation,...

(David Bogue.)—We have before this entered a protest against Mr. Granville's philosophy, and we must repeat it. The fact is that he -does not do justice to himself. He speaks in...

(Bogue.) —We doubt whether Dr. Webster is quite sound, according as the thorough Free-trader counts soundness, on the Protection, or, per- haps, we should rather say, the...

Elder.)—The first volume of this novel contains a description, exag- gerated indeed, but not without a certain vigour, of life in a great girls' school. We do not suppose that...

and Co.)—Mr. Farrar takes a very gloomy view of the prospects -of British agriculture, too gloomy, we cannot but think, as far as stock raising and keeping is concerned. But...

Joseph Hatton. 3 vols. (Hurst and BIttokett.)—This novel is, in our judgment, a great advance on anything that we have before seen from Mr. Hatton's pen. The story brings us...