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On Thursday evening Mr. Balfour moved the second reading of
The Spectatorthe Medical Relief Bill, and received, very uncomfort- ably, the effusive thanks of Mr. Jesse Collings for his goodness in going far beyond what he himself had ventured to...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorT HE news from St. Petersburg and Afghanistan is far from reassuring. It is admitted that there is another hitch in the negotiations. The Russians wish so to define the Zulfikar...
The Tory reply was totally ineffective, and hardly even pre-
The Spectatortended to be otherwise. Sir Michael contended that in times of so much depression, it was not wise to insist on principles, and chose to assert that even Mr. Childers ' s...
Mr. Leveson Gower has been directed by Mr. Gladstone to
The Spectatorexplain that his letter to the Midlothian Liberal Association did not contain any promise to stand again, though it held out some prospect that Mr. Gladstone might, under...
The second reading of the Budget Bill came off on
The SpectatorThurs- day, Mr. Childers criticising the proposals of Sir Michael Hicks-Beach in a very vigorous and temperate speech, in which he showed conclusively that the Conservative...
Mr. A. Balfour, the head of the Local Government Board,
The Spectatorintroduced on Tuesday the Medical Relief Bill of the Govern- ment, which goes a good deal farther than Mr. Jesse Collings ' s Bill. The latter only suspended disfranchisement...
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Ireland has suffered a great financial blow. The Bank of
The SpectatorMunster suspended payment on Tuesday, as a result, it is said, of a decision in the Irish Vice-Chancellor's Court against the Directors of the Bank, delivered at the end of June...
Mr. Arthur Arnold (M.P. for Salford) has drawn up an
The Spectatorexcellent programme for Land-law reform, which has secured the cordial approval of Mr. Bright. Its points are,â(1), the abolition of the law of primogeniture ; (2), abolition...
Mr. Trevelyan delivered an interesting speech at Leamington on Wednesday,
The Spectatoron behalf of Mr. Peel, the Speaker, who is the candidate for the enlarged borough of Warwick and Learning- ton for the next Parliament. He spoke with very great warmth of Mr....
Lord Salisbury, in moving the second reading, on Thursday, of
The Spectatorthe Housing of the Working Classes (England) Bill, paid a high tribute to the tact and ability with which Sir Charles Dilke had conducted the Commission of Inquiry into the...
An influential meeting was held last Tuesday, at the Mansion
The SpectatorHouse, in support of the fund for the endowment of the new See of Wakefield, which is to be carved out of the diocese of Ripon. The Bishop of Ripon pleaded earnestly and...
The North Lincolnshire election proved to be a great triumph
The Spectatorfor the Conservatives, Mr. Alderman Atkinson being returned by 4,052 votes against 2,872 given for the Liberal candidate, Sir H. Meysey Thompson,âmajority for the Con-...
On Wednesday Lord George Hamilton moved for a Select Committee
The Spectator"to inquire into and report upon the circumstances under which the expenditure and liabilities incurred by the Admiralty under the recent Vote of Credit have exceeded the...
In the House of Lora on Tuesday, Lord Northbrook made
The Spectatorhis statement concerning Sir Michael Hicks-Beeeh's ohmage that the Admiralty had underrated its expenditure on the Vote of Credit by £850,000, and that it had only found out...
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There is one good result which often follows such a
The Spectatorchange of Government as we have recently had,ânamely, that men like Lord Danraven and Lord Brabourne, who have for many years affected a sort of half-and-half Liberalism, go...
The new Vice-President of the Council, Mr. Stanhope, brought in
The Spectatorhis Educational Budget on Tuesday night, and made his exposition very lucid and interesting. The number of children on the books is 4,337,000, and the number in average...
Mr. Mundella's speech was also very interesting. He said that
The Spectatorthe work of getting the children into the schools was most backward in the Metropolitan districts, and this was because London was increasing so fast that it was hardly possible...
Lord R,osebery replied in a light vein, remarking that since
The Spectatorthe Duke of Argyll's secession, the late Government has been overwhelmed with his Cassandra prophecies of doom. He rallied the Duke of Argyll on having no word of advice for the...
Yesterday week, in the House of Lords, the Duke of
The SpectatorArgyll fired a rather ostentatiously elaborate "shot in the air," for the purpose of instructing the late Government in their deficiencies and shortcomings, and explaining, vrbi...
Mr. E. A. Leatham, M.P., made a speech of great
The Spectatorspirit at Huddersfield last Saturday, on the political prospects and the change of Government. He did not, of course, deny that the late Government had made mistakes; but he...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE SELF-CREATED DIFFICULTIES OF THE GOVERNMENT. T HE rather serious news from Afghanistan is not, we imagine, to be interpreted as an indication that war is at hand after all...
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THE SUPPOSED "PARTING OF THE WATERS."
The SpectatorT HE Edinburgh Review, in a paper of singular feebleness, has taken the line followed by the Duke of Argyll, in a speech characterised by much less than his usual power, in...
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THE ADMIRALTY BLUNDER.
The SpectatorL ORD NORTHBROOK'S reply to the complaint of the Chancellor of the Exchequer that the Admiralty accounts are wrong by nearly a million might be conclusive if the complaint were...
RECENT ELECTIONS.
The SpectatorT T is natural that the Tories should be elated at their successes in the recent elections. Their prospects on taking office were so gloomy, even in their own opinion, that any...
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FREE SCHOOLS.
The SpectatorB Y an unfortunate mistake, the Times gave forth to the country, with a great blare of trumpets, last week, the announcement that the London School Board had, by a majority of...
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NO TEACHING UNIVERSITY OF LONDON AFTER ALL.
The SpectatorT HE Association for Promoting the Establishment of a Teaching University for London have drawn up their scheme, and the most curious feature in that scheme is that there is no...
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THE POET OF ELEGY.
The SpectatorG RAY will always, we suppose, hold, by virtue rather of earlier claim than of prior right, the first nominal place amongst our elegiac poets. The "Elegy in a Country Church-...
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THE ART OF CHEAP LIVING-.
The SpectatorT HERE appeared some time ago in the Paris Temps an amusing article entitled " L'Art de bien vivre avec dix Sorts par Jour." The occasion of it was a book, called "Vie B. bon...
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" THEODORA" AT THE GAIETY THEATRE.
The SpectatorM SARDOIPS latest dramatic work is a weak play, with . strong situations. It was the event of the dramatic season in Paris, and its reproduction at the Gaiety Theatre is the...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorNURSING AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL. (To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."' .SIE, â Your article on this subject, entitled "Agnosticism in Caricature," will surprise a good...
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COUNTRY FOOTPATHS.
The SpectatorLTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sin,âThe Birmingham. Post of this morning frankly compli- ments "the new Ministry," in adapting a Liberal measure," for not doing its work...
JINGOISM IN NEW ZEALAND.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,âA New Zealand newspaper is responsible for the following paragraph :â" It has been mooted that, to show the strong feeling existing...
LTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorSIR,âNonconformists look at the exclusive nursing arrange- ments of the University College Hospital from another point of view to yours. A Nonconformist lady, no matter how...
THE BISHOP OF SYDNEY AND THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] shall be glad to be allowed to contradict a report, put forth in your columns by Mr. Broadhurst, M.P., that I have directed or advised the...
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CHILDREN'S COUNTRY HOLIDAY FUND.
The SpectatorLTO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:] Sm,âWhen the thoughts of many are turning from the dust and heat of London to cool and fresh country retreats, let me remind them of the...
BOOKS.
The SpectatorGORDON'S JOURNALS AT KARTOUM.* IT may be admitted at once that Mr. Egmont Hake, aided in the long-run by Mr. Godfrey Thrupp, has thrown into the work of editing Gordon's...
FREE SCHOOLS.
The Spectator[To THE Maxon or THE " Simmer:m."1 SIR,âIf it has not already been done, may I point out that Mr. Hare's motion at the London School Board in favour of Free Schools was...
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MR. VERRILL'S STUDIES IN HORACE. 4 HORACE is for scholars what
The SpectatorBurns is for Scotchmen, and a book so good as this about the most popular poet of antiquity would be welcome at any time. It is doubly welcome now, when the genius of classical...
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A FRENCH FRIAR ON GERMANY.* This well-written book, of which
The Spectatoran excellent translation lies before us, proves that it is not impossible for a Frenchman both to understand and appreciate Germany. It is true that the author says many hard...
A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IN PARIS.*
The SpectatorWE quite agree with the writer of these pages that they are disconnected, and, with a slight reservation, we accept his state- ment that they are veracious. That they are...
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MR. LANE POOLE ON MEDIZEVAL THOUGHT.*
The SpectatorMANY works of interest and importance have been published through the action of the Hibbert Trustees. They have given to men of mature years an opportunity of publishing, in...
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M. GUYOT ON SOCIAL ECONOMY.
The SpectatorSAUL among the prophets was not a stranger sight than is the appearance of one of the shining lights of French Radicalism in the character of a philosopher who frankly owns that...
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LONDON'S SYLVAN DOMAINS.* THE appearance, in a popular form and
The Spectatorat a low price, of another book about Epping Forest may, we hope, be regarded as a proof of the growing interest felt by the community around us in all that concerns the sylvan...
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CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorThe first place in the new number of the Scottish Review is given to a paper on " Disestablishment," by the Marquis of Lorne, whose recent utterances on this subject have drawn...
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have now in this closely printed volume of more than
The Spectatorfive hundred pages, a report of the papers read and of the discussions which were thus originated. Among the readers of papers were Mr. Lloyd Jones, Sir Thomas Brassey, Miss...
Voice : Use and Stimulants. By Lennox Browne. (Sampson Low
The Spectatorand Co.)âMr. Lennox Browne has done for the vocalists what has been done by somebody else for the men of letters,âinterrogated them as to their habits about stimulants and...
The Child's Geography of England, with Introductory Exercises on the
The SpectatorBritish Isles and Empire. By M. J. Barrington-Ward, MA., F.R.G.S., Worcester College, Oxford ; with Maps and numerous Illustrations. (Marcus Ward and Co.)âWe think the title...
The Towers and Steeples designed by Sir Christopher Wren. By
The SpectatorAndrew T. Taylor (B. T. Batsford.)âThis little volume is a welcome tribute to the genius of the great architect of London. Some careful drawings of the London steeples and...
Macmillan's Foreign School Classics : Voltaire, Histoire de Charles XII.,
The SpectatorRoi de Suede. Edited, with Historical and Grammatical Notes, by G. Eugene Fasnacht, Assistant-Master in Westminster School. (Macmillan and Co.)âThere can be no doubt that...
Great Huntsman," as the title-page tells us ; yet, so
The Spectatorcapricious and so transitory is fame, it is possible that some of our readers do not know what country he hunted. His reputation, then, was chiefly made in the Tedworth country...
Women of the Day. By Frances Hays. (Chatto and Windus.)â
The SpectatorHere is a very useful book of reference. Every reviewer should have it, if only to keep him from blundering about the ladies who write under the name of "Edwards." The book is...
Morning Grey. By "U. M." 3 vols. (Ward and Downey.)âThe
The Spectatornovel opens with a very realistic description of a foreign boarding. school, a description which "G. M." must, we think, have drawn from personal experience. Two of the scholars...
Cruise of the ' Alert ' in Patagonian and Polynesian
The SpectatorWaters. By Dr. R. W. Coppinger. (W. Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)âIn 1878 an expedition, under the command of Sir George Nares, was sent to survey the Straits of Magellan, and...
History of the First West India Regiment. By A. B.
The SpectatorEllis, Major, 1st West India Regiment. (Chapman and Hall.)âMilitary history does not, we fancy, appeal to a very wide circle of readers, but to those interested in such...
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Woodhouse Grove School : Memorials and Reminiscences. By J. T.
The SpectatorEllngg. (T. Woolmer.)âWoodhouse Grove was bought by the Wes- leyan Conference and opened as a school for the sons of ministers in 1812. In 1882 it was transferred to a...
Chaucer : The Tale of the Man of Lawe. With
The SpectatorLife, Grammar, Notes, and an Etymological Glossary. (W. and R. Chambers.)âIt is a pleasure to notice and recommend an edition of. an English classic so well and carefully...
nposaua EAxavata : Prooemia Grceca 3 a Book of Easy
The Spectatorand Entertain- ing Extracts in Attic Greek, Introductory to the Fuller Study of the Greek Authors. With Notes and Complete Vocabularies. By Alexander Waugh Young, M.A. (Simpkin,...
Record of Services of Madras Civilians, 1741-1858. By Charles C.
The SpectatorPrinsep. (Triibner and Co.)âA book of dates and names, not attractive to the general reader, but of value to the historian, and of interest to many families in whom the Civil...
Pitt Press Series: [Osi Juli Ccesaris] De Bello Calico, Commentarius
The SpectatorOctavus, with a Map and English Notes, by A. G. Peskett, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen College, Cambridge ; edited for the Syndics of the Univer- sity Press, Cambridge, at the...
"Clarendon Press Series": .Eschylus, Cluxphoroi. With Introduc- tion and Notes.
The SpectatorBy A. Sidgwick, M.A. (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1884)âThe name of the editor of this play, as of that which we shall next notice, "The Frogs," by Mr. Merry, will be a guarantee...
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POETBF. â /laria, and other Poems. By Ernie S. Johnson. (Kegan Pan],
The SpectatorTrench, and Co.)âMr. Johnson chooses a variety of themes, some of them, as " Cephalus and Aurora" and "The Sibyl" (offering her prophetic volumes to Tarquin), scarcely...