19 OCTOBER 1895

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The Times of Thursday gives a detailed and apparently inspired

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account of the dispute between this country and Venezuela. That dispute has been carried on for a hundred years, and without result. It is difficult to put the matter shortly...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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A CCORDING to the latest telegrams, the Sultan and the Ambassadors came to terms on Thursday. An Imperial Decree has been issued conceding the original demands of the Powers,...

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

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With the " SPECTATOR" of Saturday, November 2nd, will be issued, gratis, a SPECIAL LITERARY SUPPLEMVNT, the outside pages ef which will be devoted to Advertisements. To secure...

It is quite clear that observers in Constantinople expect a

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Mussulman movement for the deposition of the Sultan. The Mussulman populace everywhere is furiously irritated, it is believed that the garrison shares the excitement, and...

It seems nearly certain that we shall have another little

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war with Ashantee. Sir Francis Scott, Inspector-General of the Gold Coast Forces, states that no peace is possible in that region until Coomassie is compelled to submit. The...

The news from Madagascar still is, and will probably re-

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main for some days, very obscure. It is known that General Duchesne entered Antananarivo—henceforward, we suppose, to be called Tananarive—on September 30th, after a skirmish in...

41 * The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in

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any case.

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A saddening story was told at the meeting of the

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Anti- Slavery Society on Monday. It is perfectly clear that our officers in Zanzibar, like our officers formerly in the West Indies, have shrank from dealing firmly with the...

On Monday Sir Charles Dilke delivered a speech on Egypt

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at the Markham Mutual Improvement Society in Chelsea. Referring to the subject of arbitration, he expressed very grave doubts as to its applicability to our disputes with...

The Pall Mall Gazette of Monday contained a statement by

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Dr. Michaux, the only European present when Mr. Stokes was sentenced to death, which is almost final as to the guilt of Captain Lothaire. That officer executed a native chief...

We should like exceedingly to know what Prince LObanolT really

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intended by his speeches to M. de Blowitz, reported in the Times of Saturday. They have given such profound umbrage, either to St. Petersburg or Paris, that the Agence Busse has...

It is stated on authority that King Leopold of Belgium

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denies that he has offered the Congo State to France, or ever thought of doing so. He intends to go on with his experiment. Possibly ; but he did publicly offer the State to...

The question of candidates for the Presidency is already beginning

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to agitate the American politician. If any man who would accept a nomination must be considered a candi- date for nomination—as he certainly must be—then on the Republican side...

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Mr. Gerald Balfour, Chief Secretary for Ireland, on Wed- nesday

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made a short speech to his constituents at Leeds, .chiefly on Ireland. He thought there was "a real and important change in the spirit of people there," which had extended even...

The exhibition of horseless carriages, organised by Sir David Salomons,

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which took place on Tuesday at Tnnbi idge Wells, can hardly be called a success. There were no elec- trically propelled vehicles, and only two moved by petroleum. But though...

Nothing is more satisfactory than the evidence which comes from

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all quarters that Ireland is settling down, and that for the time, at any rate, the will-o'-the-wisp of Home- rule is very little and very languidly followed. A Chicago notable,...

The news of the death of Mrs. Alexander, wife of

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the Bishop of Derry, which took place last Saturday at the Palace, Derry, has been received with deep regret throughout the Anglo-Saxon world, for wherever the English language...

The full accounts of the adventures and sufferings of Lieutenant

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Peary and his party in the Arctic regions have come to hand during the week. Ill-luck attended the expedition throughout its course, and but for the splendid devotion shown by...

The death of Dr. Dnrnford, Bishop of Chichester, once more

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compels Lord Salisbury to undertake the harassing duty of filling an English See. How he must wish that he could order a competitive examination ! The place, however, is not so...

The announcement that Mr. Lecky has consented to stand for

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the University of Dublin if formally asked, will, we pre- sume, be followed by his election. The result is one for general congratulation. Mr. Lecky is an ideal University...

Bank Rate, 2 per cent.

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New Consols (2i) were on Friday, 107a. •

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE COMPROMISE AT CONSTANTINOPLE. T HE Sultan, it is said, and we can readily believe, is much more disturbed by his great unpopularity among Mussulmans than by all the pressure...

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MR. GERALD BALFOUR ON IRELAND. T HE new Secretary for Ireland,

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Mr. Gerald Balfour, struck the right note on Wednesday in his short speech on Ireland to his constituents at Leeds. There are no mistakes which we commit in regard to Ireland...

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THE UNPOPULARITY OF ENGLAND. T WELVE men once agreed that each

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should ask the most unpopular man of his acquaintance to dinner. They sat down thirteen, for the twelve votes had all fallen on one man. It is very much to be feared that if the...

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THE BLACK QUESTION.

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r ORD SALISBURY must make up his mind, and I that quickly, as to what be will do in the Black question. The facts are coming on and when they have once filtered into the British...

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DIPLOMATS.

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S IR EDWARD MALET made the farewell dinner given him by the English Colony in Berlin the excuse for a very interesting discussion as to the qualities which are to be looked for...

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THE WORKING BISHOP. T HE warmth and unanimity of the tribute

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paid by the Press to the admirable manner in which the late Bishop of Chichester administered, for a quarter of a century, the diocese to which he was appointed in his sixty-...

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ANIMAL MIND.

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M R. ST. LOE STRACHEY has made a capital selection of the dog-stories in the Spectator *—though we wish he had left out two in which the narrators, though perfectly honest, have...

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THE FUTURE OF SOUTHERN SIBERIA..

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I F the present Czar decides that the Trans-Siberian Rail- way shall be completed at any cost, and in the shortest possible time, it is because he knows that in Southern Siberia...

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THE POET'S FUNCTION AS INTERPRETER.

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p EOPLE are apt to talk as if the poet had no function in the modern world, or at any rate as if his only function were to amuse and entertain, and as if the State, in its...

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OLD AND NEW WEATHER-WISDOM.

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W E owe a great deal to science, but our obligations—or at least, our feelings of gratitude—are not a little diminished by the aggressive fashion in which it attacks some of our...

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CORRESPONDENCE.

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A TRAMP'S DIARY. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—May and June had been blessed with weather against which no complaint could be urged. We had enjoyed our.- selves to...

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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IRISH HATRED OF ENGLAND. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATORn SIR,—In your article in the Spectator of September 28th, on , "The Chicago Convention," you express a somewhat...

LTD THE EDITOR OF THY " SPECTATOR."]

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SIR,—Lord Monteagle is probably right. There are, no doubt, many people in Ireland of all creeds and opinions, who would join in an endeavour to promote the welfare of the...

BURYING ALIVE.

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[To THZ EDITOR OF THS SPECTATOR."] Sin,—A propos of your article and the correspondence about being buried alive, in the Spectator of September 28th, the inclosed may interest...

CANADIAN COPYRIGHT.

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[To THY EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR:1 SIR,—This agitation is a Canadian edition of the "Three- Tailors of Tooley Street." We have a scarcity of live poli- tical questions, so that...

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THE DEATH OF BOB,' THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY DOG.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Bob,' the South Australian railway dog, has ended his eventful career, which is, I think, worthy of notice in the Spectator.* Like many other...

A BIRD AND CAT CATASTROPHE.

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Here is the story of a eat and a bird. Two young ladies dwelt together,—one the owner of a canary, which she petted and played with ;...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Your correspondent's letter, in

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the Spectator of October 5th, about rooks leads me to tell you an incident which always seems to me one of the strangest of the many stories of the sagacity of rooks. We were...

THE HABITS OF ROOKS.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:9 SIR,—That these birds are weatberwise I am firmly convinced, and I think, after continual observation of their habits, that they do elect a...

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STORY OF A DONKEY.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR: P i SIR,—As your readers seem interested in stories of affection and fidelity in animals, I think it possible you might consider the inclosed...

SLUMBER-SONG-.

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SLEEP! the spirits that attend On thy waking hours are fled. Heaven thou canst not now offend Till thy slumber-plumes are shed; Consciousness alone doth lend Life its pain, and...

POETRY.

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THE QUEST. 0 TIME, where hast thou laid My Self of yesterday ? Where at his tomb I prayed, I come again to pray- 'Tis empty ! Who has hither strayed And taken him away ?

THE LIFE-TIDE.

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EACH wave that breaks upon the strand, How swift soe'er to spurn the sand And seek again the sea, Christ-like, within its lifted hand Must bear the stigma of the land For all...

BOOKS.

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ARCHIBALD FORBES'S MEMORIES.* THE author of these pages is nothing if not a war-corre- spondent. He is the very form and image of that product of the present times, of and from...

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THE GURNEYS OF EARLHAM.* PERHAPS there is no more striking

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personality in the whole range of illustrious Englishwomen than Elizabeth Fry, the Quakeress. Biographers have drawn lifelike pictures of her dignified presence, her fervent...

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WOLFE, AND EARLY STRUGGLES OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE IN AMERICA.*

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HISTORY presents James Wolfe to our notice as the successor of Sidney, and the precursor of Havelock. Not only did he possess great personal courage—a quality in which few...

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A NEW HISTORICAL NOVEL.*

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THERE are, we believe, people who regard the production of an effective historical novel as one of the easiest of imaginative tasks, for the reason that the writer has his work...

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NORTH-COUNTRY BANKING.*

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THE debt that civilisation owes to banks and bankers is seldom recognised. Without the development of the banking system, the enormous advance that has been accomplished in the...

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DUNDEE: ITS QUAINT AND HISTORIC BUILDINGS.*

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MODERN Dundee resembles the scion of an old house, who, having made a fortune in trade, does not bestow a thought upon his knightly ancestors and the barren acres he inherited...

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The Splash of a Drop. By Professor A. M. Worthington.

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(S.P.C.K.)—There will be some scientifically minded young persons, such as the "Rugby schoolboy," of whom Professor Worthington—perhaps autobiographically—speaks, to whom this...

CURRENT LITERATURE.

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GIFT-BOOKS. On Either Side of the Red Sea. By "H. M. B.," "C. E. B.," and "T. B." With an Introduction and Footnotes by E. N. Buxton. (Edward Stanford.)—It is perhaps...

The White Turrets. By Mrs. Molesworth. (W. and R. Chambers.)—Miss

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Winifred Maryon is not content with domestic duties, though these are considerable, seeing that she has a large inheritance, but wants to make herself of real use in the world,...

Out with the Old Voyagers. By Horace G. Groser. (Andrew

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Melrose.)—Mr. Groser gives us an introductory chapter on early maritime discovery, telling briefly the story of Phcenician, Phocasan, and Roman voyagers, with a notice of Arab...

The Last Load Home. By the Rev. J. R. Vernon.

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(R.T.S.)— Canon Vernon's books, with their thoughtful observations and interpretations of Nature, are, we trust, known to many of our readers. "The Harvest of a Quiet Eye," a...

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In the Days of King George. By Lieutenant-Colonel J. Percy

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Groves. (Cassell and Co.)—This story, with its sober but not uninteresting succession of incidents, has all the appearance of truth. Donald Geddes does not carry a...

Gentle Jesus. By Helen E. Jackson. (Sunday School Union.)— This

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"Life of Christ for Little Folks" seems to be carefully done, with a due regard for the capacities of the young readers for whom it is intended. One might, of course, criticise...

The Universal Portrait Gallery. (Cassell and Co.) — Here we have some

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two hundred and fifty portraits of monarchs, states- men, men of letters, painters, singers, actors and actresses, and of other personages whom it is not necessary and, possibly...

The Life of a Kite. By Ascott R. Hope. (S.P.C.K.)—This

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is a very clever little story, told in Mr. Ascott Hope's best manner. It is in the manner of Hans Christian Andersen. The Kite talks to other items which he meets—a golf-ball...

Real and Unreal. By Catherine E. Mallendaine. (S P.C.K.)— There

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is no little merit in this story, though we cannot think that the central idea is a very happy one. That such a man as Maurice Kennedy should ever have done the deed which...

Young England. Vol. XVI. (Sunday School Union.)—This "Illustrated Magazine for

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Young People throughout the English- speaking World" continues to do well. There are two serial stories, "The Boys of Huntingley," by Mr. R. M. Eady and R. Eady—we somewhat...

Burdett's Hospital and Chanties Annual. (The Scientific Press.) —This is

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the sixth appearance of this most useful work, and we may therefore assume that it is firmly established amongst the annuals. The industry and research involved in such a work...

The Path in the Ravine. By Edward S. Ellis. (Cassell

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and Co.) —No one can complain that the adventures of the two West Point young officers who go out one morning to explore a certain ravine near the frontier-station where they...

Almayer's Folly. By Joseph Conrad. (T. Fisher Unwin.)— This is

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a decidedly powerful story of an uncommon type, and breaks fresh ground in fiction. Almayer, a Dutchman, tries his fortune in Macassar among Englishmen, who are mostly ad-...

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The Martyred Fool. By David Christie Murray. (Smith, Elder, and

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Co.)—Here Mr. Christie Murray essays, and not without a certain measure of success, a study in Australia and Anarchism. The hero and "fool" of the story is Evan Rhys, a young...

Lady Folly. By Louis Ventres. (Hurst and Blackett )- This

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is a particularly disagreeable specimen of the "new fiction." The story is indeed old enough, "lust hard by hate," but there is something novel in the mode of combination. We...