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The Indian Government has settled the Muneepore ques- tion as
The Spectatorwe advised in July that it should be settled. The Viceroy has selected a child of five, of the Naga family recently ruling there, and has declared him Rajah. He will pay...
Spain has been visited with a sad calamity. The great
The Spectatorplateau of Castile having been denuded of trees, the storms pro- duce floods, and on Friday week entire provinces in the South were ravaged by the swollen streams, the loss of...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorT ATE on Monday afternoon, all the Stock Exchanges in Europe were startled by telegrams stating that the British fleet had occupied Sign, an islet by Mitylene, had landed...
The disaster reported from German East Africa turns out very
The Spectatorserious. According to the Zanzibar correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt, the expedition sent in August to attack a warlike mountain tribe named the Wahehe has been prac-...
The ultra-patriotic party in Paris has been getting up a
The Spectatordemonstration to protest against the performance of Wagner's opera, Loliengrin. It was intended, the Government believe, -to rush the Opera-House and spoil the entertainment,...
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.
The SpectatorWith the " SPECTATOR" of Saturday, October 10th, will be issued, gratis, a SPECIAL LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, the outside pages of which will be devoted to Advertisements. To secure...
The failure of the grain crops in Russia is already
The Spectatorcausing the most acute misery. A letter from a village priest, written to a Moscow paper and quoted in Tuesday's Times, gives a terrible picture of the sufferings endured by the...
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Dr. Mortimer Granville, in a letter to the Times, published
The Spectatoron Tuesday, has once more started the controversy on alcohol. He has certainly the courage of his opinions, maintaining that the spread of teetotalism has done "incalculable...
The minority report is a much stronger and more explicit
The Spectatordocument. Its signatories find that the closest intimacy existed between Sir Hector Langevin and Mr. McGreevy. "In 1876, for instance, Thomas McGreevy advanced the late Minister...
No further outrages on Europeans are reported from China this
The Spectatorweek, but it is stated on good authority that the Ambassadors in Pekin are seriously uneasy, and that the Government expects serious insurrection in the Valley of the...
The September Review of Reviews gives an account of a
The Spectatorpaper in the Deutsche Revue said to be written by Lord Lorne. The ex-Governor-General of Canada coolly suggests that the Germans should seize Argentina, and so keep their...
The Reports of the Sub-Committee in Ottawa which has been
The Spectatorinvestigating the conduct of Sir Hector Langevin and the Hon. Thomas McGreevy, were presented to the main Committee on Tuesday. The majority report, signed by the Conservative...
Whether the majority or the minority report ought to be
The Spectatoraccepted, we cannot decide. They differ, however, little except in regard to the construction to be put on Sir Hector Langevin's conduct. Either he allowed corruption, or else...
The "Irish Landlord" who recently promised us a second letter
The Spectatoron the concession of Local Self-government to Ireland, sent his letter, under a mistaken impression, to the Scotsman. Itssubstance is, that there should be simplicity in the...
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The controversy about the " snper-normal " powers which the
The Spectatortheosophists attribute to their "Mahatmas," which strikes us, we must confess, as waste of words, but which interests a strange variety of persons, is about to be brought to a...
A remarkable injunction was granted on Wednesday by the Vacation
The SpectatorJudge of th;,‘ High Court, Mr. Justice Coffins. It was sought by Messrs. Joseph Salmon and Son, and its object was "to restrain the defendants [Mr. Cater and others], their...
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach has been the first to break the
The Spectatorsilence of the Recess. He spoke in Wiltshire on Wednesday, and took for his main topic the condition of the agricultural voters. He accused the Radicals of representing their...
The Times of Tuesday gives an account of the first
The Spectatorcolony founded in America by the trustees of the Hirsch fund. It is situated in Cape May County, New Jersey, and therefore is not far distant from New York. The Colony is called...
The Times of Thursday gives a curious account of a
The Spectatorwonderful hoard of Japanese relics dating from about the eighth century of our era, which was shown during last August to certain privileged visitors. They are preserved at...
The Report on the capital, traffic, working expenditure, and net
The Spectatorprofit of the Railway Companies of the United Kingdom during 1890, issued on Tuesday, contains some very curious items of information. The capital authorised to be raised by the...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE NERVOUSNESS OF EUROPE. E UROPE is growing nervous. The visit of the French fleet to Cronstadt has made even a deeper impres- sion than was intended, and the half-informed...
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OUR SILENT RULERS.
The SpectatorC OMPARATIVELY little notice has been accorded to the retirement of Mr. Alexander Redgrave, C.B. The public has learnt that one Chief Inspector of Factories has resigned, and...
COUNTY CONSTITUENTS.
The SpectatorT HE "country gentleman," as represented by some of his order in a recent correspondence in the Times, is disgusted with politics. Modern legislation has made life —his life,...
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THE IDEAS OF THE FRENCH MONARCHISTS.
The Spectatorp ARTIES die hard, and the French Royalists, though to outside view they seem mortally wounded, have not yet given up the ghost. The other day a correspon- dent of the Figaro...
THE NEW EXODUS. B ARON HIRSCH, it has at last become
The Spectatorcertain, is to be the Moses of the new Jewish Exodus, and a very modern Moses it is that Providence has chosen. He is described to us as a typical German Jew, with capital and...
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HARVEST RESULTS.
The SpectatorS INCE our article on harvest prospects appeared on July 25th, a great deal has happened. Then there was reason to hope for excellent crops of wheat, barley, peas, potatoes, and...
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THE COTTAGE PROBLEM.
The SpectatorW E do not understand at all why the Daily News' Commissioner to the villages is so angry with land- lords whose cottages are bad, and clergymen who will not quarrel with the...
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THE NEW HELPLESSNESS OF ION.
The SpectatorT HE conductors of the Daily Telegraph have, as is their custom in the autumn, been sinking shafts into that treasure-yielding stratum, the mind of the British middle class,...
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DECORATIONS FOR LITERATURE.
The SpectatorT HE notion that Literature is somehow or other neglected in England, and that the Government ought to do more for literary men than they do at present, is peculiarly per-...
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MA_RLOWE.
The SpectatorT HE erection of a statue to Marlowe in his birthplace, the City of Canterbury, has called forth not only an inaugural address from Mr. Henry Irving, but a great number of...
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CORRESPONDENCE.
The SpectatorAN ESSEX LABOURER. [A one-storied dwelling, occupied by a solitary old labourer.. Evening in early spring.] "COME in ! I don't know who you be, but come in ! Oh, yes !" I...
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THE LINCOLN JUDGMENT.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] lately addressed to you a letter on points connected with the recent Lambeth Judgment, which letter appeared in the Spectator of August...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorCHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES. PTO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIE,—Judging from your article in the Spectator of August 29th, the writer in Harper's Magazine on Chinese Secret...
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THE DWARFS OF THE ATLAS.
The Spectator[To ram EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Following up your suggestion, in your article on "The Dwarfs of the Atlas," that the "little people "owe their sacred character in...
WOMEN AND THE AGNOSTIC REGIME.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR'] SIR,—Part of your article under the above heading will cause intense pain to a very large number of Christian women. Is it from ignorance, or...
THE GROWTH OF CONFIDENCE IN NAVIES. [To THE EDITOR OF
The SpectatorTEE spEcTAToa. - 1 SIN,—In an article on naval power in the Spectator of the 12th inst., occurs the following passage : "The bombardment of Alexandria dissipated the...
SCIENCE AND SCRIPTURE.
The Spectator[To THZ EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." 1 SIR,—Your correspondent, Professor Reichel, writes that " the only formal official notice the Papacy has ever taken" of the heliocentric...
ADELAIDE CAPECE MINUTOLO.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 STE, —I cannot express my surprise at reading a notice in the Spectator of September 5th, upon Mrs. Augustus Craven's "Adelaide Capece...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorLE MORTE DARTHUR.* NOT only all scholars, but every English-speaking matt who loves that record of chivalry and romance which Caxton "im- printed in the Abbey of Westminster,...
POETRY.
The SpectatorA PARADOX P—TO "F. C. H." (A CONVERSATION RECAPITULATED.) To FIND OUT WHAT YOU CANNOT DO, AND THEN TO GO AND DO IT: There lies the golden rule : but few I ever found above...
THE BLIND SUMMIT.
The SpectatorLA Viennese gentleman, who had climbed the Hoch.Konig without a guide, was found dead, in a sitting posture, near the summit, upon which he had written, "It is cold and clouds...
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POCOCKE'S TOUR THROUGH IRELAND IN 1752.*
The SpectatorTHE author of this work was one of the most distinguished travellers of the eighteenth century. In his youth he travelled a great deal upon the Continent, and spent five years...
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THE VIKINGS OF WESTERN CHRISTENDOM.* THE writer of this book
The Spectatorseems inclined to take a too modest view of its historical value. He admits obligations to Pro- fessor Steenstrup's Normannerne, and yet if there ever was a truly and honestly...
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ARISTOTLE ON POETRY.*
The SpectatorIT is one of the ironies of literature, which would have de- lighted the heart of a Greek tragedian, that while Plato the idealist, the dreamer, the mystic, the prose-poet of...
CHARING CROSS TO ST. PAUL'S.* Booirs like this are an
The Spectatoruncomfortable mixture of history, art, and commerce. A London street is to the competent historian an interesting study ; and for the proper understanding of its history,...
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THE LABOUR MOVEMENT IN AMERICA.*
The SpectatorA WELL-KNOWN and enterprising New York journal is at the present time busying itself in endeavours to elicit the opinion of "a select number of authorities on the...
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The Practice of Banking. By Sohn Hutchinson. Vol. IV. (Effingham
The SpectatorWilson.)—This is the fourth and concluding volume of an exhaustive work on the subject of banking. The author, it seems, had just completed it before his sudden death. The...
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorAdeline's Art Dictionary. (Virtue and Co.)—This is a transla- tion, with additions, of a popular French dictionary, Adeline's " Lexique des Termes d'Art," covering the ground of...
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P0ETILT.-21. Sicilian Idyll. By John Todhunter. (Elkin Mathews.)—This "Pastoral Play"
The Spectatorpleases in every way. It has an effective dramatic motive, and it is genuine poetry. Two shepherdesses, Amaryllis and Thestylis, have vowed eternal friendship, and enmity to...
Ta EOLOGY.—In the valuable series of "The Expositor's Bible" (Hodder
The Spectatorand Stoughton) we have The Epistles of St. James and St. Jude, by the Rev. Alfred Plummer, M.A. Without dealing with the more important matters of theology and doctrine raised,...
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Akbar. By Colonel G. B. Italleson, C.S.I. (Clarendon Press.) —This
The Spectatoris one of the series of "Rulers of India." It was a happy - thought to include the great Mahommedan conqueror among the great soldiers and statesmen of India. Akbar was...
