1 FEBRUARY 1896

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HERE is no news from South Africa this week, and all discussion turns upon the course which Government will pursue as to Dr. Jameson, and the Chartered Company of South...

Sir Henry Fowler made a good speech on Monday to

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his constituents in East Wolverhampton. Almost, we think, for the first time a Gladstonian statesman admitted frankly that "each party represents nearly half of the nation," and...

The Times' American correspondent attaches much weight to a furious

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speech in which, on January 29th, Senator Tillman attacked President Cleveland as a" besotted tyrant," and Secretary Carlisle as a "mean Judas," the crime of both being their...

London is more anti-Radical than ever. We have had two

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London by-elections, and both of them show the strong Unionist view of the constituencies. South St. Pancras has elected a Unionist in place of Sir Julian Goldsmid, whose...

The week has been full of rumours about Turkey. Accord-

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ing to one authority, the Resolutions of the American Houses calling upon Europe to protect the Armenians, will be followed up by energetic action. According to another, Russia...

11 0 * The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, an any

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case.

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Mr. Chamberlain, in his speech at the annual dinner of

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the Birmingham Jewellers' and Silversmiths' Association, made a noteworthy statement as to the Ishantee expedition. After declaring that we have relieved a vast population from...

The passage in Mr. Chamberlain's speech which dealt with the

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dispute with the United States, was conceived in the very best possible tone. It was firm, and yet entirely sympathetic to the feelings of America in regard to the Monroe...

Mr. Childera's death on Wednesday was hardly a political , event,

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for since 1892 he had not taken any part in political life. But his was a figure of some importance during the whole of Mr. Gladstone's career as Prime Minister, with the...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sir Michael Hicks- Beach) delivered

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a speech at Richmond, in Yorkshire, on Tuesday, in which he made several important disclosures. In the first place he said, with relation to the Venezuela dispute with the...

We regret to record the death of Mr. Alexander Macmillan,.

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the head of the great publishing firm which bore his name. He had been failing for years from a kind of paralysis, and on Saturday he passed painlessly away. Possessed of...

Lord Leighton, the President of the Royal Academy, died on

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Saturday at the age of sixty-five,—a loss to the country which is not to be repaired. He belonged to a type of which the mould seems to be broken. Artist, orator, courtier, man...

The Duke of Bedford is signalising his early political career

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by taking a very emphatic line against any intervention for Armenia. He spoke at the Bedford Corn Exchange on Tuesday, as he wrote two or three weeks ago, in strong dis-...

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At a meeting of the South - West London Polytechnic

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Institute on Friday week Lord Lansdowne, in the course of a speech about India, said some very wise and noteworthy things in regard to the Protected States. At one time they...

The Times of Monday gives a most curious and interesting

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account of a scheme for founding a sort cf Jewish Toynbee Hall in the East-End,—the chief aim of which shall be to teach English to, and otherwise "acclimatise," the Jewish...

Mr. John Morley's first speech to the electors of the

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Montrose Boroughs was delivered on Thursday. It was the speech rather of a candidate than of a statesman. He did not take up.the attitude of Sir Henry Fowler and Mr. Bryce on...

The French Government is endeavouring to establish a new precedent

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in the way of governing. It has made a new treaty with the Hove Queen, and announces that while she will con- tinue to govern Madagascar, France will control all foreign...

An odd story is in circulation which is probably false,

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but eehich is worth recording. It is said that among the large projects over which the German Emperor dreams, is one for 'Winning Holland, and with her, ships, colonies, and...

We apologise to the Westminster Gazette for having care- lessly

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confused its attack on Mr. Chamberlain's "push- fulness " as one of the causes of our troubles with the United States, with the attack made by one of the "minor luminaries of...

The Italians are showing courage and determination in Abyssinia ;

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but they find the work to be done weigh heavily upon their resources. King Menelek, though willing to treat, refuses their present terms ; and they have not the means to -defeat...

Bank Rate, 2 per cent.

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New Consols (4) were on Friday, 108.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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AMERICANS AND ARMENIANS. T HE gleam of hope for Armenia which some of our contemporaries find in the recent resolutions of Congress is, we fear, but a faint one. That the...

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IS THIS OUR PANAMA?

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M OST of the talk about the line which the Government ought to take in dealing with Dr. Jameson and the Chartered Company of South Africa is talk wasted. The Government is much...

SIR MICHAEL HICKS-BEACH ON ARBITRATION.

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T HE Chancellor of the Exchequer's remarks in his speech at Richmond, in Yorkshire, on the pro- posals for a general agreement with other Powers. especially, we imagine the...

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NATIONAL STOCKTAKING. T OED LANSDOWNE informed us last week that we

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J are manufacturing cartridges at the rate of two million a week,—that is, ten cartridges per man for an army of two hundred thousand men. But soldiers, when engaged, may...

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MR. CHILDERS. and well. There is a legend that in

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one of the Liberal Cabinets Mr. Childers often spoke, but never succeeded in finishing his sentence, because he was sure to be inter- rupted by some other Minister more eager...

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THE DEMAND FOR RETICENCE. T HE just and keen dislike with

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which Englishmen regard boastfulness in politics, may be carried a little too far. We begin to fetter our statesmen in their public utterances until they hardly venture to speak...

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THE BAPTISM OF PRINCE BORIS.

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P RINCE FERDINAND of Bulgaria is still in search of a religion for his son. His own is not good enough for Prince Boris. The last effort the anxious father has made has had...

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SCEENCE AND MYSTERY.

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P ROFESSOR BIIRDON SANDERSON, in the lecture which he delivered at the Royal Institution yesterday week on Ludwig and the doctrine which he called Neo- Vitalism or New Vitalism...

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sEdeIyGdi dying. - L1VERYBODY seems to The loss to the country

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of Lord Leighton, whose o i l ' Saturday has been felt by the cultivated throughout Great Britain, and indeed throughout Europe, is not so much the loss of a great artist as of...

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THE HIGH SAND.

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"And round the roofs a golden gallery, That lent broad verge to distant lands, Far as the wild swan wings, to where the sky Dipt down to sea and sands." T HE great barrier sand...

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"HANG THEOLOGY!"

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f To THE EDITOE OF TRU. "SPECTATOR"] SIA, — After that meeting to which you allude in the Spectator of January 25th, Mr. Rogers, as he was walking home with his then curate,...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

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THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER AND MR. DOLLING. [To TUE EDITOR OF TEX " SPECTATOR.") think you miss the point of the difference between the Bishop of Winchester and myself. If the...

"BUT WHAT IS AN E.U.' "

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") Sin,—As a sometime E.U., and the son of an E.U., I am able to answer your reviewer's anxious question, "But what is an E.U.' ? " (in the...

THE SEEN AND THE UNSEEN. [To THE EDITOR 07 TEE

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" SPECTATOR."] Sin,—If the signature given beneath does not deter you, will you allow me to suggest to your readers some reflections on your article in the Spectator of January...

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DOG-STORIES.

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[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—Perhaps you may find space to add a story about our old Newfound!and ' Nelson ' to your interesting series. • Nelson ' was one of...

[To TNE EDITOR OF THE SPIXTATOR."1 SIR,—When covert-shooting two months

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ago in Wales, I saw , one day a striking example of a dog's understanding the meaning of a word,—a word the meaning of which he must have learnt by observation, and not by...

[TO THE EDITOR OF TH1 " BPICTATOR."]

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Sin,—Since you still continue to afford space for those in- teresting dog-stories, which might lead to discoveries more interesting still, I venture to send you one which I...

ITo TEE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR']

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SIR,—The author of some stories of "The Seen and the - Unseen" would feel the strictures of your critic very just had any serious thought that a spirit raised, as we all hope at...

[To TEN EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sii,—My brother owns an

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Airedale terrier, whose intelligence Is very strongly developed. This dog usually sleeps on a rug on a sofa in my room. One evening I was not at home to take him up to bed, so...

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IRISH "BULLS."

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[To THE EDITOR OP THE "ElrzcTAToR. - ] Sin,—Some curious Irish " bulls " have cropped up daring the canvassing for the coming- election for North Belfast. Mr. Wilson, speaking...

ART.

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THE OLD MASTERS —IT. DIRECTION, 11.10vEMENT, ACTION. IF I had to choose one out of all this splendid collection of pictures, I think it must be Tintoretto's Diana (No. 99)....

POETRY.

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THE LORELEI' (FROM HEINE). I WOTNA what's this comae owre me, My heart is grown sae wae, An eerie and auld world ballant Rings aye in my head the day. The lift's turnin' cool...

A MOUSE-STORY.

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[To TX! EDITOR OF THE * 8PECTATOR:1 SIR,—A lady living in my house in the country announced to me one day that she bad tamed a family of mice, consisting of a father and mother...

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MR. WATSON'S ARMENIAN SONNETS.*

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THESE are fine sonnets which certainly will not detract from Mr. Watson's reputation as a poet, though we do not think that they will add to it. Series of sonnets are seldom...

BOOKS.

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MRS. TROLLOPE.* THIS biography seems somewhat belated. Mrs. Trollope died more than thirty years ago. It is probable that comparatively few people under fifty have ever heard...

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THE AMERICAN SHARE IN OPENING-UP JAPAN.*

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IT was in the spring of 1854 that Commodore Perry, in command of a United States naval squadron, but without hostilities, obtained the signature of the Council of State of the...

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HISTORICAL RESEAROFIES.*

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Paris volume of the transactions of the Historical Society contains twelve articles, all conveying interesting and valu- able information, among which the Presidential Address...

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THE DAYS OF THE KEELEYS.*

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THE question whether or not acting, as an art, is almost extinct and crushed under the conditions of the day, coincides rather sadly and curiously with the exertions of Sir...

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A CHAPTER OF TURKISH HISTORY.*

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IN spite of the note with which this volume has been prefaced by its publishers, we confess ourselves at some loss to know whether to regard it as a romance or a serious attempt...

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CURRENT LITERATURE.

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Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion. Translated from the German of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, by the Rev. E. B. Speirs, B.D., and J. Burdon Sanderson. 3 vols. (Regan...

Our Square and Circle. By "Jack Easel." (Smith, Elder, and

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Co.)—The author, who commends himself to his readers by the description of " Sometime Punch's ' Roving ' Correspondent," gives us some entertaining sketches of how he chose and...

The Humour of Russia Translated by E. L. Voynich. (W.

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Scott.)—The plan of this volume is to give extracts without comment. Eleven authors have been laid under contribution, and we are left to form our own judgment about them....

The Phonographic Quarterly Review (Pitman), the clearly litho- graphed pages

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of which are designed to help those who write shorthand and should read it, contains several articles of sufficient interest to make the cryptic characters tantalising to those...

The Religion of the Crescent. By the Rev. W. St.

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Clare Tisdall. (S.P.C.K.)—This volume contains lectures delivered some three years ago at the request of the trustees of the "James Lang Lectureship Fund," an endowment designed...

Old Testament Ethics. By W. S. Bruce, M.L. (T. and

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T. Clark.) —There is much good sense in this treatise. Mr. Bruce deals fsirly with the questions which he handles, and does not evade the difficulties. On the main principles of...

Major James Rennell and the Rise of Modern Geography. By

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Clements R. Markham, C.B. (Cassell and Co.)—To Eden and Hakluyt, Mr. Markham gives the title of "Fathers of English Geography," but in his view James Rennell was the first great...

An Attempt towards a History of English Literature. By Henry

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Morley, LL.D., and W Hall Griffin, (Cassell and Co.)—This volume contains the last work of Henry Morley. One of the most indefatigable of men, he died in harness. His work was...

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We have received The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ,

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by James stalker, M.A. (Hodder and Stoughton), described by its author as a "Devotional History of Our Lord's Passion." It is written in a sober and moderate style. To the...

New EDITIONS.—Penological and Preventive Principles, by William Tallack (Wertheimer, Lea,

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and Co.), a "second and enlarged edition."—Religions of the World. By C. M. Grant, D.D. (A. and C. Black.)—TheStory of Marriage. By Herbert Mortimer Luckock, M.A. (Longmans and...

Lyre and Lancet. By F. Anstey. (Smith, Elder, and Co.)—Mr.

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Anstey has given us an entertaining "Comedy of Errors!' Mr. Undershell, a minor poet, known, or not known, by the name of Clarion Blair, is invited by Sir Rupert and Lady...