striking, not very new. The Premier only accentuated the general belief of all competent to judge, that "questions which may bring nations at issue still exist, and that there...

the opening of the French Exhibition was formally brought up for censure on Tuesday by Mr. E. Robertson, Member for Dundee. He asserted that there was a conspiracy of Courts to...

on Tuesday M. Laguerre, the active representa- tive of the party, produced a scene in the Chamber. He wanted to know why the Senate delayed its preliminary inquiry BO long. M....

leader of the Opposition began the first part of his speech by justifying his own Government in not answering the French invitation; then exempted Lord Salisbury from censure,...

A LL the Stock Exchanges of Europe have this week been affected by an outburst of fury in Paris. The Emperor of Germany, it appears, is going to visit Strasburg, and parade the...

Union Club on Tuesday, and made a remarkable speech. Of the part which concerned the future, and the alternative results which may be anticipated after the General Election, we...

case.

royalty of Ireland. This was announced by Lord Salisbury on Wednesday to a very strong deputation of noblemen and Members of Parliament, introduced by the Marquis of Water-...

of the Exchequer on Thursday, probably obtained a reply to their representations quite as friendly as they expected, though it was a dilatory reply. Lord Salisbury wants public...

in Ireland the Government can satisfy the national feeling in Ireland, but none the less he thought that by developing Irish resources some grievances would be removed, and that...

in Lancashire, a town in the Rossendale constituency, represented by Lord Hartington. He enlarged upon the duty of giving Ireland a system of local government, and praised...

Town Hall of Holborn, by way of showing how thoroughly they disapproved of Sir William Harcourt's attack upon him for his management of the Times' case in relation to "...

William Harcourt, of whom he said that in 1887, at the Round Table Conference, he was desirous to accept the "provincial" government compromise which Mr. Chamberlain proposed....

Mr. James Maybrick, a stockbroker, recently died in his house under circumstances which made his brother, who was staying with him, the nurse, and other servants suspect poison...

to the Eighty Club on Thursday night, concerning the Irish Home-rule Question ; but when he complains of the contempt with which the Unionists treat the Honie-rulers, he only...

the Marquis of Dufferin and Ave, and at the subsequent banquet the ex-Viceroy made a speech, of which we have said enough elsewhere. It was made dull at first by a long...

at Cambridge seems, at first sight, to be more to the advantage of the University than of the Professor. Cambridge acquires a Greek scholar of the very highest reputation, the...

trace the murderers of Dr. Cronin ; indeed, all Irish officers of the force have been excluded from the inquiry. Daniel Coughlin, a detective, Patrick Sullivan, an inn-keeper,...

an emphatic stress, its adhesion to that forward move- ment in religious thought which is the birth and the mark of our time. On Tuesday, its General Assembly elected, by a vote...

hurricane in the harbour of Samoa, to which Mr. Goschen referred last week in his Sheffield speech, was published on Thursday It is a very striking and inspiriting document, and...

Friday 99i to 99t.

THE STRASBURG INCIDENT. UT Englishmen reckon up the chances of war and peace, they are often too sensible to be keen- sighted. They do not allow enough for human folly. They...

" 11 Indian as the Indian financiers call their forecasts of revenue formed a year and a half beforehand, are hardly more trustworthy in predicting political campaigns, than...

M RS. FAWCETT will probably say that nothing has been written which goes further towards estab- lishing women's intellectual claim to the suffrage than the admirably conceived...

T HAT section of the British public which is interested in Africa—a much larger section, by-the-way, than is supposed, including as it does all Scotchmen, most religious...

1 - R. ROBERTSON did not rise to the full height of the opportunity which the attitude of the English 6Government towards the French Exhibition gave him. He said many wonderful...

O NE of the most interesting of possible speeches would be a speech from a returned Viceroy of India frankly expressing the conclusions which his experience in that unique...

T HE Bill for restricting the height of buildings in London which has just been introduced into the House of Commons by Mr. Whitmore, is one which we trust that Parliament may...

new volume which he has just published under the title of "Christmas-Tide Sermons," begins with two striking sermons on St. Thomas, in which he suggests that one of the modern...

W E do not want to discuss the responsibility for the muddle of Saturday on the Horse Guards Parade, St. James's Park, but only the idea which must have been the cause of it....

is more curious in itself, and beautiful in its surroundings, than Saint- Paul du Var. It stands very high up, very near the mountains, between the valleys of the Loup and the...

[To THE EDITOR OY THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—In your remarks on the above subject, you assume that the aim of the speakers on the humanitarian side was primarily to attack Mr....

LIBERAL UNIONISTS AND PRIMROSE LEAGUERS. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—As a progressive Tory, a Unionist, and a dignitary of the Primrose League, I have had the...

A SONG OF KILLARNEY. BY the Lakes of Killarney, one morning in May, On my pipe of green holly I warbled away, While a blackbird, high up on the arbutus-tree, Gave back my gay...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—Last year, a pair of pied flycatchers haunted a hole in an apple-tree in my orchard for some time, but did not build in it. This year,...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." . ] Sin,—Is it not an unusual thing for squirrels to kill birds ? A few weeks ago, I was watching a squirrel playing about in a Worcestershire...

THE LIFE OF W. G. WARD.* [SECOND NOTICE.] IN these days, every one almost knows the difference between. maximisers and minimisers, people who make the most of those...

THE NEW GALLERY. [CONCLUDING NOTICE.] Mn. JoHN COLLIER sends his best work of the year, a por- trait of "Mrs. Harold Roller and Joyce" (129), to the New. The picture is well...

in the personal history of literature than that of the letter written by Tourguenief during his last illness to Tolstoi, in which he besought his great rival and friend to...

WITH the buds and blossoms of spring comes another volume of lyrics from Mr. Swinburne's affluent pen. March," maddest and gladdest of months," is the theme of his first poem ;...

history than that which is covered by the term " 31ediwval France,' extending from the reign of Hngues Capet to that of Louis X1L, and including all the romance and adventure of...

Duff Gordon, has proved by the production of these volumes that the ability of the Taylor family, conspicuous for several generations, is not yet extinct. There is comparatively...

glad to make a fuller acquaintance with Mr. Hopkinson Smith, whose contribution to that magazine at the end of last year, under the quaint title of "A White Umbrella in Mexico,"...

is a book giving in alphabetical order a list of between one and two thousand words, with their deriva- tions. It is amusing as well as valuable, and has evidently been...

Henry's reign, as they struck a Spanish resident in London— trader or mercenary, it is not very clear which—came to light in 1873, and proves well worth the trouble of...

book, which is described as " a glimpse into English Catholic life under the shade of persecution and in the dawn of freedom," will have considerable interest for Lancashire...

Bishop Selwyn, of New Zealand and of Lichfield: a Sketch of his .We and Work. By G. H. Curteis, M.A. (Kogan Paul and Co.) —One of the most earnest and successful missionaries of...

Hall.)—Mr. Wegg-Prosser's thesis may be briefly given in his own words : "The principle on which the Roman Congregations acted in Galileo's case was sound, but the application...

Esme Stuart. 3 vols. (Ward and Downey.)—Miss Esme Stuart is one of the few literary artists who work with equal success upon a large and a small canvas ; but if the question...

By James Ferguson. (D. Wyllie and Son, Aberdeen.)—This hand- some book contains biographical sketches of three Scotsmen, all of Aberdeenshire, flourishing in three of the most...

Tuer.)—We need hardly say that whatever work of this kind Mr. Loftie undertakes, he does well. In Kensington, the "Court suburb," he has found a particularly fertile subject,...

Coignet, by Fanny Twemlow. (Richard Bentley and Son.)—Admiration for the Francois Premier type of man has probably permanently injured the French character, and we are more in...

Margaret Kent." (Triibner and Co.)—The stories of which this volume is composed have been collected from various American magazines of good repute, and this fact is in their...

and always writes well, and though we do not think that his Romances of the Law (Chatto and Windus) represent him quite at his best, they provide very entertaining reading. The...

is described as consisting of "Leaves from the Note-Book of a Detective," and belongs to a class of literature which is admirably adapted for railway reading. The majority of...

the Welsh by James Harris. (Simpkin and Marshall).— 'This purports to be an "autobiography," the work of a minister who was laid aside from his work in early manhood, and found...

vols. (Macmillan.) —These three short stories (they may contain together about as much as one finds in one liberally furnished volume) are excellent specimens of Mr. Henry...

is a little pessimistic in his views. Doubtless the subject which engages his pen inclines the mind to pessimism. Yet is he not a little hard on his fellow-creatures when he...

introductory chapters are devoted to the general relation of the peculiarities of the country to the record of the Hebrew people. A third, under the title of "The Home of...

V. White.)—Mrs. Kennard transports us in this novel from the "Shires " to a Norwegian salmon-river. But her characters are much the same. Ccelum non, animunt mutant. The hero...

(Hodder and Stoughton.)—This volume contains, we need hardly say, some interesting figures. The census was taken on October 24th, 1886, and gave a morning attendance of 269,799...

F. Pigot. (Ward and Downey.)—There are thirteen stories in this volume, and it may be said that they all have a strong family resemblance. They are all of the cheerful...

caares of modern times. Early in the morning of February 7th, 1879, Edlingham Vicarage was broken into. Two men, by name Michael Brannag,an and Peter Murphy, were convicted of...

(Triibner and Co.)—This book is manifestly the outcome of long Naples in.1888 . By Eustace Neville Rolfe and Holcombe Ingleby. (Triibner and Co.)—This book is manifestly the...

Personal Reminiscences (Nisbet and Co.), and Jephson, and other Writings, by the late Rev. H. H. Dobney (James Clarke).—Pro- fessor Graham was a Presbyterian (latterly holding...