22 AUGUST 1896

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With respect to foreign affairs, Lord Salisbury spoke hopefully of

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the pacific condition of Europe, always except- ing the " gangrene " which exists in the East of Europe. But he was reluctant to refer to that subject, because he knew that if...

Lord Salisbury, of course, took a very different view of

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Lord Dufferin from that taken by Lord Dufferin himself. He had previously stated that he was not indifferent to the long roll of the great names of his predecessors, "least of...

Last Saturday Lord Salisbury was installed at Dover with great

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ceremony as Warden of the Cinque Ports, therein succeeding the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava, who was present, and who proposed the toast of the new Warden's health, describing...

A meeting of Mr. Healy's supporters was held in the

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Ancient Concert Rooms in Dublin on Tuesday, and listened to a speech from Mr. Healy, in which he was what is called very " round " indeed witb Mr. Dillon, though in this rather...

The Prince of Naples has found a bride at last,

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and his decision will, we trust, help to smooth the path of Italy's foreign policy. The lady of his choice is the Princess Helene, daughter of the Prince of Montenegro. She is...

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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T HE situation in Crete is as bad as ever. The Sultan is playing his usual game of dilatory negotiation, promising vague reforms and doing nothing, and while the Kings of Europe...

*** The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in any

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case.

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The funeral of Sir John Millais took place on Thursday

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in St. Paul's, the body being buried in the crypt, like those of five of his predecessors in office. Lord Rosebery, the Com- mander-in-Chief, and a number of other celebrities,...

Li during his visit to Barrow-in-Furness caused no little consternation

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by suddenly announcing that he did not intend as arranged to go to Windermere early in the morning, but would put it off till 3 o'clock. This would, of course, have caused...

The Daily Chronicle of Tuesday states that at the first

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meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on the Chartered Company, and after Mr. Jackson had been appointed Chairman, a course of procedure was agreed on. The first point to be...

Since last Saturday, when he left London for the North,

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Li Hung Chang has been indulging himself with a perfect orgy of questions. The practice is deemed somewhat rude, but after all there is no better way of arriving at interesting...

Then Mr. Healy passed to "what was called • A

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Convention of the Irish Race at Home and Abroad." He held out an olive-branch to the Redmondites, and thought any man who built a golden bridge for their return to the party,...

The Daily Chronicle has beaten all its competitors in obtaining

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early news of Dr. Nausea, and a condensed summary of his journal was published in its second edition oi this day week, and repeated in its issue of Monday. Yester- day week...

The news from Rhodesia continues satisfactory. Negotia- tions have taken

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the place of fighting, and Sir F. Carrington reports that Sekombo and Majunda, two chiefs with over one thousand followers, declare that they wish to surrender, but have asked...

The official programme of the Czar's tour was published on

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Tuesday. He will go first to Vienna, which he will reach on August 27th, on a visit to the Emperor of Austria. Next he will visit the Emperor William at Breslau and witness a...

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Nansen and Johansen left the Pram' in a latitude of

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83 7 59' on March 14th, 1895, and managed, by travelling on what ultimately became very lumpy ice (like "frozen breakers "), to reach the latitude of 86° 14' north, or within...

The Paris correspondent of the Daily Mail, according to Wednesday's

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St. lames's Gazette, declares that Dr. Nansen is to be remarried to his wife, from whom before his voyage he had been legally separated, "in order to permit her to marry again,...

The Westminster Gazette of Wednesday prints some de- li ghtful extracts

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from an address "To Irish Nationalists throughout the World," issued in view of the approaching Convention, which show that the Irish still retain to per- fection the inimitable...

The Rev. E. H. Hubbard, of the Church Missionary station

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at Nesse, on the shore of Lake Victoria, who has just arrived in England, has made an interesting statement to a reporter of Reuter's Agency. Everything was prosperous and...

The Lord Chief Justice (Lord Russell of ICillowen, who is

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still perhaps better remembered by many amongst us as Sir Charles Russell) delivered an elaborate and interesting address to the American Bar at Saratoga on Thursday on...

Bank Rate, 2 per cent.

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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J English history as the ablest Foreign Minister who ever preached to Europe in the plainest possible language, while showing the utmost reluctance to let his action accompany,...

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TIFTE GERMAN EMPEROR AND HIS MINISTRY.

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I T looks as if the German Emperor were going to adopt, or rather had adopted, the most dangerous line of conduct open to a Sovereign,—that of undermining his own Ministers, and...

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DYNASTIC ALLIANCES.

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A FEW years ago it was the fashion to declare that Royal marriages had become absolutely unimportant from the point of view of politics, and that Kings need never again trouble...

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MR. HEALY ON THE IRISH SITUATION.

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M R. HEALY is much the cleverest man in the Irish Nationalist party, and on the whole we are inclined to think him the most frankly outspoken. What, then, is the impression...

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THE VACCINATION COMMISSION. F ROM an official point of view it

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must be clear that somebody, in Mr. Weller's classic phrase, "ought to be whopped" for the series of indiscretions by which the mbstance of the Report of the Vaccination...

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THE NEXT LAMBETH CONFERENCE. T HE Lambeth Conferences are a remarkable

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instance of foresight in a quarter where foresight, at least in the sense of tonight, is not generally looked for. Thirty years ago there seemed many difficulties in the way. To...

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THE POETRY OF THE PSALMS.

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T HE Pulpit Commentary on the Psalms," edited by the Dean of Gloucester and his colleagues, and published by Kegan Paul, Triibner, and Co., has just been completed in three...

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EPISCOPAL BICYCLISTS.

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T HE papers have lately been busy with rumours of a bicycling Bishop. It is stated that the Bishop of Colchester intends, when proficient, to ride a bicycle along the roads of...

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A GAME FARM IN AUGUST.

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I T has been noted as an unexplained fact in natural history, that while large poultry farms are as a rule unsuccessful, most game, with the exception of grouse, can be reared...

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trnE POSTHUMOUS VERLADTE. "F EROCE et doux,"—in these words Paul Verlaine

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once described his own character, and while he was always anxious, with the indiscretion of autobiography, to proclaim his ferocity, his verses still attested the serenity of...

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LETTERS TO TIIE EDITOR.

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CONSTANTINOPLE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] STR,—The Emperor Napoleon I. considered that whoever had possession of Constantinople would have the Empire of the world....

JOHN WOOLMAN, THE QUAKER.

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[To THE EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR."] Srit.,—In a short notice of a work called "Quaker Worthies,' in the Spectator of August 15th, my name is suddenly in- troduced by your...

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[TO TIM EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—I have just

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been laughing over your article on "Boy Housemaids" in the Spectator of August 15th. No doubt there is much truth in what you say, but I do not agree with your remarks...

CLERICAL BAZAARS.

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[To TEC EDITOR OF TEL "SPECTATOR."., SIR,—In connection with this subject (Spectator, August 15th) there is a consideration which, I venture to think, may well have the serious...

GEORGE FOX'S SPEAKING IN CHURCH.

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[To THE EDITOR or THY "SPECTATOR."] Slft, — The remark in your excellent review of Dr. Hodgkin's Life of George Fox, in the Spectator of August 15th, that his bitter attacks on...

MAIDS AND BOYS.

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[To TRY EDITOR OF TIM " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—I feel so grateful to the excellent women servants I have and have had, that I cannot help saying a word in favour of a class against...

STUDIES IN MONASTICISM.

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[To TER EDITOR OP THR "SPECTATOR."] Sts.,—In a letter to you of May 30th I denied the authenticity of the nun Hrotswitha's comedies. I was contradicted by Mr. Wentworth Webster...

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A BIRD-STORY.

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[To ms ED/TOR OF THE "SPZCTAT0R."] SIR,— A curious instance of friendship among animals occurred here the other day. We had often noticed a tame jackdaw at a cottage on our way...

CHILDREN AND THE ARCH-ENEMY.

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[To TAR EDITOR OP THB " SPICTAT01."1 Sin,—Your amusing article on the above subject recalls a delightful story (which I believe is true), illustrating the familiar—not to say...

ARE CATS INTELLIGENT?

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[To max EDITOR OF THZ " IBrzcrAmoR.:9 SIR,—We are the proud possessors of a certain silky long- haired black cat, with charming pathetic yellow eyes like amber. It rejoices in...

A DOG-STORY.

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go Tar EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I am staying with my son, who is a veterinary surgeon practising in West Virginia, U.S., who is a great lover of animals, and the...

A SNAKE-STORY.

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[TO VIZ EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR." Stn,—Is it generally known how much horses dislike snakes Fb When riding over in Australia my horse suddenly refused to move and stood...

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PASSING THROUGH THE FIRE.

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[TO TRH EDITOR OT THE " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—Since writing my article about "Passing through the Fire," commented on in the Spectator of August 8th, I have received a letter from a...

POETRY.

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A DIZAIN. THINK not that blue Italian skies, Or sunsets sinking over Rome, Can make a Northern heart despise The moors and valleys of its home. Less bright the gorgeous faery...

ART.

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SIR JOHN MILLAIS. BY the death of Sir John Millais England has lost not only a great painter, but one whose artistic development presents exceptional points of interest. The...

ANIMALS AND PREVISION OF INTENDED CRIME.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THZ " SPECTATOR:] SIR,—The extremely interesting stories you are inserting with regard to prevision by animals of mischief intended to their masters, opens up...

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BOOKS._

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JEWISH IDEALS.* THE intellectual isolation of the Church and the Synagogue, notwithstanding their common origin and their continual proximity, would appear unaccountable did we...

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A VALUABLE COUNTY HISTORY.*

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IT is a very important literary enterprise which the Messrs. Blackwood have begun with the publication of this very Interesting volume by one of the most capable of living...

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MR. GODKIN'S REFLECTIONS AND COMMENTS.* "THE articles in this volume

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have appeared in the Nation during the last thirty years, and are reprinted almost in chronological order There is, of course, always a question whether any collection of this...

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LORD EDWARD FITZGERALD.*

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Mn. BODKIN, who dedicates his novel to Mr. Gladstone, as "the best English friend Ireland ever had," appears to have been inspired to undertake the work by a remark of Lord...

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THE MACEDONIAN KINGS OF EGYPT.*

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THE annals of Egypt, so far as they come within the domain of ancient history, may be divided into four parts, and much praise is due to Professor Mahaffy for having selected as...

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CURRENT LITERATURE.

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The Naval Annual. Edited by T. A. Brassey. (Griffin and Co., Portsmouth.)—This useful publication again brings some of the more important and anxious wants of the Navy before...

process, and not without much suffering and loss of life

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are the blank spaces upon the map gradually filled up. Here are two bulky volumes, recording the labours of two separate attempts at exploration, and we cannot help being struck...

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The Queen's London. (Cassell and Co.)—" London" is inter- preted

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as meaning the " greater London ; " indeed, it extends even further, for it includes such places as Burnham Beeches, Hatfield House, and St. Albans. The volume consists of three...

Porray.—Lettiore Plectro. (Occasional Verses.) By Alfred Cochrane. (Longmans and Co.)—English

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humour has in a great degree changed its favourite mode of expression. There are two or three exceptions, which will probably occur to every one, but for the most part it is...

Tstre8.-4 Winning Hazard. By Mrs. Alexander. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—Mrs. Alexander

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is scarcely at her best here, but she is quite good enough to be a long way before most of her contem- poraries. The conclusion is a little lame. One of the characters, the...

Pope Leo XIII. By Justin McCarthy. (Bliss, Sands, and Foster.)—This

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volume belongs to the " International Series of Public Men of To-Day." The word "Public" differentiates it from other lives of the Pontiff,—from Dr. Reilly's, for instance. Mr....

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— Verses Wise or Otherwise. By Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler. (Cassell and

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Co.) —There is a freshness and brightness about these poems which will at once attract the reader. Of melancholy rhymers we have enough and more than enough ; but a singer who...

— Poems and Sonnets. By F. Reginald Statham. (T. Fisher Unwin.)—Mr.

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Statham writes, it would seem, with ease, but scarcely with sufficient care. " The lode-star of an empire's smile," for instance, is scarcely an expression which would have...

How about the " i " in pervenitur P —

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The Palace of De- lights, and other Poems. By Henry Osborne, M.A. (Digby and Long.) — Allegories are always bard reading, but an allegory that is a " fragment " is surely...

— Mother and Daughter. By Augusta Webster. (Macmillan and Co.)—Mrs. Webster,

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by whose death we lost one of the few genuine poetesses of the day, left at her death an unfinished set of sonnets. The tale of them is not complete, and some of them, we might...

— In Unknown Seas. By George Horton. (Cambridge University Press.)—The vignettes

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of beauties and singers, as Mr. Horton draws them in his verso, have Some merit, but of substance rather than of form. How could a cultivated writer allow the strange rhyme...