itself gently felt through the velvet paw here and there ; but he was not inclined to eulogise Mr. O'Brien, and yet could not keep off the Irish subject. Lord Selborne made a...

M. Carnot's popularity. He is accused of relying on his Military Secretary, General Brugere, and of allowing him to play the part of Cabinet-maker, and also of indecision. We...

A F TER six days of failure to find a Ministry, M. Carnot signed on Thursday a decree appointing a new Cabinet. Its head is M. Tirard, formerly Finance Minister, who takes the...

to increase. An agent of the Morning Post recently had an interview with the General, in which he hinted pretty distinctly that he should order the English out of Egypt, though...

Queen's Speech. The report that more money is to be spent on national defences is, indeed, confirmed, and a good diplomatic reason is assigned for the proposal. " The counsels...

case.

the meeting of the London County Council on Tuesday, he having been elected with a full knowledge that he had other occupations. In his absence, however, the Council got a...

the Canadian Dominion, an address to the Crown praying that Canada might be empowered to appoint diplomatic agents of her own, competent to sign commercial treaties - without...

Edinburgh, on Tuesday, to hear an address of Lord Rosebery's ; but the most important feature of it was probably the letter from Mr. Gladstone to Mr. Gray, which was read before...

Mr. Pigott before them this week, and the evidence has been in a high degree exciting, and even sensa- tional. It has reached at last the question of the Parnell and Egan...

to the burden of responsibility which he had undertaken in accepting the chairmanship of the London County Council,— a responsibility, however, which for the nonce he had...

visit to Scotland, as if he had been a dull Scotchman, proud of a single joke, of which he was determined to make the most exhaustive use. Mr. Chamberlain was declared to be...

the =- comfortable results of his father's severe denunciations of the policy of eviction. On the Hawarden estate he has been exercising, apparently in a very temperate and...

Among the clauses of the new Army Bill were two, one confirming the practice of using German words of command, and another providing that the examinations of the lads who...

marises the arguments of the worshippers at Mr. O'Brien's shrine, and shows how ludicrously wide of the honours of martyrdom Mr. O'Brien has shown himself to be. Mr. O'Brien has...

which reassures those who are disposed to lament over the gradual disappearance of political dignity and firmness. He admitted that Ireland had had grievances, but said that...

the German possessions in East Africa will consist, it is said, of two thousand men, part of whom will be Egyptian Blacks and part Zulus. The combination is a curious one, but...

which the friends of the Rev. J. Llewelyn Davies express their gratitude for his work in London, will be struck by the very large number of thinkers, one of them a Roman...

unusual honour, entertaining the Envoy and his suite in the White Hall, surrounded by his whole military Court, in a style hitherto reserved for the representatives of the...

Friday 991 to 99.

THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. 1/1 - R. GLADSTONE is always moderate when he speaks AL on any subject which is not for the moment in the focus of his political mind ; and his...

M CARNOT is evidently not a strong man, or rather • not an original one ; but he has, we suspect, a certain capacity of persistence which is not infrequently found in his type...

M R. GLADSTONE'S letter to Mr. Gray, read at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange on Tuesday, gives us great pain. He persists in thinking it his duty, as the leader of a great political...

TH fact that though the Gladstonians have in East Perthshire polled 217 votes less than they polled in 1885, they have polled 491 more than they did in 1886, while at the same...

W E are not sure that Englishmen attend quite enough to the murmurs which keep on coming at intervals from Ottawa and Washington. We are all well assured of the loyalty of...

T HERE is something almost admirable in Mr. O'Brien's devotion to the one political line that he has made his own. Many men who begin with having such a line are waverers in the...

importance to be attached to the uproar which has risen in Hungary ; but what a singular scene it is ! M. Tisza, the Premier, has now governed Hungary through a free Parliament...

.A.. CORRESPONDENT insists that the name of "infidel" is not, in fact, limited to persons who have broken faith with their Master in religion, since from very early times the...

T HE Bill for the enlargement of Westminster Abbey by the addition of a Monumental Chapel, which Dean Bradley in Tuesday's Times so eloquently defends, should meet with little...

" THE APOTHEOSIS OF HUMBUG." LTO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTIT01..1 SIB., —Late on Friday, the 15th inst., I saw it stated in the leading columns of the Dublin Mail that Sir...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—You spoke a word of wisdom when you said, in the Spectator of February 9th (p. 186), speaking of the Board- school teachers :—" We...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—Many of your readers will thank you for the timely support, given in your article in the Spectator of February 16th with the above...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—From letters which have appeared from time to time in the daily papers, it is plain that many of those who approve of the prosecution...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Stn,—I observe that in your article entitled " The Fall of M. Floquet," you adopt Mr. Blowitz's story, related in the Times, that on the...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. " ] SIR,—Your correspondent " Roy's " very interesting account of "A Canine Friendship," tempts me to send you the following about two Dandie...

EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF STUART.- NEW GALLERY. [FIRST NOTICE.] THE Committee and Directors of the Stuart Exhibition are to be congratulated upon the successful manner...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. " SrR,—I cannot agree with you in your definition of " infidel " as "a man who is unfaithful to one to whom he feels he owes fidelity." I am...

M. DE PRESSENa ON IRELAND.* HOWEVER much one may differ from the conclusions at which M. de Pressense has arrived on the Irish Question, it would be unfair to deny him the...

Mas. WALFORD'S latest novel is a very interesting and care- fully executed piece of work ; it is, indeed, as good as any of its predecessors, and even better than one or two of...

this valuable book on the appearance of the first edition,—fortunately, perhaps, as it has gained a good deal by revision,—and as nothing is more neces- sary now than for those...

question, the best of the complete narratives of the career of General Gordon that have yet been published. Colonel Butler has much more of the gift of style than either Mr....

Geikie tells us in his brief preface, is a new book, not an abridgment of the longer book, so favour- ably known to students of the Bible under the title of The Life and Words...

which makes this the most interesting religious biography that we know of in modern times. In the very name of Savonarola there still lingers some of the magic spell which...

sellors for any errors that they may commit. Not reckoning the abundance of good advice that they receive from the Press, they have a considerable choice of legal handbooks....

Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage, by Sir Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms. (Harrison and Sons.)—The work begins with a very complete index, including not only all persons...

Newman. (Began Paul, Trench, and Co.)—This is a disappointing little book. The title promises something interesting, sketches of the personalities of the t%vo " exiles "...

and Addresses for Children. By the Rev. C. J. Atherton. (Skeffington.) —Among the many things that are being done for children nowa- days, things of which our fathers and...

There is nothing specially interesting in the February number of the Universal Review, unless it be a very instructive paper by Mr. R. Donald on the population of France. It...

Co.)—This " Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia," as the sub-title describes it, is one of the most vivid pictures of an adventurous life...

a neat volume, illustrated by Mr. Gordon Browne. (S.P.C.K.) These are Snap-Dragon : a Tale of Christmas, which originally appeared in the Monthly Packet ; and Old Father...

Hours with the Mystics, by Robert Alfred Vaughan, B.A. (J. Slark).—This is a reprint from the third edition, published ten years ago by Mr. Wycliffe Vaughan. The book itself is...

T. Batsford), belonging to the series of "Text-Books of Ornamental Design."—Geometrical Drawing. By W. N. Wilson, M.A. (Rivingtons.)—English Practical Banking. By Thomas...