reply of Saturday week, and on Tuesday it became known that the negotiations would be conducted for some days in conversations instead of by written replies. On the same evening...

of M. Stolypin, the Russian Prime Minister, who died of his wound on Monday night. The assassin Bogroff was actually in the service of the Russian secret police. He played one...

far beyond the borders of France, and violent riots took place in Vienna last Sunday, when a mass meeting of Social Democrats ended in destruction of property and attacks on the...

Finance and the author of the Reciprocity Agreement; Mr. Paterson, the Minister of Customs, who acted as Mr. Fielding's colleague in negotiating the Agree- ment ; Sir Frederick...

definite answer at once from Germany as to Morocco, the expectation of a settlement before very long is rather stronger than it has been before. The see-saw of alternating...

T HE General Elections were held in Canada on Thursday, and the results, so far as we have learned them at the time of going to press, show overwhelming gains for the Con-...

case.

Last Sunday a revolutionary plot was checked at Barcelona by the arrest of numerous ringleaders. A general strike has been threatened at all the principal towns of Spain, and on...

the Executive Committee of the A.S.R.S. met in Dublin and passed a resolution threatening the companies that unless they conceded the men's demands they would authorize all...

leader of the National revolt in 1881-2. He professed loyalty to the Khedive, but rose against him in order to secure the summoning of an Assembly which he believed, sincerely...

from putting their resolution into effect, and Mr. Mitchell, of the Board of Trade, was sent to Dublin to promote a settlement, but the negotiations failed, and late on Thursday...

who are making a fortnight's tour in Ireland, on Friday week. Mr. Redmond said that their visitors would find Ireland no longer " most distressful," but alert, self- confident,...

practically unaffected by the recent strike. On Friday week two men in the goods department of the Great Southern and Western Railway at Kingsbridge struck work because they...

twenty votes in favour of the repeal of the constitutional prohibition of the manufacture and sale of liquor. The campaign has been of great interest, as Maine is the oldest...

Western Railway, who gave evidence before the Railway Commission en Friday week, said that the companies had made an enormous concession in agreeing to the formation of...

one of the most remarkable among the many great Ulstermen who have distinguished themselves in the world of action and administration. Entering the Consular service in China in...

by the Railway Review, the organ of the A.S.R.S., and the hostility of that society to the Great Eastern pension scheme. The unions wanted to undermine and destroy discipline,...

Sept. 21st Consols (2i) were on Friday 77--Friday week 771.

in Cowes Roadstead early on Wednesday afternoon. The Olympic,' the largest liner afloat, with three thousand persons on board, was on her way, via Cherbourg, to New York from...

evidence occupied the whole of Monday's sitting, laid stress on the excellent relations that prevailed between his company and its employees, the majority of whom were...

Volunteer Police Reserve was officially published on Wed- nesday. The circular, which is addressed to chief constables, points out that although the immediate need for special...

with a visit to University College, Dundee, where the delegates and guests were welcomed by Lord Camperdown, the President of the College, and Lord Rosebery delivered an...

THE IRISH RAILWAY STRIKE. T HE latest railway strike is in many ways the most instructive of all the recent labour disturbances. It began with a cause which has nothing whatever...

F EW foreign statesmen, in our opinion, have been so markedly underrated by " liberal " opinion in England as the late M. Stolypin. His name has been too frequently associated...

Tl Report of the Archbishops' Committee on Church inance is a most welcome document, and we trust that it will lead to the establishment of some such scheme as is recommended....

gentlemen of the House of Commons who are opposed to the payment of members had but devoted as much time and ingenuity to the defeat of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's...

B OOKS nowadays are a commodity which bids fair to become indispensable. We cannot face a railway journey, hardly an evening at home, certainly not a night out s without them....

TT is easy to be kind to the poor and needy if they live a long way off; it is painful not to be kind to them if they live in the next room. It is easy to give money from a...

S EPTEMBER must always be a month of peculiar attractions to ornithologists if only because it sees the beginning of the full tide of the autumn migrations of birds. As regards...

letter in your issue of August 26th appeals to our literary instincts, but in my opinion it indulges in too many vague generalizations. I would ask Miss Markham, Was there ever...

" THE LESSONS OF THE STRIKE." [To TEM EDITOR OP TEM "SPECTATOR. " ] SIR, —I thank Miss Markham for correcting me. What I meant to convey was that the strike, which was a danger...

Or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIS,—There are certain advantages in the status of a slave; others in the states of a free man; and before I proceed to develop the subject of this letter...

to speak at a recent meeting of strikers on the announcement of the recent railway strike being termi- nated, I said:— "Every man who has a head to think, a heart to feel, and a...

[To THE EDITOR 07 THE "srscrero5."] you allow me to call attention to a matter which ought, I think, to possess interest for some of your readers ? I have just returned from...

[To THE EDITOR 07 Tux "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In your notice of my new book " British Rural Life and Labour " your reviewer asks : " Is the assumption wan anted that a proportionate...

[To THE EDITOR. OP THE "SPECTITOR."1 SIR, — As a Life Governor of one of the English University Colleges, I have read with much interest the paragraph in last week's Spectator...

[To THE EDITOR or THE " SPBCTATOR."1 SIR, — I much regret that the letter from your correspondent, Dr. H. T. Hodgkin, which appeared in your issue of July 15th, has been left so...

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTAT08 ° 1 Sin,—Some of your readers may not perhaps follow reports of our leading industries, so it would probably be of interest to state that the...

[To THE EDITOR. OF THE " SPECTATOR.' . ] Sin,—Some twenty years ago Dr. Alexander—then, I think, Bishop of Derry—arrived in Oxford to preach the University Sermon at St. Mary's....

passing away of Archbishop Alexander, may I bring to your notice—though they are probably well known to you—his noble lines on " War." So far as I know they have never been...

[TO THE EDITOR or THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—I have frequently noticed contributors to the Cadbury- Rowntree controversy, recently carried on in your columns, regretting the fact...

Sin,—A paragraph in your interesting issue of August 26th contains a reference to the late Professor Jowett of Balliol, and his resemblance in some respects to the traditional...

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In your issue of August 26th is: "The same things uttered in Hebrew and translated into another tongue have not the same force in...

to be reminded of another beauti- ful epitaph by the late Archbishop Alexander in memory of Agnes Jones, one of the pioneers of hospital reform. She died in February, 1863, in...

To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, —A friend of mine states that recently she observed a rat come regularly to the window, where a jar of beer and sugar was placed on the...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR, Will you kindly allow us to call your attention to the work being done by the Green Lady Hostel in providing holidays for those...

THE "SraorAreit."1 SIR,—In "Twelfth Night," act iii., scene ii., Sir Toby, speak- ing of Maria, says (in the folio reading), " Look where the youngest wren of mine comes."...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sia,—The article in this week's Spectator on hand-reared grouse—in which reference is made to the possibilities of grouse as pets—leads me to...

[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—George Macdonald, in his novel "David Elginbrod," says that " Hugh had the weakness of being proud of small discoveries—the tinier the...

I To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—May I be allowed to explain the "strange conflict of evidence" between myself and Dr. Sir James Murray to which allusion is made in the...

THE GLEANERS. WHEN the pale moon is leaning From Heaven's high blue, When faintly and far Gleams the gold of a star, Then I know that God's gleaners are gleaning The dim...

MADAME ALBANI. THE British musical public is not forgetful, but there are moments when its memory needs a little jogging, and if ever there was a good excuse for resorting to...

1 - To THE EDITOR OF SSE "SPECTATOR."1 Sin,—In your article on " The Distribution of Wealth" you say in discussing the suggestion of the crude Socialist that all that is...

or initials, or with a pseudonym, or are marked "Communicated," the Editor must not necessarily be held to be in agreement with the views therein expressed or with the mode of...

OLERID GE.* THE charm of a particular individuality, expressing itself through certain characteristic gestures without effort or reserve, is what attracts us most in the...

E. Patterson to write his autobiography, but as it is a narrative of youthful rebellion and bitter wrestling with fate in early manhood—an experience, let us hope, which is...

TN this book a village schoolmistress tells the story of a bold experiment by which she revolutionized the life of her school. To say that the book is epoch-making is scarcely...

academic world in England looked upon Dr. Henry More as a great scholar, a great thinker, and an extraordinarily delightful companion. The last of these three verdicts is true....

Da. KIDD by preparing this volume has done well for future writers of Church history. In it are brought together be- tween three and four hundred original documents which...

THE annals of a family of any importance are usually worth recording if the writer is content with a limited public. He will have for his readers in almost every case the...

HIIRDCOTT.-f THERM are some modern novelists who prefer to concern themselves with the fortunes of ordinary or even vulgar " Shelley and 54 Friends in Holy. By Helen Rossetti...

MANY books have been written about Shelley. Has this new volume a raison cr etre ? We say "yes," but we make the answer without enthusiasm. Mrs. Rossetti Angell has some- thing...

(D. Appleton and Co. 6s.)—A curious story of Wall Street, in which a dispossessed queen is an unexpected character. — The Lady of the Hundred Dresses. By S. R. Crockett....

and Boon. 6s.)—Mr. Cope, the wealthy proprietor of " Cope's Complete Cleanser," is determined that his only granddaughter should not suffer the fate which had overtaken his...

and Sons. 6s.)—This novel is concerned with the adventures of a set of English people in China, and the author seems to have an intimate knowledge of that country as seen...

ls. net.)—This report is a very striking document. It does not deal in detail with the whole of the Mission field, but, following the plan of former reports, takes one province...

Samuel Hearne's .Tourney from Prince of Wales' Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean, 1769-1772, edited by J. B. Tyrrell, M.A. Hearne's narrative is interesting in itself,...

[tinier this Amain, we notice soh Books of the week as hare not been reserved for ravine in other forms.] Christian Missions in Burma. By W. C. B. Purser. (S.P.G. 2s. net.)—Mr....

Cd. net.)—There are some very curious things here which cer- tainly try our faith. A cultured, amiable woman becomes rude and vulgar because her dining-room is papered with a...

Boon. Cs.)— " The narrative," so runs the sub-title, "of one who lived here for a time." The town has for its chief magistrate Dr. Legality. Mr. Self-Satisfied, married to a...

is to be judged by what he thinks of Dr. Johnson, Mr. Cross should stand well The contents of this book have been given in the shape of a lecture, and it is well that they...

Boon. es.)—Mr. Ditchfield writes about dwellings of common folk and of great folk, dwellings of bishops, dwellings of the sick. He writes about booksellers' shops and about many...