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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorT "great event of the week is the conclusion, not, however, as yet officially announced, of a convention between France and Italy, the effect of which is to terminate the...
NOTICE.—On theSth of October will be published the first of
The Spectatora Series of Art Iles on the Great Governing Families of Scotland, which will appear from week to week or at short intervals in the "Spectator." With the Introductory Article...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE ITALIAN TREATY WITH FRANCE. T EE Pope and the Emperor of the French have hitherto been bound together politically by much the same knot as an ill-matched wife and husband....
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MR. DISRAELI'S GEORGIC.
The SpectatorM R. DISRAELI'S agricultural speeches must be almost too stimulating for the country gentlemen and farmers of Buckinghamshire. If anything were still needed to show the delusion...
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THE MODERATION OF HERR VON BISMARK. TN the correspondence between
The SpectatorHerr von Bismark and Lord 1 Russell, which has just been published, additional proof has been vouchsafed to Europe that it has very much under- rated the capacity of the...
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MR. SEWARD AND THE TWO PLATFORMS.
The SpectatorN O one with any respect for political principle or modesty likes Mr. Seward. He has few rivals in that art of vulgar political thimblerig, which is always conjuring great...
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and laid down their arms the war will instantly cease,
The Spectatorand the total number of friendly societies and benefit clubs is all the war measures then existing, including those which estimated by competent persons at twenty thousand. This...
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THE RIVAL BISHOPS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
The SpectatorW HATEVER may be the decision of the Crown as to the legality of the deposition of the Bishop of Natal by his Metropolitan, and whatever may be the differences of opinion as to...
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GENERAL SHERMAN'S CAMPAIGN.
The SpectatorT HE operations which have carried the Federals from Chat- tanooga to Atlanta, that is, froth. the frontier of Tennessee to the heart of Georgia, are as yet the most brilliant...
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THE POWER, USE, AND PROSPECTS OF THE GREAT GOVERNING FAMILIES.
The SpectatorW ITH the Vanes concludes our list of the great English fami- lies. During the publication of the series, a period extend- ing over more than twelve months, we have received but...
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THE EMILIAN PROVINCES UNDER VICTOR EMANUEL.
The Spectator[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Ravenna, September, 1864. IF two years have been enough to produce in active Turin changes that met the eye at once, what am I to say of the...
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TILE CHICAGO CONVENTION :—VALUE OF CURRENCY IN NEW YORK.
The Spectator[FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] New York, September 3, 1864. Bora the military and the political news of the week are im- portant. General Sherman has taken Atlanta, and has...
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THE LIBERAL THEORY OF REFORM.
The SpectatorTo THE EDITOR OF THE ‘` SPECTATOR." Sue,—Your candid criticism on Mr. Fawcett's speech at Brighton last week will, I am sure, be echoed by many a true Liberal ; but may we not...
BOOKS.
The SpectatorREUBEN MEDI1COTT.* Ma. SAVAGE has probably published no book with so much (though very discontinuous) literary power, but he has also, we fear, published none so deficient in...
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TODLEBEN'S tRIMEAN WAR,* [SECOND Norms.]
The SpectatorIx our preceding notice we dealt with Todleben's preliminary chapter. Before we come to the invasion of the Crimea we have three more chapters, one intended to show how...
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IN THE SILVER AGE.* As the right of translation is
The Spectatornow always as a mere matter of " common form" reserved, its reservation in the ease of these elegant but miscroscopic essays does not of course suggest any intention of...
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THE SHEFFIELD FLOOD.*
The SpectatorTHE flood caused at Sheffield in March last by the bursting of the Bradfield Reservoir was too disastrously important in its re- sults and too obscure the exact nature of its...
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The History of a Bit of Bread. By Jean Mach.
The SpectatorPart L, Man. Translated from the French and edited by Mrs Alfred Getty. (Saunders, Otley, and Co.)—This volume is really a model of an elementary scientific treatise. Intended...
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorThe Gospel of Common Sense. By Robert Brown. (Jackson, Walford, and Hodder.)—Three essays, all of which have appeared before, with an introduction prefixed to them. The author's...
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employers of workmen get the credit of their work. He
The Spectatorthinks the workman's name ought to be appended to his work, so that when we have a beautifully carved chimney-piece, for instance, the man who designed and wrought it should...
Too Strange not to be True. A Tale. By Lady
The SpectatorGeorgiana Fullerton. Three volumes. (Bentley.)-A very disappointing book from the authoress of "Ellen Middleton" and " Grantley Manor." The only pretension of the book is the...
BOOKS RECEIVED.
The SpectatorThe Simplicity of the Creation, by M. Adolph, 2nd edition (Burns & Lambert)-Tangled Talk (Strahan Co.1-The Two Anastasias 8 vols.; Public Men and Pretty Women, by Were Dawson, 2...