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NEWS OF THE WEEK rpHE Emperor Napoleon on Thursday addressed
The Spectatorsuch of the 1 soldiers at Chalons as had served in the Italian war. He bade them "keep always in their hearts the remembrance of their battles," for the "history of French wars...
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THE VERDICT OF THE PEERS.
The SpectatorT HE vote of Saturday morning was creditable to the Peers, for a reason which has not been sufficiently appreciated. It revealed the strength of individuality still existing...
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THE GERMAN FLEET.
The SpectatorW E cannot imagine why English journals should always. treat the German desire for a fleet with such illconcealed contempt. The Times in particular seems to think there is...
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THE BETTING LOTTERIES:-.,..
The SpectatorS OME one should ask a question in Parliamea‘ war which has evidently been declared against the men. A contemporary attributes the new zeal of the 7111 M. to the new Chief...
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MR. REVERDY JOHNSON'S RETROSPECT.
The SpectatorP OOR Mr. Reverdy Johnson! There is something quite touching in reading that account of his views respecting the failure of his mission which the New York Times' correspondent...
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THE RATIONALE OF SOME EXCEPTIONAL GENDERS.
The SpectatorTHERE is probably no man of middle age who, if it has happened to him to come upon the contemporary records of some long past transaction relating to himself,—say, an old...
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THE PROVINCIAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND.
The SpectatorCVII:–THE WELSH MARCH :---MONMOUTHSHIRE AND HEREFORDSHIRE.—THE TOWNS. T HE towns of Usk and Abergavenny which arose on or near the sites of the Roman stations of RI:MAIM% and...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorVESUVIUS.* THE earlier portion of this exhaustive and interesting monograph is occupied with a detailed account of the growth and vicissitudes of the mountain Vesuvius, which...
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MISS GREENWELL'S SONGS OF THE CROSS.*
The SpectatorMOST poetry falls naturally into one of two divisions : either, as in that of Chaucer, it tells in clear ringing tones what men and things are like, what men say, what they do,...
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CHARLOTTE DE LA TREMOILLE, COUNTESS OF DERBY.* [SECOND NOTICE.] BESIDES
The Spectatorthe defence of Lathom House by the Countess of Derby, the chief points in the family history during the Civil Wars are the chivalrous devotion of the Earl to the Royal cause,...
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NORTHERN SCOTTISH DIALECTS.* OUR indebtedness to the Scandinavians for a
The Spectatorlarge part of our language, and especially of our provincial speech, is in a fair way to be fully elucidated. One of the largest and most satisfactory books that has ever been...
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THE WEDDING DAY.* Tins is apparently Mr. Wood's third compilation,
The Spectatorand to judge from the way in which this book is put together, we should uot be surprised if it were to prove one of the links in an interminable chain. Neither special aptitude...
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ESSAYS ON ENGLISH WRITERS.*
The SpectatorBooics are not always written in the present day because they are needed, or we should be inclined to express our wonder at the publication of this volume. The kindly spirit of...
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CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorThe Present Position of the High-Church Party. By William Maskell, M.A. (Longmans.)—Mr. Maskell, whose secession to Rome some years ago excited some attention, comes forward,...