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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorT HE Vienna correspondent of the Standard vouches for a story which, if true, is the strongest testimony yet received to the genuineness of the German Emperor's desire for...
The news of the week from China is not reassuring.
The SpectatorA plot has been discovered to seize the arsenal at Foochow, and it is believed that even Shanghai, the greatest of the ports open to foreigners, is threatened. The agitation is...
Mr. J. Morley has commenced the campaign of the Recess
The Spectatorfrom the Liberal side, but the speech he delivered at Cam- bridge on Monday is not very satisfying. He satirised the Liberal Unionists, and prophesied their extinction, and...
The German Emperor, advised, it is said, by Prince Hohen-
The Spectatorlohe and Count Munster, has decreed the relaxation of the passport rules in Alsace-Lorraine. Indeed, except as against soldiers, they may be said to be abolished. They were im-...
Ex-President Balmaceda has passed sentence on himself, and on Saturday
The Spectatorlast he executed himself with a revolver. It appears that after his defeat he fled from Santiago, hoping to reach one of his steamers at a point along the coast. The steamer,...
On Monday it was announced that Sir James Fergusson had
The Spectatorbeen appointed Postmaster General. The appointment is probably as good a one as could have been made at the moment, for there is no inspired administrator available, and Sir...
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.
The SpectatorWith the " SPECTATOR" of Saturday, October 10th, will be issued, -gratis, a SPECIAL LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, the outside pages of which will be devoted to Advertisements. To secure...
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The Times of Tuesday gives the text of the Bill
The Spectatorfor splitting . Queensland into three Home-rule Provinces, with a united Central Government., which Sir Samuel Griffith recently laid upon the table of the Assembly. It is...
Mr. H. 0. Arnold Forster has started on another crusade.
The SpectatorHe helped greatly to improve the condition of the Navy, and now he wants to improve that of the Army. He declares that :—" Our cavalry are without horses, our artillery without...
On Wednesday, at the Dockers' Congress now being held at
The SpectatorHull, Mr. Tom Mann delivered his presidential address. There has been an improvement in their condition, but many of the dockers, he declares, are still at times called on to...
On Monday the Roman papers _published the text of a
The SpectatorA letter addressed by the Pope to the Archbishops and Bishops in the German Empire and in Austria-Hungary, condemning the practice of duelling. The Pope condemns duelling as not...
On Wednesday, Lord Knntsford addressed a meeting at Saxmundham, in
The SpectatorSuffolk, held in furtherance of his son's candidature. After praising Lord Salisbury for the successful apportionment of unappropriated Africa which he had carried through, Lord...
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Our power of defending the Thames and Medway from the
The Spectatorshore, and without the aid of ships, was tested on Monday night, when four hired steamers, representing a hostile fleet, attempted to raid the Port of London. At 9 o'clock, the...
The Standard of Thursday contains an amusing account of how
The SpectatorStoke,' the elephant sent by the Queen to the Sultan of Morocco, was presented to that Potentate. The Sultan was in camp, and the elephant was, therefore, marched into the...
The Times of Wednesday gives an account of an attempt
The Spectatorto introduce a sort of bastard hull-fighting into Belgium. A rough wooden bull-ring has been erected at Spa, and here on Sunday last a wretched bull, who, as the Times'...
The powers of the Mahatmas are not to be put
The Spectatorto the test in London. Colonel Desmond has Veen informed, on behalf of his spiritual superiors, that his acceptance of Mr. Stuart Cumberland's challenge cannot be allowed, and...
A murder has been committed at Liverpool which is almost,
The Spectatorthough by no means quite, unique in the annals of crime, and which will greatly perplex the Judges. A coroner's jury has affirmed that Samuel Crawford, nine years old, and...
The Government of India has acted with prudence and magnanimity
The Spectatorin the Bangabasi case. The jury, it will be re- membered, disagreed, andthe defendant, who had been accused of seditious writing, was not convicted, but the conductors of the...
Unless there is some mistake in the figures:the wealth of
The Spectatorthe City during the last ten years has increased at a rate which is positively astounding. According to the City Press of Wednesday, the profits assessed to income-tax under...
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UNIONISTS AND TORIES.
The SpectatorW E cannot see what object the Times had in printing its Monday's article on " The Liberal Unionist Position by a Conservative M.P.," unless it was to show how foolishly the...
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorMR. MORLEY AT CAMBRIDGE. M R. MORLEY has been the first Liberal of Cabinet rank to break the silence of the Recess, and his speech will have been read by thousands eager to...
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THE FIGHT FOR THE FREEMAN. N OTHING could better illustrate the
The Spectatoressential differ- ences between things English and Irish than the fight over the Freeman Journal that has been raging during the past month—a fight which has ended in the dis-...
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THE FIDGETINESS OF ENGLISH OPINION.
The SpectatorW E spoke last week of the nervousness of the Con- tinent ; but England also, at least England as represented in the journals, is in a fidgety mood. There is a readiness to...
THE VIVIFICATION OF VILLAGES.
The SpectatorT HE Gladstoniansthink they can capture the counties 1 by the aid of the villagers' votes, and are diligently spreading the idea that the villagers have many grievances, and...
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EPISCOPAL FEES. T HE Return, in answer to the Address of
The Spectatorthe House of Lords, of all Charges, Fees, First-Fruits, and Tenths, and other payments made by Archbiihops and Bishops since January 1st, 1885, disposes of a popular delusion....
THE CHEAPNESS OF SCOTCH JUSTICE . - M R. ROBERTSON, Lord-Advocate for Scotland",,
The Spectatorhaving accepted the office of Lord-Justice-General' —by his promotion the House of Commons loses a very- keen and agile, if also somewhat dapper and occasionally flippant...
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THE PASSION OF INCREDULITY.
The SpectatorNV E find ourselves often a little perplexed to trace the cause of incredulity among the cultivated. Credhlity without reason always seems intelligible, for we set it down to...
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ACCIDENTAL CONVERSATION.
The SpectatorM R. BESANT will probably find plenty of people to agree with him when he says, as he does in his " Voice of the Flying Day," that after some six weeks of country solitude there...
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THE QUEST FOR THE WILD HORSE.
The SpectatorT HE sustaining hope of the discoverer of the unknown is seldom wholly vague or visionary. No man, as a rule, breaks into a new world by accident or hap-hazard. New - worlds, or...
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SWIFT AND BERKELEY ON IRELAND.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—The landlords of Ireland, past and present, have of late been subjected to so much unjust censure, that I ask per- mission to suggest...
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorLOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR IRELAND. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] Sia,—Allow me to correct an error in your note in the Spectator of September 19th, giving the substance of...
DWARFS AND DWARF-WORSHIP.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—The letter in the Spectator of September 19th on this fascinating topic, based on Mr. Haliburton's paper at the Oriental Congress,...
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MUNEEPORE.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The experiment of converting the child Raja of an uncivilised people into " a brown Englishman," has already been at least once tried,...
COUNTY CONSTITUENTS.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR. "] Sin,—I have read with much interest your article on this sub- ject, in which you state that men of the physique and vigour of Sir Richard...
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "]
The SpectatorSra,—It seems to me that the theory, identified with Kant's name, of the subjectivity, or unreality, of time and space is rendered almost infinitely improbable by the doctrine...
OBSOLETE WORDS.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—You sometimes, I think, record local survivals of generally obsolete words. One such I chanced on here the other day. An old woman,...
TIME.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—To your correspondent's quotations touching the nature and duration of Time, may be added the words of Harry Percy, the man of action,...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorFRANCE BEFORE THE REVOLUTION.* IN these two remarkable volumes, we have a study of public and private life in France during the reigns of Louis XIV., • La France sous l'Ancien...
POETRY.
The SpectatorANXIETY. THOU infant sister of more dread Despair, Chill visitant of every troubled heart, Who, stealing on us from we know not where, Will all unwelcome play thy impish part...
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STORIES BY MR. RUDYARD KIPLING.*
The SpectatorOF Mr. Kipling so very much is already expected, that several critics and friends have taken the wise precaution of dis- counting any disappointment that the public may...
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HISTORIC TFr A NET.*
The SpectatorTo understand the history of the Isle of Thanet is to under- stand bow completely man is at the mercy of the elements, and of water in particular. In the case of the ancient...
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WITH THE BEDUINS.*
The SpectatorOPINIONS differ as to the beauty of Palestine, but none have returned from Jerusalem, the Dead Sea, and the Lake of Tiberias, without feeling the fascination of the plains, the...
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RECENT NOVELS.*
The SpectatorAs a matter of course, the now numerous novels of Mr. F. Marion Crawford vary somewhat in excellence ; but few novelists of' any distinction have preserved b. more constant...
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POETRY. —Poems. By John Francis O'Donnell. (Ward and Downey.)—Mr. Dowling,
The Spectatorwho writes an interesting introduction to this volume, tells us how it came into existence. A series of articles appeared in a Dublin newspaper on " Irish Graves in England,"...
Elsa. By E. McQueen Gray. (Methuen.)—Elsa von Hochwald is the
The Spectatordaughter of an Austrian officer who has married a Venetian young lady, very much against the wishes of her family, who were all ardent patriots. Von Hochwald falls into disgrace...
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorA Literary Manual of Foreign Quotations. Compiled by John Devoe Belton. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.)—This is a really good book. The author has selected with judgment 'from the mass...
Lectures on Architecture and Painting. By John Ruskin, LL.D. New
The Spectatoredition. (G. Allen, Orpington.)—This new edition of lectures delivered at Edinburgh in 1853, has, we think, been printed without alteration. Mr. Ruskin sometimes modifies his...
Lewis Cass. By Andrew C. McLaughlin. (Houghton and Mifflin, Boston
The Spectatorand New York.)—This is one of the series of American Statesmen," of which some twenty, including Wash- ington, J. Q. Adams, Monroe, Jefferson, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay,...
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other students who wish for a thoroughly good and scholarly
The Spectatoredition of a book of Herodotus cannot do better than use this volume. A wonderful amount of information, grammatical, philological, historical, and archteological, is given in...