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NEWS OF THE . WEEK.
The SpectatorA LL the news of the week has a gray colour. It must, we fear, be accepted that the chances of war with Russia have increased, though the negotiations scarcely advance ; and the...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorTHE CAMPAIGN AGAINST OSMAN DIGNA. T HE difficulties in the way of successful action on the Red Sea are endless, or, at least, while the country is waiting for intelligence of...
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MR. GLADSTONE'S THOUGHTS. MR. GLADSTONE'S THOUGHTS. T HERE must be a
The Spectatorcertain bitterness,—a sense that Providence is dealing-out to him some of that severe irony with which the Almighty not unfrequently tries men of high aspirations,—at Mr....
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INDIA SPRINGING TO WAR.
The SpectatorI T is pleasant, amidst so much that is wearisome or disheartening, to read the news from India. Lord Dufferin, who knows Russia, and understands how doubtful the contest is...
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, sonuriN DE LISTE" IN FRANCE. , sonuriN DE LISTE" IN FRANCE.
The SpectatorT HE French Chamber's vote on the principle of representation has been singularly different from the one taken in May, 1881, when the plan of electing all the Members for a...
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TECHNICALITIES OF THEFT.
The SpectatorT HE tenderness of English law for the liberty of the sub ject is marvellously exemplified in the proceedings of the Court for Crown Cases Reserved. Whenever a Judge on Circuit...
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DR. WORDSWORTH.
The SpectatorE sketches of Bishop Wordsworth's life which have appeared in several journals have had one common and natural fault. They pass lightly over the intellectual narrowness which...
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"A FAITHLESS WORLD."
The SpectatorM ISS COBBE has republished* her very striking essay in the Contemporary Review on "A Faithless World," the essay in which she commented on James Stephen's no less remarkable...
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ARAB COURAGE.
The SpectatorW HAT a flood of light these skirmishes on the Red Sea throw upon Mahommedan history, and especially upon those two most obscure series of events,—the early conquests of the...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorCLOTHWORKERS' HALL. Ito THE EDITOR OP THE " SPRCTATOR."1 avail myself of your invitation to put the matter at issue between as a little more distinctly. Your article in effect...
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ROBBING THE PUBLIC.
The Spectator[TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,---You have so often expressed sympathy for the poor persecuted tourist in his struggle to gain access to the beauties of Nature, now...
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THE UNIVERSITY SUFFRAGE.
The SpectatorLTO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J am right glad to see Mr. Portal's letter admitted into your paper. To make a monetary qualification necessary in a constituency like the...
MARK PATTISON'S ESTIMATE OF CONINGTON.
The SpectatorrTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR." J you kindly allow me to correct one of three or four misprints in my letter, which seriously affects, or rather eliminates, the sense of...
THE GORDON MEMORIAL.
The Spectatorrm THE EDITOR Olt THE " SPECTATOR." J SIR, — L3 it "the first necessity of a memorial that, apart from the memories it evokes, it should be useless "? Is it not rather a mockery...
"THE RIGHTS OF PROFESSORS AND THE RIGHTS OF BRUTES."
The SpectatorITo THE EDITOR OF THE "13PECTATOR."1 So„—Your note so well answers the particular issue which Professor Dicey's letter opens, that perhaps you will think further comment...
THE CURSE OF SCOTLAND.
The Spectator[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR '1 Sra,—With reference to letter on "The Curse of Scotland" by me in yesterday's Spectator, allow me to mention that my name is not William...
THE PUN ON HERAT.
The SpectatorrTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."1 SIR,—Thanks are due to your correspondent " 0. " for bringing before us that delightful French story about Herat. May I suggest a slight...
POETRY.
The SpectatorTHE VIRGIN IN HOLMAN HUNTS NEW PICTURE. DIVINELY sad, but yet serene, Worn with fatigue, but tranquil still, On foot, on hand, on form, on mien, Trace of the subjugated will,...
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ART.
The Spectator"A GREAT PICTURE."t Ma. HOLMAN HUNT'S great picture of "The Triumph of the Innocents" is at last finished, and is now being exhibited in iBond Street, at the Fine-Art Society's...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorMARIUS THE EPICUREAN.* A READER who brings to the study of Mr. Pater's romance the popular conception of the Epicurean will find himself in the presence of an individuality of...
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THE MAN versus THE STATE.* " MosT of those who
The Spectatornow pass as Liberals are Tories of a new type" is the theme of this book, which consists of four essays reprinted from the Contemporary Review. These essays were hailed with...
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JUDITH WYNNE.*
The SpectatorCARLYLE, writing half a century ago on Diderot, lifted up his voice and warned British novelists that their hour had come and their vocation gone. The reading public was sated...
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THE RIVIERA, AND THE SNOW-LINE.* Tn - E ingenious translator, or travestier,
The Spectatorof Merimee's Letters to. Panizzi, makes Merimee tell his friend that there is nothing more beautiful than the river between Savona and Frejus. Most of us could have assured this...
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DIABOLUS AMANS.*
The SpectatorTHE author of this poem has grossly misnamed it. The subject of it is no Mephistopheles, though he appears to have bad experience of the temptations of Mephistopheles, and to...
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CURRENT LITERATURE.
The Spectator• The Chancellor of the Tyrol, by Herman Schmid (Unwin), which has been translated by Mrs. or 'Miss Dorothea Roberts, is a historical novel, based on fact, that is popular in...