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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorG REECE has not yet accepted the resolutions of Conference, and it is believed will not accept them. On the contrary, the Vienna Press affirms that she has circulated a...
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OVEREND, GURNEY, AND CO.
The SpectatorW E do not wonder, either at the deep pity felt by some men for the defendants in this trial, or at the roar of applause with which the news of their committal was received. It...
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THE WHIG CREED. THE WHIG CREED. T HE English public is
The Spectatorapt to be a little too jealous of the dignity of its statesmen. When everybody who has studied Irish politics at all is pouring out his ideas on the impending changes, Lord...
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THE COUNTY GRIEVANCE.
The SpectatorT HE Chambers of Agriculture which have sprung up so rapidly among us,--there are now, we believe, more than seventy in full working order, with a newspaper of their own, —seem...
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FALSE AND TRUE HELP FOR NEW ZEALAND.
The SpectatorI T is most melancholy to read of the blunders of our countrymen in New Zealand, and of the awful price they are paying for them in the blood of valiant men and women, and...
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THE HYPOTHESIS OF BRAIN-WAVES.
The SpectatorA CURIOUS and thoughtful letter in another column revives, with a different purpose, something very like Hartley's theory of the undulations in the whitey-brown matter of the...
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HOUSE-BUILDING.
The SpectatorW E print to-day a letter from a trustworthy correspondent which will, we imagine, amuse all our readers, and interest a good many. W. H. W.," a professional man in a fair way...
BRAIN-WAVES.—A THEORY.
The Spectator[TO ills EDITOR OF TUE "SPECTATOR:1 SIR, —A collection of authenticated ghost stories relating to contemporary persons and events would not only be curious and interesting, but...
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HOUSE-BUILDING.
The SpectatorITO TIIE EDITOR OF THE ••SPECTATOIL - 1 Sin, — A few years ago it was considered advisable for the sake of my health that I should live a little way out of London. 1 spent a...
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A RT.
The SpectatorSKETCHES AND STUDIES OF THE WATER-COLOUR SOCIETY. kr the very commencement of these Winter Exhibitions there were critics who made haste to prove their sagacity by prophesying...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorMR. BROWNING'S NEW POEM.. THE last two cantos in this second volume constitute together and in their contrast., what seem to us Mr. Browning's greatest poetic achievement. At...
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REALITIES OF IRISH LIFE.* THE uses of irony as an
The Spectatorefficient instrument of artistic composition have been appreciated by all the great masters of literary art. The author of Realities of Irish Life, possibly with the unconscious...
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THE CLEVELAND DIALECT.*
The SpectatorRARELY has any dialect had such ample justice done to it as that of Cleveland by the Rev. J. C. Atkinson. There are people who collect local words and phrases, and form them...
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A "TOUR OF OBSERVATION" IN AMERICA.* Tins is the sort
The Spectatorof book which one would like best to review by making frequent quotations. It is composed mainly of detached remarks and descriptions of men and things, which can therefore bear...
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CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorThe Theological Review. January. (Williams and Norgate.)—The chief feature of this number is the article in which Mr. J. E. Carpenter reviews works by Mr. Liddon and Mr. Reville...