7 JUNE 1884

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NEWS OF THE WEEK.

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frHE House of Commons reassembled on Thursday, but there was an understanding that business wonld not be important, And the attendance was thin. The Members present chatted...

Lord Salisbury is starring it in South Devon, and on

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Wed. nesday and Thursday made at Plymouth two very effective speeches,—effective, that is, as showing what he really wants. Wednesday was devoted to foreign and Colonial policy....

It is semi-officially admitted that the Shereef of Wazan, a

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descendant of the Pkaphet, of vast influence in Morocco, has accepted French nationality, and is calling on the tribes to de- clare against the Sultan. His object, it is...

No news whatever has been received from Egypt this week

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beyond the usual farrago of lies about tribes hundreds of miles 'from the scene they are said. to be in doing this or that. So far as is known the 3,Iahdi has not moved, General...

On Thursday Lord Salisbury turned to domestic affairs, and especially

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to the Franchise. He did not object to extend the suffrage, though he doubted the demand for it, holding that matter to be of comparatively little importance. What was important...

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• * The Editors cannot undertake to return Manuscript, in

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any case.

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No doubt whatever is entertained that the explosions were arranged

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by American-Irish of the extreme faction,—who, indeed, boast loudly in Paris and New York over their work, and threaten, as usual, that the next explosion shall have far more-...

Lord Salisbury, in the course of his second speech, let

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fall a curious, and possibly prolific hint. He said that if the House of Commons was to be obeyed by the Lords merely because the majority in favour of a measure was large, it...

It is announced in a telegram from Simla, published in

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the Times in large letters, that in the autumn a mixed Russian and English Commission will proceed to the northern border of Afghanistan, in order to define the boundary. This,...

The Matin, a Bonapartist journal in Paris, publishes an extraordinary

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outburst of hatred against England. It pro- fesses to be the work of a Committee of Irishmen in Paris, who demand the sympathy of the world for their " war " against England,...

London was again annoyed on Friday week, at a few

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minutes past nine, p.m., by three dynamite explosions—one in Scotland Yard and two in St. James's Square. In the former instance the object of attack was the head-quarters of...

The decision of the Republican Convention, which met at Chicago

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on Tuesday, as to their candidate for the Presidency will hardly be known till this afternoon. It is evident that none of the leading competitors, Mr. Blaine, Mr. Edmunds, and...

The Dean of Westminster declined to allow Sir Bartle Frere

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to be buried in Westminster Abbey, on the ground of the restricted space now at his disposal. Sir Bartle was, therefore, buried in St. Peal's, on Thursday, in the presence of a...

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Miss Helen Taylor publishes in the Times a strong and

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per- fectly just protest against a form of cruelty which, she says, is practised in the Health Exhibition, and which is certainly prac- tised in all large shops. The assistants,...

Mr. Parnell's Land Purchase and Settlement Company have made their

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first offer for an estate, from which it would appear that they think thirty years' purchase of the Government valuation a fair price. The estate, in Galway, which belongs to...

We should not have suspected Mr. Rowsell—once Controller of Contracts

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in the Admiralty, and now English Commissioner for the Daira—of being a sanguine man. His friends in England thought him keen, with an unusual experience of scoundrels. He has,...

Another strong attempt has been made in France to exempt

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'candidates for the priesthood Trom the conscription. The Bishops declare that three years of barrack life will ruin their students for the work of the priesthood, and are...

An unconfirmed rumour has reached London that General Gordon has

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started for the Equator in an armoured steamer. It is probably false.

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We pointed out last week the readiness of the French

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Assembly to pass any laws hostile to religion, and the reluct- .ance of the peasantry to condemn the Deputies for those laws, —drawing what seems to us the inevitable deduction...

The statistics of the Co-operative Congress, read at the annual

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meeting at Derby on Tuesday, are worth noting. The distributive work is exceedingly .profitable. In the year 1882, the latest for which there are complete returns, there were in...

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TOPICS OF THE DAY.

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THE POLITICAL SITUATION. T HE guiding men in the constituencies should carefully consider whether they do or do not intend to permit a change of Government ; for matters are...

FRANCE AND MOROCCO.

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T M: reconquest by Europa of the southern coast of the Mediterranean advances apace. Whatever the immediate destiny of Egypt, whether she is to continue a British de- pendency...

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THE EXPLOSIONS IN LONDON.

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T HE only feeling that the explosions of Friday week can excite in sound English politicians is one of profound. melancholy. It is so hard with all our efforts never to advance....

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MINISTERS' WORK.

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T HE Whitsuntide holiday in the Commons has been short, and we hope the Ministers have enjoyed their momentary rest, for they are becoming a very miserable class of men. Most of...

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THE AUSTRIAN IRELAND.

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N INE years ago an insurrection of Bosnian peasants, which Lord Derby, with the proverbial blindness of statesmen, declared to be of no account, reopened the Eastern Question,...

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THE PROFITS OF CO-OPERATION.

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T HE address of Mr. Sedley Taylor to the 16th annual Co-operative Congress, which has been sitting this week at Derby, may usefully be compared with Miss Simcox's article in the...

DIVORCE IN FRANCE.

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T HE large majority by which the French Senate on Friday week accepted the principle of divorce greatly per- plows observes of French society, and with some reason. The easy...

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CONQUEST AND CHARACTER.

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O NE of the oddest things in these discussions about the effect of conquest which have recently recommenced, as they recommenced in the eighteenth century, and will recommence...

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THE IRISH "CORONATION STONE."

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TpHE Irish have discovered a fresh grievance, and the honourable Member for Ennis is the mouthpiece of their wrongs. Mr. Kenny has given notice that in his place in 'Parliament...

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DEAFNESS.

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[To TER EDITOR OP THE " EPROTATOR."1 Stn,—Most persons have had some experience of the difficulty of carrying on conversation with those who are more or less "hard of...

"ENGLISH BULLS."

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Snt,—Your correspondent, " Milesian," has given an amusing and, what is far rarer, a really truthful description of Irish - peculiarities of...

LETTERS TO ME EDITOR.

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THE DEADLOCK IN IRISH LAND. rTo TIM EDITOR OP TRH " SPECTATOR."1 SIE,—May an Irish auctioneer, whose hammer—not that of Thor—has knocked down a considerable amount of...

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A POEM BY MRS. FRY.

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[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 have been reading in the Nineteenth Century Mr. Justice Stephen's correction of St. Paul's "having no hope and without 'God." I have also...

ZULULAND.

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[To TEE EDITOR OF TER " SPECTATOR."] Sin,—From the short reference to the condition of Zululand made during the last fortnight in the Spectator, it appears that you contemplate...

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ART.

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THE GROSVENOR GALLERY. [CONCLUDING NOTICE.] VERY few words are needed to complete our notices of this Gal- lery, as the majority of the most important works are hung in the...

ON MR. GLADSTONE'S QUOTATION FROM DANTE , ci propos OF F.

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D. MAURICE. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sin,—May I call attention to the fact that in the lines of Dante applied by Mr. Gladstone to the late F. D. Maurice,— "L'altro...

WATER OW THE BRAIN. [To THE EDITOR OF THE "

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SPECTATOR:] SI/V - 34 attention has been called to a paragraph in your issue of May 24th, in which you refer to some statements of mine re- garding the increase among children...

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BOOKS.

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KANT'S THEORY OF ETHICS.* WE welcome with much pleasure a third edition of Mr. Abbott's translation of Kant's Ethics. His carefully-made selection from the German philosopher's...

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A GERMAN PROFESSOR ON JAPAN*

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Pus most interesting portion of this first instalment of Dr. Rein's excellent work on Japan is undoubtedly his very readable and attractive summary of the history, civilisation,...

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CORPUS POETICUM BOREALE.*

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DR. GODBRAND VIGTeSSON, with the co-operation of Mr. P. York Powell, has again laid heavy obligations on both his adopted and his native country. In two large, well-filled...

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ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC.* Tars " two-decker " book, as the

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author not inappropriately dubs the pair of ponderous volumes before us, is principally interest- ing on account of the comparison it affords between the Arctic and Antarctic...

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TWO CLASSICAL ROMANCES.*

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IT is the besetting sin of books of this kind that they halt, so to speak, in the choice whether they will be romances or dictionaries of antiquities. Bekker's well-known works,...

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THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MUDDLE.*

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This book is a consolidation and reprint, brought up to date; of the two " Memorandums " on local government which were drawn up by Mr. R. S. Wright for Mr. Rathbone and Mr.. W...

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CURRENT LITERATURE.

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South Africa: a Sketch-Book. By James Stanley Little. 2 vols. (W. Ewan Sonnenschein and Co.)—In these two volumes, Mr. Little has put together what may very well be described as...

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The Church and Parish of St. Bride, Fleet Street. By

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E. C. Hawkins, MA. (Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co.)—Mr. Hawkins has a very interesting subject in his parish of St. Bride. Every pariah is interesting in its way ; but it is not in...

The Greek Liturgies. Edited by C. A. Swainson, D.D. (Cambridge

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University Press.)—Dr. Swainson discusses in the fist chapter of his Introduction the bibliography of the Greek Liturgies ; in the second, "The Liturgical Manuscripts," a...

Giida Aurifabrorum : a History of English Goldsmiths and Plate-

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workers. By William Chaffers. (W. H. Allen and Co.)—Mr. Chaffers has followed up a former work which has had a great success—" Hall- Marks on Gold and Silver Plate "—by the...

Much to say that ought to be useful to his

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readers. He begins by telling them that many persons play billiards for years without knowing how to strike the ball properly ; and he suggests a simple test of this...

Red-Letter Days Abroad. By John L. Stoddard. (Osgood and Co.,

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Boston, U.S.; Triibner, London.)—Reminiscences of travel in Spain and Russia, and a description of the Passion Play at Ober-Ammergan in 1880, make up this volume. This last is...

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Oure Tounis Colledge. By John Harrison. (Blackwood.)—This is one of

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the best of the by no means few works which have been pro- duced by the recent tercentenary celebrations in honour of the Edin- burgh University. While not coming directly into...

Some Public Schools : Their Cost and Scholarships. By Henry

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St. Clair Feilden and Malcolm Heard. (Sampson Low and Co.)—Here we have a statement of the cost of education, and of the help in scholarships, etc., which may be obtained at...

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PUBLICATIONS OF THE WEEK.

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Aidti (H.), Introduced to Society, or 8vo (Chapman & Hall) 5/0 Alexander (W.), Displacement of the Uterus. or 8vo (Churchill) 3/6 Bale (M. P.), Stoneworking Machinery, or Svo...

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Lerroos: Printed by Joust CAMPBELL, of No. 1 Wellington Street,

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in the Precinet of the Savoy, Strand, in the County of MideFesex, at 18 Exeter Street, Strand; and Published by him at the " Srnc - raros" Ofiloe, No. 1 Wellington Street,...

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SPECIAL LITERARY SUPPLEMENT

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Vitt pieertator ron No. 2,919.] WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JUNE 7,1884. r REGISTERED FOR I LTEANSMISSION ABROAD. GRATIS.

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BOOKS.

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A ROUNDABOUT JOURNEY.* - MR. WARNER is known as the author of a pleasant book, "My Summer in a Garden," and readers acquainted with that work will feel some curiosity in...

kttrratp. Oupplournt.

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LONDON: JUNE 7, 1884.

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TWO REMARKABLE NOVELS.*

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Tin two works on which we propose to comment form a whole, although the first, Donovan, was published some time ago, and the second, We Two, is only just out. They are novels...

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• MR. A. S. MURRAY'S HISTORY OF GREEK SCULPTURE.--Vourto II.. •

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IN his previous volume, Mr. Murray described the progress of Greek sculpture, from the earliest times onward to the age of Phidias. In the volume before us he describes its...

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SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY Si IJDIE S.* SEVERAL of these Studies appeared originally

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in the pages of the Cornbill Magazine, at the time when, under the manage- ment of Mr. Leslie Stephen, it was, perhaps, the most literary of our monthly periodicals. They are...

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EPHRAIM; OR, THE MANY AND THE FEW.* "Tons les genres

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Bout bons hors le genre ennnyeux," says the wise French proverb ; and undoubtedly this applies with especial force to novels, which lose their very raison d'être if they are...

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THREE NOVELS.*

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ADMIRERS of Mr. Julian Hawthorne's early efforts as a writer of fiction, who are even yet hopeful that be may justify that admi- ration if he can only be persuaded to do justice...

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MILITARY ITALY.*

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HAS the probable effect upon nations of the great modern military systems been sufficiently considered P An army of the old type by successful or disastrous wars extended or...

The Roll-Call. By Mrs. Arthur Tristram Gervoise. 3 vole- (Remington

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and Co.)—It is not easy to do justice to the merits that this story certainly possesses. As a whole, it must be pro- nounced a failure. The plot is perplexed and difficult to...

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The Perfect Path. By Elizabeth Glaister. 2 vols. (Smith, Elder,

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and Co.)—Cordelia Ashby, commonly called "Corks" by her fast associates at Mentone, is the neglected daughter of a gentlemanly, good-for-nothing roué and gambler, Colonel Ashby....

In Letters and Essays on Wales (James Clark and Co.),

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Mr. Henry Richard reprints a number of letters, essays, eze., which he has pub- lished at intervals during the last forty years, or thereabouts. Mr. Richard has a fervent love...