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Lord Hartington, in his speech this day week at Accrington,
The Spectatorstated that, in pointing out some of the difficulties attending a Franchise Bill at Manchester, he had expressly said that he did not suppose them insuperable ; but now he...
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The SpectatorI T is by no means certain that M. Ferry is to win, after all. The result of the division on the Vote of Credit, taken on Friday, has not yet reached us ; but it was believed on...
It is almost impossible to understand the motives of M.
The SpectatorChallemel-Lacour and M. Ferry in thus deceiving the public. They cannot have wanted a war with China, yet they did all they could to provoke one, and this in the teeth of their...
Sir John Lubbock, who spoke after Lord Hartington, made an
The Spectatoradmirable joke, in the opening of his speech. He said that the great cataract of invective to which the Government had been exposed, and to which Lord Hartington had referred,...
With regard to our foreign relations, Lord Hartington gave evidence
The Spectatorthat there is none of that coolness between England and Germany which the Conservatives delight to suppose and to condemn. This was what he said :—" Our relations with Ger- many...
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Mr. Childers has made two speeches at Pontefract this week,
The Spectatorof the solidly-instructive kind. In the first, on Wednesday, he told his audience that the recruiting difficulty was over, the rate of enlistment having risen again to 37,000 a...
Lord Salisbury made a lively speech at Watford on Thurs-
The Spectatorday. He directed his remarks chiefly to badgering Lord Hartington. Lord Hartington, he said, wished to make the House of Lords into a kind of political parish clerk, that should...
Mr. Childers devoted his second speech, at Knottingley on Thursday,
The Spectatormainly to Reform and the rehousing of the poor. He thought parties were approximating about reform, both of them admitting that household suffrage must be extended to the...
Mr. Folger, the Republican Secretary to the Treasury, while declining
The Spectatorto recommend immediate redaction of the Tariff, except in the matter of wools for carpets, admits that the- country does not desire a reduction in the internal revenue duties on...
We deeply regret to find that Mr. Goschen has declined
The Spectatorthe Speakership, in consequence of the shortness of his sight, which, it is thought, would interfere seriously with the adequate dis- charge of his duties. All parties would...
The Delegates from the Australian Colonies, New Zealand, and Fiji
The Spectatormet at Sydney on November 28th, to consider the question of Federation. The debates are secret, but by December 5th the Conference had agreed unanimously to the following seven...
The rank and file of the Democeat majority in Congress
The Spectatorhave revolted against their leaders, in the interest of Free-trade. Those leaders wished to elect litr. Randall as Speaker of the House, but at a previous meeting or 'caucus,...
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The news from the Soudan is not encouraging. It is
The Spectatornow certain that the Egyptian Army has perished, owing, as we suspected, to thirst and the total failure of ammunition, and that the natives consider the victory to settle the...
An Under-Sheriff of London and Middlesex, writing to Wednes- day'
The Spectators Times, makes the occasional awkwardness of the hangman, and the consequent suffering of the victim, a plea for abolishing capital punishment altogether. A plea it may be, but...
The death, at a comparatively early age, of Dr. Richey,
The SpectatorQ.C., Professor of Feudal and English Law in the University of Dublin, has created a profound sensation of regret amongst all men of culture in that city. Singularly well...
It is reported, apparently on authority, that the Government has
The Spectatorsucceeded in making a Commercial Treaty with Spain. Spain is to admit British goods under the most-favoured-nation clause, while Great Britain is to admit Spanish wines at the...
Mr. Trevelyan made a very remarkable speech on Tuesday at
The SpectatorKelso, on the extension of household franchise to the counties. He spoke with a certain fire of enthusiasm on behalf of the population of Northumberland and Roxburghshire,...
Mr. Trevelyan also made a speech of great mark on
The SpectatorThurs- day at Galashiels, in which he defended the Irish policy of the Government against the criticisms both of men like Messrs. Biggar and Healy, who say rather what their...
On Tuesday, Mr. Chamberlain spoke at Wolverhampton, chiefly on the
The Spectatorcounty franchise. He said that he was com pletely unaware of the divisions in the Cabinet of which the newspapers said so much. "To the best of my belief, every member of the...
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TOPICS OF THE DAY.
The SpectatorMINISTERS ON THE COUNTY FRANCHISE. T N spite of Lord Hartington's warning against pressing on measures before the difficulties which they involve have been fully encountered,...
THE NEW FREE-TRADE MOVEMENT IN AMERICA.
The SpectatorT HE new departure of the American Democrats, if they have really taken it, will be in one way a source of per- plexity to English Radicals. For a quarter of a century past they...
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DECLARATIONS OF WAR.
The SpectatorD URING the discussion of last year upon the Channel Tunnel, it was discovered that most civilians in England believed a sudden spring upon the Tunnel to be morally im-...
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THE AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE.
The SpectatorTil Australian Republic begins its career by proclaiming he "Monroe Doctrine." There can be little doubt that the Federal Representative Committee, which met at Sydney on...
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MR. CHILDERS ON STATE ECONOMY.
The Spectator-E VERY good has its drawback, even wise Finance. One would think, reasoning a priori, that wise finance could not possibly produce any mischief ; but it does, at all events,...
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THE CASE OF PRIESTMAN versus THOMAS.
The SpectatorT HE case of "Priestman v. Thomas" has one plain moral, —do not presume on success. It seems probable that if Thomas had not forgotten this useful rule, he might still have been...
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THE TENNYSON PEERAGE.
The SpectatorI T seems tolerably clear that, whatever may be the actual result, the Poet-Laureate has been assured of the wish of the Crown to raise him to the dignity of a Peerage. We con-...
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THE COMPARATIVE POPULARITY OF LITERARY MEN.
The SpectatorNo. of Votes. r "In Memoriam" (257). 1. Tennyson 501 t " Idylls of the King" (1591. c "Modern Painters" (238). 2. Ruskin 462 t "Stones of Venice" (125). ( "Literature and...
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THE CLERICAL CASTE IN SCOTLAND.
The SpectatorT HE deaths, a short time ago, of such prominent leaders of the Free Church' of Scotland as Dr. Begg and Sir Henry Moncreiff must have suggested this, among many ques-...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
The SpectatorCHANGE OF RESIDENCE AND ELECTORAL RIGHTS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.') SIR,—Your correspondent, Mr. Rowland Estcourt (whose letter on "The Reform Bill" appears in the...
PROFESSOR SEELEY'S "EXPANSION OF ENGLAND." —A CORRECTION.
The Spectator(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."' Sin,—Pray allow me, if you think it worth while, to set right a small fact of history. Professor Seeley, in his "Expansion of England" (page...
ART.
The SpectatorIT is almost impossible to notice any exhibition of this Society without repeating a remark which is at once ungracious and antique,—namely, that the Society is sadly in want of...
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BOOKS.
The SpectatorDUBLIN TRANSLATIONS.* PROFESSOR TYRRELL, Dr. Ingram's brilliant successor in the Regius Chair of Greek at Dublin, may be cordially congratu- • Dublin Translations into Gresk...
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A PLAIN ENGLISHMAN ON AMERICA.*
The SpectatorWE have given the designation of "a plain Englishman" to , the author of this work simply on account of its character ; of Mr. Adams himself we know nothing, except that he...
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GLADYS PANE.*
The SpectatorMR. REID has written a very good novel, though, strange to sap, he has made a more living picture of his heroine than of his hero. We greatly prefer the wild and headstrong girl...
GEORGE TINWORTH AND HIS WORK.* Tins is one of the
The SpectatorArt books published by the Fine-Art Society, and is produced as regards paper, print, and binding, with the usual good-taste of that Society. It consists of a series of photo-...
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THE GRAVER MAGAZINES.
The SpectatorTHE grave Magazines are doing their first work, the exhaustive discussion of the topic of the day, very well this month. They publish seven, or, we may say, eight papers on the...
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and their kindred. Miss Banks' longest tale, for instance, begins
The Spectatorby telling us how "Miss Mag Pyo had an ungovernable passion for all kinds of bright things," and "how she was sentenced to imprisonment for life" for indulging this passion...
Choice Poems from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Illustrated from Paintings by
The Spectatorhis Son, Ernest W. Longfellow. (Cassell and Co.) —Here we have twenty poems, illustrated by more than twice as many engravings. The poems are, for the most part, familiar....
Blue-Red ; or, the Discontented Lobster, by Juliana Horatio. Ewing,
The Spectatorpainted in colours by R. Andre (S.P.C.K.), is an amusing story in verse, with equally amusing illustrations. The lobster who was not satisfied with being blue, and would be red,...
Ingle-Nook Stories. By Mrs. Stanley Loathes. (Shaw and Co.)— There
The Spectatorare fairy-stories and other stories here, the best, we think, being the tale how an Irish boy, Master Roby by name, comes to the house of his maiden aunt to spend his Christmas...
The Swiss Family Robinson, in words of one syllable, and
The SpectatorRobinson Crusoe, on the same principle, by Mary Godolphin (Routledge and Sons), are two volumes which we have, we think, noticed before. We think that to keep, without...
Dainty Drawings for Little Painters. Outline Pictures, by T. Pym,
The Spectatorwith descriptive Stories, by C. Shaw. (Shaw and Co.)—These outlines are to be coloured, a process for guidance in which the artist gives some simple directions. It is a little...
All Play. By Mary Thorn. Pictures by T. Pym. (Shaw
The Spectatorand Co.)—Here is another book of the didactic kind. That "all play, no work, makes Jack an idle boy," is the obvious moral which it is in- tended to enlotce. "Master Guy" comes...
CURRENT LITERATURE.
The SpectatorGIFT BOOKS. Cities of the World : Their Origin, Progress, and Present Aspect. By Edwin Hodder. (Cassell and Co.)—We have here the account of seven cities of Europe, four of the...
Michael Angelo ; a Dramatic Poem. By Henry Wadsworth Long-
The Spectatorfellow. (Roatledge and Son.)—" Michael Angelo" was written by Mr. Longfellow about ten years before his death, and published in the Century magazine. We have spoken of it...
At the Mother's Knee, by M. J. Tillsby (Dean and
The SpectatorSons), contains a number of gaily-coloured pictures for the little ones, describing life out of doors and at home.
London Town, by Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton (Marcus Ward
The Spectatorand Co.), contains a number of brightly coloured illustrations, showing forth the various sights of London, accompanied by verses which are scarcely good enough. Little folks...
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Good Cheer and The Paths of Peace.—Good Cheer, the Christmas
The Spectatornumber of Good Words, and Paths of Peace, the Christmas number of the Sunday Magazine, are both capital this year. The stories in Good Cheer, by Charles C. Gibbon and...
Messrs. Shaw are publishing cheap editions of some of their
The Spectatorsuccessful stories for children. We have before us Mistress 3fargery, a Tale of the Loll ards, by Emily Sarah Holt ; and Scamp and I, by L. T. Meade ; and Froggie's Little...
May Fair opens with the first instalment of a tale
The Spectatorfrom the pen of M. hmile Zola. This, so far as it goes, is quite inoffensive ; but it reveals the capability of becoming quite volcanic. This quiet Theritse may develope into...
Straight to the Mark. By the Rev. T. S. Millington.
The Spectator(Religious Tract Society.)—This is in the main a story of school life, and a very excellent story, too, so far as this element of it is concerned. Of course, it is idealised—boy...
Of other books for children we may mention A Year
The Spectatorat Coventry, by Annie S. Swan ; and Fritz's Experiment, by Letitia McClintock (Blackie and Son) ; The Christmas Roses, 1883 (James Clarke and Co.), with its particularly...
We gladly make our annual acknowledgment of Sunday magazines which
The Spectatornow appear collected in volumes. From the Religions Tract Society we get The Leisure Hour and The Sunday at Home, of which we can do little more than repeat the now familiar...
Merry England opens appropriately with a powerful plea for national
The Spectatorholidays, from the pen of Mr. George Saintsbury. The frontispiece is an excellent, etched portrait of Sir John Lubbock. " Master and Man," by Miss Alice Corkran, gives an...
Launcey Vernon, by the Author of "To the City" (S.P.C.K.),
The Spectatoris another story of child-life. It is the tale of a friendship, strengthened by more than one adventure and by mutual services, between "Edie " and " Launcey," and should make...
ambitious attempt to read the riddle of Swift's unhappy life
The Spectatoris made with so much presumption and so little judgment, so much boldness and Do little skill, that it entirely fails. The book is fall of anachronisms, extending to criticisms...
The Journal of Education is always welcome, so intelligently con-
The Spectatorducted is it, and so sound are its judgments on educational matters. The short notes with which its first pages are occupied are always an admirable résumé of the educational...
The Five Wounds of the Holy Church. By Antonio Rosmini.
The SpectatorEdited, with an Introduction, by H. P. Liddon, D.D. (Rivington.)— Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855) was a compound, more remarkable in his days than now—and it is scarcely common...
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Seeing and Thinking : Elementary Lessons and Eterciees, Introduc- tory
The Spectatorto Grammar, Composition, and Logical Analysis. By C. Schaible, Ph.D. Second Edition, revised, partly rewritten, and edited by T. F. Althaus, B.A. (W. Swan Sonnenschein and...