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In Two Years' Time. 2 vols. By Ada Cambridge.
The SpectatorIn Two Years' Timke. 2 vols. By Ada Cambridge. (Richard Bentley and. Son.)-We can waxmly recommend this bright and cheerful little novelette. It is lively and amusing, and...
Wanderings in the Western Land. By A. Pendarves Vivian, M.P., F.G.S.
The SpectatorTYT'adecriigs in the Western Land. By A. Pendarves Vivian, IM.P., F.G.S. (Sampson Low and Co.)-This is one of the most interesting and entertaining records of travel and...
Aunt Judy's Magazine, for February, March, April, and May, 1880.
The SpectatorCURRENT LITERATURE. Aunt Judy's Magazine, for February, March, April, and May, 1iSS0. (George Bell and Sons.)-Four months have advanced the warmhearted and impulsive Princess...
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Synopticon. An Exposition of the Common Matter of the Synoptic Gospels. By W. G. Rushbrooke, M.A.
The SpectatorSynopticon. An E2'position of the Commono Matter of the Synoptic I (Oospel,:. By W. G. Ruslibrooke, 3M.A. (Macmillan.)-Thiis is the first I part of a work which, whatever we...
Infield's Political Record: a Current Register for Home Politics.
The SpectatorIu.field's Political Record: a Cmr;ent Register for Home Politic.,. I Vol. I. August 14th to December 31st, 1879. (U. J. Infield.)-A very handy little volume, giving an account...
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[We cannot say that China has declared war on Russia, but...]
The SpectatorI We cannot say that China has declared wnar on Russia, but the probability of such a war has greatly incaeased. It was recently announced that the Emiperor's father, Prince...
[Mr. Bradlaugh, M.P. for Northampton, declined on Monday...]
The Spectator.ir. Irallaugh, 21.P. for Northampton, declined on lMonday I to take the usual Parliamentary oath, and dlemanded of the Speaker leave to be permitted instead to make an...
[At the same time, it appears very doubtful whether certain...]
The SpectatorAt the same time, it appears very doubtful whether certain | ' Conservative Members are not hoping to umake capital out of this incident. In the sitting of W~ednesday, Sir H....
[The Directors of the West of England Bank were all acquitted...]
The SpectatorThe Directors of the West of England Bauk were all acquitted on Wednesday. There could be no doubt that they had mismanaged the Bank, and had concealed facts from the...
[M. Nadaud, a Radical Member of the French Chamber,...]
The SpectatorM1. Nadaud, a Radical Member of the French Chamber, formerly a mason, who was to have been the workmen's candidate for the Presidency in 1852, has proposed to establish a...
[The German Parliament has voted the renewal of the anti-...]
The SpectatorI The German Parliament has voted the renewal of the auti- Socialist Laws, by 191 to 94, after a most excited debate. The orators of the Social Democrats declared that the lavs...
[At the meeting on Monday, held at the Freemasons'...]
The SpectatorAt the mectim, oil Molidav, I ell at the Freemasous' Tavern, of Liberal Graduates of the UDiversity of London, the Righlt IHonourable James Stansfelh took the chair, andi after...
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THE ITALIAN DISSOLUTION.
The SpectatorTHE ITALIAN DISSOLUTION. T HE Italian Government will, we believe, very soon be com- pelled to try the very important and, as sonic suppose, very dangerous experiment of a...
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THE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS.
The SpectatorITHE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS. [SECOND NOTICE.] WE have here to conclude onr notice of the Old Water-colour Society, and first of the picturles sent b)y lMlr. J....
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THE LONDON UNIVERSITY ELECTION.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorLETTERS TO THE EDITOR THE LONDON U-NIAVERSITY ELECTION. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.'] {SIR,-It has been objected to the proposal that the laster of the Rolls should...
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[Mr. Gladstone spoke at the dinner of the Royal Academy on...]
The SpectatorMr. Gladstone spoke at the dinner of the Royal Academy on I Saturday, and commenced with a graceful compliment to Lord Granville and Lord Hartington, who, after bearing the...
[Mr. H. G. Constable, writing to Monday's Times from...]
The SpectatorIMr. IH. G. Constable, writing to l \loiigav's 'J;,s fi in Wassand, near llull, qu1otes, as aI],osite to thle rnwcit crisis, a remark, whichl he attributes to D)avil II time,...
[The University of Cambridge has been memorialised to...]
The SpectatorThe University of Cambridge has been memorialised to I extend in future to women in Cambridge Colleges, openly and avowedly, that right of being admitted to examination for the...
[It is reported from Berlin that at the next session of the Prus-...]
The SpectatorIt i8 reported from 13erlin tlhat at thle lnext ses5o1ll (.f tlle Ipru11 sian Diet the Chaucellor means to ask for powcr to Ilse the l'ualk Laws or not, at the discretion of...
[Misgovernment in Turkey is producing famine.]
The Spectator| lisgoverumicnt in Turkey is producing famine. At a meet- ing at the Mansion House on 'llursda, it was shown that ill Mlosul, Bagdad, V~an, Erzerouni, I)iarbelkir,...
[Mr. Whymper, who was, we believe, the first climber to over-...]
The SpectatorMr. IV Whymper, who was, we believe, the first climber to over- come the difficulties of the Matterhorn, writes from Quito to his friend Mr. Tuckett on the 18th March that he...
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[Sir William Harcourt was more nettled by Sir Robert Peel's...]
The SpectatorI Sir William Harcourt waas more nettled b)v Sir Robert Peel'1 attack than he ought to have been. At a great open-air meeting near Oxford, held on Thursday, he spoke of the...
[On November 29th, 1879, Mr. Gladstone, speaking in the...]
The SpectatorI On November 2<9th, Iq9, Mr. GhtdLstone. seaLkinr in t.fl Corn Exchange of Edinburgh, distinctly wvarned the country of all that is now proved. Ile stated that there was a...
[The Indian Government has admitted officially that the cost...]
The SpectatorThe Indian Government has admitted officially. that the cost I < of the Afghan war has been misrepresented, and that the "surplus " of which Mr. Stanhope boasted, and on the...
[The efforts of the Turkish Pashas to baffle Montenegro seem...]
The SpectatorThe efforts of the Turkish Pashas to baffle Montcnenro seen I likely to fail. The Albanians, encouraged by secret assurances from Constantinople, occupied the districts ceded...
[The only Minister whose seat is to be contested is, apparently,...]
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[THE Austrian Government has found out its mistake.]
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POLITICS AND THE CLERGY.
The SpectatorPOLITICS A'-D THlE CLERGY. F we maN julge from letters in the (himicm, and from I incidents' here and there in the recent clections to Convocation, the Clei rgy have of late...
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THE "PALL MALL GAZETTE."
The SpectatorTHE "PALL ATALL GAZETTE." JF MUr. Frederick Greenwood is at all an egotist, as his sucI cessor seems half inclined, with all delicacy, to hint, he must this week have enjoyed a...
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POPULATION AND REPRESENTATION.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorPOPULATION AN-D REPRESENTATIO'N. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE ' SPECTATOR."] SIR,-Will YOU allow me a few words of rejoinder to Mr. Hare's letter in your impression of Saturday last,...
THE DEFEAT OF THE LATE GOVERNMENT.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorTHE DEFEAT OF THE LATE GOVITNMEN-T. [ ro THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,-In your issue of last Saturday, you attribute the heavy defeat of the late Government to its ;'...
ROYAL ACADEMY.
The SpectatorA R T. ROYAL ACADEMY. [FIRST N-OTICE.] SOME answer must, we suppose, be given here to that question which has been upon everybody's lips during the last week, and which may be...
THE DEAD-LOCK IN ALBANIA.
The SpectatorTHE DEAD-LOCK IN ALBANIA. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.'] Sin,-It is curious to observe how certain Berlin and Viennese correspondents dwell upon the difficulty of doing...
THE CUMULATIVE VOTE.; [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."]
The SpectatorTHE CUMULLATIVE VOTE. ETO THE EDIIOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SiR,-May I ask howv you can assert that the " results " of the cumulative vote " have been generally regarded as...
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REFORM IN WOMAN'S DRESS.
The SpectatorRlEFORM IS- WO-0M1A'NS DRESS. lATE quite agree with Dr. Richardson, whose recent lecture IN at the London Institution on " Ilealth and Dress " contained imuch that was...
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THE CANDIDATES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON.
The SpectatorTIIE CANDIDATES FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LO.NDON. HlIE meeting of Liberals,. which was held on Monday, to T select a fittingc Liberal candidate for the University seat to be...
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"THE GRIEVANCES OF WOMEN."
The Spectator"THE GRIEVANCES OF WOMEN." HliIERE is a tendency in human nature to which, we think, 1 sufficient attention has not been paid, and to which indeed it is not easy to call...
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THE GUY'S HOSPITAL IMBROGLIO.
The SpectatorTIHE GUY'S HOSPITAL IMBROGLIO. T\YO of the Magazines of this month present a curiolus phenomenon, wvhiclh reminds one of that Frenclh incident in 1858 of which -Mr. Disraeli,...
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MR. GOSCHEN'S APPOINTMENT.
The SpectatorMR. GOSCIIEN'S APPOINTMENT. WE should not greatly wonder if, a few months hence, I the Liberals, under circumstances we will mention, came into more direct collision with...
WAITING FOR A LEAD IN POLITICS.
The SpectatorWAITING FOR A LEAD IN POLITICS. S nothing has caused us greater pleasure than the evidence A of power shown by so young a man as 'Mr. Heibert Gladstone, and nothing can he of...
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MR. HOLMES'S POEMS.
The SpectatorBMRt. IIOLMNES'S POES,,N.* AIR. IoLMIES, Who made some impression ly his first series of rjcm8, has now published a second volume, showvinig so much advance as to make it worth...
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THE FLEET PRISON UNDER JAMES I.
The SpectatorTIHE FLEET PRISON UNDER JAMES I.+ Ix this unpretending volume, Dr. Jessopp l'Ls given us a very solid contribution to thle social history of England in the seventeentlh...
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THE MAGAZINES.
The SpectatorTHE MAGAZINES. TIHE conductors of the Contemnporary should give a little more thought to the readableness of their magazine. They want an audience, like the rest of the world,...
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HUGH HERON.
The SpectatorHUGH HERON.* Httgh Heron is one of that class of novels for which there is no visible justification. Both plot and incident are conspicuous by their absence, and lengthy...
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VOSMAER'S POEMS.
The SpectatorBO OK S. VOSMAER'S POEMS.* TILE present age is one of transition and development in Holland. The native prose is changing, and the-native verse is almost silent, or sounds in...
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THE FINANCIAL EXPOSURE IN INDIA.
The SpectatorTOPICS OF THE DAY. TIHE FINAN'CIAL EXPOSURE IN INDIA. TlIE rumour of the financial muddle in India is true, and we fear we have not heard the worst of it yet. It is, of...
