CURRENT LITERATURE. lie, Tfalyl (I Allata. anid otho, Poems tid Trashlitiwes. By Lord Francis Hlervey. (Longll ans.)-This is a volume of somo merit and promise. 'The author...

ELNGLISH AMERICAN'ISMS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE X SPECTATOR.'] SIR,-lU your issue of July 12, I noticed an expression which is often quoted in English novels and newspapers as an...

LEGISLATIVE RESTRICTIONS ON . WOMEN'S LABOUR. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,-I see from Mrs. Jacob Bright's letter that I have not succeeded in expressing my meaning...

JOURNALISTIC CASUISTRY. [TO THE EDITOR OF THi " SPEOTATOR."] Sle,-My attention has been called by a Protestant friend toG some expressions in your article on " Journalietic...

Matters are not much better at Dundee. Of the 14,750 electors there, only 10,000 voted, and of these only one-tenth (1,086) gave their votes to Mr. Fitzjarnes Stephen, whose...

This weary Tichborne Case has gone on long enough, in all conscience, but it is a pity that it should end without one of its most intellectual difficulties being thoroughly...

The arrival of a British squadron in Cadiz is said greatly to have assisted in disheartening the insurgents there, but there does not appear to have been any intervention. The...

The election for Greenwich has disappointed us. 'dVe thoughlt 1 Mr. Angerstein would have drawn out more votes, but the Whigs refused to move at all; his promise from the...

The news from Spaiu this week is altogether good. The Minister for W\Iar, and the Generals who offered him their swords, appear to have restored discipline in the relics of...

The election for East Staffordshire terminated as we had anti- i cipated. In one of the most Liberal of all counties, the interference of the League and the -weariness of the...

We wish the Cabinet, old or new, would give honours, instead of taking them. What can Mr. Chichester Fortescue want with the Lord-Lieutenancy of Essex? Ile has an estate there,...

It is stateed, though not officially, that Mr. Ayrton has also resigned. and will be succeeded by Mr. Adam. The exchange will relieve the Ministry, and Mr. Ayrton's...

The Manchester Examiner brings bad news of the total, or almost total, destruction of fish in Lake Windermnere. 'Ille proprietors of thefisheries have sold their rights to the...

The Cholera appears at last to have stized Berlin, pverheaps the worst city in Europe in which, from its lad drainage, it could have appeared. Only eight deaths are reported...

The new Constitution of Spain has been finally settled in the I -iorm in which it will be submitted to Cortes. It is, in brief, the American Constitution, with the addition...

Sir George Campbell, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, in a memorandum advising the reduction of Jugaunath cars, says:" If we were still in a bigoted Hindoo country such things...

Another frightful Railway accident has stained the week. I The tourist train for Scotland left London at S.5 on Saturday, with a very unusual load. It travelled safely to...

Mr. Vernon Harcourt's Bill for the Amendment of the Law I of Conspiracy has fallen through. The object of the Bill was to make the Law of Conspiracy applicable only to offences...

MIr. James Baird, ironmiaster. of Atilimeddlen. iar (Giaztgow, has done what our Yankee cousins would call a big thing." lie has handed over to a body of Trustees. incorporated...

The British Medical Association, a great Parliament of the I Doctors, which met this year in London, was startled on Tuesday by the Address of the President, Sir William...

ENGLAND AND SPA IN. THEIE interest of Great Britain is that Spain should be ruled by a strong, but not arbitrary Government. not dependent on an individual life, not likely to...

THE " DISESTABLISHED " CHURCH OF IRELAND). [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECT.ATOR.'] Sirm,-Mlr. Joseph John Murphy most truly says in your columns of the 2nd inst., that it is...

BOOKS. MAURICE'S COUNTRY CHURCH SERAIONS.* MIRS. MAURICE, in the short but expressive preface to this volume of sermons selected from a much larger number, says -Mr. Maurice...

SCHOOLBOYS' MO-NEY. TE noticed a fortnight since a Circular issued by D)r. -Bradby, W g 'Principal of Haileybury, upon the subject of Boys' Allowances, and have reason to...

T[IE DEVELOPMENT OF C TRISTIUN ITY.* TniE two volumes which we have here associated are as dissimilar in merit as in every other respect except that of their sublject and their...

TIE IIISTORY OF THE BIRMINGHAM LEAGUE. THERE was a time when the men of the Birmingham League did good service in the cause of National Education. They did so as individuals,...

AIR. l-USKtN ON COCK-ROBIN. I' i3 pleasant to be " alvised" by Mr. Ruskin that we are to 1 hve, at the reasonable rate of Is. or Is. 61. apiece, FiX loctares,-ou the 1R ibin,...

SIe (tad I: a Lote Story: a Lifl Ilisto-y. By John C. IHltcheson. 2 vols. (Bentley).-Thel hero falls ill love 'with a youlLng laly who is shown into the samue pow at church. It...

Terra Incognita; or, the (onveit.s of tMe Uited Kingdom. Bv Jolhn | Nicholas MIurphy. (Longrnans.)-This volume contains a very elabo- 1 j rate and very interesting account of...

The Deftths of the Sea. By C. AZvillo Thomson, LL.D. (Macmillaii.) I -Dr. Thomson rezords the results of two expeditions which were, so to speak, preliminary to the great...

T/it JnSb/'.'lc.. I J tutU. I1 'l ho,,ii Es BvielI. , ]'.''.1,. (Th, (Iilaren lon Pr-S.)-Me. 11il:inl has lit' I t'h, 1I1itituttt, -- :1 ; Rl"(.eisioll of tle Instlitatites of...

lWFat 'Tis to Love. By A. M\. Donclan. 3 vols. (TI. S. Kinig.')-- It is a very perilous thing. and -ees dangerously near breaking a ce rtain Comnmandmenit. '` to love as AMiss...

/"."m Jowu,"I. (Eirnon~ltcu. fil Douglas.)-Thiis is a volume of iolorate size, wvhienh contaijis the iccord of a few weeks' journ-yinns in Jamaicaa, told in a way whichl...

TLe 3/ueslhohl °1 tie C(atholic Church. By the ovv. John B. Bagslhawo. \\ ith a preface by the Right Rev. -Monsignor Capel. A T--t _ I.-. - rem.. Al -1 I.. L * l .1 . ,-...

LIFE AMONGST THE AIODOCS.* AFTER hinting somewhat obscurely in his poems at an early life full of strange adventure, Mr. Joaquin Miller now produces a more explicit account of...

AAJOLICA7 THIERE; iS less difficulty in explaining the fascinating influence exerted upon connoisseurs by Majolica than that which seems to belong to other wares. A smooth...

,Stfl *f.; ZI ri,'*l . 1, f' ,,t, .'-/ ,'l 0, !/,,,,. (CtI:uarol,-iin Prozme.) This ia n o.'' . o ar --e toll. has h, oti catailly compilA flr, authenti son rs by an Cdito-r...

A (g,,,ti,,, !., /!,, L[f,,Ie ......'tr,. an,, t.oe Rev. W. I',nhiam, B.D. , MIcm^!!il!;;i ) - B rilla;,l i u> in tills Vin'nlc a runningii 00C'lji' i-ta'" oil til 1 't- 1n-...

Ked awl BY Jcs-lh R. p"Vol.o. (Bloston., Ui. O-Lood. Lonlon Triib!l~ ~.>-Som parts of Alr. Reveres ro trozpeet of forty Veoan of Illilifary aiidl naval servic, ' ar? anything...

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. THE DUNDEE ELECTION. [To THs EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.'] SiR,-It is impossible not to feel deeply disappointed with the result of the election at...

THE STATE OF ENGLIS1 POETRY. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SiR,-Touching your extremely interesting and instructive article on the above subject, one word. You speak of...

NEWS OF TIHE WEEK. THlTE Session ended characteristically in a blunder. A Queen's | Messenger could not get across the Solent, or find a quick I train when lie did, and as he...

The smaller changes have for their object evidentlY the rein- | vigoration of the Troa-ar-. Mi. 1 -)o -oii, P riiorl v an inoni - parale I Chairman 4f )liCiitte.e4 is to lceome...

AVU fare the IPr?1rkio1 is folt"ttilU n .I little ihat tio Est4ablislled Church is a National Church, 'nil inist not be reIned(. t4 a single not v-ery -popular sect. No one...

Thocee chianlofes ANill. as we have explained ceswhere, make the ( overnment much stronger. but their Snleess in reinvigoriatinr the party ulist depelil Oii the conullet of...

I Tlh, Fulion wliiCh apj ar'.1 ',N 1 1;tN. ill, i:tlit cf tiC ngvCt £Oseb('i-v ill 1France 1has got ilito ti e pap s Th ;ii. The (Join1te de Paris has taken a (darin re- it...

The instant Parliamcnt had dispersed, a reconstruction of the MAinistry was announced, intended obviously both to remove the discontentts so strongly felt of late, and to...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MINISTRY. THE Government has clearly decided not to dissolve until T its new programme is ready, but to appease, if it may, ! the...

EAST STAFFORDSHIRE AND GREENWICH. WETE trust that the Birmingham League are satisfied with the result of their exertions. They have enjoyed this week two splendid opportunities...

RO-I3 AND BRAZIL. rgMIMSE responsible for the polie- of the Church of Rome 1 appear to have made a vowv auainst compromise. Since Papal infallibility was proclaimed by the...

THE CANADIAN RAILWAY SCANDAL. THERE is, we are afraid, only too much ground for the pessimist doctrine that, in the Anglo-Saxon race, despite its tried capacity for...

SOIE OF TlHE MAGAZINES. Noxi- of the Magazines contaiu this month anything very striking, as indeed they seldom do during the Recess. The Editor of the Faortniollly contributes...

'lTHE ITAIIZ AMOUNTAINS.- Mil. BI,\Ci nl is more satisfactory as an artist than as an author. ie has laid us under lasting obligations by his Norman, Pyrenean, and Arab)...