|The Huntsman's Solg. For the Pianoforte. By Stephen Heller. (Howard and Co.)-This author's name is in most cases a sufficient guarantee that his music is thoroughly adapted...

NEW MUSIC. ITle Forest Glade. By W. Homingway. (Howard and Co.)-W& can say but little of compositions of this kind, and the less said of the | piece, the more the composer...

Ave Maria. Trio. ByE.C.Essex. (Hodge and Essex.)-Althougb ; there are some praiseworthy points in this trio, the composer would do< s well to study the rules of harmony. There...

I The Parting Song. Mlendelssohn. Transcribed by Stephen Holler. (Ashdown and Parry.-)It is more than possible that works of this class are better appreciated in their...

I The Last Look. Song. By P. D. Guglielmo. (Howard and Co.)-A pleasing little song. Had the accompaniment been written in a more grammatical form, it would have been more...

- I At the Well. By H. Hardeastle. (Howard and Co.)-According to_ _!Li __ -__JL __ to: tho indication given, the whole piece consists ox an introeueton, Dur it. may be also...

Io- Rest. Daettino. By Henry Smart. (Howard and Co.)-We questioD whether this duettino will add much lustre to the reputation of it& author. The rhythm is disappointing, and...

I The Esteyll arch. By E. C. Essex. (Hodge and Essex.)-If the sale Iof the " Estey American Organ " depends on a composition bearing its; name, it would be advisable to...

Saul of Tarsus; or, Paul and Swedenborg. By a Layman. (Williams I I I I and Norgate.)-There seems to be just at present a good deal of Swedenborgianism in the air. Here is a...

I Solitude. By H. Hardcastle. (Howard and Co.)-For the advance of music, we are candid enough to hope that this piece will ever bear Iout its title. There is nothing in it...

I Chant de Berceau. By Sidney Smith. (Ashdown and Parry.)-A very effective, though not quite an original piece. So prolific aD arranger and composer for the piano as Mr....

NSEW EDITIONS.- -We have received from Messrs. King five volumesI of a very handsome library of Mr. Tennyson's poems; both print and paper and binding are all that could be...

THE IRISH LAY THEOLOGIANS. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR')] SIR,-In reply to the Rev. C. W. Frizell in the Spectator of 19th May, and an "1 Ex-Divinity Student " in that of...

SOUIND-TELEGRAPHY. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,-In your number of April 28, you printed an interesting letter on the subject of " Sound-Telegraphy," froma...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] -1 SIR,- Will you allow me, with all deference to Mr. Oakley and others, once more to restate, briefly and succinctly, the argument of those...

ST. KATHARINE'S HOSPITAL. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE ' SPECTATOR."] Sniz,-About twelve years ago, when the Bishop of London's Fund was in its early days, the East-End clergy were...

TOPICS OF THE DAY. AN OCCUPATION OF EGYPT. TlHE pro-Turkish party is gradually becoming calmer. At first, guided by mere emotions,-an emotion of rage at the idea that...

Very curious experiments have been made this week on the best mode of protecting a navy from torpedoes. One set ot experiments consists in the attempt so to illuminate the sea...

I There was very little new in the debate, by far the best speeches being made by Mr. Butt, on the thesis that there " was more than verbal truth in the old saying that the...

Mr. Gladstone took leave of Birmingham on Friday week in a speech in which he eloquently eulogised the town, the unity and cohesiveness exhibited by its citizens, the...

I An accident, not unusually destructive, but unusually frightful to the imagination, occurred at Bath on Wednesday morning. Between the Great Western station and the building...

The Universities Bill passed through Committee on Monday, I the chief discussion turning on Air. Goschen's amendment that the Commissioners should provide that " the entering...

I Mr. Jacob Bright's Bill for the removal of Women's Disabilities came on once more on Wednesday, and a great crowd of Members collected to give him a crushing defeat, the...

Air. Bright's speech was not one of his best. As we have had I reason to observe from time to time, his fear of war has so much increased since his noble speech at Birmingham...

A discussion followed, in which Lord Carnarvon, who presided, called attention to the curious likeness between a great many of the gold ornaments received from Ashantee and the...

On Tuesday, Air. Andrew Murray read a very interesting paper before a Conference assembled at the Society of Arts, to discuss the best means of getting rid of "insects...

As the Ridsdale Judgment admittedly overrules the words of the I Ornaments Rubric, and interprets them, by the aid of what it asserts to be the evidence of unbroken usage, as...

Another expedient tried, -especially for the purpose of clearing harbours of torpedoes,-has been to drift a countermine into the place which is to be cleared of torpedoes, in...

The Bishop of Winchester's letter to the Rural Dean of Ford- I ingbridge (Mr. Lucas), which was published in the Guardian of Wednesday, appears to us the most temperate and...

I Mr. Newton, the great antiquary of the British Museum, de- livered yesterday week a very interesting lecture on Dr. Schliemann's discoveries at Mycena.-at the reputed tomb of...

WAITERS' VAILS. THIE Daily News reports that the Swiss Innkeepers-perhaps the best administrators in Europe, except tlhe English Traffic Managers-intend to make another effort...

IIAZAEL. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sin,-I venture to think, with i' J. Rt.," that the common interpretation of II. Kings, viii. 13 is the better one, and that the...

BO OK S. AIR. BAGEHOT ON THE DEPRECIATIONT OF SILVER.* { TInE first portion of Mr. Bagehot's literary remains, which now makes its appearance, exhibits at their best some of...

Beldnid the Veil. By Thomas Griffith, A.M. (Longmans.)-We cannot, the author of this book holds very strongly, get rid of metaphy- aies. They are the indispensable complement...

A Little W'orld. By G. M. Fenn. 8 vols. (Ilenry S. King.)-Mfr. Fenn's characters, Jared Pellet, the enthusiastic organist, Richard, the selfisb, unprinciplet man of the world...

Hlis Second Wi'fe. By Mrs. Eiloart. 3 vols. (Samuel Tinsley.)- This is a sad story, which Mrs. Eiloart, with her practised hand, does her best, not unsuccessfully,to make...

CURRENT LITERATURE. Le Fils (le Louis X V.. L?,iis, Dautpin de France, 1729-1765. By Emmanuel de Broglie. (Plcni, Paris; Nutt! London.)-Prince Emmanuel do Blroglic has...

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR "] SiR,-Would not the most practical solution of the ecclesiastical ,difficulty be this ?-Let the Bishops decline to sanction all...

IH [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "mSPECTATOR."1] I ( Srn,-As a " Broad Churchman," I have for some years wished I' that I could conscientiously become a Ritualist, so as to be able I...

TIHE PHYSIOLOGICAL THEORY OF BEAUTY.* [SECOND NOTICE.) WiE explained and criticised briefly last week Mr. Grant Allen's physiological theory of beauty. We showed that he makes...

VANITY. IT is certainly remarkable that Mr. Thackeray's influence should still be so powerfully marked on the magazine which he established, that now, nearly fourteen years...

NEWS OF THE WEEK. THE Czar arrived at Plojesti, in Roumania, on the 6th of June, attended by a grand suite, and will, it is believed, remain there for some weeks after the...

Count Schouvaloff is returning to England with a reply, more or k-ss informal, to Lord Derby's representations. It is reported in Vienna that this reply will be reassuring to...

I Mr. Edward Jenkins made a blunder on Tuesday night, in try- ing to force on a discussion on the Suez Canal correspondence without notice, by moving an adjournment of the...

I M. de Fourtou still continues the work of repression. Ncws- papers, unless specially authorised, are no longer to be sold in the streets, the cafes are to be watched, and...

I The French Government have arrested M. Duverdier- head of the Municipal Council of Paris-upon the charge of having made a treasonable speech, at a meeting to which. only...

Lord Derby has published a despatch, dated May 16, i.e., a day or a little more after the division on Mr. Gladstone's motion, on the Suez Canal question, in which he declines...

t 'Change was greatly exercised on Thursday by a rumour that I the British Government bad purchased some more shares in the :Suez Canal, andeven bought from the Sultanthe...

THE SCOTTISH CHURCHES. THE brief mid-season of Edinburgh has ended. This statement, being interpreted, means that the annual representative Conventions of the Scottish Churches...

OUR STREET RAILWAYS. THE Government have lost no time in signifying their acceptance of the recommendations made by the Committee appointed a few weeks since to inquire...

CASTLE DALY.* IVE are glad to take the opportunity afforded by the appearance I of a new edition to make up for the omission of which we have been guilty, in the press of other...

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] Sirz,-The fault is mine: I did not mark my letter to you, " private," bat none the less, I had intended it only as a private remonstrance...

THE ARREST OF M. DUVERDIER. THE arrest of MI. Duverdier, the Elective President of the Municipality of Paris, is a most ill-judged act. He is aeeused of making a speech at a...

WOMEN'S DISABILITIES. IT is never pleasant to be found arguing against the removal of disabilities. The word itself prejudges in some degree the question it professes to raise,...

A GREAT SEA-WI'AVE. THIE great sea-wave which, after the recent earthquake at Peru, swept across the Pacific to the Sandwich Islands, affords fresh illustration of the vital...

LETTERS TO TIHE EDITOR THE RIDSDALE JUDGMENT. [TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] Sirt,-I read the letter of my friend Mr. Lee-Warner in your issue of May 26 with both...

UNIVERSITY CONSERVATISM AND POLITICAL LIBERALISM. THE debate and division of Monday night on Clerical I Fellowships and Headships, taken in connection with the debate and...

LADY BARKER IN A NEEW COLONY.* WN'HiEN- Lady Barker went out to South Africa, we felt that the often-asked question, "W What sort of place is Natal to live in, really ?" would...

THE MAGAZINES. TriE Fortnightly is full of good serious papers, and deficient only in the absence of one or two which can be read without a sense of strained attention. This is...