coleridge libel case appears to large share of the public ear, ficult to say which seems to be considered the greater scandal—t itself or the way in which it was i Phe Pall Mall publishes a hi of the trial, and all the papers bhava articles upon it. A noteworthy fact is journal which deals most severely with the judge is the Law Times. The Daily Telegraph comments on the way in which the judge appeared to favour the defendant throughout, and all the paps seem astonished, as well they may, at and gave him £3,000 damages; the judge calmly declined to accept any such' deci-ion, and entered judgment for the defer daut with coats, No wonder everybody in arms about it, Among the more i in this week's Pall Mall interview with Lord Randolph Churchill headed 'The Toryism of To-morrow.' The appeara to have concluded as What about tion, jo of that it is of pri importance to reform the Castle. It of political corruption—of more kinda one; and when next the Pall Mull Gazette ation it could not dea better they wore learned in the school of Blemarok. We when Prince Bismarck first propounded domestic policy, everybody said it was absurd, and the English newspapers in particular conspired to ridicule it, Yet Pri don't you think? auffeage, remember, in Germ Ther now book of poems, which, saya reriowor, is romerkable as not ce poetry, of tic th friends and old people, the purest trauscoudental desires tur liberty and hero the most admit for nature in cism say what else it will, it must not say that Mr. Swinburne la any longer a singer who touches what wealthy even with the lancet of a surgeon." Here, for i stance, is a Cradle Song, which its place og classic in nursery literature Baby, baby bright, Sleep cai Little of your Soft as fire in dew, Still the life in you Lights your slumber through.
Nor sounds nor savours harsh and dr Where engines yell anil halt and veer That of the Sovereign:—"" Field-Blarehal the lo who invaded
Can vex the sense of him who sees liege that persons who One foner-plot midway, that for trees will drive up to the Has poles, and sheds all grimed or gray bell, and that they will For bowers like those that take the breeze on the flagstones and At every turn on every way. looking at the windows,"
The Spectator has an excellent article on The Atheneum reviews Tracy Turnerelli's the proposed grant of £15,000 a year to autobiography in a sufid Prince Edward, The writer points out vein, and deals wi that as long as monarchy exists a certain of Englas amount of pomp and trapping is necessary tive and interesting article, 'The follow-that princes, and certainly Heirs Apparent ing items are taken from' the Literary not permitted to columns of this paper and the Pall Mall es; and that, as Budget;—The January number of the Corn itutionof monarchy is still upheld by hilt Magazine will contain an article upon and for the people, it is only right that they Charles Dickens, written by his. eldest it in ite proper dignity. Audaughter, entitled 'Charles Dick rkable article, and one well Homo,' i ce to his rolathat headed ' Spiritual ich deals with a strange recently uttered by Mr, io Murray, 01 We need not go rainbow Gold.'—Messra. Low & Ao, have into the subject very deeply here, but may reproduce the following passage, which Public Letters of the Right Hon. John the Pr for immediate issue 'The refer to delight experienced by some Bright, M.P.' They consist not only of his themselves clean of political letters, but of letters on other aube er. In Blanco White, jects, such as the Tichborne trial, funeral sya th roi it, We saw the nervous r reform, extempore speaking, &e. "The vo-Tossnese with wh h beliefs wore thus di: lume is being prepared by Mr. H. J, Loooh, and will be revised by Mr. Bright hima English text of the somewlh of the Matterhorn is bare of vegetaconstitution and ritual of th tion Good Templars has been translate story of the came kind of Maori language by the Rev. in the Autobiography Spencer, with the assi ce of Mujor To the reader is rhooro, the New Zealand chi delight with left in this country by King which one fold of belief after another i stu await the final wer of the Colonial ff, ti sigh of thankful.
Office to the Maori memorial. The trans. self, beneath the lation has now been printed in a neat new jog of foch volume, and Te Wheoro will take a num-of the universe, resting lasting laws, certain pies to New Zealand wil wily out of the sphere of his countrymen vl that the special des-organization of Goud 'Templar lodges,—To the forthcoming number of Merry England Mr. R. D, Blackmorecontributesa 'Song' and. Cardinal Manning an on "Popularity.' We hear that Mr, Froude, overworked and with still high exaltation of ton weary, contemplates making ® voyage small matter that those who remain impri-round the world, Ho will be accompanied shocked xt the daring which goes by his son, It is not yot settled when forth into the sunshine and under the stars, he is to si act on his' long journey,—only to study and enjoy without leave asked The following story of the Dowager or fear of penalty, Lytton may be of interest to our readers: The Saturday Review has not been so read-Happening to call at the house of an able for many weeks as it is to-day, Its artist friend of hers the day before the article on Ghosthood Suffcag 1 of the old Duke of Wellington, the tion naturally turned upontheevent of the following day, and the crowds which 0 pleasant reading, were expected to throng the London afreets, "You will have to be up very early, Lady remarkable for perspicuity and good judg.
review of the Croker Papers is Lytton," nid the paiuter in question, you mean to look on at the procession, ment. Bliss Sarah Tytier's of the Are you prepared to get up at five o'clock Queen is roundly condemned as a dead ro, but it seems to contain a certain for the sake of soving the great member of gossipy anecdotes. For iustance When Lord Cardigan had Yet, though el Love beh ud them Heaven in two blue eyes, And here sre 2-couple of stanzas from Heartaoaso Country? joy from jen plots their fervent flower to seize and sweet peas At every turn on every way.
But gladtiest cooms one Hower to expand Its whole sweet heart all round us here: "Tis Heartseaee Country, Pansy Land, she is alone in thi Here, again, is rather an amusing passage we letters written by the great Duke while the Queen was his guest at Strathtieldsave are worth quoting. The first was addressed to a writer who wished to be present at all the grand doings in his capacity as representative of the public press, It ran thus Field-Marshal the Dake of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr.—, and bey leave to say that he does not see what his house at Strathfieldsaye has to do with the public press," The other was a general cir. cular addressed to the crowds of well-dressed Ie simply originally hldf-weard—and designate person to whom body of retainers and dependents looked for their daily br Some people might find a peculiar appropriateness in a title which from of old meava something that sounds very like "Joafer."
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