Uxpzr the heading: "The Unpatliamentariness of No,'"" the Saturday Review widely different, aczoust of the in the Common than the reviewer begins by saying, "has presented as the innocent victim of a sort of Parliamentary atrocity. He has been depicted as pleading with broken voice and pathetic solemnity of mauuer that, if merey could not be shown to one so helpless as of the House."
of the affair, as recounted to the reviewer by eye-witnesses, is very much more amusing, and not at all touching. It is as follows Daring Lord Randolph's speech the Prime Minister, seeing the importance of ans him if possible, called to his side the Us Seoretary for Foreign Allure, For some time to fambling throug Lord Eximond severe seen
mer, Lard Handalal's ap and his questions came to an end; but to these the study of the Blu book had "tarnished no were, Rising the free condition of having plainly reply, the Prime Minister found himeelf
Gkidston know Bow ill he facee's pre-'Those who have watched
dicement 80 common with others, but so rare with him. The present case'was no excep tion. Voice, face, and manner seemed all sand the whole man was as different as could be from the exultant gladiator that tone when Mr. fall of words, he had no answer tomake to Lord Kandolph's questions; and the worst of having given all the over the leaves of Blue-book, he ad made ao' notan for 'i reply. The embarrassment begotten of this unpleasant consciousness was only too plainly visible, The speech is then summarised, together with the interruptions which took place and Mr, Gladstone is represented as humming and ha-ing, hesitating and contradicling himself, and, in fact, as having been caught tripping and: being altogether hope-lossly at sea,—A great controversy been started in the papers by a lett:
British Matron'? protesting against the 1 of nude studies in the picture Clerious support the Matron while An English Girl" prudish Matron, and a flood ence and leading articles is let loose upon def sumption of diplomatic the press. "tte Spectator hag an article of n the British Government 19 of the greatest the English people have ever committed in their dealings with the Church of Rome has been thole obstinate objection to this cour But, asks the writer, is not this a very great piece of inconsistency There is no reason in the world why a Protestant or secular Government should not al Christian Bishop on secular grounds ome political dem the Mikado, althi ual aa' well more ive India We secured th we should onl will not, recogni ope, apparently because ho is a power to help or hurt the world, There are many other articles of high suggestiveness in the Spectator, among which will be found a concluding notice of Dr. Martineau's great work, 'Typos of Ethical Thoory,' and an excellent paper "Women as Dramatists.' There is also a review of a very remarkable novel that has been lately published,—' Afiinities,' by Mrs, Campbell Praed. Just as that clover but exceedingly painful book, 'MissBrown,' depicted the aesthetic life of London, with all its meanness, Tost and falsehood, so does Adi depict Occultry. The book, however, is in Shanghai, and it therefore uunecdssary to give extracts, as we should otherwise like to do. The following theory of evolution will be sufficient to indicate its general scope. is an Occultist who "47 just will a thing, and I go on.' on—to" what Graysott, ya Why, to the higher develop: Edye; your scientists allow us to evolve to Mumauity, and there they build a blank wall, as though, because we had got so far, it wasn't possible to get any further. I don't call that logical, do you? We've been developing our bodily and intellectual senser, now Wo are beginning to de ones, I don't soo why we from men and women to angel than we jumped from malluses to un reasonable, isn't it This the Spectator considers not only "reasonable," but "rather beautiful,"
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