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THE BISHOP OF RIPON ON NOVELS

... novels which he d ribe with a -great deal of 'accuracy as prose tho did not wish to liit himselt to them a~lthoug he should speak of them. What was in his mind was simply the reflection of the enormous force which the novel had become in modern lifo. Hie ...

THE QUARTERLY REVIEW

... bears traces of inspiration. It is a pity, therefore, that it is not more judicial. The only prospective work of which it speaks is further reform in Procedure, and if the article have any Ministerial meaning it may be assumed that this question will ...

THE UNIVERSAL REVIEW

... the sex but the race that is dealt with, and such subjects are taken up as the ideal of mankind, the position of the English-speak- ing peoples, and the political situation in Europe. The last-mentioned topic is faced with special reference to British affairs ...

LITERARY ARRIVALS

... visiting the temples, the tombs, the rock eaves, and the villages, that time seems to have never hung heavy on his hands; In speaking of the Great Pyramid, he thinks that it ,may, perhaps, help those who have never seen it to realise its dimensions when it ...

LEEDS POPULAR CONCERTS

... musical interest. If we are to regard Mr. Marmaduke Barton as a specimen of what the Royal College of Music can turn out, it speaks well for the thoroughness and Iefficiency of the training given at the institution which has received such warm advocacy from ...

THE BURNING OF THE OPORTO THEATRE

... is a playhouse run on French houffe lines, and iS always crowded, because it is the only place of public amusement worth speaking of, and is very well manage1 so far as the entertainments go. All the after horrors (e the Opira Comique are repeated here ...

BRADFORD FULL-DRESS SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS

... a severe cold, was enabled to leave his bedroom yesterday. Lord Cross opened at Perth yesterday a new Conservative Club. Speaking in the hall of the club, where numerous addresseswere presented to him from the city and county Conservative associations ...

A STRANDED VESSEL SEIZED.—A STRANGE STORY

... Mr. Elennerhussett opposed it. Both spoke somewhat warmly on thesubject, and Mr.Kell~y used the word mounte- bcank in speaking of Mr. Iilennerlesett. The latter-a stalwvart man of about fft.-spraag to his feet and gave Mr. Kelly-who is a much smaller ...

MR. RUSKIN ON NOVELS

... which lie talks about all religious. His Holiness goes into the practical questions of a good Moslem's every-day life, ant speaks trippingly of wineI women, and song, and their respective influence on religion, with a clearness and realism that entitle ...

AUTUMN PICTURE EXHIBITIONS

... here. It is sufficient for uaJ to note the in siatention given to Franch, . -German,' Italian, and ' hybrid artiset, and 'to' speak' generally of theirproductions.. The French Gallery,: '-which atone tine:- stood almost if not quite alone in; o6cring hopitlity ...

LITERARY ARRIVALS

... city during the reign of Loreuni the Megificent. During the qaarter of a centry, litte, in Professor ViLari'sjudginent-ana he speaks with the authority of a scholar who has devoted a lifetime to the subjeat-of. any real histior mnerit has been written on ...

THE FEBRUARY REVIEWS

... peace being made in Europe st onir expense, and our being loft to bear ius ludl s , brunt of the hostility of Russia. H e speaks in this strain in order to enforce his argument that we cannot do too much to improve our own position. .Wo should act, he ...