Review of reviews and world's work . larly busy with their scissors and their ink-pot on the last two numbers of The Review of Re-views. The character sketch of the Emperor, whichwas regarded in this country and in England as ex-travagantly eulogistic, was accounted too dangerousto be allowed to meet the eye of any resident inRussia. It was cut out bodily ; even the line givingthe title of the article on the outside cover wasblacked out, and it was erased from the table of con-tents. Of course, one expects the summaries ofarticles by Stepniak, Lanin, and Kennan to be to cut out the
Review of reviews and world's work . larly busy with their scissors and their ink-pot on the last two numbers of The Review of Re-views. The character sketch of the Emperor, whichwas regarded in this country and in England as ex-travagantly eulogistic, was accounted too dangerousto be allowed to meet the eye of any resident inRussia. It was cut out bodily ; even the line givingthe title of the article on the outside cover wasblacked out, and it was erased from the table of con-tents. Of course, one expects the summaries ofarticles by Stepniak, Lanin, and Kennan to be to cut out the character sketch of the Czar wasjust a little bit too idiotic even for the RussianCensor, who, of course, will have great pleasure inblacking out this paragraph. The late Lady Sandhurst. Among the well-known personages ofLondon who have passed away withinthe fateful weeks of this extraordinaryseason was Lady Sandhurst. She belonged to atype far more common in England than in America—the public woman, zealous for reforms, active in. LADY SANDHURST. charities and philanthropies, and as pronounced apartisan in politics as Sir William Harcourt Sandhurst was a Gladstonian to her finger-tipsShe was a valiant worker in many good causes. RECORD OF CURRENT EVENTS. January 16.—Dr. Lamfiesa elected President of Guate-mala. .. .Professor Michelson, of Clark University, invitedby the International Bureau of Weights and Measures toestablish a metric standard in terms of wave-lengths .Prince Abbas receives the firman from the Sultanof Turkey appointing him Khedive of Egypt Bill in-troduced in Germany for the suppression of drunkenness Formation of a new Portuguese Ministry, with Sen- hor J. D. Ferreira as Premier. next National Convention, and appoint June 21, 1892, asthe H. Gibson, of Maryland, elected tothe United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of thelate Senator .Congressman Blands Free Coin-age bill introduced in the House of
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