. Review of reviews and world's work. WANTED—SOME SODA-WATER. John Bull: Waiter ! bring me some soda-water. A few months ago the whole country was drunk withMr. Chamberlains new wine, the Imperial brand, but to-dayit is demanding soda-water.—Mr. Augustine Birrell, atManchester, September 1,190O.~Westminster BOERS TAKING THE OATH IN A BRITISH CAMP. again. Accordingly, it wasannounced on September 17that Parliament w^ould bedissolved on the 25th, andthat the new Parliament tobe elected in October shouldassemble on November every student andobserver of English politicsadmits th
. Review of reviews and world's work. WANTED—SOME SODA-WATER. John Bull: Waiter ! bring me some soda-water. A few months ago the whole country was drunk withMr. Chamberlains new wine, the Imperial brand, but to-dayit is demanding soda-water.—Mr. Augustine Birrell, atManchester, September 1,190O.~Westminster BOERS TAKING THE OATH IN A BRITISH CAMP. again. Accordingly, it wasannounced on September 17that Parliament w^ould bedissolved on the 25th, andthat the new Parliament tobe elected in October shouldassemble on November every student andobserver of English politicsadmits that nothing can pre-vent a victory for the Con-servatives, although it is notclaimed by any one thattheir majority will be any-thing like as large as it hasbeen in the Parliament nowended, which first met onAugust 12, 1895. Theduration of this Parliamentwas a little longer than fiveyears. If it had continuedtwo years longer, it would THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD. 403 have been dissolved by virtue of the law whichlimits the life of a Parliament to seven was the fourteenth Parliament of QueenVictorias long reign ; and the average lengthof Victorian Parliaments has been exactly fouryears and six months. The thirteenth Par-liament lasted a little less than three years,Mr. Gladstone being Prime Minister dur
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