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INDEX TO VOL. CLVII.




A Foreigner, Chapters v.-ix., 77 x.xiv., 257 xv. -xx., 363 xxi.-xxv., 573 XXVI.-XXXL, 718 xxxn.-xxxv., 885.

Abbeville, the flint implements of, 940 et seq. visit of Mr Prestwich to, 945.

Actors and actresses, facial characteristics of, 698.

Alexander III., late Tsar of Russia, character of, 306 et seq. sense of duty of, 309 family affection of, ib. influence of, on public affairs, 310 moral cause of death of, 313 collapse of liberal projects of, 314 proselytising policy of, 318 foreign policy of, 322.

Alix, Princess, of Hesse, betrothal and marriage of, to Nicholas II., Tsar of Russia, 328.

Allen, Mr Grant, the "New Hedonism " of, 839.

America, the Civil War In, 740.

"American leads" in whist, the controversy regarding, 74.

Animal-painters, Scottish, 345.

Arab Men and Arab Horses, 424.

"Arabia Proper," the country of, 436.

Arabian breed of horses, characteristics of the, 440.

'Arabian Horse, The,' by Major-General W. Tweedie, review of, 424 et seq.

Armenia, the attitude of Russia towards, 333.

Armenian atrocities, the 'Spectator' and 'Saturday Review' on the, 915.

Army and navy, mutual relations of the, 667 et seq. interaction of, in cases of invasion, 673 et seq.

Artists, facial characteristics of, 698.

Asia, Central, policy of the late Tsar of Russia regarding, 322 et seq.

Badger, the home of the, 114.

Bag-nets, prohibitions regarding use of, in Norway, for salmon-fishing, 394.

Baker, Sir Samuel, Memoir of, reviewed, 950 et seq.

Battle of Ping Yang, The, 138.

Beardsley, Mr Aubrey, drawings of, 163.

Believer, the Fancies of A, 237.

Beowulf, the poem of, 853.

Birds' nests, various forms of, 117.

Blackcap, the, as a roadside singer, 880.

Blackie, John Stuart, 662.

Blacksmiths, typical physiognomy of, 700.

Bodley, Sir Thomas, the library of, 847.

'Bonnie Brier Bush, 'the, noticed, 922.

'Book of Daniel,' the, by Dr Farrar, criticism of, 560 et seq.

Book, the Sutherland, 702.

Boucher De Perthes, M., Recollections Of, 939.

Boulanger, General: an Objectlesson in French Politics, 297.

Boulanger, General, entrance of, into French political life, 297 et seq. the war-horse of, 301 end of the career of, 305.

Boulogne harbour, advantages of, 616.

Boy, the Scout's, 223.

Braddon, Sir Edward, ' Thirty Years of Shikar,' by, reviewed, 957 et seq.

British West African Possessions, 970.

Buddhist and Tao-ist Monasteries on the Lo Fau San, a Visit to The, 453.

Bulgaria, conduct of the late Tsar of Russia towards, 325.

Burials Bill of Mr Carvel Williams, demands of the, 657.

Burmese bazaars, characteristics of, 784.

Burmese Women, 776.

Cabinet, the Closed, 1.

Calais harbour, sums spent on improvement of, 618.

Carlyle, Mrs, the Letters of, 46.

Carlyle, Thomas, publication of Froude s ' Reminiscences ' of, 42 et seq. passim residence of, in Moray Street, Edinburgh, 49 popular verdict on the 'Reminiscences' of, 50 et seq.

Calvinists, Froude's opinion of the, 55.

Chalmers, George Paul, merits of the pictures of, 343, 348.

Change of Tsars, A, 306.

Chapter, the End of A, 171.

"Character" in politics, decline of, 499.

Chesney, Sir George, notice of, 926 et seq.

Chief and His Family, a Highland, 520.

China, the war between Japan and, 149 causes of the military collapse in, 503 et seq.

China's Extremity, 501.

Chinese army, inefficiency of the, 504 et seq.

Chinese fleet, operations of the, in the war with Japan, 287 et seq.

Chinese State departments, maladministration of affairs in, 504.

Chitral expedition, the, 930 et seq.

Church in Wales, The, 141.

Civil War in America, The, 740.

Clarets of the Gironde, the, 758 et seq.

Closed Cabinet, The, 1.

Cobbe, Miss, notice of the life of, 158.

Coinage of China, the, 455.

Colonies, defensive unification of Great Britain and the, 686.

Coming of Spring, The, 517.

Comte, Monsieur Le, 764.

Congested District, A, 208.

Cork, the congested district of, 208 et seq.

Cotton, Sir Robert, the library of, 847 friendship of Camden with, 849 charges against, 850 sequestration of books of, 852 death of, 853 original manuscripts in the library of, ib. et seq. subsequent history of library of, 860 et seq.

Cottonian Library, The: Our National Collections of Manuscripts, 846.

Court of Demos, The, 416.

Courting, Highland, 789.

Covert Warblers, Roadside Singers And, 879.

Critic's Den, Daniel in The, 560.

Cross - Channel Routes, the Short Sea, 614.

Cuckoo Corner: a West Country Sketch, 865.

Curious Lottery, A, 188.

Curtain, the Rise of The, 490.

Czar of Russia, funeral of the, 148.

Daniel in the Critic's Den, 560.

Dartford Warbler, the, 882.

Death, the mystery of, in the world, 250 et seq.

'Degeneration,' by Dr Max Nordau, notice of, 833 et seq.

Demos, the Court Of, 416.

Did Junius Commit Suicide? 406.

Disestablishment of Scottish Church, policy to be adopted for averting 658.

District, a Congested, 208.

Douglas, Sir W. Fettes, the artistic merits of, 341.

Drama, the modern, in France, 180.

Durham Book, the, in the Cottonian Library, history of, 856 et seq.

Durham Cathedral, book of the benefactors to, in the Cottonian Library, 859.

East, the Naval War in The, 282.

Employment for the young, the question

End of a Chapter, The, 171.

English Food Gifts After the Siege of Paris, The, 545.

Escape from Mulai Bushta, My, 98.

Evil, permission of, in the world, 240.

Evolution, Political, 651.

Faces, Trades And, 689.

Facial expression, influence of the nervous system on, 691.

Fancies of a Believer, The, 237.

Fenian Spy, A, 745.

Fish, hatching of, 120.

Flannel petticoats versus a Free Library, a question of, 153 et seq.

Fleet, the functions of a, 667 et seq. manning of the, 671 protection of commerce by the, 672 importance of a, in cases of invasion, 673 et seq. necessity for maintenance of the, 686.

Foreigner, A, Chapters v.-ix., 77 x.xiv., 257 xv. -xx., 363 xxi. -xxv., 573 XXVI.-XXXL, 718 xxxn.-xxxv., 885.

Fox, opinions regarding the, 118.

France, mail service between England and, 614 et seq. naval warfare between England and, 669.

Francis Richard Sandford, 468.

Fraser, Sir William, 'The Sutherland Book,' by, reviewed, 702 et seq.

French literature of the nineteenth century, the, 171 et seq.

French novels of the nineteenth century, the, 173 et seq.

French poetry of the nineteenth century, the, 176 et seq.

French writers, the younger, of to-day, 184.

Frere, Sir Bartle, 351.

Frere, Sir Bartle, Indian career of, 351 et seq.—appointment of, as High Commissioner of South Africa, 353—task of South African Confederation undertaken by, 354—failure of war policy initiated by, 355—censure of, by Cabinet Ministers, 356—end of the public life of, 360 et seq.

Froude, James Anthony, birth and parentage of, 40—letters to Dr Skelton from, 41 et seq.—the 'Oceana' of, 57 appointment of, to Chair of Modern History at Oxford, 60 lines in memory of, 63.

Froude, James Anthony, Reminiscences Of: II., 40.

Fuz-wren, the, as a covert warbler, 882.

Garden - warbler, the, as a roadside singer, 881.

General Boulanger: an Object-Lesson in French Politics, 297.

Gibbon, Edward, centenary exhibition of relics of, 169.

Gironde, the vineyards of the, 758 ct seq.

"Glasgow School" of art, the, 339, 344, 350.

'gleanings' of Mr Samuel Jackson Pratt, The, 121.

Golf, the claims of, 418 unsuitability of, for schoolboys, 419 superiority of cricket over, as a game for boys, 420.

Gordon, Sir John Watson, the portraits of, 337.

Grant, Lady, notice of, 928.

Grasshopper-warbler, the, 883.

Great Gulf, A, 817.

Great Unclaimed, The, 591.

Greek Church, ritual of the, 611.

Habitual Offenders, 483.

Habitual offenders, stopping the source of supply of, 484 et seq.

Hai-yun-Tau, the naval battle of, 291 et seq.

Hakka Maiden's Love-ditty, A, 281.

Hanneken, General von, narrative by, of the sinking of the Kow Shing, 284 et seq. proposed scheme of army organisation by, 508 et seq. defeat of the proposals of, 512.

Harvey, Sir George, the pictures of, 342.

Herkomer, Professor, realism of the pictures of, 917.

Highland Chief and His Family, A, 520.

Highland Courting, 789.

Hill, Home from the, 256.

Holland, Queen Wilhelmina of, in England, 909.

Holland, travelling in, a century ago, 122.

Home from the Hill, 256.

Home ports, defence of, 674.

Home Rule, present position of, 491 et seq.

Horses, Arab Men and Arab, 424.

Horses, influence of association with, on facial expression, 689.

House of Lords, the threatened action against the, 493.

Housing of the poor, suggested improvements in, 487.

Hysteria, effect of, on literature, 835 on social and political questions, 841.

Imperial Defence, Thoughts On, 665.

Imperial Defence, Other Thoughts On, 962.

Imperial ports, protection of, 677.

India, dangers to the maintenance of our foothold in, 541 et seq.

Indian frontier, changes in our, 537 line of the present, ib. et seq. protection of our, 541 et seq.

Indian Frontier, Little Wars on The, 930.

Indian Frontier, Our, 537.

Indian frontier wars, the subject of, 930 et seq. necessity for avoiding in future, 937.

Indian Service, the cavalry arm of the, 426.

Infant mortality, conference with the Home Secretary on the subject of, 157.

Inspectors, Sanitary: a Tale for County Councillors, 805.

Irish Land Bill, Mr Morley's speech on the introduction of the, 651 et seq. fundamental principle of the, 654 probable fate of the, 814.

Irish language, disappearance of the, 214.

Irish Police, the Localising of The, 798.

Jamesone, George, art career of, 335.

Japanese navy, condition of the, 282 operations of the, in the war with China, 283 et seq.

Jews, persecution of the, by Russia, 318.

'John Addington Symonds,' by Horatio F. Brown, review of, 636.

Juvenile delinquency, increase of, 485.

Kerry, the congested district of, 208 et seq.

Known and Unknown, 126.

Kow Shing, the British steamer, sinking of, 284 et seq.

1 Life and Correspondence of W. Buckland, D.D., F.R.S.,' by Mrs Gordon, review of, 622.

'Life and Letters of Dean Church,' edited by Mary C. Church, review of, 631.

'Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth,' edited by Augustus J. C. Hare, review of, 641.

'Life of Richard Owen,' by his Grandson, review of, 628.

Lindisfarne Gospels, the, in the Cottonian Library, history of, 856 et seq.

Linked Lives, 774.

Literary criticism in France, individuality of, in the nineteenth century, 182.

Literature, modern, foulness of, 834 seq. responsibility of women for dition of, 844.

Little Wars on the Indian Frontier, 930.

Lo Fau San, a Visit to the Buddhist and Tao-ist Monasteries on The, 453.

Localising of the Irish Police, the, 798.

Looker-on, The, 148, 902.

Lottery, a Curious, 188.

Love-ditty, a Hakka Maiden's, 281.

"Lyttelton, the wicked Lord, " history of, 406 the warning of death to, 408 et seq. variations in the story of the death of, 414.

M'Taggart, William, the sea pictures of, 343, 349.

Magpie, traditions regarding the, 117.

Manchu dynasty in China, superiority of the, 515.

Manuscripts, Our National Collections Of: the Cottonian Library, 846.

Marking salmon, Norwegian experiments in, 402 et seq.

Marriage, peculiarities of, amongst the Burmese, 780 modern assaults on, 923.

Men and Women, 620.

Message from the River, A, 129.

Ministerialists and Unionists, 807.

Mitylene, In, with the Late Sir Charles Newton, 596.

Monastic libraries, treasures of the, 846.

Moneys in bank lying unclaimed, reasons for, 591 et seq. probable amount of, 594 need for legislation regarding, 595.

Monsieur Le Comte, 764.

Morocco, life in, 98 religious festivals in, ib. visit to the feast of Mulai Bushta in, 99 et seq. national game of the Arabs of, 107.

Mr Worth, 790.

'Mrs, Henry Wood,' by her Son, review of, 645.

Mulai Bushta, My Escape From, 98.

Musicians, facial characteristics of, 695.

Musset, Alfred de, the poetry of, 178.

Mystery, 938.

National Collections of Manuscripts, Our: the Cottonian Library, 846.

Nature's Training-school, 114.

Naval War in the East, The, 282.

New Arts Club, exhibition of the, 921.

New English Arts Club, the, 165.

New Gallery, portraits in the, 167. New Hedonism," the, of Mr Grant Allen, 839.

NEWTON, THE LATE SIR CHARLES, IN MlTYLENE WITH, 596.

Nicholas II., Tsar of Russia, accession of, 328 marriage of, ib. liberal tendencies in the rule of, 330.

Nightingale, the, as a roadside singer, 879.

Nihilism, struggle of Alexander III. of Russia with, 311.

Nordau, Dr Max, 'Degeneration,' by, notice of, 833 et seq.

Norway, the Salmon - Fisheries Of, 393.

Norwegian salmon-fisheries, unsatisfactory condition of the, 397 rents paid for, by English lessees, 398 effects of legislation on, 399 unfavourable climatic conditions for development of, 400 natural obstacles as regards, 401.

Novels, the ultimate fate of, 925.

'Oceana,' Froude's, literary style of, 57.

Offenders, Habitual, 483.

OTHER THOUGHTS ON IMPERIAL DEFENCE, 962.

Our Indian Frontier, 537.

Our Neighbours' Vineyards, 757.

Painting, the Scottish School Of, 335.

Paris after the siege, state of, 545 distribution of supplies in, 547 et seq. absence of widespread starvation in, 558.

Paton, Sir Noel, characteristics of the pictures of, 345.

Peasantry of the south of Ireland, the, 212 backwardness of, 216 rule of the priests over, 217 influences at work in ameliorating the condition of, 220.

Perthes, M. Boucher de, parentage of, 939 books of travel by, ib. industrial remains of primitive man discovered by, 940 et seq. discovery of the Moulin Quignon jaw by, 947.

Ping Yang, the Battle Of, 138.

Political Evolution, 651.

Ponsonby, Sir Henry, retirement of, 910.

Pratt, Mr Samuel Jackson, the 'gleanings' Of, 121.

Prayer, the power of, 254.

Press, importance of the, 902 et seq. the ' ' New Woman " as a creation of the, 904.

Priestly class, facial characteristics of the, 696.

Prose -writers of France in the nineteenth century, the, 182.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS, SHOULD GOLF BE ENCOURAGED AT? 417.

Raeburn, Sir Henry, the portraits of, 337.

Recollections of M. Boucher De Perthes, 939.

'Recollections of the Very Rev. G. D. Boyle,' Dean of Salisbury, review of, 647.

Reid, Sir George, the portraits of, 338.

Reminiscences of James Anthony Froude: II., 40.

Rhodes, Mr Cecil, mission of, to England, 150.

'Rifle and Hound in Ceylon,' the, by Sir Samuel Baker, notice of, 952.

RISE OF THE CURTAIN, THE, 490.

RIVER, A MESSAGE FROM THE, 129.

ROADSIDE SINGERS AND COVERT WARBLERS, 879.

Ropes, Mr, vol. i. of 'The Civil War in America,' by, reviewed, 740.

Royal Academy Exhibition, the " Young Man " on the, 916 pictures in the, 917 et seq.

Royal Irish Constabulary, recent changes in the, 798 et seq.

Russian jails, treatment of prisoners in, 320. '

Salmon, autobiography of a, 129 et seq.

SALMON - FISHERIES OF NORWAY, THE, 393.

SANDFORD, FRANCIS RICHARD, 468. Sandford, Sir Francis Richard, parentage of, 468 education of, 469 appointment of, as Examiner under the Education Department, 471 the honour of knighthood conferred on, 474 becomes head of the Education Department, 475 retirement of, from Secretaryship of Education Department, 478 his later public career, 479 et seq. his death, 482.

SANITARY INSPECTORS: A TALE FOR COUNTY COUNCILLORS, 805.

School children, non-moral effect of the present system of teaching, 485.

Scott, David, the imaginative pictures of, 345.

SCOTTISH SCHOOL OF PAINTING, THE, 335.

SCOUT'S BOY, THE, 223.

Sea, command of the, 682.

SEA CROSS - CHANNEL ROUTES, THE SHORT, 614.

Sensualist, facial characteristics of the, 697.

Seventy Weeks of Daniel, the prediction

of the, 569 et seq.

SHIKARIS, Two GREAT, 949.

SHOULD GOLF BE ENCOURAGED AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS? 417.

Siberian railway, object of the construction of the, 332.

SIEGE OF PARIS, THE ENGLISH FOOD GIFTS AFTER THE, 545.

SIR BARTLE FRERE, 351.

Skelton, John, C.B., LL.D., letters of James Anthony Froude to, 41 et seq. Speaker of the House of Commons, appointment of the, 807 et seq.

SPRING, THE COMING OF, 517.

SPRING, THE TOUCH OF, 442.

SPY, A FENIAN, 745.

SUICIDE, DID JUNIUS COMMIT? 406.

SUTHERLAND BOOK, THE, 702.

'Thirty Years of Shikar,' by Sir Edward Braddon, reviewed, 957.

Thomson, the Rev. John, of Duddingston, merits of the landscape pictures of, 346.

THOUGHTS ON IMPERIAL DEFENCE, 665.

Tithes, treatment of, by popular orators, 151.

Tolstoi, Count, character of, as a statesman, 316.

"TOMMYROTICS," 833.

TOUCH OF SPRING, THE, 442.

TRADES AND FACES, 689.

TRAINING-SCHOOL, NATURE'S, 114.

Transvaal, the outbreak in the, 360.

Triple Alliance, attitude of the late Tsar of Russia towards, 325.

TSARS, A CHANGE OF, 306.

TWO GREAT SHIKARIS, 949.

UNCLAIMED, THE GREAT, 591.

UNIONISTS, MINISTERIALISTS AND, 807.

UNKNOWN, KNOWN AND, 126.

Utrecht Psalter, history of, 854 et seq.

VINEYARDS, OUR NEIGHBOURS', 757.

Vintages of the Gironde, the, 760 et se,q.

Vivisection, the agitation against, 161.

Wales, account of, a century ago, 121. |

WALES, THE CHURCH IN, 141.

Welsh Church, the, not an alien Church, 141 present condition of, 144 advocacy of the disestablishment of, 145, 656 policy of Government regarding bill for disestablishment of, 815.

WEST AFRICAN POSSESSIONS, BRITISH, 970.

WEST COUNTRY SKETCH CUCKOO CORNER: A, 865.

Westminster, the Archdeacon of, the 'Book of Daniel,' by, reviewed, 560 et seq.

WHIST, 64.

Whist, Anthony Trollope's appreciation of, 64 books on, ib. playing of, at the universities, 65 qualities of a player in the game of, 66 et seq. "American leads" in, 74 distinguished players of the game of, 75.

Wild duck, maternal instincts of, 118.

Wilkie, Sir David, the genre painting of, 340.

Will to choose, this world an experiment in the, 238.

Wolmer, Lord, fight of, to remain a Commoner, 911.

WOMEN, BURMESE, 776.

WOMEN, MEN AND, 620.

Worth, Madame, a meeting with, 792.

WORTH, MR, 790.

'Yellow Book,' the new, notice of, 163.

Zulu war, outbreak of the, 355.

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