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Burke, Ricard, attempted rescue of,
from Clerkenwell prison, 468 et seq.
CARLYLE, A FRIEND OF, 137.
Carvel, definition and description of
the, 663.

Censorship of Stage Plays, the report
on the, 852 et seq.
CHAMBERLAIN, FIELD - MARSHAL SIR
NEVILLE, 17.

Chamberlain, Sir Neville, boyhood and
training of, 17-military career of,
in India, begun, 18 et seq.-appoint-
ment of, to Lord Ellenborough's
Bodyguard, 21-civil employment in
the Punjab undertaken by, 23-
services of, during the Mutiny, 24 et
seq.-the Ambela force commanded
by, 26-becomes Commander-in-Chief
in Madras, 28-created Field-Mar-
shal, ib.

Chesterton, G. K., the literary style of,
7 et seq.

Chinese labour in South Africa, the
need for, 285-abolition of, by the
Liberal Government, 286.
CICALAS, THE: AN IDYLL, 516.
Clerkenwell gunpowder

account of the, 468 et seq.
COCKNEY, THE, 1.

explosion,

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Cockneyism, definition of, 2-examples
of, in literature, ib. et seq. -in
politics, 8 et seq.-in war, 12—as
regards Empire, 13-as regards social
questions, 14 et seq.

COMMONS, THE HOUSE OF, FROM THE
INSIDE AS I KNEW IT, 491.
'Condition of England, the,' by C. F.
G. Masterman, M.P., notice of, 442
et seq.

Connemara, description of, in the
eighteenth century, 330 et seq.
CRETE, A RIDE THROUGH, 541.
Crimean War, the, mercenary troops
engaged in, 377-Army administra-
tion during, 378, 382 et seq.-hard-
ships of the soldiers in, 379 et seq.·
improvements in medical branch
since, 384 et seq.-transport service
in, 386 et seq.-Works Department in,
and since, 388 et seq.-lessons of, 392.
CUCKOO, LOUD SING! 360.
CURATE, THE, 82.

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Davitt, Michael, services of, as arms-
agent" to the Fenians, 770-the life-
story of, ib. et seq.

DEMOCRACY IN THE LORDS, 30.
"Democracy," the, present-day nonsense
talked about, 859-Liberal worship
of, 869.

Dempster, Thomas, parentage and early
career of, 755 et seq.-controversies
of, at the University of Toulouse, 758
-appointment of, as Professor of the
Pandects, at Pisa, 761-appropriation
of Irish Saints by, for Scotland, 763

et seq., 766-death of, 765-character-
istics of, as a historian, 767 et seq.
Dhingra, Madan Lal, murder of Sir
William Curzon Wyllie by, 437-
biographical sketch of, ib.-hatred of
English race by, 438.

DOOR, THE GREEN, 215.

D'Orsay, Count, real cause of the death
of, 771.

Dublin, description of, in 1796, 322
et seq., 335.

Edinburgh Royal Observatory Commis-
sion, results of the, 776 et seq.
Edinburgh, the Volunteer movement in,
96 et seq.

Empire, the Cockney attitude towards,

13.

'England and the English from an
American Point of View,' by Price
Collier, notice of, 725 et seq.
England, the successive inhabitants of,
725-character of the present-day
dwellers in, 727 et seq.-place of the
King in, 729-analysis of the House
of Lords in, 730-characteristics of the
House of Commons in, 731-falling
behind in commerce by, 732-sport
in, 733 signs of decadence in,
734.

ENGLAND'S MOAT, 310.
Englishmen, Mr Masterman's picture
of the wealthy classes, 444 -- the
middle classes, 445- the working
classes, 446-Mr Price Collier's im-
pressions of, 727 et seq.

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'Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum: The
Latin Text with an English Render-
ing, Notes, and an Historical Intro-
duction by Francis Griffin Stokes,'
notice of, 722 et seq.

Evasive replies, Indian examples of, 38
et seq.

Fenian outrages, the, of 1867, 468 et
seq.

FIELD MARSHAL SIR NEVILLE CHAM-
BERLAIN, 17.

'Fifty Years of It: The Experiences
and Struggles of a Volunteer of 1859,'
by J. H. A. Macdonald, review of, 94

et seq.

Fire Insurance, the origin of, 799.
FLIGHT, THE LOVERS', 434.

FORGOTTEN CHAPTER IN SCOTTISH
HISTORY, A, 424.

FRIEND OF CARLYLE, A, 137.
GALLEON, THE, 663.

Galway, description of, in 1796, 329 et
seq.

Gentlemen pirates, some examples of,
51 et seq.

'George Meredith in Anecdote and
Criticism' by J. A. Hammerton,
notice of, 303 et seq.
Gladstone, Mr, faulty ideas of, as re-
gards Army policy, 391.

Golden Temple of Amritsar, the, de-
scription of, 346 et seq.-worshippers
of, 348 et seq.

GOLF, THE SISTER OF, 508.

Gorloff, General von, some reminiscences
of, 168 et seq., 182.

Gosset, Captain, reminiscences of, at
the House of Commons, 614 et seq.
GREAT BETRAYAL, THE, 143.

Great Mogul ship, seizure of the, by
pirates, 55 et seq.

GREEN DOOR, THE, 215.

GREEN LINKS OF PESHAWUR, THE, 305.
HALIFAX, LORD, TO HIS DAUGHTER, 793.
Halifax, Marquis of, discourse on the

Navy by, written in 1694, 310 et seq.
'Hibernia Curiosa' by Burt (1764), de-
scription of, 317 et seq.

HOUSE OF COMMONS FROM THE INSIDE
AS I KNEW IT, THE, 491.
House of Commons, the, contest for a
seat in, 491 et seq.-etiquette of, 493
et seq.-lapses of memory in members
of, 495-delivery of speeches in, 496
-feeding arrangements of, 497 et seq.
-scenes on the Terrace at, 499-
ventilation of, 501-accommodation of,
502-hints to the members of, 504 et
seq.-provision for resigning member-
ship of, 507- -an American estimate
of, 731.
House of Lords, the, an analysis of, 730
-attitude of the Government to-
wards, 862 et seq.

Household Cavalry, the, creation of,
294-duties of, ib. et seq.-character
of, in the time of Charles II., 296-
foreign services of, 297 et seq.—
triumphs of, at Waterloo, 301-in
Egypt and South Africa, ib. et seq.
IDA, MOUNT, 804.

IDYLL, THE CICALAS: AN, 516.
Imagination, use of, by the native
Indian, 45.

Imperial Press Conference, the, meet-
ings of, 123 et seq.-Lord Rosebery's
speech at, 123-Lord Morley's speech
at, 126.

Importunate demands, Oriental ex-
amples of, 41 et seq.

INDIA, LORD KITCHENER IN, 153.
INDIA, POLITICAL ASSASSINATION IN,
437.

INDIA, STRAY STORIES FROM, 38.
Indian Army, the, reorganisation of, by
Lord Kitchener, 155 et seq.-adminis-
trative changes effected in, 162 et seq.
Indian universities, need of, for native
students, 441.

INTELLECTUAL BANKRUPTCY OF LIBER-
ALISM, THE, 857.

International sports, the victors in, 289
-professionalism in, 290-the harm
of, 291-the Englishman's pessimism
regarding, ib. et seq.

Ireland, eighteenth-century travel in,
317 et seq.-drinking habits in, 318
et seq.-forging of franks in, 320—
coinage of, 321-holy wells in, 325-
smuggling in, 330-wrecking in, 332.
Ixtaccihuatl, or the White Lady, at-
tempted ascent of, 341 et seq.

Jeu de mail, the French game of, de-
scription of, 509 et seq.—playing of,
in England, 515.

JOHNSON, A SCOTTISH, 755.
JOHN TIPTOFT, 630.

Journalism, the province of, 126 et seq.
"King Lear," the play of, chief features
of, 570 et seq.-Garrick and Kean as
Lear in, 573-Sir Henry Irving in,
574-production of, at the Haymarket
Theatre, 575 et seq.

Kings of Madagascar, the piratical, 58.
Kitchener, Lord, reorganisation of the
Indian Army by, 155 et seq.-estab-
lishment of local Staff College by,
160 et seq.-administrative changes
effected by, 162 et seq.

Land, history of, in Scotland, 425 et seq.
-improvement schemes on, 427 et seq.
-Radical delusions regarding, 431
et seq.

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Las Palmas, description of, 208.
LEAVE, NINETY DAYS' NOWHERE,
810.
'Letters of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the,'
collected and edited by Roger Ing.
pen, notice of, 577 et seq.

Liberal Government, the present, Lib-
eral measures offered by, 858.
LIBERALISM, THE INTELLECTUAL_BANK-
RUPTCY OF, 85.

Life Guards, the : see Household
Cavalry.

'Life of Field - Marshal Sir Neville
Chamberlain, G.C.B., G.C.S.I.,' by
G. W. Forrest, C.I.E., review of,
17 et seq.

LIGHTER SIDE OF MY OFFICIAL LIFE,
THE I., Early Days at the Irish Bar
and the Home Office, 461-II., Work
and Play at the Home Office, 606-
III., Secret Service, 769.
Literary embellishment, use of, by
Indian natives, 46 et seq.
Lloyd-George, Mr, the popular orations
of, 449 et seq.-example of self-adver-
tisement furnished by, 719 et seg.-
the "unearned increment" theory of,
721.

Lombroso, Professor, theories of, re-
garding crime and genius, 843-The
Man of Genius' by, 844 et seq.—work
of, as a criminologist, 848.

LORD HALIFAX TO HIS DAUGHTER, 793.
LORD KITCHENER IN INDIA, 153.
LORDS, DEMOCRACY IN THE, 30.
Lotocnaye, Sieur de, walking tour in
Ireland by, in 1796, 321 et seq.

LOUD SING CUCKOO! 360.
LOVERS' FLIGHT, THE, 434.
Lyndhurst, Lord, vindication of the
memory of, by Sir Theodore Martin,
458.

MAN'S MAN, A, Chaps. VII.-IX., 61—
X.-XII., 238-XIII.-XV., 393 — XVI.,
XVII., 520-XVII. (contd.)-xx. (Con-
clusion), 644.

MARTIN, SIR THEODORE, 453.
Martin, Sir Theodore, death of, 453-
collaboration of, and Professor
Aytoun, ib. et seq.-'Life of the
Prince Consort' by, 455-Queen Vic-
toria's friendship with, 456 et seq.-
marriage of, to Miss Helen Faucit,
458-contributions of, to 'Maga,' 459
-characteristics of, 460.
Masterman, C. F. G., M.P., The Con-
dition of England' by, notice of, 442
et seq.

Meredith, George, Mr Hammerton's
biography of, 303 et seq.

MIND, THE ADAMANTINE, 166.
MISFORTUNES OF

673.

WENAMON,

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Monographs," the, of Sir Theodore
Martin, 458 et seq.

Morley, Lord, speech of, at the Imperial
Press Conference, 126.

MOUNT IDA, 804.

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MUSINGS WITHOUT METHOD: July, 123
August, 289-September, 442
October, 570-November, 713-Decem-
ber, 843.

Naval supremacy, Britain's need of,
143 et seq., 310 et seq.

New Zealand, coming of the blight-bird
to, 199-bird-life of, as compared
with that of Australia, 200 et seq.-
spread of the blight-bird in, 202 et
seq.-the shining cuckoo of, 206.
Niger, a voyage up the, 212.
NINETY DAYS' LEAVE-NOWHERE, 810.
Northern Nigeria, a voyage to, de-

scription of, 207 et seq.

NOTCH, THE TWENTY-SEVENTH, 735.
'Notes and Queries,' the staff of, 135

et seq.

'Notes by the Way' by Mr Francis,

notice of, 134 et seq.
OFFICIAL LIFE, THE LIGHTER SIDE OF
My I., Early Days at the Irish Bar
and the Home Office, 461-II., Work
and Play at the Home Office, 606-
III., Secret Service, 769.

OLD BALLY, 826.

OLD IRISH TRAVEL, 317.
Orizaba, Mount, ascent of, 342 et seq.
OTHERS SEE US, AS, 725.

Paine, Tom, the seditious utterances of,
130 et seq.

Parliamentary candidate, experiences of
a, 491 et seq.

Peshawur links, description of, 305 et

seq.-the game of golf on, 307 et seq.
PESHAWUR, THE GREEN LINKS OF, 305.
PICCANNINY, THE, 565.
PIRATE, THE, 50.

'Place of History in Education, the,' by
J. W. Allen, Hulsean Professor of
Modern History at Bedford College,
University of London, notice of, 281
et seq.

POLITICAL ASSASSINATION IN INDIA, 437.
POLO, 699.

Polo, the game of, origin of, 699--
organisation and improvement of, 701
-pursuit of, in India, ib. et seq.-in-
troduction of, to Australia, 704 et seq.
-best stick for use in, 707 et seq.
-height of ponies in, 710 et seq.
Popocatepetl, an ascent of, 338 et seq.
Prince Consort, enlightened views of,
regarding Army administration, 378,
386.

PUZZLE, THE SHUNTING, 686.
Queen Victoria, friendship of, with Sir
Theodore Martin, 456 et seq.
RAINS, A BREAK IN THE, 473.
Rajput chief, dinner with a, 48 et seq.
Reade, Charles, Sir Robert Anderson's
lodging at the house of, 773-collect-
ing the material for the literary work
of, 774.

'Records of the Scottish Volunteer
Force, 1859-1908,' by Major-General
J. M. Grierson, C.V.O., C. B., C. M.G.,
review of, 94 et seq.
REMINISCENCES, SOME, 167.
RIDE THROUGH CRETE, A, 541.
'Rights of Man, the,' by Tom Paine,
teaching of, 132 et seq.

RIZA BEY, 617.

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Scottish Volunteers, history of the, 94
et seq.

Seven Years' War, services of the
Household Cavalry in the, 298 et seq.
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, character of, 577
et seq.-the works of, as judged by
their writer, 579 et seq.
SHUNTING PUZZLE, THE, 686.
Sikhs, the, religious tenets of, 349 et seq.
-soldierly qualities of, 352 et seq.
SIR THEODORE MARTIN, 453.
SISTER OF GOLF, THE, 508.

Slips of the tongue, Indian examples of,

44 et seq.

Smuggling, prevalence of, in Ireland, in
the eighteenth century, 330 et seq.
Social policy, the, of the Government,
865 et seq.

Social questions, the Cockney attitude
towards, 14 et seq.

SOME MEXICAN VOLCANOES, 337.
SOME REMINISCENCES, 167.
SON OF SATAN, A, 188.

SOUTH AFRICAN UNION, THE, 284.
Spanish galleon, the, definition and de-
scription of, 663 et seq.-trading by
means of, 666 et seq.-piratical at-
tempts at capture of, 669 et seq.
SPEECHES, THE THREE, 581.
'Story of the Household Cavalry, the,'
by Captain Sir George Arthur, Bart.,
notice of, 294 et seq.

STRAY STORIES FROM INDIA, 38.
Suakin-Berber railway, failure of the,
390.

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Trade Disputes Bill, unpopularity of,
with some Government members, 864
et seq.

TRAMP TRANSFIGURED, THE, 553.
TRAVEL, OLD IRISH, 317.

Trinity College, Dublin, the Clubs and
Societies of, 463 et seq.
TRUMPETER, THE, 268.

Turkey, a visit to, on the eve of war
with Russia, 168 et seq.

Turkish Bonds, a deal in, 780.
TWENTY-SEVENTH NOTCH, THE, 735.
Twiss, Richard, visit to Ireland by, in
the eighteenth century, 320 et seq.
Unearned increment, accurate definition
of, 433-Mr Lloyd George's theory of,
731.
Unification in South Africa, events
leading up to, 284 et seq.-the true
cause for, 288.

UNION, THE SOUTH AFRICAN, 284.
VOLCANOES, Some Mexican, 337.
VOLUNTEERS, THE, 92.

VOYAGE TO WEST AFRICA, A, 207.
War Office, attitude of the, towards the
Volunteer movement, 95.

War, the Cockney temperament as
regards, 12.

Waterloo Bridge mystery of 1857, ac-
count of the, 771 et seq.
Waterloo, triumphs of the Household
Cavalry at, 301.

WENAMON, THE MISFORTUNES of, 673.
WEST AFRICA, A VOYAGE TO, 207.
'Wheel Magic; or, Revolutions of an
Impressionist,' by J. W. Allen, notice
of, 276 et seq.

WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS, 273.
Worcester, Earl of (John Tiptoft),

travels of, in Italy, 630 et seq.-trans-
lations of, from the Latin, 633-
honours conferred on, by Edward IV.,
635-cruel sentences of, 636 et seq.—
trial and execution of, 639-character
of, 640 et seq.

Wyllie, Sir William Curzon, Indian
career of, 437-biographical sketch of
the murderer of, ib.-lessons to be
drawn from the fate of, 439 et seq.

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