year voted

next administration, Republican to be perceived in the unexampled or Democratic, might witness the numbers who this beginning of the work. Perhaps, against the party of their nominal too, at some approaching day there allegiance. Such a class would may grow up in the United States

be a surer safeguard to the country a class at present conspicuously than many Supreme Courts. And absent-a class analogous to what the country needs it. For if this the Greeks happily called “the memorable election

means anymiddle citizens.' That is a class thing, it means the opening of the which is not violently prejudiced assault of poverty and discontent in favour of any party, which is upon the dominion of

riches. not in want, but is not rich, and Masquerading to-day behind a does not wish to be. Possessing vain and trivial irrelevancy, it other aims than wealth, its politics yet shows its black and vengeful will be to make the United States face under the mask. To-morrow a country fit for a poor man to it will rush to the onslaught stark live in. There is perhaps the and hideous and very wicked, but nucleus of this non-partisan party with much wickedness to avenge.

G. W. STEEVENS.

INDEX TO VOL. CLX.

Abyssinia, the tactics of Russia in, 138 of the Crimean War, 750—Royal Com.

et seq.--the position of Italy in, 297. mission on, 752—present constitution
Academy, Royal, an estimate of pos- of, 753-duties of, in war, 754 et seq.

sible occupants of the Presidentship -trained nurses as a branch of the
of the, 498 et seq.

work of, 758–disinclination to seek
ADVANCE, THE SUDAN: WHAT NEXT ? Commissions in, 759.
297.

Army, the high efficiency of the Egyp-
AGE, THE VERDICT OF OLD, 555.

tian, 299.
ALPS, DEATH IN THE, 104.

Arnold, Matthew, mistaken criticism of
Alster, development of yacht-building Burns by, 184.
on the, at Hamburg, 402.

ATLAS MOUNTAINS, AN EXCURSION IN
Altgeld, Governor, of Illinois, influence

TUE, 195.
exerted by, on the Presidential elec- AURELIAN WALL, BY THE, 819.
tion, 870.

Baker, Lady, examples of the courage
Aluminium, the application of, to yacht- and tact of, 56 et seq.
building, 406.

Baltic, excellence of the, as a yachting
America, the absurdity of recent obse.

ground, 403.
quiousness to, 500, 501 the Presi. BANDIT, AN ADMIRABLE, 244.

dential election in, 859 et seq. Barrie, J. M., 'Sentimental Tommy'
American politics, present condition of, by, reviewed, 800.
859.

Bayreuth, the pilgrimage to, a modern
AMNAT, THE MAN AT, 764.

fashion, 493 the hallucination of,
AN ADMIRABLE BANDIT, 244.

495.
APOTHEOSIS OF Russia, THE, 135. Beaconsfield, Lord, Eastern policy of,
ARBITRATION IN THEORY AND PRAC- 849.
TICE, 572.

Beaugency, historical associations of
Arbitration, the present craze for, 572- 255.

examination of the proposed, with Beethoven, the love passages in the life
America, 573 et seq.-the impossibility of, 31.
of impartial, 577 et seq. – want of BEHIND DIKES AND DUNES, 626.
agreement as to the laws affecting, Berbers, characteristics of the, of the
581—the futility of, 583, 584.

higher Atlas, 200-guerilla warfare
ARCADY, IN, 125.

among, 202—curiosity of, respecting
* Archbishop Magee, the Life and Corre- Europeans, 204-hospitality of, ib.

spondence of,' by Dr Macdonnell, re. Berlepsch, Madame de, review of Mut-
viewed, 822.

ter' by, 238 et seq.
Argyll, Duke of, notice of 'The Phil. Berlioz, the wit of, 36.

osophy of Belief' by the, 556 et seq. Bimetallist struggle, the, in the Presi-
Armenians, the, condition of, under dential election, 861.

Turkish rule, 852–present relations Bingham, Captain the Hon. D., 'Recol-
between the Ottoman Government lections of Paris' by, noticed, 336

59 et 867

796 et seq.

et seq.

A

Bishop, Vrs, record of the travels of, Chicago platform, the, in the Presidential

election, 870.
* Blachford, Letters of Frederic Lord,' 'Child of the Jago, a,' by Arthur Morri-
reviewed, 829.

son, reviewed, 841.
BLACKMORE, MR, THE NOVELS OF, 409. CHINA, SECRET SOCIETIES IN, 793.
Blackmore, Mr R. D., the occasional China, the danger to, from Russia, 143

weakness of the plots of the novels of, -the position of Li Hung Chang
412—the splendid descriptive power in, 527-dilliculty of introducing re-
of, 415 et seq.--the character drawing forms in, 529 et seq.-outrages on
of, 417 et seq.--the humour of, 419– Europeans in, 530, 531 — secret so-
the transcendent merits of 'Lorna cieties in, 793 et 89.
Doone' by, 421.

Chinese secret society, initiation into a,
Blois, the architecture of, 256, 258.
Boers, the effect of Majuba Hill upon the, Chitral, the conduct of the native troops

276-the real cause of the antagon- at, 5, 9, 12, 14.
ism of, to Britain, 277-nomadic char- CLOSURE AND COMMON - SENSE, THE,
acter of the, 278.

126.
* Book of Scoundrels, a,' by Charles Closure, the justification of the, 127

Whibley, reviewed, 844.
Books, A RAID AMONG, 822.

Club, Cyclists' Touring, an advantage
BROWNE, MAJOR-GENERAL SIR JAMES, of membership in the, 252.
A STRANGE EPISODE IN THE LIFE OF, COMMON - SENSE,

THE CLOSURE AND,
149.

126.
Bulgaria, the submission of, to Russia, Commune, reflections on the French,
140.

347.
Bundoran, the queen of Irish seaside Confederate States, attitude of the, in the
resorts, 480.

Presidential election, 867.
BURNS, ROBERT, 184.

CONTINENTAL YACHTING, 402.
Burns, Matthew Arnold upon, 184, 187 CONVERSATION, A MIDNIGHT, 308.

-the occasional bombast of, 185– Cyclists' Touring Club, an advantage of
R. L. Stevenson on, 188—the lyrical membership in the, 252.
genius of, 189 — the figurative lan- DARIEL : ROMANCE OF SURREY,
guage of, 190-Byron and, 192—the Chapters I.-IV., 443 — V.-VII., 586-
limitations of, 193—two errors in the VIII.-XI., 725.
text of, 194.

DARK DONEGAL, IN, 467.
* Butler's Works, Studies subsidiary DEATH IN THE ALPS, 104.
to,' by Mr Gladstone, notice of, 556 Dick, Robert, of Thurso, remarks on,

6

304 et seq.

AN, 328.

IN

OF

DUTY IN REGARD TO VACCINATION, OUR, Gunpowder Plot ?' by, examined, 775

703.
DUTY IN SOUTH AFRICA, ENGLAND's: Gladstone, Mr, notice of “Studies sub.
A STUDY ON THE GROUND, 265.

sidiary to Butler's Works' by, 556 et
EASTERN QUESTION, THE, 847.

8. utterances of, on the Eastern
Eastern question, the, complex nature question, 847, 858.

of, 847-alleged duty of Great Britain Glawa, description of the castle of the
to intervene in, 848–Congress of 1876 Kaid of, 200—the natives of, ib. et
regarding, 855-powerlessness of Euro-

8.
pean States to mediulle singly with, Golf, the civilising influence of, in Ire-
856-intervention of Russia in, 857- land, 471.

settlement of, by united Europe, 858. Gordon Cumming, Miss, the travels of,
Egypt, the results of England's rule in, 62-characteristics of, 63.
302—the present financial position of, Grévy, M. Jules, character of, 343.

GUNPOWDER PLOT, THE, 775.
Egyptian army, the high efficiency of Gunpowder Plot, the, original docu-
the, 299.

ments in, 775—works on, ib.-Father
EGYPTIAN (DYL: HAWAGHY WA'L BINT, Gerard's book on, ib, et seq.- the con-

spirators in, 777-traditional story of,
Elk, threatened extermination of, in questioned, 779—main facts of, 750-
Norway, 87 et seq.

alleged complicity of Government in,
ELOPEMENT, A SAMOAN, 508.

781 — discovery of, 785-fall of the
ENGLAND'S DUTY IN SOUTH AFRICA : A conspirators in, 787.
STUDY ON THE GROUND, 265.

Gweedore, a picture of Irish squalor at,
EPISODE TIE LIFE MAJOR- 477 et seq.

GENERAL Sir JAMES BROWNE, A Haggis, the origin of, 23.
STRANGE, 149.

Hamburg, development of yacht-build-
EXCURSION IN THE ATLAS MOUNTAINS, ing at, 402.
AN, 195.

Handel, unemotional nature of, 30, 31.
Eyemouth Training-Ship, the, 539. Hanna, Mr Mark, influence of, in the
FATHER JEROME VAUGHAN, 668.

Presidential election, 866.
*Fellow Travellers,' by Graham Travers, Hare, Augustus J. C., The Story of
notice of, 505.

my Life' by, reviewed, 833.
FICTION, A NEW BOY IN, 800.

Hats, some serious consequences of the
Fiction, POLITICS IN RECENT ITALIAN, fashions of ladies', 490 et seq.
647.

HAWAGHY WA’L Bint : AN EGYPTIAN
FOLK WHOSE VOICE WE HEAR, THE, 814, IDYL, 328.
Fort Augustus, the foundation of the Haydn, the domestic history of, 32.

monastery of, 671— separation of, HEATHER, THE, 642.

from the English Benedictines, 673. Henty, Mr, remarks on some boys' books
FORTUXES OF PARIS: FOR THE LAST by, 101, 102.
FIFTY YEARS, 336.

Holland, the attractions of, as a holiday
France, the relations of, with Russia, resort, 626 et seq.- general features of,
Hyderabad, conspicuous loyalty of the Leighton, Sir Frederick, the earlier work
Nizam of, 7.

of, 496.
* Iliad,' comparison of the characters of Leitrim, Lord, the murder of, 471—the

the, with those of the Waverley useful work of, in Donegal, 472.
Novels, 374 et seq.

Letters of Frederic Lord Blachford,
IMPERIAL SERVICE TROOPS, THE INDIAN, Under-Secretary of State for the Col.
5.

onies, 1860-1871,' reviewed, 829.
IN ARCADY, 125.

'Life and Correspondence of William
IN “Holy Russia,” 692.

Connor Magee, Archbishop of York,
INDIAN IMPERIAL SERVICE TROOPS, Bishop of Peterborough,' by Dr Mac-
THE, 5.