American Union, reconstruction of the, 524-result of the war, 524 -Mr. Buchanan, 526-Mr. Lincoln, 528-Mr. Johnson, 528- difficulties of the work of reconstruction, 530.
Boner, Charles, review of his Transylvania; its Products and People,' 130-its present political condition, 131-its population, 133-its history, 131-manners of the people, 136-game of the country, 142-Transylvanian wines, 144-misgovernment, 144- future of the country, 145.
Corn and Cattle, works relating to, 185-modern agriculture, 187— the Royal Agricultural Society, 188-high farming, 189-drainage of stiff clays, 193-services of the chemist to agriculture, 195– implements, 197-application of steam, 198-services of the architect, 201-stock, 202-literature of agriculture, 203-results at home and abroad, 205-the cattle-plague, 210-former visit- ations, 211-origin of the various plagues, 213-14-home of the disease, 214-report of the Royal Commission, 216-action of the Government, 217-statistics of the pestilence at various periods, 219-effect of the visitation upon the rural system, 221-proposed remedies, 223.
Cousin, M. Victor, review of his 'La Jeunesse de Mazarin,' 34— Mazarin's birth and parentage, 35—his early life, 36—his career, 37-review of his work, 55.
Erckmann-Chatrian, their novels reviewed, 225.
Franchise, extension of the, 263 — public affairs on the eve of the last General Election, 263 - Lord Palmerston, 264 - review of his career, 268- Earl Russell as his successor, 275 - question of Parliamentary Reform, 277-America and Australia, 287-8- the two practical questions for consideration, 290-95 — the Reform debate, 586.
Fresco-Painting, Modern, review of works relating to, 1-frescoes of the Houses of Parliament, 3 the German school, 7 — description of the process of fresco-painting, 13- Works of Kaulbach, 20–21 - Mr. Maclise's report on the stereo-chromic process, 23 his two great pictures, 25- Mr. Herbert's 'Mount Sinai,' 28 cost of modern frescoes, 31.
Grote, George, review of his Plato and other Companions of Sokrates,' 297 - the earlier Hellenic thinkers, 299 — opinions concerning Plato, 305-writings really his own, 306 — the Sophists, 309- Protagoras, 310-Prodicas of Keios, 312 — Hippias, 313- rhetoric in Greece, 315-public dislike of the Sophists at Athens, 321 - Plato's warfare against Commonplace, 325 his Dialectics, 326 — his own opinions, 334 — homage paid to him, 338 his Republic, 339- his criterion of virtue, 340 — doctrine of Ideas, 344 — and of Reminiscence, 345 - Pre-existence and Immortality, 346 — the Herakleitean tenet of the universe, 348 Plato's view as to True Opinion and Knowledge, 353 — his ethical and political doctrines, 355 - his view of the old legends, 361- and of the division of labour, 363.
Hesse, Prince Charles of, review of his 'Mémoires de mon Temps,' 483-his early life and career, 484-the Princess Mary of Eng- land, 486-Denmark under Frederic V., 487-Germany in the last century, 491-Matilda of Denmark, 495-Christian VII., 496-Struensee, 500-505-Norway, 506-Frederic the Great, 506-Prince Frederic of Brunswick, 510.
Irish Church, 454—Ireland in the sixteenth century, 454-the Irish Protestant Church, 455-politics of the Church, 457-statistics of the Church, 459-temporalities, 460-progress of the Roman Catholic community, 462-statistics, 463—arguments of the advo- cates of the Irish Church, 467-what is to be done? 473.
Marie Antoinette, review of works relating to, 423-authenticity of her letters, 423-collection of Ritter von Arneth, 424-of M. d'Hunolstein, 426-and of M. Feuillet de Conches, 437-trial of the Queen, 447-Madame Elisabeth, 450-her letters, 451. Money, review of a treatise of Nicole Oresme on, 83-notice of the author, 85-economical science in the middle ages, 86-deprecia- tion of the currency, 87-effects of this depreciation, 90-muta- tions to which coin of the realm may be subjected, 91-Coper- nicus's treatise Monetæ cudendæ ratio,' 93.
Musa Britannicæ, 365-study and practice of Greek verse composi- tion, 366-Lord Lyttelton, 367-Mr. Gladstone, 373- Dr. Milman, 374-Mr. Oswald A. Smith, 377-Dr. Holden, 380-Mr. Munro and Professor Conington, 381.
Novels, French, review of, 225-the Erckmann-Chatrian novels, 227 -their chauvinisme, 234—'Le Conscrit de 1813,' 235-Waterloo,' 243.
Public Galleries and irresponsible boards, 57 - the British Museum and other galleries thirty years ago, 57 - interest in them at the present time, 58-history and present state of the British Museum, 60 opinions of the Commission of 1859, 71- history and condition of the National Gallery, 73- the Royal Academy, 75 the Geological Museum, 76-Kew Gardens, 76- South Kensington Museum, 77- National Portrait Gallery, 79 - effects of irresponsible boards, 80.
Reform Debate, the, 586-the Government Bill, 586. Rio, A. F., review of his 'Shakspeare,' 146 et seq.
Shakspeare, review of works on, 146-was he a Roman Catholic? 146 Sponsorship of Ben Jonson's and Shakspeare's children, 156-58-Shakspeare the dramatist, 163-the Shakspeare Congress at Weimar, 179-Dr. Bernays' paper, 178.
Tudor, Mary, and Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, 248-Mr. Brewer's Calendar of State Papers, 248-notice of the Princess Mary, 250 -the Emperor Maximilian, 250-policy of Henry VIII., 251- Mary's marriage with the King of France, 254-his death, 256- her marriage with Brandon, 256-8-their descendants, 261.
War, recent changes in the art of, 95-recent results of readiness and diligence in improvement, 97-periods of stagnation in military science, 98-the last century, 99-birth of the new tactics, 101– change in strategy, 102-Napoleon's strategic gifts, 106-the
French system of requisitions,' 110-mobility, 113-Austerlitz, 113-influence of rifled small arms, 115-skirmishers, 115-17— war in Italy in 1859, 118-Magenta and Solferino, 118-19— Colonel Macdougall's work, 119-new infantry weapons, 120- artillery, 122-cavalry, 123-bodies of mounted infantry, 124— railways, 126-value of the Quadrilateral, 128-Colonel Hamley's forthcoming work on Military Operations,' 129-progress of England, 130.
Water supply to London, 384-recent dry summers, 385-Chelten- ham, 387-Glasgow, 388-increase of London, 389-insufficiency of the supply of water, 391-prospects of increased supply, 396— the Thames, 400-the Severn, 408-resources of the chalk, 411— fluctuations in London wells, 411-artesian wells, 413-Mr. Bate- man's proposals, 414—Mr. Dale's suggestion, 421.
Windham, William, review of the diary of, 557-his character, 558 —and that of his diary, 565-Felbrigg, 568-Windham's courage, 569-his studies, 572-his fondness for a fight,' 575-his self- anatomy, 578-General Dumouriez's paper on Mexico, 584.
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