INDEX.

A

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.

B

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.

Cattle-Plague, the, 210.

C

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.

E

Erckmann-Chatrian, their novels reviewed, 225.

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F

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.

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G

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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.

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H

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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.

I

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.

M

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.

N

Novels, French, review of, 225-the Erckmann-Chatrian novels, 227
-their chauvinisme, 234—'Le Conscrit de 1813,' 235-Waterloo,'
243.

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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.

R

Reform Debate, the, 586-the Government Bill, 586.
Rio, A. F., review of his 'Shakspeare,' 146 et seq.

S

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.

T

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.

W

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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