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Avedick, the Armenian Patriarch, 387 -in the Bastille, 387-390.

B.

Baluchistan. its importance to the defence of India, 561-characteristics of the Baluchis, ib.

Balzac, his Comédie Humaine,' 468. Banff, the Annals of, 134-compared

with Dartmouth, ib.-view, 135– population, style, and character, ib. -history, 136-trade, ib.-construction of the harbour, 137-religious communities, 138-fishings, ib.-the church, 139-sentences of the Burgh court. 140-144-murder committed by the laird. 141-143-his loyalty to Charles I, 144-excesses of the Irish soldiers, 145-the castle, 146-observance of Sunday, 147, 150, 151 -legend of Macpherson, 148--rebellion of 1715, 150-of 1745, 152-Chevalier de Johnstone's adventures, 153-Bishop l'ococke's description, 154-ancestors of the Duke of Fife, 155-visit of Dr. Johnson, ib.society, 156-visit of John Wesley, ib-Robert Burns, 157. Basil, St., provincial life in the days of, 420-tone of his writings, 421his account of the Magusæi, 425on marriage by capture, 426-superstitions, 427-the Panegyreis or local festivals, ib.-evils and abuses in the Church, 428-number of travellers, ib.-his foundation near Cesareia, 430-on the severity of the winter, 431-administration of government, ib.-his interest in the condition of slaves, 432-che burden of taxation, 433-conditions of labour, 431famine-relief operations, ib. Bastille, The, 357-the citadel of despotism, 358-secrecy of admission, 359-construction of the buildings, 360-Governors, ib.-its captives, 361-escape of Antoine de Chabannes, ib.-Bishop of Verdun, 362 -Duc de Nemours, 363-du Mesnel's attempt to escape, ib.-death of Bernard Palissy, 364-incarceration of the Parliament of Paris, ib.-lists of prisoners, 365-arrest and imprisonment of Foucquet, 365-371the universal corrective, 371'affair of the poisonings,' 372superstition of the age, 373-number of poisoners, 374-purchase and administration of poisons, ib.-efficacy of charms, 375-depositions of Maître Briancourt, ib.-trial of the Marquise

de Brinvilliers, 376-sentence, 377 -implication of many families, 378 -nature of the proceedings, ib.—arrest of M. de la Berlière, 379-its use for the young nobility, 380, 381 -number of Huguenots incarcerated, 382-prosecution of Jansenists, 383, 386-arrest of the Abbé Lasseray, 384-386 treatment of literary offenders, 386-fate of Chavigny de la Bretonnière, 387-imprisonment of Avedick, 387-390Damien's attempt to assassinate Louis XV., 330-arrests on picion of complicity, 391-loss of Quebec, ib.-imprisonment of spies, 392---its siege and fall, 393. Battenburg, Prince Alexander of, Governor of Bulgaria, 279--refusal to sign a proclamation, ib.-treatment of the Czar, 280-forced to abdicate, 281.

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Beard, Dr. C., his life of Luther, 3. Benndorf, Professor, his excavations in Ephesus, 75.

Bennett, George, his description of the Siamong Monkey, 404.

Benson, Archbishop, 293-early work, 295-at Lincoln, ib.-Truro, 296experience with Nonconformists, ib. -qualifications for the Primacy, 297 -innate ecclesiasticism, 298-on the condition of the Church, 299-daily life at Lambeth, 301-305-at Addiugton, 305-book on Cyprian, 305, 315, 321-fondness for riding, 306Report of the Ecclesiastical Courts' Commission, ib.-the Lincoln case, 307-his judgment, 308-Church Reform campaign, 309-memorials, 310-Patronage Bills, 311, 312Clergy Discipline Bill, 312-failure to carry through the Reform of Church Patronage, 313-character of his speeches and addresses, 314, 318 -influence on the Church Defence movement, 314, 315-genius for organization, 316-Local Government Bill, 317-origin of the Ladies' Meetings at Lambeth, 318-character and interests, 320-reverence for the past, ib.—work of raising the average level of Church opinion, 321 -on the hopelessness of reunion with Rome, ib.-his last charge, 322. Berard, Victor, La Politique du

Sultan,' 272-La Macédoine,' 274. Beyle, Henri, 187. See Stendhal. Blakiston, Rev. R. M., on the nature and purpose of the Assyrian Mission, 303.

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British India,' 395.
Boers, their history, 263-character,
264-belief in their superiority, ib.
-their exodus a calamity to the
British settlers, 265-relations with
the Uitlanders, 266.

Bo-nia, result of the Austrian adminis
tration, 283.

Bournon, Ferdinand, ‘Histoire Généralo
de Paris,' 357.

Brandenburg, Albert of, Archbishop
of Maintz, 16.

Bridges, Robert, 337-character of his
poetry. 338-340.

Brinvilliers, Marquise de, 375-trial,
376-torture, 377-execution, 378.
Broadfoot, G., on the tendency of inter-
ference in the Government of India,
554.

Bulgaria, its history, 278. See East.
Burke, Edmund, his French Revolu-
tion, 183.

Bute, Lady, letters from Lady Mary
Wortley Montagu, 440, et seq.

C.

Cambridge University, 529. See Ox-
ford.

Canning, George, Unpublished Letters

of, 111-his marriage, 113--dis-
appointment in Pitt, 114-grievances,
115-christening of his son, 116-
character of his wife, 117-love for
his children, ib.-his verses, 118-
on Pitt's illness, 119-on Adding-
ton's misrule, ib.-his attempts to
reinstate Pitt, 120 on Colonel
Patten's motion, 121-on Pitt's con-
duct, 122-attack of the Near
Observer,' 123-the answer, 125-
Treasurer of the Navy, 126-his
private sorrows, 127-letters to Frere,
128-133--death, 133.

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Carlyle, Thomas, his advice to Prof.

Tyndall, 105-portrait of Tennyson,
504-eulogium on his Poems,' 510.
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. J., M.P.,
charged with complicity in the Raid,
245-attitude to the Republic, 258.
Chartered Company, misapprehension
between the Colonial Office, 259-
future relations, 262.

Church of England, its position in
1882, 293-memorials on the need
for reform, 310-Patronage Bills,
311, 312.

Clergy Discipline Bill, 312.

Coburg, Prince Ferdinand of, Governor
of Bulgaria, 281.

Coleridge, S. T., his criticism of Ten-
nyson's poems, 502.
Committee, The South African, 241-
result of the trial, ib-enforced
resignation of the officers, 242-Sir
J. Willoughby's protest to the War
Office, 242, 244-system of second-
ment, 243-duty of obedience, ib.-
result of the protest, 245-Mr. Stead's
'History of a Mystery,' 246-severity
of the sentences, ib. -change in the
popular sentiment, 247-feeling of
the Boers, 248-hostile policy of the
Republic, 249-grievances of the
Uitlanders, 250-Mr. Rhodes' action
in Matabeleland, 251-question of
the necessity of the Commission of
Enquiry, 252-its character, 253-
result, ib.-Mr. Rhodes' defence, 254
-issues involved in the insurrection,
255-action of the Reform Union, 256
-charge of complicity against the
Imperial officials disproved, 257—
against the Government, 257-259-
misapprehension between the Colo-
nial Oflice and agents of the Char-
tered Co., 259-261-allegation of a
Stock Exchange speculation, 261-
future relations, 262-history of the
Cape, 262-261-strength of the Boers
and the Uitlanders, 264-relations
between, 266-duty of Government,
265-policy, 266.
Craik, Sir Henry,

English Prose
Sections,' 453-value of the work,
454-omissions, 454-456-varying
merit of the criticisms, 457-estimate
of J. S. Mill and Dean Church, 458
-theory of criticism, ib.-introduc-
tion to the 1st volume. 459-to the
2nd volume, 460-definition of the
art of criticism, 461-the older style,
ib-ascendency of the more sympa
thetic and historical method, 462-
danger of the mode, ib.

Cramond, William, The Annals of
Banff, 136.

Creighton, Dr. M., on Martin Luther, 3.
Crooke, W., The N.W. Provinces of
India,' 557- -on the system of educa-
tion in India, 560.
Cyprus, law of excavation, 81.

D.

Dartmouth, beauty of its site, 134-
compared with Banff, ib.

Davidson, J., character of his poetry, 350.
Dobson, Austin, 344-character of his
poetry, 344-316.

Dondukoff, Prince, Governor of Bul-
garia, 278

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