CONTENTS OF VOL. CCLXIII.

Afghanistan Imbroglio, The. By MALCOLM MACCOLL
Ashanti, The Resurrection of. By FREDERICK BOYLE .
Assommoir, L'. By H. SCHÜTZ WILSON

Backbite, Sir Benjamin. By DUTTON COOK.

Balzac. By H. BARTON BAKER

Cervantes' Novels. By JAMES MEW

Chatterton, Thomas. By RICHARD EDGCUMBE

Congress and its Results, The. By MALCOLM MACCOLL
Crabtree, Mr. By DUTTON COOK

Cupid: an Episode in the Career of Professor MacPelvis.
GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA:

Part I.

II.

De Musset, Alfred. By JAMES STOTHERT

Dürer, Albert, at his Easel. By CHARLES PEBODY
Eclipse Observations, First Fruits of the.

Ether-Drinking and Extra-Alcoholic Intoxication, On.

BENJAMIN W. RICHARDSON, M.D. .

Fairy-lore of Savages, The. By J. A. FARRER

Fan, On a, that belonged to the Marquise de Pompadour. By
AUSTIN DOBSON

Genealogy. By JOHN AMPHLETT.

Giles's Travels across the Australian Desert. By FREDERICK A.
EDWARDS.

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By RICHARD A.

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Migration of Animals, The. By Dr. ANDREW WILSON

Glimpses of Minute Life. By HENRY J. SLACK

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Hellas and Civilisation. By GRANT ALLEN
Johnson, Dr., Unpublished Episodes in the Life of. By LLEWELLYNN
JEWITT

Kaffir War, The last. By FREDERICK A. EDWARDS
Layard's, Sir Austen,"Accusations and Intrigues. By MALCOLM
MACCOLL

Malta. By ARTHUR ARNOLD

Midhat Pasha on Turkish History and Reforms. By MALCOLM
MACCOLL.

Molly Trefusis. By AUSTIN DOBSON

Nation-making a Theory of National Characters.

Number Forty-seven. By JAMES PAYN

Old Meerschaum, An. By D. CHRISTIE MURRAY:

IV.

V.

Queensland Ramble and Gossip. By REDSPINNER
Roy's Wife. By G. J. WHYTE-Melville :

Chap. XXXI. Worn to a Thread

XXXII. The Stalled Ox

Sark and its Caves. By the Hon. RODEN NOEL

Savage Modes of Prayer. By J. A. FARRER

Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. By H. BARTON BAKER

Solar Eclipse, The Approaching Total. By RICHARD A. PROCTOR
Suckling, Sir John. By G. BARNETT SMITH
Surnames, The Law of. By JOHN AMPHLETT
Vivisection, Moral and Religious Estimate of. By H. N. OXENHAM
Wedding Customs, Early. By J. A. FARRER
Table Talk. By SYLVANUS URBAN, Gentleman :

The Anglo-Russian Agreement-The "Climbing fever "-The
biter bit-The worship of discrowned deities-A canal across
the Isthmus of Panama-Living on the "depression of trade”—
The death of Mr. Spender, and care in bathing-Socialism
and Liberalism-Honour to Science-Payn's " By Proxy," and
its plot-Sir Thomas Hardy

Mr. Swinburne's second series of "Poems and Ballads". Skating-rinks and their frequenters-The Index Society-A new use for money-The Library of the British Museum and its losses-A barber's flattery-" Colonial produce"-George Eliot's "College Breakfast-party"

Old books and their value-The treatment of lunatics-" Dying a-top"-The libel laws in France and in England-Art dictatorship-The Tumongong of Johore-Young lady touts-How to make your house bigger

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Table Talk. By SYLVANUS URBAN—continued.
Surface-saving in bees and in men—A mathematical problem-
Old Drawley-Bull-fighting and pigeon-shooting-Mr. Hamp-
den and Mr. Proctor-The lady and her doctor-" It's the
chalk as does it"-Unusual electric disturbance-Balloons
and flying machines-The jelly-fish and its nerves-French
power of assimilation-Seeing four planets at once

The buzzing of insects-" The Bibliography of Ruskin "-The
conciliation of Ireland-Vagaries of advertising-Free bridges
-Authors' mistakes-Decorations and their wearers-An-
nexation in South Africa-Behaviour of Englishmen in France
-"Closed for repairs"-Some new wines-" Taking the
waters"

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Mr. Hampden and Sylvanus Urban—The lady and the professor
-London and its beauty-Mr. Phelps-The electric light and
gas-Strange exchanges-Mr. Proctor and the Americans-
Shelley and his ailments-Afghanistan and Beloochistan-
Cleopatra's Needle-The size of the brain-Dr. Lebon's classi-
fication-Fireproof safes-Hyper-æstheticism-Oxford and its
steam-whistle-Private lunatic asylums-Chinaman or Chinese? 750

ILLUSTRATIONS TO STORIES.

BY ARTHUR HOPKINS.

"SHE STRUCK A LIGHT WITH GREAT DELIBERATION"

"NOBODY EVER CARED FOR YOU AS I HAVE"

"MY NEIGHBOUR THE BONE-GRUBBER "

MISS TOPSY DEERFOOT.

"THEY ARE BOTH AWAY"

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