THE

NINETEENTH

CENTURY

A MONTHLY REVIEW

EDITED BY JAMES KNOWLES

VOL. XVI.

JULY-DECEMBER 1884

LONDON

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CONTENTS OF VOL. XVI.

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ON A COUNTRY ROAD. By Algernon Charles Swinburne

RETROGRESSIVE RELIGION. By Herbert Spencer

EGYPT'S PROPER FRONTIER. By Sir Samuel Baker

CITY OF LONDON LIVERY COMPANIES.

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By Sir Richard Assheton

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VISIBLE APPARITIONS. By Edmund Gurney and Frederic W. H.

THE FEDERAL STATES OF THE WORLD. By the Rev. J. N. Dalton.

THE LETTERS OF HEINRICH HEINE. By Walter S. Sichel.

THE REDUCTION TO INIQUITY.' By Henry George.

THE SURRENDER OF EGYPT. By Edward Dicey

THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE COUNTRY. (1.) By the Duke of St.

Albans. (2.) By Arthur James Balfour. (3.) By Lyulph

Stanley. (4.) By George Howell. (5.) By Viscount

Lymington

LEPROSY, PRESENT AND PAST. By Agnes Lambert .

AN AMERICAN CRITICISM OF THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN. By Archi-

bald Forbes

A TANGLED SKEIN UNRAVELLED. By Dr. Charles Mackay.

A LIMIT TO EVOLUTION. By St. George Mivart

THE PROPHET OF WALNUT-TREE YARD. By the Rev. Dr. Jessopp

TECHNICAL EDUCATION. By the Rev. Henry Solly

COUNTY CHARACTERISTICS: SUSSEX. By Henry G. Hewlett

ENGLISH SISTERHOODS. By Maria Trench

STORM-CLOUDS IN THE HIGHLANDS. By J. A. Cameron

379

CHATTER versus WORK IN PARLIAMENT. By the Rev. J. Guinness

Rogers.

396

THE DAWN OF THE NEW ITALY. By the Marchese Nobili-Vitelleschi

THE DARWINIAN THEORY OF INSTINCT. By G. J. Romanes.

THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE PEERS. By Lord Lymington

ENGLISH SUPREMACY IN THE EAST. By F. Bulkeley Johnson

IMPERIAL FEDERATION-

-ITS IMPOSSIBILITY. By Lord Norton

✓DAILY LIFE IN A MODERN MONASTERY. By the Rev. Father

Cody, O.S.B..

A DEMOCRAT'S DEFENCE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. By Maltman

Barry

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490

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517

THE EMIGRANT IN NEW YORK. By Charlotte G. O'Brien .

CHARLES READE. By Algernon Charles Swinburne.

VA FARM THAT PAYS. By Lady Catherine Milnes Gaskell

OUR DEAF AND DUMв. By Elisabeth Blackburn

ENGLAND AS A MARKET GARDEN. By the Rev. Henry P. Dun ster

"THE SPOLIATION OF INDIA:' a Reply. By Lionel Ashburner

VAN EXPERIMENT. By C. Kegan Paul

THE CLASSIFICATION OF LITERATURE. By J. Taylor Kay

V PROGRESS AND WAGES: a Workman's View. By James G. Hutchinson

THE ART TREASURES OF PRUSSIA. By J. Beavington Atkinson

LORD BEACONSFIELD'S IRISH POLICY. By Sir J. Pope Hennessy

A CORRECTED PICTURE OF THE HIGHLANDS. By the Duke of Argyll

THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND versus THEIR NAVAL OFFICIALS. By H. 0.

Arnold-Forster .

THE SISTERS OF THIBET. By Laurence Oliphant

WHAT WILL THE PEERS DO? By Lord Brabourne.

✓ ' FAUST, EIN FRAGMENT." By Nina Kennard

STATE-DIRECTED EMIGRATION: ITS NECESSITY. By Lord Brabazon

KARLSBAD. By W. Fraser Rae

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OVER-PRESSURE. By Sydney Buxton

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LAST WORDS ABOUT AGNOSTICISM AND THE RELIGION OF HUMANITY.

By Herbert Spencer

89

LORD NORTHBROOK'S MISSION. By Edward Dicey.

IMPERIAL FEDERATION FROM AN AUSTRALIAN POINT OF VIEW.

THE EXPANSION OF GERMANY. By George Baden-Powell

MISS ANDERSON'S JULIET. By the Earl of Lytton.

THE PROPOSED NEW CATHEDRAL FOR LIVERPOOL.

✓THE BLACK DEATH IN EAST ANGLIA. By the Rev. Dr. Jessopp

PROPORTIONAL versus MAJORITY REPRESENTATION. By Albert

Grey

✓ ENGLISH SONGS: ANCIENT AND MODERN. By Dr. Charles Mackay.

MISSION WOMEN. By Lady George Hamilton

SOMETHING BETTER THAN EMIGRATION. By H. M. Hyndman

THE DEMOCRATIC VICTORY IN AMERICA. By Wm. Henry Hurlbert

CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL FINANCE. By Edward Clarke, Q.O.

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NINETEENTH

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A MONTHLY REVIEW

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I. On a Country Road. By ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE .

II. Retrogressive Religion. By HERBERT SPENCER

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III. Egypt's Proper Frontier (with a Map). By SIR SAMUEL BAKER

27

IV. City of London Livery Companies. By the Right Hon. SIR RICHARD
ASSHETON CROSS, M.P. .

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V. Visible Apparitions. By EDMUND GURNEY and FREDERIC W. H. MYERS
VI. The Federal States of the World. By the Rev. J. N. DALTON
VII. The Letters of Heinrich Heine. By WALTER S. SICHEL

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118

VIII. The 'Reduction to Iniquity.' By HENRY GEORGE

IX. The Surrender of Egypt. By EDWARD DICEY

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