THE

NINETEENTH

CENTURY

A MONTHLY REVIEW

EDITED BY JAMES KNOWLES

VOL. XLI

JANUARY-JUNE 1897

LONDON
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY

(LIMITED)

St. Dunstan's bouse

FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET, E.C.

1897

LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

DAVIS

CONTENTS OF VOL. XLI

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TIE RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. By Leonard Courtney

THE LIBERAL LEADERSHIP. By the Rev. Dr. J. Guinness Rogers

Nurses à la Mode. By Lady Priestley

THE BURIAL SERVICE. By Professor St. George Mivart.

THE VERDICT ON THE BARRACK SCHOOLB. By Mrs. S. A. Barnett

THE FRENCH IN MADAGASCAR. By the Rev. F. A. Gregory :

A NOTE ON THE ETHICS OF LITERARY FORGERY. By the Hon. Emily

Lawless

THE DAME DE CHÂTEAUBRIANT. By the Count de Calonne :

IRELAND AND THE NEXT SESSION. By J. E. Redmond

THE EDUCATIONAL PEACE OF SCOTLAND. By Thomas Shaw .

ENGLISH ENTERPRISE IN PERSIA. By Francis Edward Crow

THE MARCH OF THE ADVERTISER. By H. J. Palmer

NAPOLEON ON HIMSELF. By G. Barnett Smith

French Naval

POLICY IN PEACE AND War. By Major Charles à Court :

MR. G. F. Warts, R.A.: HIS ART AND HIS MISSION. By M. H. Spielmann. 161

URGENT QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL OF DEFENCE. By Lord Charles

Beresford

173

THE PLAQUÉ. By Dr. Montaigu Lubbock

184

THE ELIZABETHAN RELIGION. By J. Horace Round

THE LONDON UNIVERSITY PROBLEM. By Sir Joshua Fitch

THE TRUE NATURE OF • FALSETTO.' By E. Davidson Palmer

LAW AND THE LAUNDRY :

(1) COMMERCIAL LAUNDRIES. By Mrs. Bernard Bosanquet, Mrs.

Creighton, and Mrs. Sidney Webb

224

(2) LAUNDRIES IN Religious Houses. By Lady Frederick Cavendish 232

TIMBER CREEPING IN THE CARPATHI ANS. By É. N. Buxton

RECENT SCIENCE. By Prince Kropotkin

250

LIFE IN POETRY: POETICAL EXPRESSION. By Professor Courthope: 270

SKETCHES MADE IN GERMANY. No. 3. By Mrs. Blyth

285

GIBBON'S LIFE AND LETTERS. By Herbert Paul

INDIVIDUALISTS AND SOCIALISTS. By the Dean of Ripon

Steses å la Mode : A Reply toʻLADY PRIESTLET." By Mrs. Bedford

Fenwick

NOTE ON THE DECLARATION OF PARIS. By Thomas Gibson Bowles :
FOR GREECE AND CRETE. By Algernon Charles Swinburne .

337

THE CRETAN QUESTION. By Francis de Pressensé

GREATER BRITAIN AND THE QUEEN's Long Reign. By

Sir Julius Vogel : 343

FIGHTING THE FAMINE IN INDIA. By J. D. Rees

ENGLAND'S ADVANCE NORTH OF ORANGE RIVER. By Melius de Villiers

MR. HERBERT SPENCER AND LORD SALISBURY ON EVOLUTION. By the

Duke of Argyll

How Poor LADIES LIVE. By Miss Frances H. Low

405

THE MASS : PRIMITIVE AND PROTESTANT. By Geo. W. E. Russell

The LIMITS OF BIOGRAPHY. By Charles Whibley

ABOUT ALEXANDRIA. By Professor Mahoffy

437

HINTS ON CHURCH REFORM. By the Rev. Dr. Jessopp

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