THE

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NINETEENTH

CENTURY

A MONTHLY REVIEW

EDITED BY JAMES KNOWLES

VOL. XVII.

JANUARY-JUNE 1885

LONDON

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE

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CONTENTS OF VOL. XVII.

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✓ THE NEW REFORM. By J. O'Connor Power

CESARISM. By Earl Cowper

WILL RUSSIA CONQUER INDIA? By Arminius Vambéry
THE CENTENARY OF THE TIMES.' By W. Fraser Rae

CHARLES LAMB AND GEORGE WITHER. By Algernon Charles Swin-

burne

CYCLING AND CYCLISTS. By Viscount Bury

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THE SAVAGE. By Professor Max Müller

LOCUSTS AND FARMERS OF AMERICA. By Miss C. F. Gordon Cum-

ming

RELIGION AND THE STAGE. By Henry Arthur Jones

CONFESSIONS OF AN ETON MASTER. By H. S. Salt

THE NAVY AND THE ADMIRALTY. By Sir R. Spencer Robinson

IMPERIAL FEDERATION. By W. E. Forster

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201

A WORD MORE ABOUT AMERICA. By Matthew Arnold

REFORM OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS. By the Earl of Pembroke

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237

THE DUTIES OF DRAMATIC CRITICS. By W. Archer

ABOLITION OF PROPRIETARY MADHOUSES. By Dr. Bucknill

STATE AID TO EMIGRANTS. By J. H. Tuke.

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280

PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION: Objections and Answers.

By

Sir John Lubbock, Leonard Courtney, Albert Grey, and John

Westlake

312

LIGHT FROM THE EAST ON THE COLOUR QUESTION. By James W.

IRRIGATION IN EGYPT. By Colonel C. C. Scott-Moncrieff
PRIVATE BILL LEGISLATION. By Alexander Craig Sellar

V SOCIALISM AND RENT-APPROPRIATION: a Dialogue. By Henry George

and H. M. Hyndman

THE UNITY OF THE EMPIRE. (1.) By Viscount Bury. (2.) By the
Marquis of Lorne

THE VOLUNTERRS IN TIME OF NEED. By Sir Edward Hamley 405

EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN. By Sir William H. Gregory
THE HIGHLAND CROFTERS. By Lord Napier and Ettrick
GEORGE ELIOT'S LIFE.' By Lord Acton

THE ETON TUTORIAL SYSTEM. By the Earl of Darnley

WHISPERING MACHINES. By R. Balmer

THE POLITICAL SITUATION OF EUROPE. By the Marchese Nobili-

March

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