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ADDISON, theory that the 'Spectator' contained the germ of the modern novel, 15; the opinion controverted, 15, 16
Alsace and Lorraine, the German demand for their restoration dates earlier than the present war, 258; French for two centuries, 294; the French youth will regard their recovery as the first of national duties, 296
Anarchy in France, risk of a long period of, 296. Anne's (Queen) place in history, 1, 2; effects of her death on political parties, 14; position of lite- rary men under, 16; comparative happiness of her age, 17; the young squire of her time, 19. Arbuthnot's History of John Bull,' 205 Armstrong's gun recognised as the best for war- like purposes, 216
Army (the) its constitutional history, 128; effects of the revolution of 1688, 129; subjected to the control of Parliament, 130; enormous embez- zlement in military administration under George III., 132; Lord Amherst placed at its head, 134; command of the army prior to the Crimean war, ib.; how the Great Duke's aver- sion to change should be understood, 135, 136; attacks on the Ordnance system, 136; Lord Palmerston as Secretary-at-War, 138; the Duke of Wellington's opposition to a consolidated War-Office, 139; Lord Hardinge as Secretary- at-War, 140; Lord Raglan as Master-General, ib.; mismanagement of the Crimean expedi tion, 141; the Duke's letter to Sir John Bur- goyne, 142, 143; abolition of the Ordnance Board, 143; enormously increased expense of administering the army since the amalgama- tion of military offices, 144; Committee of In- quiry into the effects of alterations in military organisation, 145; Lord Hartington's Com- mittee of Officers to inquire into the Supply of Stores, 146; comparative mortality in the Eng lish, American, and French armies, 148; Lord Northcote's Committee, ib.; enactment of the War-Office Bill, 149, 150; Mr. Cardwell's diffi- culties, 150; project of creating a Staff Corps, 152; the Commander-in-Chief subordinated to the Secretary of War, 153, 154; Order in Coun- cil revolutionising our whole military system, 154. See British Army
Arndt's song of the Fatherland,' 257 Austria and Prussia, their alliance in 1792, 246 Austrian empire paralyzed, 167 Autocracy, for a sovereign to claim personal re- sponsibility is to claim, 200
Avatars, Hindu system of, 107
baths of Brussa, 83; springs dedicated to hea. then gods transferred to Christian saints, ib.; the waters of Aix infested by a lutin or demon. ib. immorality of Spanish baths, 84; the well of St. Winifred, ib.; the first picture of Euro- pean bath life since the decay of the empire, ib.; baths of Lucca, 85, 86; of Pyrmont, 86; account of the foundation of the baths at Bux- ton, ib.; the clergy of all ages patrons of bath life, ib.; Pepys's comical account of his bath- ing, 87, 88; baths of Knaresborough, Harro- gate, and Tunbridge, 88; Turkish bath, 89; efficiency of the baths of Bormio' on sterile la- dies, 90; Sir John Floyer's advocacy of cold bathing, 91; amusement of Aix-la-Chapelle and Spa, ib.; wells and pump-rooms close to Lon- don, ib. ; enumeration of baths at greater alti- tudes, 94; the two highest baths in Europe, ib.; therapeutic action of mineral waters in different diseases, 95; ladies' baths par excel lence, ib.; the iron-cure, 95, 96 Bazeilles, conduct of the Germans at the burning of, 238; horrible scenes, ib. Benedetti, treaty relating to Belgium, 166 Bernard's (Canon) Essay on Scripture and ritual, 30
Bismarck (Count) and his policy, 157; circular letters to foreign Courts, 291; they are an ac- knowledgment that Prussia expects to be judg ed by neutral nations, 292; the German de- mands for an extension of frontier, 293; paci- fic Germany a mere diplomatic commonplace, 294; the true security against future war, 297 Blenheim, battle of, described, 7 Bolingbroke's drunkenness and debauchery, 17 British army, its inefficiency, 274; Mr. Cardwell, when he came into office, accepted a heritage of blunders, ib.; the doors of the War-Office closed against military men of large practical experience, 275; amount of the estimates, 276; the military history of a few years, 277; in- efficiency of preparation for the Crimean war, ib.; the foreign legions valueless, ib.; the re- suscitation of the militia, 278; the Indian mu- tiny due to defects in the system of recruit- ment, ib.; amalgamation of the Indian local with the Imperial army, 279; the Army Trans- port Corps, or Military Train, ib.; colonels of French regiments requesting leave to march on London, ib.; the Minie compared with the Prussian needle gun, 280; General Peel ap- pointed to the War-Office, ib.; his measures, 280, 281; Sir John Pakington as War Minis- ter, 281; England's concentration of her mili- tary strength at home, ib.; Canada exasperat- ed at the removal of the British troops, 282 ; weak state of the cavalry regiments, ib.; ac- count of the artillery, 283; not one of our for- tresses armed, 284; militia service in the United States, Switzerland, and Belgium, 287;
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