HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIRST VOLUME OF THE
ABOUT (M. Edmond) on Labour and Wages, 231-on co-operation amongst workmen, 254.
Abraham and the Fire-worshipper, apologue of, illustrative of the widest possible tolerance, 134.
Auts, their complex political organi- sation, 77.
Army reorganisation, 524-long cata- logue of shortcomings, negligences, and ignorances, 527-doubt whether the English soldier is equal to his victorious predecessors, 529-Lord Sandhurst's warning to the Govern- ment that they were ere organising defeat,' 530- General Adye's ac- knowledgment that our forces are a disjointed structure of armed men without cohesion or efficiency, 531- rapid changes of the art of destruc- tion, 535-invasion of England, 536- opinion of the Defence Committee of 1859, ib.-German view of the facility of a descent on England, ib. -deficiency of our resources, 538- accurate knowledge by foreign states- men of our minutest resources, ib.
tremendous consequences of an enemy's landing, 539-effect of our foreign policy the dislike and con- tempt of foreign nations, 540-our military helplessness, ib.-chasm be- tween the England of to-day and of former times, 541--melancholy his- tory of the so-called Army Bill, 542 -change in the warlike character of the English race, 543-effect of abolishing the purchase system, 544 -ghastly story of the earlier part of the Crimean war, 547.
Ascidian ancestry of the vertebrate sub-kingdom, 67.
Austria, regeneration of, 90 political transformation, 91 its wretched condition in the winter of 1866, 92 -the Austrian Empire converted Vol. 131.-No. 262.
into the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, 93-additions made to the political machinery, ib.-growth of political freedom, 95-three most important measures, 96-liberation of the in- ferior priests, 97-laws affecting mar- riage and education, 98-fundamental State-laws to constitute the Magna Charta of the Austrian citizen, ib.— twenty-one parliaments, 101-Aus- tria composed of a number of small nations, 102-abrogation of the Con- cordat, 105-statistics of the Austrian provinces, ib.-policy of the Poles in Austria, 106-the Czechs, ib.- question of a central administration for each nationality, 108-dissensions of the contending nationalities, 111– Vienna and Berlin contrasted, 112.
Baboons, anecdotes respecting, 72. Beauty, the Hellenic ideal the highest type of human, 63.
Barley, peculiarity of its growth, 398. Bass (Mr., M.P.), the largest brewer in the world, 393.
Beer and the liquor trades, statistics of money invested and their gains, 395 -the process of malting, 396-the method of brewing, 399-hops, Eng- lish and foreign, 400-distilling and rectifying, 402-unjust effect of a licence duty varying with the value of the premises, 405-evils attending the division of public-houses into two classes, 406-demoralising effect of beer-houses, 407-Mr. Bruce's Intoxi- cating Liquor Bill, 408-offensiveness of its title, 410-violent opposition to the Bill, 411-its injustice and cruelty, 413-proof that the paucity of public- houses does not imply sobriety, 414 -the black-white name of Permis sive Prohibition the English form of the Maine Liquor Law, 416. Belgium, agricultural regimen of, 255 -Belgian farming, 257.
Browning's (Mr.) obscurity of style, 864. Brutes, no evidence of advance in their mental power, 76.
Burbage's company at the Globe theatre in Shakspeare's time, 22. Business man (the), as described by Mr. Fawcett, 237.
Byron (Lord), Continental opinion of him as the greatest English poetical genius since Shakspeare and Milton, 354-the morning after the publica- tion of the 1st and 2nd Cantos of 'Don Juan' awakes and finds him- self famous, 358-rapt interest ex- cited by his poetical tales, 361-the 'Giaour,' 362-the Corsair,' 364- irrational and indefensible reaction against him, 367-his stanzas on the Ocean, 370- Don Juan' the 'cope- stone of his fame, 373-his mode of composition contrasted with Tenny- son's, 375-his sudden inspiration eagerly worked out, ib.-compared himself to the tiger when the first spring fails, ib.-foreign critics on the prejudice against him, 341.
Canning, plagiarism of, 194. Carpenter's (Dr.) ideo-motor principle of action, 310.
Cats, tortoise-shell, the females alone so coloured, 54.
Cebus Azaræ, diseases of the monkey so-called, 63.
Chambord's (Comte de) manifesto on
the ills of the working classes, 261. Channel Islands, prosperity produced by small culture there, 258-two principal causes of their prosperity, 260.
Childers's (Mr.) defence of his conduct respecting the loss of the Captain,' Church's (Protestant) ascendency an- nulled, 523.
Church and State, relation of, three stages through which it has passed,
Coles's (Capt.) and Messrs. Laird's de- sign for the 'Captain,' 442. Commune (French), and Internationale,
549-the end of the Commune move- ment a social revolution in the sup- posed interest of the workmen, 551
-skilful appeal to the peasantry on the principles of the Commune, 552 - extension of the International Association in foreign countries, 556 -its principles on the relation of capitalists and labourers, 557-pro- posed abolition of the right of in- heritance, 558-the Socialist Alliance of Geneva declares itself atheist, 559 -the French socialist makes war upon marriage, property, and religion, 563-the Commune the Helot in the political education of France, 565- strikes no evidence of Socialist ideas of English workmen, 568-distinc- tion between scientific and political progress, 570-Socialist sentiments of Messrs. Mill, Harrison, and Odger, 575. Copernicus, a new Phaethon driving the earth about the sun, 14. Conciliation, Boards of, between em- ployers and workmen, 235. Constitution (English), retrospect of its changes during this century, 573. Cowper-Temple clause in the Ele- mentary Education Act, 282. Cox's (Mr. Serjeant) patronage of Spiritualism, 343.
Crooke's (Mr., F.R.S.) experimental investigation of a new force, 37-his position in science, 342-detection of the new metal thallium, 343. Curwen's (Rev. J.) tonic sol-fa sys- tem, 169.
Darwin's (Charles, M.A., F.R.S.) 'De- scent of Man, and Selection in Rela- tion to Sex,' 47-false facts more injurious than false views, ib.-his present opinions subversive of his original views, 48-his modifications of the principle of natural selection, 51-distrust arising from his unre- served admissions of error, 52- sexual selection the corner-stone of his theory, ib.-two distinct pro- cesses of sexual selection, ib.-stal- lions and mares, 57-peafowl, 58— display by male birds, 60-his inac- curacies in tracing man's origin, 65 -over-hasty conclusions, 66-traces man's genealogy back to a form of animal life like an existing larval Ascidian, ib.-Ascidian ancestry of the vertebrate sub-kingdom, 67-six kinds of action to which the nervous system ministers, ib.-distinction be- tween the instinctive and intellectual
parts of man's nature, 68-anec- dotes narrated by the author in support of the rationality of brutes, 71-fundamental difference between the mental powers of man and brutes, 75-no advance of mental power on the part of brutes, 76-even the moral sense a mere result of the development of brutal instincts, 79-essence of an instinct, 80-genesis of remorse, 82 -the law of honour, 83-dogmatism affirming the very things which have to be proved, 85-sexual selection the selection by the females of the more beautiful males, ib.-the au- thor's panegyrics on the advocates of his own views exclusively, 86-his power of reasoning in an inverse ratio to his powers of observation, 87- implies that man is no more than an animal, 88-his false metaphysical system, 89-sets at naught the first principles of both philosophy and religion, 90.
Dalling's (Lord [Sir H. Bulwer]) 'France,' 213.
Dibdin's (Rev. R. W.) table-turning, 320-his lecture and experience on that subject, ib.-his reply to Pro- fessor Faraday, 322.
Disraeli's (Mr.) appropriation of a cha- racter in Lothair,' 194-more than a third of his eulogium on Welling- ton taken from Thiers, without the change of a word, ib. Dorking' (the Battle of), character of the book, 533. Dumas (Alexander), Memoirs of, 189 -unprecedented fertility and ver- satility, 190-computation of the average number of pages per day during forty years, ib.-his mode of life, ib.-autobiography, 195-his name of Davy de la Pailleterie, 196 -his father's relinquishment of that name, 197-anecdotes of the strength and prowess of General Dumas, his father, ib.-description of Dumas's first visit to Paris, 201-interviews with Talma, 202, 206 - Dumas's theory of success in life, 204-in- terview with a fat and fair English- man, 207-interview with Sebastiani, 208-favourably received by General Foy, ib.-answers to the General's interrogation as to his qualifications, 209-received into the establishment of the Duke of Orleans, afterwards King of the French, 210-his first publication a novel of which four copies only were sold, 212-his first
accepted drama, 214-interview with Mademoiselle Mars, ib.-interview with Louis Philippe, 215-Dumas unknown the evening before, the talk of all Paris on the morrow, 216—. interview between Louis Philippe and Charles X., ib.-in the drama of 'Antony' sets all notions of morality at defiance, 218-analysis of the plot, ib.-its profound immo- rality, 219-'La Tour de Nesle,' a dramatic monstrosity, 223-' Les Trois Mousquetaires,' Vingt ans après,' and Monte Christo,' 224 letter to Napoleon III. on the pro- hibition by the Censorship of Les Mohicans de Paris,' 227-connection with Garibaldi, 228.
Education of the People. Our present educational prospects, 265-three points of interest to be investigated, ib.-I. the relation of the new state of things to the previous system, 266
question of making the payment of school-pence a part of out-door relief, 271-schools of religious tone and secular schools, 272-voluntary and rate-supported schools, 274- secularism of schools in the United States, 276-II. How will religion fare under the new system, 278- great majority of petitions for reli- gious education above those for secular, 281-probable effects of the Cowper-Temple clause, 282-impos- sibility of drawing out an unde- nominational creed, 287-III. Pro- spects of pushing on National Edu- cation in quality and quantity, 289- material points in the New Code of Regulations reversing the Revised Code, 290-programme of the course of education contemplated, ib.-exer- cise and drill in the schools, 292- want of more training colleges, 294-compulsory powers to make the children attend, 296-the compul- sory system in America, ib. Erle (Sir W.), on the law relating to Trades' Unions, 234.
Guicciardini's personal and political records, 416-the family possessed the feline faculty of always falling on their feet, 420-his civil and poli- tical yvwμai, 425-his embassy to King Ferdinand of Arragon, 427-a foe to popular as well as to priestly and monarchical tyranny, 429-his insight into weaknesses and vices, 430-political maxims, 432-maxims illustrating his Machiavellism, 433- comparison between him and Machia- velli, 435-shelved as a statesman, becomes the historian, 437 - his imaginary conversations, 438-his great work the famous (and tedious) Istoria d' Italia,' 489.
Hale (Dr.), Shakspeare's son-in-law, 25. Handel, according to Beethoven the greatest musician in the world, 165. Handwriting of distinguished men, 209. Hardinge's (Mrs. Emma) spiritualistic
new Ten Commandments, 306. Hare (Dr.), the American physicist, on spirit manifestations, 327-his appa- ratus for freeing spirits from the control of any medium, 337. Hearing (acute) of rats and other animals, 148.
Heber's (Bishop) edition of Jeremy Taylor's works, 113.
Herschell (Sir John), tribute to his memory, 353.
Home, the Spiritualist, receives a gift of sixty thousand pounds, 326-his precise experimental proof of the immortality of the soul, 339-claim
to the power of altering the weight of bodies, 344-his performance with an accordion, 346.
Houdin's (Robert, the celebrated pres- tidigitateur) autobiography, 308- his mode of preparing himself and his son for their exhibitions, 333. Huggins's (Dr.) testimony as to the manifestations of Psychic Force, 340- -his unsurpassed ability as a spec- troscopic observer, 341.
Hugo's (Victor) 'Marion Delorme,' 222. Hullah's operas and songs and musica!
exercises and studies, 169-history of modern music and lectures, 145. Hussites and Catholics, their contest one between two races for supremacy in Bohemia, 107.
Laycock (Dr.) on the reflex action of
the brain, 310. Levi's (Professor Leone) Report on the Liquor trades, 362.
Lindsay's (Lord) testimony for Spi- ritualism, 335-personally witnessing Mr. Home's floating in the air from one room to another through the windows, 336.
Lock-outs and strikes, 248.
Longe's (F. D.) refutation of Mill's
wage-fund theory, 236. Lucy's (Sir Thomas) prosecution of Shakspeare for deer-stealing, 7-his family, 8-powerful at the Court of the Tudors, 9.
McCulloch's economical paradox, 240. Machiavelli, the sole moral of his doctrine of princely policy to dis- regard vice, ill-faith, and cruelty to promote aggrandisement, 436. Manors, feudal view of the origin of, 186.
Marks of Teutonic townships, 181. Mars' (Mademoiselle) acting, 221. Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream,' 167-overture to Fingal's Cave,' and other works, 168. Mesmer and his followers, 302. Mills' (J. S.) programme of the Land Tenure Reform Association, 229- dictum that the labourers need only capital not capitalists,' 232-Japanese etiquette in the happy despatch of the wage-fund, 236.
Molière's avowal of plagiarism, Je prends mon bien ou je le trouve, 193. Monkeys having a strong taste for tea, coffee, and spirituous liquors, and for smoking tobacco, 64. Monopolies, industrial, 461-undertak-
ings which competition cannot regu- late, ib.-undertakings which tend to become monopolies, 462-question whether they should be conducted by private enterprise or Government management, 463-discussed by Mr. Mill, ib.-French view of monopolies, 465-summary of arguments in favour of Government management, 466- application of those views to harbours and natural navigations, 468- to canals and docks, 469-to lighthouses, roads, 470-bridges and ferries, rail- ways, 471-failure of competition in railways, 471- Irish railways an example of the evils of competition, 472-impotence of the Legislature in
limitation of profits, 474-and for continuous traffic, 475-objections to purchase of railways by the Govern- ment, 477-tramways, ib.-gas-works, 479-water supply,481-Post Office, 483- - telegraphs, 484- suggestions for improvements,486-patronage and jobbing in the management of public works, 490.
Music, origin of vocal and instrumental, 145- -immense antiquity of wind instruments, 146-pre-historic flute ib.-what constitutes pitch, 147- the limits of musical sound about six octaves, 148-what constitutes- intensity of musical sounds, ib.- quality or timbre, 148-mode of de- termining the form of the vibrations of different instruments, ib.-differ- ently formed waves of sound trans- mitting a different stroke and quality of sound to the ear, ib.-difference between noise and musical sound explained by M. Beauquier, 149– three fundamental harmonies of a note, ib.-modern music the supreme art-medium of emotion, 154-pecu- liarities of music for the generation and expression of emotion, 155-power of music in controlling and dis- ciplining emotion, 156 - difference in the morale of Italian and German music, ib.-moral and emotional func- tions of music, 157-Greek and He- brew music, 158-art of descant, ib. -development of modern music, 159 -first and greatest discovery, ib.- the perfect cadence, ib.-Carissimi the very type of the transition period, 160-modern music a new art with recently discovered principles, ib.- how far England is, or has been, a musical country, 160-John Dun- stable, in 1400, represents a great musical force in this country, ib.— English Church music, 161- the famous song 'Sumer is a cumen in,' ib. — foreign origin of all the forms of modern music, ib.-English madrigals, 162-Anglo-French school of Pelham, Humphrey, and Purcell, 163-Purcell to be ranked with Mozart, ib.-Handel (according to Beethoven) the greatest musician who ever lived, 165-Rossini, Weber, 166-Mendelssohn, 167-Beethoven's influence on the music of this country, 108-influence of John Hullah, 169 -Curwen's Tonic Sol-fa system, ib.— tonal difference between the Hullah and Sol-fa methods, ib. Henry
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