AFGHANISTAN, IN THE HEART OF, 81the object of the

Afghan Frontier Commission, 82-the natural features of the country, 83-the Helmund, 84 -the basin of the Farah Rud, 85-the Chahar Aimak tribe, 87-the Panjdeh incident, 88-Russian intrigue and the frontier question, 90. Alison's, Sir Archibald, History of Europe,' 745.

'American Literature, Humorous Master-
pieces from,' reviewed, 296.
'Amphion, the New,' reviewed, 147.
André Cornélis,' par Paul Bourget, re-
viewed, 703.

Arab horses, the general quality of, 267.
Armaments, Russian, 393.

AUSTRALIA, LABOUR AND CAPITAL IN, 677.

Balfour, Mr A. J., the new Irish Secretary, 601.

Bell, the Song of the, translated by Sir Theodore Martin, 579.

Biography, the Dictionary of National,' by Leslie Stephen, reviewed, 310. BISON-STALKING, 795-natural history of the bison, ib.-a shooting expedition in Southern India, 796-interview with a Mysore prince, 799-tracking big game, 801-bagging a bison, 804. 'Books and Bookmen,' by Andrew Lang, reviewed, 298.

Brabourne's, Lord, Irish Articles, note on, 468.

Bread stuffs, duties on, prior to 1849, 492.

Bridal customs of the Transylvanian Saxons, 195.

Bright's, Mr, opposition to Home Rule, 600.

British Legation in Japan, attack on the, 45.

British trade, development of, with South-Western China, 243.

Bronte, Charlotte, as a writer of fiction,

Burma,' Phayre's History of,' quoted, 230, 239 et seq.

BURMA REFORMED, 711-recent guerilla warfare in Upper Burma, 712 et seq.— Burmese military tactics, 713-recent mtlitary operations, 714-total strength of the forces in Burma, 715-jungle warfare, 716 et seq.-the pacification of Burma, 717.

Burton, John Hill, as a historian, 749. 'Caldecott, Randolph, his early art career,' by Henry Blackburn, reviewed, 560.

Carlyle's, Thomas, historical works, 747. CATHAY AND THE GOLDEN CHERSONESE,

229-the relations of the Burmese and Chinese, ib.-division of the Shans into small states, 230-China and its peoples, 231-Kublai Khan, the famous Chinese Emperor, 233-Burmese collisions on the frontier, 236the fall of the Pugan monarchy, 238misunderstandings between Burma and China, 239-the development of British trade with South-Western China, 243. Childers, Mr, on Conservative boycotting, 729.

Churchill's, Lord Randolph, resignation, 316-his exposure of Sir George Trevelyan, 869.

Cobden, Richard, bombastic predictions of, 495 et seq.

COLLINS, THE REV. W. LUCAS, 734.
Colquhoun, Mr, on British trade with
China, 243.

Competition in flax-spinning, 507
CORALIE, TO, 381.

Corn Laws and commercial prosperity, the alleged connection between the repeal of the, 496.

Cornwallis, Lord, and the Government of Ireland, 165.

Court and Private Life in the time of Queen Charlotte,' reviewed, 441 DARKNESS, THE LAND OF, I.

Darwin's, Charles, works, 752 et seq.
Death Customs of the

Saxons, 210.

Transylvanian

HAYWARD, MR, AND HIS LETTERS, 37his literary career, 38 et seq.-his political position, 39-his devotion to Mr Gladstone, 41.

HER MAJESTY'S OPPOSITION IN 1887, 719 -Mr Gladstone's responsibility for the "regular Opposition," 720-undue lengthening of debates, ib.-development of obstructive tactics, 721- Mr Gladstone and his Irish opponents in 1881, 722-his present sympathy with obstruction, 723-his former efforts to protect life and property, 724-his appeal to the masses, 725-his arraignment of Parliament before the mobocracy, 726-the attempt to overawe the Liberal Unionists, 727-Lord Spencer and the National League, 728-theattitude of Sir George Trevelyan, 729-Mr Childers on Conservative boycotting, ib.-the frantic efforts of the Gladstonian-Parnellite confederates, 730Lord Hartington on the Fenian leaders, 731-the majority for the second reading of the Crimes Bill, 732-Mr Gladstone's attack on Lord Hartington at the "Eighty Club," 733.

High Life; or, Towers of Silence,' reviewed, 567.

Horse-breeding in India, 269-the feeding of horses, 278. HORSE-SUPPLY IN INDIA, THE, 265-the land of mounted warriors, ib.

the

the question of Catholic Emancipation, 158 the negotiations for Union, 159 et seq.-the parliamentary franchise and the Catholic claims, 160-the invasion of Ireland by the French, 163 -the United Irishmen of 1798, 165 -Lord Cornwallis and the Government of Ireland, ib.-another French invasion, 167-Pitt on the safety of the Empire, 170-the motives of Pitt and Cornwallis, 172-results of the Union, ib.

IRENE, 512.

Irish Land League, the agitation of, 319. "Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union " on Lord Brabourne's articles on Irish history, 468. IRONCLADS DOOMED? ARE, 519-our national wants, 520-defects of our naval policy, 522-the Navy estimates, 523-modern torpedo development, ib. -navies of England and other countries, 527-need of torpedo vessels and torpedo boats, 530-the waste of money in building expensive ironclads, 531the days of ironclads numbered, 532. JACK AND MINORY: a Tale of Christmas-tide, 58.

Jamieson, Mr Auldjo, on Income Tax returns, 509.

Japan, attack on the British legation in, 45.

JAPAN, THE PICTORIAL ART OF, 281Mr Anderson's treatise on the subject, ib.-its Chinese origin, 282-the production of Hokusai and his school, 283 -Josetsu's reputed pupils, 284-the "popular school" 286-Okio and the Shijo school, 287 et seq-the Ganku school, 288-leading characteristics of Japanese art, ib. et seq.

Japanese schools of Painting, 286, 288 et

seq.

Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria, from 1852 to 1860,' by the late Charles C. F. Greville, reviewed, 432. Journalism, development of, 761. JOYCE, I.-IV., 603-V.-VIII., 770. JUBILEE LYRIC, A, LOVE THAT LASTS FOR EVER, 325.

KAISER, WILHELM, RECOLLECTIONS OF, 672.

Khorasan, fertile valleys of, 574.

Kinglake's, Mr, epic of a great campaign, 749.

Knox and the wrecking of ecclesiastical edifices in Scotland at the Reformation, 10, III et seq.

Kublai Khan, 233 et seq.

La Bête,' par Victor Cherbuliez, reviewed, 689.

LABOUR AND CAPITAL IN AUSTRALIA, 677

-action of trades-unions in New South Wales, 678-the Colonial Government

ing, 745. HISTORY, ib.: Sir William Napier, ib.-Sir A. Alison, ib.-Lord Macaulay, 746-Thomas Carlyle, 747John Hill Burton, 749. PHILOSOPHY, 751: John Stuart Mill, ib.-Herbert Spencer, 752-Charles Darwin, ib.— Huxley and Tyndall, 754. FICTION, ib.: Dickens, ib.-Thackeray, 756-George Eliot, ib.-Charlotte Brontë, 757-Mrs Gaskell, 758-Anthony Trollope, ib. Charles Reade, 759-Lord Lytton, 760. CRITICISM, ib.: John Ruskin, ib. DEVELOPMENT OF JOURNALISM, 760. OPEN SPACES, the Need of, 446. Oxford, History of the University by Maxwell Lyte, reviewed, 305. Pagan rites and customs in Transylvania, survival of, 203.

Panjdeh incident, the, 88.

of,'

Parleyings with Certain People of Importance in their day,' &c., by Robert Browning, reviewed, 417. "Parnellism and Crime" debate, the, 865. PATMOS, REVELATIONS FROM, 368-the Monastery of St. John, ib.—the credulity of the Patmiotes, 371-the evil eye, 372-St. John's cave, 374-sacred relics, 377.

Persia, Russian designs on, 574-
Phæacia, the End of,' by Andrew Lang,
reviewed, 299.

PICTORIAL ART OF JAPAN, THE, 281.
Pitt, on the safety of the empire, 170.
Plan of Campaign, the,' the repression
of, 322.

Porter, Mr, on Free Trade and Protection, 502.

POSITION, THE, 316-the representatives of the different schools of Conservatism, ib.-the death of Sir Stafford Northcote, ib.-Lord Randolph Churchill's resignation, ib.-Mr Goschen joins the Cabinet as a Liberal Unionist, 317-his reasonable Liberalism, 318-the duty of Lord Hartington and his followers, ib.-the state of Ireland and the British Parliament, ib.-the agitation of the Irish Land League, 319-Mr Gladstone's attacks on the Liberal Unionists, 320-the difference between the Unionists and Separatists, 321-the repression of The Plan of Campaign,' 322-the duty of Liberal and Tory Unionists, 323.

Privilege degate, the, 855. Produce, prices of farm, in 1850 and 1885, 492-imports of farm, 494. PROGRESS OF THE SESSION, THE, 854. Prolongation of debates, the unnecessary, 591.

PYRRHA, TO, 380.

Railway system, rapid development of,

491.

Reade, Charles, as a writer of fiction, 758.

RECOLLECTIONS OF KAISER WILHELM, 672.

Recruiting in Russia, 383 et seq.
Relics, sacred, 377.

Reminiscences and Opinions,' by Sir F.
H. Doyle, reviewed, 141.
Remount department of the Indian army,
274.

RESTORERS OF FLORENCE, THE, 76. Rosebery's, Lord, flippant speech on the Crimes Bill, 856-his ridicule of the Liberal Unionists, 857.

"Round Table" Conferences, the, 597. Royal Commission and free trade, 502. Ruskin, John, his work as an art critic, 760.

RUSSIA, THE FORTNIGHTLY REVIEWER AND, 573-the possibilities of a Russian invasion of India, ib.-Russian designs on Persia, 574-mistakes as to the strength of the Russian army, 577probable war between England and Russia, ib.

Russian armaments, 393

Russian army, strength of the, 382 et seq. -mistakes as to, 577.

RUSSIAN SOLDIERS AND RUSSIAN ARMAMENTS, 382-strength of the Russian army, ib.-how it is recruited, 383the diet of Russian and British soldiers, 386-Skoboleff on the army, 389-the irregular troops, 390-the territorial disposition of the army, 391-mobilisation, 393.

Salisbury's, Lord, Cabinet, the legislation of, 595.

Sarracinesca, XXV.-XXVI., 92—XXVII.XXVIII., 247-XXIX.-XXXI., 394XXXII-XXXIV., 469.

"Saxon Bride, farewell song of the," 200. Scotch University system, the, and its alleged defects, 827.

SCOTLAND OF MARY STUART, THE:

V. THE REVOLUTION, 109-the cathedrals, churches, and monasteries in the country, ib.-wrecking of churches by the Reformers, 110-the iconoclasts aided by Knox, III-who was responsible for the "rascal multitude"? 112 -communications between the insurgent Lords and the English Court, 114 -the siege of Leith and the Treaty of Edinburgh, 116-Maitland's mission to England, 117-the negotiations with France, 121-opening of Parliament by Maitland, 122-friction between Knox and Maitland, 124.

SECONDARY EDUCATION IN SCOTLAND, 824-the provision for elementary education, ib.-the decline of secondary schools, ib.-the teaching of "specific subjects" in board schools, 825-the grading of schools, 826-the Scotch University system and its alleged de