FROM VOL. CXI. TO VOL. CXL. INCLUSIVE.
ABARIS, alleged to have been a
Druid of the Hebrides, cxviii. 48 Abbas Pacha, his love of horse- breeding, cxxxviii. 446; anecdote of his extravagance, ib. Abbeville, discovery of flint weapons
near, cxviii. 261; the gravel-beds ascribed to the Post-Pliocene age, 266; a human jaw-bone found, 272; views of M. De Beaumont, 274
Abbot (Charles, Lord Colchester, 1757-1829), his 'Diary and Cor- respondence,' cxiii. 360; his taste for practical reforms, 362; Chief Secretary for Ireland, 363; his conduct as Speaker, ib.; his hos- tility to the Catholic claims, 364 Abdallah (Ameer of the Wahabees), his defeat by Ibrahim Pasha, cxxii. 511
succeeds Feysul, cxxv. 13; his overtures to the British, 16 Abdallah-Ebn-Obay, his protection of the Kainoka Jews against Mahomet, cxxiv. 38 Abdool Rehman (Affghan prince), his contest with Shere Ali, cxxv. 21; his cause espoused by the King of Bokhara, ib. 22; master
of Balkh, 25; joined by Mahomed Rufeek, ib.; defeats Shere Ali at Ghuznee, 29
Abercromby (Sir Ralph, 1734-1801), his conduct of the Dutch cam- paign, cxvi. 144 Aberystwith, the Devil's Bridge at, cxxii. 446
Abgar (Prince of Edessa), alleged letter of Christ to, cxxiv. 347; his existence denied by Laurentius Valla, ib.
Ability, definition of, as applied to the intellect, cxxxii. 115-116; theory of its heredity, ib.
Abou Sophyan, his negotiations with Mahomet at Mecca, cxxiv. 44 Abyssinia, early Portuguese expedi- tions to, cxxviii. 227
varieties of trees in, cxxx.
469-475 Abyssinian Expedition, the, evidence of Mr. Dundas on the contracts for, cxxxiii. 136; absence of Par- liamentary control over expendi- ture, 240 note
Academies of Art, disparaged by
Hogarth and Fuseli, cxviii. 484; first design of, in England by Charles I., 486; scheme of Evelyn,
ib.; attempts to form private schools, 487
Academy (Royal), history of, by Mr.
Sandby, cxviii. 483; official infor- mation respecting, 484; wholesale detractors of, ib.; its importance to artists, 485; their memorial in 1768, ib.; schemes of Charles I. and Evelyn, 486; its foundation in 1768, 487; Sir J. Reynolds first president, b.; its ill-defined constitution, 488; its services un- derrated by the public, 489; en- tirely self-supporting, ib.; state- ment of finances, ib.; gratuitous exhibitions by private painters, 490; its officers miserably paid, 491; uncertainty of tenure, ib.; its inertia as a self-elected body, 492; lamentable state of the schools, ib.; want of a permanent director, ib.; exclusion of eminent artists, ib.; inadequate rewards to students, 493; invidious duty of selection, 494; want of space for pictures, ib.; large proportion of rejections, ib. note; invidious privileges of members, ib.; punc- tilio of the line,' 495; its consti- tution the root of evil, ib.; aca- demicians elected too late in life from scarcity of vacancies, 496; exclusion of present artists of dis- tinction, ib. 497; class of asso- ciates, ib.; the Commission recom- mend them to be increased to fifty, ib.; proposed General Assem- bly, ib.; encroachments of painters over other artists, 498; want of catholicity of art displayed in paintings, 499; Lancashire buy- ers, ib. 500; honorary members or Professors, ib.; power of the reign- ing sovereign, 501; wise choice of❘ the Commission, ib.; admixture of non-professional element therein, ib.; want of provision for science as applied to art, 502; original discourses discontinued, 503;
meagreness of present lectures, ib.; urgent want of a new building, 505; proposed transfer to Trafalgar Square, 506; hopeful prospects,
Academy (Royal), irresponsible ma- nagement of, cxxiii. 75 qualifications of presidents,
cxxxi. 413 Accoramboni (Virginia, d. 1585), tragic story of, cxxxii. 296 Achæan League, the, its origin due to foreign pressure, cxviii. 148 Acoustics, interesting history of, cxxvii. 103; connexion between physiological and physical, 129, 130. See Sound Acrostics, use of, on early Christian inscriptions, cxx. 237; specimen of, found at Autun, 238 'Acts of the Apostles,' M. Renan's rejection of, criticised, cxxxi. 486– 491
Acts of Parliament, codification of, required, cxxvi. 365; necessary process, viz. expurgation, sifting, digesting, and consolidation, 372- 374; need of revision, 375. See Statute Law
enormous annual number of, cxxxiii. 59
Adam (Sir Frederick), wrongly ac-
cused of neglecting the pine- forests of Cephalonia, cxx. 362
(Dr. Alexander, 1741-1809), rector of the High School at Edin- burgh, cxxxv. 408; his attain- ments, ib.
(Robert and James), verses on them, cxxvi. 12 Adamson (Patrick, Archbishop of St. Andrews, 1536-1592), his character, cxiv. 409 Adderley (Right Hon. Sir C. B., 1814), his Review of Colonial Policy, cxxxi..98; his strictures on Earl Grey, ib.; his criticisms obsolete, 99; his own views, 100 Addison (Joseph, 1672-1719), his
Adelaide (South Australia), controversy of the Bishop with Mr. Binney on church fusion in Australia, cxiii. 2; the proposed terms of union, 3
rapid growth of the colony, cxvi. 17 Adelphi Terrace, Strand, origin of the name, cxxxi. 177 Admiralty (Board of), want of organisation, exiii. 287; its constitution, 291; need of responsible subdivision, 293; duties of its members, 294; office of surveyor, 295
M. Xavier Raymond's criticisms on, cxviii. 171-80
diatribes of the 'Quarterly Review' on Mr. Childers, cxxxiii. 122; stocks of coal abroad, 124; use of mixed coal, 126-127; the naval element at Whitehall, 130; Order in Council of 1869, 131; duties of lords defined, ib. ; subordination of responsible controllers of business to the minister, as advocated in the Edinburgh Review,' ib. 132; reforms at victualling yards and naval hospitals due to Mr. Childers, 133; the ' anchor mistake,' ib. ; paltry gossip about inefficiency of supply, ib. 134; the 'biscuits at Bermuda' story, ib.; competition and private contract, 135; statements of Mr. Baxter thereon, ib.; question of prices, 136; recent revision of schedules, ib.; high quality of
goods maintained, 137; abolition of the 'tipping' system, ib.; 'Seeley's pigs,' ib.; reductions in clerks, 138; substitution of 'writers,' 139; closing of Woolwich and Deptford yards, ib.; retirement and commutation scheme, 140; reductions of ships and men, 141; alleged want of stores at Bull Point Magazine, 143; new coast-defence ships, 144; importance of reticence in naval discussion, ib. Admiralty (Board of), origin of, cxxxvi. 567
Ægium (now Vostitza), the scene of the Achæan League assemblies, cxxii. 549
Aerolites, called 'pocket planets' by
Humboldt, cxxv. 265; analysis of, ib.; their heat when fallen, ib.; distinguished from shower-meteors, 268
origin of, cxl. 417; generation of heat by, 425 Eschylus (B.c.525-456), Miss Browning's translations from, cxiv. 516 the Laurentian MS. of, cxxxvii. 71
Æthelstan (895-941), titles of sovereignty assumed by, cxxx. 206 Æthelwolf (d. 853), his supposed grant of titles, cxvi. 420 Afghanistan, condition of, under Dost Mahomed, cxxv. 17; the province of Balkh, ib.; sympathy with the Sepoy mutineers, 18 (see Azim Khan); recent affairs in, 19-34 (see Shere Ali); untractable nature of the country an impediment to British advance, 44
- recent events in, cxxxviii. 245; importance of, to England, 246; article in vol. cxxv. p. 17, referred to, ib.; battle of Sheikabad, 247; letter of Sir J. Lawrence to Azim, ib.; terrorism of Azim, 249; Wullee Mahommed, 250; arrest of the three Cabulees, 251; murder of Mahommed Rufeek, ib.; battle
of Kelat-i-Ghilzai, 253; Shere Ali and Fyz Mahommed, 254; visit of Yakoob to Persia for assistance, 256; risings against Ufzul, 258; rout and death of Fyz Mahommed, 260; Azim assumes the title of Ameer, ib.; his march into Toor- kistan, ib.; Shere Ali checked at Maimuna, 261; affairs at Herat, 262; Azim sets up the standard of revolt, 263; Shere Ali enters Cabul, 264; policy of Sir J. Law- rence, 265; Shere Ali recovers his capital, 267; congratulated by Sir J. Lawrence, ib. ; close of the year 1868, 269; Lord Mayo's as- sistance and letter to Shere Ali, 270, 271; Ismail and his acts, 275; Alum Khan in Toorkistan, 276; relations with Bokhara respecting refugees, 280; Jehandar Shah, 281 and note; fears of Russian advances, 282; Mr. Forsyth's commission, 284; settlement of boundaries by England and Russia, 285; Ab- doollah, Shere Ali's son, 287; re- bellion of Yakoob, 288; recon- ciliation, 296
Africa, early geographical specula- tions respecting, cxii. 319; zones of modern discovery, 320; sources of the Nile, 322; Portuguese ex- plorations in the southern zone,325
characteristics of negroes in, cxv. 50; prospects of cotton culti- vation, 481
Arab dominion in the north, cxvi. 357
American scheme for deport- ing slaves to, cxix. 205
Portuguese discoveries in, cxxviii. 200-236
(Equatorial), Du Chaillu's discoveries in, cxiv. 213; his ac- count of tribe-alliances, 218; can- nibalism and witch doctors, ib.
difficulties of travel in, cxviii. 214; theory of a central watery plateau, 219; features of Eastern
Africa, 220; arid character of the interior disproved, ib. ; social state of the three Wahuma kingdoms, 222; the Fellatahs, 223; the king- dom of Uganda, ib. See Speke, Capt., Grant, Capt., and Nile, the Africa (Equatorial), the people of Latooka, cxxiv. 164; the Mak- karikas, 167; the Obbo Country, 168; King Kamrasi, 172; theory of a central plateau confirmed, 182; geological antiquity of, ib. ; curse of slave traffic in, 183. See Baker, Sir Samuel
Africa (South), recent discovery of diamond fields in, cxxxiv. 410; emigration of the Boers, ib.; Sir Harry Smith's annexations, 413; his proclamation resisted, 414; de- feat of Pretorius at Boemplats, ib.; disturbances with Moshesh, chief of the Basutos, 415; Orange River Territory abandoned, 416-420; an- nexation of British Kaffraria, 421; Sir G. Grey's scheme of Feder- ation, ib.; conduct of Moshesh to the British, 423; his contest with the Boers, ib.-425; Trans Vaal ex- tensions of territory in 1868, 427; first discovery of diamonds, ib.; Sir P. Wodehouse's policy, 428; claims of Waterboer, 429; con- ference at Novitgedacht, ib.; prompt action of General Hay, 430; Mr. Campbell appointed magistrate in the diamond territory, 431; rival claims examined, 433; posi- tion of the two republics, ib., 435; case of the Orange Free State, ib.; Adam Kok and Harvey, ib.; Waterboer's answer and case, 436; General Hay's view of the ques- tion, 437; arrival of Sir Henry Barkly, ib.; his course of action, 438; personal visit to Klipdrift, 439; his correspondence with the two presidents, 440; his measures of British protection, 441-443; wise and firm policy of Lord Kim-
berley, 444; boundary arbitration agreed to, 445; Cape affairs, ib. ; question of Federation revived, 447; the scheme recommended, ib.; prospects of the diamond-field question, ib.; resources of South Africa, 448
Africa (West Coast), serious position of affairs on, cxxxviii. 569. See Gold Coast
the Sahara. See Sahara Africans, Baker's low estimate of their character, cxxiv. 166 Agaricus procerus, cxxix. 351. See Fungi
Agates, talismanic virtues ascribed
to, cxxiv. 232; varieties of, 251 Agassiz (Professor L.), his 'Contri- butions to the Natural History of the United States,' cxi. 487; on the antiquity of species, 531
adopts the dilatation theory of glacier motion, exiii. 231; his glacial observations, 232
his incomplete idea of species, cxxviii. 417 Agincourt, battle of (1415), anecdote of English troops at, cxxiii. 175 and note
Agni-Kools, the, revolution of, in
Central India, cxxii. 386 Agriculture, in France and England, compared, cxiv. 348
viewed as a test of primitive culture, cxxxv. 101
(British), results of free trade in corn, cxxiii. 186; want of agricultural statistics, ib.; present system of, 187; the Royal Agri- cultural Society, 188; high farm- ing, 189, 190; drainage of stiff clays, 193; services of chemists, 195; compound manures, ib.-196; application of steam, 197; farm architecture, 201; shelter for live stock, 202; literature of agricul- ture, 203; assistance of capital, 204; English and French sheep, 205; evidence of farmers on recent
progress, 206; introduction of dis- ease, 210. See Cattle Plague Agricultural Economy, the term ex- plained, cxiv. 350
interest, Conservative sym- pathies of, in England, cxxxv. 254; present legislative questions con- cerning, 257; divided opinions. thereon, 276; summary of present grievances, 286; secret of their Conservatism, 288
labourers (British), works of Messrs. Fawcett and Baily Den- ton on, cxxviii. 489; compared with the manufacturing class, ib. ; their stationary form of life, 491; ideal theories of their prosperity, ib. ; views of Mr. Froude and Mr. Hal- lam, 492; deceptive tests of in- creased civilisation, 493; their wants enumerated by Adam Smith, 494; Mr. Rogers on their con- dition in the fourteenth century, 495; relative food of, in past and present times, 496; increased securities for constant employment, 497; early dependence on good harvests, 498; the Statute of La- bourers, 499; arbitrary enactments therein, 500; vagrancy increased by unwise legislation, 501; Acts of Elizabeth, 502; evils of the Law of Settlement, 505; state of, in the last century, 506; vicious system of parochial relief before 1834, 500; panic of over-popula- tion, ib.; recent scarcity of labour, 510; present wages of, ib., hope- lessness of advancement, 512; question of peasant proprietors, 514; miserable condition of rural cottages, 516; Dr. Hunter's Re- port thereon, 517; abuses of ag- ricultural gangs, 519; recent con- ference at Willis's Rooms on, 520; proposals of Canon Girdlestone, 521; want of intercommunication, 522; results of improved machin- ery, ib.
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