ABOUT A BARBEL, 408. ALMIGHTY DOLLAR, THE, 398. AMBASSADOR, THE COMPLETE, 850. America, dissimilarities among the people of, 275, 277 et seq.- the colour problem in, 276 AMERICAN REGIMENT, THE ROYAL, 684.
American South West, herding the sheep of the, 105 et seq. AMERICAN, THE AVERAGE, 275. 'Annals of the King's Royal Rifle Corps' by Captain Lewis Butler, vol. i., notice of, 685 et seq. ARCADY, SOME ACCOUNT OF, 266. AUTUMN TINTS IN MR PUNCH'S COVER(T), 696.
AVERAGE AMERICAN, THE, 275. Avontoun, Lord: see Blair, Robert. BACKGROUND OF A WAR, THE I., THE PRESS, 522-II., LETTERS OF MARQUE, 621.
"BARBARISM, METHODS OF," 94. BARBEL, ABOUT A, 408.
Bell, Professor George Joseph, unpub. lished letter of, to Lord President Blair, 386.
Blair, Robert (Lord President), early career of, at the Bar, 379-unpub- lished letters to: from Sir Ralph Abercromby, 381; from John Clerk of Eldin, 382; from the Duke of Portland, 383; from Lord Advocate Charles Hope, ib., 384; from Lord Woodhouselee, 385; from Professor George Joseph Bell, 386-appoint- ment of, as Lord President of the Court of Session, with title of Lord Avontoun, 385 death of, 386- tribute to, by Sir Walter Scott, ib. statue of, in the Hall of the Parliament House, 387. Bolingbroke, Lord, help rendered the Jacobites by, 448 et seq. passim. Bonaparte, Jerome, reign of, as King of Westphalia, 85 et seq. BOSOM OF THE M'RORYS, THE,
Bouquet, Lieut.-Colonel Henri, tactics of, against the rebel Indians in North America, 690 et seq.
BRAXFIELD, THE LAST M'QUEEN OF,
Brazil, life in, 257-description of the capital of, ib. - growth of coffee in, 258 trade between Germany and, 259-different nationalities in, ib. et seq. the self-government of, 263 et seq.
Bristol University, excessive conferring of degrees at, 699 et seq.-treatment of Professor Gerothwohl at, 701 et seq.
Buckingham, varied interest of the county of, 704 et seq.-political asso- ciations of, 707.
CAMPAIGN, THE LAND, 708. CAMPING TRIP IN THE SELKIRKS, A, 229.
CANAL, ON CASCADING INTO THE, 54. CAPTURE AT SEA, 211.
Captured fortresses, fate of the de- fenders of, 369 et seq.
Carlyle, Thomas, opinions of, regarding peace and war, 563 et seq.
Carnegie, Andrew, gift of the Palace of Peace at The Hague by, 561-char- acteristics of, ib. et seq.
CARRY TWO, PUT DOWN ONE AND, 530.
Cattle stampede, description of a, on the prairie, 670 et seq.
Cecil, Lord Robert, report of, in Mar- coni Select Committee inquiry, 139 et seq.
Chamberlain, Austen, testimony of, re- garding the House of Commons, 418. Channel tunnel, the projected, 420 et seq.-dangers of, 421 et seq. CHARACTER AND POLITICS, 573. Chevalier St George, the, flight of, from
France to Scotland, in 1715, 445 et seq. Churchill, Winston, speech of, at the National Liberal Club, 291.
CIUDAD RODRIGO, BADAJOZ, AND SAN SEBASTIAN, THE SACKING OF, 367. Clerk, John, of Eldin, unpublished
letter of, to Lord President Blair, 382. COMPLETE AMBASSADOR, THE, 850. Cotswold country, the, description of, 266 et seq.-the inhabitants of, 268-- the houses of, 269-the barns of, 270 -the parish churches of, 272--social life in, 273.
COURTESY, VENETIAN, 360.
COWBOY, THE PASSING OF THE, 661. Coyote, depredations of the, 110 et seq. CRICKET SEASON OF 1913, THE, 824. Croatan Indians of North Carolina, the, 320 et seq.-history of the race of, 323 et seq.
Crowd, the, power of, in the present day, 423 et seq. passim crimes of, during the French Revolution, 424 -an American view of, 426 et seq. 'Crowds: A Study of the Genius of Democracy, and of the Fears, De- sires, and Expectations of the People,' by Gerald Stanley Lee, notice of, 426 et seq.
Cumberland, Duke of, calumnious stories as to conduct of, in the '45 campaign, 489. Defoe, influence of, on the English novel, 571.
Democratic rule, Bishop Welldon's
warning as to the danger of, 581. Detroit, expedition for the relief of, in the North American War, 690 et seq. "Divine Gift, the, a Play in Three Acts," by Henry Arthur Jones, ex- amination of, 283 et seq. DOLLAR, THE ALMIGHTY, 398. Dollar, the coin, origin of the name, 400 -variations in the mint standard and value of, 401 et seq. passim-explana- tion of the sign for, 401-the Spanish or Mexican, 402 et seq.-the pillar or cannon, 404-the Maria Theresa, 405
et seq. Dublin, old mansions in and around, 178
Dutch Republic, fate of the, and its causes, 567 et seq.
EL DORADO, SIR WALTER RALEGH'S SEARCH FOR, 771.
EMPIRE AND THE PRIVY COUNCIL, 838. 'English Novel, the,' by George Saints- bury, notice of, 569 et seq.
Fall of the Dutch Republic, the,' by Hendrik Willem von Loon, notice of, 567.
FELL FOX-HUNTING, 42.
Fielding, Henry, excellence of the fiction of, 571.
Foreign vessels, insurance of, by British underwriters, 217 et seq. Fortified cities, pillaging of, when sur- rendered, 373 et seq.
GENTLEMAN WHO PASSED, THE: AN INCIDENT OF THE YEAR 1715, 445. George, Lloyd, vindication by, as re- gards his purchase of Marconi shares, 141 et seq., 289, 419-comparison of, with Henri Rochefort, 289-the land campaign of, 419, 708 et seq.-failure of the measures of, 419, 708 et seq.- treatment of the doctors by, in con- nection with the Insurance Act, 575- speeches of, at Bedford and at Swin- don, 709-attack on sport by, ib.- attempt to explain the decline of agriculture by, 710 et seq.-exagger- ated statements by, regarding rural housing, 711-scheme of, for the management of the land, 712 et seq. -Mr Larkin and, 868.
Georgian Society, publications of the, regarding Irish old country houses, 178 et seq.
Gerothwohl, Professor, treatment of, at Bristol University, 701 et seq. Government, the, treachery of, in pass- ing the Parliament Act, 574-treat- ment by, of the railway companies as regards the Railway (No. 2) Act, 577 et seq.
GREAT JUDGE, A, 378. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, Chaps. XXIII.-XXVI. (The End), 117.
HARDWICKE, LORD, 482.
Hope, Lord Advocate Charles, unpub- lished letters of, to Lord President Blair, 383, 384-vote of censure of, proposed by Samuel Whitbread in the House of Commons, 384. House of Commons, the, nullity of, 417 et seq.-deterioration in the personnel of, 573, 577 et seq.
House of Lords, postponement of reform of the, 416.
IN THE HOUR OF NEED, 603. IN THE WAKE OF THE WESTERN SHEEP, 105.
Indian territory, method of white settlement of, by the United States Government, 669 et seq.
Indians, the American, inauguration of a memorial to, at New York, 661 et seq.-use of, in the North American War between France and England, 688 - discontent of, after downfall of the French power in Canada, 689 et seq.reprisals against, 690 et seq.
Indians, the Croatan, of North Carolina, 320 et seq.-history of the race of, 323 et seq. International maritime insurance, the practice of, 217 et seq. 'Inventory of the Historical Monu- ments in Buckingham North and South, an,' notice of, 704 et seq. IRELAND, OLD COUNTRY HOUSES IN, 178.
Isaacs, Sir Rufus, defence of, in House of Commons' debate on purchase of Marconi shares, 141.
JOHN COPE'S YEAR AT OXFORD, 187. Jones, Henry Arthur, "The Divine Gift, a Play in Three Acts," by, ex- amination of, 283 et seq.
JUDGE, A GREAT, 378.
KINGDOM, THE MIDSHIPMAN'S, 83. King's Royal Rifle Corps, the: see Royal American Regiment.
'La Lanterne, founding of, by Henri Rochefort, 287-description of, ib.- suppression of, 288.
Labour Party, attacks by the, on our older Universities, 698 et seq. Lake country, the, fox-hunting in, 42 et seq.terriers of, 51-hounds of, 52. LAND CAMPAIGN, THE, 708. Larkin, Mr, and Mr George, 868. 'Life and Correspondence of Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke,' by Philip C. Yorke, M. A. Oxon., notice of, 482 et seq.
'Life and Letters of George William Frederick, fourth Earl of Clarendon,' by the Right Hon. Herbert Maxwell, notice of, 856.
'Life of Edward Bulwer, first Lord Lytton,' by his Grandson, the Earl of Lytton, notice of, 860.
LORD HARDWICKE, 482. 'Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy,' by Lord Newton, notice of, 850.
Loreburn, Lord, 'Capture at Sea' by, notice of, 215 et seq.-testimony of, regarding the House of Commons, 418. Louisbourg, the siege of, 688. Lyons, Lord, personal characteristics
of, 851 et seq.-at Washington, 854- the Trent affair, 855-his residence in Paris, 856.
Lytton, Lord, the First, 860-an artist
in dress, ib. et seq.-sentimentality of, 862 industry of, 863- 'The Caxtons,' 866. MA ME, 388.
M'Queen, J. Rainier, strange will of, 816-friendship with Walter Pater, 817-solitary disposition of, 818- powerful memory of, 819-dislike to Mr Gladstone, 820-life in the Island of Yell, 821-his opinion of the people of Lanark, 823.
M'QUEEN OF BRAXFIELD, THE LAST,
816. M'RORYS, THE BOSOM OF THE, 349. Mahsir or barbel, frequency of, in Indian waters, 408-taking of, in rivers, 409 et seq.-weight of, 411- native modes of catching, 415. Marconi Company, the, report of Select Committee as to agreement between the Government and, 138 et seq.- debate in the House of Commons as to purchase of shares in, by Ministers, 141 et seq.-Lloyd George on his pur- chase of shares in, 141, 289 et seq., 419. Maria Theresa dollar, the, 405-circula- tion of, 406.
Medical men, Lloyd George's treatment of, in connection with the Insurance Act, 575.
Merino sheep, herding of the, in S.-W. America, 105 et seq.
"METHODS OF BARBARISM," 94. MIDSHIPMAN'S KINGDOM, THE, 83. MIRAGE, 221.
Moore, Sir John, death of, at the battle of Corunna, 381.
TINTS IN, 696. Murray, Lord, mysterious disappear- of, 138-purchase of Marconi shares by, 419. MUSINGS WITHOUT METHOD: July, 128 August, 280 September, 416 October, 561-November, 698-Dec- ember, 860.
National Liberal Club, the, speech of Lloyd George at, 289 et seq.-speech of Winston Churchill at, 291. NEED, IN THE HOUR OF, 603. NEPAL HILLS, IN THE SHADOW OF THE, 542.
NEW ROAD, THE, Chaps. I.-V.,
IX., 149-X.-XIII., 293-XIV. -XVI., 499 -XVII.-XIX., 640-xx.-XXII., 781. Novel, the English, history of, 569 et seq.-influence of Defoe on, 571- some celebrated writers of, ib. et
demand for popular control of, ib. et seq.
OXFORD, JOHN COPE'S YEAR AT, 187. Palace of Peace, the, at The Hague, gift of, by Andrew Carnegie, 561 et seq.-fallacious object of, 563. Parliament Act, treachery of Govern- ment in passing the, 574. PASSED, THE GENTLEMAN WHO: AN INCIDENT OF THE YEAR 1715, 445. PASSING OF THE COWBOY, THE, 661. Peace, the arguments for, 563 et seq. Peel, John, the huntsman, character of, 44-the hunting-song in memory of,
Peninsular War, character of the British Army in the, 368.
Piastre, history of the, 402.
Piece of eight, origin of the coin named, 401.
Pillar or cannon dollar, the, 404. Pinero, Sir Arthur, play of "The Second Mrs Tanqueray " by, 280 et
POLITICS, CHARACTER AND, 573. Portland, Duke of, unpublished letter of, to Lord President Blair, 383. POST ROAD THROUGH THE SYRIAN DESERT, A: I., 584-II., 801. POWER-HOUSE, THE, 715. Press-gang, hardships of the, in the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- turies, 523 et seq.
Private property at sea, capture of, 211 et seq.-Lord Loreburn's book on, 215 et seq.
Privateers, excesses committed by, in the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- turies, 623 et seq.-alliance of, with smugglers, 625-encouragement given to, by the French Government, 629- attacks of, on convoys, ib. et seq. remissness of the English Navy as regards the depredations of, 633 et seq. destruction of some, 637 et
PRIVY COUNCIL AND THE EMPIRE, THE, 838.
Public opinion, an enlightened, Lord Stanley on the importance of, 582. PUT DOWN ONE AND CARRY TWO, 530.
Ralegh, Sir Walter, sails in search of El Dorado, 772-publishes the 'Descoverie,' 773-charged with false statements, 774-second voyage of, 776-returns to England, 779-be- headed in Old Palace Yard, 780 Rebellion of 1715, flight of the Chev-
alier St George across France to join Lord Mar's forces in the, 445
et seq. Rifle, the superiority of, over the smoothbore, 686 introduction of, into the British Army, 687.
Rio de Janeiro, description of, 257. ROAD, THE NEW, Chaps 1.-V., 1—VI.- IX., 149—x.-XIII., 293-xiv.-XVI., 499 -XVII.-XIX., 640-xx.-XXII., 781. ROANOKE, SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S LOST COLONY OF, 320.
Rochefort, Henri, death of, 286-char- acter and career of, ib. et seq.-'La Lanterne' founded by, 287-vitupera- tions of, 288-comparison of Lloyd George with, 289.
Rockies, the Canadian, a camping trip in, 229 et seq.
ROYAL AMERICAN REGIMENT, THE, 684.
Royal American Regiment, the, raising of, 686-services of, in the war be- tween France and England in North America, ib. et seq.-some subsequent services of, 695.
Rye, past and present condition of the harbour of, 621-blockading by priv- ateers of vessels at, 622.
SACKING OF CIUDAD RODRIGO, Bada- JOZ, AND SAN SEBASTIAN, THE,
367. Saintsbury, Professor, on some cele- brated writers of fiction, 571 et seq. San Sebastian, centenary of the storm- ing of, 367-excesses of the British soldiery at, ib.
Sausage-Seller and the Tanner, the, 867. Scott, Sir Walter, tribute to Lord President Blair by, 385.
Scottish Small Landholders Act, use- lessness of the, 714.
SEA, CAPTURE AT, 211.
Seamen, impressing of, in the seven- teenth and eighteenth centuries, 523 et seq. "Second Mrs Tanqueray, the," at the St James's Theatre, 280 et seq.-fail- ure of, 282 et seq.
SELKIRKS, A CAMPING TRIP IN THE, 229.
SHADOW OF THE NEPAL HILLS, IN THE, 542.
SIR WALTER RALEGH'S SEARCH FOR EL DORADO, 771.
SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S LOST COLONY OF ROANOKE, 320.
Small Holdings Act, failure of the, 713
TALE OF WAR, A: THE WINEPRESS,
Thaler, history of the, 400.
Threlkeld churchyard, remarkable ceno- taph in, 42.
Unionist Party, present duty of the, to define their programme, 583. VENETIAN COURTESY, 360.
WAR, THE BACKGROUND OF A: I., THE PRESS, 522-II., LETTERS OF MARQUE, 621.
Welldon, Bishop, warning of, as to the danger of democratic rule, 581. West American cowboy, the, disappear- ance of, 663-life and surroundings of, 664 et seq.-thieving propensities of, 666 et seq. - fallacies regarding,
WINEPRESS, THE: A TALE OF WAR, 429.
Wyndham, George, death of, 143– career of, ib. et seq. - appointment of, as Chief Secretary for Ireland, 144-the Land Purchase Act of, ib. -political creed of, 145-literary achievements of, 146 et seq.
Yorke, Colonel Joseph, letters from, during the Jacobite rising of the '45, 488 et seq.
Yorke, Philip (Earl of Hardwicke), parentage and education of, 483- promotion of, at the Bar, 484-poli- tical leanings of, ib. et seq.-entrance of, into Parliament, 486-alliance of, with the Duke of Newcastle, ib. et seq. passim-part taken by, in the government of the country, 491- retirement of, from office, 493 et seq. -death of, 497-character of, ib. et seq.-sons of, 498 note.
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