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Italian enterprise in the Red Sea, 478—position of France, ib.—increasing political importance of Spain, 479—condition of China, 480—Persia and Afghanistan, ib.—armaments and general resources of the European powers, 481—German, Austrian, and Russian armies, 481 et seq.

Danovitch: A Russian Romance, 500.

Davos-Platz as a winter station, 525.

Day's Raid into Northumberland, a, by Professor John Veitch, 80—the day’s equipage, ib.—the Black Dike and its problem, ib.—“Busy Gap,” ib.—tracing the Black Dike, 82—“the Queen’s Crag,” 83—a Roman road, 84—is the Black Dike a prolongation of the Catrail? 85—the Angles and the Cymri, ib.—the Halley Pike Loch, ib.—old Arthurian legends, 86—Sir Walter Scott’s legends, 88.

Diamond-Digging in South Africa, by Lieut.-Colonel Henry Knollys, 317—bargaining with a diamond-merchant, ib.—visiting a diamond-mine, 318—passing through the tunnels, 319—dynamite-blasting, 320—preparing the earth for the washing-machines, 321—description of the pulsator, ib.—employment of Kaffir convicts, 323—value of the diamonds got, 324—progress of the De Beers Company, 325—system of native labour, ib.—fondness of Kimberley Kaffirs for cigars, ib.—ingenuity in concealing diamonds, 329—visit to a newly discovered diamond-mine, 330—the Beaconsfield Institute, 331—Kimberley town hospital, 332.

’Divorce of Catherine of Aragon, the,’ by James A. Froude, reviewed, 718.

Early Settlers in English America, 424—Raleigh’s syndicate to establish a colony in Virginia, ib.—the narratives of early adventurers, 425—Colonel Norwood’s experiences, 426—Indian cookery and Indian larders, 429—the Virginian colonists, 430—settlement of New England, 431—the Pilgrim Fathers, 433—encounter with the Indians, 434.

Egyptians, the, and the Occupation, 696—contrast between ancient and modern Egypt, ib.—the country in 1882, 697—sufferings of the peasantry, 698—the hands of the Khedive tied, 699—Britain undertakes the work of reforming Egypt, 700—the character of the Egyptian of to-day, 701—English held in honour, 703—abolition of forced labour, 704—doings of the European-protected subjects, 705—prosperity of the country, 707—construction of dams across the Nile, 70,—efforts to extend the irrigation of the country, 709—Mr Gladstone and the occupation, 710.

“Elegie, the,” 613.

Eliot, George, an Italian on, 867—her radically English character unpalatable to Latin minds, ib.—Signor Negri’s work on, 70.—apparent contradictions in her life and character, 868—her art essentially realistic, 869—profession of artistic faith, ib.—infinite variety of her works, 871—analysis of her novels, 872 et seq.—‘Middlemarch’ a work of pure realism, 876—her moral code, 877.

Elves, by Will Foster, 546.

Eton Montem: A Memory of the Past, 414—reminiscences of Montem dates, 415—quaint assemblage, ib.—the spectacle, 416—the captain of Montem, ib.—the collection, 417—the procession and the dresses worn, 418.

Eve of St John in a Deserted Chalet, the, by Frank Cowper, 21.

Francesca’s Revenge, by the Hon. Kathleen Lyttelton, 179.

‘Franco-German War of 1870-71, the,’ by Field-Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke, reviewed, 679.

French comedies prior to Molière, 490.

French Novels, Recent, 36 —L’Argent, par Emile Zola, ib.—Honneur d'Artiste, par Octave Feuillet, 42—Une Gageure, par Victor Cherbuliez, 46—L’Ame de Pierre, par Georges Ohnet, 51—Le Roman d'un Enfant, par Pierre Loti, 55.

Historical Clock, An, by J. A. Owen, 568.

‘Honneur d’Artiste,’ par Octave Feuillet, reviewed, 42.

Imagination, by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., 576 —need of, by men of action, ib.—instance of second-sight supplied by, 578—inability to resist the temptations of fraud, 579—cultivation of, 581—influence of, on characters and lives, 582—Scott and Balzac’s power of, 583—vice of over-description, 585—the personality of Wallenstein, 586—influence of, with respect to heroes, ib.—capable of infinite extension, 587.

Imps, by Will Foster, 546.

Inglis, John, Justice-General of Scotland, 591—the death of the Lord President of the Court of Session, ib.—peculiaritics of the law of Scotland, 592—birth and early life of, ib.—becomes a Scottish advocate, 594—success as a lawyer, 595—appoinnted Lord Advocate and Dean of Faculty, ib.—the Madeline Smith case, 596—a forensic combat, ib.—appointed President of the Court of Session and the Justiciary Court, 597—his University