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Act, ib.—accepts high university honours, 599—his literary productions, 600—a land-owner and golfer, 601.

Labour, the Rights of Capital and of, 878.

‘L’Ame de Pierre,’ par Georges Ohnet, reviewed, 51.

‘L’Argent,’ par Emile Zola, reviewed, 36.

‘Le Roman d'un Enfant,’ par Pierre Loti, reviewed, 55.

‘Life’s Handicap: being Stories of Mine Own People,’ by Rudyard Kipling, reviewed, 729.

Lowell, James Russell, to, by W. W. Story, 589.

Lowell, Mr Russell, 454—the death of, ib.—characteristics of his essays, ib.—his hatred of politics, 455—a fluent and eloquent public speaker, 456—his poetry, ib.—delicate irony of “The Fables,” 458—the satire of the ‘Biglow Papers’ ib.—his home life, 460.

Ludwey's, Captain, Jump, by Dorothea Gerard, 537.

Lynedoch, Lord: A Historical Ballad,by John Stuart Blackie, 837.

Macbeth as the Celtic Type, by Moira O’Neill, 376—psychological characteristics of the play, ib.—types of the Celt, 377—vital imagination, ib,—mutability, 378—treachery, 379—eloquence, 380—superstition, 381—character of the Celt difficult to deal with, 383.

Macdonald, Sir John, by Martin J. Griffin, 157—his loss, ib.—political development of Canada, 159—Sir John enters public life in 1844, ib.—the provinces formed into a confederation, 160—building of the International Railway, 161—inauguration of the national policy, 162—likeness to Lord Beaconsfield, 163—Sir John as an orator, 70,—as a student, 164—his devotion to the Queen and the empire, ib.

Mnemosyne, by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., 247—the harp of memory, ib.—aroma and smell, 250—power of sound, 251—delights of salmon-fishing, 252—an enthusiastic angler, 253—favourite pool, 234—effects of grief, ib.—what is memory? 256—art of remembrance, 257.

Molière's Débûts on the Theatre, by Henry M. Trollope, 486—expresses a desire to be educated, ib.—the vocation of an actor held to be an abandoned calling, 487—refuses the advice of his father, ib.—why he became an actor, 488—his liking for the theatre, 489—French comedies prior to Molière, 490—old farces vulgar, but full of vitality, 491—fortunes of, and his comrades in the theatre, ib. —the Illustre Théâtre, 493—the actors pitch their tent, ib.—fittings of the theatre, 494—success in Paris, 495—dancing between the acts, 496—removal of the theartre, ib.—law of dramatic copyright, 497—when he left Paris, 499.

Names in Fiction, 230—Balzac searching for a name, ib.—lady-names of romance, 231—sonme names of Dickens, 232—some names of Thackeray, Anthony Trollope, and George Eliot, 233—Spenser and John Bunyan, 234—comedy characters of Meredith, 235—names of medical men in romance, 236.

Negri, Gaetano, ‘George Eliot, La sua vita ed i suoi Romanzi,’ reviewed, 867.

New England Puritans, 823—men of the Mayflower, ib.—their credulous superstition, 824—character of the New England Puritans, 825—reminiscences of Captain Roger Clapp, ib.—aboriginal cookery, 828—expedition of Miles Standish, ib.—severe rule of the clergy, 829—theology of the Calvinists, 831—the devil on the rampage, 832—Cotton Mather and witchcraft, 833—trial of George Burroughs, 834.

Nyassaland, Dawn in, by Dr D. Kerr Cross, 657—Blantyre a healthy country, 659—growth of coffee in Central Africa, 660—rush for land. ib.—Chindi mouth of the Zambesi found to be navigable, 661—progress of, ib.—Europeans enjoy comparative health in Central Africa, ib.—under-populated owing to slave-trade, 662.

Old Saloon, the:— November: Annals of my Early Life, 1806-1846, by Charles Wordsworth, D.D., 712—The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon, by James A. Froude, 718—Life’s Handicap: being Stories of Mine own People, by Rudyand Kipling, 729.

Oliphant, Laurence, 1—conditions of his training, 3—his father, Sir Anthony, ib.—visits the Crimea and Sebastopol 7—summoned to meet Lord Raglan, ib.—goes to America with Lord Elgin, ib.—explores the Circassian coast, 9—joins Walker, the filibuster, ib.—with Lord Elgin in China, 10—enters Parliament, 11—seeking for a sign, ib.—joins the Brocton community, 13—pitiable life there, 14—the teaching of Harris, 15—love for Alice le Strange, 16—the Harrises in California, 17—breaks with Harris, 18—settles at Haifa, 19—his mystical books, 20—character and influence, ib.