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explorations, 758—the Chinese claim to the Alichur and Rang-kul Pamirs, 759—English garrison at Gilgit, 760—boundary accepted by Russia in 1873, ib.—delimitation struggle regarding the Pamirs, 761—Badakshan and Wakhan and their position, ib.—controversy regarding them, 762—operations of the Afghan Boundary Commission, 763—the Upper Oxus frontier difficulty, 764—Sir Charles MacGregor on a new Russian frontier, 765—Russian diplomatic fencing, ib.—place of China with reference to Russian intrigue, 766—aggressive designs of Russia, ib.

Seal-Fisheries Question, the: Prospective and Retrospective, by F. H. H. Guillemard, 603—the Bering Sea difficulty, ib.—brecding-grounds of the fur-seal, ib.—the cession of Alaska, 601—prosperous days of the Russian American Company, 605—poaching schooners, 606—political history of the seal question, 607—change of front of the United States Government, 608—the real difficulty, 609—what steps should be taken? 610—the Commission on the Seal Question, 611—the fate of the fur-seal, 612.

Session, the, and the Government, 299—increase of verbose and persistent bores, ib.—work of the session, 300—the Tithes Bill, ib.—Mr Balfour's Irish Bill, 301—Free Education Act, ib.—attitude of the Nonconforists, 303—prominent action of Sir William Hart Dyke, 304—popularity of the Govermnent policy with the Conservative party, 305—division in the Home Rule camp, ib.—organisation of the Unionist party, 306—elasticity of the British constitution, 307—claims of the Salisbury Government, 305—the change in Ireland, 310—the Nationalist failure, 311—unholy alliance against the Government, 313—Gladstonian misrepresentations on Home Rule, 314—the duty of Unionists, ib.

Smith, the Right Hon. W. H., 749—his death and character, ib.—idea of duty held by, 750—contests for Westminster, 751—parliamentary career, ib,—appointed Leader of the House, 753—beloved by all, ib.

Songs and Ballads of Fife, the, by Æneas Mackay, 334—characteristies of Scottish songs and ballads, ib.—Blind Harry, the earliest Scottish poet, ib.—Henryson's allegories, 337—ballad literature of the Reformation period, 338—early collections of ballads, 329—the circle of courtier poets, 340—Cavalier aud Jacobite songs, ib.—authorship of Sir Patrick Spens, 341—characteristics of humorous songs prior to Ramsay, 343 —recent Fife songs, 344—age of song not past, 347.

Stalking, a Note on: A Black Stag in Monar, 441.

Telepathy, by Reginald Courtenay, D.D., 125—meaning of the phrase, ib.—mental sympathy, 126—telepathic action, 128—hallucination, 130—dreams, 131—dying man’s wish, 132—development of telepathic impressions, 133—complex cases, 134—a remarkable dream, ib.—intercommunion of spirits, 138.

Tobogganing at Davos-Platz, 534.

‘Une Gageure,’ par Victor Cherbuliez, reviewed, 46.

Von Moltke's Franco-German War of 1870-71, by General Sir Archibald Alison, 679—undertaken at the request of his nephew, ib.—style of the work, ib.—preparations for the campaign, 680—officers in German army allowed great latitude, 681—the excessive loss of officers in the German army, 683—the battle of Sedan, 684—situation on the fall of Sedan, 686—the investment of Paris, 657—the French people commence their struggle, 688—drawbacks of the history, 689—his strategy in the campaign, 690.

Winter Station, a, 525—the ancient town of Davos-Platz, ib.—journey to, after Zurich, 526—arrival at land of promise, ib,—invalids at Davos a minority, 529—life of the invalid, 550—sunshine in the valley, ib.—degrees of sickness and health, 531—uphill cure a mysterious remedy, 532—driving expeditions, 533—tobogganing at Davos, 534—the International Race Meeting, 535—skating, 536.

Woodcock, Snipe and Plover, by A Son of the Marshes, 238—the woodcock, ib.—the wood-pigeon and falcon, 239—varieties of woodcock, 240—the snipe, 211—food of, 242—the peewit's hum, 243—the jack-snipe, 244—protest against capturing birds and their eggs, ib.—the stone-curlew, 245—the grey plover and its breeding-places, ib.

Yangtse-Kiang, Twelve Hundred Miles on the, by Walter B. Harris, 787.