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“Occasional freemen” controversy, origin of, 767.

Old Elections, 763.

Old Saloon, the:— February: Lady Travellers, 299—My Canadian Journal, 1872-1878, by the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, 301—My Three Years in Manipur, by Ethel St Clair Grimwood, 305—Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, by Mrs Bishop (Isabella L. Bird), 307— Two Happy Years in Ceylon, by C. F. Gordon Cumming, 316. March: Publication of ‘Jane Eyre,’ and other literary sensations, 455—The History of David Grieve, by Mrs Humphry Ward, 457—Tess of the D’ Urbervilles: a Pure Woman, faithfully presented by Thomas Hardy, 464.

Old Soldier, an, 746.

Opium Smuggling in India, 669—forms of smuuggling, ib.—fraud of paper-cultivation, ib.—illicit cultivation, 670—official weighing of opium, 671—methods of selling illicit opium, 672—Government mode of stopping smuggling, 673—sending smuggled opium by boat, 674—contraband trade in Nepal, ib.—capture of Ram Dass, a noted smuggler, 675—strategy of a lady smuggler, 676.

Outlook of the New Year, the, 151—the coming general election, 75—abuse of Unionists by Gladstonian orators, 152—speeches of the Nationalists, 153—the cry of “Ireland for the Irish,” 154—Mr Gladstone's threats against the House of Lords, 155—slight hold of Home Rule upon the constituencies, 156—Gladstonians pledged to Home Rule, 157—the agricultural labourer and his wants, 158—allotments, 159—the conference upon rural reforms, 160—Mr Gladstone's vagueness, 161—Newcastle programme, 164—Mr Gladstone’s appeal to the separate nationalities, 166—firm home policy of the Government, 167—the Liberal Unionists, 168.

Pantomime, amount of, in conversation, 840, 841.

Parliament, paucity of practised speakers in, 835—trenchant speech of Lord Randolph Churchill in, 837.

Personal Names, by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., M.P., 504—what’s in a name, ib.—bestowal of, 505—grotesque baptismal, 507—disfavour of certain names, 508—consulting infants in the selection of, 509—floral, 510—family names unknown before the Norman conquest, ib.—derived from localities, 511—survival of territorial in the Lowlands of Scotland, 512—Celtic, 513—derived from trades and offices, 514—personal qualities, 515—use of “to-names” or nicknames, 516.

‘Pitt,’ by Lord Rosebery, reviewed, 136.

Pleasure, by Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., M.P., 22—a word of doubtful reputation, ib.—contradiction of profession and practice, 23—difficult of analysis, 24—books as a source of, 26—nature and ingredients of, 27—“a primzval phenomenon,” 29—enduring quality of, derived from knowledge of physical science, 30—ways of the bibiomaniac, 33—derived from art, 34.

Preaching, defects in, 839.

Printing, revival of, in Ipswich, 764.

Progress of the Session, the, 602—extraordinary conduct of the Gladstonians, ib.—amendments to the Address, 603—debate on Irish Local Government Bill, 604—bill relating to small holdings, 605—Welsh Disestablishment, 606—Scotch legislation, ib.—debate on Ireland, 607—alliance of the Gladstonians with the Irish Nationalists, 609—London County Council elections, 610—the policy of the Unionists, 611 —the measures of the Government, ib.—Mr Balfour’s ability as leader, 612—obstruction, 613—tactics of the Gladstonian party, 614—attempts to push Home Rule aside at the elections, 615.

Public speaking, encouragement to instruction and practice in, 836—vivacity essential for success in, ib.

Recent Books on the Country, 697—the book of nature, ib.—wide range of sympathy and interest in books on rural England, 698—poets’ and novelists’ descriptions of the country, 699—Gilbert White and William Howitt, 700—the “Son of the Marshes,” 701—his works on rural subjects, ib.—a notorious smuggler, 703—vanity of animal life, 705—Mr Watson on the noises of animals, 706—his pictures of expiring life, 708—a typical teacher, 709—a ”shepherd’s meeting,” 210—Dr Atkinson’s ‘Forty Years in a Moorland Parish,’ ib.

Reminiscences, A Chapter of: Lord Roseberry's ‘Pitt,’ by John Skelton, C.B., LL.D., 136—Lord Rosebery’s style simple and natural, ib.—Canning's devotion to Pitt, 137—dislike of the old Whigs to Pitt, ib.—revolt in Edinburgh in 1850 against Whig superstition, 138—establishmnent of a weekly organ, 139—irritating Lord Macaulay, 140—widening the political horizon, 143—Pitt’s contest with the House of Commons, ib.—Shelburne’s estimate of the Great Commoner, 144—Pitt a lonely figure, 146