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Brandram, Samuel, commencement of his career as a reciter, 257—his great industry, 259—Shakespeare his favourite author, ib.

Bruce's Robert, Heart; or, The Last of the Crusaders, 760.

Budget, Sir William Harcourt's, unstatesmanlike character of, 903 et seq.

Burma, the king of, and his wives, 660—deportation of the captive king and queen of, 669.

Burne-Jones, Edward: his Art and Influence, 861.

Canada, fishing for ouananiche (little salmon) in, 690 et seq.—ludicrous disaster connected therewith, 693—address to the Crown from, on the subject of trade treaties with foreign Powers, 784, 785—Great Britain's negotiations with, regarding her tariff, 787 et seq. demand of, to be released from the operation of certain treaties, 798, 799.

Chinese, the, as diplomatists, 646.

Christian Greece: Bikelas and the Maequess of Bute, 126.

Churchill, Lord Randolph, his criticism of the Home Rule Bill, 776-778.

Civil War, the Army and, 764.

Clairon, the celebrated French actress, 523, 525-527.

Colonies, Tariffs, and Trade Treaties, 783.

"Corrupt Practices Prevention Act," the abnormal strictness of, 312—disagreement among the judges as to the interpretation of, 315.

Councils of a Nation, the, 512.

Cran, Dr, of Tarland, anecdotes regarding, 435.

Crops, leguminous, the profitable cultivation of, 30 et seq. advantages of growing forage, compared with root, 35 et seq.

Crystal Palace, the, amusing adventure of the cadets of Addiscombe at, 657.

Culture, the Search after, 441.

Curlew, wariness of the, 394.

December, a day in the country in, 220 et seq.

Diary of an Idle Doctor.—III. La Madonna del Buon Cammino, 734.

Diderot, his criticism of actors, 531.

Dodds, General, the victor of Dahomey, 56 his first battle with the natives, 57.

Dougal, Dr, of Keith, sketch of, 435.

Dream of our Birth, a, 554.

Drury Lane Theatre, the, advertisement for a poetical address to be spoken on the opening of, 742—scene at, on the opening night, 746, 747.

Dudley, Lord Robert, rumours of Queen Elizabeth's desire to marry, 210 et seq.—strange death of his wife, 212 et seq.

EarlscourT: A Novel of Provincial Life, Chapters i.-v., 1—vi.-ix., 179—x.-xiii, 352—xiv.-xvi., 567—xvii.-xx., 713—xxi.-xxiv., 839.

Earth-worms, artificial, used as bait, 689—amusing trick played on a passenger with one, ib.

Egypt, legal reform in, 155, 156—police reform in, 156, 157 educational reform in, 157-159—public works completed and put in progress during the last ten years in, 159 et seq.—financial condition and prospects of, 162, 163.

Egypt, our Mission in, 152.

'Egypt To-day: the First to the Third Khedive,' by W. Eraser Rae, quoted, 153 et passim.

Egyptian mural decoration, 148.

Election cases, systematic corruption not proved in any of the, 315.

Election Petitions, 312.

Elections, Irish, part played by the priests in the, 318—improvements recommended in the existing law regarding, 324 et seq.—futility of Acts of Parliament to prevent the exercise of influence at, 326.

Electors, indifference of many, to the responsibilities of their position, 322.

Elizabeth, Queen, her position and that of Mary Queen of Scots compared, 209—enamoured of Lord Dudley, 210.

Elizabeth, Queen, Scandal about, 209.

Elk-hunting in Norway, 591, 592.

Empire, the Last Days of an, 658.

'England in Egypt,' by Alfred Milner, noticed, 153—quoted, 162, 163.

Euan-Smith, Sir Charles, appointed British minister in Tangier, 448—his negotiations with the Sultan regarding a new commercial treaty, ib. et seq.—and failure thereof, 450—his mission to Fez, and reception by the Sultan there, 451, 452—his mission unsuccessful, 452 et seq.

Evolution of Games at Ball, the, 751.

Experiences of a Woman Journalist, the, 830.

Farming, Profitable, and Employment of Labour, 24.

Fiction, Recent German, 87.

Florence, sketch of, in the fourteenth century, 328 et seq.—slavery in, 333—dress of the people of, 335 et seq.—sumptuary laws of, 340—the plague of 1348 in, 342—splendour of the nuptial feasts of her great families, 345 et seq.

Florentines, the Private Life of the Renaissance, 327.

Florentines, the, their love of country life, 349.

Football, peculiar game of, 758.