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Fowler, Mr Henry, his bid for popularity, 171, 172.

French, the, in West Africa, 55.

Games at the Ball, the Evolution of, 751.

Garrett, Mr G. H., account of his interviews with the African monarch Samory, 60-62.

German Fiction, Recent, 87.

Gilding, misapplication of, in ornament, 141 et seq.

Gladstone, Mr, and his changes in politics, 165—character of his present Ministry, 168—attitude of Mr Labouchere towards the Government of, 169—his Home Rule Bill and its uninviting prospects, 170, 459—his exposition of the bill reviewed, 460 et seq.—his provision with regard to the Irish members, 466, 467—his disdainful treatment of the Protestant and loyal Irish, 472—his arbitrary conduct with regard to the bill, 617, 618, 629, 771—character of his Registration Bill, 619, 620—and of his Welsh Suspensory Bill, 620—nature of his Local Veto Liquor Bill, 621—impaled on the horns of a dilemma, 624—his contemptuous treatment of the Irish deputation, 626—nature of his reply to the City deputation, 768—his speech on the second reading of the Home Bill criticised, 772 et seq.—his ineffective reply at the close of the debate, 781—his confused views of the supremacy of the British Parliament over the Irish Legislature, 912—his ill-natured outburst on one occasion during the debate on his Home Rule Bill, 910.

Gods of Greece, the, 383.

Goschen, Mr, quotation from his speech on the Home Rule Bill, 776.

Government, the, and the Country, 617.

Government, the, and Home Rule, 903.

Grain, average price of, from 1866 to 1891, 25.

Greece, brigandage in, 419.

Greece, the Gods of, 383.

Greek language, purity of the, 133, 134.

Greek mural sculpture, 149.

Gregorys, the, Aberdeen doctors, notice of some of, 437.

Grimm, the Baron Melchior, his opinion of French actors and the stage in the middle of last century, 522 et passim—and of some old French dramatists, 524.

Hamilton, John, Archbishop of St Andrews, details of his serious illness, and treatment thereof by foreign doctors, 891 et seq., 899 et seq.

Hamley, Admiral William, at the taking of Zara, 879.

Hamley, General William, 879.

Hamley, General William, biographical sketch of, 880, 881—his contributions to 'Maga,' 881, 882—his novels, 882 et seq.

Hedgerows, beauty of, in winter, 225.

Hero, what constitutes a, 262.

History and Poetry of the Scottish Border, 865.

Home Rule Bubble, the, 458.

Home Rule, the Government and, 903.

Home Rule Bill, the, Mr Gladstone's arbitrary conduct with regard to, 617, 618, 629—remarks on, by the Duke of Devonshire, 623, 624—and by Mr Balfour, 626—condemned by the American National League, 628 debate on the second reading of, 772 et seq.—malign influences of, 903—difficulties of the government with, in Committee, 908 et seq.—want of information regarding the finance clauses of, 911—reception that awaits it, should it reach the House of Lords, 916.

Hugessen, Edward Knatchbull (Lord Brabourne), and the Oxford Union Society, 474 et seq.—his principles stated, 477—his 'Protectionist Parodies by a Tory,' 479—enters Parliament as a Liberal, ib.—leaves the Reform Club and joins the Carlton, 480—but really a constitutional Liberal, ib.

Irish members of to-day contrasted with those of fifty years ago, 175.

Journalist, a woman, story of, in search of employment in London, 830 et seq.

Kestrels and their prey, 390.

Kirby-Green, Sir William, his missions to the Moorish Court, 446 et seq.

Lacrosse, the game of, described, 755, 756.

Larissa, arrival at, during a tempest, 412—miserable hotel accommodation in, ib.—description of, 414 et seq.—sport in, 416 et seq.—ferocity of the sheep-dogs of, 418.

Last Days of an Empire, the, 658.

Lekain, the French tragedian, as an actor, 526.

Lichens, beauty of, 223.

Life, the Private, of the Renaissance Florentines, 327.

Liquor Bill, Local Veto on, criticised, 621.

Magistracy, the local, barefaced Gladstonising of, 906.

Manchuria, the Russian Acquisition of, 631.

Mandalay, celebration of a "victory" in the palace at, 663—advance of the British on, 666 et seq.—capture of, 668—embarkation of the captive king and queen for Rangoon, 669.