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A Quiet Nook ; or, Vagaries of an Old Bachelor. By John RUFFINI—

Chapters I. and 11. .................. 277

Chapter 111. ............. ....... 371

Chapter iv. .....................

Anonymous Journalism. By Tuomas HUGHES . .............157

Ashen Faggot, The : A Tale for Christmas. In four Chapters. By THOMAS HUCHES 234

Beggars. By CHARLES ALLSTON COLLINS, ............... 210

Brissons, The. By CECIL HOME ................... 60
Britain, The Raised Beach of : And How Scotland has risen in the World. By A.
GEIKIE, F.G.S. . . .

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311
Britain's Earnest Money for the Provinces which saved her Indian Empire in the

Mutiny: A Story of Mooltan ................. 230

Cards, Games at, for the Coming Winter ................

Co-operative Societies, On the Present Prospects of. By HENRY FAWCETT ....

Coleridge, The late Herbert. By John DUKE COLERIDGE ..........

Crimea; Ten Days in the ......................

Day by Day. By the Author of “ John Halifax, GENTLEMAN” ........

Diplomatic and Consular Services, Our .................. 218

Education, State : Its Past and Future. By the Rev. H. G. ROBINSON ..... 72

English Sacred Poetry in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries . . . . . . 202

Fauna of the Streets, The ..................... 225

Gone! By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON.................. 343

Hare's, Mr., Scheme of Representation : A few Remarks on. By G. O. TREVELYAN • 480

Hexameters, English : Mr. Dart's Translation of the Iliad .......... 487

Jury, The Rise and Progress of Trial by. By the Rev. W. BARNES ...... 412

Life's Question. By the DEAN OF CANTERBURY ............. 152

Lighthouse Illumination, History of. By J. H. GLADSTONE, F.R.S. ...... 378

Lushington, Dr., Mr. Heath, and the Thirty-Nine Articles. By the Rev. F. D. MAURICE 153

Macdonald, Hugh. By ALEXANDER SMITH ............... 17

Milo. ............................ 523

Morality, The New: Worship of Majorities. By the Rev. F. D. MAURICE. ...

Navvy, Autobiography of a .....................

Natural History, Stray Notes of, from the Continent. By CORNWALL SIMEON .... 421

New York, Three Weeks in. By our Special Correspondent in America. ... 453

Nursery, Management of the. By ARCHIBALD Maclaren. Part I. ....... 514

Ophelia, The Fair. By Thomas Hood. ................ 94

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140

Paris Revisited. By one who knew it well-

First Article ... . .. . .. .......... 05.

Second Article ................... 119

Passaglia Phase of the Papal Question. By EDWARD DICEY ......... 168

Passing Events

The Conservative Reaction ... · · · · ·

Retrospect of the American Difficulty ...........
Breaking the Blockade ..............

France and the Roman Question .............

Prince-Consort, The Death of the ...................

Ravenshoe. By HENRY KINGSLEY-

Chapters XXXVII. to XL. ................ 1

Chapters XLI. to XLIII. . ................

Chapters xliv. to XLVI. ................

Chapters XLVII. to L. .................

Chapters Li. to LIII. ..................

Chapters Liv. to LVI. ................. 465.

Representative System, Suggestions for the Improvement of our. By Thomas Hare 295

Rifle Shooting and Drill : The Crisis of Volunteering ........... 427

Rome, The Curse of. By RICHARD GARNETT .............. 386.

Royal Deaths : The Princess and the Prince : 1817–1861. By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON 441

Salmon, A Slice of. By HERBERT F. HORE . .............. 46
Shadows, The. By George MACDONALD . ............... 420
Social Science Congresses, and Women's Part in them. By Frances POWER COBBE . 81
Sonnets. By SYDNEY DOBELL..............157
Stars, The Yard Measure extended to the. By PROFESSOR KELLAND ...... 177
Sun's Heat, The Age of the. By PROFESSOR W. THOMSON . ..........
Temple Bar, By. By ARTHUR J. MUNBY. ..
Tocqueville, Alexis De. By HENRY SIDGWICK . ............
Trent Difficulty, A Glance beyond the. By J. M. LUDLOW .........
Universal Information and the English Cyclopædia. By the EDITOR ......
Ural Mountains, The : A New Parlour Game ..............
Victories of Love. By COVENTRY PATMORE-

v. Mary Churchill to the Dean. vI. Felis Vaughan to Honoria

Vaughan. VII. Lady Clitheroe to Mrs. Graham. VIII. Lady

Clitheroe to Emily Graham .... ......... 23

IX. The Wedding Sermon. ............... 109

Visions and Dreams, On. By the Rev. JOHN CUNNINGHAM, D.D. ....... 506

Waiting. By the Author of " John HalifaJ, GENTLEMAN" . .... .. 463

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