A.

ELIAN on hare-hunting, 476.
Afghanistan, English withdrawal from,
misrepresented, 561-revolutions in,

566.

Alexander II.'s peaceful and enlight-

ened character, 578.

American war, close of, 106-Southern
constitution, 108-slavery not the
corner-stone of the Southern power,
109-Mr. Lincoln's treatment of Me
Clellan, ib.-exclusion of able and
eminent men from the Presidency,
111-present relations of North and
South not a union, 113-violation of
the constitution by Mr. Lincoln's
government, ib.-Mr. Lincoln as the
advocate of rebellion, 114-his ap-
proval of secession in the most per-
nicious form, 115-the negro raised
by the Federal generals into a contra-
band commodity, 116-error of em-
ploying the sword as a means of
maintaining a union, 117-ungene-
rous spirit of the war, ib.-Mr. John-
son's cry for vengeance, confiscation,
and blood, 119-the South not an
aristocratic country, ib.-the contest
not for political principles, but for
empire and independence, 120-
superiority of the North in number
and resources, ib.-the South reduced
by famine, 121-causes of the failure
of the South, 123-patriotism of the
South, 124-how treason is regarded
in the constitution of the United
States, 127-arguments for the legality
of secession, ib.-Rawle's vindication
of the right of secession, 128-De
Tocqueville on that right, ib.-the
future of North America, 131-com-
parative areas of the British empire
and the United States, ib.-the real
object of the North not to abolish
slavery, 132-deplorable fate of the
South, 133-the policy towards the
South an outrage on humanity and
a breach of law, 135-sources of future
disunion, 136.
Appian Way, its sepulchres, 36-Villa
Vol. 118.-No. 236.

of the Quintilii, 44 -tombs of the
Horatii and Curiatii, ib.-grace and
beauty of the monuments, ib.-tomb
of Cæcilia Metella, 46-temple of the
Deus Rediculus, ib.-valley and foun-
tain of Egeria, 46-tombs of Geta
and Augustus, 47-interment of Pris-
cilla, ib.-tomb of the Scipios, 48.
Armenian monks in Central Asia, settle-
ment of, 554.

Arrian, on coursing, 483.

Aye Aye, an anomalous animal, 191.

Blaine's 'Encyclopædia of Rural Sports,'

27.
Blind (the), 431-Saunderson, the blind

Lucasian professor, ib.-distortion of
the thoughts of the blind, 432-pro-
gress of a pupil in a blind school, 433
-how the blind work a sum in long
division (with diagram), 434-mode
of writing a letter (with engraving),
437-error that blind people can
detect colours by the touch, 438-
mode of weaving in various colours,
439-glance into the basket-shop in
St. George's Fields, 442-anecdote of
a blind messenger, 444-distinguished
blind men, 445-Stanley, the blind
organist, ib.-difficulties and advan-
tages of blindness, 446-aptitude of
the blind for geometry and meta-
physical speculation, ib.-self-inflicted

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blindness, 447-the blind rarely take
a broad view of things, 448-enu-
meration of the blessings of sight, ib.
-death-bed of the blind, 450-Mil-
ton's blindness, 451-how the blind
man dreams, ib.-deficiency of fancy
and imagination, 452-prodigious
memory, 453-a blind pupil repeating
the whole of Paradise Lost,' 454-
Lord Cranborne's 'Essays,' 455-
other blind men of rank and educa-
tion, 45630,000 blind people in
Great Britain, ib.-high ratio of the
blind to the population in Ireland,
457-statistics of the blind in England
and America, ib.-industrial works of
the blind enumerated, 458-music a
light in the darkness of the blind, ib.
-blind schools in England, 459-
blind organists, ib.-blind beggars in
London, 460-blind clergy, barristers,
and physicians, 461-embossed print-
ing, four chief systems, 462 — ex-
plained, with engravings, 463
requisite features of embossed print-
ing, 465 statistics of European
blindness, ib.-college for blind chil-
dren from the upper ranks of life,
467.

Bokharians, power of the, 474.

Booth, the assassin of Mr. Lincoln, 125.
Boracic acid, ingenious process for
obtaining, 386.

Bossuet regarded as 'presque hérétique,'
522-his four propositions limiting
the assumptions of Rome, ib.
Boutakoff's narrative of his ascent of
the Jaxartes, 554.
Brigandage, extermination of brigand

hordes, 392-anecdote of a sense of
honour among them, ib.-the oppro-
brium of Italy, 389.

Britton's Cathedral Antiquities,' 297.
Browning's Poems, their peculiarities
and hearty English character, 77-
faults ofSordello,' 78-his genius
dramatic, 79-'My Last Duchess,'
80 charged with obscurity, 82-
with being unmusical, ib.-his use of
accent, 83-Dramatic Lyrics,' 84-
'A Grammarian's Funeral,' ib.
principles of his art, 85-his pre-
Raphaelite fidelity of detail, 86-
'Christmas Eve,' b.-essentially a
dramatic poet, 87-his dramas unfitted
for present theatrical success, 88-
pathos piercing, grand, and passionate,
ib.-rare contemplative humour, 89
-A Soul's Tragedy,' ib.-his taste
for untrodden paths, 91-his genius
more intellectual than emotional, 92

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Carrara marble, 387.
Cathedrals, English, 297-a cathedral a
sermon in stones, 300-Early English
and Perpendicular styles, 301-Nor-
man crypts, 303
Norman naves,
308-transition from the round to
the pointed arch, 311-examples of
the new style, 315-Pointed or Gothic
architecture, 318-primness of Early
English style, ib.-transition from
Early English to Decorated, 319-
the Perpendicular style, 323 — de-
struction of ancient monuments in
cathedrals, ib. - the Perpendicular
period, 327-cathedral monuments,
331-carved woodwork, 333-cathe-
dral restorations, 334 - length of
cathedrals, 336-distinction between
a modern and an ancient cathedral,
337.

Catherine of Arragon's tomb in Peter-
borough cathedral, 331.
Catacombs, Roman, 52; the earliest,

Jewish, ib.-with that exception, the

catacombs exclusively Christian, ib.-
construction of them, 54; various
works on them, 57; their intricate
wilderness of galleries, 58; their
history and archæology, 59; the
earliest inscriptions, Greek, 63-dis-
covery of the catacomb of Callistus,
ib.-De Rossi's discoveries in the cata-
combs, 66 - their history after the
age of Damasus, 69-Christian art
in them, 70-discoveries in the ceme-
tery of Callistus, 71-various pictures
in the catacombs, 74.
Cemeteries of Rome, 38.
Cenis (Mt.), tunnel under, 398.
Central Asia, Russians in, 529-the
Orenburg and Siberian lines of forts
and outposts, 530-enormous develop-
ment of Russia towards the East,
531-danger of British India from
Russia, 532 — opinion that Russian
power is a desirable substitute for
barbarism, 533-supposed advantage
of England's being conterminous with
Russia, ib.-retrospect of Russian and
English policy in Central Asia, 534
-alleged Russian right to the Khanat
of Khiva, 535-political jealousy
and commercial rivalry between
England and Russia, 537--mission of
R. Shakespeare to Khiva, 541-
families of Kirghiz-Kazzáks descended
from Jenghiz Khan, 543-Russian
mission to Bokhara in 1842, ib.-re-
lations between Russia and Bokhara,
544- execution of Stoddart and
Conolly, ib. · Danilevski's treaty
between Russia and Khiva, 546-
Russian fortresses in the Great
Steppe, ib.-manifesto on her Central
Asian policy, 547-strength of the
Kirghiz population, ib. Russian
progress up the course of the Jaxartes,
548-Russian daring against the fort
Ak-Mesjed, 550 map of the en-
croachments of Russia on Turkestan,
552 Russian invasion of Kokand,
557-Prince Gortchakoff's circular,
ib.-Imperial decree constituting 'the
province of Turkestan,' 558-designs
of Russia on Kashgar, 560-itine-
raries of Moola Abdul Mejid, 569-
comparison of British and Russian
trade with Central Asia, 577-duty
of England in the present crisis,
578.

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Church (the), in relation to political
parties, 194-clergy justified in re-
sisting spoliation, 196-legitimacy of
political action on the part of the
Church, 199-her political alliances,
201 churchmen must neglect no
resources of political warfare, 203-
Parliamentary alteration of formu-
laries or obligations enforcing them,
ib.object of the latitudinarian as-
sailants of the Church, 204-three
dangers of the Church within the
last century, 205-the Neo-Christian
faith, 207 the principle of the
school to disconnect 'dogmatic teach-
ing' and 'the objects of a Christian
life,' ib.-self-contradiction of a re-
ligion without dogma, 208 - the
Church's claims on the Conservative
party, 210 alliance between the
Church and the Liberals an eccentric
dream, 213-Mr. Gladstone's votes
against the Church, ib.-Oxford Test
Bill, 217-Mr. Gladstone's mode of
dealing with Church matters, 218-
unswerving hostility of the Liberals
to the Church, 219-Oxford Univer-
sity election, 221-the Church's re-
covery of her hold among alienated
classes, 224.

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Davis's (Jefferson) character and career,
125-his execution would be an in-
delible blot on the North, 130.
Dead (the), Roman burning of, 39.
Democratic Reform, arguments of Mr.
Lowe and Mr. Horsman against, 293
-despotism of the multitude not a
source of freedom, 294.
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