THE

NINETEENTH

CENTURY

A MONTHLY REVIEW

EDITED BY JAMES KNOWLES

VOL. III.

JANUARY-JUNE 1878

LONDON

C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE

(Successors to the Publishing Department of Henry S. King & Co.)

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LIBRARY

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CONTENTS OF VOL. III.

FRANCE AS A MILITARY POWER IN 1870 AND IN 1878. By Major-

General Sir Garnet Wolseley

SPONTANEOUS GENERATION. By Professor Tyndall

THE LABOURERS AND THE VOTE. (1) By Joseph Arch. (2) By

George Potter

THE LIFE OF MIDHAT PASHA. By Captain Gambier, R.N.

OUR ARMY AND THE PEOPLE. By John Holms, M.P.

SHAKESPEARE IN FRANCE. By Dr. Doran

AN OXFORD LECTURE. By Professor Ruskin.

IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? (Conclusion.) By W. H. Mallock

SHOULD PRISONERS BE EXAMINED? By Alfred Wills, Q.C. .

ABSOLUTION. By the Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster

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LAST WORDS ON THE COUNTY FRANCHISE. By the Right Hon. W. E.

Gladstone, M.P..

THE PEACE TO COME. By the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.

THE VALUE OF INDIA TO ENGLAND. By Colonel George Chesney

A ROMAN CATHOLIC VIEW OF RITUALISM. By the Abbé Martin

SPONTANEOUS GENERATION: A REPLY. By Dr. H. Charlton Bastian

THE DANGERS AND WARNINGS OF THE 'INFLEXIBLE.' By Sir Robert

Spencer Robinson

MRS. SIDDONS AS LADY MACBETH (from Contemporary Notes by

George Joseph Bell). By Professor Fleeming Jenkin

HOW THE TURKS RULE ARMENIA. By Dr. Humphry Sandwith, C.B.

(of Kars)

ON THE PROPOSED INTERFERENCE WITH DOMESTIC HANDICRAFTS. By

Frederic Seebohm

370

GERMANY AND HOLLAND. By Mons. de Beaufort (Member of the

Dutch States General).

402

NOTE ON MR. DICEY'S ARTICLE ON EGYPT AND THE KHEDIVE.'

THE REVENGE,' A BALLAD OF THE FLEET. By Alfred Tennyson,

ENGLAND AS A MILITARY POWER IN 1854 AND IN 1878. By Major-

General Sir Garnet Wolseley

IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA. By R. W. Dale

SCOTCH DISESTABLISHMENT AND PAPAL AGGRESSION. By the Right

Rev. Charles Wordsworth, Bishop of St. Andrews

SPONTANEOUS GENERATION: A LAST WORD. By Professor Tyndall 497

MR. FORSTER'S DEFENCE OF THE CHURCH. By the Rev. J. Guinness

Rogers

THE REASONABLE BASIS OF CERTITUDE. By Dr. W. G. Ward