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THE
NINETEENTH
CENTURY
A MONTHLY REVIEW
EDITED BY JAMES KNOWLES
VOL. XXVIII.
JULY-DECEMBER 1890
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE
(The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved)
CONTENTS OF VOL. XXVIII.
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THE VALUE OF AFRICA: Ꭺ REPLY ΤΟ SIR JOHN POPE
THE AFRICAN BUBBLE. By Sir John Pope Hennessy
THE LIGHTS OF THE CHURCH AND THE LIGHT OF SCIENCE.
By Professor Huxley
-COMPENSATION OR CONFISCATION. By T. W. Russell
THE FRENCH OPERA. By Mlle. Blaze de Bury
THE THREATENED DISFIGUREMENT OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
(With Plans.) By the Editor
CHARLES THE TWELFTH OF SWEDEN: A MEMOIR. By the King
of Sweden and Norway
INCREASE OF CANCER: ITS PROBABLE CAUSE. By Herbert
Snow
OFFICIAL POLYTHEISM IN CHINA. By Sir Alfred Lyall
THE PRESS AND GOVERNMENT. By Frederick Greenwood
THE CRISIS IN THE POST OFFICE. By J. L. Mahon
ON CRITICISM; WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF
DOING NOTHING. By Oscar Wilde.
WHAT I SAW AT TEL-EL-KEBIR: A REJOINDER. By Arthur V.
Palmer
THE IRISH LAND PURCHASE BILL. By Earl Grey
HENNESSY. By H. H. Johnston
MR. CECIL RHODES AS PREMIER. By Edward Dicey
A VOICE FROM A HAREM. By Adalet
THE LOYALTY OF THE COLONIES. By R. H. Bakewell
CHARLES THE FIRST AS A PICTURE COLLECTOR. By Henry G.
Hewlett
ON THE RIM OF THE DESERT. By E. N. Buxton
NOTICEABLE Books. (1) By W. E. H. Lecky. (2) By the Rev.
Dr. Jessopp. (3) By R. E. Prothero. (4) By W. S. Lilly.
(5) By Mrs. Frewen Lord
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39
218
236
THE POWER OF SUGGESTION. By C. Theodore Ewart
THE SOLDIER'S BARRACK ROOм. By A. B. McHardy
THE HEBREW HELL. By James Mew
PRIMITIVE NATURAL HISTORY. By Geo. J. Romanes
THE AMERICAN SILVER BUBBLE. By Robert Giffen
297
309
A PRIVATE SOLDIER ON THE PRIVATE SOLDIER'S WRONGS. By
Arthur V. Palmer
325
+MUTUAL AID AMONG ANIMALS. By Prince Kropotkin HOW ART KAVANAGH FOUGHT RICHARD THE KING. By Emily
337, 699
Lawless
355
Nassau W. Senior
BEHIND THE SCENES IN ENGLISH POLITICS.
A POMPEII FOR THE TWENTY-NINTH CENTURY. By Frederic
By the late
Harrison
AMERICAN RAILWAYS AND BRITISH FARMERS. By J. Stephen
RUIN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE. By Sir Robert G. C. Hamilton
460