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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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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

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A PRIVATE SOLDIER ON THE PRIVATE SOLDIER'S WRONGS. By

Arthur V. Palmer

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+MUTUAL AID AMONG ANIMALS. By Prince Kropotkin
HOW ART KAVANAGH FOUGHT RICHARD THE KING. By Emily

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Lawless

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Nassau W. Senior

BEHIND THE SCENES IN ENGLISH POLITICS.

A POMPEII FOR THE TWENTY-NINTH CENTURY. By Frederic

By the late

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Harrison

AMERICAN RAILWAYS AND BRITISH FARMERS. By J. Stephen

RUIN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE. By Sir Robert G. C. Hamilton

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