THE

NINETEENTH

CENTURY

A MONTHLY REVIEW

EDITED BY JAMES KNOWLES

VOL. XXVIII.

JULY-DECEMBER 1890

811

LONDON

KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE

1890, July 15- Dec. 16.

Lever Sund.

(The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved)

CONTENTS OF
OF VOL.
VOL. XXVIII.

PAGE

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

1

5

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.

119

123, 435

WHAT I SAW AT TEL-EL-KEBIR: A REJOINDER. By Arthur V.

Palmer

THE IRISH LAND PURCHASE BILL. By Earl Grey

THE VALUE OF AFRICA: A REPLY ΤΟ SIR JOHN POPE

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. (8) By R. E. Prothero. (4) By W. S. Lilly.

(5) By Mrs. Frewen Lord

THE POWER OF SUGGESTION. By C. Theodore Ewart

THE SOLDIER'S BARRACK ROOM. By A. B. McHardy

THE HEBREW HELL. By James Mew

148

157

169

176

186

191

MUTUAL AID AMONG ANIMALS. By Prince Kropotkin

HOW ART KAVANAGH FOUGHT RICHARD THE KING. By Emily

Lawless

BEHIND THE SCENES IN ENGLISH POLITICS. By the late

Nassau W. Senior

A POMPEII FOR THE TWENTY-NINTH CENTURY. By Frederic

Harrison

AMERICAN RAILWAYS AND BRITISH FARMERS. By J. Stephen

Jeans

BION

OF SMYRNA. By W. Morton Fullerton

WATER IN AUSTRALIAN SAHARAS. By T. A. Brassey

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