C. K. OGDEN

THE

NINETEENTH,

CENTURY·

A MONTHLY REVIEW

EDITED BY JAMES KNOWLES

VOL. XV.

JANUARY-JUNE 1884

LONDON

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

RELIGION: A RETROSPECT AND PROSPECT. By Herbert Spencer
THE PRETENSIONS OF M. DE LESSEPS. By C. Magniac
STATUES AND MONUMENTS OF LONDON. By G. Shaw Lefevre
LORD MELBOURNE: a Sketch. By Earl Cowper
A TREATISE ON LOVE. By Algernon Sidney
UNGRATEFUL IRELAND. By Sir C. Gavan Duffy
FLOODS. By the Earl of Camperdown

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DAILY LIFE IN A MEDIEVAL MONASTERY. By the Rer. Dr. Jessopp

THE NEW BRIBERY ACT AND THE YORK ELECTION. By E. T. Wil-

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OUR GROWING AUSTRALIAN EMPIRE. By Sir Henry Parkes

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HOMES OF THE POOR. By Sir Richard Assheton Cross

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A NEW VIEW OF MORMONISM. By James W. Barclay

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ON THE INSPIRATION OF SCRIPTURE. By Cardinal Newman

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THE HOUSE OF LORDS. (1.) By the Earl of Dunraven. (2.) By

T. E. Kebbel .

THE STATE AND THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. By Professor Huxley

A WALK TO COOMASSIE. By Godfrey Y. Lagden .

THE UNIVERSITIES and the PooR. By the Rev. Samuel A. Barnett

'CRAMMING' IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. By Lord Norton

INDIA, HER WHEAT AND HER RAILWAYS. By William Fowler

PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION. By Robert H. Hayward .

AN ECCLESIASTICAL OLIVE BRANCH. By A. J. B. Beresford-Hope

THE GERM-THEORY OF ZYMOTIC DISEASES. By Dr. W. B. Carpenter

CHRISTIAN AGNOSTICISM. By the Rev. Canon Curteis

ON RAINBOWS. By Professor Tyndall

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OUR PROTECTORATE IN EGYPT. By Edward Dicey .

PEASANTS' HOMES IN ARCADY. By the Rev. Dr. Jessopp

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PLATFORM WOMEN. By Miss Lonsdale

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OPENING NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ON SUNDAY. By the Earl of Dun-

THE BRUTES ON THEIR MASTER. By H. D. Traill

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SHIP INSURANCES AND LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA. By Sir Thomas Brassey

MY SCHOOL-DAys from 1830 to 1840. By the Dean of Westminster

THE EXILE IN SIBERIA. By Prince Krapotkine

THE GHOST OF RELIGION. By Frederic Harrison .