assign them some importance. These very leaders may, no long time hence, be called on to hold office, and to bear sway, among other things, over an Ireland disappointed of Home Rule. What will be the consequences in Ireland if Home Rule is uncompromisingly put aside? Have we not, in that case, another organised rebellion to fear, and that, not from one-fourth, but from three-fourths of the population? And with what arguments will the Conservative leaders, who have sanctioned the rebellion of Ulster, meet the rebellion of the rest of Ireland? We do not mean to imply that a rebellion of Ulster against Home Rule and a rebellion of Ireland against the Act of Union would be on all fours; nor need we here emphasise the differences. But, whatever defence may be made for the suppression of a rebellion in the second case, it will be hard to convince the man in the street that Ministers who engaged in such a task, after sanctioning rebellion in Ulster, were men of consistency and honour. In any case, we must venture to doubt whether, from this point of view-not to mention the more serious objections raised above-they were right in committing themselves, still more in committing their party.
However, wise or not, the thing has been done; and armed rebellion against the authority of the Imperial Parliament is in plain prospect. It is a grievous and a hazardous situation. What, then, is the upshot of all this? We hope, on every ground, that the Home Rule Bill will be defeated; but the defeat of the Bill will not settle the Irish question. Steady, continuous and benevolent government of Ireland for twenty years, according to the late Lord Salisbury's recipe, would do much, no doubt, to attain that end; but what chance is there of twenty, or even ten years of such government? And even after it, would the Irish question be really settled? Would the demand for self-government-in some respects a thoroughly intelligible, even admirable sentiment-be appeased? We do not think so. A compromise of some sort must eventually be found. Surely such a problem is not insoluble by the combined wisdom of British legislators, or of the English-speaking race, which has solved more difficult problems in Australia, in South Africa, in Canada, in the United States, and has slowly built up in these islands a political system till lately the most just, the most firm,
and at the same time the most flexible and the most capable of continuous development, which the world has ever seen. If the country has found it insoluble so far, it is because the party system, carried to the lengths which it has now reached, has made the solution of such questions by common action, by common consent, in short by compromise, impossible.
It is obvious that at least one form of compromise is open, on the most dangerous point of all, that of Ulster. The four counties, at least, should be omitted from the operation of the Bill; and the Imperial Exchequer should boldly and generously face the question of supplying the deficiency which such an omission would cause in the Irish Exchequer. That is the least that we can do; and we could not employ our enormous wealth better than in thus supplementing the needs of a poorer country. Mr Dillon and other fanatics might object; but, if the British Parliament were united on the point, their objections, which would thenceforth have no material basis, might safely be ignored. If this suggestion turn out to be impracticable, some other solution must and doubtless can be discovered. Things cannot be allowed to go on as they are, or to grow worse. The present situation is the most difficult and dangerous in which the country has found itself for the last two hundred and fifty years. Is it too late to hope that, even now, these accursed party feuds may for a little space be laid aside, and that, by conference and common deliberation, some solution of the difficulty, some way of avoiding the impending danger, may be found?
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Abbott, G. F., The Tripolitan War,' 249. Acton, Lord, on the belief of Catho- lics, 17.
Aeroplanes and Airships, 220- invention of the aeroplane, 226— wing-control for balance, 227-ir- regularity of the velocity of the wind, ib. dividing planes, 228- problem of flight, 229-analogy of the imp, 230, 232-the wings and propeller, 230-size of wings in racing aeroplanes, 231-the shape, ib.-wide span of the lifting sur- face, 232-the 'aspect ratio,' 233— a biplane, 234-solution of the principle of balancing, 234-237- adoption of the inward-sloping position, 237-tendency to centri- fugal movement, 238-effect of rudder-action, 239-use of warp- ing and ruddering, 240-a side- slip, ib.-use of the fin or Vee, 241-244-adoption of a vane, 245–— employment of a subsidiary plane, ib.-starting and landing, 246- skids and wheels, 247.
Africa, South, character of cricket, 502-development of 'googlie' bowling, 503.
'Against Home Rule: The Case for the Union,' 266. Airships and Aeroplanes, 220- experiments of the Jesuit Lana, 221-use of hydrogen, 222—dura- tion of a balloon journey, 223-ex- periments on the shape of an air- ship, ib. - its capabilities and utility, 225-invention of the aero- plane, 226.
Andreyef, L., style of his plays, 21- 'The Days of our Life,' 23.
of the early master-masons, 138- influence of Italian art, 138, 142 et seq.-Revival of Learning, 140— Gothic, 141-works of Italian ar- tists, 143, 144, 147, 149-influence of the Jesuits, 145-production of domestic buildings, 146-pre- dominance of academic uniformity, 147-influence of Serlio, ib.-the work of Francis I, 148-method of building the chateaux, 150-the work of P. De l'Orme, 151-J. Bullant, 152-P. Lescot, 153-Neo- Classic style, 155, 157-post-Tri- dentine style, 155-construction of the Louvre and the Luxembourg, 156-country-houses, ib.-Sir C. Wren's visit to Paris, 157-Rococo spirit, 158.
Arnold, Dr, his influence on educa- tion, 2-religious views, 9. Arnold, Matthew, his power as a
critic, 2, 10-religious views, 10. Asquith, Rt Hon. H. H., M.P., his introduction of the Home Rule Bill, 267, 270.
Australians, their mode of playing cricket, 500-502.
Balfour, Rt Hon. A. J., M.P., on the Home Rule Bill, 279.
Banister v. Thompson, case of, 181 et seq.
Barbour, Sir D., 'The Standard of Value,' 491.
Baring, Maurice, 'Russian Essays and Stories,' 22. Barrès, Maurice, 110-his charac- teristics, 110, 125-birth, 111- education, 112-at the Lycée of Nancy, ib.-studies law, 114-his first essays, ib.-'Sous l'œil des Barbares,' 115-'L'Homme Libre,' 116-119-Le Jardin de Bérénice,' 119 L'Ennemi des Lois,' 120-122 -Les Déracinés,' 122-his watch-
Blomfield, R., A History of French Architecture,' 136 et seq.
Browning, R., "The Ring and the Book,' 68 et seq.
Browning, Robert, 437-centenary
of his birth, ib.-circumstances of his life, 438-originality, 439- influenced by the invisible pressure of the moral atmosphere, 440, 443- a spiritual adventurer born out of due time, 441-lightning power of assimilation, 443-character of his plays, 444-448-his dramatic mono- logue, 448-'The Ring and the Book,' 451-character of his lyrics, 452-freedom from sentimentality and hysteria, 455—unique style, ib. -language, 456.
Brusof, V., 'The Axle of the Earth,' 29.
Bullant, J., character of his build- ings, 152-treatises, 153.
Burghclere, Lady, 'The Life of James, First Duke of Ormonde,' 459.
Calderon, George, The Russian Stage,' 21.
Cambray, P., 'Irish Affairs and the Home Rule Question,' 266. Canada, influence of the Panama Canal on railway transportation, 318, 320-the Adamson Bill, 318— Reciprocity Act, 554.
Carson, Sir E., his opinion of the Parliament Act, 574.
Cayley, Sir G., his articles on flight, 226.
Cecil, Algernon, 'Two Seventeenth-
Century Men of Action,' 458. Cecil, Lord Hugh, his view on Home Rule for Ireland, 574, 580. Churchill, Rt Hon. W., M.P., on the opposition of Ulster to the Home Rule Bill, 562-his letter to Sir G. Ritchie, 563-speech at Dundee, 564.
Church of England and its relation
Conrad, Joseph, and Sea Fiction, 159-his characteristics, 159, 166- seamanship, 160-The Nigger the "Narcissus," 160, 165, 175- individual and isolated genius, 12 -seafaring novels, ib.-his know ledge of the sea, 165-qualite needed for a good seaman, 167- literary expressiveness, 168-Lord Jim,' 169-The Outcast of the Islands,' 170—The Secret Agent 171—‘Under Western Eyes,' 172– his faults of construction, 173- realistic touches, 174 - intrinsic interest of each paragraph, 175– humour, ib.-irony, 176-Tales f Unrest,' 177-his character Single ton, 178.
Couchoud, P. L., 'Benoît de Spinoza' 407, 409.
Cricket, Recent, 499-failure as a commercial concern, ib.-play of Australians, 500-502-South Afri cans, 502-googlie' bowling,' 50 -result of the triangular tourna ment, 504-county championship. 505-proposal to divide the counties into two divisions, 506-standard excellence in first-class, 507-finan- cial aspect, 508-causes of the un- popularity, 509-school matches, 510.
Criminals, number of, 52, 59.
Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act, result, 192, 200.
Déchelette, J., Les vases céramiques ornés de la Gaule Romaine,' 326, 340.
Despatys, Baron, his description of Mlle Coignard, 514 note-of Mile de Castellane, 532 note. Dibdin, Lewis T., Roman Canon Law in England,' 413.
Dicey, Prof. A. V., 'A Leap in the Dark,' 266.
Domaszewski, A. von, 'Geschichte der römischen Kaiser,' 326. Duclaux, Mary, 'Maurice Barrès,'
Dymof, O., 23-his play 'Cain,' 24. E.
Eugenics, The Study of, 43—ques- tion of biological fitness,' 44- average annual death-rate, 45-
decline in mortality from preven- tive medicine, ib.-statistics on increase of sickness, 46-decline of infant mortality, 47-deaths from 'immaturity,' ib.-result of medi- cal inspection of school children, 48 increase of insanity, ib. number of the feeble-minded, 49, 58-report on pauperism, 50-52, 58-crime, 52, 59-influence of heredity, 54, 58-environment, 55 -decline of parental responsibility, 56-development of State super- vision, ib.-improvement of econo- mic conditions, 57-decline of the birth-rate, 59-61-result of the process of natural selection, 62- 'restrictive' method, 63-'con- structive,' 64-reasons for dimin- ished propagation, ib. Excommunication, 181-increasing divergence between Church and State, 182-Church of England and its relation to the marriage law, ib. -the use of excommunication, 184, #188-three ways of exclusion from
Holy Communion, 185-192 — its civil disabilities, 188-result of the abeyance of discipline, 190-defini- tion of the term 'open and notorious evil liver,' 191, 199-result of the Deceased Wife's Sister's Act, 192- the case of Mr Banister, 193, 198 -Mr Puller's denunciation, 194, 200-practice of the Roman Church, 195-changes in the marriage law after the Reformation, 196-the Canons of 1603, 197 result of Canon Thompson's suit against the Banisters, 198-200.
Fawkes, Rev. A., 'The Ideas of Mrs Humphry Ward,' 1.
Ferrero, G., 'Grandezza e Decadenza di Roma,' 330, 333.
Fisher, Prof. I., 'The Purchasing Power of Money,' 491 et seq. Fisher, J. R., The End of the Irish Parliament,' 266.
Fouché, Joseph, 512-his birth and ecclesiastical training, 513 - an Oratorian, ib.-president of the club of Friends of the Consti- tution,' 514-his marriage, ib.- characteristics, 515, 520, 527-poli- tical life, 515-his vote for the execution of Louis XVI, 515, 521— programme of an integral revo- lution,' 516-profanations, ib.- cruelties at Lyons, 517-519-re- called to Paris, 519-influence on the overthrow of Robespierre, 520
-denunciations against him, 522 -arrest decreed by the Conven- tion, ib.-plots with Barras, 523- amasses a fortune, ib.-ambassador to the Cisalpine Republic, and his mission to Holland, 524-Minister of the General Police, 524, 529- dissolves the club of the Rue du Bac, 525-relations with Napoleon, 525-528-created Duke of Otranto, 527-dismissed from his post of Police Minister, 528-Governor- General of the Illyrian Provinces and Imperial Commissary-General in Italy, ib.-retires to Ferrières, 529-influence on the restoration of Louis XVIII, 529-531-policy of moderation, 531-second marriage, 532-character of his career, ib.- ambassador at Dresden, 533-exile and death, 534-his ruling passion the lust of power, ib.
Fowler, W. W., 'Social Life at Rome in the Age of Cicero,' 326. Fraser, Maior-General Sir T., 'The Military Danger of Home Rule for Ireland,' 266.
French Renaissance Architec- ture, 136. See Architecture.
Galton, F., Enquiries into Human Faculty,' 65.
Germany, result of the war with France, 206-industrial expansion, 207. Goethe,
Spinoza, and the Moderns, 390-his respect for Spinoza, 402-use of the 'Ethic,' ib.-'a pious pantheist,' 403-an evolutionist, ib.-belief in immor- tality, 404-views on government, 405-on Art and Nature, 408. Gold, estimated annual production, 486.
Gordon, Home, 'Recent Cricket, 499. Gorky, M., his play 'Petits Bour- geois,' 25-Vassa Zheleznova,' 26 -and other plays, 28.
Grane, Rev. W. L., 'The Passing of War,' 218.
Haeckel, Prof., 'Riddle of the Uni-
verse,' extract from, 391-'Mon- ism,' 398.
Harris, F. R., The Life of Edward Mountagu, First Earl of Sand- wich,' 458, 472.
Haverfield, F., Roman History since Mommsen,' 323.
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, terms of the, 305, 310.
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