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Wren was an honest man, and suffered much and long for his opinions. Why should he then be accused of falsehood? Mr. MacColl says it was not dishonesty to put forth as his one reason this which was not his only or principal reason. 'To attempt,' he says (p. 201), 'to defend his practice on theological and liturgical grounds would simply have had the effect of intensifying the ignorance of his enemies, and exposing sacred things to ridicule. He would have been "casting pearls before swine," and provoking the fate divinely predicted for such folly. He fell back, therefore, on a line of defence, true in itself, and which his accusers could understand and appreciate, but which was far in arrear of that which he would have occupied in happier circumstances.

On offering this plea on behalf of Wren I am not, I think, indulging in an illegitimate exercise of casuistry. Our Lord Himself on one occasion (St. John x. 34-36), seeing that His adversaries were incapable of understanding the truth about His Person, retreated from the claim He had just made to one which they could not gainsay.' It is a new ground for not speaking the whole truth, that it would have had the effect of intensifying the ignorance of his enemies;" but in the name of sound exegesis, in the name of decency, let us be spared this introduction of the Saviour's name, and of a passage of the Bible which bears no kind of resemblance to Mr. MacColl's theories.

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Here we leave this remarkable writer. We do not complain of being accused of imbecility' and 'incapacity.' We are dealing with a gentleman who has said of the Lay Committee of Council that, in order to save the Evangelical party,' it solemnly and deliberately declared that black was white (p. 17), and of the Mixed Committee that it was guilty of gross partiality and injustice.' We reckon from such lips on a few suffrages from his litany of scorn, and on being dismissed with the usual benediction, Thou fool.' The question, however, is not wholly whether a reviewer is imbecile and incapable, but whether he has displayed the character of a book in which documents are transformed and garbled, plain facts misstated, legal matters discussed without an attempt to understand them, and all this with a violence of language as unusual as it is unseemly, when aimed against the Courts of the realm. If our readers are able to find grounds for acquitting Mr. MacColl of intentional perversion of facts, we shall rejoice. It is not the reviewer's province to judge the writer; it is his province to prevent, so far as he may, books of this class from being written.

INDEX

TO THE

HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINTH VOLUME OF THE
QUARTERLY REVIEW.

A.

Addison's use of the native idioms,
modifying the Latin or Gallic style,
461-463.

Agricultural Holdings Act, 562.
Aldrovandus, trout, and trout-flies,
353.

'Angling, Handbook of,' by Ephemera,

an excellent guide, 365.
'Angling, Secrets of,' by J. D., 353-
the felicity of the angler's life, 354
-the artificial fly, 355-twelve
virtues of the angler, ib.-Oppian's
ideal of, 356.

Artisans and Labourers' Dwellings
Act, 563-565.

St. Aubyn, Sir J., 376—his local policy,
ib.-goes abroad, 377-opponent to
the Walpole administration, ib.-
his political triumph, 378--cha-
racter, 379-letter to Borlase on
Pope's death, 385-death, 379.

B.

Bacon, Lord, 'Letters and Life,' by J.
Spedding, 2-consideration of the
times at James I.'s accession, 5-on
the union with Scotland, 7.
Balcarres papers, the, 467.
Balloons and Voyages in the Air, 106
-first experiments, 107-by M. des
Roziers, 108-by M. Charles, 109–
witticisms and caricatures, 111-
Gay-Lussac's ascents, ib.-Lunardi's
from Finsbury, 112. Blanchard
crosses the Channel, 113-Roziers'
fatal attempt, ib.-Mme. Blanchard's
death, 114-the Sadlers, ib.-Mr.
Green, ib.-the Nassau Balloon, 115
-Nadar's Géant, ib.-M. Jules Du-
ruof, 116-bursting of balloon, ib.—
the parachute, ib.-Garnerin and his
wife, ib.-source of ascending power,
shape, 117-appurtenances, 118-the
guide-rope, ib. - difficulties of de-
Vol. 139.-No. 278.

scent, 119, 120-captive balloons, 120
-scientific use of balloons, 121-
Mr. Glaisher's' High Regions,' 121-
application to the art of war, 122-
important services rendered by
Coutelle in 1793, 123-balloon ser-
vice established in Paris, 124-
strange adventures, 125-pigeon-post,
127-130-capabilities and prospects
of aerial locomotion, 130-dirigible
balloons, 131-M. Giffard's steam
balloon, 132-M. de Lôme's experi-
ments, 131-relation between power
and speed, 135-flying machines, 138.
'Barker's Delight, or The Whole Art
of Angling,' 356.

Baron, François, a popular actor in
la Comedie Française, 152, 153.
Bath in the year 1734, 380.
Berners, Dame Juliana, Treatyse of
Fysshing with an Angle,' 336, 352,
367.

Beverley, H., on the population of
Bengal, 526-practical use of the
Census during the famine, 527.
Block, Maurice, 'L'Europe Politique
et Sociale,' 544-reasons for the di-
minution of the population in France,
545-official return, 546.
Borlase, William, 361-birth, 369,
education, 370 Oxford in 1715,
ib.-journey from London to Corn-
wall, 371-letter to Mrs. Delahaye,
ib.-the Manor House of Pendeen,
372-at Ludgvan, 374-fondness for
his garden, and his club, ib.-his
memoir of Sir J. Ste Aubyn, 379-
goes to Bath, ib.-letters from Pope,
381, 383-perilous descent into a
cave, 382-letter to Dr. Oliver on
Pope's death, 386-his pursuits, 389 ́

-first edition of Antiquities of
Cornwall,' 390-Private Thoughts
on the Creation and the Deluge,' 391
-his heraldic and parochial collec-
tions, 393-death of his wife, ib.-

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Carnarvon, Lord, on the case of Langa-
libalele, 555.

Casaubon, Isaac, 22-his agreement
with the Church of England, 23-
opinion of James I., 24.

Castle Horneck, MS. collections at,
367.

Cawdor papers, the, 468, 469.

Censorship, dramatic, in France, esta-
blished in 1702, 155.

Census of England and Wales in 1871,
525 includes the whole of the
British Empire, ib.-practical value
of the undertaking, 526, 527-in-
crease of the population, 527-the
agricultural districts, 529-diminu-
tion of agricultural labourers, 530-
proportion of births to marriages in
the agricultural counties, 532-and
greater proportion of blind people,
ib.-town population, 533-memorial
on the house accommodation in the
metropolis, ib.-average number of
persons to a house since 1801, 534-
overcrowding not confined to towns,
535-discrepancy between the esti-
mated numbers and the reality, 536,
537-necessity for a small but com-
petent permanent staff, 538-pro-
portion of French and Germans,
539-their frugality and industry,
540-number of women engaged in
specific occupations, 541-increase
of women-servants, 542 -no con-
siderable increase in the higher
classes of the liberal and learned
professions, 542-curious facts dis-
played in the Swedish census, 544-
falling off in the French, ib.-funda-
mental difference between France
and England, 549.
Church Law and Church Prospects,
248-unanimity of the Bishops, ib.
the Rev. M. MacColl's pamphlet, 249

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-its charges and inaccuracy, 249,
250-the Puritans' objection to the
Ornaments' Rubric,' 253- the
Clergy Discipline Act, 270-clergy-
men refusing to recognise the judge
under the Public Worship Regu
lation Act, ib.-the power of the
Bishops, 274- Queen Elizabeth's
policy, 279-doctrinal symbols, 281

-the principle of uniformity in the
Church of England, 282-stanzas to
the Virgin Mary, 285-the doctrine
of Transubstantiation, 286 - Mr.
Gladstone's prophecies about the
Church of England, 288, 289-note
on the article, 577.

Clairon, Mlle., her early years at the
Théâtre Italien, 160.

Corneille's 'Le Cid,' its first represen

Cornwall, number of native historians,
368.

Crawford, Lord, 'Lives of the Lind-
says,' 488-his papers, 467.
Crawhall's 'Newcastle Fishers' Gar-
lands,' 360, 361, 366.

Créquy, Marquise de, on the Memoirs
of Saint-Simon,' 292.
Cross, Mr., his mastery of the subject

of the Labour Laws, 556-559.
'Cursor Mundi,' Danisms preserved in,
458.

Cutcliffe's 'Art of Trout Fishing in
Rapid Streams,' 365.

Da Costa, E. M., on the probable effects
of electricity, 391.

Daniel's Rural Sports,' on angling,
350.

Dalrymple, Donald, his exertions for
the relief of the dipsomaniacs, 421-
visits nine institutions in the United
States, ib.-on the legal authority
in America, 430-his Bill for the
better care and management of
drunkards, 433. See Drink.
Dangeau, Marquis de, his Journal,'

with additions by Saint-Simon, 295.
Dante's choice of Virgil as his guide,
79 his position in the 'Divina
Commedia,' 81-character of Virgil,
85.

D'Arcussia's account of a flight of

herons with gyrfalcons, 180, 181.
Dasent, Dr., an assertor of the old
Scandinavian influence in England,
444-his translation of the 'Saga of
Burnt Njal,' 458.

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Davy, Sir H., on 'local memory' in
trout, 349.

Deffand, Madame du, writing to Wal-
pole, describes Saint-Simon's 'Me-
moirs,' 292, 293.

the ideal

D'Harcourt, Princesse, practical jokes
played upon her by the Duke and
Duchess of Burgundy, 315.
Dibdin's conception of
angler, 357.
Dipsomaniacs, or 'habitual drunkards,'
418. See Drink.

Disraeli, Mr., his speech on the ground-

less charges of Dr. Kenealy, 551—
on the second reading of the Agri-
cultural Holdings Act, 560.
Drink: the Vice and the Disease, 396

-all fermented beverages, whether
for rich or poor, are luxuries, 397
-divided into two main streams,
398-that of wine affected by out-
ward causes, ib. -its use decreased,
399-taxation on foreign wines, 400
-moderation in drinking, 401-
'Drink,' as connected with the
'poor,' ib.-diversity of effect on the
two classes, 402 the Beer-house
Bill, 403-the taste for drinking of
precocious attainment, 404-testi-
mony of Sir W. Bovill, ib.-of Sir
H. S. Keating, 405-of Mr. Selfe, ib.
-of chaplains, governors of prisons,
chief constables and superintendents
of police, 405, 406, 409-governors
and chaplains of workhouses, 406—
Lieut.-Col. Henderson, 407-clergy-
men, 407, 408-remedial measures,
408-grand juries, 409-the beer-
shops, ib.-familiarity with the sight
of drunkenness, 410-effect of public
opinion, 410, 411-the labours of
individuals insufficient, 411-temp-
tation to intemperance, 412 - no
logical connection between the use
of meat and bread and of strong
drink, 413-the 'liberty of the sub-
ject,' 414-annual number of deaths,
415-absence of public-houses in
upwards of a thousand parishes in
the diocese of Canterbury, ib.-
'habitual drunkards,' or dipsoma-
niacs, 418 its cause, symptoms,
diagnosis and treatment, 419-no
other rescue than an asylum, 421—
Mr. D. Dalrymple's exertions for its
relief, ib.-private refuges or refor-
matories, 422 no legal power to
detain patients, 423-its hereditary
nature, 425-instances of, in ladies,
425, 426-predisposition, sunstroke,

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425-parallel between the lunatic.
and the dipsomaniac, 426-women
the worst offenders, 427-' Volun-
taryism,' a failure, 428-necessity of
the power of detention, 429-Ameri-
can experience, and question of treat-
ment, 430-the greater proportion
among the lower orders, 431-mili-
tary definition of a drunkard, ib.-
present system of punishment, 432-
suicides, idiotcy, ib.-memorial to
the Home Secretary, 435.

E.

Edda, its meaning in Icelandic, 436.
Elizabeth, Princess of Bohemia, her
marriage, 17.

Queen, her last days, 4.
Endowed Schools Bill, 1874, 568–570.

F.

'Falconry in the British Isles,' by F.
H. Salvin and W. Brodrick, 169—its
decline, ib.-arbitrary laws for the
preservation of the birds, 171-white
falcons, 172-used as bribes, 173-
as fines-174-Henry VIII.'s devo-
tion to the sport, 175-James I.'s
depreciation of it, 176, 178-Shak-
speare's frequent allusions to it, 178,
179-its popularity in France, 179-
D'Arcussia's account of a flight of
herons with gyrfalcons, 180, 181-
relative attractions of rook and game-
hawking, 182-184-tribute to E. C.
Newcome, 185, 186.

Fly-fishing, parentage and literary
history of, 349-allusions to hook-
and-line fishing in the Scriptures,
ib. ancient Assyrian sculpture, 350
-net and rod-fishing, ib. Elian's
story of angling on the river Astræus,
351-artificial fly, 355-twelve vir-
tues of the angler, ib.-practical re-
marks, 362-365.

Forbes family, papers of the, 468.
France, diminution of the population,
544-small proportion of births to
marriages, 545-losses by internal
and external war, 546-the law of
inheritance, 547, 548.

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Charles I.,' 3-his carefulness and
trustworthiness, 4 his facts not
always in accordance with the con-
clusions he draws, 29 describes
Count Gondomar, ib. sketch of
Digby, 33.

Gardner, W. J., History of Jamaica,'
40.

Gay's Rustic Sports,' verses on angling,
359, 360.

Giffard, H., his steam balloon, 132.
Gillaroo, the, a variety of trout found
in Loch Melvin, 343.

Gladstone, Mr., on doctrinal symbols,
281-on the danger of prosecution,
288-prophecies on the National
Church, 288, 289.

Glaisher, T., 'Voyages Aériens,' 121-
description of The High Regions,'
ib.

Gondomar, Count, described by Gar-
diner, 29.

Gothenburg, scheme for preventing
excess of drinking, 416-418.
Grant, Sir J. P., prosperity of Jamaica
under his administration, 54, 55, 75.
Green, Mr., the aeronaut, 114-number
of his ascents, ib.-the Nassau Bal-
loon, 115-invention of the guide-
rope, 118.

H.

Hamilton, Archbishop, his dispensa-
tion in favour of Bothwell and Lady
Jean Gordon, 467.
Hamilton papers, the, 466.
Harlay, President, described by Saint-
Simon, 311.

Hearing, want of, in trout, 347.
Henderson, Lieut.-Col., on drunken-
ness in the army, 407. See Drink.

I.

Icelandic Illustrations of English, 435
-the Icelandic language the stan-
dard language of the Northern divi-
sion of the Gothic family, 438-dif-
ference between the Scandinavian
and Teutonic branches, ib.-its old
ancestral name Danish, 439 - the
representative of the old Danish,
440-distinction between Danes and
Norwegians, ib. - their respective
traces in Great Britain, ib.-in local
names, 441-the use of the word can
in the auxiliary sense of did, 443-
the physique of the two nations, 444
-comparison between Anglo-Saxon

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and
Icelandic, 445 - presentive
words, 446-455 - compound words,
455-symbols, 457 - Danish traces
in Wiclif's Bible, 459-in Shak-
speare, 460-the claims of are and
be, 461-the Romanesque tide, ib.-
Addison's style of writing, 461-463-
American criticism, 462-two gene-
ral conclusions from the review of
the relations between Icelandic and
English, 464.

Icelandic literature, 437-fertility of
its phraseology, 454.

becomes
Jamaica, 40
an English
settlement, 46-deadly power of a
vertical sun, 46-experiments of
Scotch and Irish immigration, 47-
multiplication of negro slaves, 48-
large proportion of absentees in, 49

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results of emancipation, 51-
Morant Bay riots, 52-renounces
the prerogative of self-government,
53 success of present administra-
tion, 54-commercial importance, 55
-country life, 57-Canon Kingsley's
'At Last,' 58-coffee, pimento, in-
digo, 59-cinchona plant, 60-pas-
ture lands, 60-black population, 62
-negro labour, 66-increase of the
creole-negro race, 68-coolies, 69-
absence of mechanical skill, 71-
coloured population, 72- want of
middle-class schools, ib.- Spanish
Town College, 74-the Paradise of
the West, 77.

James I. described by Ranke, 8-his
motto, 8-his disadvantages, 9-con-
sciousness of awkwardness, 10-his
favourites, 12-sagacity in the
selection of ambassadors, 13-pre-
servation of peace his chief care,
14
-his foreign policy, 15, 21-energy
after Henry IV.'s murder, 17-chil-
dren, ib.-natural defects, 19-rela
tions with Rome, 21 Casaubon's
opinion of him, 24-the Spanish
marriage, 25-never swayed by wife
or mother, 27-opposes the Elector
Palatine's acceptance of the crown
of Bohemia, 31.
Digby sent to
Vienna, 33 his government at
home, 35-address to Parliament, 36
-tires of Buckingham, 38-twofold
aspect in his characterisation, 39.
Jesse, E., on the sense of hearing in
fish, 347.

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