Australian method of voting.
Claim for characteristic national de- velopment, 236; Dunlap's history, 237; pre-revolutionary art, 237; de- velopment of artistic energy, 238; Smybert, 238; Copley, 238; Gil- bert Stuart, 239; Charles Willson Peale, 239; various portrait painters, 240; Colonel John Trumbull, 240; John Vanderlyn, 241; Washington Allston, 241; encouragement of portrait painting, 242; art schools, 243; National Academy of Design, 243; encouragement of art by am- ateurs-Mr. Luman Reed, 244; Mount, 244; Cole's "Course of Empire," 244; Durand, 245; George W. Flagg, 245; Mr. Reed's art collection, 245; other collec- tions, 246; more recent artists, 247. DUTY ON WORKS OF ART, THE, 73-79 Brief historical summary, 73; posi- tion of American artists, 74 ; influ- ence of tariff on patronage of art, 75; effects of increase of duty on importations, 76; tendency to check cultivation of art, 77; influx of foreign artists, 77; taxation a hin- drance to art exhibitions, 77; art education, 78; admission of anti- quities, 78; tariff of other coun- tries, 79. RECORD... Cuneiform tablets of Amenophis III. and IV., 414; Egyptian en- caustic portraits, 415; excavations at Boubastis, 415; epigraphic ma- terial from Arabia, 415; excava- tions on the Akropolis, Athens, 415; work of the French and American schools in Greece, 415; new museums, 415; discoveries in Rome, 415; destruction of ancient Roman bridges, 416; ancient sys-
Bohemia's political relations Book reviews.. Boss" system British colonies Bulgaria.
Bulgarian question...
EDUCATION, NEW PRINCIPLES IN,
The humor of prejudice, 325; pos- sibilities of developing mental ca- pacity, 326; forming of memory, 327; importance of reviewing, 327; criticisms answered, 329; relations of memory and intellect, 330; exer- cises for quickening perception, 330; beginning of intellectual edu- cation, 331; development of the constructive faculties through art, 332; strengthening influence of faculties on each other, 333; awak- ening attention and interest, 333; importance of artistic design, 334; call for a practical trial of the sys- tem, 335.
EDUCATION Of the Masses, The
National concern in popular educa- tion, 326; foundation laid by our forefathers, 346; dangers from im- migration, 347; inadequacy of old methods of teaching, 347; dangers of half-knowledge, 348; neglect of the children of criminals, 348; claims of the working classes, 349; possibilities of education, 349; de- fects of present system, 349; con- ditions of successful training, 351; the grading system, 351; limits of school age, 352; establishment of kindergartens for children of the criminal and incompetent, 352; ad- vantages of early training, 353; equipment for the work, 353; sup- port, 353 proposed abolition of high schools, 354.
INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF America, THE. The development of America illus- trated by that of Boston, 312; problems involved, 313; the na- tion's unexampled prosperity, 313; effect on the spirit of the people, 314; subordination of ideal aims, 315; absorbing claims of material pursuits, 315; exaltation over intel- lectual interests, 315; American literature, 316; disproportionate mental and moral progress, 317; inadequacy of educational methods, 317; character of newspapers, 318; uniformity of condition and cus- tom, 319; tendency to mediocrity, 320; increase of vulgarity, 321; responsibility of educated men, 321; the spirit of the West, 322; standards of education, 323; re- sponsibility of higher institutions of learning, 324.
Egyptian souls and their worlds...... .23-36
Germany..... Grading of schools. Great Britain.. Green, John Richard.
Hawaiian Islands... Hayti....
Heredity and crime.
High schools, abolition of.. History-
POLITICAL FRANKENSTEIN, A....37-59 (See Vol. V., 306–322.)
Opposition of Generals Kaulbars and Sóbolef to Prince Alexander, 37; strengthening of Russian pre- judices, 38; Austria's lost opportu- nities, 38; the Prince accused of subserviency to Austria, 39; Rus- sian railway schemes, 39; Alex- ander's visit to the Tsar at Mos- cow, 40; conduct of affairs in the Prince's absence from home, 41; coercive measures, 42; Russia's demands through Ionin, 42; the Prince's reply, 43; compromise measures, 44; military affairs, 44 ; Russia's plans, 44; restoration of the Tirnova constitution, 45; de- parture of Sóbolef and Kaulbars, 45; the command of the army, 46; Baron Nicolas Kaulbars, 47; change of ministry, 47; Philippop- olis revolution (Sept. 17, 1885), 48; union of Bulgaria and Eastern Ru- melia, 48; precipitation of the movement, 49; consequent com- plications with Russia and Turkey, 49; attitude of England, 50; war with Serbia, 50; diplomatic confer- ence at Constantinople, 51; recog- nized relations of Eastern Rumelia with Bulgaria, 51; personal animus of Russia's attitude, 52; kidnap- ping and abdication of Alexander, 53; grounds for Russian feeling, 54; an illustrative case, 56; cessa- tion of Russian interference, 57; disputed constitutionality of Bul- garian government, 57; election of Prince Ferdinand, 58; present at- titude of European Powers, 59. Holland....
Home Rule and its analogies Humanistic religion.....
Hungarian dependencies....
Immigration, dangers of. Imperial federation.. Indians, the...
Individualism, American. Intellectual life of America.. Intemperance, crime caused by Ireland, affairs in....
Irish question, the.
Italian poets, modern. Italy....
Labor troubles..
Lecturing, college.
Legislation for workingmen.
Legislation, State..... Literary anodynes.
Literature-
AN OLD MASTER... Academic lecturing, 210; personal- ity of Adam Smith, 211; success as an academic lecturer, 212; plan of his lectures, 213; "The Wealth of Nations," 214; philosophical, meth- od, 215; literary style, 217; power to impart intellectual impulse, 218; personal characteristics, 218; need of such teachers, 220.
ARNOLD, MATTHEW, AS AN ENG- LISH WRITER ...355-369 Classification of Arnold's prose writings, 355; classical character, 355; clearness, 357; finish, 358; critical style, 359; controversial tendency, 360; dogmatic spirit, 360; intellectual vitality, 362; pro- vince as a thinker, 363; mental narrowness of outlook, 363; moral gravity, 365; compared with his father, 366; despondent tone, 367; literary influence, 367; rank as a writer, 368.
BOOK REVIEWS, 133-141, 275-283, 285-287, 387-390. "Modern Italian Poets," by W. D. Howells, 133; "The Bedell Lec- tures," 1887: The Religious Aspect of Evolution" by James McCosh, 138; works of history, politics, and biography, 139; "A Library of American Literature,' edit. by Edmund Clarence Stedman and Ellen Mackay Hutchinson, 275; "Metaphysics," "Philosophy of Theism," "Introduction to Psy- chological Theory," by Borden P. Bowne, 278; "A History of Eli- zabethan Literature," by George
Saintsbury, 285; "The Boyhood of Living Authors," by W. H. Ride- ing, 286; "A Book of Verses," by W. E. Henley, 387; "The New Day," "The Celestial Passion," 'Lyrics," by R. W. Gilder, 388; "Memoirs and Portraits," ginibus Puerisque," by Robert L. Stevenson, 389.
"A Calabrian Penelope," 122-132; "Camelia Ricardo," 248-271. GREEN, JOHN RICHARD... . . . .370-380 Personal characteristics, 370; im- patience with dulness, 371; ver- satility, 372; appreciation of others' work, 373; careful writing, 373; penmanship, 374; business quali- ties, 375; conversation, 375; method of work, 376; power of con- centration, 377; social tastes, 377; love of children, 378; varied ac- complishments, 379; places of resi- dence, 380.
LITERARY ANODYNES. Protest against taking fiction too seriously, 145; types of modern novels, 145; demand for forgetful- ness, 146; harmlessness of the dis- sipation, 147; depressing influence of realistic fiction, 148; perennial interest of the romantic and adven- turous, 149; M. Fortuné du Boisgo- bey and M. Xavier de Montépin, 150; the charm of romance, 151; Daudet's later novels, 152. LITERATURE, THE STUDY OF
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ....... I-22 What is literature? 1; distinguished from technical and occasional pub- lications, I; wisdom of the distinc- tion; 2; its difficulties, 2; seven- teenth century undertakings, 3; influence on eighteenth century ten- dencies, 3; experimental movements of the age, 4; slowness of post-Res- toration changes, 4; the observa- tion of nature, 4; the age of Dry- den, 5; of Swift, 6; of Johnson, 6; relations of English and foreign literature, 7; influence of the Eng- lish novel and historical writings, 8; relations of Montesquieu, Les- sing and Rousseau to English lite- rature, 8; evolution of the English novel, 9; De Foe's needed work, 10; the novel of feeling, 10; lit- erary development of philosophical literature, 10; Shaftesbury's influ- ence, II; relations of French and English economists, 12; French influence on English literature, 12; subordination of poetry to prose from 1660 to 1780, 12; Dryden's dictatorship, 13; traces of French
poetical influence, 14; parallelism of French and English poetry, 15; development of naturalism, 15; con- ditions of the drama, 16; the fall of comedy, 16; occasional plays, 17; growth of literary criticism, 17; place of theology in eighteenth cen- tury, 18; the historical school, 19; provincial and dialect writing, 20; American writers, 20; comparison of eighteenth century with other literary epochs, 21; mastery of prose its distinguishing mark, 21. PESSIMISM AND RECENT VICTO- RIAN POETRY.... Elements of personality in litera- ture, 221; pessimistic influence of theory of evolution, 222; attitude of evolution to moral law, 223; lowering of ideals, 223; intellect- ual and personal pessimism distin- guished, 224; intellectual pessim- ism of Matthew Arnold, 224; "Empedocles on Etna," 225; other poems, 227; contrast between Mr. Arnold and Mr. James Thomson, 228; characteristics of the latter's poetry, 228; "The City of Dreadful Night," 228-233; shorter poems, 233; Mr. Thoinson's love poems, 234.
POETICAL DEDICATIONS. Examples from Horace, Catullus, Andrew Lang, Dryden, Samuel Page, John Taylor, Allan Ramsay, Churchill, Hood, Shelley, Byron, Susan Coolidge, Austin Dobson, H. C. Bunner, Lowell, Browning, T. B. Aldrich, Prof. Boyesen, J. W. Riley.
PRIOR, MATTHEW... Bibliographical
Anakim, 289; Prior's claims to poetic honors, 300; early life, 291; anecdotes, 292; col- lege tribute to the Earl of Exeter, 292; "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse," 293; place-hunting, 294; political career, 295; imprison- ment, 297; retirement to Down- Hall, 298; verses on his first journey thither, 298; death (Sept. 18, 1721), 299; legacies, 299; essays at his own epitaph, 299; character and per- sonal traits, 300; social habits, 301; subordination of poetry to other in- terests, 302; collected editions of his works, 303; "Solomon on the Vanity of the World," 303; extract, 305; "Alma," 305; mastery of Hudibrastic verse, 306; popularity of his "tales," 306; extract from "An English Padlock," 307; epi- grams, 308; classical verses, 308; The Female Phaeton, 309; other poems, 310.
PSYCHOLOGY, THE NEW......154-171 Importance of transition tendencies, 154; application of terms "new and "old," 155; development of conception of psychology as the science of the phenomena of con- sciousness, 156; attitude of Ger- man thinkers, 157; speculative tendencies of English-speaking peo- ple, 157; reaction against intro- spective methods, 157; accompany- ing tendency to materialistic views, 158; origin and extension of ex- perimental methods, 159; field of investigation, 160; psychological aspect of materialistic tendency, 161; use of mathematical formu- las, 161; distinction between sensa- tion and thought, 162; interdepen- dence of mental phenomena, 163; dynamical and mechanical aspects of causality, 165; materialistic atti- tude favored by neural conditions of psychical agency, 165; material- istic tendency of the science in its physiological aspects, 166; correla tion of physiological and psycholo- gical phenomena, 167; nomological and ethnological aspects, 168; dis- tinction between dynamical and mechanical causes, 169; material-
Public Questions, American—
ADMINISTRATION, THE.......393-394 Nomination of Melville W. Fuller as chief justice, 393; letter from President Cleveland to the Tam- many Society, 394; nominations of foreign ministers, 394; report of the commissioner of pensions, 394; treaty with Peru, 394; the army retired list, 394; application from Dakota for admission as States, 394; report of Utah Commission, 394. CHINESE IMMIGRATION, RESTRIC- TION OF...
Provisions of proposed treaty with China, 396; rumored rejection by China, 396; more rigid exclusion bill, 396; definite rejection of the treaty by China, 396; President's message on the Exclusion Bill, 397.
CIVIL SERVICE, THE..........397-398 Extension of the classified service in Washington, 397; annual meet- ing of the National Civil-Service Reform League (New York, May 30), 397; annual meeting of the New York Civil Service Association (May 7), 397; declaration by the Union League Club, 397; Repub- lican platform on Civil-Service Re- form, 397; Democratic platform, 398; fourth annual report of the Civil Service Commission, 398; protest of the Civil Service Reform Association of Maryland, 398; pro- test against extending classified service to railway mail service, 398. CONGRESS, THE WORK OF ..... ··394-395 Longest session on record, 394; the Bond-Purchase Bill, 394; River and Harbor Bill, 394; letter carriers' hours, 394; proposed In- ternational Marine Conference, 394; rank of general of the army conferred on General Sherman, 394; bill to refund the direct tax levied in 1861, 395; proposed sub-
Public Questions, Amer.—Cont. stitute for the Blair Educational Bill, 395; bill for admission of South Dakota as a State, 395; Chace Copyright Bill, 395; estab- lishment of a Department of Agri- culture, 395; Public Land Bill, 395; pension bills, 395; regulation of telegraph business, 395; of trusts, 395; French spoliation claims, 395; Presidential term of office, 395. CONVENTION, PARTY...
..60-72 Controlling influence of party con- ventions, 60; representative sys- tem of party organization, 61; proper application of the word "machine," 61; rewards of party service, 61; senatorial control of appointments to office, 61; rela- tions of the machine to civil serv- ice reform, 62; the "boss" sys- tem, 63; historical evolution of the machine and the convention sys- tem, 64; legislative and congres- sional caucuses, 65; rise of State conventions, 66; local conventions, 67; the Albany Regency, 68; in- fluences of the Jackson campaign and administration, 68; establish- ment of the national convention, 70; contrasting tendencies of the Democratic and the Republicar on- ventions, 70; objections a ered, 71; difficulty of substit" g a new system, 71; possibili of introduc- tion of the Aus an method of voting, 72.
FISHERIES TREATY, THE....... Adverse report of the committee, 396; rejection by the Senate, 396; retaliatory measure proposed by the President, 396; relation of United States with Canada and Great Brit- ain, 396; ratification of treaty by Canada and New Foundland, 396. INDIANS, THE... 399-400 Exclusion of native languages in their education, 399; negotiations for purchase of Sioux lands, 399; annual conference of friends of the Indian at Lake Mohonk, 399. KNIGHTS OF LABOR, THE....196-209 Prominence attained by the order, 196; decline of interest, 197; out- look for the future, 198; develop-
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