the miracles rejected, 185, 190, 195;
problem of the Gospels as a literary ques-
tion, 191-195; his threefold division of
the career of Christ, 196-198; this divi-
sion false to his authorities and false to
history, 198, 199; Christ's early life at
Nazareth, 199; characteristics of His
teaching, 200-204; His sinlessness denied
by Renan, 204, 205; His character and
claims, 204-208; the reality of the success
of the Gospel, 207, 208; this success an
impossibility, if the Gospel record is not
true, 208, 209.

Rifle Movement, the, 36.
Robert de Brunne, 453.

Robert of Gloucester, 453.

Rousseau, 90.

Russell, Earl; see Foreign Policy.

SCHOOLS of Scotland; see Day Dreams.
Scottish language; see Anglo-Scottish Dia-
lect.

Serampore missionaries, 441.
Shairp, Professor; see Kilmahoe.
Shakspeare's Macbeth, 120, 124.
Sporting Books: the hunting instinct, 498;
pictures of Highland life and sport, 499;
otter hunt, 500; eagle-shooting-angling,
501; Man in the Moon on an English fox-
hunt, 502, 503; horse-dealing and moor-
dealing, 504; notes on various classes of
sporting-books, 503-506.

Sports and Sportsmen; see Country Life.
St. John, Mr., 3.

Statius, the Thebaid of, 144; the Empire
favourable to Epic Poetry, 145; reception
of the poem, 146; the Thebaid as a subject
for narrative poetry, 147; outline of the
poem through its several books, 148-158;
characteristics of his style, 159; the "sil-
ver" age, 160; prize fight in Virgil and
Statius compared, 161-164; quotation from
Statius Hypsipyle and her nursling, 164;
remarks on, 165; the Thebaid criticised,
165; Statius successful in similes, 166-
167; Dryden's estimate of, 168.
Syria, Rambles in the Deserts of, 471;
perils of rambling in the desert, 472, 473;
political problems connected with the
Ottoman Empire, 474, 475; condition of
Turkey, 476; reforms initiated after the
Crimean War, 477; the Hati-Sherif and
the Hati-Humayun, 478; Turkish law-
courts, 479; the police, 480, 481; the
hills of the robbers, 482, 483; revenue of
Turkey, 484; food of the labouring classes,
485; security of life to converts from
Islamism, 486; lapsed converts, 487; pro-
mised reforms have not borne fruit, 488;
Namik Pasha, 488, 489; no improvement
to be hoped for from the Turkish Govern-

ment, 489-491; England's policy towards
Turkey, 491; Russia's expulsion of the
Circassians, 492; intolerance of Moham-
medanism, 493; break-up of the empire,
495; how England should prepare for
that event, 497.

TAYLOR, Jeremy: errors in modern editions
of his works, 75, 76.

Thackeray; his first attempt-"The National
Standard, 210-212; "Flore et Zephyr,"
and its plates, 213-215; his Contributions
to Fraser's Magazine, 215-222; and to
Punch, 222-224; presentation of a silver
inkstand a statuette of Mr. Punch-from
friends in Edinburgh, h.; the "Paris
Sketch-Book," 225; the Irish Sketch-
Book," 226; his way of working, 227; his
later literary life, 228; not properly a
novelist, 229; his representation of charac-
ter, 230-234; his women, 234-239; the
severity attributed to him, 239-241; his
view of his profession, 241; his keenness
of observation, and truthfulness, 242;
beauty of his style, 243-245; his historical
power, 245-249; a dinner trial for imputed
disloyalty, 948; character as a poet, 249;
his ballads, 249-253; his merits as an
artist and art-critic, 253-257; how he
represents the temper of the age, 257-259;
portraits of him, 260; his domestic afflic-
tions, 261; De Finibus," 263, 264; the
closing scene, 265.

Thompson, D'Arcy W.; see Day Dreams.
Trollope, Mr., Novels of, 369; characteristics
of, 370; novels of society, 371; what a plot
generally implies, 372; defects of the plot
in Orley Farm, 373; his talent in some
respects undramatic, 374; portraits of
the characters, 375; his bishops, deans,
and prebendaries, 376; the heroes of his
novels, 377; his boys and girls, 378; scene
from Barchester Towers, 379-383; super-
ficial characters, 383; deficiencies in the
author's representations of character, 384,
386; unsuccessful characters, 385; “Ethel-
bert Stanhope," 387-389; the author's
humour, 389; his descriptions of the vul-
garities of low-minded people, 390; his
defect in imagination, 391; the Macder-
mots of Ballycloran, 391-394; the retri-
bution of his delinquents, 395; a picture
of social degradation, 396; his satire-
attack upon lawyers, 396, 397; the
morality of advocacy, 398, 399; wicked-
ness of cross-examination, 400, 401.
Turkish Empire; see Syria.

VIRGIL and Statius compared, 161-164.

WORDSWORTH, William, 84-86, 169.