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AMAZON, The: a Novel by Franz Dingelstedt, 227
Beaton, Cardinal,-was the martyr Wishart privy to a conspiracy against his life? 218 seq. See Wishart, George.
Bright, Mr.,-his public services during the last thirty years, 258, 259; historical value of his 'Speeches," 259; remarks on the Editor's work, ib.; specimens of style, 260; their artistic excellence, 261; denunciation of the Ministry during the Crimean War, ib.; on the great Amer- ican struggle, 262, 263; their political-interest, 263; evidence furnished by them as to Mr. Bright's political capacity, 264; his foresight and courage; speeches, on our going to war to redress the wrongs of others, 264, 265; on the Alabama ques- tion, 265, 266; on our land-laws, 266, 267; his love of truth, 267; his sympathy with the poor and wretched, 268; the general election, 269; triumph of Liberal principles, 270; the majority in 1832, and the present one, 271; Disraeli's re- signation, ib.; Mr. Gladstone, 272; the New Min- istry, and what may be expected of it, 272-274. Browning (Robert), Poetical works of, 189; pecu- liarities of his fortunes, 189, 190; his capital de- fects, 191; his portrait, ib.; measure, 192; indi- rect statement, ib.; "Epitaph in the Catacombs," ib.;
minor poems, and their characteristics, 192- 195; the aim at novelty, 196; indirectness of tail illustrated in "James Lee," 196-198; unin- telligibleness of some of his pieces, 198; novelty in measure, 199; aim at novelty in diction: con- ventional affectation, 200; Shelley, Keats, and Wordsworth, 200, 201; 201; the "Cavalier Tunes," 202; Porphyria's Lover," "Paracelsus," 202-205; the lesser dramas, 206; Henry Taylor, ib.; "Luria," 207-209; "A Soul's Tragedy, 210, 211; "In a Balcony," 211; "Karshish," "Cali- ban," etc., 211, 212; "The Glove," "Saul," "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," 212; "Childe Roland,” "Artemis Prologises," 212, 218; mond," "The Bishop of St. Praxed's," 213; "My Last Duchess," 214; "Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister," ib.; "The Flight of the Duch- es," 214216; "Sordello," 216; Carlyle, ib.; Browning's place among poets, ib.; general
Carlyle, Thomas, 216. Comte; see Positivism. Cretinism in the Alpine valleys, 46.
Confessions," ib.; the youthfulness of his genius, 161; the two classes of poets, 161, 162; the ode to La Malibran, 162; his attitude towards pre- tension, 163; story of "Rolla," 163, 164; its moral, 165; poems of a more elevated character, ib.; on the uses of grief, ib.; the "Adieu," 166; the range of De Musset's genius, 167; as a writer of short stories, ib.; concluding remarks, ib.
Election, General, of 1868; see Bright. Elliot, Right Hon. Hugh: the work of the diplo- matist, 139; Sir Gilbert and his lady, 140; tutors and guardians of Hugh and his brother Gilbert, ib.; their residence in Paris; Madame du Deffand, etc., 141; French philosophers and their admirers, ib. ; Catherine of Russia, and Vol- taire, ib.; the young Elliots leave Paris, 142; Hugh at Vienna and Warsaw, ib.; joins the Rus- sian army, ib.; nomination as English minister at the Court of Bavaria, 148; Minto, the family seat, ib.; death of Sir Gilbert,-Hugh transferred from Munich to Berlin, ib.; state of Europe at this period, 144; the Prussian Court, ib.; Madame de Thun on Berlin society, 145; circumstances which unfavourably affected his position at that Court, 145, 146; Frederick and Mr. Elliot, 146; Death of Lord Marischal, ib.; speculations of Frederick as to our military failures in America, 147; war of the Bavarian succession, ib.; Made- moiselle de Krauth, ib.; becomes Elliot's wife, ib.; recall from Berlin, and appointment to Co- penhagen, 148; fights a duel with Baron Knip- hausen, his wife's cousin and seducer, 148, 149; reception at Copenhagen, 149; Paul Jones and the Baron la Houze, ib.; account of Mirabeau, ib.; condition of Denmark at this time, and Mr. Elli- ot's conduct as minister, 150; visit to England, and return to Copenhagen, ib.; the "balance of power,"-relations of Russia and Sweden, 151, seq.; Elliot's negotiations with the king of Swe- den, 152; and their successful issue, 153; mis- sion to Paris, and negotiations there, with their important results, ib.; war between Spain and England averted, 153, 154; the Elliot correspond- ence, 154.
De Masset, French poet, his excellences and defects, 154; French and English poetry compared, 155; the matter of De Musset's poetry, 156; his early life and studies, ib.; "Les Confessions d'un Enfant du Siècle," ib.; lines descriptive of his ennui, 157; his view of life, 158; study of Shakespeare and Byron, ib.; "Elle et Lui" and "Lui et Elle," 159; his four poems called "Les Nuits," ib.; letter to Lamartine, 160; his own history in "Les
France in Europe and in Africa, 68; condition of things under the Empire, ib.; primary and sec- ondary questions, 69; future government of France, ib.; English aristocracy analysed, 70; it is inseparable from civilization, 71; the liberal and the revolutionary flag, 72; glance at the earlier history of France, 73; French radicalism, ib.; external policy indorsed by French opinion, 74; the German question, ib.; the absorption of Belgium, 75; the Eastern question, ib.; French colonization, ib. Algeria, Tunis, and Morocco, 76; population of Algeria, 77; amalgamation of races, 78; the Berbers, or Kabyles, the true in- digenous inhabitants of North Africa, 79; how dealt with by the French, 80; objects of the Al-
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