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THE

NINETEENTH

CENTURY

A MONTHLY REVIEW

EDITED BY JAMES KNOWLES

VOL. VIII.

JULY-DECEMBER 1880

LONDON

C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE

(The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved)

CONTENTS OF VOL. VIII.

PAGE

THE FUTURE OF LIBERALISM. By Matthew Arnold.

ATHEISM AND REPENTANCE: a Familiar Colloquy. By W. H. Mal-

lock

1.

19

THE CLÔTURE IN PARLIAMENT. By E. D. J. Wilson

MODERN FRENCH ABT. By Gerard Baldwin Brown

A STRANGER IN AMERICA. By George Jacob Holyoake

STORY-TELLING. By James Payn

42

56

67

88.

THE COMMERCIAL TREATY BETWEEN FRANCE AND ENGLAND. By E.

THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND NATIONAL INSURANCE. By the Rev. W.

Lewery Blackley

107

THE FRENCH CLERGY AND THE PRESENT REPUBLIC. By the Abbé

Martin.

THE PALAIS-ROYAL THEATRE. By Francisque Sarcey

BLEEDING TO DEATH. By H. M. Hyndman

AN ENGLISHMAN'S PROTEST. By Cardinal Manning

PEASANT PROPRIETORS AT HOME. By J. H. Tuke

FICTION-FAIR AND FOUL. By John Ruskin

195, 394, 748

THE CREED OF THE EARLY CHRISTIANS. By the Dean of Westmin-
ster

ICELAND. By Sir David Wedderburn, Bart.

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT IN THE COLONIES. By Arthur Mills

207

218

237

OUR NATIONAL ART COLLECTIONS AND PROVINCIAL ART MUSEUMS

(conclusion). By J. C. Robinson

249

THE FUTURE OF CHINA. By D. C. Boulger

266

STATE AID AND CONTROL IN INDUSTRIAL ASSURANCE. By H. Sey-

mour Tremenheere

275

POLITICAL OPTIMISM: a Dialogue. By H. D. Traill

A REAL SAVIOUR OF SOCIETY.' By Sedley Taylor

370

A FEW MORE WORDS ON NATIONAL INSURANCE. By the Earl of Car-

THE THOROUGHBRED HORSE-ENGLISH AND ARABIAN. By W. Scawen

ENGLISH RATIONAL AND IRRATIONAL. By Fitzedward Hall

Hall

411

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