The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1   By: Various

VOLUME XLIII. JANUARY JUNE, 1883

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XLIII.

JANUARY, 1883.

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The Americans. By Herbert Spencer 1

University Elections. By Edward A. Freeman, D.C.L. 16

Hamlet: A New Reading. By Franklin Leifchild 31

Panislamism and the Caliphate 57

The Bollandists. By the Rev. G. T. Stokes 69

England, France, and Madagascar. By the Rev. James Sibree 85

The Religious Future of the World. I. By W. S. Lilly 100

Syrian Colonization. By the Rev. W. Wright, D.D 122

The Conservative Dilemma. By Henry Dunckley 141

FEBRUARY, 1883.

Contemporary Life and Thought in France. By Gabriel Monod 157

Gambetta. By A German 179

The Art of Rossetti. By Harry Quilter 190

The Religious Future of the World. II. By W. S. Lilly 204

The "Silver Streak" and the Channel Tunnel. By Professor Boyd Dawkins 240

The Prospect of Reform. By Arthur Arnold, M.P. 250

Ancient International Law. By Professor Brougham Leech 260

A Russian Prison. By Henry Lansdell, D.D. 275

Canonical Obedience. By the Rev. Edwin Hatch 289

Democratic Toryism. By Arthur B. Forwood 294

MARCH, 1883.

County Government. By the Rt. Hon. Sir R. A. Cross, G.C.B., M.P. 305

Léon Gambetta: A Positivist Discourse. By Frederic Harrison 311

Discharged Prisoners: How to Aid Them. By C. E. Howard Vincent, Director of Criminal Investigations 325

Miss Burney's Own Story. By Mary Elizabeth Christie 332

The Highland Crofters. By John Rae 357

Local Self Government in India: The New Departure. By Sir Richard Temple, Bart., G.C.S.I. 373

Siena. By Samuel James Capper 383

The Limits of Science. By the Rev. George Edmundson 404

Land Tenure and Taxation in Egypt. By Henry C. Kay 411

The Enchanted Lake: An Episode from the Mahábhárata. By Edwin Arnold, C.S.I. 428

The Municipal Organization of Paris. By Yves Guyot, Member of the Municipal Council of Paris 439

APRIL, 1883.

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The English Military Power, and the Egyptian Campaign of 1882. By A German Field Officer 457

M. Gambetta: Positivism and Christianity. By R. W. Dale, M.A. 476

The Anti Vivisectionist Agitation: 1. By Dr. E. De Cyon 498 2. By R. H. Hutton 510

The Gospel According to Rembrandt. By Richard Heath 517

Conseils de Prud'hommes. By W. H. S. Aubrey 538

The Manchester Ship Canal. By Major General Hamley 549

The Progress of Socialism. By Emile de Laveleye 561

Irish Murder Societies. By Richard Pigott 583

Contemporary Life and Thought: Italian Politics. By Professor Villari 592

MAY, 1883.

Mrs. Carlyle. By Mrs. Oliphant 609