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of, and of Alice Oliphant, his Wife,’ by Margaret O. W. Oliphant, reviewed, 1.
Pearlin’ Jean, by J. Scott-Moncrieff, 67.
Peel, by Herbert Cowell, 139—his public career, ib.—views on currency and banking, 140—deficient in forethought, 141—the reform crisis, 142—ten years’ exclusion from office, 143—organised crime a weapon of party politics, 144—life of, to death of Canning, 145—education, 146—begins official life under Percival, 147—the Catholic question, 148—leadership of the Protestants, 149—efforts of constructive legislation, 150—presides over a currency committee, 151—career as Home Secretary, 152—Catholic emancipation settled, ib.—contemplates reaction in Ireland, 153—surrender on the Catholic question, 155—career of supreme power, 156.
‘Peel, Sir Robert: His Private Correspondence,’ edited by C. S. Parker, M.P., reviewed, 139.
Portuguese Republicanism and the Military Revolt, 856—republican movement in Portugal, 857—working of the present electoral system, 858—immense power of the Government, 859—masses without a voice in the aflairs of the nation, 860—military revolt of 31st January, 861—schism in the republican party, ib.—opposition to the revolt, 862—collapse of the movenent, 863—treatment of the leaders, 864—want of organisation the cause of defeat, 865—another revolt imminent, 866.
Protecting Colour in Animals, by Frank E. Beddard, 850—remarkable group of animals at South Kensington, ib.—adaptation to environment, ib.—colour resemblances and concealment, 851—tree-haunting animals and their surroundings, 852—green colouring and its cause, 853—protective advantages of colour to the iguana, 854—transparency of pelagic animals, 855.
Pythagorean Friend, My, by G. Dunn, 384.
Rannoch Moor, Across, 348.
Rights of Capital and of Labour, the, 878—conflict between capital and labour, ib.—attempts to equalise wages by enforcing shorter hours of labour, 879—product of labour lessened, 880—artificial methods for regulating labour and wages, 881—capital but surplus labour stored up for future use, 882—result of paying wages out of capital which is not recovered from labour, 883—adoption of a labour system which shall unite capitalists and wages-earners, 884—uses of combination and competition, 885—object of economic research, 886—the State and trade disputes, 888—wherein “profits” differ from wages, ib.—conditions influencing the rate of wages, 889—co-operation in production and its benefits, ib,—nationalisation of land and capital theories, 891—qualities which may be developed under co-operative production, 892,
Riots in China, the, 736—anti-foreign feeling of the Chinese, 737—treating China as a nation, ib.—the Chefoo Convention, 738—attacks against missionary establishments, 740—ignorance and superstition of the natives of Hunan, ib.—recent riots at Wuhu, 741—responsible conduct of Chinese officials, 742—Lord Salisbury on the origin of the motives for attacking foreign movements, 743—the Chinese Government not in earnest, 745—they evade the conditions of treaties, 746—Siangtan marked out for a treaty port, 747.
Riots in China, the Scene of the: Twelve Hundred Miles on the Yangtze-Kiang, by Walter B. Harris, 787—recent outbreak against Europeans, ib.—preparations for the voyage from Shanghai, ib.—the dirty river, 788—visit to Chin-Kiang, 789—travelling on the great water-way of China, 791—character of the villages passed, 792—homely odours, 793—feet of Chinese ladies, 794—Hankow and its trade, ib.—Chinese plays and their length, 795—navigation of the Han river, 796—Chinese secret societies, ib,—visit to a duck-farm, 797—voyage to I-chang, 798—the great embankment, 799—mountainous character of the country, 800—I-chang the terminus of steamboat traftic, ib.—a river junk, 801—crew of a junk, 803—scenery of the road, 804—dangerous rapids, ib.—use of “trackers,” 805—the Lu-kan gorge, 806—return voyage, 807.
Roadside Naturalist, a, by A Son of the Marshes, 114—ways of the fox, 115—love of polecats, stoats, and weasels for old hedges, 117—squirrels, 118—hedgehogs, ib.—birds of prey, 119—frogs and toads, ib.—crows, magpies, and jays, 120—ways of wild geese, 121—hedge-birds, ib.—moths and caterpillars, 122—fishing in mill-ponds and streams, 123—worms as bait, ib.
Russians on the Pamirs, the, 735—Russia’s recent eastward movements, ib.—designs on Eastern Turkistan, 756—the Pamirs and their relation to Russia, 757—Captain Younghusband’s