HARPER'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE. European Edition. JUNE TO NOVEMBER, 1884. VOL. VIII.—EUROPEAN EDITION. VOL. LXIX.—AMERICAN EDITION. LONDON: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON, CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET, F.C. NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. 1884. [March-April.] Death of H.R.H. the Duke of ..R. Wheatley 38 160, 323, 484, 644, 809, 973 Gordon's forces at Khartoum; Mahdi declines Sultan- EDITOR'S HISTORICAL RECORD-continued. Pasha resigns; Second reading of Franchise Bill; Dead- [April-May.] Sale of racehorses; Accident to convicts at Portsmouth; Report on Crofters; Women to be admitted to Oxford examinations; Cholera on troopship; Riot in the Diamond Fields; Dynamite in Canadian Parliament Honse; Cremation Bill; Euro- pean Conference on Egypt invited; The Duke of Wellington's statue; Earl Derby made K.G.: Oriental Bank failure; Sale of the Hamilton Library; Cape Parliament; Fast ocean passage; Attitude of the Conservatives; Failure of Ceylon Company; Oriental Bank notes guaranteed in Ceylon; New statue of William Tyndale; Lord Carnarvon and Peterborough Cathedral; Return of the Queen; Fatal shipwreck and loss of 138 lives; Health Exhibition opened; Mr. Irving's and Miss Terry's return; Fatal dynamite explosion; Resignation of Cape Ministry; Sale of shorthorn cattle; Sale of Landseer's "Mon- arch of the Glen;" Drought in Upper India; Government victory on Vote of Censure; Presenta- tion by Victoria Rifles; Australian cricketers win in first match; Discovery of explosives in Woolwich; Diploma day at London University, ladies attend in academical costume; Election of Hon. S. Gathorne- Hardy; Election of Professors of Ecclesiastical History and of English Literature at Cambridge; Inundations in Mauritius; Canon Carpenter Bishop of Ripon; Cyclone in British Burmali, a lighthouse destroyed; Sitting of the General Assembly of the Established Church of Scotland; Niddrie Colliery accident, 318. [May-June.] Salmon hatched from ova of a dead fish; Marriage of the American Midgets; Parliament adjourns for Whitsun; "The Derby;" Tramway on Highgate Hill; Dynamite outrages in St. James's Square and Scotland Yard; "The Oaks;" Railway accident at Downton; Visit of the Maori King; Railway collision at Sevenoaks; Riots at Newry; Distraint for non- vaccination at Leicester; The French Ambassador made an LL.D. of Cambridge; Parliament refuse to confer franchise on women; Testimonial to Captain Walter; Hospital Sunday Fund; Bank rate reduced; Mr. Spurgeon's jubilee; Sale of Fountaine collection; [July.] Forestry Exhibition at Edinburgh; Civic anniversary at Winchester; Alteration in the Assizes; Early harvest; Australia desires to extend authority over Western Pacific; Weavers strike at Burnley; House of Lords conditionally retuse the Franchise Bill; Revision of the Old Testament concluded; Meeting of the Liberal Party on the Franchise Bill, Autumn Session announced; Orange riot on Cleator Moor; High price realised by an illuminated MS.; Annexation of Barbera; Terrible railway accident in Yorkshire; Conciliatory motion on Franchise Bill rejected by House of Lords; Winner of Silver Medal at Wimbledon; Great Reform demonstration in London; Steamers Gijon and Lazham sunk; Winner of Queen's Prize at Wimbledon; England wins the cricket match against Australia; Ireland wins Elcho Challenge Shield; Consecration of Bishop of Ripon; Statue of [July-August.] Conference on Colonial Federation; Cape impose tax on ostriches; Design selected for New War and Admiralty Offices; Egyptian Conference ad- journs sine die; Attempted destruction of Nottingham Post Office; Steamers Dione and Camden sunk; Lord Northbrook to proceed to Egypt; Great Reform pro- cession in Birmingham; Great Conservative demonstra- tion at Manchester; International Conference on Education; Fatal fire: Fatal thunderstorms; Great score of Murdoch the Australian batsman; Prorogation of Parliament; Presentation of military colours by the Queen: Arrival of Abyssinian envoys; German insult to British flag; Royal audience of Abyssinian envoys; Maori King departs; Royal visit to Newcastle and Edinburgh; Riot at the Holborn Theatre; Great [August-September.] During the year 600 tourists gress; Fatal railway collision at Moss End; Fatal accident through lightning on Snowdon; Loss of [March-April.] Fatal riot at Cincinnati; At- tempted lynch-law; Financial statement for last nine months; Action of the House in respect of the trade and Bland dollars; Fatal cyclones; Commission to visit and report on the Congo; Pennsylvania Republi- can Convention, its nominations and commercial views; Fatal railway accidents through floods, 158. [April-May.] Cyclone in Ohio; Terrible forest fires; Financial disasters; Departure of the Alert to the Arctic; Stock Exchange panic; Fatal railway collision; Financial panic; Severe floods, 319. [May-June.] Arrest of Mr. J. D. Fish; Mr. Blaine, Mr. Tilden, and Governor Cleveland nominated by [April] Passing of the Paris Municipality Bill; Riotous strike of coal miners; Massacre of French missionaries in Tonquin; Monument of Gambetta; Expulsion of German Anarchists, 158. [May.] Recall of the Chinese Ambassador and appointment of his successor; Treaty of Tientsin, France gains protectorate of Tonquin and Annam; Fatal railway accident at St. Denis; M. Pasteur's alleged remedy against hydrophobia; Sale of the d'Ivay [June.] Outbreak of cholera at Toulon; Quaran- tine established; Encampment outside Toulon, 482. [July.] Bartholdi's statue of Liberty; Demard of indemnity from Chinese for violation of Treaty in Tonquin; Toulou deserted and panic stricken through cholera; King of Italy sends private relief to Toulon; Vote for relief of cholera-stricken towns; spread of cholera; Decrease of cholera, number of victims, 642. [August.] Committee for Revising the Constitution; Members of Royal families of France to be excluded from Presidency; Il-effects of stringent quarantine; Chinese Ambassador quits Paris, 805. EDITOR'S HISTORICAL RECORD—continued. RUSSIA. Famine in Kazan; Disturbances in Ufa; People 970. SPAIN. Members of a Secret Society sentenced to death, 159. ITALY. Purchase of the Italian MS. in the Ashburnham EGYPT. [April-May Flight from Berber; Great Powers 329. (May-June. Abyssinian King interviewed; Victory [July.] Difficulties of the Maldi; Mutiny at (July-August.] Journey of Major Wortley; Loyalty [August-September.] Situation of Gordon: Victory TONQUIN AND CHINA. French enter Honghoa; Viceroy of Canton degraded; MISCELLANEOUS. Arrangements of the African International Associa tion of the Belgian Ministry; Clerical Ministry formed; Aboriginal Authors (Dr. Brinton), 478. Addison Negotiation: by the Dutch for the release of the crew SCIENCE AND PROGRES?. Proposal for the destruction of rabbits in Australia; ART AND ARCHEOLOGY. Roman pavement found in Walbrook; Description ..........150, 311, 473, 635, 798, 964 Callirrhoe (Mr. Field), 968. China, History of (D. C. |