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About Locusts. "Chambers's Journal,"511
Alcohol: Its Action and Uses. J. R. Gasquet,597
American View of American Competition. Edward Atkinson,335
American Churches, The Historical Aspect of the. Dean Stanley,641
An Imperial Pardon. F. A. S.,64
Art Education in Great Britain. Sir Coutts Lindsay,477
Artificial Somnambulism. Richard A. Proctor,348
Association of Local Societies, The. J. Clifton Ward,286
Atheism and the Church. G. H. Curteis,217
Austin, Alfred. Farmhouse Dirge,177
Atkinson, Edward. An American View of American Competition,335
Baker, H. Barton. Theatrical Makeshifts and Blunders,22
Bayne, Thomas. English Men of Letters,—Shelley,153
Besant, Walter. Froissart's Love Story,675
Biographies of the Season. "London Society,"404
Black, Algernon. Charles Lamb,310
Blackie, John Stuart. On a Radical Reform in the Method of Teaching the Classical Languages,290
Blaikie, W. G. Ferney in Voltaire's Time and Ferney To-day,230
Buchanan, Robert. Sydney Dobell—A Personal Sketch,538
Bunbury, Clement. A Visit to the New Zealand Geysers,761
Calculating Boys. Richard A. Proctor,705
Chapters on Socialism. John Stuart Mill,257
Chances of the English Opera, The. Francis Hueffer,626
Christmas in Morocco. C. A. P. ("Sarcelle,")75
Classical Education, On the Worth of a. Bonamy Price,297
Cobbett, William: A Biography. Thomas Hughes,326
Commercial Depression and Reciprocity. Bonamy Price,578
Contemporary Life and Thought in France. G. Monod,186
Contemporary Life and Thought in Russia. T. S.,312
Contentment. C. C. Fraser-Tytler,285
Cooper, Basil H. Fresh Assyrian Finds,463
Count Fersen,244
Coup d'Etat, A,21
Critic on the Hearth, The. James Payn,696
Cupid's Workshop. Somerville Gibney,453
Curteis, G. H. Atheism and the Church,217
Dallas, W. S. Entomology,470
Defence of Lucknow, The. Alfred Tennyson,385
Desprez, Frank. The Vaquero,104
Difficulties of Socialism, The. John Stuart Mill,385
Discoveries of Astronomers, The.—Hipparchus. Richard A. Proctor,237
Dreamland.—A Last Sketch. Julia Kavanagh,181
English Men of Letters.—Shelley. Thomas Bayne,153
English Opera, The Chances of. Francis Hueffer,626
Entomology. W. S. Dallas,470
Ewart, Henry C. The Schoolship Shaftesbury,204
Farmhouse Dirge, A. Alfred Austin,177
Ferney in Voltaire's Time and Ferney To-day. W. G. Blaikie,230
Forbes, Archibald. Plain Words About the Afghan Question,434
Fraser-Tytler, C. C. Contentment,285
French Novels. "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine,"723
French Republic and the Catholic Church, The. John Morley,561
Fresh Assyrian Finds. Basil H. Cooper,463
Friends and Foes of Russia, The. W. E. Gladstone,129
Froissart's Love Story. Walter Besant,675
Future of India, The. Sir Erskine Perry,1
Gasquet, J. R. Alcohol: Its Action and Uses,597
Gibney, Somerville. Cupid's Workshop,453
Gladstone, W. E. Greece and the Treaty of Berlin,663
Gladstone, W. E. Probability as the Guide of Conduct,513
Gladstone, W. E. The Friends and Foes of Russia,129
Greece and the Treaty of Berlin. W. E. Gladstone,663
Greece, The Progress of. R. C. Jebb,366
Growth of London, The,158
Hamlet, "Mr. Irving's." "Temple Bar,"386
Happy Valley, The. L. A.,32
Harrison, Frederic. On the Choice of Books,414
Historical Aspect of the American Churches, The. Dean Stanley,641
Homes and Haunts of the Italian Poets, The—Guarini. T. Adolphus Trollope,85
Homes and Haunts of the Italian Poets, The.—Torquato Tasso. Frances Eleanor Trollope,434
Hueffer, Francis. The Chances of the English Opera,626
Hughes, Thomas. William Cobbett: A Biography,326
Japp, Alex. H. Winter Morn in Country and Winter Morn in Town,31
Jebb, R. C. The Progress of Greece,366
Kavanagh, Julia. Dreamland: A Last Sketch,181
Lamb, Charles. Algernon Black,310
Languages, Classical, On a Radical Reform in the Method of Teaching the. John Stuart Blackie,290
Leicester Square, Some Gossip About,53
Lindsay, Sir Coutts. Art Education in Great Britain,477
Manzoni's Hymn for Whitsunday. Dean Stanley,637
Merivale, Herman C. The Royal Wedding,508
Mill, John Stuart. The Difficulties of Socialism,385
Mill, John Stuart. Chapters on Socialism,257
Mivart, St. George. On the Study of Natural History,609
Monod, G. Contemporary Life and Thought in France,186
Morley, John. The French Republic and the Catholic Church,561
Musical Cultus of the Present Day, The. H. Heathcote Statham,687
On a Radical Reform in the Method of Teaching the Classical Languages. John Stuart Blackie,290
On Being Knocked Down and Picked Up Again.—A Consolatory Essay,209
On the Choice of Books, Frederic Harrison,414
On the Study of Natural History. St. George Mivart,609
On the Worth of a Classical Education. Bonamy Price,297
Payn, James. The Critic on the Hearth,696
Perry, Sir Erskine. The Future of India,1
Philological Society's English Dictionary, The. "The Academy,"639
Phœnicians in Greece, The. A. H. Sayce,36
Plain Words About the Afghan Question. Archibald Forbes,454
Price, Bonamy. Commercial Depression and Reciprocity,578
Price, Bonamy. On the Worth of a Classical Education,297
Probability as the Guide of Conduct. W. E. Gladstone,513
Progress of Greece, The. R. C. Jebb,366
Proctor, Richard A. Artificial Somnambulism,348
Proctor, Richard A. Supposed Changes in the Moon,111
Proctor, Richard A. Calculating Boys,705
Proctor, Richard A. The Discoveries of Astronomers—Hipparchus,237
Recollections of Thackeray,126
Rose, Edward. Wagner as a Dramatist,493
Royal Wedding, The. Herman C. Merivale,508
Russia, The Friends and Foes of. W. E. Gladstone,129
Sayce, A. H. The Phœnicians in Greece,36
Schoolship Shaftesbury. Henry C. Ewart,204
Schopenhauer on Men, Books and Music. "Fraser's Magazine,"751
Some Gossip About Leicester Square,53
Socialism, Chapters on. John Stuart Mill,257
Socialism, Difficulties of. John Stuart Mill,388
Stanley, Dean. Manzoni's Hymn for Whitsunday,637
Stanley, Dean. The Historical Aspect of the American Churches,641
Statham, H. Heathcote. The Musical Cultus of the Present Day,687
Supposed Changes in the Moon. Richard A. Proctor,111
Sydney Dobell: A Personal Sketch. Robert Buchanan,538
Tasso, Torquato. The Homes and Haunts of the Italian Poets. Frances Eleanor Trollope,434
Tennyson, Alfred. The Defence of Lucknow,385
Thackeray, Recollections of,126
Theatrical Makeshifts and Blunders. H. Barton Baker,22
Their Appointed Seasons. J. G. Wood,603
Through the Ages: A Legend of a Stone Axe. "New Quarterly Magazine,"557
Toilers in Field and Factory. "Time,"483
Toilers in Field and Factory, No. II.—Characteristics. "Time,"549
Transvaal, About the. "Chamber's Journal,"330
Trollope, Frances Eleanor. The Homes and Haunts of the Italian Poets.—Torquato Tasso,434
Trollope, T. Adolphus. The Homes and Haunts of the Italian Poets,85
Two Modern Japanese Stories,105
Valvedere, Adrian de. A Woman's Love—A Slavonian Study,59
Vaquero, The. Frank Desprez,101
Visit to the New Zealand Geysers, A. Clement Bunbury,761
Wagner as a Dramatist. Edward Rose,493
Ward, J. Clifton. The Association of Local Societies,286
Winter Morn in Country—Winter Morn in Town. Alex. H. Japp,31
Woman's Love. A. A Slavonian Study. Adrian de Valvedere,59
Wood, J. G. Their Appointed Seasons,603


THE

LIBRARY MAGAZINE

JANUARY, 1879.


THE FUTURE OF INDIA.

Speculation as to the political future is not a very fruitful occupation. In looking back to the prognostications of the wisest statesmen, it will be observed that they were as little able to foresee what was to come a generation or two after their death, as the merest dolt amongst their contemporaries. The Whigs at the beginning of the last century thought that the liberties of Europe would disappear if a prince of the House of Bourbon were securely fixed on the throne of Spain. The Tories in the last quarter of that century considered that if England lost her American provinces she would sink into the impotence of the Dutch Republic. The statesmen who assembled at the Congress of Vienna would have laughed any dreamer to scorn who should have suggested that in the lifetime of many of them Germany would become an empire in the hands of Prussia, France a well-organized and orderly republic, and the "geographical expression" of Italy vitalised into one of the great powers of Europe. Nevertheless, if politics is ever to approach the dignity of a science, it must justify a scientific character by its ability to predict events. The facts are too complicated, probably, ever to admit the application of exact deductive reasoning; and in the growth of civilised society new and unexpected forms are continually springing up. But though practical statesmen will not aim at results beyond the immediate future, it is impossible for men who pass their lives in the study of the difficult task of government to avoid speculations as to the future form of society to which national efforts should be directed. Some theory or other, therefore, is always present, consciously or unconsciously, to the mind of politicians.