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CONTENTS.

FEBRUARY 1900.

PAGB

One man, one book-The use and abuse of diaries—A record

of trivialities—An herbarium of poets—Another Whig-

The abuse of nicknames—Pantomimes new and old-The

tradition of the East—The patriotism of Fleet Street . 1

MARCH 1900.

A love of false news—Why France hates England ?- An

unflattering portrait-France and the war- - The cheap

Press of Paris— Falsehood breaks no bones— England's

ruin Germany's triumph—The benefit of an alliance-Our

Universities—Cambridge in the nineteenth century—The

Cambridge of Gunning

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APRIL 1900.

Anderson 17 Mich. 1924

The Queen's visit to London-A peaceful conqueror—The de-

meanour of the crowd—The fury of a mob—The Théâtre

Français in ashes—Its incomparable tradition—A simple

stage-Loyalty to the past .

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MAY 1900.

The attempt of Sipido-The character of the Anarchist-His

sanguine temper-Herbert Spencer and murder-Anarchy

a fashion - The Anarchy of letters - Irresponsible bio-

graphy—“A modest coterie”

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JUNE 1900.

Mr Pinero and his critics—The right of criticism—The Royal

Academy - The Relief of Mafeking-A splendid siege-

R. A. M. Stevenson-Undergraduate and student of art--

“Spring-heeled Jack”.

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JULY 1900.

The Paris Exhibition-Vulgarity the privilege of to-day-A

taste of arrangement—The unity of nations—The Exhibi-

tion, and after—The Republic's love of kings—The clou

of the Exhibition

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SEPTEMBER 1900.

Figureheads of emotion-Homage to Lafayette-Cromwell-

Grandison-Les nations alliées ---The French Revolution

in America—Belgium's levity-Political crime—The ex-

tradition of Anarchists

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OCTOBER 1900.

Clifford v. Grundy-Literary somnambulism-The criminal

plagiarist - A plea for plagiarism — Virgil — Molière and

Dumas—The masterpiece of the century-Miss Corelli's

genius—The Wicked Markiss-A portrait of the author

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