Bacon (Lord Verulam), his theory of Greek mythology, cxxxix. 428; his definition of natural theology, 442 note
(Sir Nicholas, 1510-1579), his advice to Elizabeth against Scotland, cxxiv. 498
Bactria, or Balkh, the earliest capital in Central Asia, cxxxv. 13; pri- mitive epithet of, ib.
Bactrian Greeks, sculptures by, in the Punjab, cxxx. 503; their reign in Orissa, 504; conquest of Cut- tack, 507
Badeau (Colonel), his military his- tory of General Grant, cxxix. 230-
Bahadoor (Sir Jung), his offer of Nepalese animals to the Zoological Gardens, cxi, 166
Baillie (Joanna, 1762-1851), her play on the passion of Hate, cxix. 336
Bailly (Jean Silvain, 1736-1793), his calm demeanour before his execution, cxxv. 313
Bain (Alexander), his confused use
of psychological terms, cxxxvii. 501 Baker (Sir Samuel White, b. 1821), his exploration of the Albert Ny- anza, cxxiv. 151; his literary powers, ib.; his intrepidity, 152; chivalrous character of his narra- tive, 154; preliminary travels on the Atbara and Blue Nile, 155; from Khartoum to Gondokoro, 157; his escort mutinies, 158; meets Speke and Grant at Gondo- koro, ib. his object to explore the lake Luta N'zigé, 159; dis- covers the Albert Nyanza, ib.; the real discoverer of the source of the Nile, ib.; his journey to Ma- gungo, 160; disarms the muti- neers, 161; description of the La- tookas, 164; threatened night attack, 165; his low estimate of African character, 166; sketch of the Makkarikas, 167; the Obbo
country, 168; first news of the Albert Nyanza, ib.; reaches the Victoria Nile, 169; his crossing described, 170; reception at Unyoro, ib.; his wife demanded by King Kamrasi, 173; march from M'rooli to Vacovia, 174; his wife dangerously ill, ib.; canoe coast- ing on the Victoria Nyanza, 176; arrives at Magungo, 177; journey back to Khartoum, 179; passage of the Cataracts, 180; his sum- mary of his researches, 181; Sir R. Murchison's theory of a central plateau confirmed, 182; general results of his enterprise, 183; on the suppression of slave-traffic, ib. Balduccio Giovanni, his monument of St. Peter Martyr at Milan, cxxi. 529
Baldwin I. (Emperor of Constanti- nople, 1172-1205), his coronation, cxxi. 484
88; their small historical value, 89; allusions often insignificant, 90; chief repositories of, 91; their coarseness from Charles II. to George I., 92; their insipidity and want of humour, 93; their per- fection under George III., ib.; growth of the political ode, 96; imperfect power of language under Charles I., 97; lampoons of the Restoration, 99; superiority of the Jacobite poems, 107; they owe their existence to tradition, 110; many of them not authentic, 111
Ballanche (M.), his intimacy with
Madame Récamier, cxi. 234; his personal appearance, ib. Ballarat (Australia), prosperity of
the town, cxvii. 105; deep-sinking system of gold-mining at, 107 Ballinahinch, defeat of the Irish rebels at, cxxxix. 504 Ballot, the, decreasing importance
of the question of, cxii. 266; ill- founded pretensions to novelty, 267; classical references to, 268 note; its practical results discussed, ib.; bribery by results, 270; possible methods of indirect cor- ruption, 271; viewed as a remedy for coercion, 272; only a very small minority require protection, 274; scrutiny by Parliament im- possible, ib.; secrecy of voting nugatory with public discussion, 278; dangers of political apathy among voters, 282; bribery in America not prevented by, 283; electoral abuses of, in France, 284; isolation of the individual caused by, is destructive of popular liberty, 286; public opinion the cure for electoral corruption, ib.; bribery should be punished crimi- nally, 287
Sir G. C. Lewis's statement of arguments on, cxviii. 144
introduction of, into Aus-
tralia, cxxi. 360; its working ex- amined, 361-364
Ballot, popular misconceptions of, cxxxi. 540; usage in Illinois, 541; no provisions for scrutiny at New York, ib.; Mr. Hankel's evidence as to South Carolina, 542; secrecy not contemplated by Americans, 544; corruption possible with secret voting, 546; personation in America, 547; summary of the system there, ib.; British notions of, unknown in America, ib.; com- mittee of 1870 on, ib.; loose cus- tody of ballot-boxes in France, 551; M. Chevalier on, ib.; in Germany and Italy, 552; secrecy evaded in Greece, 553; recent test ballots in England, 554; secrecy not yet secured, ib.; ques- tion of official honesty, ib.; ama- teur ballot-box, 555; no evidence of votes without publicity, 557; committee insist on complete secrecy, ib.; Mr. Leatham's Bill, 558; futility of attempted secrecy in Ireland, 560; promotes no se- curity but that of lying without detection, 561; prospects of cor- ruption, 562; would conflict with national habits, 563; the refuge of defeated Toryism, 565; retro- grade character of, ib.; failure of repressive legislation, 566
evils anticipated from, in Ireland, cxxxiii. 520
the Bill of 1871 rejected by the Lords, cxxxiv. 583; present need of, examined, 584 Baltic Provinces, the, cxxxii. 46; early history of, 47; connexion with Sweden, 48, 49; Baltic Con- federation restored, 50; prosperity under Alexander I., ib.; climate and population, ib.; character of peasantry, 51; fertility of Curland, ib.; description of Riga, 52; ob- stacles to progress in Esthland, 54; vicious system of Nicholas, 54;
early reforms of Alexander II., 55; Livonian Diet of 1862, 56; Kat- koff, 57; Muravieff's system, 59; attacks by the Moscow party, 61; intolerant enactments, ib.; delud- ing promises to the peasants, 62; misplaced proselytism to the Greek Church, ib.; law of mixed mar- riages, ib.; insults to Lutherans, 63; anti-German school-system,ib.; forced introduction of the Russian language, 64; foreign intervention hopeless, 65; Moscow crusade against heterodox boundary pro- vinces, 66; Schirren's answer to Juri Samarin, ib.; petition of Diet of Livland refused, 67 Balzac (Honoré de, b. 1799), Goethe's remark on his novels, cxv. 257 Bamberger (Herr), his excellent biography of Bismarck, cxxx. 418 Bamboos, cultivation of, in England recommended, cxxx. 474 Banana-tree, recent cultivation of, for fruit, cxxx. 469; the Musa Ensete, ib. Bancroft (Richard, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1544-1610), his col- lection of the Book of Canons, cxl. 439; his sacerdotal theories,
of its suspension, 249; objections thereto, 250
Banking. See Currency Bankruptcy Act (1861), the, cxx. 588
Bankes (W. J.), his evidence in favour of German frescoes at Westminster, cxxiii. 11 Banks (Sir Joseph, 1743-1820), his connexion with the Royal Institu- tion, cxxxv. 330-339; described by Sir C. Bell, 411
Banks (Federal general), his scheme for reducing Louisiana, cxxi. 265 Bannatyne Club, the, cxii. 495 note its publications reviewed,
average number of its im- pressions, cxxv. 232
Bannockburn, battle of (1314), a touchstone of national sentiment, CXV. 5
Bernard de Linton's Latin poem on, cxx. 323 Baptism, the sacrament compared with the Eucharist, cxxxvi. 283 Baptismal Controversy, the, cxxxviii. 48; false assumptions therein, ib. Baptismal Service, the, objections to, cxiii. 24; optional use of office of private baptism recommended, 27
the most fruitful cause of dis- sent, cxxvi. 505; proposed change in the Rubric, 506: objections to the Sponsorial system, ib.; vicarial professions not adopted in the Eastern Church, 508 and note; option of service for private baptism recommended, ib. Baptists, their ground of dissent,
cxxxvii. 201; their past services to the Church of England, 213 Bar, Duchy of, cession of, to France,
cxii. 75; Leopold of Lorraine. renders homage for, 80
'Barb,' the word in Shakspeare ex- plained, cxxxvi, 369
Barbadoes, condition of negroes in,
Barbauld (Mrs., 1743-1825), her poem entitled '1811,' cxxx. 533 Barberini, Maffei. See Urban VIII. Barbican, the, a military post in early London, cxxxi. 159; its me- diæval history, 169 Barbosa
(Augustin, Bishop of Ugento,1590-1649), his plagiarism of Cicero's De Officiis, exxiv. 357 Barcelona, architectural interest of, cxxii. 169
Bards, the, the professed descendants of the Druids (see Druids), cxviii. 61; first mentioned by Lucan, ib.; ranked among the Germans by Tacitus, 62; the Bardic system in Wales not supported by history, 63; obscurity of their place in history, 70
Baree Doab Canal, the, cxvii. 21 Baretti (Joseph, 1716-1789), his hostility to Mrs. Piozzi, cxiii. 522 Bareilly, Rohilla outbreak at, in 1816 promptly suppressed, cxxiv. 336
Barkly (Sir Henry, b. 1815), on gold- mining in Victoria, cxvii. 115
his able administration at the Cape, cxxxiv.433–448. See Africa, South Barlaam (d. 1348), his denunciation of the 'Ομφαλοψύχοι, cxxi. 490 Barnave (Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie, 1761-1793), his remark on the death of Foulon, cxxiv. 344; his reparation thereof, ib. Barneveldt (Johann van Olden, 1567 -1619), Mr. Motley's History of, cxl. 107; claims to the Duchy of Cleves, 108; his rival Prince Maurice, 111; his personal ap- pearance, 112; early life and edu- cation, ib.; Advocate of the pro- vince of Holland, 113; his em- bassy to Henry IV., ib.; barren overtures to England, 119; his zeal for the Protestant cause, ib.; declares with the Remonstrants against a Synod, 121; enmity of
the Stadtholder, 122; and of James I., ib. ; redeems the English mort- gage, 125; beginning of the Thirty Years' War, ib.; his hopes of an English alliance, 127; hostility with Maurice respecting the Sy- nod,129; assailed by pamphleteers, 130; his letter of explanation to the Prince, ib.; interview with him at Utrecht, 133; his arrest, ib. its illegal character, 136; his trial, ib.; sentence and execution, 140-142; punishment of his family,
Barnsbury (London), etymology and early history of, cxxxi. 166 and
Baroni (Leonora), her singing ad- mired by Milton, cxi. 345. Barristers, origin and meaning of the word, cxxxiv. 489; Inner and Outer, 493; former course of pre- paration for the bar, 498; Regula- tions of 1869, 503; costume de- rived from the clergy, 505; duties of advocacy defined, ib. 506
precedency respecting briefs, CXXXV. 527
Barros (de), his work on the sources of the Nile, cxviii. 218 note Barrow (Isaac, 1630-1677), enters Cambridge at thirteen, cxxv. 59 'Barry Cornwall' (pseudonym for Mr. Procter), his memories of Charles Lamb, cxxiv. 261; his personal reminiscences, 267 Barry (Sir Charles), his conception of Gothic architecture, cxxxi. 410 Barry (Madame du, 1744-1793), her
advent to Court, cxxv. 509; her low origin, 510; procures the dis- missal of Choiseul, ib. Bartlett (Mr.), his rock-piercing apparatus, cxxii. 129 Bashan, Mr. Freshfield on the 'Giant
Cities' of, cxxx. 338
Basque Country, the, cxix. 369; pe- culiarities of its literature, ib.; geographical limits of, 370; Lord
'Carnarvon's admiration of the Spanish Basques, 371; grammatical system of their language, 372; fanciful derivations of certain words, 373; popular superstitions, 374; pathetic tone of their literature, 376; proverbs, 377; their love of dramatic representations, 378; their historical tragedies, 380; their alleged discovery of America, 383; character of their humour, 385; their addiction to smuggling, 386; gipsy life in, 387;
the custom of the 'Couvade,' 388 Bastwick (Dr. John, b. 1593), works of, suppressed, cxxxiv. 184, 185 Bateman (Mr. J. F.), his Metropolis Water Supply,' exxiii. 384; advocates introduction of water from North Wales, 414, 415; details of his scheme, ib.-418; his water supply of Glasgow, 420
his survey of the river Plata, cxxxix. 467; his action against M. Révy, ib. note Battersea, etymology of, cxxxi. 160 Bavaria, hop plantations in, cxvi. 497; mode of hop-picking, 498; annual consumption of beer in, 499
Frederick the Great's campaign in, cxxiii. 507, 518
tobacco-monopoly imposed by France, cxxv. 319; defection from Bonaparte, 320 Baxter (Richard, 1618-1619), his lines on Church Councils, cxxx. 299; on the authority of Popes and Councils, 317
Bayeux tapestry, the, historical im
portance of, cxxi. 14; earliest known heraldic arms on, 333 Bayle (Peter, 1647-1706), character of his intellect, cxxi. 440; his work Contrains-les d'entrer,' 441 St. Beuve's criticism of,
groundwork of his system of religion, cxxxix. 420
Bayley (Mr.), his 'History of the Tower,' cxv. 303; his solution of the murder of Clarence, ib. Bayswater, etymology of, cxxxi. 161 Beach (Sir Michael Hicks, b. 1837), his Irish policy in 1874, cxl. 582 Beacons, number of, on the British coast, cxv. 183
Beale (Dr. Lionel S.), his works on Protoplasm and Disease-germs, cxxxvi. 216
Beaton (David, Cardinal, 1494
1546), English complicity in his
murder, cxxvi. 258 Beaulieu (Colonel Treuille de), his services to rifled ordnance in France, cxix. 499 note; his report on arms at the Great Exhibition, 528.and note
Beaumont (M. Elie de), on the geological age of the Moulin-Quignon beds, cxviii. 274, 275; on the encroachment of river deltas into the sea, 288
(Gustave de), his edition of De Tocqueville's remains, cxiii. 427
on the historical causes of Irish emigration, cxix. 284; mistaken as to proselytism in the national schools in Ireland, 285 note; his views as to its population, 288; his misstatements as to the competition for land, 290
his complete edition of de Tocqueville's works, exxii. 456; additional papers published by him therein, ib.
Beauty, Canon of, in Greek Art, cxl.
168; works thereon, ib.; ancient Greek statues, 169; difficulties of analysing their ideal, ib. ; physiognomy and pathognomy, 171, 172; laws of symmetry, 175, 178; hypothesis of Dr. Liharzik, 179; ethnological influences on proportion, 180; supposed harmonies of number in symmetry, 182, 183: Mr. Hay's analogy of the musical
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