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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-

256

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

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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,

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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,

cxv. 1

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,

CXV. 43

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,

ib.

Barnsbury (London), etymology and
early history of, cxxxi. 166 and

note

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;

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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,

cxxxii. 138

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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