of the conspirators, 342; even Mr. Froude acquits Mary of any know-
ledge of the origin of the conspiracy, 342; his account of her reply to
the conspirators, 343; the conspiracy is revealed to Walsingham, 344;
arrest of Babington and four others, 345; question as to Walsingham's
approval of the conspiracy, 345; and as to Mary's, 346; infamous
conduct of Gifford, 347; F. Morris's exposure of Mr. Froude's inaccuracies,
349; nefarious character of Paulet, 351; further proofs of Mr. Froude's
untrustworthiness, 352; Phillipps, the decipherer, 354; his unscrupulous-
ness, 356; complicity between him and Gifford, 357; Walsingham must
have known of their machinations, 358; Mr. Froude's wilful ignoring
of facts, 359; Did Mary approve of the plot? 360; the proof rests
entirely upon Babington's letter and her reply to it, 360; proofs of her
ignorance of a portion of it, 361; the forged postscript, 365; F. Morris's
comments upon it, 366; Mr. Froude's theory respecting it, 368; it will
not bear investigation, 369; his suppression of a passage of Mary's letter
to Babington, 370; text of the criminatory letter, 371; Mary merely
plotted for her escape, 372; if she had approved of the design against
Elizabeth she would have mentioned it in her letter, 373; failure of the
design to implicate Mary in a plot against the life of Elizabeth, 374;
proofs of the forgery, 375; impossibility of doing full justice to the
subject in a critical essay, 378.
Baur (Miss Ellen) Life of Anne Catherine Emmerich, noticed, 531.
Beale (Lionel S., M.B.) Bioplasm: a Contribution to the Physiology of Life,
noticed, 226.
Belcari (Feo) Life of B. Giovanni Colombini, noticed, 530.
Bowles (Miss Emily), The Three Kings and other Poems, noticed, 256.
Bree (C. R., M.D.), Fallacies of Darwinism, noticed, 240.
Breitmann (Hans), Ballads, reviewed, 64.
Burton (J. H.), The History of Scotland from Agricola's Invasion to the
Revolution of 1688, reviewed, 336.
CADDELL (MISS CECILIA), Summer Talks about Lourdes, noticed, 535.
Carlisle (Mr. T.), The Unprofessional Vagabond, reviewed, 29.
CASTANIZA'S SPIRITUAL CONFLICT AND CONQUEST, 119-132: English Ca-
tholic literature in the seventeenth century, 120; sterling value of the
works then printed, 120; special interest of the present re-issue, 120;
the "Spiritual Conflict" and the "Spiritual Combat," 121; contro-
versy as to the authorship of the latter, 121; great number of early
editions, 122; character of Canon Vaughan's edition, 125; great value
of the "Spiritual Combat" as a religious manual, 126; whoever first
wrote it many subsequent editors added to and improved it, 127; the
"Spiritual Conquest," 129; its highly devotional character, 130;
Canon Vaughan's Notes and Preface, 131.
Castiniza (Dom J.), The Spiritual Conflict and Conquest, reviewed, 119.
CHURCH MUSIC, 508-521: Comments upon the article "Plain-Chant,”
509; what might be done to reconcile conflicting opinions, 509;
example of a town mission church with its paid choir, 509 ; introduction
of a surpliced choir, and successful endeavour to induce the congregation
to join in the singing, 510; commendatory notices of the press, 511;
the excellence of Webbe's Motetts for chapel choirs, 512; Plain-Chant,
as a rule, liked by neither congregation nor choir, 512; the choir at S.
Chad's Cathedral, 514; imperfect editing of the Ratisbon Gradual, 514;
the Council of Trent on ecclesiastical music, 515; although florid music
is forbidden in churches, yet Plain-Chant is not absolutely enjoined,
516; the school children should be instructed so that they might assist
the choir, 517; Plain-Chant suitable in churches with large, well-
trained choirs, 518; opinions against its exclusive use, 519; the practical
side of the question, 519.
Coleridge (Rev. F.), The Dialogues of S. Gregory the Great, noticed, 223.
Concilio (Rev. J. De), Catholicity and Pantheism, noticed, 251.
Constitutio Dogmatica Prima de Ecclesiâ Christi, reviewed, 1.
Correspondence: Plain-Chant, 537.
DAILY PRESS (THE) of September 23-4-5, 1874, reviewed, 378.
Dame Dolores and other Stories, noticed, 250.
DE VERE'S (MR. AUBREY) "ALEXANDER THE GREAT," 412-440: Supe-
riority of this poem over Mr. De Vere's former works, 412; the figure
of Alexander the Great in history, 412; the poet's conception of his
character, 413; value of the preface to the poem, 413; Alexander's
ambitious project, 414; his danger from his unmeasured self-will, 415;
influence upon him of the various religions which he encountered, 415;
his supposed interview with the high-priest at Jerusalem, 416; the
poem in spirit and in incident thoroughly Greek, 416; Alexander's
address to the mutinous Greek soldiery at Opis, 417; its grand eloquence,
419; the episode of Philotas's treason and the execution of Parmenio,
420; the affection of Hephestion for Alexander the key-note of the
poem, 422; the fretful description of Alexander by Parmenio, 423;
first appearance of Alexander upon the scene, 424; his apostrophe to
Achilles, 425; Mr. De Vere's exquisite delineation of the character of
Hephestion, 426; the beautiful soliloquy of Hephestion, 429; the plot
of Phylax against him, 429; his death, 430; Alexander's grief, 431;
masterly beauty of the first four acts, 432; description of Alexander at
the zenith of his fortunes, 433; the "triply-altered" king, 435; the
fifth act, its skilful construction, the taking up of the strain heard
through the first, 436; paraphrase of the Song of the Captivity, 436;
the last illness of the king, 437; beauty of the closing scene, 438; the
queen's prophetic soliloquy, 440; on the probable inappreciation of the
poem by non-Catholics, 440; the confusion of creeds as great in the
present day as when Alexander died, 440.
De Vere (Aubrey), Alexander the Great, a dramatic poem, reviewed, 412.
Discours de M. le Duc de Broglie devant le 28me Commission d'initiative,
8 Juillet, 1874, reviewed, 132.
Dods (M., D.D.), The Works of Aurelius Augustine, Bishop of Hippo,
noticed, 211.
EXAMINATION (AN) OF MR. HERBERT SPENCER'S PSYCHOLOGY, 476-508:
Mr. John Stuart Mill the representative of one school of modern philo-
sophy and Mr. Herbert Spencer of another, 476; the growing influence
of the latter, 476; the great care required in a review of his work, 476;
its faulty arrangement, 477; the nervous system, 478; on the mobility
of animals, 479; the largest mass of brain not necessarily the greatest
intellect, 480; the structure of the nervous system, 481; the irrelevant
character of many of Mr. Spencer's remarks, 482; his definition of psy-
chology, 483; the functions of the nervous system, 483;
the power of
continuous mental action in man and in some of the lower animals, 485 ;
Mr. Spencer's method of describing the functions of the nervous system,
488; nervous stimulation and nervous discharge, 489; conditions of
nervous action, 489; æstho-physiology, 489; on self-cognition, 491;
Mr. Spencer's failure to distinguish between thought and feeling, 492;
scope of physiology, 494; what Mr. Spencer means by physiology, 495;
the substance of mind, 497; no consciousness of difference without
comparison, 498; of the emotions of which consciousness is built up,
500.
FAITH AND FREE THOUGHT, noticed, 214.
FALL (THE) OF THE DUC DE BROGLIE AND THE CRISIS IN FRANCE,
132 -159: The Assembly at Bordeaux in 1870, 133; deplorable state of
France at that time, 133; M. Thiers called to power, 134; subserviencv
of all parties to his will, 134; the Republican form of Government
preserved, 135; M. Thiers' leaning towards the Left, 136; consequent
activity of the Revolutionary Party, 137; it establishes a propagandism
of socialist doctrines, 137; M. Thiers' interference with the debates of
the Assembly, 138; he is obliged to resign, and is succeeded by Marshal
MacMahon, 138; character and attitude of the Duc de Broglie,
the new Premier, 139; Conservative action of the new Cabinet, 140 ;
conduct of the Legitimist Party, 141; the violent language of
the ultra-Legitimist Press, 142; the reconciliation between the Comte
de Chambord and the Comte de Paris, 142; hopes among the Royalists
to restore the Monarchy, 144; increasing public feeling on the question,
115; state of Parties in the Assembly, 145; speech of M. de Falloux,
146; result of the deputation to Frohsdorf, 147; the Comte de Cham-
bord's Letter, 148; its effect in France, 148; and upon the majority in
the Assembly, 149; constitution of the Septennate, 150; discussions
among the Conservatives, 151; policy of the Duc de Broglie, 151; he
attempts to curb the municipal excesses in the country, 151; the Ultra-
Legitimists, 152; the injury they have done to their own cause, 153;
their policy at the present day a counterpart of that of 1821 and 1830,
154; the overthrow of the Duc de Broglie's Government, 155; the
popularity of MacMahon, 156; the question of the Flag, 156; the
Comte de Chambord's appeal to the French nation, 157; regret at the
Count's decision respecting the Flag, 158; dangerous state of France, 158.
Favre (Jules), the Government of the National Defence from the 30th of
June to the 30th of October, 1872, noticed, 247.
Few Words (A) from Lady Mildred's Housekeeper, noticed, 251.
Flandre (Charles de), History of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, reviewed,
336.
Formby, (Henry), Sacrum Septenarium; or, the Seven Gifts of the Holy
Ghost, noticed, 535.
Franco (Rev. F.), Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, noticed, 534.
Frey (D. Heinrich), The Microscope and Microscopical Technology, noticed,
246.
Froude (J. A., M.A.), History of England, from the Fall of Wolsey to the
Defeat of the Spanish Armada, reviewed, 336.
GARSIDE (C. B., M.A.), Blessed Margaret Mary Alacocque, noticed, 221.
-, Helpers of the Holy Souls, noticed, 222.
Glory and Sorrow, and Selim, the Pasha of Salonica, noticed, 258.
Godard (M. l'Abbé), Les Principes de '89 et la Doctrine Catholique,
reviewed, 259.
Graduale de Tempore et de Sanctis, juxta Ritum Sacro-Sancta Romanæ
Ecclesia, reviewed, 172.
Greenwood (James), In Strange Company, being the experiences of a Roving
Correspondent, reviewed, 29.
Guéranger (Dom), Sainte Cécile et la Société Romaine des deux premiers
Siècles, noticed, 312.
HERBERT (LADY), Life of Mary Cherubina Clare of S. Francis, noticed, 530.
Holmes (O. Wendell), The Poet at the Breakfast Table, reviewed, 64.
Hosack (J.), Mary Queen of Scots and her Accusers, noticed, 207; re-
viewed, 336.
Humphrey (Rev. F.), Mr. Fitzjames Stephen and Cardinal Bellarmine,
noticed, 206.
INFIDELITY (THE) OF THE DAY.-THE NEW SCHEME OF CATHOLIC HIGHER
EDUCATION, 441-475: Opening of the Catholic University College, 441;
rapid advance of Atheism in Great Britain among all classes, 442; why
the infidelity of the nineteenth century is more dangerous than that of
the eighteenth, 443; belief in an Infinite being innate in man, 444 ;
the phenomena of English unbelief, 444; Atheism cannot be effectively
resisted except on Catholic principles, 445; the Bishop's Pastoral on
the subject, 445; scientific knowledge not opposed to religious belief,
446; F. Klentgen on man's knowledge of God, 447; inductive
science a worthy study, 450; Atheistic arguments, except to a few, for-
bidden by the Church, 452; and even to that few, if they are confirmed
atheists, no argument would be conclusive, 453; English opinion in
the present day adverse to Theism, 455; although the arguments in
favour of Theism are powerful, unless they generate undoubting con-
viction they will fail, 456; want of candour in atheists, 456; summary
of our remarks on Theism, 457; probable reply of the atheist, 457 ;
the line of our argument, 458; the practical lesson enforced on Catholics
by the Pastoral, 460; Protestants can give no effective help in the pre-
sent conflict towards resistance, 461; rejection of certitude as to re-
vealed truth leads to rejection of certitude as to natural religion, 462 ;
the religious future of England depends upon the Catholics, 464; de-
plorable inefficiency of what they have yet done, 465; some Catholic
organization is absolutely necessary, 466; the new College will, by
degrees, inevitably afford this organization, 468; the success which may
be hoped for when the College is in full activity, 469; great complete-
ness with which the Rector has set about his immediate work, 471;
the College will supply a long-felt want, 472; weakness of current
objections to the new College, 473; the existing outburst of Atheism
should have been no surprise to Catholics, 474.
JOHN WESLEY AND THE RISE OF METHODISM, 87-118: On the origin and
causes of all great popular movements, 87; condition of society in the
period during which Methodism arose, 88; to the hypocritical sternness
of the Puritans had succeeded the profligacy of the Stuarts, 88; the low
state to which society had fallen, judging from the pictures of Hogarth,
89; degraded state of the English Church Establishment, 90; English
Catholics at the time, 91; Wesley's family and early life, 92; the reso-
lute character of his mother, 93; supposed supernatural phenomena at
Epworth, 94; Wesley's early religious influences, 95; his educational
studies, 96; his careful selection of acquaintances, 97; beginnings of
Methodism, 97; origin of the term "Methodist," 98; Wesley's scheme
of self-examination, 99; critical remarks upon it, 100; his expedition
to Georgia, 101; he fails to convert the Indians, 102; love affair with
Miss Hopkey, 103; the match is broken off, and later on he marries a
widow, 104; he visits the Moravians in Germany, 105; effect of that
sect upon Wesley, 106; he resumes his leadership in London, 108; the
improvement he wrought upon individuals, 109; his spiritual pride,
111; difficulties with the Anglican bishops, 112; he takes to field
preaching, 113; reasons for his split with the Moravians, 114; his
quarrel with the Calvinists, 115; character of Methodism as a heresy,
117; Bishop Lavington's work on religious manifestations, 117; affinity
in Wesley's mind to Catholicism, 118.
LAVINGTON (Bishop), The Enthusiasm of Methodists and Papists considered,
reviewed, 87.
Lives of SS. Veronica Guiliani and Blessed Battista Varani, noticed, 532.
LONDON POOR And London WORK, 29-53: The time for writing the history
of a country in a chivalric manner long past, 29; in its temporal aspect
the present age possesses many advantages over the past, 30; on the
relations between rich and poor, 30; the distress caused by the dissolu-
tion of the monastic houses, 31; the abuse of the monastic system of
relief, 32; increase in the number of vicious poor, 32; character of Mr.
Greenwood's work, 33; the Golden-lane mission, 34; Mr. Orsman's
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