THE

VICTORIAN

REVIEW.

EDITED BY H. MORTIMER FRANKLYN.

VOL. III.

NOVEMBER 1880, TO APRIL 1881.

MELBOURNE:
THE VICTORIAN REVIEW PUBLISHING CO, LIMITED,

FLINDERS LANE WEST.

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IDEALISM IN A PRACTICAL ASPECT. By Edward Percy Field

ON MODERN METHODS OF TEACHING ANCIENT SUBJECTS. By Professor

H. A. Strong

14

THE TRANSMISSION OF LIGHT AND SOUND. By T. Wakelin, B.A. 19

SCHOOLS OF AGRICULTURE. By Richard Bennett

27

THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND CULTURE (No. 2). By Thomas Laver 31

NATURE'S SCAVENGERS. By James Smith

42

Was BACON SHAKESPEARE? By R. C. C.

54

THE SUPREME COURT AND THE PRESS IN NEW South Wales. By John

Warde

71

THE SONG OF ROLAND. By Rev. M. Watson, S.J.

83

NOTES FROM FIJI. By a Correspondent

93

THE COMING AUSTRALIAN. By James F. Hogan

102

THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND AMALGAMATION. By J. W. J..

110

THE GOSPEL OF Dirt. By Rev. W. H. Fitchett

120

THE CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT OF GREAT BRITAIN, EUROPE AND THE

UNITED STATES

131

THE EDUCATION QUESTION. By Professor Charles H. Pearson, M.L.A. 141

ASTRONOMY AND THE JEWISH FESTIVAL. By Richard A. Proctor 156

THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN SETTLEMENT. By John B. Laing

166

THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN VICTORIA. By W. Jardine Smith 178

PHILOLOGICAL GIVING AND TAKING. By Miss C. H. Spence

194

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF MELBOURNE, 1880. By James

Smith

210

HERODOTUS AND MACAULAY. By R. Colonna-Close .

227

TURKEY AND THE TURKS (No. 1). By a Correspondent

242

THE NON-PERSONALITY OF SHAKESPEARE. By G. Smith Travers 253

THE MINAH BIRD. By Joshua Lake, B.A.

259

THE CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT OF GREAT BRITAIN, EUROPE AND THE

UNITED STATES.

260

THE EDUCATION QUESTION: A REPLY. By the Right Reverend Lord

Bishop of Melbourne

271

THE STRENGTH OF ISOLATION. By Francis Myers

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EDUCATION AND BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. By James Jamieson, M.D. 295

A FEW WORDS IN REPLY TO MR. HOGAN'S “ COMING AUSTRALIAN."

By H. Ling Roth

313

AN AUSTRALIAN CHRISTMAS. By James F. Hogan

316

SOLAR HEAT. By P. W. Wilson

317

THE STUDY OF MODERN LANGUAGES IN VICTORIA. By Otto Müller, 328

CHEAP FREIGHTS AND COLONIAL INDUSTRIES. By George S. Griffiths 336

TURKEY AND THE TURKS (No. 2). By a Correspondent

356

THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. By G. B. Barton

370

INTERCOLONIAL AGREEMENT. By Hon. Sir Henry Parkes, K.C.M.G. 377

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