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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908. Excerpt: ... INDEX TO LETTERS ABBOTT, Dr. E. A., interest of, in University extension, 268 Abridging, value of, 96 Action of Aqueous Vapour on Radiant Heat, article on, by Tyndall for Nature, 268 Adair, Colonel, 130-1 Adam Bede, by George Eliot, 119, a work of genius, 182 Africa Central, non-submergence of, Baker's theory on, 275, 276 Agassiz, the younger, 274 Ainger, Canon Alfred, articles by, 18 and note, letter to, on Palgrave's Golden Treasury, 92 Airy, Osmund, letter to, on the character of Mary Stuart, 262-3 Airy, (Sir) G. B., Astronomer Royal, 253, letter to, book invited from, 75 Albert Nyanza, The, by Sir Samuel Baker, 203 and note, 204 Aldis, T. A., letter to, on an allegory by him, 148-9 Alexander, Mrs., " Hymns " by, 153, 159; letter to, on editing a selection of Sunday Poetry for Children, 153, 155 Alford, Dean, book by, on Gambling, 93; portrait of, by Dickin-son, 45 Alkamah, by W. G. Palgrave, 280 Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, (Rev. C. L. Dodgson), 287-8, and see 260, 263-4 All Fools' Day dinners, 225, 240 All the Year Round, 20 Allingham, William, letter to, on advertisements, 168 Allon, Rev. Henry, D.D. editor, British Quarterly Review, letter to, on books for review, 222 Allusions instead of statements deprecated, (to Westcott), 189 America, article on by Bucklandr--why disapproved of, 232-3 possible warwith, 100, Fields cited on, 195 visit to, 202, 230 aims of, 230, 237 impressions and experiences during, 231, 232, 234, 239, 241, "stateliest and most rhythmic country in the world," 233 places visited during, 241 America and the Americans, (to MacLehose), 201-2 and Germany, corresponding class of booksellers in, 223-4 American Civil War, Dicey's articles during, 102, 107-8, 116 American Civil War, English sympathy with Northern aims, (to Fiel...
