CONTENTS. 



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 VIPERS AND SNAKES GENERALLY, 7 



WHITE OF SELBORNE ON THE VIPER, 10 



WHITE OF SELBORNE ON SNAKES, 17 



SNAKES SWALLOWING THEIR YOUNG, 23 



SNAKES SWALLOWING THEIR YOUNG, 25 



SNAKES CHARMING BIRDS, . 30 



MR. FRANK BUCKLAND ON ENGLISH SNAKES, .... 31 

 MR. GOSSE ON THE JAMAICA BOA SWALLOWING HER YOUNG, . 33 



AMERICAN SNAKES, 36 



AMERICAN SCIENCE CONVENTION ON SNAKES, ... 36 



CHARLES WATERTON AS A NATURALIST, .... 39 



ROMANISM, 49 



JOHN STUART MILL : A STUDY. 



HIS RELIGION, 69 



HIS EDUCATION, 82 



" A CRISIS IN HIS HISTORY, ... 90 



" " HIS WIFE, 97 



" " MILL AND SON, 105 



SIMSON'S HISTORY OF THE GIPSIES, in 



MR. BORROW ON THE GIPSIES, 112 



THE SCOTTISH CHURCHES AND THE SOCIAL EMANCIPATION 



OF THE GIPSIES 150 



WAS JOHN BUNYAN A GIPSY ?* 157 



THE DUKE OF ARGYLL ON THE PRESERVATION OF THE 



JEWS 161 



INDEX 171 



APPENDIX. 



I. JOHN BUNYAN AND THE GIPSIES, . . . . .183 



II. MR. FRANK BUCKLAND AND WHITE OF SELBORNE, . 187 



III. MR. FRANK BUCKLAND ON THE VIPER, . . . .192 



IV. THE ENDOWMENT OF RESEARCH 199 



