should be raised in memory of him, such fund to be devoted to pensions to old and distressed members of the trade; and on the 10th of "John February, 1885, two "John Francis Pensions Francis Pensions" were founded-one male pension of 20l. a year founded. and a female pension of 15% a year, in perpetuity.
A A'Beckett (A.) in 'Every Man in his Humour,' 528
Abell (Mrs. Elizabeth) and Napo- leon at St. Helena, 280 Abinger (James, 1st Lord), life by his son, 483
Academy, its foundation, 434 Adams (Henry J.), senior partner of Adams & Sons, death, 492 Adams (William James), publisher of Bradshaw's Guides, death, 313 Adams (William R.), his miniature aquarium, 272n.
Addison (Joseph) not the author of "When all Thy mercies," 447 Advertisements, in London Gazette, 239; in the Queen, 430n.; in the Glasgow Herald, 498; John Francis and the duty on, 548 Aeronautical Society founded, 190 Africa, Livingstone's discoveries, 34, 282, 315; fate of its explorers, 167; Dr. Baikie, 175; Stanley's discoveries, 386; death of Mrs. Petherick, 389 Agassiz (Alexander), founder of zoological laboratory at Rhode Island, 274
Ainsworth (Harrison), death, 493 Aird (Thomas), editor of the Dum- fries Herald, death, 369 Airy (Sir George Biddell), on earthquake in England, 161; on the Royal Society at Burlington House, 312
Akerman (John Yonge), first rail- way journalist, 313 Albert (Prince), opens Exhibition of Art Treasures at Manchester,
19; obituary, 141; Albert the Good and progress, 143, 209; Early Years,' 209; Sir T. Martin's 'Life,' 335, 440; political foresight, 414
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales,
his marriage, 151, 156; visit to India, 352; and co-operation, 412n.; chairman of Longfellow committee, 505
Alden (John), Pilgrim Father, ancestor of Longfellow, 503 Alexandra, Princess of Wales, 156 Alford (Henry), Dean of Canter- bury, his life, 304
Alice (Princess), her death, 406 Alison (Sir Archibald), death, 207 Allgemeine Zeitung, its character, 417
All the Year Round, its foundation,
89; Walter Thornbury a con- tributor, 363; death of W. H. Wills, 455; its first number, 529; C. Dickens, jun., editor, 532
Almanach de Gotha for 1867, 202 America, and Westminster Abbey, 506n.; Dickens's visit, 524 American books in the British Museum, 396n.
Analytical Society, its foundation, 65
Anderson (James U.), proprietor of the Orcadian, obituary, 334 Anderson (John P.) compiles Ros setti bibliography, 510 Anglo-Saxon, Dr. Bosworth's de- votion to, 361
Anstey (Thomas Chisholm), obi- tuary, 309
Anthropological Society, death of Sir G. Duncan Gibb, 368 Anti-Corn-Law League, 363 Apocrypha. See Bible. Appleton (Dr. C. E.), founder of the Academy, death, 434 Aquaria, public and private, history of, 271
Archer (Frederick Scot), inventor of collodion process, 19; sub- scription for his family, 20 Archers, Royal Company of, its history, 348
Arithmetic, Dean Peacock's his- tory of, 66
Army, flogging in, abolished, 107; "Scientific Organization" of, 249, 263
Arnold (Dr. Thomas), Dr. Brock's defence of, 398 Arrowsmith (John), geographer, death, 313
Arsenic for preserving paper, 383 Arthur, son of Henry VII., mar- riage with Katharine of Arragon, 153
Artists' Rifle Corps formed, 74 Art Journal, Mr. M. Huish editor, 450
Art Treasures at Manchester, 19 Arya-Samaj, new Theistic church in India, 416
Ashworth (Henry), death, 461 Asiatic Society of Japan founded, 320
Assyria, George Smith's discove-
ries, 337; the Temple of Belus, 357; death of G. Smith, 358 Astrological Society, its last sur- vivor, 360
Astronomical Society, Lord Wrot- tesley president, 214 Athenæum, half-yearly volumes issued, 53; price reduced to threepence, 137; comparison with 1833, 157; death of Charles Wentworth Dilke, 171; on lite- rature of Europe and America, 242; letters on Paris and the War-Scientific Organization
of the Army'-enlarged-Hep- worth Dixon resigns editorship
'Literature of the People,' 249; posted for a halfpenny, 258; Scientific Organization of the Army,' 263; Prof. De Mor- gan's contributions, 267; death of F. D. Maurice, 286; death of Mr. Holmes, 307; its proprie- tors, 307n.; on the Challenger expedition, 318; articles by Howard Staunton on corruptions in Shakspeare, 324; on London public libraries, 328; celebrated contributors to, 331; death of Dr. E. Lankester, 334; of George Finlay, 341; on the Prince of Wales in India, 352; death of Walter Thornbury, 362; Index Society suggested by, 388; ju- bilee of, 390; death of H. T. Riley, 408; of Hepworth Dixon, 435; John Francis's jubilee, 484; H. F. Chorley musical critic, 537; death of John Francis, 547 Augusta (Princess), marriage with the Duke of Brunswick, 49 Aunt Judy's Magazine, founded by Mrs. Gatty, 310
Australia, Paramatta Observatory founded by Sir T. M. Brisbane, 118; salmon in, 204; Col. War- burton's explorations, 331 Aytoun (Prof. W. E.), death, 188
Baikie (Dr. W. B.), African ex-
plorer, death, 175 Bain (Alexander), inventor of elec- tro-chemical telegraph, death, 389
Baines (Thomas), Lancashire writer, death, 492 Balcombe (Miss). See Abell. Ballad Society, 236; new editor, 421; Bagford Ballads,' 470 Bankers' Almanac, 314 Bankers' Magazine, 314 Bank of England, method of print- ing notes, 370
Banns, a princess's published, 47 Barlow (Dr. Henry Clark), Danto- philist, obituary, 367 Barnes (Joseph), Printer to the University of Oxford, 294 Barrow (Sir John), a founder of the Royal Geographical Society, 481 Barsukof (Nikolai), Sources of Russian Hagiography,' 500 Bates (H. W.) edits Col. Warbur ton's journals, 331
Bath, British Association at, 167 Bath Guardian founded, 257 Bathurst (Bishop Henry) ordains Dr. Stebbing, 390n. 'Battle of Dorking,' 276 Baxter (John Boyd), joint founder
of Dundee University, 498 Baxter (Mary Ann), joint founder of Dundee University, 498 Baxter (R. D.), 'National Debts,' 275
Bazaine (Marshal F. A.), his con- duct at Metz, 264 Beaconsfield (Lord). See Disraeli (Benjamin).
Beamish (Richard), 'Memoir of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel,' 147
Beavan (Mrs.), legacy for schools in Wales, 103
Beckford (William), Lord Mayor, 68
Beckford (William), of Fonthill, sketch of, 67; his villa in Por-
tugal, 308; original edition of 'Vathek,' 360
Beeton (S. O.), founder of the Queen, 430
Behan (Thomas L.), editor of Lon- don Gazette, death, 238 Beke (Dr. C. T.), death, 336 Belcher (Sir Edward), history of one of his ships, 20n.; action brought against him by Zadkiel, 322; death, 389
Bell (Prof. Graham), his articu- lating telephone, 379
Bell & Bradfute, William Black- wood apprenticed to, 421n. Bell & Daldy purchase Bohn's Libraries," 223
Bell & Sons, additions to Bohn's "Libraries," 223
Bellew (J. C. Montesquieu), death, 336
Belt (Thomas), traveller, death,
Benisch (Dr. Abraham), editor of Jewish Chronicle, death, 408 Bennett (James Gordon) sends search expedition for Living- stone, 281
Bennett (Dr. W. C.) on memorial to Longfellow, 505 Bennoch (Francis), hon. treasurer of Longfellow committee, 505 Bentinck (Lord George), Disraeli's 'Political Biography' of, 478 Bentley (George), joins the firm,
277; letter from Lord Lytton, 301; on Augustus Meves, 437 Bentley (Richard), publisher temp. Charles II., 278n.
Bentley (Richard), obituary, 276 Bentley (Richard), jun., joins the firm, 278 Bentley's Miscellany, prospectus drawn up by Dickens, 277; Tip- perary Hall papers, 407; first number, 523
Berlin, its honorary citizenship, 480 Bewick (Thomas), his advice to W. Harvey, 191 Bexley (Nicholas, Lord), presi-
dent of British and Foreign Bible Society, 106 Beyer (C. F.), legacy to Owens College, 290
Bible, few copies in Wales, 103; and the Apocrypha, 104; in Chinese, 105; number of copies issued, 106; right to print, 106, 296; Revised, published, 295; New Testament published in Chicago Times, 295n.; prices of Mazarine, 376n.; in Hindustani, 389; in the Caxton Exhibition, 394; first English translation, 395; revised by Joseph Gurney, 419; Longman's New Testa- ment, 420; in the Sunderland sale, 486; Polyglot, 506 Bible Class, 253
Bill (John), founder and printer of the London Gazette, 427 Billinge (Mary), alleged centena- rian, 483
Binney (Dr. Thomas), death, 336 Birch (Dr. Samuel) and the Cy- priote inscriptions, 359 Birdwood (Sir George) discovers old documents at the India Office, 346
Birmingham, Social Science Asso-
ciation at, 30; branch of Mudie's Library, 122; centenary of Old Library, 431 Birrell (Charles M.), 'Life of Dr. Brock,' 398
Bismarck (Prince von), on the French negotiations for peace, 262; honorary citizen of Berlin, 480
Black (Adam), obituary, 316; Mac- aulay's friendship, 522 Black (A. & C.), Encyclopædia Britannica' dinner, 132 'Black Book,' sale of, 354 "Black Friday," 190 Blackie (John), publisher, death, 336
Blackwood (John), obituary, 421 Blackwood (William), life of, 421n. Blackwood's Magazine, Battle of
Boscawen (W. St. C.) on Cyprus, 399
Boswell (James), 'Life of Johnson,' Croker's edition, 515
Bosworth (Dr. Joseph), Professor of Anglo-Saxon, obituary, 361 Botanical Register, 186 Botany, its advancement by Brown, 54; by Lindley, 185, 186; Jussieu's method, 343 Boutell (Rev. Charles), archæo- logist, death, 390
Bowerbank (Dr. J. S.), death, 389 Bowring (Sir John), death, 299 Boyd (Sir William), of Edinburgh, death, 353 Bradbury & Evans, George Smith
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