Fortnightly Review notes on China, philosophy, and world affairs
The issue discusses China's potential under strong governance for stability and trade, critiques social barriers with Chinese merchants, and surveys missions. It reviews Comte, Jules Ferry, Jewish philosophy, and English reactions, plus essays on ethics, psychology, and political economy. It condemns Russian cruelty and Latin Europe's liberal debates.
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England
China
Mr. Giles
Comte
Caird
Karl Blind
Russia
Lenormant
M. Lenormant
National Health Society
W. H. Mallock
Mallock
Mallock Will. M
Jules Ferry
Republica
Joseph Jacob
Israel
Kuenen
C Tennyson Turner
James Spedding
Lord Beaconsfield
T. E B. Kebbel
Froude
H. Tuttle
Macedonia
J. Kinnaird Rose
J. Boyd Kinnear
Henry Sidgwick
W. L. Courtney
Mill
G. H. Lewes
Observatories on Mount Etna to Rival World Heights
The Mount Etna observatory would stand at 9652 feet, second only to Pike’s Peak at 14336 feet. Hibbert Lectures directors invited M. Renan to London for six to eight lectures on Rome’s influence on Christianity but he offered three to four readings due to his current duties.
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Mount Etna
Pike’s Peak
Colorado
Hibbert
M. Renan
London
Rome
College of France
Basle Conference of Evangelical Alliance Draws Nations
The Evangelical Alliance held its seventh general Conference in Basle with 1,600 delegates including 20 from France and 500 from Germany. Leaders from England America and other regions gathered as debates on church state relations and religious freedom highlighted tensions between free thought and clerical authority.
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Evangelical Alliance
Basle
France
Germany
England
America
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Spain
St. Martin’s Church
Swiss Alliance
M. Charles Sarasin
Christ
Richard II
Gilder
Berne
Cromer
Greifswald
M. Babut
Nismes
Great Britain
Edward Bligh
van Oosterzee
Utrecht
Holland
Stoughton
London
Christendom
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Locke
G. A. Simcox
Horace
Prosper Mérimee
Lord Bacon
Goethe
George Saintsbury
Théophile Gautier
Charles Lever
International Review
P. H. Hamerton
Rubens
George Washburn
Constantinople
Turkey
San Stefano
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