
Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913
by Earl of Evelyn Baring Cromer
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Chapters (487)
- POLITICAL AND LITERARY ESSAYS
- 1908-1913
- EARL OF CROMER
- MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1913
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- "THE EDINBURGH REVIEW"
- I
- THE GOVERNMENT OF SUBJECT RACES[1]
- "The Edinburgh Review," January 1908
- II
- TRANSLATION AND PARAPHRASE
- "The Edinburgh Review," July 1913
- "THE QUARTERLY REVIEW"
- III
- SIR ALFRED LYALL
- "Quarterly Review," July 1913
- "THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND AFTER"
- IV
- ARMY REFORM
- "The Nineteenth Century and After," February 1904
- V
- THE INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF FREE TRADE
- Paper read at the International Free Trade Congress at Antwerp, August 9-21, 1910[59]
- VI
- CHINA
- "The Nineteenth Century and After," May 1913
- VII
- THE CAPITULATIONS IN EGYPT
- "The Nineteenth Century and After," July 1913
- "THE SPECTATOR"
- VIII
- DISRAELI
- "The Spectator," November 1912
- IX
- RUSSIAN ROMANCE
- "The Spectator," March 15, 1913
- X
- THE WRITING OF HISTORY[76]
- "The Spectator," April 26, 1913
- XI
- THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY[77]
- "The Spectator," May 10, 1913
- XII
- LORD MILNER AND PARTY
- "The Spectator," May 24, 1913
- XIII
- THE FRENCH IN ALGERIA[80]
- "The Spectator," May 31, 1913
- XIV
- THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE[81]
- "The Spectator," June 14, 1913
- XV
- WELLINGTONIANA[83]
- "The Spectator," June 21, 1913
- XVI
- BURMA[87]
- "The Spectator," June 28, 1913
- XVII
- A PSEUDO-HERO OF THE REVOLUTION[88]
- "The Spectator," July 5, 1913
- XVIII
- THE FUTURE OF THE CLASSICS
- "The Spectator," July 5, 1913
- XIX
- AN INDIAN IDEALIST[95]
- "The Spectator," July 12, 1913
- XX
- THE FISCAL QUESTION IN INDIA
- "The Spectator," July 19, 1913
- XXI
- ROME AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT[97]
- "The Spectator," July 19, 1913
- XXII
- A ROYAL PHILOSOPHER[103]
- "The Spectator," August 2, 1913
- XXIII
- ANCIENT ART AND RITUAL[104]
- "The Spectator," August 9, 1913
- XXIV
- PORTUGUESE SLAVERY
- "The Spectator," August 16, 23, 30, 1913
- XXV
- ENGLAND AND ISLAM
- "The Spectator," August 23, 1913
- XXVI
- SOME INDIAN PROBLEMS[106]
- "The Spectator," August 30, 1913
- XXVII
- THE NAPOLEON OF TAINE[107]
- "The Spectator" September 13, 1913
- XXVIII
- SONGS, PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL
- "The Spectator," September 13, 1913
- XXIX
- SONGS, NAVAL AND MILITARY
- "The Spectator," September 20, 1913
- INDEX
- THE END
- FOOTNOTES:
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