THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1879. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER : A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENTS, 1879. -- PREFACE. -- CONTENTS. -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1879. -- PART I. -- ENGLISH HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CHAPTER III. -- FOREIGN HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- I. FRANCE. -- II. ITALY. -- III. GERMANY. -- CHAPTER II. -- EASTERN EUROPE. -- CHAPTER III. -- I. SPAIN. -- II. PORTUGAL. -- III. HOLLAND. -- IV. BELGIUM. -- V. DENMARK. -- VI. NORWAY. -- VH. SWEDEN. -- CHAPTER IV. -- AFRICA. -- I. EGYPT. -- II. SOUTH AFRICA. -- CHAPTER V. -- ASIA. -- I. INDIA. -- II. AFGHANISTAN. -- THE NAGA WAR. -- BURMAH. -- III. CENTRAL ASIA. -- CHAPTER VI. -- NORTH AMERICA. -- I. THE UNITED STATES. -- II. THE DOMINION OF CANADA. -- III. THE WEST INDIES. -- SOUTH AMERICA. -- I. BRAZIL. -- II. CHILL-PERU.-BOLIVIA. -- RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART IN 1879. -- LITERATURE. -- I. THEOLOGY. -- II. PHILOSOPHY. -- III. HISTORY. -- IV. GEOGRAPHY, VOYAGES, TRAVELS. -- V. BIOGRAPHY, MEMOIRS, LETTERS, &C. -- VI. ART, SCIENCE, BELLES-LETTRES, &C. -- VII. POETRY. -- VIII. EDUCATIONAL WORKS. -- ART, DRAMA, AND MUSIC. -- I.-THE FINE ARTS. -- II.-DRAMA. -- III. -MUSIC. -- SCIENCE OF THE YEAR 1 878-79. -- ASTRONOMY. -- GEOGRAPHY. -- CHEMISTRY. -- GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOCY. -- PHYSICS. -- BIOLOGY. -- PART II. -- CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1879. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER -- THE MINISTRY. -- THE CABINET. -- OBITUARY OF EMINET PERSONS. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- PROMOTIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. -- SHERIFFS. -- SHREIFFS APPOINTED FOR THE YEAR 1879. -- ENGLAND. -- WALES. -- THE REVENUE. -- I. -- II. -- III. LOANS GUARANTEED BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.

IV. FUNDED DEBT. CAPITALS AND CHARGE. -- V. AN ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF THE PUBLIC FUNDED DEBT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. -- VI. UNFUNDED DEBT. -- INDEX.