THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1888. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENTS, 1888. -- CONTENTS. -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1888. -- PART I. -- ENGLISH HRSTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CHAPTER III. -- CHAPTER IV. -- CHAPTER V. -- CHAPTER VI. -- IRELAND. -- FOREIGN AND COLONIAL HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- I. FRANCE. -- II. ITALY. -- CHAPTER II. -- GERMANY. -- II. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. -- CHAPTER III. -- EASTERN EUROPE. -- I. RUSSIA. -- II. TURKEY AND THE MINOR STATES OF EASTERN EUROPE. -- CHAPTER IV. -- MINOR STATES OF EUROPE. -- I. BELGIUM. -- II. THE NETHERLANDS. -- III. SWITZERLAND. -- IV. DENMARK. -- V. NORWAY. -- VI. SWEDEN. -- VII. SPAIN. -- VIII. PORTUGAL. -- CHAPTER V. -- ASIA. -- INDIA, CENTEAL ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, CHINA, AND JAPAN. -- CHINA. -- JAPAN. -- COREA. -- CHAPTER VI. -- AFRICA. -- I. EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN. -- II. SOUTH AFEICA. -- III. EAST AFEICA. -- IV. WEST AFEICA. -- V. CENTEAL AFRICA. -- CHAPTER VII. -- AMERICA. -- I. UNITED STATES. -- II. CANADA. -- III. MEXICO. -- IV. CENTRAL AMERICA. -- V. WEST INDIES. -- VI. SOUTH AMERICA. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- AUSTRALASIA AND POLYNESIA. -- PART II. -- CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1888. -- JANUARY -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- DECEMBER. -- RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART IN 1888. -- LITERATURE. -- ART, DRAMA, AND MUSIC. -- I. THE FINE ARTS. -- II. DRAMA. -- III. MUSIC. -- SCIENCE OF THE YEAR. -- MECHANICS. -- PHYSICS. -- CHEMISTRY. -- BIOLOGY. -- ASTRONOMY. -- GEOLOGY. -- GEOGRAPHY. -- OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- INDEX.