THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1896. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER : A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENTS, 1896. -- CONTENTS. -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1896. -- PART I. -- ENGLISH HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- CHAPTER II. -- CHAPTER III. -- CHAPTER IV. -- CHAPTER V. -- CHAPTER VI. -- SCOTLAND AND IRELAND. -- I. SCOTLAND. -- II. IRELAND. -- FOREIGN AND COLONIAL HISTORY. -- CHAPTER I. -- FRANCE AND ITALY. -- I. FRANCE. -- II. ITALY. -- CHAPTER II. -- I. GERMANY. -- II. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. -- CHAPTER III. -- RUSSIA. -- CHAPTER IV. -- MINOR STATES OF EUROPE. -- I. BELGIUM. -- II. THE NETHERLANDS. -- III. SWITZERLAND. -- IV. SPAIN. -- V. PORTUGAL. -- VI. DENMARK. -- VII. SWEDEN. -- VIII. NORWAY. -- CHAPTER V. -- ASIA. -- I. INDIA, ETC. -- II. CHINA. -- III. HONG-KONG. -- IV. KOREA. -- V. JAPAN. -- VI. SIAM. -- CHAPTER VI. -- AFRICA. -- I. EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN. -- II. SOUTH AFRICA. -- III. EAST AFRICA. -- IV. WEST AFRICA. -- V. CENTRAL AFRICA. -- CHAPTER VII. -- AMERICA. -- I. UNITED STATES. -- II. CANADA. -- III. NEWFOUNDLAND. -- IV. MEXICO. -- V. CENTRAL AMERICA. -- VI. WEST INDIES. -- VII. SOUTH AMERICA. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- AUSTRALASIA. -- PART II. -- CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1896. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- WINCHESTER. -- ETON. -- JULY. -- CAMBRIDGE. -- OXFORD. -- ETON. -- HARROW. -- MATCHES. -- PRIZES. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART IN 1896. -- LITERATURE. -- HISTORY. -- BIOGRAPHY. -- SCIENCE. -- POETRY. -- BELLES LETTRES. -- MISCELLANEOUS. -- TRAVEL. -- SPORT. -- TOPOGRAPHY. -- SCIENCE OF THE YEAR -- GEOGRAPHY. -- ASTRONOMY. -- GEOLOGY. -- CHEMISTRY. -- PHYSICS. -- BIOLOGY. -- ART, DRAMA, AND MUSIC. -- I. ART. -- II. DRAMA. -- III. MUSIC. -- OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER.

OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- INDEX.