THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1899. -- THE ANNUAL REGISTER A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENTS, 1899. -- CONTENTS. -- PREFATORY NOTE. -- ANNUAL REGISTER, 1899. -- 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. -- GERMANY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. -- I. GERMANY. -- II. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. -- CHAPTER III. -- I. 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. -- EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN. -- II. SOUTH AFRICA. -- III. NATAL. -- IV. EAST AFRICA. -- V. WEST AFRICA. -- VI. CENTRAL AFRICA. -- CHAPTER VII. -- AMERICA. -- I. UNITED STATES. -- II. CANADA. -- III. NEWFOUNDLAND. -- V. CENTRAL AMERICA. -- VI. WEST INDIES. -- VII. SOUTH AMERICA. -- CHAPTER VIII. -- AUSTRALASIA. -- PART I. -- CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1899. -- JANUARY. -- FEBRUARY. -- MARCH. -- APRIL. -- MAY. -- JUNE. -- JULY. -- AUGUST. -- SEPTEMBER. -- OCTOBER. -- NOVEMBER. -- DECEMBER. -- RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART IN 1899. -- LITERATURE. -- POETRY. -- BELLRS LETTRES. -- HISTORY. -- SOCIAL ECONOMICS. -- SCIENCE. -- BIOGRAPHY. -- MISCELLANEOUS. -- TRAVEL. -- SPORT. -- ART. -- SCIENCE OF THE YEAR. -- GEOGRAPHY. -- GEOLOGY. -- METEOROLOGY. -- ASTRONOMY. -- CHEMISTRY. -- PHYSICS. -- PHYSIOLOGY. -- 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. -- THE TRANSVAAL BLUE-BOOKS. -- THE OUTLANDERS' PETITION. -- SIR A MILNER'S VIEWS. -- MR. CHAMBERLAIN'S DESPATCH. -- SIR A. MILNER'S REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BLOEMFONTEIN CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT KRUGER ON JUNE 1. -- DESPATCH FROM MR. CHAMBERLAIN. -- BOER ULTIMATUM. -- THE BRITISH REPLY. -- VENEZUELA ARBITRATION TREATY. -- INDEX.