CONTENTS of VOL. CCLXXXII. PAGE Annam, The Emperor of, and his Capital. By EDWARD H. PARKER 119 Bexhill-on-Sea. By Dr. N. E. YORKE-DAVIES Birds, On Behalf of. By ROBIN BIRDILOVE Bookman's Romance, A. By CHARLES LUSTED Diabolical Folk-Lore, More, relating to definite Localities. By R. BRUCE BOSWELL. Donna Pietra. By EDMUND G. GARDNER 149 Europe, The Making of the Map of. By Rev. WRAY W. HUNT, M.A. 429 Madness, The, of Mercy Newdigate. By Major MARTIN A. S. HUME Making, The, of the Map of Europe. By Rev. WRAY W. HUNT, M.A. Match Factory, An English. By JAMES CASSIDY 149 More Diabolical Folk-Lore relating to definite Localities. By R. BRUCE BOSWELL. 443 Notes from the South. By CLARE SOREL STRONG ! Annam, The Emperor of, and his Capital. By EDWARD H. PARKER 119 Bexhill-on-Sea. By Dr. N. E. YORKE-DAVIES Calcutta, Historical Monuments of. By KATHLEEN BLECHYNDEN Chinese Punishments. By EDWARD H. PARKER Country Reader, A. By ELSA D'ESTERRE-KEELING 389 Donna Pietra. By EDMUND G. GARDNER Double Stars, Spectroscopic. By J. ELLARD GORE, F.R.A.S. Europe, The Making of the Map of. By Rev. WRAY W. HUNT, M.A. 429 Fight, A, for Life. By Rev. M. G. WATKINS, M.A. Freaks, Some Holiday. By JOHN PENDLETON Historical Monuments of Calcutta. By KATHLEEN BLECHYNDEN 389 In King Chulalongkorn's Dominions. By PERCY CROSS STANDING In Subterranean Caves. By WALTER WOOD 544 In the Shadow of a Cathedral, By C. WYNN WILLIAMS Men on a New South Wales Station. By HUGH HENRY Lugh. By Lily Wolffsohn. Madness, The, of Mercy Newdigate. By Major MARTIN A. S. HUME Miss Twinch and her Pigs. By PENLEY REYD 563 Notes from the South. By CLARE SOREL STRONG 337 Odd Story, An. By ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON, M.A.. 76 On Behalf of Birds. By ROBIN BIRDILOVE. Out with the Old Pilgrims. By W. CONNOR SYDNEY, M.A.. Penalised. By BERNARD PARES . Pickwickiana. By PERCY FITZGERALD, M.A. Separate Creation. By W. T. FREEMAN, F.R.C.S. Separation, An Unjudicial. By KATHARINE SILVESTER Seventeenth Century, A Country Town in the. By A. BALLARD Side Lights on Chinese Religious Ideas. By E. H. PARKER. South, Notes from the. By CLARE SOREL STRONG Spectroscopic Double Stars. By J. ELLARD GORE, F.R..A.S. St. Mary Redcliffe. By ELIZABETH HODGES Subterranean Caves, In. By WALTER WOOD Table Talk. By SYLVANUS Urban :— The Society for the Protection of Birds-The Bird of Paradise -Efforts for the Protection of our Home Birds-Legislation "Miserere" Carvings-Attempt to Preserve Them-Subjects 19 469 303 412 A Calendar of the Inner Temple Records-The Hoosier Poet "Eighteenth-Century Vignettes "-What is a "Vignette"?— A Tale to be told to the Marines-Refutation of the Story-An American Appeal to Women-Destruction of the White Crane-Who is responsible for the Slaughter of Birds?— Disappearance of Flowers-Wanton Destruction of Beauty 516 617 Tribute, The, from Brefny. By NORA HOPPER THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE. JANUARY 1897. THE MADNESS OF MERCY NEWDIGATE. BY MAJOR MARTIN A. S. HUME. ERCY NEWDIGATE! The name that once was mine M sounds strangely familiar to me still, though many long years have passed since I bore it. As I draw nearer to the grave under the cypress in the convent garden below my cell-window, all my later life for the last thirty years here in tawny Spain grows dim and shadowy, whilst ever clearer before me rise the thoughts and memories of my old home in leafy England, the ruddy English faces, the soft English voices, and the kindly English speech, which I have never forgotten through all my trouble. And when I die, as I soon must, I would fain that my poor storm-tossed soul might first speed back to my own kin whom I have so bitterly wronged, and seek for God's pardon amidst the gentle scenes my earthly eyes may look upon no more. For I am an old and broken woman who has suffered much and sinned sorely, though my great transgression must have been madness, for my crime was too black for any creature unpossessed by a devil to have committed. But I know that there can be no pardon for me on earth, because my sin has been exalted into a virtue, and devout people come from far and near to gaze upon me as a saint, whilst I, vain coward and hypocrite that I am, when the faithful crave my blessing and kiss the hem of my garment, sit with sanctimonious face, whilst revolt rages VOL. CCLXXXII. NO. 1993. B |