The annual register : a review of public events at home and abroad for the year 1909.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History--20th century--Periodicals.

Great Britain.

England--Periodicals.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (664 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

THE ANNUAL REGISTER, 1909.

THE ANNUAL REGISTER : A REVIEW OF PUBLIC EVENTS, 1909.

CONTENTS.

PREFATORY NOTE.

ANNUAL REGISTER, 1909.

PART I.

ENGLISH HISTORY.

CHAPTER I.

BEFORE THE SESSION.

CHAPTER II.

THE SESSION UNTIL EASTER.

CHAPTER III.

FROM EASTER TO WHITSUNTIDE.

CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES.

CHAPTER IV.

FROM WHITSUNTIDE TO OCTOBER 8.

CHAPTER V.

THE PEERS AND THE FINANCE BILL.

I. REVENUE.

II. EXPENDITURE.

III. REVISED BALANCE-SHEET.

CHAPTER VI.

SCOTLAND AND IRELAND.

I. SCOTLAND.

II. IRELAND.

SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER.

FINANCE AND TRADE IN 1909.

FOREIGN AND COLONIAL HISTORY.

FRANCE AND ITALY.

I. FRANCE.

II. ITALY.

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

I. GERMANY.

II. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

RUSSIA, TURKEY, AND THE MINOR STATES OF EASTERN EUROPE.

I. RUSSIA.

II. TURKEY AND THE MINOR STATES OF EASTERN EUROPE.

LESSER STATES OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN EUROPE.

I. BELGIUM.

II. THE NETHERLANDS.

III. SWITZERLAND.

IV. SPAIN.

V. PORTUGAL.

VI. DENMABK.

VII. SWEDEN.

VIII. NORWAY.

ASIA (SOUTHERN).

I. PERSIA.

II. BALUCHISTAN.

III. AFGHANISTAN.

IV. THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER.

V. BRITISH INDIA.

(1) FINANCE.

(2) FAMINE.

(3) PLAGUE.

(4) GENERAL.

VI. NATIVE STATES.

VII. TIBET.

VIII. SIAM.

THE FAR EAST.

I. JAPAN.

II. KOREA.

III. CHINA.

IV. HONG-KONG.

V. INDO-CHINA.

CHAPTER VII.

AFRICA (WITH MALTA).

I. SOUTH AFRICA.

II. EGYPT AND THE SOUDAN.

III. NORTH-EAST AFRICA AND THE PROTECTORATES.

IV. NORTH AND WEST AFRICA.

CHAPTER VIII.

AMERICA.

I. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.

II. CANADA.

III. NEWFOUNDLAND.

IV. MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA.

V. WEST INDIES AND GUIANA.

VI. SOUTH AMERICA.

CHAPTER IX.

AUSTRALASIA.

I. THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.

II. NEW ZEALAND.

III. POLYNESIA.

PART II.

CHRONICLE OF EVENTS IN 1909.

JANUARY.

FEBRUARY.

MARCH.

APRIL.

MAY.

JUNE.

JULY.

AUGUST.

SEPTEMBER.

OCTOBER.

NOVEMBER.

DECEMBER.

RETROSPECT OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART IN 1909.

LITERATURE.

ART AND ARCHEOLOGY.

AUTOBIOGRAPHY.

BELLES LETTRES.

BIOGRAPHY.

GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL.

HISTORY.

POETRY.

SCIENCE AND PHILOSOPHY.

SOCIOLOGY.

THEOLOGY.

SCIENCE OF THE YEAR.

ASTRONOMY.

GEOLOGY.

GEOGRAPHY.

METEOROLOGY.

PHYSICS.

CHEMISTRY.

BOTANY.

ZOOLOGY.

ART, DRAMA AND MUSIC.

I. ART.

II. DRAMA.

III. MUSIC.

OBITUARY OF EMINENT PERSONS.

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 8, 2014).

Includes index.

OCLC:

872989339