Abbott, John S. C., his French Revolution

of 1789, noticed, 572.

Agassiz, Mrs., her First Lesson in Natural
History, noticed, 570.

Angelo, Michel, article on his Life and
Poems, see Buonarroti.

Bede, Adam, a Novel, noticed, 547.

Bigelow, Jacob, his Nature and Disease, re-
viewed, 165-his Brief Exposition of
Rational Medicine, reviewed, ib.
Biography, why it is the most interesting
and profitable study in history, 522 — its
value as a teacher in ethics, 524 - prolix-
ity of modern biographies, 533- what
constitutes the essential part of a biog-
raphy, 534- the indelicacy with which
private papers are exposed to public in-
spection in recent biographical literature,
535.

Blanc, Albert, his edition of the Corre-
spondance du Comte Joseph de Maistre,
reviewed, 213-the work interdicted by
the Church of Rome, 214.

Bomberger, J. H. A., his Protestant Theo-
logical and Ecclesiastical Encyclopædia,
noticed, 277.

Boniface, Xavier, his Chrisna, noticed, 261.
Boutwell, George S., his Thoughts on Edu-
cational Topics, noticed, 280.

Bowen, Francis, his Principles of Political
Economy, reviewed, 340.
Bright, John, his Speeches at Birmingham
and Manchester, reviewed, 99—his esti-
mate of the British Constitution, 100 —
his statement in regard to the inequalities
in the representative system of England,

101.

Brooks, N. C., his edition of Cæsar's Com-
mentaries on the Gallic War, noticed, 568.
Brown, Hugh Stowell, his Lectures for the
People, noticed, 571.

Brown, John, his Sixty Years' Gleanings
from Life's Harvest, noticed, 273.
Buchanan, Robert, his Notes of a Clerical
Furlough, noticed, 555.

Buckingham and Chandos, the Duke of, his

Memoirs of the Court of George IV.
noticed, 265.

Bulfinch, Thomas, his Age of Chivalry,
reviewed, 383-design of the work, 385
- manner in which it has been executed,

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386.
Buonarroti, Michel Angelo, article on his
Life and Poems, 1- his genius and
method as a sculptor, 3-his paintings in
the Sistine Chapel, 4-his mechanical
skill, 6-his ingenious defence of the
Church of St. Miniato, at Florence, 7-
his appointment as architect of the
Church of St. Peter, at Rome, 8- his
rank as a poet, 9 Wordsworth's opinion
of his poetry, 11- his Sonnets on Love, 12
- his Sonnet on Marriage, 18-Varchi's
commentary on the First Sonnet, 19-
his artistic creed, 21-his relation to
Vittoria Colonna, 22-his poems ad-
dressed to her, 23 his retrospective
view of life, 24-his character and per-
sonal habits, 28-his feelings towards
his competitors in art, 29- his letter on
the death of his servant, 31 - his own
death, 32.

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instructions, to prevent such discreditable
conflicts, 486-appointment of Mr. Mc-
Lane, 487 Yeh's diplomatic corre-
spondence, ib. - - treatment of him by the
English, 489-question in regard to the
payment of duties on foreign ships after
the capture of Shanghae by the rebels,
490- Mr. Marshall's decision, 491-
- Mr.
McLane's award, 492 Dr. Parker's
course in regard to it, 494-mutinous
conduct of Mr. Murphy, Consul at Shang-
hae, 495-final decision by the Attorney-
General at Washington, ib. - creditable
character of the settlement, 496 - the
Foreign Inspectorate of Customs, ib.
objections to the system in its original
form, 497 Mr. McLane's expedition up
the Yang-tse-Kiang, 498- his expedition
to the North, ib. - Dr. Parker's adven-
tures near the mouth of the Peiho, 501
intercepted documents relative to this
expedition found by the French and Eng-
lish at Canton, withheld from the Ameri-
can Minister, Mr. Reed, 503 - Mr. Mc-
Lane's proposal for a blockade of the
Chinese rivers, 504-appointment of Dr.
Parker as Commissioner, ib.- his inter-
view with Lord Clarendon, 505-his
failure to procure an interview with Yeh,
506 - bombardment of Canton by the
English, 508-ground on which it was
justified, 509-address of the inhabitants
to the British Plenipotentiary, 511
attack on the Barrier forts by the
Americans, 512 conference between
the American and British officials, 514-
Dr. Parker's suggestion of reprisal on the
part of the Western nations, 515- - it is
rejected by the American government,
517 -
blockade of the river and port of
Canton by the English, 519- the treaties
of 1858, 520.

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Chivalry, The Age of, article on, 383
general ignorance in regard to the sub-
Ject, 384- the origin of knighthood, 387
- employment of heavy-armed cavalry,
consequences of the pressure of
military duty on the poorer classes, 391
-growth of a spirit of adventure among
the knights, 394-the endeavors of the
Church to impress a religious character
on the order of chivalry, 395 - vows
taken by the knights, 396- the religious
Orders, 398 gallantry considered as an
element in the knightly character, 399 —
origin of the sentiment, 400- the Courts
of Love. 404- - tendency of the early edu-
cation of the knights to make them suscep-
tible to female influence, 406-effects of
chivalry on the position of woman, 409-
disregard of the marriage tie, 413-inti-
mate connection of chivalry with the his-
tory of the Middle Age, 414- decline of
the institution, 417 — its insufficiency for
military purposes, 420 - its aristocratic
and exclusive character, 425-existing
relics of chivalry, 428-its connection
with romantic fiction, 430.

Clark, Rufus W., his Romanism in America,
noticed, 273.

Cleveland, Charles D., his Compendium of
American Literature, noticed, 566.
Clough, A. H., his edition of Dryden's
translation of Plutarch's Lives, reviewed,
521 excellence of the version, 532.
Cobden, Richard, his translation of Cheva-
lier's work, On the Probable Fall in the
Value of Gold, reviewed, 340.
Colonna, Vittoria, her relation to Michel
Angelo Buonarroti, 22-poems addressed
to her by him, 23.

Colwell, Stephen, his treatise on The Ways
and Means of Payment, reviewed, 340.
Coolidge, A. J., and J. B. Mansfield, their
History and Description of New England,
noticed, 269.

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Cooper, James Fenimore, his Novels, no-
ticed, 279 article on, 289 - regarded
as our national representative in litera-
ture, 290 - the new edition of his Novels,
291- his boyhood, 292- his early life in
Western New York and his education,
293- versatility of his powers, 294 —
his Novels viewed from a European stand-
point, 298 their popularity abroad,
300 his boldness and independence,
301 his coldness of manner, 303 — dif-
ferent estimates of his character, 304 —
personal recollections of him, 305-hon-
ors paid to his memory, 306 - his special
characteristics, 307- his success
tained independently of scholarship and
imitation, 308 publication of The Spy,
309and of The Pioneers, 310-ine-
quality of his writings, 312-consistency
of his life, 313- his defects, 314- his
peculiar excellences, 315.

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Cornwallis, Charles, first Marquis, article
on, 114 value and interest of his Cor-
respondence, 115 — his rigorous policy in
the Southern Colonies, 117-delay in
effecting his exchange after the capitula-
tion of Yorktown, 119 - his birth and
education, 120- his first military ser-
vices, 121 his early sympathy with the
American Colonies, ib. he joins the
British army in America, 122-he pur-
sues Washington after the battle of Long
Island, 123he gains the battle of
Brandywine and enters Philadelphia, 124
-his visit to England and subsequent
return to America, 125- death of Lady
Cornwallis, 126 expedition to South
Carolina and capture of Charleston, 127
- his victory at Camden, 128- and at
Guilford Court-House, 129 - his retreat
to Wilmington, ib. -he advances into
Virginia and ravages the country, 130-
establishes a post at Yorktown, 131-is
besieged and capitulates to Washington,
132 general estimate of his career in
this country, 133 he resumes his seat
in Parliament, and votes against Mr.
Fox's East India bill, 134- his dissatis-
faction with the ministry of Mr. Pitt, 135

his reconciliation with Mr. Pitt and

Lord Sydney, 136 he is appointed
Governor-General of India, 137-his re-
form of the salt monopoly, 138- he ob-
tains the cession of the Guntoor Circar,
139 regularity of his life in Calcutta,
140-he assumes command of the army
in the war against Tippoo Saib, 141
and gains a victory over Tippoo, 142-
results of the campaign, ib. — he attacks
Seringapatam and concludes a peace,
143 his management of the war, 144
he effects a settlement of the land
revenue, 145 et seq. character of his
first Indian administration, 147- he is
recommended for the command of the
armies of the allies in the war against
France, 148he is made a cabinet
minister, and receives a second appoint-
ment as Governor-General of India, 149

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he is appointed Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, 150-his view of the wisest
policy in the government of that coun-
try, 151-his leniency towards those
who were concerned in the Rebellion,
152 his course in regard to the Union,
153 et seq.
his return to England, 160
-ability and success of his administra-
tion, ib.--he negotiates the Peace of
Amiens, 161- his third appointment as
Governor-General of India, 162 - his
death, 163- - honors paid to his memory,
ib.his character and services, 164.
Cunningham, Peter, his edition of Horace
Walpole's Letters, noticed, 264.

Dalton, William, his English Boy in Japan,
noticed, 262.

Dana, Richard H., Jr., his To Cuba and
Back, noticed, 270.

Darley, F. O. C., his Illustrations of Coop-
er's Novels, 291.

Dasent, George Webbe, his Popular Tales
from the Norse, noticed, 570.

De Maistre, Comte Joseph, his Correspon-
dance, edited by Albert Blanc, reviewed,
213-- characteristics of his letters, 214
- his "foolophobia," 215.
Dempsey, G. D., his Elementary Treatise
on the Drainage of Districts and Lands,
reviewed, 358.

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Disraeli, Benjamin, his Speech in explana-
tion of the new Reform Bill, reviewed, 99
- design of his bill, 101.
Drummond, Henry, his Letter to John
Bright, reviewed, 99-his calumnies on
the Americans, 110.

Dryden, John, his translation of Plutarch's
Lives, reviewed, 521.

Ducange, Charles, his Glossarium Mediæ et
Infime Latinitatis, reviewed, 32-char-
acter of his work, 33 different editions
of it, 34- his untiring industry and
great erudition, 35 importance of his
work, ib.

Duppa, R., his Life of Michel Angelo Buo-

narroti, reviewed, 1.

Duyckinck, George L., his Life of Bishop
Thomas Ken, noticed, 565.

Dwight, Benjamin, his Modern Philology,
noticed, 564.

Ellis, William, his Three Visits to Mada-
gascar, noticed, 272.

Farrar, Frederic W., his Eric, or Little by
Little, noticed, 257.

Feuillet, Octave, his Dalila, reviewed, 226
his La Jeune Homme Pauvre, reviewed,
227-- its great popularity in Paris, 228.
Field, Henry M., his Summer Pictures of
Europe, noticed, 270.

Forbes, Sir John, his Nature and Art in the
Cure of Disease, reviewed, 165 -see
Nature.

Fowler, William C., his English Language
in its Elements and Forms, reviewed, 244
- inadequacy of the system adopted by
writers on English Grammar, 245- origin
of this state of things, 246- - peculiar
forms of English grammar, 247 - the
proper designation of the participles, 248

connectives considered, ib.-different
classes of connectives, 249 correspond-
ing conjunctions, so called, 250-gov-
ernment by verbs, ib. - classification of
verbs, 252- the relation between modi-
fying words and those modified, 253-
the use of the infinitive mode, 254.
French, Henry F., his Farm Drainage,
noticed, 271-reviewed, 358-cited in
reference to protecting the outlet of
drains, 360.

Fromentin, Eugène, his Une Année dans le
Sahel, reviewed, 228-- its inequality, 229

account of a negro fête near Algiers,
ib. incidents of the work, 230 --epi-
sode of Hâona, 231 her death, 232.

Gold, The Depreciation of, article on, 340

fluctuations in the value of the pre-
cious metals, 344-increase in their pro-
duction, 345-corresponding increase in
the coinage of gold, 347 -- rapid transfer
of silver to the East from Western Europe,
349 the legal relation of gold to silver,
351 effect of the increase of gold upon
prices, 353 et seq.

Harford, John S., his Life of Michel An-
gelo Buonarroti, reviewed, 1-character
of his work, 2-his Platonic theory of
the Sonnets on Love, 12-his transla-
tion of the Sixth Sonnet, 15 -- his trans-
lation of the Twenty-first Sonnet, 16--
other translations by him, 17, 20, 23, 25.
Helper, Hinton Rowan, his Compendium of
the Impending Crisis at the South,
noticed, 567.

Henschel, G. A. L., his edition of Ducange's
Glossarium Media et Infima Latinitatis,
reviewed, 32.

Hooker, Worthington, his Rational Thera-

peutics, reviewed, 165-general laws
enunciated by him, 205.

Hosea, Robert, his Glimpses of Europe,
noticed, 256.

Hymans. Louis, his La Famille Buvard,
noticed, 260.

Intuitive Morals, An Essay on, noticed, 277.

Jameson. Mrs. Anna, her Studies, Stories,
and Memoirs, noticed, 553 - her Sketch-
es of the Early Italian Painters, noticed,
ib.
Jerrold, Blanchard, his Life and Remains

of Douglas Jerrold, reviewed, 431.
Jerrold, Douglas, article on, 431 - his
loyalty to his principles and convictions,
ib.his early struggles, 432-his ac-
quaintance with Laman Blanchard, 433

443

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- his kindliness, 435-1
- his fidelity to
the cause of freedom and virtue, 436-
his independence, 437 — his literary in-
dustry, 438- his early recollections,
439 his love of the sea, 441 his ex-
perience in the navy, ib. he is appren-
ticed to a printer, 442-his first play,
his first critical article, 444-
popularity of his nautical drama of Black-
Eyed Susan, 445- his connection with
periodical literature, 446-his want of
success as a public speaker, 447 - his
domestic life, ib. his death, 450.
Johnson, Anna C., her Peasant Life in Ger-
many, noticed, 256.

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Kapp, Friedrich, his Life of Frederick Wil-
liam von Steuben, noticed, 551.
Kern, G. M., his Practical Landscape
Gardening, reviewed, 358.
Kingsley, Henry, his Recollections of Geof-
fry Hamlyn, noticed, 547.

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Labor, Educated, article on, 358 - need of
a more thorough acquaintance with the
principles of agriculture, 362-effects
of ignorance and superstition on the
laboring classes, 364-advantages of in-
tellectual culture, 366 dangers to be
apprehended from the influx of unedu-
cated foreigners, 367-importance of
intellectual culture to the agriculturist,
369 the growth of plants as affected
by a knowledge of agricultural chemis-
try and of the advantages arising from
thorough draining, 870-the protection
of growing crops as affected by a knowl-
edge of entomology, 377-value of a
cultivated taste, 380-need of a higher
and more liberal education, 382.
Lamennais, the Abbé, his Œuvres post-
humes, reviewed, 209- the quarrel be-
tween the Jesuits and Jansenists, 210-
warmth with which he supported the
authority of the Church, 211-his visit
to Pope Gregory XVI., 212.
Lanoye, Ferdinand de, his Le Niger et les
Explorations de l'Afrique Centrale, no-
ticed, 259.

Mackay, Charles, his Life and Liberty in
America, noticed, 556.
Mackenzie, R. Shelton, his edition of Hugh

Stowell Brown's Lectures for the People,
noticed, 571.

McRee, Griffith J., his Life and Corre-
spondence of Judge James Iredell, no-
ticed, 562.

Mansel, Henry Longueville, his Bampton
Lectures on The Limits of Religious
Thought, noticed, 278.

Mansfield, J. B., see Coolidge.
Massachusetts Historical Society, Proceed-
ings of, noticed, 268.

Mental Disease, Causes of, article on, 316

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the inflexibility of physical laws and
conditions of being and action, ib.
connection of the body and mind, 318-
demands of the bodily organs for nervous
energy, ib. results of over-action, 320
-misuse of the cerebral forces, 322
differences in men's powers of mental
labor and endurance, 3.3-mistaken no-
tion in regard to the capacity of the hu-
man mind, 324- - inculcated in the edu-
cation of children, 325- consequences of
its adoption, 327 - gradual development
of the physical powers, 328- demands
on the cerebral forces in the management
of business and the administration of
affairs, 330- effects of a change of occu-
pation, 331 of intense excitement or
concentrated labor, 333 - and of the
zealous pursuit of public objects, 334 —
varieties of mental disease, 336-cu-
mulative consequences of errors in self-
management, 338.

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Michelet, Jules, his L'Amour, reviewed,
217-professed design of the book, 218

the author's advice to the young men
of Paris, 219 — his representation of
French women, 220.

Nash, Simeon, his Morality and the State,
noticed, 256.

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Nature and Art in the Cure of Disease,
article on, 165 - Medicine not an exact
science, 166-its early history, 167 —
different medical sects, 168 Sir John
Forbes's work on the subject, 173 — ex-
treme ignorance of the comparative pow-
ers of nature and art in the cure of dis-
ease, 174-causes of disease, 178-course
of progress of diseases, 179- curative
powers of nature, 183 - preventive medi-
cine,188-instruments of the medical art,
189 different modes of treating disease,
191-distinguishing dogmas of homo-
opathy, 192 doctrine of infinitesimal
quantities, 193-its extravagance and
absurdity, 194 - - doctrine that like cures
like, 196- - fallacy of Hahnemann's ex-
periments, ib. other objections to ho-
mœopathy, 197-comparative results of
the system, 200-modifications of the
system, 201 rational expectancy, so
called, 202- -means for improvement in
the medical art, 206-path of progress,

208.

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Nichols, Ichabod, his Hours with the Evan-
gelists, noticed, 569.