Addison, Joseph-life and writings of, by Miss Aikin, 193-dis- plays no great acquaintance with her subject, ib.-character of Addison, 194-195-sketch of his father's history, 195-birth and early life of Joseph, ib.-appointed to a scholarship in Magdalene College, Oxford, 196-his classical attainments rather overrated; ground on which this statement is founded, 197-200-appeared before the public as the writer of some complimentary lines to Dryden, 200 -the heroic couplet the favourite measure of his day, 200-202- wrote the critical preface to Dryden's translation of the fourth Georgic of Virgil, 202-intention to take orders happily frustrated by Charles Montague, (Lord Halifax,) ib.-sent by the government to the Continent, to prepare himself for official employment, 204-205- his introduction to Boileau, 205-208-leaves Paris, and proceeds by Genoa to Venice, 208-209-Republic of San Marino, 209-appear- ance and condition of Naples, 210-stay at Rome, ib.-his Epistle' to Lord Halifax criticised, 212-his political progress darkened by the death of William III., 212-213—again visited the Continent as tutor to a young English traveller, 213-state of affairs at the accession of Anne, 213-214-applied to by Godolphin to celebrate the battle of Blenheim in a poem, 215-216-appearance of the Campaign;' its merits, 217-218-criticism of his Travels in Italy, 218-219-of his Opera of Rosamond,' 219-appointed Under Secretary of State, 220-elected for Malmsbury in 1708; position he took in the House of Commons, although the bashfulness of his nature rendered him useless as a speaker, 221-literary talents in the leaders of as much consequence then as oratorical powers are at the present time, 221-223-his popularity and talents for conversation, 223- his timidity led to two faults-convivial excess, and fond of being surrounded by a small circle of friends, 223-sketch of his favourite companions; Eustace Budgell, Ambrose Phillipps, Richard Steele, and Thomas Tickell, 225-226-appointed Chief Secretary to Ireland, 226-227-his Parliamentary career in Ireland, 227- his contributions to the Tatler,' 228-analysis of, and contrasted with Swift and Vol- taire as a moral satirist, 229-232-the Whig Ministry dismissed by Queen Anne, 233-234-popularity and esteem with which he was regarded by both parties, 234-235-commencement of the 'Spectator;'
plan and character of, 236-239-did not contribute to the Guar- dian,' 239-complete success of the performance of Cato' at Drury- Lane Theatre, 239-241-merits of, 241- Cato' attacked by John Dennis with coarseness, 241-242-and defended by Pope with equal asperity, 243-244-the eighth volume of the Spectator' published, 243-244-death of Queen Anne; succession of George I. to the throne, and the Whigs placed again in power, 244-the relations which existed between him and Swift, 245-247-his comedy of the Drummer' brought on the stage, 247-published the Freeholder,' which is entitled to the first place in his political works, 247-248— estrangement between him and Pope, 248-253-his long courtship of the Countess-Dowager of Warwick, and union with her, 253-254 -portrait of Addison at Holland House, 254-appointed Secretary of State, 254-attacked by ill health, 255-256-various causes which had gradually estranged him and Sir Richard Steele, 255-257-inter- view with the poet Gay at Holland House, 258-259-his piety; death and funeral, 259-Tickell's tender and magnificent elegy to his memory, 259-260-his monument in the Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey, 260.-Note-The Little Dicky in the Old Whig was Henry Norris.
Addison, Rev. Lancelot-sketch of his life, 195.
Aikin's, Lucy, Memoirs of Joseph Addison-character of, 193.-See Addison.
Alfred the Great-Wright's remarks on the supposed life of, by Assar, 375-376-did not translate Boethius, 377-378.
Allen John-character of, 295.
America-climate of, 172-174-physical appearance of the prairies of Missouri, Arkansas, and Iowa, 174-region possessed by the Indians, 174-175-the great prairie wilderness, 175-Farnham's description of the trails,' or trading caravans of the West, 176-177-the prairies afford the grandest hunting fields in the world, 177-enormous num- ber of buffaloes, 177-great desert east of the Rocky Mountains, 178 -description of the Cumanche Indians, who are principally scattered over them, 178-180-settlements of New Mexico, 180-physical aspect of the Rocky Mountains, 183-Sierra de Anahuac described, 183-184-nomenclature bestowed by the hunters to the features of the mountains, 184-rivers which flow from them, 184-185-field it forms for colonization, 185-186-Oregon territory; aspect of, 186- 188-cascades of the Columbia River, 186-religious character of the native Indians, 188-Hudson Bay Company have the entire command of this vast wilderness, 188-190-view which Britain should take of the capabilities of this region, 190-192. America-ruins and antiquities of Central, 438-difference between the races who inhabited the two great divisions of, on its discovery, 440., Anglo-Saxon Literary Biography-See Royal Society.
Anne, Queen-state of parties at her accession to the throne of England, 213-214 her dismissal of the Whig Ministry in 1710; state of the country at the time, 233-death of, 244.
Antarctic Regions-stillness and solitude of, 80-contain the most magnificent glaciers in the world, 86.
Art and Science-intimate connexion which subsists between, 300- 301.
Asser's Life of Alfred-is unauthenticated; Mr Wright's remarks on,
Astronomy, Physical-the creation of British genius, 436.
Audubon's estimate of the number of the passenger-pigeon (Columba migratoria) in its visits to the banks of the Ohio, 73.
Auks, (Alca alla)—number of, in the polar regions, 73, 74.
Austria-agriculture of; neglected in endeavouring to force manufac- tures, 14.
Balzac, M.-his writings display profound knowledge of the female. heart, 120-leading traits of his Femme comme il faut, 121-123-his Epicier, 138-139.
Barcas, Madame Calderon de la-life in Mexico by, 157. Beechey's voyages towards the North Pole, 68-his account of the nor- thern coast of Africa, 68-69-his narrative of a voyage through the Pacific, 69-character as a writer and scientific man, ib.-occurrences of the voyage, ib. 70-destruction of walruses at Cherie Island, 70 -impression made on the senses by the continual daylight, ib. 71- varieties of flakes of snow collected, 71-picture of the vessel passing through the labyrinth of frozen masses of ice, ib.-perilous adventure to a party of seamen proceeding on the ice to the shore, 72, 73- immense numbers of auks (Alca alla) which frequent Magdalena Bay, 73, 74-interesting account of the walrus or morse, 74, 77— anchor at Fairhaven-abundance of reindeer, 78-notice of the king eider-duck, ib. 79-animals of Spitzbergen, 79-contrasted with the few in the Antarctic regions, 80-Russian fishing establishment at Magdalena Bay, ib. 81-unfortunate and melancholy attempt to form fishing establishments in Spitzbergen, 81-fearful position in which they were placed by being beset in the ice, ib. 83-case of the Terror, 82-Captain Beechey's remarks on glaciers, 83-84-partial destruction of a glacier, and formation of one of those icebergs which float on the sea, ib. 86-proposes that steam-vessels with the Archimedean screw should be used in navigating among the ice; objected to, 86-87. Bentham, Jeremy-Memoirs of, by John Bowring, 460-not very suc- cessful as a piece of biography, 461-vanity of Bentham, 461-463- testimony of Romilly and Dumont as to the excellences of his character, 463-464-early years of, 464-465-facility with which he dropped intercourse with his, old friends, 465-instanced in the case of George Wilson, 466-of M. Dumont, ib. 467-of James Mill, 467-468-the very early date to which he ascribed the forma- tion of his most peculiar and permanent opinions, 469-471-bis scho- larship did not go beyond the formal drudgeries of a forward school- boy, 471-his hatred of law and lawyers, ( Demon of Chicane,') 472-474-conceives the idea that he would be the regenerator of law and of happiness, 474-477-his early publications, 477-478-bumili-
ating circumstances he was placed in by the penury of his father, and by his forsaking the bar, 479-480-patronised by Lord Shelburne, 481
visit to Bowood, 482-483-tender passion with which he was seized, 483-484-ambition to be in Parliament; endeavoured to terrify Lord Lansdowne (Shelburne) out of one of his borough nominations, 484- 485 his letter of apology to Lord Lansdowne, 484-485-his gross version of the circumstance, 487-two important changes through which his political opinions passed, 487-490-considered himself as the man who was to be asked to legislate for every nation on the Carth, 490-492-variance and inconsistency between the self-interest on which he founded his morals, and the self-interest on which he founded his politics, 492-498-became the champion of a pure republic, 498-503 -striking similitude between him and Hobbes, 499-500-visit to his brother, General Bentham, at Crichoff, in White Russia, 503— arranges with Government to contract for his Panopticon, 503-504 -peculiarities of his temper and habits, 505-506—want of respect to persons, 504-508-his literary pleasures not extensive, 508-509-con- fident to the last that his views could be carried out, 509-striking difference which exists between his genius and his talents, 509-513- ease and comfort he enjoyed in his literary pursuits, 513-514-ludi- crous tenor of his will, 515-the present edition of his works incom- plete, incorrect, and ill arranged, 516.
Berkeley's Theory of Vision' analogous to the existence of the harmony of form, 314.
Bernadotte, King-his appearance; aspirations of, when a Marshal of France, 357.
Biographia Britannica Literaria-by Thomas Wright, 365.—See Royal Society.
Biscop, Benedict-library and valuables he collected for his church and monastery at Wearmouth, 381.
Boileau's interview with Addison, 205-his ignorance of England and its literature, 205-206-his contempt of modern Latin neither injudi- cious nor peevish, 206, 208.
Bouffe-his acting described, 394-395.
Branitzka, Countess of-her appearance and manners, 60-61.
Brewster, Sir David-Life of Sir I. Newton, 402-materials he has collected for an entirely new life and discoveries of that great philoso- pher, 402, 403.
Bridferth-learning and ability of, 380-381.
Britain, Great-free trade and monetary system in, 1-47.-See Free Trade and Gold.
Buchan's, Captain David, Voyage towards the North Pole, 68.-See Beechey.
Budgell, Eustace one of Addison's favourite friends, 225.
Budget, (The)-a series of letters on financial, commercial, and colonial policy, 1.-See Free Trade.
Buffaloes enormous numbers of, in the prairies of North America, 177.
Buller, Mr Charles-speech on colonization, 520,
Burgess, Bishop-originator of the Royal Society of Literature, 365.
Calderon's, Madame, Life in Mexico.-See Mexico.
Canadian Corn Bill-an advance in free trade of corn, 536-537, Cash Payments-curious particulars connected with the suspension of, by Order in Council, 272-273-dangers which occurred, 273-274. Castel, Father-his ocular harpsichord described, 306.
Chack, in Yucatan-ruins of, 453, 455.
Chichen-ruins of, in Yucatan; impressions caused in visiting, 457, 458.
China-amount of silver received by Great Britain from, since 1837 to 1843, 25.
Christianity-enlightened Catholic spirit displayed in Germany, 334. Church Infallible-belief in, 2-beneficial effects resulting from the disbelief in, ib.
Collins, John-sketch of his character and pursuits, 405-406-valuable collection of papers which he left, and now preserved in the library of Shirburn Castle, Oxfordshire, 406-use they have been made of in establishing facts connected with Newton, 406-407.
Columbia River-course of; its cascades, 186-quantity of water it discharges, 186.
Columbanus Mr Wright's remarks on the learning of, 378-379. Colouring-D. R. Hay on Harmonious, 300-principles by which the author has been guided, 302-303-analogy between colour and sound, 304, and 306-307-proportional powers of the three primary colours, 304-305-value of, to the art of painting, 307-308-explanation of the only sure and practical method of determining the harmonious colour of any pigment, or coloured body, 309-310-proper terms to be used in describing colours, 310-the three primary colours in contrast with their harmonic colours, ib.-application of the art of design and colouring to manufactures, 311-inferiority of those branches of Bri- tish manufacture to those of France, 311-cause of, 312-applicability of, to house-painting, 313.
Commercial Reform-progress of, 6-8.
Congreve-the love of wit the great cause why the theatre was attended in his day, 384.
Consumption-climate to which victims of this appalling complaint were formerly sent, 49.
Corn-opinion of Francis Horner on the necessity of freedom of trade in, 292-293.
Corn-(Anti)-Law-League-progress it has made, 537-538.
Corn-Laws-the landed proprietors would have been wealthier had these laws not existed, 6.
Crabtree, W.-scientific pursuits of, 410.
Croatia condition of the peasantry in 1842, 339.
Cumanches-terrible ravages which they exercise in the northern fron-
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