26. On an acquaintance with the Spanish language and literature. (In Spanish.) 27. On the character of Byron. 28. On the progress of refinement. 29. On the condition and prospects of the American people 30. On the sublimity of the Holy Scriptures. 31. De recentioribus cum antiquis collatis; or, ancients ana moderns compared. (In Latin.) 32. On American feeling. 33. On national eloquence. 34. The influence of commerce upon letters. 35. A modern canon of criticism. 36. Supposed degeneracy of the age. 37. No good that is possible, but shall one day be real. 38. Public recreations. 39. Empiricism. 40. The literary profession. 41. Moral effort. 42. De virorum illustrium exemplis. (Latin.) The examples of illustrious men. 43. Criticism. 44. The Christian philosophy, its political application. 45. Mental refinement. 46. Popularity. 47. Decision of character, as demanded in our day and country. 48. The character of Lord Bacon. 49. The diversities of character. 50. Literary justice. 51. Superstition. 52. The influence of speculative minds. 53. American aristocracy. 54. The value of the political lessons left us by the founders of our free institutions. 55. Enthusiasm. 56. De mortuis nil nisi bonum. (Latin.) Speak no evil of the dead 57. The spirit of reform. 58. The spirit of ancient and modern education. 59. The lot of the portrayer of passion. 60. The love of truth- —a practical principl. 61. The progress of man. 62. Radicalism. 63. Ancient veneration for the public. 64. The dangers of intolerance under a popular government. 65. The dangers to which the minds of young men in our country are exposed. 66. The character and prospects of the State of New York. 67. Mutation of taste. 68. Patriotism. 69. Every man a debtor to his profession. 70. Of living in times of great intellectual excitement. 71. The diffusion of scientific knowledge among the people. 72. The importance of efforts and institutions for the diffusion of know 79. The claims of the age on the young men of America. 80. On Physiognomy. (In Hebrew.) 81. Sur la Révolution Francaise. (French.) On the French Revolution. 83. On innovation. 84. On the restoration of Greece. 85. De institutorum Americanorum eventûs et libertatis causæ conjunc tione. (Latin.) 86. The middle ages. 87. De oraculis. (Latin.) 88. The heroic character. 89. The duties of republican citizens. 90. The duties of an American citizen. 91. On republican institutions as affecting private character. 92. On imagination as affecting individual happiness. 93. On war. 94. De Romanæ libertatis et eloquentiæ casu. The decline of Roman 95. Views of happiness. 96. De Caii Marií ævo. (Latin.) The age of Caius Marius. 97. Skepticism. 98. De festis diebus qui nostra in Universitate celebrantur. (Latin.) 99. Modern patriotism. 100. De literis Latinis. 101. The sacrifices and recompense of literary life. 102. Quid de artibus ingenuis in civitatibus America sperandum sit 104. De Locorum in animum vi. 105. Martyrdom. 106. Socrates. (Greek.) 107. De priscorum diis. (Latin.) The ancient divinities. 109. On the revolutionary spirit of modern times. 110. On the durability of the Federal Union. 111. Present influences on American literature. 112. The return to Palestine. 113. De Græcarum literarum studio. (Latin.) 114. De vitæ in Universitate nostra. 115. Elements of poetry and romance in America. 116. De philosophiæ studio. 117. The pride of scholarship. 118. The physical sciences. 119 The present and former condition of Greece. (Greek.) 120. De oratoribus Americanis. 121. Periodical literature. 122. De hujus temporis indole. 123. The teacher. 124. De eloquentiæ studio in scholis nostris neglecto. 125. American political influences. 126. De literarum scholis nostris. 127. The scholar's hope. 128. De rebus preteritis et presentibus. 131. Revolutions of literature. 132. De linguæ Latinæ hoc tempore usu. 136. The advantages of speaking in French-in Greek, &c. 137. The moral influence of science. 138. The prospects of America. 139. Literary vanity. 140. The crusades. 141. On artificial aids to memory. 142. On Phrenology. 143. On Mesmerism. 144. On the proneness of genius to theorizing. 145. On intellectual culture. 146. On the prevalence of erroneous views of the value of metaphysical science. 147. The contributions of the fine arts to the pleasures of the domestic circle. 148. The prospects of a universal language. 149. On ancient and modern democracy. 150. On Aristocracy. 151. The future prospects of the United States. XCIX. LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF In presenting a list of authorities which have been consulted in the pre Rippingham's Rules of English Composition; Rice's Composition; Burletta, 297. an Allegory, 135. Antistrophe, 286. Antithesis, 125. Rules of, 126. on, note, 126. 66 Author of Lacon's Remarks Butterfly and Humming Bird, The, Antonomasia, 63. 66 much used by historical writ- Cæsura, proper position of, 234. ers, note, 65. Apheresis, 76. Apologue and Fable, 136. peculiar (as a rhetorical fig- Cantata, 287. Canzonet, 287. Capital Letters, Rules for the Use of, Subjects for, 408. Compound Words, 35. "Subjects for, 405. Conjunction, and how avoided, note, Connected Narrative from Scattered Construction of Sentences, 93. "Discussion, Subjects for, 410. Cut, representing the manner in Defence of Literary Studies in Men Colon, its meaning and use, 27 and Definition, 105. Deliberative Discussion, 350. Subjects for, 410. Derivation and Composition of Words, 66 66 the foundation of, 123. "when not to be used, 123. Rules relating to, 123. Compound Sentences, formation of from Simple ones, 58. of persons, of a sensible ob of Mary, Queen of Scots, 172 66 66 of a beautiful woman, not |