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Brodzinski, a Polish poet, 340 -
patriotism of, 341.

Browning, Robert, Plays and Poems
of, reviewed, 357 is he a poet,
367-has made great progress, 368
-several publications of, 369-
Sordello by, ib. - obscure but rich
in style, 370 - dramatic characters
of, 374-his wholeness and power
of thought, 375 - his tragedy of
Luria, 376 - analysis of this play,
377-extracts from it, 378 his
humor, 394 other poems of, 395,
397-has the elements of great-
ness, 399
his power as a drama-
tist, 400.
Burke, Edmund, compared with

Sheridan, 74.

C.

Balbo, Cesare, the Hopes of Italy by,
reviewed, 1. See Italy.
Barrow, Sir John, Autobiography of,
reviewed, 348-interest of the
period in which he lived, 350
irrelevant matter recorded by, 351

occupations of, 353 - mistaken
about facts, ib. - his ludicrous
style, 354 - sneers at Whitbread,
reports a king's after-dinner
speech, 355 promoted Arctic dis-
coveries, 356.

ib.

Barthélemy, the author of Anachar-
sis, 402.

more

Beau Séjour, capture of fort, 222.
Becker, Prof., Gallus and Charicles
by, reviewed, 401 - writes fictions
to illustrate history, 402-
learned than entertaining, 403 -
analysis of his stories, 404 - ana-
chronisms of, 407 - injustice done
to, by his translator, 410
por-
trays the civilization of the anci-
ents, 411.

can-

Bells and Pomegranates, by R.
Browning, reviewed, 357
not be estimated from fragments,
374-cited, 378, 395.

Beverly, destruction of trees in, 193.
Biographies, multiplication of, 348
length and tediousness of, 349.
Biographie Universelle, Sismondi's
contributions to the, 54.
Birch-Tree, The, by J. R. Lowell,
479.

Blacks, mortality among the, 156
insanity of, 163.

Boston, Reports on the Public Schools
of, 446-high standard of educa-
tion in, 447 - pays insufficient
salaries to the teachers, 448
pays its professional men better,
449-teachers not seen in the
best society of, 451 - Latin School
of, 452-studies pursued in the
schools of, 455.

Botany should be taught in schools,
201.

Caila, M. de, murder of, 36.
Campagna of Rome, Sismondi on
the, 52, 65.

Camp, The, not written by Sheridan,

72.

Capobianco, Father, narrative of the
voyage of, noticed, 245.
Carey, H. C., The Past, the Present,
and the Future, by, reviewed, 426.
Carlovingian invasion of Italy, 8.
Chalmers, the Loyalist historian, 445.
Changeling, The, by J. R. Lowell,

481.

Charicles, by Prof. Becker, reviewed,
401-defects and merits of, 408.
Charlestown prison, 153 - mortality
in, 154 periods of confinement
in, 157-insanity at, 162 con-
vict earnings in, 173 pays its
own expenses, 175.

Chester county prison, insanity in,
167.

Chesterton, G. L., on the Separate
System, 184.

China, condition of the poor in, 419.
Chrematistics distinguished from po-
litical economy, 64.
Christianity, doctrine of, respecting
the poor, 421 - respecting slavery,
422 gave a meaning and reality
to "home," 423 - swift to aid the
poor, 424 wonders effected by it
in Polynesia, 425.
Claude, licenses of, in art, 124-
merits and defects of, 143.

Clay, John, on prison discipline, 188.

Cleveland, Dr., on the insanity of
prisoners, 172.

Cleveland, Gen., anecdote of, 439,

note.

Congress, Revolutionary, frequent
changes in the, 443.

Constable as a landscape-painter, 135.
Cooksland in Australia, by John D.
Lang, 482.

Critic, The, by Sheridan, 87.
Critics, original good intentions of,
358-ornithological description of,
359- review authors, not books,
360-supposed to be ignorant and
prejudiced, 361 - dislike novelty,
irregularity, and roughness, 362
compare poets with their predeces-
sors, 363 - how they judge of
versification, 364 - should try to
discover beauties, 366
world's representatives, 465.
Culture essential to genius, 261 -
and to intellectual eminence, 262.

D.

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Emerson, George B., on the Trees of
Massachusetts, reviewed, 190 - on
planting woodlands, 196
workers in wood, 198 - tasteful
as well as useful report by, 199
on autumn foliage, 205 - his de-
scriptions of woody plants, 208
describes the Mayflower, 209
and sweet viburnum, 210 - sci-
entific merits of, 213 - wrote the
Report on the Boston Schools, 453
- on the mode of examination, 454
- on the study of physiology, 455,
457-on moral instruction, 456.
England, critical period in the his-
tory of, 350 success of, in dis-
covery and colonization, 482
especially in Australia, 483.
Ethical philosophy, Mackintosh on
the progress of, 270.
Europe, Sismondi on the Literature
of the South of, 54-opinion in,
about prisons, 178.

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Evangeline, by H. W. Longfellow,
reviewed, 215 - history on which
it is founded, 221 - analysis of,
234- merits of, 236 - rhythmi-
cal structure of, 237 - characters
in, 240-cited, 241.

Extreme Unction, by J. R. Lowell,

474.

F.

Farnham, Mrs., on the Philadelphia
prison, 159.

Form not above color, in painting,
128.

Fox, Charles James, forms a coalition
with North, 93.

French, History of the, by Sismondi,
55.

French Revolution, the, frightful as-
pect of, 288-monstrous occur-
rences of, 289 - its history not yet
written, 290 - funeral honors paid
to Voltaire in, 299 - September
massacres of, ib. - how the ab-
olition of the death-penalty would
have affected, 310 Grange-
neuve's plan for forwarding, 311-
military enthusiasm excited by,
313-teaches politicians a lesson
against war, 315 and against
political clubs, 316 - and against
theorists and speculative philan-
thropists, 319- its horrors caused

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Goodrich, Chauncey A., edition of
Dr. Webster's Dictionary by, no-
ticed, 256.

Government, Sismondi on, 32, 40.
Grafton, Sheridan's satire on the
Duke of, 77.

Grand-Pré, kidnapping of the peo-
ple of, 227.
Grangeneuve, fanatical project of,
311.

Gray, F. C., on Prison Discipline,
reviewed, 145 merits of, as a
scientific inquirer, 148 - caution
and accuracy of, 149 - on the
health of the convicts, 152-com-
pares the Philadelphia prison with
that at Charlestown, 153 - on the
rates of mortality in these prisons,
154-on the amount of social inter-
course allowed, 159 on insanity
there, 161 - on partial mental dis-
ease, 163
on the New Jersey
prison, 168 - on the productive.
ness of convict labor, 173 - on
European opinions about prisons,
179 - on Pentonville prison, 181.
See Prison.

-

Guelph and Ghibelline wars, 9.

H.

Halhed, the school-fellow of Sheri-
dan, 77.

Hall, Captain, on prison discipline,
186.

Hastings, impeachment of, 97.
Hexameters in the ancient languages,
237 difference between ancient
and modern, 238 in English and
German, 239.

Hill, M. D., on prison discipline,
187.

Hindostan, condition of the poor in,
418.

History, copious details needed in,
291-not to be presented abstract-
ly, 292- affectation of profound
writing in, 293--ancient, hard to
write, 401-historical fiction tak-
ing the place of, 402.
Home a Christian institution, 423.
Hubbard, the historian, on colonizing
from Massachusetts, 431.
Hunt, Leigh, on Sheridan's dramatic
works, 72.

I.

now

Infanticide in Greece and Rome, 417.
Infidelity in America, 428 -
more decent and moral, 430.
Insanity in the Philadelphia prison,
161-at Charlestown, 162 mis-
taken for reformation, 164 - in
Chester county prison, 167 - in
the New Jersey prison, 168 - in
Rhode Island, 171 - Dr. Cleve-
land on the causes of, 172 - at
Pentonville, 183.

Irish oratory characterized, 102.
Italian Republics, Sismondi's His-
tory of the, 45 merits of the
work, 49.

Italy, The Hopes of, by C. Balbo,
reviewed, 1- instructive history
of, 2- want of union in, 3-cen-
tralization prevented by the moun-
tains and rivers of, 4- hemmed
in by the Alps, ib. - parted by the
Apennines, 5-struggles for in-
dependence, 7-temporal power
of the popes in, 8 - history of, in
the 15th century, 9 - debasement
and corruption of, 10 - the litera-
ture of, 11 martial virtues of,
12-patriotic struggles of, 13

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Lamartine, Alphonse de, History of
the Girondists by, reviewed, 288
- lively and interesting, 291
affectedly mystical and oracular,
294 specimens of his nonsense,
295 improves as he proceeds,
296-his portrait of Robespierre,
297, 303-describes Voltaire's fu-
neral, 299-his portrait of Louis
Philippe, 305 does not cite his
authorities, 309 - speculations of,
on the death-penalty, 310 de-
scribes the Jacobin club, 316.

Land, aggregation of, in few hands,
65.

Landscapes cannot be painted truth-
fully, 121 in water-colors, 130
- rise of a taste for, 135 - Во-
logna school of, 139 modern
painters of, 144.

Lang, John D., Cooksland in Aus-
VOL. LXVI. - NO. 139.

tralia by, reviewed, 482 - Austra-
lian squatters described by, 486-
Leichhardt's letters to, 490.
Language, mystical and pedantic
use of, 296.

Law, effects of the study of, 31.
Law of Nature, Sir J. Mackintosh
on the, 268.
Lawrence, Gov., resolves to remove
the Acadians, 221 - deliberates
with the British admirals, 225 -
severe instructions by, 228
writes to Shirley, 232.

Lawrie, Sir Peter, on prison disci-
pline, 189.

Leichhardt, Ludwig, Expedition in
Australia by, reviewed, 482 - first
journey of, 489 - on the natives
of Australia, 490 - collections
made by, 491 - party and equip-
ments of, 492 - difficulties en-
countered by, 493 - narrow escape
of, 494 - supposed to be dead, 495
-incidents in his journey, 496-
celebrates the queen's birthday,
498 - on the aspect of the starry
heavens, 499-comes to salt water
again, 500 loses his dog, 501
arrives at Port Essington, 502-
honors and rewards of, 503-be-
gins a second expedition, 504.
Lincoln, Prof. J. L., Selections from
Livy by, noticed, 247.

-

Linley, Miss, Sheridan's attachment
to, 78- elopes with and marries
him, 79.

Literature, influences of, 22.
Livy, Lincoln's Selections from, no-

ticed, 247.

Locke Amsden, or the Schoolmaster,
noticed, 248.

Longfellow, Henry W., Evangeline
by, reviewed, 215 - subject select-
ed by, 233 - metre chosen by, 237
-his command of rhythm, 240.
Lorenzo de' Medici, selfishness of, 9.
Louis Philippe, Lamartine's account
of, 305-Danton's prophecy to,
307.

Lowell, James R, Poems by, review-
ed, 458- has made great progress,
471 - great merits of, 472 - cited,
ib., 473-boldness and vigor of,
unwisely meddles with po-
litical philanthropy, 477 - descrip-
tive power of, 478 specimens of
his poetry, 479.

475

44

Luria, a tragedy by R. Browning,
376-analysis of, 377 - extracts
from, 378.

Μ.

Mackintosh, Sir James, Miscellane-
ous Works of, reviewed, 261 —
has left no adequate memorial of
himself, 264 - negligent of fame
and lacking energy, 265 - labored
for immediate effect and utility,
266-social position and influ-
ence of, 267 political principles
of, ib. - his Lectures on the Law
of Nature, 268 - his critique on
Jonathan Edwards, 269 - his Dis-
sertation on Ethical Philosophy,
270-unfitted for abstract specu-
lations, 271- his Life of Sir T.
More, 272 - excels in biography,
274-on the Revolution of 1688,
275-merits of his style, 276 -
on capital punishment, 277 de-
velopment of his intellect and
character, 279.

Maconochie, Capt., on prison disci-
pline, 187.

Malczewski, a Polish poet, 338
analysis of his poem of Maria,
339.

in the

Mann, Horace, services of,
cause of education, 446.
Maria, a Polish poem, 339.
Massachusetts, the trees and shrubs

of, 190 physical and social well-
being in, 191 - clearing woodland
in, 193-sacrifice of timber in,
194-high price of fuel in, 195 -
emigration from, 197 - ideas about
school education in, 200 - Re-
ports on the Natural History of,
214-conquest of Acadie by, 218
- determines to remove the neu-
tral French, 221 - troops raised
in, 222 - arrival of the exiles in,
230 - their sufferings in, 232 -
the colony of, sent out swarms of
emigrants, 431.

Matthews, Capt., Sheridan's affair
with, 79.

Mayflower, or epigea repens, 209.
Medicine, effects of the study of, 31.
Metayer system of holding land, 37.
Metcalfe, Rev. F., translations of
Becker's Gallus and Charicles by,

reviewed, 401 - barbarous and
vulgar style of, 409 - cool effron-
tery of, 410.

Mickiewicz on Polish literature, 323
- on the poems of Kochanowski,
330.

Mignet, M., on Sismondi's life and
labors, 32-cited, 49, 56, 72.
Millbank prison, the separate system
in, 179.

Minas, depopulation of the district
of, 228-ravaged and the houses
burned, 229.

Mitchell, Sir T., Australian expedi-
tion of, 503.

Monckton, Col., commands the army
against Acadie, 226.
More, Sir Thomas, Mackintosh's Life
of, 272.

Mortality in prisons, 154.

Ν.

Napoleon in 1815, 57 – conversation
of, with Sismondi, 58.
Naruszewicz, a Polish poet, 334.
New-Jersey prison, deaths and insani-
ty in, 168.

Nichol, J. P., on the Solar System,
noticed, 250.

Nieboska Komedyia, reviewed, 323

the author of, 342.
Niebuhr, B. G., Lectures on Roman
History by, reviewed, 280 - amaz-
ing erudition of, 281 - faulty style
of, 282-errors in his Lectures
pointed out, 283 - familiar with
genealogy and modern history,
284.

Niemcewicz, a Polish poet and patriot,
3:37 - vicissitudes in the life of,
338.

Nova Scotia. See Acadie.

0.

Oil preferable to water-colors, 130.
Osborn, W. C., on prison discipline,
187.

P.

Painters, Modern, by a Graduate of
Oxford, reviewed, 110 - its author

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