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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,
ib-reports a king's after-dinner
speech, 355
promoted Arctic dis-
coveries, 356.
Barthélemy, the author of Anachar-
sis, 402.

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Beau Séjour, capture of fort, 222.
Becker, Prof., Gallus and Charicles
by, reviewed, 401 writes fictions
to illustrate history, 402- more
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.
Bells and Pomegranates, by R.
Browning, reviewed, 357 -can-

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.

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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.

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Botany should be taught in schools,
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Burke, Edmund, compared with
Sheridan, 74.

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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.

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.

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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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Girondists, Lamartine's History of
the, reviewed, 288
propose to
abolish the death-penalty, 310-
fanatical project of two, 311
favor war, 313 were theorists
and speculative philanthropists,
319.

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.

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Guelph and Ghibelline wars, 9.

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more decent and moral, 430.
Insanity in the Philadelphia prison,
161 at Charlestown, 162
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.

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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

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rise of a taste for, 135 - Bo-
logna school of, 139 - modern
painters of, 144.

Lang, John D., Cooksland in Aus-

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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.

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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,
475-unwisely meddles with po-
litical philanthropy, 477-descrip-
tive power of, 478-specimens of
his poetry, 479.

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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,

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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.

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