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.
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.
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.
Burke, Edmund, compared with Sheridan, 74.
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.
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
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.
Guelph and Ghibelline wars, 9.
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.
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—
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 - Bo- logna school of, 139 - modern painters of, 144.
Lang, John D., Cooksland in Aus-
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, 475-unwisely meddles with po- litical philanthropy, 477-descrip- tive power of, 478-specimens of his poetry, 479.
Lurin, a tragedy by R. Browning, 376-analysis of, 377-extracts from, 378.
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.
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.
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