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
Cleveland, Dr., on the insanity of prisoners, 172.
Cleveland, Gen., anecdote of, 439,
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.
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.
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,
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
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.
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.
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
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-
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.
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.
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.
Oil preferable to water-colors, 130. Osborn, W. C., on prison discipline, 187.
Painters, Modern, by a Graduate of Oxford, reviewed, 110 - its author
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