a prejudiced partisan, 111-dis-
putes the excellence of the old
masters, 112 - his only standard
the truth of nature, 113-criticizes
the landscape-painters only, 114 —
sweeping censures passed by, 115
- on Claude and Ruysdael, 116 -
deficient in candor, 117 - incon-
sistent and passionate, 118 - dog-
matizes and misstates, 119 - on
the tapering of trees, ib. - mistakes
the criterion of art, 122 - praises
Rubens, 123 - partial and unjust,
124-on minute finish and detail,
125-prefers particular to general
truths, 127 places form above
color, 128-an amateur in water-
colors, 129- prefers them to oil,
132- insensible to the higher
qualities of art, 134 - unjust to
Constable, 135.
Paracelsus, by Robert Browning, re-
viewed, 357 - represents the poet's
early life, 372 - cited, ib.
Parkhurst prison, separation in, 186.
Parr, Dr., the teacher of Sheridan,
75.
Past and Present of the American.
people, 426-compared together,
428-in point of religion, ib. - of
the lust of conquest, 430 - of the
love of gain, 433 - of patriotism,
435- of courage, 438 - of fickle-
ness of will, 442 - of sectional
prejudice, 443- of party spirit, 444.
Pentonville prison, 180 - arrange-
ments of, 181 effects and ex-
penses of, 182 - insanity in, 183.
Philadelphia prison, 153 - mortality
in, 154 deaths of black convicts
at, 156 periods of confinement
in, 157-how much society al-
lowed in, 158 number of con-
victs made insane in, 161
imbecility instead of reformation,
164-concealment of facts respect-
ing, 165 earnings of convicts in,
174 - expensiveness of, 175 -
frightful results of, 176.
Philanthropists, bitter quarrels of,
146-speculative, harm done by,
319-mistakes committed by, 321
political, characterized, 477.
Philosophy of Government, Sismondi
on the, 32.
Phips, Sir William, captures Port
Royal, 218.
Pickering, John, learning and liber-
ality of, 263.
Pitt, William, Sheridan's witty at-
tack on, 94-coldness and selfish-
ness of, 351 - makes a tool of Ad-
dington, 352.
Poets, posthumous honors paid to,
357-unfair to put them off upon
posterity, 358 - how they are
treated by the critics, 360 - review
each other, in Germany, 362
judged by their predecessors, 363
transcend old rules and try to
make new ones, 364 - are a law
to themselves, 365 - wish to be
studied with faith and reverence,
366-differ from mere rhymers,
367-are not bound to write for
dunces, 371 - self-willed and per-
verse, 458-apt to whimper and
grumble, 459 egotistical and
self-exaggerating, 460 - not pecu-
liar, but common beings, 461 -
might easily change their vocation,
462-usually lack common sense,
463-sad story of many, 464-
amazing increase of, 465 - stand
in their own light, 467 - mistake
novelty for originality, 468 - in-
vent new laws of criticism, 469 -
need not publish unless they like,
Poland, living writers of, 323-
serious and earnest literature of,
324-national spirit in, 325
early writers in, ib. - Rey, ib. -
Kochanowski, 329 - idyls of Szy-
monowicz, 331 golden period of
literature in, 332 - French taste
becomes prevalent in, 333 - Kra-
sicki, ib. - other authors under the
last king of, 334 Karpinski, 335
- latest literature of, ib. - has
learned self-reliance, 336
Niem-
cewicz, 337 - Malczewski, 338-
Brodzinski, 340 - future destiny
of, 347.
Political Economy, Sismondi's Es-
says in, reviewed, 32-metayer
system in, 37 - Sismondi's first
work on, 44- his New Views of,
63-distinguished from chrema-
tistics, 64 production and distri-
bution in, 65-over-production in,
66-displacement of human labor
in, 67.
Poor, the, and the humble, ancient
civilization did nothing for, 411 -
disregarded in the religious sys-
tems of the ancients, 412 - and by
modern pagans, 413- had few
legal rights, 414-rights of, ac-
knowledged only by Christians,
415-condition of, in Hindostan
and China, 418 - kindly treated
by the Jews, 419 - emancipated
and protected by Christianity, 421
- indebted to it for a home, 423 -
relieved by it in Polynesia, 424.
Poussin, Nicolo, as an artist, 139.
Precocity of genius lacks real
strength, 261.
Prison Discipline in America, by
Francis C. Gray, reviewed, 145
philanthropists dispute about, 146
experience acquired in, 147 -
twofold objects of, 150 - life or
reason not to be sacrificed by, 151
- a favorite subject for theorists,
152-comparison of the two sys-
tems of, 153-deaths caused by,
154-insanity produced by, 161
- imbecility mistaken for reforma-
tion by, 164- for short terms of
confinement, 166-in New Jer-
sey, 168-in Rhode Island, 171
productiveness of labor under, 173
- the Boston Society of, 177 —
opinion in Europe about, 178 —
English experience in, 179 - at
Pentonville, 180 - English opin-
ions about, cited, 186.
Privilege, meaning of the word, in
Cicero's time, 414.
Proud, the Loyalist, prediction of,
Przedswit reviewed, 323 - extract
from the preface of, 343.
Puritans of New England coveted
others' territories, 431.
Quincy, Josiah, Life and Journals of
Samuel Shaw by, noticed, 250.
Raphael compared with Titian, 137.
Raynal, Abbé, account of Acadie by,
224.
Religious Theory of Government, by
A. H. Vinton, 426.
Report on Massachusetts trees and
shrubs, by G. B. Emerson, review-
ed, 190.
Republics, political effects of war
on, 315 how affected by political
clubs, 316 - and by the influence
of individuals, 318 by social
theorists and political philanthro-
pists, 319-injured by the incul-
cation of abstract principles, 320-
mode of remedying evils in, 322-of
the ancients were oligarchies, 413.
Revolution, of 1688, Mackintosh on
the, 275-French, frightful aspect
of the, 288. See French the au-
thors of the American, were colo-
nists, 427- some were unbelievers,
428 - some were land-speculators,
432 - avarice and rapacity of, 433
censured for these things by
Washington, 434 - often deficient
in patriotism, 435 - refused to sup-
port the war, 436 - deserted the
army, 437 - cowardice of officers,
438-traitors among, 439-im-
proper persons appointed to com-
mand, 440
resignations of offi-
cers, 441
led by mercenary
motives, 442
quarrel with each
other, ib.
excuses for, 445.
Rey, a Polish author, 325 - early
life and education of, 326 - litera-
ry productions of, 327 - transla-
tions from, 328.
Reynolds, Sir J., Notes and Dis-
courses of, 111.
Rhode Island prison, the separate
system in, 171.
Rivals, The, Sheridan's comedy,
81-criticized, 82.
Robespierre, Lamartine's account of,
297, 303.
Rockingham party, Sheridan joins
the, 92.
Rome, final conquest of Italy by, 3
Histories of, by B. G. Niebuhr
and Leonhard Schmitz, reviewed,
280 yet an unappropriated sub-
ject for history, 281 - suicide com-
mon at, 406- morals of, in the
Augustan age, 407 - the poor not
favored in, 414-number of slaves
in, 416-pauperism and infanti-
cide in, 417.
Midi by, ib. - History of the
French by, 55-supports Napole-
on's government, 57 - his con-
versation with Napoleon, 58-re-
turns to his studies, 60 - domestic
life of, 61 - later publications of,
62- as a political economist, 63 -
on manufactures and over-produc-
tion, 66-earnestness of, in po-
litical economy, 68 - not a radi-
cal, 69-on the politics of Ge-
neva, 70-sickness and death of,
71 - Mignet's eulogy on, 72.
Slavery among the ancients, 415 -
forbidden or ameliorated by Chris-
tianity, 422.
Social Sciences, Sismondi's Studies
in the, 43.
Solar System, J. P. Nichol's Con-
templations on the, noticed, 253.
Sordello, by Robert Browning, re-
viewed, 357- misty and incom-
prehensible, 369 - must be viewed
in perspective, 371.
Squatters in Australia, 486.
Staël, Madame de, gives advice to
Sismondi, 47-rightly judged by
him, 50-refuses to return to Na-
poleon, 57 - the death of, 60.
Statistics, value of correctness in,
die, 222 - superseded in com-
mand, 226 - proceedings of, at
Grand-Pré, 227.
and enterprise of, 191 - foolishly
addicted to felling trees, 193-mi-
gratory instinct in, 197.
Yankee character, the, 190-thrift Zablocki, a Polish poet, 334.
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