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, 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 -causes 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-
novelty for originality, 468-in- vent new laws of criticism, 469- need not publish unless they like, 470.
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.
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 439-im- among, 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, system in, 17i.
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.
School for Scandal, The, 86. Schools of Boston, Reports on the, reviewed, 446-social position of the teachers of, 448-small pay for instruction in, 450-impor- tance of the work done in, 452 the report on, by G. B. Emerson, 453-mode of examining, 454 proper studies in, 455. Scott, Sir W., on the commonness of poetic talent, 466. Separate and social systems of prison discipline, 147-how compared with each other, 153- mortality caused by, 154-society allowed under, 159 insanity caused by, 161-experience of, in New Jer- sey, 168 - in Rhode Island, 171- frightful results of, at Philadel- phia, 176 trials of, in England, 179 at Pentonville, 180 - dif- ferent application of, in England, 183-English opinions about, cit- ed, 186.
Shakspeare, meagreness of the biog- raphy of, 464.
Shaw, Samuel, Journals and Life of, by Josiah Quincy, noticed, 250. Shepherd, Edward, on prison disci- pline, 184.
Sheridan, Richard B., life and works
of, reviewed, 72-prominent qual- ities of, 73- witty and vicious,
74-parentage and education of, 75-his life at school, 76- early literary efforts of, 77 falls in love, 78- elopement and marriage of, 79-fights two duels, 80 writes the comedy of The Rivals, 81 faults and merits of, as a dramatist, 82, 87-writes a farce and an opera, 83-character of his wit, 84-buys Drury Lane Theatre, 85 his School for Scandal, 86- The Critic by, 87 - comic characters of, 88 - real powers of, 89- -as an orator and politician, 90-enters Parliament, 91-accepts and resigns office, 92 - a member of the Coalition min- istry, 93 his sharp retort on Pitt, 94 an effective partisan, 95- his his parliamentary wit, 96- speech on the impeachment of Hastings, 97- his eloquence char- acterized, 98 - in Westminster Hall, 99 studied artificial ora- tory of, 101 compared with Irish orators, 102 - florid style of, 103 separates from Burke, 104
leads the opposition with Fox, 105-second marriage and later history of, 106-betrays the Whig leaders, 107- misery of his last scene, 108-moral estimate of,
Shirley, Governor, plans the expedi- tion against Acadie, 221. Sismondi, J. C. L., the life and opin- ions of, 32-parentage and edu- cation of, 33-resides at Lyons, 34-visits England, 35-driven from Geneva, 36-fixes his resi- dence in Tuscany, 37-imprison- ment of, 38 - correspondence of, with his mother, 39-liberal po- litical opinions of, 40-literary labors of, 42- his Studies in the Social Sciences, 43-returns to Geneva, 44 - studies Italian his- tory, 45-History of the Italian Republics by, 46-publishes his work, 47-consistency and indus- try of, 48-friends and associates of, 50 - travels with Madame de Staël, 51 - peculiar tastes of, 52 - travels in Germany, ib. -on Austrian politics, 53- other pub. lications of, 54-Littérature du
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, 149.
St. Patrick's Day, by Sheridan, 83. Suicide common at Rome, 406. Szymonowicz, idyls of, 331.
Tasmania, settlement of, 483. Teachers, proper social position of, 448-insufficiently paid, 449 – ought to be seen in elegant society, 451.
Theorists, social, mischief caused by, 319.
Tiber, course of the river, 5. Tickell, witty caricature of Sheridan by, 94.
Titian, minute finish of, 125-land- scapes of, 136-compared with Raphael, 137.
Trees of Massachusetts, G. B. Em- erson's Report on the, reviewed, 190-thoughtless destruction of, 192-burning of forests of, 194 economical value of, 195
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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