Missouri, spoken of as the largest river
known, 60-brings to the common chan-
nel four times as much water as the Mis-
sissippi, ib.-its length more than four
thousand miles, ib.
Mockbird, animated description of by Mr
Nuttall, 66.
Moore, Thomas, his Loves of the Angels
reviewed, 353 et seq.-nature of the
subject, 356-story of, and extracts
from the poem, 359 et seq.
Morse, Dr, his report to the Secretary of
War on Indian affairs reviewed, 31 et
seq-his excursions to Green bay and
York, 31-objections to the arrange-
ment of the work, 32-Dr Morse's
opinion on the extinction of the Indian
tribes, 35-combatted, 36 et seq.
Morse, his modern geography reviewed,
176 et seq. portion relating to the
United States commended, ib.-intro-
duction relating to astronomy unneces-
sary, 177-tables of weights, measures,
&c. wanted, ib.-comparison of the
mile of different countries, 178—deci-
mal notation recommended, 180.
N.
New-Hampshire Historical Collections
commended, 86.
Niebuhr, his Roman History reviewed,
425 et seq.-has exploded vulgar
errors regarding Roman history, 426
opinion of the Quarterly Review, 427
Mr Niebuhr's early life, ib.--professor
at Berlin, ib.appointed minister to
Rome, ib.-discovers the institutions
of Gaius, 428-Mr Niebuhr's situation
at Rome, ib.-his plan in the work, ib.
account of the tribes which preceded the
Romans, 429-of the Etruscans, 431
et seq.-
-the arrival of Æneas, ib. et
seq.-his conjectures on the foundation
of Rome, 437-supposed to be of Etrus-
can origin, ib.-discovery of ruins in the
Coliseum of extreme antiquity, 438 —
sketches of the laws and institutions of
Rome, 437-account of the agrarian
laws ib.et seq.-errors of Montesquieu
and Adam Smith, 440-true view
of them by Mr Niebuhr, 441 et seq.
Nuttall, his journal of travels into Arkan-
sa Territory reviewed, 59 et seq.-ar-
rives at Pittsburgh, 63-descent of the
Ohio, 63-arrives at the mouth of the
Arkansa, 64-ascent of the Arkansa
described, ib. et seq.-wild appearance
of the scenery, ib.-sets off to the Red
river, 66-prairies described, ib.-loses
his party, 67-difficulties in regaining
Fort Smith, ib.-continues his voyage
up the Arkansa, ib.-salt works des-
cribed, 68-begins a journey by land
up the Arkansa, 69-journal, 69 et seq.
-taken ill, 70-discovers a multitude
of new plants, 75-his genera of North
American plants, 75- -his geological
sketch of the valley of the Mississippi,
Oregan, a river formerly supposed to re-
ceive all the western waters, 59.
Osage salt works described, 68-
gallons produce a bushel, ib.
Otis, James, life of, by Mr Tudor review-
ed, 337 et seq.— -little known of his
private character and social habits, 339
-idea of forcible resistance to the min-
istry supposed to have arisen in Massa-
chusetts, 340- -Writs of Assistance,
341- -President Adams' account of
Mr Otis' speech against them, 342-
author's style commended, 345-his
power in drawing characters great, 346
-his character of Franklin, 347-of
Otis, ib.-of Samuel Adams, ib..
merits of the work, 348-abstract of
the life of Otis, 349 et seq.
Patents, Essay on the Law of, reviewed,
199 et seq. See Fessenden.
Percival, J. G. his Clio reviewed, 102 et
seq.-attractive qualities of his poetry,
107-beauty of his language, ib.-
command of language, rhyme, 108-
intimacy with classical literature, ib.--
descriptions of American scenery, 109
extracts, 109–123.
Pharmacopoeia of the United States, ac-
count of 375 et seq.
See Materia
Medica.
Pike, General, his courage in the expedi-
tion praised by M. de Humboldt, 24
his map a copy of M. de Humboldt's,
25-his journey has given a new as-
pect to the western country, 59.
Plants, tropical, work of Messrs Hum-
boldt and Bonpland upon them, 17-
geography of, 18-North American
genera of, by Mr Nuttall, commended,
75.
Pocahontas, 276, 277, 280, 281, 282.
Pope, his character as a critic, 139-his
edition of Shakspeare, ib.-his opinion
of the style of Shakspeare, note, ib.-
his eulogium on Rymer, ib.
Potatoe, note respecting, 249.
Powhatan, his coronation, 278-his
speech commended and extracted, 279.
Prairies, description of, 66-botanical
luxuriance, ib.-the breeze refreshing,
ib.
Puffendorf, his opinion of lord Bacon
quoted, 301.
Review, Quarterly, its opinion of Niebuhr,
427.
Robertson, Dr, acquiesces in the errors of
the Spanish historians, 2.
Romans, Sketches of their domestic man-
ners and institutions reviewed, 163 et
seq.-object of the author, 166-his
arrangement commended, ib.-details
of their manners, 168 et seq.- -their
dramatic entertainments, 169-masks
of the actors, ib.division of a part
between recitation and gesture, ib.-
vast size of the Roman theatres, 170
gladiatorial combats, 172-boxing
matches in England, 173-Roman
habits at dinner, ib. et seq.-healths,
anecdote of Cleopatra, 175-Roman
History reviewed, 425 et seq.
Niebuhr.
Rush, Dr, an error in a former number in
regard to his classical attainments cor-
rected, 54-his translation of the apho-
risms of Hippocrates, ib.-his attach-
ment to the classics, ib.
Sanderson, his Biography of the Signers,
&c. reviewed, 184 et seq.-account of
the contents, ib.-errors in arrange-
ment and taste, ib.-extracts from
Governor Hancock's oration, ib.-
his character, 187-Franklin, his bi-
ography and character, 188-anecdotes
of, 189-Wythe, biography of, 191—
violent death, 192-Hopkinson's biog-
raphy, 192-letter from extracted, 193
- plan of the work commended, 195.
Schiller, little known in America, 284-
Doering's life of, reviewed, 397 et seq.
necessity of a biographer to the poet,
397-character of the work, 398-
birth and parentage, ib.-his early life,
399-his early productions, ib.-his
opinion of Shakspeare in early life, ib.
youthful estimates of character incorrect,
400-the Robbers described, 401-its
value consists principally in its style,
ib.-unnatural character of the hero,
402-Schiller forbidden by the duke of
Wirtemberg to write on any but medical
subjects, 404-remarks on the charac-
ter of Schiller's later productions, 406
no resemblance between Schiller and
Shakspeare, 408 et seq.-Carlos, 410
History of the revolution in the Neth-
erlands, ib.is chosen professor at
Jena, ib-his acquaintance with, and
opinion of Goethe, ib.-is attacked by
a pulmonary complaint, 411-his man-
ner of study, ib.-slow in composition,
412 removes to Weimar, ib.-his
History of the Thirty years' war,
ib. et
seq.-conceives the plan of an epic,
414-tragedy of Wallenstein, 415-
his plan of an epic on Frederic the Great,
416-a plan of an Idyll, ib.-enume-
ration of his poems written at Weimar,
417-his Maid of Orleans, ib.—Mr
Southey's Joan of Arc, 418-Maid of
Orleans receives flattering applause, 422
minor works of Schiller, ib.-his death,
423-particulars regarding, ib.
School fund of Connecticut, report of the
commissioner of reviewed, 379 et seq.
-history of the school fund in Con-
necticut, 380 et seq.-primitive pro-
visions for education, 380-schools in
the colony of New Haven, 381-in
Connecticut, 381 et seq.-successive
laws and grants detailed, 384 et seq.
-origin and history of Yale College,
386-prejudice in Connecticut in fa-
vor of exclusive patronage of the com-
mon schools, 388-account of the
school fund, 389-rule of its distribu-
tion, ib.-manner of managing schools,
fb.-number of schools, ib.-advan-
tages derived from the fund not impor-
tant, 391-proposition for a different
application of the fund, 392-remarks
on the zeal of our ancestors for educa-
tion, 393-opinion with respect to
higher establishments for education con-
troverted, 394-not a tax on the poor
for the rich, ib.-Public Latin School
in Boston, 395-patronage of Yale
by the state neglected, 396.
Schlegel, Mr F. in his considerations on
the Hindoos has made use of M. de
Humboldt's materials, 14.
Shakers, sect so called, account of, 76 et
seq.-a remnant of the Quakers, 79-
account of their singular religious ser-
vice, 80-their leader Ann Lee, 81-
settlement at New Lebanon, 85-com-
pact constituting their property com-
mon, 86- -account of the tenets of
the sect, 90-93-continuance of the
sect explained, 95 et seq.-favorable
opinion of by Dr Dwight, 96-chari-
table, 07-vigilant in administering
the concerns of the society, 99-colo-
nize new settlements, 101.
Shakspeare, temperament of, 133 et seq.
Smith, captain, his personal adventures, re-
viewed 270 et seq.-motives assigned by
him for writing his life, 271-leaves
England at an early age, ib.---enters the
French and Dutch services, ib.-re-
turns to England, 272-is thrown
everboard on his passage to Italy, ib.
-desperate sea-fight with a Venetian
argosy, ib.- -account of his single
combats, 273-his captivity, 274-
sails for Virginia, 275-is arrested,
276-his life saved by Pocahontas, ib.
-her fête at his visit to her father, 277
-coronation of Powhatan, 278-his
speech, 279-his treachery defeated by
Pocahontas, 280-Smith's contest
with a savage, ib.duels between
monarchs recommended, 281-Smith's
proposal to extirpate the savages, 282
-his value for the fisheries, 283.
Society of Geography at Paris, its prize
question relative to the Asiatic islands,
247.
Superstitions, allusion to, 129, note.
South sea islanders, unable to be educated
for missions in N. England from dis-
similarity of climate, 43.
Sylla, a tragedy by Jouy, reviewed, 124
et seq. character of Sylla not the one
usually received, 154-parallel be-
tween him and the emperor Napoleon,
ib.-fine exposition of Sylla's charac-
ter, ib.-plot of the tragedy feeble,
155-language brilliant, ib.
French and English tragedy.
Talma, imitates the personal appearance
of Napoleon in the character of Sylla,
154.
Tragedy, French and English, compari-
son of, 124 et seq.-inquiry into the
cause of the deficiency of the present
English drama, 124-French drama
confined to the three masters, 125-
too much importance attached to the
French imitation of the Greek thea-
tre, ib.habit of ridicule destroys
poetical enthusiasm, ib.-Corneille's
influence on the drama, 127-rise of
the English drama, 128-English
dramatists desired a faithful picture of
nature and not of the ideal, 130—im-
morality of the early English drama, 131
-the rules purposely neglected, 132-
temperament of the English favorable
to the character of their drama, ib.—
Shakspeare, the dispute whether his
compositions are most tragic or comic,
133-disposition to sarcasm from a
great knowledge of human nature, ib.
-introduction of the French taste in
poetry in the time of queen Anne, 136
-Louis XIV, his influence on poetry,
ib.-Pope's edition of Shakspeare, 139
-Addison, remarks on his Cato, ib.-
praised by Voltaire and the French
critics, ib.-character of the Parisian
taste, 143-poetry less esteemed than
formerly in France, ib.-revival of the
natural taste in poetry in England,
144-influence of christianity on the
English poets, ib.-the drama an ex-
ception to the revival of English poet-
ry, ib.-causes of this exception, 145
-state of modern society unfavorable
to the drama, 146-modern tragedies
of merit, 148-Mr. Croly's Catiline
reviewed, 149-extracts from, 150 et
seq.-M. Jouy's Sylla reviewed, 154.
See Catiline and Sylla.
Translations from the ancients imperfect
and unfaithful, 54.
Valley of the Mississippi, geological
sketch of by Mr Nuttall commended,
Vater, professor, great light thrown by
him on the languages of America, 14
-is convinced that M. de Humboldt
has proved the identity of the Tarta-
rian and Mexican nations, 15.
Virginia, a citizen of, his essays review-
ed, 45-literary character of Virginia,
45-planters of, their life favorable to
habits of study, 47.
Voltaire, his remark on the exhibition of
dead bodies on the stage and the gro-
tesque names in Otway, 127-his
praise of Addison, 139-his character
as a dramatic poet, 140-inferior to
Corneille in sublimity, ib.-acquaint-
ance with the English literature, ib.-
draws from its sources, ib.-more sim-
ple and natural than his predecessors,
141-conforms to the arbitrary rules
of the French drama, ib.-opinion of
lord Bacon, 301.
his residence at Constantinople, 207--
his extensive list of authorities, ib.-
his work exhausts the subject, ib.-
number of inscriptions recorded in it,
208-view of Constantinople and map
of the Bosphorus, 209-errs in rep-
etition, ib.
Waverly, author of, his character, 147-
knowledge of human nature, ib.
Webster, Mr, extract from his speech in
the late convention, 339.
Written documents, relating to antiquity,
unworthy of preference over more per-
manent monuments, 19 et seq.
Wythe, George, his biography, 191--his
violent death, 192.
Volney first uses the term 'valley of the Yelverton, his reports reviewed, 196 et
Von Hammer, his Constantinople review-
ed, 203 et seq.-interpreter of the
Austrian legation at Constantinople,
ib.-describes the dignity of that of.
fice, 204-works of Mr Von Hammer
commended, 206-his advantages from
seq.-his biography, ib.-his reports
originally published in Norman French,
197-reports concise, 198-of great
authority, ib.-enriched by excellent
notes, ib.-
-character of the English
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