Justin Martyr objects to Jewish doc- trines, 166-account of the statue to Simon Magus by, 170.
Kruse, on the attempt to teach deaf mutes articulation, cited, 336 on pantomime, 340. Kühner's Greek Grammar, translated by Edwards and Taylor, noticed, 248.
Lacretelle, account of the reception of Franklin at Paris by, 460. Landscape Gardening, 302-treat- ises concerning, 303-progress made in, 304-W. Irving on, in England, 305-beauty of the ef- fects produced by, 306- necessity of studying, in this country, 307- directions for architecture in, 308 -means of improving, in New England, 310-no aid to be ob- tained from artists in, 311-books relating to, 312-operations_on ground in, 313 - beautiful effect of trees in, 315-rules for orna- namental planting in, 317-dis- position of the groups in, 318- selection of trees for, 319-trans- planting trees in, 324-effects of a taste for, 328. La Salle, Sparks's life of, 97-ac- count of the expedition of, 98-- misfortunes and high spirit of, 98 - various authorities for the life of, 100 original documents dis- covered by, 101. See Sparks. Lebanon, Cedars of, 216. Lee, Mr., attack on Franklin by, 458. Lewis, Monk, criticised by Sydney Smith, 117.
Library of American Biography, by J. Sparks, reviewed, 96-merits of the plan, ib. contents of, 97— Sparks's Life of La Salle in the, ib.
Everett's Life of Patrick Henry in the, 102 See Sparks. Linden trees, remarkable age of some, 207-ornamental effect of, 323. Literary Remains of Willis Gaylord Clark, noticed, 239.
Literature, false dignity in, 106
truth better than formality in, 108. Logan, Mr., letter about Franklin by, 466.
Longévité des Arbres, par A. P. De Candolle, reviewed, 190. See Trees and De Candolle. Lorenzana describes the Mexican Cypress, 228.
Loudon, J. C., Arboretum Britanni- cum and Encyclopædia of Trees by, reviewed, 189-astonishing industry of, 195- misfortunes of, 196-curious matter in his work, 197-account of British Oaks by, 211. Encyclopædia of Garden- ing by, reviewed, 302-Arboretum at Derby planned by, 314. See Landscape.
Loyalists, the American, 261-not to be judged indiscriminately, 262
number and power of, 263, 283 the "Addressers" in Massa- chusetts, 264 cant names of, ib. note number of, in New England and at the South, 265-numbered many of the clergy among them, 266-newspapers devoted to, 267 - disruption of family ties caused by, 268-why so numerous, 270
instances of the persecution of, 271-increased by recreant Whigs, 272-pretexts for the conduct of, 274 - important offices obtained by, 275- arguments of, refuted by the event, 277-ought to be judged mercifully, 278, 298- course pursued by, during the war, 279- enormities committed by some of, 281, 285- list of dis- tinguished persons in the ranks of, 282-number of those of inferior note, 283 incidents showing the strength of, 284 dreadful strife waged by, at the South, 285 — legislative acts against, 286-in- justice of many of these acts, 288
question of compensation to, 289 - arguments against remuner- ating, 291 liberal rewards grant-
ed to, 293 harsh conduct of the States towards, 294-emigrate to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 295 places settled by, 296- feelings against them not to be perpetuated, 298-create the pros- perity of the British Colonies,
300-final reflections respecting, 301. Loyola, Ignatius, circumstances at- tendant on the birth of, 412- life of, as a page and soldier, 414 — sufferings of, from his wound, 415 vision of St. Peter by, 416- reads the lives of the Saints, ib.- conversion of, 417-goes to Mont- serrat, 418- tempted by Satan, 419 Spiritual Exercises of, 420 goes to the Holy Land, ib.- turns to study at Barcelona, 421 - persecuted by the Inquisitors, 422 goes to Paris, 423- life of, in that city, 424-makes six con- verts, 425 visits his early home, ib.- becomes acquainted with Ca- raffa at Venice, 426-founds the Company of Jesus, 427-estab- lishes the order at Rome, 423 draws up the Constitutions, 429 strict discipline required by, 430 later life and character of, 431 dying hours of, 432 — characteris- tics of, 432. See Jesuits. Luther, early life of, 413-internal struggles of, in the Waldburg, 415 wrong parallel between Loyola and, 420 triumph of, 421.
Maclure, William, buys and pub- lishes the Sylva of Michaux, 190
munificent benefactions of, 191. Magic squares, Franklin's invention of, 466. Mann, Horace, Seventh Annual Re- port by, reviewed, 329-objections to his opinions respecting the in- struction of deaf mutes, 330- misrepresents the mode of instruc- tion here, 331-confounds the language of gestures with the manual alphabet, 334-cases cited by, prove nothing,335 - assertions of, disproved by high authorities, 336-not acquainted with the facts, 338- arguments of, refuted, 341 advantages alleged by, are small, 346 probable ill success of, 348. See Deaf and Articula- tion.
Maples, ornamental effect of, 323. Marcionites, opinions of the, 162. See Gnostics.
Marlborough, anecdote of the Duke of, 304.
Marsh, Rev. H. C., profligacy of, 10. Marshall, Judge, on the war at the South, 286.
Massachusetts, number of Loyalists in, 264-severities exercised a- gainst them in, 287- harsh and unjust conduct of, 294. Metres, Munk on the Greek and Ro- man, translated by Beck and Fel- ton, noticed, 488. Mexican Cypresses, great size of, 228.
Michaux, F. A., The North American
Sylva by, reviewed, 189-pub- lished by Maclure, 190-wretched edition of, 191 - labors and travels of the author of, 192-his history of Oaks, published by his son, ib. — carries American trees to Paris, 193.
Michelet, M., on the Jesuits, re- viewed, 412.
Middleton, Henry, Jr., The Govern-
ment and the Currency by, no- ticed, 499.
Milnor, Dr., on the instruction of the deaf and dumb, 338.
Milton indebted to other poets, 33. Mineralogy, Phillips's Treatise on, edited by Allan and Alger, no- ticed, 240.
Minuteness of narration, attractive- ness of, 453. Monson, Sir W., account of Drake by, 76, 79.
Morals, Manners, and Poetry of England. See England. Morals, Franklin's system of, 470 — utility as a test and a motive in, 472-how motives are purified in, ib.
Morel, Mademoiselle, on the instruc- tion of the deaf and dumb, 337,341. Munk, Edward, on the metres of the Greeks and Romans, noticed, 488.
Neill, Dr., describes the Fortingal Yew, 222.
Neustadt, aged Linden tree in, 207. New York, number of Loyalists in, 265-laws against them in, 287- harsh conduct of, 294.
Newspapers, politics of the, during the American Revolution, 267. Nobility, English, immorality of, 7. Nombre de Dios plundered by Drake, 80.
Normans, manners of the, in Eng- land, 30.
North American Sylva, by Michaux and Nuttall, reviewed, 189. See Sylva and Michaux.
Norton, Andrews, on the Evidences of the Genuineness of the Gospels, reviewed, 142 time and labor given by, to the work, 143-close logic and great learning of, 144 confidence due to the statements and reasonings of, 145-originality and fearlessness of the speculations of, 146-conscientious direction of the labors of, 147-plan and ob- jects of, 148-validity of the rea- soning employed by, 149- outline of the argument adopted by, 152- appeals to the testimony of the Gnostics, 153 – -reasons for the broad scope of his argument, 154 - its conclusive character, 158 - his opinion of the Gnostics, 161 abstract of the account of these heretics by, 162-cited to explain the false assumption of the Chris- tian name in the early centuries, 163 minute account of pseudo- Christian sects by, 164 - his views respecting the Old Testament cited, 168-his opinion of the Fathers, 170 curious dissertations by, ib. -examines the opinions of the ancients respecting the being of a God, 171 on the words 90s and deus, 173-on the influence of Christianity upon Pagan philoso- phy, cited, 174-traces out the rudiments of Gnosticism, 175 — on the Platonic doctrine of ideas, 176 his objections to Berkeley's defence of Nominalism examined, 177-
- on the character of ancient philosophy, 178-on the Gnostic doctrine of emanations, 181 - and of the formation of the universe, 183 on the monstrous character of the Gnostic doctrines, 184 — on the apocryphal Gospels, 187 great value and interest of his work, 188. See Gnostics and Gos- pels.
Pennsylvania, Historical Review of, 481.
Peter Bell, the story of, 376. Philadelphia, feelings towards Dr. Franklin in, 469. Phillips, William, Treatise on Min- eralogy by, edited by Alger, notic- ed, 240.
Philosophy of the ancients, unsatis- factory character of, 155- an ob. stacle to the progress of Christian- ity, 156 imperfect recognition of the being of a God in the, 172- Norton's views of, 178. Pine trees, age of, 222 - the White, 223-the Lambert, 224.
Playfair on Franklin as a man of science, 465.
Plowden, History of Ireland by, cited, 23.
Plymouth in England indebted to Drake, 87, 93. Poetry, character of, in this age, 352 different phases of, at different times, 353 correct school of, ib. -in Queen Anne's time, 354 causes of the reaction against this school of, 355-influence of the spiritual philosophy on, 356-spec- ulative and earnest character of, 358-effect of the French Revo- lution on, 359- reflects the char- acteristics of the age, 360-Words- worth's views of, 366. See Words- worth.
Poets and Poetry of America, article in the Foreign Quarterly on, re- viewed, 1. See England. Poet's Epitaph, by Wordsworth, quot- ed, 375.
Poinsett, Mr., measures the Mexican Cypress, 228.
Pollok, Course of Time by, 38. Poor Richard, by Franklin, morality of, 470.
Pope, poetry of, easily imitated, 354 affected by the material philoso- phy of his age, 356.
Price, Mr., account of Dr. Arnold by, 393.
Priestley, Dr., account of Wedder- burn's attack on Dr. Franklin by, 456.
Pye, H. J., poet-laureate, odes by, cited, 42.
Robinson, Dr., letter from, respecting the review of Olin's Travels, 253. Rose, Mr., satirized by Sydney Smith, 119. S.
Salle. See La Salle. Sancerre, great Chestnut at, 210. Sargent, John O., Lecture on Steam Navigation by, noticed, 491. Savonarola, opinions and fate of, 413. Scientific men, disinterestedness not a virtue of, 463- small success of the efforts of, 464.
Scott, Sir W., on landscape garden- ing, 315 -on forests, 316. Scriven, S. S., on the employment of children in the mines, cited, 17. Secondary desires, law of the forma- tion of, 472.
Sedgwick, Miss, as a writer of novels, 436.
Sewall, Jonathan, the Loyalist, 269. Shelburne founded by Loyalists, 297. Shelley, imaginative power of, 63. Signs used for language, 332. Simcoe, Col. J. G., History of the
Queen's Rangers by, reviewed, 261. See Loyalists.
Simon Magus, statue erected to, 170. "Sir Francis Drake Revived" cited, 74, 79.
Smith, Sydney, works of, reviewed, 104 characteristics of, 105- frankness and familiarity of, 106 — laughs at false literary dignity, 108 derides forms and names, 109 articles on America by, 110 -humorous account of English taxation by, 111 - avoids vulgari- ty, 112 good-nature and philan- thropy of, 113-his account of the origin of the Edinburgh Re- view, ib.contributions of, to that Journal, 114-on pulpit dis- courses, cited, 115-as a critic, 116 specimens of his short criti- cisms, 117 his keen perception of moral distinctions, 119-a stur- dy reformer, 120-a friend to Ireland, 121 - laughs at the in- consistency of English philanthro- py, 122-his felicity of expres sion, 123 insects in the tropics described by, ib. - humorous ac- count of Scotchmen and Noodles by, 124 - faults of, 125 - his let- ters on American Debts, 126-
acted like a Noodle in investing his money, 127. Somma, aged Cypress at, 216. Sophocles, E. A., Catalogue of Greek Verbs by, noticed, 246. Soulavie, Franklin's letter to, on earthquakes, 468.
Southey on the English clergy cited, 11 a radical in his youth, 361. Spain, enmity of, to Queen Eliza- beth, 73-war waged by, 88. Spanish frigates, affair of the, 25. Sparks, Jared, Library of American Biography by, reviewed, 96- life of La Salle by, 97-high merits of the work, 99- does justice to Hennepin, 100-other authorities used by, ib. - -note by, on the Virginia Resolutions, 103-Life and Works of B. Franklin by, re- viewed, 446-merits of the edi- tion, ib.- successful researches of, 447 - care and fidelity of, 448 weight due to the opinions of, 449 publication of the auto- biography by, 450-high merit of the continuation of the memoirs by, 454-account of Franklin's coolness under provocation by, 458-settles the question about the authorship of the Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 482. See Franklin.
St. John, number of Loyalists in, 296. Steam Navigation, Lecture on, by John O. Sargent, noticed, 491. Steuart, Sir H., the Planter's Guide by, 324.
Stow the historian, on Sir F. Drake, 73, 90.
Street, Alfred B., Drawings and Tint- ings by, noticed, 495. Styles on Methodism reviewed by Smith, 118.
Sycamore Maple, age of one, in the Grisons, 206.
Sylva, The North American, by F. A. Michaux, and Continuation of, by T. Nuttall, reviewed, 189 wretched edition of, 191. See Michaux and Nuttall.
Trees, the longevity of, 189-no natural limit to the life of, 197 - why unlike animals in this re- spect, 198 better compared with zoophytes, 199- reasons for a short actual duration of some, 200-how their age may be ascer- tained, 201― remarkable cases of the longevity of, 205 allusions
to, by the ancients, 206-aged Lindens, ib.- Planes or Syca- mores, 208- Chestnuts, 209- Oaks, 211 Olives, 215 - Cy. presses, ib. Cedars of Lebanon, 217 Yews, 219- Pines and Firs, 222 - American Cypresses, 226-Baobabs, or Monkey Breads, 232-Dragon-tree, 236-conclu- sion respecting the age of, 238- picturesque effects of, 316-vari- ous kinds of, for shade and orna- ment, 319-modes of transplant- ing, 324. Turgot affixes the Latin inscription to the portrait of Franklin, 460.
Utility, consideration of, in ethics, 472.
Vanbrugh, opinion of, respecting im- provements in Landscape, 304. Vaudracour and Julia quoted, 374.
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