excited by, 291 Edanus Burke's pamphlet against, 293-first General Meeting of, 294-Washington on the opposition to, 295- still exists under its original constitution, 296 — its cha- racter discussed, ib. — hard fate of the French members of, 297-subsequent history of, in America, 299 - the seve- ral State branches of, ib.-forms on the admission of a new member into, 301 queer names of the early mem- bers of, ib.- change proposed to pro- long the life of, 302-Note to the arti- cle on the, 530.
Coalition ministry formed, 402 - its fate, 408.
Cobden, John C., on the White Slaves in England, noticed, 531.
Cole, Thomas, The Life and Works of,
by L. Noble, reviewed, 302 early life of, 303 - amusements of his child- hood, 304 - various residences and employments of, 305-his study of nature, 306 early longings of, 307 - his first means of studying art, 308 —becomes an itinerant portrait paint- er, 310 travels and mishaps of, 311
discouragements of, 312-his pov- erty at Philadelphia, 313-removes to New York, 314- begins to succeed, 316 his choice of subjects, ib. — sails for Europe, 317 travels there, 318 - his Course of Empire begun, 319- his residence at Catskill, 320-visits Europe again, 322-his associates and pursuits at Rome, ib. personal re- miniscences of, 324-particular works of, 326- sickness and death of, 327- as an artist, 328 as a writer and a man, 329. Colvin, Col., proposals of, for works of irrigation in India, 445, 453. Competition, unrestricted, real evils of,
Congress, ill-timed prodigality and par- simony of, in publishing government reports, 246.
Conybeare, W. J., Life and Epistles of St. Paul by, reviewed, 173 — merits of, 194 - criticised, 195 — cited, ib. See Paul. Correspondence of the American Revolu- tion, edited by J. Sparks, reviewed, 80 -a valuable contribution to history, 81 -variety of character shown in the, 82 -cited, 86.
Cotton, Rev. Mr., letter of, to certain Eng- lish noblemen, 352- his theocratic code of laws, 369.
Courtenay, Earl of Devon, a suitor of Mary Tudor, 509.
Dickens, Charles, Bleak House by, re- viewed, 409 - his mode of publishing a novel piecemeal, 410- -disadvan tages of this mode, 411-loses the benefit of revision, 414-obliged to write at fixed periods, 415-writes too hastily, 416 - his portraits are caricatures, 417 contrasted with Thackeray, 418-careless in his style, 419-ephemeral popularity of, 420 - tries very hard to be funny, 421 cited, 422-his manner burlesqued, 423-declining interest of the later works of, 424-hangs too many of his characters, 425-deals too much in horrors, 427 and in spontaneous combustion, 429- -a specimen of, in this line, 430.
Dickson, Bishop of Down, dramatic stu- dies of, 380.
Dighton rock, Schoolcraft's account of the inscription on the, 252- Indian inter- pretation of it, 254. Duplessis, Mauduit, cruel fate of, 297.
Eclipse of Faith, by H. Rogers, reviewed, 60 an argument for Christianity against transcendental deism, 61 ridicule employed in, 63 — cited, 73- merits of, 80.
Edward VI., hard character of, 499. Edwards, Prof. B. B., Writings and Me- moir of, by E. A. Park, reviewed, 219 early life of, 220 - his employments after leaving college, 221-his labors as an editor, 222 establishes a new periodical, 223-great amount of work performed by, 224 as Professor of Biblical Literature, 225 -on Hebrew poetry, 226-his personal character, 227 his pupils' estimate of, 228- his candor, 229-his labors for the blacks, 230-visits Wordsworth, 231 - his travels in Europe, 232- - his labors after his return, 235 - failure of his health, 236 - his closing days, 237 - funeral of, 239-writings of, as a preacher, 241 on the characteristics of Wordsworth, 242. Elizabeth, Queen, compared with her sis- ter Mary, 494 - her early training neglected, 500 vigorous but unami- able character of, 501. Empedocles on Etna reviewed, 1 — cha- racterized, 12-other poems of the author of, 13. England, relations of, with France and America, 118-officious and insulting policy of, 120-stands in dread of France, 121 -ground taken by the liberal party in, during the French
Revolution, 123 conduct of, during the war, and towards Napoleon, 124
disposed to libel France, 125. insulting but_vacillating conduct of, towards the French President, 133. fears invasion, ib.- continental policy of, 135-meddlesome conduct of, 136 social condition of, 144- war with America popular in, 384-how af- fected by the Seven-Years' War, 388- begins the controversy with America, 389- ill-success of, in the war, 392. yields the independence of the Colo- nies, 397 inglorious condition of, at the close of the war, 399 attempt to buy an alliance with Russia, 404 and to limit the influence of France, 405.
Faith, Christian, Eclipse of, 60 lightened skepticism leads to, 63- in the resurrection of the dead, 65. Female character difficult to be de- scribed, 211-two classes of, 213. Feroze Toghlak, irrigating canal built by, 443. Fielding characterized as a novelist, 200 Thackeray compared with, 203 - his mode of delineating character, 207. Filicchi, Mr., the friend of Mrs. Seton, 155- generous conduct of, 156. Fitzpatrick, Richard, an associate of Fox in private theatricals, 380. Fox, Charles James, Memorials of, re- viewed, 373- his Papers and Life published in a chaotic state, 375 — parentage and early promise of, 377 -travels and scholarship of, 378- strives to do every thing well, $79 - his passion for private theatricals, 380
personal appearance of, 381 - а dandy while young, 382- engages in politics, 385 as a minister under Lord North, 386 urges the prosecu- tion of Woodfall, 387 - dismissed from the ministry, 388 · opposes Lord North, and defends the Colo- nies, 392 hated by the King, 394 contest of address between Lord North and, 395 enters the Rockingham ministry, 396- separates from Lord Shelburne, 400 coalizes with Lord North, 401 minister again, 403-
supports a grant of money to the Prince of Wales, ib. - objects of his foreign policy, 404-letters of, to the King, 406-India bill of, 407 -- dis- missed from office, 408 - injured by the coalition, ib.-his policy respect- ing the French Revolution, 409. France, England, and America, 118- formidable rival of England, 121 once punished for attempting to gov- ern herself, 123-persecuted by Eng- land, 124 wronged and misrepre- sented, 125 under Louis Philippe, 126 farcical revolution of February in, 127-Louis Napoleon chosen Pre- sident of, 128 - state of parties in, Napoleon's coup d'état in, 131 - condition of, thus greatly improved, 132-military power and ambition of,
Hamilton, Alexander, his letters during the Revolutionary War cited, 97. Hancock, President of Congress, letter of, 94.
Hebrew poetry, characteristics of, 226. Henry VIII., odious character of, 495 destitute of human feeling, 496 -sa- crificed his best friends without re- morse, 497-compared with Francis I. ib. the children of, 499, Henry Esmond, by W. M. Thackeray, reviewed, 199 - characterized, 216. Hillard, George S., Six Months in Italy by, noticed, 522.
Hingham in 1645, quarrel in, about the election of a military officer, 337. Hobart, Rev. Mr., of Hingham, his dis- pute with John Winthrop, 337. Horseshoe, institution of the order of the,
India, Canals of Irrigation in, 439 North-western Provinces of, 440 government improvements in, 441 revenue system of, ib. need of water for agriculture in, 442-first irrigat- ing canal in, 443-Mussulman domi- minion in, 444-English government attempts to restore the canals in, 445
canals to the west of the Jumna in, 446 - awful famine in, 449 canal from the Ganges in, 452-other ca- nals proposed in, 462 contrast of the English with the former rulers of, 464-rule of the East India Company in, 465 Note to the article on Irri- Indian Tribes, H. R. Schoolcraft on the gating Canals in, 531. History and Condition of the, reviewed, 245-national character of the work, 247 Oneida stone reverenced by the, 251 inscription on Dighton rock and the skeleton in armor, as antiquities of the, 252-other in- scriptions by, 254-pictography of, 255-engravings to illustrate the arts of the, 256-legends and myths of, 258 vital and industrial statistics of, 260.
Italy, Six Months in, by George S. Hil- lard, noticed, 522.
Knighthood, orders of, in America, 272
order of the Horseshoe, in Virginia,
Lafayette, devotion of, to Washington, 88. Lamartine in the Revolution of 1848, 127. Laws should grow up gradually, accord- ing to occasions, 367-excellence of, in Massachusetts, 369.
Lee, General Charles, letter of, 104. Liberty, political, cannot be entire, 108 indefinite aspirations for, 110- limited for our good, 111 - does not imply freedom from restraint, 112.
Libri, M., note to the article on the case of, 533.
Life-Drama, by A. Smith, analysis of the, 5.
Lincoln, General, character of, 91-let- ters of, 92.
Livingston, Robert R., admitted into the Cincinnati, 301.
Mary Tudor, Queen, did not deserve the epithet of Bloody, 494-training of, under her admirable mother, 499 never accused of levity, 501-precise, religious, and charitable, 502- gene- rous and grateful, but not amiable, 503 - sharp and shrewish, 504 - gives a committee of the Council a sharp scolding, 505 too much attached to Spain, 506 doubtful friendship of the emperor for, 507— gives audience to his ambassador, 509 - policy of France respecting, 511 - her fancy for Philip ripens into passion, 512- betrays her feelings unconsciously to Renard, 513 accepts the offer of Philip's hand, 518 ungrateful to her subjects, 519 - allows Renard to speak of them as enemies, 520-de- ceived in all her hopes, 521. Massachusetts, Society of the Cincinnati in, 293, 300 — Early History of, 331
how it should be studied, 334-sa- gacity and statesmanship of the found- ers of, 335 court of Assistants in, 342-original plan of the settlement of, 343 had a right to exclude all who were not invited to come thither,
defence of the peculiar limita- tion of suffrage in, 345 Old Planters admitted to vote in, 346-the law created but little discontent in, 347 the rights of non-freemen protected in, 348 -great power of the Assist- ants in, 349 Council for life in, 351 policy of inviting noblemen and gen- tlemen to emigrate to, ib. early aris- tocratic spirit in, 352 - early develop- ment of republican feelings in, 353- contest of these two elements in, 354 -unjust charges against the magis- trates of, 358- how a representation of the people was established in, 359
separate representation of the towns in, 362-how the first code of laws was established in, 364 - first move- ment for a system of laws, 365 -Win- throp's idea of the manner in which a code of laws should grow up in, 367 - danger that the laws of, might be dis- allowed in England, 368- Cotton's theocratic system rejected in, 369- excellence of the system finally esta- blished in, ib.-necessary severity of the government of, 370- persecuted by Roger Williams, 371- no need of an apology, 372. Merman, The Forsaken, a poem, 19. Millet, Mrs., supposed spontaneous com- bustion of, 435.
Mirabeau on the order of the Cincinnati, 297.
Negro slaves, not protected by law, 473
an inferior race, but still human, 476 incapable of freedom, but need- ing kindness and care, 477- - not pro- perty, 478-rightfully bound to servi- tude, if protected by law, 480. Newburg Letters, origin and language of the, 281-authorship of, 283. Noailles, ambassador of France to Eng- land, negotiations of,with Mary Tudor, 511.
Noble, L. L., Life and Works of Thomas Cole by, reviewed, 302. See Cole. North, Lord, as a minister and a man, 383 not inimical to America, and opposed to the war, 384 — opposed by
Fox, 392-wishes to retire, 393 scene in the House at the resignation of, 395-coalizes with Mr. Fox, 401. Novelists, English, pictures of real life by, 200-Fielding at the head of, ib.
Oneida stone, Schoolcraft's account of the, 251.
Oswald, Mr., as a negotiator of the peace at Versailles, 397.
Paine, Thomas, revolutionary services of, 95-letters of, 96. Park, E. A., Memoir of Professor B. B. Edwards by, reviewed, 219-his work characterized, 244. See Edwards. Paul, St., The Life and Epistles of, by W. J. Conybeare and J. S. Howson, reviewed, 173-birth-place of, 174- early training of, 176- conversant with different races and classes of men, 177 social position of, 178 - quick and strong susceptibilities of, 180— magnitude of the work assigned to, 181 - his qualifications for it, 182-in- tegrity of, 183 - affections and tole- rant spirit of, 184-personal appear- ance of, 185 - his travels, 186 his Epistles, 187-precise and logical as a writer, 192 requires close atten- tion, 193- full of feeling, 194. Peirce, Franklin, Inaugural Address of, reviewed, 118. Pendennis, The History of, by W. M. Thackeray, reviewed, 199. People, the, not identical with the govern- ment, 42 are necessarily ruled, 45 create the government and then are subject to it, 47-do not own the offi- ces, 48 their voice not the voice of God, 106-may be foolish, ignorant, and vicious, 107-must give up a portion of their freedom, 108. Philip, II., negotiations for the marriage of, with Mary Tudor, 509 — proposed Portuguese match for, 516-accepted by Mary, 518-failure of his expect- ations, 521.
chief source of power, 35-knowledge has not improved government morals, 36-power belongs to the resolute and the self-willed, 38- the time for studying, 39-cannot be summed up in a single principle, 40 — possible im- provements in, 41 -the government and the people not identical, 42 — but radically distinct, 43- -common ob- ject of all governments, 44-the peo- ple are necessarily ruled and con- strained, 45 government, though popular in its origin, becomes inde- pendent and can stand alone, 47- offices are not the property of the peo- ple, 48—the real life of this country is not in the government, but in the people, 50-principle of rotation in office, 51 the machinery of office- seeking, 52-principle of honor in, 54-office belongs to the most worthy, 56- the government should be rever- enced, 57- character of our own go-
vernment, 58. Portugal, alliances of, by intermarriage, with Spain, 516.
Public opinion, action of, on govern- ments, 34.
Puritan Library in Boston, attempt to found a, 235.
Putnam, General, letters of, 100. Putnam, Prof., on B. B. Edwards as a teacher, 228.
Raikes, Charles, Notes on the North- Western Provinces of India, by, re- viewed, 439-definition of a village in India by, 446, Note on the diffi- culties of a native deputy collector, 455, Note.
Reed, Luman, the liberal patron of American art, 319.
Renard, ambassador of Charles V. to Mary Tudor, 507 instructions to, 508 admitted to an audience, 509 secrecy of his proceedings, 510- his account of a conversation with Mary, 513 treats the English peo- ple as enemies, 520. Resurrection of the dead, proof of the, 65
-human life otherwise incomplete and fragmentary, 66-death of the affections is improbable, 67 — not untrue because inconceivable, 69. Reveller, The Strayed, a poem, reviewed, 1, 20.
Revolution, American, Correspondence of the, reviewed, 80-principal actors in the, 82.
Rogers, Henry, Eclipse of Faith by, re- viewed, 60 -uses ridicule freely, 62
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