the plan of, not a selfish one, 270 not favorable to slavery, 271- different motives for, 272-a favor- ed experiment at first, 273- how it became unpopular, 274 is not dangerous to health, 277-employ- ments of the colonists, 278- not a failure, 279-aids the missionaries, 280 yet in its infancy, 281 martyrs in the cause of, 282- Ash- mun's eminent services in, 284- Buchanan's, 285- Lott Carey's, 287-its claims on public favor, 291 - a measure of emancipation, 292. Combustion, effect of, on the air, 468. Conant, Roger, the Old Planter, 245. Condé, Lord Mahon's Life of Louis, Prince of, reviewed, 119 - not so wicked as "the Great" usually are, 120- his noble and ill-treated wife, 122 receives command of the army, 123 — defeats the Spaniards at Rocroy, 124 - joined with Tu- renne, and defeats Mercy, 125- private conduct and demeanour of, 126 engaged in intrigue and fac- tion, 127 arrested and sent to prison, 128 noble conduct of his wife, 128- wars waged by her for, 130 she goes to Bordeaux, 131- her noble demeanour, 132- he is released and restored, 133. unites with Spain, and wars against France, 134-fights against Tu- renne, 135 loses the battle of St. Antoine, 136 - accused of a mas- sacre, 137 defeated by Turenne,
Dana, James D., The Zoophytes by, reviewed, 211-introductory chap- ters of, 214-cited, 219, 221, 223 extent and merits of his work, 224. See Zoophytes.
Dark Ages, progress of society in the, 355.
Darwin on instinct confuted, 97, 113. Davy, Sir H., failure of, in ventila- tion, 467.
Decker, Thomas, the dramatist, quar- rels with Jonson, 45, 47-fasci- nating qualities of, 54- heedless, sparkling, and fanciful, 55 - his Virgin Martyr cited, 56— fine im- aginations of, 57.
De Kay on the Devil-fish, 327. Descartes on instinct, 92. Devil-fish, account of the, 317-fish- ing for, 319, 323.
Divines, old English, merits of the, 312-contrasted with the theolo- gians of our day, 313. Divinity, Dr. South's definition of, 294.
Don Juan, silly American imitation of, 358.
Dramatists, the Old English, C. Lamb's Specimens of, and W. Hazlitt's Lectures on, reviewed, 29
Ecclesiastes, G. R. Noyes's new trans- lation of the, reviewed, 201-his- tory and nature of, 208- - specimen of, in the new version, 209. Edward II., by Marlowe, quoted, 40. Egypt, early standard of greatness in, 339.
Elizabeth, the drama in the age of, 29-brilliant period of, 30-great activity of, 32.
Elliott, William, Carolina Sports by, reviewed, 316-personal reminis cences of, 317- -on Devil-fishing, ib. cited, 319, 323, 325 - on Drum-fishing, 327. -on Bass-fish- ing, 329, 333.
English and Americans contrasted, 28 manners compared with French,
Entomology, Kirby and Spence's Introduction to, reviewed, 91. Erasmus, elegance and taste of, 436 - did good service in the Reforma- tion, 437. Ethnography and Philology, by Hora- tio Hale, reviewed, 211. range and definition of, 227- peculiari- ties of Oceanic, 228-origin of the Polynesian tribes, 230. See Hale. Eucharist, institution of the, 390. Evangelists, the, S. Greenleaf's Ex- amination of the Testimony of, re- viewed, 382-effect of their writ- ings, if genuine, 385-compared with the profane historians, 386- supported by collateral testimony, 387 and by the testimony of Paul, 388 - discrepancies in the accounts of, 390-greater contra- dictions among modern historians, 392- nature of their accounts, 395 - remarkable minuteness of, 396 wonderful character of the
events narrated by, 398 n therefore untrustworthy, 399 Paulus's mode of interpreting, 40 -Strauss on, 401-this theory r futed, 492-different styles of, 40 - trustworthy, though they narra miracles, 413. See Miracles. Exploring Expedition, Scientific R sults of the, reviewed, 211 - sil parsimony of Congress in publis ing the, ib. -the Zoöphytes, 2 -ethnography and philology, 22 Eyre on New South Wales, cited, 2
Habit, power of mental, 104. Hale, Horatio, Ethnography and Phi- lology by, reviewed, 211-personal introduction of, 225-excellence of his style, 226-portion of the globe examined by, 227-on the duel among the Oceanic tribes, 229 -on the Oceanic languages, 230 - on the origin of the Polynesian tribes, 230 comparative Polyne- sian grammar by, 231 - peculiari- ties of the dialects, 232-vocabu. laries by, 233- on Vitian poetry, 234 - on the Oregon languages, 235. Hazlitt, William, Lectures on Drama- matic Literature by, reviewed, 29 - remarks on Heywood by, 67 – on G. Chapman, 69 - -on Massin-
ger and Ford, 83. See Dramatists. Hebrew poetry, translations of, 202 — the rhythm and divisions need to be followed, 205. Henry VIII., Luther's controversy with, 448.
Hereditary rank, rise of respect for, 344 in Rome, 345- succeeded by the desire for wealth, 346. Heywood, Thomas, the dramatist, 67
his English Traveller cited, 68. Higginson, Francis, Journal of, 243. History, Dr. T. Arnold's Lectures on Modern, reviewed, 334.
History, profane, no better supported than sacred, 387-discrepancies in, 391 -cause of these contradic. tions, 394.
History, use of, by the novelist, 379. Hobbes, Thomas, translates the Iliad,
ford, reviewed, 149 how the translation of, was published, 153 — difficult to reproduce the old effect of, 155 numerous versions of, 156-translated into hexameters in Blackwood, 157-Chapman's trans lation of, 158 - Thomas Hobbes's, 159-Pope's, ib. - Cowper's and Sotheby's, 160-Munford's ver- sion compared with these, 161. Hopkins, Dr., of Newport, suggested the colonization of colored persons, 270.
Howell, sketch of Ben Jonson by, 50. Hydra, propagation of the, 217.
Imitation, unconscious, 107. Indians,the American, Travels among and Plans for preserving, by T. L. M'Kenney, reviewed, 481- how treated by the government, 482 — efforts to promote the welfare of, 483-origin of, 485-curious cos- mogony of, 486 treatment of, by the early colonists, 488 — J. Mede's theory of the diabolical ori- gin of, ib. capable of moral and religious culture, 489-story illus- trating the bravery and humanity of, 491-plan for the permanent benefit of, 494. See M'Kenney. Indians, treatment of the, by Massa- chusetts, 256,
Inductive Sciences, Whewell on the,
Indulgences, sale of, 442. Instinct and intellect compared, 91 - unsatisfactory theories of, 92 the causes of, inexplicable, 93 distinguished from automatic mo- tions and appetites, 94 Galen's experiment on, 95 - definition of, 69-cannot be improved or educat- ed, 97-in many cases, transcends reason, 98-limited to a few ends, 99 inflexible, 100 - compared with a machine, 101 - slight varia- tions of, 102-called innate habit, 104 unconscious in its opera- tions, 105-improvable through imitation only, 107-feats of train- ed animals not due to, 108 - pos- sessed in different degrees, 109 — enables animals to use their eyes
without delay, 110-the human mind absolutely devoid of, 112 — alleged instances of human, ex- amined, 113 — universal in ani- mals, 115-probably never united with reason, 116-contrasted with reason, 117-forms no part of the brute's individuality, 118. Intellect, human, distinguished from instinct, 91 the ultimate cause of, unknown, 92-pure and un- mixed, 95, 116-often inferior to instinct, 98 pliability and uni- versality of, 100-habits in, 104 requires time to learn the use of vision, 110 - never aided by in- stinct, 112.
Intellectual greatness, regard for, 349
- inferior to moral excellence, 350 -must be succeeded by love of moral excellence, 351.
Iron Mask, Lord Mahon on the, 141.
Jackson, Gen., views of, respecting the Indians, 482.
Jesus, The Life of, by Strauss, re- viewed, 382 - Messianic anticipa- tions of, 402-the childhood of, 403- his first visit to the temple, 404 name of, how used, 423,
Job, translations of, 203 different versions of, compared, 204. Johnson, Dr., his affair with Chester- field, 191.
Jonson, Ben, character of, 43 strong and thoroughly English, 44 -incidents in his life, 45 - quar- rels with his compeers, 46 — his Poetaster, ib.- Shakspeare acts in his plays, 48- his misfortunes, 49-his appearance when old, 50 -convivial and corpulent, 51- proud and honorable, 52-dra- matic characters of, 53-cited, ib., 54.
Justification by faith, Luther's dogma of, 444.
Kendall, Duchess of, mistress of George I., 177.
Land, early ownership of, 19- in New South Wales, 20. Law always behind justice, 13. Lawyers, Whewell on the morality of, 7.
Lecture-rooms, ventilation of, 476. Lexington, dispute about the battle of, 393.
Liberia, the colony at, 269-not a failure, 279—a starting-point for the missionaries, 280 fever not alarming in, 283 - Ashmun's ad- ministration of, 284 - T. Buchan- an's, 285-a better home than Boston for negroes, 289. See Col- onization.
Library of American Books, trashy works in the, 359.
Life of Jesus, by Dr. Strauss, re- viewed, 382. See Strauss. Longueville, Duchesse de, escape of, 129.
Louis XIV., treatment of the Iron Mask by, 141.
Lover's Melancholy, by J. Ford, cited,
protests against indulgences, 442 intrepidity of, 443-excommu- nicated, 444-personal appearance of, 445-conveyed to Wartburg, 446 his letter to the Elector of Saxony, 447- has a controversy with Henry VIII., 448-republican opinions of, 449 perplexities of, 450 places religious character above doctrine, 451-annoyed by the excesses of his followers, 452 -marriage and private life of, 453
death of his daughter Made- leine, 454 bold counsels of, 456 - reproaches Duke George of Saxony, 457-resists popular ten- dencies, 458-opposes the union of religion and worldly policy, 459- thinks the end of the world is nigh, 460 dreariness of his closing life, 461 — death and last will of, 462 -manly character of, 463- merits and infirmities of, 464-burlesque imitators of, 465.
Lyly, the old English dramatist, 35.
Mahon, Lord, Chesterfield's Letters edited by, reviewed, 166. Mahon, Lord, Life of the Great Condé by, reviewed, 118-treats of an interesting and instructive subject, 121-judicious, but prosy, 122. charges a great crime upon Condé, 136 his theory respecting the Iron Mask, 141-clears the fame of the Princess of Condé, 144. See Condé.
Maid's Tragedy, by Beaumont and Fletcher, 78. Marlborough, the old Duchess of, 180. Marlowe, Kit, the dramatist, 36
wild and colossal genius of, 37- his Tamburlaine cited, 38-best plays of, 39-his Edward II. cited, 40- - Faustus by, 41. Marriage contract, Whewell on the, 9. Marston, John, the dramatist, 63
quarrelsome and satirical, 64 powerful and gloomy, 65-cited,
Massachusetts, Alex. Young's Chron- icles of, reviewed, 237-frankness of the old annalists of, 238-rich- ness of the early chronicles of,
86. Mazarin, Cardinal, appoints Condé to the command, 123 - becomes jeal- ous of him, 126-imprisons him, 128cruelty of, at Bordeaux, 131 - releases Condé and fawns upon him, 133-dies with a lie in his mouth, 140. Mecca, the Holy City of, 498- Mo- hammed propounds his claims in, 503 his flight from, 506. Mede, Joseph, theory about the origin of the American Indians by, 488. Medina, character of the city of, 505
the people of, embrace Moham- med's doctrine, ib. - receives Mo- hammed in triumph, 510. Melancthon, the representative of the Protestants, 455.
Messiah, anticipations of a, by the Jews, 402, 412.
Michelet, Life of Martin Luther by,
reviewed, 433- allows Luther to tell his own story, 438- his work fragmentary and ill-arranged, 463. See Luther.
Middleton, Thomas, the dramatist, 71-rambling and fanciful, 72. Military skill highly prized in the early ages, 340-especially in Rome, 342-and among the north- ern nations, 343-displaced by regard for hereditary rank, 344. Mills, Sam. J., a pioneer of coloniza- tion, 271, 282.
Milton's fury in controversy, 297. Mind of man unlike instinct, 91. See Instinct.
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