Germany, contemporary literature of, 323, 677—philosophy, ib.-politics,
330-sociology, 331-history, 337, 682-biography, 686-travels,
341, 690-miscellanea, 345, 690-fiction, 333, 693-poetry, 340,692.
India, the government of, 357-importance of our exports, 359-
search for new markets, 361-India a scanty customer, 363-alleged
reasons, 364-early days of our Indian commerce, 367-joint-stock
adopted, 369-causes of failure, 371-competitors and interlopers,
373-renewals and relaxations of monopoly, 375-monopoly never
necessary, 377-political history of the East India Company, 379-
ante-British history of India, 381-native agency, 383-British and
Indian principles, 385-India improved by English advance, 387-
future purposes and aids, 389-roads and taxation, 391-unfettered
enterprise, 393-present position of parties, 395-alternatives with
regard to the government of India, 397-faults of the present
system, 399-proposed constitution, ib.-Indian cotton, 403-recent
works on the East, 304.
Krüdener, Julia Von, as coquette and mystic, 161-character unchange-
able in its main tendencies, ib.-moral conversion does not follow
suddenly on intellectual conversion, 162-"Life of Madame Von
Krüdener," by Charles Eynard, 164-her birth, education, and mar-
riage, 165-incompatibilities between the husband and wife, 167-
Stakieff's love for Julia, ib.-her initiation into Parisian life, 169-
separation from her husband, ib.-she becomes an authoress, 170-
her vanity, 171-ingenuity in puffing her novel, "Valérie," 173-
remarks on the character of this work, 174-Julia becomes a pietist,
175-her vanity is merely travestied, 177-her acquaintance with
Fontaine, 178-her influence on the Emperor Alexander, 181.
Legislation, latest continental theory of, 143-MM. Rittinghausen and
Considérant opponents of all representation, for which they would sub-
stitute direct legislation by the people, ib.-Rittinghausen's notion of
liberty, 145-causes of parliamentary usurpation, 147-practical
machinery of direct legislation, 149-discussion a good, 151-legisla-
tion cannot extirpate misery, 153-the true meaning of sovereignty,
155-city-states of antiquity, 157-rise of the representative system,
158-its abuses, ib.-Chartists warned against parliamentary omni-
potence, 159-local institutions of boroughs and shires the true check
to a supreme legislature, 160.
Literature, commerce of. See Commerce.
Mary Stuart, 96-impossibility of defining political morality, ib.-
public above private claims, 97-fatefulness of the period in which
Mary Stuart lived, ib.-the fascination she has exerted over her
historians, 98-Scotland the hinge of the Reformation, 99-revival
of the Protestant League, 101-Mary left a widow, 103-her arrival
in Scotland, 105-her marriage with Darnley, 107-the murder of
Ritzio, 109-the storm brooding in Mary's mind, 111-the genuine-
ness of the casket letters, 113-Mary visits Darnley, 115-Kirk-of-
Field, 117-Darnley murdered, 119-Elizabeth prejudged, 121–
Mary a prisoner, 123-Murray's visit to Lochleven, 125-responsi-
bility of princes, 127-Mary in England, 129-her duplicity, 131-
she was not hardly used, 133-plots against Elizabeth, 135-Mary's
callousness, 137-trial at Fotheringay, 139-letter to Paulet, 141-
Mary's death, 142.
Palmerston, Lord, and his policy, 555-his long tenure of office and the
reason of it, ib.-his early political life, 556-Wellington ministry,
557-doctrine of interference, 559-effect of Lord Aberdeen's foreign
policy, 561-Tory arguments against constitutionalism, 563-Belgian
negotiations, 565-Lord Palmerston a bad courtier, 567-interven-
tion of England and France in Spanish affairs, 568-views of France
with respect to Egypt, 569-Lord Palmerston supported by the
Whigs, 571-events in Italy, 572-affairs of Sicily, 575-affairs in
the Levant, 577-position of England towards Europe, 579-Eng-
land isolated in her foreign policy, 581-opinions on the Coup-d'Etat,
583-England accused of propagandism, 585-opinions on Lord
Palmerston's measures, 587-rumours, 589-breach between England
and France, 591-estimate of Lord Palmerston as a statesman, ib.
Physical Puritanism, 405-multitudinous signs of the times, ib.—
vegetarianism one of them, 407-the new puritanism, 409-homœo-
pathy, ib.-mesmerism versus poison, 411-the water-cure versus
drugs, 413-Sir John Floyer, 414-Priessnitz and Oertel, 415-the
virtues of water, 417—teetotalism, 418-vegetarianism in particular,
421-arguments of vegetarians, 421-the herbivorous animals, 423
-muscularity not humanity, 425-ancient vegetarians, 427-past and
present, 429-anecdote of the Maréchal de Richelieu, 430-milk and
eggs, 431-vegetarianism and chemistry, 433-chemistry and life,
435-Kreatinine and Theine, 437-physical purity commended, 439
-temperance and integrity, 441.
Population, a theory of, deduced from the general law of animal fertility,
468-the essential beneficence of things, 469-Mr. Doubleday's doc-
trine, 470-definition of life, 472-an à priori principle, 475—
degrees of fertility, 476-fission of cells, 479-fission of groups of
cells, 481-fission of series of groups, 483-new fission ceases,
485 multiparous and uniparous
cell and
germ cell, 489-the law illustrated in the vertebrata, 493-the law
applied to mankind, 497-inevitable effect of the law, 499-pressure
of population self-curing, 501.
Quakerism, Early Quakers and, 593-prejudice against Quakers, 594-
how accounted for, ib.-Quakerism not anarchy, 597-one of George
709
Fox's journeys, ib.-his climb up Pendle Hill, 599-sketch of his
early religious experience, 601-was Fox a Christian? 603-more of
his "experience," 605-his modes of protesting, 607—his marriage,
609-fidelity of the Quakers to their principles, 611-the Quaker
controversy, 613-influence of Barclay and Penn, 615-romance of
Quakerism, 616-John Woolman, 617-Mr. Maurice's view of
Quakerism, 619-what the real Quaker is, 621-M. Melsund's view
of Quakerism, ib.-what Fox has taught us, 623.
Representative Reform, 1-M. Guizot's work on the history of repre-
sentative government in Europe, 2—the four epochs of European his-
tory, 3-amalgamation of Saxon and Norman institutions, 4-repre-
sentative government in America, 6-problem to be solved in repre-
sentative institutions, 7-the press and education, 9-origin of the
English parliament, 10-growing power of the Commons, 13-the
right to the suffrage in counties, 14-the borough franchise, 15-
variety of precedents in the history of representation, 16-defects of
the Reform Act, 18-new boroughs, 21-analysis of members, 22-
number of electors, 23-unequal proportion of electors, 25-pre-
dominance of the aristocratic element in the representation, 26-
inequalities in counties, 27-demoralizing influence of our present
system, 30-qualifications and disqualifications for voting, 32-pro-
portion of electors to the grown-up male population, 35-the ballot,
36-distribution of representatives, 37-electoral districts, 39-
necessity for a self-adjusting principle of distribution, 40-the states-
man needed, 41.
Shelley and the letters of poets, 502-spurious letters of Shelley, ib.—
letter of Shelley to Leigh Hunt, 503-Mr. Browning's Introduction
to Shelley's letters, 504-sincerity and unity of Shelley's nature, ib.
-many-sided men, 505—the objective and the subjective poet, 506
-letters of Göthe, 507-letters of Keats, 508-classification of
poets, 509-universality of power in the great poets, 510.
Shell Fish: their ways and works, 42-oysters and oyster eaters, 43—
philosophy in the oyster-shell, 44-happiness of oysters, 45-career
of an oyster, 46-epicures and oysters, 47-consumption of oysters,
ib.-oysters of ancient days, 49-formation of shells, 50-pearls
and pearl makers, 51-mussels, 52-the anomia, 53-the aplysia, or
sea-hare, ib.-the ship-worm, or teredo, 54-intelligence mistakenly
attributed to shell fishes, 57-curious habit of the phorus, 58-
senses of shell fish, 59-Dr. Johnston's "Introduction to Conchology,"
60.
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