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Alford's Greek Testament, 58; his task of textual Dickens's "Bleak House,” 135. revision, 61.
Douglas of Cavers on "Britain and the World," 143. Drama, decline of, under the Stuarts, 4; dramatic compositions of Justice Talfourd, 25, 31; Dutch Reformation, 207; first victims, ib.
Clairvoyance, 222. Coleridge, 226.
Congress of Paris. See Peace.
Crimean campaign, French misstatements corrected, 263; disasters of the first winter, 264; investi- gation into their causes, ib.; sufferings of the French troops, 265; spirit of French accounts of the conduct of the British, 265, 266; battle of the Alma, 267; specimens of Bazancourt's bom- bast, ib.; St. Arnaud's self-laudation, 268; Eng- lish and French conflicting statements, ib.; re- fusal of Canrobert to assault Sebastopol, 269; privations and sufferings accounted for, 270; when, and why, it was determined to winter be- fore the town, 271; alleged dependence of the English on the French, ib.; unequal partition of siege labors, 272; the English share in the final success, 273; results of the campaign on Conti- nental opinion, 274.
Criticism, British New Testament, 58; the textus receptus, 59; estimate of the researches of the various critics, 60-62; scriptural interpretation, 62; allegorical, sceptical, and historical systems, 62-64; Mr. Ellicott's Commentaries, 64, 65; Dr. Eadie as an expositor, 66; his merits as a scho- lar, 67; specimens of his expositions, 68-70; Mr. Stanley's Commentaries characterized by their historical tone and method, 70; their picturesque power, 71; admirable ummaries, 72, 73; value of his book, 74.
Eadie, Dr., his Commentaries, 66; his description of the work of exposition, ib.; his merits as a scholar, 67; a worthy representative of Scottish Biblical scholarship, ib.; his volumes character- ized by their didactic tone, 69; specimen of his expositions, 68, 69.
Ellicott's Commentaries, 64; his task thoroughly ac- complished, ib.
England, Macaulay's History of. See Macaulay. Ephesians, Epistle to the, its general object and con- tents, 68.
Erasmus, his influence on his age, 204; propensity for practical jokes, 205: his trimming policy, 206; his Greek Testament, 59.
France, literary tendencies in, 188; contrasted with England, ib.; radical difference between seven- teenth and nineteenth centuries, 188, 189; causes of individual greatness, 189; gold-worship and disorder now characteristic of French immorality, ib.; Victor Hugo, etc., 190; what is the life of art? ib.; idealism, 191; the ideal in Lamartine, 191, 192; difference between Guizot, Villemain, and Cousin, 192; Cousin's self-consistency, 193; his political life, 193, 194; evil influence of Cha- teaubriand, 195; characteristics of the seven- teenth century, 196; Cousin's appreciation of the era of Louis XIV., ib.; its elevated spirit, its lib- eralism, 197; great merit of Cousin's historical biographies, 198; moral greatness superior to every other, 199; Marie de Hautefort, 200; Cou- sin's sympathies, 201.
Greece, Grote's History of, 74; its merits and de- merits, 74, 91; its general character, 75; "the boots and the tub," 76; his view of the myths, 77; the Sicilian Greeks, ib.; Socrates and the sophists. 78; Greek town-autonomy, ib.; autonomous su- periority of Athens, 79; the Solonian reform, 80; reforms of Kleisthenes and of Aristeides, 82, 83;
working of the democracy, 83-85; ostracism, 85; position of demagogues, 86; political and military leaders distinguished, 87; Kleon and Thucydides, 87, 88; the Athenian empire, 88-90. Greek Testament, editions of, 58; that of Erasmus the Pharos of the English Reformation, 206.
Highland life and scenery, as described by Macau- lay, 50.
Hindoo nation, antiquity of, 112; mental character- istics of, 113; the popular religion and legendary poems, 121.
Hindostan, character of learned classes in, 111. Historical painting. See Macaulay.
Holland, its martyrs and heroes, 202; peculiar na- ture of the country, ib.; its very soil a triumph of remarkable industry, 202, 203; a far-travelled ter- ritory, 203; rise of the Dutch Republic, ib.; Pope Adrian VI. a Dutchman, 204; his epitaph, ib.; influence of Erasmus, 205; the merry Hollander, 206; the barbs of Rotterdam, 207; first martyr of the Dutch Reformation, ib.; atrocious cruelties of Philip II., 209; siege of Leyden, 211, 212; perse- verance and prowess, 212; Belgium and Holland contrasted, 213; eminent Dutchmen, 213, 214; Character of Mr. Motley's work, 214. Homes of the poor, 135; remedial agents, 136; im- provement of their dwellings, ib.
Hume and his critics, 226.
Hurricanes, origin and nature of, 106.
Indian literature, 109; the various aspects of, 111; character of learned classes in Hindostan, ib.; usefulness of Sanskrit to civilians, 112; present state of Indian studies, ib.; mental characteristics of the Hindus, 113; the four Vedas, 114; Vedic hymns, ib.; their character and contents, 114, 115; the Vedic polytheism, 115; rise of Indian speculative philosophy, 116, 117; its various schools, 117; their different theories and funda- mental differences, 117, 118; Hindu metaphysics and Christian missionaries, 120; the Buddhist re- formation, 122; its signal success, ib.; nobler features of Hinduism, 123; importance of India, as a field of Christian mission, 124. Interpretation, Biblical, different systems of, 62. Italy, the mother-country of dramatic and pictorial art, 6; morality of old Italian novelists, 7; Italy and the Congress of Paris, 138.
ations of character, 56, 57; charm and merit of style, 57, 58.
Marlborough, his singular character, 45; Macaulay's treatment of, 45-49.
Microscope, the, and its revelations, 234; its his- tory, 235; disputed invention of compound micro- scope, 236 Galileo, ib.; value of microscope in the extension of science, 237; single microscope, ib.; early experiments, 237, 238; Leuenhoeck's single-lens microscope, 239; lenses of water, oils, and varnishes, 239, 240; lenses of precious stones, catadioptric lenses, 240; semi-lens and sector mi- croscopes, 241; the bottle and fish-eye micro- scopes, ib.; single reflecting microscope, 242; microscopic doublets and triplets, ib.; the periscopic microscope, 243; Sir John Herschel's doublet, ib.; Wollaston's doublet, ib.; the eye a microscope with four lenses, 244; the compound microscope, 245; first achromatic microscopes, ib.; merit of British opticians, ib.; microscopes of various makers, British and foreign, 245, 246; compound reflecting microscope, 247; binocular and multocu- lar microscopes, 247, 248; illustration of the polarization of light, 248; polarizing microscopes, 249; illumination of microscopic objects, ib.; notices of various works on the microscope and its revelations, 250-252; educational value and uses of the microscope, 253; its future, 254; im- Milton, a Puritan, and the only lasting poet of his perfections to be overcome, 254, 255.
Missions, Christian, 169; proselytism, ib.; object of missionary enterprise, 170; obscured by exagger- ated language of its advocates, Romish and Pro- testant, 170, 171; corrupting causes, 171; self- interest of the missionary, ib.; of the converts, 173; another corruption, affecting the promoters of the cause at home, ib.; mixed motives of subscribers, ib.; the 19th century "street corners," 174; evil of combining political with religious objects, ib.; evil of sectarian zeal, 175; Romish missions and missionaries, 176, 178; number of Romish con- verts not known, 180; Moravian missions, ib.; their missionaries chiefly of German origin, 181; English Episcopal missions, 181, 182; colonial bishops, 182; their tendency to despotism, 183; extent of Methodist missions, 184; literary labors of Baptist missionaries, both British and Ameri- can, 184, 185; London Missionary Society, 185; Scottish missions, ib.; effect of the disruption, ib.; harmony of Protestant missions, 186; their va- rious success, 187; the future of missions, 187, 188.
Netherlands, see Holland. Novels and novelists, 228.
Jonson, Ben, his opinion of his fellows, 9; his "Al- Ottoman Empire, 151; immediate and prospective chemist," 10.
Lardner's treatise on the microscope noticed, 252.
Macaulay, (T. B.) his qualifications as a historical painter, 42; instances of his inaccuracies and un- warranted deductions, 43, 44; indefensible scene- painting, 44; his charges against Penn, 45, and Marlborough, 45-49, examined; his "History" as a work of art, 59; extravagance of his descriptions both of scenery and characters, 50, 51; admirable summaries of arguments, 51-53; the Toleration Act, 53; origin of cabinets, 54; masterly deline-
results of the Treaty of Paris, ib.; Russo-Turkish relations during the last eighty years, 152; ele- ments of Turkish government, 154; community of interest of the different races, 155; disunion of the Christian populations, ib.; relation of Ottoman government to its dependent provin- ces, fourfold, 156; declining hostility of Turks and Christians, ib.; the Ottoman rule the present strong basis of Christian liberty, 157; decline of Greece, ib.; neutralization of the Black Sea 158; the Christian principalities. 159; the New Bessarabian frontier, ib.; the Asiatic principal- ities, 160; necessity of a Russian suzerainty over these States, 161; provisions for their com- mercial development, 162; the Danubian princi- palitics, 163; Moldo-Wallachian reform, govern- ment and serfdom, 164; Concession of civil
rights to Christian subjects, its preservative poli- cy, 166; decline of religious animosities, 167; commercial progress, 168.
Peace, and its political duties, 137; Congress of Paris, ib.; results of the treaty, 139, 149; the Italian question, 138; propositions of M. Cavour, ib.; opinions about the peace, 140, 141; Mon- talembert's view of the future of Great Britain, 142; is Britain likely to weather the storm into which she seems drifting? 143; speculations of Mr. Douglas of Cavers, in his " Passing Thoughts," ib.; the coming storm, ib. ; where the mischief is brewing, 144; the Russian problem not solved, ib.; the "Nationalities," 145; Prospects of France, ib.; signs in the ecclesiastical world, 146; the duties devolving on Britain, 148, 149. Perthes, Frederick, Memoirs of, 255; its literary, religious, and political interest, 256; sent to Leipsic as an apprentice to the book-trade, ib.; removal to Hamburgh, ib.; high-toned ideal of his vocation, 257; his energetic character, ib.; period of French domination, 258; his flight from Hamburgh, and subsequent return, ib.; removal to Gotha, ib.; description of Gotha, 258, 259; Perthes' historical and theological publications, 260; his intercourse with celebrated men, ib.; Niebuhr and Schlegel, 260, 261; in- terview with Jean Paul Richter, 261, 262; Pecu- liar charm of Perthes' religious life, 262; his last days, 263.
Phenomena of magnetism, 108.
Plays and Puritans. See Puritans.
Playhouses, old, nests of profligacy, 8.
British novel, 228, 229; the poetry of his times, 229, 230; reminiscences of poets, 230, 232; the present period of British poetry characterized (1) by a spirit of literary pre-Drydenism, 232; and (2) by a spirit of subjectivity, 233; estimate of Rogers as a poet, 233, 234.
Romanism and Buddhism, resemblance between, 178. Russia and the peace, 144; the real Russian ques- tion not yet settled, ib.
Sanskrit literature, 110; usefulness of, to civilians, 112.
Shakespeare's plays, a heritage for all ages, 13. Stanley's Commentaries, their historical tone, 70; specimens of his exposition, 72, 73. Storms, on the law of, 107; rotatory and progressive, ib.; magnetic storms, 108.
Talfourd's (Mr. Justice) "Life and Writings," 25; qualifications for the bar, 25, 26; professional progress and promotion to the coif, 28; cho- sen to represent his native town in Parliament, 29; Infant Custody and Copyright Acts, ib.; his first drama, "Ion," 30, 31; its merits and deme- rits, 31; drama of "Glencoe," 32, 33; raised to the bench, 30; his parliamentary and forensic speeches, 36-38; his continental travels, 38; taste in art, 38, 39; his legal knowledge and judicial merits, 41; his death, 30.
Taste, Puritan canons of, accepted now-a-days, 22. Toleration Act, 53.
Poetry, British, during the last hundred years, 229, Tregelles, Dr., his labors as a Biblical critic, 62.
Priestly, Dr., anecdote of, 222.
Puritans versus Players, 3; common notions on the point, ib.; Mr. Gifford's view contradicted by his- tory, 4; Puritans the first to attack, ib.; staple subject of old comedies, 5; tragedies of 17th cen- tury; Ben Jonson's opinion, 6, 9; his caricature of the Puritans, 10; his "Alchemist," ib.; apotheosis of rakes, 12; Shakespeare's plays, 13; himself un- derrated by his fellows, 14; Massinger's "Virgin Martyr," 15; Webster's master-pieces, 15; Shirley criticised, 17, 18; Cartwright a hater of Puritans, 20; his unfulfilled prophecies, ib.; Milton a Puritan, 21; the only lasting poet of his generation, ib.; the poetry of Puritanism, 22-25.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 223.
Rogers, Samuel, and his times, 214; political history of his early years, 215, 216; his first appearance as an author, 216; reminiscences of public men, 217-219; of little historical use, 219; his politics, 220; "the blue and yellow," ib.; industrial history of his times, 220, 221; agriculture, locomotion, steam-engine, electric telegraph, &c., 221; manu- facturing industry, machinery, ib.; extraordinary advance of science in his times, 222; references to this in his "Table-talk" very slight, ib.; his interest in the fine arts, 222, 223; music, painting, sculpture, architecture, 222; reminiscences of artists, 223, 224; the philosophy of Rogers' times, 224; his little metaphysics, 226; reminiscences of philoso- phers, ib.; Hume and his critics, ib.; Coleridge's talk, ib.; historical writers of Rogers' times, 227; prose imaginative literature, 228; decline of dra- matic literature, ib.; rise and development of the]
Turkey. See Ottoman Empire.
Weather and its prognostics, 91; a subject of hourly interest, 92; registers of, in Scotland, 93; esta- blishment of physical observatories, 94; Rus- sian and French observatories, 94, 95; dis- cussion in French Academy of Sciences, 95, 96; violent sortie of M. Biot, 97; meteorological ob- servatory at Algiers, 98; laws of atmospheric density and pressure, 100; distribution of temper- ature, 101; periodical rotation of climate, 101, 102; curves of hourly temperature, 102; method of obtaining mean temperature, 103; monthly and daily hourly curves, ib.; the "critical interval,” 104; temperature of the earth, 105; rainless dis- tricts-trade and periodical winds, 105, 106; ori- gin and nature of hurricanes, 106, 107; law of storms, 107; optical meteorology, ib.; phenomena of magnetism, 108; this study ought to be uni- versal, ib.
William, Prince of Orange, 210, 214. Winds, trade and periodical, 106. Women, outrages on, 124; distressing frequency of, ib.; outrages of sick and poor, 125; seduction, be- trayal, and desertion, 126; provocations of the poor, ib.; disturbing and irritating influences, 127; nagging," ib.; what is the remedy? 128; penal enactments, ib.; corporal punishment a question- able remedy, 129; Mr. Dillwyn's bill, ib.; "de- gradation" of whipping, 130; efficacy of flogging, how to be tested, ib.; wife-beating only symptoma- tic, 131; bad wives, 132; woman's influence in humble life, 133; some wives not helpmates, 134; training of girls, ib.; "Mrs. Pardiggle," 135; homes of the poor, 135, 136; their dwellings, 136, 137.
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