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.

E

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.

F

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.

G

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.

H

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.

I

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.

J

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.

generation, 21.

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.

N

Netherlands, see Holland.
Novels and novelists, 228.

L

Lardner's treatise on the microscope noticed, 252.

M

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.

Р

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.

S

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.

T

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.

230.

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.

R

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.

W

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.