helluo librorum, 369-reverence for religion in his works, ib.-charge of plagiarising from Sterne, 370-com- parison of the Caxtons with Tristram Shandy, 371-inexhaustible types of character in My Novel, 372-sympa- thetic portraiture of his poet-hero Leonard, 373-separate missions of the two heroines of My Novel, 374- traces of the poet in its style, 375— Waife, a character sui generis, ib.- Arabella Crane, an original character, 376-rule for retaining the morning of life after its meridian, 377- question as to the inspiration of his poems discussed, 378-didactic poems, 379-'Retirement man's final choice,' ib.-The Desire of Fame,' 381-The Boatman, a weird and mystic poem, 382-poems of the affections, 383-idyllic poems, 384- 'Mind and Body,' a semi-satirical poem, 385-mean illustrations, 386— narrative poetry, ib.-The Fairy Bride,' 387-noble picture of Milton, 388-power to portray nature and invest it with a soul, 389 - fine passages cited, 390-clever sketch of St. Stephen's, 391-cultivation of the Classic Muse, 392-melancholy of his most beautiful poems, 393-re- semblance to Goldsmith, 394-and Gray, 395-contemporary deprecia- tion of his literary productions, 396.
Burke (Edmund), on the necessity of clerical subscription, 473. Burman's Latin Anthology, 219. Burnes, our chief Central-Asian classic, 484.
Buxton's (Mr.), plan of Reform ex- amined, 567.
Casura in hexameter verse, object of, 102.
Callimachus, epigrams of, 215. Catherine de Médicis', Discours mer- veilleux de la Vie de,' erroneously ascribed to H. Stephens, 362. Catullus, coarseness of, 209-a diligent imitator of the Greeks, 219. Chalcedon, council of, 159. Chandos clause, its effect, 549. Charles I., turning point in his des- tiny, 74-Buckingham's influence in creating a breach between the King and the Commons, ib.-the King's infatuated letter to the Commons, 79-Mr. Forster on his character, 81
Charles V. of France, his collections of art and of manuscripts, 288. Church extension, Bishop of London's Fund for, 432-particulars of the scheme, 433 contributions for the
Free Church in Scotland, 435 limited success of the Fund, 436- its comprehensive character an ele ment of weakness, 437-proposal to exclude parts of the plan, 438- remaining objects of the Fund: mis- sionary clergy and stations, churches and schools, 439-suggestions as to the general management of the Fund, 441-help from local sources, 442- obligations of landowners and em- ployers of labour, 443-importance of parochial subscriptions, 444 voluntary rate, ib.
Circassian prisoners, daring exploit of
Civilians (ecclesiastical lawyers), nature of their office, 470.
Clement, Recognitions of, a religious romance, relating to a fellow-labourer of St. Paul, 173.
Cobden's (Mr.) letter to Mr. Scovell on the American War, 278.
Colbert's enrichment of the Louvre, 295. Coles's (Capt.) turn-table, and its adaptation to cupola-ships, 422. Commons (House of), privileges, 69- early establishment of the forms of Parliament, 71.
Communion (Holy), forced, 159. Confederates: the South not fighting for slavery, 251- the contest struggle for empire, 252-uniformly unfortunate attempts to form a navy, 255-the contest compared to a game of chess, 257-consequences of the subjugation of the Confederates, 258 -hatred of the Yankee a sacred tradi- tion, 261-probable consequence of dispossessing the Southerns of their estates, 262-Southern claim of a purely legal nature, 277-parallel with the Irish Rebellion of 1798, 282.
Conolly's (A.) attempt to penetrate to. Khiva, imperfection of his disguise,
Danaus (Danés) Greek Professor at the Collège de France, 340. Delegates (Court of), particulars of appeal in spiritual causes, 474. See Appeal.
Democracy, no justification for con- necting freedom and progress with, 267-historical examples of its ty- ranny, ib. fallacy respecting pro- gress, 268-the Yankees not the in- carnation of human progress, 270- real character of the freedom of which America is the representative, 284-democracy in its contemptible and its terrible aspect, 296. Denton's 'Servia and the Servians,' 179.
Derby's (Earl of) translation of the 'Iliad,' 93-difficulties of translation, ib.-the dramatic element one of the chief beauties of the Iliad,' 95- object of Homer's similitudes, 96-a poet's difficulties his opportunities, 97-Homer's epithets, ib.-character and specimens of the translation, 103 -critical examination of some pas- sages, 105 Homeric interpolations, 106-continuity of the poem, 109- Lord Derby's principle of rendering Greek proper names, 111-remark on Homer's accounting for the destruc-
tion of the walls of Troy, 112-cor- rection of a misconception, 574. Duruy's (M.) plan for special educa- tion, 409.
Education (French), see French Educa- tion. Elephant, Aristotle's account of the,
Eliot (Sir John), family of St. German's, 61-his fearless action as a Parlia- mentary leader,67-speech in favour of Parliamentary privileges, 67-against increase of Customs' duties, 68-his summary of debates in Charles I.'s first Parliament, 69-courage_and energy proved by a letter of Strafford, 72-explanation of limiting the vote of Tonnage and Poundage to one year, 73-courage in attacking the Duke of Buckingham, 76-carries four resolutions against him, 79-the King's inference from Eliot's com- parison of Buckingham to Sejanus, 81-Eliot committed to the Tower, ib.-charges against him as Vice- Admiral of Devon, 82-arguments against a forced loan, ib.-the first among the framers of the Petition of Right, 86-declines to answer ques- tions relating to his conduct in Par- liament, 90-committed to the Tower, ib.-demurrer to the information in the Star Chamber, ib.writes in prison his treatise De jure Majes- tatis, 91-various knowledge and scholarship of that work, ib.-sen- tenced to a fine of 2000 marks and imprisonment during the King's pleasure, 91 vindictive conduct of Charles in refusing his body to his son, 92.
Engraving, decline of English, 12. Epigrams, Greek contrasted with Latin and modern, 205-qualities of a bee required in an epigram, 206 - the sting absent in Greek epigrams, 207— no absolute requirement save brevity, ib.-original province of the epigram, 208 Martial and Catullus, 209- cleverness wasted by commentators, 214-Theocritus and Callimachus, 214 -English parallels to the Greek epi- grams, 216-modern collections, 225 -neglected stores of Italian, Belgian, German, French, and English Latin epigrams, 226-old collections of Latin epigrams, ib.-epigrams on Popes Alexander VI. and Leo. X., 2 P 2
231-humorous and satirical epi- grams, 233-punning epigrams, 235 -epigrams of Sir Thomas More, 236 -of Owen, 237-of Buchanan, 238 -of Paterson and Bourne, 240- English epigrams, 242-choice ex- amples, 244-examples of humour and satire, 246-advice to epigram- matists, 248.
Europe, survey of its present state, 149. Executions (Persian), Book of, 499. Eylau, Russian superiority at the battle of, 130.
Federals, their Vandal policy in Vir- ginia, 258-savagery in warfare, 270 -Northern cruelties classified, 271- outrages on women and murders in cold blood, 272-strategy of the generals, burglary and arson on a large scale, 273-desolation created by Sheridan and Sherman, ib.-calcu- lated barbarity of the Federal generals, 279.
Finch's (Sir J.) unconstitutional con- duct as Speaker, 89. Flavianus, heresy of, 159.
Flaxman, the most gifted sculptor since Michel Angelo, 5.
Fontainebleau, school of, 289. Forster's (John) biography of Sir John Eliot, 58-his works on the reign of Charles I., 92. See Eliot. Francis I.'s enthusiasm for Art, 289. French character, 398-love of classifi- cation and generalisation, 402-in- stinct for plan and pattern in every- thing, 418.
education, the Baccalauréat-ès-let- tres and ès-sciences, 399, 415 pensions, ib.-proportion of pupils in public and private schools, ib.-74 lycées, 400-Professeurs Agrégés and Maîtres d'études, 401-sketch of the studies of a youth, from 12 to 20, ib. -old and new maîtres répétiteurs, 405-prison-like scholastic discipline contrasted with Eton or Rugby, ib.- regulation during the Ministry of M. Fortoul, 406-scission of the scientific examination, ib. — M. Du- ruy's project for l'Enseignement Professionnel, 407-comprehensive branches of special education, 409- little French contribution to classical literature, 410-annual competition of all the lycées, ib.-inspection of schools, 412-Curriculum for the Baccalauréat-ès-lettres, 415 four
principal evils of the system, 417- Collège Chaptal, ib.
French language, its condition in the reign of Henry III., 357-two dif- ferent attempts to enlarge its boun- daries, 358-Italianised in the reigns of Henry II. and III., b.-present tendency of French taste in language, 362.
neglect of Greek philology, 360, Revolution, its roots in the ancien régime, 58.
Gardiner's history of James I., 62. Generation, Aristotle's notion on spon- taneous, 42.
Gibson's (Bishop) statement respecting the constitution of the Court of Dele- gates, 472.
Gilchrist's life of William Blake, 1. Girdlestone's (Rev. C.) letter to the Bishop of London, 430.
Gold discoveries, effect of, 546. Gondomar (Conde de) and James I., 63. Gray's (D.) poems, 13.
Greek philology, French neglect of, 361.
Testament, Erasmus's, the editio princeps, 332-folio of 1550 the most beautiful edition ever issued, 333- edition of 1551 the first introducing division into verses, 334.
Greek typography, outline of its history,
Grey (Earl) on Parliamentary Reform, examination of his system, 565. Guns and ships, four essential qualities of a gun, 421.
Hawkins's (Dr.) Notes upon Subscrip- tion, 461.
Hayley, the biographer of Cowper, 15. Herat, present state of, 508. Hermit crab, 46. Hexameters (English), controversy on, 101.
Historical criticism (French), its super- ficial level, 325. Homer. See Derby.'
Houghton's (Lord) edition of David Hunfalvy's Vogul grammar, 491. Gray's poems, 13. Hungarian language, a variety of Ugro- Finnic. 490.
Impregnation, Herodotus's and Aris- totle's notions on, 33.
Land's (Dr.) essay on John of Ephesus, 164-his Anecdota Syriaca,' 175. Latin Bible, the scripture of the ortho- dox Catholic Church, 332. Leipsic, battles of, 147.
Leo X., epigram on his sale of indul- gences, 251.
Leonidas of Tarentum, epigrams of, 213. Lewes's seaside studies, 45-analysis of
Aristotle's physical writings, 57. Libel, leading principles of the law of, 522-libel and slander distinguished, ib.-libel alone punished criminally, 523-Lord Campbell's Act of 1843, 524-Woodfall's case, 525-Stockdale v. Hansard, ib.-publication of a libel ib.-malice defined, 526-privilege of free discussion, 528-a law of libel essential to the influence of the press, 530-principal libel cases, ib.-action against the Scotsman,' ib.-against
the Saturday Review,' 532-Turn- bull v. Bird, 535-Sir C. O'Loghlen's bill to amend the law, 538-danger- ous clauses of the measure, 539. Lion, its habits, 51.
Lioness, ancient error respecting the,
Loligo's changes of colour not caused by emotion, 45.
Lothian's (Marquis of) work on the Confederate secession, 253.
Louis XIV.'s collections of works of art, 297.
XVI.'s contributions to the Louvre,
298. Louvre, supposed origin of the name, 288-residence of Charles V., ib.-his collections, ib.-pictures of Leonardo da Vinci, 291-the Diana Huntress the pearl of ancient sculpture, ib.— pictures by Rubens, ib.-collections of the banker Jabach, 293-works of Paul Veronese, Poussin, and Claude Lorraine, 294-additions by Louis XIV. and XV., 297- - Dutch and Flemish pictures obtained by Louis XVI., 298-decree of the National Assembly for the conservation of works of art, 299-the museum of the Republic opened to the citizens, ib.- annual grant of 100,000 francs to purchase pictures and statues, 300- Buonaparte's acquisitions from the conquered nations, 303- triumphal entry of the spoils of Rome and Venice into Paris, 307-exhibition of the spoil opened, 308-description of the exhibition, 309-neglect of the great masters during the empire, 310-correspondence of Lords Liver- pool and Castlereagh on the restora- tion of the plundered pictures, 313- decisive letter of the Duke of Wel- lington, 317 spoliation of the Louvre, 321-retention of the 'Mar- riage of Cana' by Paul Veronese, ib. -the deserted walls refilled from French collections, 322.
Macgregor's Greek Anthology, 210. Maittaire's Annales de l'Imprimerie des Estienne, 325.
Martial's epigrams, 209-his defence of personality and wantonness, 219- flattery of Domitian, 221-English imitations, 224-the only notable Latin epigrammatist, 225. Meredith's (Owen) national songs of Servia, 194,
Milman's (Dean) speech against Sub- scription, 450.
Milosch, Prince of Servia, 187 scribed by Mr. Denton, 199. Milton, Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's noble picture of, 388.
on free printing, 519. Monophysites, persecution of the, 158. Moorcroft's visit to Bokhara, 484. More's (Sir Thomas) epigrams, 236. Moscow, Sir R. Wilson's account of the retreat from, 143.
Mozley's (Rev. J. B.) remarkable pamphlet on subscription, 466. Munro's translation of Lucretius, 101. Mural deans, revived agency of, 432. Mydrites (Roman Catholic Albanians), their fidelity to the Sultan, 183. Mysteriousness a characteristic of high art, 12.
Napier (Sir Charles) in the Baltic, Admiralty's neglect of, 428. Napier's (Rt. Hon. J.) answer to Dean Milman on Subscription to the Thirty- nine Articles, 450. Napoleon's Russian campaign, state- ment of the numbers and losses of his army, 144.
Narses (the eunuch), monastery founded by, 163.
Nelson's (R.) suggestion for the erec- tion of churches by landlords, 431. Nutt's (Captain) piracies, 65.
Ogilvie (Dr.) on Subscription to the Thirty-nine Articles, 446. Owen's Latin epigrams, 237.
Paganism in Europe, vestiges of, 193. Paterson's Latin epigrams, 240. Paton's Danube and the Adriatic, 195. Peel (Sir R.), Lord Russell's estimate of his violation of party obligations, 552-estimate of his career, 557. Persian language, importance of the study with reference to our rule in India, 517.
slaves in Central Asia, 495. Peshito version of the Bible, 179. Petition of Right introduced in the Commons, 84; Mr. Forster's remarks on the importance of the measure, 86.
Petrovitsch (George), liberator of Ser- via, his determined character, 186- extraordinary motive for shooting
his father, ib.-orders his brother's execution, ib.
Phenomena (natural), three stages of attempts to explain, 30.
Philosophers' (ancient) anticipation of modern discoveries, 29.
Poet, mission of a true, 389. Poetical ideas from Greek sources, Eng- lish, 210.
Ports, defenceless state of English, 263. Presbytery, James I.'s opinion of its agreement with monarchy, 458. Printing, obscure origin of the art, 337.
Randolph's Memoirs of Sir Robert Wilson,' 113.
Raphael's Madonna di Foligno, restora- tion of, 307.
Remora, fable of its stopping ships, 49. Reform proposed by the ultra-Liberals, real character of, 284-embarrassing position of the Whig party, 542-ob- ject of the Radicals, 543-Whig idea of a model political system, ib.-Re- form a chronic malady in our consti- tutional system, 562-refusal of the working men to support Mr. Bright except for universal suffrage, 564 – Lord Grey's plan, 566-Mr. Buxton's project, 567. gradations of vote- power, ib.-Mr. Baines's Bill, 567- Growing distrust of political experi- ments, 568-necessity of resistance to absolute and unrestrained demo- cracy, 570-proposed despotism of the Trades' Unions, 574. Revolutions, two classes of, 562. Russell (Earl) on the History of the
English Government and Constitu- tion,' new edition, 540-his part in the Reform Act of 1832, 541. Russian army described by Sir R. Wil- son, 130.
encroachments checked by the treaty of Paris, 199.
St. German's (Earl of), descendant of Sir John Eliot, 62.
Salamander described by Aristotle, 33. Samarcand described by Khanikoff, 502. Satrap, root of the word, 478.
Save (the), an important commercial highway, 192.
Scaliger's opinion of H. Stephens, 357. Scapula's plagiarism of Stephens, 349. Schönfelder's (Dr.) translation of John of Ephesus, 164.
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