organist of Chelsea College, 104-his death, 106 singular omissions in Mad. d'Arblay's work, ib.-its real object, 107 -the authoress's first appearance in the literary world, ib.-her Evelina,' 109 -her Cecilia' and 'Camilla,' 110- age of the authoress, ib.-her' Wan- derer,' 111-causes of the bad taste and style of these Memoirs, ib.-her portrait of Boswell, 112-her anecdotes of Dr. Johnson, 115-and last interview with, 117-her father's interview with George III. and Queen Charlotte, 119. Burton, his accurate description of mental malady, 186, 187-his account of Hip- pocrates' visit to Democritus, 188- wrote his Anatomie with a view of re- lieving his own melancholy, ib. Byron, Lord, 17-his 'Prophecy of Dante,' 449-his Francesca of Rimini,' 450— his 'Don Juan,' ib.
Camille Desmoulins, ' attorney-general to the lantern,' 41, 43. Carwell, by Mrs. Sheridan, 229. Cary, Mr., his translation of Dante. See Dante.
Castlereagh, Lord, his character of the Duke of Wellington, 333.
'Cavendish,' one of the most vulgar and witless of the sea-novels, 486. Chabot, 37. Chapman, 29.
Chaulnes, Duke de, account of, 104. Chalmers, Thomas, D.D., 'On the Use and Abuse of Literary and Ecclesiastical En- dowments. See Church and the Land- lords.
Charles X. of France, causes of his over- throw, 170. Chesney, Captain, his Reports to Govern- ment on the Navigation of the Euphrates,' 212. See Steam-Navigation to India. Chess, game of, 317.
Church and the Landlords, 198-ministerial proposition for the confiscation of church property in Ireland, ib.-suicidal con- duct of the land-owners, 199-favourable position of the clergyman of a parish for bracing the upper and lower orders of society together, 200-the clergy the best outworks of the land-owners, 204- benefits of an established national church, ib.-case of the two states of Connecticut and Rhode Island, 205- state in which the Dissenters would be placed by the fall of the Church of Eng-
Colman, George, Esq., his evidence before
the Committee of the House of Commons on the state of the laws affecting dramatic literature, 7.
Court ceremonies, unwise neglect of, 337. Cowper, William, character of his mental
malady, 186-various modes of self-de- struction attempted by, 190.
Crabbe, Rev. George, his correct delinea- tions of mental malady, 187-the most searching of moral anatomists, and most graphic of poets, 203—his patriotism in lifting up the veil spread between the upper classes and the working-day world, ib.
Croker, Right Hon. John Wilson, his 'Boswell' quoted, 47, 115, 251. Cromwell, Oliver, his terror on the recital of Shirley's stanzas on the fall of Charles I., 11.
Cruelty to animals, necessity of a law for punishing, 81.
Cunningham, Rev. Francis, obligations of the Protestant cause to, 49-instrumental in making the English reader acquainted with Oberlin, ib.
Dacre, Lady, 'Recollections of a Chaperon,' edited by. See Novels of Fashionable Life.
D'Ancre, Maréchal, account of, 165. Dante, the Inferno of, translated by Ichabod Charles Wright, 449-excellence of Cary's translation of the Divine Comedy, ib. his version, from the measure, no likeness of the original, ib.-failure of the attempts to introduce the terza rimą as an English measure, ib.-Lord By- ron's Prophecy of Dante' and 'Frau- cesca,' 450-difficulties of executing the translation of any long poem in rhyme, ib.-the various readings of a true poet an interesting and instructive study, 451 -Mr. Wright's new version of Dante uncalled for, ib.-his great obligations to
Cary, 452-his measure Dantesque to the eye only, ib.-the sense of Cary twisted out of blank verse into rhyme, 453-specimens of the two versions, ib. -the versions of the episode of Fran- cesca of Rimini,' by Cary, Lord Byron, and Wright, compared, 459-Taaffe's nonsensical commentary on the story of Francesca and Paolo, 463-Mr. Wright's faulty rhymes, ib.-his ear at once Scotch, Irish, and Cockney, ib.-his notes shrewd, sensible, and always mo- dest, 464.
D'Arblay, Madame, her 'Memoirs of Dr. Burney, arranged from his own Manu- scripts, from Family Papers, and from Personal Recollections,' 97. See Burney. Darvill, R., his Treatise on the Care, Treatment, and Training of the English Race-horse.' See Turf.
Dealtry, William, D.D., his 'The Church and its Endowments; a Charge,' 198. See Church and the Landlords. Death, 175-Sir Henry Halford's remarks on the phenomena of the death-bed, ib. -the two immediate modes by which death is brought about, ib.-death by syncope, ib.-death by asphyxia, ib.— contrast between the state of the body and that of the mind, 176-delirium, ib. -death by lightning, 177 the coup de grace, ib.-the sting of death not con- tained in the physical act of dying, ib.- conduct to be observed by a physician in withholding or making his patient ac- quainted with his opinion of the fatal issue of his malady, 178-death-bed of George IV., 179-prophetic power at- tributed to individuals dying of peculiar maladies, 180.
Death, Shirley's exquisite verses on, 13. Delirium, Abernethy's description of, 176. Democritus, account of Hippocrates' visit to, 188.
Denman, Lord Chief Justice, his opinion on the general question of libels, 36. Dionysius, the tyrant, 11.
Dry-rot in timber, 125-proposition of Mr. Matthews for the appointment of a rot- prevention officer or wood physician, 126-his treatise On Naval Timber and Arboriculture,' ib.-Merits of Mr. Knowles's 'Inquiry into the Means taken to preserve the British Navy,' ib.—ad- mirable article on the dry-rot in the Supplement to the Encyclopædia Britan- nica, ib.-results of some recent expe- riments, 127-discovery of a means of preventing this disease in timber, ib.-
Mr. Kyan's patent, 127-Sir Robert Sep- pings's report in its favour, ib.-causes of dry-rot, ib.-Pliny's doctrine on the origin of the disease, ib.-schemes for dealing with the juices in the felled timber, ib.-process of desiccation, 128 -instances of its failure attested by Mr. Knowles, ib.-Sir Humphry Davy's hint for preventing the growth of fungi, 129-Mr. Kyan's theory, ib.-Fourcroy's dictum, ib.-Mr. Knowles's comment thereon, ib.-substance of Mr. Faraday's lecture thereon, 131-the 'fungus pit' at Chatham described, ib.-Sir Robert Smirke's experiments, 132-duration of the antiseptic virtue of medicated timber, 133-benefits which would re- sult from the discovery and general adoption of a cheap, safe, and efficacious preventive of dry-rot, ib.
Dryden, John, his inferiority, as a drama- tist, to Shirley, 13.
Dumont, M., his 'Souvenirs de Mirabeau' characterized, 155 his enlightened views of the French Revolution, ib.- his testimony to the services of Mr. Burke, 156-his character of Brissot, 172.
Dyce, Rev. Alexander, 29.
Edgeworth, Miss, useful lessons conveyed in her Tales, 152.
Edye, John, his 'Calculations relating to the Equipment of Ships,' 125. See Dry-rot.
Eichenberg, Professor, his translations of Shakspeare, 120.
English climate, 330.
English race-horse, Treatise on the Care, Treatment, and Training of, by R. Darvill, V. S. See Turf.
English Revolution of 1688, 170. Erskine, Lord, anecdotes of, 123, 124. Euphrates, Captain Chesney's reports to government on the navigation of the, 212. See Steam Navigation to India. 'Evelina,' character of, 109.
Faraday, Mr., his lecture on Mr. Kyan's discovery for preventing the dry rot in timber, 131.
Forbes, Duncan, A.M., his translation from the Persian of the 'Adventures of Hatim Taï,' 506.
Foreign and Domestic Policy of England, 522-Holland, 523-Algiers, ib.—Italy, 525-Greece, 526-Turkey, ib.-Po- land, 527-Portugal, 528-Duke of Wellington's motion, 540-King's an- swer to the address of the House of Lords, 541-Irish Church Bill, 547- practical working of the Reform Bill, 550.
Fouquier Tinville, 42.
Fox, Right Hon. Charles James, 47-anec- dote of, 122.
Frederic II. of Prussia, his character and share in producing the French revolu- tion, 168.
French Revolution, 152-'Causes' of the, by Lord John Russell, ib.—his unfinished 'Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe since the Peace of Utrecht,' ib.-his lordship characterized as a 'petit littérateur,' ib.- the present performance an impudent catchpenny, 153-extends only to the death of Louis XV., ib.-high-coloured description of the profligacy of his court, ib.-Lord John's account of Rousseau's amours, ib.-and of Voltaire's liaison with Madame du Châtelet, ib.-his lord- ship's superficial acquaintance with the French language, 154-M. Dumont's 'Souvenirs de Mirabeau,' 155 - that work the best answer to Lord John's silly stories and theories, 157 — the French government, till the latter part of Louis XV.'s reign, in accordance with the feelings and wishes of the people, ib. -high-minded patience and unconquer- able spirit of the French nobility and clergy in adversity, 160-the magistracy illustrious for talent, integrity, and public spirit, 161-firmness of the Parliament even in the latter days of Louis XV., ib. -injustice of making the upper classes in France responsible for the crimes of the revolution, 162-real causes of the revolution, 166-feeble character of Louis XVI., ib.-example of America, ib.-exertions of the philosophers, 167- disorder in the finances, 168-Lord John's parallel between Voltaire and our Saviour, 173-his confession re- specting the philosophers, 174. See Le Vasseur.
French Revolution of 1830, 464-'Mé- moires pour servir à l'Histoire de, par M. Alex. Mazas,' ib.-merits of the work, ib.-account of the author, 465-sum- mary of his narrative, ib.-first shot fired by an Englishman, 468-Duke of Or- leans, 470-M. Lafitte, 471-M. de Polignac, ib.-M. de Mortemart, 473-
'Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches durch Joseph von Hammer.' 1-8. See Turkish Empire. Gibbon, E., Esq., his outline of the Turkish history, 286.
Gifford, William, Esq., 2. Gilly, William Stephen, M.A., his 'Memoir of Felix Neff, Pastor of the High Alps, and of his labours among the French Protestants of Dauphiné, a Remnant of the Primitive Christians of Gaul,' 47. See Neff.
Goethe on the character of Hamlet's mad- ness, 185.
'Gold of Pitt,' 37. Grant, Mr. Robert, 43.
Greece, policy of England towards, 526. Greek lyric poetry, 349-the Greek elegy and ode, ib.-origin of the ode, 350- triumphant songs of Moses and Deborah, ib.-character of the Greek lyric muse, 351-distinction between Greek and Hebrew song, 352-the lyre of an- cient Greece, 353-combination of the choric dance with music and poe- try, 354-lyric writers who preceded or were contemporary with Pindar, 355 -Archilochus, ib.-Alcmæon, 357— Stesichorus, 358-Ibycus of Rhegium, 361-Alcæus, 363-Sappho, 366-ver- sions of her 'Fragment,' by Ambrose Phil- lips, Boileau, and Mr. Merivale, 367-Mr. Merivale's translation of her ode to Ve- nus, 368-Erinna, 370—Anacreon, 371 -inquiry into the genuineness of the odes attributed to, 374-Simonides the younger, 375-his Danaë the tenderest passage in Greek poetry, ib.--Mr. Ro- bert Smith's version of it, 376-Bac- chylides, 377.
Hacket, Bishop, his motto, 70. Halford, Sir Henry, his Essays and Ora-
tions, read and delivered at the Royal College of Physicians; to which is added an Account of the Opening of the Tomb of Charles I.,' 175. See Death; and see also Madness.
Hamlet, his criterion of madness, 181, 184, 185. Head, Captain C. F., his Eastern and Egyptian Scenery, Ruins,' &c., illustra- tive of a journey from India to Europe; with remarks on the advantages and practicability of steam-navigation from England to India, 212. See Steam Na- vigation to India.
Hatim Taï, a romance, translated from the Persian, by Duncan Forbes, A.M., 506. Hawtrey, Mr., his directions in the con- struction of the Alcaic stanza, 364. Hebert, 37, 43.
Herbert, Sir Henry, his character of Shir- ley's plays, 6.
Heine's Reisebilder, or Pictures of Travel, quoted, 33.
Hippocrates, account of his visit to Demo- critus, 188.
Holland, policy of England towards, 523. Horace, accuracy of his portraits of mad- ness, 183.
Houchard, General, 40.
Houstoun, Mr., his incidental discovery concerning the speed of canal boats, 213.
Huguenots, their intolerance of the pas- time of dancing, 61.
Hulls, Jonathan, the real inventor of the steam-boat, 213.
Ibycus of Rhegium, account of, and of his writings, 361.
Jesuits, one of the principles of, 47-the most efficient society ever established, 48.
Impressment of seamen, 345, 496. Insanity. See Madness. Invention, 118.
Johnson, Dr., anecdotes of, 115, 251. Jonson, Ben, 14.
Ireland, church property in, ministerial proposition for the confiscation of, 198. Italy, policy of England towards, 525.
Knolles, the historian of the Turks, Dr. Johnson's eulogy on, 285-character of his history, 286.
Knowles, John, his Inquiry into the means which have been taken to pre-
serve the British Navy from the earliest to the present Times,' 126. Kyan, Mr., his patent for the prevention of dry-rot. See Dry-Rot.
Labour, Professor M'Culloch's dictum con- cerning, 150. Lafayette, 33.
Landlords. See Church and the Land- lords.
Language, effect of, upon national charac- ter, 69.
Le Vasseur, Mémoires de René de la Sarthe, ex-Conventionnel, 29-the work a fresh instance of French fabrication, ib. -the editor, M. Achille Roche, sub- stantially the author, 30-the work an apology for the period of the French revolution called 'the reign of terror,' 31-the Champ de Mars in May, 1790, 33-Bishop Talleyrand, ib.-Lafayette and the fusillades in 1791, ib.-the mas- sacre at Paris, in September, 1792, ib.— character and situation of the Girondists at the opening of the French Conven- tion, 34-the Feuillans, ib.-club of the Jacobins, 35-trial and condemnation of Louis XVI., ib.-Vergniaud's vote for blood, ib.-his speech on the ' 'appel au peuple,' 36-Marat, l'ami du peu- ple,' ib.-his sincerity, ib.-Hebert and Chabot, 37-the gold of Pitt, ib.-deal- ings of successive governments with the Jacobin club, 38-execution of the Gi rondists, 39-the author's defence of Ci- tizen Egalité, ib.-and of Robespierre and the Mountain, ib-General Hou- chard, 40-the author's mission to the army, ib-Danton, 41-Camille Des- moulins, ib.-Fouquier Tinville, 42— establishment of sans-culottism, ib.-de- cree of the Convention acknowledging the existence of a Deity, 45-picture of Robespierre's government, ib.-law of the 22nd Prairial, ib.-history of the 9th Thermidor, 46-downfall of Robes- pierre, ib.
Liverpool, Earl of, sketch of, and of his ad- ministration, 333.
Louis Philippe, king of the French, 11, 161 470, 473.
Lowe, Sir Hudson, 489.
Macaulay, Mr., his attempt to make the
upper classes in France responsible for the crimes of the revolution, 162-cha- racter of his speeches in Parliament, ib. M'Culloch, Professor, his paradox concern- ing absenteeism exposed, 148-his dic- tum concerning labour, 150. Madness, 181-Sir Henry Halford's Essay 'On Shakspeare's test of insanity,' 181 -accuracy of Shakspeare's delineations of mania, ib.-Horace's portraits of madness exemplified to the life, 183— Hamlet, his criterion of madness, 181, 184 cases of monomania, 184-in- stance related by Orfila, ib.-Damien, ib.-Villemain and Goethe on the cha racter of Hamlet's madness, 185-mental malady described by Burton, 186-its first stage, ib.-variety and individual clearness of Shakspeare's delineations of mental malady, 187-melancholy of Jaques, ib.-the grave-digger's scene in Hamlet, 188-the lighter species of melancholy exemplified in Burton's ac- Count of Hippocrates's visit to Demo- critus, ib.-Scott's Clara Mowbray, an example of the retiring melancholy, 190 -the 'roving melancholy' described, 191-Madge Wildfire, ib.-Ophelia, ib.
'Lear,' a study for the pathologist, 192-progress of his madness, 192, 198. Madras school, one of the principles of, 47. Malcolm, Sir John, his Sketches of Persia,
Marat, Jean Paul, l'ami du peuple,' 36. Marryat, Captain, his novels characterized, 485.
Martineau, Miss, her 'Illustrations of
Political Economy,' 136-the work a monthly series of novels on political economy, ib.-the authoress an Unita- rian, ib.-her praiseworthy intention, ib.-but unfeminine and mischievous doctrines on the principles of social welfare, ib.-plan of the work, ib.-the fair writer's account of her own doings, ib.-outline of story the first, 'Life in the Wilds,' 137-of The Hill and the Valley,' 138-of' Demerara,' Miss M.'s doctrine of property, 139-of Ella of Garveloch,' prolificacy of herrings and bannocks, anticipated over-popula- tion, the preventive check, 140-the Manchester Strike,' 143-story of 'Cousin Marshall,' abomination of poor- laws, alms-houses, lying-in hospitals, &c. 144-Ireland,' Mr. Tracey and Mr. Rosso, Sullivan, Dora, and Dan, Miss M.'s grand panacea, 145-her defence of Professor M'Culloch's exploded para- dox concerning absentees, 148-story
entitled French Wines and Politics,' Professor M'Culloch's dictum concern- ing labour, 149-story entitled 'For Each and for All,' profits and wages, Nanny White and old Joel, 150-Miss M.'s exemplification of the phenomena of money; mouse skins and mammoth bones, 151-Moore's 'She Politician,” tb.-parting advice to Miss M., ib. Massinger, his Luke, and his Sir Giles Overreach, 14.
Matthew, Patrick, his "Treatise on Naval Timber and Arboriculture, with Critical Notes,' 125. See Dry-Rot.
May, Thomas, his panegyric on Shirley, 4. Mazas, M. Alexandre, his 'Mémoires pour
servir à l'Histoire de la Révolution de 1830.' See French Revolution of 1830, Merivale, J. H. Esq., his edition of Bland's Greek Anthology, comprising the Frag- ments of early Lyric Poetry, with spe- cimens of all the poets included in Meleager's Garland. See Greek Lyric Poetry.
Merivale, Mr. jun., his translation of a fragment of Bacchylides, 378. Middleton, Thomas, his dramas charac- terized, 14.
Mirabeau, M. Dumont's Souvenirs de, 155 -character of, 156.
Montluc, Marshal, his commentaries one of the most characteristic work in any language, 68.
Moore, Thomas, his 'She Politician,' 151 -his 'Epitaph on a Tuft-hunter,' 231
Neff, Felix, pastor of the High Alps, Me- moir of, and of his labours among the French Protestants of Dauphiné, a rem- nant of the Primitive Christians of Gaul; by William Stephen Gilly, M.A., 47— the biographer's benevolent exertions in behalf of the Vaudois, 48-first account received by him concerning Felix Neff, 49-Neff's birth and education, ib.- his early aspirations for military fame, or for scientific research, 50-publishes at sixteen a treatise on the culture of trees, ib. -enters as a private into the military service, ib.-quits the service and prepares for holy orders, ib.—re- ceived into the church as a proposant, ib.-employed three years in this ca- pacity in the neighbourhood of Geneva, 31-invited to Grenoble, ib.-supplies at Mens the place of an absent pastor,
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