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Adams, John, on the American revolu- tionary army, 416.
Adriatic, eastern coast of, 369. Albigenses, or Cathari, C. Schmidt's History of the, reviewed, 443- Sla- vonic origin of the sect, 444-rapid progress of, 445-in the South of France, 446-attacked by Innocent III., 447-authorities as to their doctrines, 448-sketch of their the- ology, 449 believed in two divine principles, 450-their idea of human nature, 451-of the Saviour's Mission, 452 and the transmigration of, souls, 453-pure and holy life of, 454- the perfect and the credentes among, 455-their simple modes of worship, 456-sacraments recog- nized by, 457-calumniated and per- secuted, 458-missionaries sent to, 459 befriended by Raymond, Count of Toulouse, 460 sade against, 461 capture and de- struction of their town of Béziers, 463 Simon, Count of Montfort wars against, 464 their stronghold of Minerve captured, 466-end of the war of, 470-rooted out at last by the Inquisition, 471 - their doc- trines and conduct, 472.
Allen, William, the Quaker chemist,
Antiquities, Smith's Dictionary of, 424. Apriori reasoning in Natural Theology, 391- unsafe and unsatisfactory, 392 - develops nothing new, 393- - pre- sumptuous and begs the question, 394- leads only to truisms, 395 and to anthropomorphism, 396 cosmogony founded on, 397 - useless and fallacious, 401. Araucana of Ercilla, 51. A'Tatárok, a Magyar play, 299. Australia, a Glimpse of, 166 discovery of, 168
- size of, visited by Cook, 170 convicts first sent to, 171 - sources of trouble to the early colonists of, 172 great use of rum in, 173- - system of nepotism in, 174 -problems presented by, 175 pas- sage of the Blue Mountains of, 176
discoveries beyond them, 177 — rivers of, terminate in swamps, 178- Sturt's explorations of, 179- sudden rise and fall of the rivers of, 180- social questions about, 181-employ- ment of convicts in. 182 - distribu- tion of land in, 184 colony of South Australia founded in, 185, 192 - dispersion of the settlers of, 186 -speculation and drunkenness in, 187 extent of, yet unknown, 189 — discovery and settlement of Western 45
geology and theory of its ocean, 196 197 abori-
Australia in, 190- fluctuating for tunes of, 191- troubles of the south- ern colony in, 192 Port Phillip set- tlement in, 193 settlements on the north coast of, 194 meteorology of, 195 - recent rise from the Strzelecki's theory of, gines of, 193. Austria, conduct of, in the Hungarian war, 79an ally, not a master, of Hungary, 97 - a benefit to Hungary, - liberal constitution granted by, policy of, towards Croatia, 113 rebellion in all the provinces of, 122 change of the policy of, 125 rebellion in the capital of, 128 quells the revolt, 129 first refuses, and then accepts the aid of Russia, 133 inhuman conduct of, 135 — sel- fish and perfidious policy of, 501 — an ally of the Magyars at first,502 - why turned against them,505 - favored the abolition of feudalism in Hungary,516
Ballads, Spanish, 17-peculiar mea- sure of, 19- national character shown by, 20. Baptist Missions, history of, 57 — ori- gin of, 61.
Bartol, C. A., Discourses by, reviewed, 199 - free from formality and cant, 201 interprets the material into the spiritual, 202- shows humility and cheerful trust, 203 — a chivalrous ad- vocate of the Christian graces, 204 - his style sedate, full, and rich, 205 his plain-speaking, 206 cited, 207, 209. Bartram, John, W. Darlington's Memo- rials of, reviewed, 210- the patriarch of American botany, ib. late pub- lication of the memoirs of, 211 -let- ters of, 212-early life of, ib. -bo- tanic garden founded by, 213-friend- ship of, with Collinson, 214 — rela- tions of, with his English friends, 215-long journeys undertaken by, 216 his expedition to Onondaga, 217-letters of, to Gronovius, 218- appointed king's botanist and goes to Florida, 219-sends many Ameri- can plants to England, 220 - partic- ulars of the private life of, 221-re- ligious opinions of, 222- Dr. Frank- lin's letter to, 223- - death of, ib. Bartram, William, chooses to settle in Florida, 219 — burial-place of, 224. Bathiany, conference of, with Jellach- ich, 124.
Beccaria on Crimes and Punishments,
Bem, the Polish revolutionist, 129 invasion of Transylvania by, 132- victory of, 134.
Bouterwek on Spanish Literature, 4. Buddhism, sketch of, 63 — imperfectly known, 140.
Bunker Hill, battle of, Col. Prescott's account of the, 407 Gen. Putnam's conduct at, 409.
Burmah, Baptist missionaries in, 61 Buddhism in, 63 Karens in, 66. Buxton, Sir. T. F., memoirs of, re- viewed, 331 contrasted with a pseudo-philanthropist, 332 great value of the life of, 333- - school life of, 334-idle and wilful in youth, becomes acquainted with the Gurneys, 336 — goes to college at Dublin, 338-establishes himself in trade, 339 friends and associates of, 340- religious character of, 342 - death of his brother Edward, 343 - serious and earnest disposition of, 344 his adventure with a mad dog, 345 his speech in behalf of the weavers, 347 complimented by Wilberforce, 348-becomes interested in prison reform, ib. - forms a prison discipline society, 352-collects in- formation, 353—and writes a book on prisons, 354 success of his work, enters the House of Com- mons, ib. takes up the reform of criminal law, 356-makes a speech on this subject, 364-appointed on a
committee, 365- Wilberforce's let- ter to, 366-bis success in reform- ing prisons and the criminal law, 368 -other labors of, 369.
Calderon de la Barca, plays of, 46- fanatical and extravagant, 47-Tick-
Canada, Montgomery's attempt to con- quer, 420.
Cathari, or Albigenses, history of the, 443. See Albigenses. Cervantes, Lope de Vega jealous of, 37. Church, the Romish, decayed condition
of in the twelfth century, 446. Cid, poem of the, 9-- Chronicle of, 21. Cistercian monks sent against the Al- bigenses, 459.
Collinson, P., corresponds with J. Bartram, 214- dictatorial manner of, 215- fond of mud turtles, 220- advice of, respecting dress and books, 221.
Chronicles, Spanish, 21. Consolamentum, a religious rite of the Albigenses, 454.
Convict colonists of Australia, 171 — how employed, 182-sent to Tasma- nia, 193-evils produced by, ib. Creation, Dr. Harris on the order of, 397. Criminal Law, ethical basis of, 356- former shocking state of, in England,
357- - inconsistent severity of, 358- treated with levity, 359-not exe- cuted, 360 attempts to improve, 361 - Romilly's proposed reforms of, 362- the Lords oppose any change in, 363-Peel's reform of, 368. Croatia, how far dependent on Hun- gary, 101, 112-language and govern- ment of, 112- the Ireland of Hun- gary, 113-influence of M. Gay in, ib origin of the agitation in, 114
protest of, against the Magyars, 116-revolutionary movement in, 123.
Dalmatia and Montenegro, Sir J. G. Wilkinson's travels in, reviewed, 369 -objects of interest in, and history of, 370-Zara, the capital of, 380 — Spalato, a city of, 382 Ragusa, a former republic in, 383-visited by Richard of England, 384. See Wil- kinson.
78. See Hungary - Maygar women praised by, 328- the Magyar nobles lauded by, 329-character of his book, 515, note on the date of the abolition of feudalism, 516. Dembinski, in Hungary, 129. Deserted Village, Goldsmith's poem of the, 282.
Design, marks of a guide in theology,
Diocletian, palace of, at Spalato, 382. Dominic, the founder of the Inquisition, preaches against the Albigenses, 460
- establishes the order which bears his name, 468.
Drama, Spanish, origin of the, 28 Lope de Vega the chief author of, 42 Calderon, 46-influences hos- tile to, 50.
Dubois, Cardinal, profligacy of, 246.
Eliot, Samuel, History of Liberty by, reviewed, 136-object and extent of his work, 140-on Roman liberty, 142- merits and faults of, 147-his style allusive and obscure, 148-sum- mary judgment of, 149-cited, 150. Ellenborough, Lord, on Criminal Law reform, 362.
Emerson, R. W., Lectures on Repre- sentative Men by, noticed, 520. Essayist, characteristics of the, 154. Europe, political events of the last two years in, 473-shifting opinions of the Americans respecting these, 474 - influenced by the prejudice of race, 476-discussion of this new principle in politics, 479 — union of the Italian states, 480 and of the German, 481 -states of, as separated by natural boundaries, 482- inconvenience of the new principle in, 483-difficulty of understanding the course of recent events in, 485-new cause of politi- cal movements in, 486- - republican- ism unpopular in, 487 - mutual hatred of races substituted for hatred of royalty in, 488 Sleswick Holstein question in, 491 - Polish question in Posen, 492-Magyar movement in Hungary, 494.
Examiner newspaper, on Hungary, 496.
Fiume ceded to Hungary, 380. Fleury, prime minister of France, 249. Flinders, Lieut. discovers Bass's Straits, 175.
Florida, Bartram's expedition to. 219. Forster, J., Life of Goldsmith by, 266- on Goldsmith's college life, 272. Foulques, of Marseilles, bishop of Tou- louse, 459.
France at the death of Louis XIV., 243 -stock-jobbing spirit in, 244-Mis- sissippi scheme in, 245-immorality
Frey, Arthur, on Hungary, 498-on Magyar encroachments, 515. Frothingham, Richard, Jr. History of the siege of Boston by, reviewed, 405 -successful researches of, 407-on Bunker Hill battle, 409-and of other incidents in the siege, 410. Fry, Mrs., account of, 336- her labors in Newgate, 352.
Gaj, the Croatian agitator, 113. Gammell, William, History of Baptist Missions by, reviewed, 57-high mer- its of, ib-sketch of Buddhism by, 63 -on the Karens, 67-his account of Boardman's death, 69.
Genius, sad impression given by the lives of men of, 266-sympathy and curiosity excited by, 267-gives an in- sight into life, 268-not exempt from error and weakness, 269-portraits of men of, often unlike, 270. Germans in Transylvania, 117-petition of, to the Frankfort Assembly, 118- ask aid of the Russians, 133. Germany, political union of, 481-re- publicanism repudiated in, 487-de- sires to reannex Alsace and Lorraine, 489-quarrel of, with Denmark, 491- and with the Poles of Posen, 492-re- publican minority in, 493. Goldsmith, W. Irving's Life of, review-
ed, 265-sad history of, 266-unhappy social position of, 270-how treated by Johnson and others, 271-sneered at and miserably poor in boyhood, 272 -tries to be a clergyman and fails, 273-studies medicine and travels on the Continent, 274-comes to London and fights against starvation, 275- becomes a Grub-street hack, 276-a member of The Club, 277-abused by his friends, 278-publishes The Trav- eller and The Vicar, 279-writes a comedy, 280-foolish expenses of, 281 -The Deserted Village of, 282-trav- els in France, 283-writes another play, 284-projects and sufferings of, 285-dies of a broken heart, 286- impression left by the sad life of, 287- humor and sweetness of, 288-charm of his writings, 289.
Good Natured Man, Goldsınith's come- dy, 280.
Greece, kind of freedom enjoyed by, 141. Greek and Roman Antiquities, 424. Gurney family, account of the, 336-pe- culiar power of, 337.
Harris, Dr. John, Pre-Adamite Earth and Man Primeval by, reviewed, 391- problem which he proposes to solve, 392-objections to his reasoning, ib. -inconsistent and illogical, 396-his system founded on anthropomorphism, 397-his theory of creation, 398-his views objected to, 399-his statement of the ultimate purpose of creation, 400-his method censurable, 401-dull and awkward in style, 404-merits of his other treatises, 405.
Hartog, Dirk, Australia, visited by, 169. Hermanstadt attacked by Bem, 133– evacuated, 134.
History, philosophy of, 239-false style of recent French, 240. Horneck family, Goldsmith's acquaint- ance with, 282-travel in France with him, 283.
Howard John, labors of, in prison re- form, 348-small results obtained by, 350-example of, not lost, 351. Hungary, the recent war in, 78-cause and object of the Declaration of Inde- pendence in, 80-aristocratic consti- tution of, 82-various races in, 83- dominant and subject races in, 84- distinctions of race permanent in, 85 -feudal system in, 86-number of no- bles in, 88-immense privileges of the nobility in, 89-Széchény's reforms in, 90, 107-landed estates inaliena- able in, 93-burghers and peasants in, 94-manorial and tenant rights in, 95 -an ally, not a subject of Austria, 97 -why jealous of Austria, 98-would be injured by a separation, 99-con- nection of Croatia, Transylvania, &c. with, 101-improvements in, 106-dif- ferent parties in, 110-question about language in, 111-oppression of Croa- tia by, 113-Germans in, 117-gener- al character of the war in, 120-Count Lamberg murdered in, 127-in alli- ance with the Vienna radicals, 128- course of the war in, 130-Russian army enters, 135-cruel treatment of the insurgents of, ib.-women of, 327 -population of, by races, 495-ex- planatory report on affairs of, 498, 516 -A. Frey on, 499-origin of the war in, 501-dates of the destruction of feudalism in, 516-how feudal rights were exercised in, 517-hallucination respecting the war in, 519-See Mag- yars.
Ilka, a Magyar play, 300-opening scene of, 301-Magyar camp scene of, 305- - second act of, 308-other scenes in, 310- dénouement of, 326 - a sketch of a Magyar woman, 327. Innocent III. attempts to destroy the Albigenses, 447-sends two legates
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