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Adams, John, the Works and Life of,
by C F. Adams, reviewed, 407
well edited, 408-his life can now be
properly viewed and written, 409
materials for this publication, 410-
diary of, 411-the Great Earthquake
recorded by, 414-keeps school in
Worcester, 415 religious opinions
of, 416-Webb letter of, on the fu-
ture of America, 417- his prophecies
realized, 418 -sees Lord Amherst's
army at Worcester, 419- begins the
study of law, 420-a hard student
with small means, 421 - his debut in
legal practice, 422- -on pettifogging,
423-attacks the pettifoggers, 424-
extent of the studies of, 426-joins a
law club, 428 indefatigable as a
student, 429-his Essay on Canon
and Feudal Law, 430- on the Stamp
Act, 431 retained as counsel for
Boston, 432-characters sketched by,
433-on a slave's action for freedom,
434 refuses the post of Advocate
General, 435-on the Boston Massa-
cre, 436-elected representative from
Boston, 439-acts as counsel for
Capt. Preston, 440-state paper pre-
pared by, 441- on the destruction of
the tea, 442-elected to the First
Congress, 443-interesting character
of the work, 444.
Africa, commando system in, 25-ex-
tent of the slave trade in, 27- facili-
ties for trade with, 29-Niger expe-
dition in, 31.
Africa, South, a Hunter's Life in, by R.
G. Cumming, reviewed, 359- char-
acter of the natives of, 365 - geo-
graphy of, yet unknown, 366 — a
fine field for sportsmen, 367 -- mode
VOL. LXXI. — NO. 149.
of hunting in, 368-springboks of,
370 -
wild dogs of, 372- hunting
lions in, 374-elephants of, 378-
hippopotami of, 382-possibility of
colonizing, 385-gigantic tree of,
386.
Ali, the Moslem Sampson, prowess of,
bears the standard against
Khaibar, 297.
Alexander of Russia, later days of, 338.
Allston, Washington, Lectures on Art
and Poems by, reviewed, 149 -
knowledged to be our first painter,
150 literary labors of, ib. -per-
sonal character of, 151 well quali
fied to write on art, 157— influenced
by the philosophy of Coleridge, 158
-charm of the style of, 159. -on the
word idea, ib. -cited, 160- Dutch
painting described by, 162-on the
Farnese Hercules, 164-on an ideal
form, 165 Life and Letters of, 168.
America, public libraries in, 196-
-stat-
istics of the largest, 197-H. Stevens
ón, 205-balance of political parties
in, 246-manufactures and agricul-
ture in, 491 the latter cannot absorb
all the labor, 492-free trade inap-
plicable to, 497-the evils of func-
tionarism not felt in, 501- uncentral-
ized government of, 502.
Ancients, Navigation of the, 307 - the
Egyptians and Phoenicians, 308-the
Hebrews, 309-the Greeks, 310-
of the Argonauts, 311-ships of, 313,
318 the Carthaginians, 315- the
Romans, 317-ignorant of the direct-
ing power of the magnet, 324 - geo-
graphical ideas of, 325.
Angel and Child, a poem, by W. All-
ston, 153.
Argonauts, expedition of the, 311.
Arctic Regions, voyages of discovery
in, 168 Sir James Ross's voyage to,
169 Commander Moore sails thither
through Behring's Strait, 171- -can-
not be explored from the west, 172
no northwest passage through, 174 -
the Baffin's Bay passage to, very
perilous, 176-proposed English ex-
peditions to the, 179
-American voy-
age to, 180-points of interest to be
discovered in, 181- - coast of the con-
tinent bordering the, 182-probable
situation of the Arctic Ocean, 183-
possibility of crossing the pole, 184.
Aristotle on Meteors, 52 mistakes of,
56.
Ark, Noah's, sailing qualities of, 308.
Art, W. Allston's Lectures on, re-
viewed, 149- his productions in, 150
- other works on the subject, 156
Allston better qualified than others to
write on, 157-ideas of beauty, truth,
and goodness in, 160-analysis of the
work, 161 doctrine of an ideal form
in, 165-composition in, 166.
Art, Winckelmann's History of An-
cient, translated by G. H. Lodge, re-
viewed, 99 is both useful and prae-
tical, 100 compared with science,
101-does not incapacitate for useful
exertion, 102-in the 16th century,
103-loved for its own sake, 104-
a proof of refinement and skill, 105—
its influence upon mental culture, 106
-distinguished from science, 107
needed in education, 108-disciplin-
ary effect of, 109 gives a new sense
of the beauties of nature, 110 - not
opposed to truth, 111- keeps before
us an ideal, 112-creative power of,
113 courses of thought awakened
by, 115-productions of, cannot be
repeated, 116-elevates our ideal,
118-elevates and dignifies, but can-
not save, 119.
Astor Library in New York, Report on
the, 185-origin and management of,
217- cannot expend much money on
building, 218
Beder, the battle of, 293.
Belgium, public libraries in, 203.
Berrien, John M., speech of, on Clay's
compromise, 221.
Bohemian literature, Talvi on, 349-
runs to antiquarianism and philology,
350.
Books, want of great collections of, in
America, 186- -our authors obliged
to send to Europe for them, 187
comparative provision of, in different
countries, 195.
British Colonies, abolition of slavery in,
3-opposition to the measure in, 5-
made no progress in the reform, 9-
create enemies by their own acts, 10
- slow murder of the slaves in, 11 —
exhorted without success, 13-
-con-
dition of the aborigines of, 25.
Buxton, Sir T. F., Life and Labors of,
as an opponent of slavery, 1-sub-
mits a motion on the subject in the
Commons, 4 on the slave trade in
the Mauritius, 6— indefatigable labors
of, 7-attacked by illness, 8-speech
of, in Parliament, 12-opposes delay,
-divides the House against the
Ministry, 14 -success of, 17-anxi-
ety of, 18-appeals to the nation, 19
reduces the term of apprenticeship,
21-labors to improve the condition
of the negroes, 23-candid letter
written by, 24-calls attention to the
commando system in Africa, 25-
released from Parliament, 26- his
book on The Slave Trade and its
Remedy, 27-calculations and plans
of, 28 -on trade with Africa, 29
sends out the Niger expedition, 31,
disheartened by its failure, 32- his
death and character, 33.
430.
bibliographical de-
partment of, 219.
Atmosphere, the weight of, 69-effects
of the diminished pressure of, 70—
effect of heat on, 71-water vapor-
ized by, 72-relations of, to electri-
city, 75-utilities of the, 85.
Aurora Borealis, nature of the, 78-
light and noise of, 79-frequency of,
80-height of, 81.
Carthaginians, navigation of the, 315.
Chomiakof, a Russian poet, 345.
Clay, Henry, Compromise of the Slave-
ry Question proposed by, 221 - on
fugitive slaves, 221, 260-noble con-
duct of, on the compromise question,
magnanimous declaration of,
Climate, no permanent changes of, 73.
Cogswell, Dr., superintendent of the
Astor library, 219.
Commando system in Africa, 25.
Congress, American, dilatory action of,
passed four laws in six months,
222-provides for its own probable
inability to legislate at all, 223-sta-
tistics of the inactivity of, 224-con-
trasted with the State legislatures,
225-subjects on which it might act,
226 -action of, paralyzed by a few,
227-the members of, speak to Bun-
combe, 229-specimen of its daily
action, ib.-lengthy orations in the
Senate, 230 great differences of
opinion in, 231- -the territorial and
slavery question in, 232-hampered
by the State legislatures, 242-not
bound by State legislative action, 244
- legislates for Buncombe, 263 –
moderation counselled to, 264.
Connecticut, Early Records of the Colo-
ny of, by J. H. Trumbull, reviewed,
34-utility of such documents, 35-
founded by emigrants from Massa-
chusetts, 41-why colonized, 42-
contests of, with the Indians, 43-
military measures of, 44- Pequods
exterminated by, 45-strict laws of,
the use of tobacco restrained in,
48-apology for the early laws of, 49
-its acts to be judged by its pur
poses, 50.
Cooper, J. Fennimore, Ways of the
Hour by, reviewed, 121-literary
suicide of, ib. - writes from personal
prejudice, 123-libels his country, ib.
has lost his temper, 124-a feeble
caricaturist, 125- satirizes our courts
of law, 128-brings a wrong com-
plaint against juries, 133- his argu-
ments not worth answering, 134.
Cumming, R. G., A Hunter's Life in
South Africa by, reviewed, 359- his
account of himself, 363-style of his
outfit, 364-trades with the natives,
365 -route of, 366- hunting spring-
boks, 368- and elands, 371-watch-
ing the water, 372- narrowly escapes
the wild dogs, 373-shooting lions,
374 his night adventure with lions,
375-with elephants, 378- his mode
of hunting them, 379-exploits of, 380
- his fight with a hippopotamus, 382
does not tell us much about Africa,
385 natural objects described by,
Dalton, on the trade winds, 88.
Demosthenes, topics of the orations of,
453.
Diaries, the morality of keeping, 411-
no more irresponsible than conversa-
Elands, mode of hunting, 371.
Electricity, the atmosphere as affected
by, 75-its identity with lightning
discovered, 75-conjectures as to the
nature of, 76-Kaemptz on, 81.
Elephants, African, 378 habits of,
379-mode of hunting, ib.
Emigration, suitable persons for, 488-
an insufficient remedy, 489.
England, large landed estates in, 483-
emigration no remedy for the over
population of, 489-why the farmer
in, is undersold by grain from the Con-
tinent, 494-
public libraries in, 204.
English, fox-hunting squires, 359-love
of sport, 360- field for sporting, 361-
sporting country gentlemen, 362.
Eugene Onegin, a poem by Pushkin,
Europe, S. Laing's Observations on the
State of, reviewed, 479-three new
elements in the social system of, 481-
division of landed estates in, 482-
household manufactures in, 487-sta-
tionary social state of, 490-turbulent
unemployed operatives in, 491-war-
like element in, 492-functionarism
in, 498-universities in, 505-the
Landwehr system in, 511.
Everett, Edward, Orations and Speeches
by, reviewed, 445-great public ser-
vices of, 447-professional labors of,
448 his first Phi Beta Kappa ora-
tion, 449-variety of subjects dis-
cussed by, 451-number and diver-
sity of the occasions on which he
spoke, 454-patriotic American spirit
of, 455-unity of his discussions,
456-literary excellence of the wri
tings of, 457-cited, on the uses of
manufactures, 458-on superior and
popular education, 462.
Flaxman, lectures on art by, 156.
Forster, Rev. C., Mahometism Unveiled,
by, 275.
France, division of landed estates in,
481-number of functionaries in, 498.
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