Agassiz, Louis, his Essay on the Origin of Species, reviewed, 528. Alexander, James W., his Forty Years' Familiar Letters, noticed, 287. Alexander, Joseph A., his Sermons, noticed, 287.
Babington, B. G., his translation of Heck- er's work on the Epidemics of the Mid- dle Ages, reviewed, 438.
Babson, John J., his History of the Town of Gloucester, noticed, 565.
Bacon, Francis, new edition of his Works, noticed, 575.
Bancroft, George, his History of the United States, noticed, 567.
Bateman, Josiah, his Life of Daniel Wilson, noticed, 283.
Beck, Theodoric R. and John B., their Ele- ments of Medical Jurisprudence, noticed,
Bell, John, his Report upon the Importance and Economy of Sanitary Measures to Cities, reviewed, 438.
Blodget, Lorin, his Climatology of the United States, reviewed, 327. Boston, Charities of, article on, 149-im- portance of collecting the statistics of charitable institutions, ib. charity con- sidered as an agent and producer of good, 150 the school-tax, a contribution by the richer classes for the good of all, 151
other municipal expenditures for char- itable purposes, 152-parochial charities, 153- donations for religious objects in Boston in the last fifteen years, 154 - for charitable objects, 155 — for purposes of education, 156 for monuments, 157 for miscellaneous purposes, ib. - need of condensing our charitable efforts, 158— and of uniting different societies, 159- other practical suggestions, 160 -- relative proportion of these charities to the whole taxable property of the city, 161-need of larger contributions for the support of our higher educational institutions, 163
Brinley, Francis, his Life of William T. Porter, noticed, 573. Bulfinch, Thomas, his Boy Inventor, no- ticed, 279.
Burke, Sir Bernard, his Second Series of Vicissitudes of Families, noticed, 557.
Carlyle, Thomas, his Critical and Miscella- neous Essays, noticed, 274. Champlin, J. T., his Text-Book in Intellect- ual Philosophy, noticed, 286. Channing, W. H., his Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, reviewed, 119.
Christie, W. D., his Memoirs, Letters, and Speeches of Lord Shaftesbury, reviewed, 385.
Clark, Henry G., his Draft of a Sanitary Code for Cities, reviewed, 438. Clark, R. W., his African Slave-Trade, no- ticed, 282.
Clarke, James F., his Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli, reviewed, 119 his just appreciation of her character, 121-his translation of Hase's Life of Jesus, re- viewed, 130-excellence of the version, 146.
Climatology, article on, 327-invention of the mercurial themometer, 328 - How- ard's work on the Climatology of London, 329-state of the science in England in the last generation, ib. - Humboldt's Es- say on the Distribution of Heat, 330- meteorological observations commenced under the auspices of the government of the United States, ib.-publication of Dr. Forry's work on the Climate of the United States, 331-increased interest in the science in the United States, 332 -importance of Mr. Blodget's work on Climatology of the United States, 333- value of the scientific results of the dif- ferent explorations directed by the gov- ernment of the United States, 334-ver- tical topography of the United States, 335 effect of altitude and proxim- ity to the sea on temperature, 336 interest of this topic, 337-comparison
of the temperate climates of the United States and of Europe, 338- 8- principles on which isothermal charts are con- structed, 340-comparison of the tem- perature of different places in the United States as affected by altitude, 342 - mod- ifying effect of winds on climate, 344 sources of rain, 345 cause of the great change of temperature usually attendant on severe thunder-showers, 347 — cause of heavy local rains, 348-modifications of temperature by change of latitude, 349-comparison of the temperature at different latitudes, 350 criticisms on Mr. Blodget's work, 351 — improvements desirable in making meteorological ob- servations, 352.
Collins, Percy McDonough, his Voyage down the Amoor, noticed, 279.
Cooke, Josiah P., Jr., his Elements of Chem- ical Physics, noticed, 267.
Cooper, J. Fenimore, his Novels, noticed,278. Coues, Samuel E., his Studies of the Earth, noticed, 572.
Coultas, Harland, his What may be learned from a Tree, noticed, 573. Cummins, Maria S., her El Fureidîs, no- ticed, 263.
Custis, George W. P., his Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, noticed, 265.
Dillaway, C. K., his History of the Gram- mar-School, Roxbury, noticed, 282. Downing, A. J., his Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, reviewed, 12-merits of the work,
Durfee, Calvin, his History of Williams College, noticed, 280.
Dumas, Alexandre (Fils), his Père Pro- digue, reviewed, 211- character of the hero, ib.
Duyckinck, George L., his Life of Jeremy Taylor, noticed, 283.
English Language in America, the, article on, 507-circumstances tending to pro- duce divergence between the ordinary speech of England and of this country, circumstances favorable to uni- formity of language, 509-influence of King James's version of the Bible, 510 comparative divergence of language at different periods, 511 - what constitutes an Americanism, 512 conventional character of the English language, 515- failure of the attempts to produce regu- larity and consistency in the language, 516 difference between the conversa- tional language of England and that of America, 517- difference in the general standards of appeal in questions of lan- guage, 519 differences in the use and collocation of words, 521 et seq. greater readiness in this country to admit foreign words, 523- divergence of pronuncia- tion, 524 — abuse of the aspirate in Eng-
land, 526-general result of the com- parison, 528.
Evans, Marian, her translation of Strauss's Life of Jesus, reviewed, 130.
Everett, Edward, his Mount Vernon Papers, noticed, 289-his Life of George Wash- ington, noticed, 580.
Field, Frederick, his edition of the Septua- gint, reviewed, 1-its plan and execu- tion, 10.
Fleming, William, his Vocabulary of Phi- losophy, noticed, 582.
Flint, Charles L., his Grasses and Forage Plants, noticed, 277-his Milch Cows and Dairy Farming, noticed, ib. Foscolo, Ugo, article on, 213
publication of a complete edition of his Works, 214 his mother's birthplace, 215- his own birth, 216 his education, 217 - his teacher, 218 the first fruit of his studies, 219-production of his drama, entitled Tieste, 220 his residence in Milan, his early love, 222 publica- tion of the Ultime Lettere d' Jacopo Ortis, 223 character of the work, 224- his military career, 226 his sec- ond residence at Milan, 227 - he trans- lates De Coma Berenices, 228 - he writes under the assumed name of Didimo Chi- erico, and translates the Sentimental Journey, 229 compared with Sterne, 230 his attachment for an English lady, 231- - he translates Montecuccoli's trea- tise on the Art of War, 232 - his resi- dence at Brescia, 233- he writes I Se- polcri, 234-character of the poem, 235- he translates a portion of the Iliad, 236 — he is appointed Professor of Eloquence in the University of Pavia, ib. - his Inau- gural Address, 237- his professorship is suppressed, 238- - his Hymn to the Graces, 239-his tragedy of Ricciarda, his career after the fall of Napo- leon, 241- - he goes to England, 242-his position there, 243- insular antipathy to him, ib. calumnious stories in regard to him, 244- his literary labors there, 245 -his private life, 246 his social life as described by Mr. Everett, 247- his frequent changes of residence, 248- his death, 249- biographical value of his letters, 250 his literary friends, ib. essays written by him in England, 251, note-his personal appearance, 252 impression which he made upon different individuals, 253 - parallel between Fos- colo and Byron, 254 - his independence and moral courage, 255-versatility of his style, ib.-relation between English and Italian literature, 256 - - popularity of his Works with Italians of both sexes, 258. Frieze, Henry S., his edition of Virgil's Eneid, noticed, 570.
failure of Americans to appreciate the usefulness and beauty of evergreens as a feature in ornamental grounds, 15 prejudices against them, 16-arguments in favor of planting them about a coun- try residence, 17 varieties which are best suited to general planting, 18- the acclimatization in cold regions of trees brought from the South, 19-- best plan in planting them, 21 faults to be avoid- ed in laying out ornamental grounds, 22 necessity of a definite plan, 23 — dig- nity of the landscape-artist, 24 prepara- tion of the grounds for planting, 25-the laying out of carriage-roads and paths, ib. the planting of trees, 26- precautions to be observed, 28 the proper distribu- tion of different kinds of trees, 29-ar- rangement of the walks, 30- and of gar- den scenes, ib. the use of shrubs, 32 — the management of lawns, 33-their preparation, 34 the position of flower- gardens, 35-happiness to be derived from rural pursuits, 36-their attrac- tiveness to men of business, 37 - in- creasing interest in these pursuits, 38 closing exhortation to the brotherhood of planters, 39.
Gilman, C. R., his edition of Becks' Ele- ments of Medical Jurisprudence, noticed,
Gladstone, W. E., his Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, reviewed, 301- criti- cised, 304 his view of the connection between Helen and Paris. 318. Goodwin, W. W., his Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, noticed,
Griscom, John H., his Report upon Sewer- age, Water Supply, and Offal, reviewed,
Hackett, Horatio B., his Illustrations of Scripture, reviewed, 130 its worth, 148 his Notes on the Greek Text of the Epistle of Paul to Philemon, noticed, 569. Hadley, James, his Greek Grammar, no- ticed, 570.
Hall, John, his Correspondence with James W. Alexander, noticed, 287. Halsey, Leroy J., his Sketch of the Life and Educational Labors of Philip Lindsley, noticed, 260.
Hanna, William, his Wycliffe and the Hu- guenots, noticed, 262.
Hase, Carl, his Life of Jesus, reviewed, 130
ing to North Carolina, noticed, 46 Wheeler's Historical Sketches, criticised, 47 character and contents of Dr. Hawks's work, 48-abortive attempts to establish settlements on the eastern shores of North America, 49 - the set- tlements at Plymouth and Jamestown, 50 want of interest in the settlement at Albemarle, 51-expeditions sent to North Carolina by Sir Walter Raleigh, 52-loss of White's colony, 53- char- acter of the first colonists, 54-sincerity of their religious convictions, 55 — emi- nent men among them, 56- - Sir Walter Raleigh's connection with the enterprise, 57-plan of Dr. Hawks's second vol- ume, 59- peculiarities of the Proprie- tary government, 61 - Locke's Funda- mental Constitution, 63-ignorance of the Lords Proprietors in regard to mat- ters affecting the prosperity of the col- ony, 64 differences between these col- onists and the people of New England arising from the peculiarities in the sys- tem by which Carolina was governed, 65
character of the settlers under the Proprietary government, 66- strictures on the portions of Dr. Hawks's work re- lating to natural history, 68-other faults in his book, 70- interest of the later history of North Carolina, 71. Hecker, J. F. C., his work on the Epidemics of the Middle Ages, reviewed, 438. Holcombe, William H., his Poems, noticed,
Homer and his Heroines, article on, 301- relation of his poems to the history of Greece, 302-importance of the Greeks in the development of modern society, position assigned to women in the Homeric poems, 305 - manner in which the women of Homer are regarded by his men, 306-manner in which the fe- male characters are grouped, 307 - sketch of Eurycleia, ib. · and of Penel- ope, 308- her passive courage, 309 her prudence, 310 the wife and daugh- ter of Alcinous, 311 vigor and inde- pendence of mind of Arete, ib. char- acter of Nausicaa, 312 her pride, 313 Hecuba, 314 her exhibitions of feel- ing, 315 compared with Amata, 316- the contrast between Helen and An- dromache, ib. Helen's first appearance as an actor, 317-her connection with Paris, 318 how regarded by the other characters, 319- her want of firmness, 320her knowledge and intellectual power, ib, difficulty of her position in Troy, 321- her character as delineated by Virgil, 322-Andromache, 323 — her devotion to her husband, 325- her af- flictions contrasted with those of Penel- ope, 326.
Hood, Thomas, Memorials of, noticed, 563.
Innes, Cosmo, his Scotland in the Middle Ages, noticed, 288.
Krauth, C. P., his edition of Fleming's Vo- cabulary of Philosophy, noticed, 582.
Lamb, Charles, new edition of his Works, noticed, 558.
Lanfrey, P., his Lettres d'Everard, re- viewed, 190-source of its interest, 191
need of an extensive knowledge of the affairs of France at the present time for its thorough comprehension, 193-ten- dency in France to exalt society at the expense of the individual, 194 - Ev- erard compared with Châteaubriand's René, 195 character of the hero, 196- present condition of France, 197. Laya, Léon, his Duc Job, reviewed, 208
character of the play, 209 - the hero- ine a type of the unmarried Frenchwo- man of the day, 210. Leslie, Charles R., his Autobiographical Recollections, noticed, 562.
Lindsley, Philip, his Works, noticed, 260. Lossing, Benson, J., his edition of Custis's Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, noticed, 265.
Lowell, R. T. S., his Faint Hearts that failed Three Thousand Years ago, noticed, 272.
Mc Cormac, Henry, his Aspirations from the Inner Life, noticed, 284. Macaulay, Lord, his Miscellaneous Writ- ings, noticed, 559.
Mahan, Milo, his Church History of the First Three Centuries, noticed, 568. Marsh, George P., his Lectures on the Eng- lish Language, reviewed, 507. Massachusetts Historical Society, Proceed- ings of, noticed, 267.
Massey, William, his History of England, noticed, 578.
Milton, John, his Paradise Lost compared with Peyton's Glasse of Time, 541- the opening of the two poems compared, 542-comparison of their descriptions of Eden, 545 and of Adam and Eve, 546-other resemblances, 552.
Morison, John H., his Disquisitions and Notes on the Gospels, reviewed, 130 merits of the work, 147.
Nichols, I., Remembered Words of, noticed, 284.
Norton, Charles E., his Notes of Travel and Study in Italy, noticed, 263.
Olmsted, Frederick L., his Journey in the Back Country, noticed, 571.
Origin of Species, The, article on, 528 modesty of Mr. Darwin's style in his work or this subject, 529-his language criti- cised, 530 rarity of hybridism in na- ture, ib. Mr. Darwin's assumption that the stronger animal of a race sur- vives the weaker in the struggle for ex- istence, 531 slowness of geological changes, 532. - want of evidence that one animal has ever been converted into another, 533-the diversity of animals an objection to this theory, 534 - Mr. Darwin's failure to account for the ori- gin of man, 536- inability of his theory to account for the essential differences in the structure of animals, 537 - want of a sufficient number of established facts to render the theory tenable, 358. Ossoli, Margaret Fuller, article on, 119 misapprehensions respecting her, 120- her early education, ib.- the charge of arrogance sometimes brought against her, examined, 122-and of a want of a re- ligious character, 123 her truthfulness, 124-her faith, 125-her Woman in the Nineteenth Century, commended, 126- her Summer on the Lakes, 127 - her papers on Art, Literature, and the Drama, ib. her Life within and Life without, 128-her Poems, ib. -excel- lence of the new edition of her Writings,
Overstone, Lord, his Tracts and other Pub- lications on Metallic and Paper Currency, reviewed, 166.
Palfrey, John G., his History of New Eng- land, Vol. II., reviewed, 421 — its merits, ib. his sketch of New England life at the epoch of the cofederation of the four Colonies, 422 cited as to the misrep- resentations of the early legislation of New Haven, 423 connection of the In- dependents of New England with those of the mother country, 424 - treatment of Gorton and his associates, 426-re- lations of the colonists with the aborigi- nees, 427 - manner in which the latter were regarded by the founders of New England, 428- Mede's letter to Dr. Twiss cited in illustration of this subject, 429 missionary efforts of John Eliot, 431 character of Governor Winthrop, 432- instinct of self-government shown in the early history of Massachusetts, 434-complaints made to Charles II. by the Quakers, 436- - embarrassment oc-
casioned by the demand on the colonists for the surrender of the regicides, Whal- ley and Goffe, ib. Parsons, Theophilus, his Essay on the Ori- gin of Species, reviewed, 528- - his Law of Contracts, noticed, 556.
Peck, George, his Early Methodism within the Bounds of the Old Genesee Confer- ence, noticed, 285.
Peel, Sir Lawrence, his Sketch of the Life and Character of Sir Robert Peel, no- ticed. 557.
Percival, James Gates, article on, 72 spirit infused into English poetry at the begining of the nineteenth century, ib.- character of our early poetry, 73 — Per- cival's breadth of acquirements and keen- ness of sensibilities, 74 - his early expe- rience, 75- his poetical theory, 76-his ideal in poetry, 77 - his philosophy, 79 his poem entitled The Mind, 80-cited, ib. characterized, 81 - his love of Na- ture, 82 his artistic skill, 84 - his com- mand of language, 85-as a poet of love, - his lyric poetry, 87- his sonnets, 88-cited, ib.
Peyton, Thomas, his Glasse of Time, re- viewed, 539- - obscurity of his life, 540 his poem compared with Milton's Par- adise Lost, 541 introduction to the poem, 542 - his personification of Sin under the form of Medusa, 544 — his description of Eden, 545- - his account of the temptation of Eve, 547 the judgment of Adam and Eve, 548 — their sentence, 549 et seq. character of the poem, 554-its worth, 555. Political Economy, its Influeuce on Legis- lation, considered, 166-recent establish- ment of the science, 169-rapid advance in mental science since the commence- ment of the sixteenth century, 170— re- strictions on trade in England, 171— and in France, 172-mistaken notions as to the nature of wealth, 173 -measures adopted in England to promote the im- portation of gold and its retention there, 174 laws affecting alien merchants, 175 change from the prohibitive to the mercantile system, 176- writers on po- litical economy, 178-services of Mr. Senior in elevating political economy to the rank of a pure science, 179-in- creased interest in the subject, 180 neglect of it by practical men, 181 causes of the delay in abandoning errors in legislation, 182-aversion to political economy because it is abstract and theo- retical, 183 -newness and imperfection of the science, 185-difficulty which it has had to encounter in gaining an influ- ence over the policy of nations, 186-its influence in England and the United States, 187 false ideas in regard to the conflicting interests of different countries, 189- the relation of legislation to politi- cal economy, 190.
Prescott, George B., his History, Theory,
and Practice of the Electric Telegraph, noticed, 564.
Prime, Samuel I., his Letters from Switzer- land, noticed, 278.
Prince, Thomas, Life and Labors of, article on, 354- his birth, 355- - his childhood, 356-he sails on a voyage to Barbados, 357- - his account of the negro popula- tion, cited, 358- he visits London, 359- and Madeira, ib. returns to Barbados, 360his impatience at remaining there, ib. his residence in England, 361-he returns to America, 362- his arrival at Boston, 363 he is ordained as associate minister of the South Church, 364 — he marries, ib. his literary labors, 365 — his friendship with Cotton Mather, 366 — his popularity as a preacher and writer, he publishes the first volume of his Chronological History of New Eng- land, 368 his plan, 369- he presents a copy to the House of Representatives of Massachusetts, 370- death of his only son, 371-other domestic afflictions, 372 - his death, 373-character of his reli- gious productions, 374- worth of his historical labors, 375 gives his library to the Old South Church, ib.
Quarantine and Hygiene, article on, 438- prevalence of epidemics in Europe during the Middle Age, 439-sanitary precepts and quarantine regulations of the Mosaic law, 440- - invention of the modern sys- tem of quarantine, 441-quarantine and sanitary laws of Venice, 442- the plague at Florence, as described by Boccaccio, 443- -the plague in London in 1665, as described by De Foe, 444- alarm ex- cited in this country in 1819 by the yellow-fever, 445-popular fear of the small-pox, ib.-severity of quarantine regulations in former times, 446- their effect on commerce, 447 quarantine regulations at Port Mahon, in the Medi- terranean, 448-oppressive charges at the quarantine in New York, 449 — ure of the quarantine system to exclude epidemics, 450 et seq.· - difficulties in the way of a rigid quarantine, 452- danger from the cargo of an infected vessel, 453 most essential reform of the system, 454 comparative mortality of epidem- ics, and of other diseases, 455-origin of contagious diseases, 456 different theories as to the manner in which dis- eases propagate themselves, 457- what is necessary in order to prove that a dis- ease is contagious, 458-applied to ty- phoid-fever, ib.-to yellow-fever, 459 yellow-fever regarded by a majority of the members of the Quarantine Conven- tion as not contagious, 461-cholera not contagious, 462 typhus-fever either non-contagious, or only feebly conta- gious, 463-small-pox considered as the type of contagious diseases, 464 — absurd manner in which it was formerly treated,
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