FORTY-EIGHTH VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.
ADOPOCIRE, history of this remarkable substance, 290.
Æschylus, the Perseus of, 73. Africa, Northern, capabilities of, for emi- gration, 6.
Aix-la-Chapelle, analysis of the waters of, 390.
Alcyonius, his account of the burnings of sundry Greek poets in MS., by the Byzantine priests, 72. Amadis de Gaul, quoted, 267. America, United States of, Remarks on the Statistics and Political Institutions of, with some Observations on the Eccle- siastical System of, by William Gore Ouseley, Esq, 507.
Anacreontic verse, Greek, modern pronun- ciation of, 75.
Apparitions, philosophy of, 287-strong sense of the supernatural in all minds, ib. the northern lights, how regarded by our ancestors, 288-every article of the Christian's faith associated with the conviction of supernatural agency, 289 -ancient theories of apparitions, ib.- re-appearance of departed spirits, ib.- processes of Palingenasy, 290-history
of adopocire, ib. Dr. Ferrer's account of an experiment on the body of a male- factor, 291-Dr. Webster's work on witchcraft, ib. -Lavater, 292-the phe nomena of apparitions, divided into two classes, 292-apparitions seen by seve- ral persons at the same time, ib.-em- ployment of optical images, 294-Ben- venuto Cellini and the necromancer at VOL, XLVIII. No. XCVI.
the Colliseum, ib. story from Bovet's Pandæmoneum, or the Devil's Cloyster, quoted, 297-apparitions originating in certain recondite functions of vision, 299-the sea-captain's story, from Broad's 'Popular Antiquities,' 301-sin- gular story of a dream related by Dr. Gregory, ib.-apparitions of an optical nature, 302-apparitions seen only by one individual at the same time, 303- phosphorescence of the eye under pres- sure, 304-the functions of vision dis- turbed by the derangement of the sto- mach, 305-curious instance thereof, related by Dr. Patoullet, 305-appari- tions originating in local and temporary associations, 306-apparitions having their origin in a diseased state of the vital functions, 307-extraordinary il- lusions of Nicolai, the bookseller at Ber- lin, 307-curious case of spectral illu- sion related by Sir D. Brewster, 310- the cause of spectral illusions investi- gated, 314-the immediate cause a dis- order in the digestive organs, 315-lo- cality of the illusion, or place of its production, ib.-illusions of the ear, ib. -case of Moses Mendelssohn, ib.-case of spectral illusions communicated to Dr. Abercrombie, 317-Sir David Brews-
ter's theory of spectral illusions, 318.
Apollonius Rhodius, quoted, 10. Archilochus of Paros, 79, 81, 85. Aristocracy of England, strictures on the
condition of, 189. 'Arlington.' See Novels of Fashionable Life. Atheism and cruelty, close connexion be- tween, 105.
Atheneus quoted, 93-the Boswell of the 'Cato's Letters,' quoted, 259, 260.
Bayle, M., his observation on faithless party historians, 235, 242, 255. Becker, Rev. J., his 'Anti-Pauper System,' 334-its extraordinary success, ib. Berkeley, Bishop, his description of a fine lady and fashionable gentleman, 200. Blood, Dr. William Stevens's Observa- tions on the Healthy and Diseased Pro- perties of the, 375-prejudices against Harvey's system, ib.-leading points of Dr. Stevens's system, 376-analysis of the blood, 378_saline matter of the blood, ib. salt an antidote to the poison of the rattle-snake, 379-salt the principal saline ingredient in the blood, 380-high esteem in which it was held by the ancients, ib.-Lord Somerville on the advantages derived to his sheep from the use of salt, 381-the climate fever of the Ganesee country, 382-the African typhus, how produced, 383- fever a disease of the blood, 384-Dr. Stevens's views on the treatment of these fevers, ib.-cholera, 388-sea scurvy, ib. the saline waters of Aix-la- Chapelle, 290.
Boettigir on the origin of the elegiac cou- plet, 177. Bopp, Franz, quoted, 8.
Broad's 'Popular Antiquities, the sea-
captain's story of an apparition from, 301. Brewster, Sir David, his 'Letters on Na- tural Magic,' 287. See Apparitions. Burns, Robert, quoted, 95, n. Bulwer, Edward Lytton, Esq., his novels characterised, 393, 395.
Burton, Rev. Edward, D.D., his 'Remarks upon Church Reform.' See Church Reform.
Buxton, Mr. Fowell, Count Pecchio's ac- count of a dinner at, 228.
Cellini, Benvenuto, his life quoted, 294. Chalmers, Dr. Thomas, his 'Political Eco- nomy, in connexion with the Moral State and Moral Prospects of Society.' See Political Economy.
Charlemagne, History of, by G. P. R. James, Esq., 421-the subject a noble one for the historian, ib. -the empire of Charlemagne, 424-his personal cha- racter, 425-modern writers who have treated of the age of Charlemagne, 426 -character of Mr. James's work, 427. Chaucer, the most purely and essentially Homeric English poet, 74. Church Reform, 553-Lord Teynham's safe and easy plan for making the coun- try prosperous and happy, ib. assaults on the established church, 556-views of the ultra-reforming assailants of the church, 558- Safe and easy Steps towards an efficient Church Reform, ib.-Lord Henley's plan of church re- form examined, 560-necessity of a revision of our ecclesiastical law, 569- church patronage, 571-conduct of the Lord Chancellor with regard to, ib.-pre- sence of the Bishops in the Upper House, 572-ultimate views of the republican reformers, 574-and of the more virulent dissenters, ib. -the Scottish kirk an object of rancorous hostility, ib. the end of a church establishment, 576- necessity of arresting the march of reck- less innovation, and confounding the machinations of lawless anarchy, 577- the welfare of the community deeply implicated in preserving in its integ rity our established church, 579-Dr. Chalmers' character of that church, 580 -duty of rallying round our conservative leaders, 582.
Clergy, advantages of a well educated, 124. Coals, singular objection to a reduction in the duty on, 62, Coleridge, Mr., quoted, 95. College of Physicians, evening conversa- zione at, 375.
Cadamesto, the Venetian traveller, quoted, Colonization, capabilities of Northern Africa
Callinus, elegies of, 71, 75, 77-the inven- tor of the elegiac couplet, 78.
Cannibalism, proofs of the existence of, in New Zealand, 142.
Carne, Mr., his 'Life of Eliot,' the mis- sionary, characterised, 214.
Constant, Benjamin, described, 274. Cooper, Mr., his The Wept of Wishton-
wish,' characterized, 216, Country wake in Yorkshire described, 232. Crabbe, Mr., quoted, 416.
Cashmir, Wilson's abstract of the history of, 2./ Day, William, Esq., his 'Inquiry into the
Poor Laws and Surplus Labour, and their Mutual Re-action, 321.' See Poor Laws.
Dream, singular story of a, related by Dr. Gregory, 301.
Earle, Augustus, his 'Three Months resi- dence in New Zealand, in 1827, with a Journal of a Residence in Tristan D'Acunha,' 132. See New Zealand. Elegiac couplet, musical notation of a Latin, 75. Elegy, Greek. See Greek Elegy. Emigration considered, as an expedient for removing the existing distress, capabili- ties of Northern Africa for, 61. Emigration, infant, Major Robinson's scheme of, 329.
England, Count Pecchio's Observations on. See Pecchio.
England and France; or a Cure for the Ministerial Gallomania, 523.
Family Prayer, its service, 119. Fashionable Society in England, strictures
on the condition of, 189-picture of, 195 -its chief characteristic exclusiveness, 197.
Fayette, La, et la Révolution de 1830: Histoire des Choses et des Hommes de Juillet, par B. Sarrans le Jeune, 523. Ferrier, Dr., his account of an experiment on the body of a malefactor, 291. Feudal system, late and gradual growth of, 12
Fief, definition of a, 15
Flint, Timothy, his 'Recollections of the
Last Ten Years passed in occasional Residences and Journeyings in the Val- ley of the Mississippi, from Pittsburg and the Missouri to the Spanish Fron tier.' See Mississippi.
Foster, John, his 'Essay on Accent' quoted,
French Revolution, real principles of, 104 -horrors of, and their origin, 122
French Revolution of the Three Days, 234 -the most causeless and the most un- provoked, ib.-yet held up by English reformers for appl applause and admiration, 235-its history published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, ib.-Boyles observation on faithless party histories, ib. the Histoire de la Restauration, par un Homme d'Etat, ib. -Prince Polignac's 'Political Reflec- tions' in reply thereto, ib.-his vindica- tion of himself from the charges of the 'Homme d'Etat, 238-his description of the distinguishing character of the present epoch, 240-necessity of a poli- tical power in a state, 242-the charter of
1814,245-and of 1830, 246-events of Charles X.'s reign, 248-conduct of La Fayette, 253-conduct of the French periodical press, 255-impolicy of is- suing of the ordonnances, 258-charac- ter of the French expedition to Spain, 260-league for the suppression of piracy, 262-French expedition against Algiers, 263-France still a Catholic country, ib. consequences of a war against England, 264-state of French Canada, ib. situation of Louis Philippe, 267-his struggle with the press and the march-of-intellect men, ib-the French journalists, 269-Louis XVIII., 277-his selfishness and apathy, ib.- religious history of the French people, 281-the principle of order must triumph in France unless the world is to be re- barbarized, 284.
Fry, Mrs., and the female convicts in New- gate, 229
Glass, Alexander, the governor of Tristan d'Acunha, account of, 157 Goethe, his 'Faust' quoted, 195 Gower, Lord F. L., his translation of 'Faust' quoted, 195
Gravina, his 'Region Poetica' quoted, 72 Greek Anacreontic verse, modern pronun- ciation of, 75
Greek Elegy- Franckii Callinus, sive Quæstionis de Origine Carminis Elegiaci tractatio critica, 69-peculiar character of the Iliad and Odyssey, ib. -the cha- racter of Homer merged in the character of the age, 70-with Homer the sun of Greek heroic poetry rose and set, ib.-
no genuine descendants of the Homeric hero, 70-second epoch of Grecian poe- try, ib. The Elegy, ib.-the connexion between Homer and Pindar entire, ib.- their joining links, the warlike strains of Callinus and Tyrtæus, ib. Hesiod, ib. the works and days, ib. Mimner- mus, ib. Sappho, ib, close connexion between the genuine Hesiod and the Gnomic elegy, 72-effects of time and barbarism on the antique muse of Greece, ib. Alcyonius's account of the burnings of sundry Greek poets in MS. by the Byzantine priests, ib. -Gravina's Region Poetica, ib. Foster's 'Essay on Accent' quoted, ib. proper and specific age of lyric poetry, 73-the ode, ib. -the Persians of Æschylus, ib.-Sophocles the middle point between the predo- minance of the ode and the comedy, ib. -the connecting links Æschylus and Euripides, ib. in Sophocles alone the constituents of the Greek tragic ideal met, united, and became vocal, 73- Greek poetry strictly original and self- evolved, 74-Chaucer the most purely and essentially Homeric English poet, ib.-sketch of the elegy, ib.-musical notation of a Latin elegiac couplet, ib. -modern pronunciation of Greek Ana- creontic verse, ib. - Boettiger on the origin of the elegiac couplet, 77-cha- racter of Franck's dissertation, 78-age of Simonides, 79-origin of the term 'elegy,' ib.-distinctive names relative to elegiac poetry, ib. -the exhortation of Hector and Ajax to their troops, and the fragment of Callinus compared, 80- account of Tyrtæus, 33-and of his poems, ib. his 'Embateria' quoted, 84 -characteristic differences of the poetry of Callinus and Tyrtæus, ib.-honours obtained by Tyrtæus at Sparta, ib.- Archilochus of Paros, 85-account of the Gnomic elegy of Solon, 86-and of Theognes, 89-fragments of Xenophanes of Colophon, 93-love elegies of Mim- nermus, 94-Simonides the poet of Ceos, 96-his elegies and epigrams, 97 -Philetas of Cos, 98-Callimachus, ib. -the elegiac couplet a favourite mode of composition with the Romans, ib.- Catullus, Ovid, Tibullus, Propertius, 99.
Greek poetry, strictly original and self- evolved, 74
Greek poets, burning of sundry in MS. by the Byzantine priests, 72
Green, John, his 'Reminiscences of the
Rev. Robert Hall, A.M.' See Hall. Gregory, Olinthus, LL.D. F.R.A.S., his edition of the 'Entire Works of the Rev.
Robert Hall, A.M.' &c. See Hall. Gregory, Dr., singular story of a dream related by, 301
Guizot, M., his 'Lectures on the History of Civilization in France' cited, 12
Halford, Sir Henry, essays read by him at the evening conversazione at the College of Physicians, 375-his essay on the illness and death of George IV., ib. Hall, Captain Basil, his view of the state
of society in America, 521 Hall, Rev. Robert, A.M., &c., the entire works of, published under the superin- tendence of Olinthus Gregory, LL. D., F.R.A.S., 100_' Reminiscences of the Rev. Robert Hall,' ib. - difficulty of forming an opinion of Hall and his writ- ings, ib. his early pamphlet, entitled Christianity consistent with a Love of Freedom,' 101-sundry passages from, 102-Hall's eloquent and philosophical sermon on the real principles of the French revolution, 104-ferocity of cha- racter the effect of sceptical impiety, ib. -close connexion between atheism and cruelty, 105-infidelity favourable to unbridled sensuality, ib. impropriety of republishing the unripe speculations of Hall's youth, ib.-his 'Apology for the Freedom of the Press, 106-his acrimonious and unjust character of Bishop Horsley, ib. - his calumny against the Church of England, 107- his libel on Mr. Pitt, ib. his self-con- tradiction, 108-his description of Dr. Priestley, 110-and upon Hartley, Pa- ley, Burke, Paine, Wolstonecraft, 112- his aversion to formularies of faith, 113 -disastrous effects of his latitudinarian principles, 114-bitterness displayed in his controversies, 115-his rough notes for sermons, 118-the indiscriminate publication of his papers condemned, ib.-family prayer, 119-swearing, ib. -his sermon on infidelity, 120-advan- tages which society owes to religion, ib. his sermon on war, 122-horrors of the French revolution, ib. advantages of knowledge to the lower classes, 123- improvement of the mass of the people our grand security, ib.-his sermon on the
the death of the Princess Charlotte, 124 -his sermon on the discouragements and supports of a Christian minister, ib. -his polemical treatises, 126-his con- fessions on the subject of reviewals, 127 -his biographical sketches of departed friends, ib. his letters, 128-his per- sonal character, ib.-his style of preach- ing, ib. his temperament and disposi- tion, 130.
Hallam, Mr., his 'History of the Middle Ages' cited, 11, 15
Heber, Bishop, his testimony to the merits of Colonel Tod, 5
Henley, Lord, his 'Plan of Church Re- form.' See Church Reform. Herodotus, quoted, 77, 81, 82 Hesiod, 71-his works and days, ib.- connexion between and the Gnomic elegy, 72
Hibbert, Dr. Samuel, his 'Sketches of the Philosophy of Apparitions, and an At- tempt to trace such Illusions to the Physical Causes,' 287. See Appari- tions.
Historical Novels.' See Novels of Fa- shionable Life!
How will it work?" by J. G. Lemaistre, 542. See Parliamentary Reform. *How it must work, by Lord Teynham. See Parliamentary Reform. Homer, peculiar character of the Iliad and Odyssey, 69-his character merged in the character of the age, 70-the sun of Greek heroic poetry rose and set with, ib. Homer and Pindar, the connexion between entire, 71-their joining links the war- like strains of Callinus and Tyrtæus, ib. Hume, David, quoted, 269
Kitchener, Dr., his 'Traveller's Oracle, or
Maxims for Locomotion,' 346 - his Horse and Carriage Oracle.' Public Carriages the Road. Knowledge, advantages of classes, 123
Land, great extent of, in the British terri- tory of North America, &c. 60 Landed property, mischiefs of a minute subdivision of, 58
Landor, Mr., his 'Imaginary Conversations' quoted, 196
Latin elegiac couplet, musical notation of a, 75
Laws of Inheritance, 57 Leamington waters, analysis of, 391 Lemaistre, J. G., A. M., his 'How will it work?' See Parliamentary Reform. Lister, Mr., characteristics of his novels, See Novels of Fashionable Lif Louis XVIII., Mémoires de, recuellés et mis en ordre par M. le Duc de D****, 455-menteris impudentissime! the work a gross fraud on the public, ib.- detection of the imposture, 456
Lower classes, advantages of knowledge to, 123
Lunatic Asylum at York, 230
Malcolm, Sir John, his History of Persia,' 392, 404
Manzoni, his tragedy of Desiderio quoted,
Middleton, Dr. Amos, his analysis of the Leamington waters, 390
Milliners' apprentices, intolerable labour imposed on them during the London season, 194
Mimnermus, of Colophon, 71-his love elegies, 94
Missionary Plutarch, a desideratum in the literature of Protestantism, 214 Mississippi, valley of the, 'Recollections of the last Ten Years, passed in occa- sional Residences and Journeyings in, by Timothy Flint,' 201-worthy to be placed on the same shelf with Mrs. Trollope's 'On the Domestic Manners of the Americans,' ib. account of the author, ib. his ten years woful ups and downs, 202-his picture of clerical life in the valley of the Mississippi, ib.- camp-meetings in the woods, 206-de- scription of the scenery on the shores of the
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