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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-

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Genius described, 118.

George IV., death-bed of, 179.
'Geschichte des Osmanischen Reiches
durch Joseph von Hammer.' Bande
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.

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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.

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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.

L.

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.

M.

Macaulay, Mr., his attempt to make the

upper

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
maduess 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,
513.

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,'
ib.-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.

Milton, 11.

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

N

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,
51-invited to Grenoble, ib.-supplies
at Mens the place of an absent pastor,
51-

51-difficulties he had to contend with,
ib.-his visit to Vizille, 52-appointed
pastor-catechist, 53-repairs to England
to obtain ordination, 55-ordained in a
chapel in the Poultry, ib.-returns to
Mens, 56-appointed pastor of Arvieux,
in the department of the High Alps, 58
-Neff's manse described, 59-his mul-
tifarious duties, ib.-his enmity to sports
of every kind, 61-description of the
village of Dormilleuse, ib.-and its in-
habitants, 62-Neff's exertions for their
amelioration, 63-his death, and cha-
racter, 77-value of his example, ib.
Nicopolis, memorable battle of, 294.
Novels of Fashionable Life, 228-feminine
novels of the last three or four seasons,
229-their merits and defects, ib.-the
life they represent not the actual life of
any class of society, ib.-fidelity with
which they represent the tracasseries of
The Environs, 230-occupied with the
cravings of little people for the notice of
the great, ib.-their true key-note, 231
-'Recollections of a Chaperon,' edited
by Lady Dacre, ib.-story of 'Milly and
Lucy,' b-story of 'Helen Wareham,'
237-Mrs. Thomas Sheridan's 'Aims
and Ends,' 241-her tale of 'Oonagh
Lynch,' 246.

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Patriotism, use and abuse of the word, 47

-Dr. Johnson's explanation of, ib.
Pearson, George, his Evenings by Eden
Side' quoted, 78.

Persia, customs and manners of the women
of, and their domestic superstitions,
506, 512.

'Piozziana; or, Recollections of the late
Mrs. Piozzi, with Remarks, by a Friend,'
247-the work a tissue of ordinary
twaddle, 247—and extraordinary blun-
ders, 249-Mrs. Piozzi's 'erudition,'
ib.-her story of Bosworth Field, 251-
her anecdote of Wilkes and Dr. Johnson,
ib.-her age ascertained, 252-Pope's
double rhymes, 253-Streatham col-
lection of portraits, by Sir Joshua Rey-
nolds, ib.-Mrs. Piozzi's Diary, 254-

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Pope, Alexander, his double rhymes, 253.
Porchester, Lord, his zeal in the cause of

humanity towards animals, 81.

'Port Admiral;' a Tale of the War, by the
author of 'Cavendish,' 485.

Portugal, policy of England towards, 528.
Prayer-meetings, their sure tendency to
produce spiritual pride, 77.

Present and last Parliaments, containing
authentic results of the various Polls.
See Reform Bill.

Prinsep, G. A., his 'Account of Steam-
Vessels, and of Proceedings connected
with Steam-Navigation in British India,'
212. See Steam-Navigation to India.
Proposants, practice of receiving theolo-
gical students into the Church as, re-
commended, 50.

Psalmody, indolent neglect of by the
Church of England, 74.
Public library, reflections on a, 98.

R.

Recollections of a Chaperon, edited by
Lady Dacre. See Novels of Fashion-
able Life.

Reform Bill, 255-workings of the Bill,
256-overthrow of Tory, and extension
of Whig nomination, ib.-composition
of the new House of Commons, 258-
case of Malton, 259-case of Tavistock,
260-effects of the Bill in other places,
263-other anomalies, 265-' recom
mendations,' 266-Mr. Hume's mis-
sionaries, ib.-repeal agitation in Ire-
land, 267-diminution of the right of
suffrage in the old cities and boroughs,
268-character and conduct of the new
House of Commons, 269-Nomination
Boroughs,' 271-Party in Parliament,
272-the ministerial party incapable,
without the help of the Conservatives, of
conducting the ordinary affairs of the
state, 274-members called to account
for their votes, 275-deputations to
Downing Street for the repeal of taxes,
ib.-increase of petitioning, 277-coin-
cidences between these times and the
crisis which preceded the great rebellion,
ib.-meridian sittings of the House of
Commons,

Commons, 277-a 'ten hours bill' for
the House recommended, ib.-general
character of the new constituency, 280.
Re-unions, or prayer-meetings, their sure
tendency to produce spiritual pride, 77.
Revolution, English, of 1688, 170.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, his Streatham col-
lection of portraits, 253.
Robespierre, 32, 36, 39, 44, 46.
Roland, Madame, her saying of Lazowski,
171.

Russell, Lord John, his 'Causes of the
French Revolution,' 152. See French
Revolution.

Rush, Richard, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the
United States of America, his 'Nar-
rative of a Residence at the Court of
London,' 322-novelty of the work, ib.
-objections to its appearance, 323-
general character of the work, 326-
embarkation for England, 327-supine-
ness of English pilots, ib.-the Needle
rocks, ib.-Cowes, ib. Portsmouth
heavy waggon, 328-arrival in London,
329-fogs, ib.-first dinner at Lord
Castlereagh's, 330-the author's igno-
rance of English customs and habits, ib.
-the Duke of Wellington, 333-Lord
Liverpool and his administration, ib.-
audience with the Prince Regent, 334
-and with Queen Charlotte, 335-the
Queen's drawing-room, ib.-court cere-
monies, 337-Holland House, 338-
Carlton House, ib.-marriage of Princess
Elizabeth, 339-law reports in news-
papers, ib.-dinner at the French am-
bassador's, ib.-the Duke of Sussex, ib.
-the author suggests that English should
become the international language, 340
-English dinners, 341-privilege of
the entrée at court, ib.-lungs of Lon-
don, 342-wager of battle, ib.-fees
demanded of foreign ministers, ib.—
snuff-boxes, 343-the Quarterly Review,
344-impressment, 345-the author's
second visit to England, and picture of
its prosperous condition, 347.

S.

Sabbath breaking, a national crime in Eng-
land, 78.

Saint Just, 40, 43, 44.

Sadler, Mr., his exertions in behalf of the
factory children, 81.

Sappho, account of, and of her writings,
366-version of her 'Ode to Venus,' by
Mr. Merivale, 368.

Schiltberger, M., his account of the battle
of Nicopolis, 294.

Schlegel, F., his translations of Shak-
speare, 120.

Schomberg, A. W., Esq., Rear Admiral of
the Blue, his 'Practical Remarks on
Building and Equipping Ships of War,'
125. See Dry-Rot.
School-masters, great men who have been,
11.

Scott, Sir Walter, his character of Clara
Mowbray, 190-admirable delineations
of mental aberration, ib.-his Madge
Wildfire, 191.

Shakspeare, German translations of, 120-
his test of insanity, Sir Henry Hal-
ford's Essay on, 181-his accurate
delineations of mania, ib. 187, 192.
'She Politician,' Thomas Moore's, 151.
Sheridan, Mrs. Thomas, her Carwell,'

229, 230, 237-her Aims and Ends,'
241-her tale of 'Oonagh Lynch,' 246.
Shirley, James, his Dramatic Works and
Poems, now first collected; with Notes
by the late William Gifford, Esq.; and
additional Notes, and some account of
Shirley and his Writings, by the Rev.
Alexander Dyce, 1-Shirley at length
takes his place among the poets of Eng-
land, ib.-injudicious panegyrists of our
elder poets, ib.-Shirley the last min-
strel' of the early English stage, 3-
perverse obscurity of his life, 4-Antony
Wood's meagre and unsatisfactory out-
line of it, ib.-Thomas May's panegyric
on Shirley, ib. note-his family and edu-
cation, 5-considered by Laud disqua-
lified for the clerical profession by a
mole on his cheek, ib.-enters into
orders, and obtains a living in St. Al-
ban's, ik-writes his first poem, called
'Echo, or the Unfortunate Lovers,' ib.
-embraces the Roman Catholic reli-
gion, 6—becomes teacher to a grammar
school, ib.-success of his first comedy,
ib.-takes up his residence in London,
and sets up for a play-maker,' ib.—his
plays characterized by the master of the
revels, ib.-his two wives, 7-his song
on the birth of Charles II., ib.-his iro-
nical dedication of his 'Bird in a Cage'
to Prynne in prison, ib.-appointed to
write the poetry for the interlude of the
Triumph of Peace, 8-goes to Ireland
to support the Dublin stage, 9-his
stanzas on the 'Recovery of the Earl of
Strafford,' ib.-returns to London, ib.-
stage plays suppressed by ordinance, ib.

Shirley follows the fortunes of the
Duke of Newcastle, 10-steals back to
London,

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