Egean, labours of Professor Forbes in the, 152
African, king, ludicrous dress of an, 96 America, the struggle in, 513—the people and the government, 515-anti-slavery feeling in the North, 517-state of the finances, 518-horrors in the South, 520 -pro-slavery feeling, 521-aristocracy of England and gentlemen of the South, 524-slaveholders' morals, 529-ad- vance of the Northern troops, 530- gains of the Free States, 531-prospect of war with England, 533-effects upon slavery, 539
American crisis, the, 252-ransom of slaves an ultimate saving, 253-ties of the North to the South, 254-Northern apologists for slavery, 257-mutual mis- understandings, 259-reasons why Eng- land would not go to war with America, 260-English pro-South politicians, 264 -a fight for existence, 265-division of the States, 267-Federal blows to slavery, 269-issue of the struggle, 271 —the English and American press, 272 -selfishness of the Lancashire cotton manufacturers, 276
American poets, reviews of, 36, et seqq. American slavery, Angell James on, 232 Ancient vegetation, 414-real antiquity, 415-difficulties of the study, 420— ancient physical condition, 422-nega- tive evidence, 424-progress of vege- table life, 426-carboniferous vegetation, 429-Sigillariæ, 430-Permian and Triassic floras, 433-cretaceous types, 435-secular development, 437-plants in fossiliferous rocks, 438-internal or- ganization, 439-the Yorkshire coast, 440-fossilization of plants, 442-che- mical composition of wood and coal, 444 -origin of coal, 447-coal-supply, 448 -system of sinking deep mines, 450 Ape, the nest-building, account of, 113 Austrians, tyrannical proceedings of, in Italy, 479
Bashikouay ants, formidable attacks of,
Bats, an encounter with, in a cave, 90 Berlin, revolution in, 507
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Bible, influence of the, on education in India, 202
Bible in South India, the, 182—the old Bible Society's house in Madras, 183— earliest Tamil version, 184-Moonshees, 187-range of the Book's travels, 188 -Hindooism, 190-Mohammedanism, 193-difficulties of translation, 195- sub-committee of revision, 196-qualifi- cations of a translator, 197-colportage, 198-results of the system, 201
Bills, many curious, introduced in Eliza- beth's Parliament, 134-on commerce and agriculture, 135
Borlase's 'Antiquities, historical, and monumental, of the County of Corn- wall," and 'Observations on the ancient and present State of the Islands of Scilly, and their importance to the Trade of Great Britain,' reviewed, 385 Brongniart's 'Prodrome d'une Histoire des Végétaux Fossiles, noticed,' 416 Brookfield, Mr., quoted, 610
Brown's 'Hora Subsecivæ,' noticed, 299 Bryant's poetical works, reviewed, 41 Buckle's History of Civilization in Eng- land,' reviewed, 301-Spain, 302- Scotland, 309-solution of the discord between man and his destiny, 323 Buxton's 'Slavery and Freedom in the British West Indies,' reviewed, 540 Canning's, George, anti-slavery resolution of 1823, 543
Casali, Count, flight from Venice, 493 Catherine de Medici, duplicity of, to the Huguenots, 14
Cavern, exploration of a dark, in Africa, 90
Chadwick, Mr., quoted, 591
Challis's 'Creation in Plan and Progress,' noticed, 292
Charles Albert, his timidity in entering on reform, 488-heads the revolution in 1848, 496-defeat at Novara, and death, 501
Clay, Cassius, on American Slavery, 258 Coleridge, Rev. Derwent, quoted, 592, 621 Compensation money on abolition of slavery, statistics of, 550
Cook, Rev. F. C., quoted, 611, et seqq. Cotton dilemma, the, 275 Custom, singular superstitions, in Central Africa, 89
De Lamennais, quoted, 33 Dollfus's 'Liberté et Centralisation,' quoted, 3
Du Chaillu's' Explorations and Adventures in Equatorial Africa,' reviewed, 73 Edge, Mr., on American slavery, quoted, 516
Elizabeth's, Queen, lást Parliament,
account of, 118-opening of the ses- sion, 121-presentation of the Speaker, 122 internal economy of the House, 123 question of privilege, 124- grants, 127
Fans, Du Chailla's travels among the, 79-first impressions of the, 79- personal appearance of the, 80-descrip- tion of a Fan village, 81-disgusting cannibalism of, 82
Ferdinand II., wilfulness and irresolution of, 487
Fichte, wild theories of, 329-his influ-
ence as a teacher, 330
Forbes, Professor Edward, 138-difficul-
ties of scientific biography, 189—birth, 140-early training, 141-choice of profession, 148-at Edinburgh univer- sity, 145the Oinoeromathic,' 147— his first publication, 149-dangerous illness in the Egean, 153-Professor of Botany at King's College, 154-mar- riage, 155-president of the Geological Society, 156-death, 156-concluding observations, 157
Foster, Mr., quoted, 614
France, religious and political centraliza-
tion in, 1-revival of Roman ideas, 2— importance of a divided civilization, 5- the Revolution the consequence of exag- gerated centralization, 7-the Reforma tion, 12-efforts of the League, and plots of the Guises, 17-policy of Riche- lieu, 19-Rousseau and Montesquieu, 24-prospects of Roman Catholicism, 29-Gallicans and Ultramontanes, 30— favourable crisis for Protestantism,
French Revolution, effect of the, on Italian affairs, 489 Gasparin's "The Uprising of a Great Peo- ple: or, The United States in 1861,' reviewed, 252-quoted, 538, 539 Garnier-Pagès History of the Revolution of 1848,' reviewed, 477 Garibaldi, march of, towards Bergamo, 498-engages the Austrians at Ma-
razzoni, and retreats into Switzerland, 499 Germany, metaphysical excitement in, 327 Ginsburg's 'Coheleth; commonly called the Book of Ecclesiastes,' noticed, 279 Gorilla, the, sensation of Du Chaillu on discovering the footprints of, 85- pursuit of, 86-first encounter with, 87-death of female, and capture of young one, 92-its enormous strength, 93-attempts to escape and death, 94
second young one taken, 99-a gorilla's vengeance, 103 death of a hunter, 104-haunts and habits of the gorilla, 105-height of the animal, 106
its skeleton, 107-comparison with man, 109—the brain, 111 Gray, Dr., and his comments on Du Chaillu's discoveries in natural history, 73
Great Britain and her West India colonies,
540 contrast between Britain and America, 541-the Abolition Act, 544 -the apprenticeship system, 545-Par- liamentary Inquiry in 1836, 547— failure of the apprenticeship system, 549
decline of the slave colonies before abolition, 554-Mr Martin's testimony, 559-Mr. Trollope's blunders, 567– great depression in the years 1846- 1858, 570—unscrupulous assertions of the press, 571-revival of trade, 572- Jamaica, 574-British Guiana and Tri- nidad, 579- Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Grenada, and Tobago, 580-the Lee- ward Islands, 581
Grey, Sir Charles, on Negro affairs, quoted, 568
Grote's' Plato's Doctrine respecting the
Rotation of the Earth, and Aristotle's Comment upon the Doctrine,' reviewed, 364
Hare, Mr., quoted, 619 Henry IV., of France, vacillation of, in religious matters, 15 Hippopotamus, narrative of a hunt of an, 95
Holmes's Poems, reviewed, 55 Hooker's Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain,' noticed, 420 Hot ring, savage supersition of the, in Equatorial Africa, 101
Hull's The Coal Pits of Great Britain:
their History, Structure, and Dura- tion,' reviewed, 414
Jacquerie, first insurrection of the, 9 James's 'Old and New Theology,' noticed, 288
James's, John Angell, "Life and Letters,
reviewed, 205-early history, 209- youthful friends, 211-at Gosport, 218 -unanimous invitation to Bath, 214- popularity as a preacher, 215-sermon on Mercy, 216-dangers of popular preachers, 221-characteristics of his preaching, 222—-prosperous career as a pastor, 227-the Anxious Inquirer,' 235-zeal on behalf of Bible distribu- tion, 238
Jay's, Rev. William, Autobiography, re- viewed, 205-early history, 239-stu dent at Marlborough, 240-early popu- larity, 242-settles at Bath, 243—re- miniscences of Newton, 244-of Wil- berforce and Hannah More, 246-of Foster, 247 characteristics preacher, 248
Kant, historical position of, 328
King, remarkable and filthy custom on making a new African, 98 King, Dr., quoted, 568 Kingsley, quoted, 354
Kooloo-kamba, description of the, 102 Lombardy, discontent of the people of, in 1848, 483-passive resistance in, 484 Longfellow's Poems, reviewed, 45 Louis XI., despotism of, 11 Louis XVI., death of, 27. Lowell's, James Russell, poetical works of, reviewed, 50
Manin, arrest of, by the Austrians, 486 and liberation by the populace, 490-heads the Venetian revolution, 491
Mangrove swamp, dangers in crossing a,
Martin's 'The British Colonies,' reviewed, 540
• Mason and Slidell, seizure of, by the captain of the 'Jacinto,' 533
Massey's Havelock's March and other Poems,' noticed, 297 Max Müller on language, 451-recent origin of the science, 453-linguistical relationship defined, 456-applications of the doctrine, 458-Chinese, 462- Turanian, 463-the Semitic tongues, 465-members of the Aryan family, 466-unclassed languages, 468-African tongues, 470-decay and regeneration, 471-problem of the origin of language, 472-ultimate inductions, 475 Mboushas, Du Chaillu's remarks on, 78 M'Caul's Notes on the First Chapter of Genesis,' noticed, 291
Metternich, Prince, flight of, from Vienna, 503
Milan, retreat of the Austrians from,
in 1848, 495-triumph of the people, 496-surrender of, to the Austrians, 499
Moseley, Canon, quoted, 615
pongwe, interesting account of the, 76 Nantes, revocation of the Edict of, 20 New York, public feeling in, with respect to the war, 519
Novalis. See Von Hardenberg. Öld haunts and remains of a Cornish genius, 385-Pope and Borlase, 386- Ludgvan Church Town,' 389-Pendeen, 390-Borlase a theoretical farmer, 392 -a persecutor of the Methodists, 393 →Polwhele and Whitaker, 395-Bor- lase an antiquarian, 398—his theory of migration, 400—druidical remains, 403 -rock basins, 405-true explanation of the basins, 407-search for Roman roads, 408— ́ Natural History of Cörn- wall, 410-Borlase's chemistry and geology, 413
Osheba country, travels in, and description of, 82-horrible cannibalism, 83 Parliaments, amusing incident in one of Elizabeth's, 126-discussion on the patents in, 129-surrendered by the Queen, 181-mode of proceedings, 132
ecclesiastical questions, 133-dis- solution of the last Parliament, 137 Physical geography, Forbes's fabours in, 150
Physical philosophy of the ancients, 364
-the geocentric theory, 365-popular belief represented in the Platonic myths, 369-Mr. Grote's three positions, 371 -the Phædo,' 373-cosmical theory of Aristotle, 374-Plato, Aristotle, and Bacon, 376-form and cause, 379— methods of Aristotle and Bacon, 382 Pius IX., accession of, 481
Pratt's Genealogy of Creation,' noticed,
Surinam, ruin of, by slavery, 564 Tommaseo, arrest of, by the Austrians, 486-and liberation by the people, 490 Townshend's 'Historical Collections,' re- viewed, 117
Tree, account of a remarkable, in Equato- rial Africa, 100
Trollope's 'West Indies and the Spanish Main,' reviewed, 540
Tudors, social legislation under the, 117 Upland, quoted, 343, note. Venice, revolution in, in 1848, 485 Manin organizes the National Guard, 490
of the commissioners as to moral results, | 601-infant schools, 603-the govern- ment and the Churches, 604-departure from established principles, 607-great success of education scheme, 608-intel- lectual results, 609-statistics of attend- ance, 612-progressive improvement of inspected schools, 613-increased atten-Trent' mail steamer, seizure of, by the tion to elementary subjects, 617-great superiority of trained teachers, 619- fallacies of the New Code, 621 Revolution of 1848, the, 477-audacity of Austria, 478-regeneration in Italy, 482 -persecution by the Austrians, 483 Robertson's Sermons preached at Trinity Chapel, Brighton,' reviewed, 157-doc- trinal errors and defects, 158-inade-Vienna, revolution at, 503 quate views of the atonement, 161- dislike of evangelicism, 166-the Sab- bath and the inspiration of Scripture, 168-dogmas and paradoxes, 171-rash and questionable exegesis, 173-genius and moral courage of the author, 175— practical characteristics, 180 Rymer's 'A Visible Church and no Invisi- ble Members,' noticed, 290 Sanscrit, fruits of the discovery of, 454 Schelling's Natur-Philosophie,' 335 Schlegel, vagueness of his religious opin- ion, 333
Seaward, Mr. M., fierce hostility of, towards England, 536
Senior, Mr., quoted, 590 Serpent, adventure with a, 84
Sewell's 'The Ordeal of Free Labour in the British West Indies,' reviewed, 540 Shuttleworth, Sir J. P. Kay, quoted, 587,
Sigourney's, Mrs., Poems, reviewed, 67 Slave States of America, interior view of, 522
Slave-trade, signs of decay in, 91 Smith's History of Wesleyan Methodism, vol. iii., noticed, 277
Some Account of both Sides of the Ame- rican War,' quoted, 522 Spring-Hill College and its students, ac- count of, 228-Angell James's care for, 230
Stanley, Lord, quoted, 568
Von Hardenberg, Friedrich, (Novalis,) 325--his early life, 326-mysticism, 336-aphorisms, 338-love of nature, and faith-philosophy, 341-literary extracts, 343-residence at Arm- stadt, 345-acquaintance with Sophie von Kühn, 346-her illness, 348 -and death, 349-effects of sor- row on Hardenberg's mind, 353— return to active life, 355-friendship with Julie von Charpentier, 357—re- marks on reading and study, 358-on Shakspeare, Goethe, and Schiller, 361- illness, 362-death, 363 "Washington Union,' on slavery, quoted, 573
Wesley, John, and Dr. Borlase, amusing anecdote of, 393
West Indies, financial condition of the, prior to abolition of slavery, 551-state of, in 1831, 558-bankrupt condition of, in 1846, 561-causes of decay, 563- free labour immigration, 565 Whewell's, Dr., 'The Platonic Dialogues for English Readers, reviewed, 364 Whittier's poetical works, reviewed, 60 Why is a New Code wanted?' quoted, 592
Willis's, N. P., poems, reviewed, 52 Wilson's 'Memoir of Edward Forbes, F.R.S.,' reviewed, 138 Winder, Mr., quoted, 618
Witchcraft in Equatorial Africa, 97
Sumner's, Archbishop, Evidence of Chris- Woods, a night in African, 91
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