NOVEMBER, 1855, AND FEBRUARY, 1856.
AMERICAN EDITION, VOL. XIX.
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AUSTRIAN empire, heterogeneous elements of, 149.
Baptists, persecution of, in Germany, 219.
have astounded the national conscience, ib.; for- mer well-defined lines of separation between par- ties now removed, 98, 99; embarrassment of pub- licity, 100; consequence of the present theory of Cabinet agreement, 102; is Cabinet union indis- pensably necessary? 103; real use of cabinets, 104.
Blackie, Professor, on the distinction between the Centralization (political) contrasted with free associa-
school and university, 196.
Blair's sermons, reason of their popularity, 255. Bunsen's Signs of the Times, 206; just notion and estimate of the Chevalier Bunsen, 207; impres- sion made by him on this country, 208; present influence and position in Germany, 209; charac- ter of his "Signs of the Times," 209, 210; the principle of free association, 210; political cen- tralization, 211; claims by the clergy to a divine right to rule over the consciences of men, ib; Puseyism, 212; freedom of conscience the ante- cedent to all social liberty and civil rights, 213; rise of a persecuting spirit, 214; cases in Baden, Italy, and Austria, 216; Stahl's theory of intol- erance, 217; his doctrine of the Church, 218; persecution of the Baptists in Germany, 219; Bunsen's treatment of Stahl's sophistries, 220; intolerance of the Russian Church, 221; the future of Puseyism and Popery, 222. Butler, Professor, peculiar excellences of his pulpit discourses, 268.
Butler, Samuel, 27; his late appearance as an au- thor, ib.; early life and education, 28; occupation in middle age, 29; first literary attempts, political ballads, 31; his antipathy to the Puritans inspired his muse, 32; gradual practice as a writer, 33; what first suggested Hudibras, 34; outline of the first part, with specimens, 35; its reception, 36; did it call forth a golden shower? ib.; outline of the second part, 37; neglect of the poet, 38; literature of the Restoration, ib.; Davenant, Wal- ler, Cowley, Dryden, 39; characteristic features of this literature, 40; Butler's social relations, 41; third part of Hudibras, 42; satirizes the licen- tiousness of the age of Charles II., 43; his list of characters, 43, 44; his literary forte was satire, 44; had a crabbed and ill-conditioned element in him, 45; general view of his character and genius, 46; it is his wit that has made him im- mortal, 47; makes his best appearance in octosyl- labic doggrel, ib.
Cabinets and Statesmen, 97; anomalous and unsat isfactory position of our internal politics, ib.; re- cent breakings up and reconstructions of Cabinets
Chalmers' (Dr.) West Port scheme, 83; character of his sermons, 255.
Church of England, its defects as a home mission association, 81; wants lay-workers, 84.
City missionaries, their training and discipline, 89. Colour-blindness, 174; this interesting peculiarity first noticed in 1684, ib.; the subject discussed by Sir D. Brewster and Professor Wartmaun, 175; Dr. George Wilson's Researches, ib.; bographi- cal notice of Dr. Wilson, 176; nature of colour- blindness, 177; cases illustrative of its degrees and varieties, 177, 178; colours perceived with most difficulty or most liable to be confounded, 180; total invisibility of red, 181; extent to which colour-blindness prevails in males and fe- males, 183; chromatic theory, colours in the choroid coat, ib.; the retinal thories, 183; the prevention and cure, and the professions for which it disquali- fies, 186, 187; nature and danger of railway sig- nals, 187; danger of red and green signals at sea, 189; danger of colour-blindness in the physi- cian, the druggist and the cook, ib.; in the opera- tions of war and in criminal trials, ib.
Conscience, freedom of, the precursor of all other social blessings, 213.
Copper, peculiarities in the temper of, 13. Crime, comparative state of, in London and continental towns, 77; in England, Scotland, and Wales, 78; expense of punishing compared with expense of preventing, 230. Crimes, disposal of, 151. Cromwell, specimen of political squibs written against, 30.
"Doctor Antonio" reviewed, 286; its general char- acter, with extracts, 286, 296; the ethical errors of the book, 290.
Drummond of Hawthornden, his notes of conversa- tions with Ben Jonson, 249; his character of Jonson, 254.
Education for the Metropolis of Manufactures, 1; industrial greatness of Britian, ib.; the people of
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