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from Kurshee towards Bokhara, 397-
village of Karsan, ib.-the Usbeks, ib.-
arrival at Bokhara, ib.- visit to the
Koosh Begee, or lord of all the Begs,
398-the great bazaar described, ib.—
visit to the baths, 400-population of
Bokhara, ib.-character of the king, 401
-the colleges, ib.-Russian slaves at
Bokhara, 402-the author's excellent
graphical picture of Toorkman life, 403

-and admirable personal qualities, ib.—
city of Meshed, ib.-burial-place of Nadir
Shah, ib. Asterabad, 404-author
reaches Bombay, ib.-Russian invasion
of India, 405.

Boswell, James, his definition of the human
species, 406.

Bowdler, Mr., his expurgated edition of
Shakspeare, 425.

Buonaparte, Napoleon, his 'Lettres à Jo-
séphine pendant la première Campagne
d'Italie, le Consulat, et l'Empire, et
Lettres de Joséphine à Napoléon et à
sa Fille,' 178.

Burnes, Lieut. Alexander, his 'Travels
into Bokhara; being the Account of a
Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary,
and Persia; also, Narrative of a Voyage
on the Indus, from the Sea to Lahore,'
&c., 367. (See Bokhara.)
Burns, Robert, his expressions of contempt
for the rich the result of pride, 327.

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Cæsar, style of his Commentaries,' 88.
Cambridge controversy on the admission

of Dissenters to degrees, 466.
Campbell, Thomas, Esq., his 'Life of
Mrs. Siddons.' (See Siddons.)
Cato, on the numerous writings of, 67.
Catullus, on the works of, 72.

Celsus, his work 'De Re Medicâ' quoted,
407.

Chaucer, Geoffry, a witness in the Scrope

and Grosvenor controversy, 444.
Cicero, of the style of his eloquence, 80-
of his writings, 82-of his political life,
84.

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and metrical arrangement, 7-some of
his poems complete models of versifica.
tion, 8-his fine manner of reciting
verse, ib.-his delight in, though pos-
sessing no ear for, music, ib.-bis 'Hen-
decasyllables,' 9-his Hymn to the
Earth,' 10-his blank verse, 11-uni-
form subjectivity of almost all his works,
13-intense personal feelings which cha-
racterize his poems, ib.-his poetry a
faithful mirror reflecting the images of
his mind, 14-his Biographia Literaria,'
ib.-his 'Ode on Dejection,' ib.—his
habit of intellectual introversion, 16-
his opinion of the difficulties of writing
au epic on the subject of the destruction
of Jerusalem, ib.-his System of Philo-
sophy for a Christian Man,' 17 — his
translation of 'Wallenstein,' 18-his
'Remorse' and 'Zapolya,' ib.-his opi-
nion of Goethe's 'Faust,' 20-outline
of Michael Scott,' 21-The Remorse,'
23-his Zapolya' the most elegant of
his works, 27-his dramatic talent of a
high and original kind, 28-the 'Ancient
Mariner' a most perfect piece of ima-
ginative poetry, ib. his Christabel'
complete as an exquisite production of
the imagination, 30-his love poems, ib.
-his odes, 32-the most imaginative
English poet since Milton, 34-general
character of his poetry, ib.-his qualities
as a psychologist, moralist, and general
philosopher, 36-his 'Friend,' Lay
Sermons,' and 'Aids to Reflection,' 36—
his Church and State, according to the
idea of each,' a storehouse of grand and
immoveable principles, 37-his proposed
object as a metaphysical philosopher, ib.
-his verses on his baptismal birth-day,
ib.-his death, 291-his own humble
and affectionate epitaph, 292.
Coleridge, Mr. Henry, his 'Introduction to
Homer,' 140.

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Conolly, Lieutenant Arthur, his Journey
to the North of India overland from
England, through Russia, Persia, and
Affghaunistaun,' 38-the author's mo-
dest apology for submitting his work to
the public, ib.-difficulty of the under-
taking, ib.-route to Tabreez, 39-the
author passes himself off as an Asiatic,
40-arrival at Orauz Kilige's tent, ib.-
kajavah travelling, 41-adventures on
the route to Khiva, 41-powers of en-
durance of the Turcoman horse, 44-
account of Beggee Jan, ib.-character of
the Turcomans, 47-pilgrimage to Me-
shed, ib.-visit to the shrine of the saint,
48-the author's visit to Prince Abmed

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Ali Mirza, 49-sketch of Persian man-
ners, 50-persecution of the Jews in
Persia, 53-style in which English
manners are discussed by Orientals, 55
-overland invasion of India, 57.
Cookery, philosophy of, 406-Boswell's
definition of the human species, ib.-
man the only creature acquainted with
the use of fire, ib.- Mrs. Rundell's
Cookery Book, 407-attention of the
ancients to dietetics, ib.-Celsus De Re
Medicâ, ib.-diet of the early kings of
Egypt regulated by the court physician,
ib.-Dr. Hunter's Receipts on Modern
Cookery, or Culina Famulatrix Medicinæ,
408-various food most wholesome to
man, ib.-food of the Brahmins, ib.-
and of the Esquimaux, b.-practice of
the Otomacs, ib-Dr. Wollaston's ob-
servations on the food of animals, 408-
no substance properly nutritive unless it
be an organized body, 409-Dr. Prout
on the Ultimate Composition of Ali-
mentary Substances,' b.-process of
making a quartern loaf out of a deal
board, ib.-Professor Autenrieth's pro-
cess of making wood-flour, ib.-method
of making the barke-bröd of the Lap.
landers, 410-origin of the Patent Bread
Company, 411-properties of the bread
made by them, ib.--bread with the gin
in it to be preferred, 412- French
cookery, ib.-English cookery, ib.-nu-
tritive properties of gelatine, 413-
blancmange, ib.-capability of the hu-
man stomach to digest hard substances,
ib.-Dr. Marcet's history of the English
sailor who swallowed clasp-knives, ib.—
mother's milk, 414-alimentary matters
employed by man, ib.-influence of the
stomach over our daily happiness, 415—
the horrors of hypochondriasis owing to
dyspepsia, or indigestion, ib.-the French
our masters in the art of cookery, ib.—
the Code Gourmand, ib.

Crabbe, Rev. George, his Posthumous
Tales,' 184.

D.

Dacre, a Novel; edited by the Countess
of Morley, 488.

Deal-board, process of making a quartern
loaf out of a, 409.

Dietetics, attention of the ancients to the
science of, 407.

Dissenters, admission of to degrees, Cam-
bridge controversy on, 466.

Dry rot, Mr. Kyan's process for the pre-
vention of, 92.

Dunbar, William, great merit of Laing's
edition of his works, 448.

Dunlop, John, Esq, his History of Roman
Literature from the earliest Period to
the Augustan Age,' 57. (See Roman
Literature.)

E.

East India Company, their fitness to govern
the Indian empire, 367.
Education in England, 128-necessity of
bringing our public schools up to the
rising level of general information, 129-
the grand problem of education to teach
enough, and not too much, 130-altera-
tions that have taken place in the Eton sys-
tem of, 132-system pursued at Rugby,
ib.-inefficacy of the dry, repulsive, and
purely utilitarian system, 136-unison
of our public schools with our national
institutions, 136-time dedicated to the
study of the dead languages, 152-real
effective countervailing influence to vice
and extravagance in our public schools,
174.

Egerton, Lord Francis, his translation of
Goethe's Faust,' 20.

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Ennius, of the writings of, 61.
Eton School, 128-some remarks on the
present studies and management of, ib.-
abuses at, considered, ib.-system of
education at, vindicated; and its capa-
bilities of improvement considered, ib.-
necessity of bringing our public schools
up to the rising level of general infor-
mation, 129 the grand problem of
education, 130-alterations effected in
the Eton system, 132-increased number
of scholars under Dr. Keate, ib.-old
Eton feeling of pride and love for the
place of education as strong as ever, 133
-sensation created on Dr. Keate's
taking leave of the school, ib.-the Eton
system singularly successful in attaching
the scholars to the studies of the institu-
tion, 141-dangers in point of man-
ners, habits, and morals, to which a gen-
tleman's son is exposed in passing
through, 145-fagging, 146-arrange-
ments for the better lodging of the
scholars, ib.-changes necessary in the
religious education of the scholars, 148
-classical learning the staple of Eton,
151-books read in the higher forms at,
160-verse making at, 163.
Euphrates, folly of attempting to open a

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communication between india and
England by means of steam-boats on
the, 405.

Exeter, Bishop of, his speech on the ad-
mission of Dissenters to degrees, 466.

F.

Faulkner, Sir Arthur Brooke, his' Visit to

Germany and the Low Countries,' 203.
Fischer, J. F., his 'Sketches of Japan,' 294.
(See Japan.)

France, present state of, 262.

Free trade to China, evil consequences of,
368.

G.

Grosvenor and Scrope heraldic controversy,
444.

H.

Hallam, Henry, Esq., his name prefixed to
some of the best verses in the Musæ
Etonienses, 167.

Hayward, Mr., his translation of Goethe's
Faust,' 18, 20.

Herbert of Cherbury, Lord, his remark-

able hesitation on the propriety of pub-
lishing his work against revelation, 70.
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd, his
conduct towards Sir Walter Scott a pa-
rallel to the story of Hannah More and
the Bristol milk woman, 437.
Hunter, Dr., his Receipts in Modern
Cookery, or Culina Famulatrix Medi-
cinæ,' characterized, 408.

I.

Ignis fatuus, singular phenomenon of an,
385

India, Conolly's overland Journey to. (See
Conolly.)

India, invasion of, by Russia, a mere bug-
bear, 405.

India to Suez, easy and expeditious route
from, 405.

India and England, folly of attempting to
open a communication between, by
means of steam-boats on the Euphrates,
405.

J.

Japan, sketches of the manners and usages
of, 293-exclusive access of the Dutch
to, ib.-decline of the trade to, ib.-
access of the Dutch to, owing to Eng-

lish skill and courage, ib.-interesting
adventures of William Adams in, ib.-
visits of the Dutch factory to, 294-
Mr. G. F. Meylan's sketches of, ib.-J.
F. Fischer's sketches, of, ib.-natural
features of, 295-its population, ib.—
comparison between Great Britain and,
296-expulsion of the Portuguese and
extermination of Christianity from, 296
-rivalry of the Dutch with the Portu-
guese, 297-religious opinions of Japan,
298-absence of religious dissension,
ib.-government of Japan, 299-diffi-
culty of innovation or revolution, 300-
system of espionnage, ib.-privileges of
the emperor, ib.-the court, 301-the
executive, ib.-local administration of
the city of Nagasaki, 302-natural cha-
racter of the Japanese, 303-their sen-
suality, ib.-social polity of Japan, 304
-agriculture, 306-trade, 307 — arts
and amusements, 308-ship-building
and navigation, 310-literature and
science, 312-education, ib.-quadren-
nial embassy to Jeddo, 313-audience
of the emperor, 316-summary of the
Japanese character, 317.

Jerusalem, destruction of, difficulties of
undertaking an epic on, 16.

Journal of Louis Philippe, Duke de Char-
tres, 527.

к.

Kyan, Mr., his process for the prevention
of dry-rot, 92.
Knowledge the noble idol of the day, 134.

L.

Imaginary

Laing, Mr. David, great merit of his edition
of the works of Dunbar, 448.
Landor, Walter Savage, his
Conversations' quoted, 355.
L'Enfant, Père, his Mémoires ou Cor-
respondance Secrète pendant les trois
Années de la Révolution 1790, 1791,
1792,' 441-the work a gross and
shameless imposition, ib.

Livy, character of his History, 89.
Louis Philippe, King of the French, per-
sonal history of, 519-his journal, 527.
Lucilius, of the Satires of, 66.
Lucretius, of the works of, 69.

M.

Mackintosh, Sir James, his conversational
eloquence characterised, 3.

Manilius, character of his 'Astronomicon,'
90.

Marcet, Dr., his history of the English

sailor who swallowed clasp-knives, 413.
Mathias, the American impostor, 359.
Mémoires ou Correspondance Secrète du
Père L'Enfant. (See L'Enfant.)
Mennais, Abbé de la, 358 — his 'Paroles
d'un Croyant,' ib.- sensation produced
by this silly and profane rhapsody, ib.
-numerous replies to, ib.- objects of
the work, 359-account of the author,
ib.-specimens of the work, 360.
Meslier, Jean, his celebrated Testament,
359.

Meylan, G. F., his sketches of Japan, 294.
(See Japan.)

Milman, Rev. H. H., his Fall of Jerusa-
lem,' 16.

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Milton not popular in England, 35.
Montgomery, Mr., his poem of the Com-
mon Lot' quoted, 491.
More, Mrs. Hannah, Memoirs of the Life
and Correspondence of, by William Ro-
berts, Esq., 416 unfitness of Mr.
Roberts for the task assigned him, ib.—
his blunders and prejudices, ib.-Han-
nah's birth and family, 417-the family
law-suit, ib.-Hannah's precocity in her
literary attainments, 418-anecdotes of
Hannah's juvenile days, 419- Mr.
Peach, the linen-draper, ib.-Miss More's
first publication, 420-her correspond-
ence with the poet Langhorne, ih.—love-
affair with Mr. Turner, 422-Hannah's
débût in the society of London, 423-
Garrick, Reynolds, Burke, Johnson, ib.
-the Bas Bleu, ib.- her tragedy of
• Percy,' 424 Sir Eldred of the
Bower, ib. increasing sternness of
Hannah's religious views, 425-her dis-
sertation on the tendency of stage
amusements, ib.-her Sacred Dramas,'
426-her lighter poems, ib.-her inter-
course with the literati of the Johnsonian
cycle, 427-her addiction to flattery,
428 her life in London, ib-her inter-
views with Dr. Johnson, 430-Johnson's
death-bed, 431-her account of Garrick,
432-chapter of Ana, 433-satire on
Frenchified English, 434-Hannah re-
tires from the gay world, 435 — her
"Thoughts on the Manners of the Great,'
and Essay on the Religion of the
Fashionable World,' ib.-her intercourse
with Ann Yearsley, the Bristol milk-
woman, 436-her exertions for the esta-
blishment of Sunday schools, 437-her
political tracts, 438-account of Mrs.
More's latter days, 440-her death, ib.

N.

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Napier of Merchiston, Memoirs of, his
Lineage, Life, and Times; by Mark
Napier, Esq., 443-the work the first
attempt to narrate in detail the personal
history of the inventor of the logarithms,
ib.-mistakes and errors of the editor,
ib.-old woman's story of the first Na-
pier, ib-first ascertained ancestor of
the philosopher, 444-claim to the
earldom of Lenox, 445-account of
the philosopher's father, ib.-birth and
education of the philosopher, 446-
his academical career, ib. - George
Buchanan, 448-popular tradition that
Napier had a familiar spirit, 449-his
vernacular verses, ib. his marriage,
450 his residence in Lenox, 451-
visits of the clan Gregor, 452-Napier's
reputation as an astrologer, ib. — his
zeal for the study and exposition of the
Book of Revelations, 453- his Plain
Discovery,' ib. extraordinary agree-
ment between Logan of Restaltig and
Napier, 456-Dr. Richard Napper,
the astrologer, 458-extraordinary se-
crets possessed by Napier, 459-his
discoveries in catoptrics, 460-barbarous
state of society, ib.-violent family quar-
rels, 461-invention of the logarithms,
ib. its reception, 461 Napier's
death, 465.
Nepos, Cornelius, his character as a bio-
grapher, 88

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Nicolas, Sir Harris, his history of the
Scrope and Grosvenor heraldic contro-
versy, 444.

Nigidius, of the writings of, 77.

Normal schools, for the instruction of mas-
ters, advantages of, 143.
Novels of fashionable life, 489.

0.

Ovid, of the works of, 74.

'Oxford as it is; by a Foreigner of Rank,'
128.

'Oxford in 1834; a Satire, in six parts,'
128, 172.

P.

'Paradise Lost,' Waller's character of, 36.
Paroles d'un Croyant,' 358. (See Men-
nais.)

Pearson, Rev. George, on the danger of
abrogating the religious tests and sub-
scriptions which are at present required

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Riddell, Mr. John, his great knowledge of
the ancient Scotch peerage law, 445.
Roman Literature, History of, by John
Dunlop, Esq., from the earliest period
to the Augustan age, 57-earliest lan-
guage of Rome, ib.-causes which con-
spired to give birth to Roman literature,
58-conquest of Magna Græcia, ib.—
first literary compositions in the Latin
language, 59-dramatic pieces of Livius
Andronicus, ib.-style of the ancient
dramatists, ib.-the writings of Ennius,
61-of Plautus, 62-of Terence, 64-
satires of Lucilius, 66-numerous works
of Cato, 67-progress of natural philo-
sophy and its implements, mathematics,
and geometry, 68-of the works of Lu-
cretius, 69-his De Rerum Naturâ,'
ib.-purpose of the poem, ib.-its style,
ib.-its moral effect, 72-of Catullus, ib.
-of Tibullus, 73-of Propertius, ib.-
of Ovid, 74-the regular drama super-
seded by the mimes, 75-extension of
the cultivation of philosophy, 76-Sylla
the first possessor of a library at Rome,
ib.-Lucullus, ib.-Varro and Nigidius,
77-peculiarities of the Roman law, 79
-scope for eloquence, ib.-Cicero, 80
-his orations, ib.-his treatise De Re
Publicâ, 82-his political life, 84-Sal-

lust, 88-Cæsar's Commentaries, ib.-
Cornelius Nepos, 88-Livy, 89-re-
formation of the Calendar, ib.- Astro-
nomicon' of Manilius, 90-Vitruvius, 91
-Virgil, 93-Horace, 94.

Rundell, Mrs., enormous sale of her Do-
mestic Cookery, 407.

Runjeet Sing's letter to the British minis-
ter, ib.-environs of Lahore, 378-tomb
of Jehungeer, ib.-garden of Shah
Jehan, ib.-Runjeet Sing's army, ib.—
journey to Simla, 379-mode of life of
a Seik Sirdar, ib.-town of Fulour, ib.—
the Shittoodur, or Hundred Rivers, 382
-arrival at Simla, 380-magnitude of
the Indus, ib.-Runjeet Sing's projects
against the Ameers of Sinde, 381-terri-
tories and government of Runjeet Sing,
ib.-the Maharaja's bed-room described,
382-splendour exhibited by the Seik
on the tented field, on Lord W. Ben-
tinck's visit to him, ib.-visit to the
tope of Manikyala, 384-Pind Dadun
Khan, ib.-extensive salt-ranges, ib.-
Calla-baugh, ib.-scene of Alexander's
battle with Porus, 385-the travellers
ford the Indus, ib.-singular phenome-
non of an ignis fatuus, ib.

Russell, Lord John, on the public schools
of England, 138.

Russia, invasion of India by, a mere bug.
bear, 405.

S.

Sarrans, B., his Louis Philippe et la Con-
tre-Révolution de 1830,' 519.

Schiller more akin to Shakspeare than
any other of the German poets, 19.
Scott, Sir Walter, the Ettrick Shepherd's
conduct towards, a parallel to the story
of Hannah More and the Bristol Milk-
woman, 437.

Scrope and Grosvenor heraldic contro-
versy, 444.

Shakspeare not popular in England, 35.
Shakspeare's 'Venus and Adonis' a strik-
ing instance of the overbalance of mere
sweetness of sound, 7.
Shakspeare, Bowyer's expurgated edition
of, 425.

Siddons, Mrs., Campbell's Life of, 95-the
work a superfetation, ib.-Mr. Boaden's
bulky production on the same subject,
ib.-Mr. Campbell the editor rather
than the substantial author, 96-samples
of bombast, ib.-of the Aircastle prin-
ciple of modern biography, 98-and of
the anecdote-mongering style, 101-
glaring inaccuracies and inconsistencies,
102-nothing original but the blunders,

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