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AMERICAN REVIEW:

A WHIG
WHIG JOURNAL

OF

POLITICS, LITERATURE, ART AND SCIENCE.

"TO STAND BY THE CONSTITUTION.

VOL. IV.

Pulchrum est bene facere Reipublicæ, etiam bene dicere haud absurdum est.

NEW-YORK:

GEORGE H. COLTON, 118 NASSAU STREET.

1846.

EDWARD O. JENKINS, PRINTER, 114 Nassau Street.

INDEX TO VOL.
VOL. IV.

A.

Achievements of the Knights of Malta, crit-
ical notice, 104.
Addison, Memoirs of the Life of, (by Miss
Aikin, critical notice, 649.

Adventures of a Night on the Banks of the
Devron, (by R. Balmanno,) 569.
Affectation, Melancholy, (from "Thoughts,
Feelings, and Fancies,") 448.
American Journal of Science and Art, crit-
ical notice of, 213.

Andre, Major; Engraving of the Capture of,
critical notice, 540.

Antiquities, Greek and Roman, School Dic-
tionary of-noticed, 433.

Arago, M., (Dr. Lardner,) sketch of his life
and labors, 162.

Army Attack and National Defence, (Ed-
ward Hunt,) 146; slang-whangers, 146;
President Polk the maker of the war with
Mexico, 148; executive abuse of the army,
ib.; reliance on the militia for national de-
fence, 150; wretched inefficiency of the
militia system as now established, 151;
volunteer companies, their use, 153; gar-
risons, 154; fortifications, their nature and
effect, 155; probabilities of a war-means
of defence and attack, 157, 158, 159.
Army of Occupation, (J. T. Headley,) 171;
the war with Mexico unjust-hurried upon
us by the executive-first occupation of the
Mexican territory by our army precipitated
both nations into an unnecessary war-
perilous position of Gen. Taylor, 172;
sketch of the defence of Fort Isabel, ib.;
heroic conduct of the garrison, 173; de-
scription of the battle of Palo Alto, ib.; a
pure common fight won altogether by artil-
fery, ib.; admirable management of field-
pieces by American officers in that battle-
great military qualities of General Taylor,
175; memorable words of General Taylor,
176; battle of Resaca de la Palma, ib.;
brave conduct of the infantry, 177; rout of
the Mexicans, ib; May's charge of caval
ry, 179; inferences to be drawn from these
two battles, in regard to our troops; none
would surpass them, 179.

Art Union Critics, Hints to, 599; all subjects
not fit to be represented in picture, ib. ;
difference between description and repre-
sentation; pictorial art cannot represent
motion, but prefers the fixed qualities of
things; poetry, on the contrary, describes
motion, action, and change, ib.; vices of
design, vice of the parlor, vice of the studio,
vice of the theatre, improper use of the lay
figure, 600; choice of mean subjects, ib.;
subjective and objective art contrasted, ib.;
example of a picture by a skillful and un-
skillful artist, 601; theory of the pleasure
of painting in the choice of agreeable sub-
jects, color, &c.-nature to be imitated in
her best moods only, ib.; fault of ordinary
colorists, ib.; description of a picture in
the classic style of Nicholas Poussin, with
a complete theory of transparent color,

603, 604; contrast of sensuous and moral
art, 605; form, the expression of character,
606; method of criticising pictures, prin-
ciples by which they should be judged,
607; gross ideas of the German and other
schools as to the right method of study for
an artist, 608, 609.

B.

Ballot-Box, Responsibility of the, 435; new
constitution of New York State referred
to, 435, 437; judiciary provisions in, re-
marked upon, 438, 439, 440; importance of
all citizens attending the polls, that good
men and good measures may prevail, 443,
444; country not to be governed without
parties, 444, 445.
Bartlett and Welford's Catalogue of Ancient

and Modern Books, critical notice of, 213.
Beaumont and Fletcher, (E. P. Whipple,)
68; their birth and first writings, ib.;
number of their plays, 69; their faults and
impurities, 69, 70, 71; their striking char-
acteristics, 72, 73; extracts from their
dramas and comments, 74 to 78; their
lyrics-quoted, 79, 80.

Beaumont and Fletcher, part second, 131;
heroic spirit of their writings, ib.; "The
Mad Lover" "Valentinian," 132; pas-
sages from Valentinian, 132, 133; play of
Bonduca, 134; the "Humorous Lieuten-
ant"-the "Elder Brother"-the "False
One," 135, 136; "The Double Marriage,"
with extracts, 137, 138, 139, 140; the "Two
Noble Kinsmen"-" Triumph of Honor "-
particular qualities of Fletcher, 142, 143;
striking passages, 144, 145.

C.

Chambers' Information for the People, notice
of, 544.

Chinese, the, (J. H. Lanman,) 392; their
territory, ib.; ancient knowledge of them,
393; political structure of the empire, 394;
emperor's aristocracy, ib. ; costume, 395;
machinery of the government, 395, 396;
laws and jurisprudence, 397; social regu-
lations, 398; their agriculture, 399; manu-
factures, ib; their foreign commerce, 400;
excellence in the useful arts, ib.; diffusion
of education, 401; religion, ib; amuse-
ments, 401, 402; public works, 402; cities,
ib; Chinese army, 403; our commerce
with China.

Civilization, American and European, (Pro-
fessor Goodwin,) second part of the arti-
cle, 27; self-government the highest prob-
lem of civilization, 28; some of our dis-
advantages and dangers, 28, 29; universal
suffrage, 29; power of public opinion, 31;
faith in the people, 33, 34; ancient civiliza-
tion, 35; comparison of ourselves with
Europeans, 37; our institutions, fears,
hopes, 40, 41, 42.

Congress, the XXIXth, (Hon. J. P. Ken-
nedy,) 541; Congress, the twenty.ninth,

543; brief report of its leading measures,
ib; spirit and measures of the twenty-
seventh Congress, 543, 544; its spirit, con-
servative and provident-that of the twen-
ty-ninth destructive and ultra, 544, 545;
Texas-the war, 546, 547; supported the
ruinous free trade system fostered by
Britain, 550.

Constitution, (the new one,) of New York
State-article sixth, the judiciary, (J. M.
Van Cott,) 520; formation of the Conven-
tion, 521; objectionable features of the
new constitution, 523; danger of the cor-
ruption of justice, 524, 525; elective judici-
ary in danger of demagogical influence,
525, 526; probable want of learned judges
under this system, 526.

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Cooper's "Indian and Ingin," Review of,
(C. A. Bristed,) 276; points affirmed in the
book relating to anti-rentism, 277; popu-
lar cant about aristocracy," 278; "aristo-
cratic exclusiveness," ib.; "feudal privil-
eges," ib.; "hardship of long leases," ib.;
reservation of woodlands," 279, &c.
Copper Regions, Early Notices of, 347.
Creation of Values, 641.

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Hawthorne, Review of his Writings, (C. W.
Webber,) 296; references to certain quali-
ties of New World literature, 297, 302;
characteristics of Hawthorne noticed, 305,
306, 307; Hawthorne's conservatism, 305;
"Idealization," 309; Charles Lamb, 310;
the Tale of Goodman Brown," 311, 315.
Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt's Poetical Epistle to, 25.
Hearts we Love, a poem, (W. T. Bacon,)
15*.

History of the Bastile, critical notice, 103.
Homer, Translators of-Review of Munford's
Illiad, (C. A. Bristed,) 350; some remarks
on translation, 351, 352; translators of
Homer enumerated, 353; Chapman, Pope,

Cowper, Sotheby, and Munford compared,
with extracts, 353 to 372.

Homeric Translations, note to the article on,
558

Hunt, Leigh, a sketch, (G. F. Dean,) 17;
anecdotes of his life, 18, 19; his remarks
upon the stage, 19; Hunt in prison, 22;
his epistle in verse to Charles Lamb, 24;
to William Hazlitt, 25.

J.

Jennison's Filter, notice of, 434.
Jones, Paul, sketch of his life and services,
(J. T. Headley,) 228.

Journalism, (by a resident at Paris,) 281;
power of the public press, 282; London
morning papers-the Post, the Herald, the
Standard, Morning Chronicle, 282, 283;
evening papers-the Globe, and Sun, 283;
the Times, 283, 284; reporters, 285, 286,
287; proprietorship of the London papers,
288, 289; the Daily News, 291; corre-
spondents, 292, 293; journalism in France,
293, 294; weekly press, 295.

Julietta, or the Beautiful Head, from the
German of Lyser, (by Mrs. "St. Simon,")
119.

Julia Jay, a poem, (Rev. Ralph Hoyt,) 610.

K.

Kennedy, Hon. John P.; notice of his life,
public services, addresses, and literary
career, 551.

L.

Lamb, Leigh Hunt's poetical epistle to, 24.
Legal Profession, Ancient and Modern-the
Bars of Greece, Rome, France, England,
and the United States, 242; popular charg-
es against the legal profession, ib.; nature
of the legal profession-how taking its
rise-functions of the lawyer, 243, 244;
two divisions in the profession, jurispru-
dence and advocacy, 245; jurisprudence in
Greece, ib.; the Grecian bar-Themis-
tocles, Pericles, Aristides, Isaeus, Anti-
phon, Lysias, Isocrates, Demosthenes,
246; regulations of the Grecian courts,
247; the Roman bar under the Republic,
248; under the Empire, 248, 249; regu-
lations of the Roman courts, 249; early
stages of Gallic law, 250; origin of trial by
ordeal, ib.; early legal usages in France,
251; parliament of Paris-order of advo-
cates, 252; admission to the French bar,
253; abolition of the order of advocates,
254; the British bar, 255; state of the pro-
fession in England, 256; defects of the bar
in this country, 257; inferiority of legal
education, 258, report of the " Inner Tem-
ple," London, on this point, ib.; the future
of the profession in this country, 260;
Note-opinions of Savigny, 261, 262.
Literary Phenomena, (E. A. Duyck inck,)

405.

Longfellow's Poets and Poetry of Europe,
part 1, 496, (James Hadley)-principle of
translation, 497, 498, 499; Teutonic poetry,
501; extract from Cædmon the Saxon,
502, 503, 504; Norse poetry, 504, 505; Teg-
ner, 505, 506. Part 2, 580; Troubadours
of Deutschland, 580; early German poetry,
581; Klopstock, Lessing, Wieland, Herder,
Goethe, Schiller, 582, 583, 584; Uhland,
Hoffman, 585; poetry of Holland, 586.

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