Miracles, attempt of Paulus to ex- plain away the, 400- the narra- tion of, destroys not the credit of a witness, 413- the outward fact is credible, if the miracle is not, 414 - this illustrated by the story of the wooden chess-player, 415 - abstract possibility of, 418- not inconsistent with the divine at- tributes, 419-are even probable under fit circumstances, 420- geology proves many, 421- -ante- cedent probability of, 422-Chris- tianity itself is one, 423. See Christianity. M'Kenney, Thomas L., on the North- ern and Southern Indians, review- ed, 481 offices held by, and why dismissed, 482 - generous self- devotion of, 483- anecdote of President Monroe reported by, ib.
excursion made by, 485- -on the origin of the Indian races, ib.
accounts of Indian piety by, cited, 489-story of Petalesharro by, cited, 491-his plan for pro- moting the welfare of the Indians, 494 merits of his book, 495- anecdote of John Randolph by, ib. See Indians.
Modern History, Dr. Arnold's Lec- tures on, 334.
Mohammed not an impostor, but an enthusiast, 496- great results pro- duced by, 497-birth and parent- age of, 498- adopted by Abdol Motalleb and Abu Taleb, 499 — becomes a travelling merchant and marries, 500-too shrewd and prosperous to try imposture, 501 — his meditations in the cave of Hara, 502-few converts made by, at first, 503- anger and alarm ex- cited against, 504-makes con- verts in Medina, 505- commences
Morality, W. Whewell's Elements of, reviewed, 1-springs of action governed by, 2-analysis of the work, ib. rules of action in, 3- duties and obligations in, 4-of- fice of conscience in, 6-cases of casuistry in, 7-cases of necessity in, 11 different standards in, 12 - progress of, 13-theory of pun- ishments in, 14- connected with religion, 16-state rights in, 22— war denounced by, 23-moral duties of states, 26. See Whewell. Munford, William, Homer's Iliad translated by, reviewed, 149- sketch of the life of, 150-literary acquirements and tastes of, 152 — translates, but dies before publish- ing, the Iliad, 153-merits of his work, 154- cited and compared with former translators, 161-fur- ther quotations from, 162-defects of, 164 violates the laws of quantity, 165.
Mysteries and moralities, theatrical,
Myths in history, 394 — meaning of, 401 ambiguous use of the word, 402 criteria of, 403-belong to the very infancy of society, 410 — absurdly placed by Strauss in the Augustan age, 411.
Necessity in morals, Whewell on, 11. Negroes, American, benefited by colonization, 273, 288- unjust prejudice against, 275- why un- willing to leave America, 276 — colonization tends to lessen the prejudice against, 277- better off in Liberia than in Boston, 289-di- minishing in America, 290. New England, love of wealth in, 348. Newton on instinct, 92. New York, Geological Survey of, 213, note.
Niagara, speculations about the cata- ract of, 433.
Noyes, George R., a new translation
Polity, civil, Whewell on, 18 ownership of land prior to, 19 founded on contract, 21. Polyps, animal nature of the, 215. Pope Leo X. denounces Luther, 444. Preachers of our day, faults of, 313- tame and timorous, 314-fall be- low their subject, 315- decent de- bility of the, 316.
Progress of society, 336- evinced by the successive prevalence of dif ferent ideas, 338-traced by indi- cations of this kind, 340 final stage of, 351-can be traced even in the Dark Ages, 355. See Society. Proverbs, G. R. Noyes's new transla- tion of the, reviewed, 201 beauty and value of the, 208. Psalms of David, the, age and excel- lence of, 201-poorly rendered in the common version, 202- inac- curate translation of, cited, 204. Punishments, legal, effect of, 14. Puritanism attacked by South, 304.
Randall, Dr., a martyr to coloniza- tion, 283. Randolph, John, anecdotes of, 316,495. Rationalistic view of the Gospels, 400. Reed, Henry, edition of Dr. Arnold's
Lectures on History, by, reviewed, 334 merits of, 336.
Reform, slow but sure progress of, 434-qualities for a leader of, 435. Reid, Dr., enthusiastic for ventilation, 467- his mode of ventilating the house of parliament, 477- partic- ulars of his plan, 478.
Religion and morality, union of, 16. Respiration not an act of instinct, 114. Retz, Cardinal de, praises Condé, 120
opposes Condé, 135 tells the story of a massacre at the town- house, 137.
Revenger's Tragedy, by Cyril Tour- neur, 73.
Rome wholly a military state, 342- rotten civilization of, 355.
Sale, George, edition of the Koran by, reviewed, 496.
Samoans, language of ceremony among the, 232. Sandys, George, translates Ovid in Virginia, 149.
Sarage, James, historical labors of, 239.
Saxony, Elector of, favors Luther, 442 Luther's letter to, 447. Schleiermacher's infidel theory, 426 — refuted, 427.
Schools, ventilation of, 476. Scientific results of the Exploring Expedition, 211 niggardly publi- cation of the, 212. Scriptures, account of the infancy of society in the, 338. Sermons, by George W. Bethune, noticed, 262.
Sermons of Dr. South, reviewed, 293. See South.
Sévigné, Madame de, cited, 125. Shakspeare acted in Ben Jonson's plays, 48his witches compared with Middleton's, 71. Simms, W. Gilmore, Reviews and Stories by, reviewed, 357-high pretensions of, ib.-silly novels and poems by, 358- The Wigwam and the Cabin by, 359-merits and faults of, 360 his Arm-chair of Tustenuggee, 361- his Oaka- tibbé, 368-his Lucas de Ayllon, 373 his Views and Reviews, 376 -extravagant nationality of, ib.- talks frothily about American liter- ature, 377- his borrowed cant on this head, 378-his foolish con- tempt of history, ib. - prefers fic- tion to it, 379-this opinion con- futed, 381.
northern nations, 343- heredita- ry rank succeeds, 344 — and this followed by the desire for wealth, 346-good effected by this change, 347 vast prevalence of this de- sire in, 348-respect for intellect- ual greatness in, 349- increase of domestic comforts in, ib. - want of reverence for moral greatness in, 350-but this also will at last tri- umph in, 351-will our present civilization be permanent in, 352- hope of a millennial condition of, 354-dark ages in the history of, 355- progress even in these, 356. See Progress.
Sotheby, Mr., translates Homer, 160. South, Dr. Robert, sermons of, review- ed, 293-early life of, ib. his Scribe Instructed, 294 - a fanatic loyalist, 295 his extravagant praise of Charles I., 296 - his vio- lence in controversy, 297 — on Man the Image of God, 298 -at- tacks Jeremy Taylor, 299- re- fuses preferment, 300-character- istics of, 301- -coarseness and in- tensity of, 302-wit of, 303- an unjust bigot, 304 - hearty and dog- matic, 305 his invective against the wicked, 306-inveighs against the sins of his age, 307-censures the literature of his time, 309- epigrammatic and imaginative, 310 -on war and duelling, 311-not studied enough now, 312.
South Carolina, state of feeling in,330. Specimens of English Dramatic Poets, by Charles Lamb, reviewed, 29. See Dramatists.
Spence, William, and Kirby, Ento- mology by, reviewed, 91. Stanhope, Philip Dormer. See Ches- terfield.
Stanyhurst, Richard, hexameters by, 157, note.
of, ib., 386 nature and limits of his work, 385- on the discrepan- cies in the Gospels, 395 - on the calling of the apostles, 396-on other instances of contradiction, 397-his sweeping principles of criticism, 398-mythical theory of, 401- ambiguous and slippery language of, 402-absurd tests and criticisms applied by, 403- on the visit of Jesus to the temple, 404 cited, 405- on the different styles of the several Evangelists, 407 on the opposite influences of tradition, 408-blunders about the law of belief, 415-gloomy con- clusion of, 424-refutes the infidel theories of others, 425-cited, 426
propounds his own scheme, 429 on the position of an infidel clergyman, 430-base and dis- honest advice of, 431. See Myths. Sucking of infants no proof of instinct,
Walpole, Sir R., a rival of Chester- field, 177-deprives him of his place, 179.
War, right of, 23-absurdity and wickedness of, 119-early im- provements in, 340.
Warming of houses, 467-effect of double windows in, 471. Wartburg, Luther's residence at, 446. Wealth, rise of the desire for, 346 - good effected by the worship of, 347-great prevalence and sway of, 348. checked by regard for intellectual greatness, 349. Webster, John, the dramatist, 57 sombre and tragic genius of, 58. his Duchess of Malfy cited, 59. his White Devil, 63. Whewell, William, Elements of Mo- rality by, reviewed, 1-takes Eng- land for his station, 2, 27 - -on the cardinal virtues, 5 -on the right of authors to deny their works, 7 on the duty of lawyers, ib.- the marriage contract, 9- -on the law of necessity, 11-on religion, 16-on Christian ordinances, 17 -on civil polity, 18-on the rights of the state, 22-on govern- ment, 25-on international law, 26-merits and faults of, 27. See Morality.
White, John, Planter's Plea by, 242. Wigwam and the Cabin, by W. G. Simms, reviewed, 357 -some tal. ent shown in the, 359- but often coarse and feeble, 360-view of its contents, 361-cited, 362, 369, 373 second series of, 372-its contents noticed, 373.
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