public forms and ceremonies. These particulars relate to the whole kingdom of Algiers, to the history, character, and present condition of the country at large.
We are next introduced to an intimate acquaintance with the city of Algiers, its topography and fortifications, garrison and police, wealth and character of the inhabitants. Particular statements are also made, relating to education and the sciences; condition, customs, and dress of the women; the Jews, and the oppressions they suffer; the mechanic arts and manufactures; houses and streets, public edifices and pious foundations; superstitions of the Algerines; former condition of the christian slaves; commerce and opulence; society of the foreign agents. It will readily be seen, that these topics embrace every thing of importance concerning the city of Algiers, both in regard to its topographical features, and the character and manners of the inhabitants.
At this stage of his work, the author has a chapter describing the different nations, or tribes, inhabiting the kingdom of Algiers, their probable origin, their manners, religion, and languages. Then follows a sketch of the political history of the Regency of Algiers since the year 1810. This sketch is curious and entertaining, as it unfolds the singular policy of the Algerine government, and narrates many events of a political nature, in which the author was personally concerned.
Another chapter contains the author's views, respecting the probable destiny of the fine country on the northern borders of Africa, which has so long lain waste under the oppression of a government, whose lawless despotism cannot in the nature of things last much longer. He considers the influence of a European establishment in northern Africa, or rather the effects, which would result from a liberal government, and infers that immense benefits could not fail to be the consequence of such an event. The last chapter of the work consists of extracts from the Journal kept in the Consulate of the United States at Algiers, and relates some curious occurrences, that have taken place within the last two or three years.
The work will be comprised in one octavo volume of a moderate size. It will be handsomely executed, and published without delay.
Reviews of Mr Hillhouse's Hadad,' and the Life of Josiah Quincy, Jr,' are necessarily deferred to a future number.
Aborigines of America, remarks of
Major Long, relating to, 186-their
monuments, 186, 187-erroneous to
attribute to them, a common cha-
racter, 187-their distinctions, 188
-their cannibalism, ib.
Admiralty jurisdiction established in
the British Colonies, on its appro-
priate principles, 124.
Adsonville, an American Novel, re-
viewed, 99.
Alaman, Lucas, a statesman of Mex-
ico, 432-birth and education, ib.
-deputy to the Cortes at Madrid,
433-promotes the working of the
Mexican mines, ib.-appointment
to office in the republic, ib.-his
estimate of the importance of the
mining interests, ib.-his last re-
port to Congress, 441.
Alligators, in Colombia, 160-mode
of hunting them by the Indians,
161-their food, and mode of tak-
ing it, ib.
America, Summary View of, by an
Englishman, noticed, 453-its com-
parative fairness and liberality, ib.
-character and contents of the
work, 454.
America, South, its political progress,
Bible, its character as an intellectual
production, 266, 268--compared
with the writings of Homer, 267.
Blackstone, Sir W, his opinion of the
jurisdiction of the King, in ques-
tions between his Provinces in
America, 121-received by the
colonists as an expositor of their
law, 127.
Blanco White, his Spanish Varieties,
a periodical work, noticed, 467-his
former publications, ib.-the pre-
sent devoted to the affairs of South
America, 468-commended, ib.
Bode, Geo. Hen. his dissertation on
the Orphic poetry, 393-his objects,
ib.--size of his work, ib.--the
prolegomena, 394-his opinion of
the period of the Orphic poetry,
395 of the country of it, ib.-of
its nature, 396-his character as a
scholar, 397-emigration to the
United States, ib.
Bogotá, present capital of Colombia,
162, 167-its Congress Halls de-
scribed by Capt. Cochrane, 167.
Bolivar, cited, 165-dictator of Co-
lombia, 166-his brilliant reputa-
tion, 171-birth and education, ib.
-devoted to South American In-
dependence, ib.-his zeal and ef-
forts, 172-his character, 173-his
munificence to the Schools of his
native city, 442.
Boston, of the establishment of an
Academy of Fine Arts in, 460.
Brainard, John G. C. his occasional
pieces of poetry, reviewed, 217—
his character as a poet, 218-spe-
cimens of his poetry, 218, 219, 220,
221-his humorous descriptions,
222, 223, 224-superiority of his
graver pieces, 224.
Brown, Thomas, M D. his Lectures
on the Philosophy of the human
mind, reviewed, 19-does not define
Emotions, ib.-does not notice the
topical peculiarity of the Emotions,
20-arranges them in their relation
to time, ib.-luminous exposition
of their final causes, 22-lectures
on the emotions highly commend-
ed, 23-his opinion of the nature
of avarice controverted, ib.--his
ethical system, 25-test of moral
right and wrong, ib.-contends for
the uniformity of the moral sense
among mankind, 26—his examina-
tion of other moral theories, ib.-
defects of his own, 27-and their
consequences, 27, 28-statement of
his theory amended, 28-suggests
the true theory himself, 30-his
distribution of the duties, ib.-lec-
tures upon them commended, ib.—
his demonstration of the existence
and attributes of God, 31, 32-ar-
gument for the immortality of the
soul, 32, 33-examined, 34-adds
no strength to the argument, 34, 35
-some notices of his character,
manners, and principles, 36, 38–
hispersonal appearance, 38-mode
of lecturing, ib.-his prominent ca-
pacity, that of an analyst, 40—
minuteness of his investigations,
40, 41-effects of the study of his
writings upon the mind, 41, 42—
his warmth of moral sentiment,
42-his testimonials to the truth of
Christianity, ib.—his style, 43—its
merits and defects, 43 to 45-his
poetry, 43-his occasional obscurity
45, 46 his general character as
an author, 46, 47-his contribu-
tions to natural theology, 47-the
general plan of his lectures, 48-his
doctrine of cause and effect, &c.
criticised.
Buckminster, Rev. Mr, 448.
Bull fights, of the Spanish, the pre-
vailing national amusement, 62-—
their history, 62, 63-formed part
of religious ceremonies and festi-
vals, 63-their decline during the
last half of the 18th century, 64—
reestablished by Joseph Bonaparte,
ib.--and continued by the Cortes
and Ferdinand, 64, 65—their pro-
bable origin, &c. 65-preparations
for them, 66, 67--description, 67
to 74-the amusement of all clas-
ses, ib.--their physical and moral
influence, 74, 75-sources of the
pleasure arising from such exhibi-
tions, 75. 78.
Burton, Asa, D. D. his Essays on
some of the first principles of
Metaphysics, Ethics and Theology,
noticed, 232.
Byron, Lord, his character and writ-
ings, 300--his acquaintance with
Dallas, ib.---with Medwin, 301-
his degradation in the last years of
his life, 302-his moral state, 303-
his character and opinions in youth,
304, 305---his craving passion, 306
-his first publication, ib.—its cha-
racter, 307-specimens, 307 to 310
-effects of its review in the Edin-
burgh Review, upon him, 311-his
revenge, ib.-defects of his satire,
312-his admiration of Pope, 314
his misanthropy and disgust of
life, 316, 317-his travels, 318-
Childe Harold, ib.-specimens, 318
to 321-causes of its popularity,
323-its character, 324-his pro-
fligate life in London, 325-his
marriage and separation, ib.-
persecutes his wife, ib.-his infi-
delity, 326-criticisms of his poe-
try, 328 to 332-superiority of the
two last cantos of Childe Harold,
332-causes of this, ib.-specimens
and criticism, 333 et seqq.-his des-
criptions of nature, 337-examples,
ib. et seqq.-narrow range of his
excellence as a poet, 342-contrast
between the grandeur of concep-
tion and the poverty of sentiment,
342 to 344-his deficiency in consis-
tent thinking, 345-unsuccessful
delineation of his heroes, 346-his
female characters, 347-influence
of the character of the age upon
that of his poetry, 348-one of the
causes of his popularity, 350-
egotism of his works, ib.-the in-
terest imparted by it, evanescent,
351-his situation during the last
years of his life, 352-his expedi-
tion to Greece, 353-his conduct
on the death of Shelley, 354-his
letter to Mr Sheppard, 355-his
Cain and Don Juan, 356-their
character, 357-estimate of the in-
fluence of his writings, 358.
Chase, Judge, his opinion on the
common law of the United States,
129-use made of this opinion, 130
-its alleged consequences, ib.
Chaucer, his obligations to Italian
literature, 191.
Chinese mode of catching ducks,
Circello, Marquis di, his diplomatic in-
tercourse with Mr Pinkney, 273 et
seqq.
Claims of United States upon Euro-
pean powers, for spoliations, 269,
270-their importance to the na-
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tional prosperity, and honor, 270—
manner in which they have been
treated by foreign powers, 271-
on Naples, ib.-its origin, 272—
diplomatic intercourse with relation
to, 273 to 278-on Holland, 278-its
origin, ib.-discussed, 279 et seqq.
-arguments against these claims
refuted, 290-nations and not their
rulers, responsible, 291-claims for
French spoliations, 296.
Clarke, Mr, his Naval History of the
United States, 2-account of the
exploits of Captain Mugford, 5—
quoted, 9.
Cochrane, Capt. Charles Stuart, his
travels in Colombia, reviewed, 153—
objects of his tour, 156-character
of his work, 157-account of tra-
velling apparatus, 158, 159-his
annoyances, 159, 160-his account
of alligators, 162-history of Colom-
bia, ib.-its plagiarisms, ib.-his de-
scription of the Congress Halls of
Bogota, 167, 168-visits the heads
of departments,169, 170,
Colman, Rev. Dr, 444.
Colombia, travels in, by Capt. Coch-
ran, 153-his history of, 162-pro-
posed history of Mr Restrepo, 163
-extent and contents of the re-
public, 163, 164-boundaries, ib.-
its political and natural advanta-
ges, ib.-its system of government,
164, 165-deviations from that of
the United States, 165-formation
of its constitution, 166—its revolu-
tionary worthies, Bolivar, 171—
Sucre, &c. 173-Montilla, 174–
its present favorable prospects, 175
-its commerce and commercial
regulations, 175, 176-its laws re-
lating to slavery, and to public
schools, 176, 177.
Colombo, Domenico, father of Colum-
bus, his occupation, 410-his fami-
ly, ib-removal to Savona, 412.
Colon, name assumed by Columbus
in Spain, 410.
Colonies of England in America, ori-
gin of their jurisprudence, 106, 107
-nature of their government by the
mother country, 107-received the
common law, ib.-various stages of
its improvement, 109-their various
circumstances and situations modi.
fied, but did not cause a departure
from its proper principles, 109, 110
62
-their jurisprudence to be investi-
ated in investigating the subject
of American common law, 110, 111
-probability that they possessed
a common system of polity, 111—
reasons for this belief, 111, 112—
authority of Parliament over them,
111 to 113-they contended for the
existence of a general civil consti-
tution for them, 115-liability of
their common law to alteration, 117
-the power of administering jus-
tice in them, an emanation from the
crown,119-royal authority limited
and questioned, 119, 120-appeals
of colonial courts to the king in
council, 121-origin, nature, and
extent of his jurisdiction over them,
121 et seqq. their admiralty juris-
diction, 124-want of a court of
equity, 125-contemplated court
of appeal, 125.
Colonisation Society, its Colonial
Journal and Eighth Annual Report
noticed, 230-Mr Bacon's Sermon
on its advantages, 462.
Columbus, influence of his discovery
upon the world, 398-its immense
importance, 399-doubts as to his
place of nativity, ib.-controversy
on this subject, 400-claimed by
Pradello, 401-by Cuccaro, 403-
evidence for his birth at Genoa, 406
to 410-changes his name in Spain,
410-his birth in 1447, 411-em-
ployment of his youth, 411-his
early devotion to the sea, 411—
exploits of his early life, 412-
voyage to Frisland and the polar
circle, 412-his engagement with
a Venetian fleet, 413-and narrow
escape, ib.-repairs to Lisbon, re-
mains and marries there, 414-his
voyages and fame as a navigator,
ib.-his struggles in accomplishing
the discovery of America, 415-
his kindness to his father, 416—
repairs to Spain, 417-his fortunes
there, ib.--his extraordinary re-
verses, ib.-return from his fourth
voyage, ib.-reception by Ferdi-
nand, 418-his reception and treat-
ment by him, ib.-his death, 419
-his glory unparalleled, 420—
his person, habits, and character,
ib. his sons, 421 et seqq-final
extinction of the male line of his
descendants, 424-history and ac-
count of his codex, ib.-its true
title, 426-documents which it
contains, 426 to 428-its import-
ance, 429.
Columbus, Bartholomew, brother of
the discoverer, 424.
Columbus, Diego, elder son of the
discoverer of America, 414-inhe-
rits his titles and clains, 422-
prosecutes his right, ib.-his partial
success, 423-difficulties with Pas-
amonte, ib.-death, ib.-his fa-
mily, 424.
Columbus, Ferdinand, son of the dis-
coverer of America, 417-his learn-
ing and works, 421-his life of his
father, ib-loss of the original
Spanish copy, ib.-unaccounted for,
Columbus, Giacomo, brother of the
discoverer, 423.
Columbus, the younger, a celebrated
corsair, 411.
Common Law of England the foun-
dation of American law, 377-con-
stitution of the United States pre-
supposes it, ib.-declared to con-
tinue in force by many of the states,
378-its nature and origin, 379,
380-its mode of improvement, 380
-illustrated by decisions relating
to oaths of witnesses, 381-objec-
tions considered, 382. See Law.
Cooper, Rev. Dr Samuel, notices of
his life, character, and usefulness,
445, 446, 447.
Crafts, William, his Address before
the Palmetto Society, noticed, 464,
quoted, ib.
Cuccaro, a castle in Montferrat, its
claim to be the birthplace of Co-
lumbus, 401-origin of claim, 402
-disproved, 403 to 405.
Dallas, R. C. his character and
works, 300-his acquaintance with
Lord Byron, ib.-quoted, 316-at-
tempts to convert Lord Byron, 326.
Da Ponte, his observations on an ar-
ticle in the North American Re-
view, reviewed, 189-his com-
plaints of the reviewer, 190-his
objection to the view of the influ-
ence of Italy on English letters,
191-to the treatment of Tasso,
195-his panegyric of that poet,
195, 196-his defence of Petrarch,
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