tion of the Supreme Court, 570; theory of the sovereignty of the people, 571 ; desirability of sepa- ration discussed, 574 ; hostility to England ascribed to Southern policy, 576; despotism of the Washington government, 578; Northern hatred of England ex- plained, 580; progress of the war, 582; its increasing atrocity, 584; financial policy of the North, 585; improbability of re-union, 586 ; futility of foreign recognition of
the South, 590 American War of Secession, three
degrees of recognition open to England, cxvii. 298; historical precedents, 299; the question one of expediency, not of principle, 304; ill-timed proposal of the French, ib.
European contempt of Ame- rican strategy, cxxi. 252; McClel- lan's Anaconda strategy, 253, 254; capture of Vicksburg, ib.; Grant's relief of Rosencrans, 256; his brilliant tactics at Chattanooga, ib.; he defeats Bragg at the Clouds,' 257 ; opening of the 1864 campaign, 259; gloomy prospects of the Confederates, ib.; Federal transport of supplies, 261, 262; Sherman's expedition to the Ala- bama frontier, 263; demeanour of the slaves, 264; Federal forces concentrated, 265, 266; double operations against Richmond, ib.; battle of Pleasant Hill, 267; the Confederate ram. Albemarle,' ib. and note; routes to Richmond, 268; different views of McClellan and Lincoln thereon, ib. 269; triple plan of invasion by Grant, 272, 273; simultaneous Federal advance, ib.; first contest with Lee, 274; normal character of battles in the war, 275; Federal use of breastworks, ib. 276; battle of the Wilder ness' continued
ib. ; Lee adopts the defensire, 277; series of skirmishes, 278; value of the Sanitary Commission, 281 and note; battle of Cold Har- bour, 283; siege of Petersburg, ib. ; results of the Virginian cam- paign, 284; Sherman's capture of Atlanta, ib. 286; and of Saran- nah, 287, 288; cruel treatment of prisoners by the Confederates,
415 note American War of Secession, intro-
duction of tirailleur practice from, cxxiii, 117; cause of indecisive battles in, ib.; use of mounted in- fantry, 124; and of fieldworks, 125; its military lessons, 127; its unexpected result, 524; questions decided by the contest, 529; con- sequent diminution of State-rights, 531; Mr. Johnson's terms of re- admission to the Seceded States, 536
importance of the navy in, cxxiv. 185; failure to relieve Fort Sumter, 186; the 'Merri- mac' seized by the Confederates, 192; Confederate privateers, 195; mixed operations in Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, 196; Du- pont's services at the mouth of the Savannah, 197; Farragut's operations against New Orleans, 198–209; importance of its cap- ture, ib.; the Confederate iron- clad Arkansas,' 211; attack on Vicksburg, ib. ; the battle of Hampton Roads, 213; Federal failure against Fort Sumter, 216; victory of the Weehauken' over the Confederate · Atlanta,' 219, 220; action in Mobile Bay, 221; surrender of the Tennessee,' 223; the ram
Albemarle' sunk by a torpedo, ib.; Porter's success against Wilmington, 224; Con- federate piracy, ib.
the battle of Belmont, cxxix. 236; new phase of, in 1862, 237; the spring campaign of that year,
ib. ; their interest in the study of
the English language, 145 Amethyst, an alleged antidote to
wine, cxxiv. 237 Amphictyonic Council, the, origin of,
cxii. 392 Amravati, the Tope of,—the Mack-
enzie marbles of, in the Indian Museum, cxxx, 484; discovery of the ruins of, 506; Sir W. El- liot's excavations, 507; Græco- Bactrian colony at Amravati, ib.; Mr. Fergusson on the age of the
238; position of the Confederates, ib. ; Federal capture of Fort Donel- son, 239, 240; battle of Pittsburg, 24+-247; desperate nature of the war thereafter, ib.; Confederate scheme of Northern invasion, 248; Grant's capture of Vicksburg, 250– 252; investment of Chattanooga, 253; unfinished work of Colonel Badeau on, 256; the affair of Cold Harbour, 260; Lee's position at Richmond, 263; Confederate de- sertions, 264; surrender of Rich-
mond, 268. See Grant, General American War of Secession, Ameri-
can claims against England ing out of, cxxxv. 550 (see Genova Arbitration); the contest not an ordinary ipsurrection, 555
battle of Bull's Run, cxxxvii. 374; its unimportant results, 375; McClellan in Western Virginia, ib.; Federal
programme in the spring of 1861-2, 376; battle of the Seven Pines, 377; Lee's vic- tory on the Chickahominy, 380
Mr. Grote's views on, cxxxviii. 243
frightful mortality of the Confederates, cxxxix. 135; Fede- ral employment of runaway ne- groes, 137; demoralising effects
of, on society and public life, 150 Americans, their passion for tracing
Old World pedigrees, cxx. 189; instability of their social life, 468
their genuine attachment to the mother country, cxxix. 456
causes of French sympathy with, cxxx. 63
their humour of exaggera- tion accounted for, cxxxii. 282
instance of their pride of English pedigree, cxxxv. 389
Continental tourists, CXxxviii. 497
foreign influences on their language, cxl. 144; distinctive features of Anglo-American speech,
Amsterdan, Bank of, cxv. 24 Anacreon (6th century B.c.), the
reputed author of light lyrical
poetry, cxl. 356 Anästhetics, use of, in surgery,
cxxxvi. 490 Analogy, argument of, applied to
geology, cxviii. 258 Anaximander (b. B.C. 610), his
notions of Transcendentalism,
cxxiii. 301 Anaximrenes (d. about B.C. 546), his
theories of the universe, cxvi. 91 • Anchor Ice,' cxiii. 77 Ancona, suppression of its municipal
rights by Clement VII., cxii. 122 "Ancren Riwle,' the, early English
text, cxxv. 236 Andaman Islands, curious skeleton
discovered in, cxvi. 172. Anderson (Dr.John), his 'Expedition
to Western Yünan,' cxxxvii. 295–
330 Andorre, Republic of, its history,
compiled from original records, cxiii. 345; antiquity of its inde- pendence, 347; simple form of government, ib.; evidences of tra- dition, 349; genuineness of Char- lemagne's charter, 351; War of Independence, 352; its constitu- tion finally settled, ib.; primitive life of the magnates, 354; general ignorance of the people, 355; their field sports and religious fêtes, 357
André (Bernard), his account of
Perkin Warbeck, cxxi. 205; his
merits as an historian, 222 André (John, 1751-1780), story of
his being jilted by Miss Sneyd,
cxxvi. 462 Andrews (Dr.), his recent researches
in chemical science, cxxxiii. 161 Andronicus II. (Palæologus the Elder,
Emperor of Constantinople, 1260- 1322), his quarrel with Athana-
sius, cxxi. 482 Angarville (Richard, alias de Bury,
Bishop of Durham 1287-1345),
his book collections, cxxxix. 14 Angel, use of the word, by Shak-
speare, cxxx. 97, 98 Angelico (Fra Giovanni da Fiesole,
1387-1454), character of his
paintings, cxxii. 91 Angelo (Michael de Buonarotti,
1474–1564). See Michael Angelo Anglesea, etymology of, cxi. 361 Anglican Rubric. See Rubric, An-
glican Anglican Synod, proposal of, for Sep-
tember 24, 1867, cxxvi. 121; doubtful advantage of the scheme,
123 Anglo-Saxons, the phrase criticised,
cxxi. 37 ; M. Taine's description of, 295, 296
influence of Northern cos- tumes on, cxl. 251, 254; their
meagre literature, 255 Angus (or Forfar), County of, cxx. 309; interest attached to,
in- dustrial revolution in, 310; early accounts of, ib.; four natural di- visions of, 311; the Braes of Angus, ib. ; Strath Mohr, Sidlaw, and the maritime district from Gowryburn to the Northesk, 312; geology of, 313; the Forfarshire Fishbed, 314; supposed Druidical remains, 315; ancient human ha- bitations, 316; early fortalices, ib.; Roman antiquities, 317; sculp- tured stones, ib.; Cathedral Church
of Brechin, 318; history of the town of Forfar, 319; the borough of Montrose, 320; Abbey of Ar- broath, ib.; legendary notice of Dundee, 321; condition of, in the time of Bruce, 323; the battle of Harlaw, 324; lords of the soil in, 326; Norman and foreign pro- prietors, ib.; effects of the Refor- mation in, 327 ; scholars exiled from, 329; condition of, under the Covenanters, 330; fines imposed by Cromwell on the gentry of, 331; tranquil during the Restoration, ib.; occasional Highland raids in, ib.; effects of the Revolution, 332; confiscations after the two Rebellions, 333, 334; industrial history of, 335; linen trade with the Low Countries, 336; spinning- mills in, 339; architectural fea-
tures of, 344 Animals, acclimatisation of, cxi. 161;
scientific value of menageries, 162; rare additions to domesticated animals since the Christian era, 163; primary objects of the Zoolo- gical Society, ib.; the Societé d'Acclimatation, ib.; the vivaria at Paris, 164; importation of foreign deer to England, 165; and of elands, 167, 169; the koodoo, ib. ; the spring-bok, 170; the hippopo- tamus, 174 ; chimpanzees, 177; successful introduction of giraffes, 179; death of bisons from pleuro- pneumonia, 180; acclimatisable birds, 181; gallinaceous varieties, 183; the black-necked swan, 184; varieties of geese, 186; the sala- mander at Amsterdam, 187 ; pre- sent infancy of domestication as a science, 188
belief in creation of, from mineral sources, cxxv. 389
intermixture of, during the Quaternary period of geology, cxxxii. 445
faculty of reason among the
higher grades of, cxxxiii. 172 ; their sense of humour, ib. ; qualities shared by man, ib. ; borderland
between reason and instinct, 173 Animals, structural identity of, with
man, cxxxiv. 197; physical differences, 201; emotions shared in common, 209; their faculty of imitation, 210; other intellectual qualities of, ió. (see Man); theory of
sexual selection, 229, 234 Animal life, forms of. See Zoology Animism, supposed primitive belief
in, cxxxix, 435 Anjou, publications respecting,cxxvii.
77; traditions of the English occupation, ib.; etymology of the word, 79; prehistoric monuments, ib.; the dolmen of Bagneux, 80; conquered by the Romans, 81; their colony Egada, ib.; Christianity introduced, 82; monastic system in, 83; conquered by Chilperic the Frank, ib.; fragmentary knowledge of, under his successors, 84 ; the dowry of Charlemagne's sister, Bertha, ib. ; creation of hereditary countships, 85; ravages of the Norsemen, 86; their evacuation of Angers, ib. ; their colony in Anjou, ib.; Ingelgerian Counts of, beyond the Maine,' 87; Foulques II., ib.; Wars of Foulques Nerra, ib., 88; Geoffrey Martel, ib.; relations with Rome, ib.; rise of Benedictine convents, 89; monks of St. Maur, ib.; Abbey of Fontevrault, 90; Foulques V., ib.; his son Geoffrey, ib.; secured by treaty to IIenry IL, ib.; bis government, 91; relations of Richard I. with, 92 ; siege of Angers, ib.; struggle between feudalism and monarchy, 93; Louis IX. and his brother Charles, ib. ; glories of the house of Anjou-Sicily, 94; the Duke Réné, 95; later royal dukes of Anjou, 96; wars of religion in, 97; the Reformation in, ib., 98;
massacre at Monsorenu, 99; Jesuit College at La Flêche, ib.; interval of religious toleration, ib., 100; Huguenot persecutions in, 101 ; republican sympathies punished by the Vendean bands, ib.;
prospects of prosperity, 101, 102 Anna (Empress of Russia, 1693
1740), her quarrel with Marshal Saxe, cxx. 519, 520; her accession,
525 Anne (Queen of England, 1664
1714), her love of gossip and mystery, cxviii. 414; her critical state of health in 1713, 425; her death, 427
Earl Stanhope's History of her reign, cxxxii. 519; Jacobite acquiescence in her succession, 530; relations with Parliament, 531 ; conduct to the Pretender, 532; religious reaction against the Jacobites, 534; collapse of Tory policy, ib.; condition of society, 535; monied and professional classes, 537; decrease of population, 538; unfavourable conditions of life, ib.; ignorance of science, 539; weavers' strikes, 541 ; literary aspect of her reign, ib.; compared with present literature, 545; habits of authors, 548; sketches of her Court by Burnet and Lord Chesterfield, 553 ; epigram as
cribed to, ib. note. Anne of Cleves (Queen of Henry
VIII.), Holbein's portrait of, cxxv.
436 Annenkoff (M.), his Commentary on
the Franco-German War, cxxxv.
151 Ansell (G. F.), his improved safety
lamp for mines, cxxv. 559-561 Anselm (Archbishop of Canterbury,
born about 1034, died 1109), his doctrine of the internal evidence of Revelation, cxiii. 485
- his religious character, cxxi. 39, 40
Antarctic Pole, theory of a continent
at, cxii. 311; discoveries of Sir
James Ross, ib. Antelopes, adapted to English
climate, cxi. 167; the eland, ib, Anthropological Review,' absurd
illustration of hereditary influ-
ences in, cxxxii. 106 Antichrist. See Apocalypse ; Rénan,
M. Antigua, prosperity of planters in,
cxv, 48 • Anti-Jacobin,' the, unequal charac-
ter of, cxxxv. 475; perplexing his-
tory of, ib. Antioch, Church of. See Melitius Antonello (da Messina, Italian pain-
ter, 1414–1493), cxxxv. 140; intro- duces oil-painting from Flanders,
ib. Antoninus, the wall of, cxii. 516 Antwerp, siege of, by the Duke o Parma, cxiii. 186
associations of Rubens with, cxvii. 117; Dürer's account of, in
1520, 121; guild of painters at, ib. Apes, Anthropoid, discoveries of,
cxvii. 543. See Man Apingi, the, African tribe of, cxiv.
216 Apocalypse, the, theological study of,
in England, cxl. 485; in France and Germany, 486; peculiar value of, 488; internal difficulties as to its authorship, rb.; theory of M. Rénan, 489; question of its date, 491; Nero the Antichrist, 493 ; parallel passage in Tacitus, 495; its Hebrew and anti-Pauline cha- racter, 496 ; enmity in, to Rome, 497 ; works known to the author, 499; the true peroration of the New Testament, 511; the term explained, 512; failure of, as a
prophecy, 513 Apocryphal Gospels, the, recent
works on, cxxviii. 81; neglect of, by divines, 82 ; M. Douhaire's the- ory of their origin, 84; early his-
tory of, 85; Papal condemnations of, i8.; neglected after the thir- teenth century, 87; Gospel of Nicodemus, 88; collations by Fa- bricius, ib.; later commentators and contributors, 89; translated by Voltaire, 2b.; Dr. Thilo's Codes, ib.; Protevangelium of James, 93; Gospel ascribed to St. Thomas, 95; stories of the infancy of Christ, 96 ; Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew, 97; the Gesta and Acta Pilati, ib.; episode of the Descent to Hell, 98; fragments of real tradition con- cerning Christ, 100; probable ob- ject of their composition, 102; their poetic value examined, 103; not written in the spirit of impos- ture, ib.; animating motire of, 104; their inferiority to the Canon- ical Gospels, 105; important dis- crepancies of the text, 107; exag- gerated French estimate of, ib.; their useful purposes, ib.; Mr. Row's sensible remarks on, '108; their degrading picture of Christ,
ib. Apellicon (of Teos), his alleged res-
cue of Aristotle's MSS., cxxxvii.
59 note Apollo, Greek statue of, found at
Tegea, cxl. 169 Apollonius Pergæus (of Alexandria)
his doctrine of Epicycles, cxvi. 95 Apostolic Age, the, controversies on
Christianity in, cxxxi. 492 Appeals, Statute of (24 Hen. VIII.
c. 12), cxl. 433 Appian (2nd century), on the topo-
graphy of ancient Carthage, cxiv,
80, 91 Aquinas (Thomas, about 1224-
1274), his hymn Lauda Sion,'
cxxxvi. 284 Arabia, scanty geographical know- ledge of, cxii. 319
traditional division of the population, cxvi. 349; stringency of the family bond, 351 ; dethrone-
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