FIFTY-FIRST VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.
ACADEMICAL institutions, great object of, 350.
Adversity, early, frequently a blessing, 288. Agnesi, Maria, her history, 66. Ainsworth, Mr., character of his 'Rook- wood,' 482.
Animal instincts, 218.
Anti Corn-Law Association, 241. 'Arabian Nights' Entertainments,' marvel- lous machinery by which they are con- ducted, 99.
Arnault, A. V., his' Souvenirs d'un Sexagé-
naire,' 1-authenticity of the work, ib.- distinction between memoirs and remi- niscences, ib.-modern memoir-writers, 2-soi-disant Memoirs of Louis the Eighteenth, and Le Vasseur, ib.-fabri- cations of the Parisian press, 3-the au- thor's tragedy of Marius à Minturnes,' 4-his politics, 5-his visit to England, ib.-and return to France, 6-anecdotes of the reign of terror, ib.-death of the king and queen, 8-execution of Dan- ton and Robespierre, 9-the author en- trusted by Buonaparte with a mission to the Ionian Islands, 11-lines inscribed by him in an albumi kept at Vesuvius, ib. -appointed one of the savans to accom- pany Buonaparte to Egypt, ib.-passage from Toulon to Malta, ib.-his capture by the British, 15-and return to Paris, ib.-an actor in the affair of the 18th Brumaire, 16.
Arnold, Dr., his edition of Thucydides, 42. Ascham, Roger, his advice to those who would write well, 302.
Autobiography of the Emperor Jahangueir, 96.
'Ayesha, the Maid of Kars,' 485.
VOL. LI.NO. CII.
Bar, advice to a young man going to the, 287.
Barrow, John, jun., Esq., his Excursions in the North of Europe, through parts of Russia, Finland, Denmark, and Norway, in the years 1830 and 1833,' 458-pic- ture of Moscow, ib.-ease and expedi- tion of travelling in Finland, 459- Stockholm, 460-Fall of Trolhätten, 461 -Elsineur, ib.-Hamlet's garden, ib.— Christiania, 462-route from Christiania to Drontheim, 463-sketch of the inha- bitants, 465-Drontheim, 466.
Barton, John, his 'Inquiry into the Expe- diency of the existing Restrictions on the Importation of Corn; with Obser- vations on the present social and political Prospects of Great Britain,' 260. Beckford, William, Esq., his Sketches of Travels in various parts of the World,' 426-early appearance of Mr. Beckford as an author, ib.-his Biographical Memoirs of extraordinary Painters,' ib. -his tale of Caliph Vathek, ib.—the present work a reprint of a book passed through the press forty years ago, 428- unlike any book of travels in prose, ib. -the author's progress, 429-his pro- found melancholy, settled voluptuous- ness of temperament, and capricious recklessness of self-indulgence, ib.- great charm of the book the date of its delineations, 430-a Sunday evening at the court of Bavaria, ib.-rapid glimpse among the Tyrol forests, 431 — - first opening of Italy, 432-journey to Ve- nice, 433-hotel on the Great Canal, ib. -morning piece in Venice, 434-even- ing one, 435-record of M. de Villoison, 2 P
the investigator of Homer, 437-excur- sion to Vallombrosa, ib-visit to the Grande Chartreuse, 440 arrival at Rome, and youthful impressions on first beholding St. Peter's, 444-Lisbon, 447 -palace of the Marquess of Marialva, ib. -evening walk in Lisbon, 450-Ma- drid, and acquaintance with a Turkish ambassador, 452-visit to the Escurial, 453.
Bengal jugglers, feats of, 111.
Biela's comet, popular apprehensions with regard to, 58.
'Biographia Britannica,' character of, 349. Blessington, Lady, her tale of 'The Re- pealers,' 482.
Bloomfield, Robert, 362.
Booksellers, defence of, against the charge of authors, 364.
Boys, education of, at a grammar school, 79.
Brydges, Sir Egerton, Autobiography of, 342-the author's several accounts of his personal and literary career, ib.— his birth and education, 343-comes into possession of the family estates, ib. -devotes himself to belles-lettres and English antiquities, ib.-his private press at Lee Priory, ib.-failure in his legal claim to the barony of Chandos, 344- and in achieving a first-rate name as an author, 345-his mingled tone of self- satisfaction and self-reproach, 347- sketches of himself in early boyhood, 345-his ancestors, 349-his excellent edition of Collins's Peerage, ib.-his sneer at his Alma Mater, 350-great object of academical institutions, ib.- sketches of Cambridge society, 352- Dr. Farmer, ib.-Dr. Plumptre, ib.- Porson, ib.-Chatterton, 353-Sir Eger- ton's first appearance as an author, ib.- his novel of Mary de Clifford, ib.-strik- ing sketches of his own existence, 355 -his pecuniary embarrassments, 356- his antiquarian pursuits, ib.-his Kentish neighbours, 357-is returned to the House of Commons, 358-his sketches of public characters. ib.-Canning, ib.- Castlereagh, ib.-Vansittart, ib.-Grat- tan, ib.-Whitbread, ib.-Ponsonby, ib. -Frederick Robinson, ib. Charles
Grant, ib.-Huskisson, ib.-Tierney, ib.-Wilberforce, ib.-Mackintosh, ib. -Romilly, ib.-Lord Lyndhurst. ib.- Lord Liverpool, ib-Mr. Pitt, 360- Miss Seward, 361-Robert Bloomfield, 362-Lord Byron, ib.-Lord Nugent's Portugal, ib. Sir Egerton's work a most curious study for the psychologist, 363.
Buonaparte, specimens of his taste and temper, 12-dicta of, 288. Burdett, Sir Francis, sketch of, 358. Bury, Lady Charlotte, her Three Sanc- tuaries of Tuscany' quoted, 439.
Byron, Lord, his sensibility, 345—his Childe Harold, 362.
Cæsar and the Duke of Wellington, cu- rious coincidence in the general charac- ter of their military services, 400. Calderon, Don Rodrigo, his conduct at his execution, 94.
Cambridge society, sketches of, 352. Canning, Right Hon. George, his eloquence
characterized, 290-sketch of, 358. Cary, Rev. Henry Francis, his 'Pindar in English Verse,' 18. See Pindar-his translation of Dante, 23. Casaubon, Isaac, 79.
Castlereagh, Lord, sketch of, 358, 360. Character, intellectual and moral, effects of the want of harmony between, 288. Charcoal and diamond, establishment of the identity of, 63.
Châtelet, Madame de, her comment on, and translation of, Newton's Principia,' 66.
Chatterton, Thomas, 353.
Chinese character, traits of, 472. Christiania, description of, 462.
Church Establishment, reply to arguments against, 135.
Church Rate Bill, 524.
Clarke and Locke, examination of the theological arguments of, 214. Clarke, Dr. Adam, Account of the Infancy, religious and literary Life of, written by one who was intimately acquainted with him from his boyhood to the sixtieth year of his age, 117 his birth and edu- cation, 118-is received into the Wes- leyan school at Kingswood, 122-his call to the ministry, 123-scenes of itinerancy, 126-his visits to the Duke of Sussex, 128-marries, 129-his love- letters, ib.-locomotiveness of the me- thodist preachers, 130-Clarke masters many eastern languages, completes a commentary on the Bible, and edits a supplement to Rymer's Foedera,' 131 -his sentiments respecting the Church of England, 132-his last illness and death, 134-reply to arguments against an established church, 135. Coleridge, S. T., his lines to a Cataract from a cavern near the summit of a mountain- precipice, 26.
Collins's rhymeless 'Ode to Evening,' mu- sical effect of, 25. Comfort, the chief secret of, 293. Corn Laws, 228-various opinions at pre- sent existing upon, ib.-the question of a fixed or a fluctuating duty, 229-pre- sent state of our agriculture, and what it would become if the prohibitory duties were destroyed, 230-Anti Corn-law As- sociation, 241-the question of low prices considered, 249-Mr. Jacob's Tracts on the Corn Trade and Corn Laws,' 259 -Mr. Barton's Enquiry into the Re- strictions on the Importation of Corn,' 260-effects of low prices of agricul- tural produce on the rate of mortality, 263-effect of the decay of tillage upon the agricultural population, 266-hand- loom weavers, 270-evils of over-pro- duction, 272.
Courage and industry, nothing great or good to be obtained without, 288. Cowley, his ignorance of the construction
of Pindar's odes, 19-his prose essays models of thought, sentiment, and lan- guage, 347.
Crabbe, his definition of genius, 365- his tale of the Confidant' the ground- work of Miss Edgeworth's 'Helen,' 484. Créqui, Marquise de, Souvenirs de la, 391-versatility of the Parisian manu- facturers of memoirs, ib.-the present work a complete forgery, and the gross- est of impostures, 393-and the lady to whom it is attributed a phantom of the fabricator's imagination, 396.
Crombie, Rev. Dr. Alexander, his 'Natu- ral Theology, or Essays on the Existence of Deity, of Providence, on the Immor- tality of the Soul, and a future State,' 213-comprehensive view taken by the author of the science of natural theology, ib.-examination of the theological ar- guments of Locke and Clarke, 214- natural theology described, 216-exist- ence of Deity, 217 animal instincts, 218-mental constitution of man, 224— future state of existence, ib. Cumberland, Bishop, saying of, 289. Cumberland, Richard, Esq., recollections of, 361.
Dante and Pindar the most picturesque of the great poets, 21.
Danton, execution of, 9.
Death, instances of the ruling humour strong in, 93.
Dissen, Professor, preface to his edition of Pindar, 41. See Pindar.
Dissenters, their alleged grievances exa- mined, 511-their exclusion from the Universities, 520.
'Doctor, The,' 68-attention excited by this work, ib.-its excellences and de- fects, 69-outline of the work, 70—its proto ype Tristram Shandy,' ib.-—its character, ib.-generation and dwelling- place of the Doves, 71-catalogue of Daniel Dove's library, 74 his son's education, 77-conduct of Lord Lauder- dale on the bill for putting an end to the employment of children to sweep chimneys, 82-chapter on puppet-shows, 84-main drift of the work to revive genuine old English feelings and tastes, 88-account of the draining of Potteric Carr, 91-instances of the ruling humour strong in death, 93-lines worked on a little girl's first sampler, 95-conjectures in connexion with the author of 'The Doctor,' ib.
Donnegan, Dr. James, his New Greek and English Lexicon, principally on the plan of Schneider,' 162.
Dumas, Alexandre, his play of 'Henri Trois,' 184-his Christine,' 195-bis 'Antony,' 196-his 'Teresa,' 197-his 'Angela,' 198,
Duroc, anecdotes of, 14.
Edgeworth, Maria, her Helen,' a tale, 483. Education of a son, advice on the, 77. Egerton, Lord Francis, his translation of
Hernani and Henri Trois,' 181. Eloquence of the House of Commons, 358. England, climate of, its austerities the source of abundant comforts, 288. Erasmus's Dialogues, a selection from, a proper school-book for boys acquiring Latin, 80.
Escurial, visit to the, 453.
Established Church, reply to arguments against, 135.
Fame, progress of, 355.
Farmer, Dr., academical portrait of, 352. Fashionable life, novels of, rapid succession of those ephemeral productions, 481. Finland, ease and expedition of travelling in, 459.
Fox, Mr., his manner of stating the question in debate, 290.
French drama, state of the, 177-little influence of literature on the progress of the French revolution, and share in ib.-the classical and ro- its success, 2 P 2
Imantic schools in French literature, 179 -fashionable productions of the present Parisian stage, 180-Victor Hugo and Alexandre Dumas, ib.-Lord Francis Egerton's translation of Hernani and Henri Trois,' 181-Hugo's imitations of Shakspeare, 182-his 'Marie Tudor,' ib.
Dumas's Henri Trois,' 184-Hugo's 'Marion de Lorme,' 185-his' Le Roi s'amuse,' 186-his Lucrèce Borgia,' 188-his Mary of England,' 191- Dumas's 'Christine,' 195-his 'Antony,' 196-his' Teresa,' 197-his Angela,' 198- The Tour de Nesle,' 201-Du- mas's Richard Darlington,' 205-im- moral tendency of the modern French drama, 210-the female characters, ib. -authority of the licenser, 212. French revolution, little influence of litera- ture on its progress, and share in its success, 177.
lead taken in the study of the dead lan- guages by the Germans, ib.-the English servile imitators of their triumphant 145-splendid exceptions, ib.- causes of the superiority of the German classics, ib. want of an accurate and comprehensive Greek lexicon explained in our own tongue, ib.-progress made by the Germans in this their new line of lexicography, 146-excellence of Pro- fessor Schneider's Lexicon, 147 — its want of arrangement, ib.. Passow's excellent Manual Lexicon,' 150- Hase's new edition of Stephen's The- saurus,' 153-defects of Dr. Donnegan's Greek and English Lexicon, principally on the plan of Schneider, 162-outline of a new Greek and English Lexicon, 165. Gurwood, Lieutenant-Colonel, his Col- lection of the Dispatches of Field- Marshal the Duke of Wellington during his various Campaigns in India, Den- mark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Coun- tries, and France, from 1799 to 1818,'
Gutzlaff, Charles, his Journal of three Voyages along the Coast of China, with
notices of Siam, Corea, and the Loo- Choo Islands,' 468-account of the author, ib.-trade between the coast of China and Siam, 469-internal manage- ment and arrangement of Chinese vessels, ib.-a scene on the coast of Fokien, 471 -traits of the Chinese character, 472- frequency of infanticide, 473-Gulf of Petche-lee, on the frontiers of Tartary, 475-arrival at Canton, ib.-Chinese mandarins and merchants, ib.-the au- thor's extraordinary power over the minds of the Chinese, 476-Chinese government, ib.-coast of Corea, 477— Loo-Choo Islands, ib.-Gulf of Leau- tung, 478-city of Kai-Chou, 479- Island of Poo-to, 480.
Helen,' a tale, by Maria Edgeworth, 481. History, general difficulty of writing, 410. Hook, Theodore, Esq., his Life of Sir David Baird,' 404, 409.
House of Commons, characteristic elo- quence of, 290.
Hugo, Victor, his imitations of Shakspeare, 182-his 'Marie Tudor,'ib.-his 'Marion de Lorme,' 185-his' Le Roi s'amuse,' 186-his Lucrèce Borgia,' 188-his Mary of England,' 191-his Richard Darlington,' 205. Humour, instances of the ruling, strong in death, 93.
Huskisson, Right Hon. William, parlia- mentary sketch of, 358, 359. Hypatia, the mathematician, her melancholy story, 66.
Jacob, William, Esq., his 'Tracts on the Corn Trade and Corn Laws,' 259. Jahangueir, Memoirs of the Emperor, written by himself; and translated from a Persian Manuscript, by Major David Price, 96-proceedings of the Oriental Fund Committee, ib.-Dow's character of Jahangueir, 100-jealousy between him and his son Chusero, 102-splen- dour of his throne, ib.-his regulation forbidding the sale of intoxicating li- quors, 103-character of his favourites, 104 his marriage, 106-exploits of his father, 109-rebellion of his son, ib.- portrait of himself, ib.-feats of Bengal jugglers, 111-his mausoleum in honour of his father, 116.
Industry, unspeakable importance of early, 289.
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