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Remarks upon the Controversy between Massachusetts and South Carolina. By a Friend to the Union. Boston: Crosby and Nichols. 1845. 8vo. pp. 21.

An Introductory Discourse on Medical Education, delivered to the Students of Geneva Medical College, October 1, 1844. By Charles A. Lee, M. D. Geneva: Ira Merrell. 8vo. pp. 40.

The Claims of Religion upon Medical Men: a Discourse delivered in Philadelphia, Nov. 24, 1844. By H. A. Boardman. Third Edition. Philadelphia: J. B. Ellis. 8vo. pp. 24.

The Southern and Western Monthly Magazine and Review. Edited by W. Gilmore Simms. January, 1845. Charleston: Burges and James. 1845. 8vo. pp. 72.

Justice to the Memory of John Fitch, who, in 1785, invented a Steam Engine and Steamboat. By Charles Whittlesey. Cincinnati. 1845. 8vo. pp. 12.

The Stay and the Staff taken away: a Discourse occasioned by the Death of Hon. William Prescott, LL. D., delivered in the Church on Church Green, Dec. 15, 1844. By Alexander Young. Boston: Little & Brown. 8vo. pp. 34.

Discourse on the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of William Penn, delivered Oct. 24, 1844, before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. By Job R. Tyson, one of the Vice-Presidents. Philadelphia: John Penington. 8vo. pp. 40.

The House of God: a Discourse delivered before the Second Presbyterian Church of Mobile, Ala., Nov. 21, 1844. By W. A. Scott, D. D. New Orleans: W. H. Foy. 8vo. pp. 40.

Third Annual Report to the Legislature relating to the Registry and Returns of Births, Marriages, and Deaths in Massachusetts, for the Year ending May 1, 1844. By John G. Palfrey, Secretary to the Commonwealth. Boston: Dutton & Wentworth. 1845. 8vo. pp. 110.

INDEX

TO THE

SIXTIETH VOLUME

OF THE

North-American Review.

A.

Abbot, Anne W., Stories for Children
by, noticed, 253.
Academy of Sciences at Paris, origin
of the, 260.

Agriculture, Johnston's Chemistry
applied to, reviewed, 156.
Air-plants, or Epiphytes, 163.
American Colonies, the, George
Chalmers's History of, reviewed,
368 - causes of the troubles in,
370 religious intolerance in, 372
-religion and politics united in,
373 irritated into revolt, 375 –
incompetency of the governors of,
384-the shipping interest in, 385
-growth of commerce in, 388
attempt to enforce the laws of trade
in, 389. See Chalmers.
American Lady, Memoir of, 128. See

Grant.

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Animalcules, propagation of, 452 —
rapid increase of, 453- how the
species of, are preserved, ib. not
generated spontaneously, 455.
Animals consume oxygen, 177 — fed
by vegetation, 178 are not pro-
ducers, but consumers, 179-ac-
tion of the infusory, ib. constit-
uents of, ready-formed by vegeta-
bles, 181. races of, developed
from each other, 434, 457.
Arithmetical machine, Pascal's in-
vention of, 263-triangle also in-
vented by him, 264.
Armijo, Gov., of Santa Fé, 199.

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Arnauld, trial of, at the Sorbonne,
279.

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Arnold, the insane, case of, 7.
Ashkenazim, the, a race of Jews, 352.
Atmosphere, the, how concerned in
vegetation, 161 - has all the ele-
ments of plants, 162- how wash-
ed and purified, 164- - solidified
into plants, 165-plants take car-
bonic acid from, 174-amount of
the influence of plants on, 176-
action of animals and decaying
vegetables on, 177 - ancient state
of, 186-discovery of the pressure
of, 266- Pascal's experiments on
267. See Vegetation.
Augustine, St., on saving grace, 274.
Augustinus, by Jansen, published,
276.

Auricular confession, Pascal on, 298.
Authority, use of, in school disci-
pline, 243.

Aylmer, Lord, governor of Canada,
94.

B.

Baconian Philosophy, a Discourse of
the, by Samuel Tyler, noticed, 254.
Barré, Col., speech of, against the
Quebec Act, 90.

Beck, Charles, Syntax of the Latin
Language, chiefly from Zumpt,
by, noticed, 249.

Belgium, case of interference with,
326.

Bellingham, the insane, case of, 6.

Bemis, George, Report of the Trial
of Abner Rogers, Jr., by, review-
ed, 1.

Bentley, Dr., on the atheistic atomic
theory, 465.

Bible, first American editions of the,
379.

Bigelow, George T., Report of the
Trial of Abner Rogers, Jr., by,
reviewed, 1.

Blind, Thirteenth Annual Report of
the Asylum for the, noticed, 499.
Blockade, the law of, 310.

Bossut, the biographer of Pascal, 291.
Boston Schools, the condition of, 227
-call for reform in, 228. See
Teachers and Mann.

Boussingault, J. B., Organic Chem-
istry by, reviewed, 156-cited,
187.

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British Colonies, the, politics of, 87
- disputes and troubles in Cana-
da, ib.-how governed after the
treaty of 1763, 88 -new form of
government for, in 1791, 91 — his-
tory of politics in Canada, 92–
rebellion in, 99-union of the two
Canadas, 102 responsible gov-
ernment" in, 104- history of pol-
itics in Nova Scotia, 106-in New
Brunswick, 109 -causes of disaf-
fection in, 112-commercial regu-
lations in, 113 - the shipping in-
terest in, 114-different races
which people, 117.
changes of
party and society in, 119
papers in, 120-the question of
separating from England, 121-
objections to parting with them,
122-do not desire union with the
United States, 124-union not
desired by the United States, 125.
See Canada.

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Brongniart, A., researches of, 185.
Brownists, the, differed from the In-
dependents, 374.

Brussels in the 15th century, visit to,
411.

Burke on Canada, answered by Dr.
Franklin, 88.

Byron, Lord, works of, reviewed, 64

represents the influences of the
French Revolution in literature,
ib. contradictory character of,
65 selfish and ambitious of pub-
lic sympathy, 66-discontent and
radicalism of, 67- unhappily ed-

ucated, 68-his powers developed
by opposition, 69-libertinism and
recklessness of, 70- profanity,
ribaldry, and brilliancy of, 71—
his writings while in Italy, 72 —
misanthropy of, 73- idealized evil
and crime, 74-degraded the
beautiful, 75-licentiousness of
his poems, 76-represents the Sa-
tanic school, 77-spirit of desper-
ation in, 78- did not practice the
misanthropy he taught, 79-his
Manfred, 80-his force of passion,
82-tenderness and pathos of, 84
-inconsistency of, 85- lesson
taught by his life, 86.

C.

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Callenberg Institute for converting
Jews, 365.

Campbell, Sir A., governor of New
Brunswick, 109.

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Camoens, poetical genius of, 480.
Canada, politics in, 87- Quebec Act
for the government of, 88 — objec-
tions to this law, 89— divided into
two provinces, 91-disputes be-
tween the crown and the assembly
in, 92 dispute about the control
of the revenue in, 93- the quar-
rel renewed in 1827, 94-fresh
movements of the Liberal party in,
95-commissioners sent to, by the
ministry, 96 discontents in the
upper province, 97— defeat of the
Liberals in, 98-rebellion in, 99—
the revolt unlike that of our coun-
try in 1775, 100-Lord Durham's
administration of, 101 subse-
quent governors of, 102- the
Liberals admitted to the govern-
ment of, 103-end of the coali-
tion ministry in, 105 — feudal ten-
ure of lands in, 114- the French
and British in, 117. See British.
Capital punishment, reasons for abol-
ishing, 35 Mr. Sampson on, 37.
Caraites, the, a sect of Jews, 354.
Carbon in plants, 162 quantity of,
167, 176-absorbed from the air
by plants, 174-given out by an-
imals, 177-discoveries of A.
Brongniart respecting, 185. See
Vegetation.

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Carlen, Mrs. Emilie, The Magic
Goblet by, noticed, 492.

Carolinas, attempt to enforce the
laws of trade in the, 389.
Cary, Thomas G., Address and Let-
ter by, noticed, 493.
Causation not attributable to matter,
466 - not discoverable by science,
467 - ultimate office of science
respecting, 468-phraseology of,
borrowed from mind, 469 - mind
the only source of, 470 - in mat-
ter, divine agency the only source
of, 471-connection between soul
and body an instance of, 473.
Cereal grains, importance of, 182.
Chalmers, George, History of the
American Colonies by, reviewed,
368 -- merits of, as a historian, 369
- prejudices of, 370 - his views of
Colonial policy, 371 - his account
of intolerance in New England,
372 - his errors respecting the
Colony at Plymouth, 374,376 -
respecting the Massachusetts Col-
ony, 376-respecting the freedom
of the press, 378 - respecting the
expedition against Louisburg, 380
-respecting the pay for this ex-
pedition, 382-respecting the fail-
ure of Shute's administration, 383

- admits the incompetency of the
Colonial governors, 384 - his re-
marks on the shipping of the Col-
onies, 385- on the commerce of
New England, 386-on the Span-
ish war in 1739,391 - general in-
terest of his work, 392.
Chances, calculation of, 265.

Chasidim, the, a sect of Jews, 356.
Chemistry of Organic Nature, by
Dumas and others, reviewed, 156.

See Vegetation.
Chihuahua, Gregg's expedition to,
204.

Childe Harold quoted, 83.
Chlorophylle in plants, 170.
Choules, John O., Neal's History of
the Puritans edited by, reviewed,
214 merits of his work, 215.
Christina of Sweden, Pascal's letter
to, 264.

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Chronicle, The Jewish, reviewed,
329. See Jews.

Clement XIV., prudent conduct of,
487.

Coleridge on insanity, 14.

College education in this country, too

low standard of, 45- advantages

of raising it, 47-evils of the vol-
untary system in, 49 - arguments
in favor of this system refuted, 52

- professorships should be filled
by young men, 54. See Harrard.
Cologne in the 15th century describ-
ed, 410.

Colonies, American. See American.
Comets, place of, in the solar system,
443.

Commerce on the Prairies, 196. See
Gregg.

Conolly, Dr., definition of insanity
by, 25-cited, 26-defects of his
theory, 28.

Conolly, Lieut., on the Jews in Me-
shed, 338.

Consolato del mare, origin of, 304.
Contraband, meaning of, 309.
Conversations on the old Poets, by
James R. Lowell, noticed, 490.
Cornier, Henriette, case of, 20.
Cow-tree of Caraccas, 181.
Creation, a theory of, 426-abstract
of the several stages of, 427 –
chronology of, 430-geological
evidence respecting, 431, 445.
origin of life in, 432 - develop-
ment of organized races in, 434
successive processes of, 437
mode of reasoning about, 439
our ignorance respecting, 440-
formation of suns in, 442- of
planets, 443 - of organized beings
and life, 448-animal life a unit
of, 449 - work of fissiparous gen-
eration in, 450 - disproof of spon-
taneous generation, 452 — no trans-
mutation of species in, 457 - scale
of being in, 458-intervention of
higher principles in, 462 - length
of time for, 463-birth of the first
human pair in, 464-theory of
causation and natural laws in, 466
-no active causes known in mat-
ter, 467 - mind the only cause in,
469 - continuous divine agency
in, 471-mode of divine action
in, 472-connection between soul
and body, 473-between God and
the universe, 474-the universe
not a machine, 475-final question
respecting, 477. See Vestiges.
Criminal Cases, Plea of Insanity in,
by Forbes Winslow, Esq., review.
ed, 1-merits of, 5.

Crosse, Mr, experiments of, 433, 455.

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Dalhousie, Earl of, Governor of Can-
ada, 92.

Damascus, persecution of the Jews
at, 340.

Descartes, views of, respecting the
air's weight, 266-falsely claims
the credit of Pascal's experiments,
268.
Discipline in Schools, Mr. Mann and
the Boston Teachers on, 234, 238.
Dissenters and Churchmen, question
between the, 220.

Dominicans, the, opinions of, respect-
ing divine grace, 275 ridiculed
by Pascal, 280.
Don Juan, Byron's, description of
Haidee in, 75-quoted, 76.
Draper, John W., Treatise on the Or-
ganization of Plants by, reviewed,
156-lofty tone of his preface,
158 triteness of his remarks, ib.,
193-experiments of, on the ac-
tion of light, 189- very original
hypothesis of, 190-objections to
it, 191 denies the existence of
vital force, 192-cited, 192, 194 -
discursive style of, 193 - on the
five senses, 194.

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Dumas, J., Organic Chemistry by,
reviewed, 156-merits of, 157—
cited, 184, 187-discussion be-
tween Liebig and, 188-on the
chemical rays of the sunbeam, 189.
See Vegetation.

Dunning, Mr., opposes the Quebec
Act, 90.

Durham, Lord, his administration in
Canada, 101 reforms projected
by, 102.

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E.

Edward IV., entertainment at the
court of, 414.

Egypt, settlement of Jews in, 332.
Emerson, George B., Observations on
the Controversy between Mr.Mann
and the Boston Teachers, review-
ed, 224-excellent spirit of his
pamphlet, 236. See Mann.
England, disabilities of the Jews in,
346 efforts in, to convert the
Jews, 366-visit to, in the fif
teenth century, 414.

Epic poetry in various countries, 481.
Epiphytes, or Air-plants, 163.

F.

Falkland, Lord, governor of Nova
Scotia, 106.

Felix, M., examines the case of the
Holy Thorn, 285.
Fermentation in plants, 190.
Fissiparous generation, 450.
France, law of, respecting neutrals,
306-takes part in the American
Revolution, 323-interference of
other nations with, 324 - emanci-
pation of the Jews in, 345, 363.

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