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.
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
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.
Arnauld, trial of, at the Sorbonne, 279.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Callenberg Institute for converting Jews, 365.
Campbell, Sir A., governor of New Brunswick, 109.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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