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Seven Letters to the Rev. George A. Calhoun, concerning the Pastoral Union of Connecticut, and its Charges against the Ministers and Churches. By Leonard Bacon, Pastor of the First Church in New Haven. New Haven. 12mo. pp. 131.

The License Law Vindicated. nual Thanksgiving, Nov. 28th, 1839. Andover. Andover: Wm. Pierce. 12mo. pp. 32.

A Discourse delivered at the An-
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The Causes of Infidelity Removed. By Rev. J. R. Smith. Utica: Grosh & Hutchinson.

Christology of the Old Testament, and a Commentary on the Predictions of the Messiah by the Prophets. By E. W. Hengstenberg. Translated from the German by Reuel Keith, D. D. Washington, D. C.: William M. Morrison. Andover: Gould & Newman. 8vo. 3 vols. pp. 560, 423, and 499.

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INDEX

TO THE

FIFTIETH VOLUME

OF THE

North-American Review.

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Allen, Paul, edition of Lewis and
Clark's expedition by, 96, 97.
Allin, John, of Dedham, 168.

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"Animadversions" by, 169, note.
Allston, exhibition of pictures by,
358-rank of, among artists, ib.
380 first pictures by, 361 in
England, ib., 364-reception of,
by West, 363. comic pieces, 364
faults avoided by, 366
Paris, 367-in Rome, 368 -- in-
timacy of, with Coleridge, ib.
paints The Dead Man revived by
touching Elisha's Bones, 369, 370,
373 The Angel liberating St.
Peter from Prison, 371-Jacob's
Dream, 372 Elijah in the Des-
ert, ib. Uriel in the Sun, 373 —
- Jeremiah dictating his Prophe-
cy to Baruch, ib. remarks on
his historical pictures, 374 — Bel-
shazzar's Feast, ib. his Miriam,
375 Witch of Endor, 376
Donna Mencia in the Robber's
Cavern, ib. - Beatrice and other
heads, 377 his landscapes, 379.
America, want of national music in,

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rospects for the growth
of it in, ib.-Italian opera in,
15-17- Academy of Music in
Boston, 17.

American Fur Company, 115.
American Revolution, Botta's, 315-
sold for wastepaper, 317.

Amherst College, Barnard's Address
at, noticed, 533, 534.
Analyst, The, noticed, 531.
Andros, Sir Edmund, tyranny of,
over the Plymouth colony, 354.
Anglo-Saxon, remains of, in the
English language, 148, 268- In-
troduction to the, 530.

Anne, Queen, literary taste in the
time of, 201.
Annualette, 537.

Antisthenes, on beauty, 478.
Arabian literature and poetry, 67,
68, 74 Nights' Entertainments,

69.

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Arctic Sea, voyages to the, 86, 90.
Ariosto, last of the trouvères, 72.
Aristotle, on Greek poetry, 472.
Armada, defeat of the, 185.
Arnold's Thucydides, 466.
Art, Greek philosophy of, 473.
Ashley, General, revives the expe-
ditions beyond the Rocky Moun-
tains, 114.
Assistants in Plymouth Colony, 344,
345, 348-fine for their not ac-
cepting the office, 352.

Astor, John Jacob, project by, on Co-
lumbia River, 106, 113, 136. See
Astoria.

Astoria, 106- the fate of, 108, 136.
See Oregon.

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Athelstan, anecdote as to, 489.
Athens, Bulwer's History of, 465.
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, on com-
munications between the, 88, 91.
Attila, invaded Italy, 45, 46, note.
Audubon, John James, Ornithologi-
cal Biography, Vol. V., by, review-
ed, 381, 392 his agreement with
Macgillivray, 384- his episodes,
ib.—his publication of his Illus-
trations, 385 his third volume,
386 on the sun-perch, ib. — his
fourth volume, ib. - his excur-
sion to Texas, ib. publishes
Townsend's collection, 387-on
the ruff-necked humming-bird, ib.
-on swallows, 388 — the closing
volume of his Biography, ib.
advice by, 390-in the Highlands
of Scotland, ib. — at the Trosachs,
392 his portrait of Bewick, ib.
-troopials described by, 393 -
finches, ib. - on hawks, 394, 400
-on the flight of birds, 394 -on
blue-birds, 396-on warblers, ib.
- birds named from, 397, 398-
on woodpeckers, 398 on fly-
catchers, 400- -on owls, ib. -on
the migration of birds, 401 -on
the plumage in birds of different
ages, 402 on terns, ib. re-
marks respecting him, 403.
Austin, James Trecothick, Address
by, before the Mechanic Associa-
tion, 223-its character, 230.

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Beaumont, Sir George, on West,
363.

Beauty, according to the Cynics,

478.

Beaver, The, at Astoria, 108.
Beccaria, Madama, 315.
Behaviour. See Chesterfield.
Benevolence, Chesterfield's, 429, 430.
Bentley, remarks on, 465.
Bewick, Audubon's portrait of, 392.
Bird, William, musical canon by, 12.
Birds, American, undescribed, 389

flight of, 394 migration of,
388, 401-plumage of, at differ-
ent ages, 402. See Audubon and
Macgillivray.

Black, Captain, at Astoria, 109.
Blind, Eighth Annual Report of the

Trustees of the Perkins Institu-
tion and Massachusetts Asylum
for the, 520-education there,

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Botta, Carlo, Storia d' Italia di, re-
viewed, 301 birth and birth-
place of, 309 at Turin, 310 - a
medical student and botanist, ib.
311 his study of the Italian
classics, 310 his reading, ib. -
imprisoned, ib.
origin of his
passion for history, 312-released,
ib.. - his accuser, ib., 314 — re-
tires to France, 312- - a physician
in the army, ib., 314 revisits
Piedmont, 313-his plan for the
government of Lombardy, ib. -
goes to the Venetian Islands, ib.

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- his History of Corfu, ib. ·
iled, 314 - meets Monti, ib. in
power in Piedmont, ib.
dote respecting, ib. sent to
France, ib.-his Précis Historique
de la Maison de Savoie et du Pied-
mont, 315- honors of, ib. - his
History of the American Revo-
lution, ib, 317 of Italy, 316,
317 poverty and affliction of,

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sells his American Revolu-
tion for waste paper, ib. - writes
for subsistence, ib., 318
second History of Italy, ib.-in-
terviews with, in Paris, ib.
sonal appearance of, ib.
visit to Piedmont, 319- last days
of, ib. - buried in Père la Chaise,
ib.-style of, 320.
Botta, Ignatius, 309.
Bradford, Governor, 356.
Bradford, T. G., his Translation of

Chevalier's Society, Manners, and
Politics in the United States, 299.
Brewer, Thomas, 389, 397, 403
Brewster, Elder, services of, 356.
Bridgman, Laura, deaf, dumb, and
blind, 522.

British Birds. See Macgillivray.
British possessions in North Ameri-
ca, prior to 1763, 76.
Brougham, Lord, on Fossil Osteolo-
gy, 513.

Buel, Judge, The Farmer's Com-
panion by, noticed, 534.
Bulwer, on Chesterfield, 429 - his
History of Athens, 465- school
of, 493- Thoughts on the writ-
ings of, 532.

Burns, Robert, Cotter's Saturday
Night of, 205 freedom of, from
the influences of his age, 488.
Bursting of boilers, 26.

Byron, Lord, and Scott, compared,
494-

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derings, ib.—on Campbell, 496.

C.

Caffè, principles of the authors of
the, 304, 307.

Cambreleng, Churchill C., on the
Hudson's Bay Company, 133.
Campbell, Thomas, The Poetical
Works of, reviewed, 488, 496.
Canada, ceded to Great Britain, 77.
Capital crimes in the New Plymouth
Colony, 343, 350.

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Carver grant, explained, 81.
Catalonia. See Frovence.
Centennial anniversaries, 162.
Cesari, Antonio, 305.

Chamberry, Botta and Monti at, 306,
314.

Charlemagne's conquest of Italy, 48.
Charles I, as a protector of liberty,
443, 446.

Charter for New Plymouth, 342, 355.
Chaucer, cited, 506.

Cheever, Ezekiel, notice of, 172.
Chemistry, Turner's, noticed, 516.
Chesterfield, Lord, Works of, re-
viewed, 404. the distinctions of,
ib. - as a literary man, 405, 406,
415- his last years, 406, 412, 416

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his Correspondence, 406- his
Letters to his Son, ib., 414, 417,
424, 428-his authority in man-
ners, 407-his public life, ib. — in
the House of Commons, ib., 409 —
his embarrassment on first going
into company, 408- in the House
of Peers, 409 —
-a Whig, ib.
cause of his popularity and suc-
cess, 410 his resignation, 411 –
his private life, 412-Johnson of-
fended with, ib. literature of
his time, 414- his mind in re-
tirement, and his estimate of him-
self, 415-corresponds with the
Bishop of Waterford, 416- his
fondness for his son, 417 his
plan of education, 417, 420 — the
motive for it, 426 - Cowper cited
respecting, 428- Bulwer on, 429
- citations from, ib.
Chevalier, Michael, Society, Man-
ners, and Politics in the United
States by, 299.

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Chitty, Joseph, Jun., Precedents in
Pleading by, 528.

Christ healing the Sick, 366.
Christianity in Italy in the Middle
Ages, 58.

Church of Rome, influence of, on
music, 7-on Italy, 59.
Cicero's Tusculan Questions, 283.

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Clergy, on the support of the, in
the Plymouth Colony, 352.
Climate, influence of, on music, 3, 14.
Coleridge, intimacy of Allston with,
368.

Colletta, Pietro, History of Naples
by, 323.

Columbia or Oregon River, 79

Mackenzie in error as to the, 87,
90-expedition to, by Lewis and
Clark, 98. See Oregon.
Columbus, Irving's, reviewed, 505,
Biography of, noticed, 535.

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Colville, Fort, 118, 140.
Common Law of England, adoption
of the, in New Plymouth, 348, 349.
Company, Chesterfield's embarrass-
ment on first going into, 408.
Conant, T. J., his translation of Ge-
senius's Hebrew Grammar, 263.
Condillac, efforts to overthrow the
school of, 326.

Connecticut Colony, union of the
New Haven with the, 168.
Corfu, Botta's History of, 313.
Cortez, Life of, noticed, 536.
County Courts in Plymouth, 348.
Coureurs des bois, 85.

Cowper, on Chesterfield, 428-un-
influenced by his times, 488, 489.
Cox, Ross, adventures by, 109.
Credits, remarks on, 527.

Criminal law of Plymouth Colony,

350.

Critics, two classes of, on paintings,
359 American, 360.
Crito, writings by, 479.
Cromwell, Oliver, proposition of, to
the New Haven Colony, 167.
Crooks, Ramsay, 115.

Crusades, effects of the, on social
life, 60.

Currency, Felt's Massachusetts, 526.
Cushman, Elder, cited, 449.

Cynic philosophers, on beauty, 478.
D.

Dante Alighieri, 75.
Davenant, Sir John, 8.

Davenport, John, at New Haven,
164 facts respecting, 166-be-
friends the regicides, 167 — value
of, to New Haven Colony, ib. —
part taken by, in the religious con-
troversy, 168-his removal to
Boston, 169 death of, 170-his
efforts to found a college, ib.
Davidson College, Address at, 533.
Day, author of Sanford and Merton,
facts respecting, 425.

Dayrolles, Chesterfield's letters to,
405, 411, 416.

Deception, anecdotes respecting, 427,

note.

Democratic government of Plymouth,
341.

Democritus, musical works by, 474.
Deputies, in the Plymouth Colony,
345, 346.

Developement, national, 302.
Doctor, origin of the title, 67.
Donna Mencia, 376.

Doria, Andrea, dissertation on, 308.
Douglas, David, expeditions by, 127.
Drama, origin of spiritual, 6.
Dryden, on Spenser, 201.
Duellists, first in New England, 348.
Duncan, Henry, Sacred Philosophy
of the Seasons by, 505, 14.
Dynamometer, Batchelder's, 227.

E.

Eaton, Theophilus, settler of New
Haven, 164, 165-facts respect-
ing, 171.

Eclectics, positive and negative, 326.
Edgecombe, Earl of Mount, on glees,
12.

Edgeworth, Mr., cited respecting
Day, 425.

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Education, Hillhouse on, for men of
leisure, 259 Chesterfield's plan
of, 417, 420-present systems of,
506 Massachusetts Board of,
511 Addresses on, noticed, 533.
Eells, Samuel, Oration by, 533.
Eleusinian mysteries, 482.
Elizabeth, Queen, remarks on, and
on the age of, 175- her idea of
prerogative, ib. - her fondness for
admiration as a woman, 176 - her
her
tyranny considered, 177
identification with the nation, 178
- loyalty to, 179-wits of her age,
ib.tyranny of the time of, 180

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