'numbers and character;' and that circles are held by day ' and by night in nearly every city, town, and village throughout our country;' and that no less than twelve or fourteen periodicals are devoted exclusively to the publication of its phenomena, and the dissemination of its principles.' Those phenomena are the same with the sorcery and witchcraft of former times. Spiritualists, indeed, boast themselves of this identity. If,' says Professor Brittan, in his prospectus of the Spiritual Telegraph,' of which he is the editor,
'If Modern Spiritualism is to be rejected because some of its illustrations are wanting in interest, dignity, and truth, or for the reason that they are imitated by cunning impostors, the Ancient Spiritualism must go with it. This is strictly legitimate, for the old Jewish phenomena were at least quite as disorderly as ours, and Simon Magus was, of all men, Prince among the workers of spiritual miracles.'
Well may the sober in the States stand aghast at such professions and practices as these, and despond for the future of their country! The unclean spirit of Mormon had scarcely been expelled from their midst, when he suddenly returns with seven other spirits more potent than himself. No class has been able to withstand him. The educated and refined, as well as the illiterate and vulgar, are among his victims. The weak have seized upon the strong, and both have sunk under the waters together. Truly said Bacon, in all superstition wise men follow fools.-That humanity should be betrayed by its passions, and cast off all restraints for a season-that the multitude should go mad, and play fantastical tricks-that a whole nation should deny a Providence, and embrace Atheism, might occasion us less surprise; history is too full of such examples: but that large bodies of people, priding themselves upon their superior civilisation and intelligence, and aspiring to political and moral ascendency in the world, should deliberately exchange a divine for a human religion, re-erect the ancient temples of deceit, and practise the arts of divination; that Christians, in a word, should relapse into vulgar heathenism-are facts which would be too monstrous for credence but for the overwhelming evidence to the contrary. In vain― in ' vain we cry that oracles are down; Apollo's altar still doth smoke. Nor is the fire of Delphos out unto this day!'
No. CCLI. will be published in January, 1866.
Alps, the tunnel through the, 123-old passes and new roads, 123-4
-origin of the tunnel, 125-length of the gallery, 133-the
modus operandi, 135.
Berry, Miss, her Journals and Correspondence, reviewed, 297-
Horace Walpole's first introduction to her, 297-her early life, 301
her first visit to the continent, 303- her engagement with
General O'Hara, 308 — death of Walpole, 313-Miss Berry's life
from this period, 315, et seq.— considered as an authoress, 330—
her sister, 331-the last years of their lives, 332.
Bible, revision of the English, 103-new editions of the Scriptures,
103-faults of the Authorised Version, 104—living Biblical stu-
dents, 106-Cardinal Mai's work, 108-condition of individual
books of the New Testament, 111-reasons for objecting to a
revision of the English Bible, 115-specimens of its shortcomings
and errors, 116-119.
Campbell, J. F., review of his 'Frost and Fire,' 422, et seq.-motions
of currents of air, 430-and of water, 434-glacier action, 442—
icebergs, 443-rock-substance molten by the earth's primæval
heat, 448-course of polar and equatorial currents, 452-the
author's ingenious devices, 455.
Carpenter, Miss, Our Convicts, reviewed, 337.
China and Japan, works relating to, 175-advance of Russia and
France on the East, 176-Civil War in China, 176-future con-
dition of the Asiatic world, 179-review of events of the last
twelvemonths in China and Japan, 180, et seq.-peace-at-any-
price policy, 199.
Criminal Class, life in the, 337-Miss Carpenter's book on the sub-
ject, 337-different kinds of criminals, 338-causes of crime, 347
-life of the criminal class, 350-3-means of regeneration, 351—
results of our system, 361-2-women convicts, 363-5-incor-
rigibles, 369.
Crowe, J. A., and G. B. Cavalcaselle, review of their History of
Painting in Italy, 74.
Fergusson, J., review of his Rock-cut Temples of India, 371.
Gordon, Lady Duff, review of her Letters from Egypt, 217-our
acquaintance with Egypt sixty years since, 217-Egypt during
the last twenty-two centuries, 218-the modern Egyptian, 221-
rebellions, 223-5-want of sympathy between Europeans and
Easterns, 226-7-life at Thebes, 231-Cairo, 236-the Copts, 237.
Idiot asylums, review of works relating to, 37-formerly how re-
garded, 38-new systems of treatment, 39-Earlswood and other
asylums, 44.
Ireland, the Cromwellian settlement of, 518-the Newry massacre,
522-Cromwell's severity, 522 — establishment of the Crom-
wellian settlement, 524.
Lewis, Lady Theresa, review of her Journals and Correspondence of
Miss Berry, 297.
Lucretius, edited by H. A. J. Munro, 238.
Munro, H. A. J., his edition of Lucretius reviewed, 238 Lambi-
nus' edition, 239- Mr. Munro's, 239, et seq. -analysis of the
poem itself, 245-its translators, 253.
Painting in Italy, review of Messrs. Crowe and Cavalcaselle's His-
tory of, 74-
the early Italian painters, 75— the Bolognese school,
76-A. W. von Schlegel's essay, 80-the Crucifixion and the
Passion in art, 81-early art at Pistoia, 83 - Cimabue, 85—
Duccio, 86 Giotto, 87- Senione di Martino, 92 - Ghiberti, 94
Donatello, 95 Masolino and Masaccio, 95- Fra Angelico,
97 Fra Filippo Lippi, 98 Ghirlandaio, 100.
Palgrave, W. G., review of his Central and Eastern Arabia, 482—
his reserves, 484 the central provinces of Arabia, 489— the
deserts, 490 — the maritime provinces, 492 — the inhabitants, 493
their religious condition, 499 destruction of the Wahhabee
capital, 511 — Wahhabee rule, 516.
Parliament, dissolution of, 257-condition of England in 1823, 259
and in 1865, 260 — the true principles of the Constitution, 266
- present state of opinions of the Liberal party, 268 — question
of Parliamentary Reform, 269, et seq. Lord Russell's judgment
in the matter, 279 suggested improvements, 281.
Psychomancy, American, review of works relating to, 565 - Pan-
theon of Progress at Poughkeepsie, 566- Andrew Jackson Davis,
568 character of American psychomancy, 577-rappings, 588
-writings and drawings of the spirits, 592-seeing mediums,
593- amusements and occupations of the spirits, 598 — revela-
tions of Judge Edmonds, 598.
Russell, John, Earl, review of his Essay on the History of the
English Government and Constitution, 257.
Spain, Gothic architecture in, review of Street's work on, 143—
facilities for visiting Spain, 144-Spanish cathedrals, 146-the
Escurial, 162-Toledo, 163-the Catalan district, 167-the Moor-
ish ajimez windows in Seville, 172-materials of which the
buildings were constructed, 173-influence of the Moors on
Spanish architecture, 173.
Street, G. E., review of his Gothic Architecture in Spain, 143
Swinburne, A. C., review of his Atalanta in Calydon, 202--the
argument of the poem, 204-its character, 213-its purely literary
defects, 215.
Temples, the Rock-cut, of India, 371 Deogurh, 372-Ellora, 374
Bhuvaneshwárá, 381 — Raja Grihar, 383- the Karli Chaitya,
383 other cave temples of interest, 383-two kinds of Bud-
dhist caves, 384 Major Gill's illustrations, 387.
Tocqueville, A. de, review of Posthumous Works of, 456-his Cor-
respondence, 460-the Syrian question, 465-revolution of 1848,
466 the coup d'état, 470- De Tocqueville's retirement from
society, 471-signs of the times in France, 480
Warburton, William, D.D., Bishop of Gloucester, review of Watson's
Life of, 1-Warburton's birth, early life, and parentage, 3, et seq.
-his literary life, 9-churchmen and dissenters, 13-the Divine
Legation, 15-Warburton's intimacy with Pope, 23-his hostility
to Bentley, 28-Bishop Lowth, 30-Warburton's edition of
Shakspeare, 31-his church preferment, 33-his friendship with
Hurd, 35-close of his life, 35–6.
Watson, Rev. J. S., review of his Life of Warburton, 1.
Weber, Carl Maria von, life of, 396-period at which he lived, 399
-his wanderings, 401-Caroline Brandt, 402-character of the
German opera in Weber's boyhood, 405-Der Freischütz, 408—
Euryanthe, 412-Oberon, 413-his last years, 414-character of
his compositions, 419.
Wyse, Sir T., review of his Excursion to the Peloponnesus in 1858,
533-modern explorations of Greece, 533-the peasantry, 536-
vale of Sparta, 540-Messenia, 541-temple of Bassæ, 543-
Greece as she is, 545-trade and agriculture, 550-1-the modern
Greeks, 555-state of education, 559-archæological discoveries,
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