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L.

Latin in Scotland, former extensive use
of, 148-spoken by innkeepers, ib.
Law, ancient, 114-tendency of legal
study in England, ib.-philosophy of
law, 115-pedigree of the law of
modern Europe, 117-origin of law,
118-Homer's Oéμiores, 118-Hebrew
law, 119 Rooles d'Oleron, the
earliest maritime law, 119-era of
codes, 120-agencies for the improve-
ment of law, 120-definition of legal
fiction, ib.-judicial interpretation,
how a legal fiction, 121-examples of
it as an improving agency, 122-
future amelioration must be by direct
legislation, 123-two aids in exploring
the origin of laws, 124- French
legists enthusiasts for natural law,
129-Rousseau contemplated not the
law, but the state of nature, 129-law
of nations, 132-Grotius and Byn-
kershoek on the law of nations, 133
-Roman jus belli, 134-occupancy by
first discoverers, 134.

Leibnitz's controversy with Newton,

417.

Light, theories of, 423.

Literary labour, fallacy respecting, 539.
Literature of knowledge and that of
power distinguished, 223.

Londonderry's (Marchioness of) ame-
lioration of miners, 363.

Long's (G.) Roman Lives of Plutarch,

471.

Lynch law, 264.

M.

Macaulay's (Lord) arguments against
democracy, 257.

M'Grigor (Sir James), services of, 168.

Mackworth's (H.) services as mining in-
spector, 367.

Madness. Coleridge's definition of, 323.
Maine (H. S.) on Ancient Law,' 114-
character of the book, 118.
Manchouria, commerce of Russia with,

195.

Manin's Letter to the Republicans of
Italy,' 221.

Mathematics among the pitmen, 300.
Mazzini, plots of, 221.

Middle ages misrepresented, 71.

Milton, influence of early English poetry

on, 457.

Mining college, suggestion for a local,

365.

Miracles grander developments of Na-
ture, 377 essential distinction be-
tween miracles and ordinary opera-
tions of Nature, 381-not an inter-
ruption but an extension of natural
laws, 399. (See Immutability of the
Laws of Nature.')
Monachism, Montalembert on West-

ern, 35-parallels to, 40-enormous
number of Egyptian monks, 42-
monachism introduced at Rome by
Athanasius, 44-characters of Jerome
and Augustine, 45-of Benedict, 46-
his rule the general law of mona-
chism, 47-unreasonableness of mo-
nastic obedience, 48-Pope Gregory
the First, ib.-revival of Christianity
in England due to him, 49-mona-
chism in Spain, 52-rule of Columban,
55-its inferiority to the Benedictine
rule, 56-a main objection to monkery,
58-no part of the Church's proper
organisation, 59-not peculiar to
Christianity, ib.-picture of monastic
luxury, 61-inestimable services of
the earlier monks, 63-their labours,
64-source of the wealth of monas-
teries, 66-reasons against the re-
vival of monachism, 69.

Mongol, wandering habits of the, 189.
Montaigne's debt to Plutarch, 461.
Montalembert (Comte de), his devotion
to the Pope, 36-peculiar notion on
biography, 37-his work on Mona-
chism a covert attack on the Empire,
39-considers the middle ages misre-
presented, 71. (See 'Monachism.')
Moral philosophy absorbed in meta-
physics, 131.

Morton (Regent), saying of a jester to,
142-transaction with Lord Somer-
ville, 143-hangs two poets, ib.—mi-
nisters hanged by, ib.

N.
Napoleon (Louis), Cavour's opinion of,
231-fears of defeat previously to the
battle of Magenta, 233.
Neptune (the planet) discovered inde-
pendently by Adams and Leverrier,

419.

Plutarch, Amyot's translation, 461-
Sir T. North's, 462- Shakspeare's
Roman plays due to North's Plutarch,
465-proofs, ib.-Dryden's transla-
tion, 467-his coadjutors, .-the
Langhornes' translation, 469-par-
ticulars of Plutarch's life, 470-Long's
translation of select Roman Lives, ib.
-Plutarch's personal character, 472
-a Neo-Platonist, 473-remarks on
his Parallels, ib.-considered as an
historical writer, 476-his genius as
a biographer, 478-vivid moral por-
traiture his achievement, 481-supe-
riority to Cornelius Nepos and Sue-
tonius, ib.-compared with Tacitus,
ib.-influence on modern biography,

482.

Pope and Dryden's versification com-
pared, 91.

Popery and Puritanism, alliance of, 176.
Portuguese navigators of the fifteenth
century, 135.

Newton (Sir I.), his popular fame, 401
-Lagrange's observation respecting,
402-the intellectual greatness and
moral littleness of his age contrasted,
405-Leibnitz's saying respecting
him, 407-his boyhood, 408-early
discovery and application of fluxions,
b.-optical discoveries, 409-law of
gravitation asserted by Hooke, Wren,
and Halley before Newton, 415-
mythical nature of the apple-tree
story, ib.-axiom respecting first dis-
coverers, ib.his controversy with
Leibnitz, 417-their independent dis-
covery of the infinitesimal calculus,
5.-Vossius's partial anticipation of
Newton's decomposition of white
light, 421-different refrangibility
of coloured rays the most original of
his discoveries, 422-undulatory and
emission theories of light, 423-
extensive experiments in alchemy, Quotation, peculiarity in the French
425-a man of one pursuit at one
time, 427-his reserve respecting his
discoveries accounted for, ib.-con-
cealment of the fluxional method,
429-results alone published by phi-
losophers of his age, 430-theological
tenets, 431-remarkable habit of
mind, 432-refutation of the notion
of his insanity, ib.-Lord Brougham's
address at Grantham, 434.
Norris (Mr.) on

Schools,' 508.

'Girls' Industrial

North's (Sir T.) translation of Plu-
tarch, 462.

Novara, consequences of the battle of,

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Pretender, personal description of the
first, 150.
Primogeniture, English law of, 127.

mode of, 37.

Q.

R.

Radicalism, its contempt of theory
analysed, 32-empiricism of, 35.
Raleigh (Sir W.), song by, 456.
Ramsay (Dean), character of his volumes
on Scottish character, 160.
Ravenstein's comprehensive work on
the Amoor, 203.

Reay (John), of Wallsend, his efforts
for the improvement of the miners,
358.

Reeves' (Dr.) edition of Adamnan, 55.
Reviewer, Photius the earliest known,

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S.

St. David's in Wales, pagan practice at,

170.

Savoy and Nice, discussion of the an-
nexation of, 234-baseness of the
French Government respecting, 238.
Scotland, price of provisions and liquors
in, in 1770, 154-Scotch suppers,

159.

Scottish character, Dean Ramsay's vo-
lumes on, 161-anecdotes, ib.-Sab-
bath observance, 163-masters and
servants, 164-anecdotes of Highland
regiments, 165-heroic fidelity of a
soldier, 166-repartees, 167-con-
vivial habits, ib.-heathenish sacri-
fices in the 17th century, 169-
heathenish observances, 170-sacri-
fice of a cock by the peasantry, 171—
'muscular Christianity,' 171-super-
stitions, 173-education of the pea-
santry, 176-comparison of English
and Scotch education, 177-injustice
of Mr. Buckle's charges against the
clergy, 177.

Secession (American), an appeal against
the despotism of the majority, 268-
an effect of Northern tariffs, 271-

cause of the pro-slavery majority,

273.

Senior's (Mr.) conversations with De
Tocqueville, 530.
Shakspeare's Roman plays due to North's
Plutarch, 464.

Shelley (Percy Bysshe), deficiencies of
his biographers, 289-early sensitive-
ness, 291-love of chemistry, 293-
religion overthrown by Hume's Es-
says, 294 pamphlet on the Ne-
cessity of Atheism,' ib.-expulsion
from Oxford, 295-first marriage,
297-correspondence with Godwin,
301-attempts to put his theories in
practice in Ireland, ib.-his charity,
303-separation from his wife, 305-
marriage with Mary Wollstonecraft
Godwin, 307-suicide of his first wife,
309-Lord Eldon's decree against his
guardianship of his children, 311–
final removal to Italy, 313- Revolt
of Islam,' 314-his abhorrence of
Christianity, 315-perfection of his
lyrics, 316-acquaintance with Lord
Byron, 317-drowned, and his body
burnt, 318-vindication of the Quar-
terly Review, 319-his character,
321-hostility to his family, 322-
morbid emotions and sensations, 323
-his capital defect, 325-his pan-
theism, 327.

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Temperature in mines increases ac-
cording to depth, 336.
Thaumaturgic power. See' Immutability
of the Laws of Nature.'
Thudichum's (von) work on German

Communal Institutions'
mended, 126.

recom-

Tilley's (Mr.) work on the Amoor
reviewed, 202-hospitable reception
at Nicholaivsk, ib.

Tocqueville's (Alexis de) opinions on
American democracy, 254, 280-
biography of, 517-family connec-
tions and early life, 519-his po-
litical system ethical, 521-theory of
liberty, 523-opinion on the moral
government of the world, 524-
mission to investigate prison dis-
cipline, 527- Democracy in Ame-
rica,' 528-opinion on the dismem-
berment of the American Union, 529
-political conduct under Louis Phi-
lippe, 532-in the ministry of Odillon
Barrot, 535-article on France before
the Revolution, 537-English asso-
ciates, 540-intellectual character and
political philosophy, 543.
Torture in Scotland, 145.

U.

Unific principle, the first law of the
intellect, 394.

V.

Virgil, translations of, 73-first transla-
tion by Caxton, 73-specimen of his
amplifications, 74-Gawin Douglas's

translation, ib.-his metrical charac-
ter of Caxton's version, 74-Earl of
Surrey's fragments, 75-Phair and
Twyne's translation, 76-examina-
tion of Godwin's eulogy of it, 77—
Webbe's English hexameters, 78-
Stanyhurst's, ib.-Sir Thomas Wroth's,
ib.-May's Georgics and Lisle's Ec-
logues, 80-versions of Vicars and
Sandys, 81-Sir John Denham's, 82
-Sir R. Fanshaw's, ib.-Ogilby's
Virgil, 83-translations of neid,
Book IV., by Waller, Sidney Godol-
phin, Sir R. Howard, and Sir R. Sta-
pylton, 84-translation by Sir W.
Temple, 86-Dryden's plagiarisms
from Caryll, 86-Virgil translated
by the Earl of Lauderdale, 87-Bra-
dy's translation, 89-Trapp's,_ib.-
Andrews's, ib.-Strahan's, 90-Beres-
ford's, ib.-Pitt's, 92-Beattie's Ec-
logues, 93-old notion of translation,
ib.-Archdeacon Wrangham's, 94-
theory of translating poetry, 95-
character of Dryden's translation, 95
-comparison of it with Pitt's and
Symmons's, 96-with Warton's and
Sotheby's, 97-reason of the failure of
Sotheby and others, 98-Sotheby's
versification, 99-his resemblance to
Symmons, 101-Wordsworth's un-

finished translation, 102-Dr. Sew-
ell's Georgics, 106-translation by
Messrs. Kennedy, 108-Singleton's,
ib.-Owgan's and Henry's, 109-com-
parison of these four translators, 110
-considerations on the best mode of
translating Virgil, 113.

Vossius's assertion on the composition
of white light before Newton's dis-
covery, 421.

W.

Whitmore's (Wolryche) exertions for
social improvement, 493.
Wills, origin of making, 127.
Women, Hebrew law of inheritance by,

119.

Wordsworth and Euripides, De Quin-
cey's comparison of, 30.
Wotton's (Sir H.) Character of a
Happy Life,' 454.

Y.

Yarkund on the Chinese frontier, de-
scription of, 199.

Z.

Zealand (New), tribal rights in, 126.

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