Leslie's choir, b.-three proposals
respecting musical education, 172-
-the consolations of music, 175.

N.

Navy, mismanagement of the, 441-loss
of the Captain,' ib.- Mr. Reed's
report to Mr. Childers that it was
utterly unsafe, 443-defects in the
ship, and warnings, 444-description
of its loss with 500 men, 445-pro-
ceedings of the Flying Squadron,
448-the 'Megæra,' 469--loss of the
ship, 451-sacrifice of ships balanced
with the supposed economy of the
Administration, 451-grounding of
the 'Agincourt,'454-necessity of not
dispensing with navigating officers,
456-their duties, ib.-gunboats 458
-premature compulsory retirement
of experienced officers, 459-the com-
mand of the Channel Fleet, ib.
Neil's 'Shakespere,' a critical biography,

1.

Nervous system, six kinds of action to
which it ministers, 67.

0.

Odger's International Association for
the emancipation of the working class,
555.

Ouvry (Col.) on the agricultural com-

munity of the Middle Ages, 176.
Operative associations for productive
purposes, causes of their failure in
France, 251-Co-operative Society of
Paris Masons, 253.

P.

Paris workmen (the) rebel successively
against every form of government,
561- the dethronement of Paris,
566.

Pea-fowl, Sir R. Heron on the habits
of, 58.

Peasant proprietorship, shipwreck of
enthusiasts of, 259.

Plagiarism in modern literature, shades
and degrees of, 193-exemplified
from Sheridan, Byron, Scott, Balzac,
Lamartine, Sterne, Brougham, ib.
Plato's 'Dialogues,' by Professor Jowett,
492-two leading aims of Platonic
translation, 494-the three cardinal
points of Platonic chronology, 497-
how Plato wrought the teaching of
Socrates and his predecessors into a
single fabric, 501-the doctrine of
reminiscence, b.-the Republic' the
greatest monument of Plato's geaius,

ib.-his pervading fallacy of con-
fusing the method of science with
science itself, 503-two characteristic
weaknesses of ancient speculation,
507-Plato's view of the office of
mythology, 509-distinguishes four
kinds of madness, 510-the relation
of justice to happiness, 513-con-
fusion of ethics and politics, 514-
the Megarians and Eleatics, 518-
Plato's Laws' sums up the highest
religious thoughts of heathenism,
520-historical view of his Dia-
logues, ib.

Poles, their policy in Austria.
Pope waiting for his imagination, 575.
Purcell's originality and fertility in
music, 163.

Pythagorean discovery of the harmonic
ratios, 504.

R.

Reformation (The), powerful in de-
veloping individual character, 5.
Robinson's (Sir Spencer) dismissal as
Controller of the Navy, 447.
Rochdale Co-operative Manufacturing
Society, and Paris Working Societies,

252.
Rogers's (Thorold) new edition of the
Wealth of Nations,' 237.

Rosse (the late Earl of) on the relation
of Landlord and Tenant in Ireland,
240-anecdote respecting his detec-
tion of conjurors' tricks, 345.
Rossini's greatness as a musician, 166.
Russell (Mr. Odo) at Versailles, the
Prime Minister's unparalleled dis-
avowal of, 541.

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and integrity, 18-rapid progress
to wealth and fame, 19-daughters,
20 contradiction of his supposed
intemperance, ib.-editions of his
plays and poems in circulation before
his death, 21-collected edition of
his dramatic works published by
Heminge and Condell in 1623, 22—
Shakspeare not indifferent to literary
fame, 23-particulars of his family,
25-did not put forth all his strength
until the close of the 16th century, 29
-characteristics of his later composi-
tions, 30-sources of his plots, 31-
compared with Lord Bacon, 32-a
sincere and profound religious ele-
ment permeant through his writings,
ib.-his nuditas animi,' 34-flexi-
bility in the style, structure, and colour
of his language, 37-wit and pathos,
38-his songs unapproachable, 39-
the representative Englishman of the
sixteenth century, 42-his poetry that
of action and passion, rather than of
reflection, ib.-prominence of his
female characters, 44-his women
compared with Spenser's, ib.-one
omission in the great dramatist, 46.
Sidney's (Sir Philip) character and
death, 43.

Smith's (Sydney) answer to an inquiry
about his grandfather, 196.

Smollett's advice on the treatment of the
sick sailor, 457.

Socrates' teaching, moral and political,
not relating to nature and the uni-
verse, 498-his doctrine that know-
ledge is the apprehension of the
universal, 500.
Somerset's (Duke of) sarcasm on the
state of the army and navy, 452.
Spectrum-analysis, its application to the
study of the component elements of
the sun, 241.

Spenser's long residence in Ireland, 1.
Spiritualism: the Spiritualists, a great
and increasing sect in the United
States and England, 303-directions
given to family circles for communi-
cating with spirits by table rapping
and tilting, 304-gifts possessed by
mediums, 305-writing and drawing
mediums, ib. mode of using the
planchette, ib.-medical and trance
mediums, 306-spiritual investiga-
tions by direct action on material
bodies, inanimate as well as animate,
ib.-living men and women caught
up from the ground and borne aloft
in the air, ib. Satanic agency in
table-turning, 312-practical trial

of fallacy in the use of the plan-
chette, 315 unconscious cerebra-
tion and latent thought, 317
anecdotes illustrating cerebral ac-
tivity, 319- Satanic answer of a
table that Christ was in hell, 322-
Mr. Dibdin and the Spiritualists
equally wrong and equally right:
each right in disbelieving the other's
doctrine, and each wrong in main-
taining his own, 322-cures by faith
in the efficacy of the treatment, ib.-
death produced by the terrorism of
Obeah practices, ib.-examples of in-
jurious influence exercised by spiritu-
alistic communications, 326-a clergy-
man burning a table for lending itself
to the dictation of Satan, 327-men of
science converted to spiritualistic
views, ib.-Mr. Crookes's paper in
the Spiritualist,' 328-results ex-
perienced by the reviewer as to the
fallacy of spiritualism, 329— Mr.
Foster, the American medium, and
his manifestations, 331-description
of the reviewer's mode of testing him,

b. transport of persons by in-
visible agency from one house to
another, 348-levitation of the human
body, and other feats of Spiritualism,
350-gullibility of the average public,
351-Chevreul's treatise on the Bag-
uette Divinatoire, 352.
Stallions and mares, 57.
Swallows, migration of, 82.
Stirling's Recess Studies,' 244.

T.

Tally rand's conversational brilliancy,
* source of, 193.

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Taylor (Jeremy), the great glory of the
English pulpit, 113-his career at
Cambridge, 114-contemporary there
with Milton, ib. vicissitudes,
poverty, and consolations, 115-
married to Joanna Bridges, natural
daughter of Charles I., ib.-imprison-
ment for invectives against Puritan
preachers, 116 - happily settled at
Portmore, 119 - dedicates Ductor
Dubitantium' to Charles II., 120-
appointed to the Sce of Down and
Connor, ib.-anxiety to be trans-
lated to an English bishopric, ib.—
disturbed state of his diocese, 121-
-opposition of Presbyterian minis-
ters, ib.-charity to the poor, 123-
power of attracting friends, 124-
an eager devourer of books, 125-
ethics his favourite science, ib.-
eminently a Church of England man,

126-a constant assertor of the
superior claims of Episcopal govern-
ment, 127-his Dissuasive from
Popery,' a model of Christian contro-
versy, 128-characteristic of his opus
magnum, the 'Ductor Dubitantium,'
129-that work in the main a trea-
tise on moral philosophy, ib.-foun-
dation of his ethical edifice, ib.-

Liberty of Prophesying,' his most
original and characteristic work, 130
--has two ends in view, 131-his
view of civil government, 133-com-
munity of spirit between him and
Milton, although opponents on the
question of Prelacy, ib. - charge
against him of a change of opinion on
toleration, 134-gorgeous eloquence
in his Life of Christ,' and his
sermons, 137-compared to Chrysos-
tom, 138-contrasted with Milton,
ab.-in similes the very Homer of
preachers, 139-his unpruned ex-
uberance and want of the art to
blot,' 141-solemnity of his dis-
courses marred by illustrations, 143
-his power of sarcasm, ib. - want of
masculine firmness and vigour, 144.
Tasso's imitations of other poets, 194.
Tennyson's (Mr.) pathos, 356

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trasted with Byron, 371-minute de-
tails ruinous to great effects, 372-
sublimity contrasted with prettiness,
ib.-earliest poems, 374-his inex-
haustible fancy and perception of
moral and natural beauty, and other
high qualities, ib.-not schooled in
adversity, 376-his fame might rest
on In Memoriam,' 379-extracts
from 'The Princess,' 380-companion
pictures from it and from Don Juan,'
383-The Princess' compared with
'Don Juan' in point of wit and
humour, 384-great success of the
Idylls of the King,' ib.-M. Taine
on the absence of creative genius in
Tennyson, 387-Arthurian poems,
388-his working against the grain,
and overlaying a train of thought
contrasted with Byron's sudden in-
spirations, eagerly followed out, 375
-Guinevere, 388- Vivien' as ob-
jectionable as 'Don Juan,' 390.
Thackeray's ironical praise of Dumas,

224.

Thallium, the new metal detected by
spectrum analysis, 343.

Thiers' (M.) exaggeration respecting
the French army, 200.

Thornton (W. T.) on labour, 235-has
turned champion of Trades' Unions,

Varley's (C. E.) testimony to the physi-
cal marvels of Spiritualism, 347.
Vega's (Lope de) dramatic compositions
exceed 2000, 192.

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Vienna and Berlin contrasted, 112.
Village communities (Sir H. Maine's
lectures on), 177—their organisation
in typical districts of Russia and
India, ib.—social economy of the
Bushkir village communities, 179—
their principle adopted by the Eng-
lish emigrants who colonised New
England, ib. the Germanic land-
system, 181 organisation of the
Teutonic township, ib. - its three
portions or marks, ib.-English vil-
lage communities before the Nor-
man conquest, 182 the Indian
village community the unit of social
and political organisation, 183-the
constitution of our Indian villages,
184-relation of the feudal system to
village communities in Western
Europe, 185-M. Le Play's descrip-
tion of the village of Les Jault, 186-
the decision of history for individual
as against communistic possession of
land, 189.

W.

Waders, battling of male, 58.
Wage-fund, absurdity of the theory,
236-its refutation in brief compass,
237.

Wages in the building trades, 249.
Weber's Huntsman's Chorus,' 166.
Wellesley, Admiral, juggled out of his

command under false pretences, 455.
Wellington and Waterloo, according to
Lamartine, 199.

Willmott's (Rev. R. A.) biography of
Jeremy Taylor, 113.

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