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Mississippi, expedition to explore, 76.
Montague, 265 succeeds Coke as
chief justice of king's bench, 270.
Moore, Governor of Carolina, his ex-
pedition against Florida, 93.
Moore, the poet, remarks on his ver-
sification, 241.

Morgan, Botta's description of his bat-
tle at Cowpens, 194.

Moscoso, his voyage to Florida under
Soto, 67.

Moscow, travelling between St Peters-
burg and, 206 et seq.
Moyne Le, his narrative of the
French expedition to Florida, 70.
M'Queen, James, his work on Africa
and the course of the Niger, review-
ed, 440 et seq.

Muhlenberg, account of him and his
botanical works, 112.

Munich, Marshall, his kindness to St
Pierre, 206.

Mustel, editor of the French Gazette

at Amsterdam, account of, 204-
his kindness to St Pierre, ib.

N.

Narvaez Pamphilo, his voyage to
Florida, 64 et seq.
National vanity, remarks on, 40.
New London Monthly Magazine, es-
say of, respecting the complaints
in America against the British
press, reviewed, 20-extract from,
on American vanity, 37-the ex-
tract parodied, 38.

New Orleans, settled, 77-ceded by
France to Spain, 84.

New York, historical society, Whea-
ton's discourse before, 154-her
cession of territory to the United
States, 322.

Niger, M'Queen's work on the course
of, reviewed, 440 et seq.-hypothe-
sis of M'Queen and Reichard, 440
et seq.-other hypotheses, 444-
Ptolemy and the Arabian authors,
445-course of, described, ib.-
rivers which join the sea in the
Delta of Benin, 446 et seq.-Delta
of, 449-termination of, ascertain-
ed, ib.

North, Lord, his conciliation act, 183,
186.

Novels, remarks on those by the au-
thor of Waverly, 393-Valerius,
reviewed, ib.

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Pandects, of Justinian, character of,
3-remodelled by Pothier, ib.-pre-
face to, by M. de Guienne, 4-ma-
rine law of, 15.
Papinian, 160.

Pardo, convention of, 75.

Park Mungo, his opinion of the
course of the Niger, 443.
Pascal, 365.

Paul St, his use of the word barba
rian, 157.

Pearson captain, Botta's description
of his sea fight with Paul Jones,
192.

Penitentiary system defended, 418 et
seq.- -causes why its utility has
been doubted, 418 et seq.-too
much expected from it, ib.-
our establishments improperly con-
founded with those of other coun-
tries, ib.-ours not the true peni-
tentiary system, 419-State prisons
in the United States, 420-trans-
portation 422-labouring in chains,
423-corporal punishments, ib. et
seq.-capital punishments, 425 et
seq.-hard labor, 421, 430, 433-
capital punishments in Massachu-
setts, 431-instances of reformed
criminals, 432-expenses of State
prisons, 433-solitary confinement,
434-whether State prisons are a
sufficient punishment for criminals,
435-law of Massachusetts respect-
ing convicts, 436-prevention of
crimes, 437-requisites in building
prisons and managing prisoners,
438-pamphlet on, reviewed, 417,
439-valuable works on this sub-
ject, 440.

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Penn William, his criminal code, 429.
Pennsylvania, penitentiary system of,
419, 420, 430,

Perdidos, river, why so named, 96.
Petersburg, travelling between Mos-
cow and, 206 et seq.

Petrarch, Byron's remarks on, 461.
Philip II. of Spain, his marine regu-
lations, 19.

Phillips, the Irish orator, 5.
Pindar, quoted, 157.
Pitkin's statistics, 51.
Plato, 364.

Plautus, quoted, 157.

Plebs and populus, signification of, 159.
Poetry and poetical, what is meant
by the terms, 451-whether images
from nature, or from art, are most
poetical, ib. et seq.-remarks of
Byron on this subject, 454, 458,—
Athens, 458,460-lake Thrasymene,
460-Byron's remarks on the clas-"
sification of poets, 461-Byron's
praise of ethical poetry, 462, 465,
466-strictures on Byron's remarks,
456, 460, 463-rank of tragedy, 464
-decline of English poetry, 466 et

seq.

Ponce De, discovered Florida, 63—
account of his life and voyages, ib.
Pope, quoted, 28-regularity of his
verse remarked on, 240, 471-con-
test respecting, between Bowles,
Byron, and others, 450-defended
by Byron, 461, 462 et seq.-By-
ron's panegyric on, 465-remarks
on his poems, 468 et seq.
Portalis assists in drawing up the Pro-
jet de Code Civil, 10.
Pothier, translation of his treatise on
Maritime Contracts, reviewed, 1-
his writings introduced into Eng-
land by Sir William Jones, ib.-
imitated by Jones in his Law of
Bailments, ib.--translations of some
of his treatises desirable, 2-his life
and character, ib. et seq.-remod-
cls the Pandects, 3-patronised by
M. de Guienne and chancellor D'
Aguesseau, 4his edition of the
Coutume of Orleans, 5-his Traité
des Obligations translated, ib.-best
editions of his works, 6-inscrip-
tion on his tomb, 12-his writings
contributed to the reform of the
laws of France, ib.-an authority
at Westminster and at Washington,

ib.-personal anecdotes of, 13.
Purchas, quotation from, respecting
Florida, 73.

Pursh, account of him and his botan-
ical works, 113.

R.

Raleigh Sir Walter, account of his
trial, 258.

Reasoning, definition of, 385.
Rennel, his opinion respecting the
Niger, 441.

Reports, of judicial decisions in Eng-
land, 278 et seq.

Review North American, vindicated
from the censures and misrepresen-
tations of the New London Month.
ly Magazine, 22 et seq.
Review Quarterly, quoted respecting
Fearon, 28.

Reviewing, laws of, compared to
those of war, 20-a departure from
those laws justified, 21.

Ribault, his voyages to Florida, 68,
70-fate of him and his followers,
72.

Rhodes, marine laws of, 14.
Rogers, the poet, 450.
Rome, her constitution, 158-society
of, 159-public and private life dis-
played in the novel of Valerius,
395 et seq.-description of the bus-
tle round the amphitheatre, ib.-

persecution of christians, 397, 400,
403, 405, 411-sacrifice to Jupiter
in the amphitheatre, 403-incanta-
tions, 406 et seq.-pageant of Cy.
bele, 412 et seq.

Romilly Sir Samuel, his attempts to
soften the penal code of England,

427.

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Saint Pierre, notice of an edition of
all his works, 200-his Paul and
Virginia, 201-Martin's life of, re-
viewed, ib. et seq.-his early life,
ib.-his distress, 202-proposes to
found a state on the shores of lake
Aral, 203-
-goes to Amsterdam,
ib.-meets with kindness from Mus-
tel, editor of the French Gazette,
204- -refuses to marry Mustel's
sister, 204-arrives at Lubeck
and embarks for St Petersburg, ib.
-arrives at St Petersburg, 205—
presented to marshall Munich, 206

his journ
journey b
his recept
made a
in the Ru
duced by
empress C
plant Orlo
with cour
sents his
-his cha
mestic, ib
captain, 2
service in
216-temp
in the Rus
to marry
niece, ib.
Russians,
saw with t
ib.-repair
ment, and
fault, 218-
-denouer

et seq.-g
his service

ny, 219-
and goes

marry the
220-retur
Utopian e
ib.-quits
the Isle of
France, i
voluminou
Arcadia, il
lished, ib.-
and Paul a
reads his
manuscrip
rati at Ma
depression
different r
the painter
tage, 223-
sex, 224
old age a
erased by
of senator
als to the
theory of
Samanus, de
Florida, 6
Sanson, the
93.

Schoepf, his

122.

his journey to Moscow, ib.-his
journey back to St Petersburg, 208.
his reception at Moscow, 210-
made a lieutenant of engineers in
in the Russian service, ib.-intro-
duced by M. de Ville-Bois to the
empress Catharine, in order to sup-
plant Orloff, ib. et seq.-interview
with count Orloff, to whom he pre-
sents his scheme of a republic, 214
-his chagrin, ib.-his military do-
mestic, ib.-attains to the rank of
captain, 215quits the Russian
service in order to join the Poles,
216-tempting offers to retain him
in the Russian service, ib.-refuses
to marry general de Bosquet's
niece, ib.-taken prisoner by the
Russians, 217-his amour at War-
saw with the princess Mary M—,
ib.-repairs to Vienna for employ-
ment, and fails through his own
fault, 218-returns to Warsaw, 219
-denouement of his amour, 218
et seq.-goes to Dresden to offer
his services to the elector of Saxo-
ny, 219-quits Dresden in disgust
and goes to Berlin ib.-refuses to
marry the daughter of Taubenheim,
220-returns to France and sails on a
Utopian expedition for Madagascar,
ib.-quits the concern and lands at
the Isle of France, 221-returns to
France, ib.-forms the plan of a
voluminous romance, to be called
Arcadia, ib.-first book of it pub-
lished, ib.-his Studies of Nature,
and Paul and Virginia, ib. et seq.-
reads his Paul and Virginia, in
manuscript to a company of lite-
rati at Madame Necker's, ib.-his
depression at its reception, 222-
different reception of it by Vernet,
the painter, ib.-his Indian Cot-
tage, 223-a favorite with the fair
sex, 224 twice married, 225-his
old age and death, ib.-his name
erased by Bonaparte from the list
of senators, ib.-his report on mor-
als to the Institute, ib. et seq.-his
theory of the tides, 227.
Samanus, denied permission to go to
Florida, 68.

Sanson, the geographer, quoted, 74,

93.

Schoepf, his botanical writings, 111,

122.

Schools, reports on the appropriation
of public lands for the support of,
310 et seq.

Sevelinges, M. de, his translation of
Botta reviewed, 190-mistakes in
his preface, ib.

Seybert's statistics, 51, 58.

Shakspeare, Byron's remarks on, 466,
467.

Silliman, professor, his American
Journal of Science and Arts, re-
commended to public patronage
247-extract from the preface to
third volume, 248.

Slavery, state of England and Ameri-
ca in regard to, 43 et seq.-among
the Greeks and Romans, 158-ori-
gin of the slave trade, and whether
favored by Las Casas, 161 et seq.
Small-pox, necessary to be on our
guard against, 287-differs in some
respects from the new variolous
disease, ib.-its protecting power,
288-second attacks of, 288, 292-
its identity with the new disease,
291-Dr Thomson's opinion of its
identity with chicken-pox examin-
ed, 295 et seq.-may be modified
by circumstances, 297 et seq.-va-
riolous inoculation less efficacious
than vaccination, 304-baneful
consequences of the practice of
inoculation, ib. et seq.-mortality
from, during different periods, 306
-exterminated by vaccination,

307 et seq.

Smith, his elementary treatise on
botany, 112-his favorable notice
of American botanists, 124.
Somerset, Earl of, 262, 270.
Somerset, the negro, case of, 44.
Soto Ferdinand de, his expedition to
Florida, 66.

Southampton, Earl of, his trial, 258.
Spanish claimants, 90.

Spelman, his remark on Coke's neg-
lect of feudal law, 283.
Sprengel, his elementary treatise on
botany, 112.

State prisons and the Penitentiary sys-

tem, pamphlet on, reviewed, 417,
439-remarks on, 418 et seq.
Statistics, a science of recent origin,
48-distinguished from geography,
ib.-earliest works of this nature,
ib.-Achenwail the father of the
science, ib.

Steam boats and team boats, 149 et Valerius, a Roman Story, reviewed,

seq.

Stewart Dugald, 365.
Strabo quoted, 155.

Stuart, his Hebrew Grammar review-
ed, 473 et seq.-his own account
of his work, 474-strictures on his
classification of the vowels, 475-
his Grammar commended, 476.
Symmes Col. John C. his discoveries
in the interior of the globe, 138 et
seq.-benefits from his discoveries,
139 et seq.-jealousy of the geolo-
gists, 142.

Symzonia reviewed, 134.

T.

Talbot Lord, his opinion on the law
of slavery in England, 45.
Talon Denis, his remark on D'Agu-
esseau, 4.

Tarleton, Botta's description of his
battle at Cowpens, 194.
Thomson, his account of the Vario-
loid epidemic in Edinburgh re-
viewed, 286 et seq.-his remarks
on the deterioration of vaccine
matter, 293-his opinion of the
identity of small-pox with chicken-
pox examined, 295 et seq.
Thrasymene, lake, 460.
Thucydides quoted, 156.
Tragedy, French, decline of, 227-
one of the highest kinds of poetry,

464.

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Vaca Gabeca de, sailed with Narvaez
to Florida, 66.
Vaccination, its protecting power
against the new variolous disease,
288 et seq.-remarks on the best
mode of, 292-Dr Thomson's re-
marks on the deterioration of the
vaccine matter, 293-whether its
protecting power is weakened by
time, 294-its efficacy asserted and
demonstrated, 300 et seq.-investi-
gation into the causes of failure in
Silesia, 303-superior to variolous
inoculation, 304-its power of ex-
terminating the small-pox, 307—
encouragement of the practice in
different countries, 306 et seq.

393-the hero of, 394-the author's
general plan, and how executed,
ib.-description of the bustle round
the amphitheatre, 395-Athanasia,
397 et seq.-412-Thraso, a Chris-
tian, 400, 403, 405-music of the
Jews, 401-persecution of Chris-
tians, 397, 400, 403, 405, 411-
sacrifice to Jupiter in the amphi-
theatre, 403-incantations of Pona,
406 et seq.-Cotilius, 411-pageant
of Cybele, 412 et seq.
Valin, 10.
Variolous disease, in some respects
different from the small-pox, 287-
history of, in Scotland, 288 et seq.
-history of, in Norwich, and in
other places in England and the
rest of Europe, 290-its identity
with the small-pox, 291-phenom-
ena of, and how to be explained,
ib. et seq.-mortality of, 297.
Vasques Luke, his voyages to St
Helena in South Carolina, 64.
Verplanck, his report on colleges, &c.
310 et seq.-his remarks justifying
the appropriations of public lands
by Congress, 327-other remarks
on this subject answered, 330 et
seq.

Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, ex-
asperated against Coke, 270 et seq.
-extolled by Coke, 275-denounc-
ed by Coke, 276.

Virgil's Georgics and Eneid, 462.
Virginia, her ancient charters, boun-

daries, and claims of territory, 312
et seq. cession of territory to the
United States, 319.
Voltaire, quoted, 471.
W.
Walpole, Horace, extolled by Lord
Byron, 246.
Walter's Flora Caroliniana, 107.
Walter, Sir John, 265-refuses to
prosecute Coke, 274.
Wangenheim's work on botany, 107.
War, improper views of, 166.
Warden, D. B. his account of the

United States reviewed, 47-his
introduction commended, 49 et
seq.-division of his work, 52-
contradictions arising from his ar
rangement, ib.-mistakes in his
work, 57 et seq.-remarks on the

general
Washington
count of
Washington
the indep
colonies,
descripti

comman

about ge

the Unite
Wheaton, h
York His
154-his

general character of his work, 62.
Washington, city of, Warden's ac-
count of, 61.

Washington, his sentiments respecting
the independence of the American
colonies, 182, 185, 189-Botta's
description of his resigning the
command, 198-his admonition
about geographical distinctions in
the United States, 335.
Wheaton, his discourse before the New
York Historical Society reviewed,
154-his remarks on the Athenian

character, 158-on the Roman con-
stitution, ib.-on Roman society,
159-on Las Casas, 161-his praise
of Grotius, 165-his remarks on
war and military glory noticed,
166 et seq.

Wisbuy, ordinances of, 17.

Y.

Yelverton, Sir Henry, 265-interested
in Coke's disgrace, 270-Coke's se-
verity towards him, 273-of counsel
in opposition to Coke, 274.
Yorkshire, its elections, 356.

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