A.

Abbot, Anne W., Stories for Children
by, noticed, 253.
Academy of Sciences at Paris, origin
of the, 260.

Agriculture, Johnston's Chemistry
applied to, reviewed, 156.
Air-plants, or Epiphytes, 163.
American Colonies, the, George
Chalmers's History of, reviewed,
368 -causes of the troubles in,
370-religious intolerance in, 372
religion and politics united in,
373-irritated into revolt, 375–
incompetency of the governors of,
384-the shipping interest in, 385
- growth of commerce in, 388-
attempt to enforce the laws of trade
in, 389. See Chalmers.
American Lady, Memoir of, 128. See
Grant.

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Animalcules, propagation of, 452 —
rapid increase of, 453-how the
species of, are preserved, ib. - not
generated spontaneously, 455.
Animals consume oxygen, 177 - fed
by vegetation, 178 are not pro-
ducers, but consumers, 179-ac-
tion of the infusory, ib. - constit-
uents of, ready-formed by vegeta-
bles, 181 -races of, developed
from each other, 434, 457.
Arithmetical machine, Pascal's in-
vention of, 263,— triangle also in-
vented by him, 264.
Armijo, Gov., of Santa Fé, 199.

Arnauld, trial of, at the Sorbonne,
279.

Arnold, the insane, case of, 7.
Ashkenazim, the, a race of Jews, 352.
Atmosphere, the, how concerned in
vegetation, 161 - has all the ele-
ments of plants, 162- how wash-
ed and purified, 164 - solidified
into plants, 165-plants take car-
bonic acid from, 174 - amount of
the influence of plants on, 176-
action of animals and decaying
vegetables on, 177- ancient state
of, 186-discovery of the pressure
of, 266- Pascal's experiments on
267. See Vegetation.
Augustine, St., on saving grace, 274.
Augustinus, by Jansen, published,
276.

Auricular confession, Pascal on, 298.
Authority, use of, in school disci-
pline, 243.

Aylmer, Lord, governor of Canada,
94.

B.

Baconian Philosophy, a Discourse of
the, by Samuel Tyler, noticed, 254.
Barré, Col., speech of, against the
Quebec Act, 90.

Beck, Charles, Syntax of the Latin
Language, chiefly from Zumpt,
by, noticed, 249.

Belgium, case of interference with,
326.

Bellingham, the insane, case of, 6.

Bemis, George, Report of the Trial
of Abner Rogers, Jr., by, review-
ed, 1.

Bentley, Dr., on the atheistic atomic
theory, 465.

Bible, first American editions of the,
379.

Bigelow, George T., Report of the
Trial of Abner Rogers, Jr., by,
reviewed, 1.

Blind, Thirteenth Annual Report of
the Asylum for the, noticed, 499.
Blockade, the law of, 310.

Bossut, the biographer of Pascal, 291.
Boston Schools, the condition of, 227

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ucated, 68-his powers developed
by opposition, 69-libertinism and
recklessness of, 70- profanity,
ribaldry, and brilliancy of, 71-
his writings while in Italy, 72-
misanthropy of, 73- idealized evil
and crime, 74-degraded the
beautiful, 75-licentiousness of
his poems, 76-represents the Sa-
taníc school, 77 — spirit of desper-
ation in, 78- did not practice the
misanthropy he taught, 79- his
Manfred, 80-his force of passion,
82-tenderness and pathos of, 84
inconsistency of, 85- lesson
taught by his life, 86.

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C.

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British Colonies, the, politics of, 87
-disputes and troubles in Cana-
da, ib. how governed after the
treaty of 1763, 88. -new form of
government for, in 1791, 91-his-
tory of politics in Canada, 92.
rebellion in, 99-union of the two
Canadas, 102— " responsible
ernment" in, 104- history of pol-
itics in Nova Scotia, 106-in New
Brunswick, 109 -causes of disaf-
fection in, 112-commercial regu-
lations in, 113 -the shipping in-
terest in, 114 different races
which people, 117-changes of
party and society in, 119-news-
papers in, 120-the question of
separating from England, 121 -
objections to parting with them,
122- do not desire union with the
United States, 124-union not
desired by the United States, 125.
See Canada.

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tween the crown and the assembly
in, 92-dispute about the control
of the revenue in, 93- the quar-
rel renewed in 1827, 94 - fresh
movements of the Liberal party in,
95-commissioners sent to, by the
ministry, 96-discontents in the
upper province, 97— defeat of the
Liberals in, 98-rebellion in, 99—
the revolt unlike that of our coun-
try in 1775, 100— Lord Durham's
administration of, 101 subse-
quent governors of, 102- the
Liberals admitted to the govern-
ment of, 103-end of the coali-
tion ministry in, 105-feudal ten-
ure of lands in, 114-the French
and British in, 117. See British.
Capital punishment, reasons for abol-

ishing, 35 Mr. Sampson on, 37.
Caraites, the, a sect of Jews, 354.
Carbon in plants, 162— quantity of,
167, 176-absorbed from the air
by plants, 174-given out by an-
imals, 177 - discoveries of A.
Brongniart respecting, 185. See
Vegetation.

Carlen, Mrs. Emilie, The Magic
Goblet by, noticed, 492.

Carolinas, attempt to enforce the
laws of trade in the, 389.
Cary, Thomas G., Address and Let-
ter by, noticed, 493.

Causation not attributable to matter,
466 - not discoverable by science,
467 - ultimate office of science
respecting, 468-phraseology of,
borrowed from mind, 469-mind
the only source of, 470-in mat-
ter, divine agency the only source
of, 471 - connection between soul
and body an instance of, 473.
Cereal grains, importance of, 182.
Chalmers, George, History of the
American Colonies by, reviewed,
368-merits of, as a historian, 369
-prejudices of, 370- his views of
Colonial policy, 371-his account
of intolerance in New England,
372-his errors respecting the
Colony at Plymouth, 374, 376-
respecting the Massachusetts Col-
ony, 376-respecting the freedom
of the press, 378 — respecting the
expedition against Louisburg, 380
-respecting the pay for this ex-
pedition, 382-respecting the fail-
ure of Shute's administration, 383
- admits the incompetency of the
Colonial governors, 384-his re-
marks on the shipping of the Col-
onies, 385- on the commerce of
New England, 386-on the Span-
ish war in 1739, 391-general in-
terest of his work, 392.
Chances, calculation of, 265.
Chasidim, the, a sect of Jews, 356.
Chemistry of Organic Nature, by
Dumas and others, reviewed, 156.
See Vegetation.

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Chihuahua, Gregg's expedition to,
204.

Childe Harold quoted, 83.
Chlorophylle in plants, 170.
Choules, John Ŏ., Neal's History of

the Puritans edited by, reviewed,
214 merits of his work, 215.
Christina of Sweden, Pascal's letter
to, 264.

Chronicle, The Jewish, reviewed,
329. See Jews.

Clement XIV., prudent conduct of,
487.

Coleridge on insanity, 14.

College education in this country, too

low standard of, 45- advantages

Commerce on the Prairies, 196. See
Gregg.

Conolly, Dr., definition of insanity
by, 25-cited, 26-defects of his
theory, 28.

Conolly, Lieut., on the Jews in Me-
shed, 338.

Consolato del mare, origin of, 304.
Contraband, meaning of, 309.
Conversations on the old Poets, by
James R. Lowell, noticed, 490.
Cornier, Henriette, case of, 20.
Cow-tree of Caraccas, 181.
Creation, a theory of, 426-abstract
of the several stages of, 427 —
chronology of, 430-geological
evidence respecting, 431, 445 —
origin of life in, 432-develop-
ment of organized races in, 434
successive processes of, 437
mode of reasoning about, 439
our ignorance respecting, 440-
formation of suns in, 442- of
planets, 443 of organized beings
and life, 448-animal life a unit
of, 449-work of fissiparous gen.
eration in, 450-disproof of spon-
taneous generation, 452 — no trans-
mutation of species in, 457 — scale
of being in, 458-intervention of
higher principles in, 462-length
of time for, 463-birth of the first
human pair in, 464-theory of
causation and natural laws in, 466
-no active causes known in mat-
ter, 467-mind the only cause in,
469-continuous divine agency
in, 471-mode of divine action
in, 472-connection between soul
and body, 473-between God and
the universe, 474-the universe
not a machine, 475 — final question
respecting, 477. See Vestiges.
Criminal Cases, Plea of Insanity in,
by Forbes Winslow, Esq., review-
ed, 1-merits of, 5.
Crosse, Mr, experiments of, 433, 455.

Dalhousie, Earl of, Governor of Can-
ada, 92.

Damascus, persecution of the Jews
at, 340.

Descartes, views of, respecting the
air's weight, 266-falsely claims
the credit of Pascal's experiments,
268.
Discipline in Schools, Mr. Mann and
the Boston Teachers on, 234, 238.
Dissenters and Churchmen, question
between the, 220.

Dominicans, the, opinions of, respect-
ing divine grace, 275 - ridiculed
by Pascal, 280.

Don Juan, Byron's, description of
Haidee in, 75-quoted, 76.
Draper, John W., Treatise on the Or-
ganization of Plants by, reviewed,
156-lofty tone of his preface,
158-triteness of his remarks, ib.,
193-experiments of, on the ac-
tion of light, 189-very original
hypothesis of, 190-objections to
it, 191 denies the existence of
vital force, 192-cited, 192, 194-
discursive style of, 193-
-on the
five senses, 194.

Dumas, J., Organic Chemistry by,
reviewed, 156-merits of, 157-
cited, 184, 187- discussion be-
tween Liebig and, 188-on the
chemical rays of the sunbeam, 189.
See Vegetation.
Dunning, Mr., opposes the Quebec
Act, 90.

Durham, Lord, his administration in
Canada, 101-reforms projected
by, 102.

E.

Edward IV., entertainment at the
court of, 414.

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am S., 131, note
progress of her
studies, 132-returns to Scotland
and begins her correspondence,
133-her marriage, 134- her res-
idence at Laggan, 135- death of
her eldest son, 136- begins her
literary labors, 137 — publishes her
poems and removes to Stirling,
138-publication of her Letters
from the Mountains, 139 - her son
incurs censure, 140-she goes to
London, 141-success of her Let-
ters, 142-death of her children,
144 her book creates interest in
America, 145- her correspond-
ence with Miss Lowell, 146 ·
kindness of the Lowell family to
her, 147-publishes her Essays on
Highland Superstitions, 148-
merits of her letters, 149- her
account of Society in Edinburgh,
150-Jeffrey's review of her
works, 152-extracts from her let-
ters, 153-her strength of mind
under affliction, 154 her charac-
ter, 155.

Great Britain, law of, respecting neu-
tral ships and goods, 308-on the
meaning of contraband, 309-on
the right of search, 312-on the
armed neutrality, 314. - on im-
pressment, 316-on the right to
the St. Lawrence, 320-interferes
in Portuguese affairs, 325.
Greeks, the, had no international law,
302.

Gregg, Josiah, Commerce of the
Prairies by, reviewed, 196-ac-
count of the caravan which he
joined, 198-arrives at Santa Fé,
199 gives the amount and details
of the trade, 200― account of the
country by, 201-describes the
salt lakes, 202- his expedition to
Chihuahua, 204. See Santa Fé.
Grey, Dr., as a critic of Neal, 216.
Grotius on international law, 305.

H.

Hadfield, the insane, case of, 7.
Hale, Lord, on insanity, 7.
Hamlet, insanity of, 14.
Harvard College, condition and
wants of, 38-rich means of edu.
cation in, ib.-small number of
students in, 39 compared with
other colleges, 40-expenses at,
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not a sectarian institution,
42-Divinity school in, 43-Hol-
lis professorship in, ib. - a higher
standard of education at, recom-
mended, 45-university system
might then be adopted in, 46
students in, too youthful, 48
evils of the elective system of
studies in, 49-students in, in-
competent to make the choice, 50
- why the experiment has ap-
peared successful, 51 - the system
an unjust and injurious one, 52-
rigid plan of recitation in, recom-
mended, 53- proper persons for
teachers in, 54-health of the stu-
dents injured at, 56— bad arrange-
ment of hours in, 57- domicilia-
tion of the students in, 58-high
tone of morals in, 60-use of
wine at, 61 intercourse between
pupils and instructers at, 62.
Harvey, Sir John, Governor of New
Brunswick, 109-defence of, by
the Speaker, 110.

Head, Sir F. B., in Upper Canada,

97.

Highland Superstitions, Mrs. Grant's
Essays on, 148. See Grant.
Hildreth, Richard, Theory of Morals
by, reviewed, 393- his fearless
exhibition of the evil results of his
theory, 394 summary of his
views, ib. on obligation and mo-
tives to action, 395- his doctrine
of selfishness and necessity, 396-
sanctions suicide, duelling, and in-
fanticide, 397-other applications
of his doctrine, 398-atheistic
opinions of, 399-his theory re-
futes itself, 400. See Morals.
History, difficulty of writing, 368.
Hollis professorship in Harvard Col-

lege, 43-opinions of its founder,
44-endowment of, ib.

Holy Alliance, principles of the, 325.
Homer's Odyssey, edited by J. J.
Owen, noticed, 501.

Howe, Mr., leads the Liberals in No-
va Scotia, 106.

Howe, Samuel G., Report on the Asy-
lum for the Blind by, noticed, 499.

I.

Impressment, dispute respecting, 316.
Insanity, the jurisprudence of, by I.
Ray, reviewed, Ì-prevalence and

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