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INDEX TO VOL. XVII.

A

ALBERT, PRINCE, his Industrial College of Arts and
Manufactures. See Industrial College.
Alfred, King, 78-the two great elements of our
race, ib.-original condition of mankind one of
culture, ib.-difference between a rude and a
savage people, 79-youth of Alfred-journey to
Rome, 80-his mysterious disease, 82-his rela-
tions with the Church, 83-his first interview with
Asser, monk of St. David's, 84-character of his
literary works, 85-his political institutions, 86-
his Protestantism, 87-merits of Dr. Pauli's book
-character of the Rev. J. A. Giles' "Life of
Alfred, 87, 88.

American poetry, 212-its general character, ib.-
Longfellow, 213-Bryant, 219-Thomas Buchanan
Read, 220-Edgar Poe, 222-mediocrity of Ame-
rican poets, 224-recommendations, 224-226.
Anglo-Catholics found their tenets upon the Liturgy,

203.

Aquilonius on binocular vision, 91, note.
Archæology. See Primeval.

nets, 4-6-administrators wanted rather than legis-
lators, 7-real irresponsibility of ministers, ib.-
cause of the scanty supply of public men, 9-cha-
racter of middle-class representatives, 10-unde-
sirableness of parliamentary life, 10, 11-adminis
trative genius and dialectic skill seldom meet in
one mind, 12-bounded sympathies of London
senators, 15-union of the two functions of the
Lord Chancellor, ib.-remedy for existing evils,
17-need of ex officio seats, 18-suggestion as to
unrecognised statesmen, 19-Henry Taylor's
opinion, 20-temper of Mr. Roebuck's work, 21.
Burns, Robert, his interview with Walter Scott, 153
-Francis Jeffrey attracted by the sight of him on
the High Street of Edinburgh, 154.

Bryant, W. C., review of his "Thanatopsis," 219.
C

Cabinets, materials for future, 4-6.

Calamus, its origin and use in the Church, 6-1.
Cameoscopes, single and binocular, 107.
Carlyle's Latter Day Pamphlets reviewed, 1.

Asser, monk of St. David's, his connexion with King Chalmers, Dr., Memoirs of, 110-the man of an

Alfred, 84.

Auchterarder case, statement of, 136.

Australia, Ornithology of, 180.

B

Balmez, Rev. J., leader of a new intellectual school
in Spain, 57-aims at the internal revival and res-
toration of the Spanish Church, ib.-his work on
civilisation reviewed, ib.

epoch, ib.-a great man, 111-distinguished for
momentum, unity of intention, transparent simpli-
city, 111, 112-conflict between the man and
the Christian, 112-conquest over the idolatry of
self, 113-the secret of his power lies in the con-
centration of his faculties, and their subordination
to the higher purposes of his life, 114-relative
religious condition of England and Scotland in his
time-moderatism, 115-religious revival and the
Westminster Confession, 116-his evangelic mis-
sion, ib.-ordinary pulpit style, 117-his personal
influence, 118, 119-influence in the professorial
chair, 119, 120-preference of the chair to the pul-
pit, 120-impulse communicated to the ministerial
mind of Scotland, 123-his function as a systematic
philanthropist, 124, 125-his advocacy of establish-
ments, 125-harmony between the principle of es-
tablishments and the principles resulting in the
Disruption, 128-130-Dr. Chalmers's connexion
with it misunderstood, 131-the Veto Law, 135-
Non-intrusion controversy, 136-his part in the
Disruption, 143.

Church of England, liturgical reform in, 144.
Church Establishments, Dr. Chalmers's advocacy of,
125-light thrown upon the question by the Dis-
ruption, 149.

Baptismal regeneration, 207-no trace of infant bap-
tism in the New Testament, 209.
Binocular vision and the stereoscope, 88-inventions
have their infancy and manhood, 89-Leonardo da
Vinci's observations, 90-each eye sees dissimilar
pictures of solids, ib.-Mr. Wheatstone's theory of
the stereoscope erroneous, 92, 93-Sir David
Brewster's law of visible direction, 93-history of
his lenticular stereoscope, 94-his theory of the
stereoscope, 95-method of taking accurate binoc-
ular pictures, 96-why the perspective of a pic-
ture is best seen with one eye, 98-influence of
size in lenses, ib.-monocular and binocular por-
traits incorrect, ib.-method of uniting the two,
99-superiority of the lenticular stereoscope, 100
-use of the stereoscope to painters and sculptors,
101-photographical pictures combined by the
stereoscope, 101, 102-effects of the union of simi-
lar pictures, 103-illusions resulting from this
union, 104-conversion of relief, cameos and in-
taglios, 105, 106-inversion of form, single and
binocular cameoscopes, 107-chromatic stereo-
scope, relief from colour, 108-binocular perspec-
tive, theory of a picture, 108, 109.
Brain, its relation to the mind, 24.
Brewster, Sir David, account of his stereoscopes, 94.
British statesmanship and policy, prospects of, 1-
requirements and dangers of the day, 2-list of Despotism, priestly, effects of, upon a nation, 67.
potential statesmen, 3-materials for future cabi-Disruption of the Scottish Establishment, 128-es-

Church of the middle ages, its effects on European
society, 61.

Civilisation, progress of, under Popery and under
Protestantism, 59.

Clarendon, Lord, qualifications as a statesman, 3.
Cockburn's "Life of Jeffrey" reviewed, 153.
Combe, George, review of his "Constitution of
Man," 22.

D

Monastic Orders, services of, in multiplying books,
and in redeeming Christian slaves, 63.
Moseley, Joseph, his "Political Elements, or the
progress of Modern Legislation" reviewed, 298.

Niebuhr, Life and Letters of, 226-his boyhood, 227
intelligence and information, 228-master
twenty languages, 229-philology and history his
favourite studies, ib.-first residence at Copenha-
gen, 231-his opinion of London and Edinburgh,
232, 233-his marriage, 233-his political life in
Prussia, 234-Lectures on Roman History at Ber-
lin, 235-his own opinion of the first volume of
his history, 236-Niebuhr and Goethe's opinions
of one another, ib.-second marriage and mission
to Rome, 237-opinion of Rome and its inhabi-
tants, 238-his son, opinions as to infant training,
238, 239-life and lectures at Bonn, 239, 240-ill-
ness and death, 241-impressions of his character,
241-his religion, 243-merits and defects as a
historian, 245.

Ornithology, 176-pleasure derived from the study,
177-numerical amount of species, ib.-the condor
of the Cordilleras the largest, 178-the Tringa the
most widely extended, 179-the representative
species, 180-birds of Australia, 180, 181-special
features of Australian Ornithology, 182-the buz-
zard, 183-bower-birds, the parrot, 183, 184-the
pigeon, 185-mound-building birds, 186-swim-
ming birds, 187-pelicans and cormorants, 188-
birds of Ireland, 189-migratory movements of
birds, 189, 190-geographical distribution, 190-
effect of industrial operations on birds, 191-
eagles, 192-hawks and owls of Ireland, 193, 194

incessorial or perhaps perching birds, 194—thrushes
and titmice, 196-the crow, the magpie, 196, 197.
P

Parliament, Mr. Carlyle's view of, 13.
Parliamentary life, undesirableness of, 10, 11.
Pauli, Dr. Reinhold, his biography of King Alfred
reviewed, 78.

Periodical Literature, recent change in, 174.
Photography, benefit of the stereoscope in, 97.
Phrenology, its place and relations, 22-general view
of Combe's "Constitution of Man," ib.-its rela-
tion to religion, 23-relations of the brain and the
mind, 24-the pretension of phrenology to point
out not only the places where but the manner how
the brain and mind are connected, 25-new light
thrown upon old and familiar doctrines by phreno-
logical jargon, 27-organs as indications of charac-
ter, 28-size and activity of the organ, ib.-phre-
nology and moral science, 29, 30-Mr. Combe's
three sources of crime, 30-if man is the victim of
his nature, punishment inadmissible, 31, 32-phre-
nology and religion, 33-spiritual beliefs, 35-Mr.
Combe's key to the true theory of the divine
government, 36-evils of our social system, ib.—
chief fault of Mr. Combe's work, 37.

Playfair, Dr. Lyon, on the decline of science in En-
gland, 285-lecture on the results of the Exhibi-
tion, 291.

Poe, Edgar, criticism of his poetry, 222.

of the Roman Church with European progress, 58
the terms Catholic and Christian synonymous
with Balmez, 59-the Church of the Empire, 60
-the Church and the Barbarians, 62-emancipat-
ed the body but enchained the soul, 64-the cup
and calamus, ib.-civilizing effects of the two ele-
ments as manifested in Spain and Great Britain,
65-priestly despotism, 67-partial civilisations,
68-Protestant divisions, 70.

S

Sacerdotalism the prolific source of almost every
corruption, 207.

Saxons, character of the, in the days of Alfred, 75.
Scotchmen, century of eminent, 154-their classifi-
fication, 154, 155-Scotticism of Scotchmen, 155-
peculiarity of Scottish as compared with English
thought, 157-Scottish influence in philosophy,
158-in literature, 159-Scottish Whiggism, 167
Scottish criticism, 170.

Spain, effects of Popery on, 67.
Statesmen, survey of present and prospective British,
2, 3 qualifications required in, 12.
Stereoscope, its history, construction, and application,
89-superiority of the lenticular, 100.
Swedenborg's description of what poetical language
should be, 225.

T

Taylor, Henry, his work entitled "The Statesman "
reviewed, 1.

Thompson, William, review of his Natural History
of Ireland, 176-short notice of his works, 176,
177, note.
poison insidiously conveyed in stories for
the young, 40.

Political Parties, crisis of, 299-condition of our
political elements," ib.-fatal equipoise, 300-
danger of a lax morality among public men, 301-
303-Mr. Disraeli's recantation indefensible, 304
-unworthy language of Lord Derby, 304-pro-
longation of the Whig party not desirable, 305-Tractarian
the real parties in England, 306-the Grand Desi-
deratum, the Eclectic party, 308-its composition,
308, 309-its policy, 309, 310.
Portraiture and Sculpture, application of the stereo-
scope to, 101.

Primeval Archæology of Britain, 246-importance of
the science, ib.-estimate of Dr. Wilson's work,
246, 247-aims of the science, 248-the stone pe-
riod, 249-its remote antiquity, 250-the bronze
period, 251-the races of these periods, 253-the
stone" men Allophylians, 254 two Allo-
phylian or ante-Celtic races, 256-bronze probably
of Gaelic introduction, 257.
Protestant divisions indicative of freedom and intel-
lectual activity, 70.

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Protestantism and Romanism compared in their ef-
fects on civilisation, 59, 60.

R

Read, T. B., criticism of his poetry, 220.

Roebuck's "History of the Whig Administration of
1830" reviewed, 1.

Romanism, errors of, 257-Archbishop Whately's
"Cautions for the Times," 259-specimens of
successful refutation of Popish errors, ib.-the new
and the old religion, ib.-private judgment, 260-
worship of saints and the Virgin, ib.-transubstan-
tiation, 261-Popery confirms the depraved ten-
dencies of human nature, while Protestantism op-
poses them, 263-superstition, 264-extreme unc-
tion and purgatory, 265, 266-vicarious religion,
266-pious frauds, 267-infallibility, 268-origin
of Romish errors, 269-persecution, 271, 272-
self-righteousness, 272-views of the Reformers to
the time of Bishop Bull, 273-Bishop O'Brien on
justification, 275-Cardinal Bellarmine and Bishop
Bull, 276-the true author of Popery, 278.
Romanism and European civilisation, 56-connexion

V

Village life in England, 38-books for the poor, 39-
Tractarian story-books, 40-Mr. Sullivan Earle's
"Gilbert Arnold," 40, 41-" Companions of my
Solitude," 41-Communication between rich and
poor, ib.-duties of the English housewife, 42-
antidote to the alehouse, 43-houses for the poor,
44-condition of the daughters of the poor, ib.-
great sin of great cities, the source often lies in
rural districts, ib.-seduction, 46-judicious treat-
ment at the turning-point of the career, 47-em-
ployment of females, needlework, 49-evils in
the management of village shops, 50-duty of the
rich to employ their poorer neighbours, 51-the
schoolmaster, 52-lending libraries, 53-savings
club, ib.--remissness of the clergy, ib.-opportu
nities for good, 54, 55-claims of the poor and du-
ties of the rich, 55, 56.

Voss, the poet, his connexion with Niebuhr, 228, 230
-Niebuhr's opinion of his poetry, 231.

W

Whately, Archbishop, on the "Errors of Roman-

ism"-see Romanism-defects of his work, 263.
Wheatstone, Charles, his theory of binocular vision,

$9.

Whiggism, Scottish, 165-Jeffrey's theory of, 167,

168.

Wilkinson, J. J. G., review of his work on the Hu-
man Body and its connexion with Man, 70-a
disciple of Swedenborg, 72.

Wilson, Daniel, LL.D., his work on Archæology re-
viewed, 256.

Worsaae, J. J. A., his "Primeval Antiquities of
Denmark" reviewed, 256.