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INDEX

TO THE

SIXTY-FOURTH VOLUME

OF THE

North-American Review.

A.

Adams, John, Gibbs's Memoirs of
the Administration of, reviewed,
161 quarrels with the Federal-
ists, 170 opposes Hamilton,

171.

Addison, Joseph, Miss Aikin's Life
of, reviewed, 314 grace and hu-
mor of, 315- purity and gentle-
ness of, 316- his style character-
ized, 317-an advocate of pure
morals and religion, 318 - slan-
dered by Pope and Spence, 319-
early life of, 320 - bashfulness of,
321-becomes the friend of Steele,
322-his habits at Oxford, 323
literary projects of, 324 -his Eng-
lish and Latin verses, 325 - trav-
els in France, 326 - visits Male-
branche, 327-and Boileau, 328
travels in Italy by, 329 - Dialogues
on Medals by, 330 offers to act
as travelling tutor, 331
his poem
on Blenheim, 332 - goes abroad as
secretary to Halifax, 334 - his op-
era of Rosamond, 335 made sec.
retary to Wharton, 336
liberal,
but just, 337- his conduct towards
Steele, 338 loved and trusted by
Swift, 341 writes the Whig Ex-
aminer, 342 assists Steele in The
Tatler, 344-a reformer of man-
ners and morals, 345 writes for
The Spectator, 347 great merits
of, as an essayist, 348 - writes for
The Guardian, 349 - his Cato, 351
refuses to dedicate it to the

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queen, 353-merits of his trag-
edy, ib. objects to Pope's lam-
poon on Dennis, 355 - inquiry in-
to his relations with Pope, 356-
his remark on the Rape of the
Lock, 357-on the translation of
the Iliad, 359-not the author of
Tickell's version, 361 openly in-
sulted by Pope, 362 - his last in-
terview with him, 363 - sacred
poems of, 364-not intemperate
in wine, 365 - other slanders on,
refuted, 366 - marriage of, 367-
his will cited, 368 - alienated from
Steele, 369-dying scene of, 370

religious faith of, 371 not
faultless, but deserves high praise,
372. See Pope.

Agamemnon of Æschylus, by C. C.
Felton, noticed, 522.
Age, the present intellectual aspect
of, 273 mechanical inventions
in, 274-tendency of philosophy
in, ib. imagination supplanted
in, 275- boastfulness of, 276
utilitarian aspect of, 277 false
estimate of art in, 278
lack of
independent thought in, 279 -
worthless publications in, 200 -
profound and philosophical works
neglected in, 281 - poetry in, 283

Sadducism of, 234-advantages
for mental progress in, 286 - work
for philosophy and imagination in,
237.

Aikin, Lucy, Life of Addison by, re-
viewed, 314. See Addison.

Alberic, vision of, 113.

Alexander, James, life and character
of, 435.

Alexander, William, 435. See Stir-
ling.

Amari, Michele, History of the Sicil-
ian Vespers by, reviewed, 500-
his views of this event, ib. -ac-
count of John of Procida by, 505
- on the cruelties of the insur-
gents, 507
examination of au-
thorities by, 509. See Sicilian
Vespers.

America, the English language in,
179-Edinburgh Review on neol-
ogisms in, 181 - grounds of this
charge against, 184 - small power
of song in, 460 birth of a na-
tional literature in, 461- bustle
and hurry in, 462 - talkativeness
in, 463-making of speeches and
phrases in, 464-literature imita-
tive in, 465.

American Biography, Sparks's Libra-
ry of, 217.
Americanisms, mode of discounte-
nancing, 180-alleged frequency
of, 182-Pickering's Vocabulary
of, 183-number and nature of,
184.

Americans, manners of, 242 - inde-
pendence of, 243-cultivation of
literature by, 251 - public speeches
of, 252.

American writers, Gilfillan's sketch
of, 290.

Ancients, visions of a future world
among the, 98.

Anne, Queen, high spirit once shown
by, 334-attached to her brother,
the Pretender, 350.

Annual Review on Americanisms,
182.

Anthology, The Monthly, design of,

181.

Antiquities, American, Schoolcraft
on, 303.

Architecture in America, 246.
Art, false taste in modern, 278.
A, sounds of the vowel, 197.

B.

Bainbridge, Midshipman, duel fought
by, 226.

Banks, Sir Joseph, Brougham's life
of, 85his early devotion to nat-

ural history, 86- makes a voyage
with Captain Cook, 87 made
president of the Royal Society, 88
renders services to scientific

men, 89.

Barron, Commodore, duel of, with
Decatur, 236.

Becket, Thomas à, Life and Letters
of, by J. A. Giles, reviewed, 118-
Translation of, ib., note - discord-
ant opinions about, 120 great va-
riety in his life and employments,
121-doubts about the parentage
of, 123 legend about Matilda,
the mother of, 124 this legend
disproved, 125-ante-natal histo-
ry of, 126-studies of, at Merton
and Paris, 127-admitted to the
court of Archbishop Theobald, 128

made chancellor of England,
130 personal appearance and
habits of, 130 - diplomatic mis-
sions of, 132-his splendor and
munificence at Paris, 133-gains
renown in the wars, 134 his pri-
vate life and character, 135 - suc-
ceeds Theobald as archbishop,
137- revolution in his way of
life, 138 resigns the great seal,
ib. - attempts to resume grants of
church lands, 139 - quarrels with
the king, 140-supported by the
church, 142-and by France, 143

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refuses to give up the privileges
of the clergy, 144 - assents to the
Constitutions of Clarendon, 145 -
withdraws this assent, 146 - his
goods confiscated, 147 - goes into
exile, 148 kindly received by
Louis, and the pope, 149 - obliged
to shift his residence, 150.
Bernard, Saint, sufferings of, 118.
Berwick, Marshal, siege of Gaeta
by, 3.

Black, Dr., defrauded of fame by La-
voisier, 75.

Blenheim, battle of, sung by Addison,

332.

Boileau, Addison's interview with,
326, 328.

Boisdale of Clanranald meets Charles

Edward, 8.

Bossuet, pulpit eloquence of, 392.
Boston, Warburton's account of, 249.
Boswell praised by Brougham, 63.
Brandenburg, adventure of the Mar-
quis Hugues of, 114.

Brandywine, battle of, 451.
Brendan, Saint, vision of, 111.
British Critic on Americanisms, 182.
Brooks, Charles T., poetical transla-

tions by, reviewed, 402 - modesty
and good sense of, 423 - transla-
tion from Schiller by, 424 - from
other German poets, 425.

Brougham, Lord, Lives of Men of
Letters and Science by, second se-
ries, reviewed, 59 - merits and
faults of, ib., 96 - complaints made
of, 60-unjust to Dr. Johnson, 61
praises Boswell, 63 - his criti-
cisms on Johnson's works, 62-
on Johnson's character, 66 - his
life of Adam Smith, 67 - of La-
voisier, 72- of Gibbon, 77- of Sir
Joseph Banks, 85-of D'Alembert,
90.

Browne, Frances E., Poems by, re-
viewed, 402-judged by a speci-
men, 432.

Burgoyne's expedition, 244.
Burns, festival in honor of, 492.
Burr, conduct of, towards Hamilton,
178.

Bute, Lord, Stirling's acquaintance
with, 440.

Button's coffee-house, origin of, 339.

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years of, 2-serves under Marshal
Berwick, 3- his favorite amuse-
ments, ib. - secretly leaves Italy,
5- delayed and disappointed in
France, 6-embarks for Scotland,
7-lands at Moidart, 8-persuades
the Highland chiefs to join him, 9

raises the royal standard, 11-
receives many adherents, 12-ad-
vances to Stirling, 13 - enters Ed.
inburgh, 15- defeats Cope at
Preston, 18-bold intentions of,
19-advised to stay in Scotland,
20-his habits while there, 21-
determines to invade England, 22
- marches over the border, 23-
captures Carlisle, 24 - farther suc-
cesses of, 26 compelled to retreat
from Derby, 28 reënters Scot-
land, 29-invests Stirling, 30-
defeats Hawley at Falkirk, 31-
causes of his delay at this time, 34
- becomes attached to Miss Wal-
kinshaw, 35 gains possession of
Inverness, 37 resolves to fight
Cumberland, 38 - defeated at Cul-
loden, 39-his adventures as a fu-
gitive, 43 puts off for the isle of
Skye, 44- his wanderings among
the Hebrides, 45 assisted by Flo-
ra MacDonald, 47 - hardships suf-
fered by, 49- lives in a cave, 52

protected by outlaws, 53-re-
turns to France, 54-sorrows of
his later life, 55- death and char-
acter of, 56.
Chemistry, discoveries in, 73.
Christian Consolations, by A. P. Pea-
body, noticed, 521.
Christianity, the doctrine of a future
life in, 105.

Christmas, celebration of, 495.
Church, strength of the, in the Mid-
dle Ages, 142-its weakness and
dangers, 143.

dan

Cicero, the Dream of Scipio by, 100.
Clarendon, Constitutions of, 145.
Classical learning, decline of, 279.
Clergy, power of the, in the Middle
Ages, 141.
Colman, James F., poems by, review-
ed, 402-correct, but tedious, 431
The Island Bride by, ib. - other

poems of, 432.
Conrad, king of Sicily, 501.
Constance, queen of Aragon, 505.
Constitution, Federal, origin of the,
D'Alembert, Brougham's life of, 90-
birth, parentage, and early studies
of, 91 honors obtained by, 92
edits the Encyclopædia, 93-hisat-
tachment to Mademoiselle de l'Es-
pinasse, 94-literary career of, 95

164-sources of the opposition to
the, 165.

Conway, General, cabal of, 453.
Cook, Captain, first voyage of, 87.
Cope, Sir John, goes against Charles
Edward, 11- defeated at Preston,
18.

Corzi, Domenico, description of
Charles Edward by, 56.

Critical Review on Americanisms,
182.

Culloden, battle of, 39.
Cumberland, Duke of, takes the com-
mand against Charles Edward, 25
pursues him to Scotland, 28
advances to Edinburgh, 36 vic-
torious at Culloden, 39 inhuman
conduct of, 42.

D.

mental characteristics of, 96.

Dante, sources of the Divina Comme-
dia of, 97-indebted to the writ-
ings of the ancients, 98- to the
Latin poets and philosophers, 101

to medieval literature, 105 - to
works of art, 115-incident which
gave the first hint to, 117. See
Divina.

Decatur, Stephen, A. S. Mackenzie's
Life of, reviewed, 217 - romantic
valor of, 218- censured as a duel-
list, ib. parentage and education
of, 219- chooses a sailor's life, 220
- enters the navy, 221 - first duel
of, 223 joins the squadron sent
against Tripoli, 225 - acts as sec-
ond in another duel, 226
tures and burns the Philadelphia,
228-promotion of, 231 - gallant
conduct of, at Tripoli, 232 - his
final duel with Barron, 236.

cap-

Deffand, Madame du, ill-humor of, 94.
Dennis, Pope's lampoon on, 354.
Dissenters, services to learning ren-
dered by, 385 advantages and
difficulties in the position of, 386.
Divina Commedia, sources of the,
97-among the ancients, 98 - in

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Edda, songs of the, about a future
life, 104.
Edinburgh, alarm in, in 1745, 14-
Charles Edward's army enters, 15
opens its gates to Hawley, 29.
Eliot, Samuel, Passages from the His-
tory of Liberty by, noticed, 511.
Emerson, Ralph W., Poems by, re-
viewed, 402- as a prose essayist,
406 - his Sphinx cited, 407 - fan-
tastic and unintelligible, 408-stud-
ied obscurity of, 409-examples
of this trait in, 410 compared for
incoherency with Foote, 412 - a
strange phenomenon, 414 - Miss
Fuller's opinion of, 423.
Encyclopædia, the French, publica-
tion of the, 93.

England, under Henry the Second,
129-power of the clergy in, 141
-inconsistent philanthropy of, 241.
English language, the, in America,
179 association for preserving,
180 opinion of the critical jour-
nals on, 181 - corrupted in Eng-
land, 186-constant additions to,
191 expansiveness of, 193
pronunciation of, 196.

E, sounds of the vowel, 198.
Espinasse, Mademoiselle, life of, 94.
Etymologist, great labors of the, 205.
Europe seen with Knapsack and
Staff, by J. B. Taylor, reviewed,
483. See Taylor.

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be performed in, 375 - treatment
of the prepositions in, 376 - impor-
tance of right method in, 377-
examples of derivative meanings
in, 378-logical deduction of the
meanings of words in, 379 - faults
in, exposed, 380 - other deduc-
tions in, 381- importance of guid-
ing principles in, 383.

Federalists, integrity and patriotism
of the, 164-how rendered odious,
167-causes of the loss of power
by the, 171 - letters of their lead-
ers, 172. See Hamilton.

Felton, C. C., editions of the Greek
Classics by, 522.

Fichte, W. Smith's Memoir of, no-
ticed, 263.

Fitz-Urse, the murderer of Becket,

157.

Foscolo, Ugo, on Dante, 98.
Foster, John, on Robert Hall as a
preacher, 384 - difficulties con-
quered by, 387.

France, Addison's residence in, 326.
Francis, Saint, vision of, 112.
Franklin, Dr., on the purity of the
English language, 179.
Franklin, William, governor of New
Jersey, 446.
Frederic II., king of Sicily, 501.
Freiligrath, translations from, 425.
French, religious legends among the,
109.

Fuller, Miss, criticisms on the poets
by, 422.

G.

Gates, General, Warburton's opinion
of, 245-implicated in Conway's
cabal, 454.

Gay, interview of, with Addison,
371.

Germantown, battle of, 452.
German mind, productions of the,
281.

Germany, J. B. Taylor's travels in,
495-religious legends in, 103.
Gregory VII., remarkable sermon of,

114.

Gregory the Great, Dialogues of,
114.

Gregory, Olinthus, Life and Works
of Robert Hall by, reviewed, 384.

See Hall.

Greek Lexicography, 373 - labor to

Greeks, ideas of a future world among
the, 98.

Guardian, The, Addison writes for,
349.

Gibbon, early life of, 77 - fluctua-
tions of his faith, 78 - literary pro-
jects of, 79 - beginning of his
great work, 80 - his faults of style,
ib. - his history applauded and at-
tacked, 81-visits Paris and Lon-
don, 82-completion of his work,
83-his personal appearance, 84
- sickness and death of, 85.

Gibbs, George, Memoirs of the Fed.
eral Administrations by, reviewed,
161 quoted, 167, 170- corre-
spondence published by, 172 - his
work commended, 178.
Gildon, abuse of Pope by, 362.
Giles, J. A., Life and Letters of
Thomas à Becket by, reviewed,
118-merits and faults of his work,
122. See Becket.

Gilfillan, George, Sketches of Mod-
ern Literature by, reviewed, 273 —
stilted and gossiping style of, 288
-on Robert Hall, 289 - his gen-
ius for comparisons, 290 on
American literary men, ib. - not
worth criticizing, 291-cited, 401.
Godolphin, Addison patronized by,

332.

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