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Acadia, first settlement of, 47.
Adams, John, eulogized, 29.
Adams, J. Q. his correspondence on
the subject of the Russian claims,
375, 389, 393.

Adler, his labors on the New Testa-
ment, 481.

Alter, his edition of the Codex Vin-
dobonensis, 480.

Birch, his labors on the New Testa-
ment, 480, 481.

America North, first discoveries of,
33, 34, 36, 376-attempts to colo-
nize, 35-early accounts of, 38-
first English colonies in, and their
charters, 40 et seq.-French colo-
nies in, 46-Dutch colonies in, 50
-why not colonized by other na-
tions, 49, 50-travels in, review-
ed, 224, 340-Aborigines of, 240—
-(see Indians.)-a new field for
works of fiction, 250-(see Ro-
mance)-population of, 290 et seq.
-(see Population)-claims to N.
W. coast of, examined, 370 et seq.
-see Russia)-Geology of parts of,
230, 233 et seq.
Americanisms, 207, 215, 248, 341.
Ames, Fisher, 79,211.
Anatomy, general and descriptive,
142, 156-Bichat's system of 142,
156-Buisson's system of, 147.
Anecdotes of Morellet and his contem-
poraries, reviewed, 455 et seq.-
of the revolutionary war, by Gar-
den, reviewed, 455 et seq.
Ante-colonial history of N. E. 32 et

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Beccaria, Morellet's anecdotes of, 328,
330 his Crimes and Punishments
translated by Morellet, 329.
Behring, his voyage, 376.
Bentley, Dr., on the various readings
of the New Testament, 475, 476.
Bengel, his labors on the criticism of
the New Testament, 477.

Beza, his edition of the New Testa-
ment, 470.

Bichat, Xavier, his general anatomy,
translated by Hayward, reviewed,
132-his private history, 137-his
treatise on the membranes, 140—
his remarks on the phenomena of
life and death, 140-his profession-
al zeal, 141, 142-his death, 142–
character of, 143-his system of
general anatomy explained and dis-
cussed, 144, 154-compared with
Hunter, 161.

Biron, a Norwegian, said to have dis-
covered Newfoundland, 33.
Blaxton, Wm. sole occupant of the
isthmus of Boston, 257.

Bode, his work against Mill's New
Testament, 475.

Boston, settlement of, 257-Stansbu-

ry's character of people of, 344.
Bracebridge Hall reviewed, 204 et
seq. compared with the Sketch
Book, 208 general character of,
209-fundamental error of, 212 et

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Carver, his travels cited, 233, 236.
Cases overuled, &c. 65. See Law.
Champlain, his account of Canada,
226, 227.

Charles I., prevents Cromwell's emi-
gration to America, 28-names N.
Eng. 43.

Charleroix, cited, 33, 50, 228.
Chatham, Lord, character of his elo-
quence, 86.

Choiseul, minister of France, Rous-
seau's fears of, 13.

Cicero, character of his eloquence,
82-his use of historical personages,

163.

Coke, Lord, cited, 67, 201.

Coligni, his attempt to colonize Flo-
rida, 46.

Colonies, the N. Eng. compared with
others ancient and modern, 24-de-
signed for mere trading companies,
25-English in America, 40-
French, 46-Dutch, 50, on the N.
W. coast of America, 376, 384.
Confessions, Rousseau's, 1, 6.
Coppermine river, 238.

Corances, his anecdotes of Rousseau,
11, 13-his opinion on the mode of
Rousseau's death, 16.

Corilla, the famous improvisatrice,

324.

Cortereal, explores Labrador, 50.
Cowper, the poet, cited, 211-his
translation of Homer, 350-his
character, 8.

Cox's Russian Discoveries, cited, 382.
Cromwell, on the point of emigrating
to America, 28.

Cumberland, criticised, 60, 193.

D.

Dale, Sir T. colonizes Virginia, 45.
D'Alembert, anecdotes of, 321, 323,
326, 327.

De Breme, his discourse on Italian
literature reviewed, 94--extracts
from, 99, 101 et seq.

De Ments, settles Acadia, 47, 226.
De Prades, Abbé, his dispute with the
doctors of the Sorbonne, 321.
Demosthenes, character of his elo-
quence, 82.

Desault, the anatomist, 137, 138,
Detroit, history of, 232.

Devin du Village, St. Pierre's opinion
of, 4-author's opinion of, 4-effect
of its representation, 13.

Docherty, Michael, story of, 459.
Dudley, Paul, his account of the falls
of Niagara.

E.

Ecclesiastical Establishments,of France,
432--of Spain, 436-of Portugal,438
-of Hungary, 440-of U. S. A. 442
-of Italy 445-of Austria and Swit-
zerland, 446-of Prussia and the
Netherlands, 447-of Denmark,
Norway, Russia, and Turkey, 448-
of England and Wales, 449, 450-
of Ireland, 449-of Scotland, 450—
project for diminishing the expense
of, 451-whether å reform of is
practicable, 453.

Education, by free schools, 30-sys-
tem of, in England and in the U.
S. 56 et seq.-Fellenberg's system
of, 361-Pestalozzi's system of, 355
-in Geneva, 366, 368.
Elizabeth Islands, discovered, 35.
Eloquence, defined, 76 parliamen-
tary, 76 of the pulpit, 77-culti-
vation of, 80-of Robespierre, Bo-
naparte and Mirabeau compared, 74
-of Burke and Isocrates, 81-of
Cicero and Demosthenes, 82-of
Patrick Henry, 82-of Chatham,
86-of Burke, Fox, and Pitt, 192.
Elzevir edition of the New Testament,
471.

Emigration, to and from N. Eng. 297,
300-from Great Britain into the
U. S. 293 et seq.-quantum of, ac-
cording to official documents, 301
effect of on the increase of popula-
tion in the U. S. 304.
Emile, Rousseau's opinion of, 4-price
of, 8-manuscript of burnt, 13.
England, her former colonies, 40-a
foreigner's opinion of, reviewed, 51
et seq.-constitution, 192-on the
causes of her distress, 196-on her
rules of war, 203-on her church
establishments, 450.

Erasmus, his first edition of the New
Testament, 462-his subsequent
editions, 466, 467, 468.

Ermenonville, the last residence of
Rousseau, 15-spared by the allies,

19.

Essay, St. Pierre's on Rousseau, re-
viewed, 1 et seq.

Europe, 'by a citizen of the U. S.,'

reviewed 177, 210-changes in the

government of, 179-prospect of
its consolidation, 182-its policy to-
wards France and Russia, 183-ef
fects of military consolidation of,
183, 185, et seq.

Evans, Estwick, his pedestrious tour,

340.

Fell, Dr., his edition of the Greek Tes-
tament, 473.

Fellenberg, his schools, 361.
Fenelon, Rousseau's admiration of, 14
-remains of, respected by Marl-
borough and Eugene, 19.
Fine Arts, in England, 60, 198-in-
fluence of the, on literature, 96-
in Switzerland, 356, 366.
Florida, settlement of, 46.
Fontenelle, anecdote of, 8.
Foscolo, 15 editions of his novel, 164.
Fossil tree, account of a, 248.
Fox, compared with Burke and Pitt,
192, et seq.

France, claims of, to the discovery of
America-colonies of, in Ame-
rica, 45-policy of Europe towards,
183-present political situation of,
188-poetry of, unfit for music,
13-late ministry of, disturb the
remains of Rousseau, 19-gentry
of, at the beginning of the revolu-
tion, 354-chief actors in the revo-
lution of, 73-effects of the revolu-
tion of, on civil liberty, 177 et seq.
Franklin, cited, 310-notices of, 1, 9,
83, 211-Mirabeau's notice of his
death, 93-Morellet's anecdotes of,
328, 332, 335-humorous ode to
334.

G

Galiani, his argument against the
French Atheists, 329.
Garden, Alex.-his anecdotes of the
Revolutionary war. &c. reviewed,
455-his remarks on the study of
history, 456.

Garrick, anecdotes of, 328, 331, 332,
333.

Geneva, artists of, 366-societies of,
368.

Geology, of parts of the United States,

230, 233, et seq. 237, 239,245.
Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, his attempt to
colonize N. America, 35.
Girardin, the elder, patron of Rous-
seau, 15-his account of Rousseau's
death, 16, 17-the younger, a pupil
of Rousseau, 15-restores his re-

mains to their original place of bu
rial, 19.

Glaciers, phenomena of the, 364 et
seq.

Gluck, his interview with Rousseau,

12.

Godwin, his answer to Malthus re-

viewed, 289 et seq. See Population.
Gæde, his opinion of England re-
viewed, 51 et seq.

Goldau, remarkable destruction of,

359.

Gorges, Sir Fernando, his colonies.
41, 42.

Gorton, Samuel, persecutions of, 419.
Gosnold, discoveries of, 36.
Government, of the American colon-
ies, 24. et seq. 40 et seq.-Notions
of our ancestors concerning, 28-
characteristics of a free, 53-Mira-
beau's views of, 90-changes of, in
Europe, 179.

Greene, Gen. Johnson's life of, re-
viewed, 416-memoirs of, 416,
421-letters of, 422-Luzerne's re-
marks on, 458.

Greenleaf, Simon, his' cases overruled'
&c. reviewed, 65, 71.
Grenville, Sir Richard, attempts to
colonize N. America, 35.
Griesbach, his New Testament, 460—
his Prolegomena cited, 470. Ac-
count of his labors on the New
Testament 479-his opinion of lat-
inizing codices 482-number of
manuscripts made use of by him
ib.-his symbolæ criticæ, 483-his
classification of manuscripts 483-
rules for applying various readings,

485.

H

Hakluyt, cited, 33-active in colon-
izing America, 38.

Hallé, his eulogium on Bichat, 144.
Hayward, Dr Geo. his translation of

Bichat reviewed, 132.

Heckewelder, the Indian historian, 258.
Hennepin, his account of Niagara,
228, 231.

Henry, his account of the copper
mines, 238.

History, of the N. England colonies,
22 et seq. of New England, dis-
tinguished into periods, 33-of voy.
ages to N. America, 33 et seq.-of
attempts to colonize N. Ameria,
35-remarks on the study of, 456.

Historical Romance, new materials for, Life, principles of, 144-organic and

250 et seq.

Holbein, his paintings, 356.

Hortense, Queen, anecdote respecting,
358.

Hume, quoted, 27, 28-his disposition,
9-his plan of a commercial dic-
tionary, 331-used to meet the
French atheists at Baron D'Hol-
bach's 328.

Hunter, Dr John, compared with Bi-
chat, 161.

I

Improvisatori 324, 325.
Indians, N. America, their mode of
writing, 240-considered as mate-
rials for poetry and romance, 253–
anecdotes of the, 242, 244,247,596
et seq. 418, 419.

Irving, Washington his works 206.
Isocrates, his oratory, 81, 84.
Italy, language of, adapted to music,
13-associations with, 94 et seq.-
literature of affected by her fine
arts, 96-do. by the Greek emi-
grants, 99-literary controversies
of, 98-the improvisatori of, 325-
general taste for music in, 325-
ecclesiastical establishments in, 445.
J

Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, 211, 333.
Johnson, Judge, his life of Greene re-
viewed, 416-his testimony against
duelling, 430.

Julia Severa, or the year 492, review-
ed, 163.

K

Kirkland, his life of Ames, commend-
ed, 211.

Knickerbocker's New York, commend-
ed, 206.

L

La Hontan, cited, 228, 240.

Lake Superior, description of, 236.
Law, number of reports of, 65-errors
of, 65, 66-general certainty of,
67-system of in U. S. 68-improve-
ments in, suggested, 69-notion of
systematizing, 70-of nations, in
regard to war remarked on, 199 et
seq.

Liberty, civil, progress of, since the
French revolution, 177 et seq.—
how far it must necessarily keep
pace with civilization, 178, 184-of
Western Europe, 180-how to be
effected by a military subjugation
of Europe, 180.

animal, 146 et seq.-active and nu-
tritive, 147 et seq.

Lisiansky, his account of the Russian
settlements, &c. 396, 397.

M

Maine, first settlement of, 24, 41.
Malthus, Godwin's answer to, review-
ed, 289-character of his work on
population, 289-cited, 311, 312,
315. See Population.

Marion, Gen. character of, 456 et seq.
Maryland, settlement of, 24.
Mathæi, his edition of the New Testa-
ment, 380.

Message, President's respecting Rus-
sian claims, 370.

Mill's Critical edition of the N. Testa-

ment account and character of, 473.
Mineralogy, of the U. S. 238, 244, 246.
Mirabeau, his advice to Rousseau, 4-
his works reviewed, 73-political
character of, 73-oratory of, 75,
83-his writings, 82, 83-his private
history, 84-his person and manner,
86-specimens of eloquence of, 88
et seq.

Mississippi, source of the, 241,243.
Moldenhawer, his labors on the New
Testament, 480, 481.

Morellet, Abbé, memoirs of, reviewed
319 et seq. anecdotes of, and his
contemporaries, 319 et seq.
Music, cultivated by Rousseau, 3, 7,
21-copied by Rousseau for a living,
6, 7, 10-adapted to Italian better
than French, 13-of the Italians
in 325-America 402-principles
of taste in vocal, 402 et seq.-tone
in 403-intonation in, 404-articu-
lation in, 405-accent in, 407-ex-
pression in, 407-graces of, 408-
taste in composition of, 409-prin-
ciples of, 410-power of imitation
by, 412.

N

Newberg letters, ascribed by Mr Just-
ice Johnson to Mr Gouverneur
Morris, 428.

New England, Discourse in comme-
moration of first settlement of, re-
viewed, 21 et seq.-antecolonial
history of, 32 et seq.-character of
settlers of, 22 et seq. 255, 346,
418-early political views of, 27—
first visited, 36-colonization of, 37
et seq.-education in, 30, 57, 58-
materials of for romance, 255-in-

crease of population in, 297 et
seq.-commerce of, 371-music in,
402-during the revolution, 423.
New Testament, principles of criticism
applied to text of, 460-The Re-
ceived Text of, 461—Erasmus' edi-
tions of 462 et seq.-the Complu-
tensian, 467-Stephens, 468-Be-
za, 470-Elzevir, 471-Labors of
Bishop Walton on the text 472, of
Mill473,Wetstein 474,Griesbach475.
Niagara, falls of, early accounts of

the, 227-description of the, 228-
retrocession of the, 230.
Novels, new form of, 163-materials
for, 250, 280-English, translated,
339-Brown's, 281.

Ohio, whence settled, 300.

Ovid's Tristia, character of, 351.

P.

Pathay, his history of Rousseau re-
viewed, 1 et seq.
Pestalozzi, his school, 355.
Peters, Hugh, an emigrant, 28.
Pitt,Wm. considered as an orator and
a statesman, 195.

Plutarch, Rousseau's remark on, 15.
Plymouth, settlement of, 22 et seq.-
the residence of Hampden, 28.
Poetry, controversy respecting an-
cient and modern, 99 et seq..
principles of, 103, 105, et seq.-cha-
racteristics of the Greek, 106-cha-
racteristics of modern, 107-great
changes in, how produced, 109 et
seq.

Poletica, his statement of the Russian
claims, 376 et seq.
Polyglot, Walton's, 472.
Pontoppidan, cited, 33, 36.
Popham, Sir John, his colony, 41.
Population, Godwin on, reviewed, 289
-ratio of increase of, compared
with increase of food, 290—Mal-.
thus' principle of, examined, 290 et
seq.-ratio of increase of, in United
States of America, 292-how affec-
ted in United States of America, by
emigration, 293 et seq.-increase
of, in New England, 297-checks
on increase of, 299-particular
principles of, 305 et seq.
Portugal, her attempts to colonize
N. America, 49, 50 ecclesiastical
establishments of, 438.

President's message respecting claims
of Russia to the N. W. coast, 370.
Prinne, his voyage to N. America, 38.
Pym, on the point of emigrating, 28.
Q.

Quakers, Mirabeau's speech to the, 92.
R.

Religion, Egyptian, 107-effects of
Christian, on poetry, 109-charac-
ter of, under the last Roman em-
perors, 110-how affected by the
remains of Heathen mythology,
112-how by the admixture of
Scandinavian mythology, 116 et

seq.

Reports, number of English and Ame-
rican, 65.

Rhode-Island, settlement of, 417, et
seq.-feelings of, towards Massa-
chusetts, 420.

Robespierre, political character of,
73 his oratory, 74.

Romance, Historical, antiquity of, 163
-new field for, 250-variety of
character for, in America, 252-
associations with scenes in America
fit for, 254-periods of American
history suited to, 255 et seq.
Rousseau, biographies of, commented
on, 1 et seq.-personal appearance
of, 3, 4-domestic habits of, 5, 6,
7-his mode of getting a living, 7
-sums received by, for his works,
7, 8-his religious feeling, 14, 21-
his death, 15 et seq.-his remains,
how treated, 19-verses and epi-
taphs on, 19 et seq.-Morellet's ac-
count of, 327.

Russia, danger of, to Europe, 183,
187-do. to the cause of liberty,
183 et seq.-her title to the N. W.
coast of America, 370 et seq.-her
late ukase, 373, 393-her discove-
ries and settlements in N. America,
376-effect of the penalty of her
ukase, 378, 393-her claim to a
close sea, 379, 389-statement of
the question between her and the
United States of America, 380-her
title to N. W. coast by discovery
examined, 381-do. by first occu-
pation, 383-real objects of, 390-
her claims considered with refer-
ence to Great-Britain and France,
391, 392-her charges against the

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