ples from the Best Poets. By Erastus Everett, A. M. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1848. 12mo. pp. 198.
General Principles of the Philosophy of Nature, with an Outline of some of its Recent Developments among the Germans, embracing the Philosophical Systems of Schelling and Hegel, and Oken's System of Nature. By J. B. Stallo, A. M., lately Professor of Analytical Mathematics in St. John's College, N. Y. Boston: Crosby & Nichols. 1848. 12mo. pp. 520.
Sixteenth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the Blind, to the Corporation. Cambridge Metcalf & Co., Printers. 1848. 8vo. pp. 76.
A Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States, from New England to Wisconsin, and South to Ohio and Pennsylvania inclusive, (the Mosses and Liverworts by Wm. S. Sullivant,) arranged according to the Natural System; with an Introduction, containing a Reduction of the Genera to the Linnæan Artificial Classes and Orders, Outlines of the Elements of Botany, a Glossary, etc. By Asa Gray, M. D., Fisher Professor of Natural History in Harvard University. Boston and Cambridge James Munroe & Co. 1848. 12mo. pp. 710.
Tables of Logarithms of Numbers, and of Logarithmic Sines, Tangents, and Secants, to Seven Places of Decimals; together with Other Tables of Frequent Use in the Study of Mathematics and in Practical Calculations. By Anthony D. Stanley, A. M., Professor of Mathematics in Yale College. New Haven: Durrie & Peck. 1847. 8vo. pp. 340.
American Mnemotechny, or Art of Memory Theoretical and Practical, with a Mnemotechnic Dictionary. By Pliny Miles. Third Edition. New York: Wiley & Putnam. 1848. 12mo. pp. 408.
Address before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, January 28th, 1848, on the Occasion of opening the Hall in the Athenæum. By William B. Reed, Philadelphia: Č. Sherman. 1848. 8vo. pp. 51.
Abstract principles, abuse of, in poli-
tics, 320-made to take the place
of realities, 321.
Acadie, Evangeline, a Tale of, re-
viewed, 215 sad history of, 216
-discovery and name of, 217
English expeditions against, 218-
ceded to Great Britain, 219-hos-
tility of the inhabitants of, 220 -
their removal from, proposed, 221
- expedition against, 222- terms
granted to the people of, 223.
their simple and happy life, 224
reasons for removing them, 225
the male inhabitants of, entrapped,
227 their forced embarkation,
228- the country ravaged, 229.
sufferings of the people of, ib.-
their distribution among the towns,
231 their wanderings and mis-
ery, 232- treachery and injustice
shown to, 233-Longfellow's poem
founded on the history of, ib.
Adams, John, on the quarrelling of
officers, 443.
Adams, Sergeant, on prison disci-
pline, 186.
Alps, Italy hemmed in by the, 4.
America, F. C. Gray on Prison Disci-
pline in, reviewed, 145.1
American people, the supposed de-
generacy of, 426-predicted de-
cline of, in virtue, 427 - compared
with their fathers, 428-religion
has not declined among, ib. not
more eager to gain their neigh-
bours' territories, 430-thirsted to
conquer the French colonies, 431
not more sordid or covetous,
433- -nor less patriotic, 435- the
armies of, compared, 437-section.
al prejudices among, 443- not
more factious, 444.
Anacharsis, Travels of, 403.
Ancient history hard to write, 401
illustrated by fictions, 402- civili-
zation and religion were aristo-
cratic, 412-republics were oli.
garchies, 413.
Arctic voyages promoted by Sir J.
Barrow, 356.
Arno, course of the river, 5.
Associations, effects of organized
political, 316.
Athenian Letters, historical fiction of
the, 402.
Athens, constitution of, 413- num-
ber of slaves in, 416-pauperism
and infanticide in, 417.
Australia, Dr. Leichhardt's Expedi-
tion in, reviewed, 482- British
energy in colonizing, 483- queer
names of places in, 484-character
of the settlers of, 485 - the squat
ters in, 486-exploration of, 487 –
proposed overland routes in, 488—
aborigines of, 490, 493-Leich-
hardt begins his exploration of, 492
discoveries in, 496- hostility of
the natives of, 500- Mitchell's
journey in, 503- Leichhardt's sec-
ond journey in, 504.
Brodzinski, a Polish poet, 340-
patriotism of, 341.
Browning, Robert, Plays and Poems
of, reviewed, 357 is he a poet,
367- has made great progress, 368
-several publications of, 369 —
Sordello by, ib. — obscure but rich
in style, 370 - dramatic characters
of, 374- his wholeness and power
of thought, 375-his tragedy of
Luria, 376-analysis of this play,
377 extracts from it, 378 - his
humor, 394 - other poems of, 395,
397 has the elements of great-
ness, 399 his power as a drama-
tist, 400.
Capobianco, Father, narrative of the
voyage of, noticed, 245.
Carey, H. C., The Past, the Present,
and the Future, by, reviewed, 426.
Carlovingian invasion of Italy, 8.
Chalmers, the Loyalist historian, 445.
Changeling, The, by J. R. Lowell,
481.
Charicles, by Prof. Becker, reviewed,
401 defects and merits of, 408.
Charlestown prison, 153- mortality
in, 154-periods of confinement
in, 157 insanity at, 162-con-
vict earnings in, 173-pays its
own expenses, 175.
Chester county prison, insanity in,
167.
Chesterton, G. L., on the Separate
System, 184.
China, condition of the poor in, 419.
Chrematistics distinguished from po-
litical economy, 64.
Christianity, doctrine of, respecting
the poor, 421-respecting slavery,
422-gave a meaning and reality
to "home," 423-swift to aid the
poor, 424-wonders effected by it
in Polynesia, 425.
Claude, licenses of, in art, 124-
merits and defects of, 143.
Clay, John, on prison discipline, 188.
Cleveland, Dr., on the insanity of
prisoners, 172.
Cleveland, Gen., anecdote of, 439,
note.
Congress, Revolutionary, frequent
changes in the, 443.
Constable as a landscape-painter, 135.
Cooksland in Australia, by John D.
Lang, 482.
Critic, The, by Sheridan, 87.
Critics, original good intentions of,
358-ornithological description of,
359 review authors, not books,
360-supposed to be ignorant and
prejudiced, 361-dislike novelty,
irregularity, and roughness, 362.
compare poets with their predeces-
sors, 363
how they judge of
versification, 364-should try to
discover beauties, 366
are the
world's representatives, 465.
Culture essential to genius, 261-
and to intellectual eminence, 262.
Dandelion, To the, by J. R. Lowell,
480.
Danton's prophecy to Louis Philippe,
308.
Darwin, Australian squatter describ-
ed by, 485.
Death-penalty, Mackintosh on the,
277-proposed abolition of, in the
French Revolution, 310.
Deception not required in painting,
126.
De Monts, governor of New France,
217.
Distribution of wealth, 65.
Domenichino censured by a modern
critic, 115.
Drama, characters in a, 374
Browning excels in the, 400.
Drury Lane Theatre bought by
Sheridan, 85.
Duenna, The, by Sheridan, 83.
wit and brilliancy of, 84.
Dwight, Louis, services of, in prison
reform, 177.
Education, state of, in Italy, 25.
Edwards, Jonathan, Mackintosh's
critique on, 269.
Emerson, George B., on the Trees of
Massachusetts, reviewed, 190– -on
planting woodlands, 196-on
workers in wood, 198- tasteful
as well as useful report by, 199-
on autumn foliage, 205- his de-
scriptions of woody plants, 208
describes the Mayflower, 209
and sweet viburnum, 210 sci-
entific merits of, 213-wrote the
Report on the Boston Schools, 453
on the mode of examination, 454
on the study of physiology, 455,
457. -on moral instruction, 456.
England, critical period in the his-
tory of, 350. -success of, in dis-
covery and colonization, 482
especially in Australia, 483.
Ethical philosophy, Mackintosh on
the progress of, 270.
Europe, Sismondi on the Literature
of the South of, 54-opinion in,
about prisons, 178.
Evangeline, by H. W. Longfellow,
reviewed, 215-history on which
it is founded, 221-analysis of,
234 - merits of, 236-rhythmi-
cal structure of, 237 characters
in, 240 cited, 241.
Extreme Unction, by J. R. Lowell,
Goodrich, Chauncey A., edition of
Dr. Webster's Dictionary by, no-
ticed, 256.
Government, Sismondi on, 32, 40.
Grafton, Sheridan's satire on the
Duke of, 77.
Grand-Pré, kidnapping of the peo-
ple of, 227.
Grangeneuve, fanatical project of,
311.
Gray, F. C., on Prison Discipline,
reviewed, 145-merits of, as a
scientific inquirer, 148-caution
and accuracy of, 149 on the
health of the convicts, 152- com-
pares the Philadelphia prison with
that at Charlestown, 153-on the
rates of mortality in these prisons,
154-on the amount of social inter-
course allowed, 159 - on insanity
there, 161 -on partial mental dis-
ease, 163 on the New Jersey
prison, 168 - on the productive.
ness of convict labor, 173 — on
European opinions about prisons,
on Pentonville prison, 181.
See Prison.
Guelph and Ghibelline wars, 9.
Infanticide in Greece and Rome, 417.
Infidelity in America, 428 now
more decent and moral, 430.
Insanity in the Philadelphia prison,
161.
mis-
at Charlestown, 162 -
taken for reformation, 164— in
Chester county prison, 167-in
the New Jersey prison, 168 — in
Rhode Island, 171- Dr. Cleve-
land on the causes of, 172 — at
Pentonville, 183.
Irish oratory characterized, 102.
Italian Republics, Sismondi's His.
tory of the, 45-merits of the
work, 49.
Italy, The Hopes of, by C. Balbo,
reviewed, 1-instructive history
of, 2 want of union in, 3 — cen-
tralization prevented by the moun-
tains and rivers of, 4- hemmed
in by the Alps, ib.-parted by the
Apennines, 5-struggles for in-
dependence, 7-temporal power
of the popes in, 8-history of, in
the 15th century, 9-debasement
and corruption of, 10- the litera-
ture of, 11-martial virtues of,
12-patriotic struggles of, 13-
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