[92] This idea has lately been brought forward by M. de Tocqueville, and treated by many as a novelty.
[93] “On the Power of Punishments,” ch. xii.
[94] See “Life of Sir James Mackintosh,” by his Son, vol. ii. p. 2.
[95] Principal Papers of Sir James Mackintosh in the “Edinburgh Review”:
| Vol. 20. | Account of Boy born Blind and Deaf. |
| Ib. | Wakefield’s Account of Ireland. |
| 21. | Madame de Staël: On Suicide. |
| 22. | Ib. L’Allemagne. |
| Ib. | On Rogers’ Poems. |
| 24. | On the French Restoration. |
| 26. | Life of James II. (Stuart’s Papers.) |
| 27. | Stuart’s Preliminary Essay (Metaphysics) to Encyclopædia Britannica. |
| 36. | Ib. |
| 34. | Parliamentary Reform. |
| 35. | Sismondi: Histoire des Français. |
| 36. | Sir George Mackenzie’s “Scotland.” |
| 44. | Who wrote “Eikon Basilike?” |
| Ib. | Danish Revolution. (Struensee.) |
| November, 1822. | The Partition of Poland. |
| No. 89. | Portugal—Don Miguel. |
The following articles were also published by Sir James in the “Monthly Review”:
| Year 1795. | Vol. 19. | Burke’s Letter to a Noble Lord. |
| Ib. | A Letter to Mr. Miles, occasioned by his late scurrilous attack on Mr. Burke. | |
| 20. | Miscellaneous Works of Gibbon (Part). | |
| 1796. | Ib. | Roscoe’s “Life of Lorenzo de Medici.” |
| Ib. | Moore’s “View of the Causes of the French Revolution.” | |
| 21. | Burke’s Two Letters. | |
| Ib. | Thoughts on A Regicide Peace. | |
| Ib. | O’Brien’s “Utrum Horum?” | |
| Ib. | Burke’s Two Letters (concluded). |
[96] The death of Rizzio is an almost equally vivid description.
[97] Columbus, born 1441, or earlier, according to Mr. W. Irving.
[98] Duncombe’s Letters, pp. 106, 107.