Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 404, June, 1849

by Various

BULLER.

Stop. Let that suffice for the meanwhile.

NORTH.

The short shadow-hand on the face of Dial-Cruachan, to my instructed sense, stands at six. You young Oxonians, I know, always adorn for dinner, even when roughing it on service; and so, V. and W., do you. These two elderly gentlemen here are seen to most advantage in white neckcloths, and the Old One is never so like himself as in a suit of black velvet. To your tent and toilets. In an hour we meet in the—Deeside.

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INDEX TO VOL. LXV.

• Aculcho, storming of, 139.
• Africa, physical conformation of, 408.
• After a year's republicanism, 275.
• Agriculture, scientific and practical, 255.
• Albuquerque, minister to Pedro the Cruel, career of, 339, et seq.
  • —his fall, 343, et seq.
• Alcherius, Jehan, the works of, on painting, 441, 442.
• Alexandropol, great fortress at, 582.
• Algeria, review of works on the war in, 20.
• Alphonso, king of Castile, 337, 338.
• Alps, chain of the, 408.
• America, the colonisation of, 416.
• American thoughts on European revolutions, 190.
• Ancient practice of painting, 436.
• Angels, the representation of, in early art, 182.
• Angoulême, the duchess d', 597.
• Anne, empress of Russia, cruelties of, [674].
• Apennines, chain of the, 408.
• Arabs, hatred of the, to the French, 25.
• Ararat and the Armenian Highlands, 577.
• Arbouville's village doctor, 542.
• Aristocratic annals, 468.
• Arlingcourt, the vicomte d', "Dieu le Veut" by, 599.
• Armenian Highlands, the, 577.
• Arms, original connexion of all nobility with, [713].
• Army, proposed reduction of the, 360.
• Art and artists in Spain, 63.
• Art, sacred and legendary, 175.
• Art, peculiarities of the early history of, in England, 64
  • —state of, during the middle ages, 436.
• Asia, the table-lands, &c. of, 408.
• Australia, physical conformation, &c., of, 414.
• Austria and Hungary, 614.
  • —Part II. [697].
• Austria, the revolutionary movement in, 2
  • —reaction in, 4
  • —her administration in Dalmatia, 204, 206
  • —progress of conservatism in, 357
  • —system, &c., of education in, 567, 569
  • —composition, growth, &c. of the empire of, 614
  • —character of the officers of her army, 204
  • —ignorance in, regarding Hungary, [702].
• Austrian empire, statistics of the, [706].
• Bacon, lord, on history and poetry, [759], et seq.
• Baden, statistics of education in, 568.
• Bairam, the feast of, in Egypt, 50.
• Bari, African kingdom of, 60.
• Bathyanyi, count Louis, Hungarian minister, [697], [698].
• Bavaria, system, &c., of education in, 568, 569.
• Beaton, cardinal, 114, 115
• • —his murder, 116.
• Beattie's life of Campbell, review of, 219.
• Belgium, system, &c., of education in, 568, 569
  • —its revolt from Austria, 615.
• Bengal, Macaulay's description of, 390.
• Beni-Abbez, extermination of the tribe of, 28.
• Biography, remarks on, 219.
• Black-hole of Calcutta, Macaulay's picture of the, 389.
• Blake the painter, 183.
• Blanc, A., his history of conspiracies, &c., reviewed, [664].
• Blanche of Bourbon, marriage of Pedro the Cruel to, 345
  • —her murder, 351.
• Blue Nile, the, 47.
• Bohemia, despotic power of Austria in, 615
  • —its attempted revolt, 618.
• Bolognese MS. on painting, the, 442.
• Bolotnikoff, a Russian impostor, [669].
• Bonald, M. de, 537.
• Bonnetat, the Abbé, on the religious state of France, 539.
• Book of the Farm, review of the, 255.
• Bordeaux, the Duke de, his claim to the throne of France, 194
  • —general inclination toward him, 284
  • —Didier's account of him, 592, et seq.
• Bordeaux, the duchess de, 598.
• Borgona, Juan de, 65.
• Boris Godunoff, usurpation of the Russian throne by, [666].
• Borneo, the island of, 415.
• Borrer's campaign in the Kabylie, review of, 20, 23.
• Bothwell, the duke of, his marriage to Mary, &c., 121.
• Bougie, French colony of, 30.
• Bourbon, isle of, bird resembling the Dodo found in, 96.
• Bourbons, era of the, in France, 6
  • —reaction in France in their favour, 190
  • —on their prospects there, 590.
• Bourgoing, M., on the policy, &c., of Russia, [709].
• Brandon, Charles, career of, 473.
• Bribery, parliamentary, under William III., 401.
• Brussels MS. on painting, the, 442.
• Buddle, T., Letters to the Rev. Charles Fustian, by
  • —Letter I., [679]
  • —Letter II., [683]
  • —Letter III., [688]
  • —Letter IV., [694].
• Bugeaud, marshal, his atrocities in Algeria, 21, 26, et seq.
• Burke, E., on the religious spirit of England, 536.
• Burke's anecdotes of the aristocracy, review of, 468.
• Burke's celebrated trials, review of, 468.
• Cabardia, inroad of Chamyl into, 142.
• Cabezon, siege of, by Peter the Cruel, 352.
• Cabrera, renewed insurrection under, 248
• • —his character, 250.
• Californian gold country, probable effects of the discovery of the, 416, et seq.
• Cambraso, Luca, 69.
• Cambridge university, reforms proposed at, 238.
• Camel, flesh of the, 57.
• Campbell, Beattie's life of, reviewed, 219.
• Canadas, revolutions in progress in, circumstances which have led to it, &c., [727].
• Canadian rebellion, causes, &c., of the, [727]
  • —compensation proposed to actors in, [736].
• Cano, Alonzo, the Spanish artist, 76.
• Capital, Prudhon on, 310.
• Carlists in Catalonia, the, 248.
• Castellane, general, on the atrocities in Algeria, 21.
• Cat, the Nubian, 54.
• Catalonia, the new Carlist outbreak in, 248.
• Cattle, on the management of, 266
  • —names of, at different ages, 268.
• Caucasus, the, 409.
• Caucasus and the Cossacks, the, 129.
• Caxtons, the, Part IX. chap. xxxix., 33
  • —chap. xl., 34
  • —chap. xli., 36
  • —chap. xlii., 39
  • —chap. xliii., My father's crotchet on the Hygienic chemistry of books, 40
  • —chap. xliv., 42
  • —chap. xlv., 44
  • —Part X. chap. xlvi., 147
  • —chap. xlvii., 150
  • —chap. xlviii., 151
  • —chap. xlix. 156
  • —chap. l., 158
  • —chap. li., 160
  • —Part XI. chap. lii., 287
  • —chap. liii., 291
  • —chap. liv., 292
  • —chap. lv., 293
  • —chap. lvi., 294
  • —chap. lvii., 298
  • —chap. lviii., 300
  • —Part XII. chap. lix., 420
  • —chap. lx., 422
  • —chap. lxi., 424
  • —chap. lxii., 426
  • —chap. lxiii., 428
  • —chap. lxiv., Letter from Pisistratus Caxton to Albert Trevanion, Esq., 430
  • —Reply, 432
  • —chap. lxv. 435
  • —[Part XIII. chap. lxvi]., [637]
  • —[chap. lxvii]., [638]
  • —[chap. lxviii]., [639]
  • —[chap. lxix]., [640]
  • —[chap. lxx]., [644]
  • —[chap. lxxi]., [645]
  • —[chap. lxxii]., [647]
  • —[chap. lxxiii]., being a chapter on housetops, [648]
  • —[chap. lxxiv]., [650]
  • —[chap. lxxv]., [653]
  • —[chap. lxxvi]., [654]
  • —[chap. lxxvii]., [657]
  • —[chap. lxxviii]., [660]
  • —[chap. lxxix]., [661].
• Cellini, crucifix by, for the Escurial, 68.
• Chamyl Bey, the Caucasian chief, 130 note, 131, et seq., 139.
• Changarnier, general, 276, 277.
• Charles I., Macaulay's views on, 394.
• Charles II., picture of England under, 398.
• Chartists, revolutionary agitation of the, 2.
• Chasi Mollah, a Caucasian chief, 131.
• Chateaubriand, auguries of, relative to the restoration of the Bourbons, 196.
• Chateaubriand's Génie du Christianisme, on, 537, 538.
• Chemistry, importance of, to agriculture, 5.
• Chora-Beg, a Caucasian chief, 135.
• Christian art, superiority of, to Greek, 179.
• Christopher under Canvass, [742].
• Church, fostering of art by the, in Spain, 64.
• Circassians, sketches of the, and their struggles against Russia, 129.
• [Civil Revolution in the Canadas], [727].
• Cladich-Cleugh, description of, [742].
• Claudia and Pudens, 487.
• Clergy, the Armenian, 584.
• Clive, lord, Macaulay on, 387.
• Coats of arms, proposed restrictions regarding, [726].
• Cobden, falsification of the predictions of, as to the pacific character of the era, 5
  • —his financial schemes, 362.
• Cocks, Mr, his translation of Quinet's Ultramontanism, 531, 532.
• Coello, Alonzo, the Spanish painter, 69—Claudio, 77.
• College, the, a sketch in verse, 601.
• Collo dance, the, 209.
• Colonial government, defects in the existing system of, 524.
• Colonies, Whig policy regarding the, 15
  • —threatened abandonment of them, 363.
• Colonisation, Mr Wakefield's theory of, 509.
• Colonisation, remarks on, 416
  • —French, in Algeria, 30, et seq.
• Colours, early, used in painting, 449.
• Commercial policy, change in the system of, by the Whigs, 15.
• Commerce, English policy directed to the encouragement of, 10
  • —its state, 374, et seq.
• Committee of defence, the Hungarian, [698].
• Compensation bill, the Canadian, [736].
• Conservatism, reaction abroad in favour of, 529.
• Constitutional association of Montreal, the, [728].
• Continent, decreased consideration of Britain on the, 365.
• Cony, N., murder of, 480.
• Cooper, Sir Astley, Part I., 491.
• Coronel, Alonzo, rebellion and death of, 343.
• Correggio, the angels of, 184.
• Corruption, system of, introduced by William III., 400, 401.
• Cossacks, sketches of the, 134, 135.
• Council of Trent, political influence of the, 533.
• Country gentlemen, proposed volunteer force from the, [718].
• Covenanters' Night-hymn, by Δ, 244.
• Craik's Romance of the Peerage, review of, 468.
• Creation, on the modern theories of, 406.
• Critical essay, the, introduced by the Edinburgh Review, 334.
• Croatia, the revolt of, against Hungary, 630.
• Croats, numbers, &c., of the, [703], [704].
• Crocodile, flesh of the, 57.
• Cromwell, examination of Macaulay's views regarding, 396.
• Cruachan, Ben, ascent of, &c., [744], et seq.
• Currency, Whig policy regarding the, 15.
• Currents, oceanic, on, 411, et seq.
• Dadian, Prince, degradation of, 144.
• Dalmatia and Montenegro, 202.
• Dances, national, on, 209.
• Daniloff, Demetrius, [672].
• Dargo, defeat of the Russians at, 140.
• Darien, the isthmus of, the projected canal at, 417.
• Delta, The Covenanters' Night-hymn by, 244
• • —the sycamine, by, 274.
• Demetrius, the Russian impostor, career of, [666], et seq.
• Democracy, spread of, in Canada, [729].
• Desjobert, A., on the war and the atrocities in Algeria, 21, 24.
• Didier's visit to the Duke de Bordeaux, review of, 590.
• [Dies Boreales]. No. I. Christopher under Canvass, [742].
• Diet, the Hungarian, 620.
• Diocletian, the retreat of, 203.
• Discipline, the Russian system of, 144.
• D'Israeli, speech of, on the proposed reduction in the army, &c., 369, 371
  • —on the state of trade, 376.
• Division of labour, Prudhon on, 309.
• Dodo and its Kindred, the, 81.
• Dolgorucki, prince, fortitude of, [675].
• Dugueselm, Bertrand, 355, 356.
• Durham, lord, policy, &c. of, in Canada, [733], [735], [740].
• Duvivier, general, on the atrocities in Algiers, 25.
• Dyeing, early history of, 448.
• Edinburgh Review, influence of the, on general literature, 383.
• Education, systems of, in various countries, 567, et seq.
• Education committee, proceedings of the, in Scotland, 569.
• Education scheme, the Church of Scotland's, 573.
• Edward the Black Prince in Spain, 355.
• Edwards, signor, MS. of, on painting, 442.
• Egypt, sketches in, 47.
• Emigrant, value of a knowledge of agriculture to the, 263.
• Emigration, advantages of, to Great Britain, 509
• • —duties of government regarding, 511.
• England, peculiarities of the early history of art in, 64
  • —Macaulay's History of, reviewed, 383
  • —capabilities of, for colonisation, 509
  • —long resistance of, to the Papacy, 533.
• English Universities and their reforms, the, 235.
• English and French Revolutions, contrast between the, 536.
• English ritual, Christopher on the, [751].
• Epic, on the, its origin, characteristics, &c., [757], et seq.
• Episcopacy, Christopher on, [749].
• Erachus, MS. of, on painting, 442.
• Erivan, fort of, 582, 583.
• Ernest, American thoughts on European revolutions by, 190
  • —the reaction, or foreign conservatism, by, 529.
• Escoffier, captivity of, among the Arabs, 22.
• Escurial, the, 68.
• Eshmiadzini, convent of, 583, 584.
• Essay, remarks on the, 383.
• Ethnography, remarks on, 418.
• Europe, decreased consideration of Britain throughout, 365.
• European revolutions, American thoughts on, 190.
• Evangelists, the early representations of the, 184.
• Exports, diminution in, 375, et seq.
• Factor, necessary qualifications of the, 262.
• Fadrique, brother of Pedro the Cruel, sketches of, 339, et seq.
• • —his murder, 351.
• Family Compact party in Canada, the, [730].
• Farmer, obligations of the, to the man of science, 258.
• Farmers, formation of a volunteer force from among the, [718].
• Feodor, czar of Russia, [666].
• [Feudalism in the nineteenth century], [718].
• Finance, Whig policy regarding, 15.
• Finances, the, 359.
• Financial Reform Association, schemes of the, 359.
• Foreign conservatism, on, 529.
• Form, relations of, to worship, [750], et seq.
• France, the revolution in, 2
  • —era of the restoration in, 6
  • —progress of legitimism in, 190
  • —an American on the state of, 194
  • —after a year's republicanism, 275
  • —conservative reaction in, 357, 529
  • —legitimacy in, 590.
• Francis II., measures of, toward Hungary, 622, et seq.
• Francis Joseph, the accession of, and his position toward the Hungarians, [700].
• Frankfort, the atrocities of the Red Republicans at, and their effects, 4.
• Frankfort parliament, degraded condition of the, 358.
• Free Church schools, undue favour shown by government to the, 569, 570.
• Free trade, principles of, as advocated by Adam Smith, 12.
• Free-trade system, influence of, on commerce, 374, et seq.
• French conquerors and colonists, 20.
• French Canadians, character, objects, &c. of the, [727].
• French revolution, influence of the, on English literature, 383.
• Frohsdorf, the Duke de Bordeaux at, 594.
• Fustian, rev. Charles, letters to the, [Letter I]., [679]
  • —[Letter II]., [683]
  • —[Letter III]., [688]
  • —[Letter IV]., [694].
• Gaddi, Agnolo, a mosaic painter, 445.
• Galitzin, prince, [673].
• Garci Laso, a Spanish noble, murder of, 341, et seq.
• Geology, importance of, to agriculture, 256
• • —on the modern theories of, 406.
• Georgia, struggle of the Circassians against, 129.
• Germany, the revolutionary fervour in, 2.
• Gertrude of Wyoming, publication of, 229.
• Glass-painting, on, 446.
• Glass trade, state of the, 378, 379.
• Godunof, the Russian usurper, [666].
• Godwin's Political Justice, remarks on, 305.
• Gold, expedition up the Nile in search of, 47
  • —employment of, in mediæval painting, 447.
• Golden eagle, sketch of a, [747].
• Government, duties of, as regards emigration, 511.
• Grabbe, General, storming of Aculcho by, 139
  • —operations of, in the Caucasus, 140.
• Great Britain, revolutionary agitation in, 2
  • —reaction against it, 4
  • —countenance given to revolution abroad by, 8
  • —nature of the party contests in, 9
  • —picture of, at the present time, 403
  • —her capabilities for colonisation, 509.
• Great Rebellion, examination of Macaulay's views on the, 393.
• Greco, El, the Spanish painter, 66.
• Greek art, remarks on, and its religious character, 177
  • —its inferiority to Christian, 179.
• Greek colonisation, system of, 513.
• Greek convent, a, 212.
• Green Hand, the, Part II., 314.
• Gumri, fortress at, 582.
• Guzman, Leonora de, mistress of Alphonso of Castile, 339, et seq.
  • —her death, 340.
• Habitans of Canada, character, &c. of the, [727].
• Hallberg, the Baron von, 578.
• Hamilton, the Duke of, his duel with Lord Mahon, 479.
• Hastings' trial, Macaulay's sketch of, 388.
• Head, sir Francis, on Canada, [734].
• Hegel, errors of Prudhon regarding the system of, 308.
• Henry V., see Bordeaux.
• Henry of Trastamara, sketches of, 339, et seq.
• Hermentschuk, a Caucasian village, desperate defence of, 131.
• Hermes and Moses, identity of, 178.
• Himalaya range, the, 408.
• Hind, Dr, his theory of colonisation, 512.
• Historical essay, remarks on the, 383.
• History and poetry, relations of, [759].
• Holland, system, &c., of education in, 568, 569.
• Homer, characteristics, &c. of, [757], et seq.
• Horses, names of, at different ages, 268.
• Hoste, Sir William, his naval action at Lissa, 207.
• Hume, views of, on the Great Rebellion, 394.
• Hungary, relations of, to Austria, the recent transactions, &c., 614
• • —Part II. [697].
• Hungary, statistics, population, &c. of, [702], et seq.
• Hussein Khan, an Armenian chief, 583.
• Icebergs, sizes, &c., of, 411.
• Iliad, on the, its leading characteristics, &c., [757], et seq.
• • —its religious character, [762].
• Imports, manufactured, increase in, 377.
• Indian ocean, the, 413.
• Infantry, the Spanish and English, under Pedro the Cruel, 354.
• Infidelity, prevalence of, in France, 529, 539.
• Inglesmendi, origin of the name of, 355.
• Ireland, policy of the Whigs toward, 17.
• Isly, the battle of, 21, 22.
• Italy, the revolutionary movement in, 2
  • —its arrestment in the North, 4.
• Ivan IV., or the Terrible, sketch of, [665].
• Ivan, a Cossack servant, sketches of, 583.
• Ivanowa, mistress of Peter the Great, [672].
• Jack Moonlight, 606.
• Jamieson's Sacred and Legendary Art, review of, 175.
• Jeffrey, Lord, character of the writings of, 385.
• Jellachich, baron, 630, [697], et seq.
• Jews, early toleration enjoyed by the, in Spain, 338, 353, notes.
• Johnston's Physical Geography, review of, 406.
• Joseph II., measures of, toward Hungary, 617.
• Judaism, connexion of, with the Grecian mythology, 178.
• Kabyle War, review of works on the, 20.
• Kabyles, account of the, 23.
• Kant, affinity claimed by Prudhon to, 307.
• Keks, the, a Nubian tribe, 57, 58.
• Kerka, falls of the, 211, 212.
• Kirkaldy of Grange, memoirs of, reviewed, 112.
• Kirkaldy, sir James, 113.
• Kneves, sir Edmond, trial of, 477.
• Knighthood, the orders of, proposed restrictions regarding, [725].
• Knout, the, in Russia, 144.
• Knox, connexion of with the death of Beaton, 117.
• Konigsmark, count, career of, 471.
• Kossuth, the Hungarian leader, [697].
• Labour, Prudhon on, 306, 309.
• Lady of Shalott, Tennyson's, 458.
• Lafontaine, M., in Canada, [736].
• Lamberg, general, murder of, [698].
• Lamoricière, general, his proposed system of colonisation in Algeria, 30.
• Lance, superiority of the, to the sabre, 145.
• Land, rent and property of, Prudhon on, 312.
• Landlord, qualifications necessary for the, 262.
• Lara, Juan Nunez de, 340, et seq.
• Last Supper, early paintings representing the, 185.
• League, the Manchester, 370.
• Leather, ancient employment of, for hangings, 448.
• Le Begue, Jehan, MS. of, on painting, 441.
• Legendary art, on, 175.
• Legitimacy in France, 590.
• Legitimism, progress of, in France, 190.
• Leslie, Norman, death of, 119.
• Levis, the duke de, 594, 595.
• Life of the Sea, the, by B. Simmons, 482.
• Lissa, the naval action of, 207.
• Literature, influence of the French revolution on, 383.
• Liturgy, the English, Christopher on, [751].
• Lombardy, education in, 568
• • —establishment of the Austrian despotic system in, 615
  • —its revolt, 618.
• London Cries, by B. Simmons, 484.
• London university, Campbell's connexion with the, 230.
• Long parliament, examination of the conduct of, 394.
• Lotos Eaters, Tennyson's, 460.
• Louis Napoleon, as president, on, 282.
• Louis Philippe, state of France under, 6
  • —the extent of his constitutional right, 194.
• Macaulay's History of England, 383.
• Macaulay, T. B., on the revolutionary aspect of the times, 5
• • —remarks on his contributions to the Edinburgh Review, 386.
• Machinery, Prudhon on, 310.
• Mackintosh, Sir James, his contributions to the Edinburgh Review, 386.
• Magdalene, early representations of the, 186.
• Maistre, the count de, notices and extracts from the works of, 191, 195, 198, 530, et seq., 532
  • —his Considerations sur la France, 538.
• Maitland's History of the Dark Ages, remarks on, 439.
• Majjar races, numbers, &c., of, in Hungary, [703]
  • —language, the general introduction of, there, [704].
• Manners, ancient and modern, picture of, by Macaulay, 402.
• Manufactures, state of, 375, et seq.
  • —increased importation of, 377.
• Marciana MS. on painting, the, 442.
• Maria Coronel, the legend of, 349.
• Maria de Padilla, career of, 343, et seq.
• Maria Theresa, devotion of the Hungarians to, 616.
• Marlborough, the duke of, Macaulay's account of, 399.
• Mary Queen of Scots, sketches of, 120, et seq.
• Mary Tudor, career of, 473.
• Mauritius, the Dodo in, 84.
• Mazaros, Hungarian minister, [697].
• Mechanics, aid given by, to agriculture, 258.
• Medecin du Village, translation of the, 542.
• Melgund, lord, his proposed changes on the Scottish system of education, 567, 569.
• Memoirs of Kirkaldy of Grange, 112.
• Merimée's Peter the Cruel, 337.
  
  Merrifield's original treatises on painting, review of, 436.
• Merritt, Mr, on the Canada compensation bill, [737].
• Meteorology, value of, to agriculture, 258.
• Methodists, influence, &c., of the, in Canada, [729].
• Metidja, the, in Algeria, 31, 32.
• Michailoff, defence of the fort of, 136.
• Middle ages, defence of the, 436.
• Military supremacy, establishment of, in France, 4, 7.
• Military tenure, origin of nobility in, [713].
• Militia, importance of a, [717].
• Milton, characteristics of the epic of, as distinguished from Homer, [758], et seq.
• Minto, lord, proceedings of, in Italy, 366.
• Modern Biography, Beattie's Life of Campbell, 219.
• Mohun, lord, career of, 478.
• Monarchy, the elective, of Hungary, 619.
• Monastic institutions, value of, during the middle ages, 438.
• Money and capital, Prudhon on, 310.
• Monkey republic, a Nubian, 51.
• Monmouth, the duke of, his defeat at Sedgemoor, 393.
• Montagnards, party of the, in the French Assembly, 279, et seq.
• Montemolin, the count de, movement in favour of, 249.
• Montenegro and Montenegrini, sketches of the, 214.
• Montesquieu, the deathbed of, 540.
• Montreal constitutional association, the, [728].
• Moonlight Memories, by B. Simmons, 613.
• Moore, Thomas, the reputation of, 453.
• Moors, early toleration shown the, in Spain, 338, note.
• Morales, the Spanish painter, 69.
• Moray, the regent, sketches of, 122.
• Morlacci, tribe of the, 205.
• Mosaic painting, on, 445.
• Moscow, massacre at, [669]
  • —capture of, by the Poles, [670].
• Moses, alleged identity of, with Hermes, 178.
• Mountain chains of the earth, the, 407.
• Mountaineer, character of the, 409.
• Mountford the actor, murder of, 478.
• Mudo, El, the Spanish painter, 69.
• Müller, Ottfried, on the Iliad, [761].
• Muntz, Mr, on the state of trade, 378.
• Murides, the, a class of Circassian fanatics, 131, 139.
• Murillo, the painter, 73
  • —his paintings of angels, 184.
• Mythology, Grecian, connexion of, with Judaism, 177.
• Najera, the battle of, 355.
• Naples, the revolutionary movement in, 2
• • —interference in the affairs of, by the ministry, 366.
• Narses, patriarch of Armenia, 587.
• National Assembly of France, the, 278.
• National debt, rise of the, under William III., 401.
• National Education in Scotland, 567.
• National policy, characteristics of the English, 10.
• Navarete, Juan Fernandez, (El Mudo,) 69.
• Navigation, contributions of science to, 255.
• Navy, Whig policy regarding the, 15
  • —proposed reductions in the, 360.
• Nelson, Dr Wolfred, [736]
  • —his career in Canada, &c., [738].
• New Guinea, island of, 415.
• New Zealand, island of, 415
  • —character, &c., of its aborigines, 527.
• Nicholas, the emperor, 579, 581
  • —example of summary justice by, 144
  • —his interference in Hungary, [707], et seq.
• Nile, Werne's expedition towards the sources of, reviewed, 47.
• Noah, traditions regarding, in Armenia, 577, 578.
• Nobility, origin of, [713]
  • —proposed volunteer force from the, [718], et seq.
  • —territorial depression of, [723]
  • —proposed changes in the system of creating, &c., [724].
• Nobility, the Russian, servility of, [673], [674].
• Novogorod, massacre at, [665].
• Nubia, sketches in, 51.
• Oat, varieties of the, 269
• • —meal, 271.
• Ocean, the, its physical conformation, &c., 410.
• Oil-painting, early history of, 449.
• Opening of the Session, the, 357.
• Orloff, Alexis, [676].
• Otrepief, the Russian impostor, career of, [666]
  • —his death, [669].
• Oxford, proposed reforms at, 235, 243.
• Pacific character of the age, Cobden on the, 5.
• Paduan MS. on painting, the, 442.
• Paget, Mr, on the state of Hungary, [702].
• Painting, ancient practice of, 436.
• Palace of art, Tennyson's poem of the, 459.
• Pantheon, the, in the Escurial, 70.
• Papacy, formal organisation of the, by the council of Trent, 533.
• Paradise Lost, characteristics of, [758], et seq.
• Paris, state of, during the revolution of 1848, 6, et seq.
• • —the affair of the 29th January at, 275.
• Parker, admiral sir William, at Messina, 367.
• Parliament, meeting and proceedings of, 357.
• Parochial school system of Scotland, review of the, 567.
• Party contests, nature of the, in England, 9.
• Passport system, the, 204.
• Patron saints, on, 177.
• Pauperism, emigration as a security against, 509.
• Pelenja, African town of, 60.
• Pembroke, the earl of, 479.
• Pennsylvania, system, &c., of education in, 567, 569.
• Pensioners, the corps of, [716].
• Percy, lady Elizabeth, career of, 471.
• Percys, origin of the, 469.
• Peter the cruel, sketches of the life, &c., of, 337.
• Peter the Great, sketches of, [671].
• Physical Atlas, Johnston's, review of, 406.
• Pigs, names of, at different ages, 269.
• Pipis, the town of, 579.
• Pius IX., commencement of revolutionary innovation by, 2
  • —his overthrow, 4.
• Pleasures of Hope, publication of the, 228.
• Poetry of sacred and legendary art, the, 175.
• Poetry and history, relations of, [759].
• Poetry. The Covenanter's Night Hymn, by Δ, 244
  • —The Sycamine, by Δ, 274
  • —Life of the Sea, by B. Simmons, 482
  • —London Cries, by the same, 484
  • —Moonlight Memories, by the same, 613
  • —The College, 601.
• Poles, massacre of, at Moscow, [669]
  • —and by the, [670].
• Political essay, new character given to the, by the Edinburgh Review, 384.
• Presbyterianism, Christopher on, [749], et seq.
• Prince, colonel, on the Canada compensation bill, [739].
• Princess, Tennyson's, 463.
• Prometheus Vinctus, myth of the, 178.
• Property, Prudhon on, 307.
• Prudhon, Contradictions Economiques, 304.
• Prussia, the revolutionary movement in, 2
  • —reaction in, 4
  • —system and statistics of education in, 567, et seq.
• Pugatscheff, a Russian pretender, [675].
• Puseyism, letters on, [679].
• Pym, Sir Charles, murder of, 478.
• Pyrenees, range of the, 408.
• Quinet, Professor, 530
• • —his Ultramontanism, 531, et seq.
• Raffaelle, last supper by, 185.
• Rajewski, General, 137.
• Razzia, sketch of a, in Algeria, 27.
• Reaction, the, or Foreign Conservatism, 529.
• Rebellion, the Canadian, causes, &c., of the, [727]
• • —compensation to actors in, [736].
• Red Republicans, conspiracy of the, on the 29th January, 275.
• Reform party in Canada, objects, &c., of the, [729].
• Reformation, influence of the, on the character of social conflicts, 8
  • —in Scotland, sketches of its history, &c., 112, et seq.
  • —influence of its failure in France on French history, 535.
• Reforme, the, on the state of Paris, 7.
• Religion, on the relation between, and art, 175
  • —subordination of art to, during the middle ages, 436
  • —connexion of French history with, 529.
• Rembrandt, the religious paintings of, 183.
• Rent and property in land, Prudhon on, 312.
• Representation scheme, proposed new, in Canada, [740].
• Republicanism, France after a year's experience of, 275.
• Restoration, era of the, in France, 6.
• Revolution, countenance given to, by the Whigs, 8, 16
  • —that of 1688, examination of Macaulay's views on, 398.
• Revolutions, the year of, 1.
• Revolutions, the recent, thoughts of an American on, 190.
• Ribera, José de, El Spagnoletto, 77.
• Ricos Hombres of Spain, the, 337.
• Ricsay, Count Adam, [698].
• Ritual of the English Church, on the, [751].
• River systems of the earth, the, 409.
• Rodriguez, the Solitaire of, 94
• Romance of Russian History, the, [664].
• Romanism, influence of the Council of Trent on, 533.
• Rome, commencement of the revolutionary agitation in, 2.
• Rosen, Baron, in the Caucasus, 131.
• Royalist tendency, progress of, in France, 190.
• Russia and the Circassians, sketches of the war between, 129
  • —statistics, &c., of education in, 568, 569
  • —the interference of, in Hungary, [706], et seq.
• Russian history, sketches of, [664].
• Sabre and lance, comparative merits of the, 145.
• Sacred and Legendary Art, on, 175.
• Saddle-bag party in Canada, the, [730].
• St Andrews, siege of the castle of, 118.
• St Archangelo, convent of, 212.
• St Audemar, Petrus de, MS. of, on painting, 442.
• St Filomena, legend of, 187.
• St Nicholas, legend of, 187.
• St Paolo fueré-le-mura, church of, 185.
• Salona, the antiquities of, 208.
• Sass, General, in the Caucasus, 135.
• Say, J. B., on the division of labour, 309.
• Scardona, town of, 210.
• Science, obligations of agriculture to, 255.
• Scientific and Practical Agriculture, 255.
• Schilluks, race of the, 54.
• Schoolmasters of Scotland, the memorial of, 571.
• Sclavic races, numbers, state, &c., of, in Hungary, [703].
• Scotland, sketches of the history of, at the period of the Reformation, 112, et seq.
• • —the statistical accounts of, reviewed, 162
  • —the system of national education in, 567.
• Scottish Kirk, Christopher on the, [749], et seq.
• Secular education, insufficiency of, 569.
• Sedgemoor, battle of, Macaulay's picture of, 391.
• Serbe races of Hungary, the, [703].
• Session, Opening of the, 357.
• Sheep, feeding of, on turnips, 265
  • —names of, at different ages, 267.
• Shusky, Andrew, a Russian Boyar, death of, [665].
• Shusky, Basil, heroic courage of, [668]
  • —becomes Czar, [669].
• Sicily, the revolutionary movement at, 2.
• Sign, sketches at the city of, 213.
• Silk trade, state of the, 377.
• Simuel Levi, treasurer to Pedro the cruel, 347
  • —his disgrace and death, 352.
• Simmons, B., Life of the Sea, by, 482
  • —London Cries, 484
  • —Moonlight Memories, 613.
• Sinclair's Statistical Account of Scotland, remarks on, 164.
• Sir Astley Cooper. Part I., 491.
• Sisters, the, Tennyson's poem of, 458.
• Slave-trade and slavery, policy of the Whigs regarding, 16.
• Slave-trade of Circassia, the, 137.
• Slovacks, numbers, feeling, &c., of the, in Hungary, [703], [712].
• Smith, Adam, free-trade principles as advocated by, 12.
• Smith, Sidney, his contributions to the Edinburgh Review, 386.
• Solitaire, the, a congener of the Dodo, 94.
• Somerset, the proud duke of, 473.
• Spagnoletto, El, 77.
• Spain, the new Carlist movement in, 248
  • —under Pedro the cruel, sketches of, 337
  • —present state of our relations with, 365
  • —the mountain chains, &c., of, 408.
• Spalato, sketches of, 207.
• Spanish art and artists, 63.
• Stadion, Count, the Austrian minister, [701].
• Stanley, Lord, on the present position of the country, &c., 365, 569.
• Statistical accounts of Scotland, 162.
• Statistics, remarks on the study of, 162, et seq.
• Stenka, Razin, a Russian robber, career of, [671].
• Stephen, the archduke, Palatine of Hungary, [697].
• Stephens' Book of the Farm, vol. I., review of, 255.
• Stirling's Art and artists of Spain, review of, 63.
• Stourton, Lord, trial, and execution of, 477.
• Strathaven veal, fattening, &c., of, 273.
• Strickland's The Dodo and its kindred, review of, 81.
• Suez, isthmus of, railway or canal for the, 418.
• Surgeon, Sir A. Cooper on the qualifications of the, 494.
• Sweden, education in, 569.
• Sword of Honour, the, chapter i., 98
  • —chap. ii., 102
  • —chap. iii., 103
  • —chap. iv., 105
  • —chap. v., 107.
• Sycamine, the, by Δ, 274.
• Système des contradictions economiques, on the, 304.
• Szemere, the Hungarian minister, [697].
• Talking Oak, Tennyson's, on, 462.
• Tarrakanoff, the princess, adventures of, [676]
• • —her death, [678].
• Tartars, contests of the Circassians with the, 129.
• Taxation, change in the system of, by the Whigs, 16.
• Tcherkesses or Circassians, the, 130.
• Tello, brother of Pedro the cruel, sketches of, 340, 344, 345.
• Tennyson's Poems, 453.
• Theotocopuli, the Spanish painter, 66.
• Thibet, the physical conformation of, 408.
• Thucydides and Homer, parallel between, [759].
• Thynne, Thomas, Esq., career of, 471.
• Tibaldi, Pellegrino, 69.
• Tilting festival in Dalmatia, a, 213.
• Titian, paintings executed for the Escurial by, 68
  • —angels of, 184
  • —alleged practice of, in painting, 450.
• Toledo, cathedral of, concentration of artistic skill on the, 65.
• Toro, capture of, by Pedro the cruel, 348.
• Tractarianism, letters on, [679].
• Trade, effects of the free-trade system on, 374, et seq.
• Transcribers of the middle ages, the, 439, 444.
• Traü, town of, 210.
• Tridentine council, political influence of the, 533.
• Tristan, Luis, the painter, 67.
• Tshetshens, the, and their struggles against Russia, 130, 131, et seq.
• Turkey, danger to, from Russian interference in Hungary, [709].
• Turnau, Baron, residence of, in Circassia, 132.
• Turnip, on the, 264.
• Ultramontanism, prospects, &c., of, in France
• • —Quinet's work on, &c., 531, et seq.
• Ulysses, Tennyson's, 461.
• United States, systems, statistics, &c., of education in, 568, 569.
• Universities, reforms proposed at the, 235.
• Urban population, disqualification of, to form a volunteer force, [718].
• Van Diemen's Land, physical conformation, &c., of, 415.
• Vegetable physiology, importance of, to agriculture, 257.
• Velasquez, the painter, 70.
• Vienna, suppression of the revolutionary movement in, 4
  • —revolt of, connexion of the Hungarians with, [699]
  • —ignorance in, regarding Hungary, [702].
• Village Doctor, the, a tale, 452.
• Vision of Sin, Tennyson's poem called the, 459.
• Vissomaz, convent of, 211.
• Vitoria, combat at, in the time of Pedro the cruel, 354.
• Vladika of Montenegro, the, 216, et seq.
• Volpato MS. on painting, the, 442.
• Volunteer force, proposals for a new, [717], et seq.
• Wagner's Caucasus and the Cossacks, review of, 129
• • —his Ararat and the Armenian Highlands, review of, 577.
• Wakefield's Art of Colonisation, review of, 509.
• Walckvogel or Dodo, the, 84.
• Wallace's Dirge, 227.
• Walpole, sir Robert, system of parliamentary corruption employed by, 401.
• War, necessity and advantages of, [716].
• Waste lands, colonial, necessity for proper distribution of, 511
  • —Wakefield's proposed system regarding, 515.
• Wax, painting on, 447.
• Werne's Expedition up the White Nile, review of, 47.
• Wheat, varieties, &c., of, 270.
• Whigs, countenance given to revolution abroad by the, 8, 16
  
  • —change of English policy introduced by, 12, et seq.
• White Nile, the, 47.
• Wilkinson's Dalmatia and Montenegro, review of, 202.
• William III., policy pursued by, 400, et seq.
• Williaminoff, General, 136.
• Williams' Claudia and Pudens, review of, 487.
• Wordsworth, established reputation of, 453
  • —remarks on, [765].
• Woronzoff, count, in the Caucasus, 131, 141.
• Wurtemberg, education in, 568.
• Year of revolutions, the, 1.
• Zurbaran, Francisco de, 76.

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FOOTNOTES:

[1] Words coined by Mr Caxton from πλανητικος, disposed to roaming, and εξαλλοτριοω, to export, to alienate.