Abernethy, a disciple of Stahl, 344.
Adams, Rev. Jaspar, his Inaugural Dis- course noticed, 1-called from the Charleston college to preside over one at Geneva, 12.
Address of the trustees of the Public School Society in the city of New- York, notice of, 478-quoted 481 to 484. Adelon, his Physiologie de l'Homme, re- ferred to, 140, 158. Agriculture, ancient authors on the sub- ject of, 49-turnip husbandry, 50-ad- vantages of deep ploughing to the Southern States, 52-advantages of the drill and horse hoe, 53, 54-rotation of crops, 54, 55-carrots food for horses, 55-seeds of weeds cannot be killed in the ground, ib.-turnip husbandry, 56, 57-what constitutes a fertile soil, 58-on ploughing in spring crops, 66- on the roots and leaves of plants in relation to nutriment, 68, 69.
Analysis, modern, technically termed the Calculus, 107. Animal, an, defined, 60. Animals, on the disposition of, 143, 144. Annals, the Pontifical, referred to, 331. Arminius, found adherents among the the learned, 464-his death, ib.
Barneveldt, imprisoned in the castle of Hague with Grotius, 466---tried, con- demned and executed, 467.
Beatson, Major-General Alexander, his new system of cultivation reviewed, 49 -plan of manuring with half-burnt clay, 51-in favour of light ploughs, 52. Begin, L. J. his Traité de Therapeutique, 342-reviewed, 352-his Principes ge- neraux de Physiologique, referred to, 352 to 357.
Bell, Charles, his work referred to, 135- unjust, in noticing Gall's system con- temptuously, ib.--opinion referred to, 137-his papers noticed, 140.
Body, on the fluids and solids of the, 347,
Bonaparte, Napoleon, born in Corsica, 165-sketch of his career from 1796 to his appointment for life of consul, 166 -assumed the purple in 1804, ib.- sketch of his proceedings to the time of his repudiating the empress Jose- phine, 166, 167-marries Maria Louisa, 167-has a son born, 167-defeated in Russia, ib.-retires to Elba, 169-de- feated at Waterloo, ib.-his powerful military talents, 172 to 174-sketch of his early military campaigns, 173 to 175---his campaign campaign against Austria in 1809, 175 to 177-his plans for victory, 177---exasperates Germany, 179, 180- his efforts to render Paris the capital of Europe, 183-his code, its impor- tance to France, 184 to 187-his per- sonal labours in its formation, 187. Bonnet, his suggestion on the separate functions of the brain, referred to, 140.
Brain, considered anatomically, certain points established, 137 to 141-three principal methods of demonstrating the, antecedent to Gall, 138, 139-Gall's method of demonstrating the, 139, 140 -the organ of sensation and voluntary motion in all cerebral animals, 147- relation of the nerves to the, 148-the seat of thought, 149---the exclusive or gan of our moral qualities and our in- tellectual faculties, 150---the five senses destined to convey impressions to the, ib.---moral and intellectual functions not placed in our temperament, or ge- nerally in the, 151 to 155---madness has its seat in the, 155.
Broussais, differs in opinion with Gall, respecting a common sensorium, 137- his Physiology, referred to, 138-his medical doctrines stated, 349, 350.
Bichat, his anatomical views, 349. Brown, Arthur, his short view of the first principles of the Differential Calculus, referred to, 126, 127.
Brown, John, his theory of medicine and therapeutics, 345.
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Cabanis, his Rapports, referred to, 143, 146.
Calculus, nothing more than universal arithmetic, 119---derivation of its name, ib.---when unintelligible, 130.
Caldwell, Dr. C. his refutation of the at- tack on Gall's system in the Edinburgh Review, referred to, 135.
Campbell, Colonel, misstatement re- specting his death, corrected, 106. Cato, the Censor, his works referred to, 397.
Catullus, his standing among Latin poets, 402 to 404.
Classics, on the study of them as a regu- lar part of education, 45 to 48. Colonization Society, its tenth annual re- port, notice of, 219-its views enlarge, with its progress, 220---public opinion in favour of it, ib.---its ulterior object, ib.---its avowed object, 221---have es- tablished a colony, ib.---transported to Africa a few hundred persons, ib.---its operations must be limited, 225---de- sire to keep up excitement on the sub- ject of slavery, 226---not sincere in what it professes, 228.
Columbia Telescope, the, quoted, 292, 293. Gombe, George, his Essays on Phrenolo- gy, referred to, 135. Congress, empowered to establish post- offices and post-roads, 289, 290. Consolidation, remarks on, 283---quoted, ib.
Constitution, the, articles of, 273-on the construction of, 276--was con- sidered limited, 286---8th section of 1st article of, quoted, 288, 289---articles of, which do not admit of controversy, 289.
Convention the, met in May, 1787, 278--- proceedings of, 278 to 280.
Cooper, Thomas, his Lectures on the Ele- ments of Political Economy, 192----re- viewed, 196.
Crafts, William, his birth and death, 504 ----admitted into Sophomore class of Harvard University, ib.---delivers his valedictory oration, 506---returns to his native city, and enters on the study of law, 507---his character as a pleader, 510---specimens of his poetry, 515 to 550---delivered the annual address be- fore the Phi Beta Kappa Society, 522--- specimens of his prose essays, 526 to 529.
Craniology, the system of, evidence in support of it, 155, 156---what is required for it to be well studied, 156-Gall's map of the skull, ib.--difficulties which only repeated experiments can over- come, 157----physiognomy and crani- ology have their foundation in nature, 158.
Crisis, the, 273---reviewed, 282---quoted, 286----opinion respecting the power of Congress to construct roads, 290--quo- ted, 290 to 292, 298 to 301, 312 to 314, 316.
Cullen, his medical theory referred to, 315.
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Edinburgh Review, notice of, 13, 116- quoted, 117, 118---notice of, 126, 135. Education, it cannot give rise to propen- sities, faculties or talents, 145---com- parative cost of, in New-York, Phila- delphia and Boston, 487---Knox's trea- tise on, referred to, 493. England, Bishop, notice of, 6. Ennius, the father of Roman song, 380--- his Annals, referred to, 381---of his tra- gedies and comedies, 382-his other works noticed, 383.
Etruscans, on the origin of, 367 to 369- their victories, 369-their religion, 370 ---origin of their language, 371. Euclid, his Elements, referred to, 114. Europe, the South of, its early literature, 359 to 361.
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Galen, his system of medicine, 343. Gall and Spurzheim, their Anatomie et Physiologie, notice of, 134-lecture in Paris conjointly, 136---present a me- moir to the Institute, ib.---report of the committee on their memoir, referred to, 139.
Gall, F. J. his Sur les Fonctions du Cer- veau, notice of, 134---contents of the six volumes enumerated, ib.---his phreno- logical system considered in England little more than a branch of the pre- tensions of Lavater and others, 135--- lectures in Paris conjointly with Spurz- heim, 136---the work referred to, 139--- his map of the skull, 156---enumerates twenty-seven original faculties, ib.---his observations on the divisions of the organs of the brain, 157.
Geometry and the Calculus, their respec- tive merits discussed, 107 to 118---they mutually assist each other, 118.
Geometry, the science of, 118-developes the properties of the straight line and the circle, 119----various kinds of, de- scribed, ib.---has its modes of reasoning that correspond to the algebraic cal- culus, 121.
Gergonne, his Annals referred to, 108, 129, 131.
German Critics, the most impartial, 15. Gold, its discovery in North-Carolina the result of accident, 251---the search for, attended with difficulties, 252---princi- pal mines of, in North-Carolina, 253 to 255.
Government, the General, its powers clas- sed, 287---its several powers discussed, 289 to 320.
Goupel, his Exposition de la Novelle Doc- trine Medicale, referred to, 352. Grimké, Thomas S. his Address on the character and objects of science, no- tice of, 1----opinion of the learned lan- guages, 3-two leading propositions in the Address stated, 4---Address quoted, 16, 17-opinions respecting the value of the learned languages commented on, 17 to 24---Address quoted, 24---opin- ion of Grecian philosophy, comment- ed on, 24 to 27---assertion that the an- cients did nothing in ethics, comment- ed on, 27 to 29--Address, quoted, 32--- argument to prove the superiority of the moderns over the ancients in the useful arts, commented on, 32 to 35---- opinion of how far its worth while te
study the writings of the ancients as models, discussed, 35 to 45. Griscom, John, his Address pronounced at the opening of the New-York High School, notice of, 478---referred to, 491. Grotius, Hugo, his opinion relative to slavery, 233----born at Delft, 461----sent to the University of Leyden, 462---has his praise sang by Douza, ib.----pur- sues the study of law, 463---elected Ad- vocate-General of the Fisk, ib.----ap- pointed Pensioner of Rotterdam, ib.--- sent to London, ib.---sent by the States of Holland to effect a reconciliation, 466---employed by the States of Hol- land to draw up a formula of peace, ib.---confined in the castle of Hague, with the Pensionary of Leyden and Barneveldt, ib-rescued by his wife, 469---obtains a pension from the king of France, 470---becomes naturalized as a citizen of France, ib.----leaves France and secures a retreat at Ham- burg, ib.--composes his two celebrated Treatises, 471---chosen ambassador by Sweden to negotiate a treaty with France, ib.---receives the title of coun- sellor to the Queen, ib.---solicits his recall, 472-received with great dis- tinction at Rotterdam and Amsterdam, 472-his last moments, 473---his epi- taph ib.-his character, 474 to 478.
Hassler, F. R. his Elements of Analytical Trigonometry, plane and spherical, 113 to 115---by admitting the use of lo- garithms, can change addition or sub- traction into multiplication, 115---his trigonometry would appear to greater advantage had he been more critically acquainted with the elementary prin- ciples of geometry, ib.
Hayne, Colonel Isaac, effect of his exe- cution, 71---excitement produced by it in Charleston and in England, ib.---the act illegal and barbarous, ib.---Lee charges Johnson with giving currency to misapprehension respecting it, 72--- historian's view of the case, 74--his ancestry, 75-a zealous whig, 76---a se- nator in the Legislature, and a militia captain, ib.---after the capitulation of Charleston, retired to his farm, ib.--- commanded to return to his allegiance, 79---declares he will never bear arms against his country, 80---captured, 83--- correspondence between himself and the mayor of the town, 83, 84--brought before a court of Inquiry, ib.---con- demned and executed, ib.---not a spy, or proceeded against as such, 88 to 90 --not in correspondence with the ene my, 91--the lawfulness of his execu- tion, on the ground of public policy,
examined, 94---fell a sacrifice to the cause of his country, 95---the argument, that he was amenable to capital pun- ishment, without trial, having taken up arms after receiving protection, exam- ined, 95 to 98---his execution a viola- tion of the cartel, 101---might have been saved by Lord Rawdon, 105.
Hemsterhusius, Tiberius, the father of the Dutch school of Greek literature of the eighteenth century, 441
Herodotus, his account of the first peo- pling of the Italian States, referred to, 366.
Hippocrates, the first author on the sub- ject of medicine worthy of attention, 343---his pathology appears to have been humoural, ib.
History, Roman, on the originals of, 325 to 334---authentic, commences with the reign of Servius, 334.
Hoffman, his medical theory referred to. Horse, history of a dead, 67. Hunter, John, his medical theory refer- red to, 346,
Instruction, on the monitorial system of, 488 to 503.
Jackson, Dr. Samuel, a promoter of the doctrines of the French school of phy- siological medicine, 348--- his practice referred to, 351.
Johnson, his Sketches of the Life of Green, quoted, 101.
Journal of Education, referred to, 11, 491.
Kirwan, Richard, esq. his Treatise on the Manures most advantageously appli- cable to the various sorts of soils, &c. reviewed, 49.
Lacroix, introduces the intruder radius in most of his formulæ, 116.
Language, Latin, its origin, 371-a spe- cimens of the primitive, 373 to 375- observations on, 375, 376.
La Place, his Traité du Calcul, quoted, 108--his Cours De Sciences et Arts, quoted, 109.
Latin, on the teaching of, 413. Learning, classical, perished in France during the revolution, 15---its impor- tance to divines and jurists, 37, 38. Lee, Henry, his Campaign of 1781, in the Carolinas, 70---referred to Tarlton's Campaigns, 74.
Letters, on the date of the invention of, 322 to 325.
Literature, Roman, the least original in its early stages, 361---on the early re- mains of, 383.
Livingston, the debate on his resolution in Congress, referred to, 232.
Low, his Present state of England, refer- red to, 204 to 211---estimate of the corn wages of the English labourer, ib. Lowth, Bishop, his Lectures on sacred poetry, referred to, 31, 36, 48. Lucretius, compared with Virgil, 404, 405 --his De Rerum Naturâ, referred to, 405---a summary of his De Rerum Na- turâ, 406 to 409.
Mably, Abbe de, quoted, relative to sla- very, 234.
Martin, Luther, his exposition of the con- stitution to his constituents referred to, 300, 304.
M'Neven, Dr. James, his lecture referred to, 146.
Mahne, Gulielmo Leonardo, his Vita Danielis Wyttenbachii, notice of, 410- quoted, 413, 415, 418, 422, 423. Malthus, his Principles of Political Econ- omy, referred to, 211, 214--quoted in relation to slave-labour, 223. Manures, indispensable in good husband- ry, 55-on the theory and practice of, 57---may alter the texture of a soil in relation to moisture, 58-may be ap- plied to stimulate the living fibres of a plant, 59---may act by stimulating the fibres of plants to stronger action, 61- some do not constitute the food of plants, 62--some act as stimuli 63--- may act by furnishing nutriment to the plant, 64 to 66---treatment of different kinds of, 66.
Massachusetts, Debates of the Conven- tion of, referred to, 305. Mathematics, its elementary principles understood as well in Euclid's time as at the present day, 108---the Calculus defective, depending on itself alone, 109---radius cannot be neglected in a calculation properly conducted, 110- the opinion, that the geometric method must be abandoned, combated, 113-- on abstract numbers, as connected with the abandonment of the geometric method, 113 to 115---in the lower de- partment of, good elementary treatises a desideratum, 115---the respective me- rits of the geometric and analytic me- thods discussed, 116 to 119---reduced to two extensive branches, geometry and arithmetic, 120--the theory of signs forms a considerable portion of its metaphysics, 127. Medicine, various sciences of, 342 to 352. Milton, his Paradise Lost contains a simile not materially differing from one in the Illiad, 31 Mime, on the Roman, 394. Moira, Earl of, his letters to General Henry Lee, in relation to the execution
of Col. Isaac Hayne, notice of, 70---his statement, as opposed to Ramsay's and other historians, respecting the execu- tion of Hayne, referred to, 72---at- tempts to justify the execution of Hayne, 87.
Monge, the inventor of descriptive ge- ometry, 119--distinguished himself in analytic geometry, ib. Moultrieville, humorous description of, 528, 529.
Nichols, his De Anima Medica, referred to, 344.
Neibuhr, B. G. his Röemische Ges- chichte, noticed, 320. New-York, the city of, state of education in, 480, 481---children attending the public schools in, 487-cost of educa- tion in, ib.----its High School, 495. New-York, the state of, its munificence in supporting public schools, 479-num- ber of children at school in, ib.
North-Carolina, geology and mineralogy of, 235--geologically considered, 236, 237---its granitic district, 246--contains coal, 247---hone or whetstone slate, found in, 250---rich in iron ore, 256--- copper and lead supposed to exist in, 258---it contains mineral springs, 260-- Debates of the Convention of, refer- red to, 305.
Olmsted, Denison, his Report on the ge- ology of North-Carolina, notice of, 235 ---appointed to make a geological sur- vey, 236---his Report quoted, 238 to 243, 248, 249, 253 to 261.
Pathology, the humoural, 343. Percival. James, his Clio, No. 3, review- ed, 442 to 447---extracts from his po- ems, 447 to 457.
Phrenology, a subject of controversy, 135---best understood in France, ib. Pitcairn, his Physico-mathematical ele- ments of medicine, referred to, 343. Political Economy, its fundamental prin- ciples not satisfactorily elucidated, 192 ---received its first impulse from the abuses of the currency in the Italian states, 195-Ricardo, the father of the new system of, 197---differences which distinguish the two leading divisions of economists stated, 197 to 199---rent of land deduced from two opposite sources, 199--on natural agents as con- nected with value, 199 to 201---on de- mand and supply, 202---definition of rent, 208, 209---the facility of produc- tion on the land not widely different from that in manufactures, discussed, 211.
Plautus, on the parasites of, 387 to 389 Playfair, Professor, his Arithmetic of im- ---compared with Terence, 389, 391. Prospectus of the Livingston county High possible quantities, quoted, 120, 121. School for boys at Temple Hill, Ge- nesee, noticed, 478.
Ramsay, his description of the execution of Hayne, quoted, 85---his account of the death of Colonel Campbell refer- red to, 106.
Read, Wm. Geo. his Address delivered before the South-Carolina Society, notice of, 1-adverts to the opinions of Rent, what it is, and its origin, 204 to 208 Mr. Grimké, 6. Report, annual, of the Superintendant of --definition of by M'Culloch, 208. Common schools to the Legislature of New-York, noticed, 478---referred to, 479---quoted, 480.
Report, tenth annual, of the comptrollers of the Public schools of the first school district of Pennsylvania, notice of, 478 Report, third annual of the trustees of the ---referred to, 486. High School Society of New-York, Report of a Sub-Committee of the School notice of, 478--quoted 496 to 498. Committee, recommending various im- provements in the system of instruc- tion in the grammar and writing schools of the city of Boston, notice of, 478--- Review, the American Quarterly, 107---- quoted, 489---500 to 503. reviewed, 109 to 117.
Rome, her capitol never taken, 328--the tribes in, 336-on the precious metals in, 337-on her population, 339-her drama, 376 to 379---her miscellaneous literature, 395 to 410-the era of her literary glory, 411.
Ruhnkenius, his death, 434----Wytten- bach's life of, referred to, ib.----anec- dotes of, 440---the elegance and purity of his latin style, cited, 442.
Rush, Dr. his medical works referred to, 357.
Science, La Place's views of, 107. Scott, Sir Walter, his Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, 159---dangers in the under- taking, which call for unceasing vigi- lance, 161, 163--the magnitude of the subject, 163--outlines of th has undertaken to relate, 164 to 169--- of the history he done more justice to his military talents than to any other portion character, 169---quoted, 170, 171, 173, of Bonaparte's 174, 176, 177, 184---not done justice, to the genius and character of Bona parte, 187-leans too much to the most unfavourable testimony in regarded to
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