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Bonaparte's character, 187, 188----quo-
ted, 188 to 190.

Silliman, Professor, his Journal of Sci-
ence and Arts, referred to, 253.

Slave-holding States, injured, 228, 229-
have no apprehension of an insurrec-
tion, 229---competent to protect them-
selves, 230--the real evils which they
fear, ib.--the abolition of slavery re-
quires their co-operation, 231.

Slavery, has its evils and advantages, 219
---the subject of, not yet well under-
stood, ib.---Congress has no right to
interfere respecting it, 227, 228.

Smith, Adam, his estimate of labour in
the production of wealth, 198.
Soul, Gall gives no opinion respecting
it, 141---various opinions respecting its
seat, ib.

South-Carolina, Debates of the Conven-
tion of, referred to, 305, 306.
Spurzheim, appears to lay no claim to
original discovery, differing front Gall
in their system, 136---published in Lon-
don his views of the physiognomical
system, 137.

Stahl, Dr. his theory of medicine, 344---
explained by Nichols, ib.

Stewart, Dugald, his opinions of the effect
of education referred to, 143.

T.

Talisman, the, reviewed, 262----its Pre-
face to an Album, quoted, 263, 264----
Poetical preface to an Album, quoted,
265-its tales, noticed, 265 to 267---ex-
tract from the Devil's Pulpit, 257 to
269---specimens of its poetry, 269, 270.
Teachers, the importance of having learn-
ed ones, 7---may teach themselves pro-
foundly, 8 to 10.

Terence, the merits of his style, 390---his
prologue to the Hecyra, referred to, 395
Tichnor, Professor, his remarks, referred
to, 12.

Trigonometrical Tables, Gardiner's, Tay-
lor's, Callet's and Hutton's, compared,
111.

Tull, Jethro, his Treatise on the principles
oftillage and vegetation, reviewed, 49.

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Wheaton, his Reports, referred to, 255.
Whewell, his Dynamics, quoted, 126.
White, his Essay on the gradations of

man, referred to, 159.
Willis, his method of demonstrating the
brain, 139.

Woodhouse, Robert, his papers on the ne-
cessary truth of certain conclusions
obtained by means of imaginary quan
tities: and, on the independence of
the analytical and geometrical methods
of investigation: and, on the advan-
tages to be derived from their sepa-
ration: and, on the integration of cer
tain differential expressions, notices of.
107-incline to banish the geometric
method, 116---does not go the length
of the Edinburgh reviewer in believing
that geometry must be abandoned, ib.
----on paradoxes, quoted, 123---his o-
pinion of Playfair's memoir, quoted,
124-his work on analytical calcula-
tion, quoted, 125.

Writing, the popular kind of, first in-
vented by merchants, 323--the art of.
probably known in the days of Homer,
324---materials used for. 325.

Writings, a Selection in prose and poetry,
from the miscellaneous, of the late
William Crafts, notices of, 503-ex-
tracts from 505 to 507, 515 to 520, 522
to 529.

Wyttenbach, Daniel, his birth, 411--mem-
orable boyish adventure, ib.---proceed-
ings at his father's farm, 413-placed
under the tuition of Jaeger, 416-en-
ters the University of Marburg, 418-
change in his religious feelings, 419,
420---progress in Greek learning, 421-
reads Demosthenes and Plato, 422,
423---publishes his critical epistle on
Julian, ib.---his mode of self-instruction,
425---introduced to Ruhnkenius and
Valkenaer, 430---goes to Paris, ib.-
elected professor of philosophy in the
Athenæum of Amsterdam, 431-invited
to take the chair of Valkenaer at Ley-
den, 432----proposition to have his edi-
tion of Plutarch printed at Oxford,
433--accepts a professorship in the
University of Leyden, 434-publishes
his epistle to Heusde, 435-elected a
member of various societies, 436-mar-
ries his niece, ib.---classed as one of the
Emeriti professors, 437---attacked by a
fit of apoplexy, ib.---his merits appre
ciated, 438--his merits as a critic, ib.
Wyttenbach, Madame, has the degrees of
Doctor in Mathematics and Master of
Arts conferred on her, 437.

Y.

Young, Arthur, a contributor to the im-
provement of agriculture, 50-- his An-
nals of agriculture, referred to, 63.

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