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