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INDEX

TO THE

NINETEENTH VOLUME OF THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.

ABORIGINES, retire before civilized colonists,
as if by a law of nature, 377-are the
colonists or the mother country best
qualified to deal with them? 379.
Arabs, character of, 275-laws of blood-
revenge and Dakheel, 277-Arab horses,
278.

Aristotle's theory of poetry, 298.
Armenian Church, 282.

Army reform, 251-pension list, 409-vital
statistics, 411-diminution of crimes and
corporal punishments, 421-morale and
discipline of British army under Welling-
ton, see Wellington.

Audubon's Ornithological Biography, notice
of, 10-note.

Bacon's theory of poetry, 300.

Balance of power in Europe, 53.
Balfour, Dr. Graham, his report on the
sickness, &c., of the army, 419.
Bardesanes, notice of his writings, 466.
Bavian inscriptions, 270.

Beza, Letter of, to Henry IV., 179, 183.
Biblical criticism, nature, necessity, history,
and design of, 423-will a book miracul-
ously given be miraculously preserved?
425-sources of errors in transcription,
427-fidelity of collators has multiplied
the various readings, 428-text of the Old
Testament, the Masora, 431-struggles of
the Hebrew critics, 433-disputed texts
in the New Testament, 434-rules for
estimating the value of manuscripts, 435
-use of versions and quotations of the
Fathers in correcting the text, 438-
difficulty of applying the recognised laws
of biblical criticism, 442-satisfactory re-
sults, 443.

Birds, British, grallatores, 11-simulation
or stratagem in birds, 13-characters of
the grallatores, 14-plover, 16-dotterel,
19 the oyster-catcher, 20-the crane,
21-the heron, 22-the bittern, 24-the
stork, 25-the ibis, 26-greenshank and
pipers, 27-increase of summer wood-
cocks, 29-natatores, 31—the goose, 32-
the swan, 33-the duck, 33-the wigeon,
35-greatawk, 37-cormorants and solan-
geese, 39-plunging of gannets, 40-the
fulmar and the shearwater, 42.
British Museum, Assyrian sculptures added
to, 270, 280.

Bunsen's "Hippolytus and his Age," notice
of, 85-occasion of the work, 87-signifi-

cance of the method, 88-principle of the
method, 90-danger of it, 95-its real
utility, 97-philosophical aphorisms, 99—
results of Dr. Bunsen's work, 105.
Burgess, Rev. Henry, his researches into
Syriac Literature, 468.

Campbell, George, notice of his "India as
it ought to be," 578.

Church, early, see Hippolytus.
Cobden, Richard, on international relations,

53.

Coleridge's disquisitions of poetry, 301.
Colonial empire and colonial policy of Great
Britain, 345 prejudices entertained
against Earl Grey's policy, 346.-reck-
less charges and misrepresentations, 348
-distribution of colonial patronage, 350-
arducus and difficult duties of the colonial
secretary, 351-are our colonies a burden
or an advantage? 354-their cost, 354-
multiply our vulnerable points, afford
penal settlements, 355-receptacles for
surplus population, 356-alteration of the
question by the free-trade policy, 358-
"prestige" argument stated, 360-ana-
lyzed and set aside, 362-real reasons
for retaining our colonies, 365-obligation
of the parent state to the immigrants, 365
-to the native races, 366-importance of
the connexion to the purposes of a high
civilisation, 368-main principles which
ought to guide our colonial policy, 372—
duty of protection and right of control
co-relative, 373-dealings with the abori-
gines, 375 their inevitable retrocession
before civilized settlers, 376-who should
deal with them, the colonists or the parent
state? 379 our duty to prepare the
colonies for self-government, 382-and to
reduce our interference to the minimum,
335-imperial control over land-sales,
389-question of transportation, 391-
inconsistent conduct of the colonists, 392
-importance of the question, 395-sug-
gestions as to the mode in which the
government of the colonies should be ad-
ministered, 397.

Cotton, free labour in plantations of, 460.

Dallas, E. S., his Essay on Poetry reviewed,

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Eastern Church, Early, see Syria.
Elzevir edition of the New Testament, his-
tory of, 434.

Ephraem Syrus, character and labours of,
466-his metrical compositions, 468-
specimen of his poetry, 471.
Episcopacy in the early Church, see Hippo-
lytus.

Female Novelists, the reign of, 167-pecu-
liar fitness of women for writing novels,
167-especially wives and mothers, 169
-vocations for unmarried women, 170.
France, Protestantism in, 175.

Germany in its relation to France and
Russia, 519-its constitution and legal
relations, as settled by the treaty of West-
phalia, 520-family of Baron Stein, 521
-state of Germany at the outbreak of
the French Revolution of 1789, 522—
Frederick William II. of Prussia, 523-
Francis II., Emperor of Germany, 524--
foreign policy of Prussia, from 1795 to
1806, 527-Stein's efforts to restore his
country, 530-exposed to hostility of Na-
poleon, 532-his difficult position, 533-
letter from the Emperor Alexander, 533
-reconstruction of the empire and settle-
ment of boundaries after the abdication
of Napoleon, 536-state of the German
States before 1848, 539-military posi-
tion of Russia towards Prussia and Au-
stria, 543-ethnical advantages of Russia,
546-preponderance of Slavonians in Au-
stria, 547-critical position of Austria,
548-her interest in resisting the Russian
aggression upon Turkey, 549.
Goodall, William, notice of his "American

Slave-Code in Theory and Practice," 445.
Grenville Papers, The, 475-account of the
family of Grenville, 475-question as to
Lord Temple's being Junius, 482-Lady
Temple's hand-writing like Junius's, 487-
letter to a brigadier-general, 493-quar
rel with Scævola, 497-Lord Temple had
not the talents of Junius, 503-results of
Mr. Smith's investigations, 505-allega-
tion that Thomas Lord Lyttelton was
Junius, 506.

Grey, Earl, review of his work on Colonial
Policy, 345-prejudices and misrepresen-
tations, 346-summary of his policy, 349
-reasons for retaining the colonies, 360.

Hardinge, Viscount, his exertions to im-
prove the British army, 409.

Harris, Dr. Macgillivray's residence in,

4.

Hexameters, English, 129-ancient and mo-
dern versification, quantity, and accent,
129-modern prejudices of those who
have Latinized ears, 135-German Hex-
ameters, 136-Klopstock, 137-Voss, 138

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-Goethe, 140-Longfellow's Evangeline,
143-Clough's Long Vacation Pastoral,
145-rules for Hexameters, 147-jocose
Hexameters, 149.

Hincks, Rev. Dr., his interpretation of As-
syrian inscriptions, 255, 267, 295.
Hippolytus, discovery of his work "On all
Heresies," 87-character and sphere of
his labours, 106-light thrown by the
discovery of this treatise on the early
state of Christianity, 108-doctrine of the
Trinity, 108 general theological views of
Hippolytus, 112-his ecclesiastical views,
115-pretensions of the Church of Rome,
116 marriage of the clergy, 117-Apos
tolical constitutions, 118-church and
house book of the early Christians, 119-
development of the Church constitution,
121-worship of the Early Church, 123—
priesthood and sacrifice, 124-Church of
the future, 126.

Hunt, Leigh, his definition of poetry, 302.

India, Government of, and New India Bill,
552-the administrative system of India
necessarily a singular piece of patchwork,
553-improvement needed, not destrue-
tion, 554--great progress towards good
government since 1833, 557-arguments
against the "double government," 558-
its defect lies in a responsibility without
power, and a power without responsibility,
560 the proposed remedy by the New
Bill, 461-reduction in the number of Di-
rectors, 562-plan of nomination, 564-
ministerial nomination likely to infuse the
political or party element, 566-proposed
system of competition for offices, 567-
future success cannot be predicted from
the collegiate "course," 570-bad effects
of the "forcing system" in education, 573
--separation of the judicial from the exe-
cutive department, 575-admitted effi-
ciency of the system pursued at Addis-
combe, 576-advantages to be anticipated
from awakened interest, 579---educational
institutions, 580-Free Church institution,
581, note-duty of daring to do right, 582.
Instruction, The Higher, and its Represen-
tatives in Scotland, 219-laudable efforts
for extending the lower instruction, 219
-causes of the depression of the higher
instruction, 221-its political influences,
222-the lower nourished by the higher
instruction, 224-connexion between re-
ligion and the higher instruction, 227—
means of its support, 228-Scotland has
remained stationary, 233-provisions on
the Continent and in England for a learn-
ed class, 233-effects of opening English
fellowships to Scotsmen, 237-the seventy
new Irish Professorships, 239-the de-
fects of our Scottish Universities, 240-
attempt to procure for them Parliamen-

INDEX.

tary_representation, 241-advantages of
the Professorial system, 242.
International relations, 45-system of non-

intervention, 45-questions soon to be
discussed and decided, 46-altered char-
acter and temper of the nation, 48-causes
of the change, 49-pacific disposition of
the European Powers, 51-disinclination
for foreign alliances, 52-" balance of
power," 53-use and abuse of the idea,
54-a step towards the plan of arbitration
and is in a great degree a Peace Congress,
55--Mr. Cobden's views, 55-effects of
Free Trade on this question, 58-Talley..
rand's plan for securing the peace of
Europe, 60-effects of the Revolutionary
and the Nationalizing element on the
politics of Europe, 63-peculiar position
of Great Britain among the great powers
of the world, 66-principles which ought
to guide our foreign policy, 70-policy of
Connexion and that of Isolation, 71-in-
terference in the disputes of independent
nations, 72-present position of Russia
and Turkey, 73-intervention in the in-
ternal struggles of states, 76-the right of
asylum, 79-existing territorial arrange-
ments of Europe not destined to be per-
manent, 83.

Irving, Washington, his humorous account
of John Bull's notions regarding interna-
tional relations fifty years ago, 47.
Italian despotism, Life under, 185-descrip-
tion of an Italian village priest, 187-
Italian pedagogues, 188-their parallels
in England and Scotland, 193-despotic
governments and education, 194-society
under a despotism, 197-Genoa and the
Genoese, 199-description of a youthful
patriot, 202-political conspiracy, Car-
bonarism, 203the Young Italy, organ-
ization of 1833, 205-the catastrophe,
206.

Junius, see Grenville Papers.

Kaye, John William, his views on the Ad-
ministration of the East India Company,
556, 559.

Kouyunjik inscriptions, 267-discoveries
at, 279, 284.

Krasinski, Count Valerian, notice of his
Panslavism and Germanism, 519.
Larpent, F. S., Private Journal of, when
Judge-Advocate-General in the Penin-
sula, 243.

Layard's Discoveries in Nineveh and Baby-
lon, 255-auxiliary discoveries of Rawlin-
son and Hincks, 255-important and in-
teresting matter of the volume, 256-Mr.
Layard's journey to Trebizond and Mosul,
257-thrashing-floors and sepulchres of
the East, 259-Mr. Layard's triumphant
VOL. XIX. NO. XXXVIII.

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reception by the Yezidis, 260_arrival at
Mosul, 262-ceremonies and sacred book
of the Yezidis, 264-new bas-reliefs and
human-headed bulls at Nimroud, 265-
Rawlinson and Hinck's interpretations of
inscriptions at Kouyunjik, 267-rock-
crystal lens, glass vases, &c., found at
Nimroud, 269-Bavian inscriptions, 270
-description of Sheikhs, 273-the Chebar
of Scripture, 275-character and customs
of the Arabs, 276-bas-reliefs of Dagon
or the fish-god, 279-and of the early
Nimroud king, 281-American Mission-
aries, Armenian Church, 282-journey to
Baghdad and Babylon, 285-general re-
sults of the excavations, 289-history of
the deciphering processes, 291.
Lorenzo Benoni, Review of, 185.
Lyttelton, Thomas Lord, attempt to iden-
tify him with Junius, 506-his education
and history, 507-his dream of death,
513 decisive evidence that he was not
Junius, 515.

Macgillivray, Dr. William, notice of, 1—
birth and early education, 4-attributes
as an artist, 5-residence at Torquay, 6
-general character, 8-aid rendered to
Audubon and Witham, 10-note.

land, 477.

Mahon, Lord, notice of his history of Eng-
Manuscripts of Scripture, rules for estimat-
ing the comparative value of, 435-their
Marshall, Dr. Henry, and Military Hygiène,
classification, 437.
399-picture of a soldier twenty years
ago, 399-his now improved condition,
401-mighty influence for good of public
opinion, and what may yet be expected
from it, 403-pre-eminent merits of Dr.
Marshall, 407-appreciation of his labours
by Lord Hardinge, 407-his publications,
408 his personal character, 415-his
predecessors, 417-Lieut.-Col. Tulloch
and Dr. Graham Balfour's report, 419-
diminution of crimes and corporal punish-
ments, 421.

Method of research, German, 90.
Masora, account of, 431.
Metrical literature of ancient Syria, 468.
Nationality, spirit of, its probable effects on
European politics, 63, 83.
Nimroud, see Layard.
Novelists, Female, 167.

Panmure, Lord, his exertions to meliorate
the condition of the British soldier, 402.
Panslavism and Germanism, 546.
Pensioning of soldiers, 409.
Peschito or Syriac version of the Scriptures,

463.

Poetry, Glimpses of, 209-general charac-
ter of the poetry of the present day, 209
-merits of "A" and "V" as poets, 210.
2 P

Poetry and a New Poet, theories of, 297-
Aristotle's theory, 298-Bacon's theory,
300 Wordsworth and Coleridge's defini-
tions, 301-Leigh Hunt's and Dallas's,
302-a similar opposition of theories in the
kindred arts of painting and fictitious lite-
rature, 303-the imitation theory con-
sidered, 303-the imagination theory, 308
-the poetical tendency and the poetic ge-
nius, 311-various exercises of the ima-
gination, 313-the poet's mode of thought,
315 example from Keats, 316-intellec-
tual secretion of fictitious circumstances,
317 difference of degree among poets,
318-passion as connected with poetry,
320-extra-poetical contents of poems,
322-imaginative writers in prose and
verse, 324-imagery and verse, 325-ra-
tionale of verse, 327-merits of Mr. Dal-
las's work, 329-illustrations of imagina-
tion theory from A. Smith's poems, 335.
Protestantism, French, memoirs of, 175-
improved method for advancing historical
science, 175-particularly in France, 176
-the Reformation and the Persecution,
177-Henry IV., the Edict of Nantes, and
its revocation, 179-cruelties of Louis
XIV., 181-objects of the Society of the
History of French Protestantism, 182-
their first bulletin, 183.

Pringle, Sir John, his merits as a health re-
former, 417.

Rawlinson, Colonel, his researches into the

Assyrian inscriptions, 255, 267.
Representative institutions, difficulty of in-
troducing, into the colonies, 382.
Ruth; a novel, reviewed, 151—general char-
acter of the book, 151-its simplicity and
pathos, 153-lesson inculcated by the
novel, 154-violation of God's family order
at the bottom of all social evils, 157-pain-
fulness of the story, 159-defended, 161
-its humour, 165-a" Ruth" of the tenth
century, 173.

Scottish universities, see Instruction, higher.
Septuagint version of Old Testament, 438.
Slave labour and free labour, 445-line of
defence adopted by the champions of
slavery, 445-American fallacies, 446-
American slaves and British labourers,
449 are none but the morally perfect
entitled to deal with an erring brother? 451
-alleged exaggeration, slave-code demon-
strations, 454-necessary consequences of
slavery, 455-difficulties in the way of abo-
lition, 457-substitution of free for slave
labour, 458.

Slavonian races, political union of, 546.
Smith, Alexander, merits and quality as a

poet, 330—his intellectual capacity, 332
is he a true poet? 334-his poetical
faculty, or the faculty of thinking in the
language of concrete circumstance, 336-
the Life Drama, 338-more of the Rose
than of the Thistle in his poetry, 339—his
sameness of imagery, 341-his moral
mood, his style and versification, 343-
suggestions, 344.

Smith, William James, his investigations in
the Junius controversy, 475.
Stein, Baron, political career of, 530.
Stowe, Mrs. B., her merits as a novelist, 157,
167-notice of her" Key to Uncle Tom's
Cabin," 445.

Sugar, production of, by free labour, has
been found successful, 461.

Syria, early Christian literature of, 462-past
and present state of Syriac language, 463
Syriac version of the Bible, 464-manu-
scripts in the British Museum, 465
Church of Edessa, Ephraem Syrus, and
Bardesanes, 466-Syriac writers from se-
cond to thirteenth century, 467-Eph-
raem's metrical compositions, 468-speci-
men, 47-ritual of the Eastern Church,
472-its present state, 473.

Temple, Lord, see Grenville Papers.
Talleyrand's scheme for securing the peace
of Europe, 60.

Transcription, sources of errors in, 427.
Transportation, unreasonable conduct of the
colonists in regard to, 393.

Tucker, Mr., on the Administration of the
East India Company, 562, 579.
Tulloch, Lieut.-Col., his report on the sick-
ness, &c., of the army, 419.

Universities, British and Continental com-
pared, 233.

Verse, use and importance of, in poetry, 325.
Versification, ancient classical and modern
European, 129.

Versions, ancient, of Scripture, 438.

Wakefield, Mr., extracts from his "Art of
Colonization," 361, 366, 369.

Wellington in the Peninsula, 243-Mr.
Larpent's introduction as judge-advocate-
general, 244-the courts-martial, 245 —
summary punishments, 247-instances of
severe discipline, 248-its effects, 249-
the morale of the British army, 249-old
system of enlistment, 250-army reform,
251 anecdotes illustrative of Welling-
ton's character, 252.

Witham's observations on fossil vegetables,
Withamite, 10.

Wordsworth's definition of poetry, 301.

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