-

A.

-

ÆSCHYLUS, 315. See Orestea.
Agricultural Association, the, 525.
Alison, Mr., rashness of his opinions upon
military matters, 467-character of his
account of the Belgian campaign of
1815, 468
- his
inaccuracies, 469
charge against the Duke of Wellington
of having been surprised, 473-reasons
for the allies not taking the initiative,
477-Mr. Alison's theory of a surprise,
founded on Fouché's testimony, 479.
Animal Chemistry, 98. See Liebig.
Arch, the, in ancient Grecian buildings,
141.

Ashley, Lord, speech in the House of
Commons on moving for leave to bring
in a Bill for the regulation of young
persons in Mines and Collieries, 158-
character of the speech, 194-extract,
195.

Athens, effect of the introduction of mo-
dern buildings among the ancient struc-
tures, 144.

B.

Bateman, James, the orchidacea of Mex-
ico and Guatemala, 196.

Bauer, F., illustrations of the genera and
species of orchidaceous plants, 196.
Berberries, the best underwood covert for
game, 231.

Bile, the, 114. See Liebig.

Blood, the, action and functions of, 103.
See Liebig.

Blücher, Marshal, 446. See Raushnick.
Bowes, Major-General, his monument de-
scribed, 442.

Bread, relative prices of, in London and
Paris, 524.

Breton Students, the, 73. See Rio.

Buccleugh, Duke of, reformations in his
collieries, 178.

Buonaparte, Napoleon, cause of his name
being handed down to posterity, 448-
at Waterloo, 465-refutation of the as-
sertion that he had outmanœuvred the
Duke of Wellington, 474-his position
and strength at the opening of the cam-
paign of 1815, 475.

Burney, Miss, 243. See D'Arblay.
Byron's Don Juan,' 392.

C.

Calderwood, Mrs., of the Coltness family
-journal of her tour in England and
Flanders in 1756, 373-progress from
Edinburgh to London, 374-George
III. when Prince of Wales, 380-her
descriptions of places of public resort
in London, 381-opinions on the Eng-
lish cuisine, 382-Rotterdam, 383.
Cessio Bonorum Act, 530.

Charlotte, Queen, 260. See D'Arblay.
Chouan war, the, 77. See Rio.
Clausewitz, General, review of the Bel-
gian campaign of 1815, 482.
Clock, electro-magnetic, of Professor
Wheatstone, 56.

Coffee, its active principle the same as
that of tea, 122.

Colliers and Collieries, 158-general ig-
norance as to their state, 159-measures
to be adopted for their amelioration, ib.
-appearance of the country when a
new colliery is established, 160—en-
trance to mines, 161-temperature and
accommodations, 162 coal-viewers,
under-viewers, over-men, 163-trap-
pers, 164-drivers, putters, 165-hew-
ers, 166-earnings of miners, ib.—col-
lier villages, 167-general character-
istics of colliers, 168-amusements,

169-food, 170-clothing and external
appearance, 171-mental acquirements,
172-physical effects of the employ-
ment, 174-apprentices, 175-employ-
ment of women, 177-women or chil-
dren not employed in Irish mines, 180
-reasons advanced for letting young
children descend into the mines, 181-
constant dangers to which colliers are
exposed, ib.-explosions, 182-reck-
lessness of persons employed in mining
operations, 183-irruption of a river into
a mine, 185-danger of accidents in
descending and ascending, 186-evils
(in reference to fatal accidents in
mines) of the want of coroners in Scot-
land to investigate the causes of sudden
deaths, 188-general effect of mining
labour on the human frame, 189-
good that may be done by proprietors
who seriously turn their thoughts to the
condition of their miners, 191-col-
liers and miners that have subsequently
risen to fame in other spheres of life,
193.

Coltness Collections, the, 356-progress

of clubs in England and Scotland for
printing historical and other records, ib.
-contents of the Coltness collections,
357-genealogy of the Coltness family,
359-history of the founder of the
house, 360-of his eldest son, 367-
sketches of two of the younger branches
of that generation, 370-of the political
economist, and of the late General Sir
James Stewart, 372-journal of a tour
in England and Flanders, by a female
member of the family, 373-extracts,
374.

Combinations of workmen, causes of their
rare occurrence in France, 33.
Commissioners for inquiring into the con-
dition of children employed in mines
&c., Report of, 158. See Colliers.
Copper-ore, effects of the high protective
duties upon it, 516.

Coroners, effects of the want of them in
Scotland, 188.

Corn, 517. See Peel.

Crabbe's Works described, 394.
Crime, causes of its less frequent occur-
rence in the country than in towns, 35.

D.

Daguerreotype, the, 55.

D'Arblay, Madame (formerly Miss Bur-
ney), Diary and Letters of, 243-na-
ture of the book, and real object in
introducing the names which appear in

it, ib.-extravagant egotism in all its
pages, 245-character of the elaborate
dialogues introduced, 246-specimens,
247, 248, 250-Miss Burney's assumed
modesty and humility, 252-deceptions
as to her age and the circumstances
under which she wrote 'Evelina,' 254

consequences of these deceptions,
255-pomp and prolixity with which
the most trifling circumstances are nar-
rated, 256-appointed second keeper
of the robes to Queen Charlotte, 260
-amount of her literary knowledge,
262-début as a reader to the Queen,
263-consequences of her struggles be-
tween her place and her pride, 264—
nature of her duties, 265-her grand
grievance, the dinner and tea-table, 266
-impropriety of conduct to the equer-
ries, 269-the adventure of the glass-
coach, 270-the adventure with the
French reader to the Queen, 272-
pleasing portions of the work, 276-in-
stances of the Queen's kindness, 277—
her Majesty's good sense and judg-
ment, 278-private conduct of the
Royal Family, 279-her Majesty's
understanding, 280 her domestic
character, 281-character of George
III., ib.-his Majesty's good nature,
282-demeanour when Margaret Ni-
cholson attempted to assassinate him,
283-the King at Oxford shortly after
this event, 284-making an offering as
Sovereign of the Garter, 286.

E.

-

Elections, general, in England, described,
387.

Electricity, voltaic, its recent contribu-
tions to the fine and useful arts, 55.
Encyclopædia Britannica,' seventh edi-
tion, 44-history of encyclopædias, ib.
-the two methods of constructing them,
45-first and second editions of the 'En-

cyclopædia Britannica,' 46—the third,
47-fourth, fifth, and sixth, 48-objects
proposed in issuing the seventh, ib.-
preliminary dissertations by Dugald
Stewart, Playfair, Mackintosh, and Les-
lie, 49-causes of the prominence of ma-
thematical and physical articles in all
encyclopædias, 52-names of contri-
butors in these branches, 54-yalue of
an encyclopædia in recording the pro-
gress
of arts, ib.-terrestrial physics, 57
-names of contributors in natural his-
tory and its connecting branches, 58-
in botany, geology, mineralogy, agri-

culture, horticulture, physical geo-
graphy, and meteorology, 59-on the
philosophy of the mind, 60-on chi-
valry, drama, romance, beauty, music,
painting, poetry, rhetoric, hierogly-
phics, 61-history and biography, 62
-on political economy, 64-anatomy,
physiology, and medicine, 65--theology,
66-difficulties in the editing and pro-
duction of the work, 68-its maps,
engravings, and woodcuts, 70.
Evergreens, exportation of, from England
to foreign countries, 237.

F.

Flower-garden, the, 196-royal person-
ages, philosophers, poets, and men of
taste, who have made gardening a fa-
vourite pursuit-the love of flowers
traceable from remote antiquity, 198-
the Italian style of garden, 200-the
French, 201-gardens of Versailles, 202
-the English, or natural style, 203-
Dutch, 204-English gardeners of the
eighteenth century, ib.-Price's three-
fold division of the domain, 207-pro-
gress of horticulture in the present cen-
tury, 208-division of labour in the hor-
ticultural and floricultural worlds, 209
-nomenclature, 210-orchidaceæ, 212
-ferns, 214-plants in closely-glazed
cases brought from the East Indies to
England, and vice versa, ib.-curi-
osities of gardening, 217-of garden
ornaments, 218-gardening taste at the
present day, 222-leading features in
a perfect garden, 225-peonies, holly-
hocks, 229-berberries, 231-the herb-
garden, 232-mazes, ib. bowling-
greens-iron-tracery work, 233-Eve-
lyn's hedge at Deptford, 234-asso-
ciations connected with gardening,
235-no country so suited for the plea-
sures of the garden as England, 236
-exportation of evergreens to foreign
markets, 237-characteristics of native
British plants, 238-of English cot-
tages, ib. consolations of gardening,

240.

Fossil Fuel, History of, 158- extract
from, 193.
Fregier, H. A., 'Des Classes dangereuses

de la Population dans les Grandes
Villes, et des Moyens, de les rendre
meilleures,' 1-character of the work,
ib.-its great principle, 2-number of
operatives in Paris, according to M.
Fregier's calculation, 3-proportions

of all classes addicted to idleness and

intemperance, 4-divisions of the dan-
gerous classes, 5-characters of the
Parisian operatives, 6-importance of
the influence of masters and parents
upon the female operatives, 8-divi-
sions of the latter class, 9-the chif-
fonniers, 11-copying-clerks, 13-con-
sequences to the students, of the faci-
lities to vice, 14-the shopmen, 15-
quarter of the city,' 16-gamblers,
17-divisions of prostitution, 18-in-
scription, 19-clandestine prostitution,
22-means adopted by the femmes
de maison' to obtain recruits, 23-
questionable benefit resulting from
legalization, 25 — vagabonds, 26-
smugglers, 27-'le vol à l'Américaine,'
28-shop-lifters, 29-bonjouriers ·
voleurs au bonjour-chevaliers grim-
pans, 30-warfare between the police
and pickpockets, 31-exploiter les
positions sociales,' ib. the London
and Paris scoundrel compared, 32-
preservatives from vice, 33-influence
of the press, 34-state of religion in
France, 35-education, 36-residences
of the poor-illicit cohabitation in
Paris, 38-evils of the present state of
the French drama, 39-means for the
prevention of crime in the middle
classes, 40-remedial measures, ib.-
M. Fregier's advocacy of the system of
solitary confinement, 42. practical
difficulties in carrying out the system,
43.

G.

Garden, 196. See Flower.
Gardening, the poetry of, 196-extracts,
225, 234.

Gastric juice, its mode of action, 111.
George III., 260, 380. See D'Arblay
and Coltness.
Greece, 129.

See Mure and Strong.

H.

Hermann, Professor, compliments to, upon
his reaching the fiftieth year of his doc-
torate, 317.

Hill, General Lord, at Waterloo, 472.
Homer, 133. See Mure.
Horticultural Society, the, of London, 223

I.

Income Tax, the, 489, 510. See Peel.

Ireland, distinguished for not employing
women or children in her collieries,
180.

K.

Klausen, Dr. R. H., ' Bibliotheca Græca,'
315-his death, 317.

L.

Larochejaquelein, Henri de, a chief of the
Vendeans, 75-his brother Louis, 76.
Leslie, Sir John, character of, 50.
Libraries, plan of those established for the
labouring classes in Scotland, 37.
Liebig, Justus, Animal Chemistry,' 98—
metamorphosis, 99-essential condi-
tions of animal life, 100-source of
animal heat, ib.-temperature of the
body, 101-action of oxygen, as shown
by the phenomena of starvation, 103—
function of the blood in growth or nu-
trition, 105-identity in the composi-
tion of blood and muscular fibre, ib.
-nutrition of carnivorous and herbi-
vorous animals, 106-identity of the
component principles of the food
in both classes, 109-principles con-
tained in the vegetable kingdom, ib.-
sources of the constituents of the blood
of the young animal, 110-chemistry
of digestion in the carnivora, 111-
gastric juice, ib.—importance of air in
the process of digestion, 112-progress
of the blood when charged with fresh
fibrine and albumen, 113-formation
and functions of the bile, 114-source
of the fuel which serves for respiration
and the production of animal heat, ib.
-chemical explanation of the process
by which living tissue is converted into
dead compounds, 115-influence of
respiration upon the secretions, 116-
conclusion drawn from a comparison
of all the known facts relating to the
food, secretions, and excretions of the
herbivora, 117- gelatine, 119-food
best adapted for man, 120-action of
medicines and poisons on the system,
121-of tea, coffee, tobacco, &c., 122—
constituents of the brain, nervous mat-
ter, and organs of vital energy, 124-
nature of the vital force, 126-import-
ance and value of Professor Liebig's
work, 128.
Lindley, John, Elements of Botany;'
illustrations of the genera and species
of orchidaceous plants, 196.

Maitland Club, the, 356. See Coltness.
Markland, J. H., Remarks on English
Churches, and on the Expediency of ren-
dering Sepulchral Memorials subservi-
ent to Pious and Christian Uses,' 417
-spirit and object of Mr. Markland's
work, ib.-uses to which sepulchral
monuments should be applied, 420—
history of these monuments, 421-the
early catacombs at Rome, 422-sources
of the first sepulchral monuments, 423
-futility of the struggle against the
laws of decay, 424-introduction of
the coffin, 425-origin of stone coffins,
426 the second great corruption of
tombs, 427-source of the worship of
relics, 428-the fourth corruption in
the history of sepulchral monuments,
429-the exhibition of the human figure
upon the tomb, 432-representations of
animals, 433-origin of the recumbent
figure, chapels and chantries, 434-
brasses, ib. effect of the revival of
Grecian art upon sepulchral monu-
ments, 435-introduction of children
on the monuments of their parents, 436
-of the representation of the naked fi-
gure, 437-allegorical tombs, 438-the
'doorway' style, 440-character of our
national monuments in Westminster
Abbey and St. Paul's, 441-real cha-
racter of the homage bestowed by erect-
ing a statue, 443-suggestions as to the
future, ib.-answer to objections, 445.
Meetings at Exeter Hall described, 389.
Moore, Sir John, his monument described,

442.

Morier, Mr., extract from 'The Mirza,'

384.

Mueller, C. O., 'Dissertations on the Eu-

menides of Eschylus,' 315-death, 317.
Mure, Wm., Journal of a Tour in
Greece and the Ionian Islands,' 129—
position of Ithaca, 130-importance of