of Lara, 443. His "Siege of Corinth," 444. Night Piece, 445. Magnificent description of a morning muster, and subsequent charge, 446. His "Pari- sina," 447. Beautiful extracts from, 448-450. Remarks on his smaller pieces, 450. Third canto of "Childe Harold," 450. Identity of Childe Ha- rold with the author, 452. Extracts, 452, 453. The author's signal success with a most difficult subject, 454. Muster for Waterloo, 455. Apostrophe to Napoleon Bonaparte, 456. Supposed miseries of the gifted, 457. Reasons for dissenting from this opinion, 458. Truly great men generally cheerful, indulgent, and happy, 459, 460. Pro- gress of the poet and his hero - in Switzerland, 461. Rousseau--Clarens -Lake of Geneva, 462. Midsummer night's thunder storm in the Swiss mountains, 463. Lord Byron's ac- count current with the world, 464. His "Prisoner of Chillon," 464. Beautiful extracts from, 465, 466. His piece entitled "Darkness," remarks upon, 467. The Dream," 468. The poet's description of mental sufferings strongly indicative of the state of his own feelings, 469.
Caciques, the intercourse of Columbus with, i. 705. Beautiful family pic- ture of one, 708. "Cadenus and Vanessa," Swift's, notice of, i. 215.
"Cain, a Mystery," Lord Byron's, Re- view of, i. 87. See Byron. Cairo, description of a female slave market at, iii. 474.
Campbell, Thomas, Review of his "Spe- cimens of the British Poets, and an Essay on English Poetry," ii. 3. His excellent criticism, 4. The dangers he has escaped, 5. His fairness to all the Schools of Poetry, 6. Largeness of his survey, 7. Beneficial effects of, chiefly by recall- ing the forgotten, 8, &c. Great range of English poetry, and great in- terest of its history, 11. Strictures on his Selections, 12. The work may rescue some names from oblivion, 14. Guesses on this point, 15. Sketch of Chaucer, 16. Of Spencer, 17. His character of Spencer, 18. Of Beau- mont and Fletcher, 19. His estimate
Milton's supernatural
of Milton, 20. characters, 21. Campbell's eritique on Pope, 22. His account of Hall, 23. Of Ben Jonson, 24. Notices of Cotton and Lillo, 25. Hazards of domestic tragedy, 26. Judgment of Thomson, 27. Notice of Collins, 28. Of Ramsay's "Gentle Shep- herd," 29. Candid estimate of Chat- terton, 30. Goldsmith, S1. Judg- ment on, $2. Burns, 33. Cowper, 33. Campbell's remarks upon Cowper's poetry, 34, &c. Desirableness of a continuation of the work, embracing specimens of living poets, 36.
Campbell, Thomas, Review of his "Ger- trude of Wyoming, and other Poems," ii. 176. Remarks upon the poem, 176. Question considered, - To what class does the Poem belong? 177. That is the best poetry which most stirs the natural feelings, 178. The poet's difficulties and discouragements, 179. The claims and risks of this poem considered, 180. Abstract of the story, 181. Extracts, with remarks, 182, &c. Scenes from, 185, &c. Henry Waldegrave's return, 187. Felicity of Gertrude and Henry, Eclipse of its brightness, 189. The flight, 190. The catastrophe, 191. The death song, 192. General esti- mate of the poem, 193. Miscellaneous pieces, 194. The Battle of the Baltic, 195. Ballads, 196, &c.
Campbell, Review of his "Theodoric, a Domestic Tale: with other Poems," ii. 199. Character of Mr. Campbell's poetry, 199. Difficulty to a poet of writing a "domestic story,” 200. Ab- stract of the story of Theodoric, 202. Extract-opening of the narrative, 203. Other extracts, 204, 205. De- scription of Constance, 206. Catas- trophe, 207. Mr. Campbell's poems true to the cause of liberty, 208, &c. Ode to the memory of the Spanish Patriots, 209. Stanza to the Rain- bow, 210. Verses to Kemble, 211. General observations on the volume, and on the author, 212, &c. "Canons of Criticism," Mr. Edwards's, i. 317.
Carribbee Islands, discovery of, by Colum-
Caribs, the, Washington Irving's remarks upon, i. 703.
Caricature, too freely employed in The Fortunes of Nigel," iii. 100. Cashmere, Valley of, ii. 480, 481. Cassini, i. 121.
Catherine, Empress of Russia, anecdotes | Chengîz, Institutes of, i. 731.
Cavaliers and Republicans, i. 499. Chance and Time, their co-operation necessary in forming a good and a stable government, iii. 268. "Characteristics" of Lord Shaftesbury, i. 17.
Charlemont, Lord- Review of "Me- moirs of the Political and Private Life of James Caulfield, Earl of Charle- mont, Knight of St. Patrick's, &c. &c. By Francis Hardy, Member of the Irish House of Commons in the three last Parliaments of Ireland," iii. 506. Favourable general notice of the work, 506. Merits and faults of the work, 507. Lord Charlemont's early life, 508. His settlement in Ireland, 509. His Journal while abroad, 510. His impressions and anecdotes of David Hume, 511. Anecdotes of Hume, Rousseau, and Montesquieu, 512, 513. His visit to Montesquieu, 514. His picture of Topham Beauclerk, 515. Interesting_extracts from his letters, 516, 517. Lord Charlemont's account of Mr. Burke, 517. Mr. Hardy's ad- dendum to Lord Charlemont's notice, 519. Revolution of 1782, 520. Ex- tracts from an admirable letter of Mr. Fox to Lord Charlemont in 1782, 521. Interesting letter of Burke to Lord Charlemont, 522. Specimen of Mr. Hardy's characters- Philip Tisdall, Hussey Burgh, Gerard Hamilton, Henry Grattan, 523. 525.
Charles the First, state of England dur- ing the reign of, i. 436. Mrs. Hut- chinson's description of the court of, 448. Fox's opinion as to the execution of, 531.
Charles the Second, his penury and ex- travagance, i. 504. Profligacy of his court, 501. His mean and unprinci- pled submission to Louis XIV., 533. Chateaubriand, F. A. Review of his work" Of Bonaparte, the Bourbons, and the Necessity of rallying round our legitimate Princes, for the Happi- ness of France and of Europe," iii. 180. See Sotheby.
Chatillon, treaty of, i. 608. Chatterton, Campbell's candid estimate of, in his Specimens of the British Poets, ii. 30.
Chaucer, i. 161. Value of his ballads and legends, as illustrating the state of society, 479. Campbell's notice of, ii. 27.
"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - Canto the Third. By Lord Byron." Re- view of, ii. 435. See Byron. Childhood, beauty of, i. 39.
Child's sickness described, iii. 130. "Chillon, Prisoner of, and other Poems. By Lord Byron." Review of, ii. 435. See Byron.
Choiseul, Madame de, i. 235. Extract from her letters, 243. Christianity, its ameliorating influence on society, i. 118. On Woman, 118. Its reception, in connection with the pecu. liarities of European temperament, the primary cause of the advancement and present condition of Europe, 725. Christianity in India, iii. 455. Christy, The Reverend William. See Priestley.
Church and State- Bishop Warburton's "Alliance between Church and State," notice of, iii. 481. Strictures on, 483. Cibber, Colley, his correspondence with Richardson, i. 316.
Civil War, English, remarkably mild and generous character of, i. 458. Causes of civil wars considered, iii. 161. Civilisation in India, Bishop Heber's es- timate of, iii, 451.
Clare, Lord, and Mr. Curran, iii. 579. Clarendon, Bishop Warburton's liberal
remarks upon his "History," iii. 503. Clarendon, i. 162. Characteristic trait of,
"Clarissa," Richardson's, Mrs. Barbauld's observations on, i. 308, &c.
Clarkson, Mr. Thomas, review of his "Portraiture of Quakerism," iii. 371. See Quakerism. Review of his " Me- moirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn," 394. See Penn. Clarkson's character as an author, 395. Clergy-objections of the Quakers to a paid, iii. 389. See Quakerism. Coleridge, and Sir James Mackintosh, iii. 662.
Collier, Miss, correspondent of Richard- son, i. 316. Collingwood, G. L. Newnham, Esq. F. R. S. Review of his "Selection from the Public and Private Corre- spondence of Vice- Admiral Lord Col- lingwood," iii. 415. See Collingwood, Vice Admiral Lord. Collingwood, Vice- Admiral Lord. Re- view of Selection from his Public and Private Correspondence," iii. 415. Ge- neral Remarks, 415. Lord Colling- wood peculiarly English in his cha-
racter, 416. His noble frankness and disinterestedness, 417. Early history, 418. His characteristic account of the celebrated victory of June 1st, 1794, 419. His domestic affections, 420. His exemplification of the spirit of an English commander, 421. Colling- wood and Nelson, 422. Lord Colling- wood's tenderness, 423. Short visit to his family, 424. Sudden departure to sea, 425. Battle of Trafalgar, 427. Elevation to the Peerage, 429. His feelings on the occasion, 430. Extracts from his letters, 431. His strong at- tachment to his family, 432. His de. clining health, and martyrdom to duty, 433. Account of his death, 434. Collins, the poet, notice of, by Campbell, in his Specimens of British Poets, ii.
Colosseum, the, recollections of, ii. 195. Colours, supposed original beauty of, i. 60. The doctrine of Mr. Knight on this subject controverted, 61. "Columbiad, The," of Barlow, critique on, in the Edinburgh Review, vindi- cated from the charges of Mr. Walsh, iii. 331.
racter, 716. Not fully aware of the grandeur of his discoveries, 717. Merits of the work, 718.
Comedy of Shakespeare, remarks upon, By Mr. Hazlitt, ii. 85. Composition, simplicity the last grace of, i. 123.
"Confidant, The," by George Crabbe, notice of, ii. 340.
Conjugal felicity, beautiful and touching picture of, ii. 528. Conquerors, miserable effects of deifying them, iii. 188. "Conscience, The Struggles of," by George Crabbe, notice of, ii. 340. Consciousness metaphysically considered, ii. 649.
Constituent Assembly of France, general character of its members, i. 560. Constitution, English, requires the co- operation of the people, in order to its maintenance, i. 518. Constitutional monarchies be apprehended even from these, iii. 160. Constitutions, written, not to be depended upon, iii. 200. Consulate, the French, established by Bonaparte, i. 603.
Convent, The," by George Crabbe, no- tice of, ii. 343.
Cooper, Thomas, President Judge of the Fourth district of Pennsylvania. See
"Corinne," Madame de Staël's, notice of, iii. 635.
"Corinth, Siege of," Byron's Remarks on, ii. 444. Extracts from, 445, 446. "Coriolanus," Shakespeare's, remarks upon, by Mr. Hazlitt, ii. 80. "Correspondence, The, of Samuel Rich- ardson, Author of Pamela, &c." Re- view of, i. 302.
"Columbus, Christopher, History of the Life and Voyages of," by Washington" Irving, review of, i. 687. The ad- vantages possessed by the author for the proper execution of the work, 688. Merits of, 689. Its excellent style and judicious arrangement, 690. Chief in- terest of the story of Columbus in its moral elements, 692. Early history, 694. Paltry equipment for his first expedition, 695. Extract from his ori- ginal Journal, 696. Description of his first making land, 697. Grandeur of his discovery, 698. Splendour of his first landing, 699. His sensibility to beautiful scenery, 700. Amiable cha. racter of the natives of Hispaniola, 701. Magnificent reception at Barce- lona, 702. His second voyage, 703. Intercourse with the Caribs, 703. Grand march to the interior, 704. In- tercourse with the Caciques, 705. Be- ginning and progress of oppression, 706. Discovery of Cuba and Jamaica, 707. Family picture of a Cacique, 708. Columbus in chains, 709. His acquit- tal, 710. Further discoveries and dis- asters, 711.
Year of incredible suffer- ing, 712. Systematic brutalities of his successors, 713. Atrocities of Ovando, 714. Cruelties of the Spaniards, 715. Death of Columbus, 716. His cha-
Cottage life, beautiful description of, ii. 535. Irish cottage life, Miss Edge- worth's description of, iii. 13. Cottage scene, iii. 131. "Cotter's Saturday Night," Burns's, re-
marks upon, with extracts, ii. 158. Cotton, the poet, notice of him by Camp- bell, in his Specimens of British Poets, ii. 25.
"Courtship, The Frank," by George Crabbe, notice of, ii. 332. Covadonga, cave of, ii. 425.
of the Moors in the Strait of, 429. See Southey.
Covenanters, the, last persecution of, iii.
Cowley, notices of, i. 123. 162.
Cowper, William, Esq. His Life and Posthumous Writings, by William Hayley, Esq. Review of, i. 395. No- tices of his early life, 396. His mor- bid and constitutional diffidence, 397. His first and early derangement, 398. Second and protracted attack, 399. Commences poet at fifty, 400. His "John Gilpin," and " Task," 401. His translation of Homer, 402. His own account of its progress, 403. His hap- piest period, 404. Extracts from his correspondence, 406. His relapse, 407. His increasing dejection, 408. His gradual decay and death, 409. General character of his writings, 411. His personal character, 411, &c. May be justly considered the modern liberator of our poetry, 412. Character of his genius and style, 413. Wilful harsh- ness of his verses, 414. Error of his theory, 415. Character of his Homer, 416. Requisites of poetical transla- tion, 417.
Cowper, William, Esq. His Life and Posthumous Writings, Vol. III.
view of, i. 418. Beauty of his Letters, 419. His Letters fully reveal his cha- racter, 420. His views of the Hier- archy, 422. His graceful playfulness, 421. His occasional levities, 422. The germs of some of the finest passages in the "Task" to be found in his Letters 423. His just views of religion, 425. His occasional leaning to superstition, 426. His literary judgments, 427. His "Yardley Oak," 428.
Extracts from his writings, i. 396, 397.
398, 399, 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410. 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426, 427, 428. 430.
Notices of, i. 132. 166. Campbell's observations respecting his character, &c., in his Specimens of the British Poets, ii. 33. Character of his poetry, 34.
Crabbe, Rev. George, - review of his "Poems," ii. 274. Regret at the long cessation of his poetical labours, 275. Analogy between Crabbe and Gold- smith, 276. Crabbe's Poems contrasted with Wordsworth's, 277. Their oppo- site ways of treating characters, 278. Wordsworth's originalities, 279. Re- marks on Wordsworth's poetical cha- racters, 280, &c. Critique on "The Village," 282. Description of the workhouse, 283. True condition of labourers, 284. "The Village Regis- ter," critique on, 285.
glers, 286. The miller's daughter, 287. Necessitated marriages, 288. Phoebe Dawson, 289. Isaac Ashford, 290. Sir Eustace Grey, 291. "The Hall of Justice," critique on, 292. The gipsey convict, 293. Testimony to Crabbe's great powers, 294.
Crabbe, Rev. George, Review of his 'Borough," ii. 295. Similarity of this poem with the former works of the au- thor, 295. His peculiar choice of sub- jects, 296. Advantages of lowly themes for poetry, 297. Such themes most prolific of emotion, 298. The suffer- ings and successes of humble life ex- cite more sympathy than those in more exalted stations, 299. Disadvantages of the poet in the choice of his sub- jects, 300. His risk of exciting disgust from the peculiar character of his re- presentations, 302. Universal thirst for strong sensations, 303. Pain often preferred, as being the strongest, 304. What objects merely disgusting, 305. Mr. Crabbe's fault is that of dealing too much in them, 306. Scope of "The Borough," 307. The churchyard -the sailor's death, 308. The felon's dream, 309. Beautiful retrospections, 310. The workhouse, 311. The Vicar, Blaney, . Clelia, 312, 313. Dutch interior, 314. Vagabonds' barrack - sea fog, 315. Tide river-party of pleasure, 316. Peril and deliverance, 317. Faults of the poem, 318. 321. Crabbe, Review of his "Tales," ii. 322. Character of these tales, 322. Mostly of humble life, 323. Such tales most relished by the middling class of so- ciety, 324. Best affections not always found in the highest stations, 325. The parting hour, 326. Ancient mariner's return, 327. Meeting of long-parted lovers, 328. Contrasted visions, 329.
66 Procrastination," 330. "The Patron," 331. Breaking-up for Town, 332. "The Frank Courtship," 333. "The Widow's Tale" "The Lover's Jour-
ney," 333. Beautiful description of country scene, 334. Group of gipsies described, 335. "Edward Shore," 336. Fine picture of shattered intellect, 337. "Squire Thomas,” "Jesse and Co- lin," 338. Extract from, 339. Struggles of Conscience," "the Squire and the Priest," "The Confidant," 340. "Resentment," 341. Touching picture of poverty, 342. "The Con- vent,' -"The Brothers," 343. Heart- breaking, 344. "The Learned Boy,'
345. Merits and faults of the work, 346, 347. Crabbe, Reverend George, Review of his "Tales of the Hall," ii. 348. Mr. Crabbe a mannerist, 348. His true characteristics natural to all great observers, 350. First fruits of obser- vation commonly issue in Satire, 351. Crabbe satirical and sympathetic, but leaning to kindness and pity, 355, 354. His skill in tracing characters, 355. This facility sometimes indulged to ex- cess, 356. Plan and conduct of this work, 358. Squire George's history, 359. Captain Richard, 360. Sea- port pictures, 361. Story of Ruth, 362. Humble and true pathos, 363. Justifiable man hating, 364. "The Preceptor Husband," 365. "The Maid's Story," 366. Misery and pity, $67. Penalties of weak inconstancy, 369. Autumnal landscape, 370. "The Natural Death of Love," "Lady Barbara, or the Ghost," - -"The Widow," 370, 371. Crayon, Geoffry. Review of "Brace- bridge Hall; or, The Humorists," iii. 355. See Bracebridge Hall. Credulity and veracity, in connection with metaphysics, ii. 603. Crimes, Bentham's theory of remedies against the mischief of, ii. 592. Cromwell, Oliver, i. 162. Mrs. Lucy Hutchinson's estimate of, 452. Anec- dotes of, 453. 500. Contrast of his duplicity with Colonel Hutchinson's heroic honesty, 454, &c. Crusade, Roderick's, ii. 412. See Southey. Cuba and Jamaica, discovery of, by Co- lumbus, i. 707.
Cumberland, Richard. Review of " Me- moirs of Richard Cumberland: writ- ten by himself. Containing an Account of his Writings, interspersed with Anecdotes of the most distinguished Persons of his Time," iii. 544. Dan gers of autobiography, 545. Cumber- land's early history, 546. Anecdotes of Bentley, 547. Cumberland's early training, 548. Splendid début, 549. Bubb Dodington, 550. Excellent pic- ture of Dodington, 551. Gerard Hamilton, 552. George Faulkner, 552. Sketch of Garrick of Soame Jen- nings, 553. Anecdotes of Goldsmith, 554. Defects of the Memoirs, 555. Curran, William Henry, Barrister-at- Law, Review of his Life of his father, iii. 572.
Curran, the Right Honourable John Philpot, review of his Life, by his son,
iii. 572. Favourable estimate of the work, 572. Curran's early history, 573. His studies in London, 574. His conversation—rhetorical exercises, 575. Irish and English barristers, 576. Causes of the difference in the cha- racter of their eloquence, 577. His professional irascibility, 578. His strange freedoms with judges, 579. Utter perversion of moral feeling in Ireland, 580. Curran's honourable début as an advocate, 581. His noble bearing in the trials of 1799, 582. His after history, 583. He visits France and Scotland, 584. His opinion of Scotland-of England- of France, 585, &c. Progress of his oratory, 586. Courage as a speaker—and his success, 587. Irish eloquence, remarks on, 588. A specimen of Curran's, 589. Great vices of his style, 590. His conversa- tional endowments, 591. His true titles to distinction, 592.
Cybele, classical sketch of, by Keats, ii. 382.
Czar and Czarina of Russia, their visit to the Court of Berlin, i. 665.
"Dalton, Reginald. By the author of • Valerius,' and Adam Blair,'" Re- view of, iii. 103.
Dancing, the Quakers' objections to, iii. $79. See Quakerism. "Darkness," Lord Byron's notice of,
with extracts, ii. 469. See Byron. Deffand, Madame du, her Correspond- ence with D'Alembert, Montesquieu, President Henault, The Duchess of Maine, &c., Review of, i. 227. Ex- tracts from the work, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248. 253, 254, 255, 256. Deffand, Madame du. Some account of her, i. 228. Her house the resort of the most brilliant society of Paris, 229. French and English Society, 230. Character of the French literati, her contemporaries, 235. Montesquieu, D'Alembert, 237. Mad. de Staël, 241. Duchesse de Choiseul, 243. Character of Madame du Def- fand, 244. Madame de Péquigni, 246. The President Henault, 247. Por- traits of individuals, 248. Mademoi- selle de Lespinasse, 250. Delicts, Bentham's classification of, ii.
Delirium, phenomena of, in connection with metaphysics, ii. 606.
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