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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.

66

C.

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.

188.

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-

bus, i. 701.

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.

INDEX.

Catherine, Empress of Russia, anecdotes | Chengîz, Institutes of, i. 731.

of, i. 362.

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.

705

"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

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remarks upon his "History," iii. 503.
Clarendon, i. 162. Characteristic trait of,

507.

"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-

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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.

28.

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.

dangers to

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

Priestley.

"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.

Overthrow

of the Moors in the Strait of, 429. See
Southey.

Covenanters, the, last persecution of, iii.

58.

Cowley, notices of, i. 123. 162.

INDEX.

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.

Re-

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.

Group of smug-

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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.

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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-

The

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,'

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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.

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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.

D.

"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.

236.

591.

Delirium, phenomena of, in connection
with metaphysics, ii. 606.

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