logy of matter and mind, 555. Mrs. Hemans' employment of imagery quite in accordance with prevailing notions, 556, 557. Expression of her scenery, Her "Lady of the Castle," 558. Her sketch of "Joan of Arc in Rheims," 561. Arabella Stuart, 562. "An Hour of Romance," 563. "Girls' School"-"Lost Pleiad," 564. "The Dying Improvisatore," 565. Doubt- ful durability of modern poetry, 566. Henault, i. 234, 235. 240. His character of Madame du Deffand, i. 248. Madame de Flamarens, 249. "Henry the Fourth," Shakespeare's, Pepys's opinions of, i. 486. Henry the Eighth, his conduct towards Ireland, iii. 277.
Herat, magnificence of the court and city of, in the time of Baber, i. 745. Hereditary monarchy, its origin and jus- tification, iii. 150, 151.
Hesketh, Lady, Cowper's correspondence with, i. 404.
Highland scenery, observations on, in connection with Beauty, i. 37. Hill, Aaron, a correspondent of Richard- son, i. 314. His prediction of the downfal of Pope's popularity, 315. Extracts from his letters, 315. Hinda. See Moore. Hindoos, mythology of the, i. 108. Hindustan, account of, by Baber, i. 741. "Hippias the Greater," of Plato, i. 14. History insufficient of itself to convey a just view of the real state of things, i. 477. Common defects of regular his- tory, 478, &c. Fox's notions of what it should be, 525. Evils of making theory the basis of, 572. Small interest of exotic history, 720.
History of Ireland, The. By John O'Driscol." Review of, iii. 275. See Ireland.
Holland, Lord, notice of his portion of
the "History of the early Part of the Reign of James the Second," i. 523. Homer, age and poetry of, i. 106. 124,
Howe, Admiral Lord, account of his
celebrated victory of June 1st, 1794, iii. 419.
"Human Life: a Poem. By Samuel Rogers." Review of, ii. 391. See Rogers. Humble life, tales of, most relished by the middling class of society, ii. 323. Hume, i. 86. 162. iii. 373. Remarks
on Bishop Warburton's treatment of, iii. 482. 490, 491. Bishop Warbur-
Hurd, Dr., his servility and obsequious- ness towards Bishop Warburton, iii. 482. 492. 505. "Hutchinson, Colonel, Governor of Not- tingham Castle, &c. &c." Memoirs of, reviewed, i. 435. Contrast of his heroic honesty with Oliver Cromwell's duplicity, 454, &c. Account of his early life, 456. He joins the Parlia- mentarians and Puritans, 457. His de- meanour in the High Court of Justice, 459. His able conduct when arraigned, 460. His fine irony on Inglesby, 461. His cruel imprisonment and death, 462. Extracts from the work, 441, 442, 443, 444, 445-448, 449, 450 456. 459 461.
Hutchinson, Dr., his theory of Beauty, i. 17, &c.
Hutchinson, Mrs. Lucy, wife of Colonel Hutchinson, her " Memoirs of the Life of Colonel Hutchinson," reviewed, i. 435. State of England in her time, 436. Character of country gentlemen 437. Prevailing errors as to the Pu- ritans, and the condition of their wo- men, 438, &c. Her amiable character, 440. Compared with Madame Roland, 441. Fragment of her early history by herself, 441. Her character of her parents, 442. Her early education, Romantic legend of her family,
Romantic love of her husband, 445. Her courtship and marriage, 446, &c. Her picture of the Courts of James and Charles the First, 448, &c. Her talent for delineating character, 449. Several of her portraitures, 450, &c. Comparison of Mrs. Hutchinson with Lady Fanshawe, 465.
Idealists neither mad nor wicked, ii.
Ideas, the theory of, maintained by Mr. Drummond against the arguments of Dr. Reid, ii. 632. Mistakes as to the theory of ideas, 633, &c. Fallacy of Hume's illustration, 634.
Imagination, remarks on, in relation to Beauty, i. 56.
Imprisonment. For some important and interesting particulars on this head, see the article 66 Prison Discipline" in this Index.
"Improvisatore, The Dying," by Mrs. Hemans, ii. 567.
Incurables, remedies for, iii. 6.
India, for several interesting particu- lars, see Heber.
India "Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay, &c.
By Bishop Heber." Review of, iii. 436. See Heber. Reasons assigned for the general in- correctness of former accounts of India, 440, &c. Bishop Heber the first really impartial reporter on our Indian em- pire, 443.
India- Review of "Sketches of India. Written by an Officer, for Fire-side Travellers at Home ;" and "Scenes and Impressions in Egypt and Italy." By the Author of, "Sketches in India, &c." iii. 457. General remarks on the in- teresting character of these works, 457, &c. 458.
Most travellers too ambitious, A stranger's first impressions of India, 460. Luxurious marching in that country, 461. Palanquin-ele- phant and camel- pagoda, 462. Re- flections among the ruins of Bijan- agur, 463. Restraints on European observers, 464. Schindia and pomp of war, 465. aspect of the country, 466. Pictu- resque description of an Arab vessel and its crew, 467. Poetical and gra- phic sketch of the camel, 468. Ad- mirable description of the Desert, 469. Descent on the land of Egypt, 470. Description of the majestic ruins of Luxore, 471. Gigantic remains, 472. Tombs of the kings, 473. Slave mar- ket- Ali Pacha, 474. Sicilian cot- tage scene- - Etna, 475. Sicilian rustic inns, 476. General merits of the book, 477, 478.
Inquiry," Dr. Hucheson's, on the na- ture of Beauty, i. 17, &c. "Institute, The," of Ali Pacha, remarks on, iii. 474.
Intelligence, its connection with liberty, i. 84. Its connection with morality, 83. Intolerance, glaring instances of, in Cole- ridge, iii. 668, &c. "Ireland, The History of. By John O'Driscol." Review of, iii. 275. good history of Ireland still a desidera- tum, 275. General summary of the pro- minent features of Irish history, 277.
No cure for the evils of Ireland but complete union, 278. Example fur- nished in the case of Scotland, 279. Parallel drawn between the condition of the two countries, 280. True con- dition of Ireland, 281. The Union should have put an end to all ascend- ancy, 282. Consequences likely to re- sult from the incompleteness of the Union, 283. Greater risks in separa- tion, 284. The miseries resulting from it, worst for Ireland, 285. No happi- ness for either country apart, 286. The union between the two countries to be useful, must be complete, or dis- solved, 287. Reasons for patience, 288. Nationality of Mr. O'Driscol, 289. Ireland could not be populous of old, 290. General observations on the history, 291, 292. [For some interest- ing notices on the affairs of Ireland, see the articles "Charlemont," and Curran," in this Index.]
Irish Characters, remarks upon Miss Edgeworth's, iii. 8. Descriptions of domestic manners of the Irish by Miss Edgeworth, 23, &c. Irish re-
volution of 1782, notices of, 520, &c. Irish morality, remarks on, 680. Trials in 1799, remarks on Curran's noble conduct during them, 682. Irish eloquence -a specimen of Curran's, €89.
Irving, Washington, his "Memoirs of the Life and Voyages of Columbus," i. 687. See Columbus. Review of his
Bracebridge Hall; or the Humor- ists," iii. 355. See Bracebridge Hall. "Isabella," Keats's. See Keats. Italian Literature, remarks on, i. 121. Poetry, 122.
"Ivanhoe: A Romance. By the author of Waverley." "The Novels and Tales of the Author of Waverley." Review of, iii. 72. These works have laid the foundation of a new school of invention, 72. The author, though not to be placed on a level with Shakespeare, yet entitled to a comparison with him, 73. The author's voluminousness, 74. "The Heart of Midlothian," remarks upon, 75. "The Bride of Lammer- moor," remarks upon, 76. "The Le- gend of Montrose," remarks upon, 77. "Ivanhoe:" character of the story, 78. Difficulties of the subject, 79. Bright revocation of lost glories-but still too shadowy, 80, 81. Deliverance of Rebecca, 82. Divine judgment on the Templar, 83. Parting scene of
Rebecca, 84. Beautiful and touching Kemble, Campbell's verses to, extract Bright impossibilities,
dialogue, 85. 86. Truth pleases longer than fancy,"
James the Second, Fox's History of the early Part of the Reign of, reviewed, i. 513.
James the Second, his base dependence on France, i. 538. His horrible tyranny in Scotland, 539. Jefferies, Judge, exonerated from any share in the condemnation of Russell and Sydney, i. 535.
Jenyns, Soame, Cumberland's excellent picture of, iii. 553.
"Jesse and Colin," Crabbe's, notice of, ii. 337.
"John Bull, History of," by Swift, no- tice of, i. 211. Johnson, Dr., i. 167. Boswell's Life of, noticed, 479. Bishop Warburton's treatment of, iii. 500. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu's remarks on, 568. Sir James Mackintosh's character of, 655. Account of his "Lives of the Poets," 657.
Jortin, Dr., and Bishop Warburton, iv. 498, 499, &c.
"Julius Cæsar," Shakespeare's, remarks upon, by Mr. Hazlitt, ii. 78.
Jurisprudence, civil and criminal, natural division of, ii. 590.
Kâbul, notice of, by Baber, i. 738. Katrine, Loch, Sketch of, by Walter Scott, ii. 263.
Keats, John, Review of his "Endymion," and of his "Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St. Agnes, and other Poems," ii. 373. Character of his poetry, 373. Eminently fanciful and beautiful, but rash, 374. Too merely poetical, 375. Sketch of the Shepherd King Hymn to Pan, 378. Endymion's visions of love, 380. Venus and Adonis, 381. Enchanted waterworks, 382. Sub- marine adventures, 383. Inextricable consummation, 384. Abstract of the minor Poems,—"Lamia," " Isabella," 384. Ode to a Nightingale, 385. Address to Autumn, 386. "The Eve of St. Agnes," 387. "Lines to Fancy," Fragment of" Hyperion," 390.
Kenilworth," Sir Walter Scott's, re- marks upon, iii. 91.
Kennett, Bishop, extract from his Diary respecting Dean Swift, i. 179. Khorasan, King of, Baber's description of him, i. 475.
"Khorassan, The Veiled Prophet of," by Moore, notice of, ii. 482.
work, 616. Her early history, 617. The famous Tenth of August, 618. Fidelity of French domestics, 619. Takes refuge in La Vendée, 620. Description of that country, 621. First revolution in La Vandée un- premeditated, 623. It originated with the peasantry-its success, 624, &c. M. de Lescure joins the insurgents, 626. His family imprisoned, 627. His pe- rils and deliverance, 628, &c. Henri de Larochejaquelein, his valour, 630. Extensive, but undisciplined levies, 631. Vendéan leaders, 632. M. de Lescure-all volunteers, 633. Gene-
rosity to prisoners, 634. Marie Jeanne, 635. Irregular darings, 636. Spread of the insurrection, 637. Check at Nantes-country laid waste, 638. Suc- cess at Chatillon, 639. English Mis- sion-Quiberon, 640. War of exter- mination and horror, 641. Guerilla exploits, 642. M. de Lescure mor- tally wounded, 643. Retreat across the Loire, 644. Horrors of actual war, 645. Last victory of the insur- gents, 646. M. de Lescure's last in- terview with his wife, 647. His death, 648. Sufferings of his widow, 649. Dreadful close of the conflict, 650. Adventures of Madame de Lescure, 651, &c. Amnesty, on the fall of Ro- bespierre, 653. Horrible executions at Nantes, 654. Fate of the brave Henri, 655. Fate of Merigny, 656. Final amnesty, 656. Conclusions sug- gested by the History, 657. Laureates and Lakers, iii. 48. Laws, their value must be estimated by their power to preserve the public tran- quillity, iii. 163.
Lay of the Last Minstrel a Poem. By Walter Scott." Review of, ii. 214. See Scott.
"Learned Boy, The," by George Crabbe, notice of, ii. 345.
Leckie, Gould Francis, review of his
Essay on the Practice of the British Government," &c. iii. 145. His eulo- gium on arbitrary power, 146. Sum- mary of his doctrine, 147. Real use and principle of monarchy, 148. Its natural history, 149. Origin of here- ditary monarchy, 150. Full justifica. tion of it, 151. Kings must have real, but limited, power, 152. Necessary limits of all power, 153. A controlling power vested in the soldiery, the no- bility, and representative parliaments, 154, 155. Influence of virtual power
possessed by the people on the execu- tive authorities, 156, 157. Real evils of despotism, and of feudal aristocracies, 158, 159. Dangers even of constitu- tional monarchies, 160. True cause of civil wars and revolutions, 161. True cause of the French revolution, 162. Public peace more important than good laws, 163. The question dis- cussed -"Do we recognise the indi- vidual will of the Sovereign?" 164, 165. Proper meaning of "The King" in the English constitution, 166, 167. The powers of the sovereign, under the English constitution, far above those of any minister, 169. Real use and ends of checks on royalty, 170. No ultimate security but in freedom, 172. Free states more consistent than despotisms, 173. National faith safer with parlia- ments than with arbitrary monarchs, 174, 175. Necessity of party - and its dangers, 166. Has done much good, and little mischief, 167. Avowed par- ties never dangerous, 168. Solid bene- fits of free government, 169.
Legend of Montrose, The," remarks upon, iii. 77.
"Legion Club, The," of Swift, noticed, i. 218.
"Legislation, Civil and Penal, Treatise of, by Jeremy Bentham," review of, ii. 575. See Bentham.
Leland, Dr., and Bishop Warburton, iii. 498, &c.
Lescure, M. de, and the Wars in La Vendée, i. 626, &c. Lespinasse, Mademoiselle de, her Letters, notice of, i. 227. Some account of her, 228. 250, &c. Extracts from her Letters, 253, &c.
Leyden, John, Esq. M. D., notice of his translation of Memoirs of Zehir-ed-din- Muhammed Baber, Emperor of Hin- dustan, i. 719.
Liberals in England more abused than in America, iii. 318.
Liberty, connection of intelligence with, i. 84. Some persons systematic haters of, iii. 224. Recent events must tend to its increase, 225. The love of liberty must be preceded by love to our fel- low-men, 362.
"Life, Tales of Fashionable. By Miss Edgeworth." Review of, iii. 3. See Edgeworth.
"Lights and Shadows of Scottish Life." Review of, iii. 103, &c. Lillo the poet, notice of, by Campbell in
his Specimens of British Poets, ii. 25.
Literary men, Lady Mary Wortley Mon- tagu's judgments on, iii. 567. Literature, Early English, retrospects of, i. 161. Baneful effects of the Restor- ation on, 162, ii. 42. These effects prolonged by the adhesion of Dryden, i. 163. Better state of things under Anne, 164. Subsequent decline, 165. Long interregnum of native genius, 165. Symptoms of revival, 166. Its com- plete emancipation, 167. Influence of the Reformation on, 168.
Literature, Italian, observations on, i. 121.
Literature of the Later Empire, i. 117. Literature of the North, i. 124. Differ- ent characteristics from that of the South, i. 125.
Literature, progress of, i. 82. Locke, i. 86, 87. Refutation of his definition of Substance, ii. 622.
tices of, 644. 648. Lockhart, testimony to the general agree- ableness of his writings, iii. 107. Long Parliament, The, i. 557. Longevity of French authors, i. 364. Louis the Sixteenth of France, character and fate of, i. 596.
Louis the Eighteenth- notices of, iii. 198. Dangers to be apprehended from his resumption of power, 199, &c. Difference between his position, after his restoration, and that of Napoleon, 203.
Love, the early Greek poets had no idea of, as now understood, i. 109. "Lover's Journey, The," by George Crabbe, notice of, ii. 333. Lowth, Dr., remarks on Bishop Warbur- ton's treatment of, iii. 497. Luxore, description of the gigantic ruins at, iii, 470.
"Macbeth," Shakespeare's, comparison of, with his "Richard the Third," by Hazlitt, ii. 77.
Mackintosh, Sir James. Review of " Me- moirs of the Life of the Right Ho- nourable Sir James Mackintosh. Edited by his Son, Robert James Mackintosh, Esq.," iii. 643. General remarks on the work, 643. Various kinds of bio- graphy, 644. That of men of genius the best, 645. The best materials of biography found in private correspond- ence, &c., 646. Great value of such
materials, 647. These Memoirs rich in such materials, 649. Peculiarities of Sir James's intellect, 650. Tender- ness and humility of his nature, 651. Traits of kind affection, 652. And of deep humility, 653. His letters and Journals, 654. His character of John- son, 655. Progress of language, 514. View of Johnson as a critic, 657. True tone of polite writings, 658. Moral effects of poetry and fiction, 659. Uses of poetry and novels, 660. Sir James Mackintosh's testimony to the character of Mr. Horner, 661. Advantages of great cities, 661. Coleridge's estimate of Sir James, 662. Its arrogance and absurdity, 663. Comparison of him with Coleridge, 664. Morbid intellect of the latter, 665. Venial errors of Sir James's enthusiasm, 666. Insane ex- travagance of Coleridge's, 667. Cole- ridge the open champion of intolerance, 668. His real merits, and absurd pre- tensions, 669. Testimony to the ho- nourable manner in which Sir James employed his talents, 670. The value of philosophy not diminished by its occasional abuse, 671-673. Sir James Mackintosh's works better calculated to improve the age than more voluminous ones, 674, 675. His actual course of utility, and its triumphant superiority to any other, 676, 677. His ground- less self-reproach, 678. Mischief of early vows or pledges, 679.
"Maid's Story, The," by George Crabbe,
notice of, ii. 366. Extracts from, 367. Maine, duchess of, i. 241. "Manfred," Lord Byron's, review of, ii. 128. See Byron.
"Manoeuvring," Miss Edgeworth's tale of, remarks upon, iii. 7. Manufactures, history of, i. 104. Mar, the Countess of, Lady Mary Wort- ley Montagu's letters to, iii. 563. Marat and Robespierre, iii. 211. Marigny, his unhappy fate, i. 656. "Marino Faliero," Lord Byron's, review of, ii. 87. See Byron. "Marmion," its unexampled sale, ii. 237. See Scott.
Marmontel, i. 227. 250. Marriages among the Quakers, remarks on, iii. 386. See Quakerism. Marshall's "Life of Washington," cri- tique on, in the Edinburgh Review, vindicated from the charges of Mr. Marshall, iii. 331.
"Martinus Scriblerus," Swift's, notice of, i. 211,
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