paration of the provinces, 195-resolu- tions proposed for its government, 210. Canning, remarks on his poetry, 375-
ration at Oxford, 376-letters and conduct of, on the invasion of Spain, 378-his jealousy of the address of Louis XVIII. to the chambers, 381 Carcano (G.), Ida della Torre, Episodio patrio, 33-character of the work, 34 -extracts from, ib.
Carlyle, his fitness for writing on German theology, 262.
Celts and Hebrews, their mode of picturing letters by animals, 351. Chalmers (Dr.), doctrine propounded by,
Contra-Manifesto al Publicado por el Go- bierno de Buenos-Aires, sobre las Razones con que pretende lejitimar la Guerra que declara a la Confederacion Peru-Boli- viana, notice of, 233.
Cooper (J. F.) remarks on the naval tales of, 430.
Courtet (V.), La Science politique fondée sur la Science de l'Homme, ou l'Etude des Races humaines sous le Rapport philoso- phique, historique, et sociale, 46-the opinions of Buffon disputed by, 47– his system of philosophy, 48-argu- ment in favour of slavery, 54. Cyprus, Phoenician inscription found in,
Davis, his account of China referred to, 347-his knowledge of the language,
De Staël (Madame), portrait of, 296- visited by M. de Voyna, S12. Devils, strange stories respecting, by the monks, 369.
Dhunnie Khan, employed to trace and apprehend the Thugs, 11.
Dhun Raj, his power over the Thugs, 19. Dighton-writing rock, various opinions as to the hieroglyphics on, 111.
Dulauloy (Countess), bon-mot of the, 306. Du Ponceau (Peter L.), dissertation on the nature and character of the Chinese system of writing, 316-high opinion entertained of, 313-his propositions, 328-assertions that the Indians never had any songs, and that grammatical forms are rarely borrowed by nations, 345 assumption that the primitive language was forgotten at the confu- sion of tongues, 344. Durham (Lord), opinions on his fitness for the government of Canada, 215. Dutch literature, character of, 397.
Erik-the-Red, his migration to Greenland, 92-character of, 94-his disputes with Thorgest, ib.
Europe, the literature of, traceable to the east, 221-owes its superiority of taste to Greece, &c. 222.
Falconer (F.), selections from the Bostân of Sâdi, notice of, 234. Ferringhea, a noted approver of the Thugs, 11.
Fox (C.), his objection to the introduc- tion of peers for life, 197, note. Fouché, admired by Mademoiselle de Ri- bou, 305-letter of, to Mademoiselle Cochelet, 314.
Freydisa, projects a voyage to Vinland, 104 her cruelties and punishment of her followers, ib.
Garcin de Tassy (M.), Les Œuvres de Wali, publiées en Hindoustani: 2e Partie, Tra- duction et Notes, review of, 221-notice of the author, 227. Germans, their piety, 258-Christianity among the, 259-superstitions of the, concerning trees, animals, &c., 372 Germany, religious literature of, 247- sceptical character of, 248-tendency to injure Christianity, 249-what Ger- man Protestantism is, 252--effect of the reformation in, 253-cause of suffering to the Lutheran church, 255. Gesenius, remarks on the works of, 446. Göthe, his description of Stilling, 275. Granada, the last kingdom possessed by the Moors in Spain, 83.
Greece, errors of, respecting Egypt, 359. Grimm (Jacob von), Deutsche Mythologie, 360.
Grossi (Tommaso) Ulrico e Lida, 33—
notice of the author and his works, 39 -extracts from, 40-45. Gudrida, married to Thorfinn, 99-her lineage, ib.-her marriage with Karls- efne predicted by her husband, 117.
Hasenfeld, anecdote of, 278.
Hebrew characters, remarks on the, 460. Hoop (A. van der), Johann Shore, Treur- spel-Poezij-de Renegaat, een berijmed
Verhaal, 397-character of the author, 411-of his works, 412.
Hortense (la Reine), Mémoires sur, 284- friendship of, with Alexander, 294- her displeasure at his subsequent con- duct, 311-her interview with Lord Wellington, 301-singular conduct of, 302-her reception of the envoy of Gen. Rochemann, 313.
Huree Sing, a noted Thug, notice of, 11.
Ibn Faruj, address of, to Abu-l-Hasan, 84 -letter to his master, 85.
India, mode of travelling in, 6-scarcity of inns in, 7.
Ingemann (B. S.), Waldemar den Store og hans Maend, en episk Digt-Valdemar Seier, en historisk Roman—Masaniello, en Sörgespil-Procne, en Samling af Digte, 132-his high rank as an author, ib.- extracts from his works, 134-149. Irving (W.), fame of, 317. Isabel de Solis, her first days of captivity, 85-curiosity raised by her maid, ib. -becomes queen, and in danger of being assassinated, 87.
Islay, description of the port of, 165.
Japan and Citra-Gangetic India, syllabic alphabets of, 332.
Jews, ancient, their identity with those of the present day, 52-effect of climate on the complexion of, ib.
Kant (J.), philosophy of, 270. Korann, vitiating tendency of the, 223. Krudner (Madame), revelations of, 299. Kuhora, his fright at seeing the Thugs commit murder, 15.
Labédoyère (Col.), his opinion of Napo. leon and the Bourbons, 300. Lane (E. W.), a new translation of the Tales of the Thousand and One Nights, 462-character of the work, ib. Languages, difference between original and existing, 336.
Latin penetentialia in the British Museum,
Leif, proceeds on a voyage of discovery, 95-misses one of his party, 96-dis- covery of vines, ib.
Lennep (M. J. van), Nederlandshe Legen- den in Rijm gebracht-de Pleegzoon, een Verhaal het Dorp over de Grenzen, eene Schets uit den laatsten Veldtocht, 397- character of the author and his works, 598-extracts from his works, 398-410. Lerminier, his opinion and character of M. de la Menuais, 130.
Letters, origin of, not traceable to pictures,
Man, difference in the physical organiza- tion of, 48-beauty a distinctive cha- racter in, 49-diversities in the race, 50-whether colour is an absolute dis- tinction of different species of, 51. Marryatt (Capt.), observations on the works of, 431. Marshman (Dr.), his surprise at never having seen a Chinese treatise on the grammar of the spoken idiom, and rea- sons assigned for the want of a, 324- superficial nature of his writings, 331. Maubreuil, engaged to assassinate Napo- leon, 302.
Mennais (M. F. de la), Affaires de Rome- Paroles d'un Croyant-Le Livre du Peuple, 118-character of the author, 119--starts L'Avenir, ib.-censure incur- red by its conductors, 121-his revolu- tionary principles, and suppression of his journal, 123-issues another, 124—dis- pleasure of the pope, 125-strange doc- trines of the author, 127-marriage not an arbitrary institution, 128-bis opi nions disputed, and summary of his
character, 131-extracts from his works, 119-130.
Menzel, Literatur-Blatt, extracts from, 250,
Metternich (M. de), inventor of the lan- guage of flowers, 306.
Montanari (G. B.), l'Esule Pisano, 33- notice of the work, 36-extracts from,
Montesquiou (M. de), anecdote of, 314. Morrone (Father Joseph), vocabulary of the Cochin-Chinese language, 316.
Napoleon, anecdotes of, 289, 304—his real position, as given by his family, 305- meets his brother Joseph at Rochefort, 309.
Neander, character of, 259.
Negroes, argument proving them different
animals from Europeans, 51-opinion of Pliny regarding the, 53-have little room for brains, 54.
Neumann (von C. F.), Versuch einer Ge- schichte Armenischen Literatur, nach den Werken der Mechitaristen frei bearbeitet, review of, 232-Asiatische Studien, 464. Ney (Marshal), his arrest, 313. Norsemen, their enigmatical mode of con- veying ideas pictorially by words, 327. North (Lord), his policy regarding Ame- rica, 191.
North America, the short existence of the United States of, led to invidious com- parison, 316-inhabitants of, said to be a different aboriginal race from that of the old world, 345-source of their ori- gin, 346.
Northmen, the first discoverers of America, 90-comparison between them and Co- lumbus, ib.-discrepancies of authorities respecting, 108.
Ollendorff (H. G.), a new method of learn- ing to read, write, and speak the Ger- man language in six months, 464.
Pacto y Ley fundamental de la Confederacion Peru-Boliviana, reimpresa por orden de Don Vicente Pazos, notice of, 233. Paläographische Studien über phönizische und punische Schrift. Herausgegeben
von D. W. Gesenius. Enthaltend, 1mo Franz Perez Bayer über Schrift und Sprache der Phönizier, aus dem Spani- schen von H: Hollman, mit Anmerkun- gen von W. Gesenius, 2do. W. Gesenius über die punischnumidische Schrift, und die damit geschriebenen grösstentheils unerklärten Inschriften und Münzlegen- den, 445-remarks on the work, 458- 462.
Palmerston (Lord), remarks on his policy, 386, 390.
Palun (M. de la), Cochin-Chinese and Latin Dictionary, 316.
Peru, feast of Our Lady in, 174-descrip- tion of the theatre and religious pro- cessions, 177-change in the habits, &c. of, 178-antimilitary disposition of the people, 183.
Peterman (H.), Grammatica Linguæ Arme- niacæ, notice of, 232. Phansigurs, see article Thug.
Philosophy, material, in vogue on the Con- tinent, 46.
Phenician antiquities, remarks on, 445. Phenician language, identical with the Hebrew, 446-a compound of various dialects, 447-doubt as to where it first prevailed, 448-its antiquity, 449. Phenician palæography, the first founders of, 448.
Phoenicians, their mode of picturing let-
ters by animals, 351- the reputed in- ventors of letters, 352- difficulty of proving the language spoken by the, 445.
Pictures, first mode of expressing ideas of objects formed by, 349. Pio (Don), character and occupation of, 166-marked out for plunder, 181. Poetry, difference between Hindustanee and Hinduee, 224.
Pusey, notice of his work on German theo- logy, 261.
Quadruple treaty, remarks on, 386. Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera omnia recensita et cum Versione Germanica edita, re- view of, 231.
Ramasecana, or a vocabulary of the pe- culiar language used by the Thugs, with an introduction and appendix, descrip- tive of the system pursued by that fra-
ternity, and of the measures which have been adopted by the supreme govern- ment of India for its suppression, 1- character of the work, ib.--selections from, 3-32.
Rafne (M.), narrative of the discoveries of the Northmen, 91 authorities quoted by, 93-his manuscripts written on vellum, a proof of their antiquity, ib.-his ready belief in ancient tra- ditions, 112.
Religion, injury of politics to, 260. Remusut (M. de), quotations from, and
animadversions on the opinions of, 324. Rosa (Don F. M. de la) Dona Isabel de Solis, Reyna de Granada, 78-notice of the author and his works, 79-extracts from, 81, 82, 85, 87-his characters badly delineated, 88
Russian authors, little originality in, 58- absence of truth in the writings of, 59- want of morality in, ib.
Russian novel writing, remarks on, 56, 61.
Saalschutz (von Dr. J. L.), Forschungen im Gebiete der Heb. Egypt. Archäologie. Erster Theil, zur Geschichte der Buchstu- benschrift, in besonderer Beziehung der Hebräer, Phönicier, Griechen, und Ægypter, 464.
Sabbath, questions relative to the obser- vance of the, 257.
Samling af de i Nordens Oldskrifter inde- holdte Efterretninger om de gamle Nord- boers Opdagelsesreiser til America, fra det 10de til det 14de Aarhundrede, review of, 89.
Santa Cruz, description and character of, 182.
Saxon homily against witchcraft and magic, 363.
Scripturæ linguæque Phænicia Monumenta
quotquot supersunt inedita et edita, ad autographorum optimorumque exemplo- rum fidem edidit, additisque de Scriptura et Lingua Phonicum Commentariis illus- travit Guil. Gesenius, 445 – from, 449, 456. Sleeman (Capt.), his observations regard- ing the Thugs, 26.
Smollett, remarks on the novels of, 423. Sovremennik, literaturnii Zhurnal, review
of, 74-extracts from, 73, 75-77. Spain, remarks on our interference with, 387.
Spanish language, its richness and flexi- bility, 88.
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