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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,

273.

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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,

452.

D.

Davis, his account of China referred to,
347-his knowledge of the language,

348.

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.

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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.

F.

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.

G.

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.

H.

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.

I.

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.

J.

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.

K.

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.

L.

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,

364.

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,

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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,

note.

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,

37.

Montesquiou (M. de), anecdote of, 314.
Morrone (Father Joseph), vocabulary of
the Cochin-Chinese language, 316.

N.

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.

0.

Ollendorff (H. G.), a new method of learn-
ing to read, write, and speak the Ger-
man language in six months, 464.

P.

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.

R.

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.

S.

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.

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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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