which Lord Derby could scarcely find any decent pretext for opposing, would, we believe, be at once a great source of strength and popularity to the administration, and a substantial and permanent blessing to the country.
Such, in brief, are our notions as to the political wants of the nation, and the best means of supplying them. The new Parliament will show what are the chances of seeing our hopes fulfilled. We have left ourselves no space to speak of the books placed at the head of this Article. That of Mr. Moseley contains much good sense, many sound views, many useful suggestions; but it is sadly languid and wordy, and the style is loose, rambling, and inelegant. The work of Mr. Cornewall Lewis is of a far higher order and has a different scope. It is scientific in its object and arrangement, and is full of solid thought and extensive learning. But it would be doing it great injustice to treat of it at the fag-end of a paper on practical policy.
SEVENTEENTH VOLUME OF THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.
ALBERT, PRINCE, his Industrial College of Arts and Manufactures. See Industrial College.
Alfred, King, 145-the two great elements of our race, 145-original condition of mankind one of culture, 146-difference between a rude and a savage people, 147 -youth of Alfred-journey to Rome, 150 -his mysterious disease, 152-his rela- tions with the Church, 155-his first in- terview with Asser, monk of St. David's, 156-character of his literary works, 159 -his political institutions, 161-his Pro- testantism, 163-merits of Dr. Pauli's book-character of the Rev. J. A. Giles' "Life of Alfred," 163.
American poetry, 394-its general charac- ter, 394-Longfellow, 395-Bryant, 406 -Thomas Buchanan Read, 409-Edgar Poe, 414-mediocrity of American poets, 417-recommendations, 417. Anglo-Catholics found their tenets upon the Liturgy, 377.
Aquilonius on binocular vision, 169, note. Archæology. See Primeval.
Asser, monk of St. David's, his connexion with King Alfred, 156. Auchterarder case, statement of, 255. Australia, Ornithology of, 334.
Balmez, Rev. J., leader of a new intellectual school in Spain, 105-aims at the internal revival and restoration of the Spanish Church, 105-his work on civilisation reviewed, 105.
Baptismal regeneration, 384-no trace of infant baptism in the New Testament, 388. Binocular vision and the stereoscope, 165- inventions have their infancy and man- hood, 166-Leonardo da Vinci's observa- tions, 167-each eye sees dissimilar pic- tures of solids, 169-Mr. Wheatstone's theory of the stereoscope erroneous, 171 -Sir David Brewster's law of visible direction, 175-history of his lenticular stereoscope, 177-his theory of the ste- reoscope, 178-method of taking accurate binocular pictures, 180-why the perspec- tive of a picture is best seen with one eye, 183-influence of size in lenses, 183- monocular and binocular portraits incor- rect, 185-method of uniting the two,
185 superiority of the lenticular sterec- scope, 187-use of the stereoscope to painters and sculptors, 189-photographi- cal pictures combined by the stereoscope, 191-effects of the union of similar pic- tures, 192-illusions resulting from this union, 195-conversion of relief, cameos and intaglios, 197-inversion of form, single and binocular cameoscopes, 199— chromatic stereoscope, relief from colour, 200-binocular perspective, theory of a picture, 202.
Brain, its relation to the mind, 44. Brewster, Sir David, account of his stereo- scopes, 176.
British statesmanship and policy, prospects of, 1-requirements and dangers of the day, 3-list of potential statesmen, 4- materials for future cabinets, 6-admi- nistrators wanted rather than legislators, 11-real irresponsibility of ministers, 12 -cause of the scanty supply of public men, 16-character of middle-class re- presentatives, 17 undesirableness of Parliamentary life, 18-administrative genius and dialectic skill seldom meet in one mind, 21-bounded sympathies of London senators, 27-union of the two functions of the Lord Chancellor, 28— remedy for existing evils, 30-need of ex officio seats, 33-suggestion as to unrecog- nised statesmen, 35 Henry Taylor's opinion, 36-temper of Mr. Roebuck's work, 39.
Burns, Robert, his interview with Walter Scott, 284-Francis Jeffrey attracted by the sight of him on the High Street of Edinburgh, 284.
Bryant, W. C., review of his "Thanatop- sis," 406.
Cabinets, materials for future, 5. Calamus, its origin and use in the Church,
Cameoscopes, single and binocular, 199. Carlyle's Latter-Day Pamphlets reviewed, 1. Chalmers, Dr., Memoirs of, 205—the man of an epoch, 205-a great man, 206-dis- tinguished for momentum, unity of inten- tion, transparent simplicity, 208-conflict between the man and the Christian, 209 -conquest over the idolatry of self, 211 -the secret of his power lies in the con- centration of his faculties, and their sub- ordination to the higher purposes of his
life, 213-relative religious condition of England and Scotland in his time-mo- deratism, 214-religious revival and the Westminster Confession, 216-his evan- gelic mission, 217-ordinary pulpit style, 219-his personal influence, 221-influ- ence in the professorial chair, 223-pre- ference of the chair to the pulpit, 227- impulse communicated to the ministerial mind of Scotland, 230-his function as a systematic philanthropist, 232-his advo- cacy of establishments, 237-harmony between the principle of establishments and the principles resulting in the Disrup- tion, 238-Dr. Chalmers's connexion with it misunderstood, 244-the Veto Law, 251 -Non-intrusion controversy, 253-his part in the Disruption, 275. Church of England, liturgical reform in, 369. Church Establishments, Dr. Chalmers's ad- vocacy of, 237-light thrown upon the question by the Disruption, 278. Church of the middle ages, its effects on European society, 114.
Civilisation, progress of, under Popery and under Protestantism, 110.
Clarendon, Lord, qualifications as a states- man, 5.
Cockburn's" Life of Jeffrey" reviewed, 283. Combe, George, review of his "Constitution of Man," 41.
Despotism, priestly, effects of, upon a nation, 125.
Disruption of the Scottish Establishment,
239-essential differences between the Scotch and English Reformations and the established forms of worship, 240—absurd to subject the two to the same treatment, 243-increase of the evangelical party, 245-the outcry against patronage a ne- cessary result, 246-the Call of the people, 247-rendered a nullity, 249-different proposals for giving effect to it, 250-the Veto Law, 251-warmly commended by Lord Brougham, 252- Non-intrusion controversy, 253-the Auchterarder case, 255-the two parties in the Church, 257 -the temper of statesmen, 259-the pre- ceding events, 263-the pleas of Govern- ment, 265-reason of the Disruption, 267 -English and Scotch Church principle, 269-the Headship, 269-co-ordination practicable, 272-problems involved in the Disruption, 277-Church Establish ments, 278-waste of religious organiza- tion, 279-fiscal economy of the Free Church, 281.
Earle, Sullivan, review of his Life of Gilbert Arnold, 71.
Establishments, Religious, Chalmers's ad- vocacy of, 237-in harmony with the
principles which resulted in the Disrup tion, 238.
Exhibition of 1851, statistical details of, 534 -its results, 542.
France, industrial education in, 523-the first exhibiting nation in the Crystal Palace, 545.
Giles, Rev. J. A., character of his Life of Gladstone, Mr., his qualifications as a states- King Alfred, 163. man, 5.
Gould, John, his "Birds of Australia" re- viewed, 327.
Hall, James, notice of his paper on binocular perspective, 202.
Hanna, Dr., review of his Memoirs of Dr. Chalmers, 205.
Hensler, Madame, her Life of Niebuhr, 422. Hexameters next to impossible in a lan- guage like ours, 397. Holland, New, birds of, 334.
Industrial College of Arts and Manufactures proposed by Prince Albert, 519_neglect of industrial education in England, 521- Industrial institutions of France, 523- Account of the Ecole Centrale des Arts, 524-decline of English science, 531- resolution to establish a great Central College of Industry, 547-relation be- tween abstract science and art, 549- views of Liebig and Humboldt, 553– Minister's pledge to develop industry, art, and science, 557.
Jeffrey, Cockburn's Life of, 293-merits of the biography, 297-his boyhood, 298– juvenile performances, 299" command of language," 300-residence at Glasgow and Oxford, 301-political condition of Scotland, 304-Lord Melville the Pharos of Scotland, 304-Jeffrey attaches himself to the Scottish Whig party, 305-profes sional life, 307-the Edinburgh Review, 309 his understanding of Scottish Whiggism, 311-qualifications as a critic, 316 specimens, 319-new era in British literature, 325.
histological physiology, 141-the brain and the nervous system, 142-Sweden- borgian physiology, 143.
Lewis, G. Corne wall, his work on the "Me- thod of observation and reasoning in Politics" reviewed, 559.
Liturgical reform in the Church of England,
369 unrivalled ́excellence and beauty of the liturgy, 369-the cause of this, 370 -the Church of England a Church of compromise, and with this view the liturgy was framed, 372- Parliament averse to making changes on the liturgy, 373 -an age of religious earnestness adverse to compromise, 375-the liturgy the bulwark of Anglo-Catholics, 377 the Athanasian Creed, 379-no error of doctrine in the burial service, 381-ob- jection to the absolution in the service for the visitation of the sick, 381 — the ordination service, 383--the service for infant baptism, 384-Sacerdotalism, 384 -fatal objection to the present baptismal service, 387-authority for infant bap- tism, 391-the language of the Apostolic Church does not apply to infant baptism, 392-importance of exegesis, 392. Longfellow, H. W., criticism of his poetry, 395.
Monastic Orders, services of, in multiplying books, and in redeeming Christian slaves, 117.
Moseley, Joseph, his "Political Elements, or the progress of Modern Legislation" reviewed, 559.
Niebuhr, Life and Letters of, 422-his boyhood, 423-inteligence and informa- tion, 425-master of twenty languages, 427-philology and history his favourite studies, 428-first residence at Copen- hagen, 431-his opinion of London and Edinburgh, 433-his marriage, 435-his political Life in Prussia, 436-Lectures on Roman History at Berlin, 438-his own opinion of the first volume of his history, 440-Niebuhr and Goethe's opi- nions of one another, 441-second mar- riage and mission to Rome, 443--opinion of Rome and its inhabitants, 444-his son, opinions as to infant training, 445- life and lectures at Bonn, 447-illness and death, 449-impressions of his charac- ter, 450 his religion, 455-merits and defects as a historian, 456.
sentative species, 333-birds of Australia, 335-special features of Australian Orni- thology, 338-the buzzard, 339_bower- birds, the parrot, 341-the pigeon, 343— mound-building birds, 345-swimming birds, 346 pelicans and cormorants, 349-birds of Ireland, 350-migratory movements of birds, 351-geographical distribution, 353-effect of industrial operations on birds, 355-eagles, 356— hawks and owls of Ireland, 359-inses- sorial or perching birds, 360-thrushes and titmice, 363-the crow, the magpie,
Parliament, Mr. Carlyle's view of, 23. Parliamentary life, undesirableness of, 18. Pauli, Dr. Reinhold, his biography of King Alfred reviewed, 145.
Periodical Literature, recent change in, 323.
Photography, benefit of the stereoscope in, 181.
Phrenology, its place and relations, 41- general view of Combe's "Constitution of Man," 41-its relation to religion, 43 -relations of the brain and the mind, 45-the pretension of Phrenology to point out not only the places where but the manner how the brain and mind are con- nected, 47-new light thrown upon old and familiar doctrines by phrenological jargon, 48-organs as indications of cha- racter, 51-size and activity of the organ, 52-phrenology and moral science, 55. Mr. Combe's three sources of crime, 56- if man is the victim of his nature, punish- ment inadmissible, 58-phrenology and religion, 61-spiritual beliefs, 63-Mr. Combe's key to the true theory of the divine government, 66-evils of our social system, 67-chief fault of Mr. Combe's work, 69.
Playfair, Dr. Lyon, on the decline of science in England, 531-lecture on the results of the Exhibition, 544.
Poe, Edgar, criticism of his poetry, 414. Political Parties, crisis of, 559-present condition of our "political elements," 559-fatal equipoise, 561-danger of a lax morality among public men, 564- Mr. Disraeli's recantation indefensible, 568-unworthy language of Lord Derby, 569-prolongation of the Whig party not desirable, 571-the real parties in Eng- land, 573-the Grand Desideratum, the Eclectic party, 576-its composition, 578 -its policy, 579. Portraiture and Sculpture, application of the stereoscope to, 177. Primeval Archæology of Britain, 459— importance of the science, 459-estimate of Dr. Wilson's work, 460-aims of the science, 462-the stone period, 465-its
remote antiquity, 467-the bronze period, Spain, effects of Popery on, 123. 469-the races of these periods, 473-Statesmen, survey of present and prospective the "stone" men Allophylians, 475—two Allophylian or ante-Celtic races, 477- bronze probably of Gaelic introduction, 479.
Protestant divisions indicative of freedom and intellectual activity, 129. Protestantism and Romanism compared in their effects on civilisation, 110.
Read, T. B., criticism of his poetry, 409. Roebuck's "History of the Whig Adminis- tration of 1830" reviewed, 1.
Romanism, errors of, 481-Archbishop Whately's "Cautions for the Times," 482 -specimens of successful refutation of Popish errors, 484-the new and the old religion, 484-private judgment, 485- worship of saints and the Virgin, 486 transubstantiation, 488-Popery confirms the depraved tendencies of human na- ture, while Protestantism opposes them, 493 superstition, 494-extreme unction and purgatory, 497-vicarious religion, 497-pious frauds, 499-infallibility, 501 -origin of Romish errors, 502-persecu- tion, 506-self-righteousness, 509 views of the Reformers to the time of Bishop Bull, 510-Bishop O'Brien on justifi- cation, 513-Cardinal Bellarmine and Bishop Bull, 515-the true author of Popery, 517.
British, 4-qualifications required in, 22. Stereoscope, its history, construction, and application, 166-superiority of the len- ticular, 187.
Swedenborg's description of what poetical language should be, 419.
Taylor, Henry, his work entitled "The Statesman" reviewed, 1.
Thompson, William, review of his Natural History of Ireland, 327-short notice of his works, 327, note.
Tractarian poison insidiously conveyed in stories for the young, 72.
Village life in England, 71-books for the poor, 71-Tractarian story-books, 72— Mr. Sullivan Earle's" Gilbert Arnold," 74-" Companions of my Solitude,” 75— communication between rich and poor, 75-duties of the English housewife, 78 -antidote to the alehouse, 80-houses for the poor, 81-condition of the daughters of the poor, 81-great sin of great cities, the source often lies in rural districts, 82 -seduction, 85-judicious treatment at the turning-point of the career, 87-em- ployment of females, needlework, 91- evils in the management of village shops, 93-duty of the rich to employ their poorer neighbours, 94-the schoolmaster, 96 lending libraries, 97-savings club, 98-remissness of the clergy, 99-oppor- tunities for good, 101-claims of the poor and duties of the rich, 103.
Romanism and European civilisation, 105— connexion of the Roman Church with European progress, 107-the terms Ca- tholic and Christian synonymous with Balmez, 109-the Church of the Empire, 113-the Church and the Barbarians, 115-emancipated the body but enchained the soul, 118-the cup and calamus, 1191 -civilizing effects of the two elements as manifested in Spain and Great Britain, 121-priestly despotism, 125-partial ci- vilisations, 127-Protestant divisions, 129. Whately, Archbishop, on the "Errors of
Sacerdotalism the prolific source of almost every corruption, 384. Saxons, character of the, in the days of Alfred, 147.
Scotchmen, century of eminent, 284-their classification, 286-Scotticism of Scotch- men, 287-peculiarity of Scottish as com- pared with English thought, 291-Scot- tish influence in philosophy, 293-in literature, 295-Scottish Whiggism, 311 Scottish criticism, 315.
Voss, the poet, his connexion with Nie- buhr, 425, 430-Niebuhr's opinion of his poetry, 430.
Romanism"-see Romanism-defects of his work, 493.
Wheatstone, Charles, his theory of binocu lar vision, 167.
Whiggism, Scottish, 310-Jeffrey's theory of, 313.
Wilkinson, J. J. G., review of his work on the Human Body and its connexion with
Man, 131-a disciple of Swedenborg, 133. Wilson, Daniel, LL.D., his work on Arch- æology reviewed, 459. Worsaae, J. J. A., his “ Primeval Antiqui- ties of Denmark" reviewed, 459.
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