A.

Academies, remarks on, 509.

Adams, J. Q., cited as to private
property in time of war, on land
and at sea, 22.

Albany, Journal of a negotiation with
the Six Nations at, in 1775, 262.
Albany convention, in 1754, the
Journal of the, 261.

Alma Mater, or Seven Years at the
University of Cambridge, England,
reviewed, 178 its character, 195.
Almanacs, remarks respecting, 268.
America, remarks on the discovery

and taking possession of, 200
writers on the first peopling of, 303

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scenery of, beautified by forest
trees, 336, 358-361.
American Almanac, the, for the year
1837, noticed, 267.
American Antiquities, S. G. Drake,
a collector of facts on, 306. See
Antiquities.

Miniato, 6 his skill in mechani-
cal contrivances; his industry, 7-
painter of the Sistine Chapel, 7, 8,
9 his works on sculpture, 8
built St. Peter's Church, 9-11
influence of his works, 10 - his
perpetual dissatisfaction with them,
ib. his high and spiritual aim, ib.

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his purity of character, 11-14-
his disinterestedness, 11-13-other
traits in his character, 12- his
commendation of others' works,
13 his platonic love, 14 - his
desire of death, ib. - mementos of
him in Florence, 15 his burial
place, 16.
Antiquities, American, remarks re-
specting, 306.

Ardent Spirits, anecdote respecting,
among savages, 227.

Aristocracy of New England, re-
marks on the, 513, 524.

Astor, John J., his enterprise to es-
tablish the fur trade at the mouth
of the Columbia River, 200-
furnishes Irving with materials for
his Astoria, 205- facts respecting
him, 209 despatches The Ton-
quin to Columbia River, 212- its
disasters, 213 et seqq. - his orders
to Captain Thorn, 218- - his over-
land expedition, 219, 222 - his
plan of furnishing the Russian fur
establishment, 227, 229-his sub-
sequent misfortunes, 230 et seqq.
Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enter-
prise beyond the Rocky Mountains,

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Barnard, John, autobiography of,
263facts respecting, 264.
Beauharnais, Eugene, prevented from
being king of Lombardy, 126.
Beauty, on the definition of, 2
distinctions in regard to, 3-must
be truth, ib. - reverence for hu-
man, 5 knowledge of, derived
from the Fine Arts, 6. See Angelo.
Beaver, the, a ship sent to the Co-
lumbia River, 227, 229-its voy-
age to Canton, 231.
Bellenger, Colloquial Phrases and
Dialogues from, 562.

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Bells, remarks on casting, 541.
Béranger, a French poet, his Chan-
sons reviewed, 361 their char-
acter and popularity, 376.
Biddle, John, writer of Historical

Botta, commended as a writer, 153,

note.

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Bradford, Alden, his History of
Massachusetts reviewed, 503
remarks on it, 536.
Brazer, J., A Good Life, extracted
from "The True Plan of a Living
Temple," by, noticed, 292.
Brigham, W., his edition of the Char-
ter and Laws of the Colony of
New Plymouth, noticed, 537.
British and Foreign Reviews, 482.
British empire in America, contrast-
ed with India, in the middle of the
eighteenth century, 202 — its char-
acter, extent, and prospects, 203.
Browne, D. J., his Sylva Americana
reviewed, 334-its character, 335
- analyzed, ib.

Bugard, B. F., his Practical French
Translator, 562.

Bulwer, his Pompeii alluded to, 78
his Duchess de la Vallière,
reviewed, 426-analysis of the
character of his works, ib. - the
mechanical character of his person-
ages, ib. their selfishness and
profligacy, 427— his delineation of
manners, 429-432—his mysticism,
433.

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Burckhardt, extracts from, 397.
Burial, mode of, by the Sandwich
Islanders, 213.

Burlamaqui, Francis, an artisan of
Lucca, his conspiracy for religious
and political liberty, 171- his fate,
173.

Byron, Lord, Elegy on, 365.

C.

Caches, for baggage and merchandise,
description of, 223.
Cadillac. See Motte.
Cambridge University, England, works
relating to, reviewed, 178-attack-
ed by the spirit of reform, and de-
fended, 179- its government and
constitution, 180-its Executive,
182 its two courts of law, 183-
its members to parliament, funds,
and terms, 184-its seventeen col-
leges, ib. the orders in the differ-
ent colleges, 185. qualifications
for degrees at, 189- examinations
and admissions to, 189-examina-
tions for Trinity College fellowships,

Dante, a formidable adversary of the
Catholic Church, 160 modern
theory in regard to his Divina Com-
media, ib. note.
Degrees, in Cambridge University,
England, requisitions for, 189.
Delavigne, a French poet, his Works
reviewed, 361- remarks on them,

364.

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Denmark, on American vessels cap-
tured by, 26.
Detroit, founded, 64 - detection of
Pontiac's scheme for attacking, 67
- its condition during the revolu.
tionary war, 70 destroyed by
fire, 71.

Dighton Rock, inscription on, 312.
Discoveries, observations on, 200.
Drake, Samuel G., his History of
the Indians of North America, re-
viewed, 301- its character, 302-
analyzed, 303- contains facts re-
specting American Antiquities, 306
cited respecting Indian mounds,
308 fortifications, 310 King
Philip and his wife, 323-Wingi-
Granganemeo, 326-
na, 325

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Red-Jacket's speech, 333.
Dublin Review, The, 482.

541.

Fine Arts, the, highest perceptions of
Beauty derivable from, 5.
Finnarty, Jack, anecdote of, 478.
Fiske, N. W., his Manual of Classical
Literature, from the German of
Eschenberg, noticed, 277.
Five Nations. See Iroquois.
Florence, Michael Angelo's measures
for defending, against the Prince of
Orange, 6-mementos of Michael
Angelo there, 15 - his burial place,
16 notice of a Journal of Edu-
cation published there, 557.
Florida, origin of the Indian war in,
328.

Flour, manufactory for, at Roches-
ter, N. Y., 559.

Foreign Quarterly Review, history of
the, 481.

Forest Trees in America, works on,
334, 335 their number, 336-
- charac-
variety of coloring, 337.
ter of, in the West, 338 - the
White Pine, 339, 355- White Oak,
342-Sugar Maple, 345- Elm, 346

taste

process of procuring, for use, 350
- importance of economizing, 357
of planting, ib. — of a
for, 358-360.
Fort William, description of the an-
nual gathering at, 207.
Fraser's Magazine, 483.
French Poetry, compared with Eng-

lish, 361 - classical, 362 - affect-
ed by the Revolution of 1830, 363.
Fur trade, facts respecting the United

Gadsden, Colonel, his negotiations
with the Seminole Indians, 330, 331.
Gazelle, an animal, 386.
Gentleman's Magazine, facts respect-
ing it, 482.

Georgia, rail-roads in, 459.
Gesenius's Lexicon.

See Robinson.

Ghislieri, Count, his intrigue as to
Lombardy, 126.

Gist, Christopher, journal of, 263.
Gladwyn, Major, defeats Pontiac's
attempt on Detroit, 67.

Glass, reply to an article in The
Knickerbocker, respecting his Life
of Washington, 270.
Goddard, W. G., his Phi Beta Kappa
Address noticed, 551, 556.
Grammar Schools, 505.
Granganemeo, an Indian chief, 326.
Great Metropolis, The, reviewed, 461
cited about clubs, 466-469
respecting gaming houses, 469-
Parliamentary reporting, 478.
Great Miami, Indian fortifications on
the, 310.

Grecian drama, modern imitations
of, 485. See Ion.
Grimké, cited as to the non-resist-
ance principle, 28.

Guida dell' Educatore, notice of, 557.

Idumea, geography of, 391, 406

historical notices of, 408-ancient
cities of, 415 - Petra, 417.
Impressment, remarks on, 23, 24.
India, state of the British empire
Imprisonment, observations on, 288.
Indians, Schoolcraft's Discourse on
there, in 1756, 202.
the history of, in Michigan, 60-
causes of their declension, 61
their operations under Pontiac, 66
- Drake's Biography and History
of the, reviewed, 301-their origin,
303 anecdotes of, 305 their
mounds, 307-fortifications, 310
treatment of, by the early voy-
agers, and their consequent hos-

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tility, 313 their complaints

against the whites, tried in the
English courts, 316. See Drake.
Inquisition, sufferings from the, in
Italy, 175, 176 drives people
across the Alps, ib., note · its
erection in order to put down the
Reformation, 174.

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Insane Hospitals, 97- cures effect-
ed in the, 100-origin of, 102 -
Pinel's mode with patients in, 103
- particulars respecting, in France,

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