Egean, labours of Professor Forbes in the,
152

African, king, ludicrous dress of an, 96
America, the struggle in, 513—the people
and the government, 515-anti-slavery
feeling in the North, 517-state of the
finances, 518-horrors in the South, 520
-pro-slavery feeling, 521-aristocracy
of England and gentlemen of the South,
524-slaveholders' morals, 529-ad-
vance of the Northern troops, 530-
gains of the Free States, 531-prospect
of war with England, 533-effects upon
slavery, 539

American crisis, the, 252-ransom of
slaves an ultimate saving, 253-ties of
the North to the South, 254-Northern
apologists for slavery, 257-mutual mis-
understandings, 259-reasons why Eng-
land would not go to war with America,
260-English pro-South politicians, 264
-a fight for existence, 265-division
of the States, 267-Federal blows to
slavery, 269-issue of the struggle, 271
—the English and American press, 272
-selfishness of the Lancashire cotton
manufacturers, 276

American poets, reviews of, 36, et seqq.
American slavery, Angell James on, 232
Ancient vegetation, 414-real antiquity,
415-difficulties of the study, 420—
ancient physical condition, 422-nega-
tive evidence, 424-progress of vege-
table life, 426-carboniferous vegetation,
429-Sigillariæ, 430-Permian and
Triassic floras, 433-cretaceous types,
435-secular development, 437-plants
in fossiliferous rocks, 438-internal or-
ganization, 439-the Yorkshire coast,
440-fossilization of plants, 442-che-
mical composition of wood and coal, 444
-origin of coal, 447-coal-supply, 448
-system of sinking deep mines, 450
Ape, the nest-building, account of, 113
Austrians, tyrannical proceedings of, in
Italy, 479

Bashikouay ants, formidable attacks of,

89

Bats, an encounter with, in a cave, 90
Berlin, revolution in, 507

VOL. XVII. NO. XXXIV.

Bible, influence of the, on education in
India, 202

Bible in South India, the, 182—the old
Bible Society's house in Madras, 183—
earliest Tamil version, 184-Moonshees,
187-range of the Book's travels, 188
-Hindooism, 190-Mohammedanism,
193-difficulties of translation, 195-
sub-committee of revision, 196-qualifi-
cations of a translator, 197-colportage,
198-results of the system, 201

Bills, many curious, introduced in Eliza-
beth's Parliament, 134-on commerce
and agriculture, 135

Borlase's 'Antiquities, historical, and
monumental, of the County of Corn-
wall," and 'Observations on the ancient
and present State of the Islands of
Scilly, and their importance to the
Trade of Great Britain,' reviewed, 385
Brongniart's 'Prodrome d'une Histoire
des Végétaux Fossiles, noticed,' 416
Brookfield, Mr., quoted, 610

Brown's 'Hora Subsecivæ,' noticed, 299
Bryant's poetical works, reviewed, 41
Buckle's History of Civilization in Eng-
land,' reviewed, 301-Spain, 302-
Scotland, 309-solution of the discord
between man and his destiny, 323
Buxton's 'Slavery and Freedom in the
British West Indies,' reviewed, 540
Canning's, George, anti-slavery resolution
of 1823, 543

Casali, Count, flight from Venice, 493
Catherine de Medici, duplicity of, to the
Huguenots, 14

Cavern, exploration of a dark, in Africa,
90

Chadwick, Mr., quoted, 591

Challis's 'Creation in Plan and Progress,'
noticed, 292

Charles Albert, his timidity in entering on
reform, 488-heads the revolution in
1848, 496-defeat at Novara, and
death, 501

Clay, Cassius, on American Slavery, 258
Coleridge, Rev. Derwent, quoted, 592, 621
Compensation money on abolition of
slavery, statistics of, 550

Cook, Rev. F. C., quoted, 611, et seqq.
Cotton dilemma, the, 275
Custom, singular superstitions, in Central
Africa, 89

De Lamennais, quoted, 33
Dollfus's 'Liberté et Centralisation,'
quoted, 3

Du Chaillu's' Explorations and Adventures
in Equatorial Africa,' reviewed, 73
Edge, Mr., on American slavery, quoted,
516

Elizabeth's, Queen, lást Parliament,

account of, 118-opening of the ses-
sion, 121-presentation of the Speaker,
122 internal economy of the House,
123 question of privilege, 124-
grants, 127

Fans, Du Chailla's travels among the,
79-first impressions of the, 79-
personal appearance of the, 80-descrip-
tion of a Fan village, 81-disgusting
cannibalism of, 82

Ferdinand II., wilfulness and irresolution
of, 487

Fichte, wild theories of, 329-his influ-

ence as a teacher, 330

Forbes, Professor Edward, 138-difficul-

ties of scientific biography, 189—birth,
140-early training, 141-choice of
profession, 148-at Edinburgh univer-
sity, 145the Oinoeromathic,' 147—
his first publication, 149-dangerous
illness in the Egean, 153-Professor of
Botany at King's College, 154-mar-
riage, 155-president of the Geological
Society, 156-death, 156-concluding
observations, 157

Foster, Mr., quoted, 614

France, religious and political centraliza-

tion in, 1-revival of Roman ideas, 2—
importance of a divided civilization, 5-
the Revolution the consequence of exag-
gerated centralization, 7-the Reforma
tion, 12-efforts of the League, and
plots of the Guises, 17-policy of Riche-
lieu, 19-Rousseau and Montesquieu,
24-prospects of Roman Catholicism,
29-Gallicans and Ultramontanes, 30—
favourable crisis for Protestantism,

35

French Revolution, effect of the, on Italian
affairs, 489
Gasparin's "The Uprising of a Great Peo-
ple: or, The United States in 1861,'
reviewed, 252-quoted, 538, 539
Garnier-Pagès History of the Revolution
of 1848,' reviewed, 477
Garibaldi, march of, towards Bergamo,
498-engages the Austrians at Ma-

razzoni, and retreats into Switzerland,
499
Germany, metaphysical excitement in, 327
Ginsburg's 'Coheleth; commonly called
the Book of Ecclesiastes,' noticed, 279
Gorilla, the, sensation of Du Chaillu on
discovering the footprints of, 85-
pursuit of, 86-first encounter with,
87-death of female, and capture of
young one, 92-its enormous strength,
93-attempts to escape and death, 94

second young one taken, 99-a
gorilla's vengeance, 103 death of a
hunter, 104-haunts and habits of the
gorilla, 105-height of the animal, 106

its skeleton, 107-comparison with
man, 109—the brain, 111
Gray, Dr., and his comments on Du
Chaillu's discoveries in natural history,
73

Great Britain and her West India colonies,

540 contrast between Britain and
America, 541-the Abolition Act, 544
-the apprenticeship system, 545-Par-
liamentary Inquiry in 1836, 547—
failure of the apprenticeship system, 549

decline of the slave colonies before
abolition, 554-Mr Martin's testimony,
559-Mr. Trollope's blunders, 567–
great depression in the years 1846-
1858, 570—unscrupulous assertions of
the press, 571-revival of trade, 572-
Jamaica, 574-British Guiana and Tri-
nidad, 579- Barbadoes, St. Vincent,
Grenada, and Tobago, 580-the Lee-
ward Islands, 581

Grey, Sir Charles, on Negro affairs, quoted,
568

Grote's' Plato's Doctrine respecting the

Rotation of the Earth, and Aristotle's
Comment upon the Doctrine,' reviewed,
364

Hare, Mr., quoted, 619
Henry IV., of France, vacillation of, in
religious matters, 15
Hippopotamus, narrative of a hunt of
an, 95

Holmes's Poems, reviewed, 55
Hooker's Memoirs of the Geological
Survey of Great Britain,' noticed, 420
Hot ring, savage supersition of the, in
Equatorial Africa, 101

Hull's The Coal Pits of Great Britain:

their History, Structure, and Dura-
tion,' reviewed, 414

Jacquerie, first insurrection of the, 9
James's 'Old and New Theology,' noticed,
288

James's, John Angell, "Life and Letters,

reviewed, 205-early history, 209-
youthful friends, 211-at Gosport, 218
-unanimous invitation to Bath, 214-
popularity as a preacher, 215-sermon
on Mercy, 216-dangers of popular
preachers, 221-characteristics of his
preaching, 222—-prosperous career as a
pastor, 227-the Anxious Inquirer,'
235-zeal on behalf of Bible distribu-
tion, 238

Jay's, Rev. William, Autobiography, re-
viewed, 205-early history, 239-stu
dent at Marlborough, 240-early popu-
larity, 242-settles at Bath, 243—re-
miniscences of Newton, 244-of Wil-
berforce and Hannah More, 246-of
Foster, 247 characteristics
preacher, 248

Kant, historical position of, 328

as

King, remarkable and filthy custom on
making a new African, 98
King, Dr., quoted, 568
Kingsley, quoted, 354

Kooloo-kamba, description of the, 102
Lombardy, discontent of the people of, in
1848, 483-passive resistance in, 484
Longfellow's Poems, reviewed, 45
Louis XI., despotism of, 11
Louis XVI., death of, 27.
Lowell's, James Russell, poetical works of,
reviewed, 50

Manin, arrest of, by the Austrians,
486 and liberation by the populace,
490-heads the Venetian revolution,
491

Mangrove swamp, dangers in crossing a,

88

Martin's 'The British Colonies,' reviewed,
540

• Mason and Slidell, seizure of, by the captain
of the 'Jacinto,' 533

Massey's Havelock's March and other
Poems,' noticed, 297
Max Müller on language, 451-recent
origin of the science, 453-linguistical
relationship defined, 456-applications
of the doctrine, 458-Chinese, 462-
Turanian, 463-the Semitic tongues,
465-members of the Aryan family,
466-unclassed languages, 468-African
tongues, 470-decay and regeneration,
471-problem of the origin of language,
472-ultimate inductions, 475
Mboushas, Du Chaillu's remarks on, 78
M'Caul's Notes on the First Chapter
of Genesis,' noticed, 291

Metternich, Prince, flight of, from Vienna,
503

Milan, retreat of the Austrians from,

627

in 1848, 495-triumph of the people,
496-surrender of, to the Austrians,
499

Moseley, Canon, quoted, 615

pongwe, interesting account of the, 76
Nantes, revocation of the Edict of, 20
New York, public feeling in, with respect
to the war, 519

Novalis. See Von Hardenberg.
Öld haunts and remains of a Cornish
genius, 385-Pope and Borlase, 386-
Ludgvan Church Town,' 389-Pendeen,
390-Borlase a theoretical farmer, 392
-a persecutor of the Methodists, 393
→Polwhele and Whitaker, 395-Bor-
lase an antiquarian, 398—his theory of
migration, 400—druidical remains, 403
-rock basins, 405-true explanation of
the basins, 407-search for Roman
roads, 408— ́ Natural History of Cörn-
wall, 410-Borlase's chemistry and
geology, 413

Osheba country, travels in, and description
of, 82-horrible cannibalism, 83
Parliaments, amusing incident in one of
Elizabeth's, 126-discussion on the
patents in, 129-surrendered by the
Queen, 181-mode of proceedings, 132

ecclesiastical questions, 133-dis-
solution of the last Parliament, 137
Physical geography, Forbes's fabours in,
150

Physical philosophy of the ancients, 364

-the geocentric theory, 365-popular
belief represented in the Platonic myths,
369-Mr. Grote's three positions, 371
-the Phædo,' 373-cosmical theory
of Aristotle, 374-Plato, Aristotle, and
Bacon, 376-form and cause, 379—
methods of Aristotle and Bacon, 382
Pius IX., accession of, 481

Pratt's Genealogy of Creation,' noticed,

295