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Allen, Paul, edition of Lewis and Clark's expedition by, 96, 97.
Allin, John, of Dedham, 168 - "Animadversions" by, 169, note. Allston, exhibition of pictures by, 358-rank of, among artists, ib. 380-first pictures by, 361 - in England, ib., 364 - reception of, by West, 363- comic pieces, 364 faults avoided by, 366 Paris, 367-in Rome, 368-in- timacy of, with Coleridge, ib. - paints The Dead Man revived by touching Elisha's Bones, 369,370, 373 The Angel liberating St. Peter from Prison, 371 - Jacob's Dream, 372- Elijah in the Des- ert, ib. - Uriel in the Sun, 373
- Jeremiah dictating his Prophe- cy to Baruch, ib. - remarks on his historical pictures, 374 - Bel- shazzar's Feast, ib. - his Miriam, 375 Witch of Endor, 376 Donna Mencia in the Robber's Cavern, ib. - Beatrice and other heads, 377-his landscapes, 379. America, want of national music in,
Athelstan, anecdote as to, 489. Athens, Bulwer's History of, 465. Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, on com-
munications between the, 88, 91. Attila, invaded Italy, 45, 46, note. Audubon, John James, Ornithologi- cal Biography, Vol. V., by, review- ed, 381, 392 his agreement with Macgillivray, 384 - his episodes, ib.his publication of his Illus- trations, 385- his third volume, 386-on the sun-perch, ib. - his fourth volume, ib. - his excur- sion to Texas, ib. publishes Townsend's collection, 387 - on the ruff-necked humming-bird, ib. - on swallows, 388 - the closing volume of his Biography, ib. - advice by, 390 - in the Highlands of Scotland, ib. - at the Trosachs, 392-his portrait of Bewick, ib. - troopials described by, 393- finches, ib. - on hawks, 394, 400
on the flight of birds, 394-on blue-birds, 396-on warblers, ib. birds named from, 397, 398- on woodpeckers, 398 - on fly- catchers, 400 - on owls, ib. - on the migration of birds, 401 - on the plumage in birds of different ages, 402 on terns, ib. - re- marks respecting him, 403.
Austin, James Trecothick, Address by, before the Mechanic Associa- tion, 223-its character, 230.
- his History of Corfu, ib. - ex- iled, 314 - meets Monti, ib. - in power in Piedmont, ib. anec-
| dote respecting, ib. - sent to France, ib. -his Précis Historique de la Maison de Savoie et du Pied- mont, 315-honors of, ib. - his History of the American Revo- lution, ib, 317 of Italy, 316, 317 poverty and affliction of, 317-sells his American Revolu- tion for waste paper, ib. writes for subsistence, ib., 318 his second History of Italy, ib. -in- terviews with, in Paris, ib. -per- sonal appearance of, ib. - his last visit to Piedmont, 319 - last days of, ib. - buried in Père la Chaise, ib.style of, 320. Botta, Ignatius, 309. Bradford, Governor, 356. Bradford, T. G., his Translation of Chevalier's Society, Manners, and Politics in the United States, 299. Brewer, Thomas, 389, 397, 403. Brewster, Elder, services of, 356. Bridgman, Laura, deaf, dumb, and blind, 522. British Birds. See Macgillivray. British possessions in North Ameri- ca, prior to 1763, 76. Brougham, Lord, on Fossil Osteolo- gy, 513.
Buel, Judge, The Farmer's Com- panion by, noticed, 534. Bulwer, on Chesterfield, 429 - his History of Athens, 465 school of, 493- Thoughts on the writ- ings of, 5:32.
Burns, Robert, Cotter's Saturday Night of, 205 freedom of, from
the influences of his age, 488. Bursting of boilers, 26. Byron, Lord, and Scott, compared, 494 his poetry, 495 - his wan- derings, ib. - on Campbell, 496.
Caffè, principles of the authors of the, 304, 307.
Cambreleng, Churchill C., on the Hudson's Bay Company, 133. Campbell, Thomas, The Poetical Works of, reviewed, 488, 496. Canada, ceded to Great Britain, 77. Capital crimes in the New Plymouth Colony, 343, 350.
Colletta, Pietro, History of Naples by, 323.
Columbia or Oregon River, 79- Mackenzie in error as to the, 87, 90-expedition to, by Lewis and Clark, 98. See Oregon.
Columbus, Irving's, reviewed, 505, 512. Biography of, noticed, 535. Colville, Fort, 118, 140.
Common Law of England, adoption of the, in New Plymouth, 348,349. Company, Chesterfield's embarrass- ment on first going into, 408. Conant, T. J., his translation of Ge- senius's Hebrew Grammar, 263. Condillac, efforts to overthrow the school of, 326. Connecticut Colony, union of the New Haven with the, 168. Corfu, Botta's History of, 313. Cortez, Life of, noticed, 536. County Courts in Plymouth, 348. Coureurs des bois, 85. Cowper, on Chesterfield, 428 - un- influenced by his times, 488, 489. Cox, Ross, adventures by, 109. Credits, remarks on, 527.
Criminal law of Plymouth Colony,
Critics, two classes of, on paintings, 359-American, 360. Crito, writings by, 479. Cromwell, Oliver, proposition of, to the New Haven Colony, 167.
Crooks, Ramsay, 115. Crusades, effects of the, on social life, 60. Currency, Felt's Massachusetts, 526. Cushman, Elder, cited, 449. Cynic philosophers, on beauty, 478.
Dante Alighieri, 75. Davenant, Sir John, 8.
Davenport, John, at New Haven, 164-facts respecting, 166-be- friends the regicides, 167 of, to New Haven Colony, ib. part taken by, in the religious con- troversy, 168 - his removal to Boston, 169-death of, 170-his efforts to found a college, ib. Davidson College, Address at, 533. Day, author of Sanford and Merton, facts respecting, 425. Dayrolles, Chesterfield's letters to, 405, 411, 416.
Deception, anecdotes respecting, 427,
Democratic government of Plymouth, 341.
Democritus, musical works by, 474. Deputies, in the Plymouth Colony, 345, 346.
Developement, national, 302. Doctor, origin of the title, 67. Donna Mencia, 376. Doria, Andrea, dissertation on, 308. Douglas, David, expeditions by, 127. Drama, origin of spiritual, 6. Dryden, on Spenser, 201. Duellists, first in New England, 348. Duncan, Henry, Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons by, 505, 14. Dynamometer, Batchelder's, 227.
Eaton, Theophilus, settler of New Haven, 164, 165 facts respect- ing, 171.
Eclectics, positive and negative, 326. Edgecombe, Earl of Mount, on glees, 12.
Edgeworth, Mr., cited respecting Day, 425.
Education, Hillhouse on, for men of leisure, 259 - Chesterfield's plan of, 417, 420 - present systems of, 506 Massachusetts Board of, 511-Addresses on, noticed, 533. Eells, Samuel, Oration by, 533. Eleusinian mysteries, 482. Elizabeth, Queen, remarks on, and on the age of, 175 - her idea of prerogative, ib. - her fondness for adıniration as a woman, 176 - her tyranny considered, 177 her identification with the nation, 178 loyalty to, 179-wits of her age, ib. tyranny of the time of, 180
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