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generally, as applied to the ordinary Practices of Agricul Engraved Illustrations. By John J. Thomas. New York: ers. 1854. 24mo. pp. 267.

Thoughts and Things at Home and Abroad. By Elihu Memoir, by Mary Howitt. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, & C pp. 364.

A Course of English Reading, adapted to every Taste a the Rev. James Pycroft, B.A., Trinity College, Oxford. E ations, Emendations, and Additions, by J. A. Spencer, D. C. S. Francis & Co. 1854. 12mo. pp. 283.

Poems, Plays, and Essays, by Oliver Goldsmith, M.B., wi sertation on his Poetry, by John Aikin, M.D., and an Intro Henry T. Tuckerman, Esq. Boston: Phillips, Sampson 12mo. pp. 530.

The Seat of Government of the United States. A Revie sions, in Congress and elsewhere, on the Site and Plans of t with a Sketch of its Present Position and Prospects; a Monumental Structures and the Smithsonian Institution. before the New York and Maryland Historical Societies Varnum, Jr. Second Edition, with an Alphabetical Inde R. Farnham. 1854.

Shakspeare's Scholar: being Historical and Critical Stu Characters, and Commentators, with an examination of Mr. 1632. By Richard Grant White. New York: D. Applet pp. 504.

Spenser and the Fairy Queen. By John S. Hart, LL. I Hayes & Zell. 1854. 12mo. pp. 434.

A Sermon addressed to the Second Presbyterian Congreg Sunday Morning, August 27, 1854, on the Completion of a tury from the Commencement of the Author's Ministry a William B. Sprague, D.D. Albany. 1854.

A Sermon delivered in the Second Presbyterian Church, bath Morning, August 20, 1854; commemorative of the Christina Lee. By William B. Sprague, D.D. Albany.

The Epistle of Paul to the Romans; with a Commen Translation, and Introductory Essays. By Abiel Abbot Live Crosby, Nichols, & Co. 1854. 12mo. pp. 256.

Popular Tales. By Madame Guizot. Translated from Mrs. L. Burke. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, & Co. 1854.

INDEX

TO THE

SEVENTY-NINTH VOLUME

OF THE

North-American Review.

Addison, Joseph, article on, 90-editions of
his works, 92-his success in life, 93-
his Cato, 96-Dialogues on Medals, 97
- Spectator, 101-his relation to Steele,
102-his literary character, 106.
Aldine Cabinet of Earl Spencer, 347.
Allen, Julian, his Autocrasy in Poland and
Russia, noticed, 537.

Andrews, Israel D., his services in bringing
about the Reciprocity Treaty, 484.
Annual of Scientific Discovery, reviewed,

229.

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Butler Hospital for the insane, 76.
Byles, John Barnard, his treatise on Politi-
cal Economy, reviewed, 502-its false
reasoning, 505.

Carpenter, Mary, her books on Reformatory
Schools, noticed, 252-reviewed, 406-
their aim, 407- their contents, 408.
Cato, Addison's, 96.

Chandler, Mary G., her Elements of Char-
acter, noticed, 253.

Chapel of the Hermits, a poem by Whit-
tier, criticized, 39.

Children of the Perishing and Dangerous
Classes, article on, 408.

China, history of, 158-population of, 161
-religious sects of, 164- Christian mis-
sionaries in, 166-economical condition
of, 172- finances of, 174.
Chinese rebellion, article on, 158-origin
of, 180-progress of, 182 -books and
documents connected with, 188-prob-
able issue and consequences of, 195.
Choate, Rufus, his speech on the establish-
ment of the Smithsonian Institution, 459.
Clay, Henry, Aaron Burr's counsel, 314.
Clinton, De Witt, article on, 485- his birth
and parentage, 486- his education, 487
47

-his official life, 488 his exploration
of Western New York, 490-his incep-
tion of the Erie Canal, 494- his charac-
ter, 497.

Coke, Lord, his definition of non compotes
mentis, 332.

Comte's Positive Philosophy, article on, 200

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- its fundamental principle, 205- -ac-
counted for by his education and history,
209 defects of the system, 217- -its
self-contradictions, 223.
Coquerel's Discourses, noticed, 256.
Corvinus, King Matthias, a patron of litera-
ture, 357.

Crystal Palace, Dr. Bellows's Sermon on the
Moral Significance of, reviewed, 1.
Cuba, article on, 109-its situation and cli-
mate, ib. - soil, 110-scenery, ib. -SO-
ciety, 111-railroads, 113 statistics of
crime, ib.. women, 114-slaves, 116-
religious condition, 119-government,
123 annexation to the United States
probable, 128.

Cundall, Joseph, his treatise on Bookbind-
ing, reviewed, 344-commended, 370.
Curzon's Armenia, noticed, 538.

Daguerreotype, defects of the, 236.
Dangerous class characterized, 409 - how
recruited, 414-costly, 419-perilous to
the public health, 420 -to be reduced
only by the reformation of juvenile delin-
quents, ib.

De Maistre, works of, reviewed, 371 - his
personal history, 378, 383-his Reflec-
tions on France, 379- his Formative
Principle of Political Constitutions, 382-
his logic, 384-his treatise on the Pope,
385 his Letters on the Inquisition, 392
his sympathies, 399.
Dementia defined, 328.

De Rome's merits as a bookbinder, 360.
Dix, Dorothy, her labors for the insane poor,

70.

Doran, John, his edition of Young's Works,
270.

Du Seuil's merits as a bookbinder, 360.

Edward III. of England, a patron of hand-
some books, 354.

Elgin, Lord, his services in negotiating the
Reciprocity Treaty, 484.

Emigration, effect of, upon the labor-mar-
ket in Great Britain, 518.

Erie Canal, inception of, 494.

Euclid's Elements, an index of the mathe-
matical attainments of his age, 233.
Everett, Mr. Secretary, his letter on the Cu-
ban question, 135.

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Judd, Rev. Sylvester, his Sermons on the
Church, noticed, 262.

Jurisprudence of Insanity, article on, 327.

Lagny's Knout and the Russians, noticed,

260.

Laissez faire principle misrepresented by
Byles, 509-its true import, 510.
Lalor, John, his Money and Morals, re-
viewed, 503-its design and style, 504.
Leaves from Margaret Smith's Journal, by
Whittier, 33.

Legends of New England, by Whittier, 35.
Lenormand's Manuel du Relieur, reviewed,
344-commended, 370.

Literature of Youth, article on, 239.
Locke, Jane Ermina, her Poems, noticed,
260.

Mania defined, 328.

Marcy, Mr. Secretary, his services in the
Reciprocity Treaty, 484.

Marsh, George P., his speech on the estab-
lishment of the Smithsonian Institution,

461.

Martineau, Harriet, her translation of
Comte's Positive Philosophy, reviewed,
200 her books, ib.- her self-conceit,
201-her infidelity, 203.

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Massachusetts, Early Records of, reviewed,
53-character of the Company, 56 - its
influence in England, 57.
Matanzas, cemetery in, 121.

Mathematics essential to art, 230-truths
of, absolute, 237.
McLean Asylum, 74.

Meacham, Hon. James, his Report on the
Smithsonian Institution, 441.

Mills, Abraham, his Poets and Poetry of the
Ancient Greeks, noticed, 257.
Mitford, Rev. J., his edition of Young's Po-
etical Works, 270.

Model lodging-houses in London, Mrs.
Stowe's description of, 428.
Moore, John W., his Encyclopædia of Mu-
sic, noticed, 534.

Morrison, C., his Essay on the Relations be-
tween Labor and Capital, reviewed, 502
-his aim and theory, 503- his errone-
ous reasoning, 506.

Natural Theology of Art. See Art.
New York, Western, exploration of, by De
Witt Clinton, 490.

Night Thoughts, Young's, editions of, 270

- defects of, 273 -merits of, 279-fre-
quency of proverbs in, 280- - domestic
allusions in, 293.

Old Portraits and Modern Sketches, by
Whittier, 37.

Padaloup's merits as a bookbinder, 360.
Payne, Roger, his character and labors as
a bookbinder, 361.

Pearce, Hon. James A., his Report on the
Smithsonian Institution, 441- inconsist-
ent with his former position, 460.

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Ray's Medical Jurisprudence of Insanity,
reviewed, 327.

Reciprocity Treaty, article on, 464 — estab-
lishing the freedom of the seas, 465 — the
freedom of the fisheries, 468-free trade,
479 uniting all interests, 480.
Reformatory Schools, Miss Carpenter on,
252, 406 success of, 420.

Renwick's Life of De Witt Clinton, article
on, 485.

Roger de Coverley, Sir, Addison's portrait
ure of, 103.

Roget's Thesaurus of English Words, re-
viewed, 137.

Röhner's Treatise on Musical Composition,
noticed, 534.

Romanism, article on, 371-its growth, ib.
its mission and services, 372-its
prospects, 400.

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Ruskin's Lectures on Architecture and
Painting, noticed, 535.

Safford, William H., his Life of Blennerhas-
sett, reviewed, 297.

Scott, Patrick, Poems by, noticed, 260.
Seas, freedom of the, a subject of contro-
versy, 465-established by the Recipro-
city Treaty, 467.

Shaw, Chief Justice, his Charge on the plea
of insanity, 338.

Smith, E. Oakes, her Bertha and Lily, no
ticed, 537.

Smith, E. Vale, her History of Newbury

port, noticed, 533.

Smith, William, his History of Greece, no-
ticed, 255.

Smithson, James, will of, 442.

Smithsonian Institution, bill for establishing,
446- funds of, 448-financial adminis-
tration of, 454-misapplication of the
funds of, 456.

Songs of Labor, Whittier's, 39.
Spectator characterized, 101.
Spencer, Earl, Aldine cabinet of, 347.
Steele's relations with Addison, 102.
Stereoscope, theory of, 336.

St. John, Bayle, his Purple Tints of Paris,
noticed, 261.

Stowe, Rev. Calvin E., extract from an In-
troduction by, 424.

Stowe, Mrs. Harriet Beecher, her Sunny
Memories of Foreign Lands, reviewed,
423 her conduct in England, ib. — her
Continental tour, 435- her style, 440.
Swiss scenery, described by Mrs. Stowe,

436.

Taunton hospital for the insane, defects of,
80, 82.
Thoreau, Henry D., his Walden, noticed,
536.

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