A.

Acadia. See Nova Scotia. Adams, G. W. his oration at the celebration of independence, 482. Agriculture, was considered by the French economists as the chief branch of human industry, 325this theory built on an unsound basis, 326-Adam Smith's theory nearly the same, 327-its defects, ib.-Mr Skinner's labors in advancing agriculture, 333-Mr Biddle's Address before the Philadelphia Agricultural Society quoted, 335— moral tendency of agricultural pursuits on a people, 336.

Alcavala, an oppressive tax levied on sales and purchases in all the provinces in South America under the Spanish government, 183-its origin, 184-still exists in Mexico, 207. Alfieri, his great care in correcting his compositions, 359.

Allston, a sonnet in compliment of, 47.

Almoxarifazgo, and other taxes in the

Spanish colonies, 184.

Alvarez, his rules of Latin prosody,

476.

America, South, important events which have happened there during the last twenty years, 158-independence of the Spanish colonies in, 159– message of the king of Spain concerning, 160-Lord Lansdown's motion in the British house of Lords to recognise the independence of, 161-not to be expected that perfectly organised governments are immediately to grow up, 162-the revolution not the explosion of a moment, but the result of a long train of causes, 163-no royalist party now in the country, ib.-connexion of the South American re

publics with the United States, -government of the country wia under the dominion of Old Spain, ib.-council of the Indies, 166-its character and dignity have been too much exalted, 167-Laws of the Indies, 168-political divisions of South America, and the government of viceroys, 171-Cabildo, 172-Royal Audiences, 173-commercial interests of the colonies, and policy of Old Spain in respect to them, 175-unjust monopolies, 177-contraband trade, 178--boasted decree of free trade, which gave no freedom, 180-duties, exactions, tithes, 183-Alcavala, ib.-Almoxarifazgo, and other oppressive taxes, 184-duty on paper, 185-imposition practised on the people by the sale of ecclesiastical bulls, 186 -power of the king of Spain over the church in South America, as derived from the bull of Pope Alexander Sixth to Ferdinand and Isabella in the year 1493, and never afterwards withdrawn, 188--bishops and their salaries, 189-superstitious obser,ances to obtain money from the people, 191-discouragement of education, 193-decree suppressing a school in Buenos Ayres, 194, note-imperfect state of the universities and colleges, 194, 195--Inquisition operated as a check to knowledge and intellectual advancement, 196-unhappy con- . dition of the Indians caused by the laxness of the laws and the cruelty of the Spanish governors, 198-the horrors of the mita, as described by Dr Funes, 201-Solorzano's curious account of the mita, and the products of the mines of Potosi, 204, note-ineffectual attempts to

palliate the crimes perpetrated in the Indies, 205. American Farmer, review of the, 325 -character and value of the work, 333 has excited much inquiry among the agriculturists in this country, 334.

American Philosophical Society, catalogue of the library of, its excellent purpose and arrangements, 269. Ancients, topical system of the, belonged to the science of the mind, 6-literature of the, in what respects it differs essentially from that of the moderns, 314.

Anthon, Mr, his elements of Latin prosody, 474.

Ariosto, his narratives complicated

and interrupted, 367-no poet so universally read by the Italians, ib. -called by his rival Tasso the Homer of Ferrara, 368-first edition of his Orlando Furioso, 359—his birth and early studies, 359, 360— reply of the Cardinal Hyppolito on being presented by him with the first copy of the Orlando Furioso, 360-employed in public service, 361-latter portion of his life passed in comparative retirement, ib.wrote satires and comedies, ib.his disposition and habits, 362wrote in the ottava rima, 363-his fiction often borrowed from the ancients, 364-beauty of his style, 365-his great work went through six editions during his lifetime, ib. Ascham's pointed remark concerning

the introduction of Italian literature into England, 338. Aspinasse's Digest, its character and value, 155.

Asylum for the deaf and dumb at Hartford, 483.

Athens, a poem, reviewed, 47. Audiencias Reales, principal courts of justice in the Spanish colonies, 171 -remarks on by Mr Mendez, 173. Authority, the foundation of the common law, 419-effects of excessive veneration for it, 420.

B.

Bacon, his inductive method of reasoning, 3-distinction between the method itself, and Bacon's interpretation of it, ib. Banks, justice and policy of taxing the capital stock of, 256.

Bernard, General, his remark on the

instruction of militia, 283—his letter to General Sumner, 297. Berni's Réfacimento of Boiardo's Innamorato, 355-case of coincidence between him and Shakspeare, 356 -his smaller pieces, 357-his life passed chiefly at Rome, ib.-his style exceedingly elaborated, 358. Biblioteca Americana, a periodical work in the Spanish language, 168 -its objects and character, 169translations from it, 169, 170, 173. Biddle, Mr, extracts from his address before the Philadelphia Agricultural Society, 335. Blackstone, 411.

Bland, judge, cited, 196. Blumenbach on the varieties of the human race, 405-his arrangement rather the result of convenience than necessity, 407. Boccaccio, notice of his Decameron, 68, et seqq.-his birthplace and parentage unknown, 69-his family resided in Florence, ib.was educated in that city, 70-his poetic enthusiasm first excited by visiting the tomb of Virgil, ib.— attempted to study law, and wrote voluminous works on mythology, geography, and history, 71-his intimacy with Petrarca, 72-these two friends were instrumental in introducing the study of Greek into Italy, 73-Boccaccio resided for a time at Naples, and was often employed by his countrymen on political missions, and difficult negociations, 74-lectured on Dante, ib.

died at his patrimony of Certaldo, ib.-singular incident of his conversion through the agency of Petrarca, 75-remarks on his Latin treatises, 76-his Latin poetry and Italian prose, 77-origin, scene, and purpose of the Decameron, 78 -peculiar merit of this work, 83— good and bad traits of the Decameron, 85. Bochart, his work on the animals mentioned in the scriptures, 88. Boiardo, author of the Italian epic, Orlando Innamorato, 353-surpases all the Italian writers in the exhibitions of fancy, 354. Bolivar, his address to the Congress of Venezuela, quoted, 162.

Boileau's commendation of Milton, 339-censure of Tasso, ib. Boston, origin of free schools in, 453— number of students educated at them, 455.

Brown, his Philosophy of the human mind reviewed, 1-his mode of dividing the subject, 12-memory the basis of his inquiry, 13-remarks on personal identity, 14-principles of his new classification, 15his notion of the power of muscular feelings, 17-lays down only two constituent elements in the idea of matter, viz. resistance and extension, 18-does not consider the five senses as adequate in themselves to attain a knowledge of the external world, ib.-strictures on a branch of his theory, 19-process of gaining ideas in infancy, 22— his principle that ideas are no other than the mind itself existing in different states, 24-two classes of intellectual states, 27-principles of simple suggestion and relative suggestion, ib.-power of conception, 29-Imagination, 30-nominalists and realists, 34-relation of resemblance, 35-relation of coexistence, 40-explanation of abstraction, 41. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, 88. Buchanan, Mr, his sketches of the history of the Indians, 463-his work contains some of the best specimens of Indian eloquence, 464. Bulls, ecclesiastical, immense sales of under the Spanish government in South America, 186, 207. Buenos Ayres, school at, suppressed by the Spanish government, 194,

note.

Byron, lord, anecdote respecting his Beppo, 337, note-imitated Fortiguerra, 383-disagreeable effect of the union of sentiment and satire in his Don Juan, 384. Bunker Hill, battle of, 293. Bulow, Marshal, on the mode of carrying on wars, 292.

C.

Cabildo, how constituted and the na

ture of its government, 172. Cabot, John and Sebastian, first discoverers of Nova Scotia, 138-coasted to a great distance North and South of this country, 139.

Canada, number of newspapers printed in, 458-state of literature in, ib. -colleges of, 459-first original novel printed there, ib. Canadian Review, remarks on the, 457-its design and merits, 460. Canning, Mr, his conference with the French Ambassador, and his frank and noble avowal concerning the republics of South America, 160. Captive Count, the, translated from Goethe, 319.

Carter, Mr, his letters on the free schools of New England, 448-his practical and familiar acquaintance with the subject, 349-statement of the mode in which the free schools are managed in the interior of New England, ib.-his remarks on a late law of Massachusetts respecting schools, 451-quoted, 454. Cartier, James, commissioned by the French king to explore Nova Scotia, and find a place for a colony, 139-discovered the St Lawrence, and ascended as far as Montreal, ib. Celsius, his writings on the plants mentioned in the scriptures, 87. Chaleur, Bay of, discovered by Cartier, 139.

Chalmers, his mode of preaching, 298. Chaucer, his imitations of Boccaccio, 77, 84.

Chile, first printing press established there, 196.

Church in South America, 188-the

pope's power limited, 189-salary of the bishops, ib.-abuses practised by the lower orders of the clergy on the Indians, 191. Classics, ancient, their value as a branch of modern learning, 126— models of fine writing, ib.-no branch of literary history can be well understood without a knowledge of them, 128-particular reasons why they should be studied in the United States, 129-encourage an enlightened spirit of independence, 130-their strong influence on national character, 131-their utility as a branch of study in drawing out and invigorating the faculties, 133.

Clay, Mr, cited, 232, 236, 239-quoted, 245.

Clinton, De Witt, his discourse con