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•Ha-ha,' the, foss for gardens, 107.
Haldane, Robert and James Alexander, Lives of
192; birth and parentage, ib.; early career of
Robert, ib.; wreck of the Royal George,' 192,
193; retirement to Airthrey, 193; landscape
gardening, ib.; the hermitage, 193, 194; French
Revolution, 194; evangelical mission, 195; ap-
lication to the East India Company, and its re-
fusal, 195, 196; state of the Scottish Church,
197; the Home Mission, 198; liberality, ib.; dis-
agreements, 199; private and public labours at
home, ib.; goes abroad, 200; the Moderates at
Geneva, ib.; results of his labours, 201; Mr.
Drummond's arrival, 201, 202; Robert Hal-
dane's return to Scotland, 202; disputes in the
Bible Society, 202, 203; death-bed scene, 204;
religious character of, ib.; James Haldane, ib.;
mutiny at Portsmouth, 205; field preaching,
205, 206; offensive features in the biography,
207, 208.

Hippopotamus, the, 131.

Hogarth, as a painter and moralist, 217.

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Jowett, Benjamin, M.A., The Epistles of St. Paul,'
by, 80; tendency of to Rationalism, 80, 81;
merits of the work, 82; its faults, 82, 83; inac-
curacies, 83; Hegelian doctrines of, 84; Pan-
theism, 86; responsibility of man, 87; God in
nature, 88; the impossibility of miracles, 89;
will of God and laws of Nature, 90; the good
of evil, ib.; religions, 91, 92; revealed and na-
tural, 92; professed results obtained by Panthe-
ists, 93; how far sanctioned by Mr. Jowett and
others, ib.; on miracles, ib.; St. Paul's conver-
sion, ib.; outward and inward facts, 94; Acts
of the Apostles, ib.; on discrepancies in, 95; on
the doctrines taught by New Testament, 95, 96;
estimate of St. Paul, 97; erroneous morality of
New Testament, 99; on slavery, ib.; immuta-
bility of morality, 100; tendency of the work,

102.

K.

Kars, siege and fall of, 143.

L.

Landscape Gardening, 102; early history of, 102,
103; Greek and Roman styles, 103; Horace an
admirer of, 104; Nero, ib.; Adrian, ib.; Diocle-
tian, 105; Italian gardening, ib.; in France,
106; in England, ib.; Sir W. Temple's Essay on,
106, 107; the 'Ha-ha' fence, 107; introduction
of landscape gardening, 108; Italian villas and
English residences, 109; avenues, ib.; ridings,
ib.; the park, ib.; Sir U. Price and Mr. Repton,
110; Sir T. Lauder, ib.; on taste, ib.; arbitrary
associations, 111; the picturesque, 112; influ-
ence exercised over, by the association of fitness,
118; ruins, 114; practical questions, 115; balus-
trades, ib.; due proportion between house and
garden to be observed, 116; glass-houses, ib.;
Capability Brown,' 116, 117; planting, 117;

buildings, 117, 118; 'dressing,' 118; adjacent
ruins, ib.

Lamennais, the Abbé, Ultramontanism of, 292;
death of, 293, n.

Lawrence, F., 'Life of Fielding,' by, 54; and see
Fielding.

Lewis, Right Hon. Sir G. C., on early Roman His-
tory, 174; Niebuhr, ib.; his assailants, 175; scep-
ticism of Sir G. Lewis, 175, 176; fictitious histo-
ries, 177; traces of authentic history, ib. ; extant
treaties, 178; destruction of Alba, ib.; investi-
gation of the sources and authorities of early
Roman history, 179; oral tradition, ib.; Fabius
Pictor, 180; Livy, 181; Pontifical annals, 182;
tradition not unsupported, 182, 183; results of
inquiry, 184; lays and ballads, 185; conclusions
to be arrived at, 186; family traditions and
funeral orations, 187; defects and qualities of
Niebuhr, 188; discrepancies in historical tra
ditions considered, 189; the growth of Roman
institutions, 190; difference in the conclusions
of Niebuhr and Lewis, ability of the latter, 191,

192.

Lindsays, Lives of the, 157, 174.

Lions, difference in, 120.

Luther, Martin, Familiar Discourse of, 1; and see
Table Talk.

M.

Maistre, Le Comte dè, 292.
Menander, on the works of, 36; compared with
other poets, 36, 37; treatises on, 37, 38; pa-
rentage and birth of, 38, 89; personal appear-
ance, 39; course of life of, 39, 40; the Athenian
theatre, 40, 41; the chorus, 42; the school of
Menander, 43; superiority of his comedy, 45;
style and language, 48; aphorisms, 50; imita-
tors, 51; comparison with Horace, 52, 53.
Mettray, reformatory system at, 17, 24.
Modern Painters, 208; and see Ruskin.
Montalembert, Count de, the Political Future of
England, by, 289; his birth and political posi
tion, 289, 290; his religious tenets, 291; Ultra-
montanism, ib.; de Maistre and Lamennais, 292;
earlier literary works, 298; The History of St.
Elizabeth of Hungary,' ib.; miracles, 294; relics,
295; imposture of his works, 296; Catholicism
in England, ib.; the Anglican Church, 297; mis-
statements of facts, 297, 298; English saints,
298; on Protestantism, 299; on its seceders, ib. ;
sincerity of his opinions tested, 300; the clergy,
301; the amelioration of public morals, ib.; on
the adornment and restoration of churches, 302;
tombs at Canterbury, 303; further inconsisten-
cies, ib.; the Universities, 303, 304; architectu
ral revival, 304; the Irish Church, 305; confu-
sion of names and things, ib.; Catholicity of the
Houses of Parliament, 306; English statesmen,
307; contrast of England with Spain, 307, 308;
obscureness of the object of the work, 308, 309:
on our monarchy, 309; the two democracies,
ib.; summary of the faults of the work, 301.
Murray, Mr., liberality of, to Southey, 270.

N.

Neology of the Cloister, the, 80; and see Jowett.
Nero, the Emperor, appreciation of the pictu-
resque by, 104.

Niebuhr, early Roman History of, 174, 188.

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Rationalism, increase of works in favour of, 80.
Red Hill, reformatory system at, 27.
Reformatory Schools, 17; perilous position of chil-
dren, 18, 19; effect of, on our criminal system,
20; early schools, ib.; Count von der Recke, ib.;
the Rauhe Haus, 21; chief principles of the sys-
tem, 22; training of assistants, ib.; the French
system, 23; Mettray, 24; patronage system, 26
the Philanthropic Society, 27; Red Hill, ib.;
Children's Friend Society, 29; Parkhurst, ib.;
desertions, 31; the Act of 1854, 32; the Hard-
wicke School, 33; other private schools, ib. ; the
Reformatory Union and its objects, 33, 34; diffi-
culties in the working of legislative enactments,
34, 35.

Roman History, an inquiry into, by Sir G. C.
Lewis, 174; and see Lewis.

Royal George, wreck of the, 192, 193.
Ruskin, John, M.A., Modern Painters by, 208; rea-
sons for the popularity of his works, ib.; analy-
Bis of the author, 210; unsoundness of his prin-
ciples, ib.; on art, ib.; necessity of thought,
211; sympathy between painter and spectator,
213; language, words, and things, 214; separa-
tion of art and thought, 214, 215; expression,
215; idea, ib.; illustration, 216; Hogarth, 217;
style, ib.; moral responsibility, 218; religious
feelings, 220; Turner's works, 221; landscapes,
228; clouds and skies, 224; peculiarity of vision,
225; shadows, 226; on Raphael, 229; the Car-
toons, 230; Teniers, 232; criticism on Royal
Academy exhibition, 233; Mr. Herbert's Lear
and Cordelia, 233, 234; malice, 235.

Russia, effects of the late war on, 273, 274; advan-
tages offered by the acceptance of peace, 274.
on the war with, 134; and see War.

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Warter, 248; his qualifications, ib.; profane
levities, 249; commencement of the correspon-
dence, 250; imperfect education of, ib.; profi-
ciency in English literature, 251; early compo-
sitions, ib.; is expelled from school, 252; its
consequences, ib.; college career, theological
difficulties, ib,; republican opinions, 253; meets
Coleridge, ib.; project of pantisocracy, ib.; lec-
turing at Bristol, 256; pecuniary crisis, ib.; his
marriage, 258; journey to Lisbon, ib.; its con-
sequences, 258, 259; literary pursuits, 259, 260;
enters at Gray's Inn, 260; removes to Westbury,
261; a visitor, ib.; increased reputation, 262;
Madoc,' ib.; quantity and quality of his poetry,
ib.; minor poems, 263; intimacy with Davy,
ib.; failure of health, 264; at Cintra, ib.;
'Thalaba,' 265; collection towards a history of
Portugal, ib.; is appointed secretary to Mr.
Corry, ib.; feelings and coldness of manner, 266,
267; religious views, 267; joins Coleridge at
Keswick, 268; peculiar qualifications of, 268,
269; Life of Wellington,' 269; Mr. Murray,

270.

Spain contrasted with England, 307, 308.
Steam navigation, 235; and see 'Great Eastern,
The.'

St. Elizabeth of Hungary, history of, 293; and see
Montalembert.

St. Paul, the Epistles of, with notes, &c., by B.
Jowett, 80

Swift, Deun, on Conversation, 13.

T.

Table Talk, 1; Dr. Irving's notes to Selden's, ib.;
of the ancients, ib.; Memorabilia of Socrates, 2;
Cæsar's power of speech, 3; Cicero's humour, 4;
Luther's Table Talk, ib.; Scaliger, 5; Perron, 7;
Ménage, ib.; Louis XIV., 8; on conversation,ib.;
Bacon's apophthegms, 9; Ben Jonson, 10;
Selden, 11; Johnson's admiration of, ib. ; on
conversation, 12; Addison, ib.; Swift, 13; pe-
dantry, 14; Boswell, 15; Walpoliana, 16; Lord
Byron, ib.

Temple, Sir William, on gardening, 106, 107.
Teniers, paintings of, 232.
Thompson, Dr. Andrew, 202.
Tortoiseshell tom cats, 133.
Tradition in history considered, 179 et seq.; and
see Lewis.

Triton, the, and the Minnows, 235; and see Great
Eastern, The.

Turkey, condition of, effects of the peace on, 272;
professed object of the war, 276; Christian
population, 277; concessions in favour of, 278;
reforms in the Greek Church, 279; suppression
of offensive terms, ib.; admission of Christians
to places of trust, ib.; administration of justice,
280; religious obligations, ib,; equality of taxa-
tion, 281; capitation tax, ib.; conscription,
282; taxes and internal communications, 283,
285; resources of, 284; ports of exportation, ib.;
benefits of the war, 285; grain trade, 286; har-
bours, 287; her success dependent on her own
measures, 288; false impressions, ib.; selection
of diplomatic agents, 289.

Turner as a painter, 221; his landscapes, 223.

U.

Ubicini, M. A., Turkey and its Inhabitants, by,

272.

Universities of England, the, 808; on the names
of colleges at, 805.

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W.

War, the, results and prospects of, 134; considera-
tions on our position, 135; inefficiency in public
departments, 136; European interests involved
in, ib.; conduct of the people at home, ib.; the
Peace party, 127; proceedings of the Vienna
conference, ib.; unfavourable mode of making
proposals for peace, ib.; schemes for obtaining
a satisfactory peace, 138; a congress of nations,
ib.; conditions of peace considered, 138, 18; neu-
tralization of the Black Sea, 139; position of
Russia, 139, 140; appointment of consuls to the
ports, 140; Bessarabia and the Danube, 140,
141; protectorate of the Principalities and the
Greek Church by Russia, 141; capture of Sebas-
topol, 142; our position in the Crimea, 142,
143; siege of Kars, 143; General Williams, ib.;
incompetency of our Government, 144; Lord
Stratford, 145; demonstrations in Russia, 146;
Omar Pasha, 147; effect on Russian commerce,
147 148; general policy of Russia, 148, 149;
conduct and courage of both armies, 149, 150;
Prussian neutrality, 150, 151; Austria, 151;
Asiatic provinces, 152; considerations for the
future, 153; position of Persia, 158 154; inva-
sion of Georgia, 154; Circassia, ib.; our means
of transport, 155; operations in the Baltic, ib.
War, professed object of, how far obtained, 276;
benefit of, to Turkey, 285.

Warter, Rev. J. W., 248; and see Southey.

Waves, the average size of, 240.

Wellington, the Duke of, as an orator, 307.
Williams, Rowland, B.D., Rational Godliness by,
80, 97; and see Jowett
Williams, General, at Kars, 143.

Y.

Yvery, history of the House of, 169.

Z.

Zoological Gardens, the, a Popular Guide to, by
D. W. Mitchell, 119; objects of the science of
zoology, ib.; general view of 119, 120; the car-
nivora, 120; lions and mastiff, ib; bears, 121;
consumption of meat, ib.; eagles, ib.; monkeys,
122; the chimpanzee, 122, 123; the seal, 123;
the black rat, 124; the aquarium, ib; cranes
and storks, 126; the aviary, ib.; the bower-
bird, 126, 127; the brush turkey, 127; pelican,
128; the reptile-house, ib.; the cobra, 128, 129;
pythons, 129; the elephants, 129, 130; the bea-
ver, 130; the hippopotamus, 131; the giraffes,
ib.; the apteryx, ib. ; number of specimens, 132;
receipts and expenses, 183; tortoiseshell tom cats,
ib.; the wild-beast market, 133, 134; cost of the
commissariat, 134; number of visitors, ib.

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