sities, 229, 230; decline of rationalism in the pulpit, 230, 231; defects of German preaching, 231; Berlin Kirchentag, renewal of the Augsburg Confession, 232; church government and organization, 233; the consistorial system, ib.; the synodal system, 235; progress of lay influence and church independence, 235, 236; mutual relations of the churches, union and confederation, 237; union of the Lutheran and Reformed, ib. ; opposition to it and persecution, 238; the Kirchentag and Confederation, 240; relation of the state-paid churches with the dissenters, 241; decline of intolerance and state-popedom, 242; relation of the German churches to the state, ib.; liturgical controversy, 243; labours of the Inner Mission, 244; destiny of Protestant Germany, 246. German works on Biblical Literature, 174. Gibbon's early and continued attachment to Madame Necker, 5. Gioberti, Vincent, account of his life and writings, 21. Greece, language and literature of Modern, 71; remarkable lack of information on the subject, 71, 72; examination of a passage of modern Greek, 73; true character of Romaic, ib.; old Romaic Ballad, | 74; reasons for the preservation of the Greek language, 75; influence of the Turkish Conquest, 76; literature of modern Greece, 77; schools and university, 78; popular Romaic ballads, 79; living Greek poets, Karatsoutscas, 81; Alexander Ypsilante, 84; facility of learning Greek from living Greeks, 85. H Halley, Edmund, Clerk to the Royal Society, prints Newton's Principia at his own expense, 125. Hamilton, Sir William, his opinion on the Universities, 199, 201. Harvey, Dr., Anecdote of, 117. Herodotus, Life and Writings of, 208; the three disputed questions, 210; did he write for recitation ? ib.; his mode of composition, as deduced from his own expressions, from evidence and the opinion of critics, 211; question as to the place at which he wrote, 213; how far Thucydides was acquainted with his works, 214; Lucian's tale of the tears of admiration shed by Thucydides, 209, 215; connexion of Herodotus with Sophocles, 215; chronology of his life and writings, 217; evidence for the date of his composition from the allusion to the revolt of the Medes, and to Amyrtæus, 218, 219; summary of his chronoly, 222; his character as a historian, 223; the sources of his narratives, 225; the matter and the form of his writings, ib; his credulity and superstition, 226; character of his religion, ib. Heyse's Dissertation on the Life and Writings of Hooke, Dr. Robert, his contributions to physical I Inner Mission in Germany, 244. K 1 Karamsin's History of Rumia, notice of, 136. Karatsoutcas, notice of his poetry, 81. Kenrick's Egypt of Herodotus, 208. Kioff, the rival of Constantinople in the eleventh Kirchentag, Berlin, its renewal of the Augsburg Mariotti, Signor, on Italian Protestantism, 35. Mendicant Friars, account of, 60: Wycliffe's denun ciation of them, 70. Mongol or Tahtar conquest of Russia, 136; its consequences, ib. Monograph, merits of, as a form of biography, 58. Montague, Charles, Earl of Halifax, his connexion with Sir Isaac Newton, 126. Müller, K. O., on the History of Herodotus, 208. Mure, Colonel, notice of his Language and Literature of Ancient Greece, 208. Music, National, 183; definition of music, ib.; its origin and earliest development, 184; character of ancient music, ib.; connexion between rhythmus and language, 184, 185; music of the East, 185; of the Slaves, the Poles, and the Hungarians, 186 187; of the Celts, 188; of the Scotch, Irish, and Welsh, 188, 189; of the Teutonic family, 190; of the French and Italians, 191; of the English, 192. N Natural History, constituent branches of, 270. Necker, James, career of, 2; reputation as a financier, 2, 3; his retirement and old age, 4. Necker, Madame, her attachment for Gibbon, 5. "Nelly Armstrong," notice of, 95. Newton, Sir Isaac, elected a fellow of the Royal Society, 122; his Principia presented, 125. Norris, Maria, review of her "Life and Times of Madame de Stael, 1. Nuyts, Professor, his controversy with the Pope, 28. Pope, temporal power of the, denounced by Gioberti Tommaseo, and other reformers, 24, 25. Protestantism in Italy, 20; influence of Vincent Gi oberti, 21; character and scope of his works, 22; progress of Piedmont, 23; Gioberti's programme of reform, 24; Niccolo Tommaseo, 25; denounces the temporal dominion of the Pope, ib.; count Mamiani and Signor Farini, 26; the secret of Sardinian prosperity, 28; Controversy between Rome and Turin, ib.; Propositions of Professor Nuyts, ib.; Italian writers and Protestantism, 30, 31; religious ignorance in Italy, 32; causes of the hold Roman Catholicism maintains in Italy, 32, 34; a political reformation insufficient, 34; Signor Mari. otti, 35; an Italian champion of Protestantism, ib.; apostolate of Fra Dolcino, 35, 36; Girolamo Savonarola, 37; Burlamachi of Lucca, 38; reformed Church at Ferrara, Olympia Morata, 39, 40; modern evangelical movement, 41; dangers of Italian Protestantism, 42. Rationalism, decline of, in Germany, 230. Rhythmus, see Music. Roman Catholic religion, causes of its firm hold of Italy, 22, 34. Royal Society of London, history of, by C. R. Weld, 111; organization and endowment of our social institutions, ib.; value of Mr. Weld's work, 112; revival of literature and science in Italy, 113; state of science in the 16th century, 114; Bacon's project for a philosophical society, ib.; societies of Oxford and London, 115; anecdote of Harvey and Charles I, 117; influence of the Royal Society in uprooting superstition, 118; incorporated by Royal Charter, 120; Philosophical Transactions, Oldenburg arrested, 121; Newton elected a fellow, 122; John Flamsteed, ib.; Greenwich Observatory, 123; death of Robert Boyle, 124; Newton's Principia communicated, 125; Halley appointed clerk, ib.; Newton and Charles Montague, 126; death of Robert Hooke, 128; Newton President, ib.; death of Newton, 129; the Royal Society split into various societies, 131; opportunity of uniting all the societies, 132. Rurik, the Russian Empire founded by, 134. Russia, the religious and political relations of, 132; historical law of Russian aggression, 133; Russian invasion of Byzantium, 135; introduction of Christianity, ib.; conquest of the Mongols, 136; consequences to the Church, ib. ; effects on the charac ter of the people, 137; development of the power of Moscow, 138; first regular war between Russia and Turkey, 139; war between Russia and Turkey in the reign of Catherine, 141; Russia and Turkey in the wars of Napoleon, 141, 142; the Church of Russia as a political tool, 143; Bodenstedt's picture of it, 144; the head of the Russian and the head of the Roman Church compared, 145; antagonisms and sympathies between the Roman, Greek, and Protestant Churches, 146; military resources of Russia, .148; probable policy of Nicholas, 148, 149. Russian aggression in the East, 231; her resources. 287. S Salomon, Prof. E. A., on the historic questions concerning Herodotus, 208. Savonarola, account of, and his opinions, 37. Shakespeare, text of, 151; connexion between words and ideas, ib.; readers who can dispense with verbal correctness, 152; Shakespeare's sensitiveness in regard to expression, 152, 153; First Folio, 154; the antiquarian in contradistinction to the philological mode of forming a text, 155; First Folio, idolatry, ib.; examples of ingenious emendations of difficult passages, 156; Heming and Condell, 157; eccentricities of the First Folio, 158; what errors due to the printers and what to the editors, 159; first act of Macbeth examined, departures from the old readings, 160; prosodical specimens, 162; suspicious readings, 163; justice to Shakespeare induces caution in admitting the entire correctness of the First Folie, 164; Mr. Collier's discovery and its value, 165; his method of exposition, 168; Mr. Dyce's "few notes," 169; hypothesis of the new readings, 170. Slavonic race, national music of, 186. Stael, life and times of Madame de, 1-character of her parents, 2, 5; early development of her talents, 6; Parisian society in 1780, 7; her marriage, ib.; her fortunes and occupations during the reign of Terror, 7, 8; French friendships, 8; her estimate of Bonaparte, 9; employment in exile, 9, 10; Schiller's and Goethe's view of her, 10, 11; Lord Byron's view of her, 11; general character of her writings, 12; her melancholy, ib. Stearic candle-manufactury, 85. | Stowe, Mrs., criticism of her style, 53. Superstitions of the sixteenth century, 118. T Talleyrand, misconceptions of his character, 13; his early life, 14; educated for the church, ib.; a revolutionist, ib.; proscribed in France, banished from England, goes to America, 15; his connexion with and opinion of Bonaparte, 15, 16; important services to the restored Bourbons and Louis Philippe, 17; summary of his character, 18. Teutonic music, 190. Thucydides, tale of his shedding tears at the recital of the History of Herodotus, 209. Thugut, Baron, predicts the future aggressions of Russia against Turkey, 140. Turkey, see War in the East. Turkey, its first regular war with Russia, 139; with the Empress Catherine, assisted by Austria, 141; designs of Russia against, 140, 143. U University representation, 193; principles upon which the suffrage should be bestowed, 194; constituency of Oxford and Cambridge, 195; and Dublin, 196; claims of the University of London to representation, 197; claim of London medical graduates, ib. ; of Scotch medical graduates, 199; of Scotch master of arts, 200; suggestions for forming a learned class in Scotland, ib.; conferring the suffrage on the Universities, 200, 201; better system of examination and patronage, 201; alteration in their government, 202; national Board of Examiners, 203; graduation for the Church and the Bar, ib.; literary examination for medical students, 204; moral and social training, 205; increased endowments, 207. War in the East and its political contingencies, 280; history of Russian aggressions, 281; Russian craft in choosing her time, 282, 283; position and culpability of Austria, 283. 284; England's dereliction of duty, 284; blame of the English press, 284, 285; Cobden's share in the common sin, 286; prospects of the war, 286, 287; resources of Russia, 287; commissariat department, 289; army arrangements, 289, 290; internal enemies, 290; resources of Turkey, 291; her new career of improvement, 292; Russian or Ottoman success desirable? 293; false plea of co-religion, 294; Mussulman and Muscovite tariffs, 297; Russian treatment of the Danubian trade, 297, 298; the various contingencies to be considered, 298, 299; co-operation of the four powers, 299; American intervention, 300; eventual questions between France and England, 302; necessity for a final settlement now of the question, 303; schemes proposed, 304. Watson, H. W., review of his Cybele Britannica, 269. Weld, Charles Richard, review of his History of the Royal Society, 111. Wetherell, Elizabeth, remarks on her writings, 54; want of purity in her diction, ib.; romance and religion, 56. |