Volume 56 — INDEX TO VOL. LVI.

Affghanistan, 133 general review of the question regarding, 135 motives for the expedition to, 136 means for effecting the objects sought, 141 comparison of the competitors for the throne, 142 resistance to taxation in, 148 causes of the British disasters in, 150, 151. Agitation the cause of the evils of Ireland, 709. Alison, Archibald, Esq., speech of, at the Burns' festival, 390. Ancient canal between the Nile and the Red Sea, historical account of the, 182. Artist's morning song, the, from Goethe, 419. Auckland, Lord, review of his Affghanistan policy, 133. Aytoun, W. E., Esq., speech of, at the Burns' festival, 392. Banking System, the Scottish, 671*. Barrett, Elizabeth B., review of the poems of, 621. Bell, H. G., Esq., speech of, at the Burns' festival, 389. Blanc, M., his history of ten years reviewed, 265. Bossuet, character of, as a historian, 789. Braxfield, lord, letter relating to, 620. Brenn, the, a Gaulish chief, career of, 471. Bride of Corinth, the, from Goethe, 57. Bruce, heart of the, a ballad, 15. Burke, Edmund, review of the correspondence of, 745. Burns' festival, account of the, 370 order of the procession, 373 the banquet, 376 speeches of Lord Eglinton, ib. Professor Wilson, 378 Sir John McNeill, 388 H.G. Bell, Esq., 389 Archibald Alison, Esq., 390 W. E. Aytoun, Esq., 392 Colonel Mure, 393 Sir James Campbell, the Lord Justice-General, &c., 395 stanzas for, by Delta, 399. Cabul, the war with, 133. Campbell, Sir James, speech of, at the Burns' festival, 395. Canal between the Nile and Red Sea, historical account of the, 182. Castle on the mountain, the, from Goethe, 425. Catania, 33. Catharine of Russia, sketch of, 410. Causes of the increase of crime, on the, 1 districts in which greatest, ib. in the manufacturing districts, 6 strikes, 8. Cavalier, the old Scottish, a ballad, 195. Clarkson, sonnet to, 619. Commitments for crime, tables of, 1, 2. Cours de Littérature Dramatique, review of, 237. Crime, causes of the increase of, 1 in the manufacturing districts, 6 increase of, by strikes, 8 by infant labour, 9 inefficiency of the proposed preventives of, 13. Cupid as a landscape painter, from Geothe, 417. Delphi, defeat of the Gauls at, 472. Delta, stanzas for the Burns' festival by, 399 the tombless man, a dream, by, 583. Doleful lay of the noble wife of Asan Aga, the, from Goethe, 67. Don John and the heretics of Flanders, 36 Part II., 49. Dost Mohammed, character of, 142. Dunning, anecdotes of, 249, 264. Dwarf's well, the, a legend of Upper Lusatia, 196. Earthquake of Lisbon, the, 102. Education, effect of imperfect, in Ireland, 708. Eglinton, the Earl of, speeches of, at the Burns' festival, 376, 395, 396. Eldon, Lord, sketch of the career of, his early life, 245 his first struggles, 249 and first success, 251 enters parliament, 253 becomes solicitor-general, 257 attorney-general, 259 chief-justice of the Common Pleas, 262 and lord chancellor, ib. his subsequent career, 263. Emperor, week of an an account of the visit of the Emperor Nicholas, 127. Erl king, the, from Goethe, 63. Etched thoughts by the Etching Club, review of, 153. Execution of Montrose, the, a ballad, 289. Fairy tutor, the, a legend of Upper Lusatia, 83. Falkland islands, affair of the, 406. Finlay's Greece under the Romans, review of, 524. First love, from Goethe, 61. Fisher, the, from Goethe, 65. Fourier and his system, sketch of, 591. Frederick the Great, anecdotes of, 404, 409. French socialists, 588. Galatia, Gaulish kingdom of, 478. Gauls, Thierry's history of, reviewed, 466. Gibbon, character of, as a historian, 788. Girardin, M., 237. God, the, and the Bayaderé, from Goethe, 421. Goethe, Poems and Ballads of, No. I. Introduction, 54 the bride of Corinth, 57 first love, 61 who'll buy a Cupid? 62 second life, ib. the erl-king, 63 Mignon, 64 the fisher, 65 the minstrel, ib. the violet, 66 the doleful lay of the noble wife of Asan Aga, 67 No. II. Cupid as a landscape painter, 417 the artist's morning song, 419 the god and the bayaderé, 421 the treasure-seeker, 423 the castle on the mountain, 425 Philine's song, 426 to my mistress, 427 the wild rose, ib. a night thought, 428 Prometheus, ib. new love, new life, 429 separation, 430 the magician's apprentice, ib. Great Britain, increase of crime in, 1. Great country's little wars, a, review of, 133. Great drought, the, 433 Chap. II., 436 Chap. III., 438 Chap. IV., 440 Chap. V., 442 Chap. VI., 452. Greece under the Romans, review of, 524. Grievances of Ireland, examination of the alleged, 701 the true, 708. Guizot, M., review of the historical works of, 786. Hardy, trial of, for high treason, 261. Harris, James, career of, 401. Heart of the Bruce, the, a ballad, 15. Hill, Mr Sergeant, anecdotes of, 247. Histoire des dix ans, review of, 265. Historical account of the ancient canal between the Nile and the Red Sea, 182. Hope, the Right Hon. Charles, letter from, 620. Hume, character of, as a historian, 788. Hydro Bacchus, 77. Increase of crime, causes of, 1 districts in which greatest, ib. Infant labour, increase of crime attributable to, 9. Injured Ireland, 701. Introduction to his poems, from Goethe, 54. Ireland, increase of crime in, 1 examination of the question as to the injuries of, 701 its comparative freedom from taxation, 702 its representation in parliament, 703 municipal law, 706 alleged debarring of Roman Catholics from office, 707 true evils of, and their causes, 708. Irish state trials, reversal of the judgment, 539. It is no fiction, 364. Jesuits, expulsion of the, from Portugal, 109 extinction of the order, 112. Johnson, Dr, anecdotes of, 247, 257. Knights, last of the Don John and the heretics of Flanders, 36 Part II., 49. Lamartine, review of the travels of, 657. Last of the knights, the Don John and the heretics of Flanders, 36 Part II., 49. Lee, J., anecdotes of, 249, 255. Letter to the editor, from the Right Hon. Charles Hope, 620. Life in Louisiana, Chap. I., a Voyage on the Red River, 507 Chap. II., Creole life, 514 Chap. III., quite unexpected, 518. Lines on the landing, of Louis Philippe, by B. Simmons, 654. Lisbon, the great earthquake of, 102. Louis Philippe, elevation of, to the throne, 272 lines on the landing of, by B. Simmons, 654. Louisiana, life in, Chap. I., 507 Chap. II., 514 Chap. III., 518. Love chase, in prose, a, Chap. I., 164 Chap. II., 166 Chap. III., 170 Chap. IV., 173 Chap. V., 178. Lunatic asylum of Palermo, the, 20. Lusatia, traditions and tales of, No. II., the fairy tutor, 83 No. III., the dwarf's well, 196 No. IV., the moor maiden, 726. Lushington on the Affghan war, 133. Luther, an ode, 80. Machiavel, character of, as a historian, 787. McNeill, Sir John, speech of, at the Burns' festival, 388. Magician's apprentice, the, from Goethe, 430. Maid of Orleans, remarks on the, 216. Malmesbury, life of the Earl of, reviewed, 401. Manufacturing districts, increase of crime in the, 2. Marston; or, Memoirs of a Statesman Part XII., 114 Part XIII., 343 Part XIV., 601. Martin Luther, an ode, 80. Memoirs of a Statesman—see Marston. Memoirs of the Marquis of Pombal, review of, 100. Memoranda of a month's tour in Sicily the museum of Palermo, 20 lunatic asylum, ib. miscellanea, 21 journey to Segeste, 23 Sicilian inns, 24 approach to Messina, 28 journey to Taormina, 30 Catania, 33 Messina, approach to, 28. Mignon, from Goethe, 64. Milkman of Walworth, the, Chap. I., 687 Chap. II., 691 Chap. III., 693 Chap. IV., 696. Minstrel, the, from Goethe, 65. Montesquieu, character of, as a historian, 789. Montrose, execution of, a ballad, 289. Moor maiden, the, 726. Mure, Colonel, speech of, at the Burns' festival, 393. Museum of Palermo, the, 20. My college friends No. I. John Brown, 569 No. II., the same concluded, 763. My first love, a sketch in New York, 69. My last courtship; or, life in Louisiana Chap. I. A voyage on the Red River, 507 Chap. II., Creole life, 514 Chap. III., quite unexpected, 518. Natural history of man, Prichard's, review of, 312. Nelson's dispatches and letters, review of, 775. New love, new life, from Goethe, 429. Nicholas, the Emperor, visit of, to Great Britain, 127. Night on the banks of the Tennessee, a, 278. Night thought, a, from Goethe, 428. Nile and the Red Sea, the, historical account of the ancient canal between, 182. North, Lord, anecdotes of, 255. O'Connell case, the Was the judgment rightly reversed? 539 statement of the case, 541 the indictment, 542 verdict of the jury, 544 the motion in arrest of judgment, 545 the judgment, ib. the writ of error, ib. opinions of the judges, 548 and of the peers, 553 general remarks on the case, 561 Old Scottish cavalier, the, a ballad, by W. E. A., 195. Oporto wine company, origin of the, 106. Palermo, sketches of, 20. Passages in the life of a Russian officer, 713. Patmore's poems, review of, 331. Philine's song, from Goethe, 426. Poems and ballads of Goethe, the No. I. Introduction, 54 the bride of Corinth, 57 first love, 61 who'll buy a Cupid, 62 second life, ib. the erl-king, 63 Mignon, 64 the fisher, 65 the minstrel, ib. the violet, 66 the doleful lay of the noble wife of Asan Aga, 67 No. II. Cupid as a landscape painter, 417 the artist's morning song, 419 the god and the bayaderé, 421 the treasure-seeker, 423 the castle on the mountain, 425 Philine's song, 426 to my mistress, 427 the wild rose, ib. a night thought, 428 Prometheus, ib. new love, new life, 429 separation, 430 the magician's apprentice, ib. Poetry: The heart of the Bruce, 15 poems and ballads of Goethe, No. I., 54 Hydro Bacchus, 77 Martin Luther, an ode, 80 the old Scottish cavalier, 195 the execution of Montrose 289 stanzas for the Burns' festival, by Delta, 399 poems and ballads of Goethe, No. II., 417 the tombless man, by Delta, 583 sonnet to Clarkson, 619 Westminster hall and the works of art, by B. Simmons, 652 lines on the landing of Louis Philippe, by the same, 654 "That's what we are," 741. Poland, the partition of, 405, 407. Pombal, Marquis of, sketch of the career of, 100. Portugal, history of, during the administration of the Marquis of Pombal, 100. Prichard's natural history of man, review of, 312. Prometheus, from Goethe, 428. Ptolemy, completion of the canal between the Nile and the Red Sea by, 185. Radzivil, Prince, sketch of, 406. Red Sea and the Nile, history of the ancient canal between, 182. Remarks on Schiller's maid of Orleans, 216. Reviews: Smith's memoirs of the Marquis of Pombal, 100 Lushington's a great country's little wars, 133 Etched thoughts by the Etching Club, 153 M. Girardin's cours de littérature dramatique, 237 Twiss's memoirs of the Earl of Eldon, 245 Blanc's histoire de dix ans, 265 Prichard's natural history of man, 312 Poems by Coventry Patmore, 331 Life of Lord Malmesbury, 401 Thierry's history of the Gauls, 466 Finlay's Greece under the Romans, 524 Reybaud on French socialism, 588 Poems by Elizabeth B. Barrett, 621 Lamartine's travels, 657 Burke's correspondence, 745 Nelson's despatches and letters, 775 Guizot, 786. Reybaud on French socialism, review of, 588. Robertson, character of, as a historian, 790. Russian officer, passages in the life of a, 713. St Simon, sketch of, 273. Schiller's maid of Orleans, remarks on, 216. Scotland, increase of crime in, 1. Scott, Sir John see Eldon. Scott, Sir William, sketches of, 246, 254. Scottish banking system, the, 671*. Scottish cavalier, the, a ballad, 195. Scottish peasantry, character of the, 370. Second life, from Goethe, 62. Segeste, journey to, 23. Separation, from Goethe, 430. Shah Soojah, character of, 143. Sicilian inns, 24. Sicily, memorandum of a month's tour in the museum of Palermo, 20 the lunatic asylum, ib. miscellanea, 21 journey to Segeste, 23 Sicilian inns, 24 approach to Messina, 28 journey to Taormina, 30 Catania, 33. Simmons, B., Westminster hall and the works of art by, 652 lines on the landing of Louis Philippe by, 654. Sismondi, character of, as a historian, 792. Sketch in New York, a My first love, 69. Smith's memoirs of the Marquis of Pombal, review of, 100. Socialism in France, history of, 588. Some remarks on Schiller's maid of Orleans, 216. Sonnet to Clarkson, 619. Stanzas for the Burns' festival, by Delta, 299. Stolen child, the, a true tale of the Backwoods, 227. Stowell, Lord, sketches of, 246, 254. Strikes as a cause of the increase of crime, 8. Taormina, journey to, 30. Taxation, resistance to, in Affghanistan, 149 comparative lightness of in Ireland, 702. Tender conscience, a, 454. Tennessee, a night on the banks of the, 278. "That's what we are," a poem, 741. Thierry's history of the Gauls, review of, 466. Thurlow, Lord, anecdotes of, 258, 259, 263. To my mistress, from Goethe, 427. Tombless man, the, a dream, by Delta, 583. Traditions and tales of Upper Lusatia, No. II., the fairy tutor, 83 No. III., the dwarf's well, 196 No. IV., the moor maiden, 726. Treasure seeker, the, from Goethe, 423. Twiss's life of Lord Eldon, review of, 245. Up stream; or steam-boat reminiscences, 64. Violet, the, from Goethe, 66. Voltaire, character of, as a historian, 787. W. E. A., Heart of the Bruce by, 15 the old Scottish cavalier by, 195 the execution of Montrose, by, 289. Walworth, the milkman of, 687. Week of an emperor, the, 127. Westminster hall and the works of art on a free admission day, by B. Simmons, 652. Who'll buy a Cupid, from Goethe, 62. Wild rose, the, from Goethe, 427. Wilson, Professor, speech of, at the Burns' festival, 378. Witchfinder, the Part I., 297 conclusion, 487. Writ of error, proceedings on the, 545.

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