AMERICAN QUARTERLY REVIEW. (continued 9)

Irving, Washington, his Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus, reviewed, 163-186 why this book is not so interesting as the Life of Columbus, 164 voyage of discovery of Alonzo de Ojeda, associated with Juan de la Cosa and Amerigo Vespucci, 165 arrival on the coast of Surinam, 166 gives the name which it still bears to the town of Venezuela, 167 reception at Coquibacoa, ib. profitable voyage of Pedro Alonzo Niño and Christoval Guerra, 168 expedition of Vincente Yañez Pinzon, ib. of Diego de Lepe, 169 of Rodrigo de Bastides, assisted by Juan de la Cosa, ib. Ojeda and Diego de Nicuesa receive contiguous grants of territory, and quarrel about the boundary, 170 Ojeda relieved from embarrassment by Martin Fernandez de Enciso, and sails, having on board Francisco Pizarro, 171 disasters among the savages, and Ojeda's reconciliation with Nicuesa, 173 founds St. Sebastian; distress of the colony, ib. sails for St. Domingo with Bernardo de Talavera, 174 shipwreck, ib. death, 175 Vasco Nuñez de Balboa proceeds with Enciso to Ojeda's new settlement, 176 events there, 177 fate of Nicuesa, ib. Enciso superseded by Vasco Nuñez, 171 his adventures; discovery of the Pacific Ocean, and return to Darien, 178-181 Pedro Arias Davila supersedes Vasco Nuñez and has him executed, 181-184 Valdivia, and Juan Ponce de Leon, 184 merits of the work, 185.

Italy, Notes on, by Rembrandt Peale, reviewed, 512, &c. the author's long-cherished desire to visit Italy repeatedly frustrated, 513 arrival in the Bay of Naples, 514 catacombs of Santa Maria della Vita, 515 Rome, 516 appearance, &c. of the inhabitants, 517 Tivoli, Tuscany, Florence, 518, 519 the celebrated improvisatrice Rosa Taddei, 520-521 Pisa, Carrara, Genoa, 521 Parma, Bologna, entrance into Venice, 522, 523 statue of San Carlo Borromeo, 524 return to France; and home through England, 524, 525 ruins of Herculaneum and Pompeii, 525-527 workers in Mosaic, 529 statuary, 530 colouring of different artists, 531, 532.

J.

Jackson, Gen. Andrew, his proceedings at New-Orleans, before, during, and after the battle, 218-231 his message to Congress in relation to the Bank of the United States, 246-282.

Jagellon, weds Hedwiga, daughter of Lewis of Hungary, and ascends the Polish throne, 462, &c.

James I., his counterblast to tobacco, 136-140 his dinner for the devil, 145 argument in his counterblast, 148.

Johnson, Mr., his letter on the culture of the sugar cane, 199-201.

Journal of proceedings of Literary and Scientific gentleman at New-York, notice of, 283, &c.

K.

Kamtchatka, Travels in, 52, &c. See Dobell, Peter.

Karsten, C. I. B., his manuel de la Metallurgie de fer, translated from the German by F. I. Culman, notice of, 352, &c. See Iron.

Klootchefsky, volcano of, 66.

Koskiusko, count, his efforts for Polish liberty, 476, &c. See Poland.

L.

Ladislaus I., crowned king of Poland, 461 Ladislaus IV., 466.

Leib, James R., A. M., Lectures on Scientific education by, notice of, 283.

Leiber, Dr., his part in the Convention for forming a University, 290.

Leibnitz, Professor, a victim to ennui, 49.

Lepe, Diego de, his voyage of discovery, 169.

Lewis, king of Hungary, made king of Poland, 462.

Livingston, Mr., his part in the cession of Louisiana to the United States, 214.

Louallier, Mr., his arrest by General Jackson, 225.

Louisiana, History of, by François-Xavier Martin, reviewed, 186, &c. Barbé Marbois's history, 187 character of Judge Martin, 188 odd combinations in his work, 189 account of an earthquake in Canada, 190 Penn's purchase from the Indians, 191 government paper money, 191, 192 Marbois on this subject, 192 Louisiana in 1713, 193 introduction of negroes from Africa, 194 a female adventurer, 195 progress of New-Orleans, 195, 196 aggression on the Indians and their revenge, 197 introduction of the sugar cane, and its progress, 197, &c. Mr. Johnson's letter on, 199-201 paternal affection in an Indian, 202 removal of the Arcadians, 203 shipping off obnoxious characters, 204 cession to Spain of a portion of Louisiana, ib. Don Ulloa arrives to take possession, but refrains from formally doing so, 204 followed by Don Alexander O'Reilly, who commits many atrocities, 205-208 interest felt in Louisiana in our struggle for independence, 208 instance of American gallantry and enterprise, ib. the foundation of commercial intercourse laid with the United States by General Wilkinson, 209 Don Martin Navarro's sagacious communication to the king, 210 Baron de Carondelet's miscalculations respecting the western people, 211 retrocession of the territory to France, 212, 213 cession to the United States, 214, 215 Burr's plot, and General Wilkinson's proceedings, 216-218 General Jackson's preparations for the defence of New-Orleans, 218, 219 efforts to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, 220 battle of Orleans and subsequent proceedings of Jackson, 221-232 banishing the French from New-Orleans, 224 arrest of Louallier, 225 of Judge Hall, 226, 227 of Hollander, 228 Jackson summoned before Judge Hall, 230 his sentence, 231.

M.

Mackenzie, Wm. Lyon, his catechism of education, notice of, 283.

M'Mahon, John V. L., his Historical View of Maryland, &c. reviewed, 483, &c. See Maryland.

Madison, James, his opinion upon the tariff and nullification, 453.

Maizeaux, M. de, his translation of Latin verses in praise of tobacco, 143.

Marbois, Barbé, his History of Louisiana, notice of, 186, &c. See Louisiana.

Martin, François-Xavier, his History of Louisiana, reviewed, 186, &c. See Louisiana.

Maryland, Historical View of the Government of, by John V. L. M'Mahon, reviewed, 483, &c. occasional remarks, 483-485 boundaries of Lord Baltimore's grant, 486 his contest with William Clayborne, ib. with William Penn, ib. settlement of boundaries to the north, 488 controversies in regard to the west, 489, 490 first settlement under Calvert, 490 Clayborne and Ingle's rebellion, 491 contest with the Parliament, ib. governor Stone defeated, 492 troubles from Josiah Fendall, 492, 493 condition of the colonies in 1687, 494, 495 formation of Protestant Association, which transmits to the king charges against the provincial government, who dispossesses the proprietary and appoints Sir Lionel Copley royal governor, 496 seat of government changed, 497 Annapolis, 498 Governor Nicholson, 499 view of the colonies from 1689 to 1710, 500 persecution of Catholics, 501 internal dissensions, 501, 502 resources of Maryland at the commencement of the revolution, 503 resistance of colonies to aggressions, 504 case of Zachariah Hood, the distributer of stamps in Annapolis, 507, 508 proceedings of Assembly, 508 stamp paper retained on board the vessel, 509 proceeding in relation to the tea, 511.

Matthews, Rev. Dr., notice of his address to the convention at New-York, 285.

Memorial of the workers in iron of Philadelphia, notice of, 352, &c.

Monroe, James, his part in the cession of Louisiana to the United States, 214.

Morgan, Lady, her France in 1829-30, reviewed, 1 , &c. preparations for a tour, 2 Lady Morgan's parentage, 3 marriage, 4 book-making propensity, 4 , 5 pernicious tendency of her works, 5 reasons for severity in regard to her, 6 her egotism, 7 arrival at Calais, 8 the Diligence, and difference between English and French stages, 9 -11 arrival at Paris, 12 her horror at the prevalence of Anglomania in France, 13-15 travelling in France, 16 want of magnificent country seats, ib. number of mendicants, 17 facility of making acquaintance with fellow-travellers, ib. Lady Morgan's deductions as sapient as those of the Hon. Frederick de Roos, 18 her want of decorum, 19 vanity, 20 becomes the subject of the Parisians propensity to ridicule, 22 notice of her works in the Edinburgh and Quarterly Review, 24 romanticism and classicism in Paris, 26 interview with a romanticist, 27, 28 with a classicist, 29 Othello at the Theâtre Français, ib. Lady Morgan's plagiarism, 30, 31.

Murray, Dr., his opinion of the use of tobacco, 154.

N.

Navarro, Don Martin, his communication to the King of Spain in regard to the American colonies, 210.

Nicholson, Governor Francis, his part in the colonial government of Maryland, 499, 500.

Nicot, John, tobacco introduced into France by, 144.

Nicuesa, Diego de, his grant of territory and adventures in South America, 170, &c.

Niño, Pedro Alonzo, his adventure to America, 168.

Nyssens, Abbot, his belief that the devil first introduced tobacco into Europe, 142.

O.

Ochotsk, town of, 72, 73.

Ojeda, Alonzo de, his Voyages of Discovery, 165-175.

Olekma, town of, 78.

O'Reilly, Don Alexander, his arrival at New-Orleans to take possession for Spain, and his atrocities, 205-208.

Owen, Joseph, his translation of Von Schmidt-Phiseldek's Europe and America, reviewed. See Europe and America.

P.

Paper currency, government, 191, 192.

Peale, Rembrandt, his Notes on Italy, reviewed, 486, &c. See Italy.

Penn, William, his difficulties in settling the boundary line with Maryland, 486, 487.

Physical Geography, 82 density of the earth, 83 polar and equatorial diameters, ib. sources of heat, 84, 85 equilibrium of the particles of the earth, 85, 86 heat at the centre, 86 consolidation of the surface of the earth, 87 present appearance of its surface, 88 chain of mountains, 89 Malte Brun's arrangement of mountains into connected systems, 90 basins, rivers, and streams, 91 traces of aqueous action, 92 diluvial deposits, 93 stratified rocks, 94 third, fourth, and fifth orders of rocks, 95 organic remains, 96-102 different level of the same rocks, 103 volcanoes, 104-109 trap rocks, 105 earthquakes, 107-109 M. E. De Beaumont's researches into the age of mountains, 109-112.

Physiology of the Passions, by J. L. Alibert, notice of, 33.

Pinzon, Vincente Yañez, his voyages of discovery, 168.

Pitt, Prime Minister, his followers and opponents, 322-325.

Pizarro, Francisco, his early adventures in America, 171, &c.

Poland, impending fate of, 457, 458 constitution granted it by Alexander, 458 its former importance, 459 early history, 460 Ladislaus crowned king, 461 events in the reign of Casimir the Great, ib. Lewis, king of Hungary; his daughter Hedwiga, weds Jagellon, whose family filled the throne through seven reigns, 462 increasing power of the nobles, 463 with Sigismund Augustus the reign of the Jagellons ceased, and the succession became elective, 464 Henry of Anjou elected king; succeeded by Stephen Bathory, duke of Transylvania, 465 Sigismund III. declared king, in whose reign the dismemberment and woes of Poland began, 466 succeeded by Ladislaus IV., ib. followed by John Casimir, who, after predicting the fate of the empire, resigned the crown, 467 Michael Wisniowiecki chosen king; on his death, John Sobieski succeeded, 468 reigns of Augustus II. and III., 469 Stanislaus Poniatowski, the last Polish king; events in his reign that led to the dismemberment of Poland, 470-472 assembling of the revolutionary diet at Warsaw, 473 alliance with Prussia; second diet; constitution promulgated, 474 Catharine invades Poland, and shares with Prussia a portion of its territory, 476 final effort of the patriots under Koskiusko, 477 battle of Praga, and third division of Poland; abdication of Stanislaus, 478 summary of events in Polish history, 479-482.

Prussia, alliance of with Poland, 474 share in its partition, 476.

Pyrrhus, an ennuyé, 47.

R.

Ralegh, Sir Walter, remarks on, 145-147.

Rome, appearance of the inhabitants of, &c. 516, 517.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques, a prey to ennui, 42.

Rulhiere, M. his Histoire de l'Anarchie de Pologne, notice of, 457, &c. See Poland.

Rush, Dr. Benjamin, his observations upon the influence of the habitual use of tobacco, &c. 136, &c.

Russia, the part of, in the dismemberment of Poland, 457, &c. See Poland.

S.

San Carlo Borromeo, statue of, 524.

Santa Maria della Vita, catacombs of, 515.

Sartorius, George, his continuation of Spittler's Polish revolution, notice of, 457, &c.

Sheridan, R. B., notice of, 322-324.

Siamese Twins, The, a Satirical Tale by the author of Pelham, reviewed, 385, &c. occasional remarks, 386-391 outline of the poem, with remarks, 392-397.

Siberia, Travels in, 52, etc. See Dobell, Peter, his Travels.

Sigismund Augustus, the last of the Jagellon family on the throne of Poland, 464.

Sigismund III., woes to Poland in the reign of, 466.

Sobieski, John, king of Poland, reign of, 468.

Spanish Voyages of Discovery, by Washington Irving, reviewed, 163, &c. See Irving, Washington.

Sparks, Mr., in the Convention at New York on the subject of an University, 286-288-309.

Spinoza, his resources against ennui, 43.

Spittler's Polish revolution, with a continuation by George Sartorius, notice of, 457.

Stanislaus (Poniatowski) king of Poland, reign of, 470, &c. See Poland.

Steel, preparation of, &c. See Iron, 352-385.

Stone, Governor, his defeat in an insurrection in the colony of Maryland, 492.

Stuart, Isaac, his translation of Greppo's Hieroglyphic System of Champollion, Jr., reviewed, 339, &c. See Hieroglyphic System.

Stuart, Professor, remarks of, on the perishing of Pharaoh in the Red Sea, 346.

Sugar-cane, introduction and culture of in Louisiana, 197-201.

Sylvester, Joseph, his tobacco battered, notice of, 140.

T.

Taddei, Rosa, celebrated improvisatrice, description of, 520, 521.

Talavera, Bernardo de, his adventure to South America, 174.

Thieves, auto-biography of, 116, &c.

Thompson, Dr. A. T., his notices relative to tobacco, &c., 136, &c.

Thorius, Dr. Raphael, his Latin poem in praise of tobacco, 137 anecdote of, 138.

Tobacco, 136 whimsical subjects selected by authors, ib. Latin poem in praise of tobacco, by Dr. Raphael Thorius, 137 anecdote of him, 138 Mr. Lambe's Farewell to Tobacco, 139 James I., his Counterblast to Tobacco, 140 origin of, ib. Joseph Sylvester's tobacco battered, ib. Indian superstition respecting, 141 different names of the weed, 141, 142 Abbot Nyssen's belief that the devil first introduced it into Europe, 142 competitors for that honour, 143 Latin verses in its praise, with English translation by M. de Maizeaux, ib. its introduction into France by John Nicot, 144 disputes respecting its origin, ib. King James's dinner for the devil, 145 remarks on Sir Walter Ralegh, 145-147 young women imported for wives into Virginia, and paid for in tobacco, 147 prohibitions of it in Europe, ib. King James's arguments in his Counterblast, 148 commendations of it by Acosta, Lord Bacon and Howell, 149 unprofitableness of its culture, 150 its production and consumption in France, 151 opinion of Dr. Rush, Mr. Chamberet, 152 Dr. Walsh, Hearne, Willis, Dr. Cullen, and Dr. Fowler, 153 Dr. Murray, 154 anecdote respecting it, related by Dr. Clarke, 155 its tendency to promote intemperance, 156 snuff-taking, 156-159 smoking, 160 chewing, 161 anecdote of Franklin, 163.

Tobolsk, town of, 81.

Tomsk, town of, 80.

Tooke, Horne, his claim to the authorship of Junius, 325.

U.

Ulloa, Don, his arrival at New Orleans to take possession for Spain of Louisiana, and withdrawal without exhibiting his powers, 205.

V.

Vaux, James Hardy, Memoirs of, 116, &c. See Auto-biography of Thieves.

Vespucci, Amerigo, his participation in the discoveries of South America, 165, &c.

Vidocq, principal agent of the French police, memoirs of, 116, &c. See Auto-biography of Thieves.

Von Schmidt-Phiseldek, Dr. C. F., his Europe and America, &c. reviewed. See Europe and America.

W.

Walsh, Dr., his testimony to the use of tobacco, 152.

Ward, Thomas, (the American Trenck) memoirs of, 116, &c. See Auto-biography of Thieves.

Webster, Daniel, his Speeches and Forensic Arguments, reviewed, 420, &c. nationality of his addresses, 420 his birth, &c., 421 remarks on the support of schools, 422 graduates at Dartmouth college, studies the law; advantages derived from intercourse with Messrs. Thompson, Gore, Judge Smith, Senator Mason, 423-424 elected to Congress in 1812, 425 opinion upon a navy, 425 opposition to paper-bank proposition of 1814, 426-430 or receiving depreciated currency for government debts, 430, 431 his removal from Portsmouth to Boston, 431 counsel in the case of Dartmouth college, 432-434 Gibson vs. Ogden, 435, 436 Ogden vs. Saunders, 436 one of the delegates to revise the Constitution of Massachusetts, 437 selected to deliver an oration from the rock of Plymouth, in celebration of the landing of the pilgrim fathers, 438, 439 at Bunker's Hill, on laying the foundation stone of the monument, 440, 441 on the deaths of Adams and Jefferson, 441 his part in Congress in favour of the Greeks, 442, 443 on the tariff, 444 Crimes'-Act, 445 internal improvements, 446 Panama mission, 447 election to the United States' Senate, ib. his overthrow of the doctrine of nullification, 447-455.

Wilkinson, General, the foundation of a commercial intercourse with the United States and Louisiana laid by, 209 his proceedings in relation to Burr's plot, 216-218.

Willis, (as quoted by Mons. Merat,) his commendation of tobacco, 153.

Wisniowiecki, Michael, chosen king of Poland, 468.

Wolf, Dr. J. Leo, his part in the New-York Convention for forming a University, 297-311.

Woodbridge, W. C., part taken by, in the New-York Convention, for forming a University, 286-297-311.

Y.

Yakutsk, town of, 76.

Z.

Zielinski, M., his History of Poland, notice of, 457. See Poland.