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tion which insists upon shutting its eyes to some of the most eating cancers that prey upon the public morals and the public health, while they spread and deepen and grow inveterate under our fostering neglect. We have passed over the prevalent vice of drunkenness, which is known to lie at the root of half the misery, and more than half the crime of the lower classes, and which yet we do so much to encourage, and so little to check. We have not even alluded to our frivolous literature, our feeble and divided Churches playing feebly with the greatest problems of the age or shirking them like cowards, our sham religion and our fierce impiety, the false gods we follow after, the miserable creeds we impose on others and half fancy we believe ourselves. But we have enumerated evils, wrongs, and grievances enough to give work to our legislators, moralists, and philanthropists for long years to come, and one would hope to cure us for ever of our incredible propensity to self-acquittal and self-glorification. Pavoneggiorsi, as the Italians picturesquely express it, ought to be our national vice no longer. We have seen that our boasted purity in the administration of justice succeeds neither in righting wrongs, nor in deciding disputes, nor in repressing crime, nor in protecting property and life; that we neither educate our people, nor house our poor, nor drain our streets, nor govern our cities with even ordinary decency or skill; that our vast associated enterprises are as gigantic in their blunders and their failures as in their aims, and are not free from a terrible stain of immorality; that our most brilliant national industries display a grievous lack of that organization and internal harmony, without which nothing can flourish long; that the largest section of our working class is the most hopeless in its condition and its prospects, the most helpless and the least helped; that, in a word, the habitual life of both upper and lower ranks is in its truest essence neither happy, respectable, nor worthy; and that society, in what may be termed the easy and leisure classes, is deeply tainted with a new and growing evil, of which no eye can measure the full mischief or trace the ultimate ramifications. In short, while careful to avoid not merely any statement that could be questioned, but any delineation of unquestioned facts which could be charged with overcolouring or exaggeration, we have drawn a picture of a nation unsound in many of its most vital parts, yet almost unconscious of its diseases, and even proud of its fancied health.

INDEX.

ACHIEVEMENTS (the) and the Moral of 1867;
see Reform Bill.

Army; see Military Systems of Europe.

BRITAIN, Social Sores of, 497; the English
race, 497; our national life, and vainglory
in reference to it, 498; imperfections of
our judicial administration, 499-501; cri-
minal justice unadapted to our present
circumstances, 501-2; crime and outrage,
503; our commercial morality, 504-7;
railway mismanagement, 507-9; ineffici
ency of our municipal government, 509-10;
our poorer classes, 513-15; dwellings for
the poor, 513-5; agricultural labourers,
515-17; disorganization of labour, 517-20;
superiority of Continental life, 520-2; dis-
content of the higher classes, 522-4; dis-
use of and disinclination to marriage
among them, 524; redundancy of women,
525; results of involuntary celibacy,
526-7; sham celibacy, 528-29; results of
luxury, 530; analogous social evils in the
United States, 530-31; summary of con-
clusions, 531-2.

CAIRO, account of the formation of the Public
Museum at, 154-5.

Christian Ethics; see Moral Theories.
Christianity, relations of Heathenism and
Judaism with, 257; Döllinger's works on
Church History, 257-8; unity of truth,
259; civil and ecclesiastical elements
interwoven, 259, 260; history of Church
and State inseparable, 261; general pur-
pose of Döllinger's Heathenism and
Judaism,' 262; the displacement of other
religions by Christianity, 263; the prin-
ciple operating in the various forms pre-
sented by the ancient religions, 264;
origin of polytheism, 265; the endless va-
rieties of cultus into which the two great
forms of Nature-worship-astrolatry and
geolatry-were developed, 266; general
characteristics pervading polytheistic re-
ligions, 267; religions of Egypt and Etru-
ria, 268; ancient creed of Egypt mono-
theistic, 269; discrepancies between the

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Egyptian and Greek theogony, 269; ani-
mal-worship of Egypt and its moral bear-
ings, 270-71; the mythology of Greece
and its demoralizing influence, 271-3; no
corrective supplied by the mysteries,'
274-5; Greek philosophy, 276;
the pagan-
ism of Rome, 276; multiplicity of Roman
gods, 277-8; idols worshipped as personal
gods, 279; the Roman religion in regard
to the dead, 280; human sacrifices in its
worship, 281; effectiveness attributed to
these, 282; rites of the criobolium and
taurobolium, 283; demoralizing results of
the Roman worship, 284-5; the influence
of philosophy powerless as a corrective,
286-7; in its practical teaching, no clear
notion of a Divine providence, 288; con-
sequent depraved condition of Roman so-
ciety, 289; historical truth of Paul's
statements in the first chapter of his
Epistle to the Romans, 289; monstrous
condition of society in relation to chastity,
290;-sects among the Jews-the Es-
senes, 291; leading element of Essenian-
ism, 292; longings for unknown truth,
293; Judaism at the advent of Christi-
anity, 294; the first age of Christianity,
295; Döllinger's volume on this period,
296; adoption of Jewish traditions by
the early church, 297; influence of the
Jewish element on Christian worship, 298;
common worship of Jews and Christians,
299; second and third centuries, 300;
adoption of pagan ceremonial, 301.
Concilia Scotiae-a collection of the Canons

and account of the Councils of the Scottish
Church, A.D. 1225-1259, by Dr. Joseph
Robertson (see Robertson), 71, 73; la-
bours of earlier writers in this department,
73; analysis of the work, 73-75; constitu-
tion of the early Celtic Church, 75; first
Scottish Council in the reign of Constan-
tine, held at Scone, 75; reforms under
Malcolm Canmore, 76; reigns of Alex-
ander III. and of David, 77; independence
of the Scottish Church acknowledged by
a bull of Pope Clement I., 77; account
of the coronation of the early kings, 78;

system introduced by the bull of Pope
Honorius in 1225, 79, 80; history of the
Provincial Councils, 81; the first Coun-
cil of which we have a record, in 1420,
held at Perth, 82; reign of James I., 82,
83; a metropolitan see in Scotland sanc-
tioned in 1472 by Pope Sixtus IV., 83;
conflicting privileges of St. Andrews and
Glasgow, and consequent prevention of
any Provincial Council for about fifty
years, 84, 85; primacy of Cardinal Bea-
ton, 85; important synod at Edinburgh
under the presidency of his successor
Archbishop Hamilton, 85-87; Provincial
Council three years later, in 1552, 88;
account of the last council (1559), 88-90;
fall of the Roman hierarchy in Scotland,
90; ecclesiastical misrule in the Media-
val Church, 91; great value of Dr. Robert-
son's work to future historians, 91-93.

DISRAELI and his Reform Bill, 205-56. See
Reform.

Döllinger, Dr., his works on Church His-
tory, 257-301.

Doré, Gustave, and his popularity as an
artist, 127, 128: the French deficient in
the perception of beauty, 129; modern
caricature in Britain and France con-
trasted, 130; Doré's representations of
suffering, 131; the tragic versus the hor-
rible, 132-3; defects in his representations
of the Crucifixion, 133; historical paint-
ing in Italy and France, 134-5; the
French national character as contrasted
with others, 136; flirtation v. love, 137;
Scotch artists, 137-8; Doré's illustrations
of Don Quixote,' 138-of 'Dante,' 139-
142- Croquemitaine and Cinderella,'
143 of the Bible, 144-47; defects and
merits of his works, 147-8.

EARLY YEARS of his Royal Highness the
Prince-Consort,' 189; home of his child-
hood, with notices of his mother, 190;
his education-first visit to England, 191;
letter to Queen Victoria on her accession
to the throne, 192; mode of life at Florence
and Rome, 193; visit to England in 1839
-letters at the time of his engagement to
the Queen, 194-5; conduct of the Opposi-
tion of that day with regard to the Prince,
196-7; sketches of character contained in
the work, 198; character of the Prince as
delineated by his tutor, his cousin Prince
Mernsdorff, and his fellow-student Prince
Löwenstein, 199; the view he took of his
position in England as the Queen's hus-
band, as expressed by himself to the Duke
of Wellington, 201; causes of early un-
popularity in certain quarters, 202; change
in the feelings of the English people to-
wards the monarchy, 202; the national

sympathy with the loss of the counsellor,
the husband, and the friend, 203-4.
Egypt, religion of, 268-71.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo,-secret of his in-
fluence over his countrymen, 319; trans-
atlantic thought, 320; American tran-
scendentalism, 321-2; abstract of his
Cambridge address, 323-4; Carlyle and
Emerson, 324; Emerson the most unsys-
tematic of writers, 325-6; pithy mots,
326-7; his disregard of grammar and mis-
application of terms, 327; illustrations of
his earlier style, 328-9; characteristics of
his poetry, 329-31; his eclecticism in
philosophy, 332; definition of transcen-
dentalism, 333; his mysticism, 334-6;
his philosophical idealism, 337; the two
ultimate principles of the dualistic philo
sophy, 338-9; his optimism, 340; his
ethical views, 341; liberty and necessity,
342; his combination of stern practical
rectitude with an ideal standard, 343;
ancient and modern ethical systems, 344-
349; Mr. Emerson as a teacher and critic,
349; contrasted with Carlyle, 349-51;
verses on slavery, 351; his political
views, 352; his Representative Men,'
353-4; his English Traits,' 355; re-
marks on his influence as a man and as a
writer, 356-8.

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GLADSTONE and Reform, 209; his leadership
of the Liberals, 251-56.
Great Pyramid; see Pyramid.
Greece, mythology of, and its demoralizing
influence, 271-76.

The

HAUCH, Carsten, a Danish poet, 94; his
literary career, 99-102; Scandinavian
literature, 95-97; Hauch's position in the
literature of Denmark, 98, 101; lyric
genius of the Scandinavians, 99; transla-
tions of a few of Hauch's lyrics:
Fall of Poland,' 102; The Mermaid of
Samsö, 103-105; The Life of Plants,'
105-107; his dramas, 107; 'pragmatic'
tragedy, 108; his dramatic style, 109;
opening scene of Julian the Apostate,'
110-115; further characteristic specimens
from the same drama, 115-125; remarks
on the conclusion of the tragedy, 125,

126.

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ITALY in 1867, 463; present state of the
Roman question, 464; conduct of the
French government, 464-5; probability of
Italy accomplishing absolute unity, 465-7;
dearth of information on Italy as it is,
468; its population, 469; agricultural,
industrial, and commercial resources,
470-80; its religious life, 480-87; state
of education, 487-90; its journalism, 491;
its first Parliament, 492; its statesmen,

492-3; difficulties with which Italy has to
contend, 494-96.

MILITARY Systems of Europe, 404; a period
of transition reached, 405; percentage of
soldiers to population, 406; steps requi-
site to terminate war, 407; recruiting in
Britain, 409-10; military system neces-
sary for us, 411;-characteristics of the
French system, 411-413; its septennial
service, 414-5 (see also note, 440) ;—Rus-
sian system, 416-17-the Prussian ser-
vice-materials of the army, 417-18; suf-
fering entailed on the nation by a state of
warfare, 419-20; cost of the army, 421-2;
period of service, 422;-the Swiss mili-
tary service, 423;-necessity of a stand-
ing army in Great Britain, 424; demoral-
izing influence of our recruiting system,
425, 431; a general military training de-
sirable, 426-27; plan proposed, 428-29;
school drill, 429-30; promotion in the
army, 432-5; benefits of a shorter term
of service, 435-7; on liberty to engage in
civil occupations, 437-8; establishment
of a local connexion between districts and
particular corps of all arms, 439-40.
Moral Theories and Christian Ethics,-ethi-
cal thought in modern times turned off
into other channels, 1, 2; hindrances to
moral study, 3; human character the one
great subject of moral science, 4, 5; defi-
nition of character, 6; psychology the
starting-point of moral science,-two ways
in which it may go to work, 7, 8; mistake
commonly made by analysts, 9, 10; the
dynamic power in the moral life, 11; an
swers of moralists to the question, What
are the objects determining the will in a
way that can be called moral ?-Adam
Smith's classification, 11, 12; survey of
moral systems-Plato, 12-14; Aristotle,
14-16; Butler, 16-18; Kant, 18-21; utili-
tarian theories,-Bentham, 21, 22; John
Stuart Mill, 22-24, and Professor Bain,
23; pleasure not a moral motive, 25;
want of motive power in moral systems,
26-28; the moral law as exhibited by
Kant, 28; ascent from moral law to per-
sonality, 29; the notion of God, 30; the
Christian motive power, 31; Christianity
versus Philosophy, 32; the former alone
gives inspiration to Morality, 33, 34, by
the assurance that God is with us, 35;
Christian morality without Christian
Faith, 36, 37; the Comtian 'service of
humanity, 38, 39; Mr. Arnold and
British Philistinism, 40; Culture (41, 42)
inadequate to be the highest end, 43; the
criterion of Revelation mainly a moral
one, 44-46.

Morals, natural history of, 359; the moral
and intellectual elements in the mental

atmosphere, 359, 360; the universality of
ethical precepts, 361; progress of intel-
lectual truths,-Aristotle, Bacon, Des-
cartes, 362; the induction and deduction
of the savage, 363; effect produced by the
formal statement of intellectual laws, 364;
investigation precedes the philosophy of
method, 365; the ancients devoid of
scientific conceptions, 366; method is
perfected by practice, 367; the advance
of intellectual laws only a development
of principles previously known, 368; cor-
respondence between ethics and law, 369;
both undergoing the same change, 370;
Casuistry, 371; morals developed by
changing circumstances, and by leaning
towards particular ways of thinking, 372;
illustrated in reference to slavery, 373;
summary of the argument against Buckle's
erroneous distinction between moral and
intellectual laws, 374; the psychological
and the statistical methods, 375; the
union of the moral and the mental ele-
ments, 376-7; what are the proximate
causes of our moral ideas? 378; the two
methods of ethical inquiry, 379,-the theo-
logical and the scientific, 379, 380; primi-
tive society, 380, 381; self-preservation,
381, 384; primitive ethics have only a
local range, 383; infanticide among the
primitive tribes, 384-5; the instinct of ac-
cumulation, 386; agency of formal speech,
387; origin of poetry, 387; change which
takes place through the disintegration of
the tribes, 388-9; relations between hu-
man beings have a tendency to widen,
389-90; local types of virtue killed by
progress, 390-91; the law of natural selec.
tion, 391-3; the competition of good with
evil types, 394-5; the competition of races,
396-7; dogmatic and argumentative teach-
ing, 398-400; the arguments against re-
ligious persecution, 400-402; immutability
of moral truth, 402; the geology of ethics,
403.

POPULATION-Dr. Duncan's statistics as to
Fecundity, Fertility, and Sterility, 441;
these terms defined, 442-4; general law
derived by Professor Tait from these sta-
tistics, 444-6; tables showing the compa-
rative fecundity at different ages, and
deductions from them, 447, et seq.; com-
parison of the fertility of different races,
4534; Malthus and Mill, 454-5, 457;
multiplication of paupers, 457; diseased
children, 458; risk run by healthy women
in childbirth, 459; death-rates in hospi-
tals, 460; the question of sterility, 461;
problems connected with fertility, 462.
Prince-Consort; see Early Years of the
Prince-Consort.'

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Provençal Poems (Modern), 302; the dia-

lects of the south of France-the Langue
d'oc and the Langue d'oil, 303-4; varied
literature of the Provençal school, 305;
the populations of the south, 306; Jasmin
and his poems, 307-11: Roumanille, 311;
Frederic Mistral, 312; his Mireille and
Calendau, 313-18.

Pyramid (the Great), Professor Smyth's work
on, 149, 150; observation versus specula-
tion, 151; dedication of the work, 152;
questions relating to the Great Pyramid,
153; state of uncertainty as to these when
Mr. Smyth entered on his labours, 154;
the Museum at Cairo, 154-5; denuncia-
tions of Prussian vandalism, 155-6; re-
marks on Humboldt, 156; preliminary
difficulties in setting about the examina-
tion of the Pyramid, 157; first glimpse of
the Pyramid, 158; the Sphinx, 159, and
its dimensions, 160; selection of a tempo-
rary dwelling at East Tombs-armour of
the guards, 161; difficulties encoun-
tered-Ramadan, the great Moham-
medan fast, 162; discouragement owing
to a great optician-the ways of genius-
reference scales, 162-66; annoyances from
Travellers, 166; Yankee snobbishness,
167-8; British folly in the expedition to
Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercromby, 169-
171; process of pyramid-building, 171;
leading feature, 172; the upper chambers,
173; construction of the Pyramid de-
scribed, 174; the King's and Queen's
chambers, 175-6; external dimensions,
instruments used, etc., 177-181; when
and by whom was the Great Pyramid
built, 181-2; pyramid standards, 183;
the French Metrical system, 184; teleo-
logy-speculations as to the symbolic
meaning of certain proportions in the
Pyramid, 185-7; further inquiry neces-
sary, 187.

REFORM BILL of 1867-predominant feeling
of thinking men on the session of that year,
205 contrasted with the conflicts of 1832
and 1846, 206-7; difficult dilemma of the
Conservative party, 208; their treatment
of Gladstone in 1866, 209; the sin both
of chief and followers, 209-10; cynicism
of the Tory leader, 211-12; exceptional
Tory Abdiels, 213-215; protests of Lord
Cranborne, 215-6, and Lord Carnarvon,
216-7; inconsistency of the Tories, and
mistakes and faults of the sincere friends
of Reform, 218-220; want of moral cour-
age among Liberals, 221-2; Mr. Lowe's
proposal for the adoption of the cumulative
vote, 222-3; provisions of the new Radical

measure, 223; its probable scope, 224-5;
enfranchising clauses, 224-6; the lodger
franchise, 226; new county franchise,
227; the redistribution clauses, 227, 243;
tabular view of the present anomalies of
the representation, 228; increase of elec-
tioneering and corruption an almost certain
result of the new measure, 229, 230;
members of the future House, 231-2; fa-
lacy of trusting to wealth and rank, 233;
evil consequences of class legislation, 234;
tendencies of democratic legislation, 235;
security for the possible good, and against
the possible dangers of the measure, 236,
-inadequacy of primary education, 237-
40; duties of the rich and cultivated, 241-
242; much work yet to be done, 243; the
relations of Capital and Labour, 244;
trades-unions and their operation, 245-6,
-they do not raise wages, 247,-danger-
ous to the whole community, 248; mode
of dealing with them, 249-50; party-dis-
integration an achievement of the past
session, 250; Mr. Gladstone as a party
leader, 251-56.

Robertson, Dr. Joseph, his early life and first
literary efforts, 63, 64; connexion with
the Spalding Club, 64; his work on the
Antiquities of the Northern Counties of
Scotland, 64-66; becomes editor of a
newspaper, first in Glasgow, and after-
wards in Edinburgh, 66, 67; appointed
Curator of the Historical Department,
Register House, 68; sketch of his liter-
ary labours, 68-72; his collection of the
Canons and Councils of the Scottish
Church his greatest work, 73. See Con-
cilia Scotiae.

Rome, ancient, religion of, 276-85; depraved
condition of Roman society, 289-90.
SCANDINAVIAN Literature, 94 et seq.
Social Sores of Britain; see Britain.

TRADES-UNIONS and their operations, 245-
250.

VERS de Société, English: elements essen-
tial to their perfection, 47, 48; elegance
in poetry, 49; what genuine vers de so
ciété ought to be, 49-51; Herrick and
Ronsard, 52; Suckling and Cowley, 53;
the Elizabethan age, 54; Society of the
Hôtel Rambouillet, 55; the French school
of secondary poetry, 56; Béranger, 57;
English political poems, 58; Praed, 59;
Walter Savage Landor, etc., 60-62.
Virtue, what is it ?-importance of the ques-
tion in moral systems, 11 et seq.

EDINBURGH; T. CONSTABLE, PRINTER TO THE QUEEN, AND TO THE UNIVERSITY.

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