Imagens da página
PDF
ePub

GENERAL INDEX

ΤΟ

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW.

FROM VOL. CXI. TO VOL. CXL. INCLUSIVE.

ABARIS, alleged to have been a

Druid of the Hebrides, cxviii. 48
Abbas Pacha, his love of horse-
breeding, cxxxviii. 446; anecdote
of his extravagance, ib.
Abbeville, discovery of flint weapons

near, cxviii. 261; the gravel-beds
ascribed to the Post-Pliocene age,
266; a human jaw-bone found,
272; views of M. De Beaumont,
274

Abbot (Charles, Lord Colchester,
1757-1829), his 'Diary and Cor-
respondence,' cxiii. 360; his taste
for practical reforms, 362; Chief
Secretary for Ireland, 363; his
conduct as Speaker,
ib.;
his hos-
tility to the Catholic claims, 364
Abdallah (Ameer of the Wahabees),
his defeat by Ibrahim Pasha,
cxxii. 511

succeeds Feysul, cxxv. 13;
his overtures to the British, 16
Abdallah-Ebn-Obay, his protection
of the Kainoka Jews against
Mahomet, cxxiv. 38
Abdool Rehman (Affghan prince),
his contest with Shere Ali, cxxv.
21; his cause espoused by the
King of Bokhara, ib. 22; master

A

of Balkh, 25; joined by Mahomed
Rufeek, ib.; defeats Shere Ali at
Ghuznee, 29

Abercromby (Sir Ralph, 1734-1801),
his conduct of the Dutch cam-
paign, cxvi. 144
Aberystwith, the Devil's Bridge at,
cxxii. 446

Abgar (Prince of Edessa), alleged
letter of Christ to, cxxiv. 347; his
existence denied by Laurentius
Valla, ib.

Ability, definition of, as applied to
the intellect, cxxxii. 115-116;
theory of its heredity, ib.

Abou Sophyan, his negotiations with
Mahomet at Mecca, cxxiv. 44
Abyssinia, early Portuguese expedi-
tions to, cxxviii. 227

varieties of trees in, cxxx.

469-475
Abyssinian Expedition, the, evidence
of Mr. Dundas on the contracts
for, cxxxiii. 136; absence of Par-
liamentary control over expendi-
ture, 240 note

Academies of Art, disparaged by

Hogarth and Fuseli, cxviii. 484;
first design of, in England by
Charles I., 486; scheme of Evelyn,

ib.; attempts to form private
schools, 487

Academy (Royal), history of, by Mr.

Sandby, cxviii. 483; official infor-
mation respecting, 484; wholesale
detractors of, ib.; its importance
to artists, 485; their memorial in
1768, ib.; schemes of Charles I.
and Evelyn, 486; its foundation
in 1768, 487; Sir J. Reynolds
first president, b.; its ill-defined
constitution, 488; its services un-
derrated by the public, 489; en-
tirely self-supporting, ib.; state-
ment of finances, ib.; gratuitous
exhibitions by private painters,
490; its officers miserably paid,
491; uncertainty of tenure, ib.;
its inertia as a self-elected body,
492; lamentable state of the
schools, ib.; want of a permanent
director, ib.; exclusion of eminent
artists, ib.; inadequate rewards
to students, 493; invidious duty
of selection, 494; want of space
for pictures, ib.; large proportion
of rejections, ib. note; invidious
privileges of members, ib.; punc-
tilio of the line,' 495; its consti-
tution the root of evil, ib.; aca-
demicians elected too late in life
from scarcity of vacancies, 496;
exclusion of present artists of dis-
tinction, ib. 497; class of asso-
ciates, ib.; the Commission recom-
mend them to be increased to
fifty, ib.; proposed General Assem-
bly, ib.; encroachments of painters
over other artists, 498; want of
catholicity of art displayed in
paintings, 499; Lancashire buy-
ers, ib. 500; honorary members or
Professors, ib.; power of the reign-
ing sovereign, 501; wise choice of❘
the Commission, ib.; admixture of
non-professional element therein,
ib.; want of provision for science
as applied to art, 502; original
discourses discontinued, 503;

meagreness of present lectures, ib.;
urgent want of a new building,
505; proposed transfer to Trafalgar
Square, 506; hopeful prospects,

507

Academy (Royal), irresponsible ma-
nagement of, cxxiii. 75
qualifications of presidents,

cxxxi. 413
Accoramboni (Virginia, d. 1585),
tragic story of, cxxxii. 296
Achæan League, the, its origin due
to foreign pressure, cxviii. 148
Acoustics, interesting history of,
cxxvii. 103; connexion between
physiological and physical, 129,
130. See Sound
Acrostics, use of, on early Christian
inscriptions, cxx. 237; specimen
of, found at Autun, 238
'Acts of the Apostles,' M. Renan's
rejection of, criticised, cxxxi. 486–
491

Acts of Parliament, codification of,
required, cxxvi. 365; necessary
process, viz. expurgation, sifting,
digesting, and consolidation, 372-
374; need of revision, 375. See
Statute Law

enormous annual number of,
cxxxiii. 59

Adam (Sir Frederick), wrongly ac-

cused of neglecting the pine-
forests of Cephalonia, cxx. 362

(Dr. Alexander, 1741-1809),
rector of the High School at Edin-
burgh, cxxxv. 408; his attain-
ments, ib.

b.

(Robert and James), verses
on them, cxxvi. 12
Adamson (Patrick, Archbishop of
St. Andrews, 1536-1592), his
character, cxiv. 409
Adderley (Right Hon. Sir C. B.,
1814), his Review of Colonial
Policy, cxxxi..98; his strictures
on Earl Grey, ib.; his criticisms
obsolete, 99; his own views, 100
Addison (Joseph, 1672-1719), his

[ocr errors][merged small][merged small]

Adelaide (South Australia), controversy of the Bishop with Mr. Binney on church fusion in Australia, cxiii. 2; the proposed terms of union, 3

rapid growth of the colony, cxvi. 17 Adelphi Terrace, Strand, origin of the name, cxxxi. 177 Admiralty (Board of), want of organisation, exiii. 287; its constitution, 291; need of responsible subdivision, 293; duties of its members, 294; office of surveyor, 295

M. Xavier Raymond's criticisms on, cxviii. 171-80

diatribes of the 'Quarterly Review' on Mr. Childers, cxxxiii. 122; stocks of coal abroad, 124; use of mixed coal, 126-127; the naval element at Whitehall, 130; Order in Council of 1869, 131; duties of lords defined, ib. ; subordination of responsible controllers of business to the minister, as advocated in the Edinburgh Review,' ib. 132; reforms at victualling yards and naval hospitals due to Mr. Childers, 133; the ' anchor mistake,' ib. ; paltry gossip about inefficiency of supply, ib. 134; the 'biscuits at Bermuda' story, ib.; competition and private contract, 135; statements of Mr. Baxter thereon, ib.; question of prices, 136; recent revision of schedules, ib.; high quality of

goods maintained, 137; abolition of the 'tipping' system, ib.; 'Seeley's pigs,' ib.; reductions in clerks, 138; substitution of 'writers,' 139; closing of Woolwich and Deptford yards, ib.; retirement and commutation scheme, 140; reductions of ships and men, 141; alleged want of stores at Bull Point Magazine, 143; new coast-defence ships, 144; importance of reticence in naval discussion, ib. Admiralty (Board of), origin of, cxxxvi. 567

Ægium (now Vostitza), the scene of the Achæan League assemblies, cxxii. 549

Aerolites, called 'pocket planets' by

Humboldt, cxxv. 265; analysis of, ib.; their heat when fallen, ib.; distinguished from shower-meteors, 268

origin of, cxl. 417; generation of heat by, 425 Eschylus (B.c.525-456), Miss Browning's translations from, cxiv. 516 the Laurentian MS. of, cxxxvii. 71

Æthelstan (895-941), titles of sovereignty assumed by, cxxx. 206 Æthelwolf (d. 853), his supposed grant of titles, cxvi. 420 Afghanistan, condition of, under Dost Mahomed, cxxv. 17; the province of Balkh, ib.; sympathy with the Sepoy mutineers, 18 (see Azim Khan); recent affairs in, 19-34 (see Shere Ali); untractable nature of the country an impediment to British advance, 44

- recent events in, cxxxviii. 245; importance of, to England, 246; article in vol. cxxv. p. 17, referred to, ib.; battle of Sheikabad, 247; letter of Sir J. Lawrence to Azim, ib.; terrorism of Azim, 249; Wullee Mahommed, 250; arrest of the three Cabulees, 251; murder of Mahommed Rufeek, ib.; battle

of Kelat-i-Ghilzai, 253; Shere Ali
and Fyz Mahommed, 254; visit of
Yakoob to Persia for assistance,
256; risings against Ufzul, 258;
rout and death of Fyz Mahommed,
260; Azim assumes the title of
Ameer, ib.; his march into Toor-
kistan, ib.; Shere Ali checked at
Maimuna, 261; affairs at Herat,
262; Azim sets up the standard of
revolt, 263; Shere Ali enters
Cabul, 264; policy of Sir J. Law-
rence, 265; Shere Ali recovers
his capital, 267; congratulated by
Sir J. Lawrence, ib. ; close of the
year 1868, 269; Lord Mayo's as-
sistance and letter to Shere Ali,
270, 271; Ismail and his acts, 275;
Alum Khan in Toorkistan, 276;
relations with Bokhara respecting
refugees, 280; Jehandar Shah, 281
and note; fears of Russian advances,
282; Mr. Forsyth's commission,
284; settlement of boundaries by
England and Russia, 285; Ab-
doollah, Shere Ali's son, 287; re-
bellion of Yakoob, 288; recon-
ciliation, 296

Africa, early geographical specula-
tions respecting, cxii. 319; zones
of modern discovery, 320; sources
of the Nile, 322; Portuguese ex-
plorations in the southern zone,325

characteristics of negroes in,
cxv. 50; prospects of cotton culti-
vation, 481

Arab dominion in the north,
cxvi. 357

American scheme for deport-
ing slaves to, cxix. 205

Portuguese discoveries in,
cxxviii. 200-236

(Equatorial), Du Chaillu's
discoveries in, cxiv. 213; his ac-
count of tribe-alliances, 218; can-
nibalism and witch doctors, ib.

difficulties of travel in, cxviii.
214; theory of a central watery
plateau, 219; features of Eastern

Africa, 220; arid character of the
interior disproved, ib. ; social state
of the three Wahuma kingdoms,
222;
the Fellatahs, 223; the king-
dom of Uganda, ib. See Speke,
Capt., Grant, Capt., and Nile, the
Africa (Equatorial), the people of
Latooka, cxxiv. 164; the Mak-
karikas, 167; the Obbo Country,
168; King Kamrasi, 172; theory
of a central plateau confirmed,
182; geological antiquity of, ib. ;
curse of slave traffic in, 183. See
Baker, Sir Samuel

Africa (South), recent discovery of
diamond fields in, cxxxiv. 410;
emigration of the Boers, ib.; Sir
Harry Smith's annexations, 413;
his proclamation resisted, 414; de-
feat of Pretorius at Boemplats, ib.;
disturbances with Moshesh, chief
of the Basutos, 415; Orange River
Territory abandoned, 416-420; an-
nexation of British Kaffraria, 421;
Sir G. Grey's scheme of Feder-
ation, ib.; conduct of Moshesh to
the British, 423; his contest with
the Boers, ib.-425; Trans Vaal ex-
tensions of territory in 1868, 427;
first discovery of diamonds, ib.;
Sir P. Wodehouse's policy, 428;
claims of Waterboer, 429; con-
ference at Novitgedacht, ib.;
prompt action of General Hay, 430;
Mr. Campbell appointed magistrate
in the diamond territory, 431;
rival claims examined, 433; posi-
tion of the two republics, ib., 435;
case of the Orange Free State, ib.;
Adam Kok and Harvey, ib.;
Waterboer's answer and case, 436;
General Hay's view of the ques-
tion, 437; arrival of Sir Henry
Barkly, ib.; his course of action,
438; personal visit to Klipdrift,
439; his correspondence with the
two presidents, 440; his measures
of British protection, 441-443;
wise and firm policy of Lord Kim-

berley, 444; boundary arbitration
agreed to, 445; Cape affairs, ib. ;
question of Federation revived,
447; the scheme recommended,
ib.; prospects of the diamond-field
question, ib.; resources of South
Africa, 448

Africa (West Coast), serious position
of affairs on, cxxxviii. 569. See
Gold Coast

the Sahara. See Sahara
Africans, Baker's low estimate of
their character, cxxiv. 166
Agaricus procerus, cxxix. 351. See
Fungi

Agates, talismanic virtues ascribed

to, cxxiv. 232; varieties of, 251
Agassiz (Professor L.), his 'Contri-
butions to the Natural History of
the United States,' cxi. 487; on
the antiquity of species, 531

adopts the dilatation theory
of glacier motion, exiii. 231; his
glacial observations, 232

his incomplete idea of species,
cxxviii. 417
Agincourt, battle of (1415), anecdote
of English troops at, cxxiii. 175
and note

Agni-Kools, the, revolution of, in

Central India, cxxii. 386
Agriculture, in France and England,
compared, cxiv. 348

viewed as a test of primitive
culture, cxxxv. 101

(British), results of free
trade in corn, cxxiii. 186; want of
agricultural statistics, ib.; present
system of, 187; the Royal Agri-
cultural Society, 188; high farm-
ing, 189, 190; drainage of stiff
clays, 193; services of chemists,
195; compound manures, ib.-196;
application of steam, 197; farm
architecture, 201; shelter for live
stock, 202; literature of agricul-
ture, 203; assistance of capital,
204; English and French sheep,
205; evidence of farmers on recent

progress, 206; introduction of dis-
ease, 210. See Cattle Plague
Agricultural Economy, the term ex-
plained, cxiv. 350

interest, Conservative sym-
pathies of, in England, cxxxv. 254;
present legislative questions con-
cerning, 257; divided opinions.
thereon, 276; summary of present
grievances, 286; secret of their
Conservatism, 288

labourers (British), works of
Messrs. Fawcett and Baily Den-
ton on, cxxviii. 489; compared with
the manufacturing class, ib. ; their
stationary form of life, 491; ideal
theories of their prosperity, ib. ;
views of Mr. Froude and Mr. Hal-
lam, 492; deceptive tests of in-
creased civilisation, 493; their
wants enumerated by Adam Smith,
494; Mr. Rogers on their con-
dition in the fourteenth century,
495; relative food of, in past
and present times, 496; increased
securities for constant employment,
497; early dependence on good
harvests, 498; the Statute of La-
bourers, 499; arbitrary enactments
therein, 500; vagrancy increased
by unwise legislation, 501; Acts
of Elizabeth, 502; evils of the
Law of Settlement, 505; state of,
in the last century, 506; vicious
system of parochial relief before
1834, 500; panic of over-popula-
tion, ib.; recent scarcity of labour,
510; present wages of, ib., hope-
lessness of advancement, 512;
question of peasant proprietors,
514; miserable condition of rural
cottages, 516; Dr. Hunter's Re-
port thereon, 517; abuses of ag-
ricultural gangs, 519; recent con-
ference at Willis's Rooms on, 520;
proposals of Canon Girdlestone,
521; want of intercommunication,
522; results of improved machin-
ery, ib.

« AnteriorContinuar »