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INDEX

TO THE

TWENTYSECOND VOLUME

OF THE

NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW.

Adair, his work on the descent of
the Indians from the ten tribes,
58.
Adam's Latin Grammar, by Gould,

noticed and commended, 228.
Adams, John, his account of the
preparation of the Declaration
of Independence, 386.
Adams, J. Q. his epitaph on Josiah
Quincy, Jr, 208.

Adams, Nathaniel, his Annals of
Portsmouth, noticed, 215.
Adams, Robert, his impositions
respecting the interior of Afri-
ca, 108--where detected, ib.
Adams, Samuel, moves for com-
mittees of correspondence, 381,
382, note-his letters, 382.
Adelung, his survey of the Indian
languages unsatisfactory, 83-
geographical divisions errone-
ous, as well as names of tribes,
84- -errors specified, 84 to
87.

Eschylus, his character by Perci-
val, 323.
Algiers, Sketches of, by William
Shaler, reviewed, 409-hither-
VOL. XXII.-No. 51.

to little known, ib.-situation,
extent, and ancient history,
412-climate and productions,
413-history in the 16th cen-
tury, 413, 414-form of govern-
ment, a military republic, 415-
the divan exists only in name,
ib.-dependence on the Otto-
man Porte, 416-election of
Dey, ib.-division into three
provinces, governed by Beys,
417-principal officers are for-
eigners, ib.-the Janissaries,
417, 418-depredations on A-
merican commerce, 419-treaty
formed, 420-at what expense,
421-broken by the Dey, and
war declared, ib.-peace of
1815, 422-city of, described,
423-bombarded by the English
and Dutch fleets, ib.-causes of
its wealth, 424-seminaries of
learning, 426-Jews, 427-other
inhabitants, 428.
Alliance of the republics of South
America, a most important meas-
ure, 164-matured by Bolivar,
165-his circular, ib.-quoted,
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