INDEX

TO THE

TWENTY-FIRST VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY
REVIEW.

A.

ABEL (Thomas), Journey In China, 67-
loses almost all his collections, ib.-arri-
val at St. Sebastian, 68-kindly re-
ceived by the Javanese, 68, 69-descrip-
tion of a vampire bat, 70-—and of a Chi-
nese dinner, ib.-account of his journey
to Pek u, 71-74-capricious character
of the emperor Kia-King, 75-pleasing
character of the Chinese peasantry, ib.-
the existence of infanticide proved, 77-
the Chinese not deficient in gratitude,
ib. 78-remarks on the Chinese charac-
ter, 79-description of a Chinese ele-
gante, ib.-observation on the Chinese
mode of drying tea, 87-reasons why
the tea-plant cannot be profitably culti-
vated any where but in China, 88-Mr.
Abel's description of Buonaparte, 90.
Abolition of the Slave Trade, inefficacy of
the measures for, 431.

Academy of Compliments,' notice of, 109.
Acts of Parliament, alarming increase and
imperfections of, 405, 406-causes of
them, the number of revenue acts, 406
-409-of acts granting bounties, and
prohibiting or allowing exportation and
importation, 410-412-the number of
local acts, 413-of particular acts, 414-
and of temporary acts, 415, 416—mem-
bers of parliament not sufficiently atten-
tive to the passing of these acts, 416-
observations on the want of care, and on
the accuracy of their language, 417-
419-the excessive love of legislation,
the most powerful cause of the increase
and imperfection of acts of Parliament,
419-430.

Adipocire, scientific rediscovery of, 384.
Advertisements (American), for slaves, 130,
131, 154, 155.

America (North), causes of the prosperity

tion, 8-total want of subordination in
youth, ib. 9-the English system of
Poor laws adopted, 9-effects of the
slave-holding system, 10. 129–131—
desiderata wanting to perfect the moral
greatness of America, 11-America why
necessarily an agricultural country, 11,
12-inadequacy of its population for mi-
litary purposes, 12, 13-petty amount of
its post-office revenues, 12, note-real
state of their navy, 13, 14-local circum-
stances that will prevent the formation
of a powerful navy, 15-causes of the
partial naval successes of the Americans,
17-specimen of American political mo-
rality, 20-inefficacy of the present go-
vernment, 22-political views of the Fe-
deralists and Republicans, 23-specimen
of American vanity, 24-state of society
and manners at New York, 127–130—
at Boston, 141-at Philadelphia, 146,
147-in Kentucky, 154–156—and at
New Orleans, 157-159--enormous
rents of houses at New York, 133, 134
-rudeness of the Americans, 141, 142
-specimen of American elections, 144
-and fanaticism, 145-gain, the ruling
principle of the Americans, 151-slavery
perpetuated in the state of Ohio, in de-
fiance of the law, 153-cruel treatment
of a negro, 154-what persons may or
may not beneficially emigrate to America,
134. 161-strictures on the pretended
cheapness of the American government,
163-165.

America (South), geographical outline of,
333, 334-negro insurrection there,
330, 331-immense numbers of wild
cattle found there, 335-description of
the cow-tree, 329, 330—and of the sago-
tree, 335-experiments with the electrical
eel of South America, 337, 338-ravages
of, 2-sketch of the constitution of the of the crocodiles there, 339, 340—and of
United States, ib 3-the President how the caribe, a species of fish, 343-junc-
elected, 3, 4-defects of the judicial sys- tion of the rivers Apure and Oroonoko,
tem, 4-number of insolvents, 5, note. 344, 345-description of the Caribbees of
-contrast between the dignity of English Parapana, 345, 346-account of the
judges and the levity of those in Ame- turtle-fishery or harvest of eggs, 347-
rica, 5-the legal profession but little 349-remarks on the present political si-
cherished, 6-baneful effects of the non- tuation of South America, 351, 352.
establishment of religion, 7-state of re- Arches, observation on the antiquity of, 34.
ligion, 132. 146. 147-defects of educa-Architecture. See Vitruvius, Wilkins.

Ariosto's

Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, analysis of, 529 | Bowdler (John, Esq.) Select Pieces of,
-541-comparison between him and
Bojardo, 527, 528.

in the new cemeteries of Paris, S93, 394|
-on the state of cemeteries in London,
380, 381-and in Switzerland, 395-
paucity of private cemeteries in England,
accounted for, 395, 396.
Chinese Dinner, described, 70--capricious
character of the emperor, 75-his letter
to the Prince Regent, 84-86-character
of the Chinese peasantry, 75-prevalence
of infanticide among the Chinese, 77—
instances of gratitude in that people, 77,
78-remarks on their general character,
79-description of a Chinese elegante,
ib.-and of their mode of drying tea, 87.
Christian (Edward), Vindication of the
Claims of the Universities to a copy of
every new publication, 196—his reason-
ing, in behalf of the claims of the Uni-
versity of Cambridge exposed, 200, 201.
205-and also his false statements re-
specting the booksellers, ib.
Christophe, king of Hayti, character of,
452, 453-state of his dominions, 452—
456. 458, 459.
Church-of-England, specimen of Mr. Ben-
tham's abuse of, 172-176.
Churches, burying in, when introduced,
378, 379-preference in some places, for
lying under cover of the church, 379,
380.
Churchyards of the Metropolis, remarks on,
380-neglect in the reign of Charles II.,
in providing a general repository for Lon-
don, 381-notice of the churchyards in
Switzerland, 395-beautiful poem writ-
ten in a churchyard, 397.
Classical Literature, fragments and remi-
niscences of, part of the material of the
Italian Romance poetry, 512-514.
Clouds (the) of Aristophanes, object of,
301, 302-its failure, 603-observations
on it, 304, 305-translation of his para-
basis for a second play on the same sub-
ject, 306-309-proofs that Aristophanes
did not write the Clouds to expose So-
crates, but the principles and practices of
the sophists of that day, 311-316.
Cobbett (William), Remarks on the con-
duct of, 135-and on his abuse of Mr.
Fearon, 136, 137-notices of some of
the creditors, whom he defrauded, 136
note.

Comedy (Greek), different kinds of, 274—

state of the New Comedy, at the time of
Aristophanes, 275. See Aristophanes.
Constitution of the United States of Ame-
rica, sketch of, 2, 3.

Copyright Act, inquiry into, 196—account
of the licensing of books, previously to
the reign of Queen Anne, 196, 197-
abstract of the Copyright Act passed in

the 8th year of her reign, 197, 198—
its operation for a century, 198, 199—
strictures on Mr. Montagu's conduct in
enforcing the claims of the University of
Cambridge, 200-and on the reasoning
of Professor Christian for the same pur-
pose, 200, 201-result of the booksellers'
application to parliament, for a repeal of
the enactment requiring eleven copies
for public libraries, 202-proofs of its
oppressive nature, and injury to litera-
ture, 202-204-exposition of Mr. Chris-
tian's tirade upon the rights and privi-
leges of Universities, 205-and of his
false statements respecting the booksel-
lers, ib.-the rapacity of the Universi
ties exposed, 206, 207-specimen of the
oppressive manner in which certain pub-
lic libraries have enforced their claim,
208-particularly in the case of Messrs.
Longman and Co. ib.-and Mr. Murray,
209--modifications of the existing Copy-
right Act, proposed by the Committee of
the House of Commons, 210-opinion of
Lord Mansfield on the law of copyright,
211, note-and of Lord Camden, 211-
strictures thereon, 212.

Cow-tree of South America, described,
330.

Crocodiles of South America, ravages of,
described, 339, 340. 342.
Cuvier (M.), Observations of, on fossil re-
maius 45-47.

D.

Dead, variously disposed of, in different
countries, 361-cremation or burning,
361, 362-mode of preserving the dead
in Congo, 363-are exposed by the
Parsees, ib.-Jewish fancies concerning
the dead, 364, 365-burial refused to
deceased protestants in France and Italy,
366-similar instance of bigotry in Eng-
land, 367.

Deluge, tradition of, in South America, 346.
Domingo (St.), state of at the commence-
ment fo the French Revolution, 433, 434
-its effects there, 434-oppression of
the free people of colour by the whites,
437-unsuccessful attempt in behalf of the
mulattoes, by Vincent Ögé, 455—he is
put to death, ib.-general insurrection of
the negroes, 436-barbarities perpetrated
by the whites, 437-sanguinary and de-
structive war between them and the peo-
ple of colour and negroes, 438-arbitrary
conduct of the French commissioners sent
to regulate the colony, 439-part of the
island occupied by the British, 439, 440
-character of Toussaint L'Ouverture,
440-his rise to power, 441-anecdote
of his integrity, 442, 445- his excellent
discipline,

vious labours, ib.-examination of his
position, that the present disordered state
of the earth originates in some moral
cause, 42-47-remarks thereon, 47-
55-and on his attempt to prove, from
physical phenomena, the fall of man, 55
-60-and on his unfair view of the
operation of present happiness, 60-
strictures on his observations on war, 61
--and on death, 63-concluding remarks,
63-66.

God, just sentiments on the love of, 120.
Government of America, remarks on the
pretended cheapness of, 163-165.
Gratitude, noble instances of, in certain
Chinese, 77, 78.

Greece, remarks on the progress of Arts and
Sciences in, 25, 26.

Gunpowder, the use of, when first known,
193, 194.

Gymnotus Electricus, experiments with,
337, 338.

H.

Harrington's (Sir John) Apology for his
translation of certain parts of Ariosto,
482-specimen of his version, ib. 490.
Hawkins, (E.) Dissertation on Tradition,
352-character of it, 358, 359-actual
benefit conferred by the reformation, ib.
-the importance of unauthoritative tra-
dition illustrated, 353–357.
Hayti, independence of, declared, 449-
horrid massacres of the whites, ib. 450-
Dessalines, crowned emperor, 450-cha-
racter of him and of his government, ib.
451-his assassination, 451-succeeded
by Christophe, ib.-Hayti divided into
two parts, the republican and the royal,
ib.-character of Petion, president of the
republic, ib. 452—and of Christophe, the
king of the other part, 453-internal ad-
ministration of the two divisions, 454-
their military force, 455-population,
456-Boyer the present president of the

country, 324-humane treatment of ue-
groes in the valley of the Tuy, 325-
longevity of some, 326, 327-notice of
its supposed gold mine, 326—and of the
village of Vittoria, 327-anecdote of a
Mestizo, 328-and of Lopez de Aguirre,
329-description of the cow-tree, ib. 330
-negro insurrection, 330, 331-descrip-
tion of the basin of the llanos, 331, 332,
333-geographical outline of South
America, 333, 334-immense number of
wild cattle found there, 335-description
of the sago-tree, ib.-and of experiments
with the Gymnotus Electicus, or Electri-
cal Eel, 337, 338-notices of the croco-
diles and their ravages, 339, 340. 342-
account of a tiger hunter, 343-devasta-
tions of the caribe, a species of fish, ib.—
perilous situation of M. Humboldt, 344
-description of the junction of the rivers
A pure and Oroonoko, 344, 345-descrip-
tion of the Caribbees of Parapana, 345,
346-tradition of the Deluge, 346—ac-
count of the turtle fishery, or harvest of
eggs, 337, 348, 349-avidity of the In-
dians for pigments, 349-Fortress of the
Jesuits, 350-probable cause of the mu-
sical sounds, supposed to be uttered by
the statue of Memnon, 351-remarks on
the political situation of South America,
351, 352.

I.

Icelandic Fiction, vestiges of, in an English
Nursery Tale, 104-107.

Immorality of the revenue laws, 408, 409.
Infanticide, prevalent in China, 77.
Insolvents, number of, at New York, 5,
note.-state of the American insolvent
laws, ib.

Italians, remarks on the popular fictions of,
94 and on their narrative poems, 487
-498.503—509-and Romantic Poems,

510-556.

J.

republic, suspected of a design to betray Jack the Giant Killer, origin of the story
it to the French, 457-progress of edu- of, 103-parallels between it and an
cation and the arts among Haytians, 458 Icelandic fiction, 104-107.
-of religion, 459-future prospects of Javanese, character of, 68, 69.
Hayti, ib. 460.
Judges in the United States, levity of, con-
trasted with the dignity of those in Eng-
land, 5.

Heroic and Romantic Poetry of the Italians,
comparison between, 544-548.
Hickathrift (Mr. Thomas), notice of the

popular tradition respecting, 102-pre-
sent state of his supposed sepulchre, 103
note*

Humboldt and Bonpland (MM.), Personal
Travels of, in South America, Vol. IV.,
320-defects of this volume, ib. 321-
description of the earthquake, which de-
stroyed the city of Caraccas, 321-323-
progress of the travellers through the

Judicial system of the United States of
America, defects of, 4.

K.

Kentucky (State), condition of society in,
154 cruel treatment of a negro boy at
Natchez, in that state, ib.-character of
the Kentuckians, 155-specimen of their
morality, 156.

Kia-King (Emperor of China), capricious

character