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FIFTEENTH VOLUME OF THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.

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Akers, photographic experiments of, 145.
Albert, Prince, his first suggestion of an
Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations,
530.
Anatomy, comparative, furnishes illustra-
tions of the two great principles, General
Order and Special Adaptation, 401.
Animal Magnetism, 133 views of Mesmer,
133 observations in science, 134-ex-
periments of Baron von Reichenbach and
their reception, 137 Reichenbach's
patients, 139-sensations of coolness and
warmth produced by the magnetic pass,
139 counter experiments of Mr. Braid
the hypnotist, 141 Animal-magnetic
lights seen by all the patients, 143.
Heliographic experiments, 145-different
results shewn by the experiments of
Akers, 145-morbid Psychology, 147-
propagation of motion, 149-the Odylic
hypothesis, physical polarity, 151-Her-
bert Mayo's ring, 153 a crucial experi-
ment, 157-future experimentation, 159.
Apologetics, the Literature of, 331-con-
tents and declared objects of the "De-
monstrations Evangéliques," 331-his-
tory of Apologetics, 333-line of argu-
ment against four distinct parties, the
Jews, Pagans, Mahommedans, and Mod-
ern Infidels, 334 controversy with
Judaism, 335-different shapes which
the controversy with Paganism assumed,
341 - Mahommedan controversy, 343-
claims of this part of the subject to care-
ful study, 344-modern Deistical contro-
versy, 347-connexion between English
Deism and German Rationalism, 348-
merits and faults of the Démonstrations
Evangéliques, 350-author's exclusive-
ness and inconsistency, 351-general sur-
vey of the treatises embodied in the
work, 353-Lord Bacon and the Church
of Rome, 354 treatment of Robert
Boyle, 356.

Arago's Life of Carnot reviewed, 185.

Architecture, Character in, 461-the Egyp-
tian, Greek, and Northern Gothic styles
form a conspicuous triad which stand out
from and above all the rest, 461-their
leading expressions, 461-other styles, as
the Roman, Italian-Pointed, Renaissance,
and Elizabethan, take a third rank, 462-
the Roman Arch, 463-Roman use of
Greek details, 464-rise of Renaissance
art, 467-blind submission to Vitruvius,
470-objects of Rustic Work, 471-false-
hood of Renaissance style, 473-Reform
Club, 475-display in the heads of aper-
tures, 475-improper uses of the Arch,
477-cornices and windows, 479-non-
professional criticism, 480" Italian-
Pointed" style, 481 - Venetian Gothic,
483 the Tudor style, 485-laws of Civil
Architecture, 487 errors of modern
house architecture, 490 - Street archi-
tecture, 493-Iron architecture, 495.

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Babbage, Mr., on the Exposition of 1851,
529-influence of the Exposition on
science and civilisation, 537, 551
general character of Mr. Babbage's work,
539-history of his Calculating Machine,
553-negotiation with Government, 554
-position of scientific men in England,
558-honours and rewards of merit, 560
-denied to the cultivators of science, 562
-probable influence of the Exhibition in
advancing the claims of science, 565.
Bacon, Lord, judgment formed of his reli-
gious opinions by Romanists, 354-con-
trary to the evidence furnished by his
own writings, 355.

Bagshot Sands proposed as an elevated
gathering ground for supplying London
with water, 249-description of the dis-
trict, and its suitableness for the purpose
shewn, 250.

Balloons, great anticipations from, on their
invention, 191-Carnot's arrangement of
light oars, 192.

Bancroft, Archbishop, his statement on

the subject of Ecclesiastical supremacy,
263.
Baynes, T. S., character of his Essay on
the New Analytic of Logical Forms, 114.
Bonaparte, Carnot's correspondence with,
209 appoints Carnot governor of Ant-
werp, 215-his opinion of Carnot's worth,
217.

Braid, Mr., his experiments on animal
magnetism, 141.

British Museum Library, account of, 171-
acquisition of books, 172 cataloguing,
174-arranging in presses and on shelves,
176-marking books, shelves, &c., 177-
classification of maps, 177-service of the
reading-room, 179-binding of the books,

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Carnot, Arago's Life of, 185- his family
and early life, 187-anecdote of Carnot
when at the College of Autun, 189-his
theological views, 189 enters the school
of Engineers, 191-feelings with which
he beheld the first balloon, 192- Eloge
of Vauban, 192-early Socialist opinions,
193 affair with the Marquis of Montal-
embert, thrown into the Bastile, 195
-Carnot's theorem, true in political
changes, 197-his conduct in the Com-
mittee of Public Safety, 199-not charge-
able with the cruelties of that Committee,
201-saved more lives than his colleagues
sacrificed, 203—the power of science in
national defence, 205-his bravery at the
battle of Wattignies, 206-his instruc-
tions to Bonaparte to protect men of
letters, 209—his escape to Geneva, 211—
recalled to office, 212-his conduct during
the Hundred Days, 217-is proscribed,
219-his death and character, 221.
Caspari's odometrical experiments, 153.
Cholera in London aggravated to a great de-
gree by the defective supply of water, 233.
Clark, Professor, of Aberdeen, his opinion
as to the policy of allowing water to be
supplied to a town by a joint-stock com-
pany, 237-his invention for purifying
water, 248.

Comte, Auguste, account of his "Course of
the Positive Philosophy," 53-specimen
of the Calendar of Infidel Worship, 55—
his classification of the sciences, 293-
views of social science, 296, 309-law of

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Edict of Nantes, consequences to Romanism
and to France of the Revocation of, 10.
Edwards, Mr., his statistics of public libraries
of no value, 169.

England, duty of the Church of, in relation
to the Papal Aggression, 288.
Englishmen and Frenchmen compared, 9.
Erastianism of the Anglican Church, 257—
doctrine of the Articles and Canons, 259

-High Church views, 279.
Exhibition, Great, early history of, 530-
first suggestion of Prince Albert for the
formation of a periodical exhibition of the
produce of British industry, 530—Mr.
Paxton proposes a palace of iron and
glass, 533-general description of the
Crystal Palace, 533-its interior, 535–
influence of the Exposition on science and
civilisation, 537-general character of
Mr. Babbage's work, 539-nature of the
articles admitted to the Exhibition, 541–
pictures rejected and statues admitted,
543-error in leaving out the prices of
articles, 545-prizes, bronze and silver
medals, juries, 546-Table shewing daily
receipts at the Crystal Palace, 567-and
the total number of persons who have
visited the Exhibition daily, 568.
Exposition of 1851. See Babbage, Mr.
Expurgatory Index, Caraffa on ascending
the Papal Throne places his own book on
Church Reform in the, 503-Rosmini's
"Five Wounds of the Holy Church" en-
tered into it, 503.

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Fairbairn, Rev. Patrick, review of his work
on the Typology of Scripture, 414.
Fichte's views on the philosophy of history,

315.

Fiction, Recent Works of, 419—undue de-

preciation of novels, 420-standard novels,
three varieties, 422" Mary Barton,"

INDEX.

425-" Mrs. Margaret Maitland,” 427—

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Merkland," 429" Ladder of Gold," 433
"The Initials," 434-" The Ogilvies,"
"Olive,” 436" Caleb Field," 438-
"Rose Douglas," 440-importance of
novels, 441.

Formal Logic, recent extensions of, 90—
analogy between Logic and Grammar, 91
-history of Logic, 91-change in its
fortunes from the time of Kant, 92.
position and prospects of Logic in Britain,
94-systems of Sir W. Hamilton and Mr.
De Morgan, 94-doctrine of a quantified
predicate common to both systems, 95-
relation of Mathematics to Logic, 97-
conditions of formal thinking, 98—laws
of material thinking, 101-these laws
analytical, 103-remarks on De Morgan's
system, 105-confusion of form with
matter, 107-the numerical syllogism
material, 109-contrary names, 111-
complex syllogism, 113-character of
the works on Logic of William Thomson,
M.A., and T. S. Baynes, 114-Sir W.
Hamilton's quantified predicate, 115
syllogisms in extension and comprehen-
sion, 117-systems of Logical Notation,
119-connexion of Logic with Psycho-
logy, 121.

France, State and prospects of, since 1848,
1-comparative strength of political par-
ties, the Legitimists, 3-the Imperial-
ists, 4 the Orleanists, 5-the Repub-
licans, 5-the task of France to forin a
stable government amidst these parties
nearly hopeless, 7-races in France, the
Teuton and the Celt, 8-contrast between
Englishmen and Frenchmen, 9--the ab-
sence of the religious spirit a deplorable
feature in the national character, 10-
special consequences of this irreligion
are, no doctrine settled or first principles
universally received, 11-desire for ma-
terial wellbeing the only passion, 14-
deep-seated torpor and perversion of moral
principle, 17-diseased literature, 19—
general administrative corruption, 20--
system of place-hunting, or universal men-
dicancy for public employment, 20
Government bribed the Chambers, and
the Chambers bribed the electoral body,
21-distribution of patronage necessarily
corrupt, 23-career of Thiers, 24-Guizot,
25-Lamartine, 26—evils of bureaucracy,
28--difficulties of revolutionary Govern-
ments, 33.

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Germany and Italy, net results of 1848 in,
359-first movements in the path of im-
provement made by Pio Nono, 360-fol-
lowed by Sicily and other Italian states,
VOL. XV. NO. XXX.

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360-movements in France and Ger-
many, 361-character and condition of
the movement party, 365-total incapa-
city of the Germans from want of pre-
vious training for the construction and
management of constitutional forms of
government, 368-constitution of Hesse-
Cassel, 369-conduct of the Elector and
Hasenflug, 370-Austrian and Bavarian
brutality, 373-profligacy of the present
princes and rulers of Germany, 374-
gain to freedom in the discovery of the
fact that the oldest institutions were made
to crumble at the first touch of the popu-
lar arm, 375-and in two cases at least
the people proved stronger than their
masters, 377-Republican Rome crushed
by Republican France, 379-blunders
committed by the friends of freedom leave
sad but salutary lessons behind them, 380
-unity in Germany, how far desirable,
382-merits of the Italian struggle, 385.
Goethe first presented morphology in its
true light, 395.

Gorham case, its bearing upon the question
of the Royal supremacy, 271.
Grammar and Logic, analogy between, 90.
Guizot, character of, 25.

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Hamilton, Sir W., value of his contribu-
tions to the science of Logic, 114-his
quantified predicate, 115.

Hawksley, Mr., his scheme for drawing a
supply of water for London from a higher
and purer point on the Thames, 247.
Hesse-Cassel, constitution of, 369_perfidi-
ous conduct of the Elector in regard to,
371-noble conduct of the army and peo-
ple, 372-overborne by Austrian and Ba-
varian troops, 373.

Homologies, Professor Owen's doctrine of,
402.

Hope, Thomas, notice of his historical essay
on Architecture, 462.

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Imperialists in France described, 4.
Infidelity, forms of, in the nineteenth cen-
tury, 35-scepticism and superstition, in-
fidelity and Popery, not conflicting but
conspiring forces, 36-recent works on
infidelity, Mackay's "Progress of the In-
tellect," 37-aim of the work, 38—all
religion according to him a form of sym-
bolism, 38-symbolism gave birth to ido-
latry, 39 and passing through mytho-
logy into polytheism rises into the recog-
nition of a personal God, 40-these views
not original, having been advanced by
Strauss, Comte, and older infidels, 41.
theory of the origin of Matter and Man
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by the anonymous author of the "Pur- Logical Notation, systems of, 119.
pose of Existence popularly considered,"
43 his theory of the origin of Christian-
ity, 45 the brothers Newman-Ritual-
ism and Rationalism, 46-sad career of
F. Newman, his "Phases of Faith," 48
-Auguste Comte's sublime scheme of
public commemoration as a substitute for
Christian worship, 53-his " Positive Ca-
lendar," to regulate the systematic Wor-
ship of Humanity, 55.

Iron, employment of, gives the hope of an
entirely new style of architecture, 495.
"Italian-Pointed" system of architecture,
481. See Architecture.

Italian struggle for freedom, merits of, 385.
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Judaism, state of the controversy with, in
the Apostolic age, 335-and in later
times, 337-literature of this first branch
of Apologetics, 338.

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Kant introduces a new era in the history of
Logic, 91-his idea of a universal history
in a cosmopolitical point of view, 313.
Kingsley's Saint's Tragedy and Sermons,
442 relation of the poet to the preacher,
442 characteristics of the poet, 445-
outline of the Saint's Tragedy, 446-celi-
bacy and saintship in the middle ages,
447-merits of the poem, 447—Eliza-
beth's soliloquy, 449_what physical, men-
tal, or moral endowments necessary for
the preacher, 449-difference between
the orator and the teacher, 451-subject-
matter of which the Christian preacher
has to discourse, 452-poetical gifts of
the highest importance to the preacher,
453-relation of the preacher to the
actor, 454-characteristics of a dramatic
poet's sermons, 455-remarks on Kings-
ley's Sermons, with extracts, 457.

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"Ladder of Gold," by Robert Bell, review.
ed, 433.

Legitimist party in France, account of, 3.
Libraries, Public, 160—result of the inquiry
by the Committee of the House of Com-
mons, 160-libraries for the poor, 161—
working of Mr. Mackenzie's scheme at
St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, 161-plan of
itinerating libraries, 164_statistics of
Mr. Edwards, 167-libraries on the Con-
tinent, 169-British Museum Library,
171.

Limbs, Owen's view of the nature of, 405.
Literature of France, corrupt and diseased
character of, 19.

Logic. See Formal Logic.

Mahommedanism, controversy between
Christianity and, 343-importance of a
careful study of the subject to Christian
ministers, and especially missionaries to
the East, 344-literature of this branch
of apologetics, 344.

Mackay's "Progress of the Intellect" ana-
lyzed, 40.

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Mary Barton: a Tale of Manchester
Life," reviewed, 424.

Mathematics, relation of, to Logic, 97.
Mazzini's theories for the regeneration of
Italy, 524.

"Merkland," merits and defects of, 431.
Mesmer, views of, on animal magnetism,
133.

Metternich, profound sagacity of, in reading
the signs of the times, 376, note.
Migne, L'Abbé, review of his Démonstra-
tions Evangéliques, 331.

Mill, J. S., his views on social science, 320.
Montgolfier invents the balloon, 191.
Morphology of the vegetable and animal
kingdoms, 392.

"Mrs. Margaret Maitland," reviewed, 427.
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Neander's view as to the compatibility of
conceiving of history as a scientific evo-
lution according to regular laws, with the
belief in the superhuman origin of Chris-
tianity, 319.

Newman, J. H. and F. W., interesting his-
tory of the progress of their religious
opinions, 46-lessons suggested in regard
to the English Universities, 51.
Novel-writing, modern, 89-undue depre-
ciation of novels, 420-their importance,
441.

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Odometrical experiments of Caspari, 153.
Odyle, a new imponderable or dynamide
invented by Reichenbach, 150-odylic
experiments of Dr. Herbert Mayo, 154.
Oken's idea of the skull being a vertebrate
column, 404-considerably modified by
Owen, 405.

Origin of matter and man, theory of, 43.
Orleanist party in France, with its many
sections, account of, 5.

Owen, Professor, review of his work on the
archetype and homologies of the verte-
brate skeleton, and his lecture on limbs,
402.

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Paganism, different stages of the conflict
between Christianity and, 341-literature
of this branch of apologetics, 342.

INDEX.

Papal Aggression has given rise to discus-
sion on the ecclesiastical supremacy of
the Crown, 256-wherein this aggression
consists, 282-duties imposed upon Bri-
tish Protestants, 283.

Paxton, Mr., his first sketch of the Crystal
Palace, 533.

Pio Nono originated the movements in fa-
vour of liberty, 360.
Place-hunting
France, 21.
Poet, relation of, to the preacher, 442—
characteristics of, 445.
Political economy and social science, the
relation between, and the influence ex-
erted by the one upon the other, 307.
Popery and infidelity mutually advance one
another, 36.

and public corruption in

Popish doctrine on the relation between
Church and State, 254.

Poor, libraries for the, 161-scheme of
Mr. Mackenzie at St. Martin's-in-the-
Fields, and its success, 162-itinerating
libraries, 164.

Preacher, endowments necessary for the,
449-poetical gifts of the highest import-
ance, 453-relation of the preacher to
the actor, 454.

Psychology, connexion of Logic with, 121.

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Races, Teutonic and Celtic compared, 8.
Reichenbach, Baron von, his experiments
on animal magnetism, 136.
Renaissance style of architecture, 467.
See Architecture.

Republicans in France, with their sub-
divisions, described, 5.
Revolutionary governments, difficulties of,

33.

Revolutions of 1789 and 1848 in France,
compared, 2-stimulus given by them to
the speculations on social science, 304.
Roman Architecture, 462-the arch, 463-
absurd use of Greek details, 465.
Royal supremacy and Papal Aggression,
254 practice of the early Church,
255 opinions held by the promoters of
the Reformation, 256-in England a
change in the Pope, but not in the pope-
dom, 256-Henry VIII. head of the
Church, 257-doctrine of the articles
and canons, 259-High Church view of
the supremacy, 261-views of the Puri-
tans, 262-Archbishop Bancroft's state-
ment, 263-the Gorham case, 266-
Church and State distinct societies, 267
-prohibition of convocation, 269-War-
burton's alliance, 273-literature of the
subject, 274-difference between Pres-
byterian and Popish views, 277-differ-
ence between Presbyterian and High

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Church views, 279-different position of
the Church of England and the Church
of Scotland before the Disruption, 281-
nature of the Papal Aggression, 282-
present influence of Popery, 283-duties
which the Papal Aggression imposes on
British Protestants, 283-Cardinal's of-
fice and rank, 285-territorial titles and
canon law, 287-duty of the Church of
England, 288.

Rosmini's "Five Wounds of the Holy
Church," 497-account of Rosmini and
his works, 500-Wound of the Left Hand,
or division of the people from the clergy,
503-symbolism and popular ignorance,
505-Wound of the Right Hand, or the
insufficient education of the clergy, 507—
ecclesiastical seminaries, 509-modern
Jansenism and Jesuitism, 511-Wound
of the Side, or the disunion of the bishops,
513-the concordats and their fruit, 515
Wound of the Right Foot, or lay pat-
ronage, 516-Rome and spiritual inde-
pendence, 519-Wound of the Left Foot,
or the servitude of ecclesiastical property,
521-probable effects of the Mazzinian
policy should it be carried out in Italy,
524-Father Curci on democracy, 525—
the religious orders in Italy, 526.
Ruskin, John, review of his work, "Stones
of Venice," 461.

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Rustication or rock-work in Architecture,
471.

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Sardinian constitution alone left standing,
while the old demon of despotism has re-
turned in all other states revolutionized
in 1848, 386-a reproach and an example
to the other states of the Peninsula, and
to Austria, 387.

Septicism and superstition mutually cherish
one another, 36.

Schuh, Carl, his heliographic experiments,

145.

Science, honours and rewards denied to the
cultivators of, in England, 558.

Scott and Bulwer, comparative merits of, as
novelists, 422.

Social Science, history and prospects of the,
293-Classification of the sciences by
Comte, 293-definition of the science of
Sociology, 293- recent origin of the
science, 295-possibility of a science of
history, 296-conditions necessary to
the conception of history as a possible
science, 297-Giovanni Battista Vico first
expounded the possibility of a social
science in his Scienza Nuova, 298-his
theory of history, 303-growth of the
science in France, Montesquieu, Con-
dorcet, 304-effects of the Revolution on

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