FIFTEENTH VOLUME OF THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.
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.
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,
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
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.
Fairbairn, Rev. Patrick, review of his work on the Typology of Scripture, 414. Fichte's views on the philosophy of history,
Fiction, Recent Works of, 419—undue de-
preciation of novels, 420-standard novels, three varieties, 422" Mary Barton,"
425-" Mrs. Margaret Maitland,” 427—
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2 P
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. J
Judaism, state of the controversy with, in the Apostolic age, 335-and in later times, 337-literature of this first branch of Apologetics, 338.
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.
"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.
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. N
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.
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.
Paganism, different stages of the conflict between Christianity and, 341-literature of this branch of apologetics, 342.
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.
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,
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
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.
Rustication or rock-work in Architecture, 471.
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,
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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