Alfred, King, and the Benedictines, 339 Alva, cruelties of the Duke of, in the Netherlands, 358
Anderson's 'Regeneration,' noticed, 554 Anne Boleyn, trial and death of, 490 Anthems, invention and introduction of, into choral services, 48
Antwerp, siege of, by the Spaniards in
1584, 364-its capitulation, 365 'Aurelii Prudentii Clementis quæ exstant Carmina,' noticed, 247 'Autobiography, Letters, and Literary
Remains of Mrs. Piozzi,' noticed, 560 'A Word in Season: How to grow Wheat with Profit,' reviewed, 92 Bacon, Lord, 373-his early life, 374
- connexion with Essex, 376-his speeches at the trial of Essex, 378- solicitor-general, 379-attorney-gene. ral, 380-the case of Peacham, 381 -appointed lord chancellor, 383- schemes of his enemies to ruin him, 384 -he is charged with taking bribes, 386-confesses his guilt, 387-motives for suppressing his guilt, 388--his character, 390
Bede, the Venerable, quoted, 328 Benedictines in England, 313— early training of Benedict, 314-the first monastic rule, 321-spread of the Be- nedictines throughout Europe, 323- Wilfrid of Ripon, 325-John of Bever- ley, 327-Egwin of Worcester, 329- importance of their labours to England, 332-commercial debt of England to the Benedictines, 333-their war with Slavery, 335-monasticism, 337-de- struction of abbeys by the Danes, 338- Ethelwold's reform of the Benedictines, 341-modern monastic institutions in England, 343
Belgium, persecution of the Protestants in, by Philip of Spain, 345-resistance of the people, 346-Compromise of the Nobles,' 347-revolution, 347- determined opposition of the people to the Spaniards, 353
Beverley, description of the old abbey of, 327
Bonar's Memoir of the Life and Brief
Ministry of the Rev. David Sandeman,' noticed, 261
Bovet's Life of Count Zinzendorf,' no- ticed, 258
Bremer's, Miss, The Neighbours,' rc- viewed, 281
Brill and Flushing, capture of, by William de la Marck, 354
Brooke's sounding apparatus, account of,
73 Browning's, Mrs., 'Poems before Con-
Bulwer's, 'The Caxtons,' and 'Zanoni,' reviewed, 281
Burnett's Tillage a Substitute for Ma- nure,' reviewed, 92
Calderwood's Philosophy of the Infinite,' noticed, 541
Caldwell's 'Lectures on the Tinnevelly Missions,' quoted, 151, 153 Campbell's, Lord, character of Lord Bacon, 390
Cardross case, account of the, 141 Carlyle, Dr. Alexander, Autobiography of, noticed, 249
Catharine of Aragon, divorce of, 485 Cetacea, food of the, 86
Ceylon, failure of Government schools in, 160
Chamberlain's 'Christian Verity stated,' noticed, 568
Chinese insurgents, the, 222-the Tac Pings a reality, 223-the Shield King, 225-his writings, 226-Tae Ping vi- sions, 229-their institutions, 230- court of the Tae Ping, 233-the Eng- lish policy, 239-Mr. Bruce and his detractors, 239-his defence, 240- Nankin, 245-future policy, 246 Christian Brothers, account of the Asso- ciation of, 478
'Chronicon Monasterii de Abingdon,' re- viewed, 313
Church music, 33-antiquity of anti- phonal singing, 39-figurate music, 42 -congregational hymns, 53-Tate and Brady, 55-Watts and the Wesleys, 56 -varieties of church music, 57 Croyland, destruction of the abbey of, by the Danes, 338
Cuneiform evidences, 1-historic truth of the Scriptures impugued, 2-wit- nesses to their truth, 6-languages of Assyria and Babylonia, 8-the Scythic of the monuments, 11-the interpreters ou their trial, 14-confirmations of the Pentateuch, 17-Chedorlaomer and Cu- shan Rishathaim, 19-western cam- paigns of Pul and Sargon, 20-Sen- nacherib in the Holy Land, 23-annals of Nebuchadnezzar, 25-discrepancies disposed of, 27
Cyrus, rock-writings of, and his successors,
Dalaber, Anthony, persecution of, 479 Danes, merciless onslaught of the, on Benedictine monasteries in England, 338
Davies's 'Life at Bethany,' noticed, 274 Daye, John, description of his Psalters, &c., 46, et seq.
'Debate between the Church and Science,' noticed, 548
Diatomacea, account of the, 80 Dickens's Works, reviewed, 281 Dixon's 'Personal History of Lord Bacon,' reviewed, 372
Ebrard's Biblical Commentary on the Epistles of St. John,' noticed, 564 'Edict of Religious Toleration,' by the chief of the Chinese insurgents, quoted, 343
Eliot's 'Mill on the Floss,' reviewed, 281 England under Henry VIII., social con- dition of, 497
Erdmann's Prima Johannis Epistolæ Argumentum, Nexus, et Consilium,' noticed, 564
Esser, Earl of, attack of, on Cadiz, 376- his treacherous conduct in Ireland, 377 -trial and execution, 378 'Etude sur une Ancienne Version Syriaque Evangiles,' noticed, 260 Evesham, old abbey of, 329 Foraminifera, curious account of, 76- Frankland's 'Intuitionalism,' noticed, 546 Froude's 'History of England, from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Eliza- beth,' reviewed, 473 Ghent, pacification of, 357
Ghost-lore and table-rapping, 167—Mr. Owen's design, 177—his theory, 180— human electricity, 182-table-rapping tested, 184
Gregorian music, origin of, 40 Handcock's 'Exposition of the First Epistle of St. John,' noticed, 564 Harris's The Mountain Prophet, the Mine, and other Poems,' noticed, 279
Hartwig's 'The Sea and its Living Won- ders,' reviewed, 63
Hasse's "The Life of the Glorified Re- deemer in Heaven; according to His own Sayings,' reviewed, 447 Hazlitt's History of the Venetian Re- public,' noticed, 272
Hebert's 'Neology not True, and Truth not New,' noticed, 255
Henry VIII.'s Hymne for Foure Voices,' quoted, 50
Hessey's, Dr., Sunday: its Origin, His- tory, and Present Obligations,' noticed, 267
'Historie of the World, commonly called The Naturall Historie of Plinius Se- cundus,' translated by Philemon Hol- land, reviewed, 412
Holmes's, Mr. account of his visit to the Tae Pings at Nankiu, 232—his judgment of their Christianity, 235 Hooker's Ecclesiastical Policy,' quoted, 468
Hosier, Richard, curious anthem by, 52 Hutchinson's Ten Years' Wanderings among the Ethiopians,' noticed, 569 Hymns and Hymn-Books, 189-psalmody at the Reformation, 191-Coverdale's Psalms, 192-Baxter, Bradbury, and Watts, 195-Herbert adapted to sing- ing, 196-the Wesleys, 199-Toplady's Hymns, 215-American collections, 218 -wide diffusion of Wesley's Hymns, 221 India, female missionaries for, 165 Ireland, school inspection in, 523 Jewel, Bishop, quoted, 191
John of Austria and the Dutch, 357 John's, Mr., (American Missionary,) jour- nal, quoted, 245
Kelly's Divine Covenants,' noticed, 561 Kennedy's 'Days of the Fathers in Ross- shire,' noticed, 261
Kingsley's 'Hypatia,' reviewed, 281 Kingsley's Limits of Exact Science as applied to History,' noticed, 252 Labour and food, in Tudor times, 494 Layard's 'Nineveh and its Remains,' re- viewed, 1
Leupolt, Rev. Mr., on India, quoted, 166, note
Login, Sir J. S., on India, quoted, 166, note
'Lois Weedon Husbandry,' reviewed, 92 Lyth's Religion in Earnest,' noticed, 567 Macaulay and Lord Campbell, their un-
favourable opinions of the character of Lord Bacon, 373
Macdonald's Introduction to the Pen- tateuch,' noticed, 536
Malmsbury, the Benedictines at, 330 Marnix de St. Aldegonde, 343-his early life, 344-education, 345-appointed Treasurer of the Beggars,' 348-de- scent on Flushing and Zealand, 348- ill-success, 348--retires to Heidelberg, 349-his popular writings, 351-de- puty for Gueldres, 354-taken prisoner, 355-the Conferences of Breda, 356- Marnix's letters to the States, 358- he is made burgomaster of Antwerp, 363-and is besieged in the city, 364- his capitulation, 365-is proscribed by the States, 366-his last work, 367— death, 369-his claims on posterity, 371
Marnix, John de, burning alive of, at Antwerp, 348
Maury's Physical Geography of the Sea,' reviewed, 63
Medieval legislation, character of, 492 Mill' On Liberty,' reviewed, 115 M'Nicoll's Essays on English Literature,' noticed, 280
Monasticism, corruptions essential to, 337 Montalembert's Les Moines d'Occident,
depuis Saint Benoit jusqu'à Saint Ber- nard,' reviewed, 313
Monte Casino, interesting account of, 318 Meredith's, Owen, 'The Wanderer,' and 'Lucile,' reviewed, 393
Merivale's History of the Romans under the Empire,' reviewed, 412 Music, revival of, in England, 35-Jewish music, 37
* Natural History of Pliny,' reviewed, 412 Newton's, John, The Beggar,' quoted, 206 'North China Herald,' quoted, 239 'Notitia Editionis Codicis Bibliorum Si- naitici Auspiciis Imperatoris Alexandri II. susceptæ,' noticed, 269 Novels and novelists, 281-place and power of fiction, 282-Dickens's success and failure, 285-Anthony Trollope, 286-Thackeray, 291-his views of human nature, 292-Kingsley, 297- fatalism of George Eliot, 802-novelists influence through sympathy, and not reflection, 307-heathen tragedy in Christian times, 309 the stimulant and the sedative of fiction, 310 Offices of State, disgraceful sale of, in James the First's reign, 383 Oppert's Elements de la Grammaire Assyrienne,' noticed, 257
Orange, Prince of, and the Netherlands, 346-heads the revolution in 1568, 350-disasters at the commencement, 351-fortifies the north, 360
Owen's, Robert Dale, Footfalls on the Boundary of another World,' reviewed, 257 Patmore's 'Faithful for Ever,' reviewed, 393
Pole, Cardinal, character of, 499 Polycystina, description of the, 79 Popular education, 503-principles of the government system, 506-recent de- velopment of educational zeal, 509- the Commission and its Report, 511- statistics of the Report, 513-growing demand for education, 515-qualifica- tions of private teachers, 517-alleged failures of the prescnt scheme, 519— counter statements, 521-congrega- tional schools, 525-new proposals for education, 528-the national education of the future, 534
Pliny the Elder, 412-his boyhood, 413 -his services in the army, 414- returns to Rome, 415--superstition and unbelief, 417-Roman credulity, 418- Pliny's industry, 421-his mental cha- racter, 422-his desponding philosophy, 425-his geographical notices, 427- notices of Roman physicians, 431- Roman artists, 432-Roman luxury, 434-popular prejudices of ancient Rome, 436-Pliny's defective know- ledge, 441-his self-ignorance, 443- and shrewdness, 445
'Poems,' by the author of 'John Halifax, Gentleman,' reviewed, 393
Poetry, recent, 393-anomalous position of poetry in modern times, 395-Owen Meredith, 397-Mrs. Browning, 405— Coventry Patmore, 407
Quinet, M., quoted, 344, et seqq. Rawlinson's, George, Historical Evi- dences of the Truth of Scripture Records Stated Anew,' reviewed, 1
Rawlinson's, Major H. C., 'Persian Cu- neiform Inscription at Behistun, De- ciphered and Translated,' reviewed, 1 Reformation, pioneers of the, 481 Reid's, Captain Mayne, Oceola' and
'The War Trail,' reviewed, 281 Religious Liberty, 115-what is it? 117 -Mr. Mill's principle, 119-confusion between civil and religious liberty, 128 -the act of the citizen and the act of the State, 132-Church property, 138 -the Church and the Churches, 141 'Restoration of Apostles and Prophets,' noticed, 569
Revision of the Liturgy,' noticed, 553 Robertson's 'Prophet Enoch,' a Poem, noticed, 567
Robinson's 'Daughters of India,' reviewed,
Roman customs, curious ancient, 429- credulity, 438
Romish Beehive,' quoted, 352
Rouse's Man Contemplated in his Pri- meval, Fallen, Redeemed, and Millennial Condition,' noticed, 558 Salpa, the, in the Atlantic, 85
Scepticism, rise and growth of, 171- modern scientific, 171 Scoresby-Jackson's
Life of Dr. William Scoresby,' noticed, 275 Scott's Half-Hour Lectures on the His- tory and Practice of the Fine and Ornamental Arts,' noticed, 278 Sea, the, 63-its vastness, 65-curious contrivance for sounding, 71-specimens from the bottom, 74-animal life a mile and a half deep, 89-light in the depths of the sea, 91
'Serbski Pesme, or National Songs of
Servia,' reviewed, 411 Shanghai, fight at, 237
Slavery, curious account of, in Anglo- Saxon times, 334
Spiers's, Mrs., 'Life in Ancient India,' quoted, 151
St. Patrick, purgatory of, in Ireland, description of, 168
Stanley, Lord, on Female Schools in India, 159,
Sternhold and Hopkins, account of their version of the Psalms, 44-specimens of their renderings, 54
Stier's Words of the Risen Saviour,' reviewed, 447-Discourses,' quoted, 471, note
Subiaco, Benedict at, 316
Submarine scenery, interesting description of, 68
Thackeray's Vanity Fair,' and 'The Newcomes,' reviewed, 281 Theology of the ascension, 447-the bodily ascension, 452-the 'spiritual' body, 454-the ascension in the Old Tes- tament, 457-Christ's prediction of His ascension, 459-the ascension in the Epistles, 460-Lutheran ubiquity, 468-the Lord's final manifestation to
St. John, 465-errors arising from false notions, 466-the two natures in heaven, 468-effect on sacramental controversies, 471
'Tom Brown's School Days,' and 'Tom Brown at College,' reviewed, 281 Translations by Lord Lyttelton and the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone,' noticed, 274
Trevor, Canon, quoted, 152, note Trollope's, Anthony, Framley Parson- age,' 'The Three Clerks,' and 'The Bertrams,' reviewed, 281
Tull's The Horse-hoeing Husbandry,' reviewed, 92
Tullian husbandry, 92-its principle, 93 -Tull's history, 95-travels, 97- vineyard culture, 99-relations of till- age and manure, 100-Tull's principles confirmed, 102-his glimmering idea of carbon, 105-Lois Weedon, 107-sta tistics, 108-Rothamstead, 112
Tye, Dr., curious account of his transla-
tions of the Actes of the Apostles,' with quotations, 50-52
Utrecht, account of the Union of, 361 Vaughan's 'Revolutions in English His- tory,' noticed, 562
Vesuvius, Mount, eruptions of, from A.D. 63 to A.D. 79, 416 Wesleys, poetry of the, 199
Wesley and Methodism,' quoted, 204, 205
Wilfrid of Ripon, introduction of Bene- dictinism into England by, 325 'Wilhelmslied,' magical effects of, on the people of the United Provinces, 351 Women of India and Ceylon, 145—their character, sketched by Eastern sages, 148-the Veda, the law, and the Puran, 151-effects of ignorance and super- stition, 153-government education, 155-educational statistics, 162-fe- male boarding schools, 163
Wood's, Sir Charles, Education Dispatch, strictures on, 156
Wynter's Curiosities of Civilization,' noticed, 256
Yonge's, Miss, 'The Heir of Redclyffe," reviewed, 281
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