Alison's, Sir Archibald, History of Europe, 154
American Questions, 121; the Protec- torate of the Mosquitos, 122; the Bulwer-Clayton Treaty, 123; limits of Central America, 124; protection of weak by strong Powers, 126; self-denying stipulations, 126 Ancient Gems. Part I.-Ornamental stones, 421; myrrha, 422; quoise, 423; coral, 425; ivory, jet, amber, 426. Fine Stones: jaspers, 429; medical virtues of jasper, 430; fossil wood, 431; the jade, 431; the lapis lazuli, 432. Part II.- Transparent quartz, rock crystal, 560; agates-achates, 562; onyx, 565; sardonyx, 565; niccolo, 566; plasma, 566; the cornelian, feldspaths, 571; Molochites-mala- chite, 572; calamita-the magnet, 573; obsidian, 573 Angel in the House, the, 473 Aytoun's Bothwell, 347
Bashi-Bazouks, the, 375; What are they? 376; the Turks as soldiers, 377; Bashi-Bazouks as horsemen, 378; Bashi-Bazouks in a picturesque point of view, 379; Schoumla, 380; Bashi-Bazouks in a ludicrous point of view, 381; enlistment system faulty, 382; charges brought against the Bashi-Bazouks, 383; General Beat- son's grievance, 384; the question as to Irregulars still unsettled, 385; the Oriental easily managed, 386; an anecdote of General Windham, 387; the Bashi-Bazouks in an utilitarian point of view, 389; their efficiency in the presence of an enemy, 391 Bulwer's Confession of a Water Patient, 197
Campaign in the Pacific, the Last Naval, 238
Campaigns of Paskiewitch and Omer Pacha in Asia, 64; former wars be- tween Russia and Turkey, 65; war with Persia, 66; capture of Kars by Paskiewitch, 67; Paskiewitch takes the fortresses of Akhalkalak and Ak- hiska, 68; results of the campaign, 69; character of Paskiewitch, 71;
Mr. Oliphant's opinion of Omer Pacha, 72; sketch of an Eastern chieftain, 72; Omer Pacha's last Asiatic campaign, 73; difficulties with which Omer Pacha had to contend, 74; the battle of Ingour, 75; charac- teristic anecdote, 76; the Mingrelians and the Russians, 77; Turkish ad- vance prevented by floods, 78. Cockburn's Memorials of his Time, 79 Communications with the Far East, 574
Crimea, Journal of a Tour in the, Part I., 407; Part II., 524 Crimean Expedition, De Bazancourt's, 97
Cromwell, Richard, and the Dawn of the Restoration, 433 Curiosities of Contemporary Literature from the Two Sicilies, by Vicesimus Smatterling, B.L., 208
De Bazancourt's Crimean Expedition.
Denison Case, the, 732 Domestic and Foreign Politics, 736 Double House, the, by the author of John Halifax, Gentleman, 170 Dwarfs and Giants, an Essay, in Two Parts. Part I.-Descriptive, 140; Sir Jeffrey Hudson, 141; Count Joseph Boruwlaski, 143; Bébé, 145 ; anecdotes of Boruwlaski, 147; death of Boruwlaski, 149; Thérèse Souvray, 150; anomalies of augmentation and diminution, 151; literature of gigan- tology, 152; authentic examples of giants, 153. Part II.-Explanatory, 286; difference between growth and development, 287; abnormal pheno- mena, 288; life under three aspects, 289; relation of the animal to the organic functions, 291; What causes arrest of growth and development? 293
Edinburgh during the General Assem- bly, ; power of General Assembly, 2; Lord High Commissioner's first levee, 3; opening day, 4; the As- sembly Hall, 5; clerical characteris- tics, 6; opening of the Assembly, 7 ; the bar of the General Assembly, 8
disputed settlements, 9; a minister on his trial, 10; communion in pri- vate, II; annual reports, 12; Profes- sor Robertson's speeches, 13; debates of the Assembly, 14; the Commis- sioner's dinner, 15; select preachers, 16; the close of the Assembly, 17 Elections, Professorial, 637 England, Froude's History of, 31 Europe, Alison's History of, 154
Far East, Communications with the, 574; steamers and sailing vessels, 575; Suez Canal and Euphrates Val- ley Railway, 577; pros and cons of Euphrates Valley Railway, 579; Go- vernment opposition to Suez Canal scheme, 580; British trade and the Mediterranean ports, 580
Fauna of the Frost, the, 654
Ferrier's Scottish Philosophy, the Old and the New, 37
Foreign and Domestic Politics, 736 France before and since the Revolution of 1789, 363
Friends, the, An Episode of Italian Life, 644
Froude's History of England, 31 Furniss's What every Christian must Know, 716
Gems, Ancient, Part I., 421; Part II., 560
General Assembly, Edinburgh during the, I
Giants, Dwarfs and, an Essay, 140, 286 Gilfillan's History of a Man, 260 Glasgow down the Water, 501; two ways of reaching the coast from Glas- gow, 502; the railway to Greenock, 503; going to Dunoon, 504; Names of places down the Water, 505; Dunoon pier, 506; the houses along the Frith, 507; Life down the Water, 509; Sun- day at the sea-side, 510; What sort of men are the Glasgow merchants? 511 Guizot's History of the Protectorate of Richard Cromwell, and Dawn of the Restoration, 433
History of a Man, Gilfillan's, 260 Holland and Everett's Memoirs of the Life and Writings of James Mont- gomery, 457
Hours with the Mystics, Vaughan's, 315
forts, 411; the Wasp and Telegraph batteries, 412; inspection of the allied armies, 413; the fortress of Mangoup- Kaleh, 415; the Temple of the Winds, 417; the British camp, 418; an ex- cursion into the interior, 419. Part II., 524; Tartar villages--a Crimean villa, 525; Aloupka, 526; the Em- peror's palace at Oreanda, 527; Yalta, 528; the road to Aloushta, 529; a bivouac, 530; a panoramic view, 531; Cossack station, 532; Simpheropol, 533; Baktchi Serai, 535; fortress of the Karaim Jews, 536; the battle-field of Alma, 537
Kars and Erzeroum, and the Campaign of Prince Paskiewitch, Monteith's, 64 Landseer, Sir Edwin, as a Naturalist and Landscape Painter, 47
Land's End, the, 582
Lane's Month at Malvern, 197 Last House in C- Street, the, 392
Last Naval Campaign in the Pacific, the, 238
Life and Manners in Persia, 220 Life at the Water-Cure, 197 Literature from the Two Sicilies, Curio- sities of Contemporary, 208
Losely Place, the Muniment Chamber at, 685
Mansfield's Paraguay, Brazil, and the Plate, 591
Maud Vivian, a Tale, 294 Meg of Elibank, 539
Memoirs of Frederick Perthes, 512 Memorials of his Time, Cockburn's, 79 Midsummer Day with the Poets, 231 Montalembert's Pie IX. et Lord Palmer- ston, 345
Montgomery, James, Memoirs of the Life and Writings of, 457; Poetical Works, 457
Muniment Chamber at Losely Place, 685
Night Mail Train in India, 680 North Coast, Sketches on the, by a Naturalist. No. III. The Shores of the Scamander, 90; anecdotes of birds, 91; ravens and 'hoodies,' 92; changes in social, domestic, and political life, 93; condition of the na- tives, 95; superstitions, 96; changes which are taking place in the Eastern Coast, 96. No. IV. The Yellow Sands, 329; the gor-cock, 329; in- genious ruse, 330; the coast in the autumn, 331; boating, 332; Love- lace's Lucasta, 333; a storm on the North Coast, 334. No. V.-The Land's End, 582; a morning among the sea-fowl, 583; migration of birds, 585; old notions about natural his- tory, 586; manners and customs of
the fishermen, 588; funeral of a fisher-boy, 590. No. VI. and Last. -The Fauna of the Frost, 654; a winter sail, 655; Arctic sea-fowl, 657; the loon and the bordiwing, 659; night shooting, 660; a myste- rious story, 661; the murderer dis- covered, 663; concluding observa- tions, 664
Old Rings. Part IV., 18; uses to which rings are put, 19; conjuror's rings, 20; the custom of sealing sacks, 21; services required of rings, 22; their supposed powers, 23; annular fasci- nation, 24; misfortunes caused by rings, 25; rings restored to the dead, 26; occasions on which rings were worn, 27; wearing of rings, 28; ring boxes, 29; rings designated by parti- cular names, 30 Oliphant's Transcaucasian Campaign under Omer Pacha, 71 Opera Season of 1856, the, 186 Overland Mail Adventure, III
Pacific, Last Naval Campaign in the, 238
Paraguay, Brazil, and the Plate, Mansfield's, 591
Paskiewitch and Omer Pacha, Cam- paigns of, in Asia, 64 Pauli's History of England, 665 Persia, Life and Manners in, 220 Perthes, Frederick, Memoirs of, 513 Pius IX. and Lord Palmerston, 345 Poetical Works of James Montgomery, 457
Poetry: An Epistle, by C. K., 169; Drought at Gaza, 244; In Richmond Park, by J. T., 511; The Brothers, by N. W. S., 602; Song of the Buchaniers, Uhland, 729 714; Gleanings from
Poets, Midsummer-day with the, 231 Politics, Foreign and Domestic, 736 Politics: the Central American Ques- tion, 121; the Session of 1856, 247 Popularity, an Essay on, 623; definition
of popularity, 624; political popu larity, 625; Tory popularity, 626; Radical popularity, 627; word-be- gotten popularity, 628; clerical popu- larity, 629; How far is popularity a thing to be desired? 630; Lord Pal- merston at Manchester, 631; love of popularity a connecting link between the present and the future, 632; tea- party popularity, 633; dark side of popularity, 634; dangers of popu- larity, 635; the conclusion of the whole matter, 637
Principalities, a Peep into the, 127; a Turkish host, 128; Giurgevo, 129; Wallachia, 130; Moldavian justice, 131; Wallachian poste-wagen, 132; conduct of the Austrians, 133; Count Coronini, 134; the case of Colonel Türr, 135; Wallachian ladies, 136;
a Wallachian tragedy in real life, 137; Belgrade and the Servians, 139 Professorial Elections, 637 Prospects of the Indian Civil Service- The open system,' 270; study of Indian history, 271; 'Young India,' 272; study of jurisprudence, 273; study of languages, 274; faults of the scheme, 275; education purifies the taste, 276; what the civilian has to encounter in India, 277; moral effects of the new system, 278; advantages of Haileybury, 279; the proposed reduction of salaries, 281; the pros and cons of Indian Civil appointments, 283; importance of keeping up a high tone in the service, 285 Protestantism from a Roman-Catholic Point of View, 398
Reviews.-Froude's History of England, 31; Monteith's Kars and Erzeroum, with the Campaigns of Prince Paskie- witch, 64; Oliphant's Transcaucasian Campaign under Omer Pacha, 71; Cockburn's Memorials of his Time, 79; De Bazancourt's L'Expédition de Crimée jusqu'à la Prise de Sébastopol, 97; Cinq Mois au Camp devant Sébastopol, 97; Sir Archibald Alison's History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon in 1815 to the Accession of Louis Napoleon in 1852, 154; Lane, A Month at Malvern, under the Water-Cure, 197; R. J. L.'s Spirits and Water, 197; Bulwer Lytton's Confessions of a Water-Patient, 197; A Veteran's Hints to the Sick, the Lame, and the Lazy; or, Passages in the Life of a Hydropathist, 197; Lady Sheil's Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia, 220; Whitting- ham's Notes on the late Expedition against the Russian Settlements in Eastern Siberia, 238; Gilfillan's His- tory of a Man, 260; Vaughan's Hours with the Mystics, 315; Stanley's Sinai and Palestine in Connexion with their History, 336; Montalembert's Pie IX. et Lord Palmerston, 345; Aytoun's Bothwell: a Poem in Six Parts, 347; Tocqueville On the State of Society in France before the Revolu- tion of 1789, 363; Perrone's Catte- chismo interno al Protestantesimo ad uso del popolo, 398; Guizot's History of the Protectorate of Richard Crom- well and Dawn of the Restoration, 433; Holland and Everett's Memoirs of the Life and Writings of James Montgomery, 457; Poetical Works of James Montgomery, 457; Memoirs of Frederick Perthes; or, Literary, Re- ligious, and Political Life in Germany, from 1789 to 1843, 512; Mansfield's Paraguay, Brazil, and the Plate, 591; Ferrier's Scottish Philosophy, the Old and the New, 637; Pauli's
Geschichte von England, 665; Fur- niss's What every Christian must Know, 716
Richard Cromwell and the Dawn of the Restoration, 433
Scamander, the Shores of the, 90 Science at the Sea-side, 253 Scotch Peculiarities, Some Talk about, 702
Session of 1856, the, 247; the Adminis- tration and the Opposition, 248; con- duct of the Peelites, 249; failures of the Government, 250; evils of long speeches, 251; the Bishops' Bill, 251 Shakspeare and his Native Country, 446 Sheil's, Lady, Glimpses of Life and Manners in Persia, 220
Sketches on the North Coast, by a Naturalist. No. III.-The Shores of the Scamander, 90. No. IV.-The Yellow Sands, 329. No. V.-The Land's End, 582. No. VI. and Last. -The Fauna of the Frost, 654 Stanley's Sinai and Palestine, 336
Tales and Narratives.-Lost at Cards, 54. The Double House, by the Author of John Halifax, Gentleman, 170. Maud Vivian, 294. The Last
House in C- Street, 392. The Two Tuppers, 484. Meg of Elibank. Chap. I., The Tower-Sir Gideon's Household, 539; Chap. II., The Foray, 543; Chap. III, The Laird of Langshaw, 545; Chap. IV., The Kelpie's Pool, 547; Chap. V., The Plucking of the Flower of Elibank, 550; Chap. VI., The Reiver's Lift, 551; Chap. VII., The Reiver's Trial, 553; Chap. VIII., The Bridal, 554; Chap. IX., Harden Dell, 556; Chap. X., The Dame's Prize, 558. Friends. An Episode of Italian Life, 644
Tocqueville's France before and since the Revolution of 1789, 363 Tour in the Crimea, 1856, Journal of a. Part I., 407; Part II., 524 Two Sicilies, Curiosities of Contemporary Literature from the, 208
Two Sicilies, Kingdom of the its Pre- sent State and Future Prospects, 486; the events of 1848, 487; the 'Cama- rilla,' 488; state of the city on May 16, 1848, 489; distrust of Govern- ment, 490; opening of Parliament, 491; Political Catechism published, 492; system of reaction, 493; Baron Poerio and his companions, 494; the hat and beard movement, 495; men of learning set aside, 496; the King and the heir-apparent, 497; What should be done for Naples? 498; future prospects, 499
Two Tuppers, the, 484
United States, What are the, coming to? 611
Vaughan's Hours with the Mystics, 315
Water-Cure, Life at the, 197 What are the United States coming to? 611; prosperity of the Republic, 612; difference between Northern and Southern colonies, 613; extension of slavery, 615; claims of the Southerners to superiority, 617; Mr. Brooks's at- tack on Mr. Sumner, 618; indignities offered by Southern to Northern States, 619; invasion of the territory of Kansas, 620; Southern opinions on slave labour, 621
What every Christian must Know, 716 Whittingham's Expedition against the
Russian Settlements in Eastern Siberia,
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