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INDEX

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FORTY-SECOND VOLUME

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North-American Review.

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377 et seq.
Alcuni, teacher of Charlemagne, 41.
Alexandria School of Greek Liter-
ature, characterised, 102.
Alfieri, character of his dramas,
founded on classical subjects, 370
- his Alceste Seconde, 375.
Alfred, 41.
Alsace, old poetry current among the
peasantry of, 330-specimen trans-
lated, 331.
American History, importance of,
and its peculiar character, 455.
Ancient Writings, method of ascer-
taining the genuineness and integ-
rity of, discussed, 1 et. seq.
importance of the inquiry, 4
statement of the question, 7
proof from internal evidence, in
fourteen particulars, 7 to 15
from manuscripts, 15 to 45-
-on ac-
count of their materials, 15 to 26
ink, 26- forms of letters, 27
division of words and punctuation,
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28 running hand, 30-illumi-
nation, 31 contractions, &c. ib.
recapitulation and summary, 45,
46 argument from the existence
of manuscripts buried in Hercula-
neum and Pompeii, 47- the dis-
cussion establishes the genuineness
of the Christian Scriptures, 51.
Anna Comnena, character of her
Alexiad, 42.

Anthracite Coal Mines of, in Penn.
sylvania, described, 243 three
varieties of coal, 246-how dis-
tinguished, 247- regularity of the
veins, 248 when introduced to
use, 250-table of the coal brought
to market from the beginning, 254
- its use in steam engines, 255.
Antigone of Sophocles, Woolsey's
edition of, reviewed, 369- sketch
of the plot, 384, et seq.- beauty of
the character of the heroine, 385

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Arnold's Thucydides, 373.
Aspasia, a modern Greek tragedy
re-published in America, character
of, 112.

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Astle, Thomas, work of, on the origin
and progress of writing, 2, note
quoted, 4 his account of the
alphabets referred to, 30.
Athens, rapid sketch of the literature
of, by Prof. Moore, quoted, 102.
Atheistical Controversy, Godwin's
lectures on the, reviewed, 467.
Atheism, objection to, as old as Lu-
cretius, 480.

Athos, Mount, celebrated for the pro-
duction of books, 43.

Attic Drama, characteristics of the,
372.

Attica, condition of woman in, 496.
Attorney, business of an, in Eng-
land, 517 — his legal education,
520.

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Biography, Library of American, vol.
iv., reviewed, 116 see Wayne

and Vane.

Blake, Admiral, his great fight, 136.
Bloomfield's Eschylus, 373.
Bonaparte, Louis, anecdote of, 65.
Brougham, Lord, his discourse on
Natural Theology, reviewed, 467
- his reasons for writing it, quo-
ted, 465-general character of his
work, 469 its defects, and rank
which it gives to the doctrine of
spiritualism, 486.

Buchanan, Dr. C., brings from Mal-
abar a roll of the Pentateuch, 19.
Bulls, papal, origin of the term, 35,
note Persius, quoted, ib.- their
use in determining the age of cer-
tain forms of writing, ib.
Burden, the, or refrain in poetry,
common and natural, 269.
Burke, his eulogium of Cromwell
and his companions, quoted, 127.
Burnet, his account of Vane's reli-
gious character, quoted, 133.
Burns, work and life by A. Cun-
ningham, reviewed, 52- his char-
acter, 65 last scenes of his life
72 his death and burial, 73.
Butler, Bishop, error of his moral
speculations, 341.

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