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INDEX

TO THE

FORTY-EIGHTH VOLUME

OF THE

North American Review.

Aborigines of America, origin of
the, 551.

Achard, on beet-sugar, 432.
Africa, natural phenomena of, 184

its sandy deserts, ib.-sandy
storms, 185-fertility in, ib..
D'Avezac's work on the geogra-
phy of, noticed, 546.

Age, the present, historical, 325 —
not for action but for writing, 328
-events in, ib.
Agriculture, Etruscan, 51.
Aguilar, Martin de, discoveries by,
on the Northwest Coast, 127.
Akaba, account of, 209 - the coun-
try near, 220.

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Ali, Mehemet, Pasha of Egypt, Ste-
phens's interview with, 190- his
system of administration, 195-
improvements by, 196 - the Sul-
tan's enmity with, 201.
America, early Spanish discoveries
in, 109, 114, 137-progress of civi-
lization in, 329-effects of order
and tranquillity in, 330 Dela-
field's "Inquiry into the Origin of
the Antiquities of," 549- the an-
cient works in, 551 - the first peo-
pling of, ib.

American character, traits in the, 330.
American commerce, historical facts
respecting, 560, 563.

American education, Peers's work
on, noticed, 310 - remarks on, ib.
See Education.

Anian, Strait of, Torquemada cited
respecting, 117, 118-origin and
meaning of, 118-discovery of, by
VOL. XLVIII.
NO. 103.

Ferrer Maldonado, 122- the fact
respecting the, 143.

Animals, Egyptian veneration for,
206.

Antonio, Nicolas, respecting Ferrer
Maldonado, 122.

Arabic lexicons, Freytag's reviewed,
461-history of, 470-objections
to Freytag's, 475-its value, 477.
Arabic literature, advancement of,
among European scholars, 462 -
its utility and interest, ib.. the
fictions of, 463-history, ib., 467,
468-poetry, 464 its peculiar
growth, ib. the Cufic character,
465-the basis of, ib..

sciences
traceable to, 466-eminently pop-
ular, ib. its rhetoric, 467
works of history and geography
in, ib.
Arabs, sugar among, 418-advance
the cotton manufacture, 420 — su-
gar as cured by, 421. probable
meaning of the word, ib.
Architecture, Etruscan, 45.
Argonaut, The, at Nootka Sound,136.
Aristocracy, the ancient Italian, 29.
Art, the ancient Italian, 43- Egyp-
tian origin of the, 48-influence
of Grecian on the, ib.
Arts. See Manufacturing arts.
Association, remarks on, 181.
Astronomy, geometry advanced by,
145, 176.-Norton's treatise on,
539.

Attraction of the earth, 156.
Augury, peculiar to the Italians, 37.
Augustan age, authority of the, 403.
Avezac. See D'Arezac.

Berton, Count de, on the depression
of the Dead Sea, 223-on the
embouchure of the Jordan, ib.
the discoverer of Zoar, 224.
Bible, the use of the, in schools, 393.
Biot, on Newton's "Principia," 146.
Blue, a term of ridicule and re-
proach, 503.

Blue Laws, of New Haven Colony,
&c., by an Antiquarian, reviewed,
501 origin of the name, ib.
Books, on the use of, in schools, 386.
Boston, vessel from, to the North-

west Coast in 1640, 560.
Botta, his History of Italy, sold for
waste paper, 336-author of a
continuation of Guicciardini's His-
tory, 344, 347- his aim in his
"America," 344-project by, 345
facts respecting, ib. — his patri-
otism, 346 defects of, 347-
his Histoire des Peuples d'Italie,

350.
Bowditch, Nathaniel, his Translation

of La Place's Mécanique Céleste,
reviewed, 143-Eulogies on, re-
viewed, 144 on Ivory's theory
as to the equilibrium of fluids, 151
- on the figure of the earth, 153-
cited as to the attraction of the
earth, 157 investigations of, as
to capillary attraction, 163-as to
the stability of the solar system,

Cabrillo, Juan Rodriguez de, ex-
plored California, 121.
California, discovered and explored,
116, 120, 121 - settled, 117.
Camden, Lord, on literary property,
257.

Cane, cultivation of, in Europe, 419
-introduction of, into America,
423. See Sugar.

Capillary attraction, discoveries in,
161-Pickering on, 162.

Caspian Sea, depression of the, 222.
Catacombs, Egyptian, 207.
Cataracouy. See Frontenac.
Catharine, the Empress, professor-
ship of the Japanese language es-
tablished by, 297.

Cauchy, on molecular action, 160
on light, 161.

Charonea, identification of the bat-
tle-field near, 205 note.

Chaptal, Count, on beet sugar, 437.
Chemistry, Newton founder of the
mechanics of, 149.

China, missionaries in, 276 - Du
Halde's work on, 280.
Chinese language, Indian dialects
contrasted with the, 272-study
of the, in Great Britain, 274 - in
France, 278- not ideographic,
279 principles of the, 289-
recapitulation of Du Ponceau's
results as to the, 306- the diffi-
culty of learning it, 307. See Du
Ponceau.

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Chinese writing, work on, by Du
Ponceau and others, reviewed, 271

not ideographic, 279, 280, 291-
accounts of, by missionaries, 280-
the principles of, 290.
Chippeway language, used among all
the Indian tribes, 287-inversions
in the, 305.

Cibola, fabled city of, 117, 121.
Cities, among the Etruscans, 45.
Civilization, influence of religion on
the arts of, 24-early Greek and
early Italian, 27-in Europe and
America, 329.

Clairaut, principles of, in regard to
hydrostatics, 150, 151-on capil-
lary attraction, 161.

Clarke, Dr., his approach to Jerusa-
lem, 249.

voyage

Cleveland, H. R., his edition of Sal-
lust, noticed, 557.
Cochin China, first American
to, 563.
Cochin-Chinese language, vocabula-
ries of the, brought to America,
by John White, 288- characters
in the, 300-Morrone's Vocabula-
ry of the, 271-spoken in a sing-
ing tone, 310.

Coffee, as indicative of Eastern po-
liteness, 194.

Coin, anecdote respecting a Chi-
nese, 275.

Colletta, General, Storia di Napoli
by, reviewed, 325, 349.
Colnet, commander of the Argonaut,

at Nootka Sound, 136 conse-
quences of the treatment of, 137.
Columbia River, first discovery of
the, 135, 137-origin of the name,
138, 140.

Comets, observations on, 172.
Commerce, Etruscan, 55.

Contract of Sale, Pothier's Treatise
on, noticed, 553.

-argu-

Copyright, recognition of perpetual,
at Stationers' Hall, 258.
ments for the author's perpetual
right to the, ib. in Italy, 335.
See International.
Corean language, 298.
Corsica, original connexion of, with
Sardinia, 24-early settlers in,
ib., 56.

Cortes, expeditions by, 116- ex-
plored the Gulf of California, ib.
Costume in Egypt, 193.
Cotton manufactures, introduced in-
to Europe, 420.

Country, anecdote of the love of, 208.
Cowper, William, Southey's Life of,
noticed, 543.

Coxe, Daniel, authority for English
claims to the Mississippi Valley,

102.

Crespel. See Delisse.
Crevecœur, Fort, built by La Salle,
77-revolt there, 83.

Crozat, monopoly of Louisiana grant-
ed to, 105-his adventures, ib.
- Juchereau the agent of, 106.
Crusaders, introduce sugar culture
into Europe, 419.

Cufic character, 465.

Cushing, Caleb, Speech of, on the
Oregon Territory, noticed, 314.
Cushing, L. S., his Translation of
Pothier's Treatise on the Contract
of Sale noticed, 553.

Cyprus, administration of justice in,
198.

Debtors, Etruscan law as to insol-
vent, 32 note.

Dedham, History of the First Church
and Parish in, by Alvan Lamson,
noticed, 531.

De Fonte. See Fonte.

Delafield, John, jr., An Inquiry into
the Origin of the Antiquities of
America by, noticed, 549.
Delambre, on Newton, 145.
Delisse, Crespel, beet-sugar manu-
facturer, 437.

Denina, Abbé, his regard for Micali,
1 -"The Revolutions of Italy
by, 325, 349.

De Pauw, a literary fanatic, 277, 304,
Desultory Reminiscences of a Tour

through Germany, Switzerland,
and France, noticed, 552.
D'Iberville. See Iberville.
Dogs, shepherds', in Italy, 53.
Domestic Education, Goodrich on,
389 compared with school edu-
cation, 399-Taylor on, 380.
Dorvelos, Juan, object of his enter-
prise, 115.

Du Halde, work by, on the Chinese
people, 280-cited as to the Chi-
nese language and writing, 281.
Duhaut, Sieur, inimical to La Salle,
92-shoots him, 94-- is killed, 95.

Du Ponceau, Peter S., Dissertation
on the Chinese System of Writing
by, reviewed, 271- his inquiries
as to the Indian languages, ib.
his prize essay, ib.- his letter to
Basil Hall, 254, 286 - account of
his Dissertation, 288-criticized in
the Foreign Quarterly Review, 303
results recapitulated, 306. See
Chinese.

Drake, Sir Francis, British claims
to the Northwest Coast by virtue
of the voyage of, considered, 133
- his piratical acts, ib.
Dwight, John S., Select Minor
Poems from Goethe and Schiller
by, reviewed, 505 — his success,
506.

Earth, Newton's hypothesis respect-
ing the figure and rotation of the,
149-methods of determining its
figure, 152-its rotation, 155 —
its attraction, 156-its density,
159 in the Milky Way, 173.
Eaton, governor of Connecticut,
laws before and in the time of,
502.

Edinburgh Review, on the language
of China, 283.

Edom. See Idumæa.

Education, works on, by Goodrich

and Taylor, reviewed, 380-signs
of excitement as to, ib. - prevail-
ing errors respecting, 381-as a
profession, 383, 385-anecdote re-
specting, at Walbach, 384-evils
of early, 388-domestic, 389, 399
-on religion in, 393-obedience
in, 395. See American and Schools.
Egynt, view of, 185- Stephens's
introduction to the Pasha of, and
account of him, 190-costume
in, 193 administration of Me-
hemet Ali there, 195-improve-
ments in, 196, 199 —
-on demolish-
ing the pyramids of, 196 — degra-
dation of its inhabitants, ib., 197
- catacombs in, 206-supersti-
'tious veneration for animals in,
207.

Egypt, Upper, quarries of, 207.
El Dorado, the fabulous, 119.
Ellipsoid, attractions of the, 157.
Eloquence, descriptions of, 480.
Emulation, on motives for, 391.

Etruscans, their subjection of the
Umbri, 10-different names given
to the, 11-notice of the, 12,
18 confederacy of the, 31-
laws, 32-slavery among the,
ib. their religious system, 34,
37 their science and litera-
ture, 41-poetry, ib. - value of
their monuments of art, 45- their
cities and architecture, ib. -stat-
uary, 46, 48-painted earthen
vases, 49-agriculture, 51-com-
merce, 55-nautical inventions,
56 grammatical foundation of
their language, 61. See Italy and
Italians.

Europe, progress of civilization in,
329-evil and good elements of
movement in, 331.

Everett, Edward, his Address deliv-
ered before the Mercantile Li-
brary Association, noticed, 525.

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