Book VI.,

--Initial Chapter, 1. --chap. ii. 3 --chap. iii. 5 --chap. iv. 6 --chap. v. 7 --chap. vi. 10 --chap. vii. 11 --chap. viii. 13 --chap. ix. 15 --chap. x. 17 --chap. xi. 20 --chap. xii. 21 --chap. xiii. 173 --chap. xiv. 175 --chap. xv. 178 --chap. xvi. _ib._ --chap. xvii. 180 --chap. xviii. _ib._ --chap. xix. 184 --chap. xx. 185 --chap. xxi. 187 --chap. xxii. 189 --chap. xxiii. 190 --chap. xxiv. 192 --chap. xxv. 194 --Book VII., Initial Chapter, 275 --chap. ii. 277 --chap. iii. _ib._ --chap. iv. 278 --chap. v. 280 --chap. vi. 281 --chap. vii. _ib._ --chap. viii. 283 --chap. ix. 285 --chap. x. 286 --chap. xi. 288 --chap. xii. 289 --chap. xiii. 290 --chap. xiv. 291 --chap. xv. 292 --chap. xvi. 392 --chap. xvii. 397 --chap. xviii. 399 --chap. xix. 400 --chap. xx. 403 --chap. xxi. 407 --chap. xxii. 412 --Book VIII., Initial Chapter, the abuse of intellect, 573 --chap. ii. 575 --chap. iii. 580 --chap. iv. 585 --chap. v. 590 --chap. vi. 594 --chap. vii. 681 --chap. viii. 682 --chap. ix. 687 --chap. x. 689 --chap. xi. 691 --chap. xii. 693 --chap. xiii. 695 --chap. xiv. 697.

Naples, the revolt and revolution in, 433.

Napoleon column, the, in the Place Vendôme, 318.

Narvaez, the downfall of, in Spain, 356.

National debt, recent increase of the, 138.

National gallery, the British, buildings of the, 210.

National guard, debate on the, in the French Assembly, 205 --their conduct during the Revolution of 1848, 550, 551.

National wealth, origin of, from the soil, 107.

NEALE'S EIGHT YEARS IN SYRIA, &c. reviewed, 447.

Nelson column, the, 210.

Nemours, the duke de, character of, 555.

NERVAL'S SCENES DE LA VIE ORIENTALE, reviewed, 447.

Neuilly, conduct of the National guard of, in 1848, 550 --the destruction of the chateau of, 551 --its present state, 552.

New Brunswick, sketches in, 709.

New York, diminishing price of flour at, 703 --agricultural improvement in, 704.

New Zealand Company, the, 422.

New Zealand Pahs, sketches of, 420.

NEW ZEALANDERS, the, 414.

Nicholas, the emperor, character of, 154 _et seq._

Nile, expedition up the, 251 _et seq._

Nineveh, the excavations at, &c., 729.

NORTH AMERICA, JOHNSTON'S NOTES ON, 699.

North America, wood-cutting life in, 669 _et seq._

Nottingham, depressed state of, 644.

Novara, defeat of Charles Albert at, 446.

Novo Friburgo, Swiss colony of, in Brazil, 88.

Nugent, general, 443.

Obelisk of Luxor, the, at Paris, 312.

"Oft in a night of April," 605.

Oligarchies of medieval Italy, the, 435.

Opera, the, at Paris, 310.

Orleans, the late duke of, anecdotes and sketches of, 547, _et seq. passim_, 554, 555.

Orleans, the duchess of, conduct of, on the 24th February, 204.

Orleans dynasty, Stahr on the, 549.

Otaki, New Zealand village of, 430.

Ottinger, general, sketches of, 36, 37.

Oudinot, general, the siege of Rome by, 438.

Ouroomia, American missionary settlement at, 101.

Palestine, interest of, 719.

Palmerston, lord, on the state of Spain, 355.

Papal states, the revolution of 1848 in the, 437.

PARIS IN 1851, 195 --the journey, &c., 196 _et seq._ --the Boulevard, 200 --the Legislative Assembly, 202 --the Debate, 205 --the Opera, 310 --the Obelisk of Luxor, 312 --the Jardin des Plantes, 314 --the Hôtel des Invalides, 316 --the Artesian well, 317 --the Napoleon column, 318 --the Arc de l'Etoile, 319 --the Arc du Carrousel, 320 --suicides, 321 --the drama, 323.

PARIS, GERMAN LETTERS FROM, 543.

Paris in 1815, picture of, 201.

Parochial clergy and schoolmasters, influence of free trade on the, 501.

Pasquali, the baron di, a Sicilian renegade, 253, 254.

Passport system, improvement in the, 195.

Pauperism, increase of, under free trade, 139.

PEACEFUL LIEUTENANT AND HIS FRIENDS, the, a three hours' platonic gossip. Hour Third--containing sundry passages in the lieutenant's own history, and the strange legend of his supposed grandfather, 45.

Peel, Sir R. effects of his free-trade system, 115 --insidious character of his free-trade advances, 635 --on the anticipated price of corn under free trade, 636 --effects of his measures, 640.

Peel, the present Sir R., his letter to his tenantry, 106.

Peninsula, experienced results of the Liberal policy in the, 349.

Perowsky, a Russian minister, 163.

Persia, sketches by madame Pfeiffer in, 97.

Peschiera, the capture of, by the Piedmontese, 444.

Peter the Great, the first residence of, at St Petersburg, 171.

Peterwardein, a captivity in, 39.

Petropolis, German colony of, in Brazil, 87.

PFEIFFER, MADAME, WANDERINGS ROUND THE WORLD, by, reviewed, 86.

Philip van Artevelde, review of, 505.

Phreno-mesmerism, exhibitions of, 74.

Picnic, an Eastern, 725.

Picture gallery of Versailles, Stahr on the, 552.

PICTURES FROM ST PETERSBURG, 154.

PIMODAN, THE COUNT DE, CAMPAIGNS OF, reviewed, 25.

Pine, the, in America, 671.

Pius IX., the accession of, and review of his proceedings, 432 _et seq._

Place de la Concorde, the, at Paris, 202.

Place Vendôme, the Napoleon column in the, 318.

Playing cards, consumption of, in Russia, 169.

Poetry: The Lament of Selim, by Delta, 103 --Day-dreams of an exile, by H. G. K., 465, 604.

Police, abuses of the, in St Petersburg, 162 _et seq._

Political agitation, evils connected with, 296.

Pomaree, queen, sketches of, 91.

Poor-rates, influence of free trade on, 139.

Popery, influence of, on Continental Revolution, 431.

Population, the views of Malthus on, 123 --the influence of employment on it, _ib._ --its decrease in Great Britain since 1845, 128 --immigration of it from the country into the towns, 307.

Porter, Mr, on surplus population, 625.

Portugal, the ancient constitution of, 351.

PORTUGUESE POLITICS, 349.

Potato failure, influence of the, on population, 131 --the free-traders on it, 641.

Poussin, Ruskin on, 328.

Pre-Raphaelitism, Lewald on, 212.

Production, true policy with regard to, 107.

Productive classes, all classes dependent on the, 631.

Property-tax returns, falling off in the, 137.

Prosperity, anticipations regarding, and their disappointment, 609.

Prostitution, Mr Helps on, 389.

Protection, prosperity enjoyed under, 115.

Protestantism, necessity of, to freedom, 447.

Purchas, account of cannibalism in Africa by, 416.

Puris of Brazil, the, 89.

Pusey, Mr, his letters on protection, &c., 119.

Radetsky, marshal, sketch of the character of, 31 --sketches of, during the campaign in Italy, 26, _et seq. passim_ --his first proclamation on the outbreak of the insurrection, 439 --sketch of his previous career, 441.

RAID OF ARNABOLL, the, chap. i. 220 --chap. ii. 225 --chap. iii. 230 --chap. iv. 236.

RAIL, THE CHAMPIONS OF THE, 739.

Railroads, French and English, 199.

Railway travelling, on, 196.

Rangihaeata, a New Zealand chief, 425.

Rauparaha, a New Zealand chief, 425.

Ravandus, town of, 100.

Recreation, Mr Helps on, 384.

Reform Bill, agitation connected the, 296.

Reform Bill, the proposed new, 297 _et seq._

Rent, reduction of, its inefficiency to meet the agricultural crisis, 492, 611, 612.

Rents, alleged rises of, 494.

Responsibility, application of the principle of, in Russia, 164.

Resumption of cash payments, influence of, 622.

Revenue, influence of free trade on the, 137.

Revolution, aversion to, in Great Britain, 297.

Revolutionary war, increase of population during the, 124.

Rhodes, sketch of, 723.

Richelieu, encouragement of the drama by, in France, 323.

Rivoli, defeat of Charles Albert at, 444.

Roman states, the revolt of the, in 1830, 432 --and in 1848, 437.

Rome, rise of, after the battle of Cannæ, 124 --progress of the decline of population in, 125 --the siege of, by Oudinot, 438.

Rosicrucians, supposed acquaintance of the, with mesmerism, 77.

Rossi, the papal minister, murder of, 437.

Rossi, the countess, 168, 169.

Royal Academy's exhibition, Fanny Lewald on the, 211.

Rubini, reception of, in St Petersburg, 168.

RUSKIN, THE WORKS OF, 326.

Russell, Lord John, his proposed new Reform Bill, 297 _et seq._ --on the state of the agricultural interest, 489.

Russia, sketches of government, society, &c. in, 154 _et seq._ --extravagance of the higher classes, 170.

Russians, cheerfulness of the, 166.

Sabbath, a, in California, 472.

St Denis, the arch of, 320.

St Jean d' Acre, sketches in, 459.

St Lawrence river, the, 708.

St Martin, the arch of, 320.

St Petersburg, pictures from, 154.

Saldanha, the marquis, his insurrection in Portugal and its results, 349 --his present position, 357.

Salis, general, death of, 30.

San Francisco, sketches in, 472 _et seq._

Sanitary measures, on government interference in, 381.

Sanitary regulations, Mr Helps on, 383.

Sardinia and Austria, sketches of the war between, 25 _et seq._, 437 _et seq._

Savoy, sketch of the princes of, 441.

Scanderoon, the town of, 463.

SCARBOROUGH ELECTION, the, 245 --the _Times_ on it, 303.

Scheremetiew, count, anecdote of, 156.

Schoolmasters, influence of free trade on the, 501.

Science, the superstitions of, 565.

Scotland, increase of population in, 1841 to 1851, 129 --preponderance of the liberal representatives in, 297 --fall in the prices of grain as shown by the Fiars, 491 --alleged rise of rents, 494.

Scottish clergy and schoolmasters, influence of free trade on the incomes of, 500 _et seq._

Scribe, M., the words of Zerline by, 311.

Scully, Mr, his motion regarding pauperism in Ireland, 136.

SELIM'S LAMENT, by Delta, 103.

Sena, defeat of Charles Albert at, 444.

Serfdom, provisions for the abolition of, in Russia, 155 --sketches of it there, 156 _et seq._

Servants and employers, on the relations between, 381.

SHAW'S GOLDEN DREAMS AND WAKING REALITIES, review of, 470.

Shelley's Cenci, remarks on, 505.

Shipping, influence of free trade on, 138.

SHOPKEEPERS OF GREAT BRITAIN, to the, 629.

Shopkeepers, effects of free trade on the, 111 --serfdom of the, in St Petersburg, 156.

"Sigh thou not for a happier lot," 604.

Slavery, Mr Helps on, 384 --different circumstances in which originated, 385.

Small boroughs, the _Times_ on the, 246, 300.

Small trades, effects of the suppression of the, 308.

Snake-charming in India, 94.

Snakes, accounts of, 271.

Soil, true origin of national wealth with the, 107.

Soliman Effendi, a renegade Sicilian, 253, 254.

Sontag, madame, at St Petersburg, 168, 169.

Spain, results of liberal policy in, 354 --its state compared with that of Portugal, _ib._

Spiral column, Ruskin on the, 327.

SPRINGER'S FOREST LIFE reviewed, 669.

Stage, state of the, in St Petersburg, 167.

STAHR'S TWO MONTHS IN PARIS, review of, 543 --his "A Year in Italy," remarks on, 544.

"Stand by the Ocean," 469.

Stanley, lord, see Derby, earl of.

Starch, quantity of, used in the cotton manufacture, 497.

Stockton, (California,) sketch of, 474.

Strada, account of a case of magnetic communication by, 78.

Strang, Dr, his statistics regarding the population of Glasgow, 130.

Streams, Ruskin on, 330.

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH, the, 562.

Suffolk Agricultural Association, resolutions of the, 616.

Suicide, prevalence and character of, in Paris, 321.

Sunday in London, Lewald on, 213.

Superstitions of science, the, 565.

Suspension of cash payments, influence of the, 619.

Swiss, defence of Vicenza by the, 35.

Syria, sketches in, 453.

Tabriz, sketches by madame Pfeiffer at, 101.

Tahiti, sketches at, 90.

TAKA, A CAMPAIGN IN, 251.

Taxation, impossibility of reduction of, adequate to meet the agricultural depression, 113 --influence of, on industry, 306 --the question of, in relation to that of free trade, 633 --comparative pressure of, in the United States and Great Britain, 715.

TAYLOR, HENRY, THE DRAMAS OF, 505.

TELEGRAPH, THE SUBMARINE, 562.

Tenantry, separation between, and their landlords, induced by free trade, 610 --their losses by free trade, 611.

Thames, the approach to London by the, 210.

Theatre, state of the, in Russia, 167.

Theatres, the London, Fanny Lewald on, 217 --statistics of those of Paris, 323.

Theoretic faculty, Ruskin on the, 334.

Thiennes, the count de, heroism of, 26.

Tiger hunt in India, a, 95.

Times newspaper, the, on the results of free trade, 133 --on the depopulation of Ireland, 134 --on the Scarborough election, 246 --on the small boroughs, 300 --on the metropolitan representatives, 301 --account of the laying down of the submarine telegraph from, 568 --on the increased emigration and its results, 626.

Tirel's La République, &c., remarks on, 549.

To ----, by H. G. K., 465, 605

Towns, increase of the, at the expense of the country, 125 --increase of population in the, 1841 to 1851, 129 --reaction of the agricultural depression on the, 303 --immigration of population from the country into them, 307 --state of their population, _ib._ --ventilation, drainage, &c. of them, 381.

Trade circulars, general tone of the, 108.

Traders, influence of free trade on the, 137.

Trafalgar Square fountains, the, 314.

Travelling, modern universality of, 86 --increased facilities and abundance of it, 195.

Tucket, Mr, account of the massacre of Wairau by, 425.

United States, protective policy of the, 117 --increase in their population, 123 --on slavery in the, 385 --increased cultivation of grain in the, 489 _note_ --sketches of agriculture in the, 699 _et seq._ --Johnston on their wheat producing powers, 701 --the exports of bread-stuffs from, 702 --the prices of these falling in, 703 --extensive use of maize and buckwheat in, 705 --encouragements to emigration to, 710, 711 --their judicial system, 713 --taxation, 715.

Upper Canada, progress of, 708.

Vaccination in New Zealand, 430.

Van, lake, 732.

Van Diemen's land, the aborigines of, 416.

Vendôme column, the, 318.

Venetian territories, the insurrection in the, 26 _et seq._ --how acquired by Austria, 433 --her administration of them, 435, 436.

Venice, the revolt at, 27.

Ventilation, Mr Helps on the importance of, 383.

Vernet the actor, anecdote of, 161.

Verona, the battle of, 30 _et seq._ --capture of it by general d'Aspre, 442.

Versailles, Stahr on the galleries of, 552.

Vicenza, the capture of, by Radetsky, 34, 35, 445.

VOICE FROM THE DIGGINGS, A, 470.

VOLTAIRE IN THE CRYSTAL PALACE, 142.

Wages, lowering of, among the agricultural classes, 496 --the general reduction of them the object of the free-traders, 634.

Wairau, the massacre of, 425.

Walmsley, sir J., his reception in Scotland, 298.

WALPOLE'S ANSAYRII, reviewed, 719.

WANDERINGS ROUND THE WORLD, 86.

Wanganui, treaty of, with the New Zealand chiefs, 423.

Warburton's "Crescent and Cross," extract from, 721 _note_.

Wellington statues, Fanny Lewald on the, 211.

WERNE, F. A., A CAMPAIGN IN TAKA by, reviewed, 251.

Wheat, alleged increased consumption of, 496 --its price under free trade, 636 --powers of producing, in the United States, 701.

"Where summer is, there 'tis fresh and fair," 467.

Wilson, James, on the corn laws, 636.

Windischgratz, sketches of the campaign in Hungary under, 36.

Winter palace, destruction and rebuilding of the, in St Petersburg, 158.

Wolves, sketches of, in America, 675.

Women, English and German, Fanny Lewald on, 216.

Woodcutters' life in Maine, sketches of, 669 _et seq._

Working-classes, effects of free trade on the, 113.

WORLD, WANDERINGS ROUND THE, 86.

York column, the, 211.

Young, G. F., return of, for Scarborough, 245.

Zerline, the opera of, 311.

Zichy, count, Austrian commandant at Venice, 28.

Zichy, lieutenant count, death of, 33.

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