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INDEX

TO THE

FIRST VOLUME

OF

THE SOUTHERN REVIEW.

A.

Abernethy, a disciple of Stahl, 344.
Adams, Rev. Jaspar, his Inaugural Dis-
course noticed, 1-called from the
Charleston college to preside over one
at Geneva, 12.

Address of the trustees of the Public

School Society in the city of New-
York, notice of, 478-quoted 481 to 484.
Adelon, his Physiologie de l'Homme, re-
ferred to, 140, 158.

Agriculture, ancient authors on the sub-
ject of, 49-turnip husbandry, 50-ad-
vantages of deep ploughing to the
Southern States,52-advantages of the
drill and horse hoe, 53, 54-rotation of
crops, 54, 55-carrots food for horses,
55-seeds of weeds cannot be killed
in the ground, ib.-turnip husbandry,
56, 57-what constitutes a fertile soil,
58-on ploughing in spring crops, 66-
on the roots and leaves of plants in
relation to nutriment, 68, 69.
Analysis, modern, technically termed the
Calculus, 107.

Animal, an, defined, 60.

Animals, on the disposition of, 143, 144.
Annals, the Pontifical, referred to, 331.
Arminius, found adherents among the
the learned, 464-his death, ib.

B.

Balfour, Colonel, his letter to General
Green referred to, 86.

Baglivi, his medical theory referred to,
344.

Barneveldt, imprisoned in the castle of

Hague with Grotius, 466---tried, con-
demned and executed, 467.
Beatson, Major-General Alexander, his
new system of cultivation reviewed, 49
-plan of manuring with half-burnt
clay, 51-in favour of light ploughs, 52.
Begin, L.J. his Traité de Therapeutique,
342-reviewed, 352-his Principes ge-
neraux de Physiologique, referred to,
352 to 357.

Bell, Charles, his work referred to, 135--
unjust, in noticing Gall's system con-
temptuously, ib.--opinion referred to,
137-his papers noticed, 140.

Body, on the fluids and solids of the, 347,
348.

Bonaparte, Napoleon, born in Corsica,
165-sketch of his career from 1796 to
his appointment for life of consul, 166
-assumed the purple in 1804, ib.-
sketch of his proceedings to the time
of his repudiating the empress Jose-
phine, 166, 167-marries Maria Louisa,
167-has a son born, 167-defeated in
Russia, ib.-retires to Elba, 169-de-
feated at Waterloo, ib.-his powerful
military talents, 172 to 174-sketch of
his early military campaigns, 173 to
175---his campaign against Austria in
1809, 175 to 177-his plans for victory,
177-exasperates Germany, 179, 180-
his efforts to render Paris the capital
of Europe, 183-his code, its impor-
tance to France, 184 to 187-his per-
sonal labours in its formation, 187.
Bonnet, his suggestion on the separate
functions of the brain, referred to,
140.

Brain, considered anatomically, certain
points established, 137 to 141-three
principal methods of demonstrating the,
antecedent to Gall, 138, 139-Gall's
method of demonstrating the, 139, 140
-the organ of sensation and voluntary
motion in all cerebral animals, 147---
relation of the nerves to the, 148-the
seat of thought, 149---the exclusive or
gan of our moral qualities and our in-
tellectual faculties, 150---the five senses
destined to convey impressions to the,
ib.---moral and intellectual functions
not placed in our temperament, or ge-
nerally in the, 151 to 155-madness has
its seat in the, 155.

Broussais, differs in opinion with Gall,
respecting a common sensorium, 137...
his Physiology, referred to, 138--his
medical doctrines stated, 349, 350.
Bichat, his anatomical views, 349.
Brown, Arthur, his short view of the first
principles of the Differential Calculus,
referred to, 126, 127.

Brown, John, his theory of medicine and
therapeutics, 345,

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Cabanis, his Rapports, referred to, 143,
146.
Calculus, nothing more than universal
arithmetic, 119---derivation of its name,
ib.when unintelligible, 130.
Caldwell, Dr. C. his refutation of the at-
tack on Gall's system in the Edinburgh
Review, referred to, 135.
Campbell, Colonel, misstatement re-
specting his death, corrected, 106.
Cato, the Censor, his works referred to,
397.

Catullus, his standing among Latin poets,
402 to 404.

Classics, on the study of them as a regu-
lar part of education, 45 to 48.
Colonization Society, its tenth annual re-
port, notice of, 219--its views enlarge,
with its progress, 220---public opinion
in favour of it, ib.---its ulterior object,
ib.---its avowed object, 221---have es-
tablished a colony, ib.--transported to
Africa a few hundred persons, ib.---its
operations must be limited, 225---de-
sire to keep up excitement on the sub-
ject of slavery, 226--not sincere in what
it professes, 228.

Columbia Telescope, the, quoted, 292, 293.
Combe, George, his Essays on Phrenolo-
gy, referred to, 135.

Congress, empowered to establish post-
offices and post-roads, 289, 290.
Consolidation, remarks on, 283---quoted,

ib.

Constitution, the, articles of, 273-on
the construction of, 276--was con-
sidered limited, 286---8th section of 1st
article of, quoted, 288, 289-articles of,
which do not admit of controversy,
289.

Convention the, met in May, 1787, 278---
proceedings of, 278 to 280.
Cooper, Thomas, his Lectures on the Ele-
ments of Political Economy, 192---re-
viewed, 196.

Crafts, William, his birth and death, 504
----admitted into Sophomore class of
Harvard University, ib.--delivers his
valedictory oration, 506-returns to his
native city, and enters on the study of
law, 507---his character as a pleader,
510--specimens of his poetry, 515 to
550--delivered the annal address be-
fore the Phi Beta Kappa Society, 522---
specimens of his prose essays, 526 to

529.

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Craniology, the system of, evidence in
support of it, 155, 156-what is required
for it to be well studied, 156-Gall's
map of the skull, ib.-difficulties which
only repeated experiments can over-
come, 157-physiognomy and crani-
ology have their foundation in nature,
158.

Crisis, the, 273-reviewed, 282-quoted,
286----opinion respecting the power of
Congress to construct roads, 290--quo-
ted, 290 to 292, 298 to 301, 312 to 314,
316.

Cullen, his medical theory referred to,

315.

D.

Darwin, his Zoonomia, referred to, 346.
Davy, Sir H. his elements of agricultural
chemistry, reviewed, 49-quoted and
commented on in a note, 59, 60--his
physical agencies referred to, 61.
Descartes, his medical theory referred to,
344.

Dryden, on the plots of Roman plays,
quoted, 384.

Dunlop, John, his History of Roman
Literature, notice of, 26-reviewed, 358
quoted, 364 to 366, 375 to 376, 381 to
383, 387 to 389, 394, 395, 400, 401.
Dupin, Baron, his map of the state of
education in France, quoted, 484 to
486.

E.

Edinburgh Review, notice of, 13, 116---
quoted, 117, 118-notice of, 126, 135.
Education, it cannot give rise to propen-
sities, faculties or talents, 145----com-
parative cost of, in New-York, Phila-
delphia and Boston, 487--Knox's trea-
tise on, referred to, 493.
England, Bishop, notice of, 6.
Ennius, the father of Roman song, 380----
his Annals, referred to, 381---of his tra-
gedies and comedies, 382-his other
works noticed, 383.
Etruscans, on the origin of, 367 to 369----
their victories, 369---their religion, 370
----origin of their language, 371.
Euclid, his Elements, referred to, 114.
Europe, the South of, its early literature,
359 to 361.

F.

Fabula Attellana, the nature of, 392, 393.
Federalist, the, notice of, 272-quoted, 284

to 286--classes the powers conferred on
the government, 287-quoted on the
defects of the old confederation, 293,
294, 306, 307.

Free Coloured Persons in the Southern
States, unwilling to remove, 223---
more respectable in the Southern States
than in the Northern, ib.
French Revolution, the, passed away, 159
---its course marked by prodigies, ib.---

difficulties which encircle the historian
of, 161 to 163---wars of, bear no simili-
tude to the campaigns of the two pre-
ceding centuries, 163---during the con-
tinuance of, force, the only logic used
by the government, 172.
G.

Galen, his system of medicine, 343.
Gall and Spurzheim, their Anatomie et
Physiologie, notice of, 134-lecture in
Paris conjointly, 136--present a me-
moir to the Institute, ib.---report of the
committee on their memoir, referred
to, 139.

Gall, F. J. his Sur les Fonctions du Cer-

veau, notice of, 134--contents of the six
volumes enumerated, ib.---his phreno-
logical system considered in England
little more than a branch of the pre-
tensions of Lavater and others, 135---
lectures in Paris conjointly with Spurz-
heim, 136--the work referred to, 139-
his map of the skull, 156-enumerates
twenty-seven original faculties, ib.---his
observations on the divisions of the
organs of the brain, 157.

Geometry and the Calculus, their respec-
tive merits discussed, 107 to 118--they
mutually assist each other, 118.
Geometry, the science of, 118-developes
the properties of the straight line and
the circle, 119--various kinds of, de-
scribed, ib.---has its modes of reasoning
that correspond to the algebraic cal-
culus, 121.

Gergonne, his Annals referred to, 108,
129, 131.

German Critics, the most impartial, 15.
Gold, its discovery in North-Carolina the
result of accident, 251---the search for,
attended with difficulties, 252---princi-
pal mines of, in North-Carolina, 253 to
255.

Government, the General, its powers clas-
sed, 287-its several powers discussed,
289 to 320.

Goupel, his Exposition de la Novelle Doc-
trine Medicale, referred to, 352.
Grimké, Thomas S. his Address on the
character and objects of science, no-
tice of, 1-opinion of the learned lan-
guages, 3-two leading propositions in
the Address stated, 4---Address quoted,
16, 17-opinions respecting the value
of the learned languages commented
on, 17 to 24--Address quoted, 24---opin-
ion of Grecian philosophy, comment-
ed on, 24 to 27--assertion that the an-
cients did nothing in ethics, comment-
ed on, 27 to 29--Address, quoted, 32---
argument to prove the superiority ot
the moderns over the ancients in the
useful arts, commented on, 32 to 35----
opinion of how far its worth while to

study the writings of the ancients as
models, discussed, 35 to 45.
Griscom, John, his Address pronounced
at the opening of the New-York High
School, notice of, 478--referred to, 491.
Grotius, Hugo, his opinion relative to
slavery, 233-born at Delft, 461----sent
to the University of Leyden, 462---has
his praise sang by Douza, ib.----pur-
sues the study of law, 463-elected Ad-
vocate-General of the Fisk, ib.----ap-
pointed Pensioner of Rotterdam, ib.---
sent to London, ib.---sent by the States
of Holland to effect a reconciliation,
466--employed by the States of Hol-
land to draw up a formula of peace,
ib.---confined in the castle of Hague,
with the Pensionary of Leyden and
Barneveldt, ib ---rescued by his wife,
469---obtains a pension from the king
of France, 470---becomes naturalized
as a citizen of France, ib.-leaves
France and secures a retreat at Ham-
burg, ib.---composes his two celebrated
Treatises, 471-chosen ambassador by
Sweden to negotiate a treaty with
France, ib.--receives the title of coun-
sellor to the Queen, ib.---solicits his
recall, 472-received with great dis-
tinction at Rotterdam and Amsterdam,
472-his last moments, 473--his epi-
taph ib.-his character, 474 to 478.

H.

Hassler, F. R. his Elements of Analytical
Trigonometry, plane and spherical,
113 to 115--by admitting the use of lo-
garithms, can change addition or sub-
traction into multiplication, 115---his
trigonometry would appear to greater
advantage had he been more critically
acquainted with the elementary prin-
ciples of geometry, ib.

Hayne, Colonel Isaac, effect of his exe-
cution, 71-excitement produced by it
in Charleston and in England, ib.---the
act illegal and barbarous, ib.---Lee
charges Johnson with giving currency
to misapprehension respecting it, 72-.-
historian's view of the case, 74---his
ancestry, 75---a zealous whig, 76--a se-
nator in the Legislature, and a militia
captain, ib.--after the capitulation of
Charleston, retired to his farm, ib.---
commanded to return to his allegiance,
79--declares he will never bear arms
against his country, 80-captured, 83---
correspondence between himself and
the mayor of the town, 83, 84.--brought
before a court of Inquiry, ib.---con-
demned and executed, ib.-not a spy,
or proceeded against as such, 88 to 90
---not in correspondence with the ene
my, 91--the lawfuluess of his execu-
tion, on the ground of public policy,

examined, 94--fell a sacrifice to the
cause of his country, 95---the argument,
that he was amenable to capital pun-
ishment, without trial, having taken up
arms after receiving protection, exam-
ined, 95 to 98---his execution a viola-
tion of the cartel, 101-might have
been saved by Lord Rawdon, 105.
Hemsterhusius, Tiberius, the father of the
Dutch school of Greek literature of
the eighteenth century, 441
Herodotus, his account of the first peo-
pling of the Italian States, referred to,
366.

Hippocrates, the first author on the sub-
ject of medicine worthy of attention,
343-his pathology appears to have
been humoural, ib.

History, Roman, on the originals of, 325
to 331--authentic, commences with
the reign of Servius, 334.
Hoffman, his medical theory referred to.
Horse, history of a dead, 67.
Hunter, John, his medical theory refer-
red to, 346,

I. J.

Instruction, on the monitorial system of,
488 to 503.

Jackson, Dr. Samuel, a promoter of the
doctrines of the French school of phy.
siological medicine, 348--- his practice
referred to, 351.

Johnson, his Sketches of the Life of
Green, quoted, 101.

Journal of Education, referred to, 11, 491.

K.

Kirwan, Richard, esq. his Treatise on the
Manures most advantageously appli-
cable to the various sorts of soils, &c.
reviewed, 49.

L.

Lacroix, introduces the intruder radius

in most of his formulæ, 116.
Language, Latin, its origin, 371---a spe-
cimens of the primitive, 373 to 375---
observations on, 375, 376.

La Place, his Traité du Calcul, quoted,
108---his Cours De Sciences et Arts,
quoted, 109.

Latin, on the teaching of, 413.
Learning, classical, perished in France

during the revolution, 15-its impor-
tance to divines and jurists, 37, 38.
Lee, Henry, his Campaign of 1781, in the
Carolinas, 70-referred to Tarlton's
Campaigns, 74.

Letters, on the date of the invention of,
322 to 325.

Literature, Roman, the least original in
its early stages, 361---on the early re-
mains of, 383.
Livingston, the debate on his resolution
in Congress, referred to, 232.

Low, his Present state of England, refer-
red to, 204 to 211---estimate of the corn
wages of the English labourer, ib.
Lowth, Bishop, his Lectures on sacred
poetry, referred to, 31, 36, 48.
Lucretius, compared with Virgil, 404, 405
---his De Rerum Naturâ, referred to,
405---a summary of his De Rerum Na-
turâ, 406 to 409.

M.

Mably, Abbe de, quoted, relative to sla-
very, 234.

Martin, Luther, his exposition of the con-
stitution to his constituents referred to,
300, 304.

M'Neven, Dr. James, his lecture referred
to, 146.

Mahne, Gulielmo Leonardo, his Vita
Danielis Wyttenbachii, notice of, 410--
quoted, 413, 415, 418, 422, 423.
Malthus, his Principles of Political Econ-
omy, referred to, 211, 214--quoted in
relation to slave-labour, 223.
Manures, indispensable in good husband-
ry, 55---on the theory and practice of,
57-may alter the texture of a soil in
relation to moisture, 58---may be ap-
plied to stimulate the living fibres of a
plant, 59---may act by stimulating the
fibres of plants to stronger action, 61---
some do not constitute the food of
plants, 62--some act as stimuli 63---
may act by furnishing nutriment to the
plant, 64 to 66---treatment of different
kinds of, 66.

Massachusetts, Debates of the Conven-
tion of, referred to, 305.
Mathematics, its elementary principles
understood as well in Euclid's time as
at the present day, 108--the Calculus
defective, depending on itself alone,
109---radius cannot be neglected in a
calculation properly conducted, 110-
the opinion, that the geometric method
must be abandoned, combated, 113-
on abstract numbers, as connected with
the abandonment of the geometric
method, 113 to 115-in the lower de-
partment of, good elementary treatises
a desideratum, 115---the respective me-
rits of the geometric and analytic me-
thods discussed, 116 to 119---reduced
to two extensive branches, geometry
and arithmetic, 120--the theory of
signs forms a considerable portion of
its metaphysics, 127.

Medicine, various sciences of, 342 to 352.
Milton, his Paradise Lost contains a

simile not materially differing from
one in the Iliad, 31
Mime, on the Roman, 394.
Moira, Earl of, his letters to General
Henry Lee, in relation to the execution

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