ments of Mr. Wells, ib. 495; im-
provements in amputation, ib.;
Mr. Park's case at Liverpool, ib. ;
elbow-joint and knee-joint opera-
tions, 496; extraction of diseased
bones, 497; cure of hare-lip, cleft-
palate, and squint, ib.; Stromeyer's
new operation on club-foot, 498;
tumours on the face removed, ib.;
skin-grafting, 499; surgical revi-
vals, 500; treatment of aneurism
by compression, ib.; varieties of
amputation, 501; question of
after-treatment, ib.; 'meddlesome
midwifery,' b.; hospital surgery
retarded by foul air, 502; statis-
tics of mortality in hospitals, 503;
need of hygienic reform, 505;
abolition of use of the lancet, ib.;
earlier mania for phlebotomy, ib.
discovery of Bright's Disease, 507;
the diaphonoscope, 508; discove-
ries in the nervous system, ib.;
improved quality of medicines,
509; better system of medical
charges, ib.; specific value of cer-
tain drugs, 510; value of electri-
city, ib.; improved treatment of
lunacy, 511; State ingratitude to
medical men, 514
Medina (originally Yathrib), early
history of, cxxiv. 30; Mahomet's
flight to, 33; the city sacked, 35;
destruction of the Jews at, 41
Mediterranean Sea, temperature of,
compared with the Atlantic,cxxxv.
457, 461

6 Megæra,'
,' H.M.S. loss of, cxxxiv.
567

Megaspilion (Greece), convent of,
exxii. 556; its gallant defence, ib.;
its cellar and library, ib. 558
Mehemet Ali (Pasha of Egypt,
1769-1849), his recovery of Mecca,
cxxii. 510

collapse of his power, cxxxiii.

333
Mehestanites, Jewish sect of,cxxxviii.
45

Meissen, royal porcelain manufac-
tory at, cxxvi. 211; useless pre-
cautions to ensure secrecy, ib.
Melbourne (Australia), free public
library at, cxxi. 370
Melbourne (William Lamb, Vis-
count, 1779-1848), made Premier,
cxxix. 596; refuses the seals to
Brougham, 597; his difficulties in
the House of Lords, 598; his dis-
taste of office, 599

collapse of Whig rule after
his Administration, cxxxi. 578;
his good qualities, ib.

formation of his second Go-
vernment, cxxxiii. 315; his in-
terviews with the King thereon,
316; merits of his Administra-
tion, 317, 318; his difficulties in
1836 described by Hobhouse, 319,
323; the election of 1837, 329;
Russian intrigues in India, ib. 331;
intervention in Syria, 332; close
of his Administration, 336

Mr. Greville's estimate of,
cxl. 523; his vast literary know-
ledge, ib.; conversations at Hol-
land House, 524
Melitius (Bishop of Antioch, d. 381),
president of the first Council of
Constantinople, exxvi. 107; his
sudden death, ib.; divisions in his
church, 108; his compromise ac-
cepted by Paulinus, ib.
Melville (Andrew, 1545-1622), his
opposition to Morton's episcopacy,
exiv. 409; his character, ib.; im-
prisonment and exile, 411
Memory of, vagaries of, illustrated,
cxii. 529; sudden resuscitation of,
530

viewed in relation to con-
sciousness, cxxiv. 141; Sir W
Hamilton's notion of, ib.; its con-
nexion with sense, 142; consi-
dered as a mental act, 145

common vagaries of, cxxxvii.
337 note

Menai Bridge, the, cxvi. 209

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Felix, 1809-
1847), his lofty character, cxv.
127; literary value of his letters,
129; visits Goethe, 130; impres-
sions of Italy, 133; appreciation
of Italian painting, 134; at Rome,
135; Passion-week performances,
139; musical celebrities, 143;
visits Switzerland, 145; his love
of Alpine scenery, ib.; power of
graphic narrative, 147; his affec-
tion for England, 148; his place
among musicians, 150; first per-
formance of 'Elijah,' 151

anecdote of, in childhood,

exxii. 417
Mendelssohn (Moses, 1729-1786),
his character and works, cxvii. 191
Meneval (M.), his mission in 1815

'Meria' sacrifice in India, cxix. 394;
the practice discontinued by the
Khônds, 398

Merivale (Charles, b. 1809), his
history of the Romans under the
Empire (Vol. VII.), cxix. 26; pre-
mature conclusion of his work,
27; his materials for the age of
the Antonines, 28; his high esti-
mate of Vespasian, 31; his cri-
ticisms on Roman literature, 44;
his description of Hadrian, 54
Merlin Romance of,' cxxv. 248;
his name confused in history,

Mesmerism, phenomenon of sleep in-

duced by, cxxxvii. 348
Messene (Greece), past military im-
portance of, cxxii. 542
Metallic ores, geological origin as-
cribed to, cxxxi. 53
Metaphysics, Greek doctrines of,
applied to the universe, cxxiii.
301; Mr. Grote on early stumb-
ling-blocks in, 352

Meteoric showers, cxxv. 252; first
inquiries respecting, 253; Hum-
boldt's account of, in 1799, ib.;
shower in America on 13th No-
vember, 1833, ib.; November
shower of 1866 in Scotland, 254 ;
and abroad, 258; former appear-
ances, 259; the fall of 1833 de-
scribed at Boston, 260; facts dis-
covered, viz. :-annual recurrence
and existence of radiant point, ib. ;
retrograde motion of meteoroids,
261, 262; theory of their circular
orbit, ib.; repetition of the cycle,
263; shower at Malta in 1864, ib.;
origin of meteoric light, 264; of
meteorites, ib.; composition of
aerolites, 265; chemical analyses
of meteorites, 266; meteors of
St. Lawrence, 267; shower-
meteors and aërolites, 268

identified with comets, cxl.
413, 415; in August, 416; entry
of, into the earth's atmosphere,
417; enormous number of meteors,
ib.; emanation of, from the sun,
418; their relations with planets,
420
Meteorites, bonds of union with the
earth, cxxxi. 55; manufacture of
meteoric matter, ib.; specific gra-
vities of, 56

Meteorology, the word defined,
cxx. 474; viewed in connexion
with the phenomena of climate,
ib. 475

- backward state of the science
of, exxiv. 51; question of lunar
influence, 52; observations of

solar spots, 53; value of scientific societies, ib.; fallacies of amateur prognostics, ib. 54; signs of imminent weather-changes, ib. 55; need of science for long forecasts, ib.; wide area of atmospheric influence, 56 (see Winds); conference at Brussels, 58; inquiry by the Board of Trade, ib.; navy registers, 59; daily telegrams of the weather, 60; storm-signals at home and abroad, ib. 61; committee appointed, ib.; their digest of maxims, 62; analysis of previous forecasts, 64, 65; ambiguities in storm warnings detected, 66; approximate tests of accuracy, ib.; statistics of the Wreck Department, 67; forecasts from force and direction of wind, 68; practical utility of storm-warnings, 69; connexion between them and weather forecasts, 70; insufficiency of daily reports, 71, 72; recom'mendations of the committee as to storm-warnings, ib. 73; uniform European bulletins needed, 74; Russian observations, ib. ; literature of cyclones, 78; official expenditure in England, 79; Committee of Investigation, 81; defects of the Meteorological Department, ib. 82; text-book of oceanic meteorology needed, 84 Meteyard (Eliza), her Life of Josiah Wedgwood, cxxvi. 205; her valuable materials, 213; her prolixity and flowery style, 214; her absurd account of his birth, 216; high-flown reflections on his marriage, 220

Methodists, love-feasts and night

watches of, derived from the Moravians, cxxxv. 68; organisation of the Society of, 72; growth and prospects thereof, 85, 88. See Wesley, John Meton, the cycle of, cxvi. 93; supposed Egyptian origin of, 96

Metrodorus, his position in the Epicurean school, cxvi. 335 Metternich (Clement, Prince de, 1773-1859), his negotiations with Talleyrand at the Congress of Vienna, cxiv. 502; his overture to Fouché outwitted by Napoleon, 511

Mexico, Humboldt on mining wages in, cxii. 5

pines from, introduced into England, cxx. 370

Dumouriez' scheme of founding an empire in, cxxiii. 584

state of, on the arrival of the Spaniards, cxxv. 333; arts practised by the Aztecas, 335; bloody rites of the priesthood, 336; migration to Anahuac in 1834, ib. ; the Toltecan dominion, 337; character of the Aztecas, 343; early civilisation in, 353; Asiatic origin of the tribes, 355

(ancient), excellence of

roads in, cxix. 341

snake-worship in, cxxx. 494 Miall (Mr.), his motion in 1871, for Church Disestablishment, cxxxv. 368; his vague notions of the consequences, 384; opposed to concurrent endowment, 385; misstates the application of Church revenues, 386; unjust attack on the rural clergy, 387; on the legal inferiority of Dissenters, 388, 390

Miani, limit of his explorations of the Nile, cxviii. 209 'Miantonomah,' the (U.S. turretship), her voyage across the Atlantic, cxxiv. 226; her formidable character, ib. note

Mice, supposed artificial formation of, cxxv. 389

Michael Angelo de Buonarotti (1474-1564), his ceiling-paintings in the Sistine Chapel, cxx. 106

note

defects in his biographies,

cxxi. 546; his imitations of an-
tique statues, 547; his Pietà, ib.;
his Moses at S. Pietro in Vincoli,
548;
tombs of the Medici, ib.; his
Cupid at South Kensington, 550
Michael Angelo de Buonarotti, his
unjust criticism of Dürer's theory
of symmetry, cxl. 175
Michael Palæologus (Emperor of
Constantinople, d. 1282), his
scheme for uniting the Greek and
Latin Churches, cxxi. 485
Michel (Francisque), 'The Scots in
France, the French in Scotland,'
cxviii. 230; literary character of
his work, 231; on the connexion
between France and Scotland be-
fore the 16th century, 234; on
the four alleged treaties in the
12th century, 238; on early Scotch
colonies in France, 239; his scanty
notice of Scotch colleges in France,
244

his history of the Basque
Country, cxix. 369; his fanciful
theories of etymology, 373; on
Basque superstitions, 374; on the
pathetic character of their litera-
ture, 376

Michelet (J.), his reign of Louis XV.,
cxxv. 470; character of the work,
471
Michieli (Giovanni, Venetian ambas-

sador), his account of the mas-
sacre of St. Bartholomew, cxxiv.
94; on the plot against Coligni,

98

Microscope, the, its services to sur-
gical science, cxxxvi. 490
Microscopy, modern discoveries of,
Cxxx. 161

• Middlemarch,' novel by George
Eliot, cxxxvii. 246; interest ex-
cited by the work, ib.; the author's
explanatory preface, 247; in-
stances of emotional power, 260;
healthy tone of the work, 263
Miguet (M.), on the partition of the
Spanish monarchy, exiv. 313 note

Milan, the Journey to, in 1571,'
cxvi. 179

monument of St. Peter Mar-

tyr at, cxxi. 529
Military Science, present state of,
cxxiii. 97. See War, Art of

Education, Report of the
Royal Commission in 1869, cxxxix.
351; changes in form of examina-
tion consequent thereon, ib.
Militia, early sketch of, cxxxiii. 210;

consolidation of laws respecting,
211; based since 1757 on the
ballot, 212; a raw material, un-
less embodied, 215; defective
training of, ib.; voluntary recruit-
ment, 216; competition therein
with the Line, ib. ; the Reserve Act
of 1867, ib.; compared with the
Prussian system. ib.; the ballot
should be insisted on, without in-
demnity for exemptions, 218; pro-
posed annual contingents, 219;
ensigns should be abolished, 221;
and retired Line officers induced to
serve, ib.

Mill (James, 1773-1836), on the
terms Sensation and Feeling,cxxiv.
122

his character, by Mrs. Grote,
cxxxviii. 223; his personal ap-
pearance, 226

his severe education of his
son John Stuart, cxxxix. 97; his
married life, 100; his early studies
for the Scottish ministry, 102;
growth of his religious scepticism,
ib.; his opinions described by
his son, ib. 103; his low philo-
sophy denounced by Macaulay in
the Edinburgh Review (Vol. XLIX.
p. 185) 105; his political princi-
ples, 106; censures on the Govern-
ment of India, ib.

Mill (John Stuart, son of preceding,
1806-1873), on the reciprocity of
obligations between civilised and
barbarous nations, exi. 103

his maxim ascribing emigra-

tion to misgovernment, cxix. 279; deprecates heroic remedies 'for Ireland, 303

Mill (John Stuart), his alternative of plural voting or universal suffrage, exxii. 271, 272; his scheme criticised, 277-280

his "Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy,' cxxiv. 120; his candid exposition of his opponent's views, ib.; his idealistic theory of consciousness, 121; involves the idea of time in that of extension, 131; his negation of the material world, 136; on the law of association applied to matter, 137; his definition of 'mind' criticised, 140; his psychological theory of matter, ib. ; on the act of memory, 142; on the relativity of human knowledge, 146; mistakes Sir W. Hamilton's theory thereon, 147; protests against Dr. Mansel's doctrine of moral attributes, 149; his inconsistency respecting immediate and relative knowledge, ib.; negative value of his criticisms, 150

his original views of the tenant-system of Ireland, cxxv. 209; those views modified, 210

his pamphlets on Ireland, cxxvii. 531; its arrogant tone, ib.; his mischievous scheme of peasant-proprietors in Ireland, 532; Lord Dufferin's masterly reply, 534

on the Subjection of Women, CXXX. 572; his fundamental treatment of the question, ib. ; his terrible picture of male despotism, 574; its unreality, 577; his summary argument on abstract equality, 578; on legislative grievances of women, 581; his wrong conception of the relations of the sexes, 582; overlooks the equality of mutual self-sacrifice, 588; want of sympathy with married life,

589; his arguments directed to highly-cultivated, unmarried women, 590; his absurd definition of Woman, 602

Mill (John Stuart), on fixity of tenure in Ireland, cxxxi. 268

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his Programme of the Land Tenure Reform Association,' cxxxiv. 449; his position as arbitrator, 473; his remedial measures, 475-479

on Political Economy as a Science, cxxxviii, 337

his boyhood described by Mrs. Grote, cxxxviii. 225

Autobiography of, cxxxix. 91; his obscure and uneventful life, ib.; intellectual contrasts, ib. ; paradoxes in the House of Commons, 92; his want of sound principle, ib.; his instructive selfanalysis, ib.; his work compared to the Confessions' of St. Augustine or Rousseau, ib.; the Reviewer's personal acquaintance with him, 93; object of his Essay on Liberty,' 94; his Utilitarian philosophy, 95; his precocious childhood, 96; early course of study, ib.; his father's severe training, 97; visit to France, ib.; his ignorant depreciation of English life, ib.; reminiscences of, at the age of fifteen, 99; gymnastics at Bentham's house, ib.; edits Bentham's 'Judicial Evidence,' 100; strictures thereon, in Vol. XLVIII. p.462, referred to, ib. note; solitude of his early home life, ib.; his father's marriage, ib.; exclusion from boyish companionship, 101; the Bible closed to him, b.; his ignorance of Art, ib.; his arid state of mind self-depicted, 102; evil influence of his father's philosophy, ib. 105; duties at the India House, ib.; his attack on the Edinburgh Review, 107; connexion with the "Westminster Review,' 108, 110;