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the most advanced point of the Nile
delta, 479-search of the author for
the central point from which the Nile
delta has advanced, 479, 480 --" sand-
islands" north of Cairo, 481, 482
traces of marine productions beneath
the sand of Lower Egypt, 481, 482-
calcareous rocks of the shore west of
Abou-Kir, 483-character of the Egyp-
tian beech-sands, 483-lagoon district
of the delta, 484- no proof obtained
that the Red Sea and Mediterranean
were ever connected, 484-theory of
difference of level of Atlantic and Med-
- table of specific
› iterranean Seas, 485-
easterly current along
gravities, 486-
the Egyptian coast, 486-not a danger-
ous coast, 486-prevailing winds, 486,
487-length and route of the ship-canal,
487 character of the country through
which it passes, 487 climate, 488
rain and "khamseen," 488-harbor of
Port Said, and length and direction of
-moles, 488, 489-statement of similar
works in other waters, 489-effect of the
long mole upon the sands of the shore-
line, 490, 491-inroads of sand in the
harbor itself, 491-material of, and man-
ner of building, the piers, 492-com-
parison of fascines and smooth beton
blocks, 493, note-size of artificial blocks
at Port Said and at other works, 494
material of which they are made, 494
area of the harbor of Port Said, 495-
the city, 495, 496-table of dimensions
character of the
of the canal, 497
material through which it is cut, 498,
499-barrier of El Guisr, 499-ancient
Lake Timsah,
canal of Necos, 500
600-fresh-water canal, its effects upon
vegetation, 501-movable dunes about
Lake Timsah, 502-effective velocities
of running water, 508- barrier of Sera-
péum, 503- the Lacs Amers, 504 - 506
route from Lacs Amers to the barrier
of Chalouf, 506 the barrier of Cha-
louf, 507-course from this barrier to
Suez, 507 roadstead of Suez, 508 —
winds, channel, and currents of the Red
Sea, 508, 509-Suez Canal the largest
- ever made, 509 -no co-operation on the
part of the Egyptian or Turkish govern-
ments, 509.

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Erie, A Chapter of, article on, 30–106 —
the vices and abuses of the past confront
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illustrated in the Erie wars of 1868,
81-checkered history of Erie Railroad,
81, 32- Mr. Drew as director of Erie
Railway, bear of Wall Street, treasurer of
his operation in
Erie Railway, 32, 33
1866, 33, 34 -the fiduciary position of a
treasurer, 34, 35 points of resemblance
and of contrast between Vanderbilt and
Vanderbilt's manage-
Drew, 35-37 -
ment of Harlem and Hudson River Rail-
roads, 37- accepts control of Central,
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ed by the great railroad combinations of
Vanderbilt's efforts to
later years, 38-
get control of the Erie Railway, 39
opposed by Drew, and Boston, Hart-
ford, and Erie Railroad, 40- Drew and
Vanderbilt form an alliance, 40, 41-
story of a "pool," 41, 42-the conflict
between Vanderbilt and Drew, 43
proceedings of the courts, 45-69-ex-
citement caused by reports that Mr.
Drew was to be kidnapped, 60
Erie Railway made a corporation of
New Jersey, by legislature, 60, 61
ruption of New York Legislature, 62, 63
Erie Railway in the New York As-
sembly, 63-72— defeat of Vanderbilt,
amicable negotiations between
Drew and Vanderbilt, 73, 74 — details of
their treaty, 74, 75-condition of Erie
when it fell into the hands of Fisk and
Gould, 76-political and financial al-
liance of Tammany ring with Erie ring,
78 process of procuring monetary
stringency in New York, 78, 79-ex-
traordinary inflation of Erie stock, 79,
80-interference of Secretary McCal-
loch, 81 Mr. Drew appears on the
stage again, and is hopelessly cornered,
82 -his humiliation before Fisk and
Gould, 83, 84-the matter again before
the courts, 84-100-another corner,
86-88 Judge Davies's course as re-
ceiver, 93, 94 Mr. Fisk's hurried jour-
ney to Binghamton, 95-action against
Mr. Bowles, 101-the Erie and Vander-
bilt in active alliance, 102- decay of
our social edifice, 103-despotism of
corporations, 104, 105-danger for the
future, 105, 106.

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Evans, E. P., his Abriss der deutschen Li-
teraturgeschichte, critical notice of, 606 -

609.
Grape-Culture, Open-air, article on, 155-
175- rapid progress of grape-culture in
United States, 155-its past history,
156- -account of various American va-
- hybrids,
rieties of grape, 157-159
160-varieties recommended for out-
door cultivation, 161, 162- soil and
cultivation, 162, 193-fertilizers recom-
mended, 163-training and pruning,
164, 165 grafting, 165 — diseases of
the vine, 166-profits of grape-culture,
167 its literature, 168 American
wines, their growing value, and rank of
different varieties, 168-172-the ques
tion of adding sugar to acid grape-juice,
172-price of American wines, 173-
experimenters working for new varie-
ties, 175.

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Greece, Ancient, the Religion of, article on,
106 121- comparative mythology
partial and incomplete, 107- principles
of investigation of Karl Ottfried Müller,
197-difference between Hebrew my-
thology and Christian monotheism, 108,
109-pure fetich-worship not unknown
difference
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between the Greek and Roman idea of
gods, 110 Greek religion essentially
polytheistic, 110-two classes of myths,
111-three points of view of the Hel-
lenic faith, 111 Aryan origin of the
earliest Greek religion, 111, 112 — uni-
versality of the worship of Zeus, 112–
antiquity of name and of eminence not
necessarily equal, 112 - - the pantheon
full of change and development, 113-
the fully developed gods have elementary
spirits or demons, 113, 114-fidelity of
the Greeks to their old gods, 115 - two
classes of religious epochs, first intro-
duction of foreign gods, 115 - derived
principally from the Phoenicians, 115,
116-influence of the Egyptians, 116,
117- the worship of Apollo, 118-mys-
teries of Dionysus and Demeter, 118-
120-elasticity of polytheism, 120, 121

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the religious need of the seventh and
sixth centuries before Christ, 121.
Hazard, Mr. Rowland G., The Writings of,
article on, 367-391-an anti-protec-
tionist, 369 - collection "Our Resour-
ces," 369-871 "Finance, and Hours
of Labor," 371 "Essay on Language,"
371 376-language of poetry, 371,
872 distinction between abstraction
and ideality, 373-language of the fu-
ture life, 373-influence of ideality on
character, 374, 375-mutual relations
and separate agencies of the poetic and
scientific functions of the mind, 375, 376

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no decisive proof of matter as distinct
entity, 377 mind possessed of an
original causal agency, 377-the con-
ditions of want and knowledge necessary
to action of the will, 377, 378-
creative power of mind the same in kind
as that of Deity, 378- the phraseology
of Edwards criticised, 379, 380-neces-
sity of choice, 380, 381 - Mr. Hazard
rejects foreknowledge of God, 381, 382

the doctrine not opposed to liberty of
will, 382-arguments against Mill's doc-
trine of causation, 382-384-perma-
nent states of the will, 384-386-criti-
cism of Mr. Hazard's theory of choice,
386 of the power of contrary choice,
387-390.

Hereditary Insanity, article on, 1-29-
former hindrances to its study, 1-3-
recent methods and facilities for obser-
vation, 3, 4 elements of the brain, and
modes of disturbance, 5, 6 - first symp-
toms of morbid condition of the brain,
7-hereditary transmission, 8-11 - of
bodily features, 8-10 mental and
moral qualities, 10-why genius in its
highest form is not transmitted, 10-in-
struction raises the individual, but he-
redity the race, 11-propagation of dis-
ease subject to the same laws, 11, 12-
mental disease not generally transmitted
in the same form as in the parent, 12
-slight affections of the brain, as head-
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disease, 18-morbid movement ending
in insanity, is progressive, 14-some
ways in which it is developed, 15, 16
eccentric people and the "insane tem-
perament," 16, 17-various manifesta-
tions of it, 18 -no part of the mental
economy suffers more than the appe-
tites, affections, and emotions, 19
lustration of this, 20-general ignorance
in regard to the character of mental dis-
ease, 22, 23-organic conditions of in-
sanity the same as those of political and
religious fanaticism, 24, 25-theory (of
M. Moreau) that the excitation of nerve-
cells producing intellectual greatness is
identical with that producing madness,
25-28-proof of such identity wanting,
28, 29.

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History, The Laws of, article on, 197-230
-difficulties attending the study of laws
of social changes, 197, 198- progress
the universal law, 198, 199 - unrecog-
nized by the ancients, 199 -the in-
fluence of Roman jurisprudence over
modern thought, 200, 201-the hopeful
view of Hebrew thinkers, and after-
wards of the Christian, 201, 202-
theory of universal and necessary pro-
gress, 202, 203-its unsoundness, 203,
204 cyclical progression, 205
trine of the "social organism," 205 —
critical examination of Dr. Draper's
development of the doctrine, 206–212
-its arbitrary character, 206-208-
Arabic history gives no support to the
theory, 209 no good data for reason-
ing upon the early state of Asia, 209,
210 decline of nations not senility,
illustrated by Russia, Greece, and Rome,
210, 211 -two objections to Dr. Dra-
per's theory, 212 the law of organic
development in the animal from homo-
geneity to heterogeneity, 213, 214 → this
law equally true of social progress, 215-
218 shown in productive occupations,
215-in government, 215, 216 in
divergences of nations of commón
origin, 216, 217 in languages, 217+
Mr. Spencer's definition of life, 219-
the law traced from lowest forms to
man, 219-221-applied to the progress
of society, 221, 222 effect of the polit-
ical isolation of ancient communities,
222, 223- the law of change in organic
beings identical with that of social life,
223, 224- -progress of man from the
condition of aggregations of families to
collections of individuals, 224, 225-
advance from community to nation,
shown by France, 225-idea of national
oneness first reached by the Romans,
226- advantage of this to Christianity,
226 -beneficial influence of the Roman
Church. 226, 227-personal freedom
not recognized among the ancients, 228
-its recognition brought about by the
feudal system, Roman Church, and
development of industry, 229-the dif-

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ferential element in the phenomena of
organic and social development, 230.
Hungary and Roumania, article on, 176-
197 the interest of the United States
in Hungary twenty years ago, 176-
Lord Palmerston's position, its fallacy,
176, 177Hungary a separate king-
dom until 1849, 177 when it struck
for greater parliamentary freedom and
was defeated, 178-doctrine of central-
ized Austria. 179-attitude of the Vien-
nese, 179-of the Italian peasantry,
180 the Ruthenians, 181-great va-
riety of races in Hungary, 182 - 184 -
predominance of the Magyars, 183
strength of Hungary, even under defeat,
184- - policy of Vou Schierling, 185
the Hungarians repudiate it, 185, 186-
plans to bring them to terms, 186
triumph of the Magyars, 186, 187
plans of Russia against Hungary, 187
danger from internal separatists, 188
operations of Mr. Bratiano, 189-the
attempts of the Czars through a long
period to gain power over the Danu-
bian Principalities, 190, 191- annexa-
tion of the Crimea, 191, 192- at pres-
ent Russia sets Roumania against the
Magyars, 192-social condition of
Moldo-Wallachia, 193-explains the
success of Couza, 193-overthrow of
Couza, 194- Mr. Pano, 194- -race
quarrels, their folly, 194, 195- dis-
course of Kossuth on "Nationalities,"
195, 196.

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Indian Migrations, article on, 391-442-
purpose of the article, 391- common
type and name of the native Americans,
392 their occupation of the country
at a very remote age, 392-physical
causes which influence migration, 393

-slight knowledge we have of the
aborigines of South America, 394 -
skill attained by the Roving Indians,
394, 395- by the Village Indians, 395
-the occupations of the aborigines,
397fish the principal article of food,
897-migrations of men not accidental,
but governed by law, 398-geographi-
cal features of North America, prairie
areas, 399-403- mountain areas, 403,
404- forest areas, 405-407 - means
of subsistence, and centres of population,
407-region east of the Mississippi,
408-fable of the origin of the Crane
tribe, 408, note-earthworks of the
Mound-Builders, 409-411, note-coun-
try about the head-waters of the Missis-
sippi, 412-country of the Lower Mis-
souri, 412 Canada and Hudson Bay
territory, 413- the superiority of the
valley of the Columbia for the subsist-
ence of Indian tribes, 414-421-the
kamash root and edible moss, 415, note

- great number of salinon in the region
of Columbia River, 416- Indian modes
of taking and preserving them, 417-
419-mild climate of this region, 421

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-estimates of the number of Indians
upon Columbia River and tributaries,
422-geographical location of Village
Indians, 423-425-their condition at
the time of the conquest of Mexico,
425 Aztec Confederacy, 426, 427-
other nations, 428, 429 degree of eiv-
ilization of the Indians of Yucatan and
Guatemala, 429, 480-
-extent and na-
ture of Indian agriculture, 432-436-
irrigation, 434-436-lakes near the
City of Mexico, 436, 437-explanation
of the lake onçe surrounding the city,
and its disappearance after the Con-
quest, 438-440- hindrances to the
advancement of Village Indians, 441,

442.

Kinglake, Alexander William, his Invasion
of the Crimea, Vol. II., critical notice
of, 612-619.

Kirk, John Foster, his History of Charles
the Bold, Vol. III., critical notice of,
596-602.

Language, The Genesis of, article on,
805-367-effects of the conquest of
India upon philological knowledge, 305,
306-happy guesses giving way to
scientific principles, 306, 307 — exam-
ples of the changes undergone by words
in form and in meaning, 308, 309-
enough known now, to proceed to the
inquiry concerning the origin of lan-
guage, 310 unsoundness of the theory
of one primitive language, 310-312-
contraction and vocalization of French,
Spanish, and other tongues, 313, 314-
"phonetic decay," or integration, 314-
316-method of forming inflected words
by integration, 317-319-analysis of
twenty, 319-of eleven and twelce, 320,
821- of which and such, 321-exami-
nation of the Latin amatur, 321-327-
primarily reflexive, 322- the t of
amatur, 323-earliest method of form-
ing plurals, 327 -constant and varia-
ble roots, 328- William von Hum-
boldt's classification of language, 329-
331-Schleicher's notation, 330-every
language originally of the juxtapositive
class, 332- Humboldt's view of lin-
guistic development adopted by nearly
all eminent philologists, 333 -- rejected by
Renan, 323, 334-diagram showing lan-
guages derived from the Latin, 335-
rapid change of Hindoo dialects, 836 —
the lines of division between the three
types not clearly traceable, 337-liter-
ary dialect of the Chinese, 337 — aggiu-
tination not equally prominent in all
secondary languages, 338, 239-ter-
tiary languages still use the primitive
method of compounding roots, 359-
originating new inflections, 340-342-
effect of printing upon the integrating-
process of a language, 346, 347 - some
phenomena of the Semitic languages
348-351-comparison between the
older Hebrew and younger Arabic, 349,

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Lippitt, Francis J., his Military Treatises,
critical notice of, 290, 291.

Lists of Some Recent Publications, 302-
304, 620.

Marcel, C., his Study of Languages, criti-

cal notice of, 285-287.
Mill, John Stuart, his Subjection of
Women, critical notice of, 556 - 565.
Müller, Max. M. A., his Chips from a
German Workshop, critical notice of,
544-555.

Nicolas, J. B., his Les Quatrains de
Kheyam, critical notice of, 565 - 584.
Noelleke, Theodor, his Die Alttestament-
liche Literatur, critical notice of, 602-

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Paraguay and the Present War, article on,
510-543- - arrival of Sebastian Cabot
in 1527. 511-the peaceful rule of the
Jesuit fathers in Paraguay, 511- their
missions, 512- their enemies, 513
Jesuits expelled in 1766, 514-
the por-
tion of the country which they occupied,
514, 515-first steps towards indepen-
dence, 515-royal Spanish governinent
deposed, Francia chosen consul and af-
terwards dictator, 516 his stern and
jealous rule, 516, 517- detention of
strangers in the country, 518 - Don
Carlos Lopez called to the Presidency;
his rigorous rule, 518, 519- his educa-
tion, and his ambitious designs, 520-
the political complications of Brazil,
Uruguay, and Buenos Ayres, 520, 521
Lopez declares war upon Brazil and the
Argentine Republic, 522- these coun-
tries, with Uruguay, form an alliance
against Lopez, 523-size of the Para-
guayan army, 524-geographical scene
of the war, 524. 525-campaign of 1866,
525-528 of 1867, 528, 529-success of
the allies, 529, 530— Count d'Eu in com-
mand of the allies, 530 - General Bari-
eto's march into the interior of Paraguay,
531 efforts for a reconciliation made
by American ministers, 531 - Minister
Washburn's course, 532 arrest and
torture of Bliss and Masterman, 533-
536 stern discipline of the Paraguayan
armies, 537-extreme cruelties of Lo-
pez, 537-541 - Mr. McMahon as Ameri-
can minister, 542-condition of the
respective armies at present, 543.
Peirce, B. K., his A Half-Century with
Juvenile Delinquents; or, The New

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York House of Refuge and its Times,
critical notice of. 292, 293.

Prince Society, Publications of the, crit-
ical notice of, 609-612.

Report, Eleventh Annual, of the Columbian
Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, critical
notice of, 287 - 289.

Rückert, Friedrich, his Works, critical no-
tice of, 584-594.

Sprague, W. B., his Annals of the Amer-

ican Pulpit, critical notice of, 283-285.
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, his The
Blameless Prince, and other Poems,
critical notice of, 301.

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Suez Canal, and the Coast of Egypt, article
See Egypt.
Volcanoes, article on, 231-265 unusual
activity of the literature of volcanoes, 231
-suddenness of an earthquake, 232-
volcanoes give warning, 232 - notice of
a work on Vesuvius, by John Phillips,
233 by M. Le Hon, 233 - work on
New Zealand, by Hochstetter, 234 - on
Central America, by Dolifus and Mont
Serrat, 234, 235 -geological work of
Richtofen, 235 — difficulties of studying
volcanoes, 236, 237 definition of vol-
cano, 237
called
"active,"
"dormant," " extinct," 237 times of
activity and of repose of Vesuvius, 238
the Gunung Gelungung of Java, 238
-the moon an extinct volcano, 229-
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the condition called "solfataric," 239,
240- - condition of Vesuvius in 1843,
240, 241 from 1847 to the present, 241
-condition of partial activity as seen
in Stromboli, Etna, Kelauea, 241, 242 —
phenomena preceding eruptions, 242,
243- description, by Scrope, of an
eruption of Vesuvius in 1822, 244 — ac-
tion of a volcano emitting lava, 245
of those sending out ashes and cinders,
appearance of an eruption at
night, 245-electric phenomena of an
eruption, 246 - Vesuvius in 1794, 246-
the different matters ejected, 246-im-
mense distances to which volcanic lava,
rocks, and ashes are thrown, 248, 249
Herculaneum and Pompeii buried by
mud-flow, 249-formation of cones of
volcanoes, 250- - why molten lava seeks
an issue below the summit, 251-va-
rieties of lava, 251, 252 -formation of
volcanic cones, 253, 254-crater-of-ele-
vation theory, 254-256- volcanoes
with encircling ring, 256-258-" circle
of fire" about the Pacific, 256-260-
active volcanoes of South America, 260,
261 volcanic phenomena of North
America, 261–265.

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