parisons for him among the men of his time, it is only with himself that we can compare and contrast this manifold and multifarious soul. The life and force, the endless tide of vital energy and superb human strength which courses through his great veins, flow over upon everything he touches. All Edinburgh gleams alight with him as he goes about the streets; and where he stands, in the Chair of the Professor, in the Sanctum of Princes Street, and, still more, in the Ambrosian parlour, is about to become a luminous spot over half the world. The light is but at the dawning when he sits thus in his suburban retirement, making out his lectures, anxious yet for the position which he has won after so hard a fight. His whole career lies unrevealed before him in that green seclusion of Anne Street, where he works among his books, unaware as yet that not the noble firth, gleaming almost before his eyes, nor the lionhill behind, will one day be more identified with Edinburgh than his own grand person and familiar fame. It is the beginning of his public life, and he stands on the eve of all his triumphs. Behind him lies as happy, yet as hard, a probation as often falls to the lot of man; years of sunshine dazzling and effulgent, barred with sudden breaks of shadow. Already, in the early play of his powers, reputation and influence have come to him, more in sport and by chance than from purpose or toil. Now he stands on the height of the arch of his life, and, breathing hard after the stings of that last sharp stretch of ascent, surveys the champaign before him, most likely as little

aware of what was in it as any other mortal. He is not thinking of literature, he is thinking of his lectures. The young Professor, in whom only half of his encircling world believes, has that burden on his mind, in the first place, to make sure provision for the wants of his post; and, thereafter, what pleases Providence. For Christopher North has not been revealed yet out of the mirthful skies; summer days only, and gay hours of the youthful twilight, but as yet no Noctes have educed their bright impressions out of that glowing, impetuous, and sunshiny soul. His fame and his work lie still before him, casting uncertain shadows upon the sanguine firmament. Space and time forbid us here to enter into the brilliant perspective. Let us leave him for the moment at this natural period. For the first time, and with a novel sound, his name has become dignified into that of Professor Wilson. And there he sits, with his piled-up books, noting down the rapid suggestions of his genius for calm examination and arrangement, and inviting his friend to enter into those open and candid chambers of his thoughts to supervise and regulate the process. We could not pause upon a picture more full of truth and meaning. When we open the record again it will be upon a fuller light and a more animated foreground. Let us leave our hero in the mean time in his study, consulting with anxious simplicity, and trusting with the confidence of a child in the final judgment of his early companion. It was thus that the new Professor began the serious business of his life.

About, M., on the English school of
painting, 61.

ACROSS THE CHANNEL, 15-concluded,
221.

Active thought and reverie, on the dis-
tinction between, 314.

British, national characteristics of the,
531.

British Association, the, 187.

British Columbia, the colony of, 698 et
seq.
BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, 696.

Addison as an essayist, 405.

ALL IN THE WRONG; OR, THE TAMER
TAMED, a story without a moral,
Chapter i., 671-Chapter ii., 672-
Chapter iii., 675-Chapter iv., 677—
Chapter v., 679-Chapter vi., 683-
Chapter vii., 685-Chapter viii., 688
-Chapter ix., 690-Chapter x., 692.
Alps, the, pedestrianism among, its ad-
vantages and drawbacks, 224.
American constitution, Trollope on the,

381.

American question, examination of Mr
Trollope's views on the, 373 et seq.
AMERICAN WAR, THE CRISIS OF THE, 636.
Americans, national characteristics of
the, 531 et seq.

Animal life, extent of, in the sea, 80
et seq.

Architecture, different styles, &c., of,
239.

Art, German writers on, 62-national
schools of, how formed, 353.
Auckland, Lord, conduct of, to Pitt, 4.
Austria, the position of, in Germany,
420-her policy in Italy since the
peace of Villafranca, 506.
Bacon as an essayist, 404.
Baden as a watering-place, 273.
Barrett-Lennard, Captain, account of
British Columbia by, 699.
Beaugé, the battle of, 567.

Belgian school of painting, the, as repre-
sented in the International Exhibition,
367.

Belgium, the art school of, as represent-
ed in the Exhibition, 73.

Benvenuti's 'Judith and Holofernes,' 355.
Berlin, the prevalent architecture of, 240.
Blackwood's Magazine, origin of, and
Wilson's connection with it, 758.
Blucher, operations of, in the Waterloo
campaign, 610 et seq.

Böe, the paintings of, 364.
Bohemia, the gypsies of, 30.

Bohemian Schweitz, the, as a touring
district, 226, 229.
Bonington, the paintings of, 360.
Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich, notice of
the, 589.

567.

Burgundy, the Duke of, murders of the

Sieur de Montagu and the Duc d'Or
leans by, 549-his murder, 550.
Burns, influence of, over the Scottish
peasant, 49.

Burton, Mr, the water-colour paintings
of, 71.

BUSHIRE, A JOURNEY FROM SHIRAZ TO,
286.

Calcott, the paintings of, 360.
Campbell the poet, as a conversationist,
43.

Canning, Lord, and the Land Settlement
question, 599.
CARLINGFORD, CHRONICLES OF: SALEM

CHAPEL, Part VI., 110-Part VII., 129
-Part VIII., 323-Part IX., 440–
Part X., 570-Part XI., 713.
Catholic question, Pitt's views on the, 2
et seq.

Catholicism, the attacks of English tour-
ists on, 25.

Cavour, Count, his policy in Italy, 504
-his death, 514.

CAXTONIANA: A series of Essays on Life,
Literature, and Manners, Part VI. No.
IX., Hints on Mental Culture, 40- Part
VII. No. X., On the Moral Effect of
Writers, 163--Part VIII., No. XI. On the
Distinction between Active Thought
and Reverie, 314-No. XII., On the
Spirit in which New Theories should be
received, 319-Part IX. No. XIII., On
Essay Writing in general, and these
Essays in particular, 402-No. XIV.,
The Sanguine Temperament, 410-
Part X. No. XV., The Organ of Weight,
527 No. XVI., The Sympathetic
Temperament, 534- Part XI. No.
XVII., Faith and Charity; or, the
Union, in Practical Life, of Sincerity
and Conciliation, 658-No. XVIII,
Upon the Efficacy of Praise, 665.
Cemeteries, Continental, 242.
CHANNEL, ACROSS THE, 15-concluded,
221.

Chatham, Lord, as war minister, 7.
Church of Scotland, the worship of the,
213 et seq.-the movement in favour
of a liturgy in, 215 et seq.

Gericault, the 'Shipwreck of the Medusa,'
by, 355.

German art, as represented in the Exhi-
bition, 369.

German hotel, sketch of a a, 21.

German school of landscape, the, 363.
German unity, the cry for, 420 et seq.
GERMANY AND HER PROSPECTS, 413.
Germany, progress of the English lan-
guage in, 18-railways in, 19-rewards
of the artist in, 61-the art schools of,
as represented in the Exhibition, 73
et seq.

GIANNONE, 738.

Glacier travelling, dangers, &c., of, 226.
Gladstone, Mr, his speech on the Ameri-
can crisis, 636.

Gleyre, 'Lost Illusions' by, 367.

Goethe, the Iphigenia in Tauris' of, 469
et seq.

Gold diggings of British Columbia, the,
699.

Goose, attack by an eagle on a, 156.
GORDON, MRS, HER LIFE OF PROFESSOR
WILSON reviewed, 751.

Grey, General, his life of Earl Grey, 13
and note.

Grouchy, Marshal, his movements, &c.,
during the campaign of Waterloo, 618

et seq.

Gude, the landscape paintings of, 363.
Hamburg, architecture in, 239.
Hamilton, Michael, adventure of, in
France, 556.

Hanna's Last Day of our Lord's Passion,'
210 et seq.

Hegel on lyrical poetry, 404.

Herat, a journey to, and sketches in, 289.
Herbert, the paintings of, 365.

High art, failure of the English school
in, 355-later English attempts at,

364 et seq.

Hildebrandt, the landscapes of, 363.
Hilton, The Crucifixion,' &c, of, 355.
Hogarth, the paintings of, in the Inter-
national Exhibition, 69, 357.
Homburg, history, &c., of, as a watering-
place, 275 et seq.

Horseback, travelling on, 223.

HUGO, VICTOR, ON THE GREAT FRENCH
PUZZLE, 647.

Hugo, Victor, his last romance, 172.
Humbert, the landscapes of, 364.
Hunting instinct, universality of the,
77.

IMPERIALISM, TEN YEARS OF, 245.
INDIA, THE LAND REVENUE OF, 598.
Intercolonial railway, the proposed, 701.
International Exhibition, the, general
remarks on, 71-the paintings, 72 ct
seq., 353 et seq.
IPHIGENIA IN AULIS, 94.

IPHIGENIA IN TAURIS, 462.

'Iphigénie' of Racine, the, 95 et seq. pas-
sim, 105.

JOHN WILSON, 751.

Johnson as an essayist, 404.
Judgment, definition of, 528.
Kilt Rock in Skye, the, 157.
Koenigstein, the, its scenery, &c., 231.
Kotul-e-Doktur pass, the, 306.
Kotul-e-Koomaridge pass, the, 309.
Kotul-e-Malos pass, the, 311.

Lamb, Charles, as an essayist, 405.
Lambinet, the landscapes of, 363.
LAND REVENUE OF INDIA, THE, 598.
Landscape painting, the modern schools
of, 360-the English school of, 360 et
seq.-the French, German, and Scan-
dinavian, 363 et seq.

Landseer, the animals of, 61.

Lee, General, his operations in Mary.
land, &c., 639.

Leslie, the paintings of, in the Interna-
tional Exhibition, 358.

Lewis, Sir G. C., on the American ques-
tion, 636.

Leys, the paintings of, 368.

Ligny, Thiers's account of the battle of,
615.

Lilienstein, the, its ascent, &c., 229, 230.
Lincoln, the Emancipation decree and its
atrocity, 636 et seq. passim.
Lodging-houses, Scottish watering-place,
265.

Londoners, attachment of, to the coun-
try, 262.

Loppé, the landscapes of, 364.
Loughborough, Lord, his conduct on the
Catholic question, 5.

Mackenzie, Mr Holt, and the Land
Revenue of India, 598, 599.
M'Clellan, General, his "flank move-

ment" before Richmond, 393 et seq.—
review of his operations, 638 et seq.
Maclise's Wellington and Blucher,' re-
marks on, 67 et seq.-the paintings of,
365.

Mahamra, the British encampment at,
286.

Man, non-existence of fossil remains of,
82.

Martin, the paintings of, 360.
Maryland, tyrannies, &c., of the Federals
in, 401 et seq.-the Confederate raid
into, 639.

Mental Culture, Hints on, 40.
Metz, Dr, speech of, at Frankfort, 428.
MICHEL, LES ECOSSAIS EN FRANCE, &c.,

by, reviewed, 543,

Montagu, the Sieur de, his career, 548.
Montaigne's essays, the characteristics
of, 402 et seq.

MORAL EFFECT OF WRITERS, ON THE,
163.

Morland, the landscapes of, 361.
Müller, the landscapes of, 361.
Naples, Garibaldi's liberation of, 508.
Napoleon, review of his conduct during
the Waterloo campaign, 608 et seq.
Napoleon III., changes, &c., in France
under, 245 et seq.-the intrigues, &c.,
of, in Italy, 504 et seq.

National schools of art, the formation of,
353.

Nero, the character of, 535.

Ney, Marshal, his movements, &c., dur-
ing the campaign of Waterloo, 619 et
seq.
NORTH AMERICA, TROLLOPE's, review of,
372-the British settlements on the
Pacific coasts of, 696 et seq. passim.
Oberland, travelling in the, 224.
Opie's 'David Rizzio,' 355.
Organ of Weight, the, 527.
Ottawalder-Grund, the, 230.

Outram, Sir James, the Persian cam-
paign under, 286.

Pacific, the British and American settle-
ments on the, 696.

Painting, the English school of, M. About
on, 61.

Paintings, the, in the International Ex.
hibition, 72 et seq., 353 et seq.
Paris in the fifteenth century, sketch of,

547.
Parliamentary reform, Pitt's views on, 2.
Passport system, the, its decay, 39.
Peasantry, state of the, in France, during
the fifteenth century, 550.
Pedestrian, hints on the equipment of
the, 232 et seq.

Pedestrianism, advantage of, as a means
of travel, 223-how to be pursued, ib.

-

war minister, 6 et seq.-his conduct
of the navy, 10 et seq.-his personal
embarrassments, 13 contrast be-
tween, and Peel, 528.
Poets, new, first appearance of, 48.
Poole, the paintings of, 365.
Portrait-painting, value, &c., of, 357.
Postal system of America, the, 382.
Prague, the architecture of, 243.
Praise, upon the efficacy of, 665.
Preacher, the, his position, &c., 206.
Pre-Raphaelite school, the English, 365.
PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS, 343.
Protestantism, Continental, 28.
Prudence, definition of, 527.
Prussia, the position of, in Germany,
420-present position of, in German
politics, 431.

Quatre Bras, Thiers's account of, 619 et
seq.

Quirang hills, scenery of the, 154, 155.
Racine, the Iphigénie' of, 95 et seq.
passim, 105-the wife of, 540.
Railways, German, 19.

Rattazzi, the Ministry of, and his policy,

517.

Rattray, Dr, account of British Colum-
bia by, 699.

Reverie, on the distinction between active
thought and, 314.

Reynolds, the paintings of, in the Inter-
national Exhibition, 356.

Rhine frontier, designs of France on the,
415.

Ricasoli, Baron, as Italian minister, his
character and policy, 515.
RICHMOND, TEN DAYS IN, 391.
RIGHTS OF WOMAN, THE, 183.
Robbe, The Campine,' by, 364.
Robertson of Brighton, the sermons of,
209 et seq.

Robespierre, a French revolutionist on,
537.

Romantic and classical schools, the
struggle between, 172.

Rome, the French occupation of, 414-
Garibaldi's movement against, 503 et

seq.

Russell's Tour in Germany,' notice of,
230.

Russia, painting in, 74.

Russian art, characteristics of, 370.
SALEM CHAPEL, Part VI. Chap. xviii., 110
-Chap. xix., 116-Chap. xx., 122—
Part VII. Chap. xxi., 129-Chap. xxii.,
138 Chap. xxiii., 146-Part VIII.
Chap. xxiv., 323-Chap. xxv., 328-
Chap. xxvi., 331--Chap. xxvii., 337—
Part IX. Chap. xxviii., 440-Chap.
xxix., 446-Chap. xxx., 453-Chap.
xxxi., 458-Part X. Chap. xxxii., 570
—Chap. xxxiii.,573-Chap. xxxiv., 578

-Chap. xxxv., 581-Part XI. Chap.
Xxxvi., 713-Chap. xxxvii., 720-Chap.
xxxviii., 729.