AIRY, Professor, his Treatise on Gra-

vitation, review of, 316
America, evil effects of adopting the

English system of poor-laws in, 49
Armenian literature, the Patriarch's

account of the present state of, 167
Asia, medical literature in, 176
Austin, Sarah, her translation of M.
Cousin's Report on the State of
Public Instruction in Prussia re-
viewed, 110

Austria, account of the University of
Pesth in, 154; man-slaying and
gastronymics in, 154

Austrian universities, account of, 364

Baden, number of students in the
universities of, 152

Basle, university of, division of the
property of, 368

Bavaria, notices with respect to the
universities and museums in, 153
Becker, Dr., remarks on his German
Grammar, 296

Belfast Royal Academical Institution,

distribution of premiums at, 380
Belgium, efforts of the Catholic clergy
to promote education in, 148; grants
to universities in, 148
Berlin, Jewish Congregational School
at, account of, 366

Bern, new university of, account of,
155; professors appointed at, 369
Bernays, Dr., his German Grammar
examined, 304

Bexley, in Kent, foundation-stone of
new national schools laid at, 377
Birmingham Deaf and Dumb School,
account of, 189

Bologna, university of, account of, 205
Bopp's Comparative Grammar, review

of, 336, et seq.; remarks on the
Sanskrit, 337; and on the Zend
language, 338; on the affinity of
languages, 339; plan of the work,
340; arrangement of the Sanskrit
alphabet, 340; remarks on the
Sanskrit letters, 342; observation
on vowels, 343; two tables of the
formation of cases, 346; on the |
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formation of the Sanskrit genitive
case, 348; on the Hindu grammars,
349

Brazil, some account of the natives of,
173

Breslau, number of students at the
university of, 366

Bristol Education Society, account of,
374

Cagliari, university of, account of, 196
Cambridge Differential Notation, new

system, remarks on, 100, et seq.
Cambridge university intelligence, 180
Carlisle, schools at, 189

Chichester, Bishop of, his opinion con-
cerning the admission of dissenters
at the universities, 273

Collèges Communaux, or district col-
leges, in France, account of, 360
Combe, Andrew, his Principles of
Physiology reviewed, 325, et seq.;
originality of the work, 326; mus
cular action necessary to health,
327; importance of attention to the
skin, 330; advantages of baths,
331; consumption checked by at-
tention to the skin, 331; importance
of exercise, 332; necessity of ven-
tilation, 332

Confirmation, public, in Germany,
gave rise to schools for the instruc
tion of the lower classes,
Constantinople, books published at, 163
Corinth, recent account of, 161
Cousin, M., his Report on the State of
Public Instruction in Prussia, re-
view of, 110, et seq.; origin of the
laws and customs which enforce the
universal education of children in
Prussia, 111; establishment of se-
minaries for the instruction of
schoolmasters, 113; school of Las-
tadie, for the instruction of school-
masters for the poorer districts, 114;
school of Pyritz, 116; M. Cousin's
remarks on the necessity of Chris-
tian instruction, 116; establishment
of schools for the middle classes, 118
Crossley, Mr., his evidence concerning
2 C

the religious instruction of the chil-
dren of Dissenters in the British
Borough School, 253

Curtis, H. C., his evidence before the
Poor Law Commissioners, showing
the beneficial effects of education on
the labouring classes, 41

Denmark, runic inscriptions in, 370;
a judicial usage in, 370
Differential Calculus, remarks on the
system of notation adopted in some
works lately published at Cambridge,
100, et seq.
Dissenters, admission of to the Uni-
versity of Oxford, remarks on the,
78, et seq.; arguments for their ad-
mission, 79; examination of a pam-
phlet by the Rev. W. Sewell, 80;
difficulties in the details of any plan
for the admission of Dissenters, 81;
specimens of Mr. Sewell's style of
reasoning, 82; manifesto published
by the members of convocation,
83; declaration of Mr. Sewell with
respect to liberty of conscience, 84;
examination of a second pamphlet
by Mr. Sewell, 84; his eulogium on
the character of a gentleman, 90;
Bishop of Chichester's opinion on
the admission of Dissenters at the
universities, 273

Dorpat, new code of statutes for the
government of the university of, 165
Dublin university intelligence, 190
Dublin university, prizes and pre-
miums at, 378; commencements
at, 379

Dunn, Mr., his evidence concerning
the treatment of the children of
Dissenters in the national schools,
252

Edinburgh, Circus Place School at,
account of, 378
Encyclopædias, French, account of
the earliest, 362
Endowed Schools of England, remarks

on, 235; have conferred less benefit
on the country than might have
been expected, 237; ought to be
under the superintendence of the
state, 239; head-masters almost al-
ways clergymen, 241; provision
ought to be made for the retirement
of masters, 242; tabular view of
endowed schools in England, 350;
table of aggregate amount of income
belonging to, 359

English Composition, Parker's Pro-

gressive Lessons on, review of, 121
Eton School, remarks on the system

of instruction pursued at, 275;
foundation of, and practice arising
from it, 276; present college system
at, 280; not sufficient restraint upon
the scholars at, 284; practice of
flogging at, 286; want of moral
restraint at, 287; present system
of literary instruction at, 288; ob-
servations on proposed reforms at,
288; exclusive system of literary
instruction at, 290; elegancies of
style too much attended to at, 292;
great changes necessary, but diffi-
cult, 293

Etymological Manual and Dictionary,
by J. Oswald, review of, 137, et
seq.; understandings of children im-
proved by etymological instruction,
138; examination of Mr. Oswald's
system, 140; his errors, 142

Fauriel, his remarks on the Latin and
Italian languages, 157

Females, education of, observations on,
214, et seq.; importance of a habit
of self-control to, 216; substitution
of accomplishments' for mental
culture in, 217; education of daugh-
ters of persons of limited incomes,
218; of the wealthy, 219; what is
a good education, 221; education of
females among the middling classes,
221; among the highest classes,
223; education of females with re-
ference to temperament, 224; in-
dolence to be guarded against, 226;
female occupations, 226; female va-
nity, 227; command of temper,
229; course of reading, 229; know-
ledge of music, 231; art of reading
aloud, 233; drawing, 233
Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge,
grace concerning, 372
France, on M. Guizot's new law of
public instruction in, 10, et seq.;
secondary schools, or royal colleges,
account of, 11; duties of the royal
college household establishment, 12;
studies, physical exercises, moral
and religious instruction in secon-
dary schools, 13; tertiary schools,
13; polytechnic school, 15; Col-
lège de France, 15; imperfect state
of the secondary schools, 16; sys-
tem pursued from the eighteenth
century to the present time, 17;
measures taken for the improve-
ment of public education since the
revolution of July, 1830, 19; means
taken by M. Guizot to inform him-
self of the advantages likely to re-
sult from his project of law on public

instruction, 21; remarks on the
opinions and measures of M. Guizot,
24; encouragements afforded to the
children of the poorer classes in
Germany, England, and France, to
obtain a university education, 27;
principles of the new law with re-
spect to private elementary schools,
28; remarks on the inferior public
elementary schools established by
the new law, 28

France, moral statistics of, remarks
on M. Guerry's essay on, 31, et seq.;
statement of the number of persons
who have received different degrees
of education compared with the
number of those who have been
accused of crimes, 34; table founded
on that statement, 38
French university budget, 146
Friesland literature, comedy, &c., by
Hanson, 149

Gallery of Portraits, value of, 268
Genoa, university of, account of, 195
German Grammars, review of five new
ones published within the last five
years, 295, et seq.; examination of
Dr. Becker's, 296; difficult con-
struction of the German language,
299; examination of the grammar
of the Rev. Mr. Tiarks, 303; of Dr.
Bernays, 304; difficult declension
of German substantives, 306; gram-
mars of Rowbotham and Klauer
Klattowsky examined, 307
Germany, schools for the lower classes

in, on the origin of, 1, et seq.; supe
riority of the system of education
established there, and obstacles to
its introduction into England, 1;
schools in Germany under the super-
intendence of government, and
ought to be so in England, 2; de-
fects of the English boarding-school
system, 3; advantages likely to re-
sult from having schools under the
superintendence of government, 4;
causes of the imperfect education of
the poor in England, 5; univer-
sality of education among the poor
in Germany owing chiefly to their
act of public confirmation, 7; Ger-
man schools for the poor instituted
for the purpose of preparing them
for public confirmation, 8
Gilly, Rev. Mr., his evidence with re-
spect to the state of education and
its effects in the parish of Norham,
in Durham, 48
Gravitation, Professor Airy's treatise
on, review of, 316, et seq.; different

kinds of physical knowledge, 317;
remarks on the 11th section of the
Principia of Newton, 317; difficul-
ties overcome by Mr. Airy in ex-
plaining the perturbations of the
planets without the aid of mathe-
matics, 320; facts observed in na-
ture deduced by him from the theory
of universal gravitation, 321; his
work not likely to be popular, 323;
its great value, 324

Greece, progress of civilization in,
160; national education in, 161
Greenwich, schools for the children of

naval non-commissioned officers and
sailors at, account of, 373
Guerry, M., his Essay on the Moral
Statistics of France, notice of, 31
Guizot, M., his new law of public in-
struction in France, 10; his Report
on Public Instruction, abstract of,
147

Gymnasia, Austrian, account of, 365

Hackney-wick, treatment of juvenile
offenders in the asylum at, 263
Hanover, improvement of elementary
schools in, 149; population of, 151
Holstein, state of the press in, 371

Ireland, present state of education in,

191

Italy, account of periodical publications

in, 158; statistics of education in,
193, et seq.; of the Sardinian States,
consisting of Old States of the
House of Savoy, 193; the Genoese
territories, 195; island called the
Kingdom of Sardinia, 196; Lom-
bardo-Venetian territory, 197; the
Papal States, 202; kingdom of the
Two Sicilies, 211; Tuscany, 212;
duchy of Parma and Piacenza, 213;
duchy of Modena and Massa, 214;
duchy of Lucca, 214

Juvenile offenders, their treatment in
England and the United States of
America, 257, et seq.; in England
no attempt made to reclaim, 257;
method of reformation adopted at
New York, 258; advantages of
useful occupation, 260; comparative
view of the different results of the
English and American systems, 261;
causes of crime, and best mode of
correction, 262; treatment of boys
in the asylum at Hackney-wick,
263; power of summary punish-
ment ought to be given to magis.
trates in the case of juvenile of-
fenders, 263

Kiel, in Denmark, university of, its
circumscribed means, 371
King's College, present condition of,
183; distribution of prizes at, 183
Klauer Klattowsky, Mr., his German
Grammar, remarks on, 307
Korais, Admantios, the Hellenist, some
account of, 160

Lachlan, Major, his pamphlet on mi-
litary and naval education, exa-
mined, 92

Landscape illustrations of the Bible,
value of, 268

Latin and Italian languages, remarks
on by Fauriel, 157

Leeds Literary Institution, account of,
376

Leipzig, erection of a bookseller's ex-
change at, 151; funds of the uni-
versity of, 151

Lennie, Mr., his observations on shall
and will, 314

Lombardo-Venetian territory, state of
education in, 197

Lombardy, elementary schools in, 200
London University intelligence, 182
London Statistical Society, account of,

185; account of the school for boys
in Harp Alley, 186

Maclaurin's explanation of the pro-
gression and regression of the
moon's nodes, 319

Manchester College, York, account of,

72; lists of tutors, officers, &c. 72 ;
course of study pursued at, 74; re-
gulations for the admission of di-
vinity students, 76

Manilla, description of, 175
Marischal College, Aberdeen, grant of
1000 guineas for the rebuilding of,
378

Middleton, near Manchester, state of
education at, 377

Military and naval education, pam-
phlet on, by Major Lachlan, exa-
mination of, 92; remarks on the
importance of providing public in-
stitutions for the education of the
middle as well as the lower classes
of society, 93; establishments pro-
posed for the children of military
officers, and the means by which
they are to be supported, 94; dis-
advantages of the almost exclusive
preference given to Latin and Greek
in our public institutions, 97.

National education in England, ne-
cessity of, shown from evidence con-

tained in the Appendix to the
Report of the Poor Law Commis-
sioners, 38, et seq.; the benefits of
education counteracted by the ope-
ration of the poor laws, 39; curious
evidence of Sir Maurice Ximenes,
40; evidence of the Rev. H. C.
Curtis, showing the beneficial effects
of education on the labouring classes,
41; other evidence corroborating
that of Mr. Curtis, 43; observa-
tions on education by Mr. Mill, in
his Essay on Education, 44; bad
education of both rich and poor
for a succession of ages, 45; evi-
dence from Northumberland, prov-
ing the benefits of education where
not counteracted by the mal-admi-
nistration of the poor-laws, 46;
opinion of Dr. Chalmers, 47; state-
ment of the Rev. Mr. Gilly concern-
ing education in the parish of Nor-
ham, in the county of Durham, 48;
demoralizing effect of the adoption
of the English system of poor-laws
in America, 49; further observations
on, 246, et seq.; parliamentary grant
for, 246; committee appointed to
inquire into the state of, 247; evi-
dence of the Rev. Mr. Wigram con-
cerning religious instruction in na-
tional schools, 248; preference given
to national schools, 251; moral ob-
jections to them, 251; religious in-
struction of the children of dissen-
ters in them, 252; evidence of Mr.
Pillans concerning the religious in-
struction in the national schools of
France and Germany, 253; advan-
tage of prohibiting the teaching of
peculiar religious doctrines in na-
tional schools, 255; benefits which
would arise from placing national
schools under the superintendence
of the state, 256
National schools, English, account of,
184; French, progress of, 363
Navy Estimates, sums granted under
this head for the promotion of
science, 187

Newton, remarks on the eleventh sec-

tion of the Principia of, 318

New York, an account of the common
schools in the state of, 171; method
adopted for the reformation of ju-
venile offenders at, 258
Northampton Mechanics' Institute,
account of, 188

Norway, periodical journals in, 171

Oken's Natural History, curious enu-
meration of genera, &c., of animals,

149

Ophir, M. Etienne's opinion on the
situation of, 360
Orlowski, Alexander, the Polish artist,
account of, 164

Oswald's Etymological Manual and
Dictionary, review of, 137
Oxford, on physical studies in, 61, et
seq.; bad effect of the monopoly
given to classical studies in, 64;
improvement of the powers of the
mind by the study of the physical
sciences, 65; attendance on public
lectures on experimental philosophy
insisted on by the Dean of Christ
Church, 67; recent appropriation
of 301. per annum to a scholarship
for Latin composition, 67
Oxford University Intelligence, 177,
372

Papal territory, state of education in,

202

Parker's Progressive Exercises

on

English Composition, review of, 121,
et seq.; small number of publica-
tions on this subject, 123; remarks
by Milton on the injudicious me-
thod of teaching Latin composition,
equally applicable to that of English,
123; analysis of Mr. Parker's first
ten lessons, 126; Miss Mayo's 'Les-
sons on Objects' recommended, 128;
plan proposed by the reviewer, 129;
necessity of being well grounded in
grammatical knowledge, 132; re-
marks on writing themes and essays,
135

Parliamentary grant for schools, 186
Pavia, university of, account of, 197
Pesth, in Austria, account of the uni-
versity of, 153; number of students
at, 364
Petersburgh, St., observatory at, 169
Pictures, on teaching by, 264, et seq. ;

ideas produced by, 265; uses even
of outlines, 266; objects most suit-
able for representation, 267; ob-
jects not suitable for representa-
tion, 269

Pillans, Mr., his evidence concerning
religious instruction in the na-
tional schools of France and Ger-
many, 253

Pitzipios, Jac., his new grammar of
modern Greek, 170

Poor laws, English, evil effects arising

from their adoption in America, 49
Pope, the present, his literary works,
156

Presteign, scientific reading society at,

188

Prussia, M. Cousin's Report on the

state of Public Instruction in, re
view of, 110
Prussia, early diffusion of education
in, 152

Reading, proposed improvements in
the method of teaching, 50, et seq.;
imperfect utterance in children may
be remedied by the application of a
few corrective principles, 52; ad-
vantage of oral exercises on the
names and properties of bodies, 54;
objections to alphabetical and syl-
labic instruction, 56; instruction by
writing and drawing on a wall with
chalk, 57; remarks on writing, 59;
part of the course recommended
agrees with the system of Jacotot,
59; applicability of the system to
public instruction, 59

Roebuck, Mr., his motion with respect
to national education, 184
Rome, university of, account of, 203
Rowbotham, Mr., his German Gram-
mar, remarks on, 307

Russell, Dr., superiority of his English
Grammar to those of Murray and
Lennie, 313; instances of obscurity
in his Grammar, 314
Russia, scholastic institutions in, 164;
official journal of, 165; account of
the laws of, 167; university of Kiew
in, 169; new academical districts
in, 169; state of public instruction
in new southern provinces of, 243

Sanskrit, remarks on the, 337
Sardinia, state of education in, 193
School grammars, English, remarks
on, 308, et seq.; general defects of,
310; advantage of a series of exer-
cises in, 311; want of induction in,
312; instances of unskilful rules in,
312; superiority of Dr. Russell's
Grammar, 313; Mr. Lennie's ob-
servations on shall and will, 314;
obscure sentences in Dr. Russell's
Grammar, 314; general grounds of
objection to school grammars, 316
Scotland, grants to the universities in,
192

Sicilies, Two, state of education in,

211

Sicily and Spain, religious fraternities
in, 156

Spanish Peninsula, records of the war
in, 152

Stockholm, establishment of a Society
for the Diffusion of Useful Know-
ledge at, 371
Sweden, state of the press in, 368;
classes of society in, 368