lyre should echo the song of sensuality-and the harp that was wont të inspire the patriot and the hero, should become the gratuitous pander of base licentiousness! That great ability, should be evinced only in mischief-great fruitfulness, in the growth of poison-and the clear and beautiful expanse of intellect, become a nauseous, slandering pool of corruption and pestilence! These are the achievements and triumphs of Lord Byron, patronized by Heaven, only that he might abuse its favours-exalted by genius only that he might degrade it-admired by the innocent, only that he might insult them-and blest with reputation, that he might throw it away and trample it under foot." pp. 254, 255.
We close our extracts with the following humourous description of a certain renowned sand-bank in the neighbourhood of this city:
"The little city of Moultrieville, the Sybaris of the South, rapidly renews its luxurious population, and is the general resort of the indolent, and refuge of the invalid.
"As a body politic, it enjoys the most perfect leisure for experiments in government.
"It is a state subsisting without a revenue-because taxes are unnecessary; without labour, for the soil can produce, and the inhabitants will do nothing. It is a city asleep for all the uses and purposes of life, except ease. It has no shops-no public library—no museum—no court-house-no jail-and only recently a church. You can neither buy nor sell there-so there is no bank. There is no traffic except of cake, which gets hard, and ice, which melts in its voyage from Charleston. There are no town-meetings there, except a medley of carriages, chairs, cavalry and pedestrians, collected in the evening at the cove, to witness the departure of the sun, and of the steam-boat. There is no Custom-House-there being nothing to collect but sand, which the wind gathers and disperses. They have no press, wherein they do suffer much imposition, being compelled to swallow the absurd crudities of the Charleston prints. They have a fort where they all reeort on the approach of a storm. Quere: would they do so on the approach of a battle? They have no fee-simple of the soil, their tenure being at the will of the State, and by courtesy of the air and the water. It is famo 3 for crabs that are not aquatic, and fiddlers* that make no music. They have no bell "to fright the Isle from its propriety," no watchman to disturb their slumbers, and no militia duty to annoy their leisure. There is a great scarcity of trees, so they enjoy the full benefit of the sun, and and they can at at any moment be flooded, if they wish to make s ilt. It is a bad place for horses who cannot digest its sand-equally so for cows, salt marsh having a tendency to produce salt milk. Pigs used to thrive there, it is said, until they were deprived of the freedom of the city.
"An hour's idleness may obtain you a curlew, and having blistered your fingers, you may catch a sheephead. The Island air rusts metals, destroys shoe leather, and inspires verse-making. It is not the ocean
* A small animal of the Crab kind.
air, nor the land air, but a mixture of both, and not so good as either.
It is of doubtful benefit to the lungs, but has a good effect upon the ap-
petite, and is an excellent specific against the yellow fever. The Island
itself is known in history, and will long remain so. Moultrieville can
give a reason for its name, which is generally not an easy matter. It
was derived from the intrepid valour of Moultrie and his associates,
who, in the morning of the revolution, on that spot, defeated the British
invading squadron, thinking, that barren as it was, it was too good for
the enemy." pp. 297-299.
We here close our observations upon the character and writ-
ings of Mr. Crafts. We have discharged our duty, we trust,
with candor and fairness. Where we thought his example cal-
culated to do harm, we have spoken with the freedom, and even
the severity of criticism; but none, we are persuaded, entertain
a higher opinion than we do of his natural endowments, and the
gentleness and kindness of his disposition, or are less inclined
to dwell upon recollections which charity should bury with him
in the grave. We will add, that the very laudable object which
has mainly induced his friends to publish this little volume, can
scarcely fail to secure for it the patronage of the public.
Page 370, line 7, for oration, read ovation.
8, for Tyrranus, read Tyrannus.
379, note, reference to Herodotus, instead of c. 93, read c. 117.
390, line 22, for inaffabilis, read ineffabilis.
35, for preceding, read succeeding.
31, for Marius, read Cellarius.
In page 341, note, for Cnei and Pompei, read Cnei and Pompeii.-The line in
Sallust is, "Equites illos Cn. Pompeii veteres fidosque," &c.
In a part of the impression, "Quinctilian" in page 493, is spelt incorrectly.
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.
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, 134 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
therapeutics, 345.
Butler, Charles, his Life of Hugo Grotius,
457---reviewed, 458 to 461--quoted, 468,
Butler, his Anatomy of Melancholy, quo-
ted, 432.
Byron, Lord, Crafts' remarks on, 527,
528.
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 annual address be-
fore the Phi Beta Kappa Society, 522---
specimens of his prose essays, 526 to
529.
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.
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.
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.
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.---
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