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cil, was given to Varnhorst, to be copied. “And now,” said the duke, "gentlemen, I think we may retire for the night; for we have but three hours until the march in the morning."

I said some common-place thing, of the obligations which Europe must owe to a sovereign prince, exposing himself to such labours, honourable as they were.

"No," he smilingly replied; "they are part of our office, the routine of the life of princes, the vocation of men born for the public, and living for the public alone. The prince must be a soldier, and the soldier

must make the camp his home, and the palace only his sojourn. It is his fortune, perhaps his misfortune, that but one profession in life is left open to him, whether it be the bent of his temperament or not-while other men may follow their tastes in the choice, serve their fellows in a hundred different ways, and raise a bloodless reputation among mankind. And now, good-night. To-morrow at five the advance moves. At six I shall be on horseback, and then-Well! what matter for the then? We shall sleep at least to-night; and so, farewell."

INDEX TO VOL. LIV.

Aberdeen, Lord, remarks on his church bill, 545.

Adventures in Louisiana, No. I., The
Prairie and the Swamp, 43-No. II.,
The Blockhouse, 234.
Adventures in Texas, No. I., A Scam-
per in the Prairie of Jacinto, 551-
No. II., A Trial by Jury, 777.
Ahmed-Kiuprili, career of, 175.
Anti-corn-law League, proceedings of
the, 539.

Ancient Towns, a plea for, against railways, 398.

Aristocracy of England, the, 51.
Armada, the, from Schiller, 143.
Armansperg, Count, administration of,
in Greece, 348.
Arne the composer, 26.

Art, British, present state of, 188. Athens, population, institutions, &c., of, 352.

Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, on the best means of establishing a communication between the, 658. Austria, commerce, &c., of, 251. Ballads of Schiller, the. See Schiller. Balzac, M., Two Dreams, a sketch by, 672.

Banking-house, the, a history in three parts. Part I. Chap. 1., Prospective, 576-Chap. II., Retrospective, 578—Chap. III., The beginning of the end, 582-Chap. IV., Miching mallecho, it means mischief, 585Chap. V., Matters of course, 588Chap. VI., A discovery, 592-Chap. VII., The end of the beginning, 594. Part II. Chap. I., A negotiation, 719 -Chap. II., A lull, 723-Chap. III., A sweet couple, 725-Chap. IV., A speculation, 730-Chap. V., A landed proprietor, 733.

Bankruptcy of the Greek kingdom, the, 345-means of averting it, 361. Barrett, Elizabeth B., Cry of the Children, by, 260.

Bavarian government of Greece, effects of the, 345.

Bennett's Ceylon and its capabilities, review of, 622.

VOL. LIV. No. CCCXXXVIII.

Blockhouse, the, an adventure in Louisiana, 234.

Bridge over the Thur, the, from the German of Gustav Schwab, 717. British institution, exhibition at the, 203.

Brownrigg, Sir Robert, conquest of Kandy, by, 632.

Bulwer, Sir Edward Lytton, Bart., translation of the poems and ballads of Schiller, by. Part the last, 139. Love and Death, by, 717.

Bute, lines written in, by Delta, 749.
Byrd, the composer, 24.
Cabinet, the Greek, construction and
powers of the, 350.
Canadian corn bill, the, 543.
Canal, proposed between the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans, 658.
Carlyle's Past and Present, review of,

with notices of his other works, 121. Ceylon and its capabilities, by Bennett, review of, 622-its climate, 626sketch of its history, 627. Chapters of Turkish History; No. X.

The Second Siege of Vienna, 173. Charles Edward at Versailles on the Anniversary of the Battle of Culioden, a poem, 107.

Chronicles of Paris-the Rue St Denis, 524.

Cinghalese, character of the, 627. Cobden, Mr, refutation of his statements regarding the colonies, 407, 637his misrepresentations on the corn question, 539.

College Theatricals, a tale, 737. Colonies, the, examination of Cobden's

statements regarding, 409, 637. Commencement of the New Century, the, from the German of Schiller, 151.

Commercial Intercourse between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, on the best means of establishing, 658. Commercial Policy, Europe, 243-ships, colonies, and commerce, 406- the same continued, 637.

Comparison of the protective and freetrade systems, 243, 406, 637.

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Conflict, the, from the German of Schiller, 144.

Continental nobility, comparison of with the British, 56.

Corn-law Question, the, 539.
Council of State, the Greek, 350.
Creswick, Mr, remarks on the style of,
188.

Cry of the Children, the, 260.
Darien company, the, 661.

Davie, Major, conduct of, in Ceylon,

628.

Death from the Sting of a Serpent, lines on, 798.

Delta, a Vision of the World by, 343— Lines written in the Isle of Bute by, 749.

Devil's Frills, the, a Dutch illustration of the water cure, Chap. I. 225— Chap. II. ib.-Chap. III. 227-Chap. IV. 228 Chap. V. 230-Chap. VI. 232.

Disturbed Districts of Wales, notes on

a tour in the, by Joseph Downes, 766. Downes, Joseph, tour in the disturbed districts of Wales by, 766. Dutch, landing of the, in Ceylon, 627. Early English Musicians, notices of, 23. Early Greek Romances, the Ethiopics of Heliodorus, 109.

Education, institutions for, in Greece, 357.

Education, the government scheme of, 548.

Emma, lines to, from the German of
Schiller, 150.

England, the aristocracy of, 51.
English music and musicians, 23.
Epigram on Dr Toe, &c., 263.
Erigena, letter from, to Christopher
North, 263.

Ethiopics of Heliodorus, account of the, 109.

Europe, commercial policy of, 243. Exhibitions, notices of-the Royal Academy's, 188-the Suffolk Street gallery, 199-paintings in water-colours, 201-the British Institution, 203. Factory bill, the, 548.

Fanariotes, character of the, 351. Farewell to the Reader, from the German of Schiller, 152.

Fate of Polycrates, the, 483. France, conduct of, towards Greece, 359.

Frederick Schlegel, review of the works and character of, 311.

Free trade and protective systems, comparison of the, 248. French academy, 519.

French and German works of fiction, comparison between, 672. Fusel's Lectures at the Royal Academy: his introduction, 691-Lecture I., 694-11., 697-III., 703.

Game up with the repeal agitation, the,

679.

German and French literature, comparison between, 672. Gibbons the composer, 24.

Gifts of Térek, the, translated from the Russian of Lermontoff, by J. B. Shaw, 799.

Gods of Greece, the, from the German of Schiller, 146.

Goethe, remarks by, on the Schlegels,

311.

Great Britain, proceedings of, towards Greece, 359.

Greece, present state and prospects of, 345-peculiarities of its inhabitants, 350-its present revenues and expenditure, 361.

Guizot, M., opinion of, on the union of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, 659. Heliodorus, the Ethiopics of, 109. Heber, Bishop, the Whippiad, a poem, by. Canto I., 100-Canto II., 102 - Canto III., 104. Hendia, the history of, 479. Hullah's method of teaching, strictures on, 37.

Humboldt, M., on uniting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, 659.

Hymn to Joy, from the German of Schiller, 142.

Inscription on the foundation stone of the new dining-hall, &c., 79. Invincible Armada, the, from the German of Schiller, 143. Irish arms bill, the, 549.

Jacinto, a scamper in the prairie of, 521. Jack Stuart's bet on the Derby, and how he paid his losses, 67.

Jolly Father Joe, a tale from the Golden Legend, 255.

Joy, hymn to, from the German of
Schiller, 142.

Jury trial in Texas, a, 777.
Kandy, description of the district of,

627-its conquest by the British, 632. Kerim Khan, travels of. Part I., 453 -Part II., 564-Part III., 753. King Arthur, Purcell's opera of, and its revival, 25.

Last Session of Parliament, review of the, 538-the corn question, 539the Canadian corn bill, 543-the Scotch church bill, 545-the factory bill, 548-the Irish arms bill, 549. Letter to Christopher North, 263. Lectures at the Royal Academy- Henry Fuseli, 691.

Lines written in the Isle of Bute, by Delta, 749.

Lloyd, Mr, report by, on uniting the

Atlantic and Pacific oceans, 663.1 Locke, Mathew, the composer, 25. Logic, Mill's elements of, reviewed, 415. Louisiana, adventures in; the Prairie and

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