62. Which did the most to produce the French Revolution, the Tyranny of the Government, the Excesses of the Higher Orders, or the Writings of Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Rousseau ?

See LORD JEFFREY's Essays, vol. ii. pp. 56-104.

CARLYLE'S French Revolution.

MICHELET'S French Revolution.

ALISON'S History of Europe.

THIERS' History of the French Revolution.

SMYTH'S Lectures on Modern History.

DR. COOKE TAYLOR'S Revolutions in Europe.

MACFARLANE's French Revolution.

DE STAEL'S Considerations on the French Revolution.
BURKE on the French Revolution.

NIEBUHR'S Age of the French Revolution.

SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S Works, vol. iii. pp. 1-352

63. Which was the greater Poet, Byron or Burns ? See CARLYLE'S Hero-Worship. "The Hero as Poet." LORD JEFFREY's Essays, vol. ii. pp. 389-421. CARLYLE'S Miscellanies. "Burns."

LOCKHART'S Life of Burns.

SYDNEY TAYLOR's Works, p. 288., &c.

See also Authorities quoted in Question 31.

64. Is there reasonable Ground for believing that the Character of Richard the Third was not so Atrocious as is generally supposed?

See HALSTED's Richard the Third.

WALPOLE'S Historic Doubts.

BULWER'S Last of the Barons.

65 Does Happiness or Misery preponderate in Life? See DR. JOHNSON. Discontent the Common Lot of all Mankind.

JEREMY TAYLOR's Sermon "Via Intelligentiæ."

SIR G. MACKENZIE'S "Happiness."

GOLDSMITH on the Love of Life.

POPE on Happiness.

THOMSON on the Miseries of Life.

POLLOCK On Happiness. (Course of Time.)
PALEY on the Happiness of the World.
Theology.)

BURNS'S Poem, "Man was made to Mourn."

(Natural

66. Should the Press be totally Free?

See MILTON on the Liberty of the Press.

CURRAN'S Speeches for Rowan and Finnerty.

Thoughts on Restraint in the Publication of Opinion.

By the Author of Essays on the "Formation of Opinion."

SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S Works, vol. iii. pp. 245. 255.

290.539.

LORD ERSKINE's Speeches on the Liberty of the Press
HUME'S Essay on the Liberty of the Press.

Edinburgh Review, vol. xxv. pp. 112-124.
SYDNEY TAYLOR's Works, pp. 122. 144. 222.

67. Do modern Geological Discoveries agree with Holy Writ?

See LYELLS Elements of Geology.

BUCKLAND'S Organic Remains.
DR. PYE SMITH on Geology.

Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation.

See PHILLIPS' Geology.

HUMBOLDT'S Cosmos.

ANSTED'S Geology.

G. F. RICHARDSON on Geology.

ANSTED'S Ancient World.

See also a series of Articles and Letters in the "Times” Newspaper, of September and October, 1845.

68. Did Circumstances justify the first French Revolution?

See CARLYLE, and other authorities quoted at Question 62. PALEY on the Right of Rebellion.

ALISON'S Europe.

ARNOLD'S Modern History.

TAYLOR'S Revolutions of Europe.

LAMARTINE'S History of the Girondists.

69. Could not Arbitration be made a Substitute for

War?

See Peace Society's Tracts.

Debates in the House of Commons, 1848-9.
DYMOND on War.

SIR J. MACKINTOSH's Works, vol. ii. pp. 320–327.
Reports of the Peace Congress, 1848-1849-1850.
ELIHU BURRITT'S Bond of Brotherhood.

70. Are Annual, Triennial, or Septennial Parliaments most in harmony with the British Constitution and Character?

See TOWNSEND's History of the House of Commons.
BANKS'S Baronia Anglica Concentrata,

Debates in Parliament on the subject.

71. Which Character is the more to be admired; that of Loyola or Luther?

See MACAULAY's Works. Art. “Loyola.”

MONTGOMERY'S "Luther."

BURNET's History of the Reformation.
D'AUBIGNE'S History of the Reformation.
STEBBING'S History of the Reformation.
The Jesuits, by MICHELET.
MICHELET'S Life of Luther.

The Jesuits as they were and are.
ISAAC TAYLOR's Loyola and Jesuitism.

SIR JAMES STEPHEN's Essays on Ecclesiastical Biography,

72. Are there good Grounds for applying the Term "dark" to the Middle Ages?

See HALLAM on the Middle Ages.

WRIGHT'S Essays on the Middle Ages.

MACCABE'S History of England before the Revolution.
TURNER'S History of England during the Middle Ages.
MAITLAND'S Dark Ages.

BERRINGTON'S Literary History of the Middle Ages.
GUIZOT on Civilisation.

74. Are Public or Private Schools to be preferred?

See AMOS on Commercial Education.

ARNOLD'S Miscellaneous Works.

KAY on the Education of the English People.
COWPER'S Tirocinium.

TREMENHEERE's Reports on Education.

75. Is the System of Education pursued at our Universities in accordance with the Requirements

of the Age?

See WHEWELL on University Education.

HUBER'S English Universities.

The Collegian's Guide.

Debate on University Reform, House of Commons, 1850.
KAY'S Social Condition and Education of the English
People.

Edinburgh Review, vol. lxxx.

76. Is the Decline of Slavery in Europe attributable to moral or to economical Influences?

See JAMES'S History of Chivalry.

HALLAM'S Middle Ages.

MACAULAY'S History of England. "Introductory Chapter."

Historical Pictures of the Middle Ages.

GUIZOT on Civilisation.

77. Is Anger a Vice or a Virtue?

See PALEY'S Moral Philosophy.

ADAM SMITH'S Theory of Moral Sentiments.