The North American Review, Vol. 105 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The North American Review, Vol. 105 Akers, Elizabeth, her Poems, critical notice of, 644-646. Baker, Samuel White, his Albert Nyanza, critical notice of, 270-274. Bancroft, George, his History of the United States, Vol. IX., critical notice of, 230- 237 - letter of, 662-674. Bartlett, John Russell, his Literature of the Rebellion, critical notice of, 305, 306. Bigelow, Jacob, his Remarks on Classical and Utilitarian Studies, critical notice of, 610-618. British Finance in 1816, article on, 354-385 - financial and political condition of England in 1816, 354, 355 - amount of national debt, 356-359 - different kinds of annuities sold, terminable and perpetual, 357, 358 - amount and sources of income in 1815, 360 - conflicting laws of excise and customs, 360, 361 - intricate and burdensome system of protection, 362-365 - the extent of smuggling produced by it in England, 366 - in Ireland, 367 - confusion of the administrative system of English finances, 368 - Pitt´s method of reducing it to intelligible order, 369 - history of his sinking fund, 369, 370 - chaos of the public accounts, 370, 371 - involved relations between the Exchequer and the Bank of England, 372, 373 - great cost of all branches of the government, 373, 374 - of the royal family and pensions, 375 - fluctuations in currency between 1797 and 1816, 376 - opposition by merchants to a return to specie basis, 377 - principal officers unequal to the duties required by the financial condition, 378-383 character of Mr. Vansittart, 378-380 - of Mr. Huskisson, 380 - of Frederick Robinson, 380, 381 - of Robert Peel, 381 - of Francis Homer, Lord Brougham, Mr. Ricardo, Joseph Hume, 382, 383 - resume of financial condition in 1816, 384 - general statement of the mode in which its great evils and burdens were removed, 384, 385. Clothes, The Office and Influence of, article on, 156-174 Lessing´s theory of, 156 - historical illustrations of the error of the general supposition that the propensity to fine dress is stronger in woman than in man, 156-159 - delicacy of the sense of touch in the blind, 160 - necessary to all skilful use of tools, 161, 162 - the source of the pleasure derived from dress, 163 - experiments elucidating the true philosophy of dress, 163, 164 - its application to head-dresses, 164, 165 - to coverings for the feet, 166 - to drapery, flowing robes, fluttering ornaments, and the hair, 166, 167 - to rejuvenating artifices, 168 - to tightly fitting garments, 168 - in his consciousness, man and his clothes are one, 169 - national and sectarian eccentricities often revealed in dress, 170-173 - in the Middle Ages, in colors, coats of arms, riddles, etc., 170, 171 - the peculiar dress of Protestantism in sixteenth century, 171 - the era of perukes, 172 - individual idiosyncrasies indicated in dress, 172, 173 - office of drapery in art, 173 - man´s cosmopolitism depends on his clothes, 174. Cornwall, Barry, his Life of Charles Lamb, critical notice of, 292-294; reviewed, 386-428. Cutler, Elbridge Jefferson, his War Poems, critical notice of, 306-308. Dana, Charles A., his Household Book of Poetry, critical notice of, 303, 304. Deaf-Mute Education, article on, 512-531 - number of deaf-mute schools and pupils in United States, 512 - ancient idea that the deaf could´not learn to articulate, 513 - first recorded instance of successful teaching, in 150, 513 - other early instances, 514 - success and fame of Ponce de. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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