of, 94 found an academy in England, 487 troversy respecting, cxxxv. 14; Eastern Turkestan, 20; early British painters in 1760, cxviii. 487 val legends, 30 prospects of Russian com- English trade with, viá India, 327, names preserved in London streets, Asôka (d. B.C. 226), his history illustrated by Buddhist inscrip- history of, ib. 382 235 Assent, definitions of, by Dr. New- efficacy of physical pain, cxx. 108 compared with Inference, ib.; study of grammar, cxx. 178; and Assi, Communist leader in 1871, cxxxiv. 535; his character and Assignats, extravagant issue of, by century), MS. of, found by Poggio, 132; the Maximum,' ib. Assignment, convict system of, in 360; commands the Muesulman Assisi, Giotto's frescoes at, cxxii. 89 tion of currency on, cxii. 29 sion to, cxxxviii. 575; article in the history of, cxi. 56; rela- Assyria, astrological system derived Assyrians, Mr. Rawlinson's conjec- at Babylon, ib.; fictitious chronology of Berosus, 120; royal names, 123; imperfect evidence of inscriptions, 125, 126; M. Gutschmid's method of chronology, 127, 128; Greek historians of, 141; rise of the Empire, 142; chaotic state of subsequent annals, 143; inscription of Tiglathpileser I., 144; his successors, ib., 149; Scythian irruption, 150; traditions of the fall of the empire, 151; extent of their civilisation, 153 Astbury, reveals the secret of Eler's pottery-work, cxxvi. 211; bis improvements in pottery, 212 Astrology, Assyrian system of, cxvi. 99 Italian belief in, in the sixteenth century, cxxx. 32 Astronomer Royal, origin of the office, cxl. 94; various holders thereof, ib.-98; long average length of service, 99 Astronomy, different views of the science of, cxvi. 80; its bearing on ancient chronology, 82; theories in ancient Greece, 91; speculative views of, opposed by Socrates, 92. See Lewis, Sir G. C. its precedence in Comte's hierarchy of sciences, cxxvii. 327 bearings of recent researches in, on geology, cxxxi. 54; doctrine of elemental identity of heavenly bodies, 63 * Atavism,' recent theory of, in rela tion to heredity, cxxxii. 119 Athanasian Creed, permissive read ing of, advocated, cxiii. 20;" Essays and Reviews' on, 494 Athanasius (Saint, of Alexandria, 296-373), persecution of, by the Arians, cxiii. 467 impulse given by him to monasticism, cxiv. 329 Athanasius (made Patriarch of Con stantinople in 1289), his quarrel Atlantic telegraphs, hasty construc tion of the first cable, cxiii. 127; unsuccessful attempts to lay it, 128; the expedition renewed in 1858, 130; the Queen's message to the President, 132; causes of failure, 133 early history of,cxxxii. 229, 233; recovery of the 1865 cable, 234, 236. Atomic theory, the foundation of modern chemistry, cxxxiii. 156; its method of research, ib. -158; new modes of analysis, ib.; applied to gases, 159 Attainder, Acts of, early instances of, cxxv. 88 Atterbury (Francis, Bishop of Rochester, 1662-1731), his attempted vindication of Convocation as a spiritual Parliament, cxl. 430 'Auchterarder Case,' the, cxl. 277 Auckland (William Eden, 1st Lord, 1745-1814), his 'Journal and Correspondence,' Vols. I. II., cxiii. 360; confidential adviser of Lord North, 367; his daring change of Irish policy, ib.; active part in the Coalition, 369; vice-treasurer of Ireland, 370; his knowledge of finance, ib. ; negotiates the commercial treaty with France, 371 ;
ib.; his death, 273 ; regarded as a ful editorship of his works, 275 doctrinal authority of miracles, his opinion of polygamy, cxv. 206 his free-trade principles, 372 ; 384; character of his letters, 385 Correspondence,' Vols. III. IV., his Irish intrigues, 150 London, cxxxi. 175 work on the proportions of the human figure, cxl. 185, 186 Life and Adventurers of, edited on the importance of study- cxix. 588. B.C. 63-A.D. 13), his share in the his palace at Rome, cxxxv. Princes de Condé, pendant les terly narrative, 389 Emperor, 121-180), his simple habits, cxix. 56 head of saints, cxxxi. 225 discorered at, cxviii. 283; cxxxii. 460 magnetic disturbance, cxxxvi. 420 note. tan, 1614–1707), his burial-place, Austerlitz, battle of (1805), Napo leon's pride in his victory, cxxiii. 113, 114; Baron Ambert's account of, ib. ; later influence of French tactics at, 115 Austin (John, 1790-1859), his 'Pro vince of Jurisprudence determined,' cxiv. 456 ; his quiet and solitary career, 460; his wide grasp of mind, 461; his original design unfinished, ib.; vastness of his scheme, 462; definitions of leading terms, 463 ; his precision of thought, 467 ; on the four branches of law, ib.; definition of •Right,' 468; on the notion of Sovereignty, 470; on Liberty and Justice, 472 ; his work compared to Butler's Analogy,' 473; laborious exactness of his style a difficulty to readers, 474; bis analytical method, 480 his lectures at the London University, cxviii. 162; his . Lectures and Fragment on the Study of Jurisprudence,' 439; his power of precise thought, ib.; educational value of his labours, ib.; his genius compared with that of Bentham, 440; the logic of law his special subject, 441 ; supplementary character of his present work, ib.; his treatment of positive law compared with that of Mr. Maine, 442, 443; bis principles founded on the Roman law, 445; clearness of his juristical conceptions, 448; his lectures incomplete, ib. ; his first drafts and finished performances, ib. 449; tension of mind required by his precise style, ib.; his Province of Jurisprudence' a definition of Law, ib.; on the Laws of God, 450 ; on the notions involved in Duties and Rights, 452 ; bis definition of a legal right, ib.; his negative definition of Rights criticised, 453; on fiduciary rights, 16.-455; his definition of Wrongs, ib, ; on the sources of Law, 456, 457; on the fallacies attached to customary law, ib.; on the Jus Gentium, 459; on the origin of the term Equity, 460; on statute and judiciary law, 463-467 ; on the evils of judicial legislation, ib.; on codification, ib., 470; on the Law of Persons and of Things, 471 ; his definition of quasi-contracts, 473; division of Rights into Primary and Sanctioning, ib. 474; outline of his distribution of the field of law, ib.; his treatment of Property and Easement, ib. ; his groundwork of Rights criticised, 476; objections to his distribution of Wrongs and Remedies, 477; incompleteness of his labours, 480; his language clear and vigorous, ib., 481; harsh epithets not due to acrimony, ib. ; his appreciation of great qualities in other writers, 482 Austin (John), his return to London from Bonn, cxxxix. 116; influence of German literature and society, ib. ; progress of toleration and definite faith in his later years, 117 (Mrs., wife of preceding, 1793-1867), her kindness to J. S. Mill, cxxxix. 116 Australia, gold-fields of, cxii. 8; first English settlers in, 326; ignorance of its interior, 327; existence of a central desert, ib.; will probably remain a Coast empire, 328; settlement on the northern coast desirable, ib. difficulties of Church union in, cxii. 6 military defence of, cxv. 110; prospects of cotton culture, 482 narratives of expeditions in, cxvi. 1 : rapid progress of occupation, 3; first settlements, 4; want of water, ib.; river explorations, 5; theory of an inland sea, 5; Captain Sturt's expedition, ib.; the Mur com- rumbidgee explored, 6; discovery ter of Central Australia, 45 cxvii. 90; volcanic action in, 97; intercolonial jealousies in, Australia, effect of human agency on animal and vegetable life in, cxx. physical features the Irish in, cxxvii. 524, 525 first visits to, by Europeans, Mr. Dilke on the physical Mr. Huxley's theory of a |