Chapter M

_Mackenzie_, Wm. Lyon,
his catechism of education, notice of, 283.

_M'Mahon_, John V. L.,
his Historical View of Maryland, &c. reviewed, 483, &c. See _Maryland_.

_Madison_, James,
his opinion upon the tariff and nullification, 453.

_Maizeaux_, M. de,
his translation of Latin verses in praise of tobacco, 143.

_Marbois_, Barbe,
his History of Louisiana, notice of, 186, &c. See _Louisiana_.

_Martin_, Francois-Xavier,
his History of Louisiana, reviewed, 186, &c. See _Louisiana_.

_Maryland_, Historical View of the Government of, by John V. L. M'Mahon,
reviewed, 483, &c.
occasional remarks, 483-485
boundaries of Lord Baltimore's grant, 486
his contest with William Clayborne, _ib._
with William Penn, _ib._
settlement of boundaries to the north, 488
controversies in regard to the west, 489, 490
first settlement under Calvert, 490
Clayborne and Ingle's rebellion, 491
contest with the Parliament, _ib._
governor Stone defeated, 492
troubles from Josiah Fendall, 492, 493
condition of the colonies in 1687, 494, 495
formation of Protestant Association, which transmits to the king
charges against the provincial government, who dispossesses the
proprietary and appoints Sir Lionel Copley royal governor, 496
seat of government changed, 497
Annapolis, 498
Governor Nicholson, 499
view of the colonies from 1689 to 1710, 500
persecution of Catholics, 501
internal dissensions, 501, 502
resources of Maryland at the commencement of the revolution, 503
resistance of colonies to aggressions, 504
case of Zachariah Hood, the distributer of stamps in Annapolis, 507,
508
proceedings of Assembly, 508
stamp paper retained on board the vessel, 509
proceeding in relation to the tea, 511.

_Matthews_, Rev. Dr.,
notice of his address to the convention at New-York, 285.

_Memorial_ of the workers in iron of Philadelphia,
notice of, 352, &c.

_Monroe_, James,
his part in the cession of Louisiana to the United States, 214.

_Morgan_, Lady,
her France in 1829-30, reviewed, 1, &c.
preparations for a tour, 2
Lady Morgan's parentage, 3
marriage, 4
book-making propensity, 4,5
pernicious tendency of her works, 5
reasons for severity in regard to her, 6
her egotism, 7
arrival at Calais, 8
the Diligence, and difference between English and French stages, 9-11
arrival at Paris, 12
her horror at the prevalence of Anglomania in France, 13-15
travelling in France, 16
want of magnificent country seats, _ib._
number of mendicants, 17
facility of making acquaintance with fellow-travellers, _ib._
Lady Morgan's deductions as sapient as those of the Hon. Frederick de
Roos, 18
her want of decorum, 19
vanity, 20
becomes the subject of the Parisians propensity to ridicule, 22
notice of her works in the Edinburgh and Quarterly Review, 24
romanticism and classicism in Paris, 26
interview with a romanticist, 27, 28
with a classicist, 29
Othello at the Theatre Francais, _ib._
Lady Morgan's plagiarism, 30, 31.

_Murray_, Dr.,
his opinion of the use of tobacco, 154.

N.

_Navarro_, Don Martin,
his communication to the King of Spain in regard to the American
colonies, 210.

_Nicholson_, Governor Francis,
his part in the colonial government of Maryland, 499, 500.

_Nicot_, John,
tobacco introduced into France by, 144.

_Nicuesa_, Diego de,
his grant of territory and adventures in South America, 170, &c.

_Nino_, Pedro Alonzo,
his adventure to America, 168.

_Nyssens_, Abbot,
his belief that the devil first introduced tobacco into Europe, 142.

O.

_Ochotsk_,
town of, 72, 73.

_Ojeda_, Alonzo de,
his Voyages of Discovery, 165-175.

_Olekma_,
town of, 78.

_O'Reilly_, Don Alexander,
his arrival at New-Orleans to take possession for Spain, and his
atrocities, 205-208.

_Owen_, Joseph,
his translation of Von Schmidt-Phiseldek's Europe and America,
reviewed. See _Europe and America_.

P.

_Paper currency_,
government, 191, 192.

_Peale_, Rembrandt,
his Notes on Italy, reviewed, 512, &c. See _Italy_.

_Penn_, William,
his difficulties in settling the boundary line with Maryland, 486, 487.

_Physical Geography_, 82
density of the earth, 83
polar and equatorial diameters, _ib._
sources of heat, 84, 85
equilibrium of the particles of the earth, 85, 86
heat at the centre, 86
consolidation of the surface of the earth, 87
present appearance of its surface, 88
chain of mountains, 89
Malte Brun's arrangement of mountains into connected systems, 90
basins, rivers, and streams, 91
traces of aqueous action, 92
diluvial deposits, 93
stratified rocks, 94
third, fourth, and fifth orders of rocks, 95
organic remains, 96-102
different level of the same rocks, 103
volcanoes, 104-109
trap rocks, 105
earthquakes, 107-109
M. E. De Beaumont's researches into the age of mountains, 109-112.

_Physiology_ of the Passions, by J. L. Alibert,
notice of, 33.

_Pinzon_, Vincente Yanez,
his voyages of discovery, 168.

_Pitt_, Prime Minister,
his followers and opponents, 322-325.

_Pizarro_, Francisco,
his early adventures in America, 171, &c.

_Poland_,
impending fate of, 457, 458
constitution granted it by Alexander, 458
its former importance, 459
early history, 460
Ladislaus crowned king, 461
events in the reign of Casimir the Great, _ib._--
Lewis, king of Hungary; his daughter Hedwiga, weds Jagellon, whose
family filled the throne through seven reigns, 462
increasing power of the nobles, 463
with Sigismund Augustus the reign of the Jagellons ceased, and the
succession became elective, 464
Henry of Anjou elected king; succeeded by Stephen Bathory, duke of
Transylvania, 465
Sigismund III. declared king, in whose reign the dismemberment and
woes of Poland began, 466
succeeded by Ladislaus IV., _ib._
followed by John Casimir, who, after predicting the fate of the
empire, resigned the crown, 467
Michael Wisniowiecki chosen king; on his death, John Sobieski
succeeded, 468
reigns of Augustus II. and III., 469
Stanislaus Poniatowski, the last Polish king; events in his reign
that led to the dismemberment of Poland, 470-472
assembling of the revolutionary diet at Warsaw, 473
alliance with Prussia; second diet; constitution promulgated, 474
Catharine invades Poland, and shares with Prussia a portion of its
territory, 476
final effort of the patriots under Koskiusko, 477
battle of Praga, and third division of Poland; abdication of
Stanislaus, 478
summary of events in Polish history, 479-482.

_Prussia_,
alliance of with Poland, 474
share in its partition, 476.

_Pyrrhus_,
an ennuye, 47.

R.

_Ralegh_, Sir Walter,
remarks on, 145-147.

_Rome_,
appearance of the inhabitants of, &c. 516, 517.

_Rousseau_, Jean Jacques,
a prey to ennui, 42.

_Rulhiere_, M. his Histoire de l'Anarchie de Pologne,
notice of, 457, &c. See _Poland_.

_Rush_, Dr. Benjamin,
his observations upon the influence of the habitual use of tobacco,
&c. 136, &c.

_Russia_,
the part of, in the dismemberment of Poland, 457, &c. See _Poland_.

S.

_San_ Carlo Borromeo,
statue of, 524.

_Santa_ Maria della Vita,
catacombs of, 515.

_Sartorius_, George,
his continuation of Spittler's Polish revolution, notice of, 457, &c.

_Sheridan_, R. B.,
notice of, 322-324.

_Siamese Twins_, The,
a Satirical Tale by the author of Pelham, reviewed, 385, &c.
occasional remarks, 386-391
outline of the poem, with remarks, 392-397.

_Siberia_,
Travels in, 52, etc. See _Dobell_, Peter, his Travels.

_Sigismund_ Augustus,
the last of the Jagellon family on the throne of Poland, 64.

_Sigismund_ III.,
woes to Poland in the reign of, 466.

_Sobieski_, John, king of Poland,
reign of, 468.

_Spanish_ Voyages of Discovery,
by Washington Irving, reviewed, 163, &c. See _Irving_, Washington.

_Sparks_, Mr.,
in the Convention at New York on the subject of an University,
286-288-309.

_Spinoza_,
his resources against ennui, 43.

_Spittler's_ Polish revolution,
with a continuation by George Sartorius, notice of, 457.

_Stanislaus_ (Poniatowski) king of Poland,
reign of, 470, &c. See _Poland_.

_Steel_,
preparation of, &c. See _Iron_, 352-385.

_Stone_, Governor,
his defeat in an insurrection in the colony of Maryland, 492.

_Stuart_, Isaac,
his translation of Greppo's Hieroglyphic System of Champollion, Jr.,
reviewed, 339, &c. See _Hieroglyphic System_.

_Stuart_, Professor,
remarks of, on the perishing of Pharaoh in the Red Sea, 346.

_Sugar-cane_,
introduction and culture of in Louisiana, 197-201.

_Sylvester_, Joseph,
his tobacco battered, notice of, 140.

T.

_Taddei_, Rosa,
celebrated improvisatrice, description of, 520, 521.

_Talavera_, Bernardo de,
his adventure to South America, 174.

_Thieves_,
auto-biography of, 116, &c.

_Thompson_, Dr. A. T.,
his notices relative to tobacco, &c. 136, &c.

_Thorius_, Dr. Raphael,
his Latin poem in praise of tobacco, 137
anecdote of, 138.

_Tobacco_, 136
whimsical subjects selected by authors, _ib._
Latin poem in praise of tobacco, by Dr. Raphael Thorius, 137
anecdote of him, 138
Mr. Lambe's Farewell to Tobacco, 139
James I., his Counterblast to Tobacco, 140
origin of, _ib._
Joseph Sylvester's tobacco battered, _ib._
Indian superstition respecting, 141
different names of the weed, 141, 142
Abbot Nyssen's belief that the devil first introduced it into
Europe, 142
competitors for that honour, 143
Latin verses in its praise, with English translation by M. de
Maizeaux, _ib._
its introduction into France by John Nicot, 144
disputes respecting its origin, _ib._
King James's dinner for the devil, 145
remarks on Sir Walter Ralegh, 145-147
young women imported for wives into Virginia, and paid for in tobacco,
147
prohibitions of it in Europe, _ib._
King James's arguments in his Counterblast, 148
commendations of it by Acosta, Lord Bacon and Howell, 149
unprofitableness of its culture, 150
its production and consumption in France, 151
opinion of Dr. Rush, Mr. Chamberet, 152
Dr. Walsh, Hearne, Willis, Dr. Cullen, and Dr. Fowler, 153
Dr. Murray, 154
anecdote respecting it, related by Dr. Clarke, 155
its tendency to promote intemperance, 156
snuff-taking, 156-159
smoking, 160
chewing, 161
anecdote of Franklin, 163.

_Tobolsk_,
town of, 81.

_Tomsk_,
town of, 80.

_Tooke_, Horne,
his claim to the authorship of Junius, 325.

U.

_Ulloa_, Don,
his arrival at New Orleans to take possession for Spain of Louisiana,
and withdrawal without exhibiting his powers, 205.