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Roscoe's 'Eminent Lawyers,' 370.

S.

System of Common Schools, 453-482;
public schools in the U. States,
156; their importance recognised,
457; causes of failure in this sys-
tem at the South, 459; conflict with
private schools, 460; school libra-
ries, 162; no sympathy manifested
at the South for the present defec-
tive system, 463; the school sys-
tem in Massachusetts, 466; in
New-York, 467; in Connecticut
and Michigan, 468; in Pennsylva-
nia, 469; in Louisiana, 470; its
success in New-Orleans, 471; ex-
tracts from reports of the direc-
tors there, 472; extracts from Judge
McCaleb's address, 476; influence
of this first Southern movement in

Mississippi-Horace Mann's Re-
port on Education in Massachu-
setts, 481.

South-Carolina, the Colonial Era of,
130-162; Carroll's Collections,
130, Simms' History, 131; History
of South-Carolina not yet written,
132; location of the colony, 133;
early difficulties, 134; war with the
Stono Indians, 135; with the Span-
iards, 136; French invasion under
le Feboure, 139; their flight, 142;
war with the Tuscaroras, 143; Ye-
massee wars, 145; Rhett's engage-
ment with the pirates, 149; Steed
Bonnet, ib.; Revolution of 1719,
150; Oglethorpe's invasion of Flo-
rida, 152; war with the Cherokees,
153; speech of Attakullakulla,159;
general peace, 160; stamp act, 161;
early participation in the revolu-
tion, 162; character of S. Carolina
during the war, ib.

Spalding's Review of D'Aubigné, 446–
452; weakness of D'Aubigné's
work on the reformation, 446;
struggle with the Catholics at
hand, 447; ability of Spalding's re-
view, ib.; unsound in his inferen-
ces, 450, fallacious in detracting

from the Reformation, 451; res-
pective influences of the Catholic
and Protestant systems upon liter-
ature, 452.

Santa Fe Expedition, 228-247; just-
ness of Kendall's strictures, 229;
his motives in joining the expedi-
tion, 230; objects of the expedition,
231; Catholic missions-the Ala-
mo-San Antonio, 232; departure
of the expedition, 233; beautiful
description of the wild horse or
stampede, 234; treachery of the
guide, 236; sufferings of the party,
237; San Miguel, 238; Mexican
suspicion justified, 239; infamy of
Capt. Lewis, 240, the tyrants Ar-
mijo and Salezer, 241; arrival at
Mexico, 242; beautiful description
of the Mexican girl, ib.; Mexican
women, 243; Mexican govern-
ment, 244; natural scenery of
Mexico-its moral and political
prospects, 246.

T.

Talmage's Lecture on Education,
265; defects of the common schools
at the South, 266; improvements
proposed, 267.

Triumphs of Time, 526.
Texas, Annexation of, 483.

V.

Virgil's Eneid, 263.
Victor Hugo's Burgraves, 75-95;
French drama, 75; Hugo's "Ma-
rion de Lorme,' 76; his 'Lucréce
Borgia,' 'Le Roi s'amuse,' 'Marie
Tudor,' 'Angelo,' 78; his Hernani,
79; its plot, and extracts from it,
[translated,] 80; 'Les Burgraves,'
void of vraisemblance, 86; its plot
unfolded and various characters
examined, 94; Hugo's youth and
romance, 85; vitiated taste of the
present day, 94; led in a great
measure by the works of Hugo,
Dumas and Sue, 95.

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4. Speeches of John C. Calhoun: delivered in the Con-

gress of the United States, from 1811 to the present time.

New-York: Harper & Brothers. 1843.

5. Life and Speeches of Henry Clay. 2 vols. New-York:

Greely & McElrath, Tribune Buildings. 1843.

V. THE COLONIAL ERA OF SOUTH-CAROLINA,

1. History of South-Carolina, from its first European dis-

covery to its erection into a Republic; with a supplementary

chronicle of events to the present time. By WILLIAM GIL-

MORE SIMMS, author of "The Yemassee," "The Partisan,"

"Damsel of Darien," etc. Second Edition. Charleston :

Published by S. Babcock & Co. 1843.

2. Historical Collections of South-Carolina; embracing

many rare and valuable pamphlets and other documents, re-

lating to the History of that State, from its First Discovery

to its Independence in the year 1776. Compiled, with various

Notes and an Introduction, by B. R. CARROLL. In two vols.

New-York: Harper & Brothers. 1836.

VI. PRESCOTT'S CONQUEST OF MEXICO,

1. The Despatches of Hernando Cortés, the Conqueror of

Mexico, addressed to the Emperor Charles V., written during

the conquest, and containing a narrative of its events. Now

first translated into English, from the original Spanish, with

an Introduction and Notes, by GEORGE FOLSOM, one of the

Secretaries of the New-York Historical Society, Member of

the American Antiquarian Society, of the Archaiological So-

ciety of Athens, etc. New-York: Wiley & Putnam. Lon-

don: Stationers' Hall Court. 1843.

2. History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a preliminary

view of the ancient Mexican civilization, and the Life of the

conqueror, Hernando Cortés. By WILLIAM H. PRESCOTT,

author of the "History of Ferdinand and Isabella." "Victri-

ces aquilas alium laturus in orbem."--Lucan. In 3 vols.

New-York: Harper & Brothers. 1843.

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