DACOITY, suppression of, in India,
cxix. 410
Daguerre (M.), his discoveries in
photography, cxxxiii. 338
Dahlgren (Capt. U. S. Navy), first
trial of his 15-inch gun, cxxiv.
216; success of his gun against the
Atlanta,' 220

Dalberg (Karl Theodore, Duc de,
1744-1817), his nomination as co-
adjutor to the Electorate of Ma-
yence, cxxxvii. 545; transferred to
Ratisbon, 552; his character, ib.
Dale (Mr. T.), his proposed water-
supply from the Lake Districts,
cxxiii. 421

Dale (Mr., Independent Minister of
Manchester), his defence of modern
Nonconformists, cxxxiii. 403
Dalhousie (Lord, 1812-1860), his
policy of annexation misunderstood,
cxvii. 3; his successful administra-
tion of the Punjaub, 7; his minute
on Oude, 12; his vigorous pro-
motion of public works, 20; on the
absence of private enterprise in
India, 22; his measures of army
organisation, 32; proposes the for-
mation of a Staff Corps, 36; his
commercial reforms, 38; his policy
on native education, 38; his un-
tiring activity, 41; his eminent
services, ib.

unfair attacks on his Indian
administration, exxiv. 301
Dallmeyer (M.), his photographic in-
struments for the approaching
transit of Venus, cxxxviii. 155
Dalton (John, 1766-1844), his chemi-
cal discoveries, cxxx. 143; his
atomic theory, ib. 144

his lectures at the Royal In-
stitution, cxxxv. 339, 342
Dalzell, family of, surname and arms
of, cxxi. 342, 343

D

Damiani (Peter), his denunciation of
clerical marriages, cxiv. 343
Damoiseau (M.), his calculations re-
specting Biela's comet, cxl. 412
Dangeau (Philippe de Courcillon,
Marquis de, 1638-1720), St.
Simon's additions to his Journal,
cxix. 62; becomes the mark of
Voltaire's malice, 64; his passion
for
games of chance, 65; described
by Madame de Sévigné, ib.; his
intimacy with Louis XIV., 66;
his courtier-like deportment, 67:
his second marriage, 68; style and
character of his diaries described
by St. Simon, 69; history of his
manuscript, 71; flatness and for-
mality of his narrative, 81
Danton (George James, 1759-1794),
his share in the massacres of Sep-
tember, cxviii. 114

his character, by M. Sybel,
cxxviii. 305; wrongly accused of
bribery and profligacy, 306
Dantzig, colony of Scotch weavers
at, cxviii. 235

Darius Hystaspes (d. B.c. 465), his history illustrated by the Behistun inscription, cxi. 42; revolt of the Medes under, 44

his identification in Scripture, cxxi. 67

Darwin (Charles), his 'Origin of Species,' cxi. 487; his previous scientific works, ib.; his pleasing style, 488; his recent converts, ib.; on the graduated functions of Balanidæ. 489; observations of ants, ib.; and bees, 492; on the transmission of fresh-water productions, ib.; on the varieties of pigeons, 493; his theory of the obliteration of species, 494; his confused views of the 'creative law' of species, 496; his dogmatic theory of transmutation, 500; Parthenogenesis and alternation of generations, 502; conjectural nature of his hypothesis, 503; his limited estimate of progenitors, 510; vague recognition of a common organic prototype, 511; starting point of his theory, 512; his hypothesis not supported by facts, ib.; his differences from Buffon and Lamarck, 517; his observations on H.M.S. 'Beagle,' ib.; his doctrine of the survival of the fittest, 519; bis 'natural selection' doctrine an assumption, 521; his puerile illustrations thereof, 522; on the hereditary transmission of variationcharacters, 525; vague and defective statements on natural history, 528; his substitution of belief for demonstration, 529

his 'Fertilisation of Orchids,' cxvi. 391; his faith in special use as the principle of construction,

393

his Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication,' cxxviii. 414; limited object of his work, 416; his definition of species criticised, 418; on ancient breeds

of dogs, 419; on the origin of dogs, 422; on domesticated horses, 425; error as to the antiquity of the bos longifrons, 427; on varieties in domesticated rabbits, 429; on the primitive cultivation of vegetables, 431; on the origin of peaches, 433; phenomena of bud-variation, 434; his theory of artificial selection, 435; his fondness for the building metaphor, 436; his hesitation respecting bud-variations, 437; on the principle of heredity, 439; on the alleged return to ancestral types, 440; on the savage character of crossed races of men, 441; he gives undue prominence to selection, 442; his hypothesis of Pangenesis, 447, 450

Darwin (Charles), his vindication of

'heredity of talent,' cxxxii. 101; on inheritance as limited by sex,

122

- his 'Descent of Man,' cxxxiv. 195; keen interest excited by the work, ib.; magnitude of issues involved, ib.; his theory of natural selection, 196; and evolution, 199, 201; his argument defective, 202; question of brain capacity, 203; his theory of natural selection condemned, 207; his mode of intellectual analysis, ib.; on the descent of mental attributes, 208; fatal admission of ' unknown causes,' ib.; on articulate speech, 210, 212; his explanation of language unsatisfactory, 213; on the origin of intellectual faculties peculiar to man, ib.; his low idea of the supernatural, 214; summary treatment of religion, 215; his intellectual basis of morals, 216; his unfair analogy of social instincts,' 218; supposed evolution of public opinion, ib.; his utilitarian morality, ib.; on the origin of regret and remorse, 219; on the blackness of negroes, 223; his

stand-point of natural history,
224; on primeval man, 227; on
his probable line of descent, 228;
his theory overstated in the 'Ori-
gin of Species,' 229; on sexual
selection, ib.; his doctrine thereof
condemned, 234

Darwin (Charles), on the 'Expression

of the Emotions in Man and Ani-
mals,' cxxxvii. 492; his work disap-
pointing, ib.; falling off in his re-
cent works, ib.; his vicious system
of speculative conjecture, 493; his
theory of evolution, ib.-496; con-
fused use of terms, 500; pseudo-
scientific admirers of, 502–507;
his proneness to ignore opponents,
ib.; his scanty knowledge of phi-
losophy, ib.; and of mental science,
508; reliance on Mr. Herbert
Spencer, 510; mode of arriving at
facts of human emotion, 511;
neglect of literary illustration, 514;
Sir C. Bell's work compared, 515;
his neglect of art, 516; his ac-
count of his art-studies and their
result, 520; on 'tenderness' and
'love,' 522; his curious interpreta-
tions of expression, 525; absurdi-
ties of his theory, 526; his view
limited to animal uses, 527; failure
of his attempt to extract reason
and conscience from animal ele-
ments, 528

Dasent (G. Webbe), his 'Story of
Burnt Njal,' cxiv. 425 sqq.; on
Icelandic money, 453; his estimate
of the Story,' 454

- his Introduction to the Cleas-
by-Vigfusson Icelandic Dictionary,
cxl. 228; on the importance of
Icelandic literature, 258
Dauban (C. A.), his edition of Ma-
dame Roland's Memoirs, cxxi. 384;
his discursive style, 391; plea for
the Revolution, 392
Daubrée (M.), his manufacture of

meteoric matter, cxxxi, 55, 56
Dauphin (Louis the, son of Louis

XV., d. 1765), his remark on his
death-bed, cxxv. 509 note
Dauphin (Louis the, son of Louis
XVI., d. 1795), his imprisonment,
cxviii. 128; his death not unnatu-
ral, 129; M. Louis Blanc's theory
of a substituted child, 130
David I. (of Scotland d. 1153), the
founder of Scottish civilisation,
cxiv. 402

Davis (Andrew Jackson), the 'seer
of Poughkeepsie,' cxxii. 568; his
alleged visions, 569; his powers of
clairvoyance, 570; career at New
York, 571; his lectures, 576; mad
jumble of his writings, 577; his
absurd theory of Nature, 578; his
'Great Harmonia,' 584

(Dr. N.), his 'Carthage and
her Remains,' cxiv. 65
Davoust (Louis Nicholas, Prince of
Eckmuhl, 1770-1823), his inter-
view with Brandt, cxxxi. 70
Davy (Sir Humphry, 1778-1829),

his labours on the Herculanean
papyri, cxvi. 327

his safety-lamp described,
cxvii. 416; cxxv. 556, 558

his experiment on melting
ice by friction, cxix. 10

his last lectures at the Royal
Institution, cxxxii. 179; his foreign
tour with Faraday, 183; experi-
ments on Iodine and diamonds,
184; his defects of character, 186;
opposes Faraday's election to the
Royal Society, 189

his connexion with the Royal
Institution, cxxxv. 331, 343

-(M. Marie), his meteorological
observations at Paris, cxxiv. 76,

77
D'Ayen (Anne Louise Henriette
d'Aguesseau, Duchess, b. 1737),
memoir of, by Madame Lafayette,
cxxix. 400; her family, 401; her
execution, 407, 410
Deane (Henry), Chancellor of Ire-
land in 1494-5, cxxxiv. 51

Death, punishment of. See Cap

ital Punishment Debtor and creditor, law of, former hardships of, in cases of satisfied demands, cxi. 191 Decabrists, the, Russian conspiracy of, cxxxii. 363; origin of the term, ib.

Decussation, the term explained, cxxxi. 222 note

Deer, paucity of species in Scotland, exi. 165; foreign varieties, 166; the Shou, ib.

generic use of the word,

cxxviii. 67

Deffand (Marchioness du, 16971780), Miss Berry's edition of her Letters, cxxii. 326

Definition, Plato's dialectic process of, cxxiii. 327; mixed modes of, 329

use of, in an English dictionary, cxxviii. 64

weakness of, in physical science, cxxxiii. 148 De Foe (Daniel, 1660-1731), his 'Robinson Crusoe' criticised, cxxi. 318

on the weavers' strikes under

Royal Astronomical Society, 103; director of the Paris observatory, ib.; his accidental death, ib. Delegates, Court of, original jurisdiction of, in Church matters, cxx. 286

its origin, cxxi. 165; irrational constitution of, 168; return of causes in, 169 note; cominission of inquiry into, 170; abolition of, ib.

returns of their proceedings from the Reformation to 1832, cxxviii. 273; rarity of suits on doctrine in, ib.; composition of the Court, ib.

Delescluze (b. 1811), Communist leader in 1871, cxxxiv. 516; his previous revolutionary career, ib. Delisle (Claude, 1644-1768), his process of solar observation from the transit of Venus, cxxxviii. 159 Delphi (now Kastri), its present air

of antiquity, exxii. 538; thriving character of the modern town, 548; French excavations at, 561; discovery of ancient theatre, 562

Democracy, its disintegrating effects
on society in America, cxx. 191
legislative hindrances to, in
England, cxxii. 266; the fatalistic
argument, 270

unfavourable in modern
times to greatness, cxxxiii. 15, 16;
opposed to principles of perma-
nence and perpetuity, 23; its
weakening effects on social life,
ib. 24

Demonology, historical belief in,
cxxi. 432; modern superstitions
respecting, 436
Dempster (George, of Dunnichen),
his promotion of the linen trade of
Dundee, cxx. 337; his character,
338

(Thomas, 1579-1625), his
foreign travels, cxviii. 247

his expatriation from Scot-
land, cxx. 329
Denise (Mont), near De Puy,
fossil-bones discovered at, cxviii.
286

Denison (Rev. G. A. Archdeacon),
his proposal of a fortieth article,
cxxi. 569 note

his suit before the Privy
Council, cxxi. 176
Denman (Thomas, Lord, 1770-1854),
his graceful appearance, cxxix.
566

his speech in Queen Caro-
line's defence, cxxxv. 522; his
qualifications as Chief Justice, 547
Denmark, archaeological remains in,
cxviii. 293, 294

aggressive invasion of, by
Prussia, cxx. 573; neutrality of
England vindicated, ib.; debate
thereon in the House of Commons,
592

condition of, under Frederick
V., cxxiii. 487; abolition of serf-
dom, 488; commercial state of, ib.;
Sweden reunited by Frederick
IV., 490; campaign of Peter III.
of Russia, ib.

recent politics in, cxxxiv.
235; importance of the Franco-
German war to, ib.; old quarrels
about Sleswig, 236; incorporation
by Prussia of Elbe Duchies, 237;
votes for North German Parlia-
ment, ib.; German and Danish
nationalities defined thereby, 238;
stipulated plebiscite evaded by
Prussia, b.; Bismarck's cunning
negotiations in 1867, 239; disre-
gard of the treaty of Prague, ib.;
process of Germanising, 241; pre-
sent state of the North-Sleswig
question, 242; Lord Granville's
protest to Bismarck, 243; move-
ment for Scandinavian Union, ib.;
negotiations thereon begun by
Sweden, 244. See Scandinavian
Kingdoms

Denton (Mr. Bailey), his 'Home
Farmsteads of England,' cxxiii.
185; his valuable remarks on farm
architecture, 201

Deontology, as opposed to positive
morality, cxviii. 451

Deptford, closing of royal dockyard
at, cxxxiii. 139

Derayeh (Arabia), destroyed by
Ibrahim Pasha, cxxii. 511,
513
Derby (Edward Smith, 13th Earl of,
1775-1851), his bequest of elands
to the Zoological Society, cxi. 167;
dispersion of his Knowsley collec-
tion, 171; his enterprising industry
in zoology, 172
Derby (Edward Geoffrey, 14th Earl
of, 1799-1869), his translation of
the Iliad, cxxi. 136; its attractive
style, 140; his verse a reflex of