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
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,
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,
- 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,
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
Anne, cxxxii. 541; his prolific | Deltas, geological antiquity of, cxviii.
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
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