matic Constitution of the Faith,
ib.; important topics left in dark-
ness, 138; virtual recognition of
freedom of religious speculation,
140; question of the Pope's per-
sonal infallibility, 141; divisions
created by the dogma thereon,
143; protests of Roman Catholic
prelates, 145; withdrawal of the
eighty-eight bishops, 146; wasted
opportunities of episcopal useful-
ness, 148; subjection of the laity
and inferior clergy, 149; protests
of Père Hyacinthe, 150; attitude
of the German bishops, 152; the
dogma rejected by Döllinger, 153;
the question left to the laity, 155;
effects of the Franco-German war
on, ib.; first test of the new dogma
a failure, 156; altered condition of
Papacy, 158; question of its future
destiny, ib.; a future Pope might
reverse the dogma, 161
Vatican Library, the, founded by
Nicholas V., cxxxvi. 132

cxxxix. 19; collection of
MSS. in, ib. 23
Vauban (Sebastian le Prétre de,
1633-1707), his revolution in the
method of war, cxvi. 547
Vaughan (Dr. Robert), his 'Revolu-

tions in English History,' cxii.
136; his inaccuracies of detail,
137; mistakes in early English
history, 138, 143; merits of his
later chapters, 152; his defects as
a philosophical historian, 158
Vaughan (Dr.), his objections to
liturgical revision, exiii. 33
Vedas, the, spurious specimens of,
exii. 361; copy procured by Colonel
Polier, now in the British Museum,
362; Mr. Colebrooke's analysis of,
363; translations of the Rig. Veda
and Sama. Veda, ib.; study of, on
the Continent, 364; works in-
cluded in the collection, 365; the
I'ratisakhyas, 368; threefold divi-
sion of the Kalpa Sutras, 370;

indices of the Veda, 371; authors
of the Sutra period, ib. ; their
pro-
bable date, 372; the Brahmanas
classified, viz., the Karma Kanda
and Jnana Kanda, 373; Vedic
theosophy contained in the Upa-
nishads, 374; their monotheistic
tendency, ib.; length of time occu-
pied by Brahmanical literature,
375; character of the Rig. Veda
Sanhita, 377; its extreme anti-
quity, 380; Vedic religion diffe-
rent from modern Hindooism, 381
ad fin. See Müller, Max
Vedas, the, relation of languages ex-
plained by, cxv. 84; progress in
the knowledge of, 381
Vedas, garbled passage in, relating

to Hindu customs, cxxxix. 425
Vedic hymns, Mr. Cox's theory of,

cxxxii. 337; supposed evidences
of Greek mythology in, 342
Vegetable life, phenomena of growth
and reproduction in, cxxx. 156;
protoplasm and cellular tissue,

ib.

Vellore (India), mutiny and massacre
at, cxvii. 29

Veneti, cruel treatment of, by Cæsar,
cxxiv. 431

Venetia, evils of the Austrian occu-

pation of, cxiii. 258; Austrian sur-
render of, cxxiv. 293
Venice, the League of (1495), exvii.
392

the Doge's palace at, cxviii. 82
– equestrian statue of the Con-
dottiere Coleoni at, cxxi. 542

betrayed by Buonaparte in
1797, cxxvi. 314, 319; revision of
the laws at, in 1242, 357
Venosa (Venusium), discovery of
carly Jewish cemetery at, CXX.
243

Venus, the Richmond statue of, cxl.
194

de' Medici, statue of, dis-
proportion of the head, cxl. 187
Venus (the planet), approaching
Transit of, cxxxviii. 144; works
relating thereto, ib.; distance of,
from the Earth and the Sun, 148;
observations of the Transit in
1769, 149; Encke's estimate of
the Sun's distance, 150; Hansen
and Leverrier, ib.; Mr. Stone's
examination of the 1769 observa-
tions, 151; question for the coming
observers, 152; stations of survey,
153; value of photography, ib.;
photo-heliographs of M. Dall-
meyer, 155; new method of ob-
servation, 158; processes of De-
lisle and Halley, 159; Mr. Proc-
tor's objection, 160; reply of the
Astronomer Royal, 161; the con-
troversy examined, ib. 163; pre-
parations and instruments, 165;
Lord Lindsay's plans, ib.
Vermond (Abbé de), his position as
confidential secretary at Versailles,
cxxiii. 430; his relations with
Marie Antoinette, ib.

Vernet (Horace, b. 1789), Mendels-

sohn's sketch of, cxv. 138
Verocchio (Andrea), his contribu-
tions to Tuscan art, cxxi. 542
'Verre d'eau, un,' Scribe's play of,
cxviii. 414
Versailles, portraits of the Kings of
France at, cxxiv. 350

Treaty of (1756), prelimina-
ries of, arranged by Madame de
Pompadour, cxxv. 505

Vers de Société, the term explained,
cxl. 357; English writers of, ib.
375; requisites of, 376; question of
the value of, at the present day, 382
Verulam (Earl of). See Bacon
Vespasian (Titus Flavius, Roman

Emperor, d. 79), his critical posi-
tion at his accession, cxix. 30; his
personal appearance, 32; elements

of his popularity, 33; his short
reign, 34; his reforms, 35; his
encouragement of middle-class
education, 38

Vessets (Abbé de), his treatise
against fine hair, cxxiv. 368
Vestris (Madame), cast of her leg
taken for Lord Fife, cxxiv. 371
Vicars, origin of, exvii. 362
Vicars Apostolic, Roman Catholic
fiction of, cxviii. 566 note
Vicksburg (U.S.), Federal attack on,
under Farragut, cxxiv. 211

importance of, to the Con-
federates, cxxix. 250; Federal ope-
rations against, 251; Grant's cap-
ture of, 252. See American Civil
War

Victor Emmanuel III. (King of
Sardinia, b. 1820), his immoral
surrender of Savoy to France, cxi.
533-551. See Savoy
Victoria (Queen, b. 1819), her High-
land Journal from 1848 to 1861,
cxxvii. 281; genuine simplicity of
her narrative, ib. ; motives of grief
in its production, ib.; its charming
artlessness, 283; her early interest
in Scotland, ib.; her first voyage
to the Forth, 284; impressions of
Edinburgh, ib.; her reception at
Perth and Taymouth, 285; her
admiration of the Highlands, 287;
visit to the West Coast in 1847,
ib.; her description of Balmoral,
ib.; her attendants, 289; visits to
the poor, 291; her attendance at
Kirk, 292; her first visit to Ire-
land, 293; her grief at the death
of Wellington, 295; Highland
expeditions in 1860, 296; her
domestic happiness, 300

description of, by Hobhouse,
when Princess, cxxxiii. 309; ac-
count of her accession, 324, 327;
Hobhouse's first interview with,
328; early sketch of her Court,

329

early projects of her marriage

with Prince Albert, cxxxvi. 392;
her accession, 394; first employ-
ment of Stockmar, 395
Victoria, New South Wales, dis-
covery and settlement of, cxvi. 9

the 'Dividing Range of,'
cxvii. 98; auriferous system of,
101; Mining Districts and their
governments, 102; prosperous con-
dition of the gold miners, 104;
gold mining at Ballarat and Ben-
digo, 105-112

colony of, extent of, cxviii.
311; extension of local self-govern-
ment in, ib. note; legislation
against landing of convicts, 313;
changes in the land system, 330

-

inconvenience of its harbour,
cxix. 454; pleasant aspect of the
town, 458

Victoria Bridge, Montreal, main ob-
ject of its construction, cxiii. 75;
obstacles presented by the ice, 76;
the first caisson sunk in spring, 80;
strikes among the workmen, 82;
outbreak of cholera, ib.; general
movement of the ice, 83; the ma-
sonry remains firm, ib.; astonish-
ing progress of the piers, 84; in-
tensity of the cold, 85; the tube
completed just before the thaw,
ib.; dimensions of the work, 86
'Victorial,' the, of Don Pedro Niño,
French translation of, cxxx. 556.
See Niño Don Pedro
Vienna, aspect of Society at, in 1799,
cxvi. 246

Treaty of (1725), cxii. 84
Treaty of (1814), restoration
of papal sovereignty by, cxvi.
267

Treaty of (1815), compared
with the treaty of Westphalia,
cxxxiii. 478

--Congress of (1815), its decla-
ration against the slave-trade,
cxiii. 566 note

Congress of (1815), estab-
lished a general European interest,

cxxiv. 277; its provisions violated
by Prussia, 280

Villars (Louis Hector, Marshal of
France, 1653-1734), his victory at
Friedlingen, cxvi. 514; throws up
his command. 515; opposed to
Marlborough on the Moselle, 517;
his dispositions at Malplaquet,
531; defeats the Earl of Albe-
marle, 539; his personal friend-
ship for Eugene, 540; negotiates
peace with him, ib.

Villars (Marquis de), his Mémoires

de la cour d'Espagne sous le Règne
de Charles II. 1678–1682, cxxix.
1; origin and publication of the
MS., ib.; letters of his wife to
Madame de Coulanges, 14
Villelume, Countess de. See Som-
breuil

Villeroi (François de Neufville, Mar-
shal 1643-1730), his military
incapacity, exvi. 511

'Villette,' by Currer Bell, cxx. 49;
her excessive use of French words
in, ib.
Vinegar-Hill (Ireland), insurrection-
ary excesses at, cxxxix. 501
Vintimille (Madame de), see Nesle,
Félicité de

Virey (M.), his theory of the trans-
mutation of man from apes, exvii.
547

Virgil (Publius Virgilius Maro, about

B.C. 70-19), Warburton's theory
of Book VI. of the Æneid, cxxii.
22; Gibbon's reputation thereof,
35; compared with Lucretius, 250

his description of the cattle-
pest in the Georgics, exxiii. 211

his personal appearance de-
scribed by his biographers, cxxiv.

353

Codex Mediceus of, ascribed to
Apronianus, cxxxvii. 66; the Apro-
nian and Vatican families of MSS.,
70; genuineness of Eneid absurdly
denied, 82; Monkish etymology
of his name, 84

Virginia (U.S.), the Harper's Ferry
insurrection in, cxii. 572

Federal campaign of 1864
against, cxxi. 265, 284. See Ameri-
can Civil War

Virgin Mary, pretended apparitions
of, at La Salette and Lourdes,
cxxxix. 246, 247

Viscous theory of glaciers, the, cxiii.
235

Vishnu, alleged sacrifice of, on a
cross, cxxxi. 229; the legend taken
from Christian tradition, ib.; date
of mystical birth of, ib.
Visigoths, their collections of law,
cxxvi. 355, 357

Visitation Service, the, objection to
the form of absolution in, cxiii.
20

Vital principle, the doctrine rejected,

cxxxiii. 153. See Life

Vitellius (Aulus, Roman Emperor
b. A.D. 15), his immoderate love of
oysters, cxxvii. 50
Vitruvius (Marcus Pollio, 1st cen-
tury), Greek canon of beauty re-
corded by, cxl. 184

Vittoria, battle of (1813), effects of,
cxvi. 76

Vivisection, its effects described by
Pope, cxiii. 580

Voelcker (Professor), his researches
on the growth of plants, cxxiii.
196

Vogüé (Count Melchoir de), his

'Eglises de la Terre Sainte,' cxii.
423; his critical fairness, 440; his
comprehensive knowledge of Latin
archæology in Palestine, 450
Voit (M.), his physiological re-
searches, cxxx. 148
Volcanoes, phenomena of, exiii, 533

effects of volcanic elevation
on gold deposits, exvii. 95
Volney (Constantine Francis Chasse-
boeuf, Count de, 1755-1820),
groundwork of his system of reli-
gion, cxxxix. 420

Voltaire (François Marie Arouet de,

his eulogy of Marshal Saxe,
cxx. 527; on the Duke of Riche-
lieu at Fontenoy, 529

his letters consulted by Lord
Brougham, cxxiv. 345

Adam Ferguson's interview
with, cxxv. 72

his translation of the Apo-
cryphal Gospels, cxxviii. 89

his anecdote of the Iron
Mask, cxxxviii. 307

materials for his system of
religion, cxxxix. 420; deceived by
a forged Veda, ib. note

his sagacious system of guess-
work in history, exl. 207
Volunteer corps (British), defect of,
in not renewing their strength,
cxxvi. 273, 274

Volunteer force (British), absence of
political distinctions among, cxvii.

273

strength of, in 1863, cxx.
584 and note

condition of, in 1814, cxxxiii.
210; origin of the present move-
ment, 211; defects of, as an effi-
cient reserve, 216; reforms pro-
posed, 221

Vorstius (Conrad, 1569-1622), his
appointment at Leyden University,
cxl. 121; his works burnt by
James I., 123

Vosin (Dr.), his Orthophrenic Lec-

tures in London, cxxii. 39
Vostitza (Egium), prosperous state
of the town, cxxii. 549; culti-
vation of the currant-vine at, 550
Voting, parliamentary. See Ballot,
Franchise

Voysey (Rev. Mr.), judgment of the
Privy Council in his case, cxxxiii,

413

WACE (ROBERT, about 1100-1184),
his merits as an historian, cxxi.
13

Wages, standard of, in England
and foreign countries compared,
cxxxviii. 96; relations of, with
work, 334; how regarded by the
workman and the employer, ib.
336 (see Labour); rates of, in
India, 341; in European countries,

ib.
Wages-fund, attacked by Mr. Thorn-

ton, cxxx. 392; principles of, 395
Wahabees, the, their alleged fixity
of condition, cxxii. 498; character
of their founder, 505; their cap-
ture of Mecca, 509 note and 510;
defeat at Bissel, 510; their capital
destroyed by Ibrahim Pasha, 511;
subsequent rulers, 513; sumptuary
laws introduced by Feysul, ib.
515; character of Wahabee rule,
516

official Indian records respect-
ing, cxxv. 8; their fraternities in
India, ib.; the Umbeyla campaign,
ib.; their contact with the Indian
Government, ib.; English policy
of abstinence from, ib. 9; Egyptian
attacks on, ib. 10; their designs
against the Sultan of Oman, ib.;
hostilities in 1861 with the British,
11; protest of Turkey disallowed,
ib.; their outrage at Rostak, ib.;
ultimatum of Colonel Pelly, 13;
the affair at Daman, 14 ; bombard-
ment of Soor, ib.; midnight plot
against the 'Berenice' at Muscat,

15

Waitz, his theory of natural religion,

cxxxix. 440 note

Wake (Herwald), his gallant de-
fence of Arrah during the Indian
mutiny, cxxxiii, 95, 97

W

'Wakefield Theory,' the cxix. 456
Walbrook, etymology of, cxxxi. 162,
163

Walcheren expedition, the (1810),
the Duke of Wellington's opinion
of, cxvi. 56

Wales, antiquity of local names in,
cxi. 358

(ancient), absurd theory of
the Bardic system in, cxviii. 62;
list of pretended saints in, 64;
poverty of its real hagiology, 65;
Arthurian literature, 67; fictitious
character of the history of, 70
Walhalla, the, classical architecture
of, cxviii. 92

Walid, his promotion by Mahomet,
cxxiv. 46; anecdote of his impiety,

ib.
Walker (Major), his services in sup-
pressing female infanticide in India,
cxix. 405

Walker (Mr.), his searching-party
in Central Australia, cxviii. 331;
his route, ib.
Wallace (Sir William, d. 1305),
story of, at Dundee, cxx. 322
Wallace (A. R.), his work on 'The
tendency of Varieties to depart in-
definitely from the original type,'
cxi. 487; on the fecundity of birds,
508; his illustration of Mr. Dar-
win's theory of Natural Selection,
509-516

his Contributions to the
theory of Natural Selection,'cxxxiv.
195; on the utilitarian theory of
morals, 219

Wallace (Mr.), his suggestions of

postal reform, cxx. 60
Waller (Edmund, 1605-1687), his
minor poetry, cxl. 365
Wallich (Dr.), his deep-sea explora-
tions of animal life, cxiii. 127