borne of Dumfries delivered a course of lectures on Anthropology at Thornhill. These lectures are stated to contain novel and interesting views on that subject, but as no report of them is given, we are unable to form an opinion on this point.
We have received a copy of the Doncaster Chronicle, containing a letter from Dr John Brown, Worksop, addressed to the late Dr Macnish of Glasgow, calling attention to an error which the latter gentleman had fallen into respecting the musical prodigy known by the name of the Infant Lyra, whom he states, in his edition of Brigham on Mental Cultivation, to have died in consequence of over exertion of a naturally active brain. Dr Brown informs him that the young lady is alive and in good health. We doubt not that our lamented friend had what he considered good authority for believing the circumstances to be such as he states; and he would have been happy to have corrected any error into which he may have inadvertently fallen. We must remark, however, that we do not consider Dr Brown's strictures on what he considers to be the views of phrenologists regarding education in childhood to be at all called for. Phrenologists do not object to infant education; they have, on the contrary been, in this country, its earliest and most zealous advocates. But while they have exerted themselves to render that education more practical and effective, they have ever cautioned the public against its abuse. Notwithstanding the instances which Dr Brown cites, of precocious children being early occupied in mental tasks, and yet continuing to display eminent abilities in adult age, we must still retain our conviction of the hurtfulness of overtasking the young mind; and in this opinion we are borne out by the recorded experience of nearly the whole of the medical profession. Indeed, that much evil results from the manner in which the majority of seminaries are still conducted, is a fact which we do not expect to see contested. If Dr Brown does not approve of the exercising of the intellectual faculties to the neglect of the other mental and bodily powers, it is possible that his opinion on that point and ours are very much alike, for of this we cannot well judge, as he is by no means explicit as to the mode in which he would employ the minds of the young. In conclusion, we would call Dr Brown's attention to the fact, that the text of Dr Brigham applies to the United States of America in which infant education is pushed to a much more extreme degree, and the evils of great mental excitement much more severely felt than in this country. Dr Brown will perceive, then, that in supposing Phrenologists in this country to be hostile to early training he is mistaken; the point contested between them and other educational writers is of what nature that training ought to be.
STAR IN THE EAST, OR WISBECh and East of England GazeTTE.It is much to be wished that our newspaper press would employ itself more in diffusing solid and moral information in regard to matters of importance in daily life, rather than occupy itself entirely in the discussion of party politics, and in pampering the depraved taste for accounts of robberies and murders existing among the middle classes of this country. We have always experienced much pleasure in looking into the journal whose title is prefixed to this notice, not only on account of the very moral tone which pervades all its contents, but also on account of the valuable articles which it contains on various subjects connected with morals and education. We had intended to lay before our readers several extracts from one of a series of articles on education, but are prevented from doing so by the great influx of matter for our present number.
THE MURDERER GREENACRE-We learn that Dr Elliotson has had an opportunity of examining the head of this notorious criminal, and considers it to be one of the most villanous he ever saw, and in complete accordance with his character.
To CORRESPONDENTS.-We have received communications from "A London Phrenologist," and Mr E. J. Hytch, too late, however, for this Number. C. B.'s communication is in the same predicament.
We have also several articles prepared which we have not found room to insert.
ABERCROMBIE, Dr, his treatment of Phrenology, 242. Aberdeen, Phrenology in, 246, 383, 509, 616.
Academie de Medecine, Phrenological discussion at the, 246, 480. Acquisitiveness, 166. Notice of Mr Goyder's essay on its uses and abuses, 626.
Adelon on Phrenology, 483. Adhesiveness, 2, 159, 213, 427. Adventurer, quoted, 723. Affections, qualitive, quantitive, spe- cial, and compound, of the mental faculties, 154.
Affective faculties, 157.
Aikin on the singing of birds, 727. Alcott's Moral Reformer, notice of, 71. Alimentiveness, 159. View of the present state of knowledge respect- ing the organ of, 249-Dr Broussais on, 545.
Alison, Dr, his treatment of Phreno- logy animadverted on, 240. Amativeness, abuse of, 34, 143, 397— Nature of the faculty, 159-Whe- ther the sole function of the cere- bellum, 334, 340.
American theological seminaries, 88 -Phrenology in America, 247, 458, 478, 510, 512. Ancient philosophy, 193, 273-An- cient Greek busts, 434. Andral on Phrenology, 104. Animals, Dr Caldwell's reply to an objection to Phrenology founded on a comparison of the brains of different species of, and to the alle- gation that some of them are des- titute of brain, 27-Whether Phre- nology derives support from their brains, 329-Experiments by mu- tilating their brains, 332-Change of the nervous system in some in- sects, 339-Instinct of animals. 377
Their veneration, 547-How far endowed with language, 550. Animal magnetism, Wonder large in
the votaries of, 549-Note on 614. Annals of Phrenology, notice of, 478.
Anthropological Society, 243, 469. Antiphrenological facts, specimen of 267, 366, 502.
A. P. a deaf and dumb boy, case of, 566.
Apparitions, cases of, 45, 217, 358. Aristotle, philosophy of, 193, 281- His supposed cerebral develop- ment, ib. His opinions concerning the functions of different the brain, 372. Asylum of Pirna, 704. Asylums, notice of Mr Browne on, 687.
Athenæum on sympathy, 371. Avril, character and cerebral de velopment of, 393.
Bacon's philosophy, Mr Noble on its accordance with the aptitude of the human intellect, 190-On the study of the mental organs, 728. Balfour, John, murderer, case of, 138. Barber, Dr, his lectures in Montreal and Quebec, 509, 512. Barclay, an idiotic murderer, case of, 133.
Barnard Castle, Phrenology in, 245. Barlow, Dr, quoted, 6. Barwell, Mrs, on nursery govern ment, 580.
Bath, Phrenology in, 245, 630-Bath
Phrenological Society, 386. Belfast, Phrenology in, 116. Bell, Sir Charles, on the mutilation of brains of animals, 561. Benevolence, laws of action of, 1- Modes of its action, 160-Organ of, 547.
Berlin, Professors of, 699-Their large anterior lobes, 701. Birmingham, mental condition of the inhabitants of, 403-Mr Smith's lectures in, 509, 741. Black, G. T., on the examination of heads, 500.
Blind, notice of Wilson's biography of the, 89-The organ of Colouring generally deficient in persons born blind, 90-Alphabets for the blind,
Brains of different species of the lower animals, ought not to be compared in testing Phrenology, 27-Objection that certain animals have no brain, ib.-Quality of brain influential as well as its size, 32, 341-Influence of other parts of the body on the brain, 71-Mutual influence of the brain and stomach, 75 Cases of change of its form, with change of character, 270, 417, 426-Mutilation of the brains of animals, 332-Hippocrates on the, 338-Intimate structure of the brain of minor importance, 341- At what age does it reach its full size? 341-Influence of depth of the convolutions, 330, 342-Insa- nity, or disease of the, 344--Case of its disease, with change of temper and derangement of the power of language, 352-Aristotle's opinions concerning the functions of its different parts, 372-Whe- ther its different organs may be enlarged by exercise, 272, 414, 503-Case of its disease with cor- responding mental affection, 449––– Effects of inequality of the hemi- spheres, 603-Notice of Mr Solly's work on the brain, 506-Nature of the evidence by which the func- tions of its different parts may be established, 556-Insufficiency of mutilation for this purpose, 57– Large brain does not necessarily imply great intellect, 628-In- fluence of, on other organs, 728. Brigham, on mental exercise and health, notice of 71.
Bristol, Mr Simpson's lectures in,
Brougham, Lord, on the sense of touch, 390. Broussais' Lectures on Phrenology,
118, 381, 408, 481, 542-Change of the form of his head, 417. Brown, Dr Thomas, quoted, 2, 8, 291.
Browne, W. A. F., remarks on his notice of George Fox, 19-His reply thereto, 23-Pathological contri- bution to Phrenology, by, 45-His lectures on Phrenology, 113, 245- Review of his lectures on insanity, 687.
Busts, ancient Greek, 434. Byron's head, 431.
Caldwell, Dr, quoted, 7-on the brains of the lower animals, 27-on phy- sical education, 170-on classical education, 173-his lectures in New Orleans, 247-on the means of cu- ring intemperance, 264. Cambridge, state of Phrenology in, 606-libraries of, 707, note-philo- sophical society of, 708. Campbell, Thomas, head of, 432, Capen's Phrenological Library, notice of, 458.
Carmichael, Mr A., on dreaming, quoted, 729.
Carlisle, Mr Fyfe's lecture in, 386. Casts, new machine for taking, 503. Cat, excitement of Philoprogenitive- ness in a, 725.
Causality necessary to legislators, 149 case of its enlargement by exercise, 417.
Cautiousness, 7, 146, 160, 493, 546. Cerebellum, functions of the, 334, 340, 506.
Chalmers, Dr, quoted on clerical hos- tility to philosophy, 58,note, 203. Change of character, 10, 270, 283, 339, 352, 417, 426.
Cheerfulness promotes digestion, 78. Children, brains of, 341.-See Educa- tion.
Chinese, their exclusive spirit, 611. Clarke, Charles and Agnes, skulls and characters of, 117.
Classical learning, its value consi- dered, 173, 345, 502. Classification of the faculties, 154, 542.
Cleanliness favourable to morality, 5. Clergymen, necessity of physical cul- ture to, 86, 201.-See Religion. Coleridge's head, 432-his opinion of Phrenology, 503.
Colour, 443-harmony of colours, 445.
Colouring, organ of, generally small in persons born blind, 90 case of its activity in a blind man, 466. Combativeness, 159, 213-case of dis- ease of the organ of, with change of temper, 352. Combe, George, on gratitude, 12-his I work on the Constitution of Man, 92, 235, 372, 374-his lectures on Moral Philosophy, 112 and Phre- nology, 113, 382, 384, 510, 630, 631-his application for the Edin burgh Chair of Logic, 102, 218- his correspondence with Mr Dunn, 267-his reply to Professor Alison's remarks on Phrenology, 319--no- tices of his System, Elements, and Outlines of Phrenology, 376, 377— his reported renunciation of Phre- nology, 505--notice of his Lectures on Popular Education, 507-on the nature of the evidence by which the functions of different parts of the brain may be determined, 556
his views on Concentrativeness, 580, note-on Germany, 698. Combe, Dr A., on sympathy, 13-re- view of his Physiology of Diges- tion, 71-on the cerebral seat of hunger and thirst, 254-on the ef- fect of exercise on the size of the cerebral organs, 414-on the Sé- cretiveness of thieves, 455. Comparative Phrenology, 27, 329,
Comparison, Mr Hancock on, 14
Mr Watson on, 168. Concentrativeness, 290, note-Dr Vi- mont on, 567-M. de la Fosse on, 572-supposed by some the source of an emotion relating to the past, 671.
Conception, 311, 323, 497. Concerts, family, 390. Confucius, head of, 390. Conscientiousness, 161.
Constructiveness, 160, 214, 462, 541,
Controversies, phrenological, 150. Convolutions, different depths of, in different animals, and at different ages, 330, 342. Cowes, lectures in, 509. Cowper quoted on emulation, 9—on
the compassion due to criminals,
217. Cox, Dr Abram, case of insanity re- ported by, 449. Cox, Robert, on the laws of action of Benevolence and Destructiveness, 1-case of dispositions inferred by
him from two casts, 117-his ob- jections to Dr Spurzheim's classifi cation and nomenclature of the fa- culties, 154-notice of his edition of Caldwell on Physical Education, 170-report of the case of John Linn by, 207, 616-on the organ of Alimentiveness, 249-notice of his --Selections from the Phrenological Journal, 382-his removal to Li- verpool, 510.
Craig, James, case of Mr N. reported by, 352, 565, 632, 710. Crampton, Judge, his opinion of Phre- nology, 111.
Criminals, punishment of, 6, 12, 121, 217-convicts sent to New South Wales, 112, 388-cases of, 17, ·122 et seq. 207, 393, 485-insane persons often punished as criminals, 121-Secretiveness of, 451. Crook, Dr, on Alimentiveness, 252 Cuvier's Cautiousness large, 546,
Deaf and Dumb boy, case of, 566. Dean, Mr A. on Will, 633 et seq.' Delafosse, M., on Concentrativeness,
Delepine, incendiary, case of, 126. Destructiveness, laws and modes of action of, 1, 159-case of, 208-not always the cause of murder, 482 Deville, M., 417, 521.
Diet of children, 423.-See Food Diffusion of Phrenology, 346, 400. Digestion, notice of Dr Combe's Phy siology of, 71- the process de- scribed, 72-whether promoted by sleep, 582.
Distance, case of inability to appre- ciate, 494.
Dodd, W. J., his lectures in Sunder- land, 116.
Doncaster, Phrenology in, 114. Dorsey, J. D., on the utility of Phre- nology in education, 110. Dreams, 164, 620, 729. Dresden, Phrenology in, 700. Drunkenness, 263, 467. Dublin, Archbishop of, his opinion of Phrenology, 109-dinner of the Dublin Zoological Society, 620. Dundee Lunatic Asylum, 247. Dunn, David, his antiphrenological facts, 267, 502.
Dupuytren's Cautiousness large, 546.
Economy, philanthropic review of,
674. Edinburgh Society for Aiding in the
General Diffusion of Science, 36,
500- Phrenology in Edinburgh, 112, 382, 510, 630, 631-Fauper Lunatic Asylum, 119 Edinburgh Ethical Society's proceedings, 382. Edmondson, Richard, on Weight and Constructiveness, 462, 535. Education, harsh treatment of chil- dren improper, 9-whether emula- tion is useful as a stimulus, 9— ventilation of school-rooms, 83- remarks on the practice of taking young children to church, 84- abuse of Amativeness among chil- dren, 84-utility of Phrenology in education, 110-review of Sir G. Mackenzie's observations on, 141
rewards and punishments in schools, 145 classical learning, 173, 345-notice of Mr Simpson's Philosophy of Education, 377-re- view of Dr Caldwell on Physical Education, 170-value of classical learning considered, 173, 345, 502— amount of mental exercise of chil dren ought to be various, 422-bo- dily exercise neglected in schools, 423-errors in diet, 423-music lessons, 425-case of J. B. C. Haw- kins, a precocious child, 469-Lon- don Popular Educational Associa- tion, 499-notice of Prentice on In- fant Schools, 504-notice of Combe's Lectures on Popular Education, 507-treatment of precocious chil- dren, 555-notice of Mrs Barwell's "Nursery Government,” 581-In- stitution in Saxony, 702. Edwards, Dr W. F., his opinion of Phrenology, 110.
Ehrenberg's microscopic researches on brain and nerves, 702. Engledue, Dr, his lectures, 510- Notice of his "Some Account of Phrenology," 740.
Epps, Dr, quoted on the application of Phrenology to religion, 391- Notice of his Internal Evidences of Christianity, 508. Ellis, Sir William, on the utility of Phrenology in the treatment of the insane, 109.
› 616-Few of them necessarily con flict with each other, 641. Falkirk, Mr S. Smith's lectures at,
Ferrers, Farl, case of, 132. Ferrus, Mons., on the utility of Phrenology in relation to insanity, 485.
Fibres of brain and nerves, micros- copic appearances of, 702. Fieschi, head of, 484.
Elgin, phrenological lectures in, 384. Evanson, Dr R. T., his opinion of Phrenology, 110, 621.
Exercise, whether it enlarges the cerebral organs, 272, 414, 503,
Faculties, nomenclature and classifi-
Fife, J., his lectures on Phrenology, 115, 386.
cation of the, 154, 437, 542 Ele- mentary nature of, not easily deter- mined, 436-Use and abuse of the,
Firmness, 161, 548.
Flattery excites benevolence, 3. Fletcher, Dr John, notice of his dis- course on the importance of the study of Physiology, 71 his opi- nion of Phrenology, 711, et seq. Flourens's experiments on the brain,
Food, its influence on the mind, 4, 72, 82-Ought to be adapted to age, constitution, mode of life, &c., 79-Desire of food modified by cli- mate and season, 261-Diet of chil- dren, 423.
Force, Mr Noble on, 730. Forfar Phrenological Society, 245, 384.
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