But he also wrote on subjects political, social, and purely literary, in a style changing from grave to gay, but in all its changes attractive. Many of his papers were written in the form of "Letters to Eusebius"-a name which stands for that of an old and still surviving friend. All of them are distin. guished, not only by rare erudition and exquisite taste, but by a novelty of treatment and a racy humour, which, while it enforces respect for the author, opens a wide fund of interest and entretainment to the reader. A living and sparkling wit accompanies the course of his subject in every direction, playful and innocuous as summer lightning, occasionally breaking into stronger flashes of satire, too much tempered with charity to sting, but touching the salient points of our weaknesses, and making vulgarity and pretence ashamed, by simply throwing light upon them. An enthusiastic scholar, he made those immortal authors the teachers of his boyhood, the favourite companions of an age which perhaps alone is capable of fully appreciating them; and his mind showed itself, in all that he spoke, wrote, or did, thoroughly imbued with their spirit, but without the slightest tinge of pedantry. In this we may compare him to a living author of nearly the same age as himself, and whase friendship he enjoyed-Walter Savage Landor. His translations of Homer's Hymns are well known to many of our readers; and his happy illustrations of Horace, Catullus, and others of the ancient poets, are not easily to be forgotten. He was also the author of original poems of great merit, inspired by the classic models, and showing the capacities of the English language as a vehicle of antique modes of thought. No man has ever had a right to speak on the subject of Painting with fuller knowledge, and on the strength of more practical experience; for few amateurs, if any, have ever plied the brush with greater perseverance and success. Having formed his style principally on that of the great Italian masters of landscape-painting, as well as by studies pursued during travel in their glorious country, he painted English scenery with great truth, but ever in its best aspects. He had a rare faculty of seeing the latent picture in every form of nature, drawing out, as it were, the soul of the scene, and putting it on canvass by itself, apart from all vulgarising accidents. As a parochial clergyman, Mr. Eagles earned the respect of all who knew him, and was especially beloved by the poor, for the patient good-humour with which he attended to their wants, and interested himself in their occupations. But all that the world knows of such a man is trivial in the eyes of those who had the privilege of his friendship. When his countenance became animated in conversation, the great intellectual beauty with which it was endued became for the first time apparent. Then first was seen the full effect of his eloquent eyes, noble forehead, and most expressive mouth. His figure, though not very tall, was majestic, from the firmness of the bust, and the manner in which he carried his head. Though of strongly pronounced opinions, a Tory of the old school in matters both of Church and State, he was able to count some of his staunchest private friends amongst the number of his political and polemical enemies; for all knew that in controversy he never exceeded the bounds of the most delicate courtesy. Of retiring habits, in consequence of a sensibility which shrunk into itself when exposed to assumption and intrusion, and thus begrudging the riches of his converse to general society, he was a charming companion to the few before whom he chose to unveil his mind, delighting especially, by illustration and argument, in drawing out the young, and leading the old back to youth again-teaching ever that Poetry is the fairest side of Truth, and Charity the highest law of action: above all, by living as an example of buoyancy of mind and freshness of feeling, at an advanced age, and thus unconsciously furnishing to any that might need it, one of the least fallacious proofs of the indestructibility of the soul. INDEX TO VOL. LXXVIII. Abercromby, sir Ralph, 387—his expe- Abkasia, the inhabitants of, &c., 528. Adam, sir F., extracts from journal of, 387. - THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM- Africa, the circumnavigation of, by the Albacete railway, the, 452. Allies, the terms offered to Russia by Alpine hare, the, 474. AMERICA, THE NORTH-WEST STATES OF, America, passion for speculation in, 42 Anastasia, wife of Ivan the Terrible, 9, 10. Anderson, Mr., on civil service appoint- Animals, variety of, used for food, 551. Anne of Brittany, Miss Costello's life of, 448. Antiquity, sonnet to, 54. Arabat, destruction of, 92, 268. Arctic discovery, enterprise, &c. of, 589. VOL. LXXVIII. Augustus III., kind of Poland, 186, 195. 51 Bacon, connection of Shakespeare with, 55. Balaklava, sketches at, 457. Ballad singing, disappearance of, 67. Basil, bishop, on Simony, 666. Beaux arts, the Palais de, at Paris, 600. Bell's Life in London, notices of, 362 et Belley, Leon, painting by, 610. Benefices, patronage of, in England, 680 Berdiansk, bombardment of, 267. Biren, favourite of Anne of Russia, 186 BLACK SEA, THE EASTERN SHORES OF THE, 521. Black Sea, true aim of Russia in the, 2. 199. Blakesley, Mr., his attack on Herodotus, 686. Bonheur, Rosa, the paintings of, 607, 608. Burglar, parallel between a, and Rus- Burton and his Anatomy, notices of, 57. Butler, Dr, anecdote of, 64. Ca'ing whale, the, in Zetland, 470. Calmucks, emigration of the, from Rus- JOURNALS AND CORRESPON- CAMPAIGN, STORY OF THE, see STORY. CANADA AND THE NORTH-WEST STATES Canoe voyaging, sketches of, 46 et seq. Caroline, Queen of George II, character, Caroline of Brunswick, Queen, 447. Catharine I.. accession of, her policy, 91. Centipede, the, in the Crimea, 459. CENTRALISATION, a Dialogue, 497. Chadwick, Mr. E, on the Civil Service, Chalcedon, the Council of, on Simony, Charles XII., the war between, and Charlotte, Queen, 446. Charlotte, the Princess, 447. Chicago, city of, 837-railway trafficat, 328. China, the productions of, at the Paris Chippeway Indians, the war between Chocolate as a beverage, 551. Christopher in his Sporting Jacket and Church, the Russian, as organised by Circassia, sketches in, 523 et seq. Clarendon, lord, and the Vienna con- Classes, artificial distinctions between,499. Coaches, the first, 66. Coca leaf, use of the, as a narcotic, 550, Creature comforts, 571. Cromwell, anecdote of, 64. Cronstadt, island of, 138-description of 276. Crown surgeons, the, in Russia, 271. 694. Cyrus, anecdote of, from Herodotus, 691. Dakotah and Algonquin Indians, war Damiani, definition of Simony by, 667. Decimal coinage, on, 503. Delaroche, the paintings of, 608. Denham, sir John, anecdote of, 64. Detroit, town of, 338. Diet, essential similarity of, throughout Dievitch, general, cruelties of, in Poland, Disraeli, Mr., his threatened no-confi- Domestic servants, class, &c. of, in Rus- Doran's Lives of the Hanoverian Queens, Drinking, prevalence of, in Russia, 270, 274. Droayn de Lhuys, M., at the Vienna Dryden and Milton, interview between, 60. Dubuque, town of, 234. Dundas, sir David, the Eighteen man- Dunkirk, the siege of, in 1794, 382. East Svarto, fort of, 461. Easter, observance of, in Russia, 279. Ecclesiastical law, history of the, regard- Edinburgh Review, the, scheme against Egypt, the expedition under Abercromby Eldon, lord, singular decision of, 199. Elizabeth, empress of Russia, accession England and France, the alliance be- English school of painting, the, 609. Episodes of Insect life, notice of, 227. EUSEBIUS, LETTER TO-ONCE UPon a Time, Evidence, the law of, 209. Exhibitions of London and Paris, com- Eyre, general, during the assault of the Fable, adinixture of, with early history, 687. Fairs in Russia, the, 278. Famine, evils from, in Russia, 272. Felony, definition of, 205. Ferrier, professor, as editor of the Noctes, 397. Fielding, picture of the "Fourth estate" "Fine writing," 568. Finland, intrigues,&e of Catharine in,353 42-Indian village of, 46. Food, variety of animals used for, 561. Fourth Estate of Fielding, the, 66. Germany, past policyofRussia toward, 16. Gibson, Mr. Milner, his peace motion, Gladstone, Mr., character, &c. of, 114- Gobelins tapestry, the, 605. 'Gosse's Aquarium, review of, 219. Great Britain, policy of, toward Catha- 448. Gregory XIII., codification of the canon Grey ministry, aristocratic exclusiveness Grimsby burglar, parallel between Rus- Gudin, the paintings of, 609. Gustavsward, fort of, 460. Gustavus III., policy of Catharine of Hall, Mrs., the Queens before the Con- Hammercloth, origin of the, 66. Hammett, commander, death of, 514. Hauteur des Terres, the, 165. HERODOTUS, ILLUSTRATIONS OF, 685. 438. Husband and wife, on the law of, 206. In Memoriam, remarks on, 313. Indian village, an, 165. Infernal machines, the Russian, 141. IRENEUS, LETTER TO-PARIS AND THE Italy, the productions of, at the Paris Itasca, lake, rise of the Mississippi in, 165. Jadin, the paintings of, 609. Jaroslav the Great, reign of, in Russia, &. Jermak, conquest of Siberia by, 11. JOHNSTON, PROFESSOR, THE LAST WORK OF, Jones, general, at the assault of the Re Jonson, Ben, sketch of the career of, 66. |