INDEX. 



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his universities, on the translation of 

 Aristotle, 215, 216 ; intercourse witii 

 Arabian and Spanish literati, 217 ; curi- 

 ous piece of mechanism presented to 

 him, 220, 221 ; researches in natural 

 history, 244. 



Freytag, remark on the Arabic poetry, 61. 



Fulgatores, the, of the Etruscans, 139, 

 140. 



Galen of Pergamus, his scientific research- 

 es, 182, 183, 194. 



Galileo, 219, 318, 319 ; his telescopic dis- 

 coveries, 318-331 ; of the mountains in 

 the moon, 319, 320 ; satellites of Jupi- 

 ^ter, 320-323 ; ring of Saturn, 323 ; solar 

 spots, 324, 325 ; crescent shape of Ve- 

 nus, 325, 326; conjectures on nebuljB, 

 331 ; his invention of the binocular tel- 

 escope, 323; thermoscopes, 337 ; on the 

 origin of the trade winds, 339. 



Galle, Dr., on the constellation of the 

 Southern Cross, 290, 291. 



Gardens, pleasure derived from, 103 ; ar- 

 rangement, 104 ; extent and character 

 of the Chinese gardens, 103 ; Roman, 

 195. 



Gaseendi on Copernicus, 304, 312; on the 

 similarity of tiie systems of Apollonius 

 of Perga and Tycho Brahe, 312, 313. 



Gauss, Frederic, 337. 



Geography as blended with national 

 myths, 121, 122. 



Geographies, maps and charts of the an- 

 cients and the writers of the Middle 

 Ages — Universal Geography of Eratos- 

 thenes, 176-178 ; "Map of the World" 

 of Hipparchus, 178 ; Geographies— of 

 Strabo, 187-190 ; of Claudius Ptolemae- 

 us, 190-193 ; of El-lstlchri and Alhas- 

 een, 213, 214 ; of Dicuil, 235 ; of Alber- 

 tus Magnus, 243, 244 ; Picture of the 

 World of Cardinal Alliaco, 246 ; plani- 

 epherium of Sanuto, 252, 253 ; sea-chart 

 of Paolo ToscanelU, 261, 262 ; map of 

 the world by Juan de la Cosa, 263 ; 

 World-Apple of Martin Behaim, 269 ; 

 hydrography of Joh. Rotz, 272 ; varia- 

 tion chart of Santa Cruz, 280. 



G6rard, his illustrations to the "Lusiad" 

 of Camoens, 70. 



Jermanic nations, their poetry, 44-46; 

 love of nature in the Minnesingers, 45, 

 4^; their "Animal Epos," its genuine 

 delight in nature, 47, 48. 



Gibbon, his estimate of the extent of the 

 Roman empire, 181 ; on the nomadic 

 life of the Arabs as compared with that 

 of the Scythians, 207, 208. 



Gilbert, William, of Colchester, on the 

 compass, 279, 280 ; magnetic discover- 

 ies, 334 ; observations on electricity, 

 341 342. 

 Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, 284, 285. 

 Giorgione, 88. 



Gobar (Arabian "dust- writing"), 226. 

 Goethe, his fine distichs on the appear- 

 ance of Forster's translation of the Sa- 

 contala, 51; profound veneration for 

 Nature in his works, 82. 



Vol. II.— Q 



Gold-sand, region of, in Northern Asia, ita 

 locality, 147, 148. 



Goldstiicker, Herr Theodor, MS. Notei 

 on Indian Literature, 51-54. 



Gravitation, general discovery of, 309, 310. 



Greece, peculiar charm of its scenery, 

 25, 143 ; heightened by its deeply-in- 

 dented shore-line, 25, 143. 



Greeks, infrequency of a poetic treatment 

 of nature in their writings, 22 ; mythic- 

 al treatment of the vegetable world, 25 ; 

 decay of the true Hellenic poetry in the 

 time of Alexander, 26 ; deep feeling 

 for nature in the Greek anthology, 27 ; 

 Greek prose writers, 28, 29 ; Greek fa- 

 thers, descriptions of Nature in their 

 writings, 40-43 ; landscape painting, 82- 

 86 ; Greek language, its magical power 

 over all kindred and foreign nations, 

 110, 111; their voyages of discovery, 

 120 ; intercourse with Egypt, 127, 128, 

 142; mental characteristics of the Greek 

 races, 143 ; their early maritime expe- 

 ditions, 120, 143, 144 ; elucidation of the 

 myths of the Argonautic expedition, 

 Prometheus, lo, and others, 144-147; 

 colonies, 148-150 ; mental and artistical 

 cultivation, 149, 150 ; important results 

 of the campaigns of Alexander, 153-169, 

 192 ; celebrated scientific writers, 182, 

 183 ; revival of the study of Greek li^ 

 erature in the Middle Ages, 247-249. 



Gregory of Nazianzum, letter of Basil the 

 Great to, 40, 41 ; his beautiful poem 

 " On the Nature of Man," 41. 



Gregory of Nyssa, plaintive expressions 

 regarding nature in his writings, 42. 



Greenland, first colonization of, 231-233. 



Grimm, Wilhelm, on the Minnesingers, 

 45, 46. 



Gudrun, old German Epos, 45. 



Guericke, Otto von, discoverer of the air 

 pump, 342, 343. 



Guillen, Felipe, constructed the first vari- 

 ation compass, 280, 293. 



Gunpowder, its invention discussed, 219. 



Hafiz, Persian poet, 55. 



Haller, his local descriptions, 77. 



Halley, Edmund, theory of four magnetic 

 poles, 335 ; on the northern lights, 330 ; 

 atmospheric currents, 340. 



Hamamat, sculptural inscriptions of, 126. 



Happy Islands of the ancients, 133. 



Hariot, Thomas, observations by, of the 

 satellites of Jupiter, 321 ; on the solar 

 spots, 324. 



Haroun Al-Raschid, curious clock pre- 

 sented by, to the Emperor Frederic II., 

 220. 



Heat, gradual investigations of its phenom- 

 ena, 337-341. 



Hebrews, profound feeling for nature in 

 their most ancient poetry, 22, 57-60 ; 

 its special attraction for the nations of 

 the West, 57; its characteristics, 57; 

 its bold and faithful descriptions, 58. 



Hedschaz, Arabian tribe of, 203, 204, 207. 



Heeren on the circumnavigation of Libya 

 126 ; on Madeira, 134 ; on Ophir, 137 



