15. Is the Character of Queen Elizabeth deserving of our Admiration ? See HUME'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND. LUCY AIKIN'S MEMOIRS OF ELIZABETH. SIR W. SCOTT'S KENILWORTH Portraiture of Elizabeth. -for a faithful MISS STRICKLAND'S QUEENS OF ENGLAND. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S WORKS, vol. iii. pp. MACAULAY'S CRITICAL ESSAYS, vol. ii. pp. 1-34. 16. Is England rising or falling as a Nation? See BACON'S ESSAY ON STATES: and his ESSAY ON THE GREATNESS OF KINGDOMS. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S WORKS, vol. iii. pp. EDINBURGH REVIEW, vol. xxi. pp. 22. et seq. PIRE. Compare the Elements of Modern with the Elements of Ancient Prosperity. 17. Has Nature or Education the greater Influence in the Formation of Character? See LOCKE'S THOUGHTS ON EDUCATION. COMBE'S CONSTITUTION OF MAN. GODWIN ON EDUCATION. EDGEWORTH ON EDUCATION. See WATTS ON THE MIND. AIMÉ MARTIN ON EDUCATION. LORD JEFFREY'S ESSAYS, vol. i. p. 138. 18. Which is the more valuable Metal, Gold or Iron? See URE'S DICTIONARY OF ARTS, &c. Art. "Iron." JACOB'S ENQUIRY INTO THE PRECIOUS METALS. A Paper on THE USES OF GOLD, "MAUNDER'S NOTE. This is a question between Show and Valuebetween ornament and utility. 19. Is War in any case justifiable? See SYDNEY SMITH'S SERMONS "ON INVASION." DR. JOHNSON'S THOUGHTS ON THE FALKLAND ROBERT HALL ON WAR. BURKE ON THE IMPEACHMENT OF HASTINGS. vol. xxxv. p. 409. SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S WORKS, vol. ii. pp. 320-327.; iii. 200. 252. 20. Has the Discovery of America been Beneficial to the World? See LORD JEFFREY'S ESSAYS, vol. ii. pp. 188–209. SYDNEY SMITH'S WORKS, vol. i. pp. 280. 362. WASHINGTON IRVING'S LIFE OF COLUMBUS. rica." "North Ame 21. Can any Circumstances justify a Departure from Truth? See PALEY'S MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. BEATTIE'S ESSAY ON TRUTH. BENTHAM'S PRINCIPLES OF MORALS. BACON ON TRUTH. COMBE'S MORAL PHILOSOPHY. ROBERT HALL ON EXPEDIENCY. LORD JEFFREY'S ESSAYS, vol. iii. pp. 303–310. 22. Is Sporting justifiable? See SYDNEY SMITH'S WORKS, vol. i. "Game Laws." STRUTT ON THE SPORTS AND PASTIMES OF ENGLAND. WALKER'S MANLY EXERCISES. WALTON ON ANGLING. CHRISTOPHER NORTH'S RECREATIONS. NIMROD ON THE CHASE. "The Turf, and the Road." SCROPE'S DEER STALKING. PAMPHLETS BY THE HON. G. BERKELEY. 23. Does not Virtue necessarily produce Happiness, and does not Vice necessarily produce Misery, in this Life? See BENTHAM'S RATIONALE OF REWARD. See LOGAN'S SERMON "There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." MELVILL'S SERMON on the same Text. POPE ON VIRTUE. MACBETH'S SOLILOQUY. JAMES HARRIS ON VIRTUE MAN'S INTEREST. 24. From which does the Mind gain the more Knowledge, Reading, or Observation ? See GIBBON'S ABSTRACT OF HIS READINGS. MASON ON SELF-CULTURE. TODD'S STUDENT'S MANUAL. CARLYLE ON BOOKS. "Hero-Worship." CHANNING ON SELF-CULTURE. ROBERT HALL ON THE ADVANTAGES OF EDINBURGH REVIEW, vol. xxxiv. p. 384. 25. Have the Gold Mines of Spain, or the Coal Mines of England, been more Beneficial to the World? See HOOD'S POEM "MISS KILMANSEGG," for a vivid description of the baneful influence of Gold. See A Paper on THE USES OF GOLD, in "MAUNDER'S UNIVERSAL CLASS Book." M'CULLOCH'S COMMERCIAL DICTIONARY, Art. "Coal." GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY, Art. "British Empire." 26. Which was the greater General, Hannibal or Alexander? See PLUTARCH'S LIFE OF ALEXANDER. HISTORY OF ROME. THIRLWALL'S HISTORY OF GREECE. 27. Which was the greater Poet, Dryden or Pope? DR. JOHNSON'S PARALLEL BETWEEN DRYDEN SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH'S WORKS, ii. pp. 520 LORD BYRON'S STRICTURES ON BOWLES. 28. Which has done the greater Service to Truth, Philosophy or Poetry? See EDINBURGH REVIEW, vol. xxi. p. 294. Also the Works quoted in a previous theme in |