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duct when senior officer in the bay of
Naples, in the summer of 1799, 472
Force in mechanics, various accepta-
tions of, 1265

Formularies of the English church;
more authority paid to them by the
evangelical clergy than by their op-
ponents, 412

Fossils, comprehensive survey of, 336,
et seq.

Fox, his portrait, as drawn by Mad. du
Deffand, 549

France, Faber's sketches of the internal
state of, 393, et seq.; restoration of
the old regime, 395

Miss Plumptre's narrative of
a three years residence in, 478, et seq.;
her opportunities for observation, 430;
her book an apology for the French,
and a panegyrical defence of Bona-
parte, enormous oppressions of the
old government, 554

Frederic of Prussia, brutality of his do-
mestic character, 1011

French, descent of the, on the Welsh coast,

871

French society, picture of, previous to
the revolution, 547, et seq.

Gael and Gaul, of distinct etymologies,
1158

Gaelic schools, first annual report of,
432

Galt's Voyages and Travels, 728, et seq.;
Gauss, M. successful issue of his 'dis-
quisitiones,' 351

Gaylenreuth, description of its remark-
able cavern, 374

Geological Society, transactions of the,
1253, et seq.

Geological writers, unfounded assump-
tions of, in reference to the Mosaic
history, 295

Geyser's, description of the, 570
Gildas, object of his history, 1155
Girondists, reflections on their patriotic
contest with the Jacobins, 722
Gleaner, the, see Periodical Papers.
Gospel dispensation, practical remarks on
the, 928

Gospel, Mant's appeal to the, 1035, et
seq.; an attack on the Methodists,
1035; remarks on its spirit and pre-
tensions, 1036, et seq.; and a copious
examination of its contents, 1037, et

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Grahame, lines sacred to the memory

of, 87; extracts from, 88-91
Grangeneuve, Madame Roland's account
of his patriotic plan of suicide, 718
Great Britain, Moleville's chronological
abridgment of, 1065, et seq.; Mont-
galliard, on the situation of, 316
Greece, memorandum of the Earl of
Elgin's pursuits in, 355

Greece, observations on the Climate and its
influence, 16

Greece, reflections on the History of,
1088; modern state of. See Chateau-
briand, Clarke, and Galt.

Greek, chieftain, visit to a, 738
Gregory's (Dr.), Letters on the evidences
Doctrines and Duties of Christianity;
See Christianity.

Guanaco, the, described, 1070
Gunn-Saunders' Life of, 1148; et seq.
Gypsey Group, finished description of a,
1253

Hafod, Smith's tour to, 692 et seq: des-
cription of Hafod House and the ad-
joining grounds, 693

Haggai, ii. 6. illustration of, 423
Helvetic Republics, Naylor's History

of, 274: superseded by the previous
work of Mr. Planta, 275: contrast be-
tween the history of the Swiss Cantons
and that of the Italian States, 277
Highlanders, Grant's Essays on the Su-
perstitions of the, 160 et seq: their an-
tipathy to the Lowlanders, 165; pleasing
representation of their habits, 167:
causes leading to produce their super-
stitions, 170; their precautions against
supernatural agency, 173

Hindu Infanticide-Moor's account of
its prevalence and suppression, 333,
et seq.

Holy Land. See Clarke.

Horticultural Society, memoirs of the,
966

Hough, Bishop, Wilmot's Life of, 527;
et seq: his pretensions to fame chiefly
to be rested on his manly resistance
to the tyranny of James, 528; the cir-
cumstances of this transaction de-
tailed, 529; et seq. The Bishop's Let-
ters seldom rise above the level of or-
dinary chit-chat, 533

Hulsean Prize, for what purpose found-
ed, 723

Jaffa story of the French Soldiers poi-
soned there, untrue, 1105

James, I. Secret History of the Court of,
708 et seq; Osborne's Memoirs, 708;
fashionable manners, 709; Satirical
sketch of James's person, Weldon's

'Court and Character,' 712
Jarejahs-their justification of infanti-
cide, 339; singular instance of barba-
rian tenderness in one of their chiefs,
343

Java, Civil and Military Sketches of,
817

Jura, prospect from the peak of, 699
Iceland, Hooker's Journal of a Tour to,
562 et seq; influence of scenery on the
imagination, 552; grandeur of this aus-
tere region as seen from the Sea, 564;
Westman's Isles, 365; appearance and
manners of the inhabitants, 365; en-
trance into Reikioig, 567; construction
of the houses, 567; Icelandic Library,
563: climate and natural history,
562; journey to the Yeysers, 570—77;
Sulphuric efflorescence around them, 575;
magnificent spectacle of the columns of
steam, 576; church service, 577; Scene
in the Sulphur mountains, 579
I-colm-kill, Ecclesiastical History of,
447; natural history and antiquities,

698

Job, Book of, remarks on its antiquity,
303

Iona. See Culdees.

Iris, on the inflammation of the, 903, 5
Isaiah, 53d and 4th, explanation of,
377

Jerusalem-credibility of the traditions re-
lative to the holy places in and near,
counterstatement of Dr. Clarke, 1099;
present appearance of, 1102; interest-
ing associations connected with its his-
tory, 1113

Jesuits-historical romance on their
downfal, 385

Jews, Ewing's Essay addressed to the,
1121 et seq; why the controversy has
lost its interest 1121; analysis of the
Essays with Extracts, 1123
Inchbald, Mrs. compared with Miss
Edgeworth, 607

India, Macpherson's History of European
Commerce with, 771; his work an
Envelope to a defence of the E. I.
Company, 772; curious specimen of his
political economy, 773; his arguments,
when pushed to their just conse-
quences go to the protection of un-
limited abuse, 777; men may safely
be trusted with the care of their own
interests, 778; absurd contradictions
of the argument on competition, 779;
the company now demand as a right
what they were glad to receive as a
boon, 781; European goods not fairly
tried in India, 781; colonization
rather to be wished than dreaded,
782

Indians, moral and physical character of,
687, 689, 1070

-their employment in the Spanish mines,

597
Infanticide. See Hindu.
Intercession. See Atonement.
Johnson, estimate of his powers as a
poet and a critic, 961; vices of his
style, 963; causes of his dread of
death, 963

Ireland, Dewar's Observations on, 1196;
natural Character, 1197-1200; the
Irish men compared with the High-
lander, 1200; Irish Bards, 1200; im-
portance of providing religious in-
struction and circulating the bible in
the Irish language, 1202, 3
Isaiah-52nd Chap. reflections on the,
582

Jungermanniæ, Hooker's Monograph of,

851

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Mammalia, fossil specimens of, 372
Manilla Galleon, particulars relating to
the, 601

Marsh, Professor, irrelevancy of his his-
tory of translations, 24; bis objec-
tions to the Bible Society refuted, 1208
Married women, duties and virtues of,

921

Martyrs, The. See Chateaubriand.
Melancholy, Peacock's Philosophy of,
with extracts, 1031

Methodists-their character and doc-
trine rescued from the misrepresen-
tations of Mr. Mant, 1037
Milford, description of, 875
Mines of New Spain, description of the
node in which they are worked, and
amount of their produce, 597 et seq.

-visit to the Gold mines of Jara-
gua, the Diamond Mines of Serra do
Frio in Brazil, 960
Minister, Christian, Hall's Sermon on
the supports and discouragements of,
668, et seq; characteristic qualities
of this distinguished writer's compo-
sitions, 669, 70; the incalculable ad-
vantage of citing such an authority,
672; analysis of the Sermon nature and
importance of a change of character, 673;
addresses from the pulpit should be cha-
racteristic, 674, a formal and mechanical
method of distributing the parts of a dis-
course to be avoided, 675; importance of
attention and seriousness in performing the
duties of public instruction, 676'; charge
of depreciating morality refuted, 677; ne-
cessity of cultivating a devotional spirit,
677; dignity of the ministerial office,
678; peculiar religious advantages belong-
ing to it, 679; concluding remarks on
the exquisite style of this sermon, 681
Ministerial office, necessity of circum-
spection in the, 197

Miracles, criteria of, 10; and evidence, 11
Mishna, claims of the, invalidated,
1123

Monkey, marvellous sensibility of a, 853
Moravians-account of their missionary
establishments, 621; home superinten-
dance of them, 622; mode in which
⚫ the missionaries proceed in their dif
ferent settlements, 623
More, Mrs.-why her characters fail in
awakening an animated interest, 609;
force and perspicuity of her moral
lessons, ib; her acuteness in detecting
the Errors of Christian professors,
610; her liberality rather constrain-
ed, 611

Mosaic cosmogony, perfectly recon-
cilable with geological researches,

301; Wood's illustration of the,
554. uses and design of, 268
Mountain, fall of, remarkable account of ex-
tracted from Saussure, 1029

Mountains and hills of Great Britain,
Enumeration of, 229

Margrave de Bareith, Memoirs de la,
1012 et seq; curious disclosure of the
interior of the Prussian Court, 1015
et seq.

Music, Mr. Alison's theory of, 132
Mysteries in religion, no argument against
the truth, but the contrary, 7, 12

Naphtha, springs of, described, 237
Naples, extract from Mr. Fox's animated
speech on the state of in the year
1800, 467; infamous treatment of the
republicans' by the Neapolitan Go-
vernment, 468 et seq ; and the sanction
afforded it by Lord Nelson, 472 et
seq.

Nations,-Murray's Historical and Moral
Inquiries respecting the character of,
807 et seq.

Natural History—its importance in re-
ference to Biblical Criticism, 306
Negroes, African character of 1056
Nelson, Lord-his censurable conduct
in the bay of Naples, 472

New Spain, Humboldt's Political Essay
on the Kingdom of, Vol. III. and IV.
503 et seq; agriculture, 593; mines,
595; commerce, 600; revenue and
military defence, 601, 2; a great
portion of M. H.'s representation of
the actual state of New Spain, by this
time a matter of history, 603

New Testament, authenticity and inspira-
tion of the, 1129

Newton, Sir I. verses of, written under
the portrait of Charles 1. 1010; reflec~
tions on his moral character, 1011;
his anti-trinitarianism asserted by the
Socinians without the shadow of a
proof, 1011

Nicobar Islands, Haensel's Letters on
the, 799; abandonment of the Moravian
mission, 801; the author's intrepid re-
sistance to a marauding party of Ma-
lays, 803

Night, Sonnet to, by Miss Porter, 431
Notation. See Numbers.

Novelists of the present day, remarks on
those who assume the character of the
direct moralist, 606 et seq. Miss Edge-
worth, 607; Mrs. More, 608; Miss
Hamilton, 611; Mrs. Opie, 618
Novels a department of our literature,
principally indebted to the female pen,
605; reflections on their operation,

604; more influential than romances,
605; dangers of novel reading as a
habit, 619

Numbers, Barlow's Elementary Inves-
tigation of the Theory of, 347 et seq;
analysis of the work, 346, 7; possible
and impossible forms of square numbers,
348; comparison of different scales of
Notation, 349; division of the circle,
351; example, facilitates the selection of
periods, 352

Organic remains of a former World,

Parkinson's examination of, 365; et
seq. analysis of this work,-366;
vermes, 367; shells, 368; fishes, 369;
Entomolithe, amphibiolithe, 370;,
birds, 371; mammalia, 372; Mastodon
of the Ohio, 372; Cuvier's inferences,
373; interesting description of a natural
sepulchre at Gaylenreuth, 374
Origen, Cunningham's Dissertation on
the Book of, against Celsus, 723 et seq;
Origen the most deservedly celebrated
of the Christian fathers, 724; an
abridged and methodical account of
his controversy with Celsus a deside-
ratum well supplied by Mr. Cunning-
ham, 725; inferences collected from the
concessions of Celsus and the Arguments
of Origen, 725; numerous quotations of
these writers from the sacred books,
726; Evidence they furnish on the sub-
ject of miracles, 727; Origen's doctrine
on the Divinity of Christ, 727
Original Sin-Calvinistic Doctrine of,
404
Oswald,-Sketch of his reign and that

of his successor Oswy as connected
with Ecclesiastical History, 454

Pagan rites and ceremonies, incidental
notices of, 887 et seq.

Pagans, most eminent of the, acknow-
ledged the necessity of revelation, 5
Palermo, account of, 733

Panopticon-plan for the construction,
of a Prison to be so called, 80
Papers periodical, Drake's Biographical
Critical and Historical Essayson, 954;
their enormous amount, 958; diffieut-
ties attending the task of selection, 1142
Papyrus, description of, 279
Parkinson's Organic Remains. See
Organic.

Pastoral Character, Campbell's Lectures
on the, 195 et seq; analysis of, with
extracts.

Pembrokeshire, Fenton's Historical Tour
thro', 867 et seq; historical sketch
of 868; Welsh amazons, 869; St.
David's 872; Milford, 874; Picton
Cstle, 878; Pembroke, 880, &c,

Perfection, the doctrine of, untenable
in its rigorous form, 1050
Permission, remarks on, in reference to
free agency, 495

Persepolis, ruins of, described, 245
Persia, Morier's Journey to, 114; origin
of the Embassy, 118; Persian visits, 120,
121 Bushire, 123; doleful appearance
of the women, 123; eating and cookery,
125; quality, appearances and pro-
ductions of the country, 235; ruins of
Shapour, 237; approach of the mission
to Shiraz, 239; ceremonies and splen-
dour of the Court, 241; festivities and
amusements of the populace, 243;
Persian feasts, 245; visit to Persepolis,
245; entrance into Ispaban, 247; re-
ception of the Embassy at Teheran,
the present capital of Persia, 249;
court mourning, 250; conference with the
king, 251; description of his person,
252; extreme sensibility of the Per-
sians, at their mimic spectacles, 254;
capricious movements of the nego-
ciation, 255; legislative enactments,
256

Perspective, linear, Creswell's Elements
of, 193

Peruvian sheep, different species of, describ-
ed, 1069

Pitch lake, visit to a, 1257
Petralogy,

Pinkerton's Treatise on,
1018 et seq; memoir of this author's
literary atchievements, 1019; guess
at his mode of compilation in the
present instance, 1020; specimens
of his barbarous technology, and mi-
neralogical blunders, 1021 et seq.
Picts, early history of, 445; progenitors
of the modern Highlanders, 445
Picturesque objects, both in matter and
mind, how frequently produced by the
crimes of mankind, 161

Piety, its effect in elevating humble in-
tellect, 980; advantages of early, 303
Pinkerton, Mr. refutation of his calumny
on the Culdees, 458; remarks on his
Petralogy.

Plato,-a remarkable citation from, in
reference to the Messiah, 5
Poetry, different styles of, 1172
Political profligacy, fictitious example of,
985
Porisms, the subject of, seldom discussed,
1009

Porter's (Miss A. M.) Poems, 430
Porteus, Bishop, Hodgson's Life of, 755
et seq; his birth and early education,
756; college studies, 757; becomes
chaplain to Archbishop Secker, ib;
animated description of his living of Hun-
ton, 759; promoted to the See of
Chester, 760; and London; 761; ac

count of his various publications, pas-
toral and parliamentary occupations,
munificent charities and tranquil
death, 760 et seq; summary of his
character, 768

Portugal, Lord Grenville's Poem of,
1170 et seq.

Potato, rules for planting the, 967
Potemkin, Memoirs of the Life of, 283,
et seq; examples of his avarice and prodi-
gality, 285

Preaching extempore,-curious extract
from the Cambridge University,
statutes of, on the subject, 69; im-
portance and excellence of the institu-
tion of, 819; its Evangelical topics,
820; a minister's first care should be to
feel the truths he describes, 823; taught
not to be too systematic, 1063; rules
for popular, 199

Priestley, Dr.-striking instance of his
versatile reasoning, 383

Prisons, remarks on the management
of, 80; account of Mr. Bentham's Pa-
nopticon, 82

Prosperity, contrasted with adversity,
1231

Prussian Army,-remarks on the Com-
position of, under Frederic, 75
Punishments and Rewards. See Ben-
tham.

Puritans, the extensive use of this term as

an epithet of reproach, 711

Radcliffe, Sir G.-Whitaker's Life and
Correspondence of, 511 et seq; delights
arising from the discovery of old pa-
pers, 512; biographical sketch of Sir
G. Radcliffe, 513; minuteness of his
Scholastic letters, 515, 518; Mr.

J Whitaker's political creed rather a
singular one, 520,

Raj-kumars, prevalence of Infanticide
among them, 335

Rain, register of at Chatsworth, 829
Reason, inefficacy of unassisted, in
matters of religion, 6; its results
frequently confounded by sceptics with
the articles of revelation, ib.
Redeemer, Jesse's Sermons on the per-
son and office of, 413; monotony of
their character, 417
Redemption, Pennington's view of, 581

et seq; enumeration of previous works
on the subject, 581; Calvinistic Doc-
trine of, 580

Reform, Yates' arguments in favour of,

a marvellous instance of literary
theft, 641

Reformation in Scotland, Cook's History
of the, 31, 47; claims of the Re-
formers to our grateful homage, 31;

the malignity of Hume's charge of en
thusiasm exposed, 32; their religious
fervour and moral heroism essential to
their success, 33; character and ana-
lysis of Dr. Cook's work, 34 el seq;
origin and early progress of the Refor-
mation in Scotland, 34; persecution
of Hamilton, Campbell, Forrest, &c.
55; rapid spread of the religious innova-
tions, 36; implacable spirit of Cardi-
nal Beaton, 38; heroic fortitude of a fe-
male martyr, 39; trial and execution of
George Wishurt, 40, 41; reflections on
Beaton's assassination, 43: astonishing
ignorance of the Popish Clergy, 45; ex-
ertions of Knox, 47; subscription of the
famous bond, 146; the Queen regent's
duplicity with the Lords of the Con-
gregation, 149; breaking out of hosti-
lities, 150; apology for the excesses of the
reforming party, 151; death of the re-
gent and ratification of a treaty of
indemnity, 156; provisions of the
Book of Discipline, 159; reflections
on the foregoing history, 159; the re-
formation in Scotland, compared with
that of England, 464

Reformers, doctrine of the, rescued from
the misrepresentations of Mr. Mant,
1051

Regeneration, folly of supposing it an
inseparable adjunct of Baptism, 410;
in what sense employed by the sacred
writers, 489

Religion, amiableness of, 920
Repentance, inadequate to satisfy the
claims of justice or conceal the enormity of
sin, 256

Reprobation, not decreed, 494; the doc-
trine of, rejected by Modern Cal-
vinists, 408, 410

Revelation, Bidlake's Lectures on the
Truth and Consistency of, 63 et seq;
specimens of Dr. B.'s bad logic and
worse theology, 64 et seq;-Saville's
discourses on the peculiar doctrines of,
47 et seq. necessity of, 5; remarks on the
authority of, 1124

Reviewers reviewed, by Mr. Charles
O'Reed, 91 et seq.

Rewards and Punishments. See Ben-
thanh.

Rheims Cathedral, description of, 1171
Rhyme and measure, origin of, 137
Rome, description of its ancient splendour,

891

Royal Society, Abridged Transactions,

and Thomson's History of, 1000 et
seq; incompleteness of Dr. T.'s plan,
1005; enumeration of some vexatious
omissions, 1008; his supposition that
the last 32 volumes of the R, S, are

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