Abel, remarks on the sacrifice of, 262
Abernethy, the centre of the operations

of the Culdees in the Lowlands, 55
Abridgment, requisites of a good, 1007
Africa, Meredith's account of the Gold
Coast of, 1053; comercial advan-
tages of, 1054; climate, negroes, tra-
ders, &c. 1055, et seq.
African Institution, Sixth Report of the

Directors of the, 1273; remarks on
some oppressive enactments of our
colonial lawgivers, 1275, et seq. scan-
dalous neglect in securing religious
instruction, 1276; want of an er-
officio protector of the slaves, ib. ab-
stract of the report, 1277, et seq.
account of the Kroomen, 1282; state of
the population of the river Sherbro,
1283

Africans, 80,000 still transported an.
nually across the Atlantic, 1274; the
presumption in our colonies always
against the freedom of a slave, 1275
Algebra, Lea's treatise on the resolution
of the higher equations in, 703, et
seq. principle of Mr. L.'s operation,
703; subsequent process, 703; his
method pursued through a variety of
problems, 707

Alpaca, the, described, 107
Amalgamation, account of the process
of, 598

Amherst, Nicholas, a miserable author,
939

Ancient times, increasing facilities af-

forded to our investigation of, 1206;
on what account this augmentation
of knowledge is beneficial, 1207
Antediluvian world, remains of. See
Organic.

Apostacy, its nature, causes, and con-
sequences, 1181

· Arab, address of an, to his horse, 1105
Arabian horses, inferior to the Persian,
237

Arbelon, quoted by Archimedes, 1140
Architecture, ecclesiastical, Milner and

Whittington's treatise on, 1166, et
seq.; characters of the several gothic
styles, 1170

Arithmetic, Mr. Lancaster's inventions
in teaching, 655
Arthur's stone,

or Maen Arthur, de-
scription of, 1095
Articles of faith, thoughts on the inef-
ficacy of subscription to, 745
Assessments parochial, expediency of,

701

Assurance, the doctrine of, explained,
1050

Atonement, admirable passage from Arch-
bishop Tillotson on the subject of, 181

Magee's discourses and dis-
sertations on the Scripture doctrine
of, 252, et seq.; importance of just
and comprehensive views of the Divine
character, 252; immethodical ar-
rangement of Dr. M.'s work, 253;
principles of moral government, 254,
inadequacy of repentance to satisfy the
claims of justice, 256; conclusive refu-
tation of the system of pure intercession,
259, 260; remarks on the sacrifice of
Abel, 262; typical reference of sacri-
fices, 264; meaning of the word atone-
ment, 266-8; uses and design of the
Jewish dispensation, 268; prophetic
testimony, 269; the idea of vicarious
substitution inseparable from the
Christian system, 379; different lan-
guage of the Gospels and Epistles
accounted for, 381; versatile reasoning
of Dr. Priestley exposed, 383; remarks
on Dr. M.'s notes and dissertations,
384-5

Aulicus Coquinariæ, an answer to Wel-
don's Court and Character of King
James, 713

Authors, fallacy of their epistolary
compliments, 847

Bampton Lectures, account of their in
stitution and object, 63

a

Banks, Sir J. his antipathy to Cardan's
rules, 1010

Baptism, absurdity of ascribing to
this rite the office of regeneration,
1047

Barbauld, Mrs. remarks on and extracts
from her unpatriotic performance, en-
titled Eighteen Hundred and Eleven,
474, et seq.

Bareith, whimsical account of the nobility
of that court, 1016
Bushire, description of, 122

Batavia, causes of its unhealthiness, 819
Bell, Dr. See Education.

Bellingham, Wilson's substance of a
conversation with, 965

Benevolence, obligations to the duly of,
enforced, 1228

Bentham's Theory of Rewards and Pu-
nishments, 77, et seq.; this subject
singularly neglected by English states-
men, 77; analysis of Mr. Bentham's
work, 78, et seq.; classification of
punishments, 79; rules of propor
tion between punishments and offen-
ces, ib.; desiderata in punishments,
80; different modes of punishment,
ib.; inequality of the punishment of
death, 81; transportation, 82; pri-
vate and misplaced punishments, ib.;
some of the enormous anomalies of
the English code pointed out, 83; the
source of reward identical with that
of punishment, 84; the funds of re-
ward, ib.; Devil's advocate, 85; sala-
ries to be considered as inducements rather
than rewards, 86
Bible Society, account of the naval and
military, 2

Bible Society, controversy respecting

the British and Foreign, 1210, et seq.;
increasing conviction in the public
mind of its utility, 1210: its progress
and proceedings since the year 1810,
1212; history of the controversy set
on foot by Dr. Marsh, with notices of
the publications in answer to him,
1214; Dr. Marsh's arguments refu-
ted, 1215, et seq.; the circulation of
the Bible involves no neglect of the
Liturgy, 1216, irrelevancy of Dr.
Marsh's facts, 1219; probable in-
fluence of the society on the establish-
ed church, 1222; considerations,
evincing that the whole scriptures are
designed for general circulation, 1223;
inconsistencies of the society's adver-
saries, 1226; solemn and magnificent
spectacle of the institution itself,
1227

extracts from a poem in-

scribed to the, 1293

Birch, uses of, 1115
Biographie Moderne, 713, et seq.; ob-
ject of this work, 715; can be regarded
as authentic only in so far as cor-
roborated by other testimonies, 716;
misrepresentation of Madame Ro-
land's memoirs in the article Grange-
neuve, 717; character of Fouquier Tin-
ville, 720: conflict between the Jaco-
bins and Girondists, 722

Books, multitude of supererogatory, 1196
Botany, elementary tracts on, 279,
et seq.

Brazil, Mawe's travels in the interior
of, 940, et seq.; the author no en-
thusiast, 941; incidents of the voyage,
942; his unpleasant reception__on
Terra Firma, 943; town of St. Paul,
944; visit to the gold mines of Jara-
gua, 945, and the diamond mines of
Serra de Frio, 947; splendid beggary,
951; agriculture, &c. 194, et seq.
Britain, chronicle of the kings of, 1151;
statements of Archdeacon Walter
Geoffry of Monmouth and the Archa-
iology concerning, 1152; its genuine
date, 1153

thoughts on the early popula-
tion of, 1156
Bruce Robert, his appearance at Dumfries
after escaping from the English court,
1067

Brute sagacity, curious example of, 509
Brutus, the fable of, why adopted,

1159

Bryant, his comprehensive. view. of
superstitions, 332

Buonaparte, not indifferent to public
opinion, 395; his habits of travelling,
396-7; unjustly accused of poisoning
his soldiers at Jaffa, 1106

Calvin, alledged intolerance of, no ar-
gument against his doctrines, 1042
Calvinism, Scott's remarks on the Bishop
of Lincoln's refutation of, 399, et seq.
candid and manly tone of the re-
marker, 399; his desultory and mis-
cellaneous manner, 400; statement
of the tenets of modern Calvinists, ib.
misrepresentations of Bishop Tomlin,
403; objections answered, 409

modern, Dr. Williams's de-
fence of, 486, et seq.; compared with
the remarks of Mr. Scott, 486; ana-
lysis of the work, 487; original sin,
free will, and divine operations, 487;
the Holy Spirit's agency something more

than mere persuasion, 488; regeneration
used by the sacred writers to express,
generally, a great change, 489; absur-
dities attaching to the Bishop of Lincoln's
view of justification, 490; good works
not undervalued by modern Calvinists,
491; Dr. W.'s discussion of the subject
of Redemption entitled to peculiar
praise, 493; irrelevancy of the
bishop's quotations from the Fathers,
494; causes of his inconsistencies
traced to the use of equivocal terms-
confused perception of the grounds of
obligation, and false views respecting
the supremacy of the Deity, 496; re-
marks on the excellence and attainment of
religious knowledge, 497; Christian can-
dor recommended and exemplified in Dr.
W.'s work, 499; calvinism not hostile
to the established church, ib.
Calyddon, the British term for Germans,
445

Candour, recommended in our enquiries
after truth, 499

Caraccas, Semple's sketch of the, 682,
et seq.; incidents of the voyage, 683;
Curaçoa, 684; town of Caraccas, de-
scription of, 684; its population, ib.;
character and politics of the women, 688;
religion, 689; agriculture, 690; ge-
neral manners, 691

Cataract, absorption of, how promoted,

429; congenital, improvements ef-
fected by Mr. Saunders in the treat-
ment of, 808-9

Cape of Good Hope, flourishing state of

the Moravian mission there, 621
Catholic Emancipation, opposed by
bishop Porteus, 762; and Archbishop
Usher, 274; propriety of conceding
it, 1205

Ceylon, account of the ravages com-
mitted by the small-pox in that island,
319

Channel Islands, geological structure of
the, 1255

Charem, minute description of the Sultan's,
by Dr. Clarke, 1091

Charles I. compared with Louis 16th of
France, 1067

Charles II. Dr. Whitaker's absurd de-
fence of, 521

Charleroi, remarks on the siege of, 73
Chateaubriand, M. travels in Greece,

Egypt, and Barbary, 12-31; why
undertaken, 13-16; his qualifica-
tions and character, 13, 14, 16; cre-
dibility of the traditions relative to the
scene of our Saviour's labours, 13; ob-
servations on the climate of Greece and
its influence, 17; Turkish system of

police, 21; description of a Laconian
kar, 23; travelling, 17; approach to
Athens, and the author's enthusiasm on
beholding it, 18-19; anecdote illustrative
of the state of the people of the modern
Peloponnesus, 28; Corinth, Athens,
23; more emotions, ib.; observations
on Grecian buildings, 24; censure
on Lord Elgin unjust, 25; description
of the Dead Sea, 29, 30
Chateaubriand's Martyrs, or Triumphs
of the Christian religion, 883; ro.
mantic origin of this work,. 884; its
avowed design, 885; outline of the
story, 887-896; concluding re-
marks, 897-8

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a romaunt,
by Lord Byron, 630: Lord B. an apt
illustration of the principles of criti-
cism usually applied to noble authors,
631; plan and versification of the
poem, 632; unengaging tone of Lord
B.'s philosophy, 633; estimate of his
poetical merits, 634; instance of argu-
mentative sublimity, 635; personification
of battle, 636; address to Parnassus,
636; stanzas to Inez, 637; Albanese
song, 673; Lord B.'s failure as a sati-
rist, 673 comments on his undis-
guised infidelity.

Christ, reflections on the manner of his ap-
pearance and moral character, 49, 50;
animating spread of his kingdom, 426;
the doctrine of his deity of essential
importance in the Christian system,
541; remarks on his person and
office, 417-420

Christian Ethics, Wintle's, 589; decep-
tiveness of the title, 590

Christians, early, remarks on their de-

facement of the pagan temples, 366
Christianity, Dr. Gregory's letters on
the evidences, doctrines, and duties
of, 1; the powers of mind requisite
for conducting a subject so exten-
sive, ib.; injured frequently by in-
judicious treatment, 2; analysis of
the work, 2, et seq.; credulity of un-
believers, 3; necessity of revelation,
3-6 mysteries in religion, analogous
to the difficulties inseparable from
other branches of knowledge, 7 and
12; genuineness and authenticity of
the bible, 8; prophecies, especially
those relating to the Messiah, 9; mi-
racles, ib.; four criteria of, 10; their
evidence not weakened by time, 11; the
evidences of Christianity subservient
to its doctrines, 177; in the state-
ment of these two extremes to be
avoided, 178; the true way of con-

templating them, ib.; importance of
right views of the Christian system,
180; the atonement, 181; Divine in-
fluence, 183; the resurrection illustrated
by analogies, 185; concluding obser-
vations, 189

Naylor's series of discourses
of the evidences of Christianity, 286,
et seq.

by whom introduced into

Britain, 444
Chronology, Hales's new analysis of,
298, et seq.; designed as a competent
history of the Bible, 299; unfounded
assumptions of geological writers, in
regard to the Mosaic cosmogony,
306; Dr. H. injudicious in his re-
marks on Adam's formation, 306;
valuable illustrations of the book of
Job, 306; prophecies relating to the
person and mediation of the Messiah,
420; origin of the Gospel, 423; re-
marks on Dr. H.'s gloomy interpreta-
tion of the prophecies yet to be ac-
complished, 425

Church of England in no danger from
the "Evangelical" party, 500
Cicuta virosa, injuriousness of this
plant to cattle, 58

Clarke's (Dr.) travels in Greece, Egypt

and the Holy Land, 1083; his tra
velling qualifications, 1085, et seq.;
this portion of his travels less inter-
esting than the former, but equally
meritorious, 1087; reflections on the
history of Greece, 1089; picture of
Constantinople, 1090; visit to the
Charem, 1091; superstitions of the Der-
vishes, 1093; source of the Scamander,
1095; Djezzar Pacha, 1096; Naza-
reth, Jerusalem, the Mount of Olives
and Bethlehem, 1098-1103; the
Dead Sea, 1104; Arab manners,
1105; Dr. Clarke a distinguished ad-
vocate of the best interests of his fel-
low men, 1107

Clergy, evangelical, vindicated, 1147;
comparison of the orthodox and evan-
gelical, 1048

Cochineal, account of its cultivation, 595
Collieries, method of working, 835
Collins, anecdote illustrating his attachment

to the Bible, 1144; outline of his life,
1145

Colours, associations connected with, 133
Columba, particulars of his life, 447
Conchology, Sowerby's Mineral, of Great
Britain, 748

Constantinople, description of, 740

Conversion, instantaneous, not held to

be indispensable by any set of Chris-
tians, 1047

Convicts, passage of to New South
Wales, 1180

Countenance, the human, beauty of de-
pendant on associations, 140
Cottage Sketches, remarks on, with ex-
tracts, 928

Crabbe, Mr. characteristics of his poe-
try, with extracts from his tales,
1242; his faulty choice of subjects,
ib. wearisome minuteness of his de-
tails, 1244; his carelessness, 1246;
his great power in the pathetic, 1247;
fine finish of his descriptions, 1249
Criticism, periodical, defence of, 91,
et seq.

anonymous, abuses and advan-

tages of, 847
Cryptogamous Plants, Sprengel's intro-
duction to, 521, et seq.; this branch
of botanical study hitherto overlooked,
521;
but ably and diligently laboured
by Mr. S. 522; natural history of the
ferns and lichens, 522-526
Culdees of Iona, Jameson's historical
account of the, 444, et seq.; intro-
duction of Christianity into Britain,
ib.; history of the Picts, 445; account
of Colm or Columba, 446; settlement
at Iona, 447; resemblance of the doc-
trine of the Culdees to that of our re-
formers, 449; their rejection of several
requisitions of the Romish church,
451; sketch of the ecclesiastical his-
tory of the reign of Oswald, and his
successor Oswy; expulsion of the
Culdees from England, 454; their
extensive influence on the state of
religion, 457; purity of their lives,
458; series of oppressions inflicted
upon them, 459, el seq.; reformation
in Scotland compared with that of
England, 463

Cumberland, Mudford's memoirs of,
140; Cumberland's writings sinking
fast to their proper level, 841; Mr.
M.'s book a needless repetition of
known facts, 842; his excessive self-
complacency, 843

Curaçoa, remarkable dialect of, 684;
defence of the island, 684
Cuvier, his inferences derived from the
fossil remains of mammalia, 372

Days, origin of the names of, 535
Daun, Count, character of as a general,
75

Dead Sea, animated description of, by M.

Chateaubriand; commented on by Dr.
Clarke, 1104

Death, effect of its abolition as a pu-
nishment for murder in the dominions
of the duke of Tuscany, 77; eminent-
ly defective in point of equality, 81
Deffand, Mad. du, correspondence of,
547, el seq.; chiefly interesting as
furnishing a picture of French society
previous to the revolution, 547; cha-
racter of Mad. D. as a letter-writer,
548; her portrait of Fox, and re-
marks on it, 549; causes of her dis-
like of Hume, 551; disgusting affec-
tation of the philosophers, 553;
enormous evils of the old government,
554; Walpole's contempt of courts,
555; his opinion of England, 557;
vague usage of the term common
sense, 559; Mad, du D. the victim
of ennui, 560; active usefulness in
youth essential to the comfort of old
age, 561

Derbyshire, Farey's General View of
the Agriculture and Minerals of, 826,
et seq.; boundaries, 827; climate,
828; soils, 829

Dervishes, monstrous buffooneries of the,
1093

Despot, curious picture of a, 1097
Despotism, or the fate of the Jesuits,

D. Israeli's romance of, 585, et seq.;
no object of horror to the generality
of those who live under it, 557
Devonshire and Cornwall, stratification
of, 1260

Edgeworth's (Miss) Tales of Fashion-
able Life, 980; importance of a right
use of the great trusts of mental
power, 980; Miss E.'s talents exer-
cised within contracted limits, 981;
short comings of her morality, 982;
truth and animation of her characters,
983; remarks on Vivian, Emilie de
Coulanges, and the Absentee, with
extracts, 983, et seq.; estimate of her
qualifications and defects, 999; cen-
sure of her irreligion, 1000; estimate
of the characteristic qualities of her
compositions, 1006

Education of the Poor, controversy on
the, 651, et seq.; the utility of general
education allowed by all, 652; the
best mode of effecting it a subject of
dispute, 653; origin of the new
system of education, and account of
the Madras school, 654; inventions
and improvements of Mr. Lancaster,
655, et seq. his claims compared
with those of Dr. Bell, 656; his meri-

torious activity, 657; history of his
exertions, 656, et seq.; opposition
raised by Mrs. Trimmer and the Arch-
deacon Daubeny, 658; Dr. Bell
brought forward into notice, 659; self-
multiplying nature of the Lancasterian
schools, 661; universality of their plan,
662; expenditure and finances, 664,
et seq.; institution of the National
Society, 667; the diffusion of know-
ledge a matter of joy, whatever be the
motives of those who engage in the
design, 669; examination of objec-
tions to the Lancasterian schools,
783; the founder's Quakerism, 784;
his inventions individually canvassed,"
785; impotent attempts to ridicule
his punishments, 789; reasons for
preferring Mr. Lancaster's system to
that of Dr. Bell, 790, et seq.; not de
trimental to the church, 792; nor
productive of indifference in maters
of religion, 794; not fettered like Dr.
B.'s by little party distinctions, 797;
entitled to support, if it were only to
keep alive the zeal of its opponents,

799

Egotism, a weed which grows on any
thing, 843; hints for exterminating
it, 844-5

Elgin, Lord, remarks on his researches
in Greece, 27-29

Enthusiasm, Dr. Bidlake's singular picture
of, 66; legally established by Charles
II. 69

Envy, reflections on, 912
Equations. See Algebra.

Euclid's Elements, state of, previous to
Dr. Simson's edition, 1136
Evangelical Clergy, defence of the, 1147
Evidence, historical, not weakened by
time, 11

Experience, religious, remarks on, 406
Eye, Saunders on the diseases of the,

899, et seq.; the author's professional
merit very great, 900; copious ab-
stract of his work, 901, et seq.