Barn-floors, Glocefterfhire, me-
thod of preparing, 395..
Barometer, improvement in, by
boiling the mercury, 316.
Barret, Mr. his account of the
Greek MS. of St. Matthew's
gofpel, in the library of Tri-
nity College, Dublin, 41.
Bat, account of a tame one, 35.
Baume, M. on a green cupreous
fand, from Peru, 608.
Beaufort, Mr. his account of an-
cient coins found in Ireland, 42.
Beunie, M. de, his experiments
on fome precipitates of metals,
and femi-metals, 664. His
table of folvents, precipitates,
and colours, 665.
Birmingham, brief defcript. of, 143.
Bitumen, account of a lake or
plain of, in Trinidad, 524.
Bromley, Mr. his invention of a
machine, or memorandum-
book, for the use of those who
want their eye-fight, 530.
Brook, Mr. his experiments, &c.
relative to electricity, 313. His
improvement of the barometer,
316. His detection of fallacies
in Smeaton's air-pump, ib.
Bruffa, formerly Prufa ad Olym-
pum, prefent ftate of, 621.
Burrowes, Mr. his obfervat. on
the ftyle of Dr. Johnson, 46,
Butier, Bishop, the charge against
him, of being popishly inclin-
ed, confidered, 50.

CADET, M. experiments made

by him, and other learned
chemifts, on the cyders of Nor-
mandy, to afcertain how far
thofe liquors were affected by
lead, 609.

Calomel. See Cornette.
Chaptal, M. on the carbonic acid
yielded by the fermentation of
grapes, and the acetous acid
produced by combining it with
water, 613.

Chatterton, the poet, his real me-

rit inveftigated, 345. His mo-
ral character impeached, 349-
Cheefe, in Glocefterfhire, faid to
be declining in its goodness,

391.

Chemistry, fyftematically divided
and fubdivided, 413.

Choify, Abbé de, short account
of him, and of his memoirs,
668.

Chreighton, Capt. a wild, fana-
tical perfecutor of the presbyte-
rians, inconfiftently commend-
ed by Dean Swift, 178. Swift
juftly cenfured for his partiality
to this man, ib.
Chriftianity, its fpirit of meekness
compared, in its effects, with
that of ancient heroism, and
the dignity of philofophy, 334-
Cicero, his philofophical notions
of pain controverted, 594
Cinamon-tree, faid to flourish, in

high perfection, at Jamaica,533.
Clewer, Dr. William, vicar of
Croydon, his vexatious treat-
ment of his parishioners, 308.
Coins, ancient, found in Ireland,

42.

Comedy defined by Ariftotle, 244.
Conductors, for lightning, their

utility, for the fecurity of
buildings, &e. ftrongly en-
forced, recommended, and il-
luftrated, 317.

Cook, Capt. James, his narratives
vindicated, in oppofition to
fome particulars in the accounts
of later circumnavigators, 323.
Cornette, M. on the decompofi-
tion of fal ammoniac, 61.
on calomel, ib.
Coulomb, M. his fourth mem. on
electricity, 604.

County Courts, enormous abufes
of, 555. Remedy for, pro-
pofed, 556.

Crebillon, his Lettres Atheniennes,
wherein different from the Athe-
nian Letters written by a learn-
ed fociety at Cambridge, 593.

Croydon,

Croydon, cafe of the inhabitants
of, under the violent and un-
warrantable prosecutions of Dr.
W. Clewer, vicar of the faid
parish,' 308.
Cudworth, Dr. his Intellectual Syf-
tem attacked, 329.
Cyder, of Normandy, how far
affected by preparations of lead,
609. Experiments relating to
this fubject, 610.
Cyzicum, remains of that ancient
city ftill visible, 621. Turk-
ifh and Greek villages there,
described, ib.

DAHOMETS, an African na-
tion, defcribed, 628. Hor-
rid effeminacy and barbarity of
their king, ib.

Danes, fragments of ancient ac-
counts relating to their inter-
courfe with England and Ire-
land, 311.

Davies, Mr. obtains a prize me-
dal, for making marbled pa-
per, fuperior to the foreign

fort, 531.
D'Argenfon, M. his effays in the
ftyle of Montaigne, commend-
ed, 670.

Delphos, ceremonial of the famous

oracle there defcribed, 584.
Deluges, thofe of Ogyges and
Deucalion, not the fame with
that recorded by Mofes, 660.
Denina, Abbé, fupplement to his
memoir on the diverfity of lan-
guages, 601.

on the character of lan-

guages, ib.
Desfontaines, M. on a new genus
of trees, 614.
Dialogue between an unfuccefsful

author and his bookseller, 477.
Dixon, Capt. his letter to the Re-
viewers, with their acknowlege-

ments, 575.
Dramatic amufements, the prefent
prevailing tafte for, on private
theatres, cenfured, 624.

Education, scientific and elegant,
recommended, 144.
Electricity, experiments, and re-
marks relat. to, 313.604.607.
Electrometer, fome account of one
on a new construction, 414.
Elizabeth, Q. of England, her
public progreffes, &c. 131. Her
vifit to Cambridge, 132. Anec-
dote of her attendance at St.
Paul's, London, ib. Her vifit
to Sir N. Bacon, at Gorham-
bury, 133. Her rough taste in
mufic, 297.

HALSTAFF, Sir John, his cha-

racter, as drawn by Shake-
fpeare, inveftigated, 55.
Fare, Marquis de la, fhort ac-
count of him, and of his me-
moirs, 668.

Fluids, of organized bodies, phi-
lofophically investigated, 682.
Formey, M. his confiderations on
the fecond Tufculan of Cicero,
concerning pain, 594.
Foils, of Cornwall, anal. of, 67.
Fougeroux de Bondaroy, M. his

defcription of a new genus of
plants, 614.

Fouquet, M. fome account of that
famous minifter, 676.
Fourcroy, M. de, his effay on the
formation and properties of in-
flammable gas, 605. On a green
cupreous fand, found in a river
in Peru, 608. On a newly-dif-
covered method of obtaining
the elastic fluid, known by the
name of atmospheric moffette,
224
611.

611. His 3d and 4th memoirs on the anatomical history of the tendons, &c. 614. Fragments of original letters, by the princefs of Bavaria, widow of Monfieur, brother to Louis XIV. their authenticity afferted, 671. France, remarks on the general national character of, 226. French failors and mechanics inferior to those of England, ib. French language, inquiry concerning its univerfality, 600.

GALLITZIN, Prince, his account of extinguished volcanos in Germany, 663. Gas. See Fourcroy. Gates, Mr. his account of a furprizing improvement in fpinning fine woollen yarn, 532. Gendre, M. le, on the manner of diftinguishing maxima from minima, in the calculation of variable quantities, 619.

on integrations by elliptic arcs, ib. Georgium Sidus, obfervations on, in oppofition, 617. New name given to that planet, by the aftronomers of Berlin, 659. Glaffe, Mr. his Greek verfion of Milton's Samfon Agonistes criticifed, 2-19. Farther criticifms on, 97-111. Subject concluded, 241. Letter from Mr. Glaffe to the Reviewers, 474. Acknowlegement of ditto, with obfervations, 475: Glocefter fhire, ftate of tillage, agriculture, &c. in that county, 386. Management of cattle, &c. 389. Cheese, 391. Rural operations, 393. Orchards, 394. Culture of potatoes, 397. Goats, kept in ftables, faid to have a favourable influence on the health of horses, 396. Gray, Mr. afraid of viewing the

precipices at the back of Skid. daw, 498.

Gray, Dr. his obfervation on the clafs of animals called Ampbibia, 522.

Greaves, Mr. his manufacture of coarfe paper from the bark of oziers, 531.

Gregory, Dr. John, his medical

works, &c. collected, 162. His life and excellent character, 163.

HAMMON, Mr. William, pub

lishes a declaration of his atheifm, 325. Handel, fonnet on, 366. Some account of that great master of mufical science, 438. Harriot, Thomas, faid to have discovered the spots in the fun, and Jupiter's fatellites, before they had been seen by Galileo, 659. Haftings, Mr. his fpeech in Weftminster-hall, July 9, verfified, 341. Hertzberg, Count de, his memoir of the last year of Frederic II. king of Pruffia,

599.

of the first year of the reign of Frederic William, king of Pruffia, ib. Higgins, Dr. his notions of the phlogistic and antiphlogistic theories, 197.

Highland poems. See Young. Horfes, the expence of maintaining, compared with that of men-fervants, &c. 21.

their health faid to be preferved by the company of he-goats, in the ftables, &c. 396. The staggers prevented by that means, ib. Remarkable experiment on this head, ib. Humour, in what respects different from wit, 55.

Hurd,

Hurd, bishop, his conduct, as
editor of bishop Warburton's
works, attacked and defended,
153-158. His advertisement
relative to that edition, 353.
Hutchinfon, Mr. his obfervations
on the dryness of the year
1788, 454-
Hutton, Dr. James, his answers to
the objections of M. de Luc, with
regard to rain, &c. printed in
the Tranfactions of the royal
Society of Edinburgh, 695.
M. de Luc's reply to Dr. Hut-
ton, originally, and only,
printed in the Appendix to the
Monthly Review, ib.
Hydrophobia, obfervations on the
treatment of, 619.

JEWS, their perfecution and ill

treatment from the bigotry of
other nations, pathetically dif
played, 645. Benevolent fug-
geftions in their favour, 646.
The Chriftians earnestly ex-
horted to mitigate the fuffer-
ings of the defcendants of A-
braham, ib.

Indians, of North America,
their fondness for foppery in
drefs, 64.

ber of them, to free themselves
from flavery, 628.
Jones, Sir William, inftitutes a
learned fociety at Bengal, and
is elected prefident, 649. His
preliminary difcourfe to the
members, in which he points
out the intended objects of
their inquiries, 650. His fe-
cond fpeech to the fociety, in
which he particularly recom-
mends attentive refearches in-
to the hiftory, antiquities, and
literature of the East, 651.
Iron, oblervation on its feveral
metallic forms, 606.

On the smelting of iron

ore, 608.
Irritability, faid to be a princi-
ple poffeffed by feveral kinds
of plants, 682.
Ives, Mifs, her aftonishing ef-
forts in fpinning fine woollen
yarn, 532.

KELGREN, M. a Swedish po-

et, praised for the gaiety and
humour of his manner, 644-
Keralio, Mademoiselle de, her
Journal d'Etat et du Citoyen
recommended, 384.

Kefwick, neighbourhood of that
place remarkably healthy, 499.

M. de la, his 5th
memoir on the theory of
mercury, 617.

I

on an equation of Jupi-
ter's fatellites, the period of
which is 437 days, ib.

on the fecular equation
of the fun and moon, 618..

- on the mass of Venus,
and the value of the equations
of the fun and moon, produced
by Venus and the moon, ib.

on the equation and
mean motion of Mars, ib.

obfervation on Mars in
quadrature, with a view to af-
certain

certain its diftance from the
fun, ib. His letter on the
progress of aftronomy, 625.
His handfome compliment to
the King of Great Britain, ib.
Languages. See Schwab. See

Denina.
Landscapes, and views of lakes,
&c. critical remarks on, 497.
Larch, this tree largely cultivated
by the bishop of Landaff, 528.
Dimensions of a very large one,
planted about fifty years ago,
in Scotland, ib. The enlarged
culture of this fpecies warmly
recommended, ib.
Launay, M. de, his obfervations
on cryftallizations of water,
661. On the phenomena of
cryftallization by retraction,
obferved in fome mineral fub-
ftances, 663. His fyftematic
arrangement of the productions
of the mineral kingdom, 665.
Lavoifier, M. his reflections on
the decompofition of water by
vegetable and animal fub-
ftances, 611.
Lawes, Henry, the celebrated

compofer of mufic, account of
him and of his works, &c. 430.
Lefbos, particulars relative to its

ancient ftate and hiftory, 580.
Le Tellier, one of the minifters
of Louis XIV. fome account
of, 676.

Levi, Mr. his defence of a paf-

fage in his Lingua Sacra, 383,
Correfpondence, art. +st.
Libels, remarkable mildnefs of
the punishment provided for
offences of that kind in Tuf-
cany, 125.
Lightning. See Conductors.
Linné, the proper name of the ce-
lebrated botanift ufually called
Linnæus, 382, Correspondence,

art. *

Lifhon, ftri&tures on the ftyle of
building, &c. in that capital,
227.

7

Locke, Mr. his character as a phi-
lofopher attacked by the tranf-
lator of Procles, 318.
Longinus defended against the cri-
ticifms of Dr. Blair, 43.
Lord's Prayer, remarks on, 382,
Correfpondence, art. tet
Louis XIV. characterized, 672.
His education, ib. His mar-
riage with the infanta of Spain,
673. Curious feftivities on that
occafion, ib. His infidelity to
his queen, and intrigues with
various ladies, 675-682-

MADRAS, climate there de-

fcribed, 409. Manners of
the European ladies there, 410.
Of our fine gentlemen there,

411.
Maintenon, Mad. de, her letters
characterized and commended,
668.

Mann, Abbé, his difcourfe to the
royal academy at Bruffels, 659.
His differtation on the deleges
recorded by the ancients, 660.
His memoir concerning the
fyrtes, and the tides, in the
Mediterranean, 661. On the
prefervation of vegetables for
food, and of fresh water at fea,
664. His tables of the coins,
weights, and measures of vari
ous nations, ancient and mo-
dern, 665.

Mary queen of Scots, her beau-
tiful Chanfon en partant de Ca-
lais pour Londres, 292. The
fame tranflated by Dr. Burney,
293.

Mazarin, cardinal, his enormous
wealth, 674.

Medals, improved edition of Mr.
Pinkerton's learned effay on,
139.

Memorandum book for the ufe of
blind perfons, 530.
Mercator, a character, poetically
defcribed, 419.
Meier, M. on the first comet
obferved