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,
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
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,
Job, Book of, remarks on its antiquity, 303
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,
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,
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,
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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