cussed, and the institution proved to be
neither unnecessary, nor defective, nor
pernicious, 260, 272

Biblical criticism, utility of, 795
Bloomfield Robert. See Banks of the Wye
Birds grazing, peculiarities in the structures
of their gizzards, 132,3

Blenheim, Prince Eugene's account of the battle
of, 448

Bonaparte, Sarrazin's Confession of, 902;
his character and resources, 903
Botany, Darwin's introduction to, 638
Brain, influence of the, in the action of the
heart, 1099

Britain, Richard of Cirencester's descrip-

tion of, 421; account of the author; 421-
3; origin and manners of ancient Britons,
423,5; political divisions of the island,
426, 431

British institution, Shee's letter to the pre-
sident and directors of, 152; his system
of prizes visionary and useless, 153
Buchan's domestic medicine, indebted to
Mr. Smellie for its popularity, 803-4
Burke's criticism on the phrase chartered
rights, 9

Burnet's (Bishop) history of the changes in
English theology, 98-9

Burns, his appearance at the printing-office,

808

Business, dangerous to religion, 440

Cæsar, life of Sir Julius, 359

Cæsar's account of the inhabitants of Gaul,
vague, 1100

Calculus urinary, Dr. Wollaston on cystic
oxide, a new species of, 137
Calcutta, a poem, character of and extracts
from,' 822-28; new comers, 824; plea-
sures of the table, 824; sudden wealth, 825;
smoking tobacco, 826; propagation of Chris-
tianity, 827; return to England, 828
Calvinism, historical sketch of the fate of,
in this country,688-9; Bishop of Lincoln's
refutation of, 689; a great proportion of
his Lordship's work irrelevant and futile,
if not disingenuous, 690-2; his reasoning
sometimes inconsistent, his statements
unfair, and his sentiments contradictory,
693-6; Calvinism not at variance with the
doctrines of the church, 606, 702; nor
with scripture, 702

Cambridge account of the mode of con-
ducting the studies, granting degrees, and
allotting honours at that university, 281;
studies preparatory to B. A. 282; method of
taking the degree of B.A. 283-5; mathema-
tical problems, 286-8; metaphysical and mo-
ral questions, 289; good effect of the exa-
minations, 290-2; lectures on chemistry,
293; important modification in the ma-
triculation oath, 296

Cape of Good Hope described by Abu Taleb, 19
Carisbrook,stanzas from Miss Holford's poem
of, 461

Catharine, empress of Russia, description
of her visit to the Crimea, 141

Causation, Scott's inquiry into the nature
of, 515; objections to Mr. Scott's doc-
trine, 512, 20

Cecil, Wilson's two sermons on the death of,
168; Mr. Cecil's character as a man, 169;
as a minister, 170

Celts, their probable origin, 111
Ceylon-state of Christianity in that island,
732-4

Charge primary, of the Bishop of London,
400; his Lordship's ignorance of the his-
tory and actual state of religious seets,
401-2; and confused account of them,
403; the clamour raised against them, on
what account to be deprecated, 404-6;
the bishop's defaults as a writer, 406-7
Christ, Cappe's life of, 146; the virulence of theo-
logical controversy condemned,147; the points
of difference between the orthodox and
their adversaries not merely speculative,
148-9, Mrs. C.'s reflections, original and
engaging, 149; use of our Saviour's mira-
clés, 150

contrasted with earthly conquerors, 151;
religious homage paid to, 837
Christian, the, a privileged character, 816.
Christina, Miss Mitford's poem of, 548;
why narrative poetry is so popular, 548-
9; outline of the story, 549, 553; obser-
vations on it, 553; extracts from the
poem, &c. 554 6

Compilations, estimate of their real value,87
Consolation, religious, sometimes lessened

by excessive anxiety for obtaining it, 171
Cornwall, Warner's tour through, 317, nu-
merous mistakes of this traveller, 31, 22;
from what originating, 323; moral state
of the Cornish miners, 323
Continuity law of, defence of the, 36, 37, and
objections to, 38-40; many cases in pure
mathematics, in regard to which it does
not obtain, 36; its tendency pernicious,
ib.
Cowper-his excellence as a satirist, 90
Cullen's theory of ether, remarks on, 805
Curse of Kehama, 186; abstract of the fa-
ble, with extracts, 185. 205; funeral pro-
cession, 187; Kehama curses Ladurlad, 188-
9; efficacy of the curse, 189; two things in
which no poet surpasses Mr. Southey, 190;
Kailyal deserted by her father encounters Ar
valan, 192; palace of the elements, 196;
Mr. Southey's mythology defective in
point of keeping, 194, 201; birth of the
Ganges, 202; Lorrinite's magic globe, 204;
farther progress of the story, 334-43; the
fable objected to as absurd, 343-7; this

absurdity is also pagan, 347; observations
on the characters and diction, 350
Cystic oxide. See Calculus

Davy, Professor, anecdote of, 500
Diabetes, Wollaston's experiments on, 1066
Discourses, Mr. Jay's, for the use of families,
1013; character of with extracts, 1013-
20

Dissenters not chargeable with an antipathy
to learning, 17

Divines, English, singular excellence of, im-
mediately after the reformation, 97
Domingo, St. See Hispaniola

East India Company, Bruce's annals of the,
from 1600 to 1708-9; character of this work
as a history; its extreme diffuseness;
plan on which it ought to have been un-
dertaken, 1-5; its main object to afford
pleas for the prolongation of the powers
of the hon. company, 51; the company's
property in India not perpetual,10; experi-
ence is against the monopoly, 12, 16; the
question of compensation discussed, 17;
the grant of sovereignty exactly of the
nature of a lease, 18

Elements of art. See Art

English invasions of France, remarks on the,

329

Encyclopædia Britannica, originally arrang-
ed by Mr. Smellie, 804

Erskine, baron of Dun, sketch of the life of,
1066-7

Essays Smith's, on the first principles of
religion, 451; this writer's hatred of fa-
naticism and Calvinism, 452-6; sensible
remarks on the trinity, 457

-Aikin's literary and miscellaneous,797
-Finch's on mau, 817
Euclid's elements, errors in the most popular
editions of, 619,23

Europe, formerly peopled by two distinct
nations, 110

Eugene, prince, memoirs of, 444; descrip-

tion of his person, by Sir R. Steele, ib. ;
extracts, and reflections suggested by them,
445-450

Evangelical, proper use and distinction of the
term, 933

Evening amusements, Frend's, 416; account

of Mr. F.'s associates in this work, 417;
nice distinction between globes and stew
pans, 418; various other beauties and
curiosities, 418-420

Evil, bishop Hamilton's essay on the per-
mission of, 316

Evils may be productive of important good, 611
Eylau, remarks on the battle of, 826

Faith, remarks on justification by, 358
Fame, poetical, the difficulty of acquiring

it, 201; to be lasting must be founded on
the basis of virtue, 21
Ferguson's astronomy, injudiciously repub-
lished by Dr. Brewster, 781

Figtree, parable of the, reflections on, by
bishop Horsley, and Mr. Jay, 1986, 1017
Fluids, on the circulation of, 1071
Fluxions, objections to the method of, an-
swered, 390,4; Mr. Dealtry's princi-
ples of 394; useful remarks on maxima
and minima, 395-7; in what particulars
this work is deficient, 398-400
Foote, anecdotes of, 759

Fossils, extraneous, requisites for the proper
illustration of, 52; Martin's outlines of,
&c. ib.; plan of this work, 53; the de-
luge not the cause of all the strata abounding
in petrifactions, 54; distinctive character
of fossil reliquiæ, 55; principles of ar-
rangement, 56; the Derbyshire fossils for
the most part very happily represented
by Mr. M.'s pencil

Forces, mechanics considered as the theory
of, 23

Fox's historical work, Heywood's vindication
of. See Vindication

Frederic of Prussia, anecdotes of his humanity

and integrity, 140-1

French nation, historical remarks on, 351
French revolution, mischiefs of the, made use
of, to render all attempts at improvement
opprobrious, 16

Friedland, battle of, remarks on, 527
Friend, the, a literary, moral, and political
weekly paper, by Mr. Coleridge, 912;
difficulties of periodical writing, 915;
peculiar qualities which distinguish Mr.
Coleridge's manner of thinking-his sym-
pathy with nature, extreme subtlety and
abstractedness, illustrations, and language,
918, 926; subjects of the essays, 915,
926; Luther's skirmish with Satan in the
Wartburg, 929-31

Fulneck, description of, 897

Fuseli's estimate of Michael Angelo, 109%

Hindoos, a Christian congregation of, 730-1
Hispaniola, Walton's report of, 246; writ-
ten hastily and in bad taste, 247, 254;
object and plan of the work, 247-8; his-
tory and present state of Hispaniola, 250;
city of St. Domino, 25; commerce, &c.
252; remarks on the Spanish colonies,253
Histories,secret,seldom any truth in them,92
Hopkins, bishop, works of, edited by Mr.
Pratt, 97; outline of the history of divi-
nity in England from the time of the re-
formation, 97-99; abridged account of
the life of bishop Hopkins, 99, 100;
his exemplary discharge of ministerial
duties, 100, 1; as a divine he is
evangelical, moral, laborious, discrimi-
nating, and intimately acquainted with,
the human heart, 101-4; fine passage on
the detection of the besetting sin, 104-5; as a
writer his imagination is unusually fertile,
and his diction intense and masculine,"
106-7; extracts from his sermon on the re-
surrection, 107,8; his defects, 108-9;
remarks on the present edition, 109
Horsley's, bishop, sermons,862.876; parable
of the fig-tree, 864; solemn reflections on the
Lord's coming, 865; beauty of the Saviour's
person and gracefulness of his speech, 869;
exposition of Psal. x. 5, 8, 870; the water
and the blood, 871; sympathy with the poor,
873; remarks on the bishop's notion of
miraculous agency, 873-877; Christ's
new commandment, 976; St. Peter's
keys, 978; the nature and design of prophe-
cy, 979 81; descent of Christ into hell,
982; sanctity and obligation of the Sab-
bath, 983; concluding observations on
the discourses, 984-86

Hyperbola, on the rectification of the, 1069
Huggins, a slave owner, detestable barbarity
of, 1001

Inconsistencies, human, examples of, 48
India, Malcolm's political history of, 473;
two opposite systems of policy with regard
to India, 474; remarkable inconsistency
of the British government, 475-6; object
of Colonel M's book, 478; administrations
of Lord Cornwallis, Sir John Shore, Lord
Wellesley, Sir G. Barlow, and Lord Min-
to, 479-483; absurdity of the avowed
system of government in taking no part
in the affairs of India, exposed, 483-87;
India, as a dependency, must always be a
burden on Great Britain, 487-9; the dif-
fusion of Christianity must be carried on
chiefly by native converts, 491
India Company. See East India
Indian history, why so uninteresting in its
nature, 629-635

Indians, American. See North America

Inquisition at Goa, Dr. Buchanan's account
of, 926; pernicious effects of the, 1032
Irish peasantry, Leadbeater's cottage dia-
logues, among the, 557; the pig, 557;
Sunday, 558
Isoperimetrical problems, historical sketch
of, 584-871; Woodhouse's treatise on,
587; object and plan of the work, 588-9;
extracts, 588-593; remarks on the au-
thor's notation, 593-5

Job, historical sketch of the critics and com-
mentators on the book of, 657,8; Miss
Smith's translation of, 658; extracts from
Dr. Randolph's preface, 659, 661; the
version, highly beautiful as it is in other
respects, unsettled and inaccurate, 662-
65; examination of, ch. xxvi. vii. as trans.
lated by Miss S. 665, 670; a new version
proposed, 671; Dr. R.'s assertion that
Miss S. never saw any other version but
that of our bible, hazarded rather too
hastily, 768-771; remarks on some of
the principal peculiarities of rendering,
771, 780

Joseph II., prince de Lignes,character of, 144
Juggernaut, description of the temple and
worship of, 576-583

Jupiter's family traced up to Aemon, 111;
- satellites, La Place's theorems concerning
their motions, 783

Juries, the best safeguard of a free press, 800

Kehama, curse of. See Curse
Knox, outline of the life of, 1060-5

Language, the radical distinctions of, afford
the best criterion for deciding on the ori-
gin of nations, 110

Last Judgement, Michael Angelo's, great
picture of the, 1090

Learning, advantages which religion may derive
from, 175

Lectures, Marsh's course of, on the several
branches of divinity, 192
Letters to a sister, 824

Miss Seward's, 959
Lindsay, W. posthumous, sermons of, with
prayers annexed, 785

Ligne, letters and reflections of the prince
de, 138; sketch of his life, 138-9; con-
versational anecdotes of Frederic, 140-1;
accompanies the Empress of Russia in her
visit to the Crimea, 141; character of Po-
temkin, 143; of the Turks, 144; estimate
of the letters and reflections, 145; sketches
of Rousseau and Voltaire, 146

Lord Sidmouth, Belsham's letter to, 1096
Luther, one of his skirmishes with Satan in the
Wartburg, 929-31

Lyræ, the parallax of an annual orbit of that
star, 135

Mahometan catechism, extract from a, 44
Mathematics, Hutton's course of, Vol. III.
abtracts of the contents, 963-5; Dr. Gre-
gory's theory of solid angles, 968, 970; fall
of water in the arches of a bridge, 973-5
Martin, Mr. W. short biographical sketch of,
52

Martinico, some particulars respecting the
island of, 536

Masoretic Hebrew text, authority of the, 796
Mechanics, two general methods of contem-
plating the theoretical principles of,31; Mar-
rat's introduction to, 32; plan of the work,
33-4; estimate of its merits, 35; instances
of inaccurate definition, &c. 6; Mr. M.'s
account and defence of the law of continuity,
37; reasons for not granting it to be a
law-and mischievous consequences of the
supposition, 38, 40; uncertainty of our
knowledge respecting the nature of many
things, of which it is the professed object
of science to determine the mutual rela-
tions, an argument in favour of mysteries
in theology, 42

Medea and Octavia of Seneca, Mr. Wheel-
wright's translation of the, 715; Medea's
preparations for revenge, 716; and soliloquy
before the murder, 717

Military policy, Pasley's. See Policy
Milner, Jos. biographical memoir of, 125;
singular strength of his memory, ib.; enters
at Catharine Hall, Cambridge, 126; be-
comes curate at Thorp-arch, ib. ; is elect-
ed vicar of Trinity church, Hull, ib.; an
important revolution takes place in his
religious sentiments, 126-7; the beneficial
influence of this on his character, 128;
estimate of his practical sermons, 129-30;
on the character and faith of David, 130
Ministers, Lawson's considerations on the
death of, 609

Miracles of Christ, their use, 150

Motions, mechanics regarded as theory of,23
Multinomials, on the expansion of, 1011
Murphy, Foot's, life of, 753; reflections
suggested by the complexion of the work,
753-58; character and manners of Mr. Mur-
phy's friend and contemporary, Foote, 759;
sketch of Mr. Murphy's life, 761, 767
Music, singular anecdote of the power of, 25
Mysteries, religious, unsusceptible of expla-
nation, 40, 41; illustrated by a reference
to the science of mechanics, ib.

National crimes, how punished, 91
Nations, Pezron's, antiquities of. Sec Pezron
Nepaul, Kirkpatrick's account of, 407; ob.
servations on the work, 407-8; occasion
of the author's visit, 409; traffic in tim-
ber, 411; prospect from the eminence of

Cheesapany, 414; modes of cultivation,
415; view of the valley, 505; scarcity of pro-
vision, 506; tenure of property, and its dif-
ferent kinds, 507-8; temples, 510; in-
troduction of the deputation to the king,
510-11; population, religion, climate, and
boundaries, 511, 515

Nervous affection, singular case of, 1011
Nomenclature, lithographie, remarks on, 57
North America, Pike's explanatory travels in,
296 reflections suggested by this au
thor's epithet, 96-7; account of the party;
encampments of the Sioux Indians, 299;
state of human society in the countries of
the Upper Missisippi, 302; Chippeway
Indians, 304; approach to the Spanish
settlements, 306; anecdotes of the savage
tribes, 307; magicians, 308; encounter
with the Pawnee Indians, 310; route of
the party on their return, 311

Orthodoxy, the doctrines of not merely spe-

culative, 148; should be advocated with
earnestness but with meekness, ib.
Oudenarde, description of the battle of, 448-9
Owen, Dr. his prejudiced attack on the Lon-
don Polyglott, 793

Oxygene and oxymuriatic gas-their combi-
nations, 1003

Painting, the importance of, exaggerated
by Mr. Shee, 151-2

Periodical writing, inconveniences of, 915
Personifications, poetical, natural, emblema-
tical, and mixed, 798

Pezron's antiquities of nations, 110; ancient
Europe inhabited by two distinct nations,
111; mythological compromises, 112;
M. Pezron, mistaken in deriving the Celts
from Gomer, 113-14; Scythia, what
country in the time of Josephus, and by
whom inhabited, 115; the radical dis-
tinctions of language the best criterion
for deciding on their origin, 116; assist-
ance afforded to the study of glossology
by Christian missionaries, 117,
Philosophical Transactions, See Transactions
Playfair, professor, errors in his edition of
Euclid, 620-8

Poetry, narrative, causes of its popularity,
548-9

Poisons, experiments on vegetable, 1072
Policy and Institutions of the British em-
pire, Pasley's essay on, 377; outline of
the work, 378, 390; force and resources
of France and England compared, 380,
386-7; colonies, 381; expeditions, 383;
observations on the work and objections,
387, 390

Popularity, mischiefs of, to a divine, 440

Population, theorem on the subject of, 155-7
Portugal, sketch of the campaign in, 173
Potemkin, full length portrait of, 143
Practical Piety. Miss More's, 435; the po-
pularity of this writer an admission fa-
vourable to her cause, ib.; subjects of
the work, 437; quotations, 437, 442;
concluding remarks, 443-4
Prayer, hints on, 438

Preachers, considerations on the death of, 909
Preserving animal and vegetable substances,
Appert's method of, 368

Prophecy, Scripture, Collyer's lectures on,
157; the subject opens a field for many
kinds of intellectual labour, 157-8; illus-
tration by means of ideal painting, one of
Dr. C.'s chief excellencies, 159; remarks
on the commencement of the introductory
lecture, 160,1; estimate of the merits and
defects of the work 162-5

Bishop Horsley on the nature and de-
sign of, 978-81
Providence, particular, denial of, by an har-
dened infidel, 49; to be traced in ordinary
events, 439

Pus, observations and experiments on, 286

Quercus, different species of, 640

Ramayuna of Valmeeki, Carey and Marsh-
man's translation of, 946; abstract of
the fable with extracts, 947-962
Randolph's, Dr., letter to the editor of the
Ecl. Rev. and reply to, 1033-40
Register, imperial and county annual, for
1809, 242, for 1810, 720
Reflectionists, the, censured, 155

Reformers-some of them exalted at the ex-
pence of others, 1058; their common
excellencies, 1059; Cook's lives of those
in Scotland, 1060; sketches of the lives
of Knox and Erskine, with extracts,
1060-6

Refraction, atmospherical, remarks on, as it
affects astronomical observations, 133
Religion, its influence on conduct-motives

for zeal and decision in, 352-3. Essays on
the first principles of. See Essays
Religious world, Adam's display of, 421;
remarks on his account of the Jews,
Pagans, Mahometans, Greek and Eastern
churches and Catholics, 43-45; how far
the method of allowing each sect to
tell its own story is likely to arrive at
truth, 45

Researches, Buchanan's. See Asia
Resurrection, admirable passages from Bishop
Hopkins on the, 106 7
Reynold's, Sir J. animated tribute to the memo-
ry of, 615

Rose's observations on Mr. Fox's history,
completely answered, by Serjeant Hey-
wood, 104

Russian army,Sir R.Wilson on the character
and composition of the, 520; infantry,
521; Suwarrow, 522; cavalry, 521; artil.
lery, ib.; cossacks, 522; singular instance
of their intrepidity, 525; remarks on the
battles of Eylau and Friedland, 526-7

Sarrazin, general, publications of, 901
Scotch reformers. See Reformers
Scythia, the limits of, as defined by Hero-
dotus, 115; allusions to, by Ovid, ib.;
its situation and inhabitants in the time
of Josephus, 115

Separatists, the folly and danger of treating
then with abuse, 404-6

Sermons and extracts, Outram's, 205; this
writer confounds Sectarian peculiarities
with the essential doctrines of Christianity,
406-7; dreadful confederacy among the sepa-
ratists, 208; their usefulness should shield
them from obloquy, 211; insulated quo-
tations unfair and disingenuous, 211, 12;
instances of Dr. O.'s doctrinal heterodoxy,
213-4

Sermons, Lavington's, and other discourses,
351; character of, with extracts, 351-6
Seward's, Miss, poetical works, 19; her ea-
gerness for fame, 21; models on which
her taste was formed, 23; description of
her person, 23; anecdote of the power of
music, 25; her elegy on Captain Cook
vigorous and brilliant, 26; successful
imitation of Darwin's style, 26; extracts
from the monody on Major André, 27-28;
her sonnets-sonnet written after rain, 29;
beautiful specimen of her lyrical powers, 30;
her ridiculous strictures on Southey, 30,
and Cowper, 31

letters, 849; remarks on
correspondence, 849-50; state of Miss S.'s
affections, 851,2; subjects of the letters,
853; Walter Scott, 855; Miltonic sonnets,
ib.; paraphrases of Horace, 856; criti-
cisms, 857; sermonizing, 858-9; portrait of
Miss S., 60; humourous anecdote, 861;
youthful friendship, 862

Shark, oviparous, its mode of breeding, 135
Sibbes, Dr., character of his writing, 365
Sicily, Vaughan and Leckie, on the state of,

878; deficiency of information respect-
ing,870,9; subjects of the two books, 880;
Mr. Leckie's statements corroborated by
Mr. V., 881; Mr. L.'s picture of Sicily,
division of property, tribunal of patrimony, corn
laws, revenue, parliament, education and cha-
racler of the nobility, character of the middling