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state of the poor, 174; reflections on
the present state of society, and anti-
cipations of an improved state, 176-7
Bioscope, or Dial of life explained, 373,
et seq.; print of the dial described,
373-4; disadvantages attending em-
blematical representations of moral
truths, 374; sanguine views of the Au-
thor in regard to its effects, 375; design
of the work, 376; different views arising
from the consideration of our age in early
and in later life, 376; author's opinion of
the cause of the defection of our nature,
377; tendency of the Bioscope to excite
reflections on the value of time, 377-8;
expedients to impress on the mind the
transitoriness of time, 379; remarks
on the glory acquired by a military
life, 379-80; happy combination of re-
ligion with the feelings of childhood, 380,
1; delusive error arising from improper
views of old age, 381; Gibbon and Ad-
dison's views at the close of lite con-
trasted, 382; Epistle of Paulinus to
Çelantia, ib.

Bashop of St. David's brief memorial,

160, et seq.; substance of the statute
repealed, ib.; his Lordship's opinion
of it, 161; and false deductions, ib.;
repeal of the Test laws would not en-
danger the church, 162; would mere-
ly render Dissenters admissible to of-
fices, but would give no right or claim
to admission, 162; ambiguous use of
the term Church by certain writers,
163; the real evil of the Test laws,
164-5; his Lordship's 'Three Truths,'
165; his remarks on some of Mr. Bel-
sham's propositions, 166, et seq.
Bloomfield, his poetic claims considered,
461-2

Bologna, with some account of its institu-

tions, 480, et. seq,

Bowden's Remains, 628, el seq.; con-
tents, ib. ; limits to students for the
Christian ministry, 629
Boydell's illustrations of Holy Writ,
191; means of the old masters inade-
quate to the production of correct
pieces of scripture history, 192, ab-
surdities of the moderns, ib.
Brande's chemical researches on the
blood, and some other animal fluids,
247-8

Brief Memorial by the Bishop of St.

David's, 160, et seq.
Brodie's further experiments and obser-
vations on the action of poisons on the
animal system, 253

Brody on the influence of the brain on

the generation of animal heat, 603
Buchanan's, Dr. address to the missionaries

of the Church missionary society, extracts
from it, 529, et seq.

Cabanel's poems and imitations, 615;
extract, 616

Calicut, large city found there by Vasco
de Gama, now lost to the world, 452;
tops of minarets and temples sometimes
seen at low water, ib.
Calvinistic principles, their tendency
examined and defended against Arch-
bishop Sancroft's virulent aspersions
in his Fur predestinatus,' 216, et seq.
Cambridge, Dyer's history of the uni-
versity and colleges of, 518, et seq.;
founder, and era of the foundation of its
university, 524

Campagna di Roma, description of its ap-
pearance, 487

Carey, Eustace, Mr. Hall's address to
hiin, 85, et seq.

Carnot's defence of fortified places,
translated by the Baron de Monta-
lembert, 92, et seq.; subjects of the
treatise, 93; Buonaparte's commission
to the Commandant of Antwerp, 94-5;
translation unsatisfactory, 96, et seq.
Caste of the Brahmins, 450; the Puoleaks,
ib.; the Pariars, 451

Cavern temples of Salsette and Ele-
phanta, 452

Chalmers on the influence of Bible so-
cieties, 169

Chamelion, description of, 413
Chances, Rouse's doctrine of, 562, et
seq.

Chandler's history of persecution, 237,
et seq.; contents, 238; author's mis-
application of the term persecution,
239; work defective in not developing
the occasions and consequences of the
persecutions, 240; extract from Eva-
grius, on the violent deaths of some
of the heathen emperors, ib.; disın-
genuous allusion to the conduct of St.
John, 242; to the Arian controversy,
ib.; to Calvin and Francis Davides,
243; letter of John Wesley to a
bishop, on account of the persecution
of some of his preachers, 244
Channing's discourse at Boston, North
America, on the deliverance of Europe
from m 1 tary despotism, 625, et seq.;
reasons for its reprint in this country,
ib.; extract illustrative of the preacher's
philanthropic feelings, 625; moral influ-
ence of Napoleon's despotism, 626-7; its
fall a cause for gratitude, ib.

Charge to the clergy of the diocese of
Chester, by Dr. Law, Bishop of Ches-
ter, 578, et seq.

Charles I. apology for his conduct by the

1

author of the Velvet Cushion, 342;
Bishop Burnet's character of Charles,
ib.; on the application of the terms
martyr and saint to Charles, 343;
death of the King not compassed by
the Puritans, 346

Charles II. his life preserved, when
prince of Wales, by Algernon Sydney,
259

Charles the second's waggish test of the qua-

lifications of the members of the Royal
Society, on the day of its institution, 292
Cheeta, or hunting leopard, described, 443
Childe Alarique, a poet's reverie, 617,

et seq.; feebleness the prevailing cha-
racter of these poems, 618; extracts,
619; on the vicissitudes of elevation and
despondency of poetic minds, 620; re-
marks on the author's classing toge.
ther of minds of opposite texture and
character, 620; extract, 623
Children frequently sold on the Malabar
coast by their mothers for a small sum,
448-9

Christian world, Evans's sketch of the
denominations of, 486, el seq.

Christ's death, its cause and end examined,
167

Church, unwarrantable use of the term
by certain writers, 163

Cimbri and Teutones, colony of, still found
in Italy, 473

Classical English letter writer, 525-6;
contents, ib.

Claudian's Rape of Proserpine, traus
lated by J. G. Strutt, 363, el seq.
Clayton's Prayer for the multiplication

of evangelical labourers, a sermon,
preached before the patrons of the
Newport Faguel institution, 413;
origin of the institution, ib. ; necessity
of elevating the intellectual and literary
character of religious seminaries, 414;
causes of the decline of literary at-
tainments among the dissenters, 415;
reasons tending to excite a spirit of
prayer, for the increase of evangelical
teachers, 418

Clergy of Russia unanimous in their en-
deavours to circulate the scriptures,
439
Complutensian Polyglott Bible, compiled
under the patronage of Cardinal Ximenes,

330
Congratulatory odes, by Robert Southey,
Esq. Poet Laureate, 179
Condemned criminals, great judgement
and discretion requisite in ministers
who visit them, 221, 226
Controversialists, hints to them, 363
Converted Malefactors, objectionable na.

ture of the accounts sometimes pub-
lished respecting them, 222, et seq.
Corn Laws, observations on them, 1,
et seq.; comforts of the community in
proportion to the labour requisite for
the supply of necessary food, 2; con-
tradictory nature of the pleas in fa-
vour of the corn laws, 4; pretence of
their affording a provision against un-
certainty of supply examined, 5, et
seq.; and that the land-owners should
be protected like certain manufac-
turers, 10, et seq.; corn subject to a
small tax only in the production, and
none in the consumption, 14; glaring
rapacity and injustice of the land-
owners, ib. et seq.; their disinterested-
ness delusive, 15

Cubbee, or sacred verses of the Hindoos, in-
quiry into their nature, 529

Davies's Brand plucked out of the fire',
or brief account of Robert Kendal,
213, 219

Davy on a gaseous compound of carbo-
nic oxide and chlorine, 249

-on some experiments on the com-
binations of different metals and chlo-
rine, 251

- and of fluoric acid, 601-2
on some combinations of phospho-
rus and sulphur, &c. 604
Dawson's Inquiry into the causes of the

general poverty and dependence of
mankind, 1, et seq.; favourable cha-
racter of the piece, 16

Dean of Wells's sermon before the
Church missionary society, 526, et
seq.; extract illustrative of the spirit and
style of the discourse, 527; the Dean's
remarks on the conduct of the India Di-
rectors, 528; Dr. Buchanan's caution
to beware of men, 529; Cubbee, or sacred
verses of Hindoos, inquiry into their na-
ture, ib. et seq.; Mr. Wilberforce's re-
marks on the seizure of the idol and
car of Juggernaut for arrear of tri-
bute, 520; car of Juggernaut broken
and sold by order of a collector under the
Madras Presidency, 530-1; extracts
from Dr. Buchanan's address, on de-
nying Christ, ib.; on the harvest being
great, &c. ib.; Dean Ryder on the
union of spirit among Christians of
different Communions, 533-4
Deity of Jesus, and doctrine of the Tri-

nity, Simpson's plea for, 600, et seq.
Dial of life. See Bioscope
Discourse delivered at Boston, N. Ame-
rica, on the deliverance of Europe,
623, et seq.

Discourses for domestic use, by Henry

Lacey, 498, et seq.

D'Israel's quarrels of authors, 288, et
seq.

Dissecting room, unfavourable to the
faith as well as health of pupils, 78;
its cause, ib.

Dissenters, remarks on the indefinite

sense lately attached to the term, 338
Drama, its original purpose, as exbi-
bited in the ancient theatres, 70,
(note)

Dramatic poetry, not necessarily con-
nected with the histrionic art, 69,
(note)

Drayton's poems, 181

Duschene's reflections of a French con-
stitutional royalist, 624: right of the
Senate to propose terms to the King ques-
tioned, ib.

Dyer's history of the university and col-
leges of Cambridge, 518, et seq.; re-
verential partiality formerly felt by
scholars for the university where their
minds were trained, 518; origin of
that feeling, ib.; its present decline,
and cause of it, 519; no popular his-
tory of Cambridge before written,
520; qualifications of the present
writer, ib. et seq.; subjects of each vō-
lume, 521, et seq.; era of the foundation
of the university, and its founder, 524;
its advancement under Edward III. ib.

Edible birds-nests, 445

Edinburgh Review, Art. Essai philoso-

phique sur les probabilités par La
place, 562, 570, et seq.; Reviewer's
dangerous perversion of the principles
of Laplace's work, 570, et seq.; delu-
sive nature of his remarks, 571; his
dangerous and false conclusions, 574; Dr.
Waring on the demonstration of pro-
babilities, ib. et seq.; Reviewer's ar-
gumentation examined and refuted,
in regard to Scripture miracles, 575
Education of the Russian population,
plan to render it universal, 439; be-
Leficial effects likely to result from it
in regard to the Greek church, ib.

what might be expected from
it, if conducted by Christian philoso-
phers, 17; not omnipotent, ib.; the
mind and heart its primary objects,
18; whose business education is, or
rather is not, ib.

Eighteen Hundred and Thirteen: a
poem, by Mrs. Grant, 101; extracts
and remarks, 102

Errors of thought, their danger, 77
Essex-street chapel fitted up by Mr.

Lindsey, 118; reformed liturgy intro-
duced, ib. et seq.
Eustace's tour through Italy, 465, et
seq.; qualifications necessary to the
Italian traveller, 466, et seq.; the
party quit Vienna, 470; defile of the
Alps near Reichenhall, ib.; pleasing
character of the modern Rhetians,
471; Verona, ib.; account of two mo-
dern exhibitions in its amphitheatre, 472 ;
colony of the Cimbri and Teutones still
existing in Italy, 473; declining state
of the schools at Padua, 474; the
Brenta, ib.; Venice, 475; the Rialto,
ib.; cause of the decline of Venice, ib.;
villa of Petrarcha, 476; instance of Ita-
lian industry, 477; on the supposed
scenery of Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics,
488; Bologna and its institutions, 480,
et seq.; the Rubicon, 482; Santissima
casa at Loretto, 483, et seq.; description
of Campagna di Roma, 485; on the
emotions occasioned by classical and
devotional recollections connected
with the cities of Rome and Jerusa
lem, 541, et seq.; the spirit of the
ancient idolatry, recognised in modern
forms and institutions, 543; Rome
most interesting as the subject of
prophecy, 545; view of ancient and
modern Rome from the capitol, 546; ma÷
terials of ancient Rome probably buried
under the modern city, 548; remarks on
some of the paintings in the Vatican, 550;
Raffaello's celebrated painting of the
ETERNAL FATHER, 551; St. Peter's,
552; compared with St. Paul's, 553;
exhibition in St. Peter's on Good Friday
evening, 555; palace of Trajan on the
Lake of Nemi, 556; tomb of Virgil,
557; Solfatara, 558; infallibility of the
pope not a doctrine of the Catholic creed,
560; indulgences, 561
Evangelical Labourers, Clayton's prayer
for the multiplication of, 413, et seq.
Evangelical pastor, Flavel's character
of, 300

Evans's sermons for domestic reading,
495, et seq.; difficulty in selecting
sermons adapted for family reading,
ib. et seq.; requisites in such dis-
courses, 296; short sketch of the an-
thor's life, 296; character of the dis-
courses, ib. et seq.; extracts illustra-
tive of their spirit and manner, 298,

et seq.

sketch of the denominations of
the Christian world, 486, et seq.; pre-
liminaries, 487-8; arrangement of
the denominations, 491; injudicious
treatment of some of the subjects, ib.;

opinions of Arius, 489; modification
of Arian opinions traced, 490; Mo-
ravian tenets ill-defined, 491; crude
notions of the author on the right of
private judgement, 491-2; instances
of uncaudid statements, 493; cha-
racter of the work inferior, 434
Expeditious arithmetician, by Messrs.
Denby and Leng, 496-7

Faber's treatise on the ordinary opera-
tions of the Holy Spirit, 50, et seq. ;
radical difference in the religious cha-
racter of those who adinit, and those
who deny the doctrines of the Holy
Spirit, ib.; change induced on the
mind of one who rejects the doctrine,
ib. et seq.; importance of the doctrine,
51; difficulties attending it, 53; ne-
cessity of a holy influence on the
mind, 54; some inaccuracies in the
author's statement examined, ib.; Mr.
F's remarks on a resistance of the Holy
Spirit's operations, 56; objections, 57,
et seq.; description of persons whose un-
derstandings are enlightened while their
hearts remain unaffected, 60; effects of
Christianity and results of infidelity con-
trasted, 62-3

Familiar scenes, histories, and reflec-
tions, 514, et seq.; extracts and re-
marks, ib.

Feathers Tavern, association of a part

of the Clergy held there to procure
relief in the matter of subscription,
119

Flavel's character of an evangelical pas-
tor, 300

Flowers of wit, by the Rev. H. Kett, 184
Forbes's oriental memoirs, 405, et seq.;

immense mass of composition prepared by
the author, 406; his qualifications at
the commencement of his travels,
406, et seq.; scene of his observations,
409; qualities of the cocoa-nut tree, ib.;
Banian, 416; distress of some monkeys
at the death of a companion, ib.; author's
danger from a cobra di capello, 411; ac-
count of the whip-snake, ib.; nocturnal
visit from a tiger, 412; description of a
Chameleon, 413; swingers, 441-2; teak
tree, its durability, ib.; hospital for brutes,
pride of the rich Hindoos, 443; its good
effects, ib.; cheeta, or hunting leopard,
ib.; edible birds-nests, 445; termites,
ib. et seq.; parrots, their numbers, and
depredations in the rice-fields, 447; salt-
boilers, their wretched situation, 448;
sale of children by their mothers not unfre-
quent at Angengo, ib.; character of the

Malabar people, 450; caste of the Brah-
mins of Malabar, 450; degraded stute
of the Pooleahs, ib. et seq.; desperate
wretchedness of the Pariahs, 451; Sy-
rian Christians, 452; caverns of Sal-
sette and Elephanta, 452-3; supersti-
tion of a Mahratta chief, 455; admini-
stration of justice, 456; Mahratta army
described, 457, et seq.; desolation attend-
ant on its progress, 631; dreadful nature
of a field of battle in the East, 632; pe-
culiar character and manners of the Bhauls,
633; the Tarakaw, a mode of murder,
by way of revenge against oppression,
practised by the Bhauts, 634; horrid,
instance of it, as practised by a tribe
of Brahmins, ib.; singular account
of the death of a Raj-poot lady, 635;
redections on the low estimate of life
among the Hindoos, 636; inconve-
nience attending Hindvo servants, 638;
religious tolerance between the Hindoos
and Mahomedans, ib.; its probable
cause, 639; torture inflicted on an
Hindoo collector to discover his treasures,
640; sheep-skin death, ib.; snakes ap-
pointed guardians of Hindoo treasures,
641-2; monkeys rendered subservient to
acts of revenge, 642; 'enviable mode of
procuring a view of a natural exhibition of
wild beasts, 643; lion hunt in the forest
of Durlee, 644; remarkable petition
of a Parsee merchant, 646; ordeals,
ib.; testimony of the author highly
favourable to the advocates for dif
fusing Christianity in India, 617; ge-
neral execution of the work, 618
Fortified places, Carnot's defence of, 92
France, observations on the late treaty
of peace with, 197

French Dictionary, by W. Smith, 494
French language, Worsley's rules for
pronouncing and reading it, 496
Fruits of the Spirit, a view of the graces
that adorn the Christian character,
193; necessarily connected with His
influences, 194; extract on Antinomian
bigotry, ib, el seq.; fanatic delusion, 195

Gibbon and Addison, their views at the

close of life contrasted, 382

Glory acquired by a military life, its
doubtful nature, 380

Glory of the latter days, a discourse by
Wm. Roby, 90

Glover, author of Leonidas, the sup-

posed author of Junius's letters, 280;
his political integrity, 285
Golden cow, passing through one, a mode of
procuring the remission of sins, by the ra-

jah of Travancore at the instigation of the
Brahmins, 485

Good man's prospect after death, 501-2
Grant's, (Mrs.) Eighteen Hundred and
Thirteen, a poem, 102

Greek bull, 185

Greek church in Russia, less supersti-
tious than is generally supposed, 431;
its instrumentality in widely propa-
gating the Christian truth, anticipated
from the consideration of the purity
of its doctrines, 437; from its exten-
sively circulating the Scriptures, 438;
and from the conduct of the Russian
Clergy, 439

at-

Hall's Address to the Rev. Eustace
Carey, 85, et seq.; duties of a mission-
ary, distinct from those of an ordinary
pastor, 86, et seq.; views of an enlight-
ened statesman and a Christian minister
in regard to missions different, 89
Hamilton's, (Elizabeth), Essays on the
Understanding, the Imagination, and
the Heart, 17, et seq.; primary ob-
jects of education, 18; utility of the
study of mind to those on whom it is
devolved, ib.; necessity of exciting the
attention, 19; senses rendered acute by
exercise, 20; causes of the negligent
habits of servants, 21-2, and extract;
hints towards counteracting them, ib. et
seq.; inquiry into the nature of duty,
and its qualifications, 24-5;
tention indispensable to clearness of
perception, 26, and extract; its effects
on the imagination, 27; and in pro-
ducing the emotions of taste, 28; the
propensity to magnify the idea of self,
29, et seq.; extensive prevalence of this
principle, 31, et seq.; Miss H.'s appli-
cation of il in respect to those who abstain
from public amusement, 33, et seq.; ob-
jections to her application, 34, et seq.;
this principle considered in relation to
pride, &c. 37; to party spirit, bigot-
ry, and intolerance, 39; benevolent af-
fections, an antidote against this pro-
pensity, 41, et seq; active and passive
benevolence, 44; human nature exhi-
bits no example of perfect benevo-
lence, 45; character of Christ, as re-
vealed in scripture, calculated for hu-
man imitation, 46; two chief causes
of failure, ib. ct seq.; general remarks
on the work, 48-9
Heathenish rites, their tendency to sensua-
lize the mind, 554

Henry's additional experiments on the
muriatic and oxymuriatic acids, 599
Herschel's, Dr. observations upon two

comets which appeared in the winter
of 1811-1812, 383

Holland and Venice, almost entirely de-
pendent on other states for corn, 7;
have suffered but little inconvenience
from hostile nations on that account,
8

Holy Spirit, Faber's treatise on the or
dinary operations of the, 50, et seq.
Home on some peculiarities in the struc-
ture of the organ of hearing in the
Balæna mysticetus of Linnæus, 246
— on the different structures of the
solvent glands in the digestive organs
of birds, &c. 604

Home's observations, intended to show
that the progressive motion of snakes
is partly performed by means of the
ribs, 251

Horne's, Melville, sermon of thanksgiv
ing on the late peace, 422; extract, ib.
Horsley's, (Bishop) speeches in parlia-
ment, 64, et seq.; remarks on the sud-
den advancement to the most elevated
dignity offered to plebeians in the
church, 64; its effects on the conduct
of some prelates, 65; on Bishop H.
ib.; intellectual character of his
speeches, 66-7; their subjects, ib.;
his dignified reproof of levity in a noble
Lord, 68

Hunter's theory of life, Abernethy's in-
quiry into the probability and ration-
ality of, 75, et seq.; medical prospe-
rity not always to be ascribed to me-
rit, 76; danger of errors of thought,
77; mind probably acts upon matter by
an intervening substance, 78; dissect-
ing room unfavourable to the faith as
well as health of pupils, ib.; its causes,
ib.

Idolatry, ancient, its spirit recogniza-
ble in certain modern institutions and
forms, 543

Immortality of the soul, cannot be dis-

proved by the sceptical, nor proved
by the pious heathen, 84; brought to
light by the Gospel, ib.
Individuality, a poem, by Martha A.
Sellon, 514

Infallibility of the Pope denied, by Mr.
Eustace, to be a doctrine of the Catholic
creed, 560

Infidelity, its results compared with the ef-
fects of Christianity, 62-3

Inquiry concerning the author of the
letters of Junius, see Junius
Irresistibility of the influence of the Holy
Spirit, 56, 58

Italy, Eustace's tour through, 465;

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