pearl fisheries assigned to Messrs. Rundell and Bridge, ib. note; a pa- tent to establish steam-boats on the Orinoco granted to Colonel Hamilton, &c., ib.; Columbia not an eligible country for English agriculturists, 31; ascendency of British influence, ib.; jealousy and mis-statements of M. Mollien on this subject, 31, et seq.; route of Captain Cochrane, 33, 4; design and value of Colonel Hall's 'Columbia,' 34; route of M. Mollien, ib.; character of his work, ib ; notice of his former travels in West Africa, ib.; Captain Cochrane's directions for travelling in this country, 35; melan- choly picture of the banks of the Mag- dalena, 36; dangers from crossing the Andes, ib.; Captain Cochrane's descrip- tion of the disastrous passage of the An- des by a division of the patriot army, 37, el seq.; appalling passage of the paramo of Cerradera, 39; passage of the Quindiu, ib.; Captain Cochrane's account of his journey over it, 39, 40; cruelty and deserved fate of a Spanish officer, 40; wretched life of the cargueros or men of burden, ib.; predilection of the robust young men for this mode of life, ib.; dangers attending this mode of travelling, 41; character of the Columbians, by M. Mollien, 41, 2; his portraits of the military leaders, Bolivar, &c., 42, et seg. ; remarks on Mr. Hip- pisley's character of Bolivar, 46; the probable stability of the present form of government considered, 48; the present aspect of the government, 49; advantage to the country from the abolition of slavery, ib. ; testimony of Humboldt in favour of free labour, 50; suppression of the smaller monas- tic establishments in Columbia, ib. Columbus, the first discovery of,' a song, 170.
Conception, the town of, its population, &c., 411, 12.
Cochrane's, Captain, journal of a resi- dence and travels in Columbia, during the years 1823 and 1824, 27; see Columbia.
Confession, auricular, remarks on, 325. Correspondence relative to the prospects of Christianity, &c. in India, 482, et seq.
Costello's, Louisa Stuart, songs of a stranger, 108, el seq. ; the spirit's song, 168, 9; to my mother, 169; the first discovery of Columbus, 170; Colabah, the camel secker, 170, et seq.
Cracow, its wretched state, 240, 1. Craig's translation of Pascal's thoughts son religion, &c. 528, et seq.; criti- cism of Voltaire on the Provinciale, 528, 9; Pascal's triumphant defence againt the charge of unfaithful citation, 529; character of the Pensées,' 529; admirable work of the Abbe Guenée, entitled, Letters of certain Portuguese Jews to M. de Voltaire, 530; excellent remarks of the author on the degrading influence of the popish su perstition, 531; appeal to the protestant population of Britain, to make exertions in aid of their popish brethren, ib. Crayon's, Geoffrey, tales of a traveller, 65, et seq.; character of the present tales, 65; the author's statement of his plan, 66, 7; extract from the bold dra- goon, 67, 8; Wolfgang, 69, et seq.; portrait of the captain of banditti, 72; manners, &c. of the bandilli of Abruzzi, 72, et seq.
Dawson, Lieut. George Francis, pro- ceedings of a general court martial held at Malta respecting his conduct, 1, et seq.; peculiar claim of the pre- sent case to public attention, 1; re- marks occasioned by the ex parte statement of the present affair in the public papers, 2; extract from Lieut. Dawson's letter to the bishops, in justifi- cation of his conduct, 3, 4; proceedings on the festival of the image of St. Lo- renzo, ib.; conduct of Captain Atchi- son, 4; procrastination of the inquiry into the conduct of Lieut. Dawson and Captain Atchison, 5; conduct of the Duke of Wellington, 6; unjust act of Sir Thomas Maitland, ib.; the president of the court martial a Ro- man catholic and foreigner, 7; Lieut. D. compelled to decline making his defence, ib. ; appeals from the deci- sion of the court, ib.; the court mar- tial severely censured, and ordered to re-assemble, and consider bis defence, ib.; its mitigated sentence, ib.; re- marks on the position of his Majesty's advisers, that orders issued by au- thorities legally constituted, are law- ful,' 7, 8; defence of the order, for dis- obeying which the two officers were ca- shiered, 8, 9; nature of the service re- quired of the British officers and troops, at the popish ceremonies in Corfu, Malta, and the Mauritius, 9; remarks on the proceedings against the two officers, 9, et seq.; noble conduct of
Druses, origin, religious tenets, &c. of, 303, et seq.
their principal towns, &c. 148,
et seq. Edinburgh Bible Society, vindication of its proceedings relative to the Apo- crypha, &c., 377, et seq.
statement of the committee of, relative to the cir- culation of the Apocrypha, &c., 185,
et seq. East's sabbath harp, 354, et seq. Engraving, present state of the art,
519, et seq.; the order in which inven- tion has travelled through the differ- ent forms and stages of art, 519; pro- bable origin of sculpture, ib.; of paint- ing, 520; engraving not discovered by the ancients, ib. ; claims of Fini- guerra to its invention, 520, 1; high merits of some modern engravers, 521; superior skill of Sharp, 522; skill in the principles and practice of design, too frequently neglected by the engraver, ib; system to be pur- sued in the education of a youth possessed of real feeling for art, 523; state of the English school of engrav- ing, prior to and during the eigh- teenth century, 524; state of the art in France and Germany, ib.; present state of the English school, ib.; cha- racter of Turner's rivers of Eng- land,' 526; William's select views in Greece,' ib. ; illustrations of War- wickshire,' 526; ' views in Provence,' ib.; Martin's illustrations of Milton,' 527; notice of some other works, ib. Essays and letters, by John Kitto, 273, et pl.
Ess, Leander Van, his extensive circulation of the scriptures, 327.
Fever, its nature, &c., 214, et seq. Fisheries, pearl, of Columbia, monopoly of, assigned to Messrs. Rundell and Bridge, 30, note.
Fraser's narrative of a journey into Khorasan, 418, et seq.
Gainsborough's studies of figures, 519, et seq.
Galt's fictions of Scottish life, remarks on them, 15.
Germany, Russell's tour in, 227, et seq. ; France, with the exception of Nor- mandy, the most unpicturesque coun- try in Europe, 227; the author's route, 228; German and French cook- ery, ib.; M. de Stael's description of Weimar, 229; state of society al, ib. ; character of the grand duke, 230; notice of Wieland, 230, 1; of Goethe, 231, et seq.; his novels, 233, 4; cha. racter and conduct of the grand duchess, 234; her interview with, and dignified conduct towards Bonaparte, 234, 5; atrocities of the Russians and Austrians, 235; admirable conduct of the ducal family, 235, 6; university of Jena, 236; total absence of discipline among the students, ib.; their charac- ter and conduct, under the name of Bur- schen, ib. et seq. ; their secret societies as landsmannschaften, 238, 9; opposed by the government, and their cautious con- duct, ib.; wretched stute of Cracow, 240, 1; depraved morals of the Viennese, 241, 2; political character of their public men, 242; pilgrimage to Mariazell, 242, 3; character of the Austrians, 243; Austrian police, 244; system of espio- nage, 244, 5; portraiture of Prince Metternich, 245, 6; the aristocracy of Britain a political and moral phenome- non, its causes, 247.
Gilbert's memoir of the life and writ- ings of Dr. Williams, 281, et seq.; sketch of the life of Dr. Williams, ib.; he enters the school at St. Asaph, 282; acquires a distaste to become a clergy- man and quits the school, 282, 3; ex- ercise of his mind under religious im- pressions, 283, 4; is placed under the tuition of a clergyman, with a view
to entering into the ministry of the established church, 284, 5; re- nounces his intention on seeing the pro- faneness of some candidates for the holy office, 285: enters the dissenters' academy at Abergavenny, 286; ex- tracts from his diary about this time, 286, et seq.; becomes tutor to some young men destined for the Christian ministry, 289; judicious advice of Dr. Davies, 290; list of his various works, 291; removes to Birmingham, and afterwards to Rotherham, ib.; publishes his essay on the equity of Divine government, &c. 291, 2; the author's delineation of the character of Dr. Williams, 292, et seq. Goldsmith's, Oliver, rising village, a poem, 268, et seq.; letter from ano- ther Oliver Goldsmith, to another Henry Goldsmith, 268; extract from the poem, ib. et seq.; Bishop of Nova Scotia's notice of the Author and his poem, 270. Good's, John Mason, study of medicine, 97, et seq.
Gorham on the apocryphal contro-
versy, 377, et seq.; see Guardian Christian, and Apocrypha.. Gorham's statement, &c. on the im- propriety of circulating the apocry- phal books, indiscriminately inter- mixed with the sacred writings, 185,
Goethe, nolice of; his novels, &c. 231,
Graphic illustrations of Warwickshire,
Greece, Williams's select views in,
Groser's six lectures on Popery, 322, et seq.; subjects of the lectures, 324; remarks on the declared insuf- ficiency of the Scriptures, ib.; pope John XXII. threatened to be burned as a heretic, ib.; note; auricular con- fession considered, 325; on the assumed authority of the pope, in regard to pe- nance, excommunication, &c. 325, 6; all the adherents of popery do not par- ticipate in its spirit, 326, et seq.; ex- tensive circulation of the bible, and of his own translation of the new testa- ment, by Leander Van Ess, 326, et seq. Guardian, Christian, on the apocry phal controversy, 377, el seq.
Hack's, Maria, familiar illustrations of the principal evidences and design of Christianity, 173, el seq.; the au-
thor's statement of the design of her work, 174, 5; its contents, 175; il- lustrative extract, exhibiting both a me- dium and a model of admirable religious instruction, 175, et seq. Hall's, Colonel, Columbia, its present state, 27. Hall's sermon on the death of Dr. Ryland, 511, et seq.; the charge that the gospel neglects to cultivate friend- ship considered, 511, 12; specimen of a spiritual friendship in the beloved disciple and his Lord, 512, 13, 14; peculiar privileges of the Evangelist after the resurrection, 514; sketch of the character of Dr. Ryland, 515, 16; his early connexion with the Baptist missionary society, 516, 17; joys occa- sioned by the consideration of the reunion of the just in a future state, 517, 18. Harmony, the late purchase of Mr. Owen, of Lanark, in North America, descrip tion of the town, grounds, granaries, &c. &c. 477,
seq. Harp, the Sabbath, by the Rev. J. East, 354, et seq.
Heraclea, description of the valley of, in the island of Cefalonia, 295, 6; fine view from the neighbouring summits,
Heshbon, ruins of, 144. Holiness, personal, March's importance of to the Christian minister, 555, et seq. Holman's travels through Russia, Si- beria, &c., while suffering total blindness, 532, et seq.
Il Pastore Incantato, a drama, Pom- peii, and other poems, 164, et seq.; origin and dramatis person of the 'Euchanted Shepherd,' 165; solilo- quy of the guardian spirit, 165, 6; plot of the drama, 167.
Indians, North American, advantages pos- sessed by the preacher of the Gospel among them, 180.
Irving's orations for missionaries after the apostolic school, 343, et seq.; the apostolic and the modern mis- sionary placed in very different cir- cumstances, 344; Mr. Irving's re- marks on prudence as a Christian qualifi- cation, ib.; drift of the Author's ora- tions, 346; his attack on the cha- racter of the missionaries, ib.; reply of Mr. Orme, 346, 7; his interpreta- tion of the scriptural expression the "Son of peace, 348; requisite qualifi- cation to the office of an apostle, 349;
extract from Mr. C. Anderson's dis- course on the Christian spirit essential to the triumph of the kingdom of God, 351, et seq.
Jena, university of, 236; dissolute cha- racter of the students under the name of Burschen, ib. et seq.; the landsmann- schaften, their secret societies, &c., 238, 9.
Jerusalem delivered, Tasso's, Wiffin's translation of, 456, et seq.
Jerusalem, Moore's poem on the destruc- tion of, 362.
Jerusalem, Strauss's Helon's pilgrimage
to, 153, et seq.; purport of the work, ib; detail of the plan, 153, 4; Helon is early taught to reverence Jeru- salem, 155, 6; historical sketch of the rise of the kingdom of Judah, 156, 7; Helon's first visit to the holy land, 157, 8; ceremony of the wave sheaf, 159; his examination before the Sanhe- drim, on devoting himself to the sacer- dotal office, 160; is invested with the sacerdotal robes, 161; detail of the official services of the priests and Levites in the temple, 161, 2; the ninety-second psalm, 163.
John XXII., pope, threatened to be
burned as a heretic, 324; note. Jones's, Dr. history of Wales, 90, et seq.
Journal of a residence in Chili, 406, et seq.
Jowett's Christian researches in Syria
and the Holy Land, &c., 298, et seq. ; paramount claims of Syria to the attention of Christian missionaries, 298; peculiar difficulty of a Chris- tian missionary in Syria, 300; pro- testant England has not a protes- tant government, ib.; note; the author's arrival off the coast of Saide, ib.; sees the country lighted up with fires, on the eve of the festival of the holy cross, ib.; he lands at Beirout, and meets Messrs. Fisk and Lewis, 301; protestant institution at Antoura, ib.; missionaries assembled there, ib. ; its numerous convents, &c., ib.; the Author visits the nunnery, 302; is introduced to the prince of the Druses, ib.; M. Gandolfi's account of the conduct of the Druses on be- coming initiated, 303; Author's re- marks on it, ib.; origin and religious tenets of the Druses, ib. et seq.; sect of the Ansairies, 305; Gibbon's ac- count of them, 306, 7; notices of them by Burckhardt and Niebuhr,
308; question how far the Druses may resemble the Wahhabees, ib.; the Author visits the convent of Yb- zumar, 309; his interview and con- versation with the Greek procurator, 310; remarks on the present state of Greece, ib.; Beirout, Aleppo, Jeru- salem, the central stations of the Syrian Roman Catholic missions, in a state of decay, 311; present state of Saide (Sidon), 312; old Tyre, ib.; its ruins, &c., ib.; the Author preaches at Acre, 313; its popula- tion, ib.; state of the Latin con- vent, and of the popish mission, 313, 14; remarks on the site of the moun- tain of precipitation, 314; mount of the beatitudes, ib.; the Author's feelings on the first view of Jerusalem, 315; his reflections respecting visiting what are called the holy places, 315, 16; and on the tendency of a pilgrimage to the holy city, 316, 17; wretched state of the Christians, at the time of his visit, 317; probable advantage that would be gained by the utter aban- donment of Jerusalem by the Chris- tians, 378, 9; reflections on the resto- ration of the Jews to the land of their fathers, 379, 80,
Key to Dr. Carey's Latin versification simplified, 470.
Khorasan and Turcomania, travels in by J. B. Fraser and M. N. Mouravier, 418, et seq.; valuable researches of Mr. Elphinstone and Mr. Moorcroft, 418; object, &c. of Mr. Fraser, 419; his correction of the positions of some principal places in Persia, ib.; dangers of his voyage from Bombay to the Persian gulf, 420; fatal effects of the epidemic of Sheerauz, 421, 2; he joins Mr. Rich and Dr. Jukes, at Sheerauz, 422; death of Mr. Rich by the epidemic, 423; specimen of Persian falsehood, 423, 4; death of Dr. Jukes, 424; Mr. F. assumes his diplomatic character, to secure his papers, &c. ib.; rapacity of the the Persians, ib.; hazardous visit to the tomb of Fatima, ib.; arrives at Tehran, 425; death and excellent character of the Shah's eldest son, ib.; proof of his admirable address, ib. ; great abilities of Meerza Abdool Wahab, secretary for foreign affairs, ib.; contemptible character and base conduct of Meerza Abool Hussein Khan, late ambassador to England, 426,
;Futch Allee Khan, poet laureate of Persia, 427; base character of the king, 427, 8; amusing instance of self-inflicted torture, 428; suspected assassination of Mr. Browne by the express order of the king, ib.; Mr. F. quits Tehran as a travelling mer- chant, ib.; state of Semnoon and Damghan, 429; unpleasant adventure at the village of Meyumeid, 429, 30; remarkable instance of the spirit of clanship in the east, 431; revenge generally the measure of punishment in Persia, ib. note; legend of the Saffron caravanserai, 432; curious ad- venture there, 432, 3; Nishapore, its various vicissitudes and present state, 433; Mushed, capital of Persian Kho- rasan, ib.; the Author's hazardous visit to the mausoleum of Imaun Reza, 435, 6; his critical situation at Mu- shed, present state of Bockhara, its reigning sovereign, population, &c., 437; kingdom of Kokaun, ib.; pre- sent state of the former powerful empire of Khauresin, ib. ; real ob- ject of the embassy of M. Mouravier to Khiva, ib.; his account of the dried channel of the Oxus, 438, 9. Kitto's essays and letters, 275, et seq. ; sketch of his early life, education, &c. 276; is engaged to write in the Plymouth journal, 277; his account of his deafness, 277, 8; fears he is becoming dumb, 278.
Krimea, present state of, 549.
nal holiness to the Christian minister, 554, et seq.; on happiness, 555; per- sonal holiness in the Christian minister necessary to a well-grounded assurance of the divine approbation, 555, 6. Martin's illustrations of Paradise Lost,' 519, et seq.
Mausoleum of Imaum Reza, description of it, 435, 6.
Medicine, study of, by J. M. Good, 97, et seq.; design of the work, 97; reply to the question, Is there any reality in medicine? 98; indications of a hostile feeling in professors to- wards their own vocation, ib.; the art of medicine entitled to the con- fidence and gratitude of the public, 99; the nugatory nature of medi- cine not to be assumed from the con- tinuance of disease, ib.; the dis- eases termed nervous, the most fre quent in modern times, 100; causes of the lessened sickness and mor- tality of the times, ib.; table of the law of mortality at two different pe- riods, 101, note; inference of the available influence of remedial attempts to shorten the duration of fever, 101; proof from the Author's description of the spasmodic cholera of India, 103; and by reference to the works of Hippocrates, ib. ; question respecting the influence of medical doctrines upon medical practice, 104; proof of the great sacrifice of human life to false theory, ib.; different practice of the French and of the English physicians, 105; variety of opinions prevalent among our own specu- latists, ib.; probable cause of the great improvement of practical medi- cine in the present day, 105; rea- sons for objecting to the Author's classification and nomenclature of disease, 106, 7; mode of defining and designating without the aid of an artificial system, 108; certain pro- posals of the Author highly worthy of attention, ib.; objections to a merely analytical and topographical method of cultivating the art, 109; the question of unprofessional medi- cine considered, ib. ; the bent to be given to unprofessional inquiries, ib.; probable advantage from unpro- fessional inquiry, in effectually undermining quackery, 110; Mr. Moore on the proclaimed virtues of nos- trums, and on lists of cases, 110, 11; an insuperable objection to the Author's
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