Brown's, Margaret, Lays of Affection, 194, et seq.; ode on the subjugation of Holland, 195; lines on hearing the bell ring for public worship, 196.
Buenos Ayres, description of, 176*. Burder's Village Sermons, vol. viii. 99, 100; contents and character, 99; requisites for preaching, 100; cul- lects, ib.
Burrows's Inquiry relative to Insanity, 128, et seq.; ancient opinions re- specting insanity, 128; how far it is a bodily disease, 129; curable nature of inental disorder, 130; deficiency of reports of medical practice in this de- partment, 131; La Salpetriere and the York Retreat compared, 132; improvements in Bethlem, &c. ib.; insanity not on the increase, 133; sui- cide not more prevalent in England than on the Continent, 134; religion not the cause of insanity, 155; why Roman Catholics furnish no instances of derangement caused by religious enthusi- asm, 136; Cowper, Swift, and Rous- seau, ib.; general character of the work, ib.
Burnside's Religion of Mankind, 501, et seq.; character and contents of the work, 501; author's design stated, 503 ; his address to his readers, 504; intellec- tual features of author's character, ib.; on the reality of the future state, 505; on the vision of God in the heavenly world, 506; resurrection of the good man, 507; on the misery resulting from a re-union of the spirit with the body to the wicked, 508 ; on abandoning the concerns of eternity to chance, 509; extreme danger as well as absurdity of such conduct, 510; author's language partakes too much of con- cession, 511; virtue not available as a substitute for piety, 512; splendid en- dowments or achievements do not imply real virtue, 513; nor constitute any ground of religious hope, 514; benevolence not available without piety, ib.; infidelity of nominal believers, 515; author's leaning towards quakerism, 517; imagined effect on the irreligious, of the bulk of mankind being pious, ib.; on the immense number of the irreligious, 518; glorious number of the good man's associates, 519; plea- sure compatible with religion, 520; au- thor's language incautious, ib.; on presumption in religion, 521; on the re- verence with which God ought to be ap- proached, 522; on ludicrous and vulgar phraseology in the pulpit, &c. ib.; on consulting the prejudices of an audience, 523; reprehensible nature of the poli-
cy recommended, 524; austerity not the error of the day, 525; on the re- ception the saint will meet with in the heavenly world, ib.
Camoens the Portuguese Homer,' re- marks on the parallel, 559; sonnets by, 562, et seq.; his parentage and early life, 566; misfortunes in India, 568; base conduct of the governor of Sofala, 569; return of Camoens to Lisbon, 570; his poverty and death, 571; see Adamson. Catacombs of San Giovanni, 307. Charles I, death of, notice of, 146. Charles II, public entry of. 154. Clarke, Dr. A. his notion of the Divine omniscience analysed, 383. Cloutt's Collection of Hymns, 193,* et seq; Dr. Watts in danger of being superseded, 193;* insufficient pleas for introducing new hymn books, 194;* psalmody not adequately attended to, 195;* exceptionable hymns in Dr. Watts's book, ib. ; a hymn book for public service only, a desideratum, 196;* merits of Mr. C's appendix, 197;* hymn 603 by Mr. Montgomery, ib.; version of Psalm cxxx. by the same, ib.
Collier's Poetical Decameron, 318, et seq. ;remarks on black-letter lore, 318; plan of the work, 319; perverted in- genuity of Steevens, as a commentator on Shakspeare, 320; a strange and terrible wonder, 321; the dung-cart and the courtezan, 322.
Colonial Policy, works on, 131;* fatuity of, 132.*
Constitution, English, state of the, 191. Cornwall's Dramatic Scenes, &c. 323, et seq.; stanzas on woman, 323; author's literary retrogression, 324; extract from the broken heart,' 324; extract from Diego de Montilla, 327; the love sick maid, 328; character of 'Marcian Colonna,' and extract, 330; advice to the author, 331; stanzas, she died,' &c. 332.
Crayon's Sketch Book, vol. ii. 290, et seq; singular merit of the work in point of style, 290; portrait of Ichabod Crane, 291; Shakspeare's descendant, 292; reflections at Stratford on Avon, ib.; portrait of John Bull, 293. Creeds, the three, Dr. Nares's discourses on, 184, et seq.
Cromwell's death and funeral, 151.
Dahomy, boundaries of, 199;* customs and superstitions of, ib.
Day, Thomas, character of, 363; edu- cates two orphans, 370; is sent to France by his mistress, 371; marriage and death, 372.
Delany's, Mrs., Letters, 274, et seq.; roy- al parties, 275; anecdote of the late queen, 276; contrast between the old and the new reign, ib.
Delaval, Sir F. anecdotes of, 366, 7. Democracy, dangers incident to, 39. Drama, the, injurious influence of the stage upon, 87.
Ear of Dionysius, 309.
Edgeworth's Memoirs, 359, et seq.; on the purpose of biography, 359; re- markable instance of Irish fidelity, 360; anecdote of Lady Edgeworth, 361; early religious feelings of Mr. E., 362; his first marriage, 363; dying sentiment of Mr. E.'s mother, ib.; remarks on the vulgar idea of retribution, ib.; Mr. E. becomes a mechanist, 364; anecdote of Sir Francis Delaval and Foote, 365; melancholy end and confes- sion of Sir F. Delaval, 366; Mr. E.'s introduction to Dr. Darwin, 367; character of Mr. Day, 368; experi- ment of Rousseau's principles of educa- tion, ib.; Mr. Day resolves to educate two girls, 370; gives away Lucretia in marriage, ib.; brings Sabrina to Litch- field, 371; is sent to France by Miss E. Sneyd to learn to dance, &c. ib.; Sabri- na revenged, 372; sequel of her his- tory, ib.; Mr. E. falls in love with Honora Sneyd, 373; his second and third marriages, ib.; appointed aide de camp to lord Charlemont, 374; his fourth marriage, ib.; domestic felicity of Mr. E. 375; the family obliged to flee from Edgeworth Town, by the rebels, 376; description of their return, 377; melan- choly impression produced by the characteristic irreligion of Mr. Edge- worth, 378.
Elections, popular, objections to their fre- quency, 34.
Elton's Brothers and other Poems, 387, et seq.; prejudice against monodies examined, 387; motives for publish- ing the records of private feeling ex- plained, 388; St. Vincent's rock, 389; to a young lady, 391; sabbath musings, ib. Emigrants in America, discontent of, 581. Episcopacy in America, historical no- tices respecting, 121.*
Essays and Sketches by a gentleman who has left his lodgings, 188, et seq.; de- ·scription of the incognito, 188; reasons for supposing him not to be the wan-
dering Jew, ib.; remarks on society in London, 188; on the passion for anet- dotes, 190; on political economy, ib. ; on the state of the English constitution, 191; ministerial patronage, 193; power of the press, ib.; the alarmists, 194 Essenus on the First Three Chapters of Genesis, 230, et seq. see Jones. Elna, ascent up, 310.
Evelyn's Memoirs, 137, et seq.; and 582, et seq.; character of Evelyn, 137; public appointments held by him, 139; notice of his father, ib.; wit- nesses the death of lord Strafford, 140; embarks for the continent, 141; visits Rome, ib. ; stands godfather to two proselytes, 142; description of Naples, ib.; kisses the pope's toe, 143; epitaph on St. Richard of England, 144; inventory of the Tresoro di San Marco, ib.; studies at Padua, ib.; description of Verona, 145; interview with Diodati, ib.; marries and re- turns to England, ib.; notice of the death of Charles I., 146; notices rela- ting to the state of religion during the protectorate, ib. et seq.; remarks on the statements of Evelyn, 148; Mr.Gun- ning interrupted in the midst of Divine service at Exeter chapel, 149; remarks on the outrage, 150; Cromwell's death and funeral, 151; historical no- tices, 1659, 60, ib. et seq.; Morley's conduct, 153; public entry of Charles II., ib.; remarks on the loyalty of the times, 154; notices relating to the first acts of the new reign, 155; Eve- lyn's letters, 582; letter of thanks from Jeremy Taylor to Evelyn, ib.; extract from another letter from the same, 583; letter from Evelyn to his brother on the death of a child, ib.; notice of the death of his own son, 584; letter from Jeremy Taylor on the occasion, 585; letter to the dutchess of Newcastle, 587; letter to lord Godolphin touching the poor laws, elections, &c. 388; extracts from Mrs. Evelyn's letters, 590; extracts from tract onsumptuary laws,' 591; notice of re- maining contents of the volumes, 593.
Foote, anecdote of, 365.
Foreknowledge of God, Timms on, 382. Foster on Popular Ignorance, 205, et sèq. ;
evils of popular ignorance not gene- rally appreciated, 205; design and construction of the present essay, 207; inaptitude of the mind to take the due impression of an adequate re- presentation of human misery, ac- counted for, 208; debasing effects of
ignorance among the Jews, 209; partial knowledge coincident with destructive error, 210; hopeless darkness of the ancient heathens, 212; demoralizing ef- fect of their mythology, 213; wretched- ness connected with this mental darkness, 214; origin of Popery, 215; reflections in a cathedral, 216; state of the popular mass in the reign of Elizabeth, 217; in the reign of Anne, 218; picturesque character of the author's style, ib. ; mental condition of the people in this country, bettered by the moral means recently created, 219; evils attendant upon the actual state of the popula- tion, 220; dangers of popular ignorance arising out of political aspect of the times, 221; religion involves mental cultiva- tion, 223; futility of attempts to repress the movement in the popular mind, 224; heavy responsibility which the exis- tence of popular ignorance entails, 226; spectacle presented to the Christian by the moral state of the world, 227; prospect of a brighter era, 228; literary character of the author, 229. Fry's Lyra Davidis, 342, et seq.; remarks
on the danger of fanciful interpreta- tions of Scripture, 342; reprehensible extravagance of the author's scheme of interpretation, 344; his assumption that the Psalms do not refer to David personally, confuted, 345; the phrase
the just one,' not a designation of the Redeemer, 346; author's misap- plication of Psalms i. iii. xii. and xiii. 347; erroneous gloss on Psalm xv. 5, 348; misapplication of Psalm xxiii.
ib. ; author's version of Psalm xix. 11– 14, 349; remarks on ditto, ib.; version of Psalm xxv. 4-7, and note, 351; its erroneousness exposed, 352; curious note on Psalm xxvii. 10, 353; author's version of Psalm xxxii. and note, 353; its erroneousness exposed, ib.; further specimens of misinterpretation, 355; version and exposition of Psalm cxxviii. 357.
Gandy's Pompeiana, see Gell. Gell and Gandy's Pompeiana, 144,* et seq.; reflections on the sudden dis- closure of a buried city, 144;* royal museum at Portici, 146;* graphical illustrations of Pompeii, 147;* plan and contents of the present volume, 148;* different appearance of Pom- peii and Herculaneum, 149; * nature of the deposile by which Pompeii is covered, ib.; result of the excavations, 150 ;* human relics in the strata, 151;*
feelings of the ancient Romans in respect to sepulture and monuments, 152;* wax-work immortality, 153 ;* street of the tombs, ib. ; tomb of Scaurus, 154;* tomb of Navoleia Tyche, ib.; structure of the walls, 155 ;* ancient inn, ib.; dwelling houses, 156;* an- cient paintings, 157;* household furni- ture, ib.; miscellaneous relics, 158.* George III, anecdotes of, 275; sonnet on the death of, 183.
Gerning's, Von, Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, 1, et seq.; historical asso- ciations connected with the river, 1; its various character, 2; Mentz, 4; the Rheingau, 6; Nieder-Ingelheim, 7; con- vent of Noth-gottes, legend respecting, ib.; Archbishop Hatto's mice-tower, 8; Iohannes de Wesalia, ib.; Newied, ib.; merits of the publication, 9, 10. Gorham's Eynesbury and St. Neot's, 572, et seq.; Huntingdonshire without an historian, 572; author's apology for antiquarian pursuits, ib.; biography of St. Neot, 573; monastic peculation of relics, 574; Mr. Whitaker's theory respecting St. Neot controverted, 575; antiquarian ingenuity exercising itself on a defaced inscription, 578.
Harris's Remarks during a Tour in the
United States of America, 581; dis- content of emigrants, ib. Haslam on Sound Mind, 268, et seq.;
instinct contradistinguished from rea- son, 271; character of the work, 273; author's notion respecting the counex- ion between speech and memory ob- jected to, ib.; Mr. H. a disciple of Horne Tooke, 274.
Hatto's, archbishop, mice-tower, 8. Heger's Tour through the Netherlands,
&c. 578, 9; the author possessed of 'a kind of talent,' 571; specimen, 579. Hoare's Memoirs of G. Sharp, 105*, et seq.; character of the work, 105; cha- racter of Mr. Sharp, 108*; his pa- rentage and early life, 109*; Mr. Sharp's account of his apprenticeship, 110*; engages in theological contro- versy with a Socinian and a Jew, ib.; his controversy with Kennicott, 111*; befriends Jonathan Strong, 112*; G. S.'s memoranda of the affair of Jonathan Strong, 113; further exertions in the cause of negroes, 114;* tract on the nullum tempus act, 114*; his corre- spondence with America, 116*; notice of his declaration of the people's natural rights to a share in the legislature,' ib. ; musical concerts on board Messrs. S.'s
yacht, 117; Mr. Sharp interests him- self on the subject of impressment, 118*; his interview with Dr. Johnson, ib.; his exertions to promote parlia- mentary reform, 120*; endeavours to promote episcopacy in America, 121*; his Sierra Leone scheme, 122*; his conduct on that occasion characterized, 123*; his financial means compared with his exertions, ib. ; formation of the society for abolishing the slave trade, 124; G. S.'s protest against its restricted designation, ib.; presides at the first general meeting of the british and foreign bible society, 125*; chosen a director of the African institution, ib. ; appointed chairman of the pro testant union,' 126;* his death, b.; his benevolence, ib.; beneficence and piety, 127*; his sentiments respect- ing satanic inspiration, 128*; enco- mium on Mr. Sharp, by Z. Macauley, 129*.
Holland, Historical Documents respect-
ing, 67, et seq.; see Bonaparte, Louis. Horne's Doctrine of the Trinity, 381, 2; merit of the compendium, 382; in- judicious assertions respecting 1 John v. 7, 382.
Hughes's Travels in Sicily, Greece, and
Albania, 301, et seq., & 526, et seq.; remarks on modern travels, 301; on the requisites for a classical tourist, 303; present state of Sicily, 304; site of Agrigentum, ib.; Sicilian harvest- home, 305; author's puerile represen- tation of the power of music, ib.; Castro Giovanni, 306; Syracuse, ib. ; the catacombs of San Giovanni, 307; singular disappearance of all traces of habitation at Tycha, 308; the fountain Cyane, ib. ; il paradiso, 309; the ear of Dionysius, ib.; Catania, ib.; view of sunrise from Eina, 310; Brydone's infidel cavil exposed, 311; procession of the Bara at Messina, ib.; supersti- tion of the Messinese, 313; ancient flute, 314; size and population of Zante, ib.; state of society in the Ionian islands, 315; anecdote illustra- tive of the expectations of emancipation by England entertained by the Greeks, ib. ; classical jollification on the top of Mount Cotylium, 316; entasis in the columns of the Parthenon, 317; on the dilapida- tions of Athens, ib.; ne plus ultra of John Bullism, 318; new literary asso- ciation at Athens, ib.; author's me- moir of Ali Pasha, 526, et seq.; re- marks on the cession of Parga, 543; misrepresentations of the Quarterly
Review,' 545; Col. Leake's and de Bos sel's opinions of the Parghioles, 546; general remarks on the author's style, &c., 547, see Ali Pasha.
Hyatt's Sermons on the seven epistles in the Apocalypse, 165, et seq. ; qualities of the sermons, 165, 6; specimen, 168; antiquaries vindicated from the au- thor's charge of giving a preference to the antiquities of heathenism, 169. Hymn-books, remarks on, 194.
Ignorance, popular, evils of, 205, el seq.; see Foster.
Insanity, ancient opinions respecting, 128; its curable nature, 150; not on the increase, 133; see Barrows. Ionian islands, state of society in the, 315.
Java, history and topography of, 105, et sq; see Raffles.
Jeffreys's Delineations of Van Diemen's land, 131*, et seq.; its insularity and natural advantages, 135*; traversed by Lieut. J. ib.; reptiles and bush- rangers, ib.; great mountain lake, or spring-head, ib.; character of author's performance, 136*.
John Bull, portrait of, 293.
John Bullism, ne plus ultra of, 318. Jones's New Version of the first three chapters of Genesis, 230, et seq.; pre- tensions of the author, 230; his sub- stitution of planned for created inad missible, ib.; hypothesis of the intention of Moses, 231; on the phrase ' after its kind,' 232; exceptionable statements of Dr. J. relative to the tendency of the Mosaic account of the fall, 233; strange paraphrase of Rom. viii. 3., 234; censure of Farmer, 235; qualifications of a biblical translator stated, 236; Bel- lamy a commentator suited to the dark ages, ib.
true cause of it, the rise of prices, 54; plan for lessening the supply, 62. Letters from Germany and Holland in 1813-4, 286, et seq.; character of Ber- nadotte, 286; interior of a Dutch family, 287; remarks on the attack on Ber- gen-op-zoom, 288. Lusiad, the, liberties taken with by Mickle, 561; circumstances of its original publication, 570.
M'Adam on Road-making, 196, 7; Dr. Johnson's opinion of happiness, 196; Mr. M'A.'s principles, 197; waste of public money in the application of tolls, ib.
M'Leod's Voyage to Africa, 198*, et seq.; boundaries of Dahomy, 199*; order of half-heads, ib.; snake and tiger worship, ib.; human sacrifices, 200*; Dahomian tyrants not so bad as the radicals, ib.
Malortie's, de, Treatise on Topography, 379, et seq.; d. ficiency of English mi- litary literature, 379; contents of the work, 380.
Maturin's Sermons, 547, el seq.; re- marks on the discrepancy between the professional and literary charac- ter of the author, 547; general review of his works, 548; portrait of a curate, 549; character of the sermons, 550; on the love of change, ib.; alleged ad- vantage of a standard of orthodoxy, 551; futility of the established standard, il- Justrated by the conduct of Bishop Marsh, ib.; extraordinary character of the Jewish prophets, 552.
Melmoth, a tale, 553, et seq.; character of the hero, 553; description of a scene in Spain, 555; Monçada's dream, 557; author's apology for writing romances, 558.
Mentz, description of, 4, 161. Messina, procession of the Bara at, 311. Mickle's translation of the Lusiad, merits of, 561.
Milman's Fall of Jerusalem, 87, et seg. ; injurious influence of the stage on the drama, 87; difficulty of writing a good tragedy, 88; business and cha- racter of the present poem, 89; scene between Javan and Miriam, 90; hymn, 91, 2; speech of John the tyrant, 93; of Simon, 94; analysis pursued, 95; hymn, 96; Dr. Johnson's condemnation of devotional poetry disproved, 97; stric- tures on the 'construction of the poem, ib.
Mitchell's Latin Exercises, 381.
Mollien's Travels in Africa, 10, et seq. ;
remarks on exploratory expeditions, 10; account of the author, 11; the baobab, 12; anecdote of a damsel of Cuyor, 13; progress of Mahommedan- ism in Cayor, ib.; origin of the king- dom, 14; description of the Joloffs, ib.; and Laaubés, 15; name of Jesus Christ supposed to be a spell, 17; singular custom of Canel, ib.; Foutatoro, 18; initiation of the Almousseri, ib. ; the diavandos, ib.; the Poalas, ib.; discovery of the sources of the Gam- bia and Rio Grande, 19; description of them, 20; Timbo, the capital of Fouta Jallon, ib.; source of the Senegal, 21; slave police of the territory, ib. ; estimate of the work, 22. Monastery, the, a romance, 244, et seq.; on the introduction of supernatural agents as machinery, 244; sketch of the tale, 245; father Philip's encounter with the white lady, 245; father Philip be fore the abbot, 247; absurdities of the story, 250; description of Glendearg, 252.
Morgan's Sketches of the Philosophy of Life, 268, et seq.; remarks on the modern systems of physiology, 268; objections to the dogmas of the or- ganists, 270; Mr. Haslam's distinc- tion of instinct from reason, 271; dangerous position of Sir C. M. relative to the power of moral resistance, 272; his work characterized, 273. Mythology, Grecian, affected admira- tion of, exposed, 169;* demoralizing effect of, 213.
Nares's Discourses on the Three Creeds, 184, et seq. ;* lord Carnarvon's decla- ration with respect to the Athanasian creed, 184;* Dr. N.'s hypothesis ex- amined, that the allegations of ob- jectors arise from mistake, 185;* the third creed of unknown date and au- thorship, ib.; Dr. N.'s quibble about universalis, 186;* sophistical defence of the clause, ib.; on St. Paul's ex- pression, form of doctrine, 187;* vin- dication of Towgood from the author's aspersions, 188;* on the homage offered to our Saviour, 189.*
New Holland, first discovered by Torres, 133;* its animal productions, 136;* see New South Wales and O'Hara. New South Wales, mal-administration of the British settlements there, 132;* first British settlement at Sidney, 133;* character of the country, 134 ;* Blue Mountains, 137;* banks
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