ABYSSINIANS, Pearce on the ways and manners of, 123, 4.
A father's lament; stanzas by Wm. Howitt, 462, 3.
Agra, description of the province and city of, 184; its population, ib. ; baptist mission at that place, 184, 5.
Akbar, the emperor, his attempt to introduce a new religion into India, 124. Album, Watts's poetical, 368, et seq.; the treasures of the deep, a poem, 374, 5. Allegories, Tyndale's remarks on, 416, et seq. Almanac, the companion to the, 154, et seq. design of the work, 155; moral evil of the poor-rate, 156, 7.
Amulet, the, 453, et seq.; contributors and subjects, 467; fragments of a journey over the Brocken, by Mr. Coleridge, 467, 8.; lines written upon the death of the Princess Charlotte, 468, 9; the Rose of Fennock Dale, 469, 70; subjects of the plates, 476.
Anderson's, Christopher, historical sketches of the native Irish, and their descendants, 343, et seq.
Angria, the Mahratta pirate, his letter to Governor Boone, 303, 4. "An hour too many," 455, et seq. Animals, worship of; hypothesis of Sir Wm. Drummond concerning the, 48; extract from the Modern Traveller, on the same subject, ib.
Anniversary, the, 454, et seq. principal con-
tributors to the work, 474; lines to a friend on his returning to Ceylon as a missionary after a visit to England, 474, 5.; subjects of the leading articles, 475; designs and execution of the plates, 475, 6.
Aram, Eugene, dream of, 571, et seq. Asylums, lunatic, suggestions by Dr. Bur- rows, for regulating them, 316, 7. Auldjo's narrative of an ascent to the sum- mit of Mont Blanc, 146, et seq.; topo- graphical illustrations of the work, 146; providential escape of the Author and his guides from the effects of an avalanche, 147; difficulties of the ascent, 148, 9; second escape of the Author, 149; the party are overtaken by a storm, 149, 50;
alarming state of the Author, 150; ad- mirable conduct of the guides, ib. Aurungzebe, his conquests, power, &c. 294, et seq.
Aurungzebe's brass gun, 129.
Babington on the Pandoo coolies in Mala- bar, 131.
Babylon, on the extent of the walls of, 41. Baker's history and antiquities of the county of Northampton, 233, et seq.; merits of the work, 234; the hundreds described in the present volume, ib.; mills formerly manorial appendages, 235; Daventry still under this feudal subjection, ib. ; Borough-hill, the last encampment of King Charles's army, 236; seizure of Lambert the republican, by Ingoldsby, 236, 7; British tumuli opened, 238; origin of the dissenting interest at Daven- try, ib.; copy of the royal licence for the chapel, 239; Daventry academy, its foundation, tutors, &c. ib.; curious be- quest of a knight of Fawsley, 240; re- markable coincidence in history, con- nected with the parish of Sulgrave and Wardon, 241.
Bali, or Little Java, 5.
Balkan, Dr. Walsh's description of the pas- sage of, 92; its five practicable passes, ib. note.
Barker's Parriana, 561, et seq.; short sketch of the life of Dr. Parr, 562, et seq.; en- ters at Emanuel College, Cambridge, 562; his successive promotions, and death, 563, 4; his character, 564, 5; theological sentiments, 565, 6; his regu- larity in the performance of his public duties, 566; merits of the work, ib. et seq. Barry, notice of, 536.
Barton's time's takings and leavings, 458. Battles, naval, of Great Britain, &c. 441, et seq.
Beauclerk's journey to Marocco, 279. Bedell translates the entire Bible into native Irish, 348, 9.
Beechey, Captain, most eastern point of the
North American coast visited by him, 392; see Franklin, Captain. Bejapoor, Capt. Sykes's description of the
ruins of, 128; mausoleum of Sultan Ma- homed Shah, ib.
Bennet's memoirs of the life of the Rev.
David Bogue, 103, et seq.
Blake, the engraver, short account of him, 536, 7.
Blomfield's, Bp. sermon on the Christian's duty towards criminals, 545, et seq.; see Prison Discipline.
Bloomfield's recensio synoptica annotationis sacræ, 428, et seq. ; literary qualifications of the Author, 428; his doctrinal inter- pretation of the New Testament not trustworthy, 429; remarks on the merits of the work, 430; on the order of dea- cons, ib; the age of Terah, 431; the Egyptian king not knowing Joseph, 431, 2; change of Saul's name to Paul, 432; Rom. i. and iv. 432; remarks on the 5th chapter, 433, 4; ch. viii. ver. 33, 434; ch. ix and iii, ib.; ch. xi. ver. 22, 435; 2 Cor. iv. ver. 5, 435, 6; Gal. ii. ver. 19, 436; 1 Tim. iv. ver. 10, 437; Titus, iii. 8, 438; ver. 10; Heb. xiii. 7; conclud- ing remarks on the work, 439, 40. Bogue, the Rev. David, Bennet's memoirs of the life of, 103, et seq; his birth place, education, &c., 103; was licensed to preach in the church of Scotland, ib.; is advised by his father to go to London, 104; he engages as a preacher, &c. in London, ib; goes to Holland, but de- clines to remain there as a preacher, ib. ; remarks on his religious character when young, 104, 5; he adopts the sentiments of the Independents, 106; remarks of the Author on the plainness of his preaching, 108; rise, &c. of the Gosport academy, 108, 9; origin of the London Missionary Society, 109, et seq.; Dr. Bogue's devotedness to that object, 111, 2; his family afflictions, 112; remarkable incidents previous to his last illness, 113, 4; the Author's remarks on Dr. Bogue as a preacher, 115; his manner in prayer, ib,; natural timidity of his character, 116; his genuine benevolence, &c. ib.; his character as a man, 117, et seq. Bombay, transactions of the Literary So-
ciety of, 123, et seq.; subjects of the se- cond volume, ib. ; contents of the third volume, 127, et seq. Boodhists, in India, remarks on them, 131,
et seq.; variance of the two great religious sects in India, the Brahmins and the Boodhists, 132; description of a colossal figure of Boodh, ib.; opinions of Captain Sykes, and Mr. Erskine, on the excava- tions in India, 132; the three classes of excavations, ib.; the southern excava- tions purely Boodhic, 133; different ages of the excavations, ib.; remarkable in-
scription to Boodh, ib.; Bralıminism, properly so called, has ceased in India, 134; era of the last Boodh, 135; the Boothists put down before the Jains, 136; on the seven classes of the Indians as mentioned by the ancients, 137; Mr. Erskine on the era of the origin of Bood- hism, 138, 9; distinctive characteristics of the Brahmins and the Bouddhists, 139, 40; on the curled hair of Boodh, 141; M. Klaproth's account of the saint, 141, 2; thought by Captain Francklin to have been an Ethiop, 142; Guadama not the original Boodh, 143.
Book, account of a remarkable one, pub- lished by a Jewish rabbi, converted to Christianity, 88.
Bradwardine, account of his writings, &c. 246, et seq.
Briggs's Letters, addressed to a young per son in India, 281, et seq.; the Author argues in favour of Sutteeism, 309; re- marks on the nature of the subjection under which India is held by the British, ib. Burrows's commentaries on the causes, forms, &c. of insanity, 310, et seq.; what is insanity? 312, 3; remarks on the assertion that delusion is not necessarily a constituent of insanity, 313; Dr. Bur- rows's strictures on Pinel's assumptions, 313, 4; delusion the essence of insanity, 314; striking case of a female patient, ib.; the question of religion considered in connexion with insanity, 315; whether inflammation of the brain, and of the mind, are the same thing, 315; affections of the mind more remediable than usually supposed, 315, 6; suggestions of the Au- thor for regulating lunatic asylums, 316, 7; average number of cures in the pub- lic institutions of this country, 317, 8; injurious consequences to insane patients from frequent interviews with friends, 318, 9; insanity on the decrease in Bri- tain, 319; proportion of suicides in Co- penhagen, Berlin, Paris, and London, ib.; observations on the Author's opinions in reference to self-destruction, 319, 20; statement of four recent cases of suicide, 320, et seq.; posthumous disgrace a pre- ventive of suicide, 322; on the sup- posed hereditary nature of insanity, 323, 4. Butler's questions in Roman history, &c.
181, et seq.; specimen of the work, 182.
Cemetery, Jewish, at Constantinople, 86. Charge, Dr. Ryder's, delivered to the dio-
cese of Lichfield and Coventry, at his second visitation, 545.
Charity, Christian, explained, by A. James, 356, et seq.
Charles the First, D'Israeli's commentaries
on the life and reign of, 97, et seq. Charles, the Rev. T., late of Bala, Morgan's brief history of the life and labours of, 445, et seq.
China, the antiquity of the empire of, exag- gerated, 9.
Chinese, the, had no real science of their own, 9.
Ching, a Chinese governor, extracts from a proclamation by him, 10, et seq. Christianity, &c., Shoberl's present state of, 182, et seq.
Chur, one of the Himalaya mountains, de- scription of it, 4, 5.
Churches, in Moscow, number of the, 492. Church of Christ, Noel's brief inquiry into
the prospects of the, &c. 193, et seq. Church, the ancient Jewish, the book of psalms a testimony of its pure devotion, 376.
Cistern, subterranean, at Constantinople, 89. Coats's present state of the township of
Lony, in the valley of the Beema, 130. Companion to the almanac, 154, et seq. Cooke, the late Rev. John, Redford's me- moirs, &c. of, 552, et seq.
Cooke's practical and pathological inquiry into the sources and effects of derange- ment in the digestive organs, 310, et seq.; Dr. Ferriar on the belief of ghostly vi- sitation, 325; remarkable case related by the Author, 326; remarks on diet, quan- tity of frequency, &c., 327, 8. Cossacks brought under the banner of Rus- sia, by Marshal Münnich, 81. Cotton's typographical gazetteer, 151, et seq.; remarks on the Author's statements of his difficulties, 152; his account of Winchester, &c. 152, 3; rapid progress of the art of printing, 153, 4. Couriers, Russian cabinet, rapid travelling of the, 491.
Criminals, the Christian's duty towards; a sermon by Dr. Blomfield, 545, et seq.; see Prison Discipline.
Croaugh Patrick, a mountain near Castle- bar, in Connaught, feat achieved by St. Patrick there, 450; the hermit of the mountain, ib.; absurd popish observances carried on there, ib.
Croly's beauties of the British poets, 368, et seq.; list of the poets whose works furnish subjects, 373, 4. Cunningham's anniversary, 454, et seq.
Dallaway's, Harriet, manual of heraldry for amateurs, 121, et seq.; heraldry affords elucidations of historical facts, 122; the book written for Prince Arthur to learn heraldry, still extant, ib.
Danube, Planché's descent of the, from Ratisbon to Vienna, 173, et seq. Daventry, foundation of its academy, its tutors, &c. 239.
Delusion, the essence of insanity, 314, Diet and habits of the Hindoos, prevailing
error respecting them, 266.
D'Israeli's commentaries on the life and reign of King Charles the First, 97. et seq.; qualifications for a writer of his- tory, 97, 8; the Author's account of his authorities, 98; his coarse abuse of Mr. Brodie, 99; attacks Mr. Hallam, ib.; his disingenuous remarks on Hampden, 100; his character of Charles the First, 101; observations on it, ib. Distinctions, religious, no bar to eligibility to office in Russia, 493. Drummond's origines, &c., 38, et seq.; etymology, as a means of investigation, &c., of very uncertain application, 39; subjects of the present inquiry, 40; dif- ferent opinions of Herodotus and Dio- dorus Siculus respecting the extent of the walls of Babylon, 41; the author attempts to reconcile them, ib.; antediluvian his- tory of Babylon probably fabulous, 41, 2.; conjectures respecting the dispersion of mankind after the flood, 42, 3; on the formation of the Delta of the Nile, 44; observations on the Author's proposed derivation of the name Egypt, 45; on the identity and the diversity of some of the religious systems of the ancients, 46; the Author's hypothesis of the origin of the worship of animals, 48; extract from the Modern Traveller on the same subject, ib. Duff's History of the Mahrattas, 281, et seq.
Egypt, opinions respecting the derivation of its name, 45.
Ekins's naval battles of Great Britain, &c., 441, et seq.; cutting the enemy's lines introduced by Sir Charles Douglas, 442; and also futing locks to the cannon, 443; Rodney's coolness in fight, ib.; fatal con- sequences of bad seamanship, 443, 4; any set of men may be made skilful, 444 ; doubling the enemy's line, the manœuvre of Sir Thomas Foley, 445. Ellis's historical inquiries respecting the character of Edward Hyde, earl of Cla- rendon, &c., 97, et seq.; summary of the Lord Chancellor's character, 102, 3. Envy, the epidemic of the human race, 357, et seq.
Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle, to the Ro- mans, Terrot's introductory paraphrase and notes to the, 508, et seq. Erskine on the remains of the Boudhists in India, 127, 132, et seq.
Erskine's unconditional freeness of the
Gospel, 508, et seq. See Romans. Espionage, rigorous system of, in Russia,
Establishments, missionary, &c., Shoberl's present state of, 182, et seq. Etymology, as a means of investigation, of very uncertain application, 39. Evangelische Kirchen-zeitung; see Neo- logism, German.
Fragments of a journey over the Brocken, lines by Mr. Coleridge, 467, 8. Fragments, oriental, by Maria Hack, 94. Francklin's researches on the tenets and doctrines of the Jeynes and Boodhists, 123, et seq. Franklin's, Capt., narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar sea, &c., 385, et seq.; the question of the north-west passage, as an object of sci- entific curiosity, is satisfactorily deter- mined, 385; Capt. F.'s liberal vindica- tion, and testimony of the merits of Sir Alex. Mackenzie, 386; judicious prepa- rations for the expedition, 387; its pri- mary proceedings, ib.; they meet their old copper-Indian friends at Fort Reso- lution, 387, 8; admirable sentiments and conduct of these Indians, ib.; de- parture of the main party for Bear-lake, to prepare for the winter, 388; Capt. F. descends the Mackenzie river, and ar- rives at water decidedly salt, 388, 9; the whole party assemble at Fort Frank- lin to winter, 889; mode of passing the winter, ib.; separation of the party into three divisions for active operations, ib.; the main party proceed under Capt. F. to the west, with the intent of meeting Capt. Beechey at Icy Cape, ib.; the se- cond party, under Dr. Richardson, pro- ceed towards Copper-mine river, 389, 90; Capt. F's party roughly attacked by the Esquimaux, 390, 1; extreme point reached by the party, to the west, 392; most eastern point attained by Captain Beechey, on the east, ib.; ex- tent of coast left unexplored, ib.; return of the party, ib.; their providential es- cape from the treacherous designs of a strong body of mountain Indians, 392, 3; the boats reach Fort Franklin, 393; dangers, success, and return of Dr. Richardson's party, ib.; Capt. Franklin and Dr. Richardson meet at Cumber- land-house, ib.; return of the whole party to England, ib.; remarkable ac- count of a north Indian woman, 394; traditions of the Chipeweyan Indians, 395, 6; Capt. Franklin's opinion re-
specting the coast east of Cape Turn- again, ib. Friendship's offering, 453, et seq.} its cha- racter, subjects, and contributors, 459; verses written under a portrait of the late Rev. Dr. Alex. Waugh, 459, 60; ode on leaving Scotland, by W. Kennedy, 460, 1; sonnet by T. Roscoe, on Saul journeying to Damascus, 461; a fa- ther's lament, by W. Howitt, 462, 3; extracts from Miss Mitford's prose con- tributions, 463, et seq.; subjects of the plates, 476, 7.
Gazettes, Peking, extracts from, 10. Gazetteer, Cotton's typographical, 151, 'et seq.
Gazetteer, Williams's missionary, 182, et seq.
Gem, the, by Thomas Hood, 569, et seq. Gentiles, M'Neile's times of the, 193, et seq. Good's, John Mason, occasional thoughts
on select texts of scripture, 280. Gospel, the unconditional freeness of the, Erskine's essays on, 508, et seq. Granville's St. Petersburgh, 481, et seq. See Russia.
Graves, ancient, in India, Capt. Young's account of some, 21.
Great Britain illustrated; the drawings by Westall, engraved by E. Finden, 478,et
Greeks, the hatred of the Jews towards them in Turkey, 86, 7.
Grotefend, Dr., his successful attempts to
decipher the cuneiform inscriptions, 125; Professor Heeren on the first species of cuneiform writing, 126; its origin Asiatic, 126, 7.
Gun, brass, of Aurungzebe, 129.
Hack's, Maria, oriental fragments, 94 Hall, Bishop, Jones's account of his life and times, 366, et seq. Hall's amulet, 453, et seq.
Hali's, Mrs. S. C., juvenile forget me not, 472, et seq.
Hammer's notice of the mirror of coun- tries', 123.
Heber, Bishop, his character of the Hin- doos, 278, 9.
Heeren, Professor, on cuneiform writing, 125:
Heraldry, Harriet Dallaway's manual of, for amateurs, 121, et seq. Herbert's, Lieut., survey of the Himalaya districts, 5.
Himalaya, its highest elevation, 5, 6. Hindoo, errors of Mr. Hill respecting it pointed out by Mr. Ellis, 18, et seq.; the Brahmans not all priests, 19; Capt.
Young on some ancient graves in India, 21; on the origin and antiquity of the Hindu Zodiack, 21, 2; the institutions, &c., of India, received from a country on the north-west, 23; extract from the Modern Traveller, 24, 5; Lieut. Alexan- der's visit to the salt Lake of Loonar, 25, 6; analysis of the water, 26. Hindoos, Bengal, difference between them and those of the upper provinces, 277. Hindoos, error respecting their moral cha- racter, 268, et seq.
Hindoos, on the philosophy of, &c., 12, et
Improvements, metropolitan, by T. H. Shepherd, 478, et seq.
India, its political situation in 1740, 306; its present state, 341, 2. India, Rickards's, tracts to illustrate the character and condition of the native inhabitants, Part 1, &c., 260, et seq.; subjects of the tracts, 261; remarks on Mill's India, 262; real character of Lord Wellesley's administration, 262, 3; the author's notice of Mr. Mill's history, 263; singular instance of plagiarism of the Hon. Court of Directors exposed by the author, 264; the division of the Hindoo community into four casts, does not erist, 265; people composing the population of India, 265, 6; prevailing error respecting the diet and habits of the people of India, 266; testimony of Bishop Heber, 266, 7; the author's account of the real state of the Hindoos, 268, et seq.; error respecting the moral character of the Hindoos, 269; Major Vans Kennedy on the religion of the Hindoos, 270; he argues that there is no standard between right and wrong, 271; the Hindoos, therefore, cannot be immoral, ib.; asserts that crimes are of rarer occurrence, and of less magnitude in India than in England, 273; real cause of the few trials and convictions before the Anglo-Indian courts, 273, 4; military weapons objects of adoration to the Hindoos, 276, 7; distinction be- tween the Hindoos of Bengal and of the
upper provinces, 277; Bishop Heber on the character of the Hindoos, 278, 9. India, villages in, account given by the natives of the settlement, and peopling of, 288, 9.
Indians, Chipewyan, traditions prevalent among them, 395, 6.
Insanity, Burrows's commentaries on the causes, forms, symptoms, &c. of, 310, et seq.
Inscription, enigmatical, said to have been found on the tomb of Constantine the Great, 90.
Irish, native, and their descendants, An- derson's historical sketches of the, 343, et seq.; who are and who were the Irish? 344; ancient tribes of people found on the western shores of Europe, ib.; the Basque, Welsh, Irish, and Gaelic, dialects of the same language, 344, 5; remarks on the neglect of Irish manuscripts, 345, 6; observa- tion of Dr. Johnson, 346; the Irish schools existed prior to those of Ox- ford and Paris, 347; origin of the ancient literature of Ireland, ib.; the scriptures existed in the Irish language before Wycliffe gave the new testament to the English, ib.; the high rank for- merly assigned to the Irish primacy, 348 ; Bedell translates the entire Bible into native Irish, 348, 9; opposition of Laud and Strafford to the measure, 349; neglect of the Irish language by the English, 350; Irish works published on the continent, 350, 1; the complete bible published in the Irish character during the present year, 351; subjects of the different sections of the present work, 352; the Irish dialect only understood by nearly half the popu- lation, ib.; population of the Irish islands, ib.; injustice of proscribing the Irish language, 353, 4; language of England at and after the conquest, ib.; language yields slowly to foreign reno-
Islands, Irish population of the, 352.
Jains and Buddhists, and the Vedantins on the relative priority of the, 14, et seq. James's Christian charity explained, 356, et seq.; envy, the epidemic of the hu- man race, 357; it sometimes puts on the garb of virtue, 358; portrait of Christian candour, 359, et seq.
Jews, at Constantinople, accused by the Christians of sacrificing children as paschal lambs, 87.
Jews, Byzantine, Dr. Walsh's account of them, 84, et seq.; See Walsh's narra- tive, &c.
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