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them, ib.; on the withholding of Divine
grace from the inquirer, 175.
Herodotus; see Taylor and Larcher.
Hooker's botanical miscellany, 403; the
mahogany tree, 406; anecdote of Lin-
naus, 407; letter by professor Schultes,
407; rice-paper, 409.

Humphreys's correspondence and diary of
Dr. Doddridge; see Doddridge.
Huntingford's testimonies in proof of the
separate existence of the soul in a
state of self-consciousness between death
and the resurrection, 273; methods of
interpretation and criticism that have
been resorted to, to get rid of the doc-
trine of the separate state of the soul,
275; plan and character of the work;
277; rough draught for an exhibition of
the Church universal, on an article of
faith, in such manner as may authorita-
tively determine controversy, 279; aver-
sion of the Christian Churches in the
present day from close study and inves
tigation, 285.

Image worship at Constantinople, 429.
Independents, the, the principles of reli-
gious liberty not well understood by them,
in the time of the Commonwealth, 199.
India; see Tod, and Modern Traveller.
Interpretation of Scripture, remarks on,
274, 277.

Iris, the, character of, 457; extract from,
458.

Irish character, sketches of; see Hall.
Israel, the ten tribes of, supposed to have

peopled America, 116; see American
Indians; the opinion that they never
returned to their own country, unfound-
ed, 118.

Italy; see Simond.

Jahangueir, the emperor, memoirs of, 419.
Jews, memoir of the; see Pellatt.
Job, book of, arranged and pointed after
the Masoretic text, 45; variety in the
arrangement of words in the authorized
version, 46; parallelisms, 47.
Journal of a Naturalist, character of the
work, 435; an autumnal walk, ib.
Judson, Mrs., memoirs of, 90.
Juvenile Forget Me Not, (Ackerman's)
extracts from, 460.

Keepsake, the, character of, 550.
King's, lord, life of Locke, supplies an im-
portant desideratum, 181; character of
the work, 182; reflections on Locke's
refusal of church preferment, 187; ar-
bitrary measures of Charles II. on reli-
gious matters, 192; see Locke.

Knight's discourses on the principal para-
bles of our Lord, 221; character of,
228; Christ's promise to his disciples, to
shew them plainly of the Father, ib.

Larcher's historical and critical remarks
on the history of Herodotus, 32; cha-
racter of his work, 33; correction of a
mistranslation in Dalzel, 34; remarks
on the story of Croesus consulting the
oracles, 35; sacrifices offered upon the
occasion, ib.; description of the heathen
temples-illustration of the words isgòv and
vas, 37; superstitious and infamous
custom established among the Babylo-
nians, ib.; uses of the word tyrant, 38 ;
remarks on Fenelon's placing Ajax in
the Elysian fields, 39.
Latrobe's Alpenstock, or sketches of Swiss
scenery and manners, character of, 343;
scenery of the Niesen, ib.; description of
an avalanche, 346; a landscape and cattle
sketch, 347; the canton of Uri, and the
Swiss peasantry, 348; pastor of an Ober-
land village, 352; Italian villages, 353;
optical deception in Swiss views, 354; a
Sunday on the continent, 355.
Linnæus, anecdote of, 407.
Literary Gazette's review of Dr. Dod-
dridge's correspondence and diary, 410.
Literary Souvenir, extracts from, 442.
Locke, John, biography of, 181; letter to his
father, 183; letter to Mr. John Strachey
on the ceremony in the Catholic church in
Cleves, on Christmas day, 185; refused
preferment in the church, 186; his ac-
quaintance with Lord Ashley, 188; per-
secution of the French Protestants, 189;
on study, 190; deprivation of his student-
ship at Oxford, 193; his essay on the
understanding, 196; his letter on tolera-
tion, 197; his treatises on government,
203; the last four years of his life, ib.
Lyte's sermon on the true nature of the
Church of Rome, and the duty of the
clergy towards her, 362.

Macarius, patriarch of Antioch, travels of,
428; description of Constantinople, 430.
Mahogany tree, the, account of, 405.
Mahomet, life of, published by the Society
for the diffusion of Useful Knowledge,
263; a miserable performance, 264; go-
vernment in Arabia at the time of Ma-
homet, 265; conceptions of the character
of the Divinity, 266.

Matheson's advice to religious inquirers,
analysis of, 175; character of this work,
176; the tendency of natural affection
towards the unconverted to engender
scepticism, 176.

Matheson's, Mrs., explanation of the prin-
cipal parables of the New Testament,
221; character of, 230; parable of the
wedding garment, 231.
Maw's journal of a passage from the Paci-

fic to the Atlantic, 93; sketch of his
journey, 94; character of the recent
Peruvian war, 96; scenery in the Mon-
tana, ib.; the Indian tribe of Yaguas,
101; Brazilian Indians, 102; abomin-
able system pursued towards them, ib.;
cannibalism among the South American
Indians, 105.

Maxwell's notion that the Zaire or Congo

is the Niger, 14; Sir R. Donkin's re-
marks on his hypothesis, 15.
Mignan's travels in Chaldæa, &c., 496;
extent of Babylon, ib.; the Birs Nem-
roud, 497; Babel, an appellation given
to an extensive territory, 498; ruins of
El Hamir, ib.; the site of old Babylon,
500; places of sepulture at Babylon,
501; analogy between these and those
at Persepolis, 502.

Millennium, the. See Morison.
Milne's essay on comets, 286; a distinct
class of bodies, 287.

Milton, his labours in the cause of freedom,
198.

Moase's practical suggestions and dis-

courses, character of, 269; education of
children, ib.

Modern Traveller-India, 525; character

of this work, 529; difficulty of arrang.

ing the political geography of India, ib.;
reflections on the ancient history and
commerce of India, 530.

Morison's discourse on the Millennium,

357; prophetic number of the Apoca-
lyptic beast, 359; the second advent of
Christ not to precede the Millennium,
360.

Neologism, its source, 276.
Nicholson's operative mechanic and British
mechanist, character of, 320; the Strand
or Waterloo bridge, 321.
Niger, the, Sir R. Donkin's dissertation on
its course and termination, 1; his fanci-
ful notion of its course, ib.; many rivers
of this name, 4; Ptolemy's description
of it, 5; its source never visited, 6;
Major Laing's description of its course,
ib.; Mungo Park's account of it, 7;
conjectures on Ptolemy's account, 8;
Ibn Batouta's descriptions of it, 10;
various hypotheses, 13; Sir R. Donkin's
remarks on the Niger-Congo hypothesis,
14; his own hypothesis, 16; he sup-
poses the Niger to discharge itself into the
Mediterranean, ib.; remarks on this hy-

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Painting, remarks on the Venetian school of,
233; few popular travellers acquainted
with its principles, 234; the chemical
composition of colours practically at-
tended to by the Venetian painters, 235;
oil painting introduced among them in
the 15th century, 236; see Titian.
Papal apostasy, the, nature and duration of;
see Vaughan.

Parables, nature and use of, 221; mistakes
on their interpretation, ib.; Lord Bacon
on their true nature and design, 223; the
use made of them by Jesus Christ, ib. ;
their adaptation to the purposes of in-
struction, 233.

Pascal, the spirit of, 557.

Patronage, church, remarks on, 155; con-
sequence of it, 156.

Pellatt's brief memoir of the Jews, in rela-
tion to their civil and municipal disabili-
ties, 519; opposition made to the natu-
ralization of the Jews, 520; condition
of the Jews in the city of London, ib. ;
character of English Jews, ib.; per-
secution of the Jews in Germany, 524;
their condition in France and the Ne-
therlands, ib.; character of Mr. Pellatt's
memoir, 525.

Peru, its boasted wealth an illusion, 115;
see Brand and Maw.

Pestalozzi, his character, 143.
Polynesia, 518; see Ellis.

Pooley's essay on the nature and use of
parables, as employed by Jesus Christ,
220; on their interpretation, 222; their
adaptation to the purposes of instruction,
233.

Portraiture of a Christian gentleman, cha-
racter of the work, 248; Sir Philip Sid-
ney and the Earl of Sussex, 250; prayer,
ib.
Price's memoirs of the emperor Jahangueir,
written by himself, and translated from a
Persian MS., 419; death of the emperor.
424; humane and peaceable character of
his son, 426; anxieties and responsibilities
of kings, 427; Bengalese Jugglers, 428.
Prophecy, lectures on, by the ministers of

the congregational association, 88; the
study of prophecy enforced, ib.
Pugin's Gothic ornaments, drawn on stone
by J. D. Harding, character of, 270.

Reformation, advantages and deficiencies
of; see Dobson.

Rice-paper, a native mineral, 409.
Richmond, Rev. Legh; see Grimshawe.

Sacrifices offered by Croesus upon con-
sulting the Delphian oracle, 35.
Salmonia, or Days of fly fishing, 432; writ-
ten by Sir Humphrey Davy, ib.; delights
of angling, 433; analysis of the work,
434.

Schultes, professor, his scientific visit to
England, 407.

Sculpture; see Flaxman.

Sectarian, the, analysis of the work, 324;
description of a missionary meeting, 325;
character of the work, 328; Mr. Irving's
character of the religious world, 330;
panegyric on the Church of England,
331; true nature of schism, 332.
Sheppard's divine origin of Christianity,

deduced from some of those evidences
which are not founded on the authentici-
ty of Scripture, 204; plan and character of
the work, 206, 216; opposition made to
Christianity, 207; its rapid and extensive
progress, 208; antecedent probability that
miracles were wrought to accompany the
apostolic preaching, 209; proved from the
statements and admissions of the opponents
of Christianity, 210; reasons why the tri-
umph of Christianity was not universal,
212; the heathen persecutions afford
proof of the truth of Christianity, 214;
the deep responsibility of those who admit
the truth of the Christian system, 217;
conjectures on the personal appearance
of Jesus, 219.

Simond's tour in Italy, 48; remarks on
Eustace, 49; varied impressions made
on the mind by the scenes and circum-
stances of Italy, ib.; contrast between
Eustace and Simond, 50; monument
erected by the people of Milan in memory
of Borromeo, 51; approach to Venice on

the Lagune, 53; simple and patriarchal
manners still extant in some parts of
Italy, 55; description of the Val d'Arno,
57; Forsyth's description of the Campo
Santa at Pisa, 58; female society at Pisa,
59; Valley of the Chiana, 60; Forsyth's
delineation of St. Peter's, 61; Simond's
criticism on it, 62; illumination of the
interior at Easter, 64; modern Rome, 65.
Simon's hope of Israel, presumptive evi-
dence that the aborigines of the Western
Hemisphere are descended from the ten
missing tribes of Israel, 116.

Social life of England and France, view of,
from the restoration of Charles II. to the
French Revolution, 157; exaggeration
and coarse colouring in this work on the
state of society at the restoration, 158;
difference of national character between
France and England at this period, 160.
South America, travels in, 93.
South Sea Islands; see Ellis.
Southey's All for Love, and the Pilgrim to
Compostella, analysis and character of the
former, 251; extracts from the latter,
256.

Spectral illusions, 140.

Spencer's, Rev. Thomas, sermons, charac-
ter of, with extracts, 240.
Switzerland; see Latrobe.

Tahiti; see Ellis.

Taylor's translation of Herodotus, 23; ad-
vantages derivable from reading the an-
cient historians, 24; character of Hero-
dotus, 25, 28, 32; analysis of his history,
26; coincidences between the Scripture
history and the narrative of Herodotus,
27; Larcher's translation, 29; Beloe's
translation, 30; comparative merits of
the several translations, ib.; Mr. Taylor's
translation of the story of Thermopylæ,

31.

Timbuctoo, account of, 4.

Titian, notices of his life and works, 233;
his intimacy with Giorgione, 237; his
picture of the San Pietro Martire, 238;
peculiarities of his manner, 239; Venice,
its painters, 233, 236; see Painting.
Tod's annals and antiquities of Rajast'-han,
525; character of the Rajpoots, 526;
judicious conduct of Col. Tod, as agent to
the Western Rajpoot states, 527; the
gift of the Rakhi, 528; geography of Ra-
jast'-han, 532; origin and derivation of
the Rajpoot tribes, ib.; the state of Nie-
wan, 533; storming and taking of Chee-
tore, singular meeting between two rival
Rajpoot chiefs, 573.

Toleration, early writers on, 199; Locke's
letters on, 201.

Translation, necessary qualities of, 45. Typical theology, 244.

Tyrant, uses of the word, 38.

Vaughan's discourse on the nature and duration of the Papal apostasy, 357; rise of the Papal power, ib.

Walsh, Dr., his notices of the Canadian Indians, 122.

Waterloo Bridge, 321.

Wells Cathedral, Flaxman's criticism on, 337.

White's natural history of Selborne, 432.

Winter's wreath, the, extracts from, 454. Worsley's view of the American Indians,

shewing them to be the descendants of the ten tribes of Israel, 116; coincidences between the practices of the American Indians and those of the Jews, 119; unsatisfactory in proof of their Jewish origin, 123; see American Indians. Wyss's sermon on religious parties or separations, 298.

Zaire, the, or Congo, supposed by some to be the Niger, 14; Sir R. Donkin's opinion as to its source, ib.

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