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GENERAL INDEX.

VOL. VI. THIRD SERIES.

AIKIN'S, Dr., select works of the British
poets, 225; extracts, 228.
Alexander, Dr. A., on the canon of the
Old and New Testament Scriptures, 70;
object and outlines of the work, ib.; in-
spiration of the Old Testament Scrip-
tures, 72; completion of the canon of
the Old Testament, ib.; character of the
Apocryphal Books, 74.

America, defective administration of law
in, 400.

Annuals, the, review of, 453. 508; the
young sportsman, 453; Frank Finlay,
an American tale, 455; view of Naples,
from the sea, 462; green grass, 464; a
hymn, 465; the descent of the Jura,
509; the descent into Piedmont, 511;
the city of Innspruck, 513; the artist,
516; reminiscences of Andalusia, 521;
a sonnet, 522; a ballad, ib.; Christmas
musings, 523; painting, 525.
Annuals, the, illustrations of, 550.
Apocrypha controversy, 320.
Arminian and Calvinistic metaphysics, 304.
Atonement of Christ, the; see Dewar.

Bagster's Comprehensive Bible, 319. 328.
Ballantyne's examination of the human
mind, 123; uncertainty and variableness
of metaphysical science, ib.; not un-
worthy of study, 124-nor unproductive
of benefit, 125; its progress, 126; re-
marks upon Dr. Brown's essay on the
understanding, ib.; adopted classifications
in mental science, 127; phenomena of
association, 128; illustration of the law
of precedence, 129; examination of the
law of coexistence, 130; motives and

volition, 133; general character of the
work, ib.

Bentham, Jeremy, character of, 386, et seq.
Beverley's letter to his Grace the Archbi-
shop of York, on the present corrupt
state of the Church of England, 1; con-
trast between the primitive and the Eng-
lish churches, 15; style of the author,
16; amount of church property, 23; in-
crease in the income and expenditure of
the country, 24; nature of the property
in tithes, 26.

Bible Society, pamphlets on its constitu-
tion and proceedings, 81. 165. 277; re-
solutions of the Preston and Hull Auxi-
liary Societies, 87; circular of the Sack-
ville Street Committee, 165; character of
this committee, 166; principles of the
society, 170. See Fletcher, and Green-
field.

Bowring's specimens of the Polish poets,

148.

Boys and others against Greenfield; see
Greenfield.

Britain, introduction of Christianity into,

189; present state of religion in, 190.
Brougham, Lord, character of, 402.
Brown, Dr., remarks on his essay on the
human understanding, 126.

Burton's, Dr. E., enquiry into the heresies
of the apostolic age, 373; information
to be gained by a collection of the great
primeval traditions, ib.; origin and na-
ture of Gnosticism, 375. 380; character
of Mosheim's ecclesiastical works and
Du Pin's Bibliotheque, 377; Matter's
critical history of Gnosticism, 378; cha-
racter of Dr. Burton's enquiry, 379;

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main principles of Gnosticism, 380; re-
lationship between the Eons of the
Gnostics and the Cabbalistic Sephiroth of
the Jews, 382; connexion between Gnos-
ticism and the Platonic philosophy, 383.

Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, by
the late Mr. Charles Taylor, with the
fragments incorporated, 277.
Calvinistic and Arminian metaphysics, 304.
Cellérier's discourse on the authenticity and
divine origin of the Old Testament,
translated by Wreford, 493; value of
the Pentateuch in the study of the Old
Testament, ib.; character of Cellérier's
discourse, 494; author of the Penta-
teuch? ib.; futility of Simon's objec-
tions, 495; divine origin of the Penta-
teuch, 496; confirmations of the Mosaic
chronology, 498; the character and in-
stitutions of Moses afford proof of his
divine mission, 500.

Chalmers, Dr. T., style of his writings, 2.
Cholera morbus; see Corbyn and Searle.
Christ, atonement of; see Dewar.
Christianity favourable to liberty, 434.
Church of Christ, the, 10, 15, 25, 470.
Church of England, the; see Coleridge,
and Beverley.

Church Reform, by a Churchman, 1;
Church property a trust, 27; inequali-
ty in its distribution, ib.

Church, the Greek; see Waddington.
Church music, 469; see La Trobe.
Codification; see Law Reform.
Coleridge, S. T., on the constitution of

the church and state, according to the
idea of each; with aids towards a right
understanding of the late Catholic bill, 1;
character of his writings, ib.; contrasted
with Dr. Chalmers, 2; the conditions
requisite to the health and constitutional
vigour of a body politic, 4; definition
of an idea, 5; idea of a constitution, 7;
limitation of the power of parliament, 9;
description of the Christian church, 10,
25; relation of the national church to
the church of Christ, 12, 25; cause of
some of the hostility to the clergy, 18;
supported by the state as mere secular
teachers, ib.; advantages derived to so-
ciety by a national church, 19; change
in the character of the English church,
20; tendency of agricultural pursuits to
the establishment of absolute govern-
ments, ib.; essential defect in the Eng-
lish church, 22; amount of church pro-
perty, 23.

Comprehensive Bible, the, 319, 328.
Constitution, a, definition of, 7.

Corbyn on the management and diseases of

infants under the influence of the climate
of India, 64; progress of cholera, 67.
Cranmer, archbishop, character of, 430.
Crotch's, Dr. substance of several courses
of lectures on music, 249; sketch of
his early years, ib.; dedication of his
sonatas to the queen, 250; his character
as a composer, 251; musical taste, 252;
remarks on Handel, 255; present school
of music, 257.

De la Beche's geological notes; and sec-
tions and views, illustrative of geologi-
cal phenomena, 75; imperfection of geo-
logical knowledge, 76; character of these
works, 80.

Dewar on the nature, reality, and efficacy
of the atonement, 306; origin of sacri-
fice, 307; perfection of Christ's human
nature, 308; great source of religious
error, 310; extent of Christ's atone-
ment, ib.; doctrine of universal pardon
untrue, 311; inanity of all theories op-
posing the atonement, 312; defect of
Socinianism in relation to the Divine
attributes, 313.

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Doubt in religious questions, not to be
treated with contempt or bitterness, 529;
treatise on its nature and causes, ib.;
necessity of making the evidences of re
vealed religion part of education, 530;
causes of the increase of infidelity, and
suggestions for combating it, 532; ne-
glect of the facts of the Christian evidence,
a cause of infidelity, 535.
Douglas, J., on the prospects of Britain,
433; inattention of rulers and politicians
to the principle of the Divine government,
ib.; Christianity favourable to liberty,
434; approach of a European revolution,
437; superiority of moral over physical
resistance to bad governments, 439; ne-
cessity of religion and virtue to the con-
tentment and happiness of states, 440;
revelation the instrument for regene
rating society, 441; necessity of par-
liamentary reform, 443; change in the
character of the English nobility, 445 ;
irreligion the cause of national evil, 447.
Ecclesiastical History, classes of readers

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the enquiry, 288, 292; character of Ed-
wards as a writer, 289; his personal cha-
racter, 290; doctrine of fatalism, 294;
fatal alliance between religion and me-
taphysics, 295; metaphysical reasoning
inadequate to determine biblical contro-
versies, 297; physiological science in-
dependent of metaphysical dogmas, 298;
causation and contingency, 300; physi-
ology of the human mind, 301; views
entertained by Luther and the other re-
formers on the nature of man, 303;
Arminian and Calvinistic metaphysics,
304.

Ellis's Polynesian researches, 93; causes of
the diminution of the Tahitian race,
111: see below.

-Vindication of the South Sea
mission, 93; remarks on Capt. Beechey's
narrative, 96; on the Edinburgh Review,
97; Kotzebue's misrepresentations, 98,
104, 110, 113; Captain Finch's official
account of the Sandwich islanders, 100;
Kotzebue's account of the introduction
of Christianity into Tahiti, 105; remarks
upon this, 107; see Stewart.
Ethical philosophy; see Edwards and

Mackintosh.

Eunomus, letters of, on law reform; see
law reform.

European revolution, approach of, 437.
Everett's Edwin; or Northumbria's royal

fugitives restored, 90; first burial ground
of the Christians in Britain, ib.
Everett's village blacksmith, 369.

Factions, religious, 192.
Fatalism, doctrine of, 294.
Ferrier's memoirs of the rev. W. Wilson,
267; state of religion in Scotland, in
1732, 269; grounds of dissent in Scot-
land, 271.

Fletcher's, Dr. J., letter on the constitution

of the Bible Society, 81; principles upon
which the society is based, 82; erroneous
principles of fellowship assumed by the
exclusive party, 84; effect of the Bible
Society on Socinianism, 85; see Bible
Society.

Fletcher's history of Poland, 134.
Forget me not, the, 523.
Fraser's Life and diary of the Rev. Henry
Erskine, A.M., 267;

Freedom of the Will. See Edwards.
French and Skinner's translation of the
Book of Psalms, 151; Psalm xlv, 152;
desiderata in a translation of the Psalms,
156, 163; character of Buchanan and
Johnston's versions, 157; varied style
of the psalms, 158; Psalm xxiii, 159;
Psalm 1xxiii, 160; Psalms xlii, xliii, 164.

Geology, state of the science of, 75; harmony
between natural phenomena and the Mo-
saic records, 77; remarks on Lyell's
theory of the earth, 79.

Gibbon's decline and fall of the Roman
empire, 217; Mr Youngman's character
of Gibbon, 222;

Gnosticism, history of. See Burton.
Gorham's memoirs of John Martyn, and
Thomas Martyn, 449.

Greece, state of religion in, 46.
Greek Church, the. See Waddington.
Greenfield, W. editor of the Comprehen-
sive Bible, 319; extraordinary and un-
provoked attack upon, ib. 328; apocrypha
controversy, 320; Mr. Benham's defence,
328; retort upon Mr. Boys, 331 ;Jewish
Expositor, and Society for promoting
Christianity among the Jews, 335; Mr.
Haldane's attack, ib.; character of the
Pillar of Truth, 336; new translation
into Hebrew of the New Testament,
339; comparison of, with the Jews' So-
ciety's version, 340; death of Mr.
Greenfield, 557.

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Jowett's Musæ Solitariæ, 491.
-Lyra Sacra, 492.
Juvenile Forget-me-not, 453.

Keepsake, the, 518.

Kotzebue's, Von, misrepresentations of the
South Sea islanders. See Ellis, Montge-
mery, and Stewart.

Landscape Annual, the, 460.
Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia, 421;

La Trobe on the music of the church, 469;
remarks on his use of the word church,
470; present state of psalmody, 475;-
in the established church, 476;-among
dissenters, 478; causes of its low state,
480; influenced by the state of religion,
483; on the use of the anthem in public
worship, 485; suggestions for improving
congregational psalmody, 486;—and
creating a taste for sacred music, 488.
Lavallette, Count, memoirs of, by himself,
352; character of the author, ib.; ex-
tracts, 354; escape of Lavallette, 357.
Law reform, 384; state of learning in
England, 385; estimate of Mr. Ben-
tham and his principles of legislation,
386; his character as a moralist, 390;
Sir James Mackintosh's character of Mr.
Bentham as a philosophical moralist,
391-of the utilitarian school, 393; state
of parties and opinions on law-reform,
395; effects of codification on the science
of law, 396; letters of Eunomus, 398;
courts of law and equity, 399; defects
in the administration of law in America,
400; accession of Lord Brougham to
the woolsack, 401;-his character by an
American, 402; American notions of
monarchy, 404.

Learning in England, state of, 385.
Library of Ecclesiastical Knowledge, 185,
187; present state of religion in Britain,
190; impediments to the progress of re-
ligion in Britain, 191; religious factions,
192; run upon the church, 193.
Literary Souvenir, the, 520.
Llama, the, description of, 180.
Lords, House of, and Reform, 359.
Luther's views of the nature of man,

303.

Lyell's principles of Geology, character of
the work, 79; Mr. Sedgwick's animad-
versions on his theory, ib.

Mackintosh's, Sir James, general view of
the progress of ethical philosophy, chiefly
during the 17th and 18th centuries,
281; inadequacy of the words of or-
dinary language for the purposes of in-
tellectual philosophy, 283; distinction be-
tween physical and moral science, 285;
imperfections of existing classifications,
286; value of metaphysical studies,
287; See Edwards.

Mackintosh's, Sir J., character of Jeremy

Bentham, 391; of the school he has
founded, 393.

Martyn, J. and T., professors of botany in
the university of Cambridge, memoirs
of, 449.

Mental science; see Ballantyne.
Metaphysical science; see Ballantyne,
Edwards, and Mackintosh.

Mind, the, physiology of; see Edwards,
and Mackintosh.

Mineralogy, study of, recommended, 81.
Montagu's Ornithological Dictionary of
British Birds, edited by J. Rennie, 501.
Montgomery's Journal of Voyages and
Travels by the Rev. D. Tyerman and
G. Bennet, Esq., 93; misrepresent-
ations of the state of society in the South
Sea islands, ib.; character of Captain
Kotzebue, 103; sketch of the voyage,
115; relative position and physical cha-
racter of the southern islands, 117; coral
reefs, 118; description of Tahaa and
Raiatea, 119; sacred tree in Huahine,
121; island of Rurutu, 194;-chris-
tianization of, 195; first coronation of a
Christian king in the South Seas, 200;
incident at New Zealand, 201; Malay
Christians at Java, 203; idolatry in
Java, 204; Chinese rites, 208; Penang
Islands, 210; remarkable specimens of
insect architecture, 211; visit to India,
ib.; slavery in the Mauritius, 212;
Madagascar, 213; funeral of Radama,
214; see Ellis.

Moral science; see Edwards and Mackin-
tosh.

Moses, proofs of his divine mission, and of
his being the writer of the Pentateuch;
see Cellérier.
Music; see Crotch.

Naples, view of, from the sea, 462.
Napoleon, Crowe's character of, 431.
Neologism in England, projected plan for
opposing its progress, 327.

Nobility of England, change in their cha-
racter, 445.

Old Testament, the, divine origin of; see
Alexander and Cellérier.

Pardon, the doctrine of universal, untrue,
311.

Park, Professor J. J., on jurisprudence,

396; see Law Reform.
Park's suggestions addressed to the Legis-
lature and the Landed Interest, occa-
sioned by the bills for a composition of
tithes; extract on the character and
functions of the English clergy, 17.
Parkinson's outlines of Oryctology, 75, 81.

Parsons's, J., sermons, 237; motives of
publication, 237; atonement of Christ,
238; divine revelation qualified to ac-
complish its purposes, 243; the Spirit's
influence extended only to the instru-
mentality of the word, 245; diffusion of
the divine glory, 246.

Payson's, Rev. Dr., memoir, 267; uses
of Christian biography, ib.; character of
the memoir, 271.

Peers, house of, basis for its authority, 359;

causes of the decay of respect for, 361;
position of, in relation to the reform
bill, 366; character of the English
aristocracy, 367.

Pentateuch, the, value of it in studying the
Old Testament, 493.

Pettet's original sacred music, 492.
Pillar of divine truth, the, immoveably
fixed on the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being
the chief corner stone: shewn by the
genuineness, preservation, authenticity,
inspiration, facts, doctrines, miracles,
prophecies, and precepts of the word of
God, 319; see Greenfield.

Pleasures of Benevolence, 315; character
of the poem, 316. 318; extracts, ib.
Poets of Great Britain, selections from,
225.

Poland, History of, character of that in the

Cabinet Cyclopædia, 134; comparison
between free and despotic states, 137;
causes of the Polish revolution, ib.; anti-
cipations of the subjugation of the Poles,
141; intolerance of the Poles, 143; atro-
cities of Thorn, 144; valour and heroism
of the Poles, 146; condition of the various
states, 147.

Prout's Continental Annual, 514.
Psalms, the, translation of, 151; see
French.

Reed's, Rev. A., discourse on eminent
piety essential to eminent usefulness,
183.

Reform and the House of Peers, 359.
Religion in Britain, state of, 190.
Rennie's edition of Montagu's Ornitholo-
gical Dictionary, 501; his objections to
the Quinary system, ib.; consociality of
bank-swallows and sparrows, 502.
Ritchie's sketches of Italian scenery, 509.
Robertson's, Dr., Works, 217; Stewart's

life of, 218; character of his writings,
ib.

Sacrifice, origin of; see Dewar.

Scriptures, the, canon of; see Alexander.
Searle's treatise on Cholera, 64; produc
tion and spread of epidemic distempers,

ib.; importance of guarding against ar-
tificial causes of aërial infection, 65;
probabilities of the Cholera being very
circumscribed in its ravages in England,
66; its malignity modified by the habits
and condition of the population, 67; pre-
cautions against its attacks, 68; identity
of the Indian and English Cholera, 69;
character of Mr. Searle's treatise, ib.
Seaward's narrative of his shipwreck and
consequent discovery of certain islands
in the Carribbean Sea, edited by Miss
Jane Porter, 274; an artificial narra-
tive, ib.
Silk-manufacture, 422; progress of in
England, 425; introduction of the silk-
worm into Europe, 423; moral conse-
quences of prohibitory laws, 427; pro-
cess of spinning by the silk-worm, 506.
Smith's, Dr. J. P., discourse on the Per-
sonality and Divinity of the Holy Spirit,
59; remarks on the doctrine of the pro-
cession of the Holy Spirit, 60; the doc-
trine of the Scriptures on the tri-per-
sonality of the divine nature, 61.
Socinianism, defects and errors of; see
Dewar.

South Sea Islands; see Ellis, Montgomery,
and Stewart.

Southey's select works of the British

Poets, 225; extracts, 228.
Stewart's visit to the South Seas, 537;
political state of Brazil, 539; a gale at
sea described, 540; a sun-rise view of
the coast of Chile, 541; the Washington
islands, 543; island of Uapou, 514;
change in the island of Hawaii, 546; re-
marks on Beechey and Kotzebue's mis-
representations, 547; see Ellis.
Swain's, C., beauties of the mind, 525.

Temple of Melekartha, speculations as to
the author, 28; character of the work,
29, 45; sketch of a sleeping groupe on
board a vessel, ib.; description of the tem-
ple, 31; secluded priesthoods, 33; cha-
racter of the Greek nation in matters of
taste, 34; consequences of unmerited po-
verty in a state, ib.; of an excessive in-
equality in the distribution of wealth, 35;
ease of governing an agricultural people,
ib.; an Eastern adventure, 36; advice
to a youthful monarch, 40; philosophy
an intervening influence between op-
lence and poverty, 41; sketch of the
Chinese character and nation, 42; of the
Egyptians, 43; of the Assyrians, 44.
Tooke's Diversions of Purley, revised and
corrected by Richard Taylor, 273.
Tyerman and Bennet's Journal of Voyages
and Travels; sec Montgomery.

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