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21; his explanation unsatisfactory,
22; author convicted by Philalethes
of inaccuracy respecting the arminian
divines, 23; logomachy between Dr.
C. and Mr. Grinfield, ib. ; metaphor and
analogy distinguished, 24; author's dis⚫
tinction inaccurate, 25; extract from
bishop Brown on analogy, ib.; recapi.
tulation of objections to author's phi-
losophy, 26; his account of the man-
ner in which we arrive at the idea of
prescience incorrect, ib.; expectation
not prescience, 27; necessity of what
is certainly future, ib. ; prescience not
destructive of motive in holy natures,
28; vulgar sophism examined, that
Divice predestination supersedes moral
agency, 29; what liberty is necessary
to a moral agent, 31; opinion of the
assembly of divines respecting free-
will, 32; citation from Diderot on philo-
sophical necessity, ib.; fallacy of his
argument, 33; remarks of bishop
Horsley on necessity and final causes,
ib.; Dr. C. a superficial theologian,
36; calvinism truth ill-stated, 37.
Crayon, Geoffrey, effect produced by
his sketch-book, 233; see Bracebridge
Ilall.

Creation, geological history of the, 46; see

Penn.

Cruelty, cursory remarks on the evil of,

177, el seq.; atrocious barbarity of
Smithfield drovers, 177; treatment of
animals a criterion of character, 178:
cruelty proceeds on the belief that brutes
do suffer, ib.; importance of the act
for prevention of cruelty, ib.; home
missionaries called for, 179.

Deluge, geological opinions respecting
the, 48.

Dissent, Johnson's reasons for, 91..
Dissenters, obligations of society to, 61;
not guilty of breaking the laws, 92; not
implicated in the catholic question,
194; vindicated from archbishop Ma-
gee, 249.
Downe's letters from Mecklenburg, 250,
et seq.; merits of the volume, 250;
curious blunders, 251; scene near Rat-
zeburg, ib.; description of the castle of
Schwerin, 252; Lubeck, 253; shop-
keeping at Luberk, ib. ; the druid's altur
near Albersdorff, 254 ; royal antiquarian-
ism, 255; account of the Probsteiers, ib.
legend of the Verwellenhoff estate, 257;
visit to Klopstock's widow, 258; son.
net, ib.

Driscol's Ireland, see O'Driscol.
Druid's Altar near Albersdorff, 254.

;

Eccelino III., life and death of, 10—16.
Edineston's Sacred Lyrics, third set,
277; hymn on the Divine Omnipresence,

ib.
Edmonstone's, sir A., journey to the
Oases, 155, et seq.; author's discovery
of a fourth oasis, 455; his refutation of
M. Drovetti's counter claim, 156; geo-
graphy of the oases, ib. ; climate, soil,
and productions, 157; taxation, 158;
reflections suggested by the discovery,
ib.; ancient necropolis of El Cargé, 159;
the oases places of Christian exile,
ib.; their probable origin, 160.
Edwards's tour of the Dove, 459, et seq.;
reviewer's apology to the rivers, 459;
apostrophe to water, 460; address to the
Dove, 461; millenurian oak, 462; cot-
ton mill on the Dove, ib.; scenery of the
peak, ib.; inaccuracy of Walton respect-
ing the disappearance of the river, 464;
concluding stanzas, ib.; sonnet, easter,
465.

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Elliott's love, a poem, 342, et seq.; on
the love of fame, 345; war among the
poets, Byron, Bowles, &c., 344; au-
thor's invective against lord Byron, ib. ;
apostrophe to Greece, 345; address to
domestic love, 346; effects of agricul
tural improvements in the country, 348;
the magdalene, 349; autumn flowers,
$50.

Elmes's lectures on architecture, 270, et
seq.; difficulty attending the specific
application of general principles of
art, 270; character of the work, 271;
author's hypothesis, that the arch was
known to the Egyptians, baseless, ib. ;
importance of a knowledge of construction,
272; errors of modern builders, 273;
respective character of Greek and
Roman architecture, ib. ; round tower
at Monasterboice, 274; estimate of Eng-
lish architects, ib.; Waterloo bridge,
ib.
Elmes's memoirs of Wren, 539, et seq.;
plan of the memoirs injudicious, 539;
disadvantage of an exclusive study of
Roman models, 540; early genius of
Wren, ib. ; iuvention of the barometer,
to whom attributable, 541; circum-
stances which led to his public em-
ployment, 542; plan of Wren for im-
proving the banks of the Thames, ib. ;
author's criticism on the new tower of the
royal exchange, 543; the monument not
unsafe, ib.; church of St. Mary-le-bow,
ib.; description of the interior of St.
Stephen's, Wallbrook, 544; comparative
merits of the two models for St. Paul's,
ib.; expedients used in removing the

old tower, 545; lucky omen, ib. ; St.
James's church, 546; anecdote respect-
ing the spire of St. Dunstan's, ib.;
Wren's last days and death, ib.: cha-
racters of Vanbrugh, Gibbs, and Hazoks-
moor, 547; embellishments of the
work, 548.
Emancipation, roman catholic, remarks
on, 194, 204, 5.

English character, observations on the, 237.
Episcopacy, tendency of, to identify itself

with political rule, 54.

Erskine's essay on faith, 327, et seq.;
divinity half metaphysics, 327; his-
tory of controversy, 328; nature of
the dispute about faith, 329; the dis-
tinctions of theologians respecting differ
ent kinds of faith deprecated, 330; ab-
surd definitions of faith, ib.; faith de-
nied by Mr. Walker to be an act of
the mind, 331; illustration from a beg-
gar's working by asking alms, ib.; con-
tradictory representation of faith given
by Mr. Carlile, 332; scriptural view
of faith in Christ, ib.; what the gospel
is, and not the mode in which we believe
it, the point to be ascertained, 333; cha-
racter of the author's work, ib.; moral
operation of faith, 334; a defective
view of truth the cause of the imper-
fections of Christians, ib. ; a dead faith
not a faith in the whole truth, ib.;
faith of the metaphysician, the poetical
believer, and the controvertist, examined,
335; phraseology unimportant, 337;
no definitions given in scripture, ib.;
technical definition of faith analysed,
b.; faith an assent, in what sense,
338; assurance of faith, what, ib.;
excellent remarks of Dr. T. Goodwin
on assurance, 339; Boston's view of
faith, ib.; defective statements some-
times true in relation to opposite
errors, ib.; Mr. Carlile's view of faith
and repentance, 340; reluctance of
men to submit to the Divine Lestimony,
341; warrant of faith not a subject
for rational dispute, 342.
Establishments, church, arguments for
examined, 53, 59, et seq.; see Bristed,
and O'Driscol.

evils inseparable from, 199.

Faith, definitions of examined, 330, 1,
337, 340; views of given by Boston,
Goodwin, &c. 339; see Erskine.
Fame, its unsubstantial nature, 347.
Fifteen Years in India, 433, et seq.; or-
der of Bonaparte against suicide,
434; travels of the writer, ib. ; sentiments

on approaching Calcutta, 435; import-
ance of regimen to new-comers, 436;
description of Calcutta, 436; high living
at Calcutta, 438; state of the half-casts,
440; remarks on the policy of Leaden-
hall street towards the natives, 441;
British government unfriendly to evan-
gelization, ib.; idol festivals at Calcutta,
442; prejudice against native converts,
443; the practice of suttee prevented by
the Mahommedans, ib.; spirited conduct
of colonel Walker in suppressing infanti-
cide, ib. ; atrocities of the Brahmins coun-
tenanced by the government, 444; Ma-
hommedans more Christian in their
policy than the British, ib.; present
extent of the British dominions, ib.; po-
pulation of Bombay, 445; account of
the Parsees, ib. ; account of the Arme-
nians, 446; noble conduct of Surkies
Joannes, ib.; consequences of the
overthrow of the Peishwa, 447.
Finch's elements of self-improvement,
371, et seq.; growing disrelish for mental
application, 371; mérits of the volume,
372; on scepticism and credulity, 373;
on the will, 375.

France, court of, memoirs relating to the,
415.

travels in the south of, 399; see

Thiers.
Franklin's journey to the polar sea, 521,
et seq. polar regions sufficiently ex-
plored, 521; object of the enterprise,
ib.; cautious character of northern mari-
ners in contrast with that of English sea-
men, 522; critical state of the vessel
in Hudson's straits, ib.; journey to
Cumberland house, 523; magnetic
island, ib.; Indian legend connected
with lake Winipeg, ib.; extreme suf-
fering of the Indians from disease and
weather, 524; Indian conjuror, dis- ̧
comfiture of an, 525; religious notions
of the natives, 526; their opinions re-
specting a future state, ib.; half-casts,
527; mode of travelling in snow shoes,
ib.; description of the Stone Indians,
528; traditional origin of the Chipew
yans, 529; portage of the drowned,
origin of the name, 530; trying and
hazardous circumstances of the en-
terprise, ib.; probability of a north-west
passage, 531; sufferings of the ex-
ploring party in returning to Fort En-
terprise, 532; Dr. Richardson's narra-
tive of the death of Mr. Hood, 535
singular mental effect of debility, 538;
arrival at York factory, ib.; contents
and embellishments of the volume, ib.

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Free-will, remarks on, 32, el seq.; 375.
French's munusculum juventuti, 173, et
seq.; character of the work, 173;
rebuke of learned ladies, 174; fable of
the wolf and the lamb, ib.
Fuller's child's scripture examiner, 186,
et seq.; specimen, 187.

Geology, mineral and mosaical contrast-

ed, 37, st seq.; see Penn.
Gisborne's essays, 217, et se .; charac-
ter of the writer, 217; contents, ib.;
duly of studying the prophecies, 218;
different ends to be answered by pro-
phecies, ib.; grand design of the
Old Testament predictions in general,
219; specific design of a particular
class of literal predictions, 220; on
the study of the Apocalypse, ib.;
practical end of New Testament pro-
phecies, 221; author's view of our
Lord's prediction in Matt. xxiv., 222;
interpretation of verse 33, ib. ; author's
solution unsatisfactory-true expla-
nation suggested, 223; on the phrase,
the kingdom of Ged, 225; import of
the figurative language of the predic-
tion, 226; analysis of the essay on
mutual recollections in the future
state, ib.; objections to the doctrine an-
swered, 227; future happiness cannot
depend on ignorance or forgetfulness,
228; practical application of the subject,
229; question relating to the per-
petuation of friendships examined, 231;
indecency of inveighing against calvinistic
tenets, 232.

Glen's journal of a tour to Karass, 180, et
seq.; situation of the colony at Karass,
180; advantageous position for open-
ing an attack on Islamism, 181; cir-
cular letter from Mecca, ib.; conversa-
tion with a Cabardian Mussulman, ib.;
Islamitic legend respecting the escape of
Christ, 183; concurrence of Mahom-
medans and Socinians, ib.; importance
of the Arian testimony to the authen-
ticity of the New Testament, ib. ;
timid and diffident tone of the author
in reference to Mahommedism unad-
visable, 184; symptoms of the ap-
proaching fall of Islamism, 185; no-
tice of the mountain tribes of the district,
ih.; the Cabardians formerly Chris-
tians, 186.

Goodisson's Ionian Islands, 457, et seq.;

merits of the work, 457; degraded cha-
racter of the Ionian Greeks, 458.
Greece, apostrophe to, 345; rising com.
merce of, 403.

Grinfield's reply to Copleston, 19, et seq.
Guelph, history of the house of, 275;
see Halliday.

Halliday's history of the house of Guelph,
275-7; Geo. IV. descended from
Alfred, 275; the Guelphs traceable to
the Huns, ib.; history of the Bruns-
wick line, 276; derivation of the pa-
tronymic, ib.

Happiness, future, nature of, 109, 228.
Heresy, true nature of, 454.

Hervey, character of as a writer, 456.
Holstein, letters from, 250; see Downes.
Horsley's, Bishop, remarks on moral

necessity and predestination, 33—6.
Howe, character of the works of, 108.

Infidelity, nature and tendency of, 533,
et seq.; see Thomson.
India, travels in, 433, et seq.
Indians, North American, remarks on,
90,1; peculiar claims of the Indians
on British benevolence, 90; not in-
capable of civilization, ib.; their de-
struction effected by the policy of Euro-
peans, 91; efforts making in America
for their melioration, ib.; anecdotes
of, 487, et seq.; 524, et seq.; see Frank-
lin and James.

Innes's sermon on the doctrines of grace,
567-9; evil tendency of two oppo-
site errors in preaching, 567; on the
proper mode of preaching the doctrines of
grace, 568.

Intolerance, history and nature of, 450;
see Clarke.

Ionian islands, Goodisson's account of,
457.

Ireland, church of, remarks on, 59, 198,

246.

state of, a subject of paramount
interest, 193; see Magee and O'Dris-
col.

Irving's, Washington, Bracebridge Hall.
233; see Bracebridge Hall.
Italian republics, history of, 1, et seq.
see Sismondi.

James's expedition to the rocky moun-
tains, 481, et seq.; history and result
of the expedition, 481; formation of
new towns on the Missouri, 483; pre-
carious situation of every settlement on its
banks, ib.; rapid progress of settle-
ments, 484; character of the back settlers,
485; white hunters, ib.; nature of
the soil, 486; physiological character
of the Missouri Indians, ib.; their arts
and manufactures, 487; occupations

during the year, 489; Indian card-
parties, ib. ; effects of intoxication on the
Indian, 490; treatment of their sick, ib.;
religious sentiments, 491; hospitality,
492; mild treatment of captives, ib. ;
social and domestic habits, ib.; can-
nibalism not practised by them, 493;
history of the abolition of human sacrifices
among the Pawnecs, ib.; degraded state
of the Kaskaias, 495; description of
the red river Indians, 496; singular ves-
pers of the Osages, 498; probable
origin and numbers of the several
tribes, ib.; singular custom among the
Omawhaws, 499; visit to a Cherokee set-
tlement, ib.; geography of the basin
of the Mississippi, 500; sources of the
four rivers supposed to be in the same plain,
ib.; character of the region westward of
Council Bluff, 501; geological cha-
racter of the rocky mountains, ib.
Johnson's further reasons for dissent, 91,

et seq.; the author a plain man, but
stout polemic, 91; his refutation of
Mr. Sykes's charge against Dissenters of
breaking the laws, 92.

Joyce on love to God, 97, et seq.; merits
of the work, 97; recommendations of
the subject, 98; author's design, ib. ;
analysis of the principle of love to
: God, 99; Edwards's definition of vir-
tue objectionable, ib.; Dwight's defi-
nition of love erroneous, 100; benevo-
lence not the highest virtue, ib.;
goodness the object of love, 101; gra-
titude an essential element of love to
God, ib.; speculative complacency in
ideal perfection distinguished from love
or virtue, 103; on the Platonic doctrine
of moral beauty, ib.; abstract qualities
not the object of affection, 104; Bp.
Butler's definition of piety radically
defective, 106; necessary connexion of
piety and happiness, 107; character of
Howe's "Blessedness of the Righ-
teous," 108; a sense of dependence
on God an element of blessedness,'
109; love a source of highest feli-
city,' 110; argument for the inspi
ration of the Scriptures drawn from
the Christian scheme of morals, 111.
Judas Iscariot, remarks on the probable
motives of, 88, et seq.; see Bonar.
Justification, nature of, 394. et seq.

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Karass, missionary station at, 180.
Kruitzner, a tale, 148.

Las Cases, journal of, 113, et seq. ; 313,

et seq.; pedigree of, 133; character of
as a biographer, 313; see Napoleon.
Lee's, Miss H., tale of Kruitzner, merits
of, 148; fine passages from, 149, 153.
Letter from a condemned criminal to a sur-
geon, 361.

Lorenzo de'Medici, Roscoe's illustrations
of, 1, et seq.

Louis XV. Anecdotes of, 415, et seq.
XVI., character of, 425.
Love, a poem, see Elliott; apostrophe to,
346; Bonaparte's opinion of, 132; na-
ture of, 100.

to God, analysis of, 99, et seq.; see
Joyce.

Loves of the angels, see Moore.

Magee's, archbishop, primary charge.
244, et seq.
reflections on his lord-
ship's elevation to the primatial dig-
nity, 244; solemn appeal to his clergy,
ib.; oppressed and persecuted state
of the national clergy in Ireland, 246;
the national church hemmed in between a
church without religion and a body of
churchless religionists, 247; author's eva-
sive attempt at explanation examined,
248; the presbyterians not without a
church, 249; the charge examined as
respects the independents, ib.; appa-
ratus for evangelizing Ireland recom-
mended by the archbishop, 250.
Mahommedanism, remarks on the pre-
sent state of, 181, et seq.; spread of
accounted for, 452.

Mahommedans, conduct of, compared
with Christians, 444, 450.
Mant, bishop, anecdote of his early life, 55.
Martyn, Henry, results of the labours of, in
Persia, 293.

Mecklenburg, letters from, 250; see
Downes.

Millhouse's poems, 258, et seq.; sonnet
to gold, 258; to a daisy, ib.; on a ca-
vern, 259; to time, ib.; biographical
notice of the author, ib.
Mississippi, geography of the region
watered by the, 500.
Missouri, progress of colonization on
the banks of the, 483.

Indians, physiological character

of, 486.
Montgomery's songs of Zion, 160, et
seq.; design and peculiar qualifica-
tions of the author, 160; psalm cxxii.
161; psalm xlvi., ib.

Moore's loves of the angels, 210, et
seq.; objections to the subject, 210
);
absurdities of the machinery, 211;

profaneness of the poem, 212; author's
supposed reformation of morals, 213;
his excellence as a song-writer, 214;
tinsel character of the present poem,
ib.; love of Zaraph and Nama, ib.; com.
parison of the poem with lord Byron's

heaven and earth,' 216; exquisite
allusion to the loves of angels in para-
dise lost, 217.

Napoleon memoirs, 113, et seq.; 313,

el seq.; origin of the memoirs, 113; ac-
count of Las Cases, 114; specimens of
his conversations with his master, ib.;
impolitic conduct of Napoleon after
the battle of Waterloo, 116; anec-
dotes of his early life, ib.; character
of his mathematical master, Patrault,
ib.; early attachment, 117; gains a
prize essay at the academy of Lyons, 118;
commencement of his career at the
siege of Toulon, ib.; absurd conduct of
Cartaux, 119; conduct of Napoleon in
the affair of the 13th Vendemiaire,
120; his successes in Italy, 122; his
ambition first kindled at Lodi, ib.;
revolution of the 18th Brumaire, ib.;
I policy of the first consul, 123; charac-
ters of his chief partisans, ib.; cha-
racter of Sieyes, 124; his prospectus of
a new government, 125; over-ruled by
Napoleon, 126; unworthy jealousy
manifested towards Moreau, ib. ; his
narrow escape at Toulon, 127; anec-
dotes of his generals, 128; of the
council of state, 129; his command of
temper, ib.; the Robespierres, ib.;
prodigious exertions of Napoleon, 130;
sentimental emotions awakened by a
dog on the field of battle, 131; his
opinion of love, 132; vulgar-minded
abuse of Mad. de Stael, ib.; pedigree
of the count, 133; his opinion of St.
Pierre and Vertot, ib. ; anecdole of Gar-
nier, 134; character of the continen-
tal armies, ib.; of the three sovereigns,
135; estimate of the historical value
of the volumes, ib.; impression pro-
duced by Las Cases's continuation,
313; risks run by Napoleon, 314;
plan sketched by Napoleon of his intended
proceedings after the battle of Waterloo,
315; character of Talleyrand, 316; Na-
poleon's hopes of possible liberation, 317;
character of M. de Narbonne, ib.;
minute attention of Napoleon to domestic
economy, 318; anecdote of the Persian
ambassador, 319; characters of the
French marshals, ib.; marshal and
madame Soult, ib. ; imperial comments on
the book of Joshua, 320; narrow escapes,

ib.; circumstances which led to the
treaty of Leoben, 321; character of
Chateaubriand, ib.; danger of per-
mitting the clergy to inherit, 322; Na-
poleon's deliberate anger, ib.; his senti-
ments on religion, 323; self-righteous
vindication of himself, ib.; character
of the Directory, 324; imperial puns,
ib.; conduct of the emperor in his
cabinet, 325; remarks on the battle of
Waterloo, ib.; remarks on the use of ar
tillery, 326; Murat a dandy, ib.; death
of marshal Lannes, 327.

Negro slavery, tracts on, 570.
Norris, H. H. compared with Carlile,
87; see Scholefield.

Novels, religious, remarks on, 283.

Oases, description of the, 156.
O'Driscol's views of Ireland, 193, et seq.;
paramount interest of the state of Ire-
land, 193; emancipation not a pana-
cea for its disorders, 194; misguided
zeal of the no popery alarmists, ib.;
protestant dissenters not implicated in
the Catholic question, ib.; the test act
not designed originally to exclude
them, 195; why the dissenters need
not look for relief, 196; character and
contents of the work, 197; Ireland
made papal by the English, 198;
anomalous character of the church of
Ireland, ib.; evils inseparable from es-
tablishments, 199; enormous wealth
and inefficiency of the Irish church,
ib.; fraud and oppression practised in
building useless churches, 200; civilizing
efficacy of spires, ib.; the protestant
clergy not desirous of reclaiming the
people, ib.; evil tendency of the present
ecclesiastical policy, 201; papal cha-
racter of the protestant establishment,
203; horrible nature of the penal laws of
Ireland, ib.; true light in which to
view the catholic question, 204; pro-
bable influence of emancipation on the
catholic gentry, 205; necessity for ply-
ing moral means of counteracting
popery, instead of penal measures,
ib.; demoralizing tendency of the Ro-
mish superstition as now taught by the
priests, 206; popery not to be feared,
207; apostacy of the Irish presbyte-
rian church, 208; patronage enjoyed by
covert socinianism in Ireland, ib. ; true
character of socinianism, 209; regium
donum, 210.

Opium, baleful effects of, 370, 1; see
confessions of an opium eater.
Oriental literature, see Burder.

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