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Aboukir, battle of, anecdotes relating to the, 181, 182.TM
Adam, delineation of the character of, 116.

Albanians, manners and customs of the, 44-47-52-their religion,
54-their contempt for women, 57-their persons, costume, and
houses, ibid.-temperance of the, 58-their language, ibid.

Alexandria Troas, remains of, 73.

Alexandrine verse, observations on, 296.

Ali (Vizier), , his person, and manner of receiving strangers, 55-at-
tainment of his present power, 56.

Alps (Rhetian), appearance of the, 363-passes of the, 369.
Annuities, first instance of raising money for the public by perpe
tual, 471.

Athanasian Creed, observations on the, 243.

Athens, account of the city of, 62.9

Austria, government and society of, 438.

Authors, remarks on the conformity between the character of their
works and the age in which they appeared, 285.

Ava, preparation of, among the Otaheiteans, 107, note.

B.

Barbarism, act of French, 383-388-890.

Barclay, objections to his disingenuousness, 162.

Bayle, remarks on, 292.

Bell (Dr.), importance of his improved system of education, 227.

Bennelong, account of, 106.

1.

Bible Associations among the inferior classes, plan for the adoption
of, 125-beneficial consequences resulting from, 127, 130.

Biography, musical, 413.

Boileau, remarks on the writings of, 286.

Bossuet, style of Massillon compared with, 288,

Brahma, characteristics of the religion of, 334.

Bride of Abydos, events of the story of, 394-extracts from, 396
399-comments on, 398.

Britain, remarks on its military exertion and national wealth, 1, 2-
4-increase of real wealth greater than its population, 3-com-
parative view of its population, 4.

British and Foreign Bible Society, its beneficial effects, 124.
Buchanan (Dr.) his zeal in the propagation of Christianity in India,
330-history of his controversy with Mr. Buller respecting the
rites at the temple of Juggernaut, 331.

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Buller (Mr.), history of the controversy respecting the rites at the
temple of Juggernaut between Dr. Buchanan and, 331.
Burney (Dr.), remarks on his History of Music, 414.

Busby (Dr.), his opinion on the doctrine of the mortality of the soul,
84-his reasons for translating Lucretius, 88-bis style of poetry,
93-his breach of grammatical concord, 95this reason for pre-
fering rhyme to blank verse, 96.

Butler (Mr.), reply to the address of, on the catholic question, 239.
Byron (Lord), his description of a Turkish palace, 53-remarks on
his Childe Harold, 392-394-comments on his Bride of Abydos,
398-observations on his metre, ibid. 399 his poetical genius
admired, 134-400-his taste censured, 134, 135 observations
on his simílies, 136-the Corsair, 506.

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Carignano, description of the bridge and church of, 384. 1).
Carnia, province of, 60.

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Catechism of the Galican church, extract from the new, 247, note.
Catholic Question, appeal to Protestants on the, commended, 239.
Childe Harold (Lord Byron's), observations on, 392-894.

Child-birth, mystical ceremony used among the modern Greek ladies
at, 65.

Christianity, popular opinion on the propagation of, in India, 329~~
zeal of Dr. Buchanan in the cause of, 330—remarks on its effects
on the political government of India, 340-progress of the human
mind wrought by, 353.

Christians of Albania, account of, 59.

Churches, observations on the insufficiency of, 233, 235."

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Cobbett (Mr.), effusion of, upon French enlightenment, 221.
Consular establishment in the Levant, 70.

Continent, state of, advantageous to the ordinary course of educa1
tion, 38.

Contributions, popular, beneficial effects of, 126,0,70 26679T
Conversation, remarks on the art of, 428,

Cooke (Captain), his death deplored by the Sandwich islanders, 109.
Copenhagen, correspondence relative to the battle of, 185-190.
Corneille, character of his writings, 285pper n lord.

Cowper, opposite sentiments respecting, 212his Homer compared
with Pope's, 213.

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Creech, his translation of Lucretius censured, 88. to skyla.
Crown Prince of Sweden, character of, 258.0 k

Cunningham (Mr.), extracts from the sermon of, before the Homily
*Society, 201-203.

Cuvier, his Essay upon the Theory of the Earth commended, 407.

Dalecarlia, inhabitants of, 259.

D.

D'Alembert, remarks on his writings, 320.

Debt, national, importance of an inquiry into the, 1, 2, 3-how
raised to its present vast amount, 13-16-stability of Mr. Pitt's
plan for the reduction of, 22-27-30, 31-origin of the distinc
tion between funded and unfunded public debt, 471-principle.

of the provisions to pay off the, 472-Sir R. Walpole's plan for
liquidating the, 473-remarks on the redemption of, 478.

Debts bearing interest, plan recommended for the payment of, 484.
Deities, remarks on the ancient, 81.

Delphi, city of, 61.

De L'Allemagne, by Madame de Staël, 424.

Delvinaki, account of the town of, 50.

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Denmark, conference between Lord Nelson and the Prince Regent

of, 185.

Dialect, observations on the Romaic, 66.

Diana, remains of the great temple of, 73.

Didactic Poetry, observation on, 89.

Dissenters recommended to demand a pledge from the Catholics, 241.
Djerid, throwing of the, a favourite pastime of the Turks, account
of, 71.0

Dorchester Gaol, remarks on its construction and management, 220.
Drama, remarks on the French, 294–302.

E.

Eastern Empire, state of, at the Northern invasion, 352-character
of the invaders of the, 352, 353. ››

Education, state of the Continent advantageous to the ordinary course
of, 33 prevailing apathy in the general diffusion of, 226-futi-
lity of the grounds of objection to, 229-Mr. Pestalozzi's plan-
of, 443.

England, comparative state of, in 1714 and the present time, 3.---
Epicurean Morality, distinguishing doctrine of, 84.1
Philosophy, its effects on morality, 87.

Equinoctial Line, phenomenon near the, 103.

Eustace (Mr.), his Tour through Italy, 360.

Evil Eye, ceremony to obviate the effects of the, 66.

Exchequer Bills, advantages of, 20-amount of interest paid for since
1793, 483.

Exhibition on Good Friday in St. Peter's of Rome, 375.

F.

Females, remarks on the treatment of, in Turkey, 77, 80.

Fieri, description of the, 365.

Fimchal, description of the town of, 102.

Finance, remarks on, 25.

Florence, description of, 382.

Fontenelle, account of, 297.

Foreign Books, comments on the restriction of the importation o

436.

Fox (Mr.), correspondence between Mr. Wakefield and, 204—his
admiration of Cowper, 213-literary pursuits of, 215-reflections
on the personal qualities of, 224.

Fragments, observations on, 133-136-142.

France, remarks on the ancient government of, 276-review of the
earlier periods of literature in, 283-its philosophers, 325.
Frank Town, of Smyrna, description of, 69-state of society in, 70.
French, Mr. Wakefield's preference for the, 221.dig sind

French Revolution, observations on the, 275.

-- Manners, desire among foreigners of imitating the, 438.
Funding System, observations respecting, 15, 21-how loans are con-
tracted under the, 19-remarks on the sinking, 29.

G.

Galican Church, extract from the new catechism of the, 247, noie→
French preachers in this country an honour to the, 291.
Genoa, description of, 384.

Geology, remarks on the science of, 400.

Geologists, two rival systems of, 403.

Germans, manners of the, 428.

Germany, observations on the literature of, 426, 427—445—447—
remarks on the women of, 429-universities of, 439.

"Giaour," observations on the word, 132-summary of the story
of, 135-extracts from, 137–145-character of, 144.

Glory, its connexion with literature, 346.

God, effects of a general diffusion of the word of, 131.
Good (Mr.), remarks on his version of Lucretius, 89.

Friday, exhibition in St. Peter's on the night of, 375.
Gothland, geological description of, 261.

Grammar, defence of bad, 94.

Greek, knavery the principal accomplishment of the modern, 43.
Ladies, observations on the morals and superstitions of modern,

65.

Language, observations on the, 66.

Greeks, their love of liberty, 68-their commercial spirit, 69—exa-
mination of the literature of the, 348.

Gustavus Adolphus, magnanimous conduct of, 257-act of abdica
tion of, 257, 258.

H.

Halifax (Marquis), his speech to the dissenters in 1687, upon the
declaration of indulgence, 241.

Hamilton (Lady), her influence at the court of Naples, 183.
(Professor), his system for the reduction of the national

debt, remarks on, 22—470.

Happiness, its connexion with literature, 347.

Heathcote (Rev. G.), judicious observations of, respecting the educa
tion of the poor, 229.

Henriade, observations on the, 303.

Heretics, reasoning with respect to an article of the Romish church
respecting, 244.

Hinduism, gross obscenity of, 334.

History, picture of ancient, 304.

Holy Scriptures, advantages of distributing the, 125, 131, 196.
Homer, conjectures on the being and identity of, 208.

Homily Society, institution of, 197-opposition to, not a subject of
surprise, 198-objects of, 199-recommended, 203.
Honesty of the inhabitants of Leipsic, 439-passage on public, 469.
Huntingdon (William), remarks on the life and ministry of the
late, 236-epitaph on, 238.

Huss (John), perfidious conduct with respect to, 244.
Hutton (Dr.), geological theory of, 403.

Huttonian System, observations on, 260.

Hyperboles, observations on the use of, by violent reformists, 223.
Hypotheses, observations on, 209.

I.

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Iliad, conjectures respecting the, 208.

Ilium, remarks on the topography of the ancient city of, 73, 74.
India, popular opinion on the propagation of Christianity in, 329-
examples of burning widows in, 335, 336-remarks on the effects
of Christianity on the political government of, 346.

Indians, provision made in Pennsylania for the security of the na-
tive, 152-William Penn's letter to the, 153.

Infallibility, observation on, 243.

Infanticide, unknown in the Sandwich Islands, 110.

Inoculation, first recommended in France by Voltaire, 309.
Iphigenia, dreadful effects of superstition in the sacrifice of, 97.
Iremonger (Mr.), his suggestions for the education of the poor, re-
commended, 227.

Italy, reflections on ancient, 362-description of the approach to,
363, 364-extract from poem on the French invasion of, 381-

act of French barbarism in, 388.

Ithaca, appearance of, 42.

Joannina, description of the city of, 47--manners and customs of
the Christians of, 49-Greek citizens of, ibid.

Juggernaut, controversy respecting the rites at the temple of, 331.
Jussuff Pasha, generous conduct of, 72.

.

Kant (Professor), objects of, 464-moral principles of, 465.
Klopstock, observations on the sacred poem of, 453.

Kutchuc Hussein Pasha, instance of cruelty of, 71.

L.

Labour of Mankind, its objects in the progress of civil society, 5.
Ladies, observations on the morals and superstitions of modern
Greek, 65.

La Harpe, remarks on his writings, 322.

Language, observations on the Greek, 66.
Languages, observations on, 449.

Latin Literature, examination of, 350.

Leipsic, honesty of the inhabitants of, 439.

Levant, consular establishment in the, 70.

Liberty of the Press, observations on the, 223.
Liberty, its connexion with literature, 347.
Libokavo, town of, 51.

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Literature, state of, among the Greeks, 67-review of the earlier
periods of French, 283-its influence on society, 344-its con-
nexion with virtue, 345-with glory, 346-with liberty and hap-
piness, 347 of the Greeks, 348-of the Romans, 350.

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