Cambacérès, parallel between him and Lebrun, 49-character of, 50
Campaigns igns of 1812-15, the effects of, upon Russian officers, 15
Canning (Mr.), his use of figurative lan- guage, 377-his happy allusion to the ships in ordinary at Plymouth, 378 Carthaginian nature characterized, 273 Carts, the, of Portugal, 173 Cartwright (Major), his life and corres- pondence, edited by his niece, 235 Caspian Sea, the water of, said not to be very saltish, 192
Cecilia Metella, account of a visit to her tomb, 461
Characters, revolutionary, of France, their strange fortunes, 42
Characters, the, of different nations de- scribed, 275
Characters introduced into the Coventry Mysteries, 7
Charles XII., his paltry tomb at Freder- ickshall, 65-suggestions as to the cause of his death, ib. Chastellain, character of, 42
Chile and La Plata, travels in, by John Miers, 365
Chile, government of, its bad faith exem- plified, 373, 374-its trade limited, 374-geographical description of, 371 -revolution in, ib. Chilenos, character of, 371, 372 Cloth, the, mode in which it is made and painted in the Sandwich Islands, de- scribed, 208
Cochrane (Lady), anecdote of, 372 Colonies, military, effect of their establish- ment in Russia, 16 Commerce, a comparative table of that of England, France, the United States, and Russia, 543, 544
Constitution of America, Segur's reflec- tions on, 490 Contest of the twelve nations, 272 Continental adventures, a novel, 398 Cook (Captain), an account of his death, 208-curious reason assigned for it, 209 Cooper (W.), author of several American novels, 123
Cordier, character of, 42 Corn laws, remarks upon the, 248 Corn, foreign, effect of the admission of,
Courtiers of Bornou, their qualifications,
Croker (Mr. Crofton), his fairy legends, and traditions of the south of Ireland,
Cuvelier, the dramatist, 51
Dalmas, character of, 42
D'Aranda (Count), his diplomatic lec- ture, 493
Dauphin, the, his visit to the theatre, its consequences, 322, 323
Deccan, the, the first Mahomedan pos- session of, 347
De Clifford, a romance of the red rose, 446 Delahay, description of, 28 De la litterature Allemande, par M. C. Muller, 536
De Maintenon (Madame), her inedited letters, 538
Denham's and Clapperton's narrative of travels in Africa, 18
Denmark, the king of, characterized, 71 -former free constitution of, 72 Denmark, reforms in, meditated by Stru- ensée, 532
De Stael (Madame), her remarks on the French consulship, 49
Des Ursins (la Princesse), her inedited letters, 538-her description of the des- titute condition of the Queen of Spain,
Discontents in Russia, remarks on the, 12 Discoveries in Africa, 18
Dogs used as articles of food, 214 Dog, the, with two masters, 465 Douglas (William), or the Scottish exiles,
remarks on, 331 Drama, tragic, character of, 53 Dresses of the players at Coventry, 9 Drouet, character of, 42
Dubois, his collection of Indian fables,
Duff (Captain), his history of the Mah- rattas, 337
Dugdale, his remarks on the Coventry mysteries, 4
Dumourier, his appearance at Versailles in disguise his reception by Marie Antoinette, 320
Duvaucel, the naturalist, 52 Dynasties, Moslem, vicissitudes of, 348
Earthquake felt at Carlstadt, 65 Earthquake in Chile, in 1822, described,
Education, the state of, in the time of Henry VIII., 200 Education, remarks on its utility, 103 Egotism, agreeable in certain writers, 113 Ellis, his narrative of a tour through Ha- waii, or Owhyhee, with remarks on the history, &c. of the Sandwich Islands,
Fairy legends, and traditions of the south of Ireland, 447 Fanariotes, essay on the, 271 Falckenskiold, his memoirs, 532 Felatahs, tribe of, 29-a brave, hardy, and intelligent race of Africans, ib. Females, lower orders of, in Portugal, their dress and manners, 170
Feudal system, traced from the Roman po- licy of colonization, 231-disputed, 232 Field flowers, a collection of poems, re- marks on, 334
Flanders, regiment of, its reception by Marie Antoinette, 321 Flea, the master, a tale, 470 Fodéré, on the poverty of nations, 96 Forum Romanum, 461
France and Italy, notes of a tour through,
Franceschetti, his memoirs of the events which preceded and followed the death of Murat, 507-his correspondence with Madame Murat, 517
Francis (Sir Philip), his letter to Major Cartwright, 247
Franks, laws and institutions of, 229 Fraser (James B.), his travels and adven- tures in the Persian provinces, on the shores of the Caspian sea, 185
Frederickshall, scenery of, 64 Free trade, an inquiry into the expediency of, 248
French troops, their departure from Italy, reflections on, 503-consequences of, ib. Funeral service, as read by a negro, 311
Halliday (Sir Andrew), his annals of the house of Hanover, 384
Hating, the pleasure of, an essay by Haz- litt, 116
Hawaii, or Owhyhee, narrative of a tour through, with remarks on the history, traditions, manners, customs, and lan- guage of the Sandwich Islands. By William Ellis, 203
Hazlitt, his account of his old friends, 115 -his plain speaker, 113- his notes of a tour through France and Italy, 431 Hemans (Mrs.), her Forest Sanctuary, and other poems, 139
Henry the eighth, memoirs of the court of, by Mrs. A. T. Thomson, 195 Hertz (Rachael), a Jewess, who, during the bombardment of Copenhagen, swal- lowed 400 needles, 72 Heywood, his interlude of the four P's, 4 Horses, hints to purchasers of, 442 House of Hanover, annals of, by Sir An- drew Halliday, 384
Human character, how its physiology ought to be enquired into, 279 Huskisson (the Right Hon. W.), his speech on the silk trade, 248
Ibrahim Pacha, his army, 269-his ap- pearance described, 270-his intentions as to the Morea, 270-remarks on his invasion of Greece, 262 Idleness, the labours of, 330 India, the British empire in, 338-the difficulties of its history removed, 339 Industry, a direction to, suggested, 105 Infanticide, prevalence of in the Sand- wich Islands, 214
Inns, in Norway and Sweden, 59 Ireland, the hermit in, 518-her melan-
choly situation, 519 Irish, their feelings drawn away from the general interests of the empire by their local grievances, 521
Italy, the effect of its scenery described,
Lamballe (Princess), her secret memoirs of the royal family of France, 314-her letter to the King of Sardinia, 324-her tragical death, 325 Langlès, the orientalist, 51 Language, the English, difficulty of adapt- ing to music, 422-figurative adapta- tion of, 377
Law, civil, of the Romans like the com- mon law of England, 226 Leake, his historical outline of the Greek revolution, 221
Le Brun, parallel between him and Cam- bacérès, 49-character of, 50 Leigh (Chandos), his epistles to a friend in town, 222 Leiton (Polly), a fair quaker, 489 L'Hermite en Irelande: ou observations sur les mœurs et usages des Irlandois au commencement du xix siecle, 518
Le Pantcha Tantra, a collection of Indian fables, 162
Lettres inédites de Madame de Maintenon et de Madame la Princesse des Ursins,
Levaillant, the traveller, 52 Linley (Miss), her letter written before her public marriage, 109 Linnæus, his garden at Upsala, 67 Locusts, their ravages in South America,
Markland's history of the Chester myste- ries, 2
Marmora (Albert de la), his travels in Sardinia, 479
Mars (Mademoiselle), compared with Madame Pasta, 121
Martyr, the, a drama, by Joanna Baillie,
Mathews, the radical reformer in Jamaica,
Mazunderan, a province of Persia, 189- its climate, ib. its inhabitants, ib. Mehemet-Ali, his views on Greece, 263 Members of the House of Commons, ad- vice to, 380
Memoires autographes de M. le Prince de Montbarey, 449
Memoires ou souvenirs et anecdotes, par M. le Comte Segur, 484 Memoires de M. de Falckenskiold, a l'epoque du ministère et de la catas- trophe du Comte de Struensée, 532 Memoires sur les événnemens qui ont pré- cédé la mort de Joachim I., par Fran- ceschetti, 507
Mendicants, religious, in Persia, described,
his family, 509-his arrival in Corsica, ib.-his reception at Ajaccio, 510-his determination to return to Naples, ib. -his letter to Maceroni, 511-his voy- age to Calabria, 512-his reception at Pizzo, 513-his letter to his wife, 516 -his execution, 517
Murphy, his cure for harsh criticisms, 303 Musfeia, attack of, 29-description of, 30 Mysteries, or miracle plays in England, 1 -the, of Chester, 2
Napoleon, character of, 501 Napoleon devant ses contemporains, 534 National popular airs, a selection of, by
Thomas Moore, Esq., 420 Necklace, the, history of, 319 Negroes, their situation in Jamaica, 307 -their houses, 311 Nelson, an account of his death, 410 Noel (the Hon. and Rev. Gerard), his Arvendel, or sketches in Italy, 443
Norway, its attractions, 70 Novels, American, characterized, 122 Nunziante, governor of the Calabrias, 516
O'Hara family, the Boyne Water, a tale by, 354
Opinion, public, progress of, 382, 383 Orsino, story of, 462
Oudney (Dr.), his share in the narrative of travels in Africa, 19
Owhyee-see Hawaii
Pageants, or dramatic mysteries, anciently performed at Coventry, a disserta tion on, 1
Pache, character of. 44 Pandects, the, lectures on, read at Bo- logna, before the discovery at Amalfi,
Paradura, the custom of, 481 Parliamentary history and review, 223 Paris, description of, during the consul- ship, 36
Pasta (Madame), compared with Ma- demoiselle Mars, 121-her acting in Nina, ib. Patricians, the, a German tale, 466 Paulus Parochialis; a plain and practical view of the object, arguments, and con- nection of St. Paul's epistle to the Ro- mans, 445 Pauperism in Switzerland, 102 Payments, curious old entries of, to the players of Coventry, 9
Peasantry of Sweden, their gross immo- rality, 66
Peers, house of, how it is to be addressed, 381
Pelé, a deity of the Sandwich islanders,
Philoctete, the, of Laharpe, performed in a cistern at Cabrera, 419
Physiology, the, of the human character,
Piedmont, condition of, previously to the French revolution, 500-its nobility unjustly accused of pride, ib. Piracy of music, 429-complaints of well founded, 430
Pirates, Greek, description of, 266 Pitt (Mr.), Buonaparte's expedition to Egypt attributed to his manœuvres, 503 Pitt (William) Prime Minister of the Sandwich Islands, 215
Pius VII. his character, 52-Napoleon's treatment of, ib.
Plain Speaker, the, opinions on books, men, and things, 113 Play-goers, their ingratitude, 302 Poetry for music, its requisites, 421 Politicians, their occasional embarrass-
ments in England, 299 Porter (Jane and A. M.), their tales round a winter's hearth, 333 Primer, the political, remarks on, 375 Processions, religious, of Lisbon, 170 Provisions, market for, at Kouka, 24 Purchases made by barter at Kouka, 25
Radcliffe (Mrs.), her posthumous works, 280-memoir of her life and writings, ib. Ramzaun Beg, a Persian gentleman, his house described, 187-his account of himself, 190
Ranking (John), his historical researches on the wars and sports of the Mongols and Romans, 131
Reform, proposed, of Jamaica, 310 Reform, radical, observations upon, 236 Researches, historical, on the wars and sports of the Mongols and Romans, 131 Resht, the capital of Gheelan, described, 193
Revellière (Lepeaux), character of, 46 Revolution, elements of, germinating in Russia, 18
Revolution, the, in France, causes of, 486 Revolution, French, Mignet's history of,
Revue Encyclopedique, observations on,
Reynolds (Frederick), his life and times,
Rice, the method for producing it in Persia, 192
Rihoriho, late King of the Sandwich Islands, 204-abolished idolatry, ib. Roads of England, Smith's new pocket companion to, 336
Rohan (Cardinal de), his trial for the affair of the necklace, 318
Rome, remarks on the jurisprudence of,
Rome and Naples, letters on, 459 Roses, anecdote of, 490 Ruffin, the orientalist, 51
Russia, discontents in, 12-nobles of,
their opinions as to the liberation of the peasantry, 14-brought into contact with enlightened Europe, by the cam- paigns of 1812-15, 15-army of. its anxiety for a war with Turkey, 16- the administration of justice in, illus- trated by a tragical anecdote, 494- and a comical one, 495
Sacrifice of human victims, 210 Sage, the chemist, 52
Saloios (peasantry), the, of Portugal, their customs, 172 Sanctuary, the forest, and others poems, by Mrs. Hemans, 139
San Martin (General), his compliment to himself, 368
Sardaigne, voyage en, de 1819 à 1825. Par le Chevalier Albert de la Marmora, 479
Sardinia, travels in, 480-manners, his- tory of, ib. articles of import and ex- port, ib. causes of the diminution of its population, 481-inhabitants of, characterized, ib. their usages, ib.- their funeral ceremonies, 482
Saree, the capital of Mazunderan, de- scribed, 188-curious tradition con-
cerning a tower existing there, 189 Satan, memoirs of, 524-description of,
Scriptures, the dissemination of, in Rus- sia, 14
Scriptural dramas in England and Italy, 1 Scudamore (Dr.), his account of Mrs. Radcliffe's death, 282 Sea, the, Hazlitt's description of, 433 Sebastian (King), story of, 169 Secret memoirs of the royal family of France, by the Princess Lamballe; edited by Madame Solari (formerly Catharine Hyde), 314
Segur (Count), his memoirs, 484-his motives for writing them, ib. his dif- ferent occupations, 485
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