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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,

257

Courtiers of Bornou, their qualifications,

26

Croker (Mr. Crofton), his fairy legends,
and traditions of the south of Ireland,

447

Cuvelier, the dramatist, 51

D.

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,

540

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,

162

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

E.

Earthquake felt at Carlstadt, 65
Earthquake in Chile, in 1822, described,

370

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,

203

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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,

431

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

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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

Hox-tuesday, 12

Human character, how its physiology
ought to be enquired into, 279
Huskisson (the Right Hon. W.), his speech
on the silk trade, 248

I.

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,

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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

Lemonnier, 52

Le Pantcha Tantra, a collection of Indian
fables, 162

Lettres inédites de Madame de Maintenon
et de Madame la Princesse des Ursins,

538

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,

368

London, the contrasts which it presents to
a stranger, 492

Long (Mr.) a suitor of Miss Linley, 110
Longevity, cases of, in the French obitu-
ary for 1824, 51

Longinus, remarks on, 326-supposed not
to be the author of the treatise on the
sublime, 327

Louis XVIII., 51

Μ.

M'Donnell (Alexander), his inquiry into
the expediency of a free trade, 248
Machinery, used in the Coventry myste-

ries, 10

Magnetism, Segur's faith in, 491-anec-
dote of, ib.

Maharashtra, remote history of, 347
Mahrattas, the, a history of, by Captain
Duff, 337-the rise of, 344
Annals, Indian, attraction of, 337
Maitland (Captain), his narrative of Buo-

naparte's surrender, 215

Mandara country, 27
Mansions in Jamaica, description of, 313
Mantle, the, a tale, 470

Marie (Antoinette), her influence on the
events that led to the revolution, 314
-caricatured, 301-anecdote of, 455

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,

174

Mathews, the radical reformer in Jamaica,

309

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,

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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

N.

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

0.

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

P.

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,

235

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,

214

Philoctete, the, of Laharpe, performed in
a cistern at Cabrera, 419

Physiology, the, of the human character,

272

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

R.

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,

537

Revue Encyclopedique, observations on,

533

Reynolds (Frederick), his life and times,

293

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,

228

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

S.

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,

525

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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