Carrington's Dartmoor; a descriptive poem, 431 et seq.; notice of the illus- trations, notes, &c. appended to the work, 431; extracts, 432 et seq. Caves of Elora, probable origin of, 66. Chalmers on cruelty to animals, 549, et seq.; on the charity of a universe, 558, 9.
-'s few thoughts on the abolition of colonial slavery, 549 et seq.; Dr. C. laments that the abolitionists and the planters have hitherto stood at so great a distance from one another, 549; remarks on his observations, ib. et seq.; he offers something like an apology for the former abettors of the slave-trade, 551; scheme proposed by Dr. C., 552; extracts from some recent tracts on the evils of the slave-trade, 553 et seq.
Chamberlain, Mr. J. late missionary to India, Yeates's memoirs of, 504 et seq. Chapel, Methodist, in Barbadoes, au- thentic report of the debate in the house of Commons relative to the demolition of, 97 et seq.
Charge, Dr. Blomfield's, to the clergy of the diocese of Chester, 273 et seq.; his lordship avows his determination to enforce the discipline of the church, 273,4; pronounces that the establishment must sink, if the clergy fail in zeal, &c. 275; advises them in regard to their mode of delivery, 276,7; asserts that the main end of all government is the support of settled rules, 277; remarks upon this assertion, 277, 8; distin- guishes between a conformity to the rubrics and an observance of the canons, 278; observations on the rubrics and the canons, 278, 9; other subjects of the charge, 279; he cautions against en- dangering the particular church to which we belong, 280.
Chinese and Hindoos originally the same people, 67.
Christianity, Gurney's essays on the evidences, doctrines, and practical operation of, 289 et seq.
Clapperton's travels and discoveries in North and Central Africa, in the years 1822 23-24, 404 et seq.
Colonies, British West India, the slavery of, delineated, 97 et seq.
- slave, of Great Britain, 97
Comforts, cottage, by Esther Hewlett, 188 et seq.
Confession, auricular, its demoralizing in- fluence, 185.
Cooper's Crisis, 518 et seq.; aim of the
present work, 520; is an improve- ment on the schemes of some prior writers, ib.; his statement that the present crisis is an interval preceding a time of unprecedented trouble con- sidered, 521; Napoleon the 'king who shall do according to his will, 522 et seq.; remarks on the author's hypothesis in reference to the want of chronological order and of the con- secutive connexion of events, 524; predictions of events by Daniel, with Mr. C.'s illustration of their fulfilment, 524 el seq.; objections to his explanation, 526,7; his application of the prophecy to the character of the king examined, 527, 8; attempt to shew that the kings in Daniel's prophecy are indi- vidual kings, 528; the author's illus- tration unsatisfactory, ib.; remarks on the second part, concerning the time of trouble, and the probable des- tiny of England during that time, 529, 30.
Crisis, the, by the Rev. E. Cooper, 518, et seq.
Dartmoor, a descriptive poem, by N. T. Carrington, 431, et seq.
David's grammatical parallel of the an- cient and modern Greek languages, translated by John Mitchell, 90, et seq. Davison's discourses on prophecy, 25 et seq.; view of the prophecies, as taken by the author in the present work, 25,6; his general object, 26; the prophetic wri- tings given in a time of great corruption and moral darkness, 28; they hold an intermediate place between the Mosaic law and the gospel, 29, 30; remarks on the Author's exposition of the Mosaic law, 30 et seq.; the subjects of prophecy varied, 33; on the reconcileableness of the contingency of human actions with the Divine foreknowledge, 34; ex- tract from Lord Bacon on the sources of heresy, 35; the author's remarks on foreknowledge and predestination considered, 35,6; his three conditions as criteria of inspiration, 36; their ap- plication to the Scripture prophecies, ib.
Denham's and Clapperton's travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the years 1822, 23, 24, 404 el seq.
Despatch, Lord Bathurst's, to the West India colonies; its reception, &c. at the various islands, 105 et seq. Dewar's elements of moral philosophy
and Christian ethics, 508, et seq.; real value of Dr. Paley's principles of moral philosophy, 508; object and character of the present work, ib.; Paley's definition of moral philosophy, ib.; Mr. Groves's definition, 509; plan adopted in the present work, ib.; remarks of the author on the power of God, 510; power considered as a pas- sion, 511, et seq.; definition of the will, 513; on the grounds of moral ob- ligation, 514; strictures on Dr. Paley's system, ib.; the author's views on this subject, 514,15; Hooker on the perfec- tions of God, 516; Archbishop King on the basis of virtue, ib.; three fatal objections to his scheme of morality, ib.; the eternal foundations of right and wrong, laid in the Divine charac- ter, 517; source of Dr. Paley's erro- neous views, ib.
Dick's philosophy of religion, 562, et seq.; the design of the work an illus- tration of the moral laws of the uni- verse, 562; extract, ib. et seq.; on comets, as ministers of Divine vengeance, 564.
Doblado's, Don Leucadio, Letters from Spain, 177, et seq. Domestic preacher, the, &c. 477, 8. Doubleday's Babington, a tragedy, 564 et seq.; extract, 566.
Edgeworth's, Maria, Harry and Lucy concluded, Rosamond, and Frank, 70 et seq.; the author's works to be con- sidered as relating chiefly to physical education, rather than to sentimental, 72; Harry's attempt at bridge-building, 73, et seq.; he becomes sensible of the real cause of its failure, 76; Harry and Lucy's first view of the sea, 77, et seq. Edinburgh Bible society, second state- ment of the committee of, relative to the circulation of the Apocrypha, &c. 352 et seq.
Ellis's narrative of a tour through Ha- waii or Owhyhee, 456, et seq.; re- markable facts in the history of this island, 456; the island volcanic, ib.; the interior of the island an irregular valley, 457; Mouna Roa, its great height, ib.; visit of the missionaries to Kirauea, the only active volcano in the island. 458; superstition of the natives, ib.; sublime and appalling appearance of the great crater, 459; its length, depth, &c. ib.; native legends respecting the volcano, 461, 2; legendary history of Kahavari, 462, 3; disposition of the
natives to receive religious informa- tion, 463, 4; their system of idolatry one of the most ferocious nature, 464; offered human sacrifices, ib.; their wars sanguinary, ib.; they practised in- fanticide, ib.; remarkable institution of the Puhonua, ib.; description of the Hare o Keave, 465, 6; conflict between the forces of Rihoriho and the abettors of the ancient idolatry; and defeat of the latter, 466, 7.
Elora, Seely's wonders of, 49 et seq.; the author's reasons for publishing the present work, 49; Bombay, its situation, climate, &c. 51; superior to Madras, 52; Mrs. Graham's and Mr. How- ison's descriptions of Bombay, ib.; the author's account of the dancing girls, 53: counter-statement of Mr. Howison, 53,4; reply to Mr. Bowen's calumnies against the missionaries in India, 55, 6; remarks on some incorrect statements of the author, respecting the mission- aries, &c. 56, el seq.; chain of the Ghauts, their breadth, height, &c. 58; the Mahratlas a curse to the land, 59; account of an ascetic of the temple of Karli, ib.; the author almost wishes himself a Brahman; his description of the great temple of Elora, 60; the ex- cavation consists of sixteen caves, 61; account of the various caves, ib, et seq.; description of the grand central excavation of Kaïlasa, 62; account of the cave of the 'Ashes of Ravana,' ib.; remarks on the early intercourse, commerce, &c. between India and Egypt, &c. 63, et seq.; state of In- dia in the time of Alexander, 65; probable origin of the caves of Elora, 66; Chinese and Hindoos originally the same people, 67; the tombs of the Theban kings the model of the caves of Elora, 67; the utter worthlessness of the modern Brahmans, 68.
Emerson's and Count Pecchio's picture of Greece in 1825, 193 et seq. Emigrants, Morgan's note book and England enslaved by her own slave colo- guide for them, 244, el seq. nies; by James Stephen, Esq. 97 et seq.
Epigram, supposed to have been writ- ten by the Emperor Frederick Bar- barossa, 309.
Essay, introductory, to Doddridge's rise and progress; by John Forster, 162 et seq.
Evans's explanation of geographical and bydrographical terms, &c. 546; rocks,
explanation of, &c. 546, 7; hurricanes, 547, 8.
et seq.; on the practical tendency of the doctrines of grace, 259 et seq.; remarks on the unhappy effects of a mistaken idea of the way of reconciliation, 261, 2; on prayer, as it respects the economy of grace, and its practical influence on the character, 262 et seq.; on regarding iniquity in the heart, 265 et seq.
Fables, select, of Esop in verse, or old friends in a new dress, 190 et seq. Finlayson's mission to Siam and Hué, in the years 1821, 1822, 482 et seq. Forster's introductory essay to Dod- dridge's rise and progress, &c. 162 et seq.; on the various modes of deriving instruction from books, besides that of reading them, 163; on deferring religion to a future period, 164,5; tendency of an attachment to worldly possessions and pursuits, to interfere with the adequate discharge of duty to the Author of the creation, 165, 6.
Fouqué's magic ring, 229 et seq.
Peter Schlemihl, 229 et seq. Fraser's travels and adventures in the Persian provinces, on the south bank of the Caspian sea, 530, 5; et seq. Friends, old, in a new dress, 190, et seq.; the peacock's complaint, 190, 1; the Fox and the Lion, 191.
Fry's short history of the church of Christ, &c. 37, et seq.; the primary object of ecclesiastical history, 37, 8; the rise and progress of the papal ty- ranny, an important part of ecclesias- tical history, 38, 9; the author's mode of treating the apostolic age, 39; his mis-statement that Timothy was a Gentile, 39, 40; his observations concerning the episcopal office con- sidered, 40, 1; account of the life &c. of Bernard, 41 et seq.; conduct of Queen Mary at the commencement of her reign, 41, 2; remarks on the conduct of Queen Elizabeth, 44,5; on the effi- ciency of the liturgy, 46, 7; merits of the present work, 48.
Geography, ancient, Bond's concise view of, 546.
German popular stories, 229 et seg. Ghauts, chain of, their breadth, height, &c. 58.
Gorham, Mr. note in reply to him, 383, 4.
Globe, Butler's geography of the, 469 et
Gordon's, Dr. sermons, 253 et seq.; subjects of these discourses, 253,4; tendency of moral evil to perpetuate itself, 254,5; on the reflections of an awa- kened mind, from the consideration of having contributed to corrupt others, 256
Gorham, Mr. note to, repelling his fresh calumnies in the Christian Guardian,
against the Eclectic Reviewer, 383, 4. Gourlay, his proceedings in Canada, 251, 2. Grammar, Robotham's practical Ger- man, 468.
Great Britain, slave colonies of, &c. 97 et seq.
Greece, Blaquiere's narrative of a se- cond visit to, 193 et seq.
picture of, &c. 193 et seq.; op- position of the Emperor Alexander to the Greek patriots, &c. 194; its cause, ib.; fate of the paper drawn up by lord Strangford, 195; the English and the Russian parties in Greece, 195, 6; remarks on the leading men in Greece, 196; person and character of prince Mavrocordato, as described by Mr. Emer- son and count Pecchio, 197; Mr. Hum- phreys's account of his unprincipled con- duct, 198; intrigue between Mavrocor- dato and a Capt. Fenton to assassinate Ulysses and Trelawney, 199; violent death of Fenton, and its occasion, ib.; remarks on the statements and con- duct of Mr. Humphreys, 200; charac- ter of Mavrocordato by Mr. Blaquiere and Col. Stanhope, 201: and by Mr. Waddington, 202; Ipsilanti, 202 el seq.; plan to place a foreigner on the Greek throne, 203, 4; intrigues of the French, 204; jealousy of foreigners in Greece, ib.; formation of a national guard, &c. 205; character of the native troops, 206 et seq.; Colocotroni, 208 et seq.; his son, 210; Ulysses, 210 et seq.; Megris, 211; characters of some others of the leading men, ib. et seq.; Admiral Miaulis, 213; naval captains, ib.; want of discipline among the Greek troops, 214; Mr. Emerson's delineation of the national character of the Greeks, 215 et seq.; the Albanians, 216; natives of the Morea, ib.; the Mainottes, 217; the Hydriots and Spez- ziots, ib.; the Moraites, 217, 18; general remarks on the state of par- ties and the affairs of Greece, 218 et seq.
songs of, translated by C. B. Sheridan, 308 et seq.; extracts, ib, et seq.
Greece, Waddington's visit to, in 1823 and 1824, 193, et seq.
Greeks, their national character, 215, et seq.
Gurney's essays on the evidences, doc- trines, and practical operations of Christianity, 289, et seq.; design of the author in the present volume, &c. 289; subjects of the essays, ib.; the religious differences which separate real Christians, originate chiefly in their opinions respecting the external means of salvation, 290; the true an- tidote to sectarian feeling, 291; re- marks on the author's introductory essays, 292; objections to his mode of stating the inquiry, &c. in the fifth essay, 294; his remarks on the nature of inspiration, 295, 6; further observa- tions on the inspiration of the holy scriptures, 296, et seq.; the divine origin of the scriptures argued from their prac- tical effect, 299, 300; the scriptures con- tain the foundation and the boundaries of all the secondary means of religious im- provement, 300; on the personality of Christ, &c. 301, 2; existence and person- ality of Satan, 303,4; the proper deity of the Son of God, 304, 5; on redemp. tion, 305; some objections to the au- thor's remarks on the sacrifice of Christ, &c. 306; on the unity of the church, 307; infinite difference between those who re- gard Jesus Christ as God, and those who regard him as a creature, 307.
Hack's, Maria, English stories, third series, 70, et seq.; era of the present volume, 86; detail of the circumstances which, under the sway of the Tudor prin- ces, imperceptibly tended towards effecting a revolution in the government, 86, et
Grecian stories, 70, et
Haldane's review of the conduct of the directors of the British and Foreign bible society, &c. 352, et seq.
Hare o Keave, the sacred depository of the bones of the departed kings of Owhyhee, description of it, 465.
Hawaii, or Owhyhee, Ellis's narrative of a tour through, 456, et seq. Hearts of Steel, an Irish historical tale, 542, et seq.; account of the people of Ulster, their language, &c. 544.
Henry, the Rev. Philip, life of, enlarged by J. B. Williams, 326, et seq.; Dr. Wordsworth's testimony of the Chris- tian character of Philip Henry, 326;
the editor's apology for the increased size of the volume, 327; authorities quoted by him in the notes, ib; strong interest excited by the perusal of the written lives of pious persons, 328; re- marks on the religious biography of the present day, 328, 9; sentiments of Bishop Coverdale and Matthew Henry on religious biography, 329; Mr. Porter's strong recommendation of plain and prac- tical preaching, 329, 30; Mr. Henry's method of preparing his sermons, 330; on his mode of preaching, 331; his al- tered mode in later life, 331, 2; Mr. Baxter on reading sermons from the pulpit, 332; anecdote of Miss Matthews after- wards Mrs. Henry, ib.
Hewlett's, Esther, cottage comforts, 188, et seq.; list of the principal subjects, 188; extracts, 188, 9.
History of the church of Christ, by the
Rev. John Fry, 37, et seq. Hué, capital of Cochin China, Finlay- son's journal of the mission there, and to Siam, 482, et seq.
Hurwitz's Hebrew tales, 267, et seq.; rapid advancement of literature among the Israelites of Germany, 267; anxi- ous wish of the author to revive the study of the Talmud, ib.; his remarks on the present education of the Jewish youth, and on the Talmud, 268; the va- lue of a good wife, 269; the Lord helpeth man and beast, a tale, 269, 70; deliver- ance of Abraham from Ur, or the fire of the Chaldees, 371, 2; humility of Gama- liel, &c. 272.
Indies, West, six months in them, 282, et seq.; the author's account of Madeira, 282, 3; the reception of the first Protes- tant bishop at Barbadoes by the negroes, 283; Barbadoes the most ancient co- lony of the British empire, ib.; na- ture of its soil, produce, &c. ib.; schools opened by the bishop, 284; its churches, public worship, &c. ib.; character of the Indians of Trinidad, ib.; curious account of the baptism of the negroes by the bishop, 285; the author's remarks on the administration of justice in the West Indies, 286, et seq.; some parts of the West India system unjustifi- able, 287; advice to the colonists, ib. Institution, African, nineteenth report of the directors of, 97, et seq. Israelites, German, rapid advancement
of literature among them, 267. 'Is this religion, 440, et seq.; remarks on religious instruction as conveyed
in the form of a narrative, 440, 1; the author's statement of the design of the present work, 441; observations on it, 442; strictures on a former work, entitled, The Human Heart, 443, et seq.; prejudicial influence on the mind, occasioned by an undue indul- gence in fictitious sorrows, 445; re- marks of Bishop Butler on habits of the mind, as produced by the exer- tions of inward practical principles, 446; the writers or readers of pathe- tic novels do not generally rank the foremost in works of benevolence, 447; character of the present volume, 448; extracts, 449, et seq.
Judson's, Mrs. Ann H. account of the American baptist mission to the Bur- man empire, 482, et seq.; see Siam. Joannis Miltoni, Angli de doctrina Chris- tiana libri duo, &c. 1, 114.
Kaïlasa, excavation of, 62; see Elora. Kano, the great emporium of the king- dom of Haussa, in central Africa, its situation, &c. 419.
Keyworth's analytical part of Principia Hebraica, 439, et seq.; character of the work, 439; author's remarks on the Masorelic punctuation, 440.
Kings of England, Butcher's chronology of, 70, et seq.
Kirauea, an active volcano in Owhyhee, visit to it by the missionaries, 461, 2; tremendous and sublime appearance of its extensive crater, 458, 9; legendary his- tory of its eruption, 461, 2.
Laharpe, tutor to Alexander the First, of Russia, strong attachment of the emperor to him, 387, 8.
Laudscape from nature, Nicholson's practice of drawing and painting, &c. 333, et seq.
Legacies for young ladies, by the late Mrs. Barbauld, 70, et seq.
Letters from Spain, by Don Leucadio Doblado, 177, et seq.
Library, Cottage, and family expositor, by Thomas Williams, 438.
Lisbon in the years 1821, 22, and 23, 91, et seq.
Literature, its revival in the eleventh century, 311.
the revival of, in Europe, not to be attributed to the Crusades, 314, 15.
Lloyd's Alexander the First, emperor of Russia, &c. 385, et seq.; the real cha-
racter of monarchs generally estimated incorrectly, 386; causes of it, ib.; three agencies which tend to keep the Tzar of Russia in continual dread, ib.; a higher order of faculty requisite to goveru slaves than to govern a free people, 386; character of Alexander, 387; his tender affection for his mother, ib.; his gratitude to his tutors, ib.; his strong attachment to Laharpe, 387, 8; anecdotes of the emperor's benevolence, &c. 389, et seq.; observations on his knowledge of the conspiracy against his father, 391; and on the late change in his measures, 391, 2; beneficial effects of his reign to his country,
Mary, Queen, her conduct at the commence- ment of her reign, 41, 2. Memorial, missionary, &c. by Bernard Barton, 560, et seq.
Memoirs and poetical remains of the late Miss J. Taylor, by Isaac Taylor, 145, et seq.
Milton's treatise on Christian doctrine, 1, et seq.; extracts from the preface of the treatise, 3, 4; peculiarity of the author's religious creed, 4, 5; the present treatise exhibits no new dis- closures, 5; the opinions of the author nearly Arian, 6; illustrative proofs from his Paradise Lost, 7; time of his embracing the Arian hypothesis, 7, 8; objections to Mr. Sumner's opinion of the grounds of the change in his tenets, 8; Milton's mind free from any ten- dency towards scepticism, ib.; origin of his bias against the authority of the church, 9; his defence of his conduct in writing the treatise, ib.; is said to have followed chiefly Amesius and Wollebius in his system, 9, 10; opinion of Dr. Ames and of Milton, of God as an object of faith, contrastetl, 10, 11; Dr. Ames's explanation ' of the substance of God as distinct from his essence, 11, 12; improbability that he followed such a master, 12; his mind of a poetical, rather than of a philosophical cast, ib. ; this cast of mind, and the construction of his grand poem, probably the predis- posing causes of his adopting his hy- pothesis, 12, 13; his main argument, that' generation must be an external efficiency, 13, 14; remarks of Secker, Witsius, Calvin, &c. on the existence of the second person, 14, 15; opinion of Milton on this subject, 15, 16; il- lustrative extracts, 16; his mode of
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