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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.

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.

lady, 546.

sketch of, by a

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

seq.

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

seq.

seq.

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,

392.

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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