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INDEX

TO THE

FIFTH VOLUME OF THE MONTHLY REVIEW.

NEW AND IMPROVED SERIES.

A.

ABSURDITIES; in prose and verse, 458
Academy, the French, 497
Accoucheurs-see Man-midwives
Actors, advice to, 355

Administration, Mr. Canning's, eulogy on,

99

Adoniram, the name of the grand master
of the men who were employed in build-
ing the temple of Solomon, 184
Adventures, the, of Naufragus, 361
Africa, travels in Southern, 192-British

possessions in, 194-Rapid improvement
in, 197-Resources of the Cape Colony,
202

Aga, Hassan, his wife's lament, 77
Age Reviewed, the, 462
Agincourt, petition of a soldier who fought

at the battle there, praying for alms from
Henry VI., 226

Agrippa, Cornelius, the founder of a Rosi-
crusian Society in London, 187-distin-
guished for his knowledge of occult phi-
losophy, ib.

Ainslie (Dr.), his Materia Indica, 142
Alain Chartiers, a deformed French poet,
anecdote of, 491

Albemarle Island, description of, 64
Alexander, of Paris, one of the most emi-
nent of the elder poets of France, 490-
his mode of versification gave rise to the
Alexandrine measure, ib.

Alethe, the heroine of the Epicurean, de-
scription of her martyrdom, 525
Alfandoki, a musical instrument, 455
Almanack Philanthropique, 148
Alphonso, or, the Beggar's Boy, a comedy,
in verse, 143

Amateur, musical Reminiscences of an old
one, 547

America, United States of, mode of elect-
ing the president, 560-State of society
in, 561-Feelings of the inhabitants to-
wards England, 563-State of the navy
of, 564

Anecdote of Sheridan, 53-Of Burke, 54-
Of Shakspeare, 126

Antidote for a serpent's poison, 450
Apparel, the, of the Chinese, men and
women, in summer and winter, 253
Apparition, an account of one, 373
Appleby, account of the election there, 511
Architecture, inteference of churchwardens
with sacred, 141

Army, of the Chinese, 257
Artillery of the Chinese, ib.

Astley, the theatrical manager, anecdote
of, 354

Atlas of the Papal states, 152

Avocat Pathelin, a celebrated old drama of
France, 492

Aurora, conjectures respecting it, 9

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Baboos, of Calcutta, described, 367
Baker (Mrs.), a manager, account of, 352
Ballads, ancient Scottish, 402
Banshee, Irish, 586

Barron (Dr. John), his Life of Doctor
Jenner, 81

Barrington (Sir Jonah), personal sketches
of, 574-portrait of his earliest instruc-
tor, 576---his account of an Irish ca-
rousal, 577---his account of an Irish
house-warming, 580---his character of
Curran, 581

Beauvilliers, his work on cookery, 45
Beldam (Joseph, Esq.), his summary of
the laws respecting dissenters, 473
Bell (Charles), his remarks on the injuries
done by the forceps and crotchet in cases
of midwifery, 19

Bench, the Irish, curious particulars re-
lating to, 583

Beranger, a French poet, 241
Biography-see Dibdin, Dugdale, Eldon,
Francia, German, Jenner, Paez
Blood, the book of, used by the Wehmic
tribunals, 190

Bogota, account of, 446

Boileau (D.), his art of working in paste-
board, 306

Books of the Chinese, 256

Bowring (John, Esq.), his Servian popular
poetry, 74

Brachieux (Antoine), a veteran, aged 126
years, 599

British Gentry, on the nobility of, by Sir
J. Lawrence, 592

Brooke (Arthur de Capell), his Winter in
Lapland, 1

Brougham (Henry Esq.), character of, 512
Brown (Mary Anne) her poems, 465
Brudenell (Bridges), his idea of comfort-
able travelling, 549

Bungalows, in India, description of, 365
Bushmen, in Southern Africa, description
of, 198---cruelties committed upon them,
ib.

Burke, anecdote of, 54

Busy Bodies, the, a tale, 430
Butler (Charles, Esq.), vol. II. of his Re-
miniscences, 49-His controversy with
Doctor Southey, 52-Letter of, on the
Coronation Oath, 387

Byron (Captain Lord), his voyage to the
Sandwich Islands, 58

C.

Calendar, the Shepherd's, a poem, by Clare,

271

Canada, manner of passing the lakes of,
565-canals in, and general prosperity
of, ib.

Canning (Mr.), delineation of his charac-
ter, under the name of Wentworth, in
the novel of De Vere, 100
Canvass at an election, 509
Cape Colony, resources of, for further co-
lonization, 202

Carlisle (Mr.), his account of German no-
velists, 157

Carlisle, Sir Anthony, his observations on
the improper practice of man-midwifery,

14

Carnation, treatise on the cultivation of,
293

Carousal, an Irish one described, 577-
another, 580

Catalani (Mad.), her excellence as a
singer, 553

Catholic question, important correspondence
relating to, 387

Caverns, remarkable, in Southern Africa,
201

Cecilia, or the Passions, a tale, 540
Chaplains, difficulties of in India, 596
Charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of
Calcutta, by Dr. Heber, ib.

Charities, account of some of those of
France, 148

Charlemagne, extent of his empire, 488
Charles I., letter of, to Bishop Juxon, 235

-His rule in Ireland, 533

Chenier (Andre), a French poet, 239
China, private houses of, 251-Clothing

in, 252-Persecutions of Christians in,
254-military force of, 257-religious
toleration, ib.-manners and customs of
its inhabitants, 260

CHRIST, the Imitation of, a work errone-
ously ascribed to Thomas A. Kempis,
598-proved to have been written by the
Abbate Gersen, ib.

Christians, persecutions of, in China, 1805,

254
Churchwardens, their interference with sa-
cred architecture, 140
Cid, the, of Corneille, 496

Citizen's Pocket Chronicle, 591
Civilisation, striking effect of its influence,
65

Clare (John), his Shepherd's Calendar, 271
Clarendon (Earl of), inquiries respecting
his character, 323-charges against him,
324

Clothing in China, 252

Cobbett (William), character of, 511
Code, penal, its establishment in Ireland,
535
Coleridge, his translation of Wallenstein,

compared with that of Muire, 483-4
Colombo, some account of him, 167—ac-
count of his four voyages, 168
Colombia, travels in the interior of, 443
Collection of the Voyages and Discoveries

made by the Spaniards, towards the end
of the 15th century, 167

Comedy, the Divine, of Dante 109-ac-
count of one in verse, 142
Comines (Philip de), account of, 493
Common Prayer, laws concerning it still
unrepealed, 476

Constable's Miscellany, 103, 297

Converts from infidelity, examples of, 298
Cookery, its history, 35-it is one of the fine
arts, 41-work of Mr. Ude upon, 42-
works of Mrs. Rundell and Dr. Kitchener
upon, 47

Cookery, French domestic, 46

Corfu, narrative of an excursion from, to
Smyrna, 464

Coronation Oath, important correspondence
and opinions concerning, 387
Cow-pox-see Vaccination

Cramer, his performance on the piano, 556
Crocodile, Bell's observations on the natu-
ral History of the, 153

Cromwell (Thomas) character of, 228, 9
Crowquill, his Absurdities, in prose and
verse, 458-extract from, ib.

Curran, the Irish orator, character of, 581
-anecdotes of, 582

D.

Dame Rebecca Berry; or, court scenes, in
the reign of Charles II., 144

Dante, peculiar character of his genius,
110-his great poem of the Divine
Comedy, 112-it is the favourite book of
enlightened readers, 115

Davis (Miss Cecilia), her case recommend-
ed to the public, 558

Davy (Sir Humphrey), his discourses be-
fore the Royal Society, 315-his sensible
and modest exhortation, 318-his preten-
sions, 323

Deaf and Blind, French periodical publi-
cation for the use of, 414
Death's Doings, notice of, 152
Death, poetical description of, 278
De Fontaines, a French poet, 240
Delavigne (Casimir), a French poet, 241
De l'Hopital (The Chancellor), character
of, 124

Denis (Ferdinand), his history of the lite-
rature of Portugal and Brazil, 150
De Retz (Cardinal) his powers of debate,

50

De Roos, his travels in the United States
and Canada, 558-his opinion of Ame-
rican society, 559---his view of the pros-
pects of the Union, 560---his erroneous
account of the American law for the
election of President, ib.---his account
of Washington and New York, 561
De Vere, a novel, peculiar superiority of
the work, 89-account of the story and
characters, 90, 91-contains a great deal
of politics, 99-singular predictions
respecting the elevation of Mr. Canning,

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Diocletian, edict of, 34

Discourses, Sir H. Davy's, before the
Royal Society, 315

Dissenters, history of, under the reigns of
Geo. I., II., and III., 477, 8
Dissenters, Protestant, Summary of the
Laws respecting, 473-efforts to repeal
those laws, 480

Dod's (Meg.) her work on cookery, 48
Drama of France, 491

Dramatic Scenes, &c. By Miss Mitford, 203
Duel, a ludicrousa ccount of an Irish, 585
Dufresnoy (Madame), a French poetic
writer, 237

Dugdale, (Sir Wm.), his life and corres-
pondence, 335-account of his works,
340

Durante, his duettos, 548

Duvergier de Hauranne, his letters on
England and Ireland, 508

E.

Edgeworth (Miss), her dialogues, 595
Education, French periodical publications
on, 413

Education of the lower classes, proposed
as a means of health, 598
Egypt, beautiful description of, 516
Eldon (Earl of), his life, 456
Elections, Letters on, 508
Elizabeth (Queen), letter of, to her sister,
(afterwards Queen Mary), 230---her
committal to the Tower, 231-anecdote
shewing her stern vindictive character,
232-her virginity contradicted, 33-her
rule in Ireland, 532

Elizabeth (The Princess), daughter of
G. 3, curious anecdote of, 356
Ellis (Henry), his collection of letters
illustrative of British history, 220

(Hon. Agar), his inquiries respect-
ing the character of Lord Clarendon,

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Falkland, a novel, 269

Females, account of those of Bogota,
447

Fire, a new kind of, 469

Flowers, exhibition of, at Brussels, 600
Foote (Sam.), anecdote of, 300
Ford (John), Dramatic Works of, 497-
his Genius and Character, 502
Foscolo, Ugo, his illustrations of Dante's
Divine Comedy, 111

France, recent lyric and elegiac poets of,
237-periodical publications of, 412-
ancient freedom of, 432---literature of,
488---poets of, 490---drama of, 491---
academy of, 497

Francia (Dr.), the Dictator of Paraguay---
account of his life and administration,
374

Freemasons, account of, 184
Froissart, character of, 492
Fronde, the history of, 430
Fuglences, description of an evening party
at, 83

Funeral, description of one in Germany,

343

Future Existence, discourses on, 304

G.

Gaming, practice of in Venezuela, 447
Gariep, the, a river forming part of the
northern boundary of the Cape Colony,
194---not favourable for navigation, 201
Gentleman, Dr. Johnson's definition of,
592---the word greatly abused, ib.
George III., his declaration, in 1763, of
his determination to retire to Hanover,
sooner than submit to be ruled by Lord
Chatham, 237-Letters of, on the
Catholic question, 387

German, tour of one in England, 279---
romances, lives of authors of, 157
Germany, the secret tribunals of, 183
Gifford (Wm.), his edition of Ford's
works, 497

Glee, the English, character of, 556
Gluck, his operas, 551

the

Goethe, effect of his writings on German
literature, 164-his remarks on
amatory poems of the Servians, 72
Graff-Reinet, a town in Southern Africa,
description of, 197

Graham (Mrs. Maria), her account of the
king and queen of the Sandwich Islands,
60

Grasshopper, golden, the symbol of initia-
tion among the Egyptian priests, 521
Grassini, her excellence as a singer, 553
Gray, the poet, anecdote of, 301
Greece, lyric poetry of, 295---evenings in,
by T. Moore, Esq. 301

excursion through the northern part
of, 464
Grunnius (Corocotta), his last will, 41
Guanas, sea, the ugliest monsters of crea-
tion, 64

Guards, The, a novel, 263

Guativata, lake of, in Colombia, supposed
to contain some golden idols of the In-
dians, 450

Gusle, a Servian musical instrument, 72

H.

Hackman, the assassin of Miss Ray, 550
Hale (Sir Matthew), his remarks on the
mortality caused by the small-pox, 83
Haliburton, his view of the future maritime
power of the United States, 564
Hamilton (J. P.), travels of, through the
interior of Columbia, 443
Hamper (Wm. Esq.), his edition of the
life and correspondence of Sir W. Dug-
dale, 335

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Henry VIII., letter of, 229

Hermit in Germany, The, account of, 116,
341
Herschel (Sir Wm.), character of, 316---
his papers
on physico-mathematical
science, 319

Hertford (Countess), in the time of Queen
Elizabeth, affecting story of, 232
Hindoos, character of, by Dr. Heber, 597
Hints to churchwardens, 140

Historians, two great classes of, 327
Historiettes, or tales of continental life,
268

History, letters illustrative of British, by
Henry Ellis, 220

remarks on the various kinds of,
328---of Ireland, 527

Hoffman, a German writer, some account
of, 160

Hogg (Thomas), his treatise on the
growth of the carnation, 293
Hospital-sisters, the establishment of, re-
commended, 149

Hugo (Victor), a French poet, 244
Hundred days, Barrington's anecdotes of,

588

Hungary, account of the literature of,
132---description of its language, by
Gibbon, 135

I.

Jack (Mr.), a German, his tour in Eng-
land, 279

Ice-boat, description of one on one of the
lakes of Canada, 565

Jenner (Doctor Edward), life of, 81---
the great discoverer of vaccination, 85
Jewell (Dr.), his observations in support of
the practice of Man-midwifery, 15
Jews, established in England, a work on
the, much wanted, 598

Illuminés, their establishment and effect,
184

Indies, the history of, by Father Las Casas,
173---works of Oviedo on, 174

Insect, the Nigua, account of, 432
Intelligence, Literary and Miscellaneous,
Foreign and Domestic, 151, 307, 468,
598

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Ireland, historic memoirs of, promised by
Sir J. Barrington, 588

Leigh's Road Book of, 298-let-
ters on, 513-history of, 527-miseries
of, 529-various points in the history of,
528-brighter prospects for her, 538
Judges, sample of Irish Puisne ones, 583
-the chief justices and chancellors,
great duellists, 584

Iu-kiao-li, a Chinese novel, 460
July, poetical description of, 273
Justice, report of the administration of, in
France, 599

K.

Kadocks, an order of freemasons, 185
Karaimoku, regent of the Sandwich is-
lands, his public reception of Lord By-
ron, 66

Karmath, an Arabian tale, 429
Kenyon (Lord), answers of, to the king
respecting the Catholic question, 387
Kiaukiauli, king of the Sandwich islands,

his education under an American mis-
sionary, 66

King (the late), his letters on the coro-
nation oath, 387
Kisfaludi (Alexander), a Magiar poet,
character of, 136-extracts from one of
his poems, 137, 8

Kitchener (Dr.), his work on cookery, 47
Knowledge, society for the diffusion of,
account of, and its productions, 104

L.

Ladies, of Bogota, description of their ap-
pearance, dress, and manners, 448
La Harpe, a French poet, 238

Lakes, the, of Canada, mode of passing
them, 565

Lamartine, French poet, 242

Lancasterian system, established in Colum-
bia, 451

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Lepeletier (Michel), a Parisian, some ac-

count of him and his works, 146
Letters, illustrative of English history, col-
lection of, by Mr. Ellis, 220-letter
from a disabled soldier who fought at
Agincourt, 226-of Wolsey to Crom-
well, 228-of Henry 8th, 229-of Queen
Elizabeth, 230-of Charles 1st, to bishop
Juxon, 234-curious specimens of, 358-
important ones respecting the Catholic
question, 387-on the elections of Eng-
land and on Ireland, 508
Library of useful knowledge, 103
of the People, ib.

Life, poetical description of, 278
Liliah, the adopted sister of the Sandwich
Islands' Queen, her conduct on the death
of the latter, 62

Limerick, the treaty of, unfulfilled, 534
Lingard (Dr.), his history of England trans-
lated into French, 600

Literature, Royal Society of, its transac-
tions, 20

Lives-see Biography

Locré (Baron), his work on the legislation
of France, 149

Lodge (Michael), Sir Jonah Barrington's
portrait of, 576

Lord Mayor of London, his visit to Oxford,
210-advance to Hounslow, 213

Love, passion of, scarcely known to the
Laplanders, 8

Loves of the Angels, originally one of the
episodes in the Epicurean, 514

M.

Macbeth, produced in Paris as a lyrical
tragedy, 599

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