the Indo-Chinese nations, ib. ; state of Protestant missions, 130; discouraging view of the Chinese mission, ib.; impor- tance of a Chinese college, 131; foun- dation of Anglo-Chinese College át Malacca, ib.; interesting character of the Malays, 132; general view of the state of Mahommedanism, ib.; the medical profession a passport in the East, 134; importance of Persia, ib.; hints respecting central Africa, ib.; a school of arts for negroes recom- mended, 155; effects of Christianity and colonization on the Polynesian and other tribes, 135; Russian Asia, 136; ef- fects of the press on popery, ib.; state of things in Catholic countries, ib. ; merits of Mr. Douglas's work, 137; Crantz's Greenland, ib.; danger of an all-absorbing attention to mission- ary enterprise, 138; objection found- ed on it obviated, 139; duty and glory of England, ib.
Dramatic poetry, remarks on, 259, 270, 275, 408, 421. Druses, account of the, 50, 311. Duelling, Mr.Jeffrey's speech in justification of, 176.
Durant's memoirs of an only son, 67 et seq.; extraordinary character of the subject of the memoir, 67; tes- timonies of Professor Mylne and Dr. Wardlaw, 68; success of home edu- cation in the present instance, 69; importance of early education, 70; influence of the mother, 71; infant obstinacy conquered, ib. ; illustration of William's veracity, ib.; importance of a rigid adherence to plan of studies, 72; theme on polytheism, 73; argument in proof of the immateriality of the soul, 74; lines on midnight, 77; lines on the death of Melville's pupil, ib.; general re- marks on the work, 79.
Ecclesiastes, Wardlaw on, 59 et seq. Fclectic Review, original design of, 496.
Reviewer's remarks on labour, defence of, 471. Education, remarks on, 69. Egypt, present state of, a striking ful- filment of prophecy, 443; interest at- taching to, 444; affinity of its religion, &c. to that of Ethiopia, 204; see Richardson and Waddington. Eloquence, forensic, remarks on, 3, 247, 342; see Butler and Grattan. Irish, 4.
pulpit, 80, 247, 256. Emden's French Grammar, 379.
England, aspect of to an American, 469; foreign policy of, remarks on, 152, 188; influence of, 336; internal state of, 338 et seq., 468. English history, see Aikin, Hack, and James.
mother's catechism, 379. Ethiopia, travels in, see Waddington. Europe, by an American, 464 et seq.; reflections on the progressive aggran- disement of Russia, 464; author's premature challenge of superiority for the federal republic, 465; inter- nal aspect of France auspicious, ih.; Chateaubriand and Constant, 466; other political writers of France, ib. ; errors of the Spanish Cortés, 467; affairs of Greece, ib.; author's remarks on the bombardment of Washington, 468; its misrepresentation exposed, ib.; on the recent prosecutions in England, ib. aspect of England to an American, 469; grandeur of the Gothic architecture, 470; flippant remarks of the Writer on the slave-trade and bible societies, ib.
Europe, present state of, 335; see Pradt, abbé de.
Family worship, on the duty of, 491. Fearn, Mr., extraordinary character of, 252.
Fortunes of Nigel, 163 et seq.; tact of the author in appropriating antiqua- rian stores, 164; his confession of want of skill in constructing a story, ib.; scene between Heriot and King James, 165; scene between Nigel, Heriot, and Buckingham, 167; sequel to the story, 168; partiality of the writer to the Stuarts, 169.
Fox, C. J., character of, 249. France, remarks on the state of, 336, 465.
French literature, merits of, 253. French political writers, account of, 466.
Geography, sacred, illustrations of, 41, see Burckhardt and Richardson. Gothic architecture, 470. Grattan's speeches, 1 et seq.; memoir of Mr. Grattan, 1; amiableness of his private character, 2; character of his eloquence, 3; Irish eloquence 4; origin of its peculiarity, 5; Burke and Sheridan not Irish in their cha- racter, ih.; results of Mr. Grattan's oratorical exertions, 6; object of his party, ib.; origin of the legislative dispute between England and Ireland, 7; speech of Mr. Grallan on moving
that the king and the lords and commons of Ireland are the only power competent to make laws for Ireland, 7--11; Dun- gannon resolutions, 11; Mr. Grattan's congratulatory address to Ireland as free, ib.; his attack on Mr. Flood, 13; his exertions on behalf of the catholics, ib.; his parliamentary career in the English house, 14; speech on going to war with the French government, 15; dying sentiments, 18; estimate of, 251.
Greeks, address in the cause of, 188; see Hughes.
Greenland, history of mission to, 118; see Crantz.
Hack's English stories, 372 et seq.; plan and merits of the work as a history of England, 372; duty of British parents, ib. ; influence of the institutions of chivalry, 373; notice of Wicliff, 374; fatal ecclesiastical policy of Henry IV. 375; suggestions as to the sequel of the histories, 376. Hall, Robert, eloquence of, 256. Hamilton's codex criticus, 317 et seq.;
a standard text of the Hebrew Scrip- tures a desideratum, 317; evils of the present state of the text in reference to Oriental translation, ib. : duty of cir- culating a pure text, 318; objection answered as to consequences, 319; description of the codex, ib.; on the critical principles adopted by King James's translators, 320; variations in the text, 321; the Basil edition of the Hebrew text, and the bishop's bible, the basis of the common version, 322; merits of the publication, 324. Hanbury's visit to Ethiopia, 193; see Waddington.
Harris's grounds of hope for the salvation
of infants, 216 et seq.; religious confi- dence in God distinguished from an intellectual acquiescence in the Divine character, 217; views held respecting the salvation of infants by calvinists and anti-calvinists, 218; children subject to penal sufferings, 219; in what sense all are made alive in Christ, ib.; the resurrection viewed in its bearing on original sin, 220; doctrine of election has no aspect un- favourable to infants, ib.; case of Esau and Jacob considered, 221: election has respect to this life, ib.; sovereignty of God not a ground for the doctrine of infant preterition, 222; no conceivable object of the Divine displeasure but sin, ib.; as-
pect of the Christian dispensation on children, ib.; children the objects of an- gelic care, 223; children regarded by our Lord with complacency, 224; children viewed as subjects of God's moral government, ib.; character of author's essay, 225; epitaph on four infants by Robinson, ib.
Haynes on soils and composts, 380; gardening becoming a science, ib. Hebrew scriptures, standard text of, a desideratum, 317.
Helvetic confederacy, restoration of, 280; see Planta.
Hope's letter to Abercromby, 182, et seq.; contrast of the conduct of Mr. Aber- cromby and the spirit discovered by the Writer, 183; contemptible cha- racter of the letter as a composition, ib.; appeal to Mr. A. on his counte- nancing duelling, 184.
Horne's supplementary pages to an In- troduction, &c. 557 et seq.; account of the Libertini, 557; contents of the ad- denda, 558; state of the controversy respecting 1 John v. 7, 559; origin of the interpolation, ib.; symbolic dic- tionary, ib.; Calvin's remark on the parable of the elder brother, 560. Howison's sketches of upper Canada, 352 et seq.; attractions of Canada to a person of sensibility, questioned, 352; description of the climate, 353; comparative advantages of the west- ern and eastern districts, 355; beau- tiful and luxuriant aspect of Long Point, 556; perfume of snakes, ib.; Canadian ladies, 357; financial recommenda- tions, ib. ; upper Canada not an eli- gible country for capitalists, 358; want of servants and schools, ib.; degraded moral aspect of the population, 359; demoralizing effects of the war, ib; author's waut of discrimination, 366; charge against the Methodists, ib. ; counter-statement, 361; specimen of yankee dialogue, ib.; Canadian doctor, 362.
Hughes's, Jos., sermon on the death of Owen, 564 et seq.; subject of the sermon, why chosen, 564; on a crimi- nal altachment to life, 565; heroic al- tachment of the Christian philanthropist to life, 566; see Owen.
Mary, life of Penn, 423.
T. S., address in the cause of the Greeks, 188; impolitic and cruel conduct of English authorities, ib.; po- licy with regard to Russia, ib. Hunt's, Sir A. de Vere, Julian the apos. tate, 408 el seq.; merits of the poem,
408; Scott always dramatic, never heroic, ib. ; soliloquy of Julian at Eleu- sis, 409; scene, Julian and Maximus, 409; scene, , Julian and Constantia, 412; song, 414; soliloquy of Maximus, 416; dawn, 417; description of Julian's feats in battle, ib.; death of Julian, 419; ob- jection to his character, 420; objec- tions to a departure from the unities, 421; moral purity of the poem, 422.
Immateriality of the soul, proof of, 74. Infant salvation, remarks on, 218 et seq. Infanticide, singular law of, 37. Ireland, Mr. Grattan's exertions on be. half of, 6; see Grattan. Irving's farewell discourse, 367 et seq. ; character of the production, 367; exhortation to young ministers to trust in God, 368; secularised character of the church of Scotland, ib. ; satisfac- tion of pastoral intercourse with the poor, 369; contrast of the Scottish and the English establishments, 370; success of Dr. Chalmers's system at Glasgow, ib. ; the labours of Dr. C. no argument for the establishment, 371. Ismaylys, account of the, 47. Italy, a poem, 461 et seq.; the great St. Bernard, 461; Arqua, 463. James's, I. A., church-members guide, 324 et seq.; a work of the kind want- ed, 324; nature of the duty of join- ing a church, 325; privileges of church-membership, 326; nothing which is not a previous duty to be made a condition of communion, ib. ; positive rights of church members, 327; no moral claim originated by joining a church, ib,; true and proper design of christian fellowship, 328; duties of church-members, 329; duty of visiting the sick, ib. ; duty of forbear- ance, ib.; scriptural direction in case of offence, 330; vindictive spirit shewn in demanding unreasonable concession, ib. ; duties of deacons, 331; antinomian doctrine a cause of schisms, ib; duties of churches towards each other, 332; when advice is beneficial, 333: means of effecting a consolidation of the gene- ral body, ib.; proper mode of incul- cating dissenting principles, 334; de- fective nature of present associations among dissenters, ib. James's, Wm., naval history of Great
Britain, 512 et seq.; uncertainties at- taching to history, 512; blanders of official details, 513; incorrectness of naval details occasioned by the intro-
duction of the carronade, ib.; merit of the present historian, 514; engage- ment between the Thames and the Uranie, ib.; intrepid conduct of Captain Hood and the crew of the Juno, 515; Lord Howe's victory, 517; gallant resolution of Lord Cornwallis, ib.; affair of the Diamond, Capt. Sir S. Smith, 518; successful trial of the carronades by Capt. Trollope, 519; reflections on the Nore mutiny, 520; admirable po- licy of Lord Vincent, 521; wreck of the Tribune, ib.; recovery of the Her- mione by the Surprise, Capt. Hamil- ton, 522; most daring achievements of the war, 523; merit of the tables, ib. James I., character of, 98, 102, 117,
165; see Aikin and Fortunes of Nigel. Jeffrey, Mr., speech of, in justification of Mr. Stuart, 176.
Jerusalem, appearance of, 294; topogra- phy of examined, 295 et seq; distri- bution of bibles at, 309; see Richard-
Jordan, course of the, 41; efficacy of baptism in the, 308,
Jowett's Christian researches, 289 et seq.; Mr. Connor's statement of the disgraceful animosities of the Jerusa- lem Christians, 307; number of pil- grims, 308; distribution of Bibles at Jerusalem, 308; account of the Druses, 311; author's remarks on the depres- sed state of the Coptic Christians, 444; liberality of the Alexandrian Greek priests, ib.; importance of Cairo as a missionary station, 445; slave-market at Cairo, 450; illustra- tion of scripture supplied by the tombs of the kings, 458; contents and merit of the work, 466.
Judea, description of, 293, 309. Julian the apostate, a poem, 408; see Hunt, Sir A. de Vere.
Knill's memoir of Venning, 532 st seq.; efficacy of early religious impressions, 533; account of Mr. V.'s conversion, ib.; his philanthropic zeal as a mem- ber of the prison society, ib.; remark. able case of reform in a juvenile offender, 534; return of Mr. V. to Russia, ib. ; reasons which detained him there, 535; invited by prince Galitzin to Moscow, ib.; formation of the Russian prison so- ciely, ib.; formation of the auxiliary so- ciety at Cronstadt, 536; visit of Mr. V. to the naval hospital, 537; Mr. V. wrecked in his voyage to Copenhagen, ib.; his illness and death, 538; in
stription on his monument, ib.; sketch
of his character; 539. Kotzebue's voyage of discovery, 19 et seq.; contents of the work, 19; hostile demonstrations of the inhabitants of Easter Island, 20; atrocious outrage committed there by an American captain, ib.; discovery of Rurick's chain and other coral islands, 21; modest man- ners of the islanders, 22; dreary aspect of St. Lawrence's islands, ib.; descrip- tion of the inhabitants, 23; sacrifice of a dog, ib.; subterranean dwellings on Sa- ritscheff island, 24; discovery of Kot- zebue Sound, 25; prospect from Cha- misso island, ib.; seal feast, 26; de- scription of the natives, ib.; descrip- tion of the Tschukuiskoi, 27; Asiatic origin of the Esquimaux, 28; St. Alexander's day at Oonalashka, ib. ; inter- view with the king of the Sandwich islands, 29; Tamaahmaah's religious senti- ments, 30; author's enmity against missionaries, ib.; his apology for the idolatry and human sacrifices practised al Owhyhee, 31; character of the Owhy- heans, 32; enlightened policy of the king, ib.; prospects of the islands at his demise, ib.; importance of the station as a sphere of missionary la- bours, 33; discovery of New Year's island, ib.; author's reflections on land- ing at one of the coral islands 34; Ra- dack chain, ib.; natural history of the coral insect, 35; formation of the coral islands, 36; productions and inhabi. tants of the Radack islands, 37; singu- lar law of infanticide, ib.; character of Kadu, 38; return to Europe, ib.
Labour, pernicious effect of confounding with other commodities, 472. Laing's Greek and English lexicon, 184-5. Leyden's Malay annals, 285; real cha- racter of the Malays, ib.; nature and style of Malay history, ib. Libertini, account of the, 557. Liturgy, on the private use of, 490. Londonderry, marquis of, his diplomatic incompetency, 153; his singular parlia- mentary oratory, 248. Lord's supper, letter of K. White on delay in observing, 214; not the only object of church fellowship, 326.
Mahommed Ali Pasha, character of, 200, 449.
Malay annals, Leyden's, 528. Malay tribes, prevalence of Mahomme- danism among, 129; languages spoken by, 132; works relating to, ib.; note.
Mamelouks, history of the, 206. Manichean conspiracy, 258. Mexican city, ruins of, 524 et seq. Mexican revolution, history of, 83 et seq.; see Robinson. Milman's Belshazzar, 553 et seq.; de- fects of the poem, 553; hymn, God of the thunder,' 554; chorus of priests, 555. Milne's retrospect of the Protestant mis- sion to China, 118 et seq.; prevalence of Mahommedanism among the Malay tribes, 129; state of Christianity among the Indo-Chinese nations, ib.; state of Protestant missions, 130; formation of Anglo-Chinese college, 131; exten- sive sphere of the institution, 132; see Douglas's hints.
Mina, Don Xavier, memoir of, 85 et seq. Missionary society, baptist, lead taken by the, 123; origin of, 483.
church, remarks on the formation of, 124; origin of, 483. London, its early ef-
forts ill-advised, 123; improved ma- nagement of, 124; brilliant successes in the South Sea islands, 135; remarks on the constitution of, 485; viewed with jealousy at first by the regular Dis- senters, 546; its congregational cha- racter, 548.
societies, remarks on, 123, 138, 484, 547; see Douglas, Milne, Morison, and Scott. Missions, hints on, 118 et seq.; see Douglas.
Moffat's consolation to parents, 216; see Harris.
Moral science, cause of the imperfection of, 511.
Morison on congregational union, 540 et seq.; abortive character of former schemes, 540; object of the writer, ib.; congregational principles tend to union, ib.; explanation of the cir- cumstances which have led to the present disunited aspect of the body, 541; extinction of Presbyterianism in England, 542; presidency of the London boards, ib.; origin of the decline of London influence, 543; effects of Whitfield's preaching on dis- sent, 544; system of private chapels, ib.; modern dissenters a mixed race, ib.; substantial uniformity of congre- gationalists, 545; importance of a col- lective appellation, ib.; existing means of consolidation and union, 546; London missionary society not pro moted by the regular dissenters, ib.; altered spirit of the times, 547; Row- land Hill, ib.; author's wish respecting
a congregational mission, ib,; another society not desirable, 548; influence and importance of academies, ib. ; the spirit of party deprecated, ib.; great parties nobler than little ones, 549; civil rights of dissenters, how best protected, ib.; patronage of all kinds out of the province of a repre- sentative committee, 550; no church absolutely independent, 551; means of checking strife and division in churches, 552.
Mutiny at the Nore, causes of, 520. Myers's influence of Protestant mis- sionary establishments, 118.
Observations on the Spitalfields' act, · 471, et seq.; Eclectic Reviewer charged with confounding value with cost of production, 471; writer's mistake exposed, ib. ; pernicious ef- fect of ranking labour with other commodities, 472; legislative inter- ference, when called for, 473. O'Meara's Napoleon in exile, 140 et seq.; qualifications and predicament of the writer, 140; antipathy of Na- poleon to Sir Hudson Lowe, 142; description of Napoleon's room, ib.; his eulogy on Sir John Moore, 143; death of Villeneuve, ib.; contemptuous estimate of the king of Prussia and the emigrant noblesse, 144; Soult, Savary, Fouché, 145; Napoleon's introduction to Josephine, ib.; character of Madame Mere and Josephine, ib. ; character of Carnol, 146; Barras, ib.; Blucher, ib.; comparative merits of European soldiers, 147; Wellington, ib, ; Na- poleon's estimate of, 148; Talleyrand, Moreau, Lasnes, ib.; character of Massena, ib.; of Pichegru, 149; of the Emperor Alexander, ib.; of Robespierre, ib.; Barrére, Billaud de Varennes, Sieyes, 150; admirable conduct of Larrey, surgeon-general to the army, 151; la morgue aristo- cratique, ib.; remarks on the foreign policy pursued by the English cabinet,
152; incompetent conduct of Lord Castlereagh, 153; Sir Hudson Lowe, 154.
Orators, great English, 5, 239 et seq.
Owen, rev. John, sermons on the death of, 564 et seq.; his admirable quali- fications for the office of secretary to the Bible society, 569; purity of his motives, ib. ; character as a preacher and writer, 570; his unshaken attach- ment to the cause, ib. ; on gratuitous services, 571.
Paper, history of, 358. Parliamentary eloquence, see Elo- quence.
Penn's, William, admirable letter to his wife, 423; his crude theology, 425; see quaker orthodoxy.
Penrose's inquiry into the nature of mo- tives, 509 et seq.; error of discon necting religion and morals, 509; de- sign of the work, 510; connection of benevolence with love to God, ib.; de- ficiency in moral philosophy pointed out by Lord Bacon, 511; cause of the imperfection of moral science,
Pestalozzi, merit of, 281. Physiognomical character of the Es-
quimaux, 26, 27; of the Ethiopic family, 447, 459; of the Mexican Indians, 532.
Pitt, William, character of, 249. Planta's restoration of the Helvetic con-
federacy, 280 et seq.; merits of Au- thor's former work, 280; affected depreciation of Napoleon in the pre- sent work, ib.; beneficial results of his 'mediation,' 281; exertions of Pes- talozzi and Fellenberg, ib.
Plans for the government of boys, 185. Polytheism, essay on, 73.
Pradt's, abbé de, Europe and America,
335 et seq.; qualifications of the abbé as a writer, 335; oracular con- clusions, ib.; policy of the holy alli- ance, ib.; elements of dissolution in the northern federation, 336; influ- ence of England, ib.; alleged nullity of France, ib. ; incorrectness of the abbé's reasoning, 337; universal feel- ing in favour of constitutional govern- ments, ib.; inevitable progress of liberal principles, 338; author's view of the state and policy of England, ib.; alteration in the spirit of the English government, 330; impolicy of calling in the military, 340; circumstances of the death of Napoleon, ib.; cause of
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