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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.

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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-

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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-

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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.

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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.

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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,

it.

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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