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Fire-ship, A, Expedition related, 228
Fitche's System, 94---his Character, ib.-.-
Character of his Philosophy, 95
Flowers of Fancy, by Schultes, 31---Cha-
racter of the Work, 33---Extracts from,
34.

Fluxions, discovery of, 590.

Forster's (Rev. C.) Mahometanism Un-
veiled, 475---object of the work, 486---
argument from the spread of Ismalism
against Christianity refuted, 477---Pla-
giarism of Mahomet, 478--- Mussulman
character, 479---causes of Mahomet's
success, 480--permanency of Ismalism,
482---simplicity of its ritual, 483---pa-
rallel between it and Christianity, 484---
promise to Abraham respecting Ishmael,
a cause of the success of Ismalism, 486-
489---Mabometanism and Judaism com-
pared, 489---summary of Mr. Forster,

490

Foucquet's Letter to Mademoiselle Du-
plessis Belieore, 355---Imprisonment, ib.
---Orders Addressed by Louis to Saint
Mars, for his safe custody, 357---his
death, 360

Francis the First, king of France, life and

times of, reviewed, 565---was the last of
the chivalrous kings, 566---his conduct
at and after the battle of Marignan, 567
--anecdote of, 570---his treaty with
Charles the Fifth, 572---Probable cau-
ses of his death, 575

Frank Mildmay, Adventures of, 222
Fridolin, Story of, 457

G.

GALTER LODGE, Humorous Account of a
Dinner Party at, 220

Garland, The, 429

Gau's Monuments of Nubia, reviewed, 491
---Interest of Architectural Antiquities,
491---Discoveries in Egypt, 492---M.
Gau refuses to accompany Baron de Sack
to the East, and proceeds on his own
limited resources, 493---Different conduct
of M. Gau and Belzoni, 494---Disco-
veries at Yssambul, ib.---Nubian monu-
ments the types of Architecture, 495---
Lower Nubia the cradle of ditto, 495--Mo-
numents in Hindostan more modern than
the Nubian, 495---Granite buildings in
Egypt, 496---Inscriptions, 497---Nature
of, 498

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Gheias-ood-Deen Shah Bahmuny, Story of
366

Glastonbury Abbey, Lines from, 119

Goethe, Characteristic of, and of his Poem
of Faust, 88

Granada, Chronicle of the Conquest of,
430---Attack on Zahara, 433---Prophecy
of its downfal under Bobadil Chico,
438---daring exploits at the Siege of, 441
---occupation by the Spaniards, 443
Grave, The Celtic Warrior's, 136
Gray's Miscellaneous Works of Sir Philip
Sidney, 70---his opinion of the Arcadia,
78---remarks on the Defence of Poesy,
78---narrative of the circumstances at-
tending his death, 79

Granite buildings of Egypt, date of their
commencement, 496

Gravitation, discovery of, 589.

Grenville's, (Lord) Oxford and Locke, 513
Gregoire's History of Religious Sects, 395
---account of the present Knights-Tem-
plars, 399

Grecian Mythology, asserted to be derived
from the Egyptian, 554
Guelph, amusing description of the found-
ing of the town of, 451

Guigniaut, La Venus de Paphos et son
Temple par, 231

Gulf-stream, account of the, 202---of two
bodies belonging to an unknown race of
thrown by this stream upon the
men,
shores of the Azores, 204

H.

introducing the account of a Stag-hunt,
120-extract from the Legend of the
Lakes, 121

Harp, The, used by the Celts and Druids,
of similar form and description, 132
Harrison's Tales of a Physician, 612.
Hebrew, Hurwitz's elements of, 612.
Hebrews, History of their Commonwealth,
247---their condition under the Judges,
254----after the destruction of their
city, 255---their preservation as a dis-
tinct nation, 258---remarkable speech of
one of their Rabbis, 259

Hedjez, boundaries of, 3---description of a
portion of, 16

Helena, St., Verses on, 116
Herder, Character of, 89

Hermes Britannicus, by Mr. Bowles, 124
Hermes, The, of the Egyptians, remarks

upon, 127--the striking relations, be-
tween him and the Hindoo Brahma, ib.
Hieroglyphics, Lectures upon, by Spineto.
550---Kircher's explanation of the Hiero-
glyphics of Egppt, 553---Zodaic of Den-
déra, 558

Hindoo Architecture, more modern than
the Nubian, 495

History of Russia and Peter the Great, 52
History of the Hebrew Commonwealth, 247
---account of the Office of the Judges,
252---advantages of its institution con-
dition of the Hebrews in the time of
the Judges, 254

Hohenlohe, Prince, report of his Charac-
ter, Learning, Abilities, and Miracles,

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Intelligence, Literary, 312---Miscellaneous,

313.

Introduction, The, of Idolatry, 125

Innate Ideas, Locke's refutation of the
doctrine of, 504
Inscriptions, Nubian, 498

Inquests, Coroner's, instances of badly cou-
ducted, 600.

Images, First, Idolatry of, 125
Imagination, Excesses of the, 164

Irving's Chronicle of the Conquest of
Granada, 430

Irish Character, Sketches of, 403---Tale of
Peter the Prophet, 405

Ishmael, promise concerning, fulfilled, 486-
489

Ismalism pitted by Infidels against Chris-
tianity, 477---causes of its spread, 480,
486-489-- its permanency, 482---simpli.
city of its ritual, 483---parallel between
it and Christianity, 484---compared with
Judaism, 489

Ivan IV. Character of, 61

J.

JACOBITE Minstrelsy reviewed, 613.
Jains, The, Materialists in Philosophy, 46
Jani's Art of Latin Poetry, 154
Janissaries, methods taken to weaken the
power of the, 539

John Huss, a Poem, 427---Specimens of
its Composition, 428

Jews, Character of, in London, 102---Ac-
count of their state of bondage in Ispahan,
ib.--their degradation and humiliation
at Shiraz, ib.---their deplorable state in
Georgia, 104--worldly-mindedness of the
Jews at Teflis, 105---their character, 106
---strange report of the Jews of Abyssi-
nia, 107

Judges, Account of the Office of the, among
the Hebrews, 252---advantages of their
institution, 253---condition of the people
under them, 254

Judaism, compared with Ismalism, 489
Jupiter, astronomical fancies respecting, 522

K.

KAABA, Account of, 5

Kant's Philosophy, noticed, 93---effects of
it, 95

Keikobad, description of manners during

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Leroux, Character of, 410

Library, The, of Religious Knowledge,
reviewed, and extract from, 150
Limit of Eternal Snows and Glaciers, 208
Literature, German, by Menzel, 81---com-
prised in 13 divisions, 83---poetry con-
sidered theatrical, 84---of the genius of
the great poets, 85---characteristics of
German poetry, 86 --character of Schil-
ler's composition, 88---characteristic of
Goethe, and his poem of Faust, ib.---ob-
servations on Sir W. Scott's poetry, ib.---
in historical romance, 89---an outline of
German philosophy, 91

Locke, (Life of) by Lord King, reviewed,
498---duties of a biographer, ib.---cha-
racter of Locke compared with that of
Lord Bacon, 499---singular failure of
Locke in Practical Politics, not men-
tioned by Lord King, 500---his political
Character, 501---opinion of Sir James
Mackintosh, 502---sources from which
Lord King compiled, ib.---Locke's opi-
nion of education at Oxford, 503---First
germ of the Essay on Human Under-
standing, 504---misstatements of Cabanis
and the French Materialists refuted, 505
---Coste's French translation of the
Essay, 506---character of Locke as a man,
of the world, 507---exemplified in a
facetious letter, 508---Locke's Corres-
pondence with Newton, 510---extract
from, 511-Prices received for Copy--
right, 511, 512--. history of his expulsion
from Oxford, 512---Persecution of
abroad, 514

Loudon, (J. C.) on Parochial Education in

Germany, 604---extracts from, respecting
the schools in Baden, 607-Wurtem-
berg, 609.,

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London Stone, the Lapis Milliaris of the
Romans, account of, 140---description by
Stowe, 140

Londiniana, by Wedlake Braylev, 138
London, Fitz-Stephen's account of, 142
Loudon's Encyclopædia of Plants, 337
Lucretius' Invocation to Venus, 246
Luden's History of the German Nation, re-
viewed, 575---character of the author and
of the work, 576---his uncompromising
nationality, 577---his character of Caius
Marius, 578---his account of Arminius,
579--his account of Charlemagne, 585
Lunatic Asylums, Parliamentary Inquiries
into, 173---Parliamentary Returns of the
number of individuals confined in them
throughout the kingdom, 177-- Halliday's
account of the management of the prin-
cipal Asylums in England, 178---the
patients in that at Wakefield employed
at their various trades and in rural occa-
pations, 179---account of the Asylums
at Sonnenstein, 180---at Aversa, 181---
of the Hospital of Senavra, 182---of the
Villa Antonina, 183---account of the
state of one of Mr. Warburton's, estab-
lishments in the parish of Marie-la-
bonne, 185-Solomon's details of pa-
tients confined in the Crib rooms, 187
---table of the regular diet of patients in
Bedlam, 188

M.

MACTAGGART's Three Years in Canada,
446

Mackintosh, (Sir James) his opinion re-
specting Locke, 502

Mac Farlane's, (Charles) Constantinople,
reviewed, 529---general account of the
work, ib.---his description of the sale of
a slave, 532---his character of the Turks,
ib.---his character of the sultan Mah-
mood, 533.--his account of the means
taken to undermine the Janissaries, 539
Madden's, (R. R.) Travels in Turkey, &c.
reviewed, 529---character of the work,
530---his account of the Turkish charac-
ter, 531--- his account of a Turkish
Harem, 545- Turkish mode of courtship,

-547---education in Turkey, 548---Turk-
ish polygamy, ib.---Slave Bazaar, ib.
Maelgow Gwyneth, 305

Mahomet, causes of his success, 480-
486-489-his plagiarism, 478
Mahometanism Unveiled, by Forster, 475---
see Forster

Mahmood, (Sultan) his character, 533---
history of, 534

Mahmood's Success over the Hindoo Army,
369---his taking of Somnat, 370---an
anecdote of his justice, 371

Mahon's Life of Belisarius, 274---his de-
scription of the advance of the Gothic
forces against the Eternal City, 284
Maie Poole, The, described by Stubbes,

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145
Manjack, Punishment of a, by Lieutenant
Beaver, at Bulama, 195---account of the
surly disposition of, 195
Mankind, Varieties and Distribution of,
18---Dumeril's Classification of Man, ib.
---Cuvier's Three Varieties, ib.--- Virey's
table of two species distinguished by the
facial angle, 19---Desmoulins' table of
eleven species of, ib.---Bory de St. Vin-
cent's classification of, ib.---account of
Negroes, 20---account of the Oriental
Adamic Race, 21---of the Neptunian
Species, 25---of the Colombian Species,

27.

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Medina Sidonia, noble conduct of the
Duke of, 437

Mediterraneans, Table of, 20
Mekka, Titles of, the birth-place of Ma-
hommed, its situation, 3---description of
the Beitullah, or house of God, 4---ac-
count of the Kaaba, and of the Black
Stone brought from heaven by Gabriel,
5---character of the Delyls, or Guides,
10---the dress and manuers of the fe-
males, 12-of the Mekkawys, 13---their
accomplishments, 14---song of the Sakas
or water-carriers, 15---celebration of
marriage-feasts, ib.
Menzel's German Literature, 81---com-
prised in 13 divisions, 83

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626.

Mercury, the Chief God of the Britons,

129

Merlet's French Grammar, notice of, 303
Minstrelsy, Jacobite, reviewed, 613
Misfortunes of Elphin, The, notice of, 304
Money, Lines on the Love of, 123
Monuments of Nubia, facts relating to,
491, 498

Moon, contradictory opinions of Astro-
nomers respecting, 526---M. Chabrier's
account of, 527

Mountains, Table of the highest, 212
Murray's Glance at some of the Beauties
and Sublimities of Switzerland, 468
Muscology, Observations on, 349
Mushrooms, the Relish of the Gods, 152
Mussulman character---479

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N.

P.

NAVAL Officer, The, reviewed, 222---details
of the battle of Trafalgar, 224---cutting
out of a vessel from under the enemies'

batteries, 226---a fire-ship expedition

narrated, 228

Negroes, Account of, 20

Nevados de Illemani, the second mountain
in point of Altitude in America, 212
Nevado de Soraté, the highest mountain
explored in America, 211
Neptunian Species, The account of, 25
Newton, (Sir Isaac) his correspondence

with Locke, 510---extracts from, 511
Newton, (Sir Isaac) Life of, 584---account
of in the History of Grantham, 586---
discovery of gravitation, 589---his dis-
covery of fluxions, 590---correspondence
with Flamstead, ib.---conversation with
Conduit, 595----imbecility of Newton,

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PADUN-MANG, the Burman Usurper, charac-
ter and death of, 320

Parliamentary Inquiries into Lunatic Asy-
lums, 173---returns of individuals con-
fined in them throughout England, 177
Parmenides' philosophy the most perfect

idealism, 51

Parnell's translation of the Eve of Venus
cited, 244

Parochial education in Germany, 604---in
Scotland, 605---in Silesia, 606.
Parry's Legendary Cabinet, 260
Pasupatas', The, notion of Supreme God
being the world's cause, 46

Peace Campaigns of a Cornet, 214---paren-
tage of the hero, and reception of a cor-
netcy, 218-descriptive outlines of a
still-hunt, 219---humorous account of a
dinner party at Galtee lodge, 220.
Pelisson, the manner by which he taught a
spider to be familar with him during his
imprisonment in the Bastille, 361---his
liberation, ib.

Peter, the Great, account of his youth, 65---
his elevation to the government of the
empire, 66---observations terminating his
history, 69

Peter the Prophet, Tale of, 405 、
Petrelèum, or Stone Oil, account of the, 326
Philosophers, The Ionian, supposed mate-
terialists, 46

Philosophy, (German) an outline of, 91---
on what principles a change was first
attempted to be made, 92---Kant's philo-
sophy described, 93---Fitche's system,
94---character of Schelling's and of his
school, 95

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