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,
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
GALTER LODGE, Humorous Account of a Dinner Party at, 220
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
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
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,
Intelligence, Literary, 312---Miscellaneous,
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
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
KAABA, Account of, 5
Kant's Philosophy, noticed, 93---effects of it, 95
Keikobad, description of manners during
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.,
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
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,
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,
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
Mercury, the Chief God of the Britons,
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
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,
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
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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