Philosophy, History of, by Victor Cousin,
37---Thales, inventor of, 39-.-origin
of, ib.

Poetry, recent march of, towards improve-
ment, 517

Political character of Locke, 501
Plagiarism of Mahomet, 478

Planetary Motions as explained by M. Cha-
brier, 524

Planets, (New) discrepant calculations of
Astronomers respecting, 522
Plants, Encyclopædia of, 337
Poetry, German, characteristics of, 86-.-
description of romantic---of the wonder-
ful, 87

Polygamy in Turkey, 548
Poverty of ancient Poetry, in comparison
with the subjects which Christianity pre-
sents, 167

Prima, La, capture of, by Captain Beaver,
< 197

Proud, Lady Margaret, conclusion of the
ballad of the, 267

Q.

QUEEN of May, song of the, 272

Quercus, remarks upon several species of,
345

R.

RAYMOND'S Popular Sketches, 408
Rideau Canal, in Canada, account of the,
447

Rise of the Mahommedan power in India,
history of the, 362

Ritual, Simplicity of the Mahometan, 183
Romanoff, Mikhail, elevated to the throne
of Russia, 63
Rosetta Stone, 558

Rowbotham's Lessons in German Litera-
ture, 308

Russia, war of the Ottomans with, in
1805-12, 540

Russia, Segur's history of, 52---a sketch of
its empire, 53---its early connexion with
the Greeks, 54---the vast extent of its
empire in 862, and the frightful state of
anarchy to which it was long subject, 56

its subjection to the Tartars, a period
of 223 years, 60

Scott's, Sir Walter, poetry described as a
new but not perfected species, 89
Schelling's Philosophy described, 95
Schiller, character of his composition, 88
Schiller's saying respecting science, 97
Scuddery's (Mademoiselle,) epigram on
seeing her own portrait, 354

Scamander, supposed to be at the present
time only a small brook, 342

Sea, remarks on the depth of the, 204---
its greatest depth conjectured, 205--- ap-
pearances of its bottom supposed to
resemble the surface of continents, 205---
observations on its colour, ib.
Seas, Table of, 200

Segur's History of Russia and Peter the
Great, 52---his reflections on the reversion
of the Russians into barbarism, 57---
concluding observations on the history of
Peter the Great, 69

Senavra, account of the Hospital of, 182
Sharp, (Archbishop of York) his Discourses
on Faith and Justification, 519
Siddy Mowla, extraordinary character of,
375

Sideral fluid, M. Chabrier's notions of, 523
Sidney's, Sir Philip, Miscellaneous Works,
70---character of him by Camden, 71---
account of him by Lord Brooke, 72
---chief incidents in the life of, 73---ex-
tract from one of his letters to Queen
Elizabeth, 74---bis dispute with the Earl
of Oxford described by Lord Brooke, 75
character of his Arcadia, 77---remarks on
his Defence of Poesy, 78---narrative of
the circumstances attending his death, 79
Sketches, Popular, 408---character of Le-
roux and his associates, 410

Slave Sale described, 532---Slave Bazaar
described, 548

Society, progress and prospects of, 382---
hopes of, described, 393

Soldier, Trait of character of a, discoverable
in an anecdote, 393
Sonnenstein, account of the hospital of, 180
Souvenir, The Christian, 467

Smith, (Dr. G.) Hints for the Examination
of Medical Witnesses, reviewed, 598---
description of a Coroner's inquest, 599---
singular one at Lewisham, 601---his case
of Mr. Fadyen, 603.

Smyth's Life and Services of Captain P.
Beaver, 189---account of the Colony at
Bulama, 191---visit of Bellchore, 191
Snows and Glaciers, Remarks on the limit
of eternal, 208

Species, The Neptunian, an account of, 25
---Columbian, 27

Spencer's Day in Switzerland, and Florence,
425---Passages from, 426
Spineto, (Marquis) Lectures on Hierogly-
phics and Egyptian Antiquities, reviewed,
550---character of the author's specula-
tions, 551---his partiality for Egypt, and
prejudices against Greece, 564
Stag-hunt, an account of a, 120

Stars, The, reverenced as a part of the
Creator himself, 125.

St. Paul's Church, once a fashionable
lounging place, 146

Still-hunt, descriptive outlines of a, 219

Stooping, a passage from Duffin on the sub-

ject of, 148

Stories of Popular Voyages and Travels,

468

Subooktugee, story of, 368

Tamerlane, account of his seizure of the
throne of Dehly, 379
Tartarus, account of, 560

Tanarus, or Tarauis, the Zeus Borraws of
the Celts, 128

Tattooing practised by the Mekkawys, 7 7
Thales, inventor of philosophy,29---his be-
lief in the existence of a divine nature,

40

Theatre, (Brunswick) Satirical Poem on the
fall of, 514-519

Thebes, account of the harps found in the
caves of, 135
Theophilanthropism, 398

Todd, (Rev. H. J.) his answer to Dr.
Wordsworth respecting the author of Icôn
Basilicon, 519---his doctrine of saving
and justifying faith, 520, 521
Tortoise, the, a type of the Sauc by as phi
losophy, 46

Trafalgar, details of the battle of, 244
Truth, essays on, 461

Turks, character of, by M'Farlane, 532---
by Madden, 531

Turkey, Education in, 548---Polygamy
in, ib.

Turkish Courtship, mode of, 547---Ladies,
ib.

Useful Knowledge, Library of, reviewed,
584

V.

fate, 372

Swan's Essay, notice of, 302
Switzerland, a day in, 425

Switzerland, glance at some of the beauties
and sublimities of, 468

Sylphium, sold for its weight in silver
among the ancients, 341

T.

TABLE of oceans and seas, 200---of the
highest mountains of the globe, 212

Tales of a Physician, 612.

Taliesin's song against the bards, 32

of the Canton of, 469

Vervain, introduced into England by the

Druids for religious purposes, 342
Vessel, the cutting out of a, from within

reach of the enemies batteries, 226
Venus, worship of, 231---her search after
Adonis described, 234---her lamentation
for his loss continued, 236---introduction
of her worship into Cyprus as recorded
by Tacitus, 238---description of her tem-
ple at Cyprus, 241---the epithets given
to the goddess, 242---sacrifices to, 243---
celebration of the eve of Venus described,
244

Vladimir Monomachus' advice to his chil-
dren on his death-bed, 59

Villa Antonini, account of the lunatic asylum
of, 183

Village Patriarch, the, 110---stanzas from,

113

WAKEFIELD, Lunatics employed at their
trades in the asylum of, 179
War-song of Dinas Vawr, 306
Waters, classification of, by M. Bory de St.
Vincent, 200

Witchcraft, observations on, 385
Witnesses, medical hints for examination of,
598.

Wolff's Missionary Journal to the Jews, 96
---his sermon to the Jews of Borrasgoon,
character of, and extract from, 97---his
argument with the Mahommedans at
Shiraz recounted, 98---extract from his
sermon delivered at Odessa, ib.---his ac-
count of a night adventure in Georgia,
99---his conversation with Rabbi or the
53rd ch. of Isaiah, 100---his character of
the Jews in London, 102---account of
their state of bondage at 1spahan, ib.---
their degradation and humiliation at

Xenophanes, founder of a school of philo
sophy at Elean, 40---his principles of
philosophy 42---his system of appear
ances, 43---his opinion of the moon, 44---
his argument to prove the eternity of
God, 47---his demonstration of the unity
of the deity, 48

Yssambul, discoveries at by Belzoni, 494.