Agriculture, French periodical works
concerning, 461

Alexandria, account of a visit to, 133
Alfred, the Great, entitled to the highest
admiration, for his exertions in raising
a naval force, 517-his victories over
the Danes, ib.

Alhambra, the, beautiful description of,
513.

Allegiance, divided, futility of

the

charge of, against the Catholics, 245
Alliance, the Holy, its origin, 80-
the course which England took, with
respect to, stated and defended, 85-
it should yield in time to the spirit of
the age, 86

Alma and Brione, a poem, 322
Almacks, a novel, supposed to be written

by Lady Westmoreland, 100-charac-
ter of the work, 101-some account of
its story and characters, 102
America, United States of, history of
their rise and progress, 407-analysis

of that work, 408-account of the first
colonization of, 412

America, northern, emigration should be
directed thither, 122
Americans, their war with Great Britain
in 1814 and 1815, 23-their humane
conduct to our wounded soldiers, 29
-policy of the Americans to join Eng-
land in the war of opinion, 34
America, British campaigns in, in 1814
-1815, 22

Amusements of the Arabs, account of,
134

Anecdote of the celebrated Nelson, 150
Apostolical party, the, predominant in
Spain, 530-an outrage by them on the
son of Murat, ib.

Arabs, account of the romances and
amusements of, 134-the value they
set on their horses, 311

VOL. IV.

Aristocracy, its influence in the House of
Commons, 354-the legislature in this
country must necessarily be aristocra-
tic, 359

Arithmetic, a first book in, by Miss
Frank, 330

Arminian controversy, Mr. Butler's ac-
count of it, 347

Army, the British, comparison between
it and the navy, 522-campaigns of at
Washington and New Orleans, 22
Army, the British, in India, the won-
derful superiority of, over Asiatics,
manifested in the Burmese war, 208-
achievements of in the concluding part
of the campaign, 211-The native In-
dian, necessity of attention to its disci-
pline, 197-its defects, 275, 276-
proposed improvements in, 280, 281
Arts, the industrious, French periodical
works on, 463

Astronomy, lectures on, by W. H. Prior,

324

Australia, Capt. King's survey of the
coasts of, 360-an account of a whim-
sical and intelligent Australian, 368-
account of a new settlement on the
northern coast of, 370-its geographi-
cal extent, 371

Autobiography, the, of the Emperor Ba-
ber, of Hindostan, 254, 259
Ava, British invasion of, 196-treaty
with the king of, 211-see War.

B.

Baber, emperor of Hindostan, his life,
written by himself, 254-summary of
his character, by Mr. Erskine, 257-
Baber's account of an oriental skirmish,
261-and a pursuit, 262

Babylon, account of, 215
Bachelor, confessions of an old, 188-
his notions on marriage, 190-amusing
description of his habits, 192, 193
Bagdad, domestic life of the inhabitants
of, 430

Baltimore, attack upon by the British
army, 30

Baltimore (Lord), history of his settle-
ment and policy in Maryland, 418
Bandoola, a Burmese leader, opposes the

2 N

British Indian invasion; his singular
mode of investment, 205—his fall by a
rocket, leads to the conclusion of the
war, 210

Banim (Mr.), his qualifications as a no-
velist, 123-his Tales of the O'Hara
Family, 124

Bannister (Jack), ludicrous account of
his first reception by Garrick, 70
Barrackpore, the mutiny at, 196
Bartholemew (St.), the massacre of, a
revolting occurrence, 159-long be-
lieved to be the result of a plot to ex-
tirpate the Huguonot party, 160-a
new account of it by Dr. Lingard, 161
-this account attacked by the Edin-
burgh Review, 161-an account of the
massacre, by a French author, ex-
amined, 162, 163-(see Lingard)—the
principal points of the controversy
stated, 164-examination into the me-
rits of the various arguments, 165, 166
-the massacre shewn not to be the
result of a preconcerted plot, by a re-
ference to authorities, and to probable
circumstances, 167---173

Bell (Mr.), his beautiful description of
the illumination of St. Peter's church at
Rome, 99
Biography, the Annual, and Obituary for
1827; it wants a presiding principle;
other objections to its plan, 142, 143
Biography-see Pinkney; Grotius; Ba-
ber; Tone; Siddons; Catherine;
Prussia.

Blanqui (M. Adolphi), his journey to
Madrid, 525-the ridiculous obstacles
placed in the way of travellers to that
metropolis, 526-his account of an out-
rage on the son of Murat, 530
Blanshard (William), his treatise on the
Statutes of Limitation, 334
Boaden (James), his memoirs of Mrs.
Siddons see Siddons.

Boleyn (Anna), conduct of king Henry
VIII. to, 8

Bourbon (Duke of), connection of his
movements with English history, 12, 13
Briccolini, his translation of the Lusiad
into Italian, 539

Broken-heart, the Queen of Prussia's
death caused by a, 158
Brooks (Colonel), succeeds to the com-
mand of the British invading army in
America, on the death of General
Ross, 31-his retreat from Baltimore,
32

Brougham (Mr.), his proposed reform of

the law of libel, 187
Buonaparte (Napoleon), interview be-
tween him and the Queen of Prussia,
156 panegyric on him, by Giordani,
470-his interview with St. Pierre,
486.

Burmese see War-their insolence re
quired to be chastised, 199—their terri-
tory invaded, 200-their preparations
for resistance, 202-their bravery and
resolution, 203—are defeated, 204-
fresh attacks, and singular mode of in-
vestment, 205-their fire rafts, 207—
their determined resistance, 211
Butler (Charles, Esq.), his life of Grotius,
337-in his taste, industry, and eleva-
tion of mind, Mr. Butler deserves to
be held up to admiration, ib.-charac-
ter of his writings, 338-his modesty
and judgment displayed in the limited
scale of his most interesting disserta-
tions, 339-his account of the state of
literature in the middle ages, ib.-his
memoirs of Grotius avowedly founded
on familiar authorities, 341-his ani-
mated description of Grotius's escape
from prisou, 342-his admirable ac-
count of the religious disputes in the
Seven United Provinces, during Gro-
tius's life, 347—the candour and tole-
rant spirit in which his work is written,
ib.-his fitness to write a history of
toleration, ib.

Butter, mode of making it at Okereen, in
the East, 423

C.

Cairo, account of troops of dogs in, 134
Campaigns of the British army at Wash-

ington and New Orleans, narrative of,
an early work, by the author of the
Subaltern, 22-character of that work,
33-details of the expedition, 25-its
failure, 27, 29-expedition to New
Orleans a wretched project, 32
Campbell (Sir A.), commands the British
Indian expedition against the Burmese,
200-his constancy under the greatest
difficulties, 204

Canada, account of emigrant settlers
in, 119

Canning (Mr.), his prophetic image in a
speech at Plymouth; his fine climax
in his speech in the House of Commons
on dispatching an armament to Portu-
gal, 84 his opposition to a reform in
parliament, 358

Caravan, account of an attack upon one,
423

Catherine (the Empress), account of her
journey to the Crimea, 284-her mode
of travelling, 285-anecdote respecting
her virtue, 286—her account of an in-
terview with M. Mercier, 287-her ac-
count of Diderot, 288-she studies the
art of poetry, 289-her epitaph on a
dog, 290-her ambitious views, 291—
her interview with Stanislaus, 292

121-where emigration should be di-
rected to, 122
Emigration, encouragement to, held out
by the Columbian government, 181
the French, recollections of,
by the Marquis de Marcillac, 531
anecdotes of some of the emigrants,
532, 533.
Encyclopædia, the London, faults of this
work, in the plan and details, 348-
what an encyclopedia ought to be, 349
Engel (J. J.), his German tale of Lorenz
Stark, 538

England, her policy in the case of Spain
justified, 81, 82-her policy in the case
of Portugal defended, 83-her object
in sending an armament to Portugal;
her resources, and spirit of her people
in this cause, 84-her course with re-
spect to the Holy Alliance stated and
defended, 85

Englishmen, the privileges they enjoy re-
specting customs in eastern nations,
might be dispensed with, 214-the high
character they bear in Persia, 216—
account of a small congregation of, in
Astrakhan, 218

English (Henry), his valuable account of
joint stock companies, 247
Epigram, on the number of sects that
claimed Grotius's religion, 346
Epitaph on a dog, by the Empress Ca-
therine, 290-a simple and modest one
on Grotius, by himself, 345
Erskine (William), his joint translation
of the life of Baber, 254
Europe, tour in the north of, 152
Expedition, scientific one to Australia,
negligently equipped, 360

F.

Fee, singular account of one received by
a physician, 401
Females see Women.
Ferdinand the VIIth, naturally desirous

of putting down the constitution of
Portugal, 82-his designs on Portugal
spring from the supposed inability of
England to support Portugal, 83-the
homniunculus of the Holy Alliance, 85
Fire rafts, the Burmese, 207

Forum, the Roman, ill-humoured de-
scription of, 96

France, character of a school of modern

writers in, 161-no party to the inva-
sion of Portugal, though she may be
interested in putting down the consti-
tution of that country, 82-foolish po-
licy of its government towards the
press, 185-its late project to restrict
the press, 186-periodical press of
460

Frederic of Prussia, his animated descrip-
tion of the difficulties with which Ger-
man letters had to contend, 54
Friendship's Offering, an annual publi-
cation, merits of that for 1827, 86
Fund, the literary, indebted for its exist-
ence chiefly to the late Earl of Chi-
chester, 144

G.

Galt (Mr.), his novel of the Last of
the Lairds," 34

Gans (J.), his translation of Lorenz
Stark, a German tale, 538

Garrick, his reception of Mrs. Siddons,
then Miss Kemble, 70-his ludicrous
account of his first reception of Jack
Bannister, ib.

Gazelle, description of, 134
Generalization, when it is that a tendency
to, increases in man, 394
Geographical sciences, French periodical
works on, 465

George III., his majesty's deplorable in-
firmity first discovered by Mrs. Sid-
dons, 76

German, translation of Gray's celebrated
elegy into, 158

Germans, feelings of descendants of emi-
grant Germans in Canada, 120.
Germany, literature of, 43-literary his-

tory of, 44 characteristic picture of
a German family, 538

Gifford (Lord), his birth and education,
150-his various promotious, 151-his
great labours induce the premature loss
of his life, 151

Gioia (Melchiorre), an Italian writer,
works of, 472, 473-his curious scale
for assessing damages, 474, &c.,-his
work on statistics, 543

Giordani (Pietro), the works of, 467—
endeavours to restore the Italian lan-
guage, 469 his panegyrics, ib.-his
eulogy of Buonaparte, 470
Golden-headed cane, the, account of that
work, 399

Golden Violet, the, a poem, by Miss
Landon, account of its origin and
structure, 58-prosaic passage from,
59-the opening of the poem lively and
buoyant, 61

Goldoni, the dramatist, account of, 451
Gordon (Captain), his enterprise up the
Potomac, 29

Gozzi, the dramatist, account of, 451
Grahame (J.), his history of the United
States of America, 407
Greece, antiquities of, 458
Grief, more intense in the female than

the male, 477-compensation for, ib.
Grotius (Hugo), the life of, by Charles