ART. XIII. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.
The Historical Life of Joanna, Queen of Naples and Countess of Provence, with correlative Details of the Literature and Manners of Italy and Provence in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries. 2 vols. 8vo. with portraits, viguettes, &c. 11, 5s.
A Practical German Grammar, being a New and Easy Method of acquiring a thorough Knowledge of the German Language; for the Use of Schools and Private Students. By John Rowbotham, Master of the Classical, Mathematical, and Commercial Academy, Walworth. 6s. 6d.
The Etymologic Interpreter; or, an Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language. Part I. containing a full Development of the Principles of Etymology and Grammar, &c. &c. &c. By James Gilchrist. 8vo. 8s.
Physiological Fragments: to which are added, Supplementary Observations, to shew that Vital and Chemical Energies are of the same nature, and both de rived from the Solar Light, By John Bywater. 8vo. 5s. 6d.
A Midsummer Day's Dream. Edwin Atherstone, Author of "The Last Days of Herculaneum," &c. f.cap. with plates engraved by G. Cooke, from designs by Martin. 8s.
Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain, selected and translated. By J. Bowring, Esq. post. 8vo. 10s. 6d.
The Birds of Aristophanes, translated into English Verse, with Notes. By the Rev. H. F. Cary, A. M. Author of the Translation of Dante. 8vo. 9s 6d.
The Agamemnon of Eschylus, translated into English, with Notes Critical and Explanatory. By John Symmons, Esq. A. M. of Christ Church, Oxford. 8vo. 8s.
The Letter from the Author of Professional Christianity, which came to hand too late for insertion in the present Number, shall appear in the next.
Absentees, English, at Geneva, M. Simond's representation of, 325, et seq. Adam's, the Rev. Thomas, works, and private thoughts on religion, 182, et seq.; his first religious impressions, 182; his earnest desire to acquire a correct knowledge of evangelical truth, ib.; works published during his life, 183; remarks on expository preach- ing, 183, 4; specimens of the author's expository remarks, 185, 6; character of his private thoughts, 187. Album, the climbing boy's, 588, et seq. Andrew's Hebrew Grammar and Dic- tionary, without points, 261, et seq.; author's opinion of the origin of cer- tain Hebrew letters, 262; design of building the tower of Babel, ib.; his opinion of the age of the Septuagint, 263; Adam proved to have lived fifteen years a naturalist, before the formation of Eve, ib.; author's curi- ous definition of some Hebrew words, 263; specimens of amended transla- tions of the authorized version of the Bible, 264.
April, an ode to, by Sir Aubrey de Vere Hunt, 167, S.
Arabat Matfooner, temple at, 10, 11. Aristides's picture of a besieged town, description of, 452.
Armada, temple of, interior of its sanctuary, 4.
Ash, large one, in Lochaber church- yard, 181; see Phillips's Sylva. Assouan, (Syene) granitic quarries at, 9.
Baker's history and antiquities of Northamptonshire, 125, et seq.; au- thor's outline of his plan, 125, 6; inci- dents illustrative of ancient customs, 127, 8; quakers begin to bury in gardens, &c. 128; the Rev. L. Free- man's remarkable orders respecting the disposal of his dead body, ib.; Holdenby house, the residence of Charles I., after the battle of Naseby, ib.; order for the king's household, ser-
Bones of St. Ursula, and of her eleven thousand British virgins, 468. Botany, first steps to, 379, et seq. Bowring's Batavian Anthology, 272, et seq.; specimen from Anna Byns, in the sixteenth century, 273, 4; jeu d'esprit, by Jacob Cats, 274; poems by Gerbrand Brederode, ib. et seq.; the hundred and thirty-third psalm, by Rafael Kamphuy- zen, 277, 8; chorus from a tragedy of Joost Van den Vondel, 278, 9; poem of Jeremias de Decker, 279.
specimens of the Russian poets, 59, et seq. ; remarks on the poetry of Russia, 59, 60; specimens of Russian national songs, 61, 2; Moskva rescued, 63, &c.; song of the good Tsar, 66, 7; the farewell, 67, 8; love in a boat, 68, 9. Boyd, massacre of its crew, at New
Zealand, probable cause of, 159. Brown's memoirs of the public and pri- vate life of John Howard, the philan- thropist, 414, et seq.; Dr. Aikin's de- fence of Howard's conduct to his fa- mily, 415; early life of Howard, 415, 16; quits England for France, &c. 416; his taste for the fine arts, ib. ; his noble sacrifice of taste to Christian benevolence, 417; his attachment to the pleasures of home, 418; description of his house and grounds at Cardington, ib.; his favourite writers, 420; his ill state of health on his return from the con- tinent, ib.; his marriage, death of his wife, ib; embarks for Lisbon, but is captured, and imprisoned at Brest, 421; returns to England and resides at Cardington, ib. ; his second mar- riage, birth of his son, and death of his wife, ib.; his devoted attachment to his wife, 421, 2; revisits the continent with the intention of spending the winter in Italy, 422; his pious reasons for altering his plan, ib.; again returns to Cardington, and employs himself in meliorating the state of the poor, 424; is appointed high sheriff of Bedford- shire, 426; his consequent interview with Lord Chancellor Bathurst, ib.; rise of his exertions in behalf of misery and wretchednes, 427; countries visited by him, 428; his extreme diffidence on publishing his papers, ib. ; curious incident attending his visit to a convent in Prague, 450; remark- able instances of his influence over the minds of convicted persons visited by him, 431, 2; his character as a fa- ther, and remarks on the state of bis son, 432; his death, ib.; his tablet
in Cardington Church, prepared by his orders, prior to quitting the king- dom on his last journey, 432. Buchannan, his name revered by the Syrian clergy, 253. ^
Budhuism, its comparatively inoffensive nature, 458, 9; its probable corrup- tion from a purer faith, ib.; last in- carnation of Budhu, 439, 40; progress and corruption of Budhuism, 441; Wihárees or Budhu temples, ib. ; image of Budhu, ib. ; his tooth the palladium of the kingdom, 442; taken by the Bri- lish army, ib.
Burchell's travels in the interior of Southern Africa, 493, et seq. ; his hos-- tility to the missionaries, 493; large ostrich nest, 493, 4; mode of dressing the eggs, 494; treatment of the women among the bushmen, 495, 6; their mode of dancing, 496; two rhinocerosės shot, ib.; author crosses the Snow Mountains, ib. ; is kindly attended by Mr. and Mrs. Kicherer, while suffering from fever, ib.; unexpectedly en- counters two lions, 497, 8; angry et his cool reception by the missionaries at Klaarwater, 499; Sibilo, a mineral powder used for ornamenting the per- sons of the natives, 501; author passes the Kamhanni mountains, which separate the Hottentot and Kaffer races, ib. ; arrives at Littakuu, (Lattakoo,) 501; his interview with Mal- tivi and other chiefs of the Bachapins, 502, et seq.; turns portrait painter, ib.; surprise of the natives, on seeing the drawing, 505; extent, population, &c. of Litakun, ib.; Bichuana tribe, 505, 6; their religion, 506; singular custom prevalent among them, ib. Burder's, (H.F.) lectures on the pleasures
of religion, 54, el seq. ; subjects of the lectures. 56; plan of the first lecture, 56, 7; on the spirit of benevolence, ib. ; support in the prospect of death, 57, 8.
mental discipline, 446,
el seq.; design and plan of the work, 446.7; maxims, 467; amplification of the eighteenth maxim, on the cultivation of Christian zeal for the general interests of true religion, 447, 8. Burgos, disastrous siege of, 153, 4; retreat from it, 154, 5.
Burns's plurality of offices in the church of Scotland examined, 463, et seq.; "all secular engagements of a pastor con- sidered by the author as a sort of pluralities, ik. ; case of St. Paul working
Confinement, secret, in France, its hor- rible nature, as at present practised, 393, 4. Conversations on the bible, by a lady, 562.
Correggio and Parmegiano, sketches of the lives of, 216, et seq.; birth and early life of Antonio d'Allegri, 218; masters under whom he studied, 218, 9; curious circumstances attending the loss of his picture of the Virgin and infant Saviour, 219; description of his marriage of St. Catharine, 220; his engagement to paint the church of St. John, at Parma, ib.; his celebrated pic- ture of the nativity, called the Notté, 221; undertakes to paint the cathe- dral at Parma, ib.; testimony of Ti. tian to his superior talents as an artist, 222; peculiar style of Correggio, 222, 5; his particular attention to the quality of his colours, ib.; criticism of Fuseli on the style of Parmegiano, 223, 4; name and family, &c. of Parmegiano, 224.
Corunna, retreat of the British army to, 149; battle of, 152.
Cóttů, (M.) on the administration of criminal justice in England, &c. 385, et seq.; causes which tended to ren- der the present work popular in Eng- land and in France, 386, 7; great advantages received by the author in England, ib.; defects of the work, 387; author's remarks on the earliest stage of criminal proceedings in England, 387, 8; deficiencies of this statement, 388; powers of the procureur de roi, and the juge d'instruction, as contrasted with those of the English magistrate, 389; vigour of age, the only qualifi- cations requisite in these French ma- gistrates, 390, 1; power of the man- dat d'amener, 391; state of the pri- sons, 392; horrible nature of the mise au secret, or secret confinement, as at present inflicted in France, 393, 4; cruelty of the mode of conducting the interrogatories, ib.; instance given from M. Béranger's work, 394; the interrogatory of the ancient regime more mild than the present mode, ib.; mode of examining witnesses, 395; constitution and proceedings of the chamber of council, ib. ; first hearing of the prisoner, 396, 7; the proces verbal, 397; oath of the jury, 398; acte d'accusation, ib. ; public examina- tion of the prisoner by the president of the court, 400; egwact, ib.; ren-
seignements, their mischievous ten- dency, 401; author's testimony of the sophistical reasoning and extravagant language of the French counsel, 402, 3; his statement of the summing up by the president, 403; mode of determining the verdict, 404; question whether `trial by jury exists in France, ib.; author's remarks on unanimity of decision, as established in France in 1798, 405, 6; on particular points of a case, 406, 7; circumstances tending to exclude compassion from the bosom of the French juror, 407.
Colyam, Major Mackworth's visit to it, 253; religious rites of the Syrian churches, ib.
Cowper, rural walks of, in a series of
views near Olney, 171, 2. Cowry tree, description and rise of, 158. Cruise's journal of a ten months' resi- dence in New Zealand, 158. et seq.; object of the author's residence in the island, 158; description and use of the cowry tree, ib.; proba- ble cause of the massacre of the crew of the Boyd, 159; Kroko's ac- count of the massacre of a part of the crew of Morion's ship, ib.; confidential intercourse between the soldiers and the natives, 159, 60; friendly disposition of the natives generally, 160; their dis- position to pilfer, when on shipboard, 161; the great power of the Tabboo ex- perienced by the Prince Regent schooner, ib.; excursion of the Rev. Mr. Mars- den, up the Wydematta river, ib.; state of the mission at New Zealand, 161, 2; admirable prudence and fidelity of a native servant girl, 162. Crystal, large pillars of, in a natural cave, 9.
Culture, religious, in early life, important · advantage of, 170.
Daventry, academy at, Mr. Robert Hall's remarks on it, 135. Deity, omnipresence of the, 225, 6. Desert, in Egypt, description of it, 552. Dick's Christian philosopher, 432, et seq. subjects treated of, 433; the essential attributes of God, and their il- lustrations derived from the material world, too often neglected by some reli- gious instructers, 434.
Dispensations, Jewish and Christian, re- marks on their agreements and differences -523, 4. Divinity of the religion of Christ, ne- cessarily connected with the integrity of its written records, 328, 9.
Drew's attempt to demonstrate from reason and revelation, the necessary existence, essential perfections, &c. of an eternal Being, 289, et seq.; re- marks on the arguments that are adduced to prove the being of a God, 289; impossibility of conceiving that there is no God, ib.; the cause of all things must be antecedent to all things-eternal, 290; remark of Dr. Clarke, ib.; the self-existence of God, as certain as his existence, 291; ex- tract from Howe, 291, 2; argument for the perfection of God, ib. : infidel objection to the wisdom and goodness of God, examined and exposed, 292, 3; cause for which the author wrote the present essay, 294; the success- ful candidates, their premiums, &c. ib.; character of their essays, 294,
5; general estimate of the present work, &c. ib.; subjects of the first two arguments of the first part of the work, ib.; objection to the mode of argument, that the divine existence can be demonstrated from the exist- ence of space, 296; author's remarks on the import of the term space, ib. ; Dr. Clarke's definition of space, ib. ; the author's first position, that a ma- terial world exists, ib.; that in which it exists, viz. space, is either an entity, or a nonentity, 297; subjects of the author's subsequent sections, ib.; simple statement of the author's argu- ment, and its consequence, 297, 8; further remarks upon the term space, 298; Dr. Clarke on space and dura- tion, ib.; the author's argument, that an infinite perfection cannot exist without an infinite substance, exami- ned, 299; his argument, as founded on the nature of duration, 299, 300; examination of his position, that if an Eternal Being be possible, he must really exist, 300, 1; his application of his argument, 301; objectionable na- ture of his reasoning in proof that only one necessarily existent being or essence can be possible, 302; extract, ib.; remark of Dr. Clarke on the di- versity of persons in the Trinity, ib. ; the unity of God considered, 304; heads of the remaining parts of the present work, 305; the assertion that what is infinite may be constituted by an accumulation of finites, examined, 305, 6.
Drummond's first steps to botany, 379, et seq.; plan of the work, ib.; view of the bottom of the ocean, 379; lines on
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