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ART. XIII. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

HISTORY.

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.

PHILOLOGY.

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.

PHISIOLOGY.

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.

POETRY.

By

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 Deserted City; Eva, a Tale; and other Poems. By Joseph Bounden.

12mo. 6s.

THEOLOGY.

For Christian Missions to the Heathen, an Oration. Delivered before the London Missionary Society at their anniversary, 1824. By the Rev. Edward Irving, A.M.

***The whole proceeds to be devoted to the benefit of the widow of the late Rev. J. Smith, Missionary at De

merara.

Sermons, and Plans of Sermons, on many of the most important texts of Holy Scripture. By the Rev. Joseph Benson. 8vo. 6s.

TRAVELS AND TOPOGRAPHY.

Scenes and Impressions in Egypt and in Italy. By the Author of "Sketches of India," &c. 8vo. 12s.

Journal of a Tour in Asia Minor, with comparative Remarks on the ancient and modern Geography of that country. By William Martin Leake, F.R.S. With a map. 8vo. 18s.

Journal of a Voyage to Brazil, and Residence there, during part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823; including an Account of the Revolution which brought about the Independence of the Brazilian Empire. By Maria Graham, Author of "Residence in India," &c. &c. 4to. with engravings. 21. 2s.

Selections from the Works of Baron de Humboldt, relating to the Climate, Inhabitants, Productions, and Mines of Mexico, with Notes and an Introduction. By John Taylor, Esq. Treasurer to the Geological Society, &c. 8vo. with a plate and a new map, constructed from the best authorities. 12s.

Extracts from a Journal, written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, and 1822. By Captain Basil Hall, Royal Navy, Author of a Voyage to Loo Choo. 2 vols post 8vo. with a chart. 11. 1s.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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.

GENERAL INDEX.

VOL. XXI. NEW SERIES.

Aaron, tomb of, 29.

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-

vants and expenses, 129, 30; his recep-
tion at Holdenby, 130, 1; Major Bos-
ville detected in attempting to convey
letlers to the king, 131; subsequent
failure of Mrs. Cave to deliver a letter
in cipher, 131,2; abduction of the king
by Cornet Joyce, 132, &c.
Bakewell's travels in the Tarentaise,
among the Grecian and Pennine Alps,
&c. 306, et seq.; description of the
city of Geneva, 316, et seq.; singular
circumstance in the early life of Rousseau,
317; morals of the Genevese, 318; so-
ciétés des Dimanches, 319, 20; defence
of the Genevese against the change of
parsimony, 321; prevalence of suicide
among the Genevese, ib.; pride the
prevailing cause of it, 321, 2; gross
misrepresentation in regard to ecele-
siastical affairs at Geneva, 323.
Berne, account of its government, state of
morals, &c. 309.

Bible association at Jaffna, consisting wholly
of natives, 248.

Bicêtre, dungeons of the, 42.

Bichuana tribe, description of, 505; their
religion, 506; singular custom prevail.
ing among them, ib.
Biography and obituary, annual, for
1824, 366, et seq.; principal subjects
of the present volume, 367; detail of
the principal circumstances in the life
of Robert Bloomfield, ib. et seq.
Birt's summary of the principles and
history of popery, 408, et seq.; al-
tered feeling of the public in regard
to popery, 408, 9; probable causes
of it, 409, 10; active zeal of the pa-
pists in the present day, 411; absur-
dity of the claim of the Romish church to
the appellation of catholic exposed, 412;
the church of Rome a political establish-
ment, 413; ils revenue, and mode of
raising it, ib.

Bivouac, lively description of one, 148,

153.

Bloomfield, detail of the principal circum-
stances of his life, 367, el seq.

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

as a lent-maker considered, 464, 5; re-
marks on the mode of supporting
dissenting ministers, 465; hard case
of the episcopal curate, 465, 6; pas-
tors of churches should dedicate their
talents and time exclusively to the
work for which they receive remune.
ration, 466.

Bushmen, their treatment of their women,

495, 6; their mode of dancing, 496.

Calvin, estimate of his character by M. Si-
mond, 324, 5; some circumstances al-
tending his last illness, ib.

Camel, its importance in the East, 553.
Candour, Christian, true nature of, 143.
Capernaum, real site of, not yet ascer-
tained, 259, 60.

Carriage, elephant, of the Rajah of the My-
sore, description of il, 257.
Cataract, the second, of the Nile, description
of, 3.

Catholic, absurdity of the claim of the Ro-
mish church to the appellation of, exposed,
412.

Cedars of Libanus described, 14; remarks

on, by various travellers, 14, 15.
Chalmers on the pauperism of Glasgow,
95.

Child's companion, or sunday scholar's
reward, 476, 478.

Chimney-sweeper's friend, &c. 588, et

seg.

Christianity, professional, by a medical

practitioner, 372, et seq.; author's at·
tempts to account for the prevailing infi-
delity among medical men, 373; asserts
that anatomical studies tend to produce,
on an unconverted man, a brutish insen-
sibility of mind, 374, 5; crude notions
of the author exposed, ib. et seq.
Clarkson on the necessity of improving
the condition of the slaves in the Bri-
tish colonies, &c. 97, et seq.
Coke, (Dr.) the founder of the West
India and Singhalese missions, 435;
his generous and ardent zeal for the
missionary cause, ib.

Conder's Star in the East, with other
poems, 563, et seq. § song of the angels
at Messiah's advent, 563, 4; indignant
strains, on account of the asserted inno-
cence of the Hindoos, 564; reference to
Persia, China, and Takeile, 565; apos-
trophe to the Star of Bethlehem, 566 ;
part of the hundred and forty-fifth
psalm, 566,7; the hundred and forty-
eighth psalm, 567, 8; thought on the
sea shore, 568; extracts from the poems
on spring and summer, 569, 70; extract
from a poem to the nightingale, 670.

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-

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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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