A. Agriculture of the Israelites, Ap- pendix to the, 312. America,—Review of Dwight's Travels in New-England and New-York, 61; Review of Faux's Memorable Days in, ib.; American Literature and Intelligence, 250. Anecdote-Indian Wit and Gene- rosity, 249.
Arabic-Review of an Easy Me- thod of acquiring the Reading of it with vowel points, by an experienced Teacher, 126. B.
Barnett, Mr., shewn to have no right to complain of the conduct of Mr. Reed, in making him the hero of "No Fiction," 231, 5; his gross misconduct subse- quently to the publication of that work, 232; Mr. Reed's kindness towards him on that occasion, 235; nature of the charges against him in "No Fiction," 236.
Biblical Literature,-A Disserta- tion on its importance. By Charles Hodge, A.M. Teacher of the Original Languages of Scripture in the Theological Seminary of the Presbyterian Church, at Princeton, New- Jersey, 176.
Borrentslein, M.-Review of his New and Easy Method of ac- quiring the Reading of Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic, with the vowel points, 126. Buckland, Alfred Cecil-Review
of his Letters on the importance, duty, and advantages of Early Rising, 209; his death, 210. Bury, Miss Jane, Memoir of her Life, 251; her childhood, ib.;
her juvenile days, 252; her conduct at school, 253; her con- duct as an instructor, ib.; course of reading, ib.; musical talents, 254; letters to her relatives, ib. 255; self-cultivation, 256; ex- tracts from her journal, 257, 8, 9, 260, 1, 7, 8, 9, 270, 1, 6; re- flections on her entering her 21st year, 260; comparison of theatrical amusements, cards, drawing, and music, 261; her piety, 266, 8, 9, 270, 1, 2; her attention to the Sabbath, 271; diligence as a Sunday-school teacher, 275; regard to the scriptures, ib.; activity in sup- port of religious institutions, 276; last illness, ib.; death, 279; observations suggested by her character, ib.
Calendar of the Jews, 312. Catalogue of the Works of the Rev. Dr. Edward Williams, of Rotherham, 59.
Characteristics in the Manner of
Rochefoucault's Maxims-Re- view of, 189; their vulgarity, 189, 90; absurdity and para- dox, 190, 2, 3, 6; mischievous tendency, 191, 3; immorality, 191; excessive generality, 191, 3; lengthiness, 192; trifling and inatility, 193; libellous cha- raeter of the female sex, 194; impiety and anti-christian ten dency, 195; selection of their best maxims, 196; their refuta- tion of the selfish system of Rochefoucault commended, 197; their supposed author, ib. Clarke, Dr. Adam,—The assertion in his Commentary on the Bible, that human reason can both apprehend and comprehend the
doctrines of revelation, contro- verted, 472.
Coates, Rev. Mr., his conduct as Librarian of Dr. Williams's Library in Red Cross-street, applauded, 148.
Collyer, Rev. Dr. William Bengo', History of Ethics, Lecture I. 4; Lecture II. 433.
Conder, Josiah, his Star in the
East reviewed, 497; and highly commended, ib., 498. Cottonian Library; its history, 49; its present state, 54; catalogues published of its contents, 55. D.
Death of Mungo Park, a poem, 508. Defamation; its
amongst the Jews, 173; the ancient Egyptians, 174; Per- sians, 175; Lydians, 176; by the code of Menu, 281; by the code of Gentoo laws, 287; amongst the Chinese, 289. Durant, William Friend, 'On the Standard of Taste,' an Essay intended to compete for a prize given by the University of Glas- gow, Part I. 131; Part II. 292; Part III 403.
Dwight, Rev. Dr. Timothy-Re- view of his Travels in New- England and New-York, 61; his complaints of the accounts of America given by English writers, 62; general description of New-England, 63; account of the canker-worm there, 65; its quadrupeds,and their weight, in comparison with those of Europe, 66; its ornithology, 68; account of the rattlesnake, 69; insects of New-England, 70;| its climates and seasons, ib.; character of its inhabitants, 71; his refutation of the attacks of the Edinburgh Reviewers upon American writers, 75; women of New-England, 78; strict obser- vance of the Sabbath there, 80; difference between the Congre- gationalists there and in Eng- land, 81; constitution of Con- necticut, 86; its criminal code,
88; legislation, 89; state of re- ligion there, 93; account of Newhaven, 94; singular mode of settling a disputed title to lands, 95; constitution of Mas- sachusetts, 97; account of Boston, ib.; of the regicides Whalley and Goffe, 99; of a supposed prevalency of witch- craft at Danvers, 101; of a sin- gular deluge from Saddle Mountain, 102; constitution of Maine, 103; ravages of grass- hoppers at Bennington, Ver- mont, 104; notice of Colonel Ethen Allen, an American deis- tical writer, 105; legislature and government of Vermont, ib.; constitution of New Hampshire, 106; cruel outrage of the In- dians at Dover, 107; inns of New-England, 108; Dartmouth college, 109; roads of New Hampshire, ib.; destructive fires in the woods, 110; consti- tution of Rhode Island, and un- favourable character of its in- habitants, ib.; constitution and legislation of New-York, 112; account of the Shakers, 116; Long Island, 119: state prison of New-York, 120; account of the city of New-York and its inhabitants, ib.; Colombia col- lege, 123; towns of New-York, ib.; goitres of the western states, 123; general character of the work, 124; its faults, ib. 125; Americanisms of its au- thor, 125; his prejudices, 66, 9, 73, 6, 109; his candour, 90; illiberality, 92, 103, 114.
Early Rising-Review of Letters on its importance, duty, and advantage, 209; of a Tract, recommending it, by Rev. Jacob Snelgar, 218; benefit experi- enced from these works by the reviewer, 210, 11; good ef- fects of the habit upon ner- Vous persons, 212; its im- portance to parents and heads of families, 213; urged upon studious men, from the melan-
choly effects of nocturnal stu- dies, 214; from the example of several celebrated scholars, 217; examples of early rising record- ed in the Scriptures, ib.; the duty urged upon Christians, 218; mode of acquiring the ha- bit, 219.
Essays on the Results of Art, as connected with the happiness of the human race in general, 20; Museum Hours, No. I. 43; 'On the Standard of Taste,' an essay intended to compete for a prize given by the University of Glasgow, by the late William Friend Durant, Part I. 131; Part II. 292; Part III. 403; on certain Regulations in Dr. Williams's Library, 148; Uni- tarianism and Trinitarianism compared in their tendency to convert Turks, Pagans, Jews, and Infidels, to Christianity, 154; Horæ Juridicæ, No. I, on the Origin and Principles of the Law of Libel, and the Punish- ment of Defamation amongst the Jews, Egyptians, ancient Per- sians and Lydians, 167 ; No. II. on the Punishment of Defama- tion amongst the Hindoos and › Chinese, 281; a Dissertation on the importance of Biblical Lite- rature, by Charles Hodge, A.M. teacher of the Original Lan- guages in the Theological Se- minary of the Presbyterian Church, at Princeton, New-Jer- sey, 176; Calendar of the Jews, an Appendix to an Essay on the Agriculture of the Israelites, 312; Thoughts on the Slaying of the Witnesses, 444. Ethics-Lectures on their History, by the Rev. William Bengo' Collyer, D.D. &c. &c. 4, 433.
Faux, W.-Review of his Memo- rable Days in America, 61; his account of a Sabbath at Boston, .98; his work commended, 126. G.
Gaming-the mischievous Effects
of, a charge delivered to the
Grand Jury of the county of Berks, in Pennsylvania, by the Hon. Jacob Rush, 36.
Hazlitt, William, his character and conduct as a writer, 198; the characteristics in the man- ner of Rochefoucault attributed to him, ib. Hebrew-Review of a New Me- thod of acquiring the Reading of it with the vowel points, by an experienced teacher, 126. Henry, Matthew, at Hackney— Review of, 471. Hewlett, Esther, her William Barlow,' a tale, reviewed, 507; commended, ib.
Hodge, Charles, Teacher of the Original Languages of the Scrip- ture in the Theological Semina- ry of the Presbyterian Church, at Princeton, New-Jersey,-a Dissertation on the importance of Biblical Literature, 176. Hora Juridica, No. I.-on the Origin and Principles of the Law of Libel, and the Punish- ment of Defamation amongst the Jews, Egyptians, ancient Persians, and Lydians, 167; No. II. on the punishment of Defamation amongst the Hin- doos and Chinese, 281. Huntley, Lydia,-The Susceptible Mind, 130; Life, ib.; Gratitude, lines written on planting slips of geranium and constancy over the grave of a venerable friend, 247.
Jews, their Calendar, 312. Il Pastore Incantato, a drama,
Pompeii, and other Poems, by a Student of the Temple, re- viewed, 486; the author's suc- cessful study of the older poets, 487, 8, 9, 491; the principal poem commended as a beautiful imitation of Milton's Comus, 487, 5, 493; its defects, 493; the poem of Pompeii highly praised, ib.; beautiful minor pieces, 494, 5; striking personi- fication of death, 495; commen-
dation of the talents of the au- thor, 498.
L. Lectures on the History of Ethics,
by the Rev. William Bengo' Collyer, D.D.LLD., 4, 433. Letters on the Importance, Duty, and Advantages, of Early Ris- ing, reviewed, 209; recom- mended from the benefit ex- perienced by the reviewer, 210, 219; the ill effects of lying in bed, 211, 213; good effects of early rising on nervous persons, 212; its importance to parents and heads of families, 213; ill effects of a contrary habit on studious men, 214; examples of early rising in great men, 216; examples from Scripture, 217; mode of attaining the habit, 219.
Libel, on the Origin of Princi- ples of the Law of, 167; de- rivation of the word, 171.
Matthew Henry at Hackney, to which is added, Strictures on the Unitarian Writings of the Rev. Lant Carpenter, LLD. reviewed, 471; commended, ib.; the insufficiency of reason in matters of revelation, 472; dis- tinction between human and eternal reason, 473; Dr. Adam Clarke's notions upon the sub- ject controverted, ib.; account of the sermon supposed to be delivered by Matthew Henry, 479; remarks in it on the Saxon Voluspa, 480; testimonies of the Hebrew prophets in support of the divinity of the Messiah, 482; critical examination of the Unitarian Version of the New Testament, 484; virulence of the author of this tract cen- sured, 484, 486. Maugham, (Robert,) Review of his Outlines of Character, 199, his work highly approved, 199; specimens of his style, 200, 207; his favourable opinion of Phrenology, controverted, 201; his remarks on the de-
clension of eloquence at the Bar, quoted with approbation, 207; his opinion on the book- making character of the age, supported, 208; correction of his notions of the system of reviewing, ib.; faults in his style, ib.
Memoir of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, 1; Miss Jane Bury, of Stockport, 251.
Modern Traveller, Review of the,
Part I. 219; Parts III.-VI.503; the work highly commended,219, 221, 2, 3, 5, 503,4,6; account of Jerusalem, 221; of Djezzar Pa- sha, 223; authorities consulted on its account of Palestine, 225; of Syria and Asia-Minor, 504; references to its most interest- ing parts, 504; the editor's judicious remarks on the pre- sent state of Syria and Asia- Minor, 50.
Museum Hours, No. I. 43; Read- ing Rooms of the British Mu- seum, ib.; their regulations, 44; attendants and students there, 46; history of the Cot- tonian library, 49; catalogues published of this collection, 55.
New England, Review of the Rev. Dr. Dwight's Travels in, 63; general description of its states, ib.; character of its inhabitants, 71; of its first settlers, 72; its women, 79; strict observance of the Sabbath there, 80; its civil and religious institutions, 81; inns and inn-keepers, 108. New York,-Review of the Rev. Dr. Dwight's Travels there, 112; its constitution and legis- lation, ib.; its liberal patronage of learning, 115; its state pri- son, 121; inns, 122; goitres of its western states, 123.
P. Park, Mungo, Poem on his Death,
Phrenology, Objections to the system, 202; its unwarranted assumption that the organs of intellect reside in the brain,
ib.; fatal consequences of its truth, 204; its illiberality, 205; its barring the door to all change of character, 206. Poetry-Affliction, 128; Earthly and Heavenly Hopes, 129; the Advice of Nushirewan to his Son Hormuz, from the Persian of Sadi, 130; the Susceptible Mind, from "Moral Pieces in Prose and Verse, by Lydia Huntley," of Hartford, Connec- ticut, ib.; Life, from the same, ib.; Gratitude, lines written on planting slips of Geranium and Constancy near the Grave of a venerable Friend, from the same, 247; the Smile that we love in our own dear Home, 245; Lines written in Wales, 246; the Death of Mungo Park, by J. H. Wiffen, Esq. 908; Can- tilena, from the Spanish of Vil- legas, by the same, 515; What is Life? 516.
Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford, Memoir of his Life, 1; his ap- pointment to Prince of Wales's Island, ib.; to the Lieutenant Governorship of Java, ib. ; pub- lication of his history of Java, 2; appointment to the Lieuten- ant-Governorship of Bencoolen, ib.; his administration at Su- matra, 3.
Reed, Andrew-Review of his Letter to the Editor of the British Review, occasioned by the notice of " No Fiction," and "Martha," in that work, 226; his answer to the charge of imposing upon the public as a narrative founded on facts, a col- lection of fictions, distortions, and exaggerations, ib.; suffici- ency of that refutation, 228; his answer to the charge of in- juring Mr. Barnett, the hero of "No Fiction," ib.; inadequacy of his reply upon this head, 229; what he ought to have done before he published the book, 230; the injury inflicted upon Mr. Barnett, shewn to
have been trifling, if any, 231; subsequent misconduct of that gentleman, 232; kindness of Mr. Reed towards him after the publication of "No Fiction," 232, 5; injury to the character of Mr. Barnett by the publi- cation of the work, with people not religious, 236; the charge of vanity in eulogizing himself and family, not without foun- dation, 238; quotation of his masterly defence of fiction as a mode of inculcating moral and religious truth, ib.
Review of Dr. Dwight's Travels in New England, 61; Faux's Memorable Days in America, ib.; a New Method of acquir- ing the Reading of Hebrew with vowel points, by an ex- perienced Teacher, 126; an Easy Method of acquiring the Reading of Syriac with the vowel points, by the same, ib.; an Easy Method of acquiring the Reading of Arabic with the vowel points, by the same, ib.; Characteristics, in the Manner of Rochefoucault, 189; Outlines of Character, 199; Letters on the Importance, Duty, and Advantages, of Early Rising, 209; Early Rising re- commended, a Tract, by the Rev. Jacob Snelgar, 218; Mo- dern Traveller, Part I.219; Parts III. to VI. 503; a Letter to the Editor of the British Review, by Andrew Reed, 226; an Au- thentic Copy of the Minutes of Evidence on the Trial of John Smith, a Missionary, in Deme- rara, 322; the Missionary So- ciety's Report of the Proceed- ings against the late Rev. John Smith, of Demerara, ib.; Jeru- salem Delivered, translated from the Italian of Tasso, by J. H. Wiffen, 449; Il Pastore Incantato, a Drama, Pompeii, and other Poems, by a Student of the Temple, 486; the Star in the East, with other Poems, by Josiah Conder, 497; William
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