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ral production of salt petre on the
walls of subterraneous and other
buildings, 511

Kidd's Sermons for the use of villages
and families, 369, et seq.; author's
style considered, 370; reflections on
the piety of Abijah, b.; on the prayer of
Jesus on the Cross, ib.
Kiffin, Mr. W. biographical sketch of
his life, 403, et seq.; see Wilson's his-
tory of dissenting churches.
Kirby's entomology, see Entomology.
Klaproth's travels in the Caucasus, and

Georgia, 328, et seq.; formidable ex-
tent and power of the Russian em-
pire, ib.; origin of the expedition,
329; nature of the author's arduous
duties, 330; general character and
estimate of the work, ib. et seq.; reli
gion, &c. of the Calmucks, &c, 332;
description of the Kürdä or praying mill,
ib. et seq.; other superstitious ceremo-
nies, 334; Grandshuhr or master-book
of the whole world, ib.; great preva-
lence of priestcraft among them, ib.;
doubtful nature of the author's reli-
gious principles, 335; his statement of
their morality, ib, et seq.; their mode of
ordination for priests' orders, 336; ah-
surd nature of their petitions, 337;
superstitious observances among the Mon-
gols, ib.; practise a kind of baptism,
358; mode of preparing for death, ib.;
general habits, &c. of the Tscherkes-
sians, ib.; remains of Madshar, 339;
great elevation of the Elbrus and
Mqinwari mountains, ib.; supersti-
tious opinion of the natives concern-
ing them, ib. et seq.

Knowledge, Williams's moral tenden-
cies of, 594,5

Konig on a fossil human skeleton from

Guadaloupe, 505; not a fossil re-
main, but merely an incrustation, 506
Kubla Khan, a poem, by S. T. Cole-
ridge, 571

Kürda, or praying mill, 332

Lalande fond of eating spiders, 582
Leaves, 399, et seq.; character of the
poems, ib.; the child of love and genius,
400
Lecture on Skulls, see Headlong Hall.
Letters from a gentleman in the north

of Scotland, see Highlands.
Letter to Mr. Gisborne by one of the
clergy, see Bible Society, 52
Lewis and Clarke's travels to the source
of the Missouri river, 105, et seq.; see
Missouri.

Lincoln, letter to the bishop of, on ac-

count of his attack on the British and

Foreign Bible Society, in his late
charge to his clergy, see Bible Society.
Little Davy's new hat, Bloomfield's his-
tory of, 76, 7; extract, 77

Liturgy, Mr. Bugg's opinion of the re-
strictive nature of its language, 436
Love and opportunity, a song, 380
Locusts, a flight of, described, 579
London Missionary Society, Dr. Brown's
account of, 234; causes of their first
misfortunes, ib.; instrumental in ex-
citing new energy into the other mission-
ary societies, ib.

Low Countries, good policy of uniting
them with the States of Holland, 352
Lunatic asylums, pauper, Tuke's prac-
tical hints on the construction and
economy of, 293, 301, et ssq.

Mc Lean, Mr. Archibald, his contro-
versy with Mr. Andrew Fuller on
faith, 485, et seq.
Madhouses, reports, &c. respecting
them, 293, et seq.; awful interest of
the subject, ib.; inquiry if madness be
curable by medicine, 294; opinion of
practitioners on the subject, various,
ib.: probable causes of this difference,
295; remarkable instance of alterna-
tion in mental and bodily disease, 296;
mental sanity frequently precedes the
death of insane persons, ib.; inqu ries
in regard to a conciliatory mode of
treatment, 297; extract from the Hon.
H. Grey Bennett's evidence before the
House, ib. et seq.; cases of Mrs. Stone
and of Norris, ib.; statement of some
particulars that have been beneficial
in lunatic asylums, 300; inquiry in
regard to exercise, ib. et seq.; defects in
lunatic asylums, 301; Mr. Tuke's pro-
posed classification of patients, 302;
Mr. Bakewell's plan, ib.; an interest-
ing case of apparently religious insa-
nity, 303; the subject, in fact, a
bold profligate, ib.; Mr. Bakewell's
opinion in regard to supposed religi-
ous maniacs, ib.; great credit due to
him for his firm intrepid.ty in expo-
sing the false assertions that religion
is the frequent occasion of madness,
304; dependence on medicine in cases
of insanity very small, 305; great
necessity of county establishments,
306; probability of beneficial effects
from the investigation, ib.

Majolo, the, a tale, 77, et seq.; reflec-
tions on acquired knowledge, &c. 78;
character of the Majolo, 79; the
Majoli, who they are, ib.; appearance
of the Majolo, ib.; character of the indi-
genous music of mountainous countries,

80; character seldom understood by an
estimate of the qualities of the mind, 81;
illustrated in the (imagined) character of
Don Lopez, ib.; Majolo's reasons for
thinking the life of a merchant the most
preferable, 82; his first efforts to obtain
literary eminence detailed, 82, 3; con-
cluding remarks on the character of
the work, 84

Mandan Indians, 117; their tradition of

their remote history, 117

Mant's, Dr. two tracts, on regeneration

and conversion according to the sense
of holy scripture, and the church of
England, 429, et seq.

Medicine of the Mandans, an American

tribe, its singular meaning, 118;
medicine stone, 119

Meeting-houses, evils likely to result
from their being made subject to pa-
rochial assessments, 494, 5

Memoirs of lady Hamilton, 284, et seq.;
see Hamilton.

Mirage, account of one in Caubul, 466
Messiah, bishop Horsley's opinion of
the origin of the prophecies among
the heathen concerning him, 152, 3
Messiah, the only safe basis on which
passages from the old testament can
be applied to him, 27

Methodist (Wesleyan) missions in the
West Indies, 234; in the island of
Ceylon, ib. conversion of a Budha
priest, ib.

Middle class of society, its rise and great
national importance, 213; not known
in Frauce, 214, 217

Military influence, its danger, as illustrated

in the conduct of the French soldiery, 68
Milbank Penitentiary, its probable evil
tendency, 613

Ministers of the church, Wilks's essay

on the conversion and unconversion
of, 538, et seq.; see Wilks.

Missionary exertions, encouragements
for prosecuting them, 225

Missions, Brown's history of, 223; et seq.
See Brown.

Missouri river, Lewis and Clarke's travels
to the source of, 105, et seq.; impor-
tance of the expedition, ib.; reflections
on the influence of vast and antecedent-
ly unexplored reg ons on a philosophi-
cal and imaginative spirit, 107; descrip-
tion of the party, 109; nature of the
anticipated difficulties, ib. et seq.; ob-
stacles from the extreme rapidity of the
current and treachery of the bank, 110-1;
description of the Osages, ib.; their
own account of their descent from a
snail, ib.; general appearance of the
country, 112; extensive ancient

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burying grounds of the Indians,
ib. ;
ravages of the small pox
among the Mahas, effects of their de-
spair, ib.; death of Sergeant Floyd,
ib.; remarkable bends in the river,
113; Ottoes and Missouri Indians,
ib.; effects of a hurricane, ib.; Staitan
or Kite Indians, ib.; notice of some
natural curiosities, ib.; remarkable re-
gular mound, ib.; water of the rivers
rendered deleterious by the great
quantity of copperas, &e. in its bank,
ib.; Sioux, a numerous and powerful
tribe, ib.; determined conduct of some
associated young and brave men in this
tribe, 115; description of some an-
cient fortifications 116; the Ricka-
ras, ib.; reject the use of spirituous
liquors, ib.; Mandaus and other tribes,
117; Mandans, tradition of their origin,
117, 118; remarkable circumstance
in their religion, 118, 119; barbarous
revenge of a Minnetaree chief, 119; in-
tense cold of the winter, 120; vol-
canic appearances, 121; sharp and
dangerous encounter with a bear, 122;
singular mode of procuring buffaloes,
123; perilous situation of the Capt. L.
and one of his men, ib.; discover the
summits of the rock mountains, ib.;
Capt. L. arrives at the first cataract,ib.
extent, &c. of the various falls, 125;
cataracts described, ib.; danger of Capt.
C. and others from the effects of a heavy
rain, 126; destruction of the buffa-
loes at the falls, ib.; their immense
breeds, ib.; remarkable mountain ex-
plosions, ib.; Capt. L. surprized by a
bear, 127; the party pass the gates
of the rocky mountains, ib.; arrive
at the three forks,' 128; Shoshonee
Indians, their actions, &c. 128, 129;
cross the mountainous track, ib,; ar-
rive at the Columbia river, 130; dis-
cover the Pacific ocean, 131; customs,
&c. of the Indians on Colombia, a
river, ib.; return of the party, 132
Mongols, religion, &c. of, 336, et seq.
Monitor, weekly, 174
Moorish school at Fez, 529
Morell's studies in history, vol. 2. His-
tory of Rome, 170, et seq.; best mode
of making history the vehicle of moral
and religious instruction, 171; con-
version of Constantine, 172; reflections
on it, 173

Morris's memoirs of the life and wri-
tings of the Rev. Andrew Fuller, 478,
See Fuller

et seq.
Moultau, 466

Mound of the little devils, 113; Indian
tradition concerning them, 114

Mountainous districts, their general fea-

tures, nearly similar, 249, et seq.
Mountain scenery, Chateaubriand's remarks
· on it, 47

Mountain scenery, its influence on the
mind and feeling, 250, et seq.
Mqiruvari, a mountain of Caucasus, de-
scription of, 340

Mural, remarks on his character, by Miss
Williams, 734

Music, at Morocco, its nature, 527
Music, native, of mountainous countries
wild, abrupt, and mournful, 80; great
resemblance between Sardinian and Scot-
tish music, ib.

Narrative of events in France, from the

landing of Bonaparte till the restora-
tion of Louis XVIII. 65, et seq.
Nelson's, Lord, letters, were not publish-
ed by Lady Hamilton, 289
New Covenant, translated into Hebrew,

for the Jews, 343, et seq.; work in-
cludes Matthew only, 343; Jona's
translation of the New Testament, 344;
plan and execution of the work, ib.;
emendatory hints to the translators,
345, et seq.

Ney, Marshal, Miss Williams's remarks

on his character, 68; executed at
Paris, ib.

Niagara, Chateaubriand's dangerous adven-
ture there, 48

Nismes, cruelties perpetrated there, confined
to the protestants, 394
Nonconformist church, the first in England,
some account of, 401

Norris (the lunatic) his case stated, 297,

298

Notes, to illustrate the text of books, a
modern contrivance, 13; objections
against the notes to Gibbon's Decline
and Fall, 14
Notes, intended as materials in regard
to the affairs of the French Protes-
tants of the Department du Gard, 209

Ode, a second, to Buonaparte, 75, 76;
its character wholly imitative, ib.;
extract, 76

Opoleyta, a tale of Ind, 158, et seq.; ex-
tracts, 159

Oregan, a river of the West, 130

Orr, a united Irishman, remarks on his
case, and on his defence by Mr. Cur-
ran, 168
Osages, American Indians described,
110, 111; their own tradition of their
origin, 111

Pamphlets on the present distressed

state of the United Kingdom, 417,
et seq.

Papal system, its varied aspect as exhibited
in past circumstances, and in present lo-
cality, and as represented by modern en-
lightened advocates, 317, 318; its just
features exhibited in Spain, Portugal,
&c. not in the descriptions of Butler
and Eustace, ib.

Papists, their zeal in propagating their
religious opinions, 226

Parish relief, its evil operation under
certain circumstances, 612
Parisina, a poem, by Lord Byron, 273,
et seq.; objections to the tale, ib.; its
effect painful, 274; Lord B.'s poems
merely sketches of characters, ib.
Paris revisited, see Scott (John)
Parkes's chemical essays, 255, et seq.;
manufacturers should be conversant
with scientific principles, ib.; the arts
precede the sciences in the progress
of mankind towards refinement, &c.
ib.; Lord Bacon's proof that the dis-
covery of gunpowder was accidental,
256; nature of these essays, ib.; sub-
jects of the essays, ib. et seq.; his ad-
vice to a medical student considered,
258; his description of making cast
steel obscure, 266; his remarks on
temperature contradictory, ib.; his
account of combustion unphilosophical, ib.,
his statement in regard to the bittern of
the Cheshire, &c. works, erroneous, 261;
barytes, used by the French manu-
facturers of porcelain, 263; Drs.
Ward and Roebuck's modes of form-
ing sulphuric acid, 264; a particular
process in Lancashire described, 265; on
citric acid, 266; its process and pro-
duce, ib.; attempt to make it in
Sicily, 267; on fixed alkalies, ib.;
general remarks, 268.

Parsey's deserted village restored, a
poem, 398, 399; extract, ib.
Paul's letters to his kinsfolk, 346, et seq.;
causes of the discontent that suc-
ceeded to the first return of the Bour-
bons, 347; negligence of the police
rendered Buonaparte's journey to
Paris safe and easy, 348; his effec-
tive preparations for the invasion of
Belgium, b.; affair of Quatre Bras,
ib.; danger of Blucher, 349; retreat of
Wellington upon Waterloo, ib.; alarm at
Brussels, 350; instances of English and
of French bravery, ib.; noble sentiments
of Wellington, 351; perseverance of the
British troops, 351; real nature of
Napoleon's errors at Waterloo, 352;
author's opinions that the late poli-

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tical trouble of Europe originated in
the partition of Poland, ib.; reflec-
tions on the mischiefs that would
have arisen from the burning of Paris,
353; objectionabie levity of the au-
thor in speaking of the papal heresy,
354; his opinion of the present state
of the Romish church, incorrect, ib.;
great attention paid to the religious
education of the lower classes in the
kingdom of Wirtemburg, 350; ill-
judged remarks on the restoration of
the Gallic church, exposed, ib.; his
reflections on the state of the Protestants
in France, 356, 357
Peculiarities of an author, are generally
among his faults, 37

Penny-a-week Purgatorian Society, 326;
Carlyle's remarks on it, ib.
Penrose's, Liewellyn, journal, 395, et
seq.; nature of the work, ib.; evidence
of its authenticity unsatisfactory, 396;
some account of the author, ib.; testi-
mony of Mr., now Sir B. West, 397;
Mr. Taylor's account of the journal, ib.;
its character, 398

Peshawer, residence of the Afghaun court,

468; description of the surrounding
country, 557

Philosophical transactions for 1814,357,

et seq.; synoptic scale of chemical
equivalents, 357, 8; analysis of a
new species of copper ore, 349; Ba-
kerian lecture, on some new electro-
chemical phenomena, ib.; new expe-
riments on the fluoric compounds,
360, et seq.; experiments and observa-
tions on a new substance which be-
comes a violet-coloured gas by heat,
362, et seq.; account of a family hav-
ing hands and feet with supernumerary
Angers and toes, 504; experiments
and observations on the influence of
the nerves of the eighth pair, on the
secretions of the stomach, 505; on a
fossil human skeleton from Guada-
loupe, ib.; observations on the func
tions of the brain, 506; further ex-
periments and observations on iodine,
507, et seq.; observations respecting
the natural production of saltpetre on
walls of subterraneous and other
buildings, 511; on the nature of the
salts termed Prussiates, and on acids
formed by the union of certain bodies
with the elements of the Prussic acid,
ib.; some experiments on the com-
bustion of the diamond and other car-
bonaceous substances, 513; some ac-
count of the fossil remains of an ani-
mal more nearly allied to fishes than

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Policy of an infidel despot more bene-
ficial to society than the principles of
popery, see extract, 71, et seq.
Political establishment for the conver
sion of sinners, absurdity of it, 550, 1-
Poor's rates, era of the act of their esta-
blishment, 493

Popery, diversified nature of its charac-
ter in various countries, 217; pam.
phlets on, 313; pomp of the Romish
church, &c. adverse to the simplicity
of the Christian institute, 514; its late
threatening situation, ib.; the feelings
and the practice of protestants, on this
occasion strangely at variance, 316;
present efforts of the Romish church
to re-establish herself, ib.; duty of
protestants to counteract its efforts,
317; design of the pamphlets, ib.;
papal system, its varied aspects, as ex-
hibited by past circumstances and present
locality, and as represented by modern,
enlightened advocates, 317, 8; Dr.
Smith's candid mode of treating his subject,
318; reasons for considering the papal
system unalterable, ib.; its true fea
tures exhibited in Spain and Portugal,
not in England, &c. ib.; Butler and
Eustace's professions of liberality, in
direct opposition to the spirit of the
Romish church, ib.; they are un
authorized advocates, 319; inquiry
into alleged pretensions to religious au
thority, ib. et seq.; reasons for rejecting
the authority of the pope and church of
Rome, 321; supremacy of the pope
considered, 322; Romish infallibility,
doubt whether it attaches to the pope
or to the church, ib.; Carlyle's remarks
on Mr. Ryan's collective infallibility,
322, 3; his reasons for the Romish
clergy's deriving their succession from the
priests, and not from the prophets, 329;
popery destroys the essential princi.
ples of personal religion, &c. ib. et
seq.; fundamental principles of dissent,
the same as those that protest against
the church of Rome, 325; duty of dis-

senters to state the reasons of their dissent,
ib.; reveries of Joanna Southcot in-
stanced by Mr. Ryan, as one of the
evils of protestantism, 326; reply of
of Mr. Carlyle, ib.; penny-a-week
purgatorian society, ib.; Mr. G.'s re-
marks on it, ib.; Claude's "defence
"of the reformation," 327; Bayle's
high estimate of it, ib.
Population in old countries outgrows the
limits of subsistence, 608

Porrett on the nature of the salts termed
triple Prussiates, and on acids formed
by union of certain bodies with the
elements of the Prussic acid, 511
Poverty among the Highlanders described,

242

Poverty, the actual source of the pre-

sent distress of the nation, 425; its
causes, ib.; its extensive influence in
regard to marriage and promiscuous
intercourse, 605; counteracting ten-
dency of economical banks, 606
Praying-machines, curious account of, 332
Preaching Christ, Durant's sermon on
the best mode of, 174, et seq.
Presbyterian church, the first in Eng-
land, 402

Prescience, a poem, 472, el seq.; ex-
tracts, 474, et seq.

Preston's review of the present ruined
condition of the landed and agricul-
tural interests, 417, et seq.
Priest's orders, process of ordination for,
among the Mongols, 336

Private hours of Nap. Bonaparte, writ-

ten by himself, 93,4; the work fic-
titious, ib.

Protestant colonies in Italy, formed by the
Genevese, 97

Protestant marriages in France, their legi-
timacy acknowledged by Louis XVI.
216

Protestant religion, Dr. Smith's reasons

of, 313. See popery
Protestants in France, on the present state
of, (Jan. 1816) 100, 1. (Note)
Protestants in France, Walter Scott's
remarks on the present state of, 356, 7
Protestants in the South of France, Miss

H. M. Williams's account of the per-
secutions of, 891, et seq.
*Protestants, less zealous than Papists

and Mahometans, in propagating
their doctrines, 226; their feelings
and their practice strangely at vari-
ance, in regard to the late threatening
state of the Romish church, 316.
Psalms, Bishop Horsley's translation of
the book of, 20, et seq.; specimens
by the bishop and the reviewer, 28,

et seq.

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Religious freedom in danger; or, the
toleration act invaded by parochial
assessments in religious places of
worship, 493. See Hill, the Rev.
Rowland
Religious insanity, a remarkable appa-
rent loss of, 300; the subject really a
bold profligate, ib.; the visionary
fervours of devotion in some maniac,
the effects, not the cause of insanity, ib,
Religious liberty in France, the advantages
it gained from the Revolution, 393; its
complete emancipation under Buonaparte,
ib.; returns to a state of doubtful tolera
tion under the Bourbons, 394
Revenge of an American Indian chief, on
account of his wife's infidelity, 119
Rimini, story of, a poem, by Leigh
Hunt, 380, et seq.

Robertson's, Dr. happy talent for nar-

rative conversation, 6; character of
his style, 15, 17; never attempted to
write poetry, 19

Roman Catholic priesthood, its spirit
utterly fatal to the liberties of man-
kind, 217

Roman horizon, Chateaubriand'c description
of the beauties of, 46

Romish church. See popery
Romney, his exhibition of Lady Hamil
ton in various characters, 286
Rose's, Right Hon. George, observations
on banks for savings. 599, 509, et seq.
Royal legitimacy, not dependent merely on
birth, 221

Ruthwell economical bank, 603
Ryan's arguments for the pre-eminency
of the Roman Catholic episcopacy,
Carlyle's examination of, 310, et seq.;
see popery

Sacraments, on the nature, &c. of, 439,
et seq.

Sal ammoniac, remarks on the manufacture,
&c. of, 261

Savings Banks, pamphlets on, 599 et

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