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Mr. Berry, late of the College of Arms, and Author of a History of Guernsey, has in the press, a Series of Tables, entitled "The Genealogical Mythology," intended as a book of reference

Art. XIV. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

BIOGRAPHY.

Brief Memoirs of four Christian Hindoos, lately deceased. Published by the Serampore Missionaries.-12mo. 38. 6d. boards.

A Supplement to Political Portraits in this new era; with notes historical and biographical. By Wm. Playfair, 8vo. 12, boards.

Evangelical Biography. By Erasmus Middleton, late Rector of Turvey, Beds. with 51 portraits. A new edition. 21 8s.

Memoirs of the late Thomas Holcroft, written by himself, and continued to the time of his death, from his diary, notes, and other papers. 3 vols. 12mo. 11. 1s.

BOTANY.

A System of Physiological Botany. Ry the Rev. P. Keith, F.L.S. Vicar of Bothersden, &c. illustrated by nine' engravings. 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 63.

EDUCATION.

Geographical Exercises on the New Testament; narrating the principal occurrences recorded, and describing all the places mentioned in that Sacred book: with maps, and a brief account of the religious sects: designed for the use of young ladies. By William Butler, teacher of writing, geography, &c. second edition.

A familiar History of England, by question and answer: with heads, fcp. Svo. 3s. 6d. boards.

A short introduction to Numeration, designed for Children between four and five Years of Age, preparatory to Condorcet's Method of learning to calculate, by a Mother, 1s.

A system of Geography for the use of Schools, on a new and perfectly easy plan, in which the European Boundaries are stated, as settled by the peace of Paris, November 1815. By John Bigland, Author of Letters on Ancient and Modern History, &c. &c. 12mo. 2s. 6d. bound. Illustrated by six well engraved Maps.

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for Classical Students. The work has received the sanction of many of the most eminent Scholars in the Kingdom, to whom the MS. has been submitted.

HISTORY.

Lectures on the Philosophy of Modern History, delivered in the University of Dublin. By George Miller, D. D. late Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. Vols. 1 and 2. 8vo. 24s.

The Historical Account of the Battle of Waterloo: comprehending a Circumstantial Narrative of the whole events of the War of 1815 By Wm. Mudford, Esq. accompanied by a series of splendidly coloured engravings, plans, &c. from Drawings taken on the spot, by James Rouse, Esq. Part I. imperial 4to. with six plates, 11. 11s. 6d.

The History of the Inquisition, &c. with a particular description of its Secret Prisons, Modes of Toiture, &c. abridged from the elaborate Work of Professor Limborch. Introduced by a Historical Survey of the Christian Church, and illustrated by Extracts from various Writers, and Original Manuscripts; interesting Particulars of Persons who have suffered the Terrors of that dark and sanguinary Tribunal; and Political Reflections on its Revival in Spain by the Decree of Ferdinand VII. with engravings. 8vo. 13s.

MEDICINE AND CHIRURGERY.

A Treatise on the Medicinal Leech; including its Medicinal and Natural History. By James Rawlins Jounson, M.D. F.L.S. 8vo. 8s. boards.

The First Part of Rudiments of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body. By T. J. Armiger, Surgeon Extraordinary to H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, &c. 8vo. 4s.

MINERALOGY.

An Elementary Introduction to Mineralogy. Designed for the use of the student. By William Phillips, member of the Geological Society. 12mo. 8s. 6d.

A system of Mineralogy. By Robert Jameson, Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. The second edition, with numerous plates. 3 Vol. 8vo. 21. 12s. 6d. boards.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Dibdin's Ames, Volume the Third; containing engraved portraits of Dr. Farmer, George Steevens, and Isaac Reed, with numerous wood-cuts and typographical embellishments.31.13s.6d. boards.

The Antiquary. By the Author of Waverley. 3 vol. 24s.

A Letter to a friend of Robert Burns: occasioned by an intended Republication of the Account of the life of Burns, by Dr. Currie; and of the Selection made by him from his Letters. By William Wordsworth. 8vo. 2s. 6d.

The Report from the Select Commit. tee of the House of Commons, on the Earl of Elgin's Collection of Sculptured Marbles. With a copious Index. 8vo. 93. 6d. boards.

A Letter from the Chevalier Antonio Canova; and Two Memoirs descriptive of the Sculptured Marbles collected by the Earl of Elgin. By the Chevalier E. Q. Visconti. 8vo. 9s. 6d. boards. Translated from the French.

Memours of Oliver Cromwelt and his Children, supposed to be written by himself. 3 vols. 12mo. 18s. boards.

The Russian Prisoner of War among the French. By Moritz Von Kotzebue, Lieutenant of the General Staff of the Imperial Russian Army, Knight of the Order of St. Wladimir. Edited, with the Addition of a Preface and Postscript, by the Author's Father, A. Von Kotzebue. Translated from the German. 8vo. 9s. boards.

Letters to a Nobleman, proving a late Prime Minister to have been Junius; and developing the secret Motives which induced him to write under that and other signatures. With an Appendix, containing a celebrated Case, published by Almon, in 1768. 8vo. 8s. boards.

ORNITHOLOGY.

The Sixth and Seventh Volumes of the Natural History of British Birds. The Descriptions from the Systema Naturæ of Linnæus: embellished with Figures drawn, engraved, and coloured from the original Specimens. By E. Donovan, F. L. S. royal 8vo. 31. 12s. boards,

PHILOLOGY.

An easy natural and rational method of teaching and acquiring the. French Language, on a plan entirely new, in which the anomalies and irregularities of verbs are clearly demonstrated and reduced to rule. The whole,

deduced from the Philosophy of the language, and an Analysis of the Human mind. By W. H. Pybus. 8s. boards.

Italian Phraseology, a Companion to the Grammar, comprising a selection of the most useful phrases, with their various constructions explained on a new plan, and a copious glossary. By M. Santagnello, Author of the Italian Grammar and Exercises, &c. 1 vol. 12mo. 7s.

POETRY.

The Poet's Pilgrimage to Waterloo. By Robert Southey Esq. P. L &c. illustrated by 8 engravings. 12mo. 10s. 6d. Christabel, &c. -By S. T. Coleridge, Esq. 8vo. 4s. 6d. sewed.

Margaret of Anjou, a Poem. By Miss Holford, Author of Wallace. 4to 21. 2s. boards.

Mador of the Moor, a Poem. By the Author of the Queen's Wake. 8vo. 73. 6d. boards.

Thanksgiving Ode, January 18, 1816, with other short pieces, chiefly referring to recent public events. By William Wordsworth. 8vo. 2s.

THEOLOGY.

An Essay on the Existence of a Supreme Creator, possessed of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness. [To which Mr. Barnett's first prize of 12001. was adjudged at Aberdeen, on the 4th day of August 1815) By William Laurence Brown, D.D. Principal of Marischalcollege and University of Aberdeen, &c. 2 vols. 8vo. 24s.

Thesaurus Theologiens, or a complete system of Divinity: summed up in brief notes upon select places of the Old and New Testament. Wherein the sacred text is reduced under proper heads, explained and illustrated with the opinions and authorities of the ancient fathers, councils, &c. By William Beveridge, D.D. Bishop of St. Asaph. A new edition, in two Volumes 8vo. 11. 4s. boards.

Christian Churches, the hope and joy of faithful Ministers, a Sermon delivered at Needham Market, before the halfyearly association of Suffolk Independent Churches. By Isaac Slopes, Beccles. 6d.

The Sorrow of a bereaved Church, a sermon occasioned by the death of the Rev. G. Lambert, of Hull. By the Rev. E. Parsons, Leeds, together with the address at the interment. By the Rev. J. Gilbert, Rotherham, and the last charge of their dying pastor to the Church and Congregation. 8vo. 2s.

GENERAL INDEX.

VOL. V. NEW SERIES.

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Ali Bey's Travels in Morocco, &c. 521,
et seq.; the author really a Spaniard,
522; sketch of his journey, ib;
remarks on the credit due to the
author under the peculiar circum-
stances of the case, 524; his reflec-
tions on landing at Tangiers, 525;
court of justice, ib.; tea-drinking ex-
cessive at Morocco, 526; ceremony
of introducing a bride to her husband,
526; nature of their music, 527;
wretched state of the Jews, 527;
Ali a favourite at court, 528; des-
cription, population, &c. of Fez, ib.;
a place assigned for the Mahommedan
women at the public prayers, 529; su-
perstitions of the people, ib.; Moor-
ish schools, ib.; highest point of the
Atlas range, 530; Morocco, its de-
caying state, ib.; author sets off for
Algiers, ib.; distressed state of the party
from the want of water, 531; its effects
on the animal frame, 533; his opinion
as to the interior state of Africa, ib.;
temples of Jerusalem and Mecca may
not be visited by Christians, &c.534;
mosques not forbidden, 534; El
Kaaba, or the house of God, 555; се-
remony of washing its floor, 536;
procession to Mount Arafat, its motives,
ib.; chief of the well of Zemzem,
horrid nature of his occasionally re-
quired functions, 537

Alpine Highland Scenery, a singularly of-

fensive description of, 248; its true
character, 250

Atlas Chain, its highest elevation, 530
Ambrose's Opoleyta, 158, et seq.;
sketch of the tale, and extracts, 159,
et seq.

America inferior to Europe in intellec-
tual endowments, 608

Athaliah, a sacred drama, translated
from the French, 88, et seq.; difference
between the Greek and English
drama, 88; nature of the Greek
drama attributable to its origin, ib.;
characters of the Greek dramatist
prepared to his hand, 89; spectator
always previously acquainted with
them, ib; difference in the conduct
of the personages of the Greek and
English drama, ib.; originality of the
Freuch tragedians reproached for
their close imitation of the Greek
dramatists, ib.; tragedies derived from
the Greek mythology banished from
the English stage, 90, 1; Athaliah
the best production of the French
stage, ib.; remarks on the style of the
English translation, ib.; extract, 91
et seq.

Bakewell's Letter to the chairman of
the select committee of the House
of Commons, on the state of mad-
houses, 293, 302

Banks for Savings, pamphlets on, 599,
et seq.

Baptismal Regeneration, tracts on, 429,
et seq.; reasons of the nonconformity
of the ejected clergy, ib.; baptismal
regeneration a prominent reason, 430;
now denied by a part of the clergy to
be the doctrine of the church, ib.;
nature of Messrs. Biddulph and Scott's
objections to Dr. Mant's statements,
ib.; baptismal regeneration as ex-
plained in the ministration of public

baptism, 431; in the catechism, 432;
Messrs. Scott and Biddulph's opinion
that the language is only a little too
strongly figurative, ib.; fatal conse-
quences of the doctrine, 433; since-
rity of the evangelical clergy recog-
nized, 434; mortifying expedients to
which they are reduced, 435; Mr.
Biddulph's opinion of the words in
the baptismal service, ib.; Mr. Bugg's
opinion of the restrictive appellation
of the language of the liturgy, 436;
reasons for objecting to admit hypo-
thetical explanations of the cate-
chism, &c. 437, et seq.; remarks on the
sentiments of the church of England
on baptism, 439, et seq.; Hooker on
the nature of sacraments, ib.; real
subject of the controversy, 441;
Hooker on the necessity of baptism,
442; circumstances that have tended
to give undue importance to baptism,
445; Calvin on the sacraments, i;
diversity of opinion in regard to
baptism, ib.; perpetual obligation and
real importance of baptism attach
probably to its sacramental character,
448; its real efficacy explained, 449
Baptism, modern, different from the
primitive institute, 446, et seq.; see
Baptismal Regeneration.

Baptism practised among the Monjols,

338

Baptist Mission, Dr. Brown's account
of, 234

Barytes, mines of, 261; its use in the
manufacture of porcelain, 264
Baxteriana, by Arthur Young, 86, et
seq; advantages arising from a constant
attention to the duties of religion, ib.
Bears, white and brown, in North America,
122; formidable encounters with them,
ib, and 127

Bees Wax, a secretion from the animal,

583

Believers, address to them, 281
Bellamy's Jonah, a poem, 289, et seg.:
extract, ib.; objectionable passage,

290

Bends in the Missouri, remarkable,
113

Benefits derived from Insects, 380;
extract, 381, 2

Bennett's, the Hon. H. G. evidence before
the House of Commons, of his visit to
Bethlem, 297, 8

Ben Nevis, the highest eminence of the
Highlands, 249

Bible Society, various pamphlets on it,
53; et seq.; early opposition to it,
ib.; that controversy rests exclu-

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sively with the members of the esta-
blishment, 54; its tendency to sub-
vert church and state considered, 55;
an incalculable advantage thrown
away by the church, 56, 7; advice to
the clergy how to put down the dis-
senters, 57; the political, not the
moral dangers of the church the
cause of the fears of the clergy, 58;
appeal to the clergy, extracted from
Mr. Bullar's pamphlet, ib.; the oppo-
sition of the majority of the clergy
to the bible society affords real
ground for the fear of danger threat-
ening the church, ib.; the national
establishment inadequate to effect its
original purposes, ib. et seq.; the church
stated to be divided into the orthodox and
the evangelical parties, 60; this division
of the church shown to have existed
prior to the Bible society, ib.; views
of the dissenters towards the church,
61; Mr. Gisborne to the Biskop of Glou-
cester, in reference to the arrogant claims
of some high-churchmen, 61; extract
from the Bishop of Lincoln's charges on
the coalition of churchmen and dissenters,
62; Mr. Bullar's appeal on the ground
of Christian benevolence, 64

Bickersteth's Scripture Help; designed
to assist in reading the bible profit-
ably, 492, subjects treated of, ib.
Biddulph's Baptism, a seal of the
Christian covenant, &c. 429
Bikaneer 464, character of its prince, ib.
Bloomfield's History of Little Davy's
new Hat, 76, 7; extract, 77
Blucher, his dangerous situation, 349
Bonaparte not popular in France, 66;
regained his empire by a military conspi-
racy, ib. et seq.; his journey to Paris,
68; described as 'Robespierre à cheval,
69; his conduct to the Jacobins, ib.; his
penitence, ib. et seq.; contentions in his
council chamber, 70; orders a minister
to be shot, ib.; collars his arch-chancel-
lor, ib.; his designs on the catholic church,

72

Bonaparte, Napoleon, a second ode to,
75, 6; character and extract, ib.
Bonaparte's, Napoleon, private hours,
written by himself, 93, 4; the work
fictitious, ib.

Bonar's Sermons, 278, et seq.; objection-
able nature of many sermons, b.;
hints to preachers and publishers of
sermons, 279; cautions to young
ministers in regard to visiting, &c.
280; claims of the author to public
attention, 281; occasion of publishing
the present Sermons, ib.; address to be-
Kevers, 281, 2; subject of the ser-
mons, ib.; the living temple, 282, 3

Bone's rules of an institution called
Tranquillity, 599; see Savings' Banks.
Brande, on some new electro-chemical
phenomena, 359

Bride, mode of introducing her to her hus-
band at Tangiers, 526

British dominion in India beneficial to

the natives, 457

British Nation, inquiry into the true
sources of its greatnesss, 211, et seq.;
its glory chiefly owing to the indivi-
duality of the character of the peo-
ple, 218

British, their negligence as a nation
in propagating their religious faith,
227; their great zeal as private
Christians, ib.

Britton's Cathedral Antiquities of Eng-
land, 450, et seq.; antiquarianism, its
present prevalence very extensive,
b.; author's qualifications, ib. et
seq.; execution of the work, ib.s
his statement of his rules and mode
of working, 453, 4; confused state
of the early cathedral service, 454;
power of Bishop Erghum, ib.; most
noted occupants of this see, 455;
author's notice of Bishop Jewel, 1b.;
description of the Cathedral as exhi-
bited in plate 2, ib.; nature of the true
merits of the architects, 456; author's
opinion in regard to the spire, ib; altar
tomb of Charles, Lord Stourton, who was
executed at Salisbury, 457; great merit
of the plates, &c. ib.;

Brodie's experiments and observations
on the influence of the nerves of the
eighth pair on the secretions of the
stomach, 505
Brownists, rise of, 402

Brown's propagation of Christianity
among the heathen, &c. 223, et seq.;
introductory reflections, ib.; first re-
ception of the Gospel by the Greenlanders,
224,5; encouragement to the prose-
cution of missionary exertions, ib.;
zeal of Papists and Mahometans
greater than that of Protestants, 226;
the British, as a nation, more negli-
gent than other Protestants in estab-
lishing their religion in their colonies,
ib.; their great exertions as private
Christians, ib.; contents of the pre-
sent work, ib. et seq.; conduct of the
Portuguese and Dutch in the island of
Ceylon, 228; objectionable conduct of
the British, 228, 9; schools restored by
Sir A. Johnstone, ib.; English and
Dutch East India Company con-

trasted, ib.; Anglo-American missions
among the Indians, 229; character
of Eliot, ib.; his intrepid behaviour
when among the irritated and inimical
Indians, 230; his labours and succes-
sors, &c. ib.; Danish missions, 231;
praiseworthy conduct of the Danish
government, ib.; Moravian missions,
ib.; effect of Christianity, as exhibited
in the conduct of the Greenlanders, 232;
attempts to couvert the heathen
should precede attempts to humanize
them, 233; failure of the Moravians
on pursuing a contrary mode, ib.;
Methodist missions in the West In-
dies, 234; their conversion of a
Budha priest in the island of Ceylon,
ib.; the Baptist mission, ib.; London
missionary society, th.; cause of their
difficulties at the commencement of
their operations, 235; their influence
in giving energy to the Christian world
stated, ib.; contents of the concluding

chapter, ib.

Budha priest, a convert to the Method-
ists in the island of Ceylon, 234
Buffaloes, Indian mode of procuring a
large supply of them, 123; fre-
quently carried down the Missouri,
126

Bugg's spiritual regeneration not neces-
sarily connected with baptism, 429
Byron's poems, 595, et seq.; reason for
supposing the poem written for the
public, 596; character of the 'Sketch
'from Private Life,' ib.; 'Fare thee

،

Well,' 596; the sentiment of pathos
may exist where there is no moral
feeling, 596, 7; lines to his lordship's
sister, 598

Byron's Siege of Corinth, 269, et seq.;
Parisina, 273, et seq.; his poems
merely sketches of character, 274

Calla-baugh, its remarkable situation, 467
Calmucs, their religion, &c, 332;

Kürdä, or prayer machine, ib.
Calvin on the Sacraments, 445
Canound, its sandy plains, 464
Caricature, a French one, 71
Carlisle's account of a family having
hands and feet with supernumerary
fingers and toes, 504

Carlo Emanuel, duke of Savoy, some ac-
count of, 501

Carlyle's examination of the arguments
for the pre-eminency of the Roman
Catholic episcopacy, 313; inqury
into alleged pretensions to religious au-
thority, 319; Mr. Ryan's collective in-
fallibility examined and exposed, 322, 3;

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