51-difficulties he had to contend with,
ib.-his visit to Vizille, 52-appointed
pastor-catechist, 53-repairs to England
to obtain ordination, 55-ordained in a
chapel in the Poultry, ib.-returns to
Mens, 56—appointed pastor of Arvieux,
in the department of the High Alps, 58
-Neff's manse described, 59-his mul-
tifarious duties, ib.-his enmity to sports
of every kind, 61-description of the
village of Dormilleuse, ib.-and its in-
habitants, 62-Neff's exertions for their
amelioration, 63-his death, and cha-
racter, 77-value of his example, ib.
Nicopolis, memorable battle of, 294.
Novels of Fashionable Life, 228-feminine
novels of the last three or four seasons,
229-their merits and defects, ib.-the
life they represent not the actual life of
any class of society, ib.-fidelity with
which they represent the tracasseries of
The Environs, 230-occupied with the
cravings of little people for the notice of
the great, ib.-their true key-note, 231
-Recollections of a Chaperon,' edited
by Lady Dacre, ib.-story of 'Milly and
Lucy,' b-story of Helen Wareham,'
237-Mrs. Thomas Sheridan's Aims
and Ends,' 241-her tale of 'Oonagh
Lynch,' 246.

Persia, customs and manners of the women
of, and their domestic superstitions,
506, 512.

'Piozziana; or, Recollections of the late
Mrs. Piozzi, with Remarks, by a Friend,'
247-the work a tissue of ordinary
twaddle, 247-and extraordinary blun-
ders, 249-Mrs. Piozzi's 'erudition,'
ib.-her story of Bosworth Field, 251-
her anecdote of Wilkes and Dr. Johnson,
ib.-her age ascertained, 252-Pope's
double rhymes, 253-Streatham col-
lection of portraits, by Sir Joshua Rey-
nolds, ib.—Mrs. Piozzi's Diary, 254—

her hints on the first attack of the Re-
form mania, ib.
Pitt, gold of, 37.

Pliny's doctrine on the origin of the dry-
rot in timber, 127.

Poland, policy of England towards, 527.
Political Economy, Illustrations of. See
Martineau.

Pope, Alexander, his double rhymes, 253,
Porchester, Lord, his zeal in the cause of
humanity towards animals, 81.
'Port Admiral;' a Tale of the War, by the
author of 'Cavendish,' 485.

Portugal, policy of England towards, 528,
Prayer-meetings, their sure tendency to
produce spiritual pride, 77.

Present and last Parliaments, containing
authentic results of the various Polls.
See Reform Bill.

Prinsep, G. A., his Account of Steam-
Vessels, and of Proceedings connected
with Steam-Navigation in British India,'
212. See Steam-Navigation to India.
Proposants, practice of receiving theolo-
gical students into the Church as, re-
commended, 50.

Psalmody, indolent neglect of by the
Church of England, 74.

Public library, reflections on a, 98.

R.

Recollections of a Chaperon, edited by
Lady Dacre. See Novels of Fashion-
able Life.

Reform Bill, 255-workings of the Bill,
256-overthrow of Tory, and extension
of Whig nomination, ib.-composition
of the new House of Commons, 258-
case of Malton, 259-case of Tavistock,
260-effects of the Bill in other places,
263-other anomalies, 265-' recom
mendations,' 266-Mr. Hume's mis-
sionaries, ib.-repeal agitation in Ire-
land, 267-diminution of the right of
suffrage in the old cities and boroughs,
268-character and conduct of the new
House of Commons, 269-Nomination
Boroughs,' 271-Party in Parliament,
272 the ministerial party incapable,
without the help of the Conservatives, of
conducting the ordinary affairs of the
state, 274-members called to account
for their votes, 275-deputations to
Downing Street for the repeal of taxes,
ib.-increase of petitioning, 277-coin-
cidences between these times and the
crisis which preceded the great rebellion,
ib.-meridian sittings of the House of
Commons,

Commons, 277-a 'ten hours bill' for
the House recommended, ib.-general
character of the new constituency, 280.
Re-unions, or prayer-meetings, their sure
tendency to produce spiritual pride, 77.
Revolution, English, of 1688, 170.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, his Streatham col-
lection of portraits, 253.
Robespierre, 32, 36, 39, 44, 46.

Roland, Madame, her saying of Lazowski,
171.

Russell, Lord John, his 'Causes of the
French Revolution,' 152. See French
Revolution.

Rush, Richard, Esq., Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipotentiary from the
United States of America, his 'Nar-
rative of a Residence at the Court of
London,' 322-novelty of the work, ib.
-objections to its appearance, 323-
general character of the work, 326—
embarkation for England, 327-supine-
ness of English pilots, ib.-the Needle
rocks, ib.-Cowes, ib.- Portsmouth
heavy waggon, 328-arrival in London,
329-fogs, ib.-first dinner at Lord
Castlereagh's, 330-the author's igno-
rance of English customs and habits, ib.
-the Duke of Wellington, 333-Lord
Liverpool and his administration, ib.—
audience with the Prince Regent, 334

-

and with Queen Charlotte, 335-the
Queen's drawing-room, ib.-court cere-
monies, 337-Holland House, 338-
Carlton House, ib.-marriage of Princess
Elizabeth, 339-law reports in news-
papers, ib.-dinner at the French am-
bassador's, ib.-the Duke of Sussex, ib.
-the authorsuggests that English should
become the international language, 340
-English dinners, 341-privilege of
the entrée at court, ib.-lungs of Lon-
don, 342-wager of battle, ib.-fees
demanded of foreign ministers, ib.-
snuff-boxes, 343-the Quarterly Review,
344-impressment, 345-the author's
second visit to England, and picture of
its prosperous condition, 347.

S.

Sabbath breaking, a national crime in Eng-
land, 78.

Saint Just, 40, 43, 44.

Sadler, Mr., his exertions in behalf of the
factory children, 81.
Sappho, account of, and of her writings,
366-version of her 'Ode to Venus,' by
Mr. Merivale, 368.

Schiltberger, M., his account of the battle
of Nicopolis, 294.

Schlegel, F., his translations of Shak-
speare, 120.

Schomberg, A. W., Esq., Rear Admiral of
the Blue, his 'Practical Remarks on
Building and Equipping Ships of War,'
125. See Dry-Rot.
School-masters, great men who have been,
11.

Scott, Sir Walter, his character of Clara
Mowbray, 190-admirable delineations
of mental aberration, ib.-his Madge
Wildfire, 191.

Shakspeare, German translations of, 120-
his test of insanity, Sir Henry Hal-
ford's Essay on, 181-his accurate
delineations of mania, ib. 187, 192.
'She Politician,' Thomas Moore's, 151.
Sheridan, Mrs. Thomas, her Carwell,'
229, 230, 237-her Aims and Ends,'
241-her tale of ' Oonagh Lynch,' 246.
Shirley, James, his Dramatic Works and
Poems, now first collected; with Notes
by the late William Gifford, Esq.; and
additional Notes, and some account of
Shirley and his Writings, by the Rev.
Alexander Dyce, 1-Shirley at length
takes his place among the poets of Eng-
land, ib.-injudicious panegyrists of our
elder poets, ib. Shirley the last min-
strel' of the early English stage, 3—
perverse obscurity of his life, 4—Antony
Wood's meagre and unsatisfactory out-
line of it, ib.-Thomas May's panegyric
on Shirley, ib. note-his family and edu-
cation, 5-considered by Laud disqua-
lified for the clerical profession by a
mole on his cheek, ib.-enters into
orders, and obtains a living in St. Al-
ban's, ib.-writes his first poem, called
'Echo, or the Unfortunate Lovers,' ib.
-embraces the Roman Catholic reli-
gion, 6—becomes teacher to a grammar
school, ib.-success of his first comedy,
ib.-takes up his residence in London,
and 'sets up for a play-maker,' ib.—his
plays characterized by the master of the
revels, ib.-his two wives, 7-his song
on the birth of Charles II., ib.—his iro-
nical dedication of his 'Bird in a Cage'
to Prynne in prison, ib.-appointed to
write the poetry for the interlude of the
Triumph of Peace, 8-goes to Ireland
to support the Dublin stage, 9-his
stanzas on the 'Recovery of the Earl of
Strafford,' ib.-returns to London, ib.-
stage plays suppressed by ordinance, ib.

Shirley follows the fortunes of the
Duke of Newcastle, 10-steals back to
London,

London, and obtains the patronage of
Thomas Stanley, 10-takes up the em-
ployment of a school-master in White
Friars, ib.-versifies the Latin Acci-
dence, ib.-singularly affecting dedica-
tion of his comedy of the 'Sisters,' 11
-his imperishable stanzas on the fall
of Charles I., ib.-his ill-assorted part-
nership with Ogilby in the translations
of Virgil and Homer, 12-revival of his
plays at the Restoration, ib.-his supe-
riority over Dryden, as a dramatist, 13
-his tragic death, ib.-his exquisite
verses on Death, ib.-his beautiful lines
on a Passing-bell, ib.-Shirley, as a
dramatist, the last of a great but almost
exhausted school, 14-Shakspeare, ib.—
Jonson, ib.-Massinger, ib.-Beaumont
and Fletcher, ib.-Ford, ib.-Webster,
ib.—Middleton, ib.-originality of Shir-
ley's writings, ib.-his style, 15-cha-
racter of his genius, ib.-remarkable
contrast in his plays between the man-
ners and the morals, 16-scene from his
tragedy of the 'Traitor,' 17-and from
the Cardinal,' 19-character of his
tragi-comedy, 21-scene from the ' Bro-
thers,' ib.-his resemblance to Calderon,
25-his poetic comedy of English do-
mestic manners, ib.-his 'Sisters,' 26-
scene from his Lady of Pleasure,' ib.-
merits of this editio princeps of Shir-
ley, 28-his claim to a high rank among
the second class of the poetical hierarchy
of England, 29.

Simonides the younger, account of, and of

his writings, 375-his Danaë the ten-
derest passage in Greek poetry, ib.—
Mr. Robert Smith's version of it, 376.
Smirke, Sir Robert, his experiments for
preventing the dry-rot in timber, 132.
Steam-Navigation to India, 212-the

machinery of a steam-vessel as yet rude,
cumbersome, and expensive, ib.-un-
successful experiments with the view of
applying carbonic acid gas in place of
steam, ib.-superiority of the American
steam-boats in point of speed, ib.-un-
founded pretensions of the Americans
to the invention of the steam-boat, 213—
Jonathan Hulls, the real inventor, ib.-
incidental discovery of great importance
to canal navigation, ib.-Mr. Prinsep's
account of experiments for establishing
a regular steam-conveyance to India,
214-Captain Chesney's Reports on
the Navigation of the Euphrates, 215—
his plan of a steam-boat, and statements
with regard to supplies of provisions
and fuel, 218-difficulties connected

with the navigation of the Euphrates,
219-impolicy of our improving that
navigation, 222-the route to India by
Egypt, ib.-communication with the
Red Sea by the harbour of Alexaudria,
223-passage from Suez to Bombay,
225-expense of establishing and keep-
ing up four steamers, 226.
Sterne's affected sensibility, 103.
Stesichorus, account of, and of his writings,
358.

Sullivan, Mrs., her 'Recollections of a
Chaperon. See Novels of Fashionable
Life.

T.

Taaffe, Mr., his commentary on Dante's
episode of Francesca of Rimini,' 463.
Talleyrand, 33.

Tallien, 46.

Taylor, Jeremy, 16.

Tennyson, Alfred, Poems by, 81-the
author a new prodigy of genius, ib.-
a brighter star in the galaxy of which
Keats was the harbinger, ib.-palinode
on the subject of Endymion,' 82-spe-
cimens of Mr. Tennyson's singular ge-
nius, ib.-beauties of his preparatory
sonnet, ib.-and of his testamentary pa-
per addressed 'To- -,' 83-ex-
tracts from 'The Lady of Shalott,' 85-
'The Miller's Daughter,' 86-'Enone,'
88-'The Hesperides,' 89-'The Lo-
cust-eaters,' 92-Mr. Tennyson's Gal-
lery of Portraits, ib.-strong likeness
between his list of pictures and the
Blarney collection of statues, 93—fur-
ther extracts from 'A Dream of Fair
Woman,' the author's 'Darling Room,'
and lines To Christopher North,' ib.-
literary phenomenon, 95-story of Al-
derman Faulkner, 96.

Thiers, M., his history of the French revo-
lution, 31.

Troubridge, Admiral Sir Thomas, his gal-
lant exploits, 486.

Tuft-hunter, epitaph on a, 231.

Turf, the, 381-points of difference be-
tween the racing of Olympic and New-
market, ib.-training and management
of the Olympic race-horse, ib.-the stir-
rup unknown to the Grecian jockey,
382-contracted circle of rural sports
in England, ib.-the chase and the turf
compared, 383-degraded state of the
English turf, ib.-origin of racing in
England, ib.-King John a renowned
sportsman, ib.-Edwards II., III., and
IV., breeders of horses, ib.-Henry VIII.

an

an importer of them from the east, 383-
racing in considerable vogue in the days
of Elizabeth, 384-first public race-
meetings in the reign of James I., ib.-
silver and gilt cups run for in Charles
I.'s reign, ib.-races held at Newmar-
ket and in Hyde Park, ib.-Cromwell's
'White Turk' and Coffin Mare,' 385
-Charles II. a great patron of the race-
course, ib.-institutes races at Datchet
Mead and Bibury, ib.—James II. a horse-
man, ib.-William III. and his queen
patrons of racing, ib.-Prince George
of Denmark's stud, 386-king's plates
instituted hy George I., ib.-George 11.
an encourager of the breed of horses, ib.
-appearance of the Godolphin Arabian,
ib.-encouragement of the turf by George
III. as a national pastime, ib.-date of
English racing, ib.-magnificence of
George IV.'s racing establishment, ib.—
William IV.'s stud at Hampton Court,
ib.-anecdote, ib.-his majesty pre-
sents the Eclipse foot' to the Jockey
Club, 387-the seven Newmarket meet-
ings, ib.-the Beacon Course, or B. C.,
ib.-excellence of Newmarket heath as
a race-course, ib., 388-office of judge
at Newmarket, ib.-the race-ground the
property of the Jockey Club, 389-
scene at the betting posts, ib.-the new
rooms, ib.-training of the race-horse,
390 false accounts of trials, 393-
match between Tregouwell Frampton
and Sir W. Strickland, ib.-effect of
weight on the race-horse, 394-quali-
ties requisite in the 'Jockey,' ib.-élite
of the fraternity, 395-some anecdotes of
Francis Buckle, ib.-Samuel Chifney,
396-James Robinson, 398-William
Cleft, ib.-John and Samuel Day, 399
-the Goodisons, 400-the Edwardses,
ib.-Yorkshire jockeys, 401-the New-
market stable-boy, ib. comparative
good and bad temper of horses, 404-
stable discipline among the boys, 405-
a stable-boy's progress, ib.-order en-
forced in a training establishment, 406
-diminutive size of the stable-boys,
407-feather weights, ib.-training of
the jockeys, ib.-system of wasting, 408
-conspicuous characters on the Eng-
lish turf of past and present days, 409-
public racing men at Newmarket, 428
-provincial meetings in England, Scot-
land, and Wales, 429-Epsom, 430-
start for the race, ib.-Ascot, 432-
Goodwood, 433-York race meetings,
ib.-Caterick Bridge, Richmond, and
Pontefract, ib.-trickery at Doncaster,

-

433-Warwick, Manchester, Liverpool,
Cheltenham, Bath, &c. &c. 435-change
in the value of the prizes, ib.-gentle-
man jockeys of the past and present
day, 436-steeplechases, 437-progress
of racing in various parts of the world,
438-the half-bred race-horse, ib.-
stakes for horses not thorough-bred,
439-advice to young gentlemen ambi-
tious of shining on the English turf, ib.
-betting, 440-' legs,' ib.—recent ne-
farious practices on the race-course,
441-getting up favourites, 442-betting
of trainers and jockeys, 443-the poi-
soning system, 444-villainous proceed-
ings of the last twenty years on the Eng-
lish turf, 445-glance at the present
system of betting, ib.-method of mak-
ing a book,'ib.-concluding reflections,
448.

Turkey, policy of England towards, 526.
Turkish empire, 283-extent and value o
Hammer's Geschichte des Osmani-
schen Reiches, ib.-gradual but rapid
decline of the Sublime Porte, ib.-ex-
traordinary changes in Turkish habits
and manners, ib.—improvements intro-
duced into the military system, ib.-ex-
tinction of the Janizaries, ib.-the Turk
only formidable as a Turk, ib.-difficulty
of Europeanizing his habits, 284—the
Turkish history hitherto hid in the tomes
of Kuolles and Rycaut, 285-barbaric
gorgeousness of the Turkish history, ib.
-character of Knolles's History, 286—
Gibbon's outline of the Turkish History,
ib.-qualifications of M. Von Hammer
for his task, ib.-voluminous literature
of Turkey, 287-poetic wealth of the
Turks, ib.-Othman's first invasion of
Nicomedia, 288-love adventure of Os-
man with Malhatun, 289-Osman's
dream, ib.-the Ottoman kingdom ce-
mented by kindred blood, ib.-fratri-
cide the great conservative principle of
the Ottoman monarchy, 290-a stand-
ing army the second and still more
important secret of its greatness, 291
-first incorporation of the Janizaries,
ib-first permanent establishment of the
Ottomans on the European continent,
292-earliest Turkish writers, ib.—reign
and European conquests of Murad (Amu-
rath) I., 294-reign of Bajazet, ib.—his
murder of his only brother, ib.-memo-
rable battle of Nicopolis, ib.-explana
tion of Bajazet's iron cage, 295-death
of Bajazet, 296-reign of Mahomet I.,
ib.-resignation of the sceptre and luxu-
riant solitude of Amurath II., ib.-con-
quest

quest of Constantinople by Mahomet
II., 297-his character, ib.—his decapi-
tation of Irene, 298-establishment of
Mahometanism in the great city, ib.—
institutes of the conqueror, ib.-canon
of Mahomet II. establishing fratricide
as the law of the land, 299-his encou-
ragement of literature, ib.-reign of Ba-
jazet II., ib. escape and extraordinary
adventures of Prince Dschem, ib.—his
imprisonment, 303-specimens of his
poetry, ib.-and of that of Bajazet II.,
304-deposal of Bajazet, 305--the em-
pire under Selim I. becomes a despotism
limited by the bowstring, ib.-Selim
cuts off all the royal race, ib.-his vic
tories over the Shah of Persia, 306-and
conquest of Egypt, 307-reign of Soly-
man the Magnificent, ib.-whimsical
importance attached by the Turks to
certain numbers, ib.—splendid victories
of Solyman by sea and land, 308-his
internal administration, ib.-his encou-
ragement of the arts, ib.-his private
life contrasted with that of some of his
royal competitors, ib.-Roxalana, 309
-Solyman and Akbar compared, ib.-
treaty with Venice, ib.-adventures of
Barbarossa, ib.-Solyman's execution of
his sons, ib.-Bajazet's political talents,
311-specimens of his Gazettes,' ib.-
reign of Selim the Drunkard, 312-in.
vasion and conquest of Cyprus, ib.—
flaying alive of Bragadino, 313-apos-
tacy of the grand viziers from Chris-
tianity, 314-ranks of the Janizaries
recruited from Christian captives, ib.
-reign of Murad (Amurath) II., 315—
his excesses in women, ib.-fertility of

his harem, 316-Mahomet III., ib.—
Ahmed, ib.-Mustapha, ib.. - Murad
(Amurath) IV., ib.-poetical despatch
of the Grand Vizier Hafiz and reply of
the Sultan, ib.-his tragical fate, 317-
reigns of Ibrahim and Mahomet IV., 320
-administration of Mohammed Koprili,
ib.-decline and fall of the Ottoman
greatness, 321.

V.

Vachères, M. Bermond de, his account of
the Military Events of the Three Days
at Paris, 464.
Vergniaud, 35.

Villemain, M., on the character of Ham-
let's maduess, 185.

W.

Wager of battle, 342.

Webster, John, his plays characterized,
14.
Wellington, Duke of, his character drawn
by Lord Castlereagh, 333.
Wilkes, John, anecdote of, 251.
Wright, Ichabod Charles, A.M., his Trans-
lation of the Inferno of Dante. See
Dante.

Y.

Yearsley, Ann, the Bristol milkwoman,
118.