Africa, fuperior civilization of the inhabitants of the interior parts of, 448.
America, probable confequences of her attaining poffeffion of St Domingo, 54-magnitude of the private trade of, with India, 309. Antigua, fketch of the landfcape in, 420.
Arthur, Profeffor, fome account of his parentage, &c. 169-peculiarity in his character, 170-fubje&s treated of in his difcourfes, 171inference drawn from the marks of defign in the universe placed by him on its true foundation, ib.-Goodnefs of the Deity defended, 172 --communication of happiness not the fole principle of action in the Divine Mind, 173-remarks on a future ftate, 174-Varieties in the fentiments excited by inanimate objects, 175-little variety among men in their fentiments concerning beauty and fublimity, ib.-illuftrated in the external objects which occafion the fenfation of beauty, ib.-illuftrated in the verdure of nature, ib.-obfervations on the alleged influence of cuftom in matters of tafte, 177. Auchinleck manufcript, account of, 438.
Babel, curious difcovery with regard to, 389.
Bahama iflands, account of the wreckers in, 421-treatment of the negroes, 426.
Baroloos, an African tribe, account of, 447.
Beauty, what the circumftances in external objects which occafion the fenfation of, 175-illuftrated in the verdure of nature, ib. Benares, account of a zemindary in the neighbourhood of, 322. Bengal, ftate of the peafantry, &c. in, 324.
Bentham's treatife on legiflation, &c. fingularity attending the publica- tion of, general character of the author's former works, ib.-plan of the prefent performance, 3-divifion of the fubject, ib.-what the principle on which his fyftem depends, 4-enumeration of the pleafures of which man is fufceptible, 5-in what ways pain may be attached to particular actions, 6-upon what the value of a pleasure or pain depends, ib.-catalogue of circumftances by which the fen- fibility is affected, ib.-claffification of evils, 7-inquiry into the difference between the principles of legislation and morality, 8-falfe principles that have been permitted to interfere with the ftrict notions of utility, 9-examination of Mr Bentham's fyftem, 10. Bonaparte, Mr Holcroft's character of, 95.
Boofbooanas, a tribe of Kaffers, fome particulars refpecting, 446-deIcription of their houfes, ib.-ftate of fociety among, 447
Boulevards, picture of the, 91.
Britain, Druidism supposed to have originated in, 394.
Brown's, Dr, fermons, 190-character which a Christian preacher should endeavour to maintain, 191-religion favourable to the enjoyment of life, 193-interefts of the Society for Relief of the Sick Poor re- commended, 195-general remarks on the divifion, style, &c. of these difcourfes, 196.
Cader-Idris, wonderful effects of an excavation in, 398.
Cape of Good Hope, importance of to Britain, from its central fitua tion, 448-as a naval flation, 452-as furnishing valuable articles for confumption and exportation, 453-as a territorial acquifition, 455-method fuggefted of improving the neighbouring country, 456. Capital, definition of, 365.
Carew, fpecimen from, of the amatory ftyle of the reign of Charles 1. 163. Celtic understanding, Pinkerton's definition of, 386.
Chamouny, curious phenomenon in the Glaciers of, 415-
Charity recommended, 195.
Chatham, letters of the Earl of, 377-what the public ought to expec from a work of this kind, 378-introductory remarks by Lord Grenville, 379-obfervations on the character and conduct of Cla- rendon, 380-tudy of the claffics recommended, 382-description of good manners, 383-piety recommended, 385.
Chatterton, Thomas, works of, 214-caufe of the delay of the publica. tion, 215-fpecimen of the author's early talents for verfification, 216-remarks on his life, prefixed by Dr Gregory, 217-to what the inconfiftencies of Chatterton's character and conduct may be a- fcribed, 218-divifion of his poems, 219-thofe afcribed by him to Rowley fuperior to his own avowed performances, ib,-inferiority of the latter accounted for, 220-inftances of his ftrange rage for lite- rary impofure, 224-fubjects of his avowed poems, 226-of his profe pieces, 227-curious miftakes he has committed in his forge- ries, 228-reflections on his unhappy fate, 230.
Chinese, plan for improving the Cape of Good Hope by the introduc tion of, 456.
Chriflianity, importance of the doctrines peculiar to, 192.
Circumflances in external objects which occafion the fenfation of beauty, 175-illuftrated in the verdure of nature, ib.
Clarendon, Lord, obfervations on the character and conduct of, 380. Claffics, ftudy of recommended, 382.
Company, Eat India, rapid increase of their debt, 312-decrease of their fales, ib.-extent and population of their poffeffions, 324- number of their fervants, &c. 327.
Courage, how it may be acquired, 114.
Cowper, life and pofthumous writings of, 273-remarks on public fchools, 275-examination of Dr Paley's argument in favour of the English hierarchy, 276-account of an election vifit, ib.death of
Captain Cook fuppofed to be a divine judgment, 281-extract from a poem addreffed to an ancient and decayed oak, 283. Cuftom, obfervations upon the alleged influence of, in matters of taste, 177. D
Darwin, Dr, Mifs Seward's memoirs of the life of, 230-matter and arrangement of, 231-of the character and manners of the doctor, 232-accident he met with, 234-philofophical obfervation on, by Mifs Seward, ib.-commences his Zoonomia, 235—forms a botani cal fociety, ib.-purchases a rural retreat near Litchfield, 237-in what the originality of manner of his poetry is fuppofed to confift, 238-that manner anticipated by a much earlier writer, 239. Davis, Mr, his Celtic refearches, 386-remarks on the clafs of writers to which he belongs, ib.-geographical knowledge of Noah detailed, 389-curious difcovery with regard to Babel, ib.-commentary on a paffage of Virgil, 390-probability of Stonehenge, &c. being druidi cal monuments confidered, 391-theory of the formation of lan guage, 398-origin of the primitive names, 399.
Deity, goodness of, defended, 172-communication of happiness not his only principle of action, 173.
Dolomieu his mode of explaining the fufion of lavas, 36-high value of his writings, 284-unmerited fufferings he underwent, 285-his death, ib.-fome account of his biographer, 286-of the philofo phy of mineralogy, 288-definition of mineralogy, practical and philofophical, 289-to what the attention of mineralogifts has been chiefly directed, ib.-fources of the confufion that prevails in that fcience, 290. Druidifm afferted to be of Phoenician origin, 391-faid to be taught the Gauls by Pythagoras, 392-aflerted with more probability to have originated in Britain, 394-confined to fome parts only of that ifland, 395-general boundaries of, fixed, 395-nature of the places in which its ceremonies were performed, ib.
Dutchman, character of, by Mr Holcroft, 87.
Dumefnil, explanation by, of the difference between the word blandus and its fynonymes, 469.
Edgeworth, Mifs, her popular tales, laudable defign, &c. of, 329- dangers of procraftination exemplified, 331-general eftimate of the work, 337.
Eratibenes, fieve of, reinvented by Dr Horfley, 270.
Euclid, works of, not a subject for modern criticism, 258-account of Dr Horsley's edition of, 259—of his execution of that work, 262. Evils, Mr Bentham's claffification of, 7.
Fair, Dutch, account of, 87.
Fiberman, fingular anecdote of, 422.
France, immenfe natural refources of, 48-remarks on, 49-confe- quences prognofticated from the revolution in, 50-military refources, 55-inquiry into the line of conduct which fhe will probably purfue
r towards Ruffia and England, 57-confequences of an alliance be- tween France and Ruffia, 61-plan of defence which ought to be adopted by Britain against, 62.
French, obfervations on the prefent coftume of the, 90.
Georgies of Virgil, Sotheby's tranflation of, 296-a work of great merit, 296-has a tendency towards the Darwinian manner of writing, 297. Glaciers of Chamouny, curious phenomenon obferved in, 415-explana- tion of, by Count Rumford, 416-objections to, ib.
Good-breding, defcription of, 383.
Gower, Dan. character of his Confeffio Amantis, 156. Grammarian, good, character of a, 462.
Grenville, Lord, introductory remarks on Lord Chatham's letters to his nephew, by, 379.
Groves, indifpenfably neceffary to the performance of the rites of Dru- idifm, 397-
Happiness, communication of, not the fole principle of action in the di- vine mind, 175.
Heat, great effect of polished fubftances in reflecting, 408-practical re- marks on the nature of, 414.
Herring fishery, caufe of its being fo unproductive affigned by Dr Walk-
Highland Society, what the objects of, 63-remarks upon, ib.-review of papers in the fecond volume of its tranfactions, 66. Hill, Profeffor, his fynonymes of the Latin language, 457-great ex- pectations excited by, 458-difficulties attending fuch a work, 459 faults the author has committed, 460-in introducing frivolous and extraneous matter, 464-in his free tranflations, 465-in perverting the meaning of words of the philofophy of prepofitions, 473-ex- amples of his more fuccessful exertions, 475-general character, 476. Hindoos, divifion of into cafts, 316-Bad effects of that fyftem of fo ciety, 318-greateft obftacle to the converfion of to Chriftianity, 319 -Rude ftate of their agriculture, ib.-wretched implements of, ib. -moft glaring defects in, ib.-number of harvests, and grains prin- cipally raifed, 321-grain, how meafured, ib.-fyftem of tural eco- nomy fimilar to the French metayer fyftem, ib.-fingular burden up- on agriculture, ib.-account of a zemindary in the neighbourhood of Benares, 322-quantity of feed and produce of an acre in India and England compared, 323.
Holcroft's travels, remarks on the ftyle of, 84.-what the profeffed ob- ject of, ib.--general contents, 85-tobacco-fmoking anecdote, ib. Harburg, 86--Groningen, ib.-defcription of a Dutchman, 87- of a Dutch fair, ib.-why no water-mills in Holland, 88-fingulari- ty in the French landscape, ib.-reflections on approaching Paris, 89 -entry into the city, ib.-obfervations on the prefent coftume of the French nation, 90-on the French character, ib.-picture of the Boulevards
Boulevards, 91-of the French women, 93-difufe of hats injurious to chastity, 94-number of fuicides in Paris, 95-character of Bo- naparte, ib.-phyfiognomical fketch, 96-gen ral remarks, ib. Horley, Dr, his edition of Euclid, 257-ren arks on former labours of the editor, 258- -on the ftudy of mathematics, 260-maxim of em- ploying only Euclid for elucidating Euclid examined, 262. Hunter, William, his travels through France, &c. 207-remarks on writers of voyages and travels in general, ib.-character of the pre- fent work, 208-grand fecret in the author's art of writing, 209- arguments against plundering fhipwrecked mariners, 210-hint for augmenting the public revenue, 212-remarks on the author's style of language, 213.
Jackson's remarks on military medicine, motives of the publication of, 178-his propofal of a medical school, 179-management of the hof- pital in the ifle of Wight, 181-manner of detailing the pheno- mena of febrile diseases, 185-term rhythm of movement applied by the author to the living human body, 185-remedies for restoring it when deftroyed, 187.
-India, great importance of every difcuffion concerning, 303-difference between our fituation there at prefent, and what it was formerly, ib.- what the moft effectual way to preferve India to Britain for the great- eft length of time, 305 colonization of compared with that of A- merica, ib. wifdom of allowing a free trade with, examined, 308- magnitude of the American trade with, 309-bad effects of the fyf- tem of Indian monopoly, ib.-in the home market, 311-in the A. fiatic part of our empire, ib.-rapid increafe of the Company's debt, 312-decrease of their fales, ib. divifion of the natives into cafts, 316-bad effects of that fyftem of fociety, 318-wretched ftate of their agriculture, 319-grains principally raifed in India, 320- weights and measures in ufe, 321-fyitem of rural economy, ib.- fingular burden upon agriculture, ib.-account of a zemindary in the neighbourhood of Benares, 322-quantity of feed and produce of an acre in India and England compared, 323-extent and popu lation of the English dominions in India, 324-number of the Com- pany's fervants, &c. 327-fuficiency of the prefent military ella blishment to protect our fettlements, doubtful, 328.
Indies, Weft, impolicy of attempting conquefts in, 457. Italy, great variety of volcanic phenomena in, 27.
Kaffers, fuppofed to be the defcendants of a tribe of Bedouin Arabs, 447.
Lalour, effects of fubdivifion of, compared with machinery, 371. Labourers, Dr Smith's divifion of, into productive and unproductive, 354-no folid diftinétion between the effective powers of, 355. Languages of modern Europe, from what fources derived, 152- hiftory of, intimately connected with that of poetry, ib.-inquiry into the VOL. IV. NO. 8.
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