AIKIN'S, Dr., select works of the British poets, 225; extracts, 228. Alexander, Dr. A., on the canon of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, 70; object and outlines of the work, ib.; in- spiration of the Old Testament Scrip- tures, 72; completion of the canon of the Old Testament, ib.; character of the Apocryphal Books, 74.
America, defective administration of law in, 400.
Annuals, the, review of, 453. 508; the young sportsman, 453; Frank Finlay, an American tale, 455; view of Naples, from the sea, 462; green grass, 464; a hymn, 465; the descent of the Jura, 509; the descent into Piedmont, 511; the city of Innspruck, 513; the artist, 516; reminiscences of Andalusia, 521; a sonnet, 522; a ballad, ib.; Christmas musings, 523; painting, 525. Annuals, the, illustrations of, 550. Apocrypha controversy, 320. Arminian and Calvinistic metaphysics, 304. Atonement of Christ, the; see Dewar.
Bagster's Comprehensive Bible, 319. 328. Ballantyne's examination of the human mind, 123; uncertainty and variableness of metaphysical science, ib.; not un- worthy of study, 124-nor unproductive of benefit, 125; its progress, 126; re- marks upon Dr. Brown's essay on the understanding, ib.; adopted classifications in mental science, 127; phenomena of association, 128; illustration of the law of precedence, 129; examination of the law of coexistence, 130; motives and
volition, 133; general character of the work, ib.
Bentham, Jeremy, character of, 386, et seq. Beverley's letter to his Grace the Archbi- shop of York, on the present corrupt state of the Church of England, 1; con- trast between the primitive and the Eng- lish churches, 15; style of the author, 16; amount of church property, 23; in- crease in the income and expenditure of the country, 24; nature of the property in tithes, 26.
Bible Society, pamphlets on its constitu- tion and proceedings, 81. 165. 277; re- solutions of the Preston and Hull Auxi- liary Societies, 87; circular of the Sack- ville Street Committee, 165; character of this committee, 166; principles of the society, 170. See Fletcher, and Green- field.
Bowring's specimens of the Polish poets,
Boys and others against Greenfield; see Greenfield.
Britain, introduction of Christianity into,
189; present state of religion in, 190. Brougham, Lord, character of, 402. Brown, Dr., remarks on his essay on the human understanding, 126.
Burton's, Dr. E., enquiry into the heresies of the apostolic age, 373; information to be gained by a collection of the great primeval traditions, ib.; origin and na- ture of Gnosticism, 375. 380; character of Mosheim's ecclesiastical works and Du Pin's Bibliotheque, 377; Matter's critical history of Gnosticism, 378; cha- racter of Dr. Burton's enquiry, 379;
main principles of Gnosticism, 380; re- lationship between the Eons of the Gnostics and the Cabbalistic Sephiroth of the Jews, 382; connexion between Gnos- ticism and the Platonic philosophy, 383.
Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, by the late Mr. Charles Taylor, with the fragments incorporated, 277. Calvinistic and Arminian metaphysics, 304. Cellérier's discourse on the authenticity and divine origin of the Old Testament, translated by Wreford, 493; value of the Pentateuch in the study of the Old Testament, ib.; character of Cellérier's discourse, 494; author of the Penta- teuch? ib.; futility of Simon's objec- tions, 495; divine origin of the Penta- teuch, 496; confirmations of the Mosaic chronology, 498; the character and in- stitutions of Moses afford proof of his divine mission, 500.
Chalmers, Dr. T., style of his writings, 2. Cholera morbus; see Corbyn and Searle. Christ, atonement of; see Dewar. Christianity favourable to liberty, 434. Church of Christ, the, 10, 15, 25, 470. Church of England, the; see Coleridge, and Beverley.
Church Reform, by a Churchman, 1; Church property a trust, 27; inequali- ty in its distribution, ib.
Church, the Greek; see Waddington. Church music, 469; see La Trobe. Codification; see Law Reform. Coleridge, S. T., on the constitution of
the church and state, according to the idea of each; with aids towards a right understanding of the late Catholic bill, 1; character of his writings, ib.; contrasted with Dr. Chalmers, 2; the conditions requisite to the health and constitutional vigour of a body politic, 4; definition of an idea, 5; idea of a constitution, 7; limitation of the power of parliament, 9; description of the Christian church, 10, 25; relation of the national church to the church of Christ, 12, 25; cause of some of the hostility to the clergy, 18; supported by the state as mere secular teachers, ib.; advantages derived to so- ciety by a national church, 19; change in the character of the English church, 20; tendency of agricultural pursuits to the establishment of absolute govern- ments, ib.; essential defect in the Eng- lish church, 22; amount of church pro- perty, 23.
Comprehensive Bible, the, 319, 328. Constitution, a, definition of, 7.
Corbyn on the management and diseases of
infants under the influence of the climate of India, 64; progress of cholera, 67. Cranmer, archbishop, character of, 430. Crotch's, Dr. substance of several courses of lectures on music, 249; sketch of his early years, ib.; dedication of his sonatas to the queen, 250; his character as a composer, 251; musical taste, 252; remarks on Handel, 255; present school of music, 257.
De la Beche's geological notes; and sec- tions and views, illustrative of geologi- cal phenomena, 75; imperfection of geo- logical knowledge, 76; character of these works, 80.
Dewar on the nature, reality, and efficacy of the atonement, 306; origin of sacri- fice, 307; perfection of Christ's human nature, 308; great source of religious error, 310; extent of Christ's atone- ment, ib.; doctrine of universal pardon untrue, 311; inanity of all theories op- posing the atonement, 312; defect of Socinianism in relation to the Divine attributes, 313.
Doubt in religious questions, not to be treated with contempt or bitterness, 529; treatise on its nature and causes, ib.; necessity of making the evidences of re vealed religion part of education, 530; causes of the increase of infidelity, and suggestions for combating it, 532; ne- glect of the facts of the Christian evidence, a cause of infidelity, 535. Douglas, J., on the prospects of Britain, 433; inattention of rulers and politicians to the principle of the Divine government, ib.; Christianity favourable to liberty, 434; approach of a European revolution, 437; superiority of moral over physical resistance to bad governments, 439; ne- cessity of religion and virtue to the con- tentment and happiness of states, 440; revelation the instrument for regene rating society, 441; necessity of par- liamentary reform, 443; change in the character of the English nobility, 445 ; irreligion the cause of national evil, 447. Ecclesiastical History, classes of readers
the enquiry, 288, 292; character of Ed- wards as a writer, 289; his personal cha- racter, 290; doctrine of fatalism, 294; fatal alliance between religion and me- taphysics, 295; metaphysical reasoning inadequate to determine biblical contro- versies, 297; physiological science in- dependent of metaphysical dogmas, 298; causation and contingency, 300; physi- ology of the human mind, 301; views entertained by Luther and the other re- formers on the nature of man, 303; Arminian and Calvinistic metaphysics, 304.
Ellis's Polynesian researches, 93; causes of the diminution of the Tahitian race, 111: see below.
-Vindication of the South Sea mission, 93; remarks on Capt. Beechey's narrative, 96; on the Edinburgh Review, 97; Kotzebue's misrepresentations, 98, 104, 110, 113; Captain Finch's official account of the Sandwich islanders, 100; Kotzebue's account of the introduction of Christianity into Tahiti, 105; remarks upon this, 107; see Stewart. Ethical philosophy; see Edwards and
Eunomus, letters of, on law reform; see law reform.
European revolution, approach of, 437. Everett's Edwin; or Northumbria's royal
fugitives restored, 90; first burial ground of the Christians in Britain, ib. Everett's village blacksmith, 369.
Factions, religious, 192. Fatalism, doctrine of, 294. Ferrier's memoirs of the rev. W. Wilson, 267; state of religion in Scotland, in 1732, 269; grounds of dissent in Scot- land, 271.
Fletcher's, Dr. J., letter on the constitution
of the Bible Society, 81; principles upon which the society is based, 82; erroneous principles of fellowship assumed by the exclusive party, 84; effect of the Bible Society on Socinianism, 85; see Bible Society.
Fletcher's history of Poland, 134. Forget me not, the, 523. Fraser's Life and diary of the Rev. Henry Erskine, A.M., 267;
Freedom of the Will. See Edwards. French and Skinner's translation of the Book of Psalms, 151; Psalm xlv, 152; desiderata in a translation of the Psalms, 156, 163; character of Buchanan and Johnston's versions, 157; varied style of the psalms, 158; Psalm xxiii, 159; Psalm 1xxiii, 160; Psalms xlii, xliii, 164.
Geology, state of the science of, 75; harmony between natural phenomena and the Mo- saic records, 77; remarks on Lyell's theory of the earth, 79.
Gibbon's decline and fall of the Roman empire, 217; Mr Youngman's character of Gibbon, 222;
Gnosticism, history of. See Burton. Gorham's memoirs of John Martyn, and Thomas Martyn, 449.
Greece, state of religion in, 46. Greek Church, the. See Waddington. Greenfield, W. editor of the Comprehen- sive Bible, 319; extraordinary and un- provoked attack upon, ib. 328; apocrypha controversy, 320; Mr. Benham's defence, 328; retort upon Mr. Boys, 331 ;Jewish Expositor, and Society for promoting Christianity among the Jews, 335; Mr. Haldane's attack, ib.; character of the Pillar of Truth, 336; new translation into Hebrew of the New Testament, 339; comparison of, with the Jews' So- ciety's version, 340; death of Mr. Greenfield, 557.
Jowett's Musæ Solitariæ, 491. -Lyra Sacra, 492. Juvenile Forget-me-not, 453.
Keepsake, the, 518.
Kotzebue's, Von, misrepresentations of the South Sea islanders. See Ellis, Montge- mery, and Stewart.
Landscape Annual, the, 460. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia, 421;
La Trobe on the music of the church, 469; remarks on his use of the word church, 470; present state of psalmody, 475;- in the established church, 476;-among dissenters, 478; causes of its low state, 480; influenced by the state of religion, 483; on the use of the anthem in public worship, 485; suggestions for improving congregational psalmody, 486;—and creating a taste for sacred music, 488. Lavallette, Count, memoirs of, by himself, 352; character of the author, ib.; ex- tracts, 354; escape of Lavallette, 357. Law reform, 384; state of learning in England, 385; estimate of Mr. Ben- tham and his principles of legislation, 386; his character as a moralist, 390; Sir James Mackintosh's character of Mr. Bentham as a philosophical moralist, 391-of the utilitarian school, 393; state of parties and opinions on law-reform, 395; effects of codification on the science of law, 396; letters of Eunomus, 398; courts of law and equity, 399; defects in the administration of law in America, 400; accession of Lord Brougham to the woolsack, 401;-his character by an American, 402; American notions of monarchy, 404.
Learning in England, state of, 385. Library of Ecclesiastical Knowledge, 185, 187; present state of religion in Britain, 190; impediments to the progress of re- ligion in Britain, 191; religious factions, 192; run upon the church, 193. Literary Souvenir, the, 520. Llama, the, description of, 180. Lords, House of, and Reform, 359. Luther's views of the nature of man,
Lyell's principles of Geology, character of the work, 79; Mr. Sedgwick's animad- versions on his theory, ib.
Mackintosh's, Sir James, general view of the progress of ethical philosophy, chiefly during the 17th and 18th centuries, 281; inadequacy of the words of or- dinary language for the purposes of in- tellectual philosophy, 283; distinction be- tween physical and moral science, 285; imperfections of existing classifications, 286; value of metaphysical studies, 287; See Edwards.
Mackintosh's, Sir J., character of Jeremy
Bentham, 391; of the school he has founded, 393.
Martyn, J. and T., professors of botany in the university of Cambridge, memoirs of, 449.
Mental science; see Ballantyne. Metaphysical science; see Ballantyne, Edwards, and Mackintosh.
Mind, the, physiology of; see Edwards, and Mackintosh.
Mineralogy, study of, recommended, 81. Montagu's Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds, edited by J. Rennie, 501. Montgomery's Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. D. Tyerman and G. Bennet, Esq., 93; misrepresent- ations of the state of society in the South Sea islands, ib.; character of Captain Kotzebue, 103; sketch of the voyage, 115; relative position and physical cha- racter of the southern islands, 117; coral reefs, 118; description of Tahaa and Raiatea, 119; sacred tree in Huahine, 121; island of Rurutu, 194;-chris- tianization of, 195; first coronation of a Christian king in the South Seas, 200; incident at New Zealand, 201; Malay Christians at Java, 203; idolatry in Java, 204; Chinese rites, 208; Penang Islands, 210; remarkable specimens of insect architecture, 211; visit to India, ib.; slavery in the Mauritius, 212; Madagascar, 213; funeral of Radama, 214; see Ellis.
Moral science; see Edwards and Mackin- tosh.
Moses, proofs of his divine mission, and of his being the writer of the Pentateuch; see Cellérier. Music; see Crotch.
Naples, view of, from the sea, 462. Napoleon, Crowe's character of, 431. Neologism in England, projected plan for opposing its progress, 327.
Nobility of England, change in their cha- racter, 445.
Old Testament, the, divine origin of; see Alexander and Cellérier.
Pardon, the doctrine of universal, untrue, 311.
Park, Professor J. J., on jurisprudence,
396; see Law Reform. Park's suggestions addressed to the Legis- lature and the Landed Interest, occa- sioned by the bills for a composition of tithes; extract on the character and functions of the English clergy, 17. Parkinson's outlines of Oryctology, 75, 81.
Parsons's, J., sermons, 237; motives of publication, 237; atonement of Christ, 238; divine revelation qualified to ac- complish its purposes, 243; the Spirit's influence extended only to the instru- mentality of the word, 245; diffusion of the divine glory, 246.
Payson's, Rev. Dr., memoir, 267; uses of Christian biography, ib.; character of the memoir, 271.
Peers, house of, basis for its authority, 359;
causes of the decay of respect for, 361; position of, in relation to the reform bill, 366; character of the English aristocracy, 367.
Pentateuch, the, value of it in studying the Old Testament, 493.
Pettet's original sacred music, 492. Pillar of divine truth, the, immoveably fixed on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone: shewn by the genuineness, preservation, authenticity, inspiration, facts, doctrines, miracles, prophecies, and precepts of the word of God, 319; see Greenfield.
Pleasures of Benevolence, 315; character of the poem, 316. 318; extracts, ib. Poets of Great Britain, selections from, 225.
Poland, History of, character of that in the
Cabinet Cyclopædia, 134; comparison between free and despotic states, 137; causes of the Polish revolution, ib.; anti- cipations of the subjugation of the Poles, 141; intolerance of the Poles, 143; atro- cities of Thorn, 144; valour and heroism of the Poles, 146; condition of the various states, 147.
Prout's Continental Annual, 514. Psalms, the, translation of, 151; see French.
Reed's, Rev. A., discourse on eminent piety essential to eminent usefulness, 183.
Reform and the House of Peers, 359. Religion in Britain, state of, 190. Rennie's edition of Montagu's Ornitholo- gical Dictionary, 501; his objections to the Quinary system, ib.; consociality of bank-swallows and sparrows, 502. Ritchie's sketches of Italian scenery, 509. Robertson's, Dr., Works, 217; Stewart's
life of, 218; character of his writings, ib.
Sacrifice, origin of; see Dewar.
Scriptures, the, canon of; see Alexander. Searle's treatise on Cholera, 64; produc tion and spread of epidemic distempers,
ib.; importance of guarding against ar- tificial causes of aërial infection, 65; probabilities of the Cholera being very circumscribed in its ravages in England, 66; its malignity modified by the habits and condition of the population, 67; pre- cautions against its attacks, 68; identity of the Indian and English Cholera, 69; character of Mr. Searle's treatise, ib. Seaward's narrative of his shipwreck and consequent discovery of certain islands in the Carribbean Sea, edited by Miss Jane Porter, 274; an artificial narra- tive, ib. Silk-manufacture, 422; progress of in England, 425; introduction of the silk- worm into Europe, 423; moral conse- quences of prohibitory laws, 427; pro- cess of spinning by the silk-worm, 506. Smith's, Dr. J. P., discourse on the Per- sonality and Divinity of the Holy Spirit, 59; remarks on the doctrine of the pro- cession of the Holy Spirit, 60; the doc- trine of the Scriptures on the tri-per- sonality of the divine nature, 61. Socinianism, defects and errors of; see Dewar.
South Sea Islands; see Ellis, Montgomery, and Stewart.
Southey's select works of the British
Poets, 225; extracts, 228. Stewart's visit to the South Seas, 537; political state of Brazil, 539; a gale at sea described, 540; a sun-rise view of the coast of Chile, 541; the Washington islands, 543; island of Uapou, 514; change in the island of Hawaii, 546; re- marks on Beechey and Kotzebue's mis- representations, 547; see Ellis. Swain's, C., beauties of the mind, 525.
Temple of Melekartha, speculations as to the author, 28; character of the work, 29, 45; sketch of a sleeping groupe on board a vessel, ib.; description of the tem- ple, 31; secluded priesthoods, 33; cha- racter of the Greek nation in matters of taste, 34; consequences of unmerited po- verty in a state, ib.; of an excessive in- equality in the distribution of wealth, 35; ease of governing an agricultural people, ib.; an Eastern adventure, 36; advice to a youthful monarch, 40; philosophy an intervening influence between op- lence and poverty, 41; sketch of the Chinese character and nation, 42; of the Egyptians, 43; of the Assyrians, 44. Tooke's Diversions of Purley, revised and corrected by Richard Taylor, 273. Tyerman and Bennet's Journal of Voyages and Travels; sec Montgomery.
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