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Roman antiquities, notices of, 397.

bagpipers, 30.

banditti, 52, 414, 533.
Roman Catholic worship, remarks on,
417.

Romans, modern, poetry of, 45.
Rome in the Nineteenth Century, 393,
et seq.; proper sphere of female wri-
ters, 393; such a work a desideratum,
394; notices of former works, ib.;
author's pretensions, 395; sentiments
excited by the view of Rome, ib.;
incertainty attaching to Roman antiqui-
ties, 396; enumeration of unquestion-
able monuments, 397; no traces of
republican Rome, 398; the circum-
stance accounted for, ib.; raptures of
the author at the sight of the city, 399;
description of the Campagna, ib.;
poetical prose deprecated, 400; site
of the Temple of Concord, 401; site
of the Forum, 402; citation from
Tacitus in corroboration of author's
opinion, ib.; progress of excavation
at Rome, 403; description of the coli-
sæum, ib.; author's raptures at sight
of the Vatican, 405; sculpture and
painting insusceptible of description,
406; description of the Apollo, ib.;
conjectures as to its date, &c., 407;
description of Canova's Perseus, ib.;
Chantry's testimony to the advancing
genius of Canova, 408; character of
Raffaelle, ib.; description of the school
of Athens, 409; chef d'œuvres in the
Vatican, ib.; description of the dying
gladiator, 410; description of the
city, 4115 criticism on Buonarotti's
last judgement, ib.; character of Mi-
chael Angelo, 412; degraded state
of the nobility, 413; cause of the
corruption of manners in Italy, ib.;
anecdote of the attack made on the villa
of Lucien Bonaparte by banditti, 414;
imbecile conduct of the government,
415; pedantry and blunders of the
author, 416; her ridicule of Catholic
worship impolitic, 417; Protestantism
tolerated at Rome, ib.; reflections on
the historical interest and prospects of
Rome, 418.

Rome, Three Months near, 42; see
Grahame.

Russian Discourses, Four, 441, et seq.;
see Desnitzki.,

Poets, specimens of, 284; see
Bowring,

Sabbath, the, importance of right no-
tions respecting its observance, 373;

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Sacred poetry vindicated, 545; see Ed-
meston and Hodgson.

Sandemanianism, origin of, 146; see
Payne's Remarks.

Sandiford, Ralph, memoir of, 278.
Schools, number of in England, 199;
Sunday, their efficiency, 204; par-
liamentary aid in building, desirable,
292; see Brougham's Education Bill.
Scoresby's Account of the Arctic Re-
gions, 219, et seq.; character of the
work, 219; origin of the inquiry after
a Northern passage, 220; piety of the
old navigators, 221; obstacles to
reaching the Pole by land, 222; dan-
gers of Polar navigation, ib.; scenery
of Spitzbergen, ib.; climate, 223;
island of Jan Mayen, ib.; narrative of
the adventures of the crew of the Wilhel
mina, 224; ocular deception produced
by the clearness of the atmosphere,
225; hazardous nature of the whale
fishery, 226; the ice-blink, 227; his-
tory of the whale fishery, 228; for-
midable resistance of the whale; 229;
its maternal instinct, 230; sagacity of
the bear; ib.

Scotland, memoirs of the rebellion in,
237.

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Servant, on the relation of, 140.
Shepherds, predatory habits of, 51.
Smith's, Horace, Amarynthus, a poem,
152; see Amarynthus.

Dr. J. E., Grammar of Botany,
535, et seq.; the title a misnomer,
535; fame of Linnæus on the wane,
ib.; merits of, ib.; nature of the
science, 536; first-rate botanists neg.
lect the physiology of the science,
538; outlines of the system of Jussieu,
538-543; his system not preferable
to that of Linnæus, 544.

Dr. J. P., Scripture Testimony
to the Messiah, 376, et seq.; 401, et
seq.; objections to controversy un-
reasonable, 376; exemplary spirit of
the author, 377; plan of the volumes,
378; the miraculous conception not es-
sential to the question, ib.; unfair
statements and daring assertion of the
• Calm Inquirer' relative to the initial
chapters of Matthew and Luke, 379;
on the gradual and indirect manner in
which the doctrines of the New Testa-

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meni are communicated, 381; on the
lille, son of God,' 382; on the charge
of blasphemy, 383; on the inaptitude
of the New Testament phraseology to
the Unitarian hypothesis, 384; on our
Lord's claims to a power of miraculous
agency, ib.; on the phrase, ascend-
ing into heaven,' 385; on John viii.
58.," before Abraham was, I am," 386;
on our Lord's valedictory address,
Matth. xxviii. 19., 461; on 2 Cor..
vin. 9., 463; on the Unitarian gloss on
Phil. ii. 6-S., 465; Jesus Christ the
object of worship, 466; on the proof
derived from the prayer of Stephen, 467;
on the devout feelings and unqualified lan-
guage of the apostolic writers in reference
to the Saviour, contrasted with their re-
serve with respect to the most eminent
men, 470; recommendations of the
work,472.

Smith's, Dr. J. P., Sermon on Prescribed

Forms and Free Prayer, 446, et seq. ;
misapprehension relative to the ques-
tion at issue between conformists and
dissenters, 446; true-state of the
question, 447; antiquity of liturgies
an irrelevant consideration, ib.; argu-
ment drawn from the Lord's prayer,
448; opinion examined, that the for-
mula was twice delivered, ib.; on the
circumstances attending the sermon
on the mount, 449; admissions of
Paley and bishop Wilkins as to the
superior efficiency of free prayer in
exciting the affections, 451; recapitu
lation of the arguments, 452.
Southey's Life of Wesley, 1, et seq.;
Plutarch not ignorant of Christianity,
1; his mild condemnation of intel-
lectual errors, 2; character of his
scepticism, 4; change in public feel-
ing relative to infidelity, ib.; sinister
design and sceptical tendency of the
work, 6; character of the author's
mind, 8; account of John Nelson, 10;
jeers at enthusiasm and concession, 11;
the oddities of Methodism not so
much the subject of sarcasm as the
language and conduct which are the
most aualogous to apostolic examples,
13; specimens of the author's sarcasms,
14; radical error of the author with
respect to the nature of genuine faith,
16; Watson's Observations, charac-
ter of, 18; extracts from, 19-27;
Polwbele, Rev. Mr., notice of, 28;
merits and demerits of the Wesleyan
sytem, 29; see Watson.
Spitzbergen, scenery of, 222.

Stories selected from the History of Eng-

land, 458; insidious design of the
author, 460; sperimen, ib.
Stothard's, Mrs.,Tour through Normandy,

137, et seq.; merits of author's style,
137; her picture of the French, ib.;
conjugal felicity selon l'usage,' 138;
the French not truly polite, ib.; Norman
coquetry, 139; the flower-woman, ib.;
gratitude of an emigrant, 140; re-
marks on the relation between master
and servant in France, ib.; visit to a
convent at Ploermel, 141; description
of the novices, 142; conversation with
Iwo nuns, 143.

Stuart's, C., Emigrant's Guide, 475;
see Canada.

James, Historical Memoirs of
Armagh, 504. el seq.; dispute respect-
ing the existence of St. Patrick. 504;
sketch of his life, 506; hereditary
primates of Armagh, 508; the
O'Nial of Mr. Parnell, 509; remarks
on the retrogression of learning in
Ireland, ib. ; papal grant of Ireland to
Henry II., 511; alleged immorality of
the ancient clergy, 512; causes of re-
tarded civilization according to Lin-
gard, 513; account of primate Fitz-
Ralph, 514; bistory of the city of
Armagh, 515; anecdole of the great earl
of Kildare, 516; adventures of his
grandson, ib.

Sugar obtained from potatoes and rags,
349.

Sunday Schools, importance and advan-
tages of, 204.

Taylor's Historical Prints, 458, et seq.;
merits of the work, 458; specimens,
459.

Temple, earl, aversion of George II. to,
427.

Temples, Egyptian, description of, 497,

499.

Tennyson's Observations respecting the

Queen, 273, et seq. ; decency outragedby

the publication of late proceedings, 274.
Thorn on the Christian Sabbath, 373, 4;
importance of right notions on the
subject, 373; merits of the work, ib.;
extract, 374.

Toleration, Owen's apology for, 110.
Tories, ultra, characterized, 275.
Townsend, Charles, character of, 426.
Translation, poetical, remarks on, 284.
Turner's Tour in Norinandy, 171, et seq.;
indifference of the French to objects
of antiquarian interest, 174; early
English or Gothic architecture, 172;
cathedral of Rouen, ib. ; interior of
ditto, 173; pointed style of architec-

ture, ib.; intermediate styles, 174;
church of St. Ouen-use of the por-
tal, ib.; fate of Alexander Berneval,
the master-mason, ib. ; rose windows,
175; churches at Dieppe, ib. ; church
of St. Georges de Bocherville, ib.;
vandalism of the French, 176; Roman
Catholic piety no safeguard for the
arts, ib.; abbeys at Caen, 177; Nor-
man and Saxon discriminated, 178.

Unitarian hypothesis at variance with
the whole phraseology of Scripture,
384, 470.

Ure's Dictionary of Chemistry, 345,-et
seq.; object and merits of the work,
345; editor's apology for his references
to Dr. Thomson, 346; acid, phosphoric,
ib.; Thomson's error relative to an al-
leged test of the expansibility of liquids,
347; miasmala, ib.; remarks on the
application of galvinism to cases of
suspended animation, 348; sugar ob-
tainable from potatoes and rags, 349;
alkalimeter, ib.; phlogiston, 350;
colouring matter of vegetables, ib.;
suggested corrections, 351.

Vaux's Memoirs of Lay and Sandiford,
278, 9; reply to remarks in the
Philadelphia Register on an article in
the E. R., 279.

Waldegrave's, Earl, Memoirs, 419, et
seq.; character of the author, 419;
and of the work, ib.; portrait of George
II., 420; kis majesty's complaint of the
treatment to which he was exposed from
his ministers, 422; portrait of the duke
of Newcastle, ib.; his jealousy of Pitt
and Fox, 424; character of the first lord
Holland, ib. ; dissolution of the con-
nexion between Pitt and Fox account-
ed for, 425; character of lord Chat-
ham, 426; of Charles Townshend, ib. ;
the king's description of earl Temple,

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427; character of Henry Pelham, ib. ;
of lord Hardwicke, ib.; of the third
duke of Devonshire, ib.; of lord Bute,
428; of the princess dowager, ib. ;
of the prince (George III.), ib.; re-
marks on the subsequent conduct of
George III., 429; author's ingenuous
reflections on the value of royal fa-
vour, 430.

Wales, Frederick prince of, anecdote of,

41.

Wales, Princess dowager of, her charac-
ter, 428.

Watson's Observations on Southey's Life

of Wesley, 1, et seq.; Is Mr. Southey
a believer? 19; remarks on Southey's
representation of Wesley's religious feel-
ings, 20; doctrine of a special Provi-
dence vindicated, 21; on the efficient
cause of the moral effects of the preaching
of the Methodists, 23; vindication of
' enthusiasm,' ib.; Mr. Southey's phi-
losophy concludes as forcibly against
Christianity as against Methodism, 24;
the real fanatic, 26; dangers encountered
by the founders of Methodism, 27; Mr.
Watson silent as to the Calvinistic
dissenters, ib.; his notice of Pol-
whele's republication of bishop La-
vington, 28.

Webb's Elements of Greek Prosody, 165;
notice of former works, ib.
Wesley, John, Southey's Life of, 1, et
seq.; see Southey and Watson.
Wesleyan system, its merits and defects,

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