Angling, Sir H. Davy's passion for, 374 Animal Kingdom, the, by Baron Cuvier, 404 Annan Water, melancholy incident con- nected with, 424 Annuaire for 1831, 284 Annual, Medical, 622 Annuals for 1831, 47, 154 Antiquities of Mexico, 253
Arago, M., his construction of a light- house, 242
Aranjuez, inhabitants of, described, 456 Architecture, Dictionary of, 472 Argyle, Duke of, 565
Army, character of that of Cromwell, 491
Articles of the church, interpretation of, 587
Associations, Missionary, 2 Astracan, Steppes of, 191 Astrology, 321
Atherstone, Mr., his Sea Kings in England, 113
Atlas Family Cabinet, 158
Atossa, character of, intended for the Duchess of Marlborough, 574 Attornies, low, 190
Attrition, means of counteracting, 596 August, ancient Mexican festival in, 266 Austria, conduct of, in the affairs of Greece,
policy of, towards Greece, 336 Autopsy, the, of Lord Byron, 100 Autumn, poetical address to, 201 Avoués, French, devices of, 169-practice of, 172
BABBAGE, Charles, reflections on the decline of science, by, 135
Bagpipe, the Highland, 351-impressive power of, 352-anecdote of a player on, ib.
Ballot, observations against, 431-in favour of, 438
Banditti, account of an attack of, in Spain 546
Banff, regulations of a literary society of,
Bank of England, history of, 475 Bantam-cock, anecdote of one, 282 Barillon, intrigues of, 494
Bar, the English, character of, 187-objec tionable regulations in, 188 Barristers. English (see Bar) Barrow, Dr. J., works of, 314
Barton, John, his pamphlet on population,
Bavaria, King of, 502
Beachy-head, light-house of, 241
Beaumont, J. T. B., his plan of Parlia- mentary Reform, 439
Beauties of the Mind, a poetical sketch, 470 Beccaria, anecdote of, 224
Becker, C. F., his grammar of the German language, 474
Beddoes, Dr., anecdote of, 376
Beechey, Captain, his expedition to the Pacific, and Behring's Strait, 601-his encounter with the Easter Islanders, 603 -escape from a water spout, 609 Beer, sale of, 480
Bell, H. G., poetry of, 553 Bernal, Mr., verses by, 49
Bertini, Signor, his plan for giving facility on all musical instruments, 473 Bhurtpore, 584
Bible, diffusion of, in foreign countries, 1-6-account of the society for, 6-in- efficacy of, and the causes, 7-10-ac- count of the translations of, 12-speci- mens of a version in the Canara language, 13-fate of Bibles in India, 17-distri- bution of, among the Calmucs, 199 Bible, the, 532
Birds, signs in the Pacific, 601 Biron, Marechal, his generous conduct to Rodney, 278
Birth, Mexican custom at, 257-births in London aud Paris, 284-in Great Britain, 286
Black, Dr., discovery of, 141 Black Book, the Extraordinary, 619 Blane, Sir G., his account of the great victory of Rodney, 280
Blasting rocks, method of, in Seringa patam,
Blessington, Lady, a fragment by, 52 Blood, peculiarity of, in the reptile tribes,
Blossom, the ship, 601
Blushing, phenomenon of, 524
Boaden, James, his life of Mrs. Jordan, 28-faults of that work, ib.-protest against, 45
Boccacio, account of, 299--enthusiasm of, for Greek literature, 300 Bolingbroke, Lord, letters of, 569 Bonaparte, anecdote of, 378
Bounty, effect of the, on the herring fishery, 294
Bowdler, Mrs. H. M., her Pen Tamar, 473 Boy, verses on the portrait of one, 57 Brahmin, difficulty of his understanding Bible, 8
Bramab, Mr., ingenuity of, 141
Bray, Mrs., her Talba, 133
Brenan, Justice, his Foreigner's English Conjugator, 318
Brewster, Dr., his discovery of the con- struction of a lens, 242
Brisbane, Sir T., founder of an observatory,
167-character of the measure, 176- speech of, 177
Bruno, Dr., anecdote of, 97
Bulteel, Rev. Mr., his sermon at Oxford, 586
Bulwer, H. L., his poem of the Siamese Twins, 396
Burials in London and Paris, 284
Burns, Robert, life of, by Dr. Currie, 419 Burnes, James, his visit to Sinde, 575 Burton, diary of, 488
Butler, Charles, letter from, to Pinkerton, 70
Byam Martin Island, 611
Byron, Lord, his adoption of the Greek cause and habits at Cephalonia, 93—his partiality for medicines, 94-for Hol- lands, 95-other predilections of, 96— last illness and death of, 97, 98-his superstition, 99-account of the post mortem examination of his body, 100- his life, (2d vol.,) by Mr. Moore, 217- his visit to Switzerland, 220-fine poeti. cal image by, 221-his first acquaintance with Shelley, 222-proposed reconcilia- tion with his Lady, ib-his lines to death, 223-his curious orders, 225- his avarice, 226-account of his personal appearance, 229-present of his MSS. of his life to Mr. Moore, 230-purposes to set up a newspaper, 232-account of his way of life by himself, 234-his pro- ject respecting Greece, 236
CALENDAR, account of an old Mexican one, 266 of the Church of England, analysis of, 317
California, account of, 91, 612
Callanan, J. C., his beautiful lines to the Virgin Mary's Bank, 459
Calniuc Tartary, account of a journey to, 191 Calmucs, some account of, 192-their idols, 193 their religion, 194-progress in literature of, 195-march of their tribes, 196
Camels, notice of, 576
Cameleon, natural history of, 411 Cameron, the colours in the plaid belong- ing to, 348
Campbell, Thomas, anecdote of 420 " R. C., his Lays from the East,
Cannibals, 85 Canning, G., political life of, 325-his private life, 327-his conduct towards the holy alliance, 329-his master policy as to Spain, 330, 331-as to Greece, 332-7-General policy of, 340-remarks on him, 344
Cardale, James, his account of a Scotch miracle, 20
Carne, Mr., his Exiles of Palestine, 134 Carriages adapted to rail-roads, 595 Cartoons, an account of Raphael's, 353 Case-hardening iron explained, 595 Celts, account of, 346
Charles X., sentiments of, in 1826, 340 Charles II., his religion, 497
Chemistry, its application to oratory, 372— remarks on the state of, 143 Childe Harold, anecdote of the completion of the fourth canto of, 226 Chimneys, patent lining for, 321 China, progress of christianity in, 5-treat- ment of a missionary in, 7 Church, Mr. Irving's specimen of, 206 Church of England, calendar of, 317 Church of England, remarks on, 586-state of at present, 588-state of at the resto- ration, 589
Clarence, Duke of, his connection with
Mrs. Jordan, 33-account of, 37-cele- bration of his birth-day, 38 (see William) Clarendon, character of, dissected, 493 Classics, the, 615
Clergy, ordination of, 588-grounds for the contempt of, 589-state of, at the resto- ration, 590
Correction, ancient mode of, in Mexico, 259 Costs, bills of, 177
Costume of the Tahaitians, 81-the high- land, 347
Cotterill, C. F., on political economy, 620 Counter, Rev., his Island Bride, 156 Counts, the title to whom given, 171 Courts of local jurisdiction, bill for esta- blishing, 167-outline of, 172 Courts of justice in France, description of, 172-effect of the bill, 176-objections to the bill answered, 180-5
Coutts, Thomas, characteristic letter from, 78 Cranstoun, Lord, first suggested the cele-
brated manoeuvre of Rodney, 280 Creoles of the Mauritius, manners of, 387 Cromwell, O., curious anecdote of, 72-his
reply to the offer of the throne, 488- inauguration of, as Protector, 489-his character, by Lingard, 490
Cuba, freedom of the press in, 162 Currie, Dr., memoir of, 416-birth of, 417 -his Jasper Wilson, 418-his life of Burns, 419-character of, 421-anecdote of, 422
Cutch, history of, 575
Cuvier, the baron, his Animal Kingdom, 404
DANIEL, Mr., on a new register pyrome- ter, 239
Dance in Pitcairn Island, 608 Dancing, 310
Dangerfield, his accusation of James II.,
Dante, remarks on his Commedia, 295 Daubeny, Dr., on the occurrence of Iodine in England, 237
Davy, Sir H., life of, by Paris, 364-his birth, 367-his hazardous experiments, 368-curious letter from, 371- dotes of, 373, 374-his visit to Paris, 376-anecdotes, 378, 379-account of the death and funeral of, 383 Dead, ancient Mexican feast of the, 266 Death, lines to, by Lord Byron, 223 Deaths in London and Paris, 284-in Great Britain, 286
Debt, calculations of affidavits of, 177 Decameron, depraved taste in, 299 December, ancient Mexican feasts of, 268 De Grasse, Rodney's victory over, 279 De Trueba, Don T., his novel of the Incog- nito, 443
Dibdin, Rev. T. F., his Sunday Library, 469 Dictionary, topographical, of London, 475 Dido, effects of the performance of the drama of, 303 Dinner, a curious
Diving bell, fatal attempt to improve, 290 D'Istrias (see Istrias)
Dog, anecdote of one, 541 Donne, fame of, 530
Don Juan, anecdote of the poem of, 227 Doubt, Treatise on religious, 619 Doyle, Martin, tracts by, 157 Dragons, natural history of, 409 Drama in the Radack islands, 88 Dramatic poetry, remarks on, 302 Drummond, Lieut., on light-houses, 240- invention of, 243
Drummonds, anecdote of the firm of, 278 Drunkenness, effect of, 368-Mexican pu- nishment for, 265
Du Bartas, fame of, 530
Dubois, Abbe, account of his mission at Meissour, 9-anecdote of, 11
EARTHQUAKE, ancient notion of, 362 East India Company, policy of, 17 Easter Island, Captain Beechey's visit to, 602-account of, 603-6 Eddystone light-house, 241 Edge-rail, 593
Education, ancient Mexican mode of, 258 Egypt, improvement of, 323 Ellis, Agar, an essay by, 48
Elmes, James, his topographical dictionary of London, 475
Emerson, James, his History of Modern Greece, 460
Emery cloth, 626
Emigrators, hint to, 626
Emigration recommended, 312 Emperor's Rout, 156
Encke, his falsification of pretended obser- vations, 149
Engines, locomotive power of, 598 England, state of science in, 135-history of, by Lingard, 483
Engraving, superiority of, in England over France, 61
Epps, Dr., his Life of Dr. Walker, 617 Erica, found in Ireland, 322 Eriland, adventures of, 306
Eustatius, St., capture of, 279 Exiles of Palestine, 113
Expansion of solids, pyrometer for measur- ing, 239
FAME, examples of the temporary nature of,
Family Classical Library, 615 Fanaticism unveiled, 214
Faraday, M., a remarkable letter from, giving his history, 375 Fasts, ancient Mexican, 267
Fossil tree, singular specimen of, 161 France, state of science in, 137, 143- military events of the revolution of, 158 -administration of justice in, 168, 172, -light-houses of, 242-romantic history of, 305-stories from the history of, 316 -remarks on the state of, 341, 3
Frazer, Mr., his romance of the Kuzzilbash, 125
French invasion of Madrid, effect of, 541 Fresnel, M., his theory of double refrac- tion, 288
Friction, laws of, 596
Friends, early, lines to, 203
Friendship, precepts of, by Mr. Roscoe,
Frog, the natural history of, 414-use of, as food, 415
Fuseli, H., Life of, 619
GADARA, a description of, 134 Gael, the Scottish, 345 Gardener's Manual, 155 Gambier Group, 609 Gambling, a story of, 512 Gas, policy of employing it, 369 Gem, the, for 1831, 57
Genesis, specimen of a translation of the
first chapter of, 13
Gentleman in Black, 156
Gentry, English, history of the, 432
Geographical Society, prizes of, 626
Geography, ancient, Guy's, 618 Geology, use of exemplified, 290 George III., pious wish of, 1
German grammar, Dr. Beckers, 474
Gifford, W., commentary of, on a passage of Byron, 227
Gilbert, Mr. D., benefaction of, to science, 152
Glasgow Port, miracles at, 211
Glass, peculiar properties of, 288-taxes on, 145
Godwin, W., letter from, to Pinkerton, 73 his Thoughts on Man, 515- his religion, 517-his habits, 520-youth of, 521
Gospel, preparation for the, 477
Grace, peculiar one of Pitcairn Island, 607 Graves, Rev. R., his sermons on practical subjects, 320
Gray, the poet, compared with Hume, 67 Greece, Trant and Millingen on, 92-adop-
tion of the cause of, by Lord Byron, 93, 236-governments of, 101-specimen of local government in, 102-state of, after the invasion of Ibrahim Pacha, 105- picture of, under the sway of D'Istrias, 107-effect of the appointment of Prince Leopold as King of Greece, 109-obser- vations on the state and prospects of, 110-Mr. Canning's policy as to, 332- conferences respecting, 334, 5-abomi- nable proposal respecting the people of, 336-the bagpipe of, 351-history of modern, 460-policy of Venice towards, 461-Ottoman government of, 463, 464,
Greek and Latin authors, 615
Green, Mr., his account of modern Greece, 466
Griffith, E., his version of Cuvier's animal kingdom, 404
Grinfield, Rev. E. W., his sketches of the Danish mission, 315
Gryllus migratorius (see locusts) Guido, comparative merits of, 357 Guicciole, Countess, anecdote of, 231 Gunn, Rev. W., his account of Raphael's cartoons, 353
Guy, Joseph, his Ancient Geography, 618
HAY, Major Leith, his Narrative of the Peninsular war, 472
Hearing, instrument for modifying, 478 Hell, notions of the ancient Mexicans con- cerning, 270
Henry of Navarre, poem on a passage in the life of, 21
Hermitage, the monastery of, described, 549
Herring, state of the fishery of, in Scotland in 1830, 293-effect of the bounty on, 294
Herschel, J. F. W., his discourse on the study of natural philosophy, 286-pro- posed as president of the Royal Society,
Highlanders, account of, 346-garb of, 347 -their hospitality, 348-their fondness for snuff, 349.-their longevity, 350- pipes of, 351
Hindostan, remarks on, 584
Hinton, J. H., his topography of the United States, 319, 477
History of England, Lingard's, 483 Holiday in Vienna, 506
Holman, Mr., the blind traveller, 480 Holy Land, Tour of the, 614
Home, Sir E., his papers in the Philoso- phical Transactions, 147
Hood, Mr., his Comic Annual, 154
Hooke, Theodore, his novel of Maxwell, 124 Hope, Thomas, 515
Horses, power of, 598
Hospitality, anecdote of, 348
Hughes, Rev. S., his Divines of the Church of England, 314
Hume, Mr., compared with Gray, 67 Hume, Sir P., 563
Huygens, discovery of, 141
Hyderabad, account of a visit to, 575- society of, 583
ICELAND spar, singular property of, 288 Ice, destruction of ships by, 625 Idols, the, of the Calmucs, 193 Image, a fine poetical one, 221 Incognito, a Spanish Tale, 443 India, proneness to litigation of the natives of, 313-Vine in, 322 India-See Cutch, Sinde Indians, religion of, 3-East, 8 Insanity, singular case of, 423
Institute, the French, particulars of, 137 Inundation, curious coincidence respecting,
Iodine, occurrence of, in English springs,
237 Ireland, hints addressed to the peasantry of, 157-Tracts on, by Martin Doyle, 157-precedent for the government of,
Iron, smelting of, how performed, 290— case-hardening of, 595-respect of sa- vages for, 610-oxydation of, 627 Irving, Rev. Mr., his quarterly publica- tion, 205
Irving, W., his voyages of the companions of Columbus, 244-his account of the birth-place of Columbus, 251 Isabey, anecdotes of, 505, 10 Islands, discovery of, 611 Islands, the, of the Pacific, 602 Istrias, Count Capo de, account of him, 104-charges against him, 107—his po- licy, 108
Italy, poets of, their lives, 295-their inde- pendence, 300-guide to the literature of, 313
Ivory, painting on, 315
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