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A. 332 ABILITIES, Natural or Acquired, Replies to a Query on,... 846, 926, 1091 Adages by Oliver Cromwell, Adam's Fall, Replies to a Query on, 828, 931, 933 389 928 Adulterated Flour, to detect, .. .... 332, 416, 560, 605, 976 | Anger, Remarks on, ............. 812, 823 Animal Sociability,.. 559 Antiquities, Essay on the Study of, 700 Aretino, Leonardo, Memoirs of, 275, 302, 419, 496, 627, 685, 888, 1046, 1084, 1173 Atheism an Absurdity, 912 Atonement, on the, 448, 622 Authors and Books, Observations on, Awful Occurrence,..... ... .... B. ........ .... ........ ..... Bahama and Bermuda, Inquiries respecting, Benefit derived from Learning, the Arts, &c. COL. .... 863 500 Benevolent Institutions, 658, 1053 Bethel Union and Seaman's Friend Society, 1054 Bible Society, 578, 1053, 1058 Biblical Column, or Sacred Pillar, Birds' Nests, edible, 998 21 Blacow's Discourse, reviewed, 93 1159 774 .... -Sentence for a Libel,................... Bonaparte, Death of, . Boston, an Account of, by Thomson, reviewed, Book, Extract from an old,.. Botolph, Account of the Parish Church of St. Botanical Information, a Request for, Bowles, Rev. W. Lisle, Sonnets of, Breaches of Tender Engagements, Brutes, on the Intellectual Faculties of, 308 Burying in Churches, Reply to a Query ..... 464 on, ..... 414 Byron, Lord, on the Genius and Writings of,... 254, 978 Vindication of, 810, 1016, 1113, 1115 Don Juan, Beneficence of, 945 1021 .... 715 215 948 881 552 989 917 C. COL. 702 ......... 560 720 348 ...... ...... Cain, Punishment and Mark of, Caloric, 436, 528, 726, 791, 1137 Canibalism in New Zealand, 27 Caroline, Queen, Death and Funeral of, 865 Catholic Emancipation, Claims, Reflections on the, Caution-Catholic Emancipation, Caxton Printing Office, Destruction of the, 243 Chalmers' Discourses, reviewed, 562 Sermons, Extract from, 902 Chemical Essays, . 436, 528, 726, 971, 1137 Chilblains, to cure and prevent, 1097 Children, on the Treatment of, 317 China, Christianity in, 117 -Poor in, Chinese Vassalage, Christian Biographical Dictionary, reviewed, ..... 325 123 Christophe, Character of, Cock-fighting,.. 386 745 172 442 739 Coincidences-Sneezing-the Trinity, 32 Collins, Ode to the Genius of, Comets, Observations on, Commercial Reports, 102, 197, 295, 487, 583, 680, 776, 871, 967, 1063, 1159 Compressibility of Water, 546 Colours, Observations on, 750 Conjunctions of Saturn and Jupiter, 561, 1014 Conscience, Replies to Queries on, 167, 171 Conversations on English Grammar, reviewed, ........ ..... ....... ..... ...... .... ...... ..... 383 ...... Cordwainers, Reply to a Query on,.... 1203 Coronation of His Majesty George IV... 765 Ode on the, 806 Cottage of Pella, by J. Holland, reviewed, 668 Cows, Advantages of Cottagers keeping, 129 Cruelties practised in India, 49 D. 939 1189 Dancing condemned, 895 232 ....... Reflections on, .... 618 ....... 988 Departed Spirits, Reply to a Query on,.. Devotion not to be constrained, 258 Discourses by Buckworth, reviewed, 381 by Chalmers, do. Division of the Earth, Answers to a Query on the, 977, 1073 562 ... ..... ..... ... ..... ........ ........ ....... ....... Edward and Matilda, a Poem, Epsom Salts, on the proper Use of, re- Essential Oils, Answer to a Query on, 77 Essays on Creation and Geology, 64, 108 Eternal Election, Eve of St. Hyppolito, reviewed,. Evidences of Christianity, reviewed, F. ....... ... ........ ........ ........... ... ....... ......... ........ ...... .. Fact, singular, respecting a Fowl,...... 242 Farmer and Grazier's Guide, by Towne, Fear, the Vanity of it, and how to mas- Female Character at Otaheite, Sketches Females, Impropriety of trifling with, ..... ........ Fishing, a Poem, ..... H. Harvest Home, by Becker, Hassall, Mr. Rowland, Death and Cha- racter of, athen, Salvation of the, 977 Gambling, Extract from a Treatise on,.. 320 Genius, on the Neglect of, 64, 108 356 1144 957 280 117 976 Icebergs of Spitzbergen, the Seven, ..... 844 Influence of Example,. ...... 1185 ........ 478 ........ Intellectual Faculty of Brutes, .......... 1178 Knowledge, Futility of ancient, as con- 625 ....... vine things, 665, 814, 1043, 1143 641, 690 Latin Lines, Translation of, 602 .... Contrasts, Liverpool, Observations, historical and M. ....... 157 ... Manchester, Siege of, 175 ***** ... ..... → of the Rev. J. Taylor, reviewed, 854 92 ...... .. N. P. ..... Nature, the concluding Scene of, ..................... ..... .... ........ ...... ...... ....... ........ Paley, Anecdote of, ...... ............ ....... 0. Oxygen, Reply to a Query on, ................. 373 ....... ....... ....... COL. ..... 780 1125 the,..... .... 336 291 81 606,695 212 503 Poems by J. Jones, reviewed, .... On the boiling of, .... .. Q. Queries proposed, 100, 197, 372, 373, .... 675 R. .... 763 ..... Regalia of Great Britain, ....... ..... ...... ................ Advantages of, ................. ......... 115 216 651 COL. Sea-bathing, on the Utility of, reviewed, 571 ..... 802 .... ....... .988, 1207 843 Siege of Sancerre, .... 161 155 .... on, ..... T. ..... .... ......... ..... - 403 Taste and Criticism, 279 ........ .... 96 COL. Treffry, Mr. Thomas, Death of,........ 553 V. Varieties of the human Mind, ... IN NO. 1. Wm. Roscoe, Esq. from a Bust by Spence, 2. Monument of Dr. Isaac Watts, 3. View of the Caxton Printing Office, W. 527 Wales, New South, Letters from,.. 401, 544 707 LIST OF PLATES IN VOL. III. 4. Rev. W. Shepherd, 5. Alexander Dherma Rama, formerly a High Priest of Boodhu, 6. Wm. Scoresby, Jun. Esq. 49 Warts, to remove,........ ... ......... ... ... ....... of, ...... .... 13. John Ray, the Botanist, Sketch of New South Shetland, by Capt. Sherratt, ...... ......... 398 ................ 7. Adam Sireh-goona Munhi Rathana, formerly a High Priest of Boodhu, 9. Alexander Tilloch, LL. D. &c. ..... Z. 16 Zealand, New, Particulars respecting, 130 507 413 ...... .......... .......... ... .... 10. Rev. J. Campbell, the Missionary Traveller in South Africa, 11. Rev. Sam. Lee, M. A. Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge, 869 .... COL. 175 243 1229 759 1153 ..1161 |