-on the French tragedy, 407, 408-recipe for a French tragedy,
407, note-frivolity of French society, 409,4 410 anecdote of Le
Kain, 411-anecdotes and character of Fontenelle, 412, 413-of
MM. de Pompignan and Palissot, 414-of Restaut the grammarian,
415-of M. de la Condamine, ib.—character and anecdotes of the
Marquis de Maugiron, 416, 417-of Madame Denis, niece of Vol-
taire, 417, 418-of Voltaire, 418, 419-of Rousseau, 420–423.
Guido Guiniselli, perfected the canzon, 8.

H.

Haensel (M.) Letters on the Nicobar Islands, 57-mode of sleeping there,
68 pious reflections of, on the failure of the Moravian mission there,
72.

71,

Harrison (Mr.) Speech on India-built Shipping, 215-remarks on, 217.
Hercynian Forest, why considered as the haunt of supernatural beings,
268, 269.

Hoole's translation of Ariosto, remarks on, 29.

I.

Incombustible Spaniard, notice of, 264.

Ink, how deprived of its blackness, 214-recipes for making, ib.
Insects noxious, driven away by excommunication, 265, 266.
Irkutsk, discription of, 302.

Italy, Literary History of, 1-origin of the Italian language, 2-Latin
the language e of Italy till the 12th century, 4-history of the Proven-
çal language, 5, 6, 7-enumeration of Italian poets who preceded
Dante, 8-character of Dante, 10-probable origin of his Inferno,
ib.-specimens, with remarks, 11, 12-remarks on the entrance into
his Purgatorio, 13, 14-contrast between his Inferno and Purgatorio,
15-Dante to be judged by himself alone, ib. 16-remarks on the
miscellaneous works of Petrarch, 17-general character of his poems,
18, 19--his defects, the defects of his age, 19-remarks on his can-
zoni, ib. 20-translation of one by Voltaire, 20, note-English ver-
sion of one,
of one, 20, 21
21-origin of Boccaccio's works, 22-strictures on
his Latin style, 22-on his
is Decameron, 23, 24-character of Boc-
caccio's followers in the art of story-telling, 24-the Dettamendo of
Fazio degl' Uberti, 25-Quadriregio of Frezzi, ib.-state of litera-
ture in the 15th century, 25, 26--the origin of the heroic romance,
26--the Magnanimous Lie of Turpin, 27-the Buovo d'Antona, ib.-
poem of La Spagna, 28-beauties and defects of the Morgante Mag-
giore of Pulci, 28, 29-the Mambriano of
strictures on the Orlando Furioso of Ariosto, 31--versification of
Ariosto, 31, 32-strictures on the Rifaccimento of Berni, 32-remarks
on the decline of taste for Italian literature, 318.

J.

30Cesco Bello, 29-

Jakutsk, men of, described, 302-various uses of the birch tree there,
301, 302.

Jesuits, reflections on the dispersion of, 155–157.

Jugglers, frauds of, in the Nicobar islands, 63, 64.

Juvenal, Satires of, translated by Dr. Badham, 377-the translator's

strictures on the Quarterly Review, 378-reply thereto, 381, 382----
comparative estimate of former translators, 378-resemblances be-
tween Dr. Badham's version and that of other mo
modern translators,
379, 380-specimens of mistranslation, with remarks, 381-394-
favourable specimen of the version, 395–398.

Kett (Rev. Henry,) Flowers of Wit, 423-design of his work, 424-its
division, 426-remarks on its execution, 427.

King's yards, superior workmanship and materials employed there for
ship-building, 234, 235-notice of the officers employed there, 235,
236, 237-the system of inspection and responsibility there, an ef-
fectual bar against slovenly workmanship, 238.4

Kirwan (Dean) sermons by, 130-strictures on popular pulpit oratory,
131-particulars of Mr. Kirwan's life, 132, 133-panegyric of Mr.
Grattan on his eloquence, 134-extracts, on the character of the true
Christian, 135-on selfishness, ib. 136-defects of Kirwan's style,
136, 137, 138.

Klopstock's Messiah, observation on, 79.

L.

Lacretelle (Charles) Histoire de France, pendantele dix-huitième Siècle, 138.
See France.

La Motte (A.) Voyage dans le Nord de l'Europe, &c. 104-remarks on,
117. See Norway.

Lancashire, notice of witchcraft in, 266.

Langsdorff's (G. H. Von) Voyages in various parts of the world, 285-
inconsistencies in his narrative, 295, 296..

Language of Italy, origin of the, 2-Latin, the language of Italy till
the twelfth century, 4-history of the Provençal language, 5-7-
of the Nicobar islanders' monosyllabic, 61.

Lapland, present state of. 110-population of, 111-the Laplanders
originally possessed of Finland, 109-habits of the Laplanders along
the coast of the Frozen Ocean, 115.

Leake's (Wm. Martin) Researches in Greece, 453-causes why the pre-
sent state and literature of modern Greece, are comparatively but
little known, 458, 459-scarcity of MSS..in Greece, 460, 461-oris
gin and progress of the Romaic language, 461, 462-structure of its
verses, 463-derivation of the term Romaic, 464-defects and struc-
ture of its language, 465-460-examination of the question which
is the correct mode of pronouncing Greek, 469-474-the etymolo-
gy of modern Greek words considered, 476-478-on the capability
of improvement in the modern Greek language, 478-notice of efforts
made for that purpose, 480.

Le Kain (M.) anecdote of, 411-character of his performance, 403.
Lewis XIV. state of France at the close of his reign, 139-141.
Lewis XV. accession of to the throne, 146-his debaucheries, 147-
149-events of his reign, 148-158.

Lewis XVI. character of, 159-events of his reign, 160-172-causes
of the revolution in France, 173.

Light, discoveries of M. Malus on the refraction of, 42, 43-his calcu-
lations of the particular cases of refraction, 44-calculation for more

conveniently solving a problem of M. Malus, 46-application of it
to the phenomena respecting light and colours, discovered by M.
Arago and described by M. Biot, 47-49-inquiry into the effect
of incident light according to the general law of periodical colours,
50-52-remarks on Dr. Seebeck's experiments on the reflection and
refraction of light, 52, 53-and on Dr. Brewster's experiments, 54—
56.

Lisiansky's (Urey) voyage round the world, 285.

List of Publications, 253, 505.

Literature of Italy, state of in the fifteenth century, 25-26-history of,
see Italy, supra.

of China. See Chinese Literature.

Lucretius, remarks on the editors of, 91-character of his translators,
92-extracts from Dr. Busby's life of, 94, 95-specimens of his trans-
lation, compared with those of Creech and Dryden, 96-103.p

M.

Magic of the ancients, account of, 267-of the Scandinavians, 268.
See Witchcraft.

Maintenon (Madame) character of, 138.

Malus (E. L.) Théorie de la double Réfraction de la Lumière, 42-brief
notice of M. Malus, 42-retrospect of his discoveries, 43-his calcu-
lations of the particular cases of refraction, 44-calculation for more
conveniently solving a problem of Malus, 45, 46-application of it
to an interesting phenomenon relative to light discovered by M.
Arago, 57.

Manures examination of, and the best modes of applying them, 326-

329.

Marshman, (Mr.) account of his labours in promoting the knowledge of
Chinese literature, 336, 337. See Confucius.

Manuscripts, scarcity of, in Greece, 460, 461.

Mason, the poet, character of, 502.

Mathias. See Gray.

Maugiron, (M. de,) anecdote and character of, 416, 417.
Maurepas, (Count) administration of, 160, 161.

May-day, curious observances of, in the Highlands of Scotland, 281,
282-how anciently observed in England, 282-May-poles, when
discontinued, 283.

Montgomery (James,) The World before the Flood, a poem, 78-remarks
on the choice of his subject, 79-plan of the poem, with extracts,
80-85-fine description of the death of Adam, 86, 87.

Moravian Missionaries, unsuccessful attempt of, to convert the Nicobar
islanders, 58, 59-71-their sufferings on those islands, 59-68-
expenses of their missions, 12.

Morocco leather, process for dying scarlet, 210, 211.

Morrison (Rev. Rob.) Hora Sinica, 332-his labours for diffusing the
knowledge of Chinese literature, 335.

N.

Necker, (M.) anecdotes of, 163-placed at the head of the French

finances, 164-his administration, 165, 166-succeeded by M. de
Calonne, 167-restored, 171.

Nelson (Lord,) letters of, to Lady Hamilton, 73-the publication dero-
gatory from the character of Nelson, ib.-his character vindicated,
74-specimen of his extraordinary and magnanimous self-confidence,
75-verses by Nelson, 75, 76-strictures on the other letters in these
volumes, 77.

Nicobar Islanders, letters on, 57-geographical situation of, ib.-when
first discovered, ib.-unsuccessful attempt of the Dutch to conquer
them, ib.-excellent harbour formed by two of the islands, ib.-
-un-
successful attempt of the Jesuits to convert the islanders, 58—and of
the Moravian missionaries, ib. 59-sufferings of the Moravian mis-
aksionaries, ib.-whence probably peopled, 60-their language mono-
syllabic, 61-rude customs, on the death of a person, ib.—their reli-
gious belief, 62-curious mode of exorcising diseases, 62-and of
terminating disputes, ib. 63-worship of the moon, ib.-feast of the
dead, ib.-frauds of their jugglers, ib. 64-gentle character of the
natives, b.-state of society, ib.-food, 65, 66-villages, 65-cloth-
ing, 66-amusements, 67-shells found on the shore, ib.-ferocious
and tame crocodiles, 68-venomous serpents, ib. 69-Nicobar bats,
69, 70-nests of the hirundo edulis, 70-causes of the fatal effects
of the Nicobar climate, 71-failure of the Moravian missionaries, ib.
Norway, travels in, by Skioldebrand and others, 103, 104-whence
peopled, 104, 105-population of Abo and Ulleaborg, 106-manners
of the Ostrobothnians, 107-present state of Torneo, 107-origin
of the Fins, ib. ancient state of Finland, 108-Finland originally
possessed by the Laplanders, 109-present state of Lapland, 110-
population of Lapland and Finland, 111-description of the moun-
tain Avasaxa at midnight, 111, 112-divisions of the coast along the
Frozen Ocean, 113-intercourse with and private life of the inhabit-
ants of Finmark, 114, 115-habits of the Laplanders on this coast,
115 ancient connexion between Scotland and Norway, 118-early
history of this country, ib.-its population and military force, ib.-
valiant achievement of the Norwegian peasantry, 119-contrasted
view of Drontheim and Christiana, 120-climate and productions of
Norway, 121-Norwegian fisheries, 122-excellencies and defects
in the Norwegian character, 122, 123.

Nutritive matter afforded by different vegetables, 322—and by different
grasses, 330.

Ochotsk, description of, 301.

0.

Orleans, Duke of, regent of France, dissipated administration of, 141-
144 his death and character, 145.

Petrarch, remarks on the miscellaneous works of, 17-general charac-
ter of his poems, 18, 19—his defects, the defects of his age, 19-

remarks on his canzoni, ib. 20-translation of one by Voltaire, 20,
note.-English version of

Philosophers, influence of, ie, 20,

dered, 173-177.

Phoca ursina, habits of, 290.

21.

producing the French Revolution, consi-

Poetry, curious definition of, 480-remarks thereon, 501.
Poets, (English) works of. See Chalmers.

Poets of Italy who preceded Dante, list of, with remarks, 8-charac-
ter of Dante, 10-16-of Petrarch's Poems, with specimens, 18-
21-poem of La Spagna, 28-beauties and defects of the Mor-
gante Maggiore of Pulci, 28, 29-character of the Mambriano of
Francesco Bello, 29-remarks on Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, 31,
32-and on the Rifaccimento of Berni, 32.

Pompignan (M. de) anecdote of, 414.

Population of Abo and Ulleaborg, 106-of Finland and Lapland, 111-
of Norway, 118.

Portuguese navigators, discoveries of, 192.

Pronunciation of modern Greek, which method the best, examined,
466-477.

Provençal language, origin of, 5-rise, progress, and decline of the Pro-
vençal poetry, 6, 7, 8.

Prussian blue, experiments with, 211.

Pulci's Morgante Maggiore, character of, 28, 29.

Pulpit eloquence, observations on, 131:

Restaut (M.) anecdote of, 415.

R.

Revolution in France, circumstances that presaged, 168-causes of, 172,
173-the influence of the philosophers in causing it, considered,
173-177.

Rohan (Cardinal de) adventure of, and the diamond necklace, 169.
Romaic language, origin and progress of, 461, 462—structure of its
verses, 463-derivation of the term Romaic, 464-defects and struc-
ture of, 465-469-etymology of Romaic words considered, 476-
478-its capability of improvement, 478-notice of attempts for that
purpose, 479, 480.

Romance, heroic, origin of, 26-character of Turpin's Magnanimous Lie,
27-and of the Buovo d'Antona, ib.
Rotation of

crops, beneficial effects of, 329.
Rouge végétale, whence obtained, 207.

Rousseau's writings considered, and their influence in producing the
French Revolution, 174-176.

Russian Voyages round the World, account of, 285, 286-contradictory
account of the Sandwich islands, 286, 287-productions of the Aleu-
tian islands, 288-their depopulation, 288, 289-various uses of
the seal, 289-varieties of the seal-tribe, ib.-habits of the phoca
ursina,
a, 290-diminution in the numbers of the sea-otter, 291-siege
and capture of a fort of the Kaluschians, 293-Russian settlement
founded on one of the Norfolk islands, 293, 294-sufferings of the
Aleutian hunters, 295-productions of the Aleutian islands, 298-