A.

Abdulaziz, assassination of, 13, 14.
Abdallah, founder of the sect of the Egyp-
tian Ismailites, account of, 452-pro-
gress of his tenets in Egypt, 453, 454.
Abdullah Ben Aly massacres the race of
the Ommeyads, 20.

Abderahman Ben Moaviah escapes from as-
sassination, 21-his reception in Spain,
where he becomes caliph of the Moors,
22-his poetical address to a palm-
tree, 24-makes peace with the Gali-
cians, 25-embellishes Cordoba, 26—
his death, ib.

Abderahman II., reign of, 30, 31-fanatical

zeal of the Muzarabic Christians for
martyrdom, 31-46-measures adopted
by Abderahman, 48-his death, 49.
Abderahman III., character and reign of,
54, 55.

Absolutists, a German metaphysical school,

notions of, S65-369.

Abulaswad, romantic adventures of, 22, 23.
Achromatic Telescope, discoveries of Dr.
Fraunhofer, in the making of, 430–432.
Agnus Dei, mummery of blessing, 547,

note.

Agricultural Society at Stockholm, account
of, 212, 213.

Agriculture, state of, in France, 479--
comparative amount of living force em-
ployed in agriculture, in Great Britain
and France, 483, 484.

Alah-ed-deen, head of the Assassins, notice
of, 469.

Alexander I., services of, to the literature
of Russia, 621, 622.

Alhakem I., caliph of the Moors in Spain,
character and reign of, 28, 29.

VOL. I.

Alhakem II., character and reign of, 55,
56.

Ali Pacha, cruelty of, towards the Pre-
vezans, 282.

Almanzor, a great Moorish general, achieve-

ments of, 56, 57-his death and charac-
ter, 58.

Animals, experiments and observations on
vital motion in, 234–238.
Ansbert's Chronicle, discovery of, 647.
Arabs, invasion of Spain by, 10, 11-their
state, as to civilization, 11-character
of the Arab generals, 12-cruel policy
of an Arab caliph towards one of his
generals, 12, 13-its effects on the au-
thority of the caliphs in Spain, 13, 14.
Armorica, see Britanny.

Arts, comparative amount of living and
inanimate force employed in, in France
and Great Britain, 484, 485,
Asiatic Society of Paris, annual meeting of,
294-publications of, 651.

Assassins, a military and religious order,
450-origin of the name, 461-account
of Abdallah, founder of the Egyptian
or Western Ismailites, 452-their pro-
gress in Egypt, 453-account of the
doctrines of the Dar-al-hicmet, or House
of Wisdom, 454-account of Hassan
Ben Sabah, founder of the Assassins,
or Eastern Ismailites, 455-458-he
obtains possession of the fortress of
Alamoot, 458-the class of Fedavee or
Devoted organized by him, 459-means
by which he trained them to the exe-
cution of his mandates, 460, 461-view
of the society, as constituted by Hassan
Sabah, 461, 462-spread of his order,
462-his death, 463-account of his
successors, Keah Buzoorg, ib., 464-

Hassan II., 464 465Sinan, 466
Jellal-ed-deen, 469-Ala-ed-deen, 470
-subversion of the power of the Assas-
sins, 470.

Astronomy, sketch of the history of, during
the eighteenth century, 633–639.
Austria, papal jurisdiction in, crushed,
560, 561.

Austrian Literary Intelligence, 292. 647.

B.

Balbi (M.), biographical notice of, 380-
analysis of his Ethnographical Atlas,
with remarks, 380-385-his observa-
tions on the languages of various na-
tions, 386-388-his principle of clas-
sification, 393, 394-observations on
his work, 399.

Baptism of Bells, 544, 545-attended by

the Duchesses of Angoulême and Berri,
545, note-origin of, ib.

Batiushkov, notice of the poems of, 623.
Battle of Feldkirch, 106-of Stockach,
107 of Verona, 108-of Novi, 113,
114.

Bausset (M. de), prefect of the imperial
palace of Napoleon, biographical notice
of, 400-anecdotes of Bonaparte, 402
-404. 408, 409. 414-is appointed
translator of Spanish documents for him,
407-account of an attempt to assas-
sinate Bonaparte, 409, 410-and of
the scene which took place when he
first communicated to Josephine his in-
tention of repudiating her, 411-413-
account of the manner in which M. de
Bausset was cured of gout, 415-417
-his character of Marshal Duroc, 418
-421.

Bavaria, state of religion in, 293-literary
intelligence from, 648-papal jurisdic-
tion crushed in, 561, 562.
Benjamin of Mitylene, a learned modern
Greek, biographical notice of, 246.
Bishops (Spanish), duplicity of, towards
the Moorish Caliph Abderahman II.,
48.

Bleda, a Spanish historian, character of, 10.
Bogdanovich, notice of the poems of, 616.
Bohemian Language, triumph of, 292-
notice of Bohemian literature, 649.
Boisséree (M.M.), museum of, 305.
Bonaparte, despatched into Italy by the
French Directory, 262-his campaign
of 1796, 263-instructions given to him
by the Directory, 264-amount of con-
tributions exacted by hiın between 1796
and 1799, 265-his account of the ra-

pacity of the commissaries and other
employés of the French army, 265,
266-his progress in Italy, 266—insar-
rection against the French at Reggio,
267-269-letter of, to the Austrian
Archduke Charles, 272-concludes the
treaty of Campo Formio, 101-sketch
of his Italian campaign in 1797, 272—
274-insurrection against the French at
Verona, 275-duplicity of Bonaparte's
conduct towards Venice, 277, 278-
state of Italy after the battle of Maren-
go, 284-account of his expedition into
Egypt, 119-122-observations on the
conduct of Bonaparte as a military and
civil ruler, 283-286-his cruel treat-
ment of the Crespinese, 286-duplicity
of Bonaparte towards the pope, 288-
anecdotes of the private life of Bona-
parte, 403-405. 414. 421-attempt
made to assassinate him, 409, 410-
scene that took place when he first
communicated to Josephine his inten-
tion of repudiating her, 411-413-his
behaviour on receiving the portrait of
his son, 417-charged with being su-
perstitious, 423-translation of part of
Manzoni's ode on the anniversary of his
death, 169, 170.

Botta (Carlo), biographical notice of, 255
-importance of his History of Italy,
253-his moderation, 254-its plan,
256-ou the condition of the Italian
states previously to 1789, 257-his ac-
count of the insurrection in Reggio
compared with that of Count Paradisi,
268, 269 on the views of the Italian
patriots, 270-and the secret of Italian
politics, 271-his exposition of the Aus-
trian and French modes of warfare,
272-vindicates the character of Gin-
guené, 279-his remarks on the con-
duct and character of Bonaparte, 283
-285-his concluding observations on
the present political state of India, 290
-observations on his style, 291.
Bouterwek's Religion of Reason, extract
from, with remarks, 366, note.
Bowring's (Mr.) translation of Svetlana, a
Russian poem, 597–600.
Breslau, in Silesia, extent of the diocese
of, 519, note-defective education of the
clergy, 520, 521-its effects on their
lives, 522-525-provision for the wi-
nistry, 526. 530-disgraceful bestow-
ment of benefices, 531-533-defective
means of educating the laity, 532-
miserable books of devotion, in use
there, 535-charges against the Mass
Book of, 536, 537-ceremonial of the

mass, 537, 538-absurd formularies in
the ritual of, 541-546-petition to
the Bishop of Breslau for reformation
of the Romish Liturgy, and his reply,

553.

Britain, comparative table of the losses of,
in money and men, between 1803
and 1815, 474-living force employed
there in agriculture, 484-in arts, com-
merce, &c. 485-productive and com -
mercial force employed in 1780 and
1826, 486.

Britanny, singular connection between the
inhabitants, language, and manners of,
and those of the western and southern
shores of England, 319, 320-notice of
the early inhabitants of, 322-particular-
ly the Veneti, 323-successful invasion
and settlement of Conan Meriadec in
Britanny, 323, 324-the independent
republic of Armorica formed, 324-
Christianity planted there, 325-settle-
ment of a new swarm of Britons in the
fifth century, 325-subdued by Char-
lemagne, 326-reign of Nomenoé, 327
-the Bretons subjugated by the Nor-
mans, 327, 328-effects of the feudal
system in Britanny, 328-effects of an
alliance with England, 329, 330-con-
test of John de Montfort and Charles
de Blois for the ducal coronet of Bri-
tanny, 330-332-the reformation in-
troduced, 332-later events and pre-
sent state of Britanny, ib., 333.
Brocchi (Professor), death of, 299.
Bulgaris, Greek archbishop of Cherson,
biographical notice of, 245.
Buonaparte, see Bonaparte.
Burke's criticism on Milton's description
of Death, 62, 63.

Catherine I. (Empress), efforts of, for ci-
vilizing the Russians, 609.

II., encouragement of Russian
literature by, 612, 613.
Catholicism, state of, in Silesia, see Silesia.
Celibacy, constrained, of the Romish
church, remarks on, 525.

Chakhovsky (Prince), dramatic productions
of, 626, 627.

Charles de Blois, anecdotes of, 330, 331.
Charles VI., King of France, sumptuary
law of, 176.

Chikhmatov (Prince), notice of the poems
of, 624. 627.

Childbirth, Romish ceremony after, 542.
Chremonidian War, what so called, 296.
Christian Morality, annual meeting of the
society of, 295.

Civilization, denunciation of Rousseau
against, 178-proofs, that it is not the
cause of degeneracy, 181, 182-that
the advance of population is in propor-
tion to the advance of civilization, 182
-184-and, that it does not tend to
destroy the natural equality of men,
184, 185-the difference in population
among nations is caused by the diffe-
rence in civilization, 185-187-re-
marks on the exercise of intellect, the
necessary result of civilization, as a
means of prolonging life, 188-ten-
dency of civilization to amalgamate
languages, 395 396.

Clergy, education of, in Bavaria, 293—

defective education of, in Silesia, 520-
522-its consequent effects of, on their
lives, 522-524.

College of the Eighteen, at Stockholm,
account of, 212.

Commerce, comparative amount of living
and inanimate force employed in, in
France and Great Britain, 484, 485.
Conan Meriadec, successful invasion of
Britanny by, S23-extent of his domi-
nions, 324.

Condé (José Antonio), biographical notice
of, 2, 3-literary character of, 4.
Congress of Rastadt, account of, 103-
105.

Conrad, marquis of Montferrat, assassina-
tion of, 467, 468.

Constitution of Germany, 440, 441.
Contes des Fées, character of, 65.
Coray (M.), a learned modern Greek, bi-
ographical notice of, 250, 251.
Cordoba, embellished by Abderahman I.,
26.

Corti (Abbé), experiments of, on the cir-
culation of the sap, confirmed, 221,
222.

Cousin (Victor), philosophical fragments
of, drawn from the writings of the Ger-
man metaphysicians, especially Schel-
ling and Hegel, 369-analysis of his
scheme, 369-374-observations on it,
374, 375.

D.

Deaf and Dumb, notice of a journal of
facts relating to, 652.

Death, admirable description of, by Mil-
ton, 63.

Delambre (M.), notice of, 632-sketch of
his history of astronomy during the
eighteenth century, 633–639.
Denmark, literary intelligence from, 293.
649.

Derzhavin, lyric productions of, 614, 615.
Deville (Capt.), blunders and misrepre
sentations of, respecting Bengal, ex-
posed, 127-134.

Disease, how far affected by civilization,

185.

Dmitriev, notice of the poems of, 620.
Drama (Italian), causes of the defects of,
135, 136-account of the new school
of, 137-examination of Manzoni's the-
ory of the unity of action, 139-145-
analysis, with remarks, of his tragedy
of the Conte di Carmagnuola, 146–
151-and of his tragedy of the Adelchi,
with extracts and remarks, 151–158
-(Russian), 607. 612. 626, 627.
Drunkenness, punishment of, in Sweden,

207.

Dumas (Comte Mathieu de), biographi-
cal notice of, 98-100-plan of his
"Précis des Evénemens Militaires,"
100, 101-analysis of them: see France.
Duroc (Marshal), character of, 418–420.
Dutrochet (M. H.), experiments of, to de-
termine the precise organs through
which the sap ascends and descends,
215-219-on the mode in which the
nutritious fluid, deposited between the
bark and alburnum, is given out, 219,
220 on the nature of the sap, and
causes of its ascent in plants, 223-229
-application of his experiments and
observations to the vital statics of
plants, 229-231-lateral diffusion of
the sap requisite for the development
and nutrition of plants, 251-233-
conclusions, resulting from his obser-
vations and experiments, 233-remarks
on his attempt to apply them to the vital
statics of animals, and on his theory and
treatment of inflammation, 234-238.

Dwarfishness, observations on the increase
of, in France, 481, 482.

E.

Education, state of, in Hungary, 292-of
the clergy in Bavaria, 293-in France,
477, 478-defective education of the
clergy in Silesia, 520, 521-and of the
laity, 532.

Egypt, campaign of Bonaparte in, 120—

122.

Equality, natural, of men, not destroyed
by civilization, 184, 185.
Ethnography, definition of, 377.

Eulogius, enthusiasm of, 41, 42—his mar-
tyrdom, 52.

Excommunicated persons, being deceased,
receipt for absolving, 542.

Exorcism, absurd form of, 541-of devils
in the air, 546.

F.

Fanariots, at Constantinople, account of,
247-250.

Farmers, Swedish, intelligence of, 199,200.
Felix and Liliosa, martyrdom of, 45.
Fictitious Narratives, observations on the
introduction of the supernatural in, 63,
64-character of the Contes des Fées,
65-of the Tales of Count Hamilton,
65, 66-comparison of them with the
popular tales of Musæus, 70-popular
legendary tales of the Germans, 66-
singular narrative of a supposed super-
natural adventure in Scotland, 68, 69—
character of the tales of the Baron de
la Motte Fouqué, 71-introduction of
the fantastic mode of writing into fiction,
72-extract from Geoffrey Crayon's
tale of the Bold Dragoon, 73, 74-cha-
racter of Hoffinann's tales, 81, 82-
particularly that of " The Entail,” 82—
93-and "The Sandman," 94–97.
Flora and Maria, martyrdom of, 37-39.

44.

France, literary intelligence from, 294—
296. 650-653-campaigns of the
French republic in Sardinia in 1792
and 1793, 258-261-campaigns of,
in Italy in 1794 and 1795, 261, 262—
of Bonaparte in 1796, 262- 266 ·
insurrection against the French at Reg-
gio, 267-269-and at Verona, 275,
276-policy of Bonaparte and the
French Directory, 277, 278-treaty
concluded by the French republic at

Campo Formio with the emperor of
Germany, 101, 102-preparations of
the emperor and of the French direc-
tory for recommencing hostilities, 102
-congress of Rastadt, 103, 104, 105—
movements and successes of the French
army in Switzerland, 105-sanguinary
conflicts between the Imperial and
French armies, 106, 107-the French
defeated at Stockach, 107-total de-
feat of the Austrians in the Tyrol, 108
-and of the French in Italy, 108, 109
-its results, 110-admirable general-
ship of Moreau, 111-campaign of Su-
warrow in Italy, 112-battle of Novi,
113, 114-comparative statement of
the losses in men and money, sustained
by France and Great Britain from 1803
to 1815, 474-state of manufactures,
475-increase of taxes, 475, 476-
great increase in printing, 476-state
of education, 477, 478-mechanics'
institutes, 478-state of agriculture,
479-population, ib. 480-wages of
labourers, 481-improved state of mo-
rals since the revolution, 481-increase
of dwarfishness, 481, 482-comparative
tables of the amount of living force em-
ployed in France and in Great Britain
in agriculture, 483, 484-in arts, ma-
nufactures, and commerce, 484, 485-
inanimate force so employed, 485-
productive and commercial force in
1780 and 1826, 486, 487-annual in-
crease of population in France, 488-
population more dense in the north than
in the south of France, 490-amount of
territorial revenue, 490-492-amount
of productive force employed in the
north and south of France, 492-ad-
vancement of the north of France in
industry and improvement over the
south, 493, 494, 495-causes of the
inferiority of the south of France, 495,
496-remarks on the scheme for making
Paris a seaport, 497.
Frankfort,important situation of, 441, 442.
Fraunhofer (Dr. Joseph), biographical no-

tice of, 434, 435-abstract of his re-
searches on the refractive and dispersive
powers of glass, and the achromatic
telescope, 425-432.

Frediakovski, a Russian poct, notice of, 611.

G.

Galicians, singular character given of, 25.
Gastronomer, curious epistle of one, 176—
gastronomic anecdotes, 171-177.

Georgian manuscripts, notice of, 296.
German Pocket Books for 1828, notice of,
641-646.

Germany, literary intelligence from, 653
-particularly Hanover and the minor
German states, 296–298. 654—situa-
tion, boundaries, and soil of Germany,
436-canals and rivers, 437-mineral
springs and baths, 438-manufactures
and universities, ib.-inhabitants, and
dialects spoken by them, 439-present
constitution of Germany, 440, 441-
national character of the Germans, 441
-important situation of Frankfort, ib.
442-provincial character of the Ger-
mans, 442-notice of Würtemberg, ib.
443-Heidelberg and Mannheim, 443
-Munich, and the Bavarian territory,
444-voyage down the Danube to Vi-
enna, 445-notices of Ratisbon, Passau,
and Linz, 446-of Austria and its in-
habitants, ib.-description of Vienna,
447, 448.

Glass, account of Dr. Fraunhofer's disco-
veries on the refractive and dispersive
powers of, 425-432.

Greeks, remarks on the struggle of, with
the Turks, 239, 240-the preservation
of their language a principal link that
held the nation together, 240, 241-
sketch of the history of Greek litera-
ture, 244, 245-the formation of schools
and colleges encouraged, 245, 246—
account of the Fanariots, 247-249-
notice of the literary labours of Coray,
250, 251-and of recent important
publications in the modern Greek lan-
guage, 251, 252-character of the
Greek songs, 252.
Guinguené, character of, 279.

H.

Hamilton's (Count) Tales, character of,

65.

Hanover, papal jurisdiction in, crushed,
563, 564-literary intelligence from,
296. 654.

Hassan Ben Sabah, founder of the Assassins
or eastern Ismailites, account of, 455-
458-institutes a new order of Assas-
sins, 459-means by which he trained
them to the execution of his orders,
460, 461-sketch of the society as or-
ganized by him, 461, 462-extension
of his order, 462-his death, 463.

II., account of, 464, 465.
Hegel's (Professor) metaphysical system,
notice of, 367-369.