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Cæsarea, present state of, 236.
Calcutta, speculations on esta-
blishing a regular over-land
conveyance to, 290.
Canada, Upper, particulars re-
specting emigration to, and
manners of the inhabitants,
&c., 172-185.
Candolle, M. de, contributions

to his collection of botanical
drawings, by the ladies of
Geneva, 463.
Cape of Good Hope, its botanical
riches disregarded by the
natives, 2. Treatment of
slaves there, 3.
Capital, in political economy,
observations on, 187.
Castlereagh, Lord, characterized
in a French work of biogra-
phy, 514.

Cellini, Benvenuto, anecdotes
of, 520-529.
Cephalopoda, natural history of
that order of shells, 488.
Ceylon, manners of the Bedas,
natives of its interior, 496.
Chevalier, M. le, his system re-
specting the Troad attacked,
504.

China, remarks on the trade to,
412.

Chinese language, various ele-
mentary works on, 469.
Clarke, Dr., observations on his
account of the Troad, 505.
510.

Clement, M., memoir of, 515.
Comet, seen at Valparaiso, ob-
servations of, 280. Elements
of, ib.

Constantia, visit to, and account
of the wines of, 4.
Conus-cedonulli, account of that
shell, 488.

Corruption, universal, in the le-
gal profession of Sicily, 477.
Counsels, book of, or Pend-
nameh of Saadi, extracts
from, 501.

Cowper, the poet, compared with
other writers, 317. Remarks
on his attachment to Lady
Austen, 320.

Cream, receipt for a lemon-
cream and a pine-apple-cream,

335.

Crusades, reflections on the ef-
fects of, 534.
Cumberland, description of a
peasant's cottage in, 249. See
also Selby.

Cupid carrying provisions, verses
on, 437.

Custom-house, its practice ques-
tioned as to depriving a tra-
veller of prohibited goods,

293.

Cuvier, M., account of, 516.
Cyrene, remains of that cele-
brated city, 356.

Dante,


Dante, observations on his ge-
nius and character, 301.
Death-bed-scene poetically de-
scribed, 167.

Debt, national, plan for reduc-
ing, 107.

Decamerone of Boccaccio, criti-
cisms on, 300.
Deluge, extracts from a play on
that subject, 371, 372. 374.
Demand and Supply, discussion
of those points in political
economy, 257.
Digestion, remarks on the repose
necessary to, 333.
Dover, conduct of the Custom-
house officers at, 293.
Downton-Castle described, 220.
Dream, from a play on the De-
luge, 371.

Dupuis, M., biography of, 517.

E

East India Company, observ-
ations on their privileges of
trade, 412.
Education, peculiar institutions
for, by Fellenberg and Pesta-
lozzi, in Swisserland, 451, &c.
See also Boys.

Egypt, observations on its tombs,
sepulchral decorations, and
'mummies, 443.

Eleusinian secret, observations
on, 18.
Elzevirs, a family of classical
printers, account of, and of
their editions, 471–475.
Emulation, its effects on the hu-
man mind, 453.
English, visitants at Geneva,
their former and their present
character and conduct, 465
-468.

Engrosser, See Monopolist.
Ephemerides, of Europe, com-
parative view of, 313.

F

Fallows, Mr., on a spot on the
disc of the moon, 289.
Fashion, picture of the hollow-
ness of fashionable society
and manners, 138.

Feast of Lantherns, in Japan,
described, 342.

Fellenberg, M., his establishment
for education, at Hofwyl, 451.
453.

Festival, Mohammedan, deli-
neated, 159.

Fever, observations on the prac-
tice of blood-letting in, 47.
Flood, or Deluge, poetic de-
scription of, 243.

Forestalling, observations on, 83.
France, provincial society in,

before the Revolution, 450.
French breakfast, or dinner, am-
ple specimen of, 268. De-
scription of French gardens,
in the Lyonnais, 269.

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Lantherns, feast of, in Japan,
described, 342.
Latin Exercise-Books, on the
defects of, 324.
Law, criminal, of England, on
the present state and pro-
posed alterations of, 62.
Leckie, Mr. Gould Francis, his
political principles arraigned,
494.

Leptis Magna, in Africa, ac-

count of the ruins of, 351.
Lily of Liddesdale, Amy Gor-
don, sketch of, 108.
Liverpool, East India Associ-
ation at, arguments of a Com-
mittee of, 415.
Longitude, Board of, attacked
by M. Wronski, 407.
Lorenzo de' Medici, his charac-
ter defended from some French
writers, 38, 39. 41. Speci-
men of his poetry, and trans-
lation of, 42.

Love, poetic invocation to, 170.
Lucknow, manners of the natives
of, 291.

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Pazzi, discussion of the con-.
spiracy of, 43.
Pend-nameh, of Saadi, extracts
from, 501.
Pendulum,

observations for
determining the length of,
t 287.

Penitentiary system, remarks on,
69.

Pestalozzi, M., origin and prin-
ciples of his institution for
educating young persons in
Swisserland, 452.

Philip of Pokanoket, an Indian

sachem, story of, 303.
Plants, beautiful and curious,
found at the Cape of Good
Hope, 146.

Poison of the snake, instance of
the cure of, 13. Among the
Bushmen of the Cape, how
prepared, 143.
Pond, Mr., on the mural circle
at Greenwich, 281.

Pont du Gard, description of,
274.
Population, remarks on the prin-
ciple of, and the doctrines of
various writers, 26. Its in-
crease at Berne, 457.
Pozetti, Professor, his censure
on Lorenzo de' Medici answer-
ed, 41.
Preston, battle of, description of
the rebel army at, 248.
Pretendiente, or hunter after
court-favors in Spain, sketch
of, 385.

Priests of the Temple of Baby-
lon, song of, 131.
Psalms, specimen of a versifi-
cation of, 245, 246.
Pyramid of pastry, receipt for,

335.

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Saadi, the Persian moralist, ex-
tracts from his Pend-nameh,
- 501.

Sabine, Captain, his experiments

on the dip of the needle, 277-
Saint Remy, visit to the remains

of Roman buildings near that
place, 275.

Saladin, Sultan, account of his.
death, 539.

Scamander, remarks on its for-

mer and present state, 510.
Scarabæus, or Beetle, observ-
ations on its application in
Egyptian mythology, 444.
Schauenburg, General, his at-
tack on the Swiss Cantons,
451.

Selby,

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