The Rev. John Romney, B.D. is about to publish, Memoirs of the Life and Works of his Father, George Romney, the eminent Painter, including various Letters, &c.
Miss H. Martineau is about to publish a volume of Hebrew Tales, entitled, "Traditions of Palestine".
The Rev. W. Davis, of Hastings, has issued proposals for publishing by subscription a volume in 12mo., designed chiefly for the Upper Class of Society, to whom the phraseology of the religious world is strange; to be entitled, "The True Dignity of Human Nature, or Man viewed in relation to Immortality." Price, to Subscribers, 5s.
Mr. Morgan, the reputed Author of the Reproof of Brutus, is about to publish a Letter to the Bishop of London, in reference to his Lordship's "Letter to the Inhabitants of London and Westminster on the profanation of the Sabbath."
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On Wednesday, June 30th, will be published, in 8vo., a Reply to Lord John Russel's Animadversions on Wesleyan Methodism, in his "Memoirs of the Affairs of Europe, from the Peace of Utrecht." By Humphry Sandwith, Esq.
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AFRICA, Central; see Caillié.-Southern, see Rose.
Albany, Caffer-land, scenes and occur-
rences in, 31; character of this work, 50. America, early history of, 194; see Mur-
Andrews's (bishop) private devotions, 466;
character of bishop Andrews, 467; cha- racter of his manual, 470. Architecture; see Hunt.
Ball's Creation, character of the poem, 256, 265; extracts, ib. Belfrage's Memoirs of Waugh, 450; cha- racter of Dr. Waugh, 451; means of perpetuating and reviving religion, 452; preaching and labours of Dr. Waugh, 455; fundamental principle of the Lon- don Missionary Society, 458. Bloomfield's History of Thucydides, re- marks on this work, 385; benefits of historical studies, 386; principal lessons in the history of Thucydides, ib.; dif- ficult task of a translator of this author, 388; earlier English translations, ib.; character of Mr. Bloomfield's version, 389; pestilence at Athens, 390; depar- ture of the Athenians for Syracuse, 394. Blunt's Veracity of the Five Books of Moses, 334; character of the work, 335, 342; objections to part of the theory, ib.; encroachments of the sacerdotal order, 337; consistent insignificance of Bethuel, 338; Amalek's fighting with Israel, 340.
Bourrienne's Memoirs concerning Napo- leon, the directory, &c. 237; character of M. de Bourrienne, 238; misrepre- sentations of Buonaparte, 242; anec- dotes of Buonaparte, 243; particulars of the Egyptian expedition, 246; mur- der of the duke d'Enghien, 249. Brazil; see Walsh.
Bridges's Christian Ministry, character of
the work, 97, 118; its design, 99; trials and difficulties of the Christian ministry, 100; sources of comfort, 101; conse- quences of inconsideration in thrusting persons into the ministry, ib.; University study, 103; the duties of a minister, 104; his warrant of success, ib.; causes of ministerial unfruitfulness, 105; di- vine influence and human instrumentality, 106; the call to the ministry, 108; causes of ministerial inefficiency, 109; influence of conformity to the world on the minis- terial character, ib.; covetousness in mi- nisters, 110; necessity of laborious pre- paration for the pulpit, 111; scriptural mode of preaching the Gospel, 113; ex- pository preaching, 115; personal appli- cation of the christian ministry, 116; confirmation, 117.
Britton and Brayley's Memoirs of the
Tower of London, character of this work, 470.
Bruce's sympathy, plan and character of, 475.
Bunting's (Rev. Jabez) Sermon on Justifi-
cation, character of, 229; nature of jus- tification, ib.
Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress; see Sou- they.
Caillie's Travels through Central Africa to Timbuctoo, &c.; autobiographical sketch of the author, 290; barbarous Moors of the desert, 292; secret society among the tribes on the banks of the Nunez, 293; scenery of Lantegue, 294; the Ba-fing or Black river, 295; the Tan- kesso river, 296; African market at Kankan, 297; festival of the Salam, 298; husbandry at Wassoulo, 300; vil- lage of Timé, 301; the district of Kong, 302; sketch of the Bambaras, 305; town of Jenné, 304; population and manners, 305; route from Jenné to
Timbuctoo, 307; village of Cabra, 308 ; city of Timbuctoo, ib., 313; its great mosque, 311; course of the Niger, 315. Calvin and Servetus, 474.
Cape town; see Rose.
Chinese literature, remarks on, 318; see Davis.
Christianity promotive of freedom, 360; see Slavery.
Christians, divisions among them, 1; con- sequences of these, 2; see Missions. Church, definition of the term, 7; its state and prospects, 9; see Missions. Church of Christ, history of; see Scott. Clemens Anglicanus; see Evanson. Corinthians, epistles to; see Lothian. Cory's Ancient Fragments, 372. Councils, General; see Grier. Coxe's Memoirs of the Administration of Pelham, character of the work, 149; deficiencies of the cabinet history of the first and second reigns of the Hano- verian dynasty, ib.; character of Pel- ham, 151, 167; and sketch of the his- tory of his times, 152; letter from the Earl of Orford, 154; dialogue between Lord Chancellor Hardwicke and the King, 157; conduct of the Duke of Cumberland after the victory of Cullo- den, 162.
Croly's Poetical Works, literary character
of the author, 525; decline in the cha- racter of English literature, 527; ex- tracts, 529.
Davis's Hang Koong Tseu, 318; remarks
on Chinese literature, ib.; the drama and the epos, 319; translations of Chi- nese dramas, ib.; specimens, 321; Chi- nese works of fiction, 322.
Fortunate Union, 318; observations on this Chinese romance, 323.
Ecclesiastical Knowledge, Library of, 379; imperfect knowledge of Dissenters as to the grounds of Nonconformity, 380; object of the Society for Promoting Ecclesiastical Knowledge, ib.; character of its publications, 381; character of the early Puritans, 382. Edinburgh sessional school, 142. Education, its progress in England, 136; imperfections and results of the Lan- casterian system, 137; the National and British and Foreign Societies, 138; Sunday Schools, ib.; quality of the in- struction communicated in the National and British and Foreign Societies, 139; apathy of the christian world on day- school education, ib.; causes of this, 140; congregational schools recommended, ib.; suggestions for carrying them into ope-
ration, 141; responsibility of Dissent- ers with reference to the education of the poor, 142.
Epistle to the Hebrews, canonical authority of, 401; see Stuart.
Evanson's translation of Knittel's criticisms on 1 John, v. 7; remarks on this work, 167; course pursued by the Eclectic Re- view, in this controversy, 168; remarks of Clemens Anglicanus, 169; examina- tion of Mr. Evanson's remarks, ib.; singular and instructive incidents in the history of this controversy, 170; Evanson and Clemens Anglicanus on the evidence of the Greek MSS., 171; evidence of the Latin MSS., 176; reasons which in- duced Erasmus to insert the disputed verse in his third edition, ib.; bishop Barlow on the disputed text, 177; fur- ther remarks on Mr. Evanson's crudities, 179; formulæ employed by Cyprian in introducing quotations from scripture, 182; Tertullian's supposed allusion to 1 John, v. 7.
Ganges, the river, 568.
Gleig's life of major-general sir Thomas Munro, character of, 418; sketch of sir Thomas's life, ib.; exaggeration in the accounts of the Indian victories of Eng- lish generals, 431.
Greece, principal works descriptive of, 534; see Leake.
Greenfield's defence of the Serampore Mahratta version of the New Testament, 266; Serampore missionaries' transla- tions, ib.; attack of the Asiatic Journal on these translations, ib.; origin and de- sign of Mr. Greenfield's defence, 269; character of the Marat'ha version of the new testament, 270; the Marat'ha dia- lect, ib.; mixture of the Sanscrit with the barbarous dialects of India, 271; criticisms on the Marat'ha New Testament, 273. Grier's epitome of the general councils of the church, character and design of the work, 144; the first four general coun- cils not safe guides in the interpretation of the doctrines of Christianity, 145; the history of ecclesiastical councils re- plete with instruction, ib.; Jortin's re- marks on them, 146; Dr. Grier's insi- nuation relative to Eusebius expunging 1 John, v. 7. indefensible, 147; other mistakes of the author, 148.
Haliburton's historical and statistical ac- count of Nova Scotia, character of this work, 119; description of Nova Scotia, ib.; the climate and seasons, 120; name and colonization of the country, 122; blunder of the Quarterly Reviewers, 123;
disputed territory between Acadia and Virginia, ib.; importance of these colo- nies, 125; colonial trade, ib.; popula- tion of Nova Scotia, 126. Hall's (Mrs. S. C.) chronicles of a school- room, 565; birds an emblem, ib. Harding's subjects from the works of the late R. P. Bonington, 86.
Head's Forest Scenes and Incidents in the wilds of North America, character of this work, 119; North American In- dians, 121; harbour of Halifax, ib., and 127; Annapolis, 128; Digby, ib.; scenery between St. John's and Presque- Isle, 129; route from Presque-Isle to Rivière de Cape, 132; passage of the St. Lawrence, 134. Hebrew melody, 351.
Hebrews, epistle to the, see Stuart. Holbein. See Icones Veteris Testamenti. Holden's Christian sabbath, 481; see Sabbath.
Hooker's objections to Arminian notions of justification, 231. Hunt's exemplars of Tudor architecture,
58; remarks on Gothic architecture, ib.; Grecian architecture, 59; character of this work, 60; comparison between an- cient and modern English furniture, 61; characteristic features of the Tudor architecture, 62.
Icones Veteris Testamenti, 331; remarks on the modern style of book-decorations, ib.; character of Holbein's designs for this work, 333.
Isaacson's life and death of bishop An- drews, character of, 469.
Jefferson's(president) memoirs, correspond- ence, &c., 64; objectionable mode of publication, 65; charges against Jeffer- son, 66; his invitation of Paine to America, 67; his account of some of the transactions immediately preceding the French revolution, 69; character of La Fayette, 70, and of Necker, ib.; Jeffer- son's infidelity, 71.
Jerdan's national portrait gallery, remarks on, 281.
John's (the apostle), genuineness of his epistle, 402.
Jomini's vie politique et militaire de Na-
poleon, 239; character of the work, 240. Justification, different acceptations of the
term, 229; nature of justification, ib.; see Wardlaw.
Knittel's new criticisms on 1 John, v. 7., character of them, 180; see Evanson.
La Fayette, Jefferson's character of 70.
Lancaster, vindication of his name against the Quarterly Reviewers, 144. Lardner's cabinet cyclopædia, remarks on the work, 283; service-berry spirit, ib.; method of producing the effects of age in new wine, ib.; method of preserving meat and fish by wood vinegar, 284. Lawyer, life of a, plan and character of the tale, 563.
Leake's travels in the Morea, 534; error of publishing works in a sumptuous and costly form, ib.; character of Mr. Leake's works, 535; town of Gastuni, 536; Olympia, 537; state of society at Mani, 539; valley of Megalopolis, 541; specimen of the Greek aristocracy, 542; Grecian architecture, 543.
Leonora, or the presentation at court, 282. Literature, royal society of, publications
of, 556; illustration of Acts i. 18, 557; demon of Socrates, 559. Lothian's expository lectures on St. Paul's
epistles to the Corinthians, character of this work, 51; remarks on 1 Cor. v. 9; 1 Cor. viii. 3; 1 Cor. xi. 30; 1 Cor. xv. 29; Cor. vi. 11-18.
Medicine; see Palmer. Messiah, the; see Smith. Methodists, divisions among the, 1. Middelton's memoirs of the reformers, cha- racter of, 473; Calvin and Servetus, 474. Ministry, Christian; see Bridges. Missions, Christian, new model for, 1; divisions among Christians, 2; unity of the church of Rome factitious and spuri- ous, 3; advantage taken by infidels of the discords of the Christian world, 5; criminality of schismatic separation, 6; unity of the church, ib.; character of this work, 8; the state and prospect of the church, 9; the union of Christian parties, 10-27; obstructions to it, 11; importance of a more visible union, 12; causes of its absence, 13; probable re- sult of the coalescence of parties, 14; mischiefs springing from the diffusion of a sectarized Christianity, 15; imperfec- tions and disadvantages of the present mode of prosecuting missionary labours, 19; improved mode of procedure, 20; remarks upon this, 22; rise and pro- gress of the missionary spirit, 25; cha- racter of the Church Missionary Society, 27; catholic views of Christian com- munion entertained by dissenters, 30. Montgomery's (R.) Satan, system of puff- ing, 251; character of the poem, 252; extracts, ib.
Moral law, the remarks on, 490. Morrison's counsels to a newly married pair, 282.
Morton's Protestant vigils, 277; remarks on minor tours, ib.; extracts, 279. Moses, veracity of; see Blunt. Munro, sir T., life of, 418; see Gleig. Murray's historical account of discoveries
and travels in North America, &c.; plan and character of this work, 198; pro- babilities of America being known before the time of Columbus, 194; peopling of America, 196; affinity of the Abori- gines to the Asiatic nations, 197; American and Asiatic vocabularies, 198; singular escape of capt. Smith from the Irulians of Virginin, 200; leaders of the puritan colony of New England, 203; Dr. Dwight's apology for them, 204; mitigating circumstances in their conduct, 205-207; character and con- duct of lord Baltimore in Maryland, 206; persecution of the Quakers in Massachusetts, 208; proceedings against persons suspected of witchcraft, 209; singular termination of these proceed- ings, 212; deficiencies of Mr. Murray's work, 213; North American Indians, 214; changes effected in their charac- ter, 216.
Napoleon, history of (Family Library), cha- racter of this work, 241; see Bour- rienne.
Necker, Jefferson's character of, 70. Newspapers, Sunday, evils of, 516. Nodier's melanges tirés d'une petite bibli- othèque, character of, 187; character and writings of St. Just, ib. North America; see Head, Haliburton, Murray.
Nova Scotia; see Haliburton.
Nuge Semitariæ, specimens of the poem, 374.
Orme, (rev. W.) his opinion as to the amion of Christian parties, 10; see
Palin's Persians of Eschylus, plan and character of the work, 376; use of translations, 377; specimens of the work,
Palmer's Illustrations of Medicine, influ-
ence of early mental exertim upon the physical development, 87; cause and rationale of disease, 88; decline of the Abernethy theory, 89; nervous organi- zation and habits, ib.; effect of irregular excitement on the brain, 90; hooping cough, 91; causes of cutaneous affec- tions among the poor, ib. ; hydrophobia, 91; evils of dog-keeping, 92; character of Dr. Palmer's work, 93. Pilgrim's Progress; see Southey.
Pillans's principles of elementary teaching, character of this work, 143; vindica- tion of Joseph Lancaster from the asper- sions of the Quarterly Reviewers, 144. Plantagenets, the last of, 342; description of Bosworth field, 343; English feast of lanthorns, 845; death of Lord Lovel, 347; death-bed of the lady Bride Plan- tagenet, 348; Hebrew melody, 351. Prichard's review of the doctrine of a vital principle, character of the work, 460; remarks upon his analysis of Egyp- tian mythology, &c. 461; theory of a vital principle, ib.; the voluntary or active exertions of the mind, 465.
Reformers, British, (published by the Tract Society) 472.
Remusat's Iu-Kiao-Li, 318. Roby's traditions of Lancashire, 183; Ince Hall, near Wigan, 184. Romish church, pretended unity of, 3. Roscoe's landscape annual, character of, 83; the tower of Pisa, ib.; Signor Mezzofanti, of Bologna, 85.
Rose's four years in Southern Africa, 31 ; a Sunday promenade at Cape Town, 32; sketches of life and manners here, 33; misgovernment and oppression at the Cape, 34; condition of the slaves in the valley of Fransche-Hoek, 35; state of the slaves in the colony generally, 37; description of Graham's Town, Albany, 38; account of the Kaffers, 40; màs- sionary establishment of Wesleyville, 45. Royal society of literature; see litera-
Sabbath, the Christian, numerous writers
upon it, 481; grounds of the import- ance and obligation of its observance, 482; the scriptures the only authority, 483; Dr. Whately's fallacious and dangerous views on the moral law aud the Christian Sabbath, 485, 489; eccle- siastical power, 486, 503; the sab- bath, a legitimate subject for human legislation, 488, 507; observance of the sabbath, part of the moral law, 490, 493; design and moral ends of the law of the sabbath, 491, 504; consequences resulting from the profanation of the Lord's day, 492; merciful design of the sabbath, 494, 505, 508; change in the sabbatic day, 496; reasons why the ob- ligation of the sabbath was not urged in Acts xv. 497; the first day of the week carly consecrated to religious purposes, 408; by divine appointment, 501; neces- sity for further legislative measures on the subject of the sabbath, 511; Sun- day amusements, 515.
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