Parsees, account of the, 445.
Penn on the mineral and mosaical geo-
logies, 37, et seq.; merits of the work,
37; geological view of the creation in
opposition to Newtonian principles,
38; curious apology of De Luc for
not using the word created, 39; com-
munity of system in the three king-
doms, 40; use and formation of bone,
ib.; the bones of the first man not
formed by ossification, 41; first for-
mation of wood not by lignification,
ib.; inference respecting the first for-
mation of rock, 42; first formations re-
ferrible to Divine power as their efficient
cause, 43; remarks of geologists re-
specting the changes subsequent to first
formation, ib.; author's reading of
Gen. i. 2., 44; on the logical force of
the Hebrew conjunction,ib.; Herschel's
opinion respecting light as independent
of the sun, 45; meaning of the term,
day, ib.; notion of a chaos not scrip-
tural, ib.; the seas formed by a disruption
of the earth's surface, 46; agency of
volcanic expansion, ib. ; sun and moon
not created on the fourth day, 47;
sentiments of Bacon respecting creation
and providence, ib. ; geological opi-
nions respecting the deluge, 48; the
earth destroyed at the deluge, ih.;
formation of the second earth, 49;
volcanic origin of basaltic rocks in
Scotland, 50; author's conclusions
contrasted with those of the mineral
geologists, ib.; coincident opinion of the
French Encyclopedists, ib.; means by
which organic remains have been
transferred to different climates, 51;
phenomenon of the bore, ib. ; calcula-
tion of sir R. Phillips respecting the
future submersion of England, 52;
Brydone's false assertion respecting
vegetable strata between beds of lava,
refuted, ib. ; query respecting antedi.
luvian rivers, ib.; proposed correction of
Gen. ii. 11-14., ib.

Persia, Travels in, 289, et seq.; see
Porter.

Persian history, remarks on, 298.
Phillips, Sir R., notion of respecting the

future submersion of England, 52.
Platonic doctrine, remarks on the, 103.
Popery, present character of, 206.
Porter's travels in Georgia, &c. Vol. II.
289, et seq.; travelling in Persia,
289; character of the scenery and cli-
mate, 290; author's gorgeous style,
291; holy village of Saieds, ib.;
mountain tribes, ib.; success of Capt.

Hart in disciplining a native regiment,
292; remarkable death of Baharam the
Fifth, ib.; results of Henry Martyn's
labours, 293; account of Ecbatana,
ib.; tomb of Solomon's son, 294; view
from mount Elwund, 295; sepulchre of
Esther and Mordecai, 296; Hebrew in-
scriptions, 297; Sassanian coins, 298;
cause of the chasm in Persian history,
ib.; temple of Diana at Kangavar,
299; description of Kermanshah,
300; Bagdad, ib.; Turkish poor-
laws, 301; ladies of Bagdad, ib.;
remarks on the exploration of Baby-
Jon, 302; Birs Nimrood, 303; sub-
terranean passage in the Kasr hill,
ib.; Erech mentioned by Herodotus,
304; striking fulfilment of prophecy
in the present state of Babylon, ib.;
Babylonian bricks and remains, 305;
tomb of the prophet Daniel, 306;
remains discovered by Major Men-
teith at Susa, ib. ; tomb of Ezekiel,
307; naphtha springs at Kirkook, ib.;
account of the Courds, 308; Per-
sian gipsies, ib.; Armenian antiqui-
ties at Eski Julfa, 309; ancient ceme-
tery, ib.; the seven churches, 310; am-
bition and idolatry the parents of ar-
chitecture, 312.

Preaching, directions for acquiring the
art of, 282; remarks on, 567.
Presbyterians, state of in Ireland, 208;
vindicated from the charges of Abp.
Magee, 249.

Prophecy, duty of studying, 218; grand

design of, 219; see Gisborne.
Purgatory, Socinian doctrine of, 520.
Pyrenees, travels in the, 399; see Thiers.

Recollections in the future state, remarks
on, 226.

Relics of literature, 357, et seq.
Revolution, French, anecdotes of the,
123, et seq.; see Campan and Na-
poleon.

Rochester, Wilmot, earl of, letters from,
361.

Rocky Mountains, geological character
of, 501.

Roscoe's illustrations of the life of Lo-
renzo de' Medici, 1, et seq.; charge
against M. Sismondi, 5; character of
the volume, 16; alleged insufficiency of
M. Sismondi's authorities, 17; trans-
lation of a poem by Lorenzo, 18.
Russell's, lord John, Don Carlos, 136,
et seq.; shallowness of comparative
criticism, 136; contrast between the
public character of lord J. Russell

and lord Byron, ib.; merits of the
poem, 137; soliloquy of the old king,
138; scene, the king and lady of the house-
hold, 139; scene, the king and the chief
inquisitor, 140; description given by Don
Carlos of an auto-da-fé, 142; scene,
two inquisitors, 146; the subject wor-
thy of a Russell, 148.

Scepticism, remarks on, 373.
Schism, true nature of, 454.

Scholefield's reply to Norris, 75, et seq.;
malignant character of Norris's libels,
75; correspondence between him and Dr.
Steinkopff, 76; his audacious attack
on the Newbury bible society, 77;
other instances of misrepresentation,
ib.; charges against the bible society
on the ground of expenditure, 78;
charge of disrespect to episcopal au-
thorities rebutted, 79; on the alleged
concurrence of papists and sectaries in the
opinion that the bible endangers the church,
80; opinion of Dissenters stated, ib.;
the church in more danger from bishop
Marsh and such men as Norris, 81;
case of the dissenting place of worship
at St. Petersburgh, ib.; Norris's charge
of falsehood against the society as regards
titlepages, exposed, 82; charges relating
to the translations examined, 83;
attack on Dr. Henderson and Professor
Van Ess, 84; Norris's assertion that
versions are commentaries, 85; true
character of Norris's opposition, ib.;
improper courtesy of the author, 86.
Seaton's church in Canaan, 474, et seq. ;
remarks on the true use of Scripture
history, 474; extracts, ib. et seq.
Sismondi's history of the Italian repub-
lies, 1, et seq.; coincidences between
the early and later periods of Italian
history, 1; monumental proofs of the
attainments of the Etruscans, ib.;
absence of records relating to the early
periods, 2; military character of Ro-
man institutions, 3; difficulties of the
historian, 4; laudable exertions of the
author to secure historic accuracy, ib.;
contemptuous estimate of his labours by
Mr. Roscoe, 5; character of the work,
ib.; state of Italy from the fifth to
the tenth century, 6; antiquity and
local advantages of Venice, 7; daring
enterprise of Istrian pirates, 8; the as-
cendancy of Venice over Greece ulti-
mately disadvantageous, 10; charac-
ter of Eccelino iii, ib. ; cruelties of Ec-
celino, 11, 12; a crusade declared
against him, 13; massacre of the

Paduans, 14; superstition of Eccelino,
15; his capture and death, 16; re-
marks on Mr. Roscoe's attack on the
author, ib.; see Roscoe.
Sketches of sermons, vol. iv, 278, et seq. ;
sketches but sorry substitutes, 278;
specimens of vicious style, 279; sketch
of sermon on Heb. xii. 3, 280.
Slander, essay on the evils of, 93.
Smith, Dr. I. P., on the means of ascer-
taining the truth of religious senti-
ments, 175-7; danger of believing
such satisfaction unattainable, 175;
religious truth another name for thinking
justly concerning God, 176.
Smuggling, remarks on, 414.
Socinianism, its prevalence in Ireland,
208; remarks on the character of, 209.
Socinians, activity of modern, 385.
Somatopsychonoologia, 447, et seq. ; au-
thor's ignorant attack on Paley's theology,
447; insidious character of the work,
448; inconsequential reasonings of
the materialist, 449.

Spain, remarks on the state of things in,
408.

Stoical piety, nature of, 106.
Syriac, easy method of acquiring the
reading of, 285.

Talleyrand, character of, 316.
Thiers's Pyrenees, &c. 399, et seq.;
south of France little known to the
French, 400; greatness of the house
of Savoy, ib.; physiognomical character-
istics, 401; southern races, ib.; demo-
cratical character of Marseilles, 402;
singular change in its affairs, ib.; ris-
ing commerce of the Greeks, 403;
description of the Catalonians, 404;
Spanish monks, ib.; Mata Florida,
406; anecdote of the Trappist, ib.;
Baron d'Eroles, 407; encampment of
the army of the faith, ib.; state of the
Spanish nation, 408; description of a
guerilla chief, 411; Spanish smugglers,
413; remarks on the prohibitory system,
414.

Thomson's sermons on infidelity, 551,
et seq.; design and useful character of
the work, 552; plan of the sermons,
553; deists chargeable with contempt for
religion in general, ib.; the rejection of
revelation leads to the rejection of all re-
ligion, 554; the objections to Christianity
applicable to natural religion, 555; 4
miracle nothing but a fact, ib. ; moral
causes of disbelief fatal to all religion,
556; immoral doctrines of Hume, 557;
infidelity destructive of happiness,

558; latent infidelity of professed be-
lievers, 559; unbelief charged on the
formalist and the inactive, ib.; merit of
the work, 561.

Toleration, an American apologue, 358.

Vau, force of the Hebrew, 44.
Venice, antiquity and situation of, 7.
Village Lecturer, the, 163, et seq.; qua-
lifications of a village teacher, 163;
evil of abandoning village instruction
to the illiterate, 164; character and
contents of the volume, 165; reflections
on the gospel's being preached to the poor,
ib.; the harvest the end of the world,
168.

Virtue, Edwards's definition of, errone-
ous, 100.

Walker's, John, representation of faith

exposed, 331; his letter to the Editor
of the Eclectic Review, 574.
Wellwood's, sir H. M., sermons, vol. ii.
261, et seq.; morality of Calvinists
unimpeachable, 261; merits of the

volume, 262; on the true test of religious
principle, 263; fidelity in little illustra-
ted, 264; humiliating retrospect of life
as inadequately employed, 265; the peni-
tent malefactor, 266; his case no encou-
ragement to the impenitent, 267; opinions
respecting the graves opened at our
Lord's resurrection, 268; argument
for the separate state, 269.
Wilberforce's appeal on behalf of negro
slaves, 570.

Wilks's correlative claims and duties,
remarks on, 54, el seg.

Wilson's travels in Egypt, 68, et seq. ;
catchpenny character of the volume,
68; author's pious transports at approach-
ing Jerusalem, 69; his feelings on
Mount Olivet, 71; author's absurd
notes, 72; interview with lady Hester
Stanhope, 73.

Word of God, the, concerning all who
are in trouble, 569.

Wreu, sir C., memoirs of, 539, et seq.;
see Elmes.