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NAMES AND SUBJECTS IN THE SIXTEENTH VOLUME.
ABBEY Church, Tewkesbury, 73 Abbey, Kirkstall, Yorkshire, 47 Abercrombie, Dr., selections from, 53, 91, 131
Accountability of Man, 219 Acquaintance with God, consequences of, 136
Adare, Limerick, town of, 225 Addison, selections from, 27, 72 Advertisements of Sir T. Smith, 175 Age, information derived from, 91 Agent, responsibility of an, 227 Algiers, some account of, and its con
quest by the French, I., 33 Description of the country, 33Sketch of its history, 33-Occupation by the French, 35-Description of the cities and towns, 37-11, 81-Inhabitants; their manners, customs, dress, &c., 83Miscellaneous observations, 87 Almighty, protecting care of the, 135 America, sketches in, I., 117–11., 158 Ancients, ivory statues of the, 51
fiction of, 75
importauce
omens by the, 95
Bacon, Lord, selection from, 183 Banks of the Tamar, 153, 177 Bazaars, Oriental, 145
Beards, fashion of wearing, 110 Behaviour, propriety of, 24 B.ble, lines on the, 131
Bishop, selection from, 119 1 Blair, selection from, 219
Blomfield, Bishop, selection from, 206 Bona, town of, 82
Botanical garden at Kew, 240
questions, answers to, 120
Bowles, lines by. 19, 181 Brown, selections from, 14, 93, 173 Browne, M.A., Poems by, 174, 183 Burning glasses, on, 236, 245 Bycknacre Priory, Essex, 115
Calendar, the, 3
Caraccas, cow-tree of the, 229 Carthaginians, Gelon's treaty with, 159 Carthusian monks, account of the, 201 Caterpillar, the goat-moth, 184 Celandine, small, lines to the, 46 Charity, lines on, 19
Charles the First, visit of Mary de Medicis to, 76
Chartreuse, visit to the great, 202 Chelmsford, Essex, town of, 149 Child, Mrs., selection from, 24 Children. value of devotion in, 27 Chili, South America, mines of, 133 China, XI., 141
Chivalry, anecdote of the age of, 135 Christian, the true, 119
Christian era, the first, architecture of, 214
Churchyard thought, 171
Cinque-cento style of Architecture, 225 City of Washington, visit to, 158 Commerce, effects of, 120 Common yew, 239
Compasses, cn proportional, 196 Conquest of Algiers by the French, 35 Java by the Chinese, 143 Conscience, power of, 53
testimony of, the best foundation of peace of mind, 192 Coustant na, town of, 182
Content and Discontent contrasted, 110
Contentment, blessings of, 135
Credulity and superstition, 181 Cretan and the Snake, a fable, 243 Cuckoo-pint, flower so called, 175 Cunningham, selection from, 135 Custom of making April fools, 139
Daguerreotype, discovery of, 71
description of, 79 Dartmouth, Devonshire, town of, 188 Davy, Sir H., selections from, 181, 248 Death, lines on, 14
Debts, on the payment of, 148 Deity, omnipresence of the, 45 evidences of the, 159 remarks on the, 173 Delany, selection from, 148 Demosthenes. account of, 155 Devonshire, Torquay, in, 193 Oakhampton, in, 241
Dickens, selection from, 228 Discourse on Geology, 11, 43, 53 Dodsley, lines by, 227 Doric architecture, 209 Dowling, Rev. John, extract from, 207 Drilling, on military, I., 18-11., 55 Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, 4 Duels illustrious murders, 62
Dugald Stewart, extract from, 46 Duncan, selection from, 172 Duration of the soul, 203 Duty of a good man, 234 Dyer, selection from, 104
Early gray hairs, lines on, 63 impressions, on, 46 Edmeston, lines by, 77 Edwards, selection from, 28 Egypt. sketches in, 130 Egyptian architecture, 122
Elgin marbies, description of, 217, 233 Enemies, on forgiveness to, 206 England, lines on, 91
Engravings copied by means of gal. vanism, I., 219-II, 227 Envy, effects of, illustrated, 175 Epigram from Martial, 146
Epitaph on the poet Thomson, 43 Example, 112
Expedients to transmit knowledge used by the ancients, 219 Exploit, gallant, 63 Extraordinary land-slip, near Ax- mouth, Devon, account of the, 50 Fable-Jackall and his friends, 55
Cretan and the snake, 243 Faith, Hope, and Charity, 110 Fashion of wearing beards, 110 Father Inquisitor, anecdote of a, 219 February, month of, 45
Fiction, ingenious, of the ancients, 75 Field flowers, lines on, 208 Fig-tree, the, 135
First Christian era, architecture of the, 214
First impressions, 75
Flowers, artificial, in wax, 204 decay of, 139
Flower-garden, beauties of a, not at tainable by art, 192
Foibles, wise man's and fool's, dif
ference between, 206 Forgiveness, on, 6, 206
Formation of character, on tne, 223 French, their conquest of Algiers, 35 - lady, anecdote of a, 139 Revolution, anecdote of 228,
Friend, value of a, 75 Fuller, selection from, 175
Gad-fly, the, 22
Galileo, anecdote of, 103 Gallant exploit, 63
Galvanism, engravings and medals copied by means of, 219, 227 Garden herbs, I., 22-II., 103-III., 187-IV., 195-V., 243 botanical, at Kew, 240
Genius and delicacy of taste, different objects of, 233 Genoa, city of, 113
Genoa, lazaretto at, 180 Genuine praise, how known, 248 Geology, discourse on, I., Nature of Geology, 11-II., Heat of the Globe, 43-III., Utility of Geo- logy, 53
Germany, timber-floats of, 9 Gifts, new year's, 15
Gipsies of the South of France, 244 Gisborne, lines by, 157 Glances at Railroad Travelling, II.,
161-Railroad locomotive engines, 161-London and Birmingham Railway, 162-Grand Junction 164-London and Southampton, 165-Great Western, 66-London and Greenwich Railway, 168 Glasses, on burning, 236, 245 Globe, heat of the, 43 Goat-moth caterpillar, 184
God, importance of acquaintance with,
Hall, Bishop, selection from, 203 Hamilton, Miss, selection from, 53 Handkerchiefs, Bandana, manufacture of, 91
Hankinson, lines by, 159, 206 Happiness, the result of various kinds of feelings, 14
Hawkins, Dr., extract from, 4 Heat of the globe, 43
Heaven, the possession of, the great
hold of a Christian, 222 Helvetius, selection from, 21 Herbs, on Garden, I., 22-II., 103111., 187-IV., 195-V., 243 Hermit, story of the, 29
poem by Parnell, 30 Herrick, poem on the daffodil, by, 132 Herrings, migration of, 8 Hill, lines by, 119
Hogg, selection from, 203 Holland, Rev. T. A., poem by, 78 Holland, history of, 182 Home, Lines on, 45 Hopes of Youth, 103 Hour-glass, inscription under an, 43 House of Lords, Cossack, 148 Human curiosity, illimitableness of, 63 Hurd, Bishop, lines by 45, 192 Hydrostatic press, description of, 68
Impressions, early, on, 46 Improvement, progress of, 16 Indignation and Pity, 111 Infancy, lines on, 181 Inquisition, anecdute of the, 219 Inscription under an hour-glass, 43 on a tombstone, 80 Interrupted meditation, 228 Italy, timber-floats of, 9 Ivory statues of the ancients, 51
Jackall and his friends, a fable, 55 James, selection from, 143 Jameson, selection from, 135 January, month of, 7 Japanese, religious opinions ef, 54 Java, conquest of, by the Chinese, 143 Jeffrey, selection from, 103 Jersey, town of St. Aubin, in, 137 Jews of Algiers, legend of, 86 Jones, Sir W., selection from, 227
of Nayland, selection from, 117 Jortin, Archdeacon, selection from, 199 June, month of, 223
Kaimes, Lord, extracts from, 14, 111 232
Kew, botanical garden at, 240 Kirke White, poem by, 103 Kirkstall Abbey, Yorkshire, 47 Knowledge, principal end of acqui- ring, 6
and pretension, 119 Knowles, lines by, 206
Knox, lines by, 136 Kreasote, properties of, 190
Materials for the toilette, VIII., 27IX., 61
May, month of, 171
Medals copied by means of Galvanism 1., 219—11., 227
Medeya, Algiers, town of, 81 Meditation, interrupted, 228 Migration, remarks ou, 205, 230 of herrings, 8
of birds, 230 Military drilling, I., 18-1I., 55 Mills, selection from, 135 Milton, selection from, 119 vindication of, 148 anecdote of, 159
Mind, a devout and undevout, 117 Mines of Chili, South America, 133 Mint, culture of, 243 Modern Rome, 156 Monitors, natural, 175
Monks, Carthusian, account of, 201 Montesquieu, selections from, 139, 150 Months, natural history of the, I., January, 7-II., February, 45- 111., March, 93-IV., April, 132- V., May, 171-VI., June, 223 Moral improvement, value of, 131 Moor, anecdote of a, 84 More, selection from, 75 Mothers, duty of, 53 synipathies of, 206 Murray, extract from, 230
National history, sketches of, 182 Natural history of the months, I., 11., 45-111, 93-IV., 132-V., 171 Nature of Geology, 11
no magic in the works of, 208 Negroes in Algiers, state of, 84 New year's gifts, 15 New York and Philadelphia, account of, 57
Newton, Bishop, selection from, 120 Night on the Great Pyramid, 130 Nineveh, city of, 13
Nutmegs and mace, on, 147
Oakhampton, Devonshire, town of, 241
Ockwells, in Berkshire, 90 Omens, on, 95, 107
Omers. St., in France, 17, 31 Opie, Mrs., selection from, 222 Opium trade with China, 149 Oran, town of, 82
Bandana handkerchief press, 92 Bank of the United States, Philadel phia, 64
Banks of the Tamar, 153 Bazaar, an Oriental, 145 Black Abbey, ruins of the, 225 Buffon's burning mirrors, 236 Bycknacre Priory, ruins of, 116
Caraccas, cow-tree of the, 228 Caryatides, portico of, 216 Caterpillar, the goat-moth. 184 Chartreuse, Grand, monastery of, 201 entrance to, 208
Chelmsford, Essex, town of, 149 Cheops, top of the pyramid of, 129 Chili, miner's hut at San Pedro No-
City hall, New York, 57 Coffee-house and school of Byrma- drais, near Algiers, 81 Common arum, or cuckoo-pint, 176 Compasses, proportional, 196 Corint, remains of the temple of Nep- tune at, 121
Cow-tree of the Caraccas, 229
Dartmouth, view of, 189 Devoushire, town of Torquay in, 193
Elgin marbles, blocks from, 217, 219, 233
Exterior of the palace at Mede ya, 81
Religion, influence of, 77 Remorse. lines on. 77 Responsibility of an agent, 227 Resurrection, lines on the, 248 Retirement, advantages of, 192 Reynolds, Sir Joshua, and his works, 1., 2-11, 25
Richardson, selection from, 139 Richmond Castle, Yorkshire, 20 Robertson, selection from, 120 Roman architecture, 211 Rome, modern, remarks on, 156 Rook, the, 150
Rosemory, lines on the, 103 Royal Visits, 76
Sage, garden, culture of, 195 St. Aubin, Jersey, account of, 137 St. Omers, France, account of, 17, 31 Sandford, Mrs., selection from, 183 Saracenic Architecture, 249 Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Duchy of, 4 Science, advantages in. 181 strength of, 183
Scott, Sir W., lines by, 77
selection from, 222 Second Christian era, architecture of the, 250
Sedgwick, selection from, 176 Self-knowledge, 45 Serk, island of, 106
Sharpe, selection from, 248 Shot, on the manufacture of, 199 Shuttleworth, selection from, 67 Sickness, thoughts on, 143 Sidney, Sir Philip, character of, 176 Sight and hearing, channels through which truth is arrived at, 206 Simpson, the mathematician, 160 Skating, on, 70
Sketch of the history of Algiers, 33 Sketches in America, 117, 158
of national history-Holland,
Skilled labour, importance of, 112, 119, | Torquay, Devonshire, town of, 133
Smith, Sir T, counsels of, 175 Smoke-jack, the, 247
Smoliet, lines by, 143
Smyth's lectures, extract from. 223 Soame Jenyns, selection from, 43 Socialism, remarks on, 77 Socrates, last hours of, 131 Solitude, lines on. 4 Sorrow the guide of man, 100
effects of, on the mind, 236 Soul. lines on the, 75, 203 South of France, gipsies of the, 244 America, mines of Chili iu, 133 Western Railway, 165 Spitalfields in 1780 and 1840, 160 Stag-beetle, the, 144 Stanhope, selection from, 31 Statues, ivory, of the ancients, 51 Sterne, selection from, 6
Strata, general arrangement of, 44 Study of the creation, on the, 28 Sunday thought, 222
Supreme Being, proofs of a, 103 Switzerland, town of Zurich in, 65
Tamar, banks of the, 153, 177 Tamed panther, anecdotes of a, 198 Tamers of wild beasts, 63 Taylor, Jeremy, selection from, 75 Tear, lines ou a, 21
Teheran, Persia, town of, 99 Tewkesbury, abbey church at, 73 Thomson, the poet, epitaph on, 43 - liues by, 121 Thought, a churchyard, 171 a Sunday, 222 Thyme, qualities and culture of, 187 Tillotson, selection from, 6
Timber floats of Germany and Italy, 9 Time past, present, and future, 131 Toiletie, materials for the, VIII., 27- IX., 61
Tombstone, inscription on a, 80
Fable, illustration of a, 243 Fig-tree, fruit of the, 136
Figures from the Panathenaic frieze, 217, 233
Floating timber in Lombardy, 9
Galvanic battery, section of a, 220 illustration of, 223
Gate and fountain of Bab-el-Ouad, 40 Genoa, from the ramparts, 113 Geological strata, diagram illustrative of, 55
Goat-moth caterpillar, 184 Golden age, by West, 185 Gotha, town of, 5
Grand Chartreuse, monastery of. 201 entrance to the, 208
Grecian huts, 125 Greenwich railway, view of, 168 Guernsey, St. Peter's port at, 105
Hall at Ockwells, Berkshire, 89, Hotel de Ville, St Omer, 32 Huts, Grecian, 125 Hydrostatic press, 69
Infant academy, after Sir J. Reynolds, 1 Interior grand court of the palace at Medeya, 85
Jersey, town of St. Aubin, 137 Jupiter, statue of, by Phidias, 52
Palace at Medeya, exterior of, 81 interior grand court of, 85 at Whitehall, in the time of Charles I., 101
Panathenaic frieze, Elgin marbles, 217.233
Pandrosus, temple of, Athens, remains of, 209
Parker's burning-glass, 245 Patent shot-tower, section of, 200 Peasant, Roman, and family, 156 Persian wheel, 141
Peter's, St., port, Guernsey, 105 Phidias, statue of Jup ter by, 52 Philadelphia, United States, bank at, 64
Portico of Caryatides, 216 Pottery, Algerine, 88 Press, the hydrostatic, 69
Bandana handkerchief, 92 Proportional compasses, 169 Pyramid of Cheops, top of, 129
Railroad locomotive engine, 164 Railway, London and Birmingham, entrance to, 161
Greenwich, view of the, 168 Ramparts of Genoa, 113
Remains of the temple of Neptune at Corinth, 121
at Athens, 209 Richmond castle, Yorkshire, 21
Townson, selection from, 31 True peace, 157
Truth, power of, 80
Turks in Algiers, 86
Turnspits, boys employed as. 247 Twamley, L. A., porm by, 203
Vanity, effects of, 111
Vendome, Fraser, account of, 109 Venice. lazaretio at. 180
Visit of Mary de Medicts to Charles I, 76
Voyage, comparison of life to a, 81
Waller, lines by, 76
Ward, selection from. 228 Washington, visit to the city of, 158 Water, remarks on, 78 Wax figures. on, 23
arificial flowers in, 204
West, Sir B. and his works, 170, 186 Wheel. the Persian, 141
Whitehall palace, notice of, 101 W elit, account of, 42 Wild beast tamers. 63 Will o'the Wisp. 67 Wise man, the, 3 Wither, lines by, 248
Wolsey, cardinal, establishment of, 101
Woman's love, faithfulness of. 159 "Woman's Mission," lines ou, 117 Works of Sir J Reynolds, 1., 2—I I., 25 Sir Benjamin West, 1., 170— II., 186
Road-side well, Algiers, 82
Rome, monk walking the streets of, 157
Roman peasant and family, 156 Ruins of the Aboey of St. Bertin, at St. Omer, 17
Kirkstall Abbey, 48" Byckuacre Priory, 116 the Black Abbey, 225
St. Aubin, Jersey, 137
St. Bertin, ruins of the abbey of, 17 St Peter's port, Guernsey, 105
San Pedro Nolasco, Chili, miner's hat at, 133
Smoke-jacks, illustrations of, 248 Stag-beetle, 144
Statue of Jupiter, by the great sculp tor Phidias, 52
Strata, diagram illustrative of, 55 Street in Algiers, 37
Tamar, banks of the, 153
Weir-head, 177
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