Caduceus, of Mercury, its origin, 507.
Cataract, of the Rhine at Schaff- hausen described, 133.
Cattle, improved method of ac- commodating and preserving on board of transport ships, 251. Ceruti, M. his obs, on the Solar Eclipse, Oct. 17, 1781, made
at Carthagena in Spain, 554. Chaptal, M. on the formation of Saltpetre, and ofartificial Nitre- beds, 564..
Chesterfield, Earl of, his character, 53. List of his writings, 55. Christ, the true time of his birth
a matter of controversy, 258. The scripture Chronology not yet reduced to a certain series, 259.
Chronology, uncertain state of, whether deduced from sacred or profane records, 257.
Churches, of Paris, new names given to, since the revolution, instead of those of the saints to whom they had been dedicated, 556.
Ciera, M. his astronomical obs. made at the Royal Printing of- fice, Lisbon, from 1778 to 1787,554.
Clairon, Mad. account of her memoirs of her own life, 557. Her extraordinary merit as an actress, 559.
Coinage, a new one, of silver,
thoughts on, as relative to an alteration in the division of the pound troy, 463.
Collins, the poet, monument of, 11. Inscription on, by Mr. Hayley, ib.
Columba, account of that cele- brated northern saint, 470. Commerce, theoretic and practical observations and delincations respecting, 489. Bills of exchange considered, 490. Money, ib. Circulation, in- ternal and external, 491. Banks, 492. Assurances, 493. Strand- right, ib. Concretions, urinary. See Pearson. CORRESPONDENCE with the Reviewers, viz. answer to an inquiry "which are the best authors in English, on Music," From Mr. Hornsey, on the common pronunciation of the word Chorister, &c. ib. From the translator of Euler's Algebra, 239. Mad. Le Noir, on the account given of her Institutrice et son Eleve, &c. ib. From Mr. Wagstaffe, on washing seed corn, 240. Mr. Wood on the best means of maintaining and employing the poor. 356. Dr. Vincent, on certain oriental etymologies, 358. Mr. Eton, on the critique on his Survey of the Turkish Empire,
Empire, 359. Mr. Fawcett, informing us that Mr. Abraham Sharpe was not a clergyman, 360. Y. Z. Inquiring concern- ing English translations of the New Testament, &c. 479. Cottage architecture, remarks on, 306.
Cows, extraordinary and curious management of, among the peasants in the mountainous parts of Switzerland, 481.
Cow pox, a disease discovered among the cows in Gloucester- shire, its nature and effects, with regard to the human spe- cies, 447. Possible happy con- sequences of suggested, with respect to its diffusion in society, instead of the small-pox, 451. Croft, Mr. his literary enterprises, 494. His projected English dictionary, ib.
Dallabella, M. (of the Lisbon R. Acad.) his memoirs on the magnetic force, 552. See also Loadstone.
Darwin, Dr. poetic address to, from the Goddess of the Gla- ciers in Switzerland, 139.
Des Fontaines, M. his Flora Atlan- tica detailed and commended, 530.
Dessault, M. an eminent French surgeon, biographical account of, 436.
Dodsley, Robert, the bookseller, his worthy character, 14. His poetry appreciated, 15.
Dog, a curious anecdote of one who, from his delight in music, attached himself in a most ex- traordinary manner, frequented the opera and play houses at Paris, and also regularly at- tached himself to a band of music, 554.
Dorta, M. Sanches, (of the R. Acad. Lisbon,) his meteorolo-
gical observations, made at Rio Janeiro, 553. His astronomi- cal observations, made at the same place, 554. Draining of bogs, curious account of, 47.
Eagle, a remarkable species of, in Africa, described, under the name of Griffard, 533. See also Oricou.
Education, uncommon plan of, at a seminary established by the Rev. Mr. Catlow, 327. Evelyn. See Shuckburgh.
Fevers, general doctrine of, as laid down by Dr. Reil, an in- genious German physician,536. Three distinct genera of fever, sy- nocha, typhus, and paralysis, 539. Discussion of the subject, ib. Finance, politically discussed, 100, 101.459,460.464. Fistula Lachrymalis, how treated, [successfully] by Mr. Ware, 432. Remarkable case of, 433. France, history of her republican revolution, 498. Buonaparte's exploits, ib. Four distinct great parties still subsisting in France, ib. History of the re- volution, by two friends to li- berty, 508. Fayette slightly regarded, ib. Dumouriez not a sincere friend to the republic, ib. Warfare of the Girondist and Parisian parties, 509.
Germany, hints relative to the old
and the new constitution of, 542. Gerrald, Jos. (banished to Botany Bay for sedition) candid account of his behaviour there, and of his death, in consequence of a con- sumption which accompanied him from England, 253. Godwin, Mrs. her extraordinary genius and uncommon charac- ter,
ter, 323. Her death, and epi- taph, 324. Extract of a cu- rious letter from her to her lover; containing an assigna- tion, 327.
Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre" recommended to the admirers of, and critics on, Shakspeare, 543. Extracts from, translated, 543. Goldsmith, Dr. writes the life of Lord Bolingbroke, 13. Governments, aristocratic forms of. See Arts.
Grame, James, his poetic turn and genius commemorated, 17. Greeks, modern, their inclination to free themselves from the Turkish yoke, 138. Danger, to this country, if they effect it by the aid of France, ib.
Grubenmann, Ulrich, a Swiss, famous for his mechanical in- ventions, particularly his cele. brated bridge across the Rhine, 488.
Hamilton, of Bangour, his poetical works characterized, 11.
Hamlet, (Shakspeare's) his cha- racter estimated with nice and uncommon discrimination and taste, 545.
Hammond, the poet, Dr. Johnson's erroneous statement, relative to the birth of, corrected, 10. Happiness, human, vanity of, re- flections on, 290. Useful in-
ference from those reflections, 292.
Hatchet, Mr. his analysis of the Terra Australis, 76. Heart. See Abernetby. Hoche, General his great merit in quelling the rebellion in La Vendée, 509. His principal endowments of body and mind, 578. His correspondence, 580. Horne Tooke, Mr. publishes a new edition of his Diversions of Purley, 423.
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Jacobinism, memoirs and observ- ations respecting, 509-521. Iceland, ancient inhabitants of, their heroes, divinities, &c. 382. Their poetry, with trans- lated specimens, 383.- Illuminés, that sect discussed, pro and con, 509-521. INDIES, EAST. Reign of Shah Aulum, 86. Observations on Captain Francklin's history of that Potentate, 89. Boyd's In- dian Observer, 341. Mr. For- ster's journey from Bengal, 361. Patna described, 362; also Be- nares, 363. Lucnow, 36.4. Ram- Fûr, ib. Nûrpûr, 365. Casmir, 366. Peshawar, 369. Cabul, ib. Afganistan, ib. Gasna, 370. Candahar, 371. Herat, ib. Sharût, 372. Sari, ib. Mus- gidsir, ib.
Johnson, Dr. Sam. His character attacked by Lord Orford and defended by the Reviewers, 55, 56. 184. His "Table Talk," 233. His opinion that the Ha- beas Corpus is the single advan- tage of the British government over that of other countries, 234. More severity on John- son's character, 278. Ireland, causes of the late rebel- lion in that country disclosed, 94. Reports of the Irish Parlia- ment concerning, 205. Grand conspiracy of the Catholics, &c. 208. Nature and spirit of the rebellion, 2:9. Method recommended for a radical-re-
Paintings, Grecian, on antient vases, &c.illustrated, 505. Ele- gance in the drapery of human figures on, ib. Picturesque folds of the cloak, &c. in the manner of putting it on, ib. Their punctilio in dress inte- resting to admirers of the an- tique, 506.
Peace, at the present juncture, recommended, 101. Pearson, Dr. his experiments, &c. on urinary concretions, 75. Penshurst, sonnet written at, 320. Pérouse, M. de la, acc. of his voy- age round the wow'd continued, from vol. xxvi -Leaves the coast of Chili, and steers for Easter Island, 292. Stricture on Mr. Hodges's drawing of the monuments at that island, 293. Sandwich Islands: with a remark on the death of Capt. Cook, ib. Arrival at Mount St. Elias, and description, 294. Unfortunate occurrence, 296. Proceeds to Monterey Bay, 301. Amusing description, 302. Sails for China, and arrives in Macao Road, 303. Visits to Kamt- schatka, 404. Arrives at Ma- onna, 407. Dreadful accident and great loss sustained there, through the treachery of the natives, 409.
Persius, well translated into Eng- lish, 91. Specimen of, 92. Philo Judæus supposed to be à believer in Christ, 440. The contrary opinion suggested, 441. Pindar, Peter, his boast of the fa- vours of his Muse, 228.
Poor, observations on the best me. thod of maintaining them, 77. Construction of a work-house, 79. Proper diet, 80. Employ- ment, 82. Excitements to in- dustry, &c. 83.
Pope, Mr. his Windsor Forest trans- lated into French, and specimen of, 557.
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Ritz, Mademoiselle de, biograph- ical sketch of, 501. Distin- guished by royal favour, 502. Her downfall, ib. Robertson, Dr. his History of A- merica preferred to all others on the same subject, 155. Rousseau, J. J. some anecdotes, &c. rel. to him, in his later years, originally published in France, 471.
Rumford, Count, his experiments to shew that water, oil, &c. are non-conductors of heat, 168. Russia, empire of, actual state of, at the close of the 18th centu- ry, 503. Its want of population accounted for, 504. Unna- tural barbarity of parents a- mong the common people to their children, in Russia, one cause of their scanty popula- tion, ib.
St. Domingo, Baron Wimpffen's account of his voyage to that island, 39. Of the country and its inhabitants, &c. 41. Of the treatment of the negroes, 43. Salt-petre, prodigious quantities of, obtained in France, by ex- traordinary efforts, 564. Seguin, M. on the new methods of tanning leather, 563. Shakspeare, curious remarks on his play of Hamlet by a cele- brated German writer, 544. Shields, Robt. not the sole author of the Lives of the Poets, put- lished by Cibber, 10.
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