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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,

120.

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.

D

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.

E

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.

F

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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.

G

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.

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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.

H

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-

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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.

S

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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