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Lives of Eminent British Statesmen. Vol. VI. By John Forster, Esq. (Lardner's Cyclopædia, Vol. CVIII.)

Services connected with the opening of the Chapel and the fornation of the Baptist Church in Wellington Square, Hastings.

The Limitations of Liberty. By John Edgar, D.D.

Treatises on Physiology and Phrenology; from the Seventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. By P. M. Roget, M.D. 2 vols.

The Call to Hear the Church Examined. By the Rev. John Elv.

The Poems of Richard Monckton Milnes, Author of 'Memorials of a Tour in Greece.' 2 vols.

My Mother's Stories ; or, Traditions and Recollections. By Esther Copler,

Letters and Papers. By the late Theodosia A. Viscountess Powerscourt. Edited by the Rev. Robert Dalby, A.M.

A Critical Grammar of the Hebrew Language. By Isaac Nordheimer, Professor of Arabic, Syriac, &c., in the University of the City of New York. 8vo.

Titles and Offices of the Lord Jesus Christ : illustrated in a series of Essars. By Isabella Gray Mylne. 2 vols. 12mo. Political Discourses. By George Ramsay, B.M. 8vo.

Lectures, Doctrinal and Practical, on the Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Romans.

Evening Meditations ; or a Series of Reflections on Various Passages of Holy Scripture and Scriptural Poetry, for every day in the Year. By the Author of the Retrospect.

The Bible Prayer-Book; or, Christian's Scripture Help in Prayer. Being a large Selection of Passages from the Bible, arranged under their respective heads, as sacred materials for that important duty. By Serjeant B.

Opinions of Learned and Eminent Men on the Truth, Style, and Importance of the Holy Bible.

Life's Lessons: a Tale. By the Author of "Tales that Might be True.'

The Anti-Christian and Pernicious Doctrines of the Church Catechism ; containing an Affectionate and Faithful Appeal to Parents, on the Impropriety and Danger of allowing their children to learn it. By the Rev. W. Thorg.

India, Great Britain, and Russia.

A Lecture on the Writings, Prose and Poetic, and the Character, Public and Personal, of John Milton; delivered at several Metropolitan Literary Institutions. By Alfred A. Fry, Esq.

The Natural History of the Sperm Whale : to which is added a Sketch of a South-Sea Whaling Voyage. By Thomas Beale, Surgeon.

A Key to the Hebrew Scriptures; being an Explanation of every Word in the Sacred Text, arranged in the order in which it occurs : to which is prefixed a Short and Compendious Hebrew Grammar without Points, &c. By the Rev. James Prosser, A.M.

Examination Questions and Answers, selected from Mosheim's Ecclesiastical History, for the use of Students in Divinity.

Examination Questions and Answers, selected from Burnet, on the ThirtyNine Articles.

Examination Questions on Butler's Analogy, as abridged and arranged in Hobart's Analysis; together with brief Answers to the Questions, and a suminary view of the whole subject. By George W. Crawford, M.A.

Historical Sketch of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Reformation in Poland, and of the Influence which the Scriptural Doctrines have exercised on that Country, in Literary, Moral, and Political Respects. By Count Valerian Krasinski. Vol. I.

Geraldine ; a Sequel to Coleridge's Christabel: with other Poems. By Martin Farquhar Tupper, Esq., M...

A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, in the Catechetical Form ; for the use of Families, Schools, and Bible Classes. By John Morison, D.D.

The Pictorial Edition of Shakspere, Two Gentlemen of Verona. Part I.

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GENERAL INDEX.

VOL. IV. NEW SERIES,

Aborigines Society, pamphlets published

by, 319; its claims on the public sup-
port, 319; objects it has in view, 320;
evils with which it has to contend,
321 ; history of its principles, 321 ;
its prospect of success, 322 ; improve.
ments in modern colonization, 324;
adaptation of the society to its pur.
poses, 325 ; carelessness of govern-
ment and concealment of important
facts, 326; importance of the present
movements of the society, 327 ; im-
portance of agitating the subject in
parliament, 328; extract from Howitt

on Colonization.
Alice, or the mysteries ; see Bulwer.
Ambrose, J., his Christian warrior

wrestling with sin, 607,
America, first Christians in, 561 ; first

discovery of America, 561; testimonies
of Bancroft, 561; Washington Irving,
562 ; Crantz, 563; interest excited by
the discovery, 564; colonization, 565;
subsequent history, 566; lessons to be

learnt from it, 568.
Annuals, the, for 1839, 599; the flight

of time, 599 ; Fisher's drawing-room
scrap book, 600; the flower garden,
600 ; Carne's Syria, the Holy Land,
Asia Minor, &c., 601 ; juvenile scrap
book, 601 ; Jennings' landscape an-
nual, 602 ; sketch of Camoens, 602; the
oriental annual, 604 ; the keepsake,

604. See Heath's annuals.
Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica, six

months' tour in, by Thome and Kim-
ball, 450; importance and character
of the work, 450 ; Antigua, 451 ; re-
ligion and morality, 451 ; benevolent
institutions, extract, 452; education,
-153; facts and testimonies, 453 ; aw-
ful results of slavery, 455 ; blessings of
abolition, 456 ; mal-administration of
justice, 456; state of Jamaica, 457;
happy results of British agitation, 458;
responsibility of England and America,
458 ; claims of the East Indies on
Britain, 459 ; proceedings on slavery

in America, 460.
Anti-Slavery Agitation, results of, 230;

triumph of humanity, 230; state of
VOL. IV.

colonial population in 1834, 231; con-
duct of the British government, 233;
voluntary emancipation at Montserrat,
233; Nevis, 234; St. Christopher,
234 ; St. Vincent, 235; Barbadoes,
236; Jamaica, 237; Granada, 240 ;
Lord Brougham on slavery in the crown
colonies, 240; reply of Lord Glenelg,

241 ; present duty of abolitionists, 243.
Antiquitates Americanæ, see America.
Apostolical Succession, works on, 547;
Dr. Faussett's testimony as to the re-
vival of popery, 547 ; tendency of his
own sermon to popery, 548; impor.
tance of being informed on apostolical
succession, 549; the different periods
to which its advocates may appeal,
549; the different species of church-
men, 551; ertract from Froude's remains,
554; inefficiency of acts of uniformity,
555 ; character of Mr. Powell's work,
555; his view of episcopacy, 556; minis-
terial superintendency, 557; Mr. Pow.
ell's attack on Dr. Hook's sermon
before the queen, 557 ; Dr. Faussett's
view of the necessity of tradition, 558;
absurdity of apostolical succession,
559; character of the Oxford system,

560.
Aquitaine, Elinor of, her character, 75.
Auber, Peter, his rise and progress of the

British power in India, 125 ; revolu-
tions presented by history, 125 ; geo-
graphical divisions of India, 126, its
ancient history veiled in mythology,
126 ; historical sketch, 126; origin
and history of its trade with England,
128; extension of British power in the
country, 133; achievements and con-
quest of Clive, 134; administration of
Hastings, 139; government of Corn-
wallis, 140; Lord Teignmouth, 142 ;
Marquis Wellesley, 143; war with the
Pindarries, 145; duplicity of Scindiah,
146; capture of Bhurtpore, 147 ; con-
quest of Lord Bentinck, 148; charac.
ter of the new charter, 149; improve-
ments the British may introduce into
India, 151 ; in politics, 151 ; social
ameliorations, 152; extension of
Christianity, 155; repugnance to the

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observance of the Suttee, 155; toleration
of idolatry, 156; education of the nu-
tives, 156; suggestion of prayer meet-
ings specially for India, 158; charac-
ter of the work, 159.

Bancroft, G., his memoirs of Washing-

ton, 489; importance of discovery un-
known to ancient navigators, 489; in-
struction imparted by discovery, 489;
America as found by the puritan fa-
thers, 490; nature of the connexion
Setween America and England, 491;
sketch of Washington, 491, et sequel,
his military services, 492; his mar-
riage and domestic habits, 493; ex-
tract from his will respecting his slaves,
494; origin of the contest for freedom,
496; smuggling, 497; reception of
Washington at Cambridge, 500; de-
claration of independence, 501; con-
quest of New York, by sir W. Howe,
502; battle at Trenton, 504; attack
on German Town, 506; convention at
Saratoga, 507; changes in European
politics, 508; encouraging character
of American prospects, 510; loss of
life, 512; importance of Washington
to his country, 512; elected first pre-
sident, 514; his difficulties, 514; his
retirement and death, 517; sketch of
his character, 517.

Barton, William, his edition of Walker's
works, see Walker.

Bettridge, W., his history of the church
in Canada, see Canada.

Bickersteth's Christian Fathers of the

first and second centuries, 122.
Bosworth, Dr. J., his dictionary of the
Anglo-Saxon language, 671; history
of Anglo-Saxon lexicography, 671;
dictionaries by Souvier, 671; by Ben-
son, 672; by Lye, 672; excellence of
Dr. B.'s work, 673.

Bowring's Observations on the Oriental
Plague, 722.

Brenton's Bible and Spade, 487.
Brougham, lord, speeches of, 42; mo-
dern, authors who collect their own
works, 421; advantages of the plan,
421; dissatisfaction of many with lord
Brougham's recent proceedings, 422;
regret that he accepted office, 423;
his power of oratory lost in Lord's,
423; his unfitness for office, 424; his
want of candor towards the ministry,
425; his inconsistency accounted for,
425; possibility of his regaining his
true position, 426; power of his elo-
quence over the popular mind, 426;
character of his mind, 427; invective
against negro slavery, 428; the slave
trade, 429; contents of the volumes,
431; et sequel; portrait of lord Castle-

reagh, 432; eloquence of Wilberforce,
434; sketch of Sir James Mackintosh,
435; his mistake as to the ancient
orators, 437; attention of the ancients
to their style, 438; influence of mo-
dern oratory, 440; eloquence of Demos-
thenes, 441; attention at present
needed to style, 443; encomiums on
the work, 444.

Brown, Dr. J., on the law of Christ
respecting civil obedience, see Edin-
burgh Annuity Tax, 160.

Brown, Dr. W., his edition of Baxter's
Saints' Rest, 245.

Bulwer, Mr., his Ernest Maltravers, and

Alice; or the mysteries, 48, admira-
tion of Mr. Bulwer as a man of genius
without compromise of scriptural prin-
ciples, 48; sketch of Maltravers, 49,
et sequel; its principles on female
character censured, 51; passing from
youth to manhood. 52; unhappy state of
Alice, 54; the maniac, 59; sketch of
Alice, 60, et sequel; under plot de-
veloped, 64; criticism on the volumes,
66; change in the author on the sub-
ject of religion, 68; his errors pointed
out, 69; importance of revelation as
the test of truth, 70.

Canada, church of England in, 249; con-
troversy as to establishment every
where prevalent, 249; high claims of
the church, 250; extravagance of its
friends, 250; spirit of Mr. Bettridge
in his pamphlet, 251; origin and bis-
tory of established church in Canada,
251, et sequel; Romish church in
Lower Canada, 251; note; appropria-
tion clause, 252; appropriation of
lands, 254; claims of the Scotch
church to a portion of the reserves,
254; emigration from North Britain
to Upper Canada, 256; dissatisfaction
produced by the reserves, 256; extent
of the several denominations in 1834,
257; intended proceedings of Sir J.
Colborne, 260; rash proposals of Sir F.
B. Head, 261; conduct of Dissenters,
262; Sir F. B. Head, and Rev. Mr.
Roaf, 263; views of Canadian congre
gationalists, 264; benefits of the Co-
lonial Missionary Society to Canada,
266; proceedings of the colonial de-
putation in England, 267; lord Glen-
elg's reply to memorial, 268; present
state of the question, 269, voluntary
principle forced on the church, 270.
Chalmers, Dr., his lectures on the es-
tablishment and extension of national

churches, 1; presumed disappoint-
ment of the Christian Influence So-
ciety, 1; political purpose of the lec-
tures not avowed, 1; analysis of lec-

tures, 2; et sequel ; his opposition to
Dissenters, 2 ; his wish for a parliamento
ary grant, 2 ; real character of the
church-extension scheme, 2 ; compari-
son between the stipendiary and
voluntary system in Ireland, 3 ; Scot-
land, 4; Wales, 4; the lecturer's
opinion of the Irish church, 6; bad
character of its machinery, 7 ; misre.
presentations of the voluntary principle,
9; mis-statement of the nature of an
established church, 10; mis-statement
of the establishment of Scotland, 11 ;
its dependence on the state, 11 ; mis-
representation of Dr. Adam Smith,
12, et sequel; erroneous reasoning on
parliamentary grants and missionary
societies, 13; support of the apostles,
14; efficiency of the voluntary system,
15; fallacy of his reasoning on the free
trade principle, 16; fallacies on dif-
ferent sorts of the voluntary principle,
and the selection of a religion by a
government to be supported, 18 ;
concessions to the voluntaries, 20;
his rebuke of certain churchmen, 21;
his commendation of the first Dissent.
ers, 21 ; the service rendered by the

lecturer to nonconformity, 22.
Chapman, D., bis discourse on the com-

plete restoration of man, 280; the
duty of its reviewer painful, 280 ;
vanity of its author, 281 ; character of
the work, 282; improper manner of
treating infidels, 283; style of the
book censured, 284; advice to its au-

thor, 284.
China, works on, by Medhurst and

Gutzlaff, 271; interesting character of
China, 271; the press, 271; litera-
ture, 272; its stationary character ac-
counted for, 273 ; antiquity of its his-
tory, 274; influence of religion on its
improvement, 275; analysis of Mr.
Medhurst's volume, 275, et sequel ;
its character, 277 ; literature and mo-
rals, 278; character of Mr. Gutzlaff's
work, 279; claims of China on the

Christian church, 280.
Clarkson's Strictures on the Life of

Wilberforce, 364.
Colonial Missionary Society, second re-

port of, see Canada.
Colonization, European, its crimes and

improvement, 646 ; criminal character
of its bistory, 646; barbarous character
of a passage in Sir John Ross's second
voyage, 647 ; recent commencement
of a new era, 618 ; happy results of
missionary enterprize, 6-18; account
of Howitt's colonization and Christ-
ianity, 649, et sequel; Jesuits in Pa.
raguay, 650; Reductions of the Jesuits

in La Plata and Paraguay, 652; Bri-
tish atrocities in India, extracts, 653;
Benares, 656; Indian government cha-
racterized by disregard of human
happiness, 657 ; eulogium on Mr.
Howitt's volume, 657 ; missionaries in
South Africa, 658; Mr. Bannister's
British colonization and coloured tribes,
658 ; his qualifications for his work,
658 ; claims of the Aborigines, 659;
their state and prospects, 660 ; former
British professions, extract, 661 ; Wil-
liam Penn and the Indians, extract,
662 ; friends in Pennsylvania, 664 ;
inhabitants of the Arru Islands, 665;
Singapore, 666 ; New Zealand colonia
zation, 667 ; New South Wales, 668 ;
improvements needed in the system of
colonization, extract, 669; commen-
dation of the Aborigines Protection

Society, 671.
Conder, J., his analytical and compara-

tive view of all religions, 590 ; differ-
ences as to religion often treated as
trifles, 590; import of religion, 591 ;
absurdity and pernicious character of
false religions, 592; character and
style of Mr. Conder's work, 592 ;
analysis, 594 ; extract from Hooker,
595; want of uniformity in the English
church, 596; faults of the work, 597 ;

Mohammed, 598.
Conder's edition of Bunyan's Pilgrim's

Progress, 364.
Congregational Psalmody, 466; influence

of sympathy, 466; importance of
Christian excitement, 466 ; influence
of vocal music, 467; that influence
injured by an improper selection of
hymns, 467 ; importance of corre-
spondence between tunes and words,
468 ; indispensable necessity of so-
lemnity in hymn tunes, 469; exem-
plification of remarks, 469 ; effect of
singing dependent on a belief of sin-
cerity, 473 ; objections to organs de.'
clining, 474 ; mode of reformation,
474 ; character of the Psalmist, 477 ;

error on the part of its compilers, 478.
Crichton's Scandinavia, 122.
Cruse, C. F., his translation of Eusebius's

Ecclesiastical History, see Eusebius.
Dick, Dr. T., his Celestial Scenery, 461;

design and value of the volume, 461 ;
fascinating character of astronomy,
461, its adaptation to promote religious
feeling, 462 ; frequently neglected by
Christians, 463; contents of the vo-
lume, 464 ; celestial scenery in Jupiter,

465.
Dick, Dr. T., his Christian Benefi-

cence contrasted with Covetousness,
723.

Distinguished Men of Modern Times, 246.
Dissenter, the, vol. i. 365.

Durfee, Job, esq., his poems on What-
cheer, or Roger Williams in banishment,
22; explanation of the title, 22; doom
of the American Indians, 22; present
prevalence of pestilence among them,
23; cruelties shown towards them,
23; domination of the Puritan exiles
over Roger Williams, and his search
for liberty, 26; his origin and embark-
ation for America, 27; his views of
religious liberty, 27; plan of the
poem, 28, et sequel; boldness of the
man in such an adventure, 39; great
importance of the subject, 39; eulo-
gium on the poem, 40.
Edinburgh Annuity Tax, Dr. J. Brown

on, 160; its origin and history, 160,
et sequel; peculiarity in Scotch eccles-
iastical revenues, 161; new era in the
history of the impost, 162; cunning of
the clergy, 162; their contention with
the magistrates, 164; opposition of the
citizens, 164; means of coercing pay-
ment, 165; character of civil estab-
lishments of Christianity, 166; Dr.
Brown's refusal to pay the tax, extract,
168; results of his refusal, 169; his
discourses on Rom, xiii. 1, 170; limi-
tations to civil authority, 171; tribute,
172; difficulties of the subject, 172;
duties of Christians to civil government,
174; limitations to the law of tribute,
176; inconsistency of Mr. Haldane's
reasoning, 178; importance of the
question, 179; feeling of the country
on establishments, 180.
Ernest Maltravers, see Bulwer.
Erskine, T. esq., his Doctrine of Election,

and its connexion with the general
tenor of Christianity, 100; the excel-
lence of a former work of the author,
100; his statement of the doctrine of
election as generally held, 100; the his-
tory of his own feelings, 101; his novel
views of the doctrine, extract, 101;
freedom of his criticisms and argu-
ments, extract, 103; his misrepresen-
tations of the doctrine, 104; scriptural
view of the subject, 104.
Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History, trans-
lation of by Cruse, 369; artifices in
reference to ancient church history,
369; causes of change in the ancient
church, 369, et sequel; earliest testi-
mony necessarily oral, 369; ambition
of the churches to trace their origin to
some apostle, 370; tradition of Peter's
preaching and death, 372; legend as to
Simon Magus, 373; reverence paid to
the city churches, 374; progress from
variety towards uniformity, 375; di-

versity of languages, 375; the amal-
gamation of paganism with Christian-
ity, 376; reaction from the dread of
heresies, 377; consolidation and wealth
of the church, 378; Domitian's per-
secution cowardice, 379, note; effects
of persecution, 380; change over the
rulers of the Roman world, 382; pre-
sent publication seasonable, 382; two
bishops named Eusebius, 382; cha-
racter of the historian, 383; remarks
of Valesius, 383, odium resting on
Eusebius, 384; list of his works, 386;
their character and style, extract, 386;
his exaggerations as to miracles, 388;
his acumen as discriminating the
genuineness of the apostolic writings,
389; his omissions as to the manners
and morals of Christians, 389; extent
of superstition in the church, 390;
character of the present translation,

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Fry's Lectures on Milton, 724.
Gutzlaff, Rev. C., see China.
Harris, Rev. J., his Union; or the divi-

ded church made one, 305; anecdote
of Dr. Hales, 303; character of Union,
303; analysis fof the work, 304; et
sequel; parties guilty of schism, $05;
ecclesiastical usurpations, 306; reflec-
tions on them, 307; means by which
divisions have been perpetrated since
the Reformation, 307; tests of a schis-
matical spirit, 308; guilt and evils of
schism, 309; Satan its author, 309;
difference between denouncing schism and
asking for the sacrifice of truth, 310;
the kind of union to be attempted, 311;
evils of divisions, 313; great value of
the work, 314; suggestion of an addi-
tional chapter, 314; the established
church a barrier to union, 315; ne-
cessity of its separation from the state
316; duty of petitioning for it, $18.
Harvey's new translation of the Arabian
Nights' Entertainments, 244.
Heath's Annuals, 715; character of cri-
tics, 715; the Keepsake, 716; the
river, 717; the Picturesque Annual,
718; the Book of Beauty, 718; the
blind girl's lament, 719; Gems of
Beauty, 719; the guitar, 720; the
children of the Nobility, 720; lines to
Lord Durham's son and daughter, 721.
History in Germany, Heeren's works,
609; origin of German literature, 609;
general resemblance of English litera-
ture to it during the civil war, 610:
German works in classics and history,
611; character of Heeren's works,

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