Mayne (John), his verses quoted, 530 Mechanics' Institution at Frankfort, 263 Memoirs of the Duc de Rovigo, 65 Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, 402 · Character of our reading population, 403 ---account of the authoress, 404---her account of Christian, king of Denmark, quoted, 405---ditto of Madame de Stael, 406-7---Balmat, Saussure's guide to the summit of Mont Blanc, 408---anecdotes of Josephine and Napoleon, 409-413--- Paësiello and Méhul, 409.--account of a sorceress, 411
Memoirs of Lorenzo de Ponte, by himself,
421-account of the author ib. Memoir of General Miller, 167---escape of Benavides, 176---desert shores of Lima, 178---Peruvians at the period of Pi- zarro's invasion, 180---mines of Potosi, 182
Milton's account of Cromwel, 484 Military Resources of Ireland, 450-461 Military anecdotes, 115
Miller (General), memoirs of, 167
Mitford (Miss), her tragedy of Rienzi cha- racterised, 419
Monarchies, hereditary, their advantages,
Montholon, anecdote of, 187.
Monroe (President) his declaration, 206 Montgomery's (R.) Universal Prayer, Death, &c. 300--- His portrait charac- terised, 301--his Vision of Heaven, 301
Extracts from, 302---Faults of the poem, 303---his Vision of Hell, ib.--- extracts from, 304, 5---his "Death," 305---extracts from, 306-310---his Uni- versal Prayer, &c. characterised, 310 Moore's (Thomas) Odes upon Cash, Corn, and Catholics, from the Times, 548--- his "If and Perhaps," quoted, ib. Mrs. Heman's verses quoted, 531 Muller, (Fred.) his verses quoted, 583 Musical feelings, 209-211
Musical instrument, singular one, 266
"Spider and Fly" quoted, 414-15 Niagara, falls of, 98
Nicholas (the Emperor), policy of, 121... character of, 122
Noblet (Mademoiselle), 61 Nollekens and his Times, by J. T. Smith--- character of the work, 427-429---ava- rice of Nollekens blended with benevo- lence, 428---his genealogy, 429---anec- dote of Barry, 430---statue-mending at Rome, 431---Nollekens' wedding, 432--- anecdotes, 433-437
North-west passage, probability of, 2 Novelists, Female, their merits and defects, 311---Male ditto, 313
Novels of the Day, 232---disadvantages of fiction, 232-234---character of histori- cal romance, 234-5
Novels of the Season, 86-310---general character of, 52
NAPOLEON affronts Paësiello by uninten- tionally praising Cimarosa, 409---al- leged attempt to assassinate, 327---his situation at the capitulation of Paris, 361---his system of espionage, 360--- his return from Elba, 367---his exposure to intriguing courtiers, ib.
New Year's Gift and Juvenile Souvenir, by Mrs. A. A. Watts, 413---engravings in,
PAESIELLO, Anecdotes of, 409 Papists and Protestants, 32
Paris, Narrative of Memorable Events in, 137
Parisian Theatres, number of persons each will contain, 423
Parr (Dr. Samuel) his works, memoirs, and correspondence, 345-character of his mind, ib.-character as a scholar, 346-8-his childhood, and early assump- tions of clerical dignity, 350, 351—his
opinion of the Catholic Question, 355- facetious letter from, 356 Parriana, Notices of Dr. Parr, 79-cha- racter of the work, ib.-Parr's vanity, 80-Mr. Barker's extravagant eulogiums upon, 81-Rev. J. Stewart's Poems ex- travagantly praised, 82-3-Dr. Johnson and Dr. Parr compared, 85-Prints of Dr. Parr, ib.-Character of Kett, 87 Peach's Religious Discourses, 162-state of the Catholic priesthood, ib.-Catholic ceremonies on Good Friday explained, 164-166
Pelham, a Novel reviewed, 50-characters in the work, ib.-extract from, 50-52 Penn's Mosaic Geology, 229
Peruvians at the time of Pizarro, 180 Petersburgh (St.) by Dr. Granville, 258- bird's-eye view of, 267-9-coast of, 270 Phrenology has been written up by its op- ponents, 523
Pleiad, by Rev. Francis Wrangham, 135 Poets of Great Britain, specimens of 277 Polar Sea, expedition to by Capt. Frank- lin, 1
Police, stratagems of Savary, 72-3
Ponte (Lorenzo da) Memoirs of, by him- self, 421
Porter (Jane and Anna Maria), their cha-
racters as novelists, 310
Portuguese Physician, singular account of, 290--peasantry, 292
Portugal illustrated by Kinsey, 285-late events in, 286
Potosi, mines of, 182
Proctor, the sculptor, account of, 386 Prussic acid, test for, 472
QUAINT style of 1655, example of, 18 Queen of Westphalia's jewels seized by M. Mabreuil, 326
READING Population, character of, 403 Recollections of Venezuela and Colombia, 167-anonymous voyages and travels reprehended, 167-169-veracity of the author questioned, 169-170-visit to the Congress of Venezuela, 171---character of Admiral Brien, 172---ditto of Ge neral Urdenetta, 173-Ascent of the Andes, 173-175
Rector of Overton, a novel, 310---charac- ter of, 324-5
Religious state of Spanish America, 203 Religious views of the Spinster Tourist, 186
Republican, the most natural form of go vernment, 343
Restoration of, 1660, 33
Revolutionary character of France, 34 Rhine Steam Navigation, 261
Rienzi, a Tragedy, by Miss Mitford, its character, 419---extracts from, ib. Ringrove, a novel, 232---character of, 246 Rio Janeiro, opera at, 114
Rocks on fire spontaneously, 13
Romance, Historical, characterized, 234 Romantic Love-story, 440
Rome, Antiquities and Curiosities of, by Burton, 277
Roscoe's Juvenile Keepsake characterised,
Ronzi de Begnis (Mad.) anecdote of, 58-
Rovigo (Duc de) Memoirs of, 65 and 358
-Napoleon at Warsaw, 67---Savary at St. Petersburgh, 68---Josephine's di- vorce, 69-71---police stratagems, 72-3 ---spy-system at Paris, 73-4---bribe of the English throne to the Duke of Wel- lington, 77---character of the memoirs, 78---this work the very romance of his- tory, 358---character of M. Savary, Duc de Rovigo, 359-360---Espionage of Na- poleon, 360---situation of Napoleon at the capitulation of Paris, 361-3---Tal- leyrand, Marmont, and Macdonald, 363 ---consultation of the Emperor Alex- ander with the French Marshals, 363-4 -the Empress Maria Louisa, 365--- Napoleon's return from Elba, 365-367 ---Savary's exile in St. Helena, and arrival in England, 368-9-character of the work, 369.
Roué (the), a novel, reviewed, 47---cha- racter of the work bad, ib.-extracts from, 47-49
Roumage, trial of, 325
Rousseau, a zealous natural historian, 370 Russia, Designs of, by Evans, 120
SANSCRIT origin of Greek and Gothic, 149-155
Savary, at St. Petersburgh, 68
Savary (Duc de Rovigo), his character 359-60---character of his memoirs, 369 ---his exile in St. Helena, and arrival in England, 368-9
Sayings and Doings, third series, 243--- character of, ib.extract from, 243- 245
Saxe-Weimar (Duke of), his travels in North America, 95---his account of the prison at Boston, 97---Falls of Niagara, 98---Passage of the Rapids, ib.---Ca- tholic Bishop of Quebec, 99---the Shakers, ib.---omen of an eagle, 101 ---New Orleans, 102---Franklin's grave,
Scenery on the Mackenzie river, 4 Scepticism, Theological, of Germany, 446 Schelling's Theology,
Scott's (Sir Walter)" Death of Keeldar," 390
Sea-bathing, rules for, 253-257 Sea-coast is advantageous to Invalids, 249 Shampooing Baths at Brighton, 257 Shakers, state of their colony, 99 Shawnee, origin of the town, 512 Sisters (the) extracts from, 395 Sontag (Madmoiselle), her character, 266 Society, characters of, 26
Social Life in England and France, 24-.- errors of legislation, ib.---character of Society, 26---court of Charles II. and its intrigues, 27.30---female character, 30 ---court of William and Mary, 31--- opera anecdotes, ib.---Restoration of 1660, 33---fanaticism in Edinburgh, 34 ---revolutionary character of France, 34 Sorceress, adventure with one, 411 South American Republics, 198 Souvenir (the Literary), characterized, 393 Souvenir, Juvenile, by Mrs. A. A. Watts, 413
Smith (J. T.), his Nollekens and his Times, 427-endeavours to render his old mas- ter ridiculous, ib.
Spider and Fly, by Mrs. Howitt, quoted,
Spinster's Tour in France and Genoa, 183 ---character of the book, 184---descrip- tion of Bernay, 185---Religious views of the authoress, 186---anecdote of Month- olon, 187--Asti, ib.---description of Genoa, 188---the Genoese, 191 Spy System at Paris, 73-4 Stael (Madame de), account of, 405 Statue-mending at Rome, 431
Steam Navigation of the Rhine, 261 Stebbing (Rev. H.), his May Morning Sports, 540
Stevenson on Deafness characterised, 280 Stephens's British Entomology, 369-study
of insects does not weaken the fancy, 370---celebrated men of genius fond of Natural History, ib.---Gray's Hexameter on Insects, ib.---varieties of insects, 371- 372-ridicule of entomology and its ori- gin, 373---means of defence in the Brachinidæ, 374-cry of the deaths'- head hawk-moth, 375-arrangement
adopted by Mr. Stephens, 376---cha- racter of the work, 377
Stewart's (Rev. Jolin) Poems, 82-3 Subaltern's Log-Book, with anecdotes of Military Characters, 115---anecdotes of the Duke of York, 117-Extracts from the work, 117-120
Swain (Charles), his verses quoted, 538 Sydney's Letter to the King, 545
TALLEYRAND, his character, 363---engages Mabreuil in a plot for recovering the crown jewels, 326---assaulted by M. Mabreuil, 331---his verbal communica- tion respecting Mabreuil, 355-6
Taylor (W.) History of German Poetry,
Taylor's (Emily) Mother's Love, 539 Theatres of Paris, number of persons each will contain, 423
Theodore, the culture-history of an evan- gelical divine, 446-plan of the work,
Theological Scepticism in Germany, Thomson the poet fond of Natural His- tory, 370
Time's Telescope for 1829, characterised Misrepresentation of the Story of Guy Fawkes, 551---Music, by Miss M. A. Browne, quoted, ib.
Tonbridge Wells, 232
Tone (Theobald Wolfe), commentary on his memoirs, 454-Military coercion of Ireland, ib.-The Orange faction, 455— advantages and disadvantages of the Union, ib.-object of the commentaries on Tone, 456-intended invasion of Ireland by Napoleon, 457-Ireland, a natural fortress, 450- her military capa- bilities, 460-461-character of an Irish- 463-Ireland compared with Hol- land, 464
Trials, celebrated French ones, 325 Trials of Life, a novel, characterized, 495 -extracts from, 496-499
Turkey, consequences of the conquest of, 126-134
Turner's Elements of Chemistry, charac- terized, 465-defects as an initiatory work, 467-vapours in the atmosphere, 469-doctrine of definite proportions, tests for arsenic, 470-71-chloride of gold, 471-test for prussic acid, disco- vered by Scheele, 473-new vegetable alkalies, 473-2
UNION (Irish), its advantages and disad- vantages, 455
United States, their political condition and prospects, 193-198
Urdenetta (General) character of, 173
VALENCA described, 293
Vandyke's Wreath not a winter one, 389 Vanity of Dr. Parr, 80
Vanity of the English compared with that of the Americans, 508
Vapours in the atmosphere, 469
Venezuela, Recollections of, 167---con- gress of, 171
Vernon's Remains of Wilmot Warwick, 214
Vienna, scenery at, 293
Victoria, a novel, merits of, 310---extract from, 323-4
Vidocq, Memoirs of, 514-a thief from his infancy, 514-joins a singular character at Lille, 515-account of the Bohemians of Belgium, 517-escapes from prison, 518---singular adventures, 520
Vineyards near Oporto, 298
Vision of Heaven and Hell, by R. Mont- gomery, 301-305
WANDERER'S Legacy, by Mrs. C. G. God- win, 547
Warburton compared with Dr. Parr, 353 Warwick (Wilmot) Remains of, by Ver- non, 214---requisites of book-making,
224-imitation of Washington Irving, 216---" Heniy Halworth," quoted from, 217-220
Watts' (A. A.) Youngling of the Flock, quoted, 400
Watts (Mrs. A. A.) her New Year's Gift, 413
Weber's (Carl Maria von) Posthumous Works, 208-feelings of the beautiful as excited by music, 209-211---birth of Von Weber, 211-notices of his after- life, 212-213
Weimar, Industrie Comptoir of, 264 Wellington to be bribed with the English throne, 77
Wernerian Theory, sketch of, 225 Whales, speculations from their appear-
Whig and Tory, 32
William and Mary, court of, 31 Wine Trade of Oporto, 298
Winter amusements at Fort Franklin, 5 Winter's Wreath, its merits and its faults, 383---" Kit Wallis" quoted, ib. and 386 -Proctor, the Sculptor, account of, 386- 388-Vandyke's Wreath, not a winter one, 389
Whim-Whams, by four of us, 130 Worengow's (Count) Dinner at, 273 Worsley's View of the American Indians, 279---extract from, ib,
Wreath, Winter's, characterized, 383 Wrangham's Pleiad, 135
YES AND NO, a novel, 245---character of, 245---extract from, 245-246 York (Duke of) anecdotes of, 117
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