Under these circumstances, it is not surprising that so many persons appealed to Rome, and that those whose expectations had been once deceived should apply a second time under fictitious names. The court of Rome had no inclination to complain of this proceeding, because the issuing of briefs produced immense sums for her coffers. We have already noticed the result of these appeals, and with what bad faith they were declared void after the enormous expence which the appellants had undergone.'

After the expulsion of the Jews, under the inquisitorship of the fanatic Torquemada, processes were first begun to be instituted against the bishops, principalities were transferred, and even kings were excommunicated or dethroned.

The Inquisition now, likewise, extended its hatred to literature and the arts; and Torquemada seemed to experience equal delight in burning men and burning books. In 1490, he caused several Hebrew Bibles to be burnt, and soon afterward six thousand volumes of works were consumed in one Auto-da-fé, which took place at Salamanca, in the square of St. Stephen, under pretence that they were infected with the errors of Judaism, and filled with sorceries, magic, and other superstitious rites and practices. What inestimable works perished on this occasion, on the ground of being dangerous, whose only fault was that they were not understood !'

Calculating the amount of victims of this bloodiest of all the inquisitors, among other authorities, Signor LLORENTE quotes Mariana.

'Juan de Mariana asserts, on the authority of antient manuscripts, that, during the first year of the Inquisition, two thousand persons were burned at Seville, and seventeen thousand underwent a public penitence. I might add, without incurring the charge of exaggeration, that the other tribunals condemned as many in the first year of their establishment, supposing the proportion to be only a tenth part of the other, because the denunciations were much more frequent at Seville than elsewhere.'

Under the auspices of Cardinal Adrian, in the eighteenth century, the horrors of the Inquisition seem to have augmented, and the author again observes;

On the most moderate computation, it appears that, during the five years of the government of Adrian, twenty-four thousand and five persons were condemned and punished by the Inquisition; viz. 1600 individuals burnt alive, 560 burnt in effigy, and 21,845 who underwent different punishments: which gives on an average for each year, 324 individuals of the first class, 112 of the second, and 4369 of the third.'

The comprehensive manner in which Don JUAN treats his subject, giving a general history of the Inquisition from its

rise

rise to its downfall, is too often interrupted by a long and
particular display of facts, examples, and details of cases, drawn
out to the utmost stretch of prolixity. Thus the number of
excessive cruelties which he relates, the tedious and disgusting
process of inquisitorial trials, the very mockery of law and
justice, with the estimates of sacrifices to the idol of super-
stition, which uniformly close his chapters, harrow up the
soul, and then pall on our spirits with successive feelings of
indignation and despair. This elaborate historical investi-
gation, and display of argument, are however peculiarities of
the Spanish writers; and, as the work was composed for his
countrymen, we cannot fairly make it a subject of criticism
because it may be trying to the patience of English readers.

[To be continued.]

ART. XIII. Les Jeunes Femmes, &c. ; i. e. Young Women. By
J. N. BOUILLY, Member of several Societies. 12mo. 2 Vols.
Paris; and Dulau and Co. London. 1820. Also an Edition
reprinted in Londen for J. Warren.

M.
DE BOUILLY is advantageously known to the public as
the author of several pleasing books for children. The
present tales are intended for young married ladies: but
the difference of manners in France and England, and the
very early marriages which usually take place in the former
country, will make them seem rather puerile to our fair
countrywomen, and must in some cases prevent them from
emulating the examples here presented. We may instance
the story in vol. i. p. 95., of the amiable Jenny' who, when
her husband wished to give a dinner only to gentlemen,
disguised herself in blue pantaloons and other equipments
of a page, in order to wait on the company during the
repast: a trait which was so highly appreciated that one of
the visitors, who had been a decided woman-hater, was
converted, and, kneeling, intreated Jenny to find him a
wife as exemplary as herself. The tales, however, called
l'Ecrin, les Premières Visites, and some others, furnish useful
hints; and the whole collection conveys a lively picture of
French domestic usages, in agreeable and elegant language.

To the REMARKABLE PASSAGES in this Volume,

N. B. To find any particular Book, or Pamphlet, see the
Table of Contents, prefixed to the Volume.

A

ABBAS-MIRZA, prince of
Persia, his views and plans
of improvement, 355.
Albatrosses, account of, 264.
Albigenses, their persecution by
the Inquisition, 537-539.
Alexander VI., Pope, state of
Italy during his pontificate,
485.491.
Americans, favourable general
character of, 328. See Emi-
grants.
Anderson, Capt., on the tides
between Fairleigh and the
North Foreland, 369.
Annelides, account of that class
of animals, 517.
Anxiety, a sonnet, 299.
Appetite, poetic receipt for, 196.
Arachnidæ, account of that class
of animals, 516.
Arithmetic, Hindu system of, 25.
Armenian convent, visit to, 353.
Assassination, remarks on the
bad policy of, 147.
Athenians, obs. on the private
On the old co-
life of, 361.
medy of, 363.
Austria, obs. on the military
force and operations of, in
1792, &c. 452.
Auto da Fé in Spain, in 1680,
account of, 401.
Azote, experiments on, 531.
B

Babbage, Mr., on the sums of

infinite series, 372.
Babylon, on the state of, 21.280.
Bagdad, description of, 280.
Bagnio, the prison at Constanti-
nople, described, 136.
Bailly, M., on the signs of the
zodiac, 389. His notions
controverted, 391.
Bain, Mr., obs. on his remarks
on the compass, 184. 188.
APP. REV. VOL. XCI.

Bank-Notes, amount of, and
price of gold, compared, 106.
Barillon, M., obs. on his con-
duct while envoy at the Eng-
lish court, 234. 239:
Bassompierre, Marshal, memoirs
of, and of his embassy to
England, 28.

Battles, remarks on the conduct.
of, 459.

Beauty, obs. on the definition of,

219.

Bedooin-Arabs, account of, 279.
Beet-Root, on the sugar of, 532.
Beggars, in the Morea, account
of, 139.
Bhascara Acharya,

a Hindu

writer on arithmetic and astro-
nomy, account of, 25.
Bicheno, Mr., on the genus
Juncus, 257.

Birds, on the use of their pedes
scansorii, 265. On their plu-,
mage, 266, 267. Of Green-
land, memoir on, 266.
Bishops, hardly treated by
James II., 272, 273.
Blue Mountains, in New South
Wales, account of, 429.
Bohemia, Queen of, her letter

to Sir Edw. Nicholas, 276.
Bombay, on the population and
the temperature of, 16.
Bonaparte, his campaigns in
Italy in 1796 and 1797, 455.
Boswell's Life of Johnson, great
merits of, 247.
Brewster, Dr., on the absorption
of polarized light, and on crys-
On
tallized surfaces, 178.
the properties of Tabasheer,
372.

Bridal Hymn, 431.
Briggs, Capt., his account of the
Bunjaras, 23.
Brinkley, Dr., on the obliquity
of the ecliptic, 370.
Nn
Brochant,

1

Darcet, M., on the hardness of Evelyn, Mr., particulars of his
life and writings, 114-131.
269-277.

bronze, 525.

Dead Sea, visit to, 349.
Defence of fortified places, new
principles of, overturned, 92.
Deffand, Mad. du, unfavourable
character of, 169.

Delpech, M., on the hospital-rot,
526.

Dendera, temple of, obs. on its
date, 161.

Destiny, that doctrine repro-
bated, as applied to man, 494.
Desvaux, M., on the flowers
of the mesembryanthemum,
522.
Duck, long-tailed, its plumage
described, 267.

E
Earth, obs. on the density of

our globe, 183.
Ecliptic, on the obliquity of, 370.
Economy, political, real and im-
portant objects of that science,
476.
Egypt, obs. on the religion of,
compared with that of Hin-
dustan, 161.

Elephanta, on the temple of, 23.
Elizabeth, sister of Charles I.,

and Queen of Bohemia, her
letter to Sir Edward Nicholas,
276.
Emigrants to the United States,
to Canada, the Cape of Good
Hope, and to Van Diemen's
Land, advice to, and particu-
lars respecting, 315. 328-
334.
England, obs. on her political

fate, 495.
English language, etymological
obs. concerning, 447•
Equations, numerical method of
solving, 373.
Erskine, Mr., on two sepulchral
On the temple of
urns, 23.
Elephanta, ib.
Esdraëlon, plain of, described,

341.

Evangelical churchmen, obs. re-
specting, 223.

Evil, on the cure of by the
king's Touch, in the reign of
Charles II., 121.

Euphues and his England, obs.
on that work of John Lilly,
408. Resemblance to it in
Shakspeare, ib.

F

Famine, in Guzerat, account of,
24. In Egypt, description of,
137.

Fatty substances, experiments
on, 529.

Festival of Mamangom, account
of, 16.

Fiction, literary, its effect on
the mind, I.

Fire, in London, in 1666, de-
scribed, 124.

Flax, obs. on the preparation of,

104.

Flinders, Capt., remarks on his
obs. respecting the compass,
185.187.

Fortification, See Carnot.
France, remarks on the effects of

the extensive visits of Eng-
lishmen to that country, 165.
Details of the military force
and operations of, in 1792,
&c. 452. The Revolutions in,
how different in nature and
consequences in 1813 and
1814 from that of 1789, 468.
Frederick, Capt., on the state of
On manna, 23.
Babylon, 21.
Frissell, Lieut., on the morals of
Nasir, 20.
Funerals, at Rome, description
of, 498.

G
Gard, department of, disputes
between the Protestants and
the Catholics of, 483.
Germany, obs. on its present
political state, 141.
Gipsey and Hindustanee lan-
guages, on the similitude of,