Bible, neceffity of improving the verfion of, 242. Answers to the common objections against the improvement of, 243. Bidlake, Mr. his characteristic de- fcriptions of Homer, Pindar, and Horace, contrasted with the fame by Mr. Pope, 259. Blackman, Mr. his liberal dif- clofure of his method of making oil-colour cakes, 53. Bligh, Capt. account of the plants brought by him from the South Sea, 54
Bramieri, Don, his account of the best methods of cultivating the vine, from the Tranfac- tions of the Milan Patriotic So- ciety, 503.
Breafts, general caution with re- gard to the cure of the diseases
of, 559 Bridge, at Pont-y-prid, verfes on, 106.
Brothers, Richard, his prophecies
of the most dreadful events, 344. His character and mif- fion attacked and defended, 345.
Browne, Mr. his invention of an
periences a reverfe of fortune, 511. Recovers his fuperiori- ty, for a confiderable time, 512.
Choifeul Gouffier, Comte de, his travels in Greece highly va- lued, 536.
Chouans, a clafs of Royalists in La Vendée, account of their origin, formation, and various fucceffes against the Repub- licans, 513.
Clergy, of France, bitter invec- tive against them, 523. Colman, Mr. particulars of his life, &c. 352:
Condorcet, M. his writings under- valued, 563.
Confumption, mucous, remarks on
the nature and cure of, 560. Corbet, Mr. his profitable re- claiming of marth lands from the tide, 52. CORRESPONDENCE Monthly Reviewers, viz. Cle- ricus, relative to Morell's The- faurus, &c. 239. H. C. con- cerning Teyler's Theological So- ciety, ib. The Editor of the Lounger's Common-place Book, concerning a mistake in the re- view of that work, 240. A Conftant Reader, relative to a paffage in our last Appendix refpecting Profeffor Schultens, ib. Mr. Halhed, in defence of his writings concerning Mr. Brothers, 358. O. P. in de. fence of Dr. Prieftley, ib. R. P. respecting Mr. Edwards's Hift. of the Weft Indies, 360. T. G. the Tranflator of Mr. Beau- mont's Hiftory of the Pennine Alps, ib. E. 5. relative to the fource of the Thames, ib. S S. Toms, on the Marquis de Cafaux's Book on Taxes, 477- Mr. Beaumont, complaining of his Tranflator, 478. Mr. An- ftice on mechanic force, ib. Corfica, fuperior advantages of that iland, compared with G. Britain,
Britain, in refpect of parlia- mentary reprefentation, 311.
D'Alembert, M. his literary cha- racter flightly appreciated, 535. De Pauw, M. his Recherches Phi- lofophiques fur les Americains pronounced to be defpicable dreams, 551.
Dies, red, yellow, &c. ufed by the American Indians, mate- rials of, 194: Drennan, Dr. his well-written let-
ter to Lerd Fitzwilliam, 450. Droply, doubts relative to, 560. Diggelei, an extraordinary ani-
mal in Ruffia, defcribed, 488. Dyfentery, method of treating, 559.
Education, cuftomary modes of, in fchools, inveftigated, 126. Proper fchool-books pointed out, 129.
Electricity, yet in its infantine state,
28. Existence of an electric Aluid difcuffed, 30. Repulfion confidered, 33. The conduct- ing qualities of different fub- ftances investigated, 34. Far- ther remarks on this head, 160. The theory of electricity ap- plied to explain the phenomena of our atmosphere, 161. Ori- gin of natural electricity, 162. Beautiful phenomena of, 164. Improvement on metallic con- ductors, 197. Elphinston, Mr. his literary cor- refpondence, 152. Specimen of his remarkable reform of the English language, ib. Embankment of marfh-lands. Corbet. Evaporator for the ufe of chemifts, ingenious invention of, 52.
Fancy and Genius poetically de- fcribed, 256. Ferns, raifed from feed by Mr. Lindfay, of Jamaica, 267.
Fevers, bilious, 560. Fidler, repartee of one, to Philip Filtration of water, new method of Macedon, 581. Fishery, of Great Britain, ob- of, by ascent, 179. fervations on the errors and Fordyce, Dr. George, account of mifmanagement of, 45. a new pendulum, which fhall be always of the fame length, in whatever expofure to cold or heat, 58. His differtation on fimple fever analyzed, 280. Foreft-fcenery, poetically de- fcribed, 583.
France, tracts relative to the re- volution in, and the war with, 98. 201. 206. 287. 393. 429. 472 507-513. 520. 534. 538. 540. Horrid tyranny of the nobleffe of France over the common people, under the Car- lovingian race, 578-580.
Genius, poetically depicted, 257. Gentleness, its moral quality, 78. Gentoos. See Hindoos. German literature, advantageous account of, 231. Gefcon, the Carthaginian, his ge- nerofity to the enemies of his family, 374.
Gold and filver, obfervations on
their precife worth, as commo- dities in commercial fpecula- Goodenough, Dr. obfervations on the tion, 378. Goofe, Solan, that fpecies ex- British fpecies of carex, 268. tremely pernicious to the Bri-
tifh herring and mackarel fish- ery, 46. Astonishing calcula-
tion relative to, ib. Grammarian, a title of honour,
Grammont, Count, the Memoirs
of, commended, 544: Greenway, Dr. on the beneficial effects of the caffia chama christa in enriching poor or worn-out lands, 195. On the fuppofed remains of a volcano in North Carolina, ib. On a poisonous plant in Virginia, ib. Gutta Serena, cafes of, 560.
Halhed, Mr. his teftimony in fa- vour of the character of Rich ard Brothers, and his belief in the divine miffion of that pro- phet, 345. Controverfy with Mr. H. on that account, 348. His letter to the Monthly Re- viewers, 358. Farther con- troverfy with Mr. H. 469. Hannibal, his courfe over the Alps afcertained, 363. His ftratagems to circumvent the inhabitants of the mountains who oppofed his march, 366. His perilous fituation, 369. The famous ftory of his open- ing a paffage through the rock, by the aid of fire and vinegar, afferted, 370. the note.
Hart, Major, obfervations on an- tient work of art, &c. near the
Herfchel, Mifs, her difcovery of a comet, in October 1793,
Dr. obfervations on a quintuple belt on Saturn, ib. -on the rotation of the fame planet on his axis, ib.-On the late eclipfe of the fun, 57. Hindoos, character of, 26. Style their country the "Paradife of Nations," ib. Their mytho- logy, 563. Excellent moral precepts, 567.
Hip joint, obfervations on the dif- eafe of, and white-fwellings of the knee, 421. The disease defcribed, ib. Modes of treat- ment, 423. Holland, Rev. Philip, account of him and of his fermons, 77. Home, Everard, facts relative to Hunter's preparations for the Croonian lectures, 144. Homer poetically characterized, 259, 260. Hopkinson, Mr. defcription of a machine for measuring a ship's way, 196.
Horace poetically characterized,
Hofpitals, on a small scale, pre- ferred to thofe on a larger fcale, 558. Humming-bird, the ruff-necked fpecies of, defcribed, 49. Hunter, John, his preparations for the Croonian lectures, 144. His curious difcoveries relating to the eye, 145. His celebrated mufeum in danger of being loft to this country, 354. Hurd, Bishop, publishes his pro- mifed account of Bishop War- burton, 322. His declaration of the fatisfaction derived to him from his edition of the works of that great man, 329. Hydrocele, obfervations on the treatment of, 220.
Jaundice, the common theory of the causes of that disease ques- tioned, 559. Indies, Eaft, publications relative to, 87. 338.
Indies, Weft, the conduct of the English troops there, respecting the inhabitants of the islands captured from the French, fe- verely cenfured for rapacity, &c. 448.
Indians, American. See Hart. See Martin.
Ireland, political tracts relative to, 96. 449.
Iron, anti-corrofive, a new inven- tion, preferable to copper for fheathing of fhips, 296.
Kippis, Dr. his edition of Dod- dridge's lectures, 145. Improve- ments in this edition, 147.
Langworthy, Mr. his invention of prepared anti-corrofive or blanch- ed iron, 295. Importance of this discovery, 296. Lauderdale, Earl of, obfervations refpecting his oratory and writ- ing, 159.
La Vendée, curious account of the war in that part of France, on the fide of the royalists, 508. Their amazing fuccefs, for a time, against the republicans, 509. Disappointed in their hopes of fuccours from England, 510. Immenfe loffes of both parties, 512. Account of the Chouans, 513. Lever, Sir Ashton, account of the prefent state of the museum ori- ginally formed by him, 47.
Coloured prints engraved from, defcribed by Dr. Shaw, ib. Lever, obfervations on the funda- mental property of that engine, with a proof of the principle affumed by Archimedes, 59. Light, curious experiments for meafuring the comparative in- tenfities of, 135.
Lille, Abbé de, his poetic talents highly commended, 536. Lindsay, Mr. account of the ger. mination and railing of ferns from the feed, 267. Of his cultivation, from the farina, of Lycopodium cernuum, &c. 270. Linné, Sir Charles, his birth and education, 2. His early im- provements in botany, 4. His travels, ib. His opponents and literary contests, 6. Obtains a profefforship at Upfal, 7. His moft capital writings, 9. Ho- nours paid to his memory, 11. Lushington, Mr. extract from his impreffive fpeech at the India Houfe, on the formidable power of France, 91.
Map of England, a valuable one, from actual furvey, recom- mended, 177. Marius, Caius, poetical picture of, 14
Markwick, Mr. account of a grub
mischievous to the wheat, 266. Martin, Mr. account of the prin- cipal dies used by the North American Indians, 194. Mary, Queen of Sects, her cha- racter defended, 278. Matter, nature and powers of, confidered, 251. Medway, river, prturefque views on, 65.
Milton, his private character in- vefligated, 1zz. Apology for, in anfwer to Johnson's oljec-
tions, 124: Beautiful edition of his poetical works, 125. Mirabeau, fome particulars rela-
tive to the life and death of that extraordinary perfon, 527. Mocking thrush defcribed, 48. Monarchies and ariftocracies fa-
vourable to men of letters, and why, 550. The reason not ho- nourable to the latter, ib. Montgaillard, Count de, his opi-
nions relative to the affairs of France, and the war, 98. Moore, Mr. his improvement on the idea of standards for weights and measures, 53.
Patterson, Mr. improvement on metallic conductors, 197. Peace ftrongly pleaded for, 543. Peat-mofs, obfervations on, 39. Pendulum, new. See Fordyce. Penshurst defcribed, 64. Petrarch, tranflation of part of one of his beautiful Elegies, 167. Phalaris, the builder of the
temple at Agrigentum, ftory of his monstrous treachery, 574.
"Phlogiston, chemical differtation on, 248. Picturesque compared with the fublime and beautiful, 316. With landscape, 319. The fubject extended, 428. Pindar poetically characterized, 260.
Pitt, Mr. confidered as holding in his hands the fate of Europe, 541. POETICAL EXTRACTS in this vol. viz. from Jephfon's Ro- man Portraits, 13. Lady Bur- rell's Thymbriad, 38. Dr. Armstrong's works, 73. Hero, a poem, 106. poem, 107. Three Pindaric Efays, 108. The Volunteer Laureate, 109. Elphinston's Literary Correfpondence, 152. Prefton's Poems, 166. Thel- wall's Poems, 226. Bidlake's Poems, 256. Sketch from the Landscape,318. Colman's Moun- taineers, a play, 442. Llan- gunnor Hill, a poem, 461. Sonnets, by a lady, 463. Che- renfi's
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