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trina! and Preceptive Parts of the Old and New Testament, appropriately arranged under different heads.

Early in December will be published, in One large Volume 12mo. The Juvenile Botanist's Companion, or Complete Guide to the Vegetable Kingdom. By Robert John Thornton, M.D.

On the 1st of January, will be published, No. 1, price 3s. to be con tinued monthly, of "the Poor Man's Family Book."

Lieutenant-Colonel Johnson is preparing for publication, A Narrative of an Over-land Journey from India, performed in the course of the present year, through the principal Cities of Persia, part of Armenia, Georgia, over the Caucasus into Russia, through the Territory inhabited by the Cossacks of the Don, to Warsaw, and thence through Berlin to Hamburgh.-The Work will be accompanied with EngraVings illustrative of the more remarkable Antiquities in those Countries, the Costume of the Inhabitants, and other interesting Subjects, from Drawings executed in the Course of the Journey.

Mr. Nichols will shortly publish, in Two Vols. 8vo. The Life and Errors of John Dunton, Citizen of London; with the Lives and Characters of more than 1000 contemporary divines, and other persons of literary eminence. To which are added, Dunton's Conversation in Ireland; Selections from his other genuine Works; and a faithful portrait of the Author.

Early in February will be published, A Translation of Tasso's Jerusalem De. livered, by the Rev. J. H. Hunt, A. M. Late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.

In the press, and speedily will be. published, carefully revised, and considerably enlarged, a Second Edition of Illustrations of the Divine Government; tending to shew that every thing is under the direction of Infinite Wisdom and Goodness, and will terminate in the production of Universal Purity and Happiness. By T. Southwood Smith, M.D.

A Narrative of Discoveries in Asia by Mr. Burkhart, who has been for some years travelling in the countries south of Egypt, under the auspices of the African Association, is in the press.

The Rev. Charles Clarke will soon publish a work describing the Hundred Wonders of the Modern World, and of the three Kingdoms of Nature.

Tales of Wonder, of Hamour, and, of Sentiment, by Anna and Annabella Plumptre, in three duodecimo volumes, are nearly ready for publication.

Mr. Matchett, of Norwich, is preparing a Topographical Dictionary of the County of Norfolk, to be comprised in a large octavo volume, embellished with maps and views.

Mr. Munday, of Oxford, will soon publish, a new and improved Guide to the City of Oxford and its Vicinity.

The Rev. D. W. Garrow, Rector of East Barnet, has in the press, a History of the Town of Croydon, with its Hamlets and Manors.

Capt. Basil Hall, of the Lyra, has a work in the press, on the late Embassy, to China, which will relate chiefly to the nautical surveys and discoveries, and be accompanied with charts.

Original Letters, from Richard Baxter, Matthew Prior, Lord Bolingbroke, Alexander Pope, Dr. Cheyne, Dr. Hartley, &c. with Biographical Illustrations, edited by Rebecca Warner, near Bath, will soon appear in an octavo volume.

A new Edition of Langdale's Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire, with considerable additions, is in the press.

A new Edition of Barnabee's Journal, with the Text restored from the earliest impressions of the work, and a Bio, graphical Account of the Author, will soon appear.

In the press, Sensibility, the Stranger, and other Poems. By W. C. Harvey.

C. Phillips, Esq. Barrister, has in the press, the Life of the Right Hon. John Philpot Curran, late Master of the Rolls in Ireland, in a quarto Volume, with a portrait and vignette.

Dr. James Johnson is preparing, in' an octavo volume, an Essay on the Prolongation of Life and Couservation of Health, translated from the French of MM. Gilbert and Halle, with Notes.

John Brown, Esq. will soon publish, Psyche, or the Soul, a Poem, in five Cantos.

The Transactions of the Association of the King and Queen's College of Physicians in Ireland, Volume I. is print ing in octavo.

Madame de Stael's new work on the French Revolution, is printing both in French and English, under the superin tendance of Mr. William Schlegel, the literary executor of the Baroness. The Work will be comprised in three octavo

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volames, and will appear in London and at Paris on the same day.

In the press, and in a few days will be published, A Sermon on Nonconformity, preached at White Row, London, before the Monthly Meeting of Congregational Ministers, and printed at their request. By Mark Wilks.

Preparing for the press, by Mr. Mac

kenzie, the second Edition, eorrected, and enlarged, of "Memoirs of the Life and Writings of John Calvin."

The Rev. Daniel Tyerman, of Newport, Isle of Wight, has in the press, a Volume of Essays on the Wisdom of God, which may be expected to appear soon after Christmas.

Art. XI. LIST OF WORKS RECENTLY PUBLISHED.

THEOLOGY.

The Sorrows of Britain, her sad forebodings, and her only refuge: a Sermon on occasion of the great national calamity of the Death of H. R. H. the Prin cess Charlotte Augusta. By John Pye Smith, D.D. Second Edition. 1s.

The Death of Princes improved. (A Discourse on the same occasion,) delivered at the Independent Meeting, St. Neot's. By Rev. T. Morell. 1s.

A Sermon preached at Salter's Hall, (on the same occasion.) By Rev. H. Lacey. 1s.

The Sun gone down while it was yet day. Preached on the same occasion, at Baker-street, Enfield. By Rev. W. Brown, 1s.

The Trophies of Death, (on the same occasion.) By Andrew Reed. 1s.

A Sermon, (on the same occasion.) By John Styles, D.D. 1s. 6d.

Joy turned into mourning, (on the same occasion.) By William Bengo ColJyer, D.D. F.A.S. Fourth Edition. 1s. 6d.

National Mourning, and Devout Submission. The Sun of Britain set. Two Sermons, (on the same occasion.) By Jacob Snelgar. 1s. each.

The Vanity of Man in his best State. A Sermon preached at Hanover Square, Newcastle, (on the same occasion.) By William Turner. 1s.

The Nation in Tears. A Sermon, (on the same occasion,) preached at Weston Green Chapel, near Claremont. By the Rev. James Churchill, Thames Ditton, Surrey. 1s. 6d.

A Sermon (on the same ocasion.) By

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William Gordon Plees, Vicar of Cressing, &c. 1s. 6d.

A Sermon (on the same occasion.) By J. W. Cuuningham, A.M. Third Edition. 1s. 6d.

A Funeral Sermon, (on the same occasion,) preached in the Parish Church of Blunham, Beds. By the Rev. R. P. Beachcroft, M.A. 1s.

Christian Watching recommended, (on the same occasion,) Preached at the Church of St. Mary le Strand, Westminster. By the Rev. George Richards, A.M. Vicar of Bampton. Is. 6d.

A Sermon preached in the Parish Church of Glankeen, (on the same occasion.) By the Hon. and Rev. Richard Boyle Bernard, A.M. Vicar of Glankeen, in the Diocese of Cashel. 1s.

A Sermon, preached at St. George's Church, Hanover-Square, (on the same occasion.) By the Rev. John Macauley, LL.D. Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Kildare. 1s.

A Course of Sermons, for the Lord's Day throughout the Year; from the first Sunday in Advent, to the twentyfifth Sunday after Trinity: including Christmas Day, the first Day in Lent, Good Friday, and Ascension Day. Adapted to, and taken chiefly from, the Service of the Day. By Joseph Holden Pott, A. M. Archdeacon of London, and Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Two Vols. 8vo. 11. 1s.

A Charge delivered at the Primary Visitation of Herbert, Lord Bishop of Landaff, in August 1817. £s.

The Remainder of the List of New Publications is unavoidably deferred, for want of room, till the Number for January.

GENERAL INDEX.

VOL. VIII. NEW SERIES.

se-

AGRICULTURAL improvement
riously retarded by the injurious ope-
ration of tithes, 249
Aikin's annals of the reign of George
the Third, 371, et seq.; difficulties at-
tendant on the narration of the
events of receded ages, ib.; circum-
stances liable to influence the relator
of late and present events, ib.; the
sacred Scriptures an accurate stand-
ard of both modes, 372; author's mo-
tives in writing the present work, 373
Alceste, voyage of, to the Yellow Sea,
&c. 564, el seq.

Alpha and Omega; Maude's sermon on,
384, et seq.

American war, its causes, &c. by the
author of Armata, 147, 8
Angels, on the ministry of, and extent of
their intercourse with the various re-
gions of the universe, 468, et seq.
Apostles, their religious experience not
much superior to that of other Christians,
160

Apostolical preaching considered, by
J. B. Sumner, 90 et seq.
Apostolical succession, considerations
on, 129

Appeal to Equity, 242 et seq.
Armata,147,et seq.; circumstances which

give value to the work, 148; great
prosperity of the imaginary island of
Armata, 144; origin, &c. of its politi-
cal constitution, 144 et seq.; causes of
the Hesperian (American) war 147, 8;
defect in the Armatan representative
system, 148; contents of the second
part, 148, 9; author's remarks on the
influence of high-bred life on the tone of
objections
female character, 149;

stated, 150, 1; remarks on libel, 151,
2; probable consequences that would fol-
low the loss of the trial by jury, or of the
liberty of the press, 153; thoughts on re-
ligious establishments, and the increase of
seclaries, 153, et seq.; author's estimate

of the present state of periodical criti-
cism, 157

Austria, Italy, &c. tour through, 72, et
seq.

Avenger of blood, Michaelis's remarks
on, 591, et seq.

Bathurst, lord, his motion in regard to
tithes, 253

Beauty and glory of the primitive
church, a sermon, 374, et seq.

Belgium, Roman Catholic bishops of,
their intolerance, 503

Benett's essay on the commutation of
tithes, 242, et seq.

Benett's reply to the Rev. W. Coxe, on
tithes, 242, et seq.

Benett's reply to Coxe's three letters,
242, et seq.

Bernadotte, his great policy in regard
to Sweden, 392, 3

Bertolacci's view of the agriculture, com-
merce, and finance of Ceylon, 219, et seq.
Bey of Tripoli cruelly assassinated by
his brother in his mother's presence,
434, et seq.

Bible Class Book, 275, et seq.; objections
to the plan, 276, 7; extract from Mr.
Hall's speech at the Leicester Bible
society, 277; probable effect of adopt-
ing the work in schools, 278
Bishop of Peterborough, his reflections
on tithes, 250, 1
Blucher, anecdote of, 392

Boa Constrictor, description of one, 578
Botany, Bingley's treatise on, 189, 191
Botany, conversations on, 189, et seq.
Buck, the Rev. Charles, Styles's me
moirs of, 76, 7

Burder's, G. beauty and glory of the pri-

mitive church, a sermon, 374, et seq.
Barder's, H. F. duty and means of as-

certaining the genuine sense of the
Scriptures, 374, et seq.

Byron's Lord, Lament of Tasso, 291, 2;
extract, 292

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Candian king, his horrible cruelty, 232;
his deposition by the British, &c.
233

Candy, in Ceylon, British garrison of,

treacherously murdered, 230
Cannibalism practised in the Tonga and
Fejee islands, 116

Capital, as applied to agriculture,

change produced by it, 245
Curstars, his bold and judicious interferen e
in the affairs of the church of Scotland,
304

Catholicism, its present state in France,
454, 5

Cavern, a remarkable submarine one in
the island of Tofooa, 120
Ceylon, history of, 219, et seq.; account

of the early history of the island, as
known to the ancients, 221; specimer s
of Ceylonese historical legends relating to
their origin, ib, et seq. ; island formerly
in a more prosperous state, 222; de-
scription of the ruins round the lake of
Candeley, 324; state of the island, wh-n
first visited by the Portuguese, 225;
Bedas, and Cingalese, ib.; the island
under the Dutch, ib.; shipwreck of
Rob. Knox, en the coast of Ceylon,
ib.; remarkable manner in which he pro-
cured an English bible, 225, 6; his
escape, after a captivity of twenty
years nearly, 227; pride and cruelty
of the king, ib. et seq; Knox's credulity
concerning a noisy devil, 229; Mr.
Boyd's account of prostration at the Cry-
lonese court, ib. ; origin of the late war
between the king of Candy and the
British, ib.; successful policy of the
Candian king, 232; capitulation and
massacre of the British troops, ib. ;
heroic bravery of two Malay officers,
ih.; unsuccessful expedition «nd retreat
of Major Johnson, 231; horrible c cruelty
of the king, 250; deserted by his sub-
jects, and delivered up to the British,
ib.; his deposition, 233; commercial
consequence of the island, ib.; importance
and value of Trincomalee, as an Indian
port, ib. et seq.; pearl fisheries of Cey-
Jon, 234; its botany, ib.; talipot,

its uses, ib.; various inhabitants of the
island, ib.
Chalmers's discourses on the Christian
revelation, &c. 205, et seq.; the
truths of Christianity cannot be es
sentially affected by the speculations
of science, ib.; religion may lawfully
receive the aid of science, 206; d.
sign of the author, ib, ; Mr. A. Fuller's
remarks on the same top.c considered,
ib. note; Mr. F. not fully qualified
for the discussion, ib.; striking in-
stance of false analogy in his reason-
ing, 208; the infidel argument against
Christianity, 209; nature and actual
range of religion, ib.; effect of astra-
nomical reflections on a contemplative
mind, 210; argument for the planets
being inhabited, drawn from anvozy,
211; consequence of pursuing the
analogy too closely, ib.; extravagant
conjecture of the author, 212, im-
probability of the planets not being
inhabited, ib.; reflections on the great-
ness of the Divine Essence, from a
consideration of the stupendous ex-
tension of the universe, 213; dis-
tance, magnitude, number, &c. of the
stars, 214; conjecture that the high-
est intelligences will never be able to
arrive at the limits of the universe,
217; irreligious neglect on the part
of many serious persons, of the works
of the Almighty, 218; insignificance
of our world, in the magnitu le of the
universe, 354; perverse argument of the
inj del, 354, 5; the mind of Sir Isaac
Newton, in its most important agen-
cies, incapable of being adequately
estimated by many even cultivated
men, 355; assertion that Christianity
is for the sole benefit of this world,
without proof, 356, 7; bearing of the
intidel argument on the extent of the
Divine condescension, 358; extract,
ib.; opposite opinion excites an in-
comparably more exalted idea of the
Deity, 359; proofs that the Divine
intelligence pervades every part of his
creation, 360; argument from the
discoveries made by the microscope,
361; extreme absurdity of pretending
to decide upon the extent of the
power and benevolence of the Al-
mighty Spirit, 362; state of the
argument, ib.; the infidel objection
Les not against the theory which
demands to be called Rationa!, but
that denominated Evangelic Chris-
tianity, 563; inquiry whether the
Economy of nature and providence
furnishes any thing so analogous to

the dispensation of redemption, as to
admit of an argument from the evi-
dence of the one to the probability of
the other, 363, et seq. ; inadvertent ex-
pression of the author, 355; m`nistry of
angels, and the extent of their inter-
course with the various regions of the
universe, 468, el seq.; reasonableness
of the supposition that each sphere of
the universe has been the scene of
some stupendous moral phenomena,
469; objection to every supposition
that the universe of worlds have suf-
fered a moral lapse, and have a direct
interest in the economy of redemp-
tion, 470; argument for an ample
plurality of worlds, ib.; difficulty of
admitting that the wise intelligences
of the universe are engaged chiefly
with the destiny of men, 472; inad-
vertence in the author's expression of
the mode of the interposition of
Deity, as manifested in the person of
the Messiah, 472, 3; caution against
the admission of a modification of the
supreme nature, 473; inadvertency
of the author in his mode of setting
forth the celebration, by the heavenly
intelligences, of the redemption of
man, by keeping out of sight what the
Divine intervention was not designed
to accomplish, 474; extract, ib. ; con-
test for an ascendency over man,
among the higher orders of intelli-
gence, 475; existence of the contest
mysterious, ib.; remarks on the con-
cluding discourse, 475, 6
Charles XI. of Sweden, vision said to have
been seen by him and his senators, and
attested by them upon oath, 395, 6
Chemistry, Henry's elements of, 477, 8
Chiaramonti, Cardinal, (Pope Pius VII.)
his sermon in favour of civil liberty,
464, 5

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Christian church, Miller's catechism on
the nature of, 603

Christian church, New Testament descrip
tion of, 37

Christian essays, by the Rev. S. C.
Wilks, 1, et seq.

Christianity, the truths of, cannot be

essentially affected by the specula-
tions of science, 205

Christian religion, Mrs. Lucy Hutchin-
son on, 319 et seq.

Christian revelation, Dr. Chalmers's
discourses on, 205, et seq.
Christian sabbath, Wemyss on it, 279
Christian scheme not to be identified
with the Jewish priesthood, in regard
to tithes, 606

Church of Scotland, see Cook's history,
8, et seq.; 174, et seq.; 193, et

spy.
Cicero

and Paul, contrast between,
521, 2

Cities of refuge, Michaelis's remarks on,
594,5

Class Book, compiled from the Bible,
275, et seq.

Clergymen, and sabbath preaching, not
instituted by Moses, 428

Clergy of France, detested by the peasantry,
previous to the revolution, 455
Climates, cold and warm, great difference
in the fertility of, 422

Coal-mines of Durham and Northum-
berland, Holmes treatise on, 195,
el seq.

Commutation of tithes, pamphlets on,
242, et seq.

Consolation to the afflicted, remarks on the
manner in which it should be administered,
192, et seq.

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Constitution of the order of the Jesuits,
557,8

Cook's history of the church of Scotland,
8, et seq.; advantage of history over
experience, as a means of instruc-
tion, ib.; execution of the present.
work, ib.; plan for the government
of the new church in Scotland, 9;
distribution of the ecclesiastical reve-
nues, 10; pecuniary difficulties of
the reformed teachers, ib. ; necessity
for modifying the ecclesiastical constitu-
tion, 11, 2; resolutions of the conven-
tion, 12, 3; jealousy of episcopacy,
ib.; impolitic conduct of the Regent Mor-
ton, 14; character of Andrew Melvil,
14, 5; exposition of his views of church
polity, 15, 6; new scheme of ecclesiastical
polity, 16, et seq.; harsh conduct and in-
gratitude of Melvil, 18; episcopal
office declared illegal, by the assem-
bly, 19; Montgomery appointed to the
see of Glasgow, 21; suspended by
the presbytery, ib.; contest between
the court and the ministers, 20,
1 ; the king's person seized by
the nobles, ib.; flight of the nobles,
ib.; and of the ministers, ib. ; resto-
ration of the banished lords and de-
position of Arran, 22; remarkable
speech of James, 23; author's reflections
on the conduct of Melvil and his coadju
tors, 23, et seq.; suspicious conduct
of the king, 25; proceedings of the
synod of Fife, 26; banishment of the
popish lords, 26, 7; injunctions of the
Assembly on the ministers, 27, 8; seri-
ous difference between the ministers

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