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MONTHLY LIST OF RECENT PUBLICATIONS,

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

1

ARTS AND SCIENCES.

Conversations on Vegetable Physiology, 2 vols. 12mo. 12s. 6d.

Stephen's Systematic Catalogue of British Insects, 8vo. 11. 7s. bds.

Hay's Concise System of Mechanics, 12mo. 5s. 6d. bds.

BIOGRAPHY.

Josephine's Memoirs, vol. 3, post 8vo. 10s. 6d. bds.

HISTORY.

Robertson's History of Ancient Greece, 12mo. 7s. bds.

Thomson's Magna Charta, 8vo. 1l. 11s. 6d.; royal 8vo. 21. 12s. 6d. bds.

Tod's Annals of Rajast'han, royal 4to. 4l. 14s. 6d. bds.

LAW.

Hansard's Debates, vol. xx. royal 8vo. 11. 11s. 6d. bds.

Woolrych on Law of Ways, 8vo. 16s. bds. Pratt's Friendly Society Act, 12mo. 3s. bds.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Ellis's British Tariff, 1829-30, 8vo. 5s. sewed.

Macculloch on Wine, fourth edition, 12mo. 7s. bds.

Palin's Persians of Eschylus, Greek and English, 8vo. 7s. bds.

Valpy's second Latin Delectus, 8vo. 6s. sheep.

Monteath, on draining the Bogs of Ireland, 8vo. 10s. 6d. bds.

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Bateman's Synopsis, by Dr. A. T. Thompseventh edition, 8vo. 15s. bds. Nichols's Autographs, imperial 4to.27.15s. ; tinted 41. 4s. bds.

Ellis's Polynesian Researches, 2 vols. 8vo. 11. 8s. bds.

The Mine, by the Rev. J. Taylor, 16mo. 3s. 6d. bds.

Edinburgh Gazetteer, second edition, 8vo. 18s. bds.

Trotter's Sea-Weeds, post 8vo. 6s. 6d. bds.
Matthews on Portions, 8vo. 12s. bds.
Ham on Brewing, 12mo. 4s. bds.
Caledonian Horticultural Transactions, vol.
iv. part II. 8vo. 10s. 6d. bds.
Hall's Inquiry into Life, 8vo. 12s. bds.
Thompson's Edinburgh School Atlas, 8vo.
10s. 6d. hf-bd.

Ventouillac's French Librarian, 8vo. 18s. bds.

NOVELS AND ROMANCES.

The New Forest, 3 vols. post 8vo. 11.11s.6d. bds.

Old Court, 3 vols. post 8vo. 11. 11s.6d. bds. Sir Philip Gasteneys, post 8vo. 8s. 6d. bdз. Devereux, by the Author of Pelham, 3 vols. post 8vo. 11. 11s. 6d. bds.

The Casket, second series, 2 vols. 12mo. 17s. bds.

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INDEX

TO THE

ELEVENTH VOLUME OF THE MONTHLY REVIEW.

NEW AND IMPROVED SERIES.

A.

ABSTRACT of the fate of the Mahommedan
Chiefs, who ascended the throne of
India, 365

Abraham, promise to, respecting Ishmael,
its consequences, 486-489
Adonis, Venus' search after, described,

234---her lamentation for his loss, 236
Adventure of a Hindoo Heroine, 377
Age, (The) reviewed, 122---extract from,
on the love of money, 123---the author's
ideas on education, 123---a specimen of
the Bathos' in, 124
Agricultural schools, 608.

Alhama, account of its capture, by the
Marquis of Cadiz, 434

All for Love, by Southey, 415---extracts
from, 421

America, Nevado de Soratà the highest
mountain of, 211---Nevados de Illemani,
the second highest mountain of, 212
America, state of language in, 453

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Anecdotes of Dogs, 466

Anne of Geierstein, 288---the hero's peri-
lous adventure described, 290---dialogue
between Arthur and a Swiss Maiden,
292---dialogue between Sir Archibald de
Hagenbach and Kilian, 294---character
of Margaret of Anjou, 298
Apician Morsels, reviewed, 153
Arabia, Burckhardt's Travels in, 1---re-
maining unchanged in language, man-
ners and institutions, since the Pharaohs,
1---characteristics of the natives, 2---
boundaries of Hedjez, and description of
Mekka, 3---account of the Beitullah, or
House of God, 4---of the Kaaba, and the
famous black stone brought from heaven
by the angel Gabriel, 5---tattooing prac-
tised by the Mekkawys, 7---dress of the
Mekkawys, 8---character of the delyls,
or guides, 10---account of the females at
Mekka, 12

Arrow, (An) with a flint head, found in
the grave of a Celtic Chieftain, 133

Arminius, Account of, by Luden, 579
Architectural Antiquities, interest connected
with the study, 491

Ass, (The) domesticated by the Oriental
Adamic race, 28

Astarte, represented by Milton as the
moon, 239

Astronomy not so exact a science as is
usually believed, 522---M. Chabrier's
new system of, 521

Atheism, attempt to propagate it through-
out France, 397

Antonina, wife of Belisarius, lasciviousness

of, 286---death of her son Photius, 287
Aversa, account of the Hospital of, 181
Azores, Two Bodies belonging to an un-
known race of men thrown upon the,

204

B.

BABADILEL CHICO, prophecy at his birth,
433---his death, 445

Bacon, (Lord) his character compared with
that of Locke, 499---his humility and
simplicity, ib.

Ball's Lectures on Shakespeare, 308
Barchochebas' Description of the Condition
of the Hebrews, after the destruction of
their City, 255

Battle of Trafalgar, Details of the, 224
Battle of Marignan described, 567
Bayard (Chevalier) anecdote of, 570
Beaver's, (Capt. P.) Life and Services, by
Smyth, 189---his birth, 190---appointed
President of the island of Bulama, 191---
punishment of a Manjack who attempted
to stab him, 195---abandonment of Bu-
lama, and return to England, 196---an
account of one of his exploits, 196---
capture of La Prima, 197---his memo-
rial to Lord Mulgrave, 198-his death,
199

Bedlam, Halliday's account of, 178---table
of the regular diet of patients in, 188
Beitullah, or house of God at Mekka, de-
scription of, 4

Belisarius, Life of, by Lord Mahon, 274---
description of his voyage to Africa, 276
---his defeat and capture of Gelimer.
279---his expedition against the Goths
in Italy, 281-account of his taking of
Naples, 281---his stratagem to obtain
possession of Ravenna, 286---lascivious-
ness of his wife, Antonina, 287

Bellchores' Visit to the Colony of Bulama,

191

Belzoni, his conduct not approved of by M.
Gau, 494---his discoveries at Yssambul,
494

Biographie Universelle, (vol. xxi.) re-
viewed, 584

Biot's Life of Sir Isaac Newton, translated
in the Library of Useful Knowledge, 585
Biographer, duties of, 498

Boat-racing among the Burmans, descrip-
tion of, 330

Blumenbach, on the Acquirements and
Capacity of Negroes, 20

Bory de St. Vincent's Classification of the
Waters which cover three-fourths of the
globe, 200---remarks on the depth of the
sea, 204---reflections upon the colour of
the sea, 207---remarks on the limit of eter-
nal snows and glaciers, 208
Botany, Remarks on the Study of, 337
Bottom of the Sea, Conjecture of the form
and appearance of the, 205

Bowles' Hermes Britannicus, 124---on the
Celtic God Tanarus, 128---the Mercury
of the Britons, 129---on the Celtic and
Druidical worship of one Great God,
131---on the Celtic hagp, 132

Brasse's Edition of Sophocles Edipus re-
viewed, 153

Brayley's Londiuiana reviewed, 138
Britton's Picture of London, 304
Brooke's (Lord) Account of Sir Philip
Sidney, 72-his description of Sir Phi-
lip's quarrel with Lord Oxford, 75.
Brown's Biographical Sketches and Anec-,
dotes of Dogs, 466

Brunswick, (The) a Poem, reviewed, 514---

subject of, the fall of the Brunswick
Theatre, 515---written in imitation of the
style of Don Juan, ib.---extracts from,
519---character of, ibid.

Buddhists, The, Believers in Materialism,
46

Bulama, Colonization of, set on foot, 191---
situation described, 191---dreadful state
of the colony, 194---abandonment of, by
the colony, 196

Burckhardt, Travels of, in Arabia, 1
Burman Empire, Extent and Boundaries of
the, 317---account of the nations by
which it is inhabited, 321---population,
324.

Burmans, Tribes of the, 318---antiquity of
their historical records, 319---Alompra,
founder of their present dynasty, 320.--
their knowledge of the arts, ignorance of ..
geography, ideas of immortality upon
earth, 322--extent and manner of educa-

tion, 323---their language and literature,
323---specimen of their superstition and
credulity, 325

Byron, (Lord) probably repented of his
having written Don Juan, 519

C.

CADIZ, Character of the Marquis of, 434
Cabanis misrepresents the principles of
Locke, 505

Caius Marius, character of, by Luden, 578
Calcutta, Satirical Verses on, 117

Camden, on Sir Philip Sidney's works, 71
Canada, Three Years in, 446
Carolina, Locke's scheme for the govern-
ment of, abortive, 500

Cartar, coroner for Kent, singular instruc.
tions to a jury, 601.
Caspians, Table of, 201

Celtic and Druidical worship of one Great
God, 131

Celtic Warrior's Grave, The, 136

Chaldeans, observations on the religion of
the, 125

Charybdis, description of its raging, 455
Cherry-laurel Water, powerful poisonous
quality of, 348

Christian Souvenir, The, 467

Clearing a Country of Wood, singular sug-
gestion for the, 450

Clergy, State of, in Russia, during the era
of Peter the Great, 67

Coptic, identified with the ancient lan-
guage of Egypt, by Kircher, 554
Copy-right, sums received by Locke for,
511-12

Colour of the Sea, Remarks on the, 205
Columbian Species, The, Account of, 27
Constantinople, by Charles Mac Farlane,
reviewed, 529

Constable de Bourbon, account of, 572
Corbies, The Twa', Ballad of, 270
Cornet, Peace Campaigns of a, 214---his
Parentage, 218----Examination at the
Royal Military College at Sandhurst,
220

Coroners, instances of their management,
600

Coste's French Translation of Locke's
Essay, 505

Courtship, Turkish mode of, 547

Cousin's, (Victor) History of Philosophy,

37.

Charlemagne, Account of, by Luden, 585
Chabrier's New System of Astronomy, 521

---his notions of a sidereal fluid, 523---
supposes it connected with Atmospheric
Electricity, 524---Planetary movements
explained by, ib.---his liquide sideral
anticipated by Lord Byron, 426---his ac-
count of the moon, 527---his system
similar to Des Cartes's, 528
Champollion, his inadequacy to the task of
explaining Hieroglyphics, 556
Christianity, Infidel "argument against,
refuted, 477---compared with ismalism,
484

Chronology of the Egyptians, 557

Crawfurd's Journal of an Embassy to the
Court of Ava, 3:7

Creech's Translation of Lucretius' Invoca-
tion to Venus, 246

Creuzer, his account of the funeral rites in
ancient Egypt, 561

Currents of the Ocean, 201

Cutting out of a Vessel described, 226
Cuvier's, (Baron) Varieties of the Human
Race, 18

Cyprus, Worship of Venus at, 238---de-
scription of her temple there, 241

D.

DANCING GIRLS, their performances at Ava
described, 335

Day in Switzerland and Florence, 425
Deformity, effect of on the Mind, 149
Deity, Spherical Form of the, as supposed
by Aristophanes, 48

Delort's History of Philosophers, and Lite-

rary Persons confined in the Bastille and
at Vincennes, 351

Depth of the Sea, Remarks on the, 204
Desmoulins' Table of Eleven Species of
Mankind, 19

Dogs, Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes
of, 466

Domitian's Couvocation of the Senate to
know in what fisn-kettle the turbot pre-
sented to him should be cooked, 152
Dress, Mode of, among the Mekkawys, 8
Dromedary, The, Domestication of, by the
Oriental Adamic Race, 3

Druids, Origin of their do ctrine referred of
Thebes, 133

Duffin, on Deformity of the Spine in Fe-

males, 147---on the Conductors of Board-
ing Schools, 148---on the subject of
Stooping, 148---c
--on the effect which De-
formity has upon the mind and disposi-
tion, 149

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