Burdekin, R., Memoir of Spence, 603. Burder, Dr. H. F., Domestic Discipline, 604.
Bush, Professor, Notes on Genesis, and on Joshua and Judges, 571: plan of the work, ib.; extent of the author's labors, 572; offerings of Cain and Abel, 573; commendation of the work, 575.
Buxton, Sir T. F., African Slave-Trade
and its remedy, see Slave-trade, Reme- dies for.
Campbell, John, Maritime Discovery and Christian Missions, 72; work less com- prehensive than the title, ib.; ability displayed by the author, 73; catholicism of missions, ib.; Adam Smith and Dr. Johnson on maritime discovery, 75; analysis of the volume, 78; character of its style, ib.; the crusades, extracts, 80; prayer of Columbus, 82; charac ter of Prince Henry, 83; commenda- tion of the work, 84.
Cattermole, Rev. R., Sacred Poetry, see Sacred Poetry of the Seventeenth Cen- tury.
Chalmers, Dr., Lectures on the Epistle to the Romans, see Romans, Exposition of Epistle to. Church Extension, Debate on Sir R. H. Inglis's motion for, 207; rejection of the motion, ib.; calls on the church for effort, 208; inefficiency of the compul- sory system, 209; character of the de- bate, 212; erroneous statistics, 214; results of the voluntary system, 219; injustice of the demands of the church, 226.
Church of England Controversy, works on, 121; zealous defenders of the church defective in wisdom, ib.; progress of the voluntary principle, 123; analysis of M'Neile's lectures, 124, et seq.; Dr. Redford on diocesan episcopacy, 127; Mr. M'Neile on ordination, 131; Mr. Jay on the same subject, 133; formu- laries of the church, 135; union of church and state, 136; scriptural view of tithes, 138; declaration of Sir R. H. Inglis, 140; notice of works by Mr. Binney and Dr. Redford, ib. Coalition Ministry, a, 589; its proposition by Tory writers, ib.; weakness of the Whigs, 590; proposed cabinet, 591; design of the framers, 592; misgivings of the Tories, 593; defeats of ministries, 594 difficulties of Sir R. Peel, 596; faults and duties of the ministry, 597. Cobbin, I. Evangelical Synopsis, 725. Common Prayer, Book of, 489; import-
ance of examining its history and me- rits, ib.; its first preparation, 490; ob- jections of Dissenters to forms, ib.; ob-
jections to the prayer-book, 492; exer- cise of the supremacy of the sovereign, 493; reading of the Scriptures, 495; use of ceremonies, 496; the calendar, 497; tables of superstition, 499; style of the prayer-book, 500; its repetitions, 502; creeds, 504; justification, 511; baptismal regeneration, 512; injury done by the book, 514. Conchology, 694; former neglect of the study, ib.; its importance, 695; value of Mr. Gray's work, 696; alterations in arrangement and nomenclature depre- cated, 697: systematic distribution, 698; imperfections of style, 700; character of the book, 703.
Crump, H. J., Memoirs of the Rev. T. C. Everett, 101; competency of the author for his work, ib.; sketch of Mr. Everett's biography, ib. et seq.; loss of his father, 102; entrance at Hoxton, 103; his high moral worth, 104; commencement of his pastorate, 106; decline of his health, 107; Voyage to Havre, 108; fête at Graville, 109; death and character, 110.
Cubitt, Rev. G., Sketches and Skeletons of Sermons, 604.
Davidson, Dr. S., Lectures on Biblical Criticism, 270; importance of the inte- grity of the Bible, ib.; prevalent igno- rance on the topic, 271; settlement of the canon, 272; Mosaic writings, ib.; their reception by the Jews, 274; cri- teria of recorded facts, 276; collection and preservation of the Old Testament Scriptures, 277; New Testament canon, 280; standard of appeal, 281; reception of New Testament books by the church, 283; apocryphal books, 284; catalogues of the sacred books, 286; character of Dr. D.'s book, 287; antiquity of the Hebrew language, 289; commendation of the work, 290.
Dick, Dr. T., the Sidereal Heavens, and other subjects connected with Astrono- my, 561; value of the telescope, ib.; distances and magnitudes of the stars, 562; the milky way, 565; new stars, 568; value of the work, 571. Dissenting Colleges, defects of 547; im- portance of improvement in the mode of ministerial education, ib.; time of study too short, 548; want of external stimulus, 551; paucity of teachers, 553; importance of the union of the metropolitan colleges, 556; necessity for a Dissenting University, 557; correct estimate of learning, 559.
Duncan, J., Summaries of History of En- gland and France, 602.
Edwards, Rev. J., Narrative of Revivals, see Religious Revivals.
Excitement, New, for 1841, 601. Factory, young folks of the, 603. Finney, Rev. G. C., Lectures on Religious Revivals, see Religious Revivals. Ford, Rev. D. E., Decapolis, 603. Forster, J. esq., Eminent British States-
men, vol. iv. 249; Chepstow Castle, ib.; sketch of Henry Marten, ib. et seq.; defects in his character, 250; republic- anism, 251; popularity, 253; conduct towards Charles I., 254; the monarch's death, extracts, 258; abolition of mo- narchy, 260; Oliver Cromwell, 261; trial and death of Marten, extract, 262 ; sketch of his political views, 264; trea- chery of Charles, 268; thirtieth of Ja- nuary service, ib.
Eminent British States- men, vols. vi. and vii., 605; Buona- parte and Cromwell, ib.; sketch of Crom- well's life, 606, et seq.; Dr. Beard, 607; Cromwell in London, 609; his marri- age, 611: birth of Richard, 612; resi- dence in the country, 613; entrance of the house of commons, 614; conduct in the army, 615; battle of Marston Moor, extract, 618; Naseby, 621; returns to Whitehall, 623; victory of Dunbar, 624; Worcester, 626; his religious character, 627; his political conduct,
state of the nation, 630; cabinet and court, 632; tyranny, 635; parlia- ment, 636; his death, 638; character, 639. Fuller, Rev. A., Calvinistic and Socinian
Systems compared, and Backslider, 602. Gatherings, 604.
Grant, B., Apology for Christianity, 603. Gray, J. E., Turton's Manual of Land and
Fresh Water Shells of the British Is- lands, see Conchology.
Gurley, R. R., Address at Colonization Society, see Niger Expedition.
Hague, Rev. Joseph, Sermons to Youth, 118.
Haldane, R., esq. Exposition of the Epis- tle to the Romans, see Romans, Ex- positions of Epistle to.
Head, Rev. H. E., Sermons on the First Principles of the Oracles of God, 526 ; persecution to which the author is ex- posed, ib.; his hypercalvinism, extracts, ib.; errors as to the results of Adam's sin, 527; mistakes on the subject of human depravity, 530; expression of kindness to the author, 533. Herbert, G. Works of, see Sacred Poetry of the Seventeenth Century. Highbury College, Report of Examination
of, see Dissenting Colleges, defects of. Homerton College, Report of Examina- tion of, see Dissenting Colleges, defects of.
Hugo, V., Notre Dame de Paris, see Rey- nolds, G. W. M.
Intelligence, Literary, 119, 348, 368,488, 604, 727.
Jameson, R. F., Notices of the Reforma- tion in the south-west provinces of France, 186; extension of the Reform- ation, ib.; power of Christianity, 187; sketch of the work, 188; present state of France, 189; duty of missionary ef- fort, ib.; origin of the volume, 190. Jamieson, R., Appeal against the Niger Expedition, see Niger Expedition. Jefferson, J., the Millennium a Spiritual State, 604.
Jeremie, J. J., Letter to Sir F. Buxton, see Niger Expedition.
Kolff, D. H., Voyages of the Dutch brig of war, Dourga, through parts of the Moluccan Archipelago and New Gui- nea, 338; barbarism of the countries visited, ib.; discovery and history of the islands, 339; Javanese seamen, 340; Slaves at Delhi, 341; chiefs at Lette, 342; Arru islands, 343; improper con- duct of the author, 345; his farewell to the reader, ib.
Lane, E. W., Thousand and One Nights, 641; diversities of literature in nations, ib.; essential unity of its character, 642; oriental literature, 644; character of Mr. Lane's undertaking, 605; origin of the tales, 647; qualifications of the translator, 649; the merchant, the ass, the bull, and the cock, 651; rewards of men of literature and science, 653; four merchants, 655; wickedness of women, extract, 656; beauty of the pictorial embellishments of the work, 657. Lieber, F., Manual of Political Ethics, 401; importance of ethics, ib.; character of Lieber, 403; art and nature, 404 ; na- ture of power, 405: responsibility of man, 407; controversies on the founda- tion of morals, 409; origin of property, 411; rights of States, 412; destiny of woman, 414; dislike of the author to fictions of law, ib.; commendation of the work, 416.
Liverpool, Unitarian Controversy at, 661 ; Unitarianism and popery antipodes in the Christian system, ib.; feebleness of unitarianism, 662; importance of the Liverpool controversy, 663; subjects of the lectures, ib.; plan of the trinitarian lectures, 665; estimate of the lecturers, ib. et seq.; unitarian disclaimer of the improved version, 669; unitarian view of Christianity, 670; responsibility for faith, 674; the best mode of con- ducting controversy with unitarians, 675; importance of understanding it, 676; necessity for showing a right spirit, 677;
desirableness of careful distinctions, 678; presentation of truth in its fair propor- tions, 679.
Lloyd, Sir W., Narrative of a Journey from Cawnpoor to the Boorendo Pass in the Himalaya Mountains, 92; love of adventure, ib.; sketch of Major Lloyd's journey, 93, et seq.; results produced by the magnificence of Nature, 98; character of works reviewed, 99. M'Neile, Rev. H., Lectures on the Church of England, see Church of England controversy. Madagascar, persecution in, by Messrs. Freeman and Johns, 423; admirable character of the book, ib.; queen of Ma- dagascar, 424; apostasy of professors of Christianity, 427; firmness of Chris- tians, 428; state of the persecuted Christians, 429; Rasalama, ib.; Rafa- rahaly, 431; escape of converts from Madagascar, 432; indestructible nature of Christianity, 433.
Milner, Rev. T., Special Religious Services improved, see Religious Revivals. Milman, Rev. H. H., History of Chris- tianity, 166; expectation excited by the publication, ib.; qualifications re- quired for the proper execution of the work, 167; plan of the work, extract, 168; deficiency of the book, 167; tri- umphal entry of Christ into Jerusalem, 170; character of the evangelical histo- rians, 173; death of Polycarp, 176; constitution of the primitive churches, 177; episcopal and presbyterial orders, extracts, 178; statements of the author controverted, 181; character of the work, 186.
Missions, Home and Colonial, claims of, 446; folly of opposition to foreign mis- sions, ib.; charge of the neglect of home, 448; cause of such neglect, ib.; import- ance of the British colonies, 450; gene- ral character of emigrants, ib.; their degeneracy, 452; disproportion of con- tributions to home and foreign objects,454. Monstrelet, E. D. Johnes's translation of, 515; sketch of the author's life, ib.; account of his work, ib.; assassination of the duke of Orleans, 517; council at Pisa, 520; battle of Agincourt, 521; its results, 524; elegant execution of the work, 525.
Movement, progressive or retrograde, 111; importance of the present crisis, ib.; impossibility of return to Toryism, ib.; conduct of Tories to Dissenters, 112; to Ireland, 113; conduct of the reform ministry, ib.; municipal corporation re- form, 114; political reductions already accomplished, 115; importance of an onward movement, 117.
Möwes, Rev. H., Memoir of, 345; inte- resting character of the work, ib.; sketch of Möwes's life, 346 et seq.; magnani- mity, 347; his eminent piety, extracts, 348; character of the translation and introduction, 350.
Murray, J., Truth of Revelation demon- strated, by an appeal to existing monu- ments, &c. 393; character of the author and his work, ib.; analysis, 394; nature of the evidence afforded, 395; scripture facts, 396; miracles, 397; imperfections and excellencies of the work, 400. Nicolls, Colonel, Letter to the Morning Chronicle, see Niger Expedition. Niger Expedition, the, 456; interest and importance of the expedition, ib.; possi- bility of philanthropists being mistaken, 457; importance of the expedition with reference to discovery, ib.; its influence on commerce, extracts, 458; presents to the chiefs, 459; African civilization, 462; liberty and slavery, ib.; Mr. Jere- mie's plan of colonization, 463; Sir G. Stephen's view of it, 464; influence of the expedition on slavery, 466; slave- trade in the Bights of Benin and Bi- afra, 469; objectionable style of Sir G. Stephen, 471.
Pascal, Blaise, Thoughts on Religion and Philosophy, with Essay by I. Taylor. esq., 434; sketch of Pascal, extract, ib. et seq.; piety, 438; character of the introductory essay, ib.; intercourse with Christians, 439; superstition of Pascal, 440; incorrect view of miracles, 441; influence of error on his mind, 442; importance of independence of thought, 444.
Patterson, Rev. B., Lectures on John, 603. Poole, M., Dialogue between a popish
priest and an English protestant, 118. Prichard, Dr. J. C., the eastern origin of the Celtic nations, 26; intrinsic value of common things, ib.; conduct of Eng- land to her Celtic population, 27; in- terest felt in Celtic languages, ib.; Welsh and Irish languages, 28; neglect of them by Englishmen, ib.; fancied connection between Hebrew and Indo-Germanic roots, 29; origin of the Celtic lan- guages, ib.; elements of languages gene- rally, 30; invention of words, 31; changes of the vocabulary, 32; analysis of the work, 33, et seq.; illustration of the author's theory, 35; design of the work, 38; importance of an acquaint- ance with Welsh, 39; value of the book, 40; institution of a Celtic pro- fessorship, 41.
Railways, first and second reports of com-
mittee on, 326; origin and progress of steam-power, ib.; cognizance of the
subject by the House of Commons, 328; results of inquiry, 329; necessity of a uniform system of management, 330; accidents to passengers, 331; ge- neral board of control recommended, 332; character of the reports, 333. Ranke, L., Ecclesiastical and Political History of the Popes during the six- teenth and Seventeenth Centuries, translated by Austin, 291; character of the work and translations, ib.; cessation of the Reformation, ib.; policy of the Roman government, 292; origin of popery, 293; aggrandizement of monar- chy, 294; dawn of the Reformation, 296; rise of national churches, 297 influence of Calvin, 298; protestantism, 299; embarrassing position of the popes, 300; practical reforms, extract, 303; rise of the Jesuits, 304; height of asceticism, 306; new aspect of France, 307; court of Spain, 308; thirty years' war, 309; state of Italy, 310. Recreation, the, for 1841, 601. Redford, Rev. Dr., Christianity against Coercion, see Church of England con- troversy.
Reed, Rev. Dr., Revival of Religion, see Religious Revivals. Registration, Lord John Russell's bill for the Registration of parliamentary Elec- tors, 191; high political importance of the subject, ib.; state of parties, 192; tory tactics, 193; defeat of Lord Stan- ley's bill, 196; Irish elections, 197; elections in Scotland, 198; amendments needed in the law, 201; vices of the present system, 203.
Religious Revivals, works on, 41; history of Mr. Finney, extract, 42; character of his lectures, extract, 43; false comforts to sinners, 44; duty of sinners to return to God, extract, 46; prayer for the Holy Spirit, 47; striving of the Spirit, extract, 48; prayer of faith, extract, 49; Dr. Reed's narrative, extract, 51; im- proper treatment of sinners, 53; charac- ter of the works reviewed, 55. Reynolds, G. W. M., Modern Literature
of France, 534; decline of prejudice against French literature, ib.; plan of the work, 536; Baroness Dudevant, ib.; De Balzac, 539; Eugene Sué, 540; Frederic Soulié, 541; Jules Janin, 542; work strongly censured, 545. Riland, Rev. J., Analysis and Arrange-
ment of the Book of Common Prayer, see Common Prayer, Book of. Robe, Rev. J., Narrative of the Revival of Religion, see Religious Revivals. Romans, Exposition of epistle to, by Hal-
dane and Chalmers, 417; comparison of the two works, ib.; character of Mr.
Haldane's Exposition, ib.; summary of first five chapters, 419; reference to Hodges's Commentary, 420; Dr. Chal- mers's work, ib.; Justification, 421; results of patience, 422; commendation of the work, 423.
Romilly, Sir. S., Memoirs of, 369; inte- resting materials for the work, ib.; sketch of his life, 370, et seq.; impro- per treatment in youth, ib.; diligent reading, 373; an English family, 374; change of his circumstances, 375; travels on the continent, 377; enters on his circuit, 379; marriage, 383; entrance into parliament, 384; his commence- ment of the reform of the criminal law, 385; his political views, 387; conversa- tion with Roget, 388; severe illness, 390; death, 392.
Rosenmüller, Dr. E. F. C., Biblical Geo-
graphy of Central Asia, and Mineralo- gy, and Botany of the Bible, 472; cha- racter of Revelation, ib.; value of the knowledge afforded by it, 473; Biblical antiquities of Bochart, 475; Michaelis, 477; Rosenmüller, ib.; his qualifications, 478; analysis of his work, ib.; instances of its value, 480; The Tappuach, 483; imperfections of the translation, 484. Russell, Lord John, Bill as to Rights of voting, 111.
Sabbath Musings, and Every-day Scenes, 118.
Sacred Poetry of the Seventeenth Cen- tury, 56; scarcity of sacred poetry, ib.; Jonson's hymn to God the Father, 57; sketch of early British poets, ib.; psalms by Sandys, 59; extracts from Fletcher, 60; sketch of Mr. Cattermole's volumes, 61; picture of Justice, 62; resurrection and ascension of Christ, ib.; Fletcher's Christ's victory and tri- umph, 64; George Herbert, 65; The British Church, 67; Good Friday, 68; Easter, 69; Sunday, ib.; Virtue, 70; Gratefulness, ib.; character of the works reviewed, 71.
Sharpe, S., New Testament translated from the text of Griesbach, 484; speci- men of the translation, 485; variations from preceding works, 486; character of the translation, 487. Slave-trade, Remedies for, 351; sketch of Sir T. F. Buxton's book, ib.; examina- tion of his plan, 352; objections to it, 355; Mr. Turnbull's plan, 363; com- mended, 364; plan stated in the West- minster Review, 365; fallacy of the author's system, 367.
Southgate, Rev. H. Narrative of a Tour through Armenia, Kurdistan, Persia, and Mesopotamia, 680; admirable qualifica- tions of the author for his work, ib.;
American zeal for evangelization of the world, 681; missions of inquiry, ib.; commencement of his voyage, 682; Constantinople, ib.; Turkish festivals, 684; Turkish love to the Scriptures, 687; character of Armenian villagers, 689; Kurdistan, 690; Persia, extract, 691; Chaldean Christians, 693, commenda- tion of the work, 694.
Sprague, Dr. W. B., Lectures on the Revival of Religion, see Religious Re- vivals.
Stanley, Lord, Bill to amend the laws of Registration in Ireland. Stephen, Sir G., Letter to Lord John Russell, see Niger Expedition. Stepney College, Report of the Examina- tion of, see Dissenting Colleges, defects of.
Strickland, A., Lives of the Queens of England, 141; qualifications requisite for the work, ib.; Matilda of Flanders, extract, 143; Eleanor of Aquitaine, 145; Berengaria of Navarre, ib.; Isabella of Angoulême, 146; Queen Eleanor, 149; Marguerite,152; execution of the work,
Thompson, Dr. A., Consolation for Chris-
Thompson, Rev. E., Prophecy, Types, and Miracles the great Bulwarks of Chris- tianity, 84; different methods of treat- ing prophecy, ib.; proof of its inspiration 87; connexion between the Old and New Testaments, 88; epochs of pro- phecy, 89; inductive plan of the author, extract, 90; defective character of the work, 91.
Tocqueville, A. de, Democracy in Ame- rica, 1; fallacy of government, ib.; im- portance of the United States, 2; equality of condition, 3; geography and history, 4; general intelligence, 5; municipal system, 6; legislature, 7; state of society, extract, 10; emigration, 11; condition of the Indians, 13; revolutionary move- ments, 15; counsels to conservatives, er- tract, 16; political changes of Europe, 17 et seq.; discontent of the middle and lower classes, 18; development of the democratic principle, 19; corn-laws and currency, 20; irritations practised on the community, 21; diffusion of mo- ral and Christian principle, 23; electo- ral reform, 24; ultimate prevalence of truth, 26.
Turnbull, D. esq., Travels in the West, see Slave-trade, Remedies for.
Wade, John, Glances at the Times, and Reform Government, 111. Westminster Review, Art. Remedies for the Slave-trade, see Slave-trade, Re- medies for.
Wilde, W. R., Narrative of a Voyage to Madeira, &c. 576; interesting character of the work, ib.; Russian George, 577; Funchal, 579; climate of Madeira, 580; incident at Alexandria, 582; Pompey's pillar, 583; Mohammed Alee, extract, 584; scripture illustrated by the author, 585; Gethsemane, 587; great value of the book, 588.
Winslow, Rev. O., Memoirs and Select Remains of Dr. Nevins, 119.
Yarrell, W. Supplement to the History of British Fishes, 601.
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