Davison, (Rev. J.) Inquiry into the
Origin and Intent of Primitive Sacri-
fice, 78-importance of the inquiry,
remarks on, ib.-presumptive argu-
ments in support of the divine origin
of primitive sacrifice advanced by
Bishop Jeremy Taylor and Archbi-
shop Magee, 79, 80-respective opi-
nions of Mr. Davison and Mr. Moles-
worth, 81-position laid down by
Mr. D., ib.-the human origin of sa-
crifice presumed by him from the si-
lence of holy writ, 82-his remarks
on Gen. iii. 21, 83-observations
thereon, 83, 84-his view of Abel's
sacrifice considered, 84-88-general
remarks on the work, 88, 89-ex-
tracts from Mr. Molesworth's "An-
swer," 89-95. See Molesworth.
Dinner à la Cossacque, 149.
Dublin circle, notice of, 221.

Esquimaux woman, anecdote of, 97.
Eusebius, miracles recorded in his Ec-
clesiastical History, 17-21.

Fighting gladiator in the Louvre, spi-

rited description of, 162, 163.
Fire-police of St. Petersburgh, account
of, 149, 150.

Frogs, reflections on the plague of, 134,

135.

Fury, account of her danger, 122.

Gautier, (A.) Coup-d'œil sur l'Etat ac-
tuel de l'Astronomie Pratique en
France et en Angleterre, 216-quali-
fications of the author, ib.-John
Bernoulli's work on astronomy, no-
tice of, 217-observatory of Green-
wich, 217, 218-instruments which
have been successively placed in this
observatory, account of, 218-221-
Dublin circle, notice of, 221-con-
troversy between the astronomer-
royal and Dr. Brinckley, 222-226-
character and labours of Dr. B., 226-
observations on double stars by Sir
W. Herschell, Bode, Lalande, Piazzi,
South, and Struve, 226-229-obser-
vatory at Oxford, notice of, 229, 230
-Cambridge observatory, descrip-
tion of, 230-232-Dolland's transit
instrument, Troughton's mural circle,
and Jones's equatorial, account of,
232-235-extra-meridional observa-
tions at Greenwich, Paris, Dublin,
and other regular observatories, little
value of, 235, 236-equatorial and
transit instruments of Mr. South, 236
-the late Sir W. Herschell's instru-

Gibbon and Dr. Middleton concerning
the evidence of miracles, assertions
of, 17.

Godwin, (W.) History of the Common-
wealth of England, 61-policy of
Henry the Seventh on his accession
to the throne, remarks on, 61, 62-
reigns of Henry the Eighth, Elizabeth,
and James, brief view of, 63, 64—
precepts and examples on which the
principles of Charles the First were
formed, 64-unsupported calumnies
upon his memory, notice of, 65-
practice of the constitution from Ed-
ward the Third to James the First,
considerations on, ib.-Godwin's cha-
racter of Charles the First, 66, 67-his
employment of Glamorgan, remarks
on, 67-72-Godwin's repetition of the
atrocious calumnies invented by the
regicides, strictures on, 72-74-his
bigotry, specimens of, 74, 75-picture
of Cromwell, 76, 77-remarks there-
on, 77-character of the work, ib.
Gough, (Mr.) of Kendal, the blind bo-
tanist, notice of, 146.

Hampden club, brief history of, 103,

104.

Harris, (Dr. T. M.) Natural History of
the Bible, 128-danger resulting from
the study of such questions as fill the
author's work, reflections on, 128-
Samson's employment of foxes or
jackals to fire the corn of the Philis-
tines, critical remarks of Dr. H., 132-
134 his remarks on the plague of
frogs, 134, 135-mistranslation of the
Hebrew word reem corrected by him,
136, 137-deference paid to Jewish
authority by our translators, notice
of, 136, 137, 138-miraculous supply
of manna to the Israelites, observa-
tions on, 138-140-Burckhardt's ac-
count of the Arabian manna, 139—
misrepresentation (by Scheuchzer) of
a literary discussion between Augus-
tine and Jerome, respecting the gourd
of Jonah, injudiciously adopted by
Dr. H., 140-real history of the case,
141-143-discreditable means of en-
hancing the price of the abridged

Moise, (Dr.) the blind lecturer on natu-

ral philosophy, notice of, 146.
Molesworth, (Rev. J. F. N.) Answer to
the Rev. J. Davison's "Inquiry into
the Origin and Intent of Primitive
Sacrifice, &c." 78-remarks of the
author on Mr. Davison's theory, 89,
90-his argument on the silence of
the book of Genesis, 91, 92-theory
concerning the original composition
of the book of Genesis, observations
on, 93, 94-true reason of the assumed
silence of Moses, 94-concluding re-
marks on the hypothesis of the hu-
man origin of sacrifice, 94, 95.-See

Davison.

Mural circle in Greenwich observatory,
account of, 219.

Observatory of Greenwich, account of
217, 218-instruments placed in it,
218-221-of Cambridge, 230-234-
of Edinburgh, 232-and of Paris, ib.
Ormonde, Marquess of, letters of
Charles the First to, 67.

Parry, (Capt. W. E.) Journal of a Third
Voyage for the Discovery of a North-
west Passage from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, 113--arrangements for the
voyage, ib.-official instructions, ib.-
the expedition drops down from Dept-
ford, 114-obstruction from icebergs
in Baffin's bay, description of, 114,
115-breadth of the barrier of ice,
account of, 115-difficulties encoun-
tered near Cape York, 115, 116–
severe gales experienced off Port
Bowen, 116-Capt. Parry's descrip-

tion of a Polar winter, 117-amuse-
ments of the officers and crews during
the winter, 118-Capt. P.'s opinion
of Mr. Barlow's plate for correcting
the deviation of the compass, 118,
119-observations on sound, by Lieut.
Foster, 119, 120-animals by which
they were visited, 120-land-journeys
undertaken, notice of,ib.-unfortunate
death of a seaman, ib.-they sail from
Port Bowen, 121-danger of the Fury,
Capt. Hoppner's account of, 122, 123
-she is abandoned, and the Hecla
returns to England, 124, 125-remarks
of Capt. Parry on the discoveries of
his predecessors, and on the practica-
bility of the enterprise, 125-127—
general style of the narrative, and
exorbitant price of the volume, 127,
128.

Pearson, (Rev. J. N.) The whole Works
of Robert Leighton, D.D. Archbishop
of Glasgow, 239.-See Coleridge.
Polar winter, description of, 17.
Profession of a young nun at Rome, ac-
count of, 161, 162.