OF

VOL. V.

No. XXV.

General Correspondence. Thoughts on the Formation of

Character, suggested by the Memoir of Professor Porson. Mr.

Thomas Hope's Observations on the Imitative Arts (continued).

Observations on a Species of Wasps which form their Nests on

the Branches of Trees. Another Paper on the same subject.

Description of the Feroe Islands, continued from a former num-

ber. An Enquiry whether AHANN of the Greeks be the same

Bird with our Nightingale? Sketch of a Tour into the County

of Wicklow (continued). Observations on the Wages paid in

the Manufacture of Cotton. An Account of the Town of Kiel,

in Holstein. An Enquiry concerning the Commencement of the

Reign of Tiberius. A Passage in Herodotus explained. Correc-

tion respecting the Lord's Supper, by Mr. Thomas Rees. COLLEC

TANEA OXONIENSIA; OR LETTERS TO AND FROM EMINENT PER-

SONS, FROM THE ORIGINALS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY: Let-

ter from Sir W. Dugdale to Mr. A. Wood; History of Bishops;

Baronage; on the Fourth Volume of the Monasticon. Letter

from Dr. Hickes to Dr. Smith. Dr. Hukes presented to a Doc-

tor's Degree at St. Andrew's. Letter from Dr. Wallis to Dr.

Smith. A curious Circumstance in Natural History.-Classical

Disquisitions. Euripides. Selections from the Greek Antho-

logy-Accounts of, and Extracts from, Rare and Curious Books.

Lessons of the Church, from an ancient Rubrick.-Memoirs of

Distinguished Persons. The Rev. Theophilus Lindsey. Con-

tinuation of the Memoir of Professor Porson, containing an Ac-

count of some of his Compositions,-Original Poetry.-Lite-

rary and Miscellaneous Information. Explanation of the New

Metrical System adopted in France. Monthly List of New Pub-

lications. Meteorological Register. Discoveries and Improve-

ments in Arts and Manufactures.--Domestic Occurrences. Fo-

reign Occurrences. Retrospect of Public Affairs. Commercial

Report. Price of Stocks. Agricultural Reports. Prices of

Grain. To Correspondents.

No. XXVI.

General Correspondence. Farther Thoughts on the Forma-

tion of Character-Cato-Lilburne Howard-Julius Cæsar-

Cromwell-Charles XII. Description of the Feroe Islands

(continued)

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AND

(continued)-Water-fowl, Fish. Truth and Fiction in Man-

ners compared; suggested by the Chronicle of the Cid. Osna-

burg described. Observations on Academical Degrees. Sketch

of a Tour into the County of Wicklow (concluded). On the

Criticophobia. On Land Carriage in Russia A Tribute to

the Merit of Mr. John Clerk, Author of the Essay on Naval

Tactics. COLLECTANEA OXONIENSIA; OR LETTERS TO

FROM EMINENT PERSONS, FROM THE ORIGINALS IN THE BOD-

LEIAN LIBRARY. Sir John Cotton to Dr. Smith-Four Letters.

-Classical Disquisitions. Pindar. Selections from the Greek

Anthology.-Accounts of, and Extracts from, Rare and Curious

Books. Greek MS. of the Four Gospels, in the University Li-

brary of Edinburgh. Greek MS. of the Octatouch, in the Uni-

versity Library of Glasgow. Hebrew MS. of the Old Testa-

ment, and King James's Commentary on the Revelations, in Ma-

rischal College, Aberdeen. Memoire Historiche della Chiesa

Bolognese, &c. da Celso Faleoni.-Memoirs of Distinguished

Persons. Notice of the Abbé Serassi.—Original Poetry. Li-

terary and Miscellaneous Information. Monthly List of New

Publications. Meteorological Register. Discoveries and Im-

provements in Arts and Manufactures.-Obituary of Distin-

Dr. Hawes.

guished Persons. Dr. Anderson. Mr. Home.
-Domestic Occurrences. Foreign Occurrences. Retrospect

of Public Affairs.

Price of Stocks.

Commercial Report.

Agricultural Reports. Prices of Grain. To Correspondents.

No. XXVII.

General Correspondence. Remarks on the Principle of Loy-
alty. A further Account of the University of Aberdeen. The
Patrician Dance of Augsburgh. Bird catching in the Feroe
Extracts from a

Islands. Maxims of Frugality vindicated.

Manuscript Journal of a Voyage in the Mediterranean and

Adriatic.-Sardinia-Cagliari. On the Attachment to the Me-

mory of Mary Queen of Scots An Enquiry respecting a Cir-

cumstance in the Poor Laws. Cordage from the Plantain Bark.

On Posting, and the Conveyance of Letters in Russia. CoL-

LECTANEA OXONIENSIA; OR LETTERS TO AND FROM EMINENT

PERSONS, FROM THE ORIGINALS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY.

Letter from

Sir John Cotton to Dr. Smith-Three Letters.

Dr. Lloyd, Bishop of St. Asaph, to Dr. Fell, Bishop of Oxford,

respecting the Execution of the Duke of Monmouth.-Classical

Disquisitions. Herodotus. Comparison of the Translations

of Horace by Francis and Boscawen.-Accounts of, and Extracts

Memoire Historiche della

from, Rare and Curious Books.

Chiesa Bolognese (continued).--Memoirs of Distinguished

Persons. Biographical Notice of the Chevalier Tiraboschi.—

Original Poetry: War Songs-Youth and Age-Morning and

Evening.

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Evening. Literary and Miscellaneous Information. Monthly
List of New Publications. Meteorological Register. Discove-
ries and Improvements in Arts and Manufactures.-Obituary of
Distinguished Persons. Mr. William Rathbone. Dr. Thomas
Beddoes.-Domestic Occurrences. Foreign Occurrences. Re-
trospect of Public Affairs. Commercial Report. Price of
Stocks. Agricultural Reports. Prices of Grain.

No. XXVIII.

General Correspondence. Remarks on the Formation of Cha-

racter-Alexander the Great-Alcibiades-Wharton-Julius-

Demosthenes-Cicero-Sir W. Jones. Extracts from a Manu-

script Voyage in the Mediterranean and Adriatic-Island of

Corfu. Seal-catching and Fishery in the Feroe Islands. Lord

Rodney's Claim to the Invention of breaking the Line stated.

A Good Wife characterised. Letter from Hayti, describing its

present state. Critical Corrections. Royal Jesters. Mr.

Dyer, on the Salisbury Service Book-Knighthood, &c. COL.

LECTANEA OXONIENSIA; OR LETTERS TO AND FROM EMINENT

PERSONS, FROM THE ORIGINALS IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY—

Sykes to Dr. Charlett, with an Account of James the Second's

Visit to Oxford, and the Affairs of Magdalen College.-

Classical Disquisitions. Herodotus.Accounts of, and Ex-

Iracis from, Rare and Curious Books. Historia di Corfu da

Andrea Marmora.-Memoirs of Distinguished Persons. Me-

moir of the Abbé Bettinelli.- -Original Poetry. Sabbath

Musings. An Image of Life. A Christmas Elegy.-Literary

and Miscellaneous Information. Monthly List of New Publi-

cations. Meteorological Register. Discoveries and Improve-

ments in Arts and Manufactures. Domestic Occurrences.

Foreign Occurrences. Retrospect of Public Affairs. Com-

mercial Report. Price of Stocks. Agricultural Reports.

Prices of Grain. To Correspondents.

No. XXIX.

General Correspondence. No Exceptions to Moral Rules.

Extracts from a Manuscript Journal of a Voyage in the Medi-

terranean and Adriatic (continued). Verbal Remarks. Second

Letter on Female Manners. What constitutes a Person's Pa-

tria? Whale Fishery in the Feroe Islands. Account of the

Pits of Fullers Earth in Surry. Clermont-Tonnere, Bishop of

Noyon. On the Salisbury Service Book-Knighthood, &c.

COLLECTANEA OXONIENSIA; OR, LETTERS TO AND FROM EMI-

NENT PERSONS, FROM THE ORIGINALS IN THE BODLEIAN LI-

BRARY. Affairs of Magdalen College (continued) Dr. Sykes

to Dr. Charlett. Mr. Creech to Dr. Charlett.-Classical Dis-

quisitions. Various Greek Historians-Thucydides.—Accounts

of,

of, and Extracts from, Rare and Curious Books. Particulars

of the Death of Alberic de Romano, Brother of Ezzelin the Ty-

rant, from "Historia Trivigiana di Giov. Bonifaccio." Trivigi.

1591. Memoirs of Distinguished Persons. Memoir of Car-

dinal Borgia. Original Poetry. Butterfly's Birth-day, by the

Author of the "Butterfly's Ball." Sonnets. Stanzas addressed

to Mr. Benjamin Gibson, of Manchester, by Mr. Rushton.-

Literary and Miscellaneous Information. Monthly List of New

Publications. Meteorological Register. Discoveries and Im-

provements in Arts and Manufactures Obituary of Distin-

guished Persons. Richard Gough, Esq. Mr. Edward Kennion.

Anna Seward.Domestic Occurrences. Foreign Occurrences.

Retrospect of Public Affairs. Commercial Report. Price of

Stocks. Agricultural Reports. Prices of Grain. To Corres-

pondents.

No. XXX.

General Correspondene. On Tolerance, considered as a pri

vate virtue. A remarkable Escape from Death. Persons, Cha-

racter, and Language of the Feroe Islanders. On the Use of

the Word Respectable. Remarks on transplanting Trees. Some

curious Mistakes in Philology. Extracts from a Manuscript

Journal of a Voyage in the Mediterranean and Adriatic-Ithaca,

Cephalonia Zante. Fairs in Russia. Defence of Mr. Clerk

of Eldin. COLLECTANEA OXONIENSIA; OR, LETTERS TO AND

FROM EMINENT PERSONS, FROM THE ORIGINALS IN THE BOD-

LEIAN LIBRARY-Dr. Smith to Sir W. Haward-From the

Same to the Same. Mr. Creech to Dr. Hickes-Mr. Parsons

to Dr. Charlett-Extract of a Letter to Mr. Joshua Barnes- Dr.

Plott to Dr. Charlett.-Classical Disquisitions. Thucydides.

-Accounts of, and Extracts from, Rare and Curious Books.

Can Grande Della Scala; or, Canis Scaliger.--Memoirs of

Distinguished Persons. Memoir of Gardinal Gerdil.-Original

Poetry. Dreams. The Years to come-Love and Friendship-

Friendship and Love-Fortune's Pageant. Literary and Mis-

cellaneous Information. Monthly List of New Publications,

Meteorological Register. Discoveries and Improvements in

Foreign

Arts and Manufactures. Domestic Occurrences.

Occurrences. Retrospect of Public Affairs. Commercial Re-

port. Price of Stocks. Agricultural Reports. Prices of

Grain.