pres. Edwards's discourses on, ib.; see Thorn.
Sacred poetry vindicated, 545; see Ed- meston and Hodgson. Sandemanianism, origin of, 146; see Payne's Remarks. Sandiford, Ralph, memoir of, 278. Schools, number of in England, 199; Sunday, their efficiency, 204; par- liamentary aid in building, desirable, 292; see Brougham's Education Bill. Scoresby's Account of the Arctic Re- gions, 219, et seq.; character of the work, 219; origin of the inquiry after a Northern passage, 220; piety of the old navigators, 221; obstacles to reaching the Pole by land, 222; dan- gers of Polar uavigation, ib.; scenery of Spitzbergen, ib.; climate, 223; island of Jan Mayen, ib.; narrative of the adventures of the crew of the Wilhel- mina, 224; ocular deception produced by the clearness of the atmosphere, 225; hazardous nature of the whale fishery, 226; the ice-blink, 227; his- tory of the whale fishery, 228; for- midable resistance of the whale; 229; its maternal instinct, 230; sagacity of the bear; ib.
Scotland, memoirs of the rebellion in,
Servant, on the relation of, 140. Shepherds, predatory habits of, 51. Smith's, Horace, Amarynthus, a poem,
152; see Amarynthus.
Dr. J. E., Grammar of Botany, 535, et seq.; the title a misnomer, 535; fame of Linnæus on the wane, ib.; merits of, ib.; nature of the science, 536; first-rate botanists neg. lect the physiology of the science, 538; outlines of the system of Jussieu, 538-543; his system not preferable to that of Linnæus, 544.
--Dr. J. P., Scripture Testimony to the Messiah, 376, et seq.; 401, et seq.; objections to controversy un- reasonable, 376; exemplary spirit of the author, 377; plan of the volumes, 378; the miraculous conception not es- sential to the question, ib.; unfair statements and daring assertion of the • Calm Inquirer relative to the initial chapters of Matthew and Luke, 379; on the gradual and indirect manner in which the doctrines of the New Testa-
ment are communicated, 381; on the lille, son of God, 382; on the charge of blasphemy, 383; on the inaptitude of the New Testament phraseology to the Unitarian hypothesis, 384; on our Lord's claims to a power of miraculous agency, ib.; on the phrase, 'ascend- ing into heaven, 385; on John vii. 58., "before Abraham was, I am," 386; on our Lord's valedictory address, Matth. xxviii. 19., 461; on 2 Cor. vii. 9., 463; on the Unitarian gloss on Phil. ii. 6-8., 465; Jesus Christ the object of worship, 4663; on the proof derived from the prayer of Stephen, 467; on the devout feelings and unqualified lan guage of the apostolic writers in reference to the Saviour, contrasted with their re- serve with respect to the most eminent men, 470; recommendations of the work,472.
Smith's, Dr. J. P., Sermon on Prescribed Forms aud Free Prayer, 446, et seq.; anisapprehension relative to the ques- tion at issue between conformists and dissenters, 446; true state of the question, 447; antiquity of liturgies an irrelevant consideration, ib.; argu- ment drawn from the Lord's prayer, 448; opinion examined, that the for- mula was twice delivered, ib.; on the circumstances attending the sermon on the mount, 449; admissions of Paley and bishop Wilkins as to the superior efficiency of free prayer in exciting the affections, 451; recapitu- lation of the arguments, 452.
Southey's Life of Wesley, 1, et seq.; Plutarch not ignorant of Christianity, 1; his mild condemnation of intel- lectual errors, 2; character of his scepticism, 4; change in public feel- ing relative to infidelity, ib.; sinister design and sceptical tendency of the work, 6; character of the author's mind, 8; account of John Nelson, 10; jeers at enthusiasm and concession, 11; the oddities of Methodism not so much the subject of sarcasm as the language and conduct which are the most analogous to apostolic examples, 13; specimens of the author's sarcasms, 14; radical error of the author with respect to the nature of genuine faith, 16; Watson's Observations, charac- ter of, 18; extracts from, 19-27; Polwbele, Rev. Mr., notice of, 28; merits and demerits of the Wesleyan sytem, 29; see Watson. Spitzbergen, scenery of, 222.
Stories selected from the History of Eng-
land, 458; insidious design of the author, 460; sperimen, ib.
Stothard's, Mrs., Tour through Normandy, 137, et seq.; merits of author's style, 137; her picture of the French, ib.; conjugal felicity 'selon l'usage, 138; the French not truly polite, ib.; Norman coquetry, 139; the flower-woman, ib.; gratitude of an emigrant, 140; re- marks on the relation between master and servant in France, sb.; visit to a convent at Ploermel, 141, description of the novices, 142; conversation with two nuns, 143.
Stuart's, C., Emigrant's Guide, 475; see Canada.
James, Historical Memoirs of Armagh, 504. el seg.; dispute respect- ing the existence of St. Patrick. 504; sketch of his life, 506; hereditary primates of Armagh, 508; the O'Niat of Mr. Parnell, 509; remarks on the retrogression of learning in Ireland, ib.; papal grant of Ireland to Henry II., 511; alleged immorality of the ancient clergy, 512; causes of re- tarded civilization according to Lin- gard, 513; account of primate Fitz- Ralph, 514; history of the city of Arınagh, 515; anecdote of the great earl of Kildare, 516; adventures of his grandson, ib.
Sugar obtained from potatoes and rags,
Sunday Schools, importance and advan- tages of, 204.
Taylor's Historical Prints, 458, et seq.; merits of the work, 458; specimens, 459.
Temple, earl, aversion of George II. to, 427.
Temples, Egyptian, description of, 497,
Tennyson's Observations respecting the Queen, 273, et seq.; decency outragedby
the publication of late proceedings, 274. Thorn on the Christian Sabbath, 373, 4; importance of right notions on the subject, 373; merits of the work, ib.; extract, 374.
Toleration, Owen's apology for, 110. Tories, ultra, characterized, 275. Townsend, Charles, character of, 426. Translation, poetical, remarks on, 284. Turner's Tour in Norinandy, 171, et seq.; indifference of the French to objects of antiquarian interest, 174; early English or Gothic architecture, 179; cathedral of Rouen, ib.; interior of ditto, 173; pointed style of architec- ture, ib.; intermediate styles, 174; church of St. Ouen-use of the por- tal, ib.; fate of Alexander Berneval, the master-mason, ib.; rose windows, 175; churches at Dieppe, ib.; church of St. Georges de Bocherville, ib.; vandalism of the French, 176; Roman Catholic piety no safeguard for the arts, ib.; abbeys at Caen, 177; Nor- man and Saxon discriminated, 178.
Unitarian hypothesis at variance with the whole phraseology of Scripture, 384, 470.
Ure's Dictionary of Chemistry, 345, et seq.; object and merits of the work, -345; editor's apology for his references to Dr. Thomson, 346; acid, phosphoric, ib.; Thomson's error relative to an al- leged test of the expansibility of liquids, 347; miasmata, ib.; remarks on the application of galvinism to cases of suspended animation, 348, sugar ob- tainable from potatoes and rags, 349; alkalimeter, ib.3; phlogiston, 350; colouring matter of vegetables, ib.; suggested corrections, 351.
Vaux's Memoirs of Lay and Sandiford, 278, 9; reply to remarks in the Philadelphia Register on an article in the E. R., 279.
Waldegrave's, Earl, Memoirs, 419, et seq.; character of the author, 419; and of the work, ib.; portrait of George II., 420; kis majesty's complaint of the treatment to which he was exposed from his ministers, 422; portrait of the duke of Newcastle, ib.; his jealousy of Pitt and Fox, 424; character of the first lord Holland, ib.; dissolution of the con- nexion between Pitt and Fox account- ed for, 425; character of lord Chat- ham, 426; of Charles Townshend, ib.; the king's description of earl Temple,
Wales, Princess dowager of, her charac- ter, 428.
Watson's Observations on Southey's Life of Wesley, 1, et seq.; Is Mr. Southey a believer? 19; remarks on Southey's representation of Wesley's religious feel- ings, 20; doctrine of a special Provi- dence vindicated, 21; on the efficient cause of the moral effects of the preaching of the Methodists, 23; vindication of ' enthusiasm, ib.; Mr. Southey's phi- losophy concludes as forcibly against Christianity as against Methodism, 24; the real fanatic, 26; dangers encountered by the founders of Methodism, 27; Mr. Watson silent as to the Calvinistic dissenters, ib.; his notice of Pol- whele's republication of bishop La- vington, 28.
Webb's Elements of Greek Prosody, 165; notice of former works, ib. Wesley, John, Southey's Life of, 1, et seq.; see Southey and Watson. Wesleyan system, its merits and defects,
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