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CONTENTS.

SECTION I.

RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.

ON GOD,

On the Creation of the World,

On the Artless Simplicity of the Gospel Narratives, Chalmers

On the Utility of Miracles in the early Propagation

of the Gospel,

On our Saviour's Preaching,

On our Lord's Familiar Method of Instruction,

On our Lord's Parables,

On the Example of Christ,

On the Death and Sacrifice of Christ,

The same Subject,

On the Consolations of Religion,

SECTION II. .

NATURAL HISTORY.

Original

Conditions,

The same Subject continued,

On the Difference between Animals in their Wild and

Tame State,

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ON the Earth as Adapted to the Nature of Man, Goldsmith 28

On the Adaptation of Animals to their Respective

Ibid. 30

Ibid. 32

Ibid. 36

On the Mouths of Animals

On the Human Teeth as indicative of Prospective

Contrivance,

On the Happiness of Animal Life,

On the Parental Instinct of Insects

On the Spider's Web,

On the Means of Disguise, &c. possessed by Insects

for their Protection,

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On the Adaptation of Plants to their Respective

Countries,

On the Plants which form the Link between the

Vegetable and Animal Kingdoms,

On the various Uses of Trees and Plants,

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SECTION III.

ELEMENTARY SCIENCE.

Mechanical Properties of Fluids,

Specific Gravity,

Mechanical Properties of Air,

On the General Effects.of Heat,

The same Subject continued,

Chemical Attraction,

Component Parts of Atmospheric Air,

Intoxicating Gas,

Component Parts of Water,

Ibid.

Ibid.

Kirby and Spence 46

Ibid. 50

Ibid.

Popular Philosophy 59

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Hydrogen,

On the Agency of Water as connected with Heat,

Division of Labour,

Origin and Use of Money,

SECTION IV.

HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, AND TRAVELS.

THE Sciences, Arts, and Occupations of the Ancient

Egyptians,

Funerals of the Ancient Egyptians,

Spartan Education,

Manners of the Pastoral Tribes of Tartary,

Savage Tribes of America,

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Vindictive and Warlike Character of the American

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130

Ibid. 132

Ibid.

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Gibbon

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Robertson

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Black 122

Smith 124

Ibid. 125

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Rollin

Ibid. 149

Jefferson 154

Campbell 155

Russell ib.

Ibid. 159

Hume

162

Ibid.

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Hume 171

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Alfred's Institutions,

Edward VI.

Oliver Cromwell,

Black-hole at Calcutta,

Picture of La Vendee before the Revolution,

Sufferings of the Vendean Royalists,

Anon.

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Adventures of a Fair Belgian, Simpson's Visit to Flanders

Waterloo,

Ibid.

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Loss of the Kent East Indiaman, Narrative of a Passenger

The same Subject continued,

Dismal Adventure in an Egyptian Cavern,

Fall of Part of a Mountain in Switzerland,

Account of Mr James Ferguson,

The same Subject continued,

Character of Mr James Watt,

Burnett

Smollett

174

Anon. 178

180

185

187

191

Ibid.

195

Legh 201

Simond 204

Ferguson 207

Ibid. 212

Jeffrey 216

On Prayer,

On Man,

On the Necessity of combining Religious with Sci-

entific Knowledge,

Is the Gospel History True?

On the Prophecies regarding Christ,

The same Subject continued,

The same Subject continued,

Scripture Imagery,

SECTION V.

MISCELLANEOUS PASSAGES.

6

THE Bible,

God,

Man,

On the Multiplicity of Trades in London,

The same Subject continued,

Narrative of the Feelings of a Gentleman on receiving

Sight at the Age of Twenty,

On Speech, Writing, and Printing, as Contributing to

the Progress of Civilisation,

Meux's Brewery,

Porcelain Manufactory at Worcester,

Manufacture of Button-eyes and Steel-plating,

Manufacture of Ball-cartridges,

Gradual Rise of Manufactures,

Dissolution of the Earth,

Blessings of Society,

Fall of Man,

Nature's Miracles,

Mrs Brunton

Stark

Steele

Scott 257

Johnson 261

Ibid. 264

Mrs Brunton 266

Ibid. 267

Ibid. 268

Ibid. 269

Johnson

269

Burnet's Theory of the Earth 270

SECTION VI.

Page

Alison 221

Brunton

224

Original 228

Ibid.

234

Ibid.

239

Blair

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POETRY.

I. BLANK VERSE.

Evening in Paradise,

Adam's Reflections on himself,

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