INDEX

TO THE

TWENTY-THIRD VOLUME OF THE QUARTERLY

A.

REVIEW

ACBAR (Sultan), memorable inscription on
the seal of, 6.

Addison, real state of Pope's quarrel with,
419-421.

Advice to Julia, a Letter in Rhyme, 505
—its character, ib. 506-510-descrip-
tion of a dandy's conversation, 507-of
London in Autumn, 507, 508—a trip to
Margate in the Steam-boat, 508, 509.
Albanians, character of, 337-their dances,
351.

Alexandria, state of literature at, 137, 138.
Ali, Pasha of Albania, character of, 128.
336, 337.

Almanach des Gourmands, 245.
America, state of churches in, 550, 551-
disregard of divine worship by the Ame-
rican Convention, 551, note.

Ames (Fisher), on the liberty of the press,

578.

Andaman Islanders, account of, 81.

the best translation of Aristophanes, ex-
tant, 505.

Art (Works of), propriety of introducing
them into churches considered, 586–
592.

Athenians (ancient), manners of, 245-dif-
ferent kinds of bread, made and used by
them and by the other Greeks, 246—
248-their pastry and confectionary,
249-account of their cooks, 249-254
-and sauces, 254-256-different sorts
of fish eaten by them, 256, 257—259—
instances of their love of fish, 259, 260
-account of their fishmongers, 261, 262
-and of the perfumes used by them,
263, 264-especially of flowers, 264,
265-their wines, 266, 267-water
drinkers satirized, 268—general mode of
living among the citizens of Athens, 269

-their clubs and pic-nic parties, 270—
of the repasts of the common Athenians,
271-274-curious political salad, 275
-banquets of the higher classes, 276—

278.

Anne (Queen), state of affairs at her acces-
sion, 9, 10-composition and character Athenians (modern), character of, 340, 341.
of her ministers, 10, 11-violence of Athos (Mount), account of the monastery
party, 19-her letter to the Duke of of, 345-347.

Marlborough, against his resigning his Autumn near the Rhine, 434-character
command in chief, 20-her reflection on of, 436. See Germany.
the battle of Blenheim, 30-cabal among
her ministers against the Duke of Marl-
borough, 43-her duplicity to him, 50-
her death, 69-for the principal military
events in her reign, see Marlborough
(Duke of).

Autumn in London, poetically described,
507, 508.

Arabs, instance of the treachery of, 279.
Aristophanes, extracts from the comedies
of, 254, 255. 260. 262. 263. 271-278.

comedies of, translated by
Mr. Mitchell, 474-principles of the
Aristophanic Comedy, 475-incidents of
his Thesmophoriozousæ, 476,477-origin
of the Acharnians, 477-and of the
Knights, 477, 478-plot of the Achar-
nians, 485-translation of a scene omitted
by Mr. Mitchell, 486-489-principles
of translation, developed and applied to
a translation of Aristophanes, 480-485.
489, 490-general character of Mr.
Mitchell's translation, 474-examination
of the execution of particular parts, with
specimens, 491-504-this decidedly!

B.

Banquets of the Athenians, account of, 276
-278.

Barber (Mr. Alderman), anecdote of, 423.
Baths, effect of the inordinate use of, on

the constitutions of the modern Greek
women, 352.

Battles of Schellenberg, 24, 25-of Blen-
heim, 28-of Ramilies, 40-of Oudenard,
53-of Maplaquet, 59, 60.

Bavaria (Elector), defeated by the Duke of
Marlborough at Schellenberg, 24, 25—
his negociations with the duke, 26-his
country given up to military execution,
27-and completely subdued by the
battle of Blenheim, 30.

Bellamy (John), New Translation of the

Bible, Part II. 287-additional proofs
of his unfitness for the work, ib. 288.
-refutation of his assertion, that Jerome
made his Latin translation from the
Greek

tory of Churches, 549.

Greek and not from the Hebrew, 292, | Brewster (Rev. John), Sketch of the His-
293-and that all modern European
translations have been made from the
Septuagint and Vulgate, 294-298-his
slander of the English Universities dis-
proved, 299, 300-and also his assertion
that there was not a single critical He-
brew scholar among the translators of the
authorized version, 301-304-speci-|
mens of his blunders, 307-317-his
utter incompetency for the task he has
undertaken, 324, 325.

Belly and the Members, fable of, versified,
458, 459.

Belzoni (M.), assassination of, attempted

by two renegade Frenchmen at Thebes,
94-discovers the ruins of Bernice, 95.
Bible, authorized translation of, tracts in
vindication of, 287-when any transla-
tion may be said to be made from the
original, 291, 292-notice of English
translations of it, antecedent to the pre-
sent authorized version, 295-298-
notices of the translators, 301-303-
and of the instructions given to them, 305
306.

Bishop's Bible, notice of, 297, 298.
Blackader (Colonel) remark of, on the
English army, under the Duke of Marl-
borough, 22, 23-his reflections on the
battles of Schellenberg, 25—of Blenheim,
27, and note-of Ramilies, 40-of
Oudenard, 53-of Maplaquet, 60.
Blenheim (battle of), 28.

Blow-pipe, structure of, 467-account of

its application to fusion, 468-471—
analogy in its operations to the nature of
volcanoes, 470, 471.
Bosset (Lieut. Col.), Proceedings at Parga,

111-his mistakes corrected, 115-his
misconduct as governor of Parga, 129,
130.

Bourbons, policy of, considered, since the
return of Louis XVIII., 196.
Bowles (Rev. W. L.), on the invariable
Principles of Poetry, 400-strictures on
his hostility to Pope, 407, 408-on his
definition of poetical execution, 409—
and on his observations on the poetic
character of Pope, 409, 410-Mr.
Bowles's Invariable Principles of Poetry
examined, 410, 411-vindication of the
poet's private character against his as-
persions, 412, 413-particularly respect-
ing Pope's quarrel with Lady Mary
Wortley Montague, 414-418-and with
Addison, 419-421-his unjust charge
against Pope for censuring Rowe, 421,

422.

Bread, different sorts of, used by the Athe-
nians and other Greeks, 246-248.

Burgess (Sir James), Reasons in favour of
a New Translation of the Bible, 287—
his abuse of the Quarterly Review, 289
-specimens of his ignorance and un-
fairness, 289-291-refutation of his
assertion that Jerome executed his Latin
version of the Old Testament from the
Greek and not from the Hebrew, 293,
294-wilful blunder respecting the au-
thorised translators of the Bible, 503
note, 305, 306, 307-examination of his
misrepresentations concerning the Quar-
terly Review, 318-324-his plagia-
rism, 321.

C.

Caloyers or Greek monks of Salympria,
account of, 343, 344-and of Mount
Athos, 345-347.

Canada, advantages of, for emigration, over
the United States of North America, 374,
375, 376-advice to persons emigrating
thither, 377-importance of gypsum as
a manure there, 378, 379-observations
on the deeded lands, granted by govern-
ment, 381-notice of the settlement of
Perth, 382-state of the church in Up-
per Canada, 383, 384-account of pro-
posed improvements in its inland naviga-
tion, 385, 386-objections to emigrating
to this country considered, 390-not
likely to be conquered by the United
States of America, 390-means of ad-
vancing the prosperity of this colony,
391-importance of diffusing informa-
tion concerning it, ib. 392, 393-illus-
trated by an estimate of expenses, 394,
395-what class of persons best for emi-
grating, 396-400.

Chapels, private, cause of the increase of,

564.

Châtelet (Marchioness du), origin of her

acquaintance with Voltaire, 156, 157—
her reception of Madame de Grafigny,
157-description of her apartment, 159
-her occupations, 160-prys into the
letters of her visitors, 161-her barbarous
treatment of Madame de Grafigny, 163,
164, 165.

Church, state of, in Canada, 383, 384.
Churches, want of in North America, 550,
551-want of them in London in the
reign of William and Mary, 563-ot
Queen Anne, 553-deficiency of them
at present, in England, 553, 554-evil
consequences of this want, 554. 559-
influence of the church on the peasantry,
558-motives that anciently promoted
the erection of churches, 559, 560-
liberality

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and misrepresentations concerning it,
192-194. 196, 197-will not be im-
poverished by transfer of capital to the
other side of the Atlantic, 388, 389-
population of England before the Refor-
mation, 557.

Eugene (Prince), concerts the plan of a
campaign with the Duke of Marlbo-
rough, 21-participates with him in the
battle of Schellenberg, 25-of Blenheim,
28-manœuvre of, at the battle of Oude-
nard, 53-bis indignant remark on the
treachery of the English ministers, 65-
defeats the French in Italy, 41-is re-
called by the Emperor of Germany, 63,
Exports and imports of Van Diemen's Land,

graphic apparatus, 520-remarks on his
claim to the invention, 521, 522—is re-
called from France by the death of his
wife, 526-becomes acquainted with
Miss Honora Sneyd, 527-whom he
narries, 529-retires into Ireland, 530
-state of that country, 531-vacillating
conduct of Mr. Edgeworth, 532-letter
of Dr. Darwin to him, ib.-curious blun-
der of Miss Edgeworth relative to the
meaning of the term decade, 535-death
of Mr. Edgeworth's fourth wife, 536—
his fifth marriage, ib.-rebellion of 1798,
537-temporizing conduct of Mr. Edge-
worth, ib.-its effects to himself, 538-
strictures on his conduct in parliament,
relative to the Union of Ireland with 80.
England, 540, 541-and on his experi-
mental method in education, 541, 542-
last hours of Mr. Edgeworth, 543--
reasons for inferring his disregard of Re-
velation, 543-548-concluding stric-
tures on the memoirs, 548, 549-notice
of Mr. Edgeworth's Essay on the Con-
struction of Roads and Carriages, 96. 98.
-he recommends some degree of curva-
ture in laying out roads, 102-his opinion
of the inefficacy of convexity, in laying
out roads, 103--advises the materials to
be broken small, 104-his mode of form-
ing roads on unsound sub-strata, ib.
Edinburgh Review, falsehoods of detected,
135, 136.

Edrisi's African Geography, of little value,
238.

Education, progress of, among the modern

Greeks, 358, 359-strictures on the ex-
perimental method of education, 541,
542.

Egyptians, custom of, at feasts, 278.
Elgin marbles, depositing of, in the British
Museum, proved to be a national ad-
vantage, 591.

Elmes (James), Letter to Lord Liverpool
on New Churches, 549-his proposal for
improving their architecture, 586, 587.
Emigrants to Canada, advice to, 377.
Emigration, expediency of, as a relief for
distressed population, considered, 387,
388-expenses of emigration to Canada,
394, 395.

England, why disliked by the French, 177
-impressions of an Englishman at Paris,
178-contrast between them in speaking
of their respective countries, 180, 181-
difference in their intellectual endow-
ments, 181-184-influence of history
and political circumstances on their cha-
racters, 184-186-reason why the
French find it difficult to form just ideas
of England, 187-190-curious blunders

F.

Fenelon (Archbishop), noble conduct of the
Duke of Marlborough to, 63.

Field (Dr.), eulogium of, on the English
Bible, 303, 304.

Fish, account of the different sorts of, eaten
by the Athenians, 256-259-instances
of their love of fish, 259, 260.
Fishmongers (Athenian), notice of, 261,

262.

Flanders, account of the Duke of Marlbo-
rough's campaign in, 36, 37-movements
of the French under Villeroy, 39-they
are defeated at the battle of Ramilies, 40
-its brilliant results, ib. 41-Marlbo-
rough commences a new campaign there,
51-battle of Oudenard, 53-Lille be-
sieged and captured, 54-56-Ghent,
invested, 57-the French again defeated
at the battle of Maplaquet, 59, 60-
Mons captured, 61-a new campaign
commenced there, but terminated by the
ignominious peace of Utrecht, 63-65.
Flowers, used by the Athenians at their
feasts, 264, 265.

Fontaine's Fables, translated, 455-charac-
teristic of his poetry, 455-excellence of
his narrations, 456-and characters, ib.
457-design of the translator, 457-spe-
cimens of his translations, with remarks,
458-465.

Forbin (Count) Voyage dans le Levant, 83
-succeeds Denon in the custody of the
Museum, ib.-embarks at Marseilles, ib.
-arrives at Athens, 84-specimen of
his mawkish declamation there, ib.-
blunders of his, corrected, 85-his foolish
sneer on English and German artists, ib.

his vanity mortified by the popularity
of the English, 86-misfortunes that befel
the Count at Constantinople, ib.-com-
mercial meanness of the Count, 87-his
ignorance exposed, 88, 89-and false-
hood, 90, 92-arrives at St. Jean d'Acre,
88-traverses

88-traverses Palestine, ib. 89-arrives
at Cairo, 90-deterred from visiting Up-
per Egypt by dread of the English, 91,
92-his abuse of Mr. Salt corrected, 93.
Franklin (Dr.) reproof by, of the American
convention, for their disregard of the
Deity, 551, note-his sentiments on build-
ing new churches, 566.
Free-thinking Christians' conference, insti-
tuted, 574-questions proposed for dis-
cussions 574, 575-their tenets, 575-
utterly subversive of Christianity, 575,
576-blasphemous handbills, 576-acti-
vity of their agents in circulating infidel
tracts, 576, 577.

French defeated at the battle of Schellen-
berg, 24, 25-of Blenheim, 28-of Ra-
milies, 40-of Oudenard, 53-of Ma-
plaquet, 59, 60-why the French dislike
England, 177-contrast between them
and the English, when speaking of their
respective countries, 180, 181-difference
between the intellectual endowments of
the two nations, 181-184-influence of
history and political circumstances on
their respective characters, 184-186-
why the French find it difficult to form
just ideas of that country, 187-190—
strictures on the modern French glory,
194, 195.

Funeral ceremonies of the modern Greeks,

349.

Fusion.-See Gas Blow-pipe.
G.

Gas Blow-pipe, origin and progress of dis-
coveries with, in the art of fusion, 467,
468-Dr. Clarke's mode of using it, 468
—470—analogy in its operations to the
nature of volcanoes, 470, 471.
Geneva version of the Bible, notice of, 297.
Germany, estimable character of the inha-
bitants of, 435-why they are attached
to secret societies, ib.-the real design of
such societies, 436-description of a Ger-
man inn, 438, 439-and of the scenery
on the Rhine, 439-440-constitution
and proceedings of the secret tribunal,
441, 442- forest of Odenwald, described,
442, 443-observations on the German
courts, 443-especially Weimar and
Stuttgardt, ib. want of discipline the
cause of the irregularities of the German
Universities, 446-the professors there,
dependent on the students, 447, 448—
evils of the subdivision of property, 449
causes of the staguation of German com-
merce, 450-political state of Germany,
451-453-public journals there on the
increase, 453-curious blunder in one,
453, 454.

Godolphin (Lord Treasurer), created a

peer, 46-his observations on the Em-
peror of Germany's conduct, 48-his dis-
interestedness, and death, 67.

Grafigny (Madame de), Vie privée de Vol-
taire et Madame du Châtelet, 154-bio-
graphical notice of her, 155-account of
her reception by them, 157-description
of her apartment, 159, 160—and of their
commmon pursuit, 160-her reflections
on the misery of Voltaire and Madame
du Châtelet, 162-their cruel treatment
of her, 163-165—her death, 165.
Grece (C. F.) Facts and Observations on
Canada, &c. 373-character of his work,
375-on the comparative advantages of
Canada and the United States of North
America for emigration, 376—advice to
emigrants, 377-on the use of gypsum in
agriculture, 378, 379.

Greece (Modern), account of, and of its in-
habitants, 325-its physical geography,
326, 327-population, 327-mountains,
ib.-plains, 328-climate, ib. 329-pro-
ductions, 330-334-account of the Vlaki
or migratory shepherds, 334-commerce,
335-character of the Greeks of the
continent, 336-especially of Ali Pasha,
ib. 337-the Albanians, 337-and the
Mainiotes, 338, 339-notice of the dis-
trict of Maina, 339, 340-character of
the modern Athenians, 340, 341-
wretched state of the inferior Greek
clergy, 342-character of the Archbishop
of Larissa, 343-account of the Caloyers
of Salympria, 343, 344—and of the mo-
nastery of Mount Athos, 345, 346, 347
-attachments of the modern Greeks to
the superstitious ceremonies of their an-
cestors, 347-their nuptial ceremonies,
348-funeral rites, 349-amusements,
350-the Romaika or circular dance,
350, 351-dances of the Albanians, 351
-attachment of the women to the bath,
and its effects on their constitutions, 352
general character of the modern Greeks,
353, 354-their habitations and domestic
arrangements described, 354-356-
state of literature among them, 357—
progress of education among them, 359.
Greek language, causes of the preservation
of, for so many centuries, 137-141-
alterations effected in it by the Macedo-
nians about the time of Alexander, 141
-at what period most pure, 141, 142—
structure of the Greek of the Septuagint
version of the Old Testament, 142, 143—
instances of the declining purity of the
Greek language in the first ages of the
Christian church, 143-145-particu-
larly in the sixth century, 145-changes
in the terminations of Romaic Greek