GENERAL INDEX TO VOL. IV. A BEL: Dr. Cs narrative 368 on 65 36, 63 Acquisition of languages, extraor- Brothers, or castle of Liebenstein 322 283 Brutus, Payne's new tragedy of Adam and his family, a French drama 489 Burns, original letter and poem by 203 Adams, John, of Pitcairn's island 83 Bulls 117 Bulls and bears of the stock exchange 350 Aix-la-Chapelle, historical particulars Burning dragon, sign of 317, 391 Buchan, captain, voyage of 112 Burckhard,' the enterprising African Almanack, calendar, and ephemeris, 406 Castles of Liebenstein and Sternfels 131 Allhallow eve, superstitious ceremonies Catbolic Emblems Ancient punishment of scolds 30, 110 74, 99, 203 Cat loves fish, proverb of Anecdotes 33, 153, 203, 184, 25), 310, 311, Cat o pine tails 317, 328, 367, 376, 394, 406, 443 Captain Bligh, murder of 427 Campbell's selected beauties of British Apotheosis, Howard's picture of the 159 Chaucer and Dryden 451 Chap and Chapman, origin of names of 143 Chalk,virtues of, for the bite of vipers,&c. 193 Astronomical and civil day 248 Austrian archdukes, tour of 819 214 Barrow's history of polar voyages 429 China, narrative of a journey in Bacon, lord 207 155 Babylon, Rich's second memoir of 208 Chinese ladies 201 Christmas Boxes, origin of Battle of Waterloo, col. Ponsonby's ac- Chatterton's description of 201 150 Christian Wolf, the bandit, a true story 351 Beef, &c. new method of curing 192 Church at Gutzkow Beech tree, description of 401 Cigars, Manilla, manufacture of 078 Birkbeck's letters from Illinois 32 241 177 162 366 Coincidences, superstitious 277,487 428 483 Coleridge, the poet, literary character of 435 191 194 214 a Comparison 295 283 185 395 143 Evening-star, Beechey's picture of 160 129 395 Extracts from an Arctic navigator's jour- 289 178 412 88, 156 84 409 308 122 162 143 Fairfax and Lorenzo de Medicis 266 106 444 Females, Persian, seclusion of 185, 238 145 316 Felix Alvarez, or manners in Spain 235,254 109 201 284 485 393 Fidelity, remarkable instance of 204 282 105, 159 361 492 Ford's mother Sawyer, the witch 277 38 312 Forest trees, description of 321, 401,483 493 119 143 Frea, or Friga, Saxon-pagan goddess 281 185 220 125 Friendship of Apollo dangerous 269 171 Frige-day, or Friday, origin of name of 281 237 269 208 272 178 315 281 284 Genius 176 Gessner, Conrad 270 Giant's column 132 385 Giant's altar in the wood of Odin 132 Glaciers of Mexico 160, 170 383 93 54 81 162 162, 490 398 Goodness of heart, attendant upon genius 178 88 143 161 92, 253 Greek, Roman, and Irish fairies, coinci- dences between 277, 487 384 30 413 399 177 269 Hedgehogs, superstitious notion on 244 2 years old covery of 165 Melancholy Heart of Mid-Lothian 398 115 77 Lord's prayer, English version, 1000 163 432 Love-plant, pretended properties of 172 216 68 487 44 92 116 188 201 312 316 110 Mahogany, Callender's mode of seasoning 316 492 366 192 Mary, queen of Scots, Chalmers' life of 368 432 468 122 143 155 Mexico, glaciers and volcanoes of 160, 170 934 144 245 375 143 Mercer, origin of the name of 34 162 177 Milton, Curran's opinion of 184 269 43 Minstrel of Bruges 336, 377, 417 368 Millar's chemistry, new work 143 Milliner, origin of the name of 443 Mitzlaff, count, affecting anecdote of 194 111 109 Montmorenci, constable of France 125 Modern Persia, military spirit of 270 138 492 172, 238 230 427 Modern Rome 491 491 Moore, Thomas, remarks on the poetry of 329 394 189 Mooneday,or Monday,origin of the name 279 415 485 402 Monastery of the great St. Bernard 437 297 271 Morier's second journey thro’ Persia,&c. 138, 187, 270 36 Moxa, or actual cautery, Chinese mode 297 155 243 411 Mosses and lichens 269 278 40, 428 316 406 428 95 Museum of Kircher at Rome 465 294 239 295 Narrative of the shipwreck of the Medusa 66 396 Naturalist's diary 80, 399, 481 sage in 124 - - - Nankin, Chinese cloth, notice of 155 Religion 177 178 Reflections of a young man in prison 24 267 309 Recluse of the Pyrenees, poem of 469 493 122 369 130 203 305 318 368 444 446 88 45 193 116 116 218 116 Remigius 42 190 42 42 43 43 43 199 200 313 of the week 279 120 Saturday, or Seater-day, Henry's and Verstegan's account of 281 158 85 288, 446 82 30, 109 312 188 Scientific miscellanies 284, 324, 316, 406 322 13 187 Seater, pagan-Saxon god of time 281 178 423 268 34 394 395 393 Shetland islands, Kater's measurement 163 45 Shatir's tower, Persian tradition of 188 104 155 151 344 35 Sketches of manners 20, 51, 106, 145, 173, 324 218, 261, 297, 344, 374, 409, 457 281 286, 415 232 152 312 Snake, large, Gumilla's account of 162 193 188 94 Snow, its nature and properties 320 288 119 Spence's, iniss, sketches of Scotland 368 400 Song-writing 268 Umbrella, first introduction in London 394 105 244 177 Use of the preternatural in fiction 305 45 459 Useful arts 120, 124, 191, 316 415 444 427 15,57 Verstegan's account of Saxon deities 279 194 Vernet and Voltaire, anecdote of 233 490 31 Visit to Glasgow 77 to Edinburgh 192 248 history 248 268 Wassel-bowl and health drinking 144 150 picture of 105 279 261 208 393 374 Water turned to marble 393 309 248 231 Wearing the breeches, proverb of 397 312 64 85 421 162, 274 179 194 242, 320 263, 300 393, 484 117 160, 170 39 415 189 165 279 Zenzeed, or Persian love-plant 172 189 475 POETRY. Arctic moon 406 407 137 327 287 166 Ellen Bhoyochyd, ancient Scottish ballad 319 203 Father's adieu to his daughter 167 148 366 326 Fire-damp, triumph over 395 328 Friendship, a dramatic sketch 128 336 168 Ground swell 206 367 205 Had I the wit of Newstead's noble bard 287 335 286 |