JOHN WILLIAM PARKER, WEST STRAND; NEW YORK, WILLIAM JACKSON; BOSTON, JOSEPH H. FRANCIS; PHILADELPHIA, ORRIN ROGERS; BALTIMORE, W. RICHARDS AND SON. 1836. Arabic, translations from the, by W. K., Christianity, how it may be mani195, 231 Arno and its Bridges, the, 186 Arts. Useful, described, 15, 23, 28, 63, 95, 119, 149, 164, 192, 207, 223 Associates, cautions respecting, 239 Assynt, 252 Atheism, folly of, exemplified, 221 Aurora Borealis, stanzas on the, by R. C. P., 221 Autumn Evening, the, 147 Bacon, Lord, extract from, 155 Baubat Caterpillar, mode of forming its nest, 13 Bangor Cathedral, North Wales, 76 Beetle, sacred, of the Egyptians, 68 the, and the Horses of the Pasha, a Fable, 91 Bell, Song of the, 233 Bell-Bird, account of the, 200 Berlin, some account of, 122-capture by the French, 123-the river Spree, and its bridges, 123-its gates, streets, and houses, 124the royal palace. churches, and other public buildings, 125, 126manufactures and commerce, 127 Bernard, St., a precept of, 53 Beveridge, extract from, 228 Bible, English, first translation of, 109 Society, the French and Foreign, 227 Biography, advantages of, 143 of Prey, defect of smell in, 72 Blood, Circulation of, in Man, 27 Bones of Animals tinged by feeding on colouring substances, 54 Bouquetin, or Ibex, 243 Brahminee Bulls, 136 Bridge at Fribourg, 215 Menai, 212 Rope, 210 Hammersmith, 214 Bridgewater Treatises, extracts from, 193, 227, 238, 240 Brighton, the Suspension-Pier at, 213 Brussels, some account of the city of, 34-situation and climate, 34streets, squares, and palaces, 35 -senate-house, town-hall, and palace of the Fine Arts, 36Botanic Garden, church of St. Gudule, and cemeteries, 37-environs, Waterloo. &c., 38 Bucer, extract from, 231 Burke, selections from, 167, 190 Business, necessity of attention to, 51 fested, 227 Chrysostom, a saying of, 195 Church of Scotland, discipline of, 170 Cider and Perry, how made, 120 Coffee and Chocolate. 164 Bishop, extract from, 239 Combe, selections from, 102, 151 Comet, lines on the, 149 Halley's, 180 lines on the, by R. C. P., 195 Cordova, Cathedral or Mosque of, 26 Creative Power, operations of, 192 Cruelty to Animals, remarks on, 68 D'Aguesseau, anecdote of, 133 Date Palm-tree, account of, 93 Distilling, different modes of, 149 Dogs and Cats, their dispositions, 228 Drew, extracts from, 19, 51 Drunkenness, on the effects of, 200 Duncansby Stacks, Caithness, 87 Dunrobin Castle, account of, 172 Dutch Farmers at the Cape of Good Hope, 240 Dying Words of a Christian, 239 Eagle and her young, flight of the, 183 Eastern story of Obidah and the Hermit, 168 East India Stations, VI., Allahabad, 10-VII. Ghazeepore. 103 Charitable judgment recommended, 23 Ebullition, causes and effects of, 196 Charity and self denial. 47 Cheerfulness a necessary part of religion, 77 Cheese, how made, 244 Cherokee Indians, the tutors of West, 102 Chi ga of the West Indies, 44 Children, ye rly meeting of, in St. St. Paul sathedral, 159 Education, National, 78 Egypt, Mohammed Ali, Pacha of, 130 Egyptians, sacred Beetle of the, 68 Electro Magnet, account of the, 232 Erasmus, biographical sketch of, 146 Eternity, wisdom of preparing for, 118 Evening Hours, the, 64 the Autumn, 147 Exercise, best time for taking, 111 of the Lungs, 206 Exercise, different kinds of, 141 Exeter, Miles Coverdale, Bishop of, 190 Expectation and enjoyment, 226 Experimental Science, Familiar Illustrations of, IX., 196 Fables the Ocean and the Rivers, 13; the Beetles and the Horses of the Pasha, 91; the Palace of Death, 231 Familiar Illustrations of Natural Phenomena, XV., 22 Field Flowers, poetical address to, 44 Fire-flies, magical beauty of, 167 Flight of Birds, 134 of Insects, 166 of the Eagle and her young, 183 Florence, the Arno and its Bridges, in, 186 Fly in Turnips, 181 Fox, John. gentle rebuke by, 53 the attempted invasion of Irelaud, 165 Fribourg, in Switzerland, the Suspen sion- Bridge, at, 215 Funeral at Sea, the, 152 Fungi and Mosses, 188 Galvanism, 231 Generosity and Prudence, 240 Gigantic Salamander, 112 Glauber's Salt, mode of preparation, 227 God, Justice of, 23 Good-Breeding, the art of, 208 Good Example, its beneficial tendency, 30 Goodness and Slander, 32 Grammar Schools in England, 236 Gymnastics, beneficial tendency of, 95 Hacho, king of Lapland, story of, 158 Hall, Bishop, selections from, 14, 31, 77, 93, 99, 189 Capt Basil, selections from, 67, 71 Robert, extract from, 118 Halley's Comet, 180 Hamburg. City of, 50 Hammersmith Suspension-Bridge, 214 Hand, the Human, its structure and uses, 198 Harvest in Nassau, 30 and Disease, remarks on, 102 Herrings, migrations of, 253 Dr., on the Human Race, 112 on Drunkenness, 200 Hone, Rev. R. B., on the advantages of Biography, 143 Honesty, or Lunaria, account of, 45 House-Fly, the, 148 Ibex, or Bouquetin, 243 203 Immoderate desires, remark on, by Dr. Johnson, 102 Kirchner, anecdote of, 221 Knowledge unprofitably sought, 77 the acquirement of, 182 the result of study, 195 La Bruyere, extract from, 187 Learning, advantages of, 155 Letter writing, Chinese, specimen of, 14 Life, sea of, the adventurer on, 60 Light, effect of the presence or absence of, 203 --and its influence on animal and vegetable nature, 238 Lightning, effects of, on Oaks, 156 Lion and Buffalo Fight, 144 Lochs Inchard and Laxford, 175 Lucerne, Town of, in Switzerland, 98 Mackerel Fishery, 69 Malt Liquors, Dr. Hodgkin's remarks on, 165 Man, adaptation of his faculties to the capabilities of inanimate nature, 18 Manners and Customs of the Turks, I., a Turkish Festival, 90 of the Chinese, change of in 74, 138 the Highlands, 251 Mant, Bishop, selections from, 23, 179, 195, 208, 227 Market-Cross at Devizes, 60 Military Station of the Chinese, 183 Missionaries in India, Correspondence Mornay, Philip de, sayings of, 148, 167 Motion, Great Numbers, descriptive of, 61 temper, 75 his mildness of New Year's Eve, lines on, 248 Obidah and the Hermit, 168 Olive Oil, its manufacture, 24 Ouraug Outang, account of, 100 Ox and Cow, the various species of, 223 Palace of Death, the-a Fable, 231 Past and future, svmbols of, 107 Perseverance, necessity of, 117 remarks of Baron de Grimm on, 239 Pickles, Plants used for, 29 28 Plato's remark on Children, 228 Poisonous Vegetables, 226 Poppy, the White, 220 Potato, prejudice against the, 147 Private Life, extract from, 151 Queen Elizabeth, 247 Rebuke, a gentle, 53 Reliance upon Providence, 158, 239 Religion the best consolation in misfortune, 30 the pleasures derived from, by Lavater, 227 no regular and supported conduct without the aid of, 221 Religious Knowledge, its importance as a part of education 117 Retzsch, (Moritz.) his illustrations of the Song of the Bell, 233 Rhodes, account of the Island of, 42 Riches and Poverty-Calmet, 148 Rising Moon, lines on the, 184 Robertson, Dr., on the Circulation of the Blood, 27 Rooks, remarks on, 31 Rope-Bridge in Tibet, 210 Rose-gardens of Ghazeepore, 103 Rowe, extract from, 187 Sabbath Sonnet, by Mrs. Hemans, 44 observance of the, in Scotland, 250 Salamander, Gigantic, 112 peculiar process of obtaining, at Scepticism. Bishop Mant on, 208 Scoiland. Sketches of the Highlands and Islands of. 82, 170, 250 Scriptures, presumption of objecting against, 118 Scudery on complaisance, 195 Silence, Sonnet on, 168 Sinclair and Girnego, Castles of, 88 of the Bell, 234 fects of, 229 Staubbach, the Fall of the, 162 St. Paul's Cathedral, yearly meeting to, 175, 176 Swift, Dean, selections from, 91, 158, 195, 228 Switzerland, town of Lucerne, in, 98 Valley of the Mouotta, 154 Talents, remark on their abuse, 77 Thelwall, anecdote of, 138 -, Suspension-bridge in, 210 Time, on the misuse of, 4 improvement of, 116 remarks on, 133 Trade- Winds, the, 190 Trees, Fruits, and Flowers, remarks on, 167 Tuberose, singular property of, 107 Turbulence and hurry often a cover for idleness, 53 Turkish festival, description of, 90 Vaporisation, causes and effects of, 196 Vice, the best restraint from, 77 Virtue, the sole parent of felicity. 14 Wales, Princess Charlotts of, 194 uses of, 240 Waterloo, Battle of. 38 Weather, the necessity of protection against, 135 West, Benjamin, anecdote f, 102 "What is that, Mother?" by Doane, 207 White, of Selborne, lines by, 12 on rooks, 31 Whiten Head, Loch Eribol, 174 Wines, consumption of, in England, 95 Wisdom and Knowledge not always companions, 24 and goodness of God in the animal Creation, 101 Witchcraft, belief in, in the Orkneys, 87 Wurzburg, account of, 66 Princess Charlotte, Monument of, 193 Protococcus nivalis, or Ret Snow, 133 Quercus suber, or Cork-tree, 17 Rhodes, Tower of St. Nicholas, at, 41 Rope-bridge across a torrent in the Himmala, 216 Salamander, Gigantic, 112 Sea-weed, various species of, 132, 133 Sinclair and Girnego, Castles of, 88 Song of the Bell, 233 Spanish Inn, interior of, 57 Steam- Engine, cylinder and piston of a, 197 St. George's Chapel, monument of the 153 Bridge over the Mouotta, Fall of the Staubbach, 161 View at Neuchatel, 217 Sycamore Petiol Peziza, 189 Tomb at Ghazeepore, in India, 104 Water-Dropwort, 225 |