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Berlin, A. Asher.-Hamburg, Perthes & Besser.-Leipsic, Black & Armstrong, (of London.)-St. Petersburgh, A. Asher.
United States of America, Adlard & Co., New York.-Upper Canada, Rowsell, Toronto.

M.DCCC.XLI.

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Botany, advantages of the study of, 27 Extraordinary case of John Carter, 43

Bride of Syria, the, 191

Brighton, farewell to, 30

British manufactures, spread of, 24
Brompton stock, 54

Buonaparte, his cruelty at Jaffa, 191 repulsed before Acre, 197

Byblos, description of, 231

Camel cricket, description of, 156
Carmel, Mount, 191

Carter, John, extraordinary case of, 43

Castles in the air, 15

Cephalonia, description of, 65

Cerigo, description of, 67

Characters, arrow-headed, 6

cuneiform, 6

Chatillon, Raymond of, 246

Childhood and childishness, 116

Children, Christian, 141
Chimney-sweepers, 6

China, white wax-insect of, 55

Christian children, 141

Christianity, influences of, 111

not gloomy, 99

Christchurch, Hants, 145

Christ's Hospital, description of, 193,

201, 225, 241

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Fables:

Scythian presents, 80

The Traveller, the Adder, and the
Fox, 93

Faculties, abuse of, 224
Fakr-ed-Din, history of, 223
Farewell to Brighton, 30
Farthings, Queen Anne's, 76
Far West, bee-hunt in the, 182
Faults of others, 179

Fear, effects of, on health, 94
Field of Cloth of Gold, 12

Fire-fly, the Indian, 136

First steam trip on the Missisippi, 14 Fish decoys, 199

Flowers, influence of, 103

Folly of querulousness, 166
Force of example, 3

Forget-me-Not, complaint of, 54
lines to the, 60

France, St. Louis, king of, 196
Frederic I., Emperor, 196
11.. Emperor, 247
progressive changes of, 50

Frog, the, 49

Garden Herbs:

VI. Parsley, 23

VII. Balm, Marigold, 70 VIII. Marjoram, 155 Gassendi, early days of, 133 Gems and Precious Stones, I., 4-II., 11-III., 187-IV., 203-V., 221VI., 229-VII., 243 George, the St., 139 Glanworth Castle, 137 Godfrey de Bouillon's castle, 247 Godson, address to a, 247 Gold, Field of the Cloth of, 42 Good arising from pain, 24 Good name, value of, 165 Goodness of Providence, 135 Gossamer spider, 149 Gozo, description of, 174 Gresley, extract from, 567 Guy de Lusignan, 208

Happiness, 24, 76, 179 Harbour of St. Simeon, 246 Headingham Castle, 61

Health, effects of fear on, 94

Historical Sketches:

I. Case of the Calas family, 107
II. English generosity, 189

Hittin, battle of, 195

Home, love of, 159, 167

Hospital, Christ's, description of, 193, 201, 225, 241

Hospitallers, Knights, 196

Ibrahim Pacha, capture of Acre by,

197

Idle complaints, 166

Idol, Persian, account of, 5
Ignorance, 165
Imitation, 48

Improvement of rural education, 32
Indian fire-fly, 136

Influences of Christianity, 111
flowers, 103

Inhumanity of employing children as chimney-sweeps, 6

Integrity, 104

Intellect, vanity of, 99

Ionian Islands:

I. History, government, and legisla. tion, 9

II. Corfu, 29

III. Zante and Paxo, 44

IV. Cephalonia and Cerigo, 65 V. Ithaca and Santa Maura, 113 Ithaca, description of, 113

Jackdaw, the, 247
Jaffa, description of, 191
Jean d'Acre, St., 196

Jerusalem, kingdom of, 208

Jews, the Polish, 13

John Carter, extraordinary case of, 43 Judging of God, 60

July, 7

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Magician and his man, 150
Mainotes, the, 198
Malta, some account of :-

No. I., General remarks, 82-Early
history of the Maltese islands, 82
-Early history of the knights of
Malta, 83-Commencement of the
modern military importance of
Malta, 84-Commencement of the
grand siege of Malta by the Turks,
85-Termination of the Turkish
siege, 86-Foundation of Valetta
and other public works, 86-De-
cline of the knights, 87
No. II., Arrival of Napoleon Buona-
parte at Malta, 170-Capitulation
of Malta to Buonaparte, 170-
What did the French do for Malta?
171-Arrival of the, English at
Malta, 172-Peace of Amiens, 172
-Froberg's regiment, 173-What
have the English done for Malta?
173-Description of Malta, Gozo,
and Cumino, 174-Cities of Malta,
175

No. III., Antiquities, 250-Natural
History, 251-Health, 252-Qua-
rantine, 253-Resources, 254-
Conclusion, 255-Postscript, 255

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Marjoram, 155

Marmot, the, 205

Maronites, the, 239

Marvell, Andrew, letter by, 119
Mehemet Ali, 181

Memory of the dead, 54

Meteora, rocks of, 129

Missisippi, first steam trip on the, 14
Modesty, 69

Monothelites, the, 239

Months, Natural History of the,-
VII. July, 7

VIII. August, 47
IX. September, 91
X. October, 131
XI. November, 183

XII. December, 220

Montserrat, Conrad of, 196, 208
More, Sir Thomas, remark by, 67
Mosul, Kerboga, prince of, 246
Mountain ash, the, 16

Mountains, comparative size of, 181
Mourning for the dead, 24

Name, value of a good, 165

Nautes, edict of, 19

Natural History of the Months :-
VII. July, 2

VIII. August, 47
IX. September, 91

X. October, 131
XI. November, 183
XII. December, 220
Nature, beauties of, 141
contemplation of, 31

Necessary things, 188
Notes on sheep, 32

Notice of some remarkable zoophytes,

235

November, 183

Nuthatch, the, 117

Nuts and Nutting, I., 102-II., 115

Observance of the Sabbath, 31

Obstacles to repose of mind, 104
October, 131

Old English Mansions :-
I. Bramshill, 2

II. Haddon Hall, 90
Opie, Mrs., anecdote by, 248
Others, faults of, 179

Palestine, Prince Edward in, 169 Palin, selection from, 18 Paris, some account of, Part IV., 33formation of the Catholic league, 33-day of the Barricades, 34siege of Paris by Henry of Navarre, 34-reign of Henry Quatre, edict of Nantes, Louis the Thir teenth, 35-civil wars of the Frondists, 35-siege of Paris by Condé, 36-splendour and pomp of Louis's court, 37-revocation of the edict of Nantes, 37-manners of the Parisians in the seventeenth century, 38-contests during the minority of Louis the Fifteenth, 39reigns of Louis the Fifteenth and Sixteenth, and gradual approach of the revolution, 39 Part V. Causes of the French revolution, 121-National Assembly; destruction of the Bastile, 121the royal prerogative suspended, 122-trial, condemnation, and execution of the king, 123-commencement of the reign of terror, 124-execution of the queen, 125 -fall of Robespierre, 126-establishment of the Executive Directory, 127-forcible appointment of the consulate under Buonaparte, 127-Buonaparte's assumption of imperial dignity, 128

Part VI. Topographical description, 209-north west Paris, 210-northern faubourgs, 211-central Paris, 211-north-eastern Paris, 212

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Sabbath, observance of the, 31
St. Chrysostom, remark by, 24
St. George, the, 139

St. Simeon, harbour of, 246
Saladin before Acre, 196

Salvator Rosa, and his Works, I., 178

-II., 218-III., 234
Sandford, Mrs., extract from, 3
Santa Maura, description of, 114
Scanderoun, description of, 247
Scepticism, 136

Scythian presents, the, 80
Seal-engraving, 243

Seleucis, description of, 247
Self-confidence, 147
Self-love and passion, 72
September, 91

Sève, Colonel (Soliman Pacha) 181
Sheep, different names of, 32
notes on, 32

utility of, 32
shearing, 32

dogs, Spanish, 5

Shepherd, the Spanish, 109
Shortness of life, 30
Sidon, description of, 205
Skirlaw chapel, 167

Soliman Pacha, (Colonel Sève,) 181

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on sheep, 32

Spanish sheep-dogs, 5

shepherd, the, 109

Spider, gossamer, 149
Spite, 129

Spread of British manufactures, 24
Squirrel, the, 133

Stock, the Brompton, 54

Study of botany, advantages of the,

27

Suicide, 27

Sullivan, Mrs., remark by, 198
Swediyah, description of, 247
Sympathy, 109

Syrian coast, the, I., 180-II, 191-
III., 195—IV., 206-V., 223–VI.,
231-VII., 238-VIII., 245

Tammuz, weeping for, 231
Tarabolous, description of, 232
Technicalities, 27

Temper, equality of, 69
The earth is the Lord's, 18
Theodoric, king, anecdote of, 248
The only two beautiful things, 64

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Thoughts on eternity, 30
Tiberias, battle of, 195
Time wasted, 182
Toglakabad, ruins of, 17
Tokens, tradesmen's, 63
Tranquillity, 48

Travel, proper object of, 5
Traveller, the adder, and the fox, 93
Tripoli, description of, 232
Triumphs over bodily suffering, 78
True liberality, 188

True philosophy, 219
religion, 182

Truth, 219

Tyre, description of, 207

Uses of a Church establishment, 67
conversation, 24
Utility of sheep, 32

Value of a good name, 165

Vanity of intellect 90
Venus, to the planet, 156
Violets, 54

Virtue, true happiness, 24
Vivid pleasures, 136

Weeping for Tammız, 231
White-wax insect, 55
World, knowledge of, 136
Wordsworth, sonnet to, 8
sonnet by, 156

Zante, description of, 44
Zoophytes, notice of some remarkable,
235

Procession from the Field of the Cloth
of Gold, 41

Quagga, the, 144

Queen Anne's farthings,"76

Raven, the, 165

Rook, the, 68

Rose diamond, 12"

Rue St. Antoine and the Bastille, 33
Ruins of Tuglakabad, 17

St. Andrew's Church, Plymouth, 91
St. Cloud, palace of, 198
Salvator Rosa, pictures by,

Diogenes about to throw away his
cup, 218

Diogenes in search of an honest
man, 177

Jacob wrestling with the angel, 233
Scythian presents, the, 80
Seal-engraver's tools, 244,

Sidon, modern, 208

Skirlaw Chapel, 168

South American fire-fly, 141, 142
Spring bok, the, 96

Squirrel, the, 133

Toglakabad, ruins of, 17

Tokens, tradesmen's, 64

Tombstone, King Arthur's, 164

Tools, seal-engraver's, 244

Town hall and library, Devonport, 101
Tradesmen's tokens, 64

Traveller, the adder, and the fox, 93
Tuilleries, palace of the, 121

Uncut diamond, 12

Valetta, marine of, 176

Vendôme, Place, Paris, 216

Victualling Office, Plymouth, 152

Vignacourt, Alof de, grand master of
the knights of St. John, 88

Village, Kaffer, 153

Ville, hôtel de, Paris, 209

Walking-leaf insect, 157
Weevil. nut, 116

White-wax insect, 56

Whittington's library, Christ's Hos
pital, 201

Zante, Grand Piazza at, 45'
Zoophytes, 236, 237

ERRATUM.

In Vol. XIII, p. 234, it is incorrectly stated, that the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich is used for the preparation of Cadets for the East India
Company's service; the institution in question is solely for the education of Officers for the Royal Artillery and Engineers.

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