Clathrus, fearlet, curious account
of the motion of the fibres
of that wonderful little plant,
184.
Coffee, the cultivation of, in our
West Indies, recommended,
147. Methods of, ib.
Coins, question proposed by
the National Affembly of
France, relative to an inva-
riable ftandard of, 508. Re-
marks on that fubject, by five
gentlemen of the Royal Aca-
demy of Sciences, ib.
Conyngham, Hon. Mr. his de-
fcription of the theatre at Sa-
guntum, 296.
Cooke, Mr. his defcription of a
team engine, 66.
Cookiey, Mr. his defign of writ-
ing the hiftory of Worcester-
fhire, 320.
Correfpondence with the Review-
ers, viz. LAVENENSIS, on a
paffage in Ariftotle's Poetic,
119. A CONSTANT READ-
ER, on a "New help to dif-
courfe," 120. R. S. on the
dilatoriness of Reviewers, ib.
LUCIUS, concerning a paper
written by Dr. Cleghorn, on a
"Cafe of inverted uterus,'
240. R. Y. on the exorbitant
prices of pamphlets, 30. LA-
VENENSIS, on Cypress, Cy-
prus, Cypariffus, Camphire, &c.
Coulomb, M. his fixth memoir
on electricity, 512.
Couper, Mr. his particular de-
fign in tranflating Homer, 432.
Obfervations on, 433. Gene-
ral character of his tranfla-
tion, 434. Specimens of the
work, with remarks, 435.
Crumwell, Lord, his letter to the
Earl of Shrewsbury, 4.
Dancing, art of, prohibited by
the Methodists, 570.
Desfontaines, M. his obfervations
on the lotos of Lybia, 518.
Digitalis purpurea, its medical
attributes, 166.
Dog, fidelity of that honeft ani-
mal poetically noticed, 123.
Du Hamel, M. his memoir on
the art of feparating filver
from copper by means of lead,
516.
Eaft Indies, tracts relative to the
war there, and the Company's
trade, 50. 98. 108. 250. 424.
443.
Eclipfe, the famous race-horse,
his form and proportions, 469.
Electricity, experiments and cal-
culations relative to, 512.
Elephant, the power and fury of
this animal, when hard-preff-
ed by the hunters, 422.
Re-
markable instance of, 423.
Etna, Mount, its high antiqui-
ty, according to the accounts
of Recupero and Brydone, dif-
puted, 322.
Ferrar, Mr. Nicolas, his emi-
nent character, 258.
Ferriar, Dr. his account of a case
of the hydrophobia, 157.
Ferris, Dr. his account of a cafe
of petechia fine febre, 158.
Fires, in buildings, new inven-
tion for extinguishing, 281.
Fleurieu, M. fuppofed to have
been affaffinated in Paris, 552.
Flintoff, Mr. his letter to Mr.
Robfon, on the motion of the
fibres in the clathrus, 184.
Ford, Mr. his account of a ca-
theter left in the bladder, &c.
159. Of an imperforated rec-
tum, ib.
Dalby, Mr. on the longitudes of Fouchy, M. De, his eulogy, 509.
Fougeroux de Bondaroy, M. his
memoir
memoir on the detonation of
falt of glass, when thrown,
while in fufion, into water,
516.
Fourcroy, M. de, fupplement to
his elements of chemistry, &c.
by whom written, 170. His
memoir on azotic gas, &c. 171.
His memoir on the combuf-
tion of fome fubftances in oxy-
genated muriatic acid gas,
513. His memoir on the
phenomena which take place
on the precipitation of metal-
lic folutions made by ammo-
niac, 515.
Fox-glove. See Digitalis.
France, the new conftitution of
government there highly com.
mended, 271. Mode of con-
ducting general elections there,
greatly preferable to the Eng-
lifh, 273 Happy effects of
the abolition of tithes there,
276. The proteftant religion
greatly promoted by the re-
volution there, 281. Eng-
lish churches publicly encou-
raged at Dunkirk, Bologne,
and in Paris, ib. Obferva-
tions on the prefent politics of
France, 469. 548. 565. 567.
Franklin, Dr. Benjamin, his cha-
racter defended against a flan-
derous ftory, propagated by
one Landais, 97.
Fraxinus ornus, botanical account
of, 162. See alfo Manna.
Free Mafonry, its beneficence ex-
tended to the female fex, 582.
Gardenflone, Lord, his travelling
memorandums, 253. His re-
commendation of milk warm
from the cow, ib.
Gauffen, M. his two memoirs on
the comparative dilatation of
mercury and fpirits of wine,
483.
Gellieu, M. De, his defcription
of a new kind of bee-hive,
489.
Gentil, M. his obfervations on
the fpecies of fucus growing on
the coast of Normandy, 518.
Aftronomical papers by him,
in the last vol. of the Acad. of
Sciences at Paris, 520.
George II. his character, 29.
Grain, Mrs. Phillips's obferva-
tions on the high price of, 471.
Granary, public, at Geneva, de-
fcribed, 255.
Granite, effay on the formation
of, 487.
Graves, Dr. his remarks on an
instance of meteorifmus ventri-
culi, 158.
Guards, foot, obfervations relative
to, 100. Reform of, urged, ib.,
Hafsenfratz, M. on hydrogenous
Haiy, Abbé, his memoir on the
double refraction of Iceland
cryftal, 510.
his analytical method of
refolving problems relating to
the structure of crystals, 523.
Henry IV. of France, anecdotes
relative to, 248.
Horne, Bishop, his ferious lamen-
tation on the general disbelief
of the doctrine of the Trinity,
235. His cenfure of one of
our univerfities, ib.
Howard, John, the reformer of
prifons, memoirs of his life,
298. His death, 299. His
travels and writings, 302.
Hudjon's Bay Company vindi-
cated against Mr. Umfreville,
136.
Hydrophobia, cafe of, with ap
pearances on diffection, 157.
Obfervations on the prevention.
See
and treatment of, ib.
alfo Rabies Canina.
James II. his acceffion to the
throne anticipated with horror,
yet fuffered to take place with-
out oppofition, 417.
Idolatry, Chriftian, its innocen-
cy, 580.
Jeaurat, M. his obfervations on
an eclipse of the fun, June 4th
1788, 522.
Jahnson, Dr. Sam. anecdotes re-
lative to, 72. His opinion of
marriage, 74. On the uni-
verfities, ib. His account of
the fhare which Cibber had in
the Lives of the Poets, contra-
dicted, 75. The perfon and
character of Dr. Johnfon de-
fcribed, 79. His opinion of
party-voting, 367, the note.
Jonab in the whale's belly, fpi-
ritualized and typified, 149.
Jones, Sir William, his view of
the boundaries of China, 495.
Of the chronology of the Hin-
dos, 501. On the antiquity
of the Indian Zodiac, 505.
Ireland, method of afcertaining.
the population of, 69. The
Roman Catholics of, defended,
343 449. See alfo Beauford.
Iren mak, the famous prifoner
in the Baftile fo difguifed, fup-
pofed to have been the elder
brother of Lewis XIV. 557.
Kearney, Dr. his remarks on the
history of alphabetic writing,
289.
Kentucky, in N. America, its pro-
duce, 393. Principles on which
that fate intends to complete
its fyftem of jurisprudence, 398.
Kirwan, Mr. his experiments on
the alkaline fubftances ufed in
bleaching, and on the colour-
ing matter of linen yarn, 63.
His letter to Lord Charlemont,
on coal-mines, 66. See alfo
Pouget.
Landais, Monf. his flander of the
memory of Dr. Franklin re-
futed, 97.
Lande, M. de la, fundry aftro-
nomical papers by, in the me-
moirs of the Royal Academy of
Sciences at Paris, 1798. 518,
519, 520.
Lafone, M. his eulogy, 509.
Lavoifier, M. on the combuftion
of iron in vital air, 170.
Lee, Gen. Charles, ketch of his
character, 470.
Le Gendre, M. his calculation of
the triangles between Green-
wich and Paris, 522. On
double integrals, 523.
Levade, Dr. his account of a
fpecies of Somnambulism occa-
fioned by a blow, 483. His
Report on a cafe of noctambula-
tion, ib. On the nat, hist. of
wafps, 484. On the baths of
Louech, 487.
Lobfier, curious inftance of the
averfion of that animal to the
found of cannon, 127.
Loftie, Mr. his obfervations on
the prevention and treatment
of the hydrophobia, 157.
Longitudes of Dunkirk and Paris
deduced. See Dalby.
Lonsdale, Lord, Peter Pindar's
conciliatory verfes to, 211.
Lotteries, flate, a favourite mode
of gambling with the common
people of Rome, in the prefent
age, 225. Ruinous effects of,
ib.
Louech, account of the baths of,
487.
Laynes, Cardinal, his eulogy,
509. His freedom from bi-
gotry, ib.
M
Manna, account of its produc-
tion from the flowering afh,
&c. 152. Medical properties
of this fubstance, 165.
Manfion-
Manfion-boufe, old, in ruins, po-
etic lamentation over, 121.
Manuel, M. cenfured for his col-
lection of Mirabeau's letters,
491.
Map of the world, attempt to
conftruct one, on a very large
fcale, 425.
Marck, M. de la, his memoir on
the nutmeg-tree, 517.
Marefhal powder, jeft concern-
ing, 566.
Marfeilles, the inhabitants of,
uncommonly profperous and
happy, 254.
Mary Q. of Scots, committed to
the, cuftody of the Earl of
Shrewsbury, 5. His complaint
of expences incurred on that
account, 6. Her wine-baths,
ib. Other enormous charges,
May, Dr. William, his corre-
1pondence with Dr. Percival,
on the phthifis pulmonalis, 138.
Medicus, M. Fred. Cafimir, bis
memoir on the formation of
mushrooms, 484.
Memory, pleafures of, poetically
defcribed, 121.
Metelin, fingular cuftoms of the
women there, who have ar-
rogated the privileges of the
men, 293. Suppofed to have
formerly conftituted an Ama-
zonian commonwealth, 295.
Minifh, Mr. account of his ma-
nufactory of bone ash, 330, the
Minifters, of Great Britain, fea-
fonable advice to, in regard to
political reforms, &c. 373.
Mirabeau, Count de, his extra-
ordinary character, 492. Au-
thentic edition of his letters,
494.
Moderation in enjoyment, recom-
mended to young perfons, 387.
Monnier, M. his obfervations on
the folar eclipfe, June 15, 1787,
518. His obfervations on the
folfticial altitude of the fun, ib.
Morveau, M. on the dilatability
of air and gas by heat, 171.
Mufcular motion, animal, pro-
perties of, 401.
Myfore country defcribed, 51.
Myftery, inquiry into the fcrip-
ture meaning of that word,
Negroes, their eafy state of fervi-
tude in North America, 126.
New Tefiament, various paffages
in Mr. Wakefield's tranflation
of, quoted as fpecimens, 243.
Nobility, antiquity of, 555.
Nodambulation. See Levade.
Orange, Prince of, charged with
being privy to the Duke of
Monmouth's rebellion, 418.
Vindicated on this head, ib.
Pemphigus, facts relative to, 159.
Percival, Dr. his obfervations on
the nature and treatment of
the Phibifis Pulmonalis, 138.
On the caules and treatment
of the d-opfy of the brain, 159.
Phthifis Pulmonalis, remarks re.
lative to the proper treatment
of that dangerous disease, 138.
Pindar, Peter, his fatiric lines to
Mr. Burke, 210. His conci-
liatory verfes to Lord Lonf-
dale, 211. His patriotic ad-
drefs to Liberty, ib.
Pitt, Mr. advised how to pre-
vent a revolution in this
country, 353. See alfo Mi-
nifters.
Place, M. de la, his theory of
Jupiter's Satellites, 520.
Poetical extracts in this volume,
viz. From Mrs. Radcliffe's Ro-
mance of the Foreft, 86.- The
Baviad, 94-An Epifle to Mr.
Wilberforce, 104. Pleasures of
Memory, 121. Odes of Import
ance, by Peter Pincar, 210.
Whitehoufe's Ode to the me-
mory of Sir Joshua Reynolds,
226. Stockdale's Poetic Views
on the Banks of the Wear, 227.
Banter's Epifle of Condolence to
General Gunning, 228. Poeti-
cal Effays, &c. 234. Jerning-
ham's Abelard to Eloifa, 310.
Sonnets of Shakspeare, 333.
Bowles's Monody at Matlock,
334. Discarded Spinfter, 335.
Invitation, a Poem, ib. Cow-
per's Tranflation of Homer, 434
-443. Mrs. Robinion's Mo-
nody on Sir Joshua Reynolds,
454. L'Avocat du Diable,
455. A Poem on Difcovery,
458. Christianity, a Poem,
459.
Poetry, not translateable, 77.
Preacher, a fashionable one de-
fcribed, 110.
Price, Dr. his character, as a
political Reformer, vindicated,
213.
Palms, different tranflation of
various paffages in, 45.
Public Worship defended, against
the objections of Mr. Wake-
field, by Dr. Difney, 33.
by Eufebia, 36.
by Mr. Wilson, 37.
-, by Dr. Priestley,
by Mrs. Barbauld,
Pope, Mr. paffages in his tranf-
lation of Homer, compared
with that of Mr. Cowper, 441
-443.
Portpatrick, in Scotland, defcrib-
ed, 285. Statistical account
of the town and parifh, 286.
Pouget, M. his letter to Mr. Kir-.
wan on the condensations pro-
duced by the union of alco-
hot with water, 67.
Rabies Canina, hints respecting
the nature and cure of, 141.
Method of treating, 142.
Ramsgate Harbour, great im-
provement of, 109.
Razoumouski, Count, his obfer-
vations on the arenaceous parts
of Switzerland, &c. 485. On
the natural history of the circle
of Bavaria, ib. On the falt-
works of Bavaria, 486.
fofil wood, 487.
fpecies of fone, ib.
formation of granite, ib.
Read, Mr. his meteorological
journal, 56.
Reform, of the established church,
plans of, 474.
Rennell, Mr. his eftimate of the
rate of travelling, as perform-
ed by camels, applied to the
purposes of geography, 53-
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, elegiac
verfes in memory of, by Mr.
Whitehoufe, 226. His pic-
tures appreciated, 404. Mrs.
Robinfon's monody to his me-
mory, 454.
Rhubarb, great importance and
proper method of curing that
root in this country, 224.
Roman Catholics, of Ireland,
their late application to the
Legiflature, for relief, &c. de-
fended, 343.
Ruffel, the poet, obfervations re-
lative to that genius, 405.
Sackville, Lord George, obfer-
vations on his character and
conduct, as a public man,
407.
Sage, M. his analyfis of the
prafius and chryfoprafus, &c.
513. Of the aerated ponde-
rous fpar of Alton Moor,
ibid.
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