GENERAL INDEX To the EIGHTH VOLUME. vernment ACADEMY, Diffenting one at Brifol, Bankrupts and dividends, in November 910 account of 700 December 1002 Swedish, particulars re- Bafingitoke, description of 783 fpecting 731 Bavaria, Elector of, his judicious plan of goat Glafgow, account of 765 633 Accent, pronunciation by, remarks upon Blind, indigent, inftitution for at Edinburgh 680 858 Achard, of Berlin, his mode of extracting Bolton in the Moors, description of that town, sugar from the Beet Root, 555 &c. 775 Addison, one of the coarsest writers of his Brabant, its etymology 847 day in point of diction 55 nswick green, mode of preparing it 638 Agriculture, ingenious hints for improving it Buenos Ayres, on the river La Plata, ac932 count of 785 ....letter of Mr. Marsh respecting 730 Bürger, origin of his Leonora 602 Agricultural Report, for July 1789 588 Burke, remarks on his character 595 August 676 Bulby on ancient music, reply to him 624 532 952 Age, on provision for 947 Carradori's experiments on the respiration of Alexandria, city of, particulars respecting it frogs 556 81 Caylus, obfervations upon his antient paintAlgiers, new and curious account of 959 ings 791 Alkalies, Dr. Mitchell's observations upon Chatterton, state of facts relative to 770 692 Chin-Fon-Hau, a Chinese drama, account of Altieri Claudes, letter respecting them 536 517 America, observations on a Catholic bishop China, embassy to, its objects, and causes of there 792 its failure ibid. Ancients, inquiries into the construction of Chinese, general particulars respecting them their large ships, and arrangement of the -594 522 account of their games and amuseAndover town, account of 785 ments ibid. Anecdotes of eminent perfons 547, 626, 713, games of chance noticed and ex801, 802, 803, 883, 884, 885, 977,978,979 plained 600 Animals of prey, nocturnal, on their diger- Coal trade, its progress and present state 590 tive faculties 556 Colours, experiments on 509 Annuarys, or almanacks, departmental in Mr. G. Hufrey's system respecting 852 France 558 Commercial Report for July 1799 586 Antinomianism, complaints respecting it 795 Auguft 674 Apparitions, and second fight, how account September 762 ed for 788 October 843 Arioso, the Italian poçt, critique on his writ. November 930 ings 541 December 1022 Arithmetic, an improved method of teaching Conserva, account of, as a fubftitute for rags it 678 in making paper 869 Arsenal, marine, Lacedemonian, new one Cordova, description of 787 discovered 858 Corn, confumption of in England 524 Aftrarium, new one, account of 730 Courts of Conscience, observations respectArts, fine, Monthly Retrospect of 559, 611 ing 766, 967 755, 900, 901, 997 their origin, practice, Aftronomical observations, French 872 &c. 699 Baking, fermentation for 875 Cow-pox, the observations upon 691 Ballad, Norwegian, trannated 968 Creain, fingular phenomena of 633 Bankrupts and dividends, in July 569 Criticisms, critique upon by Mr. G. Dyer 621 August 654 Curates, observations upon the late ad re. 847 825 Dictionaries, Spanish queries respecting 875 A % rowers · October Didon Didot's Virgil, obfervations upon 538, 539, Howe, Lord, biographical memoir of 655 607, 678, 846 Hussey, Giles, his curious mode of taking Discoveries, not owing to accident 858 likenefres 725 Difeafes in London, account of in July 565 his letter to Wray ibid. August 648 his system of colours 852 September 742 Jackets, cork, their use in faving from shipOctober 824 wreck 537 November 911 Iceland, account of a volcanic island discoDecember 1003 vered in its vicinity 685 Dog, curious initance of one living nine weeks Jesuitism, modern, hints concerning it 597 without food 620 Jews, answer to queries respecting them 215 Drunkenness, on the Russian propensity to Indusry, house of at Bristol, observations 878 concerning it 609 Dutch, observations on their natural charac- Insanity, remarks on Dr. Sims' definition of ter 695 876 East-India House, description of its new front Institute, National, of France, diminutions to 737 be made in its expenditure 558 Elder, Thomas, esq. account of him 574, 616 ........... account of its proceedEngland and Wales, pedestrian excursion ings 710 through several parts of 532, 783, 966 Intelligence, literary and philosophical 632, Etymology of the word rich 770 729, 807, 890. See Varieties. Brabant 847 Joliba river, enquiries whether Herodotus Females, plan for rescuing from proftitution was acquainted with it 972 523, 610, 619, 689 Journal de Physique, analysis of all its inFinances, public observations concerning teresting papers 96+ them 603, 700 Ireland, late rebellion in, enquiries into its Fire, mode of preservation from 537 effects on the character and feelings of the Flowers, on the irritability of their famina Irish 592 555 remarks on the present state of 680 France, on the weights and measures lately Inand, volcanic, account of one in Iceland there introduced 700 685 new metrical fytiem compared with Itch, reasons of Petrarch for consolation unthat of England 801 der it 528 .... particulars relative to the measures Jujui, in South America, account of this and coins of 940 - town 788 Fulham bridge, beautiful views from 533 Jufiice, courts of, moral sentences for 967 Funds, plan for putting them in current cir- Kien Long, emperor, original letter from culation 513 723 Games of the Chinese 594 Kotzebue, particulars respecting 636 Germany, number of authors and books an his dedication to his Natural Son nually published in 636 689 Glue, queries relative to the process of mak- Latin negatives, observations respecting them 691 847 Goldsmith, Dr. original letter from 799 Lauderdale, Lord, observations upon his Grain, observations upon 999 * plan of finance 605 Grammars, Spanish, enumeration of the best Law, Mosaic, its original 949 875 Leiplić, account of the fair there Grapes, process to prevent their dropping off Le Mounier, French astronomer, account of 557 626 Grease spots, modes of taking them out of Leonora, of Bürger, its origin 602 leather breeches 536 Letters, original, of erinent persons 722 Hamilton, Duke of, biographical inemoir of Lima, travels through to Potofi 785 658 Literary queries 862 Hampton Court, description of 533 Literature, progressive retrospect of, from Henry the VIIIth, remarkable act of rela- Marcus Aurelius to the commencement of tive to large horses 551 the French republic 700 History, review of books of 1026 domestic half-yearly retrospect Historians, tranllations of them recommended of, 1026. ---Books reviewed : Hifiory ; 877 Wraxall's Memoirs of Berlin, &c. Allen's History, natural, French museum of, account natural and political History of the State of some of its productions 555 of Vermont, ibid. Tooke's View of the Holland, extract froin Riems' travels through Russian Empire, Dr. Fergufon's Hilory of 083 the Roman Republic, Major Oufelcy's Epi... on the probability of a counter-re- toine of the History of antient Perfia, Mauvolution in ibid. rice's History of Hindotian, Blaquiere's Homer, his notion of destiny 872 Translation of Schuller's History of the Horte-chesnuts, inode of employing to ad- Thirty-Years War, 1027. New Annual vantage 692 Regifer for 1799, Menoirs of Pius VI. Finances ing it 808 I,N DE X. 521 Finances, 1029. Politics, ibid. Theo-. Original communications 677 logy, 1035. Biography, 1038. Natural Otaheitans, their descriptions and character History, 1039. · Phyfic, 1048. Law, 1049. 594, 532 Poetry, 1050. Novels and Romances, remarks on Cummerren's ac1046. Miscellanies 1058 087 Literature, French, retrospect of, 1059. Otaheitans, Cummerren's account of them Review of books on history, ibid. Poli- defended 9.13, 988 tics, 1062. Natural history, 1063. Bo- Paintings, natural, furious account of, on tany, belles lettres, 1064. Architecture, marble and other substances 550 1065. Geography, ibid. Medicine, 1066. Paper, account of the conserva as a substitute Drama, ibid. Poetry 1072 for rags in 869 German, retrospect of 1074 Parliament, remarkable acts of 551 Spanish, retrospect of 1097 Patents, new, Luccock's, for a paradoxical Liverpool, outlines of the plan of the library engine, 563. Brewen’s, for tanning, 639. and news-room there 535 Wilkinson's, for new invented boilers, 742 Logic, remarks on Mr. Collard's Essentials of Murray's steam-engine, 813. Chapman's, 607 for clearing skins of wool, ibid. WilkinLondon, its progressive population 955 fon’s, for ceruse, ibid. Knowles's, for a query respecting its public libraries945 new mode of tanning, 900. Eckhardt's, Longevity, instances of 79,4 for grates, 900. Bishop's, for a new power, Lucerne, query relative to its growth 709 ibid. Hochkiss's, for a mechanical power, Luther, supposed to have been the author of ibid. Croot's, for weight making and bleachthe old hundredth psalm tune 790 Wilkinion's; for a gum, 993. Machine, self-moving, query respecting 959 Williams's, for book-bindiog, ibid. Bell's Mac-Gregor, clan, defence of 773 for a pocket-fastening, ibid. Murdock's, Magdalen hospital, queries respecting it 772 for seam-engines, ibid. Gillifpic's, for Marle, on fome varieties of 845 printing callicoes, 994. Marriages and deaths in and near London, Pavia, description of its university, 810 July 573 Pedestrian excursions through England and 783 December 1009 Piely in military men, remarkable instances Mary, queen of Scots, translation of a fon. of 5.43 net by her 610 Pius VI. memoirs of his life 713 Mathematicians, Scottish, eminent ones now Pizarro, the univerfki topic 514 living 699 Poem, Wella, by David ab Gwillim, translaMathematics, a new mode of teaching 677 tion of 513 Meat, salted, queries respecting 691 Poetry, original 544, 630, 804, 888,987 Mills, hand-corn, their utility 905 7709 Mercury, fulminating, wonderful effects oi'a review of books of 410 new one lately discovered 637 Poets, Italian, reirarks on the principal 870 tranfit of, as obierved at Hamburgh Ponds, new mode of inaking them tight 636 964 Paris 595 Poor, observations upon the management of Military men, their fingular picty 5-13 at Shrewsbury 690, 975, Muse, drarnatic poem, extract from 693 Potosi, account of the town and lilver inounMonboddo, Lord, biographical memoir of tain of 799 576 Porteus, fimilarity between him and Young Montaigne, account of a new stereotype edi 684 tion of 557 Port-folio of a man of letters, extracts from Music, observations on the mode used for re 550, 886, 982 gulating the time in 941 Pot-ash cake, American, receipt for making Musical publications, review of, for July 551 873 Auguft 644 Prior, origin of his story of the Thief and Core September 757 delier 625 October 814 Pronunciation, by accent froin 680 November 896 of uncommon words, remarks December 1000 upon 919 Neçdle, experiments on, at Paris 634 Proñitutes, plan for relieving 610 New-York, yellow-fever of, observations on charities for 619 638 Provincial occurrences, with marriages and Niagara-falls, description of 612 deaths in Great Britain, in July 578 Nurling, maternal observations on 937 Augur 661 Oil, a new property of 846 September 751 Ontario-lake, account of the country south of October 832 524, 610 Nuveinber 917 Provincial |