LONDON: JOHN WILLIAM PARKER, WEST STRAND: SOLD WHOLESALE BY THE FOLLOWING AGENTS, AND RETAIL BY ALL BOOKSELLERS; Cardiff, Bird. Bury, Lankester; Thomp-Dundee, Shaw. Faversham, Thiselton. Leamington, Merridew. Berlin, A. Asher.-Hamburg, Perthes & Besser.-Leipsic, Black & Armstrong, (of London.)-St. Petersburgh, A, Asher, M.DCCC.XXXVIII. INDEX NAMES AND SUBJECTS TO THE IN THE TWELFTH VOLUME. ABERCROMBIE, extracts from, 53 Abstruse speculations, unsuitableness of, 176 Acrid fumes, effects of exposure of the eye to, 198 Active life, enjoyments of an, 107 Addison, selection from, 196 Advantage of a good judgment, 8 Advantages of a taste for Natural History, 62 book, 112 Albigenses, the, IV., 89-V., 153 Amusements in Science, V., 31-VI., history, voyages related in, 202 Ancients, navigation of the, 33 Anderson, J. S. M., selection from, 238 Anger, evils of indulging, 219 Aphorism, 136 Apple-trees, preservation of, 219 Apteryx, the, 129 Aqueducts, Roman, 75 Arnott's Stove, 116 Arsenic, nature, uses, and effects of, 86 Artificial pearls, different kinds of, 155 Arts, the useful, No. XXXIV., 141– No. XXXV., 172-No. XXXVI., 187-No. XXXVII., 223 Astronomy, 88 Popular, 121 Bacon, Lord, selection from, 32 Beattie, lines by, 214 Beauty, oval the elementary form of, 176 Bell, extracts from, 199, 214 numents of Antiquity, VI, 11VII., 28-VIII., 60-IX., 84-X., 108-XI., 132-XII., 148-XIII., 180-XIV., 228 Biographical notice of Sir John Fastolf, 209 Birth and childhood of Queen Elizabeth, 17 Bishops of Chester, list of eminent, 170 Black-lead mine at Keswick, 110 pencil, history of, 109 Blair, selection from, 117 Body and soul, connexion between, 147 Brevity, virtue of, 83 Brewster, Sir D., extracts from, 223 Brief history of Navigation, I., 33 British China Trade, opening of the, 255 Bryant, lines by, 143 Burke, selections from, 173 Cabinet-making, woods used in, 173 Obscura, the, 72 Canton, some account of, III., 249Hongs or Factories, 249-Commerce, 250-British intercourse with China, 250-Its early history, 251-Occupation of Macao by the British, 253-Disputes of 1829 and 1830, 254-Opening of the British China Trade, 255 Carpenter, the, 172, 187, 223 Case of amaurosis, 158 Castle of Heidelberg, 1., 9-II., 24 Causes by which the Eye-sight is impaired, 118 Celestial Bodies, contemplation of the, 219 Ceremonies of the Greco-Russian Chalmers, extracts from, 128, 136 China, British intercourse with, 250 Christening of Queen Elizabeth, account of, 16 Christian Evidences, easy lessons on, Church, the village, 16 Churches of Modern Rome, 167 Cicada, and its organs of voice, 200 Connexion between the body and soul, 147 Coronation Anecdotes, I., 231-II., 244 Creation, knowledge of, 53 Crocus, vernal and autumnal, 96 Dangers of moral sentiment, 214 Dispersion of seeds, on the, 182 Dutch Fisheries, I,, 102-II., 152 Early history of Moses, 84 Effects of Arsenic on the human body, 87 Christianity at the hour of death, 173 Egypt, plagues of, 108, 132 Ehrenfels, castle of, 107 Elephant, head of the, 214 Elizabeth, Queen, her progresses and public processions, 1., 2-II., 17III., 57-IV., 97-V., 145-VI., 225 England, salubrity of, 6 Enjoyments of an active life, 107 Eye-sight, employments which injure, I., 92-11., 117-III., 159-IV., 174-V., 198-VI., 222-VII., 230 Fastolf, Sir John, biographical notice of, 209 Feather of a Peacock, 95 183 Halford, Sir H., selection from, 173 Hatfield, residence of the Princess Elizabeth at, 225 Hawke, statue of Admiral, at Cloyne, 243 Head of the elephant, 214 Horsley, Bishop, selection from, 176 Lamprey, the, 172 Lava of Mount Vesuvius, 198 Lessons on Christian Evidences, XIII., 22-XIV., 46 Letters of Queen Elizabeth, 58, 99, 146 Life-boat, the, 20 Life, how best enjoyed, 107 Light, phosphoric, emitted by flowers, 183 Limited power of man, 186 Loss of a beloved object, lines on, 232 Macao, occupation of, by the British, 182, 253 Macculloch, selections from, 83, 95, 115, 117, 119, 141 Macgillicuddy's Reeks, Killarney, 137 Magic Lantern and Phantasmagoria, 104 Magnolia, great flowered, 112, limited power of, 186 Mangnall, lines by, 152 Mangrove, the, 144 Mankind, proof of the common origin of, 224 proper study of, 238 Mant, Bishop, selections from, 52, 118 Manufacture of Bells, 7 Gun-flints, 96 Mariners, means of saving shipwrecked, 20 Masaniello, story of, 41, 65 for, 62 212 Naples, revolution of, 41, 65 Natural History of Crickets, 135 advantages of a taste Philosophy, recreations in, Nature and Revelation, books of, 112 the image of God, 176 Navigation, brief history of, I., 33Navigation of the Ancients, 33Rudiments of, to the formation of the boat, 33-The sail, 35-Rudder, anchor, cables, ship's name, &c., 36-War and merchants' ships, 37-Ancient voyage, 39II., 201-Causes of the romance of ancient naval history, 201Voyages related in naval history, fears of the ancient mariners, 202 -Romance of ancient navigation, as induced by the desire of monopoly in trade, 206-The monsoons; a knowledge of the earth increased by navigation, 207-The watchtower or light-house, erected by Ptolemy Soter, in the Isle of Pharos, 208 Nests of Wasps, 215 Newton, Sir I., selection from, 184 Notes on Forest Trees, XXII., Great flowered Magnolia, 112-XXIII., Oberland, Bernese, 217 Origin of Coronations, 220 Otter, Bishop, extract from, 198 Oval, the elementary form of beauty, 176 Rome, some account of, VII, 73- St. Angelo, castle of, 78 metic, 31-VI., Geometry, 48- Scott, Sir W., selections from, 144, 215 -revolutions of the, 94 Seven days, ancient division of time Shipwrecked mariners, means of sa- Short, or Cloth Wool, manufacture of, Shuttleworth, selections from, 62 tracts from, 8 Sonnet, by Queen Elizabeth, 147 Story of Masaniello, I., 41-II., 65 Taste for reading, 62 natural history, advantages Tobacco employed in counteracting Trajan, pillar or column of, 77 Voyage, an ancient, 39 War and merchant ships, 37 Waterfowl, lines to a, 143 Waterton, extracts from, 219 Watson, selections from, 112 Whewell, extracts from, 183, 186, 230 Whale fishery, Dutch, 218 White (of Selborne), extract from, 135 Wines of the Rhine, 193 Woods, description of various fancy, 173 Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, 165 Johannesberg Castle, 193 Killarney, view on the Upper Lake, 177 Lamprey, the sea, 172 Macgillicuddy's Reeks, from Aghadoe, Magic lantern, diagrams illustrative of Magnolia, great-flowered, 112 Masonry, diagram to illustrate the Minerva, antique seal of, 45 Naples, Lazzaroni of, 41 Old Somerset-House, 225 Oval, diagrams elucidating the pro- Pen and inkstand, Anglo-Saxon, 15 Queen Elizabeth, borne by six gentle- costume o., when young, 57 Remains of the Seven Halls of Vespa- ladies, head-dresses of, 184 Solar system, 121 St. Peter's, view of the exterior of, 161 Swallow, the esculent, 248 Thames, Frost-fair on the, 56 Trajan, pillar or column of, 77 Vassal king of Persia, investiture of, |