INDEX. In this Index each Extract will be found under the name of the respective author, where known. The title of the subject, or the name of the author, in SMALL CAPITALS, indicates that the Extract forms a distinct "Half-Hour," or occasionally more than one. When the leading word is In common type, the notice is a short extract under some general head. ADDISON, Joseph, Notice of, i. 38; Sir Roger de Cover- ANONYMOUS: The Old and Young Courtier, i. 176; the Nut-brown Maid, i. 299; the Insect of a Day, i. 208; Character of Napoleon, 1.275; Sisters of Charity, ii. 25 the Merry Devil of Edmonton, ii. 61; the Slide of Alpnach. ii. 174; It will never do to be Idle, ii. 126; Deposition of King Richard II., ii. 169; My Maiden Brief, ii 265; Shipwreck of the Medusa, iii. 153; the Heir of Linne, iii. 193; On the Athenian Orators, iii. 211; A little Geste of Robin Hood, iii. 250; Some account of the Great Law-suit between the Parishes of St. Dennis and St. George-in-the-Water, iv. 29. Anonymous (Short Extracts) i. 106; Gentle Herdsman, i. 133; Sir Patrick Spencer, i. 134; ii. 56; Britons, Strike Home, iii. 147; iv. 242. Another Year, iv. 268. ANSON, Lord, Notice of, iv. 49; Mortality at Sea, iv. 49. APOPHTHEGMS. Remarks on, i. 31; I., i. 31; II., i. 145; III., i. 211; IV., ii. 109; V., ii. 237; VI., ii. 267. ARBUTHNOT, John, Notice of, . 145; Martinus Scriblerus, ii. 145. Arne, Britain's best Bulwarks are her Wooden Walls, iii. 146. ARNOLD, Dr., Notice of, i. 83; Classical Education, i. 84. ARNOTT, Dr., Notice of, i. 44; the Barometer, i. 44. ASCHAM, Roger, Notice of, ii. 17; Preface to the Schoolmaster, ii. 17. Aubrey, John; Henry Martin, i. 33; Civil War, i. 33; the Inventor of the Stocking-frame, i. 34; Days before Books, i. 145: Keep to your Calling, i. 146; Tobacco, i. 148; Dr. Kettle, i. 212; Sir Thomas More, in 109; Sir Miles Fleetwood, Recorder of London, ii. 110. AUDUBON, John James, Notice of, iii. 232; the Hurricane, iii. 232. AUSTEN, Jane, Notice of, i. 103; the Voluble Lady, i. 104. AUTUMN, iii., 32. AUTUMNAL FIELD SPORTS, iii. 221. BACON, Francis Lord, Notice of, i. 49; the History of Baillie, Joanna, Notice of, i. 178; De Montford, i, 178; ii. 140. BALLADS, i. 133. BANCROFT, George, Notice of, iii. 16; John Locke and William Penn, iii. 16. Barbauld, Mrs., ii. 249. Barnard, Lady Anne. Auld Robin Gray, i. 134. BASSOMPIERRE, Francois, Notice of, ii. 201; Origin of BATES, William, Notice of, ii. 165; Examples of Spiritual Perfection, ii. 165. BAXTER, Richard, Notice of, ti. 69; Dying Thoughts, ii. 69. BEATTIE, James, Notice of, iv. 85; Scottish Music, iv. 85. BOCCACCIO, Notice of, ii. 121; Griselda, ii. 121; the Plague of Florence, iv. 114. BOLINGBROKE, Lord, Notice of, iv. 5; Reflections upon Exile, iv. 5. BOSWELL, James, Notice of, iv. 41; Dr. Johnson's Boswell James, Desire of Knowledge, i. 31; the First BRETT, Dr. Thomas, Story of Richard Plantagenet, 1. 174. BROOKE, Henry, Notice of, iii. 18; the Lion and the BROUGHAM, Lord, Sir William Grant, ii. 302. iii. 81. BROWNING,, Notice of, iv. 274; the Pied Piper of Hamelin, iv. 274. Bryant, W. C., i. 22; ii. 10; ii. 138. BUFFON, Notice of, i. 67; the First Man, i. 67. BURKE, Edmund, Notice of, ii. 207; the Royal Household in 1780, ii. 208. BURLEIGH. Lord, Notice of, iv. 38; Advice to his Son iv. 38, BURNET, Gilbert, Notice of, iv. 205; Character of Charles II., iv., 205. BURNET, Thomas, Notice of, ii. 286; the Coming of our Saviour, ii. 286. BURNS, Robert, Notice of, ii. 153; the Cotter's Saturday Night, ii. 153. Burns, i. 22: i. 194; ii. 141; iii. 35; iv. 1; iv. 4. BURTON, Robert, Notice of, iii. 226; Remedies of Discontent, iii, 226. BUTLER, Bishop. Notice of, i. 309; Sermon upon the Government of the Tongue, i. 309; Sermon upon the Love of our Neighbour, iii. 42: of a State of Probation, as implying Trial, Difficulties, and Danger, iii. 165. BUTLER, Samuel, Notice of, iv. 16; the Astrologer, iv. 16. BYRON, Lord, Manfred, iv, 162; Ar: and Nature, iv 173; Newstead Abbey, iv. 226. Byron, ii. 284. CAMPBELL, Dr. George, Notice of, i. 149; The Koran, i. 149. CAMPBELL, Thomas, Notice of, iv. 25; Thomas Chatterton, iv. 25. Campbell, Thomas, i. 199; Ye Mariners of England, iii 147. D'ARARLI Isaac, Voice of, iii. 234; the Introduction Crist Rei, R.e art, Notice of, iv, 143; the Influence Dindin, Poor Jack, in. 273. GRALMYRA, Thomas Notes of, ill. 11: The Law of! Chapman George, ui, 184. CHARACTER, 1. 274. Chandra 11., his Escape after the Battle of Worcester, Chatterton Thomas, 111. 32. Chaucer, Geoff ey, 1. 194. DOODRIDGR, Philip, Notice of, ii. 211; on the New Tes Downe, John, Notice of, iii, 92; Holy Sonnets, iii. 92. Drayton, 1. 195; i. 249; iv 180. Drummond, i. 247; ii. 285; iv. 179. DRYDEN, John, Notice of, ii. 135; the Character of 229. EDGRWORTH, Maria, Notice of, iv. 90; the Landlord CHENERIX, Richard, the Industry of the British Nation, Edwards, i. 108. Christmas, iv, 241. CLARENDON, Earl of, Notice of, i. 228; the Fall of the CLOUDS AND WINDM, 1 126. COREETT, William, Notice of, iv. 299; Rural Rides, iv. 2011. tion of the Bible, ii, 238, i). 268. Coleridge, Henry, Description of Coleridge, ii. 237. Cotros, Rev. C. C., Notice of, 1. 293; Happiness, i. 293. Colton, Rey, C. C., Perfection. 1. 33; Opinions, i. 35; COMINES, Philip de, Notice of, II, 222; the Character of Coopen, James Fenimore Notice of, lil, 133; the Ariel CORNWALL, Barry, Notice of, iv. 110; Songs, iv. 110. COWLEY, A., Notice of, ill. 28; the Vision of Oliver Cowley, il. 55. COWPER, W., Notice of, iii. 2; on the Receipt of his Cowper, W., Fashion, 11. 269; Genius, ii. 269. Country House, ii, 38. CUNNINGHAM, Allan, Notice of, iii, 247 ; Robin Hood, Crabbe, Rev George, jun., Crabbe and Burke, ii. 76. DAMPIER, W.. Notice of, ii. 58; the Moskito Indian of DANTE. Notice of iv. 193; the Divina Commedia of Sir Humphrey, Notice of, i. 79; Omens, i. 78; Rev. Charles, the Great Earthquake at Lisbon. y, Richard, Notice of, i. 307; Books, i. 308. 71. ELLIOTT, Ebenezer, Notice of, iv. 80; Love, iv. 80. EVERETT, Edward, Notice of, ii. 160; Industry essen- FANSHAWE, Lady, Notice of, ii. 85: Character of Sir R. FERGUSON, Samuel. Notice of, iv. 282; the Forging of FIRIDING, Henry. Notice of, iii. 36; Character of Jona- Fielding, the Rabble and the People, ii. 270 FITZ STEPHEN, William, Notice of, iv. 217; Ancient FLETCHER, i. 56; ii. 285. FORSTER, John, Notice of, iv. 158; the Vicar of Wake- FORSYTH, James, Notice of, iii. 306; Society at Naples, FOSTER, John, Notice of, i. 111; Decision of Character, FRANKLIN, Dr., Notice of, i. 252; Poor Richard, i. 252; FULLER, Thomas, Notice of, i. 189; the Faithful Minis- Fuller, Thomas, Decayed Gentry, i. 31; Burning of Gay, John, Black-Eyed Susan, iii. 272. GILPIN, William. Notice of, ii. 256; Swineherds of the GODWIN, William, Notice of, ili. 156; London in the GOLDSMITH, Oliver, Notice of, ii. 78; the History of a GUIZOT, F., Notice of, i. 258; Civilization, i, 258 HALL, Joseph, Bishop of Norwich, Notice of,i. 2; a HALL, Rev. Robert, Impediments to the Progress of HALL, Basil, Notice of, i. 76; Struggling with Adver- HALLAM, Henry, Notice of, i. 160; Criticism on Don HARE, Julius, Notice of, iii. 101; Mirth, iii. 101; the HARRINGTON, Sir John, Notice of, ii. 83; Court of James HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel, Notice of, iii. 53; a Rill from HAZLITT, William, Notice of, ii. 145; Literature of the HEAD, Sir Francis B., Notice of, iv. 221; the Canadian HEBER, Bishop Reginald, Notice of, ii. 93; the Passage HERBERT, George, Notice of i. 47; Sunday, i. 48. Herrick, i. 21; i. 195; iii. 85; iii. 86; iv. 241; iv. 242; HERSCHEL, Sir John, Notice of, i. 1; Influence of HOOKER, Herman, Notice of, iii. 118; the Victories of HOOKER, Richard, Notice of, i. 69; Nature's Law, i. 70. HUMBOLDT, Alexander Von, iv. 121; Generalizations of HUME, David, Notice of, i. 60; Of the Jealousy of Hunt, Leigh, ii. 253; iv. 289. HUTCHINSON, Mrs., Character of Colonel Hutchinson, IRVING, Washington, Notice of, ii. 89; Columbus, i. James I. of Scotland, i. 107. JEFFREY, Francis, Notice of, i. 163; Character of JESSE, Edward. Notice of, ii. 258; Gardens, ii. 258. Johnson, Dr. Waller, i. 33; the Vicar of Wakefield, i. JON ES, Rev. Richard, Notice of, iii. 275; Cottier Rents, JONSON, Ben, Notice of, i. 223; Scenes from the Alche- KEATS, John, Notice of, iii. 175; to his Brother, iii. Keats, ii. 9; ii. 253; iii. 185; iii. 185; iv. 269. Jerusalem, iii. 141. Knowles, Sheridan, Notice of, iv. 169; the Hunchback, iv. 169. LABAUME, Eugene, Notice of, iii. 38; Passage of the LAMB, Charles. Notice of, i. 62; a Complaint of the LANDOR, Walter Savage, Notice of, i. 25; Roger Ascham LATIMER, Hugh, Notice of, i. 237; the Sermon of the LAUDER, Sir Thomas Dick, Great Floods in the Pro- I EIGHTON, Archbishop, Notice of, iii. 285; of the Im- L'Estrange, Translation, i. 146; i. 147; Begging a Fool, LOCKE, John, Notice of, iii. 21; the Christian Revela- Logan, i. 246. LONG, George, Notice of, iii. 208; Character of Brutus, LUCAS, Richard, Notice of, ii. 45; Fortune, ii. 46. LYTTON, Sir E. Bulwer, Notice of, iv. 131; the Candid MACAULAY, Thomas Babington, Notice of, i. 151; Dr. MACKENZIE, Sir George, Notice of, iii. 97; Luxury, iv. 66. MARTINEAU, Harriet, Notice of. iii. 87; Moving On- MILLER, Hugh, Notice of, iv, 270; the Young Geolo MILMAN, Rev. Henry, Notice of, i. 166; Saint Paul at Milnes, M., ii. 9. Character of Keats, iii. 178. Milton, i. 193; i. 247; ii. 56; ii. 139; iii. 186; iii. 222; MODERN DRAMATIC POETS, I. i. 178; Joanna Baillie, MODERN DRAMATIC POETS, II., iv. 162; Byron, MODERN DRAMATIC POETS, III., iv. 169; Sheridan MODERN DRAMATIC POETS, IV., iv. 207; Talfourd, iv. 210. MODERN DRAMATIC POETS, V., iv. 289; Leigh Hunt, a MONTAIGNE, Notice of, i. 186; of the Inconvenience of MORE, Sir Thomas, Notice of, ii. 289; Labour in Uto- MUDIE, Robert, Notice of, iii, 49; the Bittern, iii. 49. PALEY, Rev. William, Notice of, iv. 21; of the Good- PAULDING, James Kirk, Notice of, iii. 254; the Quarrel PEPYS, Samuel, Notice of, i. 289; the Progress of the PERLIN, Stephen, Notice of, ii. 97; England in the Six- PETRARCH, Francesco, Notice of, iii. 163; Good and PLATO, the Death of Socrates, iii. 244. PLINY, the Younger, Notice of, ii. 203; Death of Pliny PLUTARCH, Notice of, L. 203; Death of Cæsar, i. 203; POPE, Alexander, Notice of, i. 156; Imitation of Horace, PRAED Winthrop Mackworth, Notice of, i. 124. The PRESCOTT, William H., Notice of, ii. 241; the Last of Sackville, iv. 3. SANDERSON, Bishop, Notice of, iv. 43; Special Means SCHEFER, Leopold, iv. 76; the Married Life of Albert SCOTT, Sir W., Notice of, iii. 217; the Scottish Bor- Scott, ii. 8; ii. 138. SCOTT, STOWELL, Lord, Notice of, iv. 152; Domestic Jars, iv. 152. ST. PIERRE, Notice of, iii. 77; the Strawberry Plant, SUMMER, I., ii. 138. II. ii. 249. SUMNER, Archbishop John Bird, Notice of, ii. 239; SWIFT, Jonathan; Notice of, i. 58; the Spider and the SWIFT and POFE, Imitation of Horace, iv. 149. TACITUS, Notice of, iv. 10; the Death of Agrippina, Talfourd, Mr. Justice, Notice of, iv. 207; Ion, iv. 207. TANNAHILL, Robert, Notice of, iv. 88; Scottish TEMPLE, Sir W., Notice of, ii. 281; Health and Long Temple, Sir W., Quackery in the Seventeenth Century, iii. 204. Tennyson, iii. 35; iv 268. THACKERAY, W. M., Notice of, iv. 294; the Best Eng- THOMSON, James, Notice of, iv. 310; Hymn on the TOPHAM, M., Notice of, ii. 176; John Elwes, the John, Notice of, iv. 215; the Ways of God, iv. TUCKER, Professor, Notice of, iii. 180; the Mississippi SCROPE, W., Habits of the Red Deer, iii. 268. SEA-SONGS, iii. 271; Black-eyed Susan, iii. 272; the Seward. Candour, i. 148; a Distinction, ii. 110. Shakspere, i. 108; i. 194; ii. 55; ii 285; iii. 34; iii. Shelley, i. 21; i. 198; i. 250. ii. 252; ii. 268. iii, 34; SHENSTONE, William, Notice of, ii. 292; the School- SHERIDAN, Richard Brinsley, Notice of, ii. 253; Scene SHERLOCK. Dr. Thomas, Notice of, iv. 166; the Immor- SIDNEY, Algernon, Notice of, iv. 103; of the Public SIDNEY, Sir Philip, Notice of, iv. 137; the Defence of Sidney, Sir P., ini. 184. SMITH, Horace, Notice of, iii. 283; Address to the SMOLLETT, Tobias, Notice of, i. 241; Authors of Eighty SOUTHEY, Robert, Notice of, iii. 195; the Battle of the Southey, iii. 33; iv. 3. SPENSER, Edmund, Notice of, ii, 40; Hymn of Heavenly STERNE, Laurence, Notice of, ii. 195; the Story of Le Stevens, the Storm, iii. 273. Scheme, iii. 180. ijí. 255. WATERTON, Charles, Notice of, ii. 217; the Sloth, ii. WATTS, Alaric, A., Notice of, iv. 254; Lyrics of the WEBSTER, Daniel, Notice of, i. 109; Progress of the WHITE, Gilbert, Notice of, i. 97; the British Hirun- WIELAND, Christopher, Notice of, iii. 187; the Beau- WILSON, Bishop, Notice of, iv. 235; Of Fraud, iv. 235. WILSON, Alexander, Notice of, ii. 73; the Mocking WILSON, John, Notice of, ii. 11; Highland Snow STEWART, Dugald, Notice of, iv. 246; Sympathetic Imi- YOUNG, Edward, Notice of, ii. 190; Introduction to the Night Thoughts, ii. 190. |