obferved in 1786, 614. On
the fecond comet of the fame
year, 615. On the tranfit of
Mercury over the fun's disk,
May 4, fame year, ib.
Meteorological journal, kept at the
apartments of the Royal So-
ciety, 454. Table of the wea-
ther, extracted from it, for the
year 1788, 455. Farther par-
ticulars of ditto, ib.
Mind, its faculties philofophi-
cally investigated, 596.
Monge, M. on the effect of
the electric fpark tranfmitted
through fixed air, 607.
Montefpan, Mad. de, fupplants
Mad. de la Valliere, the French
king's mistress, 682.
Moor-land, how improved and
cultivated. See Stephenfon.
Moravians, their religious tenets
generally confidered, 264.
Good effects of their milions
in America, Greenland, &c.
265.

Morgan, Mr. his method of de-
termining, from the real pro-
babilities of life, the value of
a contingent reverfion in which
three lives are involved in the
furvivorship, 452.
Motteville, her memoirs of Ann

of Auftria characterized, 670.
Mufic, progrefs of, in England,
from the time of Henry VIII.
to that of Queen Elizabeth,
291. Great masters of that fci-
ence in the last mentioned reign,
296. State of in Italy at that
time, 298. State of in France,
Spain, Germany, and the Ne-
therlands, at that period, 301.
Progress of mufic, from the
reign of Elizabeth to the end
of the 17th century, 426, Ope-
ra, in its rudiments, 427.
Chamber mufic, vocal and in-
ftrumental, ib. Curious ac-
count of the Fantafias, 428.
Mafques, ib. Sacred mufic,

429. Cathedral mufic over-
thrown by the zeal of the pu-
ritans, ib. Church mufic revives
at the Reftoration, 433. State
of Italian mufic in the church
and chamber, during the 17th
century, 438. In Germany,
441. In France, ib. Opera,
in its complete ftate, intro-
duced, 539. Its progrefs, 541.
Hiftory of, continued, 543.
Oratorio, rife and progrefs of,
544. Comic opera, 547. Can-
tatas, 549.

NATURE, the infinitude of life
diffufed throughout, ftrik-
ingly difplayed, 634.
Navailles, duchefs de, her firm
and laudable oppofition to the
licentious amours of Louis
XIV. 677.

Nice, in Afia Minor, its prefent
ftate and remains of antiquity
there, 622.

Nigritia, that part of the coaft
of Africa defcribed, 626. Na-
tives of, characterized,627. Ac-
count of the Slave-trade, 629.
Normandy, the cyders of that
country, how far affected by
preparations of lead, ufed in
clarifying the liquor, 609.

OLYMPUS, mount, journey to

the fummit of, 622. Soil and
vegetable produce of,defcribed,
ib.
Ovarium. See Baillie.
Ouranos, the name given to

Herschel's new planet, by the
aftronomers of Berlin, 659.
Ozier, the bark of that tree used
in the manufacture of coarse
paper, 531.

PALLAS, M. publishes the fe-

cond part of his Flora Rof-
fica, 625. Just compliment to
the Czarina, the patronefs of
this fplendid work, ib.

Patella,

Patella, inquiry into the various
circumftances attending the
accidental fractures of, 687.
Patten, parfon, his bon mot on
the orthodoxy of his religi-
ous creed, 179.
Patterdale, in Cumberland, ru-
ined, in a moral view, by
the introduction of profligate
workmen in the lead-mines,
499.

Peacey, Mr. his experiment to
prove the advantage of keep-
ing a he-goat in his ftables,
to preferve his horfes from the
staggers, 396.

See Priestley.

See

Philanthropic Society, defign of
that inftitution, 466.
Phlogifton.
Higgins.
Phyfician, his melancholy teftimo-
ny to the healthfulness of the
country in the neighbourhood
of Kefwick, 499.
Piazzi, M. his observation on
folar eclipfe, June 3,
1788, with calculations, &c.
452.
Pig and Magpie, a fable, by
Peter Pindar, 343.
Place, M. de la, on the theory
of Jupiter and Saturn, 615.
on the fecular equation
of the moon, 616.
Pæftum, animated reflections of
an antiquary on visiting the
ruins of that place, 128.
Poetic Extracts in this volume,

viz. From Abelard to Eloifa,
79. From an Epistle to the
Duke of Portland, 80. From
Cary's Sonnets and Odes, 81.
From Miferio's Vifion, 83.
From Susannah's Poems, ib.
From The Expoftulation, &c.
84. From Mrs. Rowfon's Po-
ems, 85 From James's Poems,
137. From Alfred, a Tragedy,
179. From The Village Curate,
214. From Simpkin's Letters,
219. From the Son of Ethelwolf,

240. From Gallic Liberty, 276.
From Stanfield's Guinea Voyage,
277. From Dr. W. Smith's
Works, 279.
From Prudence,

a moral Efay, ib. From Leith-
Hill, a Poem, 280. From Pe-
etry, by Camifis, 281. From
The Grove of Fancy, 282. From
Beft's Matilda, 283. From Dr.
Burney's Hiftory of Mufic, 293.
From Potter's SOPHOCLES, 303.
From Simpkin's Letters, 341.
From Peter Pindar's Expofta-
latory Odes, 342. From Az
Epiftle from Somersetshire, 365.
From Sonnets, 366. From Ot-
way's Poems, 367. From Lon-
don's Glory, 368. From Poems
on the Siege of Derry, ib. From
an Efay on Senfibility, 418.
From Maurice's Panthea, a
tragedy, 461. From Dr. Bur-
ney's Hiftory of Mufic, 551.
From Villiers's Chaubert, a tra-
gic drama, 558.
Poison-tres, of Thibet, fome ac-
count of, 525.

Pope, of Rome, the temporal go-
vernment of his ftate, politi-
cally inveftigated, 115. Sub
ject continued, 205.

Portal, M. on the treatment of
the hydrophobia, 619.
Portlock, Captain, his voyage
round the world, 319. His
account compared with that of
Captain Dixon, 322. The dif
ferences of both, with refpe&
to Captain Cook's accounts of
Crofs Sound, &c. confidered, ib.
Potatoes, method of preventing
the difeafe of curled tops in that
vegetable, 398.

Prevost, M. his memoir on the
pleafare excited in us by the
fine arts, 595..
Priestley, Dr. vindicated, as a
philofopher, theologian, &c.
159.

his obfervations and
experiments relative to the prin-

ciple of acidity, the compo-
fition of water, and phlogiston,
193.
Priestley, Dr. furioufly attacked

by an orthodox foreign fociety,
on account of his Hiftory of the
Corruptions of Chriftianity, 690.
Pruffia, late king of, his wife and
provident adminiftration, 231.
His character compared with
that of Philip of Macedon, 235.

- analysis of the political
conftitution of that country,

232.
Purcel, Henry, the celebrated

mafter of mufic, curious ac-
count of him, and of his ad-
mirable compofitions, 434.
Pus, properties of that fluid, 202.

QUADRANT of altitude. See
Smeaton.

REVENUE, public, of the Bri-
tish empire, table of the
fources of, 25.
Reverfion, contingent. See Mor-
gan.

See alfo

Robbery, not deemed fhameful
among the Arabs, 495.
Rochefoucault, Duc de la, his ana-
lyfis of a green cupreous fand,
from Peru, 638.
Baume, and Fourcroy.
Roman Catholics, their right to a
full and free toleration, as
English diffenters, 147. Their
prefent prevailing liberality of
fentiments, in religious mat-
ters, afferted, 148. Caution
recommended to Proteftants on
this head, 153.
Rofenftein, Count, his masterly
oration on the flourishing state
of polite literature in Sweden,
642.
Rudbeck, profeffor, his valuable

botanical work, 111. Great
lofs of his materials by the fire
at Upfal, in 1702, ib.

Rudder, fabftitute for, in cafe of
accidents at fea, 533.
Rule's (or St. Rule's) chapel, an-
tiquities of, 309:

Rundle, Bishop, his letter, cha-
racterising Thomson's Seafons,
503. His character of Mr.
Richard Talbot, 504. His de-
claration against the political
diftinctions of Whig and Tory,
505. His excellent character, ib.

SAINT Germain, Count de, his
peculiar character, 623. His
death, 624.

Saint Pierre, Abbé de, his po
litical annals praised, 671.
St. Simon, Duc de, fome account
of him, and of his celebrated
memoirs, 667.

Sal Ammoniac, decompofition of,

64.

Salvator Rofa, a poet, as well
as painter and musician, 550.
Specimen of his poetry, 551.
Sand. See Rochefoucault.
Saunders, Mr. his account of the
vegetables and minerals in Thi-
bet, &c. 525. Of the diseases
there, 526.

Scab in fheep. See Sheep.
Schifp, a Swedish weight, reduced-
to its proportion in English
quantity, 479.

Schwab, M. his effay on the fa-
culties of the mind, 596.

on the univerfality of the
French language, 6co.
Scotland, the ancient regalia of
the crown of, not now to be
found, 310. The mufic of
that country poetically cele.
brated, 365.

Selborne, natural history and anti-
quities of, 34.
Unufual birds
obferved there, ib. Bats, 35.
Antiquities of, well drawn up
by Mr. White, 40.
Senfibility, morbid, poetically de-
Icribed, 418.

Serpents,

Serpents, how to diftinguish the
venomous from those which are
innoxious, 523. The venom-
ous kinds much lefs numerous
than thofe which are harmless,
524.

Sévigné, Marchionefs de, her let-
ters highly praised, 669.
Sheep, receipt for curing the dif

eafe in these animals called the
feab, 530.
Silk-worms, their proper food,
510. The breeding of them
not an unwholesome employ-
ment, 511. Farther obferva-
tions relative to the manage-
ment of this useful infect, 531.
Skiddaw, that mountain an object
of terror to Mr. Gray, 498.
Smeaton, Mr. his air-pump charg-
ed with defects, 316. His im-
provement in the application of
the quadrant of altitude to a
celeftial globe, for the refolu-
tion of problems, dependant on
azimuth and altitude, 450.
Song, written by Mary Queen of
Scots, in failing from Calais to
London, 293.

Sonnet on parting from a mother,
366.

on Handel, ib.
Staal, Baronefs de, her memoirs
commended, 671.

Stack, Dr. his effay on the fub-

limity of writing, 42.
State of the nation politically con-
fidered, 359
Stephenfon, Mr. his improvement

of a large quantity of moor
land in the north of Engl. 529.
Stradella, the celebrated compofer
of mufic, anecdote relative to
the fingularly unfortunate part
of his life, 546.
Stuart (Athenian), portrait of
him given in rudiments of an-
cient architecture, 495.

Style, and diction, remarks on,
with refpect to English writing
and writers, 229.

Swaine, Mr. his ufeful obferva-
tions on the management of
filk-worms, 531.

Swedish literature, its prefent im-
proved ftate, 642. High en-
comium on, ib. Language and
poetry of, productive of great
beauties, 543.

Sydenham, Dr. his works, as
tranflated by Dr. Swan, reviled
and republished by Dr. Wallis,
167.

Syrtes. See Mann.

TAYLOR, Mr. Thomas, under-

takes to restore the theology
of the ancients, 326. His
views and hopes displayed, 327.
His mean opinion of fome great
literary characters of later times,
328. His tranflation of the
commentaries of Proclus exa-
mined, 330. His hiftory of
the restoration of the Platonic
theology by the later Platonists,
333. The criticifms of the
Monthly Reviewers on his tranf-
lation of the Hymns of Orpheus
defended, 335-

Teft-act, arguments relative to,
with refpect to the application
of the diffenters for a repeal, 566.
Thorild, M. a Swedish poet,

praised for his poem on the
pleafures of the imagination, 644
Thorkelin, Dr. his fragments re-

lating to ancient Danish inva-

fions of Northumberland, 311.
Tories, their principles explained,
505.

Tragedy, defined by Ariftotle, 425.
Trees and plants, new genus of,614.
Tuscany, Grand Duke of, his wife

regulations of the criminal law
in his dominions, 121.

VALLIERE, Mademoiselle de
la, her unfortunate connection
with Louis XIV. 678. Dies in
a convent, after 36 years' rigor-
ous pennance, 681.
Valois, M. de, his obfervations
on the northern inclination of
the magnetic needle, 603.
Van Troostwyk, M. and Dr. Dei-
man, their letter to M. de la
Metherie, on the new method
of decompofing water, 630.
Vendome, Duc de, his character
and military fervices, 401.
Virgil, his Georgics, criticisms

relating to, 306.
Ulrica, Queen of Sweden, beau-
tiful panegyric on, 643.
Volcanos, extinguished, in Ger-
many, 662.

WARBURTON, Bishop, tracts
by him, and by A War-
burtonian (Bishop Hurd), re-
publifhed, 153. Their repub-
lication cenfured, 154. His
works, in 7 vols. 4to, publifh-
ed by the Bishop of Worcester,
352. The new pieces given in
a feparate volume in 8vo, 354.
His thoughts on fcepticifm, 356,
His remarks on the degree of
indulgence to be allowed to hu-
man reason, in religious invefti-
gations, 357. On the forma-
tion of Eve from Adam's rib,
444. On the paradifaical ftate,
ib. On redemption, 445. On
vicarious facrifices, 446. On
the English populace, 449. On
the clergy, ib. On pulpit ora-
tory, 450.
Warwickshire, brief description of

that county, 142.
Water, reflections on the decom-
pofition of, by vegetable and

mour, 55.

Withers, Dr. author of Alfred's
apology, &c. 373. A brief
glance at his literary character,
374.
Witry, Abbé, his continuation of
the history of foffils found in
the district of Tournay, 162.

YARN, woollen, aftonishing im-

provement, by a young lady,
in the art of spinning, 523.
Young, Dr. M. his account of
ancient Gaelic poems, 41.

7ACH, M. de, his hiftorical

view of the observations and
calculations that have been
made relative to the Georgium
Sidus, 659.

Zoology, a younger fcience than
botany, 636. Its vaft progress,
ib.