I a style of engraving never surpassed in this country. This splendid work extended to forty-five volumes. In 1751-54 appeared Barrow's New and Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, and in 1766 another Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, compiled by the Rev. H. Croker, Dr Thomas Williams, and Mr Samuel Clerk. The celebrated French Encyclopédie was published between the years 1751 and 1765. Among the various schemes of Goldsmith, In the interval between the different editions of was A Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, for the Encyclopædia Britannica, two other important | which he wrote a prospectus (unfortunately lost), and works of the same kind were in progress. The to which the most eminent British writers were to be Edinburgh Encyclopædia, under the superintencontributors. The premature death of Goldsmith dence of Sir David Brewster, was commenced in frustrated this plan. In 1771 the Encyclopædia 1808, and completed in 1830, in eighteen quarto Britannica, edited by Mr William Smellie, was pub- volumes. The scientific department of the work, lished in four volumes quarto, presenting a novel under such an editor, could not fail to be rich and and important improvement upon its predecessors: valuable, and it is still highly prized. The Encyclo'it treated each science completely in a systematic pædia Metropolitana was begun in 1815, and preform, under its proper denomination; the technical sented this difference from its rivals, that it determs and subordinate heads being also explained parted from the alphabetical arrangement (certainly alphabetically, when anything more than a refer- the most convenient), and arranged its articles in ence to the general treatise was required.' The se- what the conductors considered their natural order. cond edition of this work, commenced in 1776, was Coleridge was one of the writers in this work; some enlarged to ten volumes, and embraced biography of its philological articles are ingenious. The Louand history. The third edition, completed in 1797, don Encyclopædia, in twenty volunies royal 8vo., is amounted to eighteen volumes, and was enriched a useful compendium, and includes the whole of with valuable treatises on grammar and metaphysics, Johnson's Dictionary, with its citations. Lardner's by the Rev. Dr Gleig; with profound articles on Cyclopædia is a collection of different works on mythology, mysteries, and philology, by Dr Doig; natural philosophy, arts, and manufactures, history, and with an elaborate view of the philosophy of in- biography, &c. published in 131 small 8vo. volumes, duction and contributions in physical science, by issued monthly. The series embraces some valuable Professor Robison. Two supplementary volumes works: Sir James Mackintosh contributed part of a were afterwards added to this work. A fourth edi- popular history of England, Sir Walter Scott and tion was issued under the superintendence of Dr Mr Moore histories of Scotland and Ireland, and M. James Miller, and completed in 1810; it was en- Sismondi one of the Italian republics. Sir John riched with some admirable scientific treatises from Herschel wrote for it the Discourse on Natural the pen of Professor Wallace. Two other editions, Philosophy, already alluded to, and a treatise on merely nominal, of this Encyclopædia were published; Astronomy; and Sir David Brewster contributed and a supplement to the work was projected by the the history of Optics. In natural history and other late Mr Constable, and was placed under the charge departments this Cyclopædia is also valuable, but of Professor Macvey Napier. To this supplement Con- as a whole it is very defective. Popular Cyclostable attracted the greatest names both in Britain pædias, in one large volume each, have been puband France: it contained contributions from Dugald lished, condensing a large amount of information. Stewart, Playfair, Jameson, Leslie, Mackintosh, Dr Of these Mr M'Culloch is author of one on comThomas Thomson, Sir Walter Scott, Jeffrey, Ricar-merce, and another on geography; Dr Ure on arts do, Malthus, Mill, Professor Wallace, Dr Thomas and manufactures; Mr Brande on science, literature, Young, M. Biot, M. Arago, &c. The supplement and art; Mr Blaine on rural sports. There is also was completed in 1824, in six volumes. Six years a series of Cyclopædias on a larger scale, devoted to afterwards, when the property had fallen into the the various departments of medical science; namely, hands of Messrs Adam and Charles Black, a new the Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine, edited by edition of the whole was commenced, incorporating Drs Forbes, Tweedie, and Conolly; the Cyclopædia all the articles in the supplement, with such modifi- of Anatomy and Physiology, edited by Dr A. T. cations and additions as were necessary to adjust Thomson; and the Cyclopædia of Surgery, edited by them to the later views and information applicable Dr Costello; each being in four massive volumes, to their subjects. Mr Napier was chosen editor, and and composed of papers by the first men of the proan assistant in the work of revision and addition fession in the country. 704 was found in the late Dr James Browne, a man of varied and extensive learning. New and valuable articles were contributed by Sir David Brewster, by Mr Galloway, Dr Traill, Dr Roget, Dr John Thomson, Mr Tytler, Professor Spalding, Mr Moir, &c. This great national work-for such it may justly be entitled-was completed in 1842, in twenty-one volumes. ABEL, DR, ii. Abra's Love for Solomon, i. Absence [Pastoral Ballad], ii. 525 Address to Bishop Valentine, i. Address to the Mummy in Belzoni's nag, i. Adversity, i. Adversity, Hymn to, ii. Address to the Ocean, ii. Address to a Wild Deer, ii. Admiral Hosier's Ghost, ii. Adonis, Death of, Venus's Prophecy after the, i. Adonis, the Horse of, i. Adventures of Gulliver in Brobding- Adversity and Prosperity, i. Advice to Landscape Painters, ii. Advice to a Lady, ii. Esop's Invention to bring his Mis- tress back, &c. i.. . Page Amelia Wentworth, ii. 537 America, from Burke's Speech on 38 566 Afar in the Desert, ii. Africa, Influence of a Small Moss Age, from Anacreon, i. . · Air, the Dancing of the, i. Alexander's Feast, i. ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES, ii. ALFRIC, i. ALISON, A. ii. ALISON, REV. ARCHIBALD, ii. 433 435 114 106 452 Amicos, ad, ii. 623 INDEX. 666 315 Conciliation with, ii. • America, Discovery of, ii. . America, Verses on the Prospect of American Scenery, South, ii. 51 615 599 629 Ancient Poets, Translations of the, i. 494 157 241 Anecdote of the Discovery of the 364 607 298 Angels, Assembly of the Fallen, i. 610 207 ii. 315 Apelles and Protogenes, i. 473 43 Page 395 3 Arctic Discovery, ii. Anacreon, Note on, i. Ancient Greece, ii. Apple-Dumplings and a King, ii. Arab Chief, Remark by an, ii. Anster Fair, Passages from, ii. Antoinette, Marie, Queen of France, 229 188 657 231 346 681 132 129 320 315 3 Arden of Feversham, Scene from, i. 175 377 ARNOTT, DR NEIL, ii. 703 223 145 525 294 153 279 668 667 338 417 Arthur's Coronation, Proceedings 5 663 231 539 415 391 298 680 465 5 ASCHAM, ROGER, i. 76 Ashford, Isaac, a Noble Peasant, ii. 312 44 205 Author, a Sensitive, ii. Autumn Evening Scene, ii. Autumn Scenery-[Pope to Mr Dig- 639 Autumn, Sketches of, ii. AYTON, SIR ROBERT, i. • 446 BACK, MR, ii. 676 . Bacon, Lord, Lines on, i. 196 Bagdad, View of Society in, ii. 677, 678 546 BAKER, SIR RICHARD, i. Balclutha, Desolation of, ii. BALE, BISHOP, i. Ball, Scene from the, i. Ballad ('Twas when the seas were Ballad-Singer, the Country, i. Balwhidder, Mr, Placing of, as Minis- BANIM, JOHN, ii. Bannockburn, the Battle of, i. Page 419 352 661 640 . 327 127 103 355 144 406 16 431 452 73 224 575 591 25 680 684 439 140 382 548 Bawdin, Sir Charles, Death of, ii. 552 Baxter's Judgment of his Writings, i. 454 Baxter, Change in his Estimate of 455 Baxter's Youth, Observance of the 457 BAYLY, THOMAS HAYNES, ii. 471 471 BAYNES, C. R. ii. 680 BEATTIE, DR JAMES, ii. Beaton, Cardinal, Assassination of, i. 303 BEAUMONT, FRANCIS, i. BEAUMONT, SIR JOHN, i. Beauty and Love, Platonic Repre- sentation of the Scale of, i. BECKFORD, WILLIAM, ii. Bee, Bag of the, i. BEECHEY, CAPTAIN, ii. Beggar, the, ii. BEHN, MRS APHRA, i. Belgian Lovers and the Plague, ii. Belinda and the Sylphs, i BELL, JOHN, ii. BELL, J. S. ii. BELLENDEN, JOHN, i. Bengal, an Evening Walk in, ii. BENTHAM, JEREMY, ii. BENTLEY, RICHARD, i. BERKELEY, Bishop, i. 655 539, 540, 672 142 676 125 Page BLAIR, DR HUGH, ii. BLAIR, ROBERT, ii. BLESSINGTON, COUNTESS OF, ii. Blind Youth, Description of a, ii. Bloomfield's Descriptions of Rural 493 171 392 272 558 672 686 71 93 700 656 117 421 66 302 682 498 Bird and Musician, Contention of, i. 220 442 Biron, Return of, i. Birtha, Description of the Virgin, i. 147 BISHOP, SAMUEL, ii. 115 115 103 BULLAR, JOHN, ii. 568 275 544 BOSWELL, JAMES, ii. BOSWELL, SIR ALEXANDER, ii. Botany, Invocation to the Goddess BOTEVILLE, FRANCIS, i BOYLE, THE HON. ROBERT, i. Braes of Yarrow, the, ii. 668 Broomstick, a Meditation upon, ac- 410 cording to the Style and Manner 516 Brownie of Blednoch, the, ii. 618 29 283 Life, ii. Bloomfield to his Children, ii. i. 197 Bobadil's Plan for Saving the Ex- Books and Ships Compared, i. BOSTOCK, DR, ii. Bramble Flower, to the, ii. BRUCE, JAMES, ii. BRUCE, MICHAEL, ii. 207 BRUNTON, MRS, ii. 270 74 151 531 Breakfast, the Public, ii. 284 286 140 Blacklock's Portrait, ii. BULWER, SIR E. L. ii. BLACKMORE, SIR RICHARD, i. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, &c. ii. 196 Britain, the Languages of, i. BROME, RICHARD, i. 83 BREWSTER, SIR DAVID, ii. 703 Bride's Tragedy, Passages from the, ii. 521 702 217 BURCKHARDT, J. L. ii. 3 Bunyan's Autobiography, i. 665 94 572 Brutus and Titus, Scene between, i. 391 BRYDGES, SIR EGERTON, IL. 688 BUCHANAN, GEORGE, i. Page 644 494 642 137th Psalm, i. BUCKINGHAMSHire, Duke of, i. Bud, the, i. BUDGELL, EUSTACE, i. 82 677, 683 328 614 642 686 686 521, 620-622 467-471 Lines written in a, ii. BURY, LADY CHARLOTTE, ii. 191 353 Cade's Insurrection, i. 345 516 Cæsar, Generosity of, i. 491 491 24 Cairo, Legend of the Mosque of the 130 457 123 685 672 216 473 Burial of Sir John Moore, ii. Burke and the Duke of Bedford, Dif- Burke's Account of his Son, ii. BURLEIGH, LORD, i. 233 BURNES, SIR ALEXANDER, ii. 486 BURNET, JAMES-Lord Monboddo], ii. 249 BURNEY, FRANCES [Madame D'Ar- Burney, Miss, Explains to King BURNEY, SARAH HARRIET, ii. 435 538 646 539 243 Burns-from his Epistles, &c. ii. 484-486 Page 277 345-353, 408, 409 563-565 508 668 CAMPBELL, THOMAS, ii. 369-374, 646, 678 CANNING, GEORGE, ii. 301 • Canning's Lines on the Death of his 628 15-22 Canterbury Pilgrimage, Select Cha- 298 Cape, Spirit of the, ii. 128 524 134 CAREW, LADY ELIZABETH, i. 154 232 Carnatic, Destruction of the, ii. Castara, Description of, i. Catiline, the Fall of, i. Cameronian's Dream, the, ii. 84 CAMPBELL, DR JOHN, ii. 327 CAMPBELL, MAJOR CALDER, ii. 642 . . CALDERWOOD, DAVID, i. Calista's Passion for Lothario, i. 352 386-395 56 680 456 687 304 677 703 473 181 475, 476 440 193 Censorious People, i. 610 296 81 54 113 640 661 308 255 647 703 538 CHAMBERLAYNE, WILLIAM, i. 146 343 COBBETT, WILLIAM, ÏÏ. 253 254 12, 34 COLERIDGE, HARTLEY, ii. Chronicle, the, i. Chroniclers, the Rhyming, i. Claudian's Old Man of Verona, i. Clergy, the Glory of the, i. 302 479 489 682 682 190 639 Chloe, to, i. Choice, Passage from the, i. 139 Christ Crucified afresh by Sinners, i. 276 253 World, i. Christian, the Dying, to his Soul, i. 429 32 Christianity, Arguments for the 627 Abolition of, treated, i. Proposed Abolition of, i. 11 47 23 74 143 248 174 142 142 235 288 285 . 665 627 127 328 657 238 92-94 670 662 318 444 333-345, 514-516 473 COMBE, GEORGE, ii. Comet of 1812, to the, ii. Comical Revenge, Scene from, i. Common Lot, the, ii. Complaint of Nature, ii. Comus, the Spirit's Epilogue in, i. Conscience, Terrors of a Guilty- 392 687 498 393 COTTON, CHARLES, i. Cressey, Battle of, i. Critics, Hostile, i. CROKER, T. CROFTON, ii. CROLY, REV. GEORGE, ii. Croppy's House, Description of the CROWNE, JOHN, i. Crusade, Muster for the First, i. Crusades, Against the, ii. Cuckoo, to the, ii. • i. CUDWORTH, DR RALPH, i. Cupid and Campaspe, i. 414 Cymbeline, Dirge in, ii. the Turks, i. 264 Content, Careless, ii. 134 260 Content, Hymn to, ii. COOPER, JOHN FENIMORE, ii. Country Life, Praise of a, i. Court Masques of the Seventeenth 266 Cowper's Grave, ii. 279 Creation-[Dr R. Cudworth], i. 151 Crescentius, ii. 471 606 98 120 333 334 432 103 DACRE, LADY, ii. 83 385 Century, i. Courtier, the Old and Young, i. 368 COWLEY, ABRAHAM, i. 312-318, 323 290 660 Cowper, Inscription on the Tomb 473 351 Day of Judgment, ii. 642 55 382 198 586 261 269 672 427 260 339 612 450 71 640 613 703 116 506 143 Death, Against Repining at, i. 49 Death, the Court of, i. Death, Fear of, i. 308 Death of Two Lovers by Lightning Death of the Warrior King, ii. Definition of Good Breeding, ii. DEKKER, THOMAS, i. ii. · DELABECHE, SIR HENRY, ii. . Page 459 403 Daffodils, to, i. 42 97, 263 Daniel's Sonnets, Selections from, i. 98 DARWIN, DR ERASMUS, ii. DAVENANT, SIR WILLIAM, i. David and Goliah, i. 102 David II. Return of, from Captivity, i. 28 252 681 DAVIS, JOHN FRANCIS, ii. 312 216 447 De Montfort, Scene from, ii. 241 Death-the Changes it Effects, i. 641 · 427 613 392 6 139 97 71 499 121 139 166 281 592 645 19 34 490 609 141 328 383 576 293 26 200 440 637 461 141 248 617 211, 274 703 187 667, 668 128 606 468-470 • Detraction, Against, i. Devil's Head in the Valley Peril- • Devils in the Head, i. Diana, Hymn to, i. Diana, the Priestess of, i. . to the Country Mouse, i. Dirge (Blessed is the turf, serenely Dirge in Cymbeline, ii. Dirge of Rachel, ii. lad], ii. Discretion in Giving, i. Dispensary the-[Sir S. Garth], i. Disputation, i. D'ISRAELI, BENJAMIN, ii. Doctrines, Opposition to New, i. Eastern Manners and Language- Eastern Travellers, ii. Eclogue Hassan, or the Camel 31 Edinburgh, a Sunday in, ii. 39 Education, the Alliance between 43 121 567 Education Confined too much to 516, 640 611 Education-What it Embraces, i. Elegy on an Unfortunate Lady, i. 55 Elegy, written in Spring, ii. 96 384-336 Page Early History of Nations, i. 33 113 138 138 152 630 687 670 671 DODSLEY, ROBERT, ii. 109 38 . 118 i.. DORSET, EARL OF, i. Dorset, Earl of, Epistle to the, i. DOUGLAS, GAVIN, i. Drama, the-its Rise in England, i. Dream-Children-a Reverie, ii. Dress, Fashions in, i. Drinking, i. . 424 448 889 532 . 315 [Rejected Addresses], ii. . 44 163 509 139 DRYDEN, JOHN, i. John Dryden, Esq. i. 432 286 527 Duncan, King, Murder of, i. • Durandarte and Belerma, ii. Dwarfs, on the Marriage of the, i. DYER, JOHN, ii. Dying Bequest, i. EARLE, JOHN, i. 357 100 40 English Liberty, ii. 263 Envy, against, i. 318 Envy and Emulation, i.. 305 696, 702 398 437 ELYOT, SIR THOMAS, i. English Country Seat, Ancient- English Courage, i. English Mansion, Ancient, Descrip- 181 Englishman, Characteristic of an, i. 22 Enjoyment of the Present Hour re- 278 Envious Man and the Miser, i. 664 Epic Poem, Receipt to Make an, i. 653 345 265 487 164 63 106 56 Evening Primrose, to the, ii. Exercise, Different Kinds of, i. Eye and Ear, Pleasures of the, ii. FABIAN, ROBERT, i. Fair Recluse, the, ii. Fairies of the Caldon-Low-a Mid- Fairies, Farewell to the, i. Falkland, Lord, Character of, i. Falstaff, Character of, ii. Falstaff's Cowardice and Boasting, i. 189 Familiar Faces, the Old, ii. Family Library, ii. Fanaticism, Ludicrous Image of, i FANE, H. G. ii. 42 133 560 272 Character, ii. 184 Elizabeth's Reign, Sports upon the 250 457 127 FANSHAWE, SIR RICHARD, i. 129 703 Farewell Hymn to the Valley of Ir- 700 ELLIOTT, EBENEZER, ii. Farewell, Sweet William's, to Black- FARMER, HUGH, ii. Fashion, Picture of the Life of a STUART, ii. 255, 703 319 438 559 54 4 638 599 287 Epistle to the Countess of Cumber- 555 Epitaph-Jack and Joan, i. Eton College, Ode on a distant Pro- EUSTACE, J. C. ii. Evelyn's Account of his Daughter Page . Fatal Curiosity, i. Father's Grief for the Death of his FAWKES, FRANCIS, ii. Feast in the Manner of the Ancients, 268 641 315 Flattery of the Great, i.. Feelings, Lost, ii. Felon, Dream of the Condemned, ii. 313 Female Beauty, a Description of, ii. 356, 357 FITZROY, CAPTAIN, ii. Flatterers and Agreeable Compa- 249 129-12 164 612 216 |